Chapter 1: The Fog
On July 17, the year 834, the sun sank into the horizon.
Two months after the world-class celestial phenomena such as [Red Galaxy] and [Three Days of Daylight], on the east side of the Ural Mountains in the north, the uninhabited plain between the fortress and the four northern realms ushered in a rare grand scene.
At sunset, a dark red glow hangs above the clouds in the sky, and countless stars emerge in the gray-blue sky, and the sea of stars is unlike anything else, and each silver star shines as brightly as the moon.
Since that three days and four nights of daylight that all races of the entire continent have experienced together, the stars in the sky have become like this, and the night is no longer a symbol of darkness, because the light of the golden sun shines during the day, and the light of the stars and moon shines at night.
On the vast plain, because there is no pollution of lights, you can see the light in the starry sky more clearly than in the city, but at this time, you can see that a shadow in the north of the sky is flying rapidly, obscuring the stars, and the thin clouds change under the movement of this shadow, forming an obvious trajectory.
It was a small floating airship.
Under the oval floating air bag, inlaid with rectangular steel pods, at this time, there is a well-equipped team on standby in the cabin, each of them is wearing a black standard enchanted uniform, with a strange staff engraved with dark golden runes on their waists, at this time, no one pays attention to the magnificent night sky outside the transparent window and the earth that seems to be covered with a layer of silver veil, everyone is silent, so that the solemn atmosphere spreads.
"Moldavian Wintercastle Academy, the first team has arrived at the target location."
In the rumbling sound of the airship engine, the leader of the team finally said the first sentence, and from the voice, it was a male, and he should not be very old, he simply continued neatly: "Captain Ivan Makarov applies for next instructions. ”
The steel pod was filled with dense magic circles and magic equipment, among which there was no doubt that there was a communication circle, after hearing Ivan's request, it was slightly blurred, and it seemed that there was some interference The voice came from the magic circle: "Please receive, please receive instructions for the next step." The objectives of the first team's trial are as follows: first, to annihilate all the demonic beasts that are rampant around the trade routes of the southern plains, and second, to arrange and disperse runes, and to end. ”
Then, the indistinct voice was repeated again, and this really ended the communication, and the airship that received the command immediately cast several pillars of light, and the incomparably bright incandescent pillars of light swept the surroundings, and the holy fluctuations spread, and under the stimulation of such a breath, the seemingly calm plain immediately heard one beast roar after another, and the dense shadows also overflowed from between the grass and trees, and let out an angry howl at the airship high in the sky.
Clang, the hatch opened, the howling wind blew everyone's hair scattered, and under the light of the stars and moon, they could clearly see the dense herd of beasts under them, but the four-person team glanced at each other, not only did they not have the slightest fear on their faces, but they smiled in unison.
What's so hard about that?
In the next moment, the teenagers and girls with excellent equipment in their hands simply jumped down from the airship pod located thousands of meters in the air and pounced on the earth!
In mid-air, you can see that the black uniforms on their bodies lit up with a faint light, as the runes flickered, a circle of translucent beehive shields flashed around the four people, and then hidden, and the heads of the four people were also covered by a tight mask, so that their bodies were tightly wrapped, necks, elbows, knees, ankles, and no gaps were left, like a close-fitting light armor-like uniform as if it were shaped as one, revealing a cold sense of slaughter.
The four figures with a dim light fell straight for thousands of meters like falling rocks, and then the speed slammed, and the blessing of the [Feather Falling Technique] made everyone who had long been accustomed to this method of delivery slow down and landed at a relatively balanced speed, and at the same time, with a chant of spells, the strange staff in the hands of the four people like iron rods flowed with dark golden rune light, and in an instant, with a continuous low humming sound, dozens of hundreds of arcane missiles and small fireballs that seemed to be fireflies suddenly turned into chains of light, Using those four strange staffs in mid-air as the source, they strafed and suppressed the beasts below from mid-air!
Buzz Buzz Buzz!
The magic orb containing magic energy and the blazing light bombarded the beasts on the ground, causing the bodies of the demonized beasts to be torn apart and thrown away, and the ground and woods were dusty under this dense attack, and suddenly collapsed a small layer, and the trees swept by the aftermath fell in the frightened roar of the beasts, and then ignited a raging fire, illuminating an area, not without demonic beasts wanting to fight back, but their natural spells and breath were blocked by a layer of translucent hive shields before they could hit the squad members.
The four mages at the peak level of Black Iron cast spells together, and with the blessing of the strange special staff in their hands, dozens or even hundreds of arcane missiles and fireballs and thunderbolts fell every second, and the four-person team descended on the earth under such circumstances, accompanied by a rain of fire and smoke.
However, just as they were about to land on the ground, a white ring appeared behind everyone, and the ring completely condensed by magic slowly rotated, causing the four-person team to suspend in the air about thirty meters, and the real fight and battle had just begun at this time.
Such a scene is happening in the entire Northland, and even the entire Mycrof continent.
A few months ago, the [Three Days of Day] made the galaxy shine, and ten or even dozens of times more dense than ever before came to the earth with a faint silver glow, and countless spellcasters and warriors who were bound to their limits due to talent or physical injuries all broke through their limits in that short three days and reached a higher level, and they called that period of time [Three Days of Miracles] with ecstasy and emotion.
According to the observations of many mages, although the concentration of magic power did not increase further after the miracle three days, this was enough to cause changes that affected the entire world, according to their inference, all newborns born on this day would have extraordinary talents far beyond ordinary people, and the high concentration of magic environment would further increase the power of many spells, The cultivation speed of the Dou Qi cultivator will also be further accelerated.
Although the major powers on the Mycrof continent were silent about this, the wandering transcendents and civilians of the people were all ecstatic, which meant that their path of cultivation became easier, and it also meant that the possibility of a professional among their children was greatly increased.
But not all of the good news brought by the three days of miracles - humans can benefit from a high concentration of magic, and how can beasts and monsters that are closer to magic than humans have nothing to gain?
In just three days, hundreds of millions of new demonic beasts appeared in the entire Mycrof continent, these originally docile, or afraid of human beings became excited and ferocious under the stimulation of high concentration of magic, they frantically attacked the intelligent life in the suburban wild, and fought with each other fiercely, these beasts cut off countless trade routes, attacked countless towns in remote areas, and many humans living outside were anxious.
Although these newborn demonic beasts are not strong enough to inflict the terrifying damage of the Kuroshio, they can at least destroy farmland and destroy roads, and in response to this sudden disaster, many forces have shown some hidden powers. The Northern Empire is a huge merchant ship that replaces the dragon caravan that is difficult to transport goods, carrying tens of thousands of tons of huge goods in every corner of the empire, and countless small and medium-sized airships carrying thousands of military or adventurer squads to dredge trade routes and suppress beasts.
After the Knights wiped out all the powerful demonic beasts in the Southern Plains, they sent student teams to carry out the removal of ordinary demonized beasts, and the No. 1 team led by Ivan Makarov was the leader of more than a dozen academy teams.
Three hours later, the battle was over, and the weary four stood in the center of the blood of the bones of countless beasts, letting out a long breath.
"It's easier than last time in the Frost Butterfly Forest."
Unveiling the fully enclosed mask with one hand, and stroking the staff that had become warm from the long spell casting with the other, the white-blond haired girl breathed in the fresh air and muttered to herself, this girl named Amira Makarov is Ivan's sister, although she looks petite and lovely, but in fact she is a hidden danger, and the girl seems to be in an emotional tone, containing a trace of unfinished dissatisfaction.
"I think it's just because we're stronger." Avoiding the beast corpse at her feet, the girl named Karin sorted out the uniform that had been splattered with a lot of blood on her body, and she casually replied to her best friend's complaint with some absent-mindedness: "We have changed into a luxurious enchanted equipment this time, if it is still as thrilling as last time, then it is really a problem." ”
As she spoke, the girl's uniform flashed with a light and dark green rune light, which meant that the magic furnace in the airship above their heads was replenishing the magic of this special standard combat uniform.
As a 'tactical-level suppression fortress' developed on the small floating boat, equipped with a long-distance supply of magic power [Star Vein Transmission] rune array, it can quickly replenish the magic power in the standard magic equipment that meets the requirements, originally as a low-level mage, the four-person team's own energy level can not wear such a luxurious to some luxury magic equipment, thanks to the much stronger magic concentration than before and the support of this star vein transmission technology, Their meagre mana reserves were enough to support the consumption of this high-intensity, small-scale extermination mission.
In order to encourage the students to hone themselves, Dean Nostradamus provided a batch of cutting-edge enchantment equipment and magic potions of the Imperial Military system, although these equipment are not as good as those hand-forged by the master blacksmiths, but they are also better than the ordinary mass-produced magic weapons, as long as they have the 'credits' that are common within the academy, the students of Wintercastle Academy can exchange any equipment they want to exchange.
The source of credits naturally comes from the assessments and trials on weekdays, just like this trial of clearing demonized beasts, it can provide more than 3,000 credits for the four members of the first team, and arm one person from beginning to end to the teeth, and Ivan They have already experienced five similar trials, in addition to changing the four of them from beginning to end with a piece of equipment, they have also exchanged a lot of magic potions for backup in critical moments.
The two girls stood aside to rest, complaining about the dirty environment around them, while the stout young dwarf Nick and the captain Ivan searched the few monster corpses among the beast crowds, trying to find more materials that could be recovered before the airship landed, and these materials could also be recycled into credits in the academy's exchange hall, although it was not as rewarding as completing the task, but the mosquito meat was a little smaller, and it could not be wasted.
You must know that in the highest exchange, there is also a special [Magic Energy Armor] made by the Lord's Mansion!
However, just as the leading young man raised his head from the pile of corpses and wiped the sweat from his head, he saw a slightly dim star swaying in the bright galaxy.
"Huh?" Ivan subconsciously muttered to himself, "Hallucination." ”
But it was not a hallucination, as the dwarf Nick also looked up at the stars, he also saw another star that was shaking, and suddenly a loud voice echoed in the plain, causing the two girls on the side to look at the sky as well.
And in the next moment.
The swaying stars began to 'fall'.
In the shocked gaze of the teenagers and girls, the stars fell one after another, and they crossed the sky with thin silver threads on the sky, imprinted in the sky above the Mycrof continent, at this moment, one after another, the faint but supreme coercion swept across the mountains and oceans, covering the entire world.
The fleeting coercion spreads to wake the sleeping people from their dreams, and the rats in the houses and caves run out of their nests in droves, and the cats and dogs leave their nests and run out into the field and on the rooftops in terror, howling heart-writhing.
Above the sky, the silver lines flew over the mountains and oceans with misty mist, and they came into contact with the horizon, bringing up clouds of bright light and mist, and the amazing thing was that the existence of these seemingly meteorites did not cause any damage, except for the thick fog that covered a radius of thousands of meters, they brought nothing.
It just so happened that in the plains around Moldavia in the Northland, a 'star' also fell, and the silver light with incomparable coercion fell towards a sparkling lake.
And the man who took a group of teenagers and girls and set foot on his territory again also stared at this ball of light falling from the sky with a sudden gaze.
"The Mist of Doom."
He whispered, "It's finally here." ”