Although Nostradamus didn't say this in a serious tone, even if it was scolding, it was similar to complaining, Joshua was keenly aware that the old mage's expression was obviously unnatural when he said the word 'box'. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

There are many explanations for this unnaturalness, such as embarrassment, such as annoyance, but most likely, it is confusion and worry caused by not knowing how to deal with it.

And what can make an old mage of the extreme level worry is definitely not as simple as an ordinary box.

"Need help?"

Joshua opened his mouth to say that Enoch Deltamus's relationship with him was a very natural thing, and the warrior reminded him: "The black fog has affected some buildings in the city center, and it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, the area around the Mage Guild is not an ordinary residential area." There is no need to explain too much, everyone knows how serious this kind of accident is in the capital of a country, put away the communication circle in his hand, and the old mage's expression became serious: "That box is a difficult thing, you may not know about it, but it has caused a lot of conversation in the mage world recently...... Let's not talk about its origin, this box was originally studied by another group of mages in the association, and the strength of that group of people is not weak, but there was still an accident, and now I am asked to solve such a big problem. ”

Nostradamus's expression became very complicated: "They also pulled down their faces, and they actually begged me." ”

"So you need help."

Joshua shrugged, he went through the strange items related to the box and the black mist in his previous life several times in his heart, and he had a rough idea of the situation he was going to face, and then said calmly: "It just so happens that we also want the Mage Association to find someone, set off as soon as possible, and solve it as soon as possible." ”

"Think about it carefully, the last time I came to the imperial capital, there was also an accident."

And just as the warrior was talking to the old mage, Hotaru, who was standing on the side, nodded thoughtfully: "No, more than that, every time the master goes out, it seems that there will be an unexpected situation." ”

"Why, my sister, it's not just going out."

The black-haired boy shook his head, shrugged his shoulders and added, "Even if the owner is drinking and reading the newspaper at home, there will be a demon dragon sneaking in to assassinate him, I guess-"

Rin didn't finish his words, because Joshua had already held his head down and shook it threateningly, and the god boy immediately said shut up and said no more.

“…… I'm a little sorry, but please forgive me for being rude. ”

Dimore, who had been very silent all the way, suddenly spoke, his emotions had completely calmed down from Israel's previous reprimand, and after hearing the conversation between Joshua and Nostradamus, he thought for a while, and then shook his head calmly: "I still have some things...... I shouldn't be able to accompany you to deal with it. ”

"No problem." The old mage nodded slightly: "Your matter is also very important, let's finish it as soon as possible." ”

This is not unexpected, when Dimore was in the library before, it was obvious that he had something to do, and although his actions had changed due to the presence of Joshua and Nostradamus, now that everything was over, it was almost time to go back and continue to deal with his affairs.

Nodding lightly to Nostradamus, the second prince turned his head and looked at Joshua, who looked at each other in silence for a moment, and then without saying a word, he turned his head and left.

"Don't live up to your father's expectations."

Just as Dimore was about to disappear around the corner of the corridor, Nostradamus spoke lightly, and the other party obviously heard this, and he paused, and then continued to walk away.

After the second prince completely disappeared from everyone's field of vision, the old mage sighed imperceptibly, and then he said calmly: "Then let's set off as soon as possible - Joshua, get closer to me, I'm going to prepare to teleport." ”

"Doesn't the emperor have a magic circle to isolate teleportation?"

Joshua wasn't surprised to ask the question, he beckoned Hotaru and Rin to come closer, and the three of them walked over to Nostradamus, "I thought you would do the same. ”

"I presided over the most recent transformation of the circle."

A little dark blue fluorescence appeared around the old mage, and wrinkles appeared in the space around him like ripples of lake water, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he said with a smile: "Which mage would give up this great opportunity and not add a little bit of his own back door?" For the sake of Israel's face, I usually try not to use it, but now it's a special situation - ready, let's go! ”

The next moment after finishing speaking, with a slight fluctuation in time and space, the group disappeared into the Morlai Palace, and His Majesty the Emperor in the Holy Radiance Hall also noticed this almost nothingness of the waves, he laughed, and then shook his head.

- Imperial Capital, Mage Guild, near Avenue of Truth.

It was late at night, but the screams were endless, under the light of pyroxene lamps, more than a dozen city guard squads were busy walking back and forth in the dark, they evacuated the people, cleared the roads, and erected a blockade, these tall soldiers in armor and sword and shield heraldic cloaks dispersed the other people around who seemed to want to see the excitement with expressionless faces, and at the same time warned loudly: "Irrelevant personnel evacuate the Avenue of Truth as soon as possible, there is an unexpected situation in the Imperial Royal Mage Association, please leave your residence, Take refuge in the surroundings of the Church of St. Alan, the Town Hall, etc., this is not a joke, this is a high alert order, the Empire will make up for all your losses, repeat, no one to ......"

The sound of neutrality echoed on both sides of the street, and the people who watched the excitement also noticed that this was not a drill, but something really happened, and the passers-by remembered the demon sacrifice incident half a month ago, and the expressions of those city guards were also very serious, so they all left uneasily.

And on the other side of the street, behind the houses hidden, a strange black mist that fluctuated and did not disperse was slowly spreading towards the surroundings centered on the Royal Mage Guild, which was completely enveloped.

It seemed to be just an ordinary mist, but the wind could not blow it, and pure darkness was born in it, and when you looked from the outside in, you could not see anything at all, as if what had been swallowed by the fog had gone to another world.

As time passed, the black fog overflowed the roadside signs and the abandoned carriages little by little, and the sound of something being corroded suddenly sounded, and through the fog, it could be vaguely seen that these street signs and carriages shrouded in black fog melted like soft mud, and then turned into a slimy layer of unknown material on the ground.

Around, the rock buildings shrouded in the black fog in the lower part were still standing, but the houses made of wood had collapsed one after another, and the iron light poles on the side of the road were touched by the black fog, and it only took a few seconds for the pyroxene lamps to appear decaying rust, but the pyroxene lamps still shimmered in the black fog.

At the edge of this weird black mist, there are many mages who are casting spells, as if they want to stop the spread of these mist, their actions are actually quite effective, one by one spells are released, and the black fog dissipates and retreats in large areas, but there are too few of them, and the speed of dispersing the black fog is less than one-tenth of the natural diffusion speed of the black mist, and later, this fog seems to adapt to the power of magic, and it begins to advance forward against all kinds of spells.

"No, the power of the Erebos Box is beyond our imagination, this mist is alive!"

A middle-aged mage in a cyan robe released a force energy barrier, and then shouted loudly to his companions around him, his expression was serious, and cold sweat was left on the corners of his forehead: "It has already tested the bottom limit of our attack, so it has begun to spread without worry!" ”

"This is the Imperial Metropolitan Area, it's impossible for us to use large-scale spells!"

The voice of the other mage who replied almost popped out between his teeth, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, my experiments have been interrupted - this mist can't blow away, it can't burn, it can absorb magic, it's extremely corrosive - what about the second group of people who study the box of Erebos?" Where did they go? How did this group of waste get this thing out, and is there no countermeasure for follow-up treatment?! ”

"If anything, we still need to do it?"

A white-haired, gray-haired old mage who looked to be at least seventy years old gathered nine magic nodes around his body, and a large, complex, slowly rotating magic circle appeared in front of him, the white-haired mage narrowed his eyes, and then reached out and pointed forward, and suddenly a cone-shaped translucent shockwave poured out from the magic circle, suppressing the black mist in one direction.

It was only then that he said impatiently, "What about the Fryans? Where is his teacher? Hasselblad, this old thing, didn't come forward to deal with it when he got something wrong, did he plan to hide it and act as if he didn't see it? ”

But no one replied to his words, and the young mage suddenly forgot the question he had asked after seeing the change in the fog in front of him.

The fog that had been spreading slowly was now rising and falling violently, and the black sea of fog, which covered most of the block, was turbulent, and layers of fine and strange waves were surging above it, cascading towards the edge of the periphery.

"Ahh

Suddenly in the surging fog, there was a faint strange singing voice, this song was sacred, with a trace of solemnity, as if it was praising and praising an unknown existence, hearing this voice, the old mage subconsciously felt bad, he immediately increased the power of the magic circle in front of him, and suddenly a huge shock wave that was enough to smash the city wall roared towards the black mist

There was no doubt that the strength of this mage was strong enough, at least the golden mid-level city spell condensed into a condensed magic under his control, and it did not affect the surrounding streets and buildings in the slightest, and this translucent shockwave slammed into the black mist head-on.

But nothing happened.

To be precise, there is, the black mist that was originally spreading was stunned for a moment when it was hit by this shock wave, and even showed obvious signs of contraction, but in the next moment, it continued to spread towards the periphery as if the attack did not exist, and the speed even faintly increased.

"What's that?!"

The old mage was dumbfounded, he was a person who had participated in the war with the orcs back then, and returned alive, in the entire mage association, except for Nostradamus, his strength was enough to rank in the top five, and the gold-level spell [Glen Destroying City Palm] that was full of power just now was enough to smash a giant dragon into a pulp, and if it was released on the ground, it was enough to cause a small earthquake, but in the face of the black fog, the result was that the opponent was stagnant for less than half a second.

"This thing has Devouring Resistance, damn it, Hasselblad they don't think it's good."

Immediately perceiving that the second group of those who studied the box of Erebos were probably not hiding, but were really lost in the black mist, the white-haired mage suddenly felt troubled: "It's too targeted, the devouring demon resistance will obviously only appear on those demonic beasts living in the dead magic area, how can there be a cloud of fog?" Is there any way to deal with this black fog? ”

And a holy light answered his question.

At the mage's side, a pale silver beam suddenly appeared, and it shot straight into the black mist, instantly piercing the strange mist, and later, more pale silver light appeared, these rays shot into the black mist from all directions of the street, forming a criss-crossing network in it, completely suppressing the original raging black mist.

As if encountering a natural enemy, the black mist began to retreat continuously, and buildings that had been swallowed and eroded by it before, leaving obvious traces of corrosion, reappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Looks like the Heavenly Punishment Light is working on this thing."

A hearty male voice echoed in the street, the head of the [Hammer of Freedom] knight who had just walked out of the Morlay Palace, the paladin Robzek was surging with a divine flame that seemed to be burning, he maintained the light net that suppressed the entire black fog sea, turned his head, smiled and said to the silent white-haired mage beside him: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and you are definitely not as professional as us in dealing with this kind of weird thing." ”

The Church of Seven ambassadors lived not far from the Royal Mage Society, so they naturally noticed the strange events happening here and helped out.

And the white-haired mage was not unhappy at all, he was not a young man, he would be angry because of such a trivial matter, not to mention that the mage should be pursuing correctness and truth - this silver-haired paladin was right, dealing with things with devouring resistance should naturally not be fought with magic, and the clergy's holy light was indeed a good choice.

But at this moment, the frightened voice of the city guards came from the other side: "Mist! The fog is boiling! ”

"What?!"

Both Robzek and the white-haired mage were stunned for a moment, and the next moment, the silver light network composed of Robzek's holy light shattered, turning into countless dissipated points of light, and the suppressed sea of black mist also seemed to boil, and began to spread towards the surroundings even more violently than before.