With a slight sigh, the owner of the voice, Nostradamus, walked into the lounge. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The robe on his body flowed with a layer of slightly blue light, as the blue light swept by, the frost in the hall evaporated out of thin air, and the tables, chairs and books that flew away were all returned to their original places, after restoring the entire hall, the white-haired old mage turned his head and stared at Joshua and said: "Long time no see, Joshua, I haven't seen you for a while, I haven't participated in the celebration, and no one has answered the communication to find you, where have you been during this time?" ”

Nostradamus said this with a hint of complaint, it was he who recommended Joshua to participate in the celebration, the old mage originally wanted to take this opportunity to introduce the warrior to a few of his old friends, but in the week and a half that the celebration lasted, he couldn't find Joshua at all, whether it was prophetic spells, or astrological guidance was useless, let alone magic communication, the warrior seemed to disappear from this world.

"It's hard to put into words, Master Nostradamus, you may not believe it, but I'm against a bunch of stones."

Joshua spread his hands, he stood up, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, he was indeed telling the truth, whether it was a stone demon or a world destroying star, in the final analysis, it was a group of stones, thinking of this, the warrior couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "They are really difficult to deal with." ”

"Well, some of the special stone elementals are a bit tricky to deal with, but Dimor...... How did you end up here? ”

Blinking, Nostradamus misunderstood that Joshua had gone to the Earth Elemental Realm, but he didn't care about this, after all, the celebration was over, the old mage turned his head, looked at the second prince who was frowning, and his face was a little ugly, and sighed and said, "I know, it must have been you who made the first move, right?" ”

"Master ......"

Dimore replied in a low voice, he didn't have the confidence he had before—not because of the defeat to Joshua, but because of ......

"Don't explain, little Dimore, I know the character of your Delmond family."

Nostradamus said angrily and amusefully, and he seemed to be really not surprised by the incident: "You are like your father, and you do not care about the exchange of interests when you are interested, one in your own study, and the other in the great royal library...... If it weren't for the fact that the movement was so loud that I could see that the library would have been demolished. ”

"No, we'll get the ...... right"

"Your grasp of the strength is what it used to be?"

……

Looking at the appearance of Dimore being reprimanded in front of him and bowing his head again and again to admit his mistake, the corners of Joshua's mouth curled slightly, the archmage is the teacher of His Majesty Israel, and he has even fought on the battlefield together, in terms of seniority, everyone in the current royal family must be obediently a student in front of him.

In later generations, Dimore has always appeared as a majestic, feared emperor, to some extent, in order to resist the invasion of the abyss, his actions are no different from that of a tyrant, and now it is indeed rare to see him deflated in front of Nostradamus, unable to return a word and can only bow his head and be scolded.

And almost after reprimanding Dimore, the archmage turned his head to look at Joshua, he originally wanted to say something, but in the end, he only sighed, as if with emotion: "When I first met you, you were sparring with Brandon...... Joshua, do you like fighting so much? ”

"It's okay to fight every day, how much fun."

Holding down the shoulders of Ying and Rin on the left and right sides, Joshua replied seriously, but then he quickly shook his head: "However, this is not a battle, it is barely a competition, that is, the level of play...... I'm sure you can see that this is true. ”

Hearing Joshua's words, Nostradamus frowned and observed, a light flashed in his eyes, as if some probing spell had been solidified, and after a few seconds, the old mage's pupils widened, and there were light blue light waves circulating in it, and he muttered in shock: "You, you have actually broken through the limit and reached the unmeasurable realm!" ”

In his eyes, Joshua's whole body was exchanging energy with the magic power in the atmosphere all the time, like a towering tree, constantly absorbing the power that was beneficial to him, expelling the energy that was useless to himself, and in that strong body, the blood was rushing like the Yangtze River, making a rumbling and trembling sound.

If that's all it takes, it can only mean that the other party's physical fitness is strong, and the breathing method has penetrated deep into the bone marrow instinct, but the slow, but not attenuated, almost endless increase in physical strength is what shocks Nostradamus the most.

"Extreme Strength!?"

Incredible!

Shocked by the speed of Joshua's breakthrough, in such a short period of time, he was at the same level as himself, and the old mage also quickly made up a large series of plots in his brain - for example, in the two weeks that Joshua had been missing, maybe he just felt that his breakthrough was imminent, so he simply retreated neatly and closed all communication with the outside world.

It's no wonder that the celebration doesn't participate, and there is no one to call, this is indeed normal, no one wants to be disturbed by others when they break through, no matter how big the celebration is, it is not as important as stepping into the sacred path yourself...... However, against the stone, it shouldn't really be a breakthrough in the earth elemental realm, right?

"If you have time, of course you can congratulate you, and I will be happy to accept it."

Shaking his head, stopping the old mage's congratulatory actions, Joshua's originally calm face became serious: "But now, it's time to get down to business...... I'm here from the Northland, you don't think it's just to see you and show your strength, do you? ”

"Of course not...... It just so happens that there is no one here, so it doesn't hurt to say it here. ”

On the side, Dimore, who had been reprimanded for a long time, was still immersed in the shock that Joshua was now extremely meaningful, hearing this, he subconsciously narrowed his eyes and was about to turn away, but Nostradamus raised his hand, stopped him, shook his head, and said in a relaxed tone: "Stay, you are the heir of this country, and you should know something." ”

Oh? Joshua watched the actions of the two with interest, and his heart was thinking: (So it was determined at this time?) ）

So why did Israel die suddenly and leave no will? If you really don't plan to make the eldest prince the heir, then you should pave the way for Dimore now.

Joshua vaguely guessed a possibility, but now was not the time to think about it, he looked at the serious old mage, and then said something about the plague on the Church of St. Lauren, those cultists.

Nostradamus's expression was extremely serious, although Dimore was listening, but his face was full of incredulity, in contrast, the old mage showed complete trust, and after he listened, he said solemnly: "So, do you have a sample of this plague?" If we have a template, we can go to the Royal Mage Guild and conduct an experiment now. ”

"Of course not, I don't want to carry that kind of dangerous thing with me, otherwise I will probably be besieged by hundreds of guards when I walk into the palace...... But you see, you can go to the dungeon of St. Lauren's Church, which I have completely sealed underground...... Well, I seem to have accidentally locked it up with a dozen cultists, and it's probably multiplying in large numbers now, so it shouldn't have been self-extinguishing so soon. ”

After listening to Joshua's words, Nostradamus didn't care about the life or death of any cultists, he just wanted to go and see what the situation of this plague was immediately, but just as he was about to leave, the old mage suddenly remembered something, he nodded and said: "Yes, I must inform Israel first, whether the plague is true or not, it is indeed time to purge the cultists on a large scale." ”

There are not even samples, so do you still believe in Joshua?

It was the first time that Dimore had seen that a person could have such a great degree of integrity, just a few empty words, and Nostradamus, who had always paid attention to evidence, believed it directly.

You know, this is a big deal about a country, and it's a plague-related matter!

But even the second prince himself had to admit that even if it was him, he wouldn't believe that someone like Joshua would lie, the warrior was right, fists are more reliable than words, how could a person with that kind of power be bothered to say false words?

On the way to the center of the main hall after everyone left the Black Swan Palace, Nostradamus had been asking for details about this plague, he knew Joshua's identity, and he also knew the power of the Azure Orb, and the warriors said so, then this must be the conspiracy of the evil gods, according to the appearance of the Far South Kingdom now being tossed by dragon plague and dragon disease, no one will be careless at this juncture, even if it is an accident and coincidence, we must be vigilant.

"The Northern Empire is huge, occupying the northern part of the entire continent, and although it seems that they are all unified under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, there is also a great deal of autonomy in the various territories."

In the corridor of the palace, Nostradamus walked in a hurry, he shook his head, sighed, and seemed to be a little exhausted: "The great nobles everywhere have special laws in their own territories, and if the central royal family is not strong enough, they will not obey and listen to you, even if people are like this, let alone other races such as dwarves, winter elves, goblins, and gnomes...... I mean, if the plague broke out in some noble realm, or in some other race, and they didn't report it, we wouldn't be able to find out in the first place. ”

"Then strangle everything at the source, or let those lords know the danger, otherwise the plague will spread, and there will be no way to stop it."

Joshua and Nostradamus were at the same pace, and behind him, Ying and Rin needed to trot all the way to keep up: "Even my territory, such a marginal place, has infiltrated the cultists, and I think other territories are the same, even worse. ”

- No, that's the only thing I want to say, you're definitely a special case! Your fame has long since spread among the cultists!

Shaking his head slightly, Nostradamus secretly thought in his heart, but he didn't say it, just responded: "His Majesty Israel is discussing with several envoys in the main hall, I will go directly to see him, it would be better if the envoys were all present, this news must spread as soon as possible." ”

"It's a coincidence."

Joshua touched his chin, and he said thoughtfully: "The four major human gathering areas, and even the people from the church have happened to be in the imperial capital recently, which is a lot more convenient. ”

The four major human gathering areas on the Mycrof continent, the Northern Empire is the most special, it is the only large-scale unified regime, although it is not a united force, but under the leadership of a strong and powerful emperor, it can also gather the strength of the whole country and the orcs of the Northwest Plain to start a war for many years, but also due to the containment of the orcs, the Northern Empire rarely communicates with the outside world, and the war between the two prevents the two sides from expanding outward, the empire has no time to open up the Black Forest, and the orcs have no time to invade and spread.

The northern agglomeration is characterized by vast plains and hills in the middle, while the southern and northern borders are all mountains that connect the central Black Forest and the arctic ice sheet, and to the west is the Orc-inhabited Tatarus Plateau, beyond which is the sea, and the same is true in the east, which leads to the endless ocean.

The Western Gathering is one of the oldest origins of human supernatural powers, and there are countless kingdoms here, ruled by various families with long bloodlines, and most of their rulers have innate and special powers, in other words, they are kingdoms ruled by warlocks.

The western gathering area is quite peaceful, and the racial policy is also extremely broad, except for demons, any race, even the undead can be seen here, and the struggle between many kingdoms is basically limited to the intrigue of the high-level warlock family, but due to the lack of domination, the western gathering area is also a cult, the most prosperous area of demon sacrifice, several large-scale human sacrifice events in history have appeared in the western gathering area, which is mountainous, and the kingdoms are divided by natural rivers and mountains, which is why wars rarely occur, the logistical pressure is too great.

It is east of the central Black Forest, surrounded by the sea on three other sides, and the strait where the ancient dragons inhabit is said to be on its northern coast.

The eastern plain, with few mountains and a few solitary peaks and a few hills, is made up of grasslands divided by rivers and forests, and is the last place to be discovered by man, and to reach it is necessary to cross a section of the Black Forest.

At the beginning, it was a few mages who were the first to live here, and it was no problem for powerful spellcasters to pass through the Black Forest, they settled here, and brought some ordinary people to serve them, and in this way, the earliest gathering places were created, and then as time went by, the number of people increased, coupled with a wave of immigration, on the eastern plains, many city-states and kingdoms led by mages appeared.

Here, the kingdom is just a tool used by the various spellcaster forces to rule, the two large mage organizations of the White Tower of the Heavens and the Council of Qiyao rule nearly seventy percent of the kingdoms and city-states here, and the battles between the mages basically do not involve civilians, but there will still be wars between the kingdoms of the various city-states, coupled with the battle of the mermaid clan in the East China Sea, the humans on the plains are still brave and good at fighting, and the winged cavalry of the Duchy of Farrant and the sea dragon knights of the coastal city have always been famous among the entire continent.

However, the Eastern Plains is also the place where the racial policy is the strictest, except for the dwarves and elves, all races other than humans will be discriminated against, but the constructed life is not among them, and they created by mages can get all the rights that humans can get as long as they are intelligent.

The Far South Gathering Area is also a very special place, not to mention its mountainous and jungle topography, but to have a cultural atmosphere.

If the Northern Empire recognized dwarves, halflings, gnomes, elves, and other creatures as citizens of the Empire, and the Western Kingdoms considered that the policy of race did not matter as long as the law was obeyed, which could be regarded as broad and benevolent, then the word alien did not exist in the Far Southern Kingdoms. At the beginning, it was founded by elves, humans and goblins in the Far South Kingdom, where there lived giant insects, tree people, deer people and other alien races, they all had the right to vote and participate in politics, and in the deep mountains near the Eternal Lake, there were even hundreds of orderly dragons living in the mountains, these behemoths slept most of the time, but there were also some who liked to act in the human world, and even turned into human form and became the lord of a place.

Perhaps because of this unrestrained environment, the Far South Kingdom has the strongest artistic atmosphere, many famous musicians, writers, bards are from the Far South, they are willing to explore, willing to adventure, the discovery of thousands of islands in the Far South is due to these people who like to do everything, the Far South druids even mastered a way to transform the Black Forest into ordinary jungle, but the speed is too slow to be practical.

Joshua vaguely remembered that except for the Far South Kingdom, which was now being invaded by the dragon, it was the Warlock Kingdom in the western mountains that was most severely attacked by the plague, and the Eastern Plains and the Empire were fine, one because of strict management, and the other because of distance and weather.

After all, the outbreak of black blood broke out in winter, and its large-scale spread was already in the summer of the same year, and when it spread to the Northern Empire, the winter there began early, and by the end of winter, the countermeasures had almost come out.

However, even so, just on the southern border of the empire, the death toll is in the tens of thousands, this is just a statistic, the actual death toll must be more, although Joshua is not a good person, but a word can save tens of thousands of people, why not do it? What's more, now that the actions of the cultists have obviously changed from their previous lives, it cannot be said that the plague must have broken out in the Far South.

Under the leadership of Nostradamus, everyone had arrived at the central hall of the Morlay Palace, where countless guards circled back and forth, and many others were waiting quietly on the side of the corridor, and it could be seen that these were the great nobles or the attendants of the legation, or ordinary people who were not qualified to enter the main hall.

But now it seems to be over, the door of the main hall opened, and a pair of people came out together, their faces were not very good-looking, some worried and angry, the only one with a better face was a tall and sturdy silver-haired middle-aged man in a white robe, although he frowned, a sad face, but it could be seen that he was just born like this.

His strength is very strong, the power of the holy light ripples in his body like a sea, Joshua sensed it, the other party has the strength of extreme will, looking at this outfit, he is undoubtedly Robzek, the leader of the [Hammer of Freedom] Knight Order of the Far Sea Holy Mountain, this powerful paladin snorted lightly when he passed by Joshua and his party, and then he turned his head to look at Joshua.

Joshua naturally turned his head to look at him, and the two looked at each other.

"You met that kid from Loranda recently? No, looking at this breath, you seem to be together a lot. ”

The middle-aged man with silver hair and black eyes seemed to be in a good mood, and said heartily: "Tell him, don't make trouble, there are always sacrifices in battle, don't give up all friends because you lost one, the temple will always be his home, we won't blame him, let him come back as soon as possible." ”

It seemed to be Lolanda's acquaintance, and Joshua suddenly realized that why the blindfolded woman he had seen before gave him a familiar feeling, it turned out that the other party was the same as this Robzek, an acquaintance of Lolanda, and they all had a familiar taste of holy light on their bodies, and it seemed that they often fought together.

"I'll relay him, but it's a pity that he didn't come to the imperial capital with me this time, otherwise you would have been able to meet him."

"Don't worry...... the great knight of the extreme level narrowed his eyes, looked at Qiao Xi, then shook his head and turned around: "The young man now, one is more than a monster, hey, I'm really old." ”

He clearly saw Joshua's strength, though it was because the warriors didn't try to hide it.

Nostradamus looked at this scene, his face remained unchanged, he already knew the identity of the paladin in the warrior territory, so it was not surprising that the old mage waited until the other party was far away, then turned his head and whispered to Joshua and Dimore, "I will go in first and inform His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"When the time comes, maybe you need to come in and say it yourself."