The hills at the end of the Ajax Mountains stretch to the heart of the northern plains, and even when you reach the Grand Canyon within the garrison of the Ural fortress, you can faintly see the slightly raised rocky hills of the vast plains. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As all travelers on the road can see, on the side of the Ural Mountains that divide the northern and central regions, there is a narrow canyon that spreads to the western seas, and the huge fissure created by the movement of the two continents for thousands of years may be another prototype of the ocean after tens of millions of years, but now, it is only a channel connecting countless underground water systems, and at the bottom of the canyon, the underground dark river that converges into one is surging, flowing into the distance, and at the upper end of the canyon, A huge bridge connecting the two sides spans a distance of several hundred meters, connecting the two sides.

This was the border between the Moldavian Territory and the central region of the Northern Empire - the fortress of the Ural Mountains.

Historically, King Ajax sounded the horn of the first pioneering era, and countless knights in pursuit of glory went deep into the wild snowy fields one by one, and incorporated the current extremely cold plains, the Ajax Mountains and the blank sea at the end of the land into the territory of the empire, and now, the Ural fortress has gradually become a prosperous metropolis as the center connecting the northern and central regions.

Starfall 834, April 5, border of the Central District of the Empire, Ural Mountains, Ural Fortress.

Passing through the long flow of people, Joshua and his two weapons sat in a carriage made of steel core wood and dragon pattern wood, and passed through the fortress's inspection pass at an even speed, and the soldiers who were examining saw the inconspicuous sword-wielding hand crest on the carriage due to the coachman's prompting, they all tacitly took a step back, allowing the ordinary but extremely sturdy carriage to enter the fortress smoothly.

Since rejecting Nostradamus's proposal last time, Joshua was ready to set off alone, but he didn't want to find a random teleportation circle and arrive at the imperial capital in one of the 'biu' - although the teleportation magic was convenient, it was too boring, so the warrior took his luggage and rode in a carriage after several master tailors made his dress, and set out on the road to the imperial capital leisurely.

Although this act was a waste of time and meaningless, it was a good opportunity for Joshua to re-examine this familiar and strange world, and the coachman skillfully steered the horses pulling the cart, took a turn, and turned the carriage to the central avenue of the fortress.

From the main city of Moldavia to the Ural fortress, this journey can be regarded as comfortable and warm, without the entangled government affairs, the warriors can also calm down and enjoy the scenery of early spring with peace of mind.

Next to the Ural Fortress, there is an artificial river that shimmers with golden light due to the sun, and the green grass spreads from the banks of this moat to the woods next to the mountains, because there are sawmills and water mills inside the fortress, so this artificial river is also pulled out of a tributary to continue into the city, bringing the fresh smell of grass and trees in the mountains, and the carriage is walking along this artificial river towards the center of the city, Rin has already sat next to the old coachman, humbly learning how to control several war horses at the same time, Ying, on the other hand, looked out the window curiously, admiring the cityscape that was completely different from the main city of Moldavia.

Joshua also smiled and looked at the scenery outside the carriage window, as well as the pedestrians who came and went, and felt an unusually comfortable feeling in his heart.

People, he really needs to relax, he has had too hard in the past year, big things one after another, so that people have no respite, if it weren't for this opportunity to go to the imperial capital, he wouldn't even have time to put down his official duties, really rest for a few days, and travel around.

Of course, if they walked at this speed, they would definitely not have time to reach the imperial capital in the next few days, and it would be a question whether they could pass through the jurisdiction of the Ural fortress, but as long as they entered the central region of the empire, Joshua and the others could borrow the teleportation array of the local city to go to the foot of the imperial capital at any time, so they didn't have to worry about being late.

"If you want to go out and have a look, then go out."

Suddenly, Joshua opened her mouth to say to her two weapons, which surprised both Ying and Rin, and for this reason, Rin returned to the carriage and looked at her sister, and Ying stayed in the carriage all the time, but she didn't know why her master suddenly had this thought.

What is the master trying to do?

The doubts of the two were not concealed in the slightest, and they were directly written on their faces.

And Joshua saw their expressions - but where did the warrior get the other thoughts? He just looked at Ying and Rin who seemed to be very curious, so he simply let the two of them go out to play by themselves, anyway, this time it was meant to be relaxed, and there was no need to always act together, he and both of them had senses, and they were not afraid of getting lost.

As for the danger, Joshua was not worried at all, Ying and Rin both had the strength of the silver high level, as long as he, the master, worked hard, he could even advance to gold, even if there were traffickers or other wicked people who liked the appearance of the two of them, it would never be them who suffered.

"That'...... We're gone? ”

Before leaving, standing on the side of the road, Rin looked at Joshua in the car with some hesitation, and he said softly, "Isn't it a joke?" ”

"Of course not, let's go, just don't run out of money."

Joshua shrugged his shoulders, and he nodded to Ying, who was standing aside, not to look suspicious: "Go if you want, don't have such a suspicious expression." ”

Seeing the two disappear around the corner of the central avenue, Joshua nodded slightly, and then unfolded the city map that came with the carriage, and after a little look, he determined his next target - a now well-known alchemist, he had something to ask an alchemist.

However, just as he was about to ask the coachman to change direction and head to the southern part of the city, Joshua suddenly felt an inexplicable chill.

This chill does not come from the temperature of the air, nor from an unknown enemy, but from the depths of the soul.

- Distant altar.

The strange ritual had come to an end, the armor placed on the obsidian altar had been shattered piece by piece under the erosion of the black tentacles, leaving only countless fragments and black-brown blood crusts, and the blood circle drawn on the dome was supported by eight stone pillars inscribed with countless blasphemous curse runes, flickering with an indescribable chaotic aura, spreading towards the void in the unknown distance.

"Chaos reigns!"

With a simple incantation, all the fragments of the armor were dissolved by a dark wave of darkness originating from the void, and the black-brown blood scab seemed to regain its vitality and turn into fresh plasma, but the blood from the green of the orcs was completely erased by a strong force at the same time as it manifested, and only a little dark red blood was wrapped in black tentacles, trembling like red beads.

"Blood sacrifice to my god!"

Next to the altar, a tall figure suddenly cut his forelimbs, spilling his blood on the lines of the ground, and with the flickering of the lines, the blood beads suspended on the altar were instantly evaporated by an unpredictable and evil terrifying force. The black-red blood mist filled the sky above the altar, and then it was completely absorbed by the obsidian altar, and after that, the altar seemed to have obtained something necessary, and began to fully activate, it began to slowly rise and rotate in mid-air, and the two huge figures who had chanted the incantation before now leaned over respectfully, expressing their fear and awe at the scene in front of them.

The obsidian altar shimmered with blood-colored lines, and it was filled with endless brilliance, and with each rotation of the altar, the runes on the dome circle and stone pillars would disappear like breathing, and the altar rotated faster and faster, and the speed of light and extinguishment became faster and faster, until finally, the altar that had been spinning wildly suddenly stopped, and the circle stopped choosing - but at this time, the void had been torn apart, and a powerful negative will descended here silently, Then, after identifying certain information, it breaks through the air in a certain direction.

The speed of thought and will is faster than light, the power of time, and the moment the ritual is completely completed, the curse befalls Joshua in the distant Ural fortress.

At this moment, Joshua subconsciously felt a great terror, a muscle harder than steel tensed violently, and his heart also beat violently, transmitting the power of life to his whole body to resist unknown dangers.

But the power of the curse came so quickly, in contrast, any resistance became sluggish, and just as Joshua's brows furrowed, and he was about to burst out with all his strength, the evil power broke through the protective power that he had not yet remembered to mobilize, and went straight into the soul of the warrior.

Ying and Rin, who were walking hand in hand on the street, were happily listening to an elven bard singing an epic about King Ajax, but suddenly, the two looked into the distance in shock, and their bodies trembled violently, as if they had made contact with each other, and there were obvious signs of fluctuation.

"Master?!"

Before they could say the next words, the psionic bodies of the two of them, which were slowly collapsing, suddenly stabilized again, and at the same time that Ying and Rin looked puzzled, a light of order that was formless and substantial, only the power of [Purification] suddenly burst out on the north side of the city, turning into a brilliant pillar of light that could not be seen by ordinary people, and in the eyes of professionals, it was incomparably brighter than the sun, and it went straight into the sky, as if it ran through the infinite point behind it, and disappeared into the void.

And in the center of this pillar of light, a black-haired man pressed one hand on his chest, tightly holding the treasure he hung on his chest, his body burned with translucent light flames, this flame is not different from all mortal flames, it seems to be the origin of life, the source of existence, is the most basic force for all things to survive.

[Tinder: Lv1] (To be continued.) )