On January 20, 838, in the heart of the Central Black Forest, it was winter, but there was no snowfall.

In the middle of the Mycrof continent, there is a primeval forest that occupies nearly a quarter of the continent, and the ancient magic mixed with the chaotic aura infects this land, making it fertile beyond common sense, because of this, all kinds of plants and trees here grow so fast that it makes people's scalps numb, and countless magical beasts and dragon heads also take refuge in this black forest, which can reproduce leisurely.

In the past, the area of the Central Black Forest was much larger than it is now, thousands of years ago, when the Starfall Era civilization first opened, four-fifths of the entire Mycrof Continent was covered by it, and only a few areas with shelters maintained a normal order environment, and now, because of the continuous development and felling of various races over the years, as well as the reverse erosion of the chaos magic by the fire of order, the Black Forest not only can no longer divide the four major human gathering areas, but has begun to shrink significantly.

But even so, the Central Black Forest is more powerful than any single human force, even in the entire Helgamoth Empire in the north.

So vast, primitive, full of magical beasts, full of ruins of the last era of the forest, since ancient times has been the main stage of all kinds of legends and adventure stories, countless adventurers have come here when they were young to try, many strong people are also famous here, here, there were mercenaries in the depths of the forest found the ancient alchemy magic map, and then became rich overnight, and more adventurers excavated the temple of the ancient gods, one step to ascend to heaven to achieve extreme meaning.

It is even said that the founder of the Far South Commercial Alliance unearthed the first pot of gold from the Black Forest, so he had the wealth of a country that rivaled it, as well as a power comparable to that of a country.

And now, there is a team of members from the Northern Empire's 'Imperial External Exploration Department', who are undergoing arduous training in the depths of this ancient Black Forest.

"Priest, I don't think it's any use to train in this damn place."

Deep in the central Black Forest, high above the ground, among the trees covered in the shadows of the branches and leaves of the giant trees, five young men in camouflage uniforms, covered in dirt and sweat, were lying quietly on the high hanging branches, looking nervously into the distance.

They carried short knives around their waists, helmets with goggles on their heads, a layer of dull magic sigils on their clothes was agitating, weakening everyone's sense of existence, and each of them had an inconspicuous dim spar on their wrists, which was the information terminal that had been popularized in the upper echelons of the empire for more than a year.

Just now, it was someone in the team who complained to his teammates on the same team through the information terminal: "The Seven Gods are above, and the mission of our External Exploration Department is to explore the other world, not to fight wits and courage with a group of brainless beasts in the primeval forest, and to lie on the branches and pretend to be a bird!" Oh my God, do we look like birds! ”

"Like a bird?"

"Like a bird? Ah, this smell, I feel like I'm rotting. ”

"Smells rancid, vomit!"

"Okay, as long as you have mouths, the magic beasts here may not be lower than you in terms of intelligence alone, and they may be able to detect the mental fluctuations of the terminal!"

In the center of the team, the young man who was vaguely supposed to be the captain of the first team replied impatiently: "Continue to lurk, not far away should be the lair of the last target 'Boros Python', as long as they determine their specific place of residence, even if this training is a perfect success, we can return to the empire as soon as possible!" ”

Boros Python, the name originates from the legendary giant beast 'Ulopolos' in ancient times, their ancestors transcended the essence of life of mortal things, and mastered the ability to transform basic substances, so they have a huge size comparable to mountains and almost immortal and indestructible super-high-speed regenerative power, and they are the descendants of legendary creatures, naturally have corresponding characteristics - each Boros python has a strength close to the gold level when it becomes an adult, and a little more powerful can have a body shape of hundreds of meters long and more than ten meters wide and extremely destructive power. They can convert solid rock walls into dirt, which can easily overturn a city.

Wandering in the forests, the legendary giant beast Uroboros, for unknown reasons, attacked the human gathering place, died at the hands of the second generation of the Holy Sword of the West Mountain, the snake bone became the skeleton of the wall of the Tranton Fortress in the West Mountain, while its descendants are still breeding in the depths of the Central Black Forest, and the life is extremely nourishing, these mysterious giant beasts have a great range of activities on weekdays, even scholars who specialize in Warcraft are difficult to determine where they live.

But now, after two months of tracking and exploration by the exploration team, they have finally found the specific nest of the Boros pythons - a low hill in the middle of the Black Forest.

"Honestly...... I still don't understand, the higher-ups above want us to determine the location and ecological habits of the 'Titan Dragonfly', 'Platinum Magic Vine' and 'Boros Python'. ”

Although he was reprimanded by Priest as the captain, because the observation process was too tense, some people still couldn't suppress it, so they could only vent their pressure by complaining at the mental terminal: "Why do these gold-level and even the legendary Warcraft descendants of the Extreme Intention level need our gold-level exploration team to observe?" This is the Black Forest! If it weren't for luck, we would have died a long time ago, right? ”

"Otherwise, it's called training, not an outing."

In this regard, Priest, who came from the Northland Moldavian Champion Academy and had experienced the hell training designed by a legendary powerhouse, couldn't help but be a little speechless: "Moreover, it is precisely because the Black Forest is very dangerous that it is worth training here - otherwise, what will we do when we arrive in the other world where the environment may be even more sinister?" ”

The five people who are lurking in the trees, waiting for the opportunity to observe the activities of the Boros pythons in the distant hills, are the youngest elite team in the Empire's External Exploration Department, although the dialogue in the spiritual terminal seems to be not serious, but in the three and a half months of training in the Black Forest, the five people have perfectly completed every scheduled task, they successfully survived in the central area of the Black Forest, known as 'if you don't enter the gold', with superb survival skills, and successfully found the location of the mission target Titan Dragonfly and Platinum Magic Vine.

Priest was quite unimpressed by the complaints of his teammates, most of the environment in the other world is unknown, although it is said that the Ministry of External Exploration of the Empire will try its best to select the other world with life as the target, but it is precisely because there are lives that it is dangerous, and no one knows what the situation in the other world is.

In the world of Mycrof, the most similar place to the Otherworld is that it is infected by the magic of Chaos, and so far forty percent of the area belongs to the unknown Central Black Forest, followed by the bottomless abyss in the deep sea of the Far South, where it is said that it was really connected to the otherworld hundreds of years ago, and there are many strange otherworldly creatures, and the Abyss Demon Dragon is one of them.

What's more, as the captain, Priest clearly knows the true purpose of his group to explore the various powerful monster gathering places in the Black Forest.

Why haven't the major powers of the McCrove world found a way to eradicate this primeval forest? There are many reasons for this, and according to the explanation that Priest heard in Moldavia, it is actually quite simple: the benefits of the Black Forest outweigh the losses.

If the legendary powerhouses of the world join forces, then they will definitely be able to uproot the Black Forest and completely eradicate eighty percent of the Black Forest area within a year, or even a few months, but regardless of how much damage will be caused to the continent during the period, how much elemental depletion will be caused by the magic power mobilized by the legendary powerhouses, those demonic beasts that inhabit the Black Forest are even as high as hundreds of millions, and more than the human population will undoubtedly riot because of the destruction of their homes, even if only one-tenth of them will impact the surrounding human towns, It can also cause extremely horrific losses.

The existence of the demon tide does make all countries extremely distressed, but it can also bring extremely huge economic benefits, countless furs, demonic beast flesh and magic materials are almost sent to the door, there is no need for each force to form their own hunting teams to capture, and the daily exploration of each adventure team can also steadily produce precious resources inside the forest, not to mention the various relics in the Black Forest, once there are adventurers in it, there are extraordinary benefits, not to mention their exploration team, Didn't you just take a fancy to the special environment of the Black Forest, so you sent it here for training?

Compared with this huge interest, the establishment of a fortress and the annual rotation of troops to guard it are just a trivial matter.

But laissez-faire in the Black Forest is a thing of the past.

Since Starfall 722, there has been no large-scale power change in the Mycrof world, although there will be all kinds of small frictions between various countries and forces, such as the conflict between the Far Sea Sacred Mountain and the Guantian White Tower and the Fishmen, the contradiction between the Qiyao Council and the Guantian White Tower, the war between the Northern Empire and the Orcs, and the internal strife of countless kingdoms in the West Mountain, but these frictions and wars have not affected the overall pattern, and have not caused serious consequences such as the collapse and destruction of the country.

The stability of the power represents the gradual acceleration of development, war and friction, but also the accelerator of technology research and development, under the investment and practice year after year, the extraordinary power of the Mycrof civilization is becoming more and more advanced and powerful, even to the point that it can crush the same level of Warcraft, and in the year 810 of Starfall, if it is not an unexpected big magic tide, Warcraft is difficult to break through even a fortress.

The income from primitive furs and magical materials gradually could not meet the needs of civilization, and the exploration of the Black Forest, the various forces have collected enough data, and now, when the Mycrof civilization is about to explore the void, the leaders of the various forces have tacitly decided that it is time to repair the wounds left by this ancient chaos and turn it into the backyard of civilization.

And the Priests are the advance team to find out the further situation.

"According to the news sent from the terminal, I heard that Lord Dean will even personally take action to deal with hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the Black Forest area and open up a large area of the empire's territory!"

Recalling the vague hints in the news in the information terminal, Priest couldn't help but feel a little agitated: "After the mission is over, maybe you can see the scene of the dean's personal action!" ”

And at this time, with the surrounding earth and mountains shaking slightly, in the hidden cave under the hill observed by the exploration team, a black shadow suddenly rose, which made Priest and the others subconsciously hold their breath, and after an instant, under the illumination of the winter sun, the huge black shadow revealed its true form, it was a black and red python covered with metal scales all over its body, and a black and red python full of sharp raised heads like a drill, two pairs as big as houses, and the snake eyes arranged vertically emitted golden light, Bursts of energy fluctuations visible to the naked eye scattered around the snake's eyes, like ripples in the water.

That's the goal of everyone, Boros Monty Python! A transcendent beast that lives underground all year round and feeds on metal rocks for its development! It seems that they are tracking correctly, this hill is the entrance and exit of the giant pythons above and below the ground, and in an instant, the team members who were still complaining before entered a state of high alert, and they collectively turned on the function of the special information terminal on their wrists, took distant videos, and then teleported back to the headquarters of the Empire's External Exploration Department in the far north.

And in the headquarters of the Imperial External Exploration Department in the imperial capital, the dean in Priest's mouth, Joshua van Radcliffe, was in the meeting room, having a rather ordinary meeting with Nostradamus.

"A few days ago, the Goblin Township issued an important diplomatic notice to the Empire, and they complained that your body often passed through the most popular observation port in the Goblin Township, affecting them to look at the void in a daze."

The old mage was holding an information terminal in his left hand, a light curtain appeared on the terminal, he randomly scratched a few times, and then found the notice at that time, he shook his head with a smile: "There are also complaints from researchers in the observatory, they say that there has been an alarm of 'massive void objects rapidly approaching the world of Microf' recently, but after the final investigation, it was found that it was just a passing silver cocoon - summoning wandering ice elementals." ”

As he spoke, the old mage's other hand clicked on the fairy card table in front of him, summoning an elemental life with an entire body of ice crystals and a humanoid upper body.

[Wandering Ice Elemental, 3 Fees, 5 Attack, 5 Health]

[Advent: Freeze Yourself for a Round]

[Chain: You can't summon creatures outside of the elemental system]

"It can only be said that there are a lot of steel particles on the periphery of Fairy Township, and my body will automatically find my way, and I spontaneously find the place with the largest concentration of particles on weekdays for parasis."

In this regard, Qiao Xiu shook his head, he glanced at the goblin card table in front of him, and then played a card: "Just treat it as a natural phenomenon, they will get used to it...... Summons a pirate assault and attacks the player directly, and I use a curved scimitar to attack you directly. ”

[Pirate Commando, 3 Costs, 2 Attack, 3 Health]

[Chain: If you have a pirate card on the field, get +1+0 and Charge]

[Curved Blade, 2 Fees, 2 Attack 1 Durability]

[Chain: For every pirate card you have on the field, you get 1 durability]

The Pirate Commando directly attacks the health symbol of the Nostradamus side, causing it to appear as a red -3.

At this time, on the card table, belonging to Joshua, there are already three creatures, each of which has the ability to directly attack the player on the turn, or cause some direct damage, and Nostradamus has only one self-freezing ice elemental on the field, and only 17 health points are left.

But Nostradamus didn't seem to care about this, he happily watched Joshua finish the round, and then spoke: "Recently, you have really kept a low profile, and there are even rumors that you were seriously injured while exploring the Void, and now you are hiding in the territory to recuperate, and you will be killed if you are not careful. ”

"It's just a rumor, they also rumored that the Mentor of Nature and the Elven Empress have a leg, and Pope Eagle has seventeen illegitimate children."

In this regard, the warrior shrugged his shoulders, not intending to waste too much energy on such boring rumors: "Leaving aside what the relationship between Gallanord and Hernwallo IX is, where did Eagle have the time to make so many illegitimate children after working hard all his life. ”

There are all kinds of strange folk rumors, and there are all kinds of messy news, but there is only one thing that is true, and that is that he has been very low-key recently.

Since Joshua returned from the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground and returned to Moldavia, he has been staying in the main city and has never left the Northland, and his weekdays are nothing more than a dragon, looking at the sea, taking a group of people from his family to go on outings and shopping, going to Wintercastle Academy to inspect, occasionally going to the abyss to see the scenery, catching one or two demons and asking about the current situation in the sixth abyss, and his life is leisurely.

Among them, there is indeed nothing going on recently, neither Karliss nor deep space observation has received further news, and the vision on the side of the Void Maelstrom is not something that can change much in a month or two, so during this recent period, Joshua has basically stayed in his own territory, thinking with peace of mind about the authority he has newly cultivated - the ability to create a new substance in his own body.

If the power of steel represents the origin of all matter and the essence of the authority of all known phenomena in the material world, then the power of fire is the power of complete idealism and the ability to change the world by its own will.

The power of steel possessed by Joshua can simulate matter in all kinds of extreme situations, such as degenerate armor, quasi-absolute smooth matter with infinitely close to zero friction, and mirrors that can reflect radiant light almost 100 percent...... These special substances provide a great boost to the warrior's daily battles, and can help him adapt to various battles and environments.

And the power of the flame from the authority of the King of Burning Souls can use the burning soul as the source to directly reverse the reality of destruction, rekindling the flames of a world that has been extinguished, and with the power of creation possessed by the ancient dragon, it can even restore order to a world that is close to the end of chaos.

These two powers complement each other, and with the soul abyss held by Joshua himself, it is even more powerful, so that the warrior has great confidence in countless battles, but now, in the face of the legendary powerhouse who also has all kinds of strange privileges and even the power that does not pay attention to the laws of physics at all, Joshua feels a little difficult, so he uses the small world that is being born in his body as the source, and develops the ability to create a certain substance that does not conform to the usual theorems.

A world itself should be self-consistent, stable and long-lasting, and all kinds of common sense theorems in each world are actually slightly different, just like the organs and circulatory systems in each different organism are not the same, the world is not perfect, as long as it can exist normally, it is enough.

And how should the common sense theorems of a newly born world be determined? According to Joshua's experiments and speculations, it should be through the 'order resonance' means of collectively opening the creation phenomenon between worlds, similar to the Maelstrom of the Void, these worlds born around the Siboya world should have similar common sense theorems as the Siboya world, and similarly, the Karlis world around the Microf world also has a similar environment, and the races in the two worlds can even migrate to each other.

If Joshua didn't care about the small world in his body, then the theorems inside it should become extremely similar to the McCrof world, but if this was the case, it would be meaningless, so Joshua took advantage of the fact that this nascent world was his own ontology, and forcibly added a special substance to the newborn world, a kind of elementary particle that only in Joshua's body has the ability to quantum entanglement and can transmit faster-than-light information].

But just the addition of such a substance brought the rudimentary form of the world to the brink of collapse, and made Joshua recuperate for a long time - he also understood that such a substance that was completely beyond the common sense theorems of the ordinary world was extremely difficult to create, and every attempt was a subversion and challenge to the existing order.

But it's all worth it, because for Joshua, having such a faster-than-light medium of information communication is enough to make him many times stronger than before!

Human beings, or rather, all living beings have an upper limit to their thinking speed, because the transmission of information is not instantaneous, whether it is neural microcurrent or optical fiber, or multi-nucleus joint thinking, the process of information transmission, acceptance, storage, and extraction requires corresponding time, even if it is the soul, the linkage between countless basic soul particles also takes time, but the upper limit of the soul thinking speed of ordinary creatures is higher than that of the material brain.

Even if he is an old pope who is incarnated as light, his thinking speed and information storage and extraction speed are nothing more than the speed of light, and the amount of information that can be stored in a certain band of light waves is also limited, so even if it is a legendary powerhouse, in an extremely small period of time, there will be errors such as 'unresponsive', 'unpredictable', 'unexpected' and 'unnoticed', but the possibility of such errors is extremely small.

It is precisely because of this upper limit that the reaction of too large creatures will also become slow, if it is like the ultimate void beast, the size of a super red giant, even if it attacks the opponent, at most it can cause the instinctive counterattack of the opponent's relevant area, because of the too bloated thinking system, its core thinking center cannot even accept and process the information that it is attacked.

But if Joshua's thinking communication and information transmission medium becomes faster-than-light, then it can be said that his thinking speed and reaction speed can be improved without limit! Even if his body was as large as a galaxy, as long as there was enough faster-than-light medium, he could instantly respond to any message in the outermost part of his body! The bigger his mind organs, the faster his thinking speed became, and Joshua could even split his mind center into hundreds of pieces and place them in every corner of the multiverse, while he could still guarantee his ability to think!

This is the horror of the faster-than-light thinking medium, the speed of thinking that can be increased without an upper limit will make Joshua gradually become an existence beyond the ordinary material world, and for the legendary powerhouse, it is also an instantaneous microscopic particle impact, splitting phenomenon, and it is just slow motion for him...... Of course, this is the perfect situation, in fact, it is impossible to do it in the short term.

Because this special tachyon particle only exists in Joshua's body, and the world in Joshua's body has not yet been opened, the quality of his body is limited, and only after it is opened up, the world continues to expand, and he has the ability to produce a large number of this transcendent particle, and then rapidly improve his thinking speed.

But now, Joshua can already use this faster-than-light information transmission ability to ensure that he can communicate with his family members in the Mycrof world in real time in the void or even on the other side of the multiverse, and the ability to transmit information, so that unless the enemy also has a quantum entanglement-level attack method, no one can destroy the warrior in an instant.

As long as there is enough of this faster-than-light medium, he can even maintain the transmission of information all the time, even if an avatar is destroyed, his body can receive information just like other avatars.

At this time, Joshua and Nostradamus were still playing cards and chatting, and the two began to talk about the Black Forest clearance plan, which was the biggest move for the major forces in recent times.

"What Israel means is that in order to make the Black Forest an imperial breeding farm that can safely produce all kinds of Warcraft resources, and everyone else also wants to make the Black Forest a backyard, and if you want to achieve such a goal, you must suppress and eliminate all dangerous Warcraft groups in the Black Forest."

The old mage now has only 3 points of health left, and the creatures on the field have also been emptied, which can be said to be a candle in the wind, and it is in danger, on the other hand, Joshua still has 20 points of life, and there are as many as five creatures on the field, and the old mage can be directly defeated in the next round.

But Nochadens didn't seem to care at all, he said with a smile: "We are naturally relieved that you make a move, but Joshua, I must remind you, don't kill too much, we want a safe Black Forest, not a white land!" ”

“…… Do I look so vicious? ”

Joshua was quite speechless about this: "I have always thought that I am a very kind-hearted and kind person with a sense of justice, how can I cause great destruction." ”

To this, Nostradamus said only one word: "Ural Plain." Suddenly, Joshua could only sigh, promising that he would not go too far, and accidentally wash the Black Forest on the edge of the empire into white ground - after all, the Ural Plain, which had been turned upside down by warriors in order to rummage through the Temple of Mother Earth Goddess, had not yet been restored to its ecological balance.

At this moment, a trace of information came from the information terminal of the two, Joshua and Nostradamus were slightly stunned, and then they both learned the corresponding information through the information terminal.

"Has the gathering place of the Boros Monty Python been found? Yes, in this way, I will be able to suppress them as soon as possible, lest they detect the legendary aura and flee in all directions, causing great damage in plain sight. ”

The corners of the warrior's mouth curled, and he seemed very satisfied with the efficiency of Priest and the others: "The cooperation of the exploration team is very tacit, I think they can try to explore the real Void World." ”

"Well, that's true."

In this regard, Nostradamus also clapped his hands with satisfaction, compared to Joshua, he was more happy with the growth of the younger generation: "These young people are just a little short of accumulating, and they can achieve the golden realm, they are much faster than our generation." ”

"After all, the resources are much more abundant now than they were a few decades ago, and the average height of the new generation of imperial residents is a full 8 centimeters higher than it was fifty years ago."

Joshua casually reported a number, and he reminded: "My turn is over, hurry up and play or throw in the towel." ”

"No hurry, no hurry."

Now the cost of both sides has reached 10 mana, and Nostradamus only has three cards left in his hand, there are no creatures on the field, and there are only 3 health points left - no matter how you look at it, it looks like he is going to lose, but the old mage still draws a card from the library unhurriedly, and then says with a smile: "The victory and defeat are just beginning now - my turn, play the cards." ”

Then, he played the card on the far right in his hand!

A low roar of magic ———— buzz sounded, and at the moment when this card was played, the half of Nostradamus instantly turned into a dark blue magic field, and in this countless blue fields that vibrated like water ripples, a white-haired and white-bearded mage phantom appeared on the field, and it was the human form of the old version of Nostradamus!

On the fairy card table, the old version of Nostradamus opened the magic book in his hand, and suddenly, three cards flew out of it and entered the old mage's hand.

【Shadow of Time and Space Nostradamus (Legend of the Mage)】

[10 mana, 4 attacks, 4 health]

[Advent: Put three 'Temporal Distortions' into your hero's hand]

[Curtain call: Eliminate all 'temporal and spatial aberrations', no matter where they are]

[——Hidden behind the ripples of endless time and space, a wise and mysterious shadow]

The white-haired mage stood in front of the space-time rift, merging into the void, and behind him was the looming Void Observatory. He was looking into the distance.

[Time and Space Distortion, Legendary Spells, 8 Fees]

[In this game, for each spell card you use, the cost of the card will be reduced by 1]

[After use, before the next allied turn, gain the 'Temporal Distortion' status, you and all your units will take 1 spell damage and 0 minions and weapon attacks.] This effect does not stack. 】

[-Your attack is infinitely close to me, but you can never reach it.] 】

Joshua's eyes widened when he saw Nostradamus play this card: "Wait, your own legendary card?!" When did it come out? There have been no new expansions recently! ”

"Some time ago, those little goblins invited me to do it."

Nostradamus smiled and touched his beard, and then calmly typed a 'space-time distortion' that had been reduced to 0 fees: "I can see that you don't have a spell card and a direct damage spell that destroys the effect, and I will be invincible in the next three rounds." ”

Joshua glanced at the all-weapon and charge-creature attack decks in his hand, and nodded slightly, acknowledging the other party's statement.

In the next two rounds, Nostradamus used two 'Extreme Burst Magic•Explosion' and two 'Temporal Distortion' in succession, dealing 10+10 damage to Joshua's hero and successfully completing the Jedi counterattack.

【Extreme Burst Magic • Explosion, 10 Fee, Mage White Crystal Epic】

[Deal 10 damage]

[-Boom!] 】

"Alright, the game of pastime is over."

After clicking on the game hero's voice, 'I'm convinced to defeat you', Joshua stood up: "Now that the information has been collected, it's time for me to go back and prepare for the cleaning of the Black Forest." ”

"Well, actually, I cheated this time, after all, my legendary card hasn't been officially released yet."

Nostradamus shook his head, and he said a little strangely, "Didn't those goblins look for you?" Obviously, the main manufacturers of the fairy card table are in Moldavia, and I thought your cards were finished, and this time I was going to see what effect your cards have. ”

"Of course you're looking for me, as for my legendary card."

When he said this, Joshua, who had already gotten up, couldn't help but smile: "That little goblin has to follow me personally, saying that he wants to see the process of my clearing the Black Forest and determine my strength, and then he can finalize it in several designs." ”

"That's really looking forward to it."

After speaking, Nostradamus, who was sitting in a chair, waved his hand to Joshua, who turned to leave: "See you when you act...... By the way, Joshua, I say again, don't focus too much on cleaning up the monsters in the Black Forest, they're not our real goal. ”

"Of course I won't forget."

Hearing this, Joshua, who had already walked to the door of the meeting room, stopped, he turned his head and said with a smile: "Recycle the last residual limbs of the evil god's 'abundance' in the world, purify the residual power of chaos, and completely remove the beacon left by the evil god in this world." ”

"This is the real purpose of the major forces joining forces to clean up the Central Black Forest this time."