Starfall 838, January 3, the southern province of the Northern Empire, the forefront of the southeast frontier fortress group, the fortress of Ares.

On the watchtower next to the fortress walls, there was a tall gray-haired man who carried the head of a triceratops in his hand, and his hideous face and sharp protruding horns were vividly preserved by magic. The man with a scar on his face looked at the clouds, and then placed the head of the triceratops on the windowsill of the window of the watchtower of the city wall.

At this time, the cold wind swept the clouds, the sky was like a sea of fierce cloud tides, and the extremely dry ice wind condensed the moisture in the air, and anyone could see that winter was approaching and a blizzard was coming.

But the gray-haired man didn't care about it at all, he straightened the head of the triceratops, determined the position, and made sure that he could clearly see the central black forest outside the window, which was almost all away, and then, the man showed a formulaic smile, he raised the information terminal on his wrist, and leaned on the head of the triceratops to take a magical selfie.

[Priest has released a new personal status]

[January 3rd, 838, 17:39: On the second day of the Ares Fortress, he accidentally hunted a quasi-gold-level heavy-armored triceratops. (photo attached)】

[Location: Ares Fortress in the Southern Province, sent with the Spirit Terminal using the 2nd Generation Pro Exploration Portal]

After sending this message, the gray-haired man, that is, Priest, immediately took off the head of the triceratops placed on the windowsill, and then put it into a special preservation bag, it can be seen that the magic retains the resentment and fury of the triceratops before its death very clearly, it can be said that it is full of momentum, but all thanks to magic, if the magic disappears, the head that has not been embalmed will rot.

And after doing all this, Priest once again linked to the information terminal.

[Britney Spears thumbs up for your new status.] 】

[Britney: My brother is amazing! 】

[Dahl thumbs up for your new status.] 】

[Dahl: I have to say, friend, you are so handsome! 】

[Factory owner Ronde praises your new status.] 】

【……】

[Syndicate thumbs up for your new status.] 】

[Rin (Admin Exclusive Purple ID) likes your new status.] 】

Looking at the rapidly increasing number of friends and likes under the photo, Priest couldn't help but show a nostalgic smile, especially after seeing his sister Britney's reply, he felt full of joy and motivation in his heart, and felt that he could go hunting a few more rounds.

"Thank you to the Magic Net, to the message terminal, to the status release and message function, and to the Great Lord."

After sincerely thanking all the above beings in his heart, Priest looked at the gem-like information terminal on his wrist and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so great, this invention. ”

Since Priest was invited by Joshua last year to join the Imperial External Exploration Department as a student of the Champion Academy of Wintercastle, he had to leave his sister in Moldavia and leave it in the care of the Academy's specially arranged personnel and his friend Dahl, while he was conducting various devil training and practical investigations...... The separation is long, the reunion is short-lived, and every time Priest returns to Moldavia for a short break, he feels unusually happy and miserable, happiness is finally being reunited with his family, pain is about to be separated again, and months without any news.

In fact, this pain of separation is extremely common on the Mycrof continent, whether it is an adventurer or a mercenary, whether it is a long-distance caravan or an artist who travels the continent, it is a job that requires a long time to go out, not to mention the soldiers who are assigned to the frontier and thousands of miles away from home...... Although it is said that the existence of letters, the existence of communication magic, and even the light curtain technique with images are not some advanced spells, for the vast majority of ordinary people, as well as some people with special conditions, these methods cannot be used most of the time.

Priest, who has been surviving in various Jedi for many years, would have been one of them, but recently, the pain of this separation has disappeared from him, in the Northlanders, or rather, in some lucky inhabitants of the Empire!

Because of the new generation of information terminals, there is an additional function called 'Status Release' and 'Add Familiar Contacts'!

The information terminal,It's from Moldavia, Northland,Another revolutionary magic prop born under the guidance of the legendary lord,The initial beta version of the information terminal,It has a large number of special functions,For example, shooting magic images,Video,Recording,Detect element concentration and data query, etc.,Later updates,It is added the academy's internal forum,Special modules such as trading plates - and in the last two months,Because of the redevelopment of the magic network and the addition of the server, The new generation of information terminals has many new functions and new designs!

The holder of each information terminal must carry out real-name authentication, and after authentication, they will get a unique personal code, through the exchange of personal codes, end users can add the function of following friends, and then get the other party's dynamics for the first time, and publish a reply - that is to say, with the support of the magic network, get the ability to communicate in near real time!

The emergence of this function is almost subversive for the world of Mycrove, where the means of remote communication are quite single and almost belong to the patent of the transcendental! After confirming the reliability of the status release and private message function, almost all the caravans and slightly richer adventurers and mercenary groups in the empire did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy the information terminal, which was still waiting to see the emerging magic items.

The big sale of the information terminal, how much wealth has been brought to the Moldavian territory, and how many changes it has brought to the world, not to mention, at this time, Priest, is happily looking at the photo sent by his sister with the information terminal, which is a slightly crooked portrait of the two drawn with colored pencils.

There is also a small line written under the portrait: "There are still three days before my brother returns home."

Yes, the mission of the External Exploration Department team in the Black Forest has been successfully completed, and there are still three days to go, and Priest will be able to return to his home in the Northland after various handover reports and tests.

At this time, there were more than 20 replies under the status of Priest's post, and many strangers who followed his friend's reply also browsed the photos posted by the man, most of which were praise, exclamation and like, but a small number of people made discordant sounds.

[The first floor is the publisher's sister?] How can such a young girl have an information terminal, and she can also see something as bloody as the head of Warcraft? 】

[Looking at this photo, the publisher seems to have taken it from the walls of the southern fortress?] When it comes to military buildings, it is recommended to delete - I really think that the use of information terminals needs to be standardized, and the age of users also needs to be restricted. 】

Although the number is small, it does exist, and some people are worried about the sudden proliferation of information terminals, which is a new thing, and some people believe that the rapid proliferation of information terminals will lead to the flood of information exchanges, and will lead to the leakage of some secrets that should not be leaked, such as military secrets, etc., so it is necessary to strictly restrict the release of information and users.

In this regard, Priest actually has some thoughts, after all, compared to these latecomers, as the earliest brave people of the information terminal, they have actually thought of similar problems a long time ago, and reported these hidden dangers to the superior unit, but for this concern, the superior unit, that is, the Moldavian Lord's Palace, said that 'everyone thinks that the lord is not a big problem, and His Majesty the Emperor also allows it'.

The two legendary powerhouses have spoken, and the others naturally don't need to care.

Priest ignored these overly anxious replies and made his way up the stairs back to the walls of Ares Fortress, just as a deep shadow fell from the sky - a waterfall of blizzard that covered the sky with a sudden increase in wind!

The cold air mass from the northern permafrost swept across the Hurgamos Plain, and finally came to the border of the southern provinces, and the humid air pressure mass of the central Black Forest, the humid water vapor mixed with the dry and cold ice wind, it was one violent snowfall after another, this blizzard can even crush the solid branches of the Black Forest trees, so that the nests of countless beasts and monsters were blocked, and they had to wake up and go out, and their final result was nothing more than the interference of the chaotic forces, frantically rushing towards the human gathering place, that is, one fortress after another.

And this is the cause of the annual 'Winter Tide' in the south of the empire.

Seeing the blizzard, Priest, who was originally from the south of the empire, knew that the first round of magic tides this year was coming, and dozens or even millions of crazy demonic beasts would endlessly attack every fortress around, including even gold and even extreme level leaders and king beasts.

Every Demon Tide is a great test for the Southern Fortress Group, and at this time of year, there will be a large number of dead lists, and at the most difficult time, even the civilians in the fortress need to go to the city wall to resist the crazy Demon Beasts, which will cause huge casualties, and the 'Titan Dragonfly' and 'Boros Python' they have observed before are the main forces of the Demon Tide that have caused serious losses in the past few times.

"Depending on the scale of this year's heavy snowfall, the central Black Forest is expected to suffer heavy ...... as well"

After looking at the distant horizon and finding that it was also gray, Priest couldn't help but whisper to himself, "Perhaps, there will really be many powerful demonic beasts that will have to wake up from hibernation and attack the fortress as before." ”

At this time, Priest had already walked up and down the stairs of the city wall, where the garrison of the Ares Fortress was patrolling, and the soldiers standing guard heard the words of this young man from the new department of the Empire, who had no low authority—this news should have been the last thing all the soldiers of the Demon Tide wanted to hear every year, because it meant heavy casualties and countless lives.

But this time it was different, all the soldiers looked at each other, and then showed a rather tacit smile, and even began to discuss in a low voice: "Haha, the demon tide is coming!" ”

"It's hard to say who will suffer this time."

"The more you come, the better, the stronger the better, so that you can get rid of your hatred!"

"I just lost two fingers last time the Demon Tide, thanks to the spell of the Church of the Seven, otherwise I would have to retire - but unlike last time, this time, they didn't come at the right time!"

Suddenly, there was a happy atmosphere at the staircase, and even Priest couldn't help laughing.

As for the reason, it is very simple, because everyone knows that the lord of the Northlands, the great creator of the information terminal, will come to the Ares Fortress this evening to launch a 'great counterattack' against the Black Forest that many defenders have been waiting for for decades!

"Oooh! Look at that! ”

Now, it was the time of the rotation of posts, the two teams of garrisons were quickly handing over posts, Priest made his way through the crowd, but suddenly, he heard an exclamation, it was said by a garrison who was changing the guard, he was now wide-eyed, raised his hand, and pointed to the sky high covered by the blizzard: "There, floating boats!" ”

Suddenly, many people, including Priest, raised their heads and looked into the distance against the blizzard, and they all saw the same, in the clouds and snow, there was a black-red floating boat breaking through the clouds and slowly descending towards the Ares Fortress, and on the side of this airship, there was a golden sword-wielding hand coat of arms shining!

That's the coat of arms of the Radcliffe family!

"The lord is here!"

"It's the Helllord's airship!"

"It's the Dean!"

Suddenly, as if struck by a bolt of lightning, the garrisons who handed over suddenly became excited - no wonder they didn't respect military discipline, because their chief, several gold-level powerhouses who commanded the Ares Fortress were also happy to look at the sky high at this time, looking at the black and red floating boat, Priest was even more excited, and even took out the information terminal and quickly took a few photos.

[January 3, 838, 17:55: So excited! I saw the dean's car, it was so handsome! (photo attached)】

However, just as the garrison of the Ares Fortress was about to arrange personnel to pick up the float to land, the black and red float boat suddenly stopped in place, and then, under the puzzled gaze of everyone, a figure opened the hatch of the airship, naturally stepped on the air, and walked in the direction of the Black Forest.

The moment this figure appeared, it took away the attention of everyone in the entire fortress, and his appearance made the originally heavy snowfall even more violent, and the surging clouds collapsed, converging towards the place where the figure was like a hanging gray-black funnel of smoke, and for a while, everyone could only see a dark snow mist raging in mid-air, like a chaotic cloud.

Soon, however, bright lightning flashed through the dark snow and mist, and for a moment, a light of intense light illuminated the gloomy world, making the Ares Fortress look like day at night—and the next, the figure could be seen raising his hand and waving lightly at the snow-covered Black Forest beneath him.

Immediately, there was a clear and incomparably clear sound between heaven and earth.

"Rumbling ————"

It's the sound of earth's crusts tumbling.

With a violent concussion that could be clearly felt even in the fortress of Ares, with the edge of the central Black Forest as the boundary, layers of dirt and rock rose into the air under a force that could distort time and space, as if weightless, large chunks of earth cracked, and the roots of the Black Forest trees could be seen solidifying it like solid rock.

With this wave of his hand, hundreds of square kilometers of Black Forest land and the roots of the trees floated into the air together, and the next moment, amid the exclamations of all the people who were watching this scene in the Ares Fortress, the figures in the sky casually made the movements of 'turning hands' and 'pressing'.

With such a simple gesture, hundreds of square kilometers of the Black Forest split into thousands of small pieces in mid-air, then turned upside down like building blocks, with the canopy facing down and the roots tied up.

Immediately after, this large area of the Black Forest fell upside down on the land where they were originally located, and was pressed into the ground by a huge force - along with the countless demonic beasts that lived in it.

It can be seen that there are black and red traces spreading in the soil, which are the last traces left after countless demonic beasts have been crushed in confusion.

The figure—Joshua—had no intention of moving slowly and communicating with the garrison of Ares Fortress.

Now that he has made it to the southern fortress and the perimeter of the Black Forest, he has to start his action now, without any waiting or stopping.