In the spring of 833, the year of the dragon disaster, many important events occurred that were enough to be recorded in history. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, there is the Northern Empire Victory Celebration in the Awakening Moon.

The celebration was held to celebrate the victory in the war against the orcs, which lasted for a week and two days, and many countries and major powers sent envoys to congratulate them, and even the Far Southern Kingdom and the Church of the Seven Gods, which were fighting against the dragon plague, sent a special team of envoys to meet the emperor with rich gifts.

While the common people reveled in the streets and drank wine, the envoys of the many countries did not have time to hold banquets, and they held many important talks in the imperial capital of Morlay Palace, and through the detailed information sent by the Far South Kingdom and the Church of the Seven Gods, the ambassadors of other countries that had not yet been invaded by the dragon understood the seriousness of the matter.

To put it simply, if it weren't for the fact that the south of the continent is full of jungles, and there are many elven tribes scattered all over the place, like fortresses that have dragged down the pace of the dragons, maybe they have crossed the [Nake Mountains] and officially entered the territory of the western mountain countries, and the western human gathering place that has been peaceful for many years does not have the ability to gather an army strong enough to resist the dragon disaster in a short period of time, and the attack of the wild dragon will cause hundreds of thousands, or even millions of casualties.

In fact, the dragons are already doing this, there seems to be a commander behind these irrational berserk monsters, it is gathering its forces and rushing all the way to the northwest, preparing to bring the plague and death to other regions, and because of the lack of supplies, the fortresses of the Nakor Mountains of the Far South Kingdom are crumbling and in urgent need of support, and it is for this reason that the ambassadors of the Far South Kingdom have come, and their central defense line is more than self-preservation, but they definitely can't take care of the fortresses in other directions.

But fortunately, the large army of the Flying Wild Dragon was ambushed by the [Gleiden Song Team] of the Church of the Seven Gods in the far sea, this elite army composed of hundreds of ascetics who had reached the peak of silver and more than a dozen gold high-level monks completed their task perfectly, and the Heavenly Punishment Holy Light shining in the sky defeated the cluster of the Wyverns, and the demon dragon led by it was also killed, otherwise the current situation would be ten times more severe.

Secondly, there is the great power of the Eastern Plains, the discovery of the White Tower of the Heavenly Plain, the largest spellcaster organization on the Mycrof continent, in the Central Black Forest.

The entire Mycrove continent is roughly divided into five parts, including jungles, mountains, canyons, and rivers, which are the four large human settlements in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and the central black forest, which occupies more than half of the continent.

It is a true demonic realm for everyone, and the environment there is extremely treacherous, full of strange poisonous fog and miasma, and the creatures living in it are more dangerous than one - you know, the Central Black Forest is the only dangerous place on the entire road that has been confirmed to be inhabited by multiple legendary monsters and ancient dragons, and its danger level even exceeds that of hell and the abyss, at least the powerful warlocks can live in the abyss for a long time, and none of them dare to guarantee that they can survive in the depths of the Central Black Forest for a week.

Just like humans on Earth can explore the moon and Mars, but don't know much about the deep sea and the underground, the Central Black Forest is like that, but when an elite team of mages from the White Tower of the Sky was exploring it, they unexpectedly found a huge city ruins in it.

The scope of this ruin is beyond everyone's imagination, the entire eastern basin, nearly 200 square kilometers of forest underground is the ruins of this city, it seems that it has been hit by a huge meteorite, and it has been smashed into the ground entirely.

The mage team of the White Tower immediately sensed that this was a discovery that shocked the whole world, and the materials unearthed in it would surely answer many questions for historians around the world, such as - how did the thriving civilization be destroyed in the legendary last era thousands of years ago, and what happened in the lost three hundred years to make its ruins become such a vast Black Forest?

There was a snap, and the sound of the paper closing.

"That's exactly the time." Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Joshua nodded slightly, and said to himself: "It's a pity that this is a report that only came out yesterday, so there is only general news, and I don't know what the group of mages found from the ruins." ”

"After all, there is no help from adventurer players in this life, I really don't know if those guys with noses on their heads got the design drawings of the Star Crystal Furnace like in their previous lives."

In the year 832, on April 16, in the afternoon, the imperial capital of the Northern Empire, the holy city of Sanshan.

The imperial capital at this time was no different from when Qiao Shuya and the others came more than half a month ago.

The celebration of victory is over, the wreaths and statues that had been placed in the streets have been removed, and both foreign tourists and people living here have long since returned to their daily lives.

But even so, as the capital of a country, the prosperity of the Holy City of Three Mountains is still touching, walking on the commercial avenue leading to the inner city of the imperial capital, Joshua deliberately slowed down, the beautifully decorated shops and tall buildings on both sides attract people's attention, not far away, the newly established orc war memorial stands opposite St. Clare's cathedral, and the warm afternoon sun gilds it with a layer of golden glow.

And just now, Joshua bought a stack of recent spellcaster newspapers from the bookstore belonging to the Imperial Royal Mage Guild to learn about the latest big news.

The newspaper was sold only to nobles and spellcasters, and the news in it was much more detailed than that of ordinary newspapers, and the warrior got a lot of valuable information from it, and based on the things he knew in his previous life, Joshua could roughly piece together the picture of the world today.

At the end of the war between the Northern Empire and the orcs, the dragon plague in the far south became more and more intense, and even began to spread to other regions, although the white tower of the sky has now accidentally discovered the remains of the previous era, but they have no time to study those ancient buildings, soon, the army of dragon beasts will spread to the whole world, only by destroying them all, is the next era, the beginning of the [pioneering era].

――There's no need to think that far ahead just yet.

Shaking his head, Joshua handed the newspaper to Rin on the side and told him to put it away.

At this time, everyone had entered the inner city of the imperial capital, and the noisy voices of the original business district disappeared in an instant, and on the almost uninhabited King's Road, which leads to the Morlay Palace, only scattered pedestrians could be seen, and occasionally a few horse-drawn carriages with intricate and ancient coats of arms could be seen moving slowly.

Because of the cultist incident that occurred before the celebration, the vigilance level of the entire imperial capital has been raised a lot, and the court nobles who are desperate for their lives are even more obvious - if they don't have to, they rarely go out, and even when they do, they all take a carriage, like a warrior, walking on the street on foot with two retinues, it is simply an outlier among the other.

Anyway, Joshua and the others came to the entrance to the towering walls of the Morlay Palace.

The guard at the gate wanted to open his mouth so that the three people in front of him, who seemed to be just hanging out, should leave, but he recognized the identity of the warrior, so the rebuke instantly turned into a respectful greeting.

Under Joshua's gaze, these elite guard knights in black armor were a little restless.

At first, no one noticed that the young man walking the street was the dragon slayer lord who had recently become famous in the imperial capital, but it was only when the warriors stood in front of them that the knights understood why the name 'Joshua' suddenly appeared in the 'attention list' that had not been added to the name for a long time, and why many great people had specifically instructed them not to offend this count, who was destined to rise to a high position in the future.

Because the other party is too strong.

A knight of the Guard, who had the privilege of meeting one of the five great legions of the Empire, the commander of the White Horse Legion, was a little shocked to find that the pressure that Joshua had brought him at this time was almost as heavy as the legion commander had brought him at that time.

- Could it be that he has already reached that realm? Even though he wasn't even half the age of the legion commander who had been fighting for many years, he had achieved the same achievement......

"Good day, Earl Radcliffe."

The warrior's casual gaze made everyone present feel that all the weaknesses in their bodies were seen through, and the heavy pressure spread, in order to break the increasingly stagnant atmosphere, the leading knight couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his head, and said: "You came to the Morlay Palace, do you want to find Master Nostradamus?" ”

"No...... Well, so to speak. ”

Originally, Joshua wanted to say that he wanted to meet His Majesty the Emperor directly, but after thinking about it carefully, the other party might not have time to see him, and telling the old mage about the plague was the same as telling His Majesty the Emperor, so the warrior directly changed his words: "When will I meet Master Nostradamus?" ”

"The master said that he couldn't contact you recently, so he specially instructed you, if the earl you come to the Morlay Palace, let you go directly to the library of the Black Swan Palace to find him, the master has been sorting out ancient books there recently."

Directly out of the way, the leading knight looked like he wished Joshua had left sooner, and as time passed, he felt that the pressure on the other party's body was getting heavier and heavier, as if something was seeping out of the warrior's body little by little.

Without much politeness, Joshua nodded and walked directly into the Morlay Palace, and just after he left, the originally nervous guards immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It feels scarier than a dragon!"

A knight who looked relatively young frowned, and there was no fear on his face: "I'm not complaining—why doesn't my lord restrain his coercion?" It shouldn't be that hard! ”

"Maybe it's been reined in, or even deliberately weakened...... I just sensed the fluctuation of a magic item. ”

The other knight nodded thoughtfully, he looked at the place where Joshua left, narrowed his eyes and said, "If you hadn't restrained your strength, maybe you and I would still be lying on the ground." ”

And inside the walls of the Morlay Palace, the other patrolling guards had also received a notification from the guards at the entrance of the city wall, and they knew the identity of Joshua and his party, so they did not come forward to disturb, but bowed slightly.

Walking all the way to the entrance of the palace, Joshua raised his hand to signal Ying and Rin to stop, he stood at the door, and whispered to his gods, "Someone will greet us." ”

Soon after, as Joshua said, a red-haired knight wearing silver-gray armor with the Janissary logo on his shoulder came to them, and the warrior noticed the pattern on the other's sword, as well as the color of the ribbon around his waist, and knew that the other party was a direct descendant of a nobleman, and now he was the chief knight of the Praetorian Guard in the palace, and he did not know whether the other party was gilded or really prepared to develop in this direction, but the other party had already saluted him.

"Good day, Earl Radcliffe, it is my pleasure to meet you."

The chief knight saluted to Joshua respectfully, he seemed to have known Joshua's identity for a long time, and behaved with great enthusiasm: "Are you going to see Lord Nostradamus?" He is now presiding over the collation of ancient books in the Royal Library, please come with me. ”

"Good work."

Following the other party's advance, Joshua was not surprised by the other party's respect, the strength of this red-haired knight chief was close to the golden realm, if the perception was sharp enough, then he could naturally feel that the strength of the warrior was no longer something that could be described by a simple golden peak, coupled with Joshua's previous deeds of killing a big demon in the imperial capital, naturally there were many people who were willing to release kindness to him.

Superficial respect is just the most basic.

Morlay Palace is a large palace complex, the roads in it are intricate, there are no familiar people to lead the way, few people can go to the desired place by themselves, the location of the Black Swan Palace seems to be relatively deep, the red-haired knight took Joshua and the others for about ten minutes, but they have not yet arrived.

Along the way, Joshua learned the identity of the knight, and it was a bit of a coincidence that the Warner family in which the other party was located was related to the Kaos family, and the knight named Fendal was also Brandon's distant cousin according to his seniority.

The relationship between the nobles is almost like this, each big family is inextricably linked to the others, thanks to the Radcliffe family's role as gatekeepers, and the fact that there are not so many messy relationships, Joshua does not need to recite those strange lists of relatives.

And just as Findal said that he was about to arrive at the Black Swan Palace, on the other side of the corridor, there was a sound of footsteps.

Soon after, a group of men dressed in the white robes of the church came silently from the opposite side of the hallway, their faces solemn and hurried, as if they were in a hurry to do something.

But it wasn't the silent monks who really attracted attention, but the center of the procession, a woman who looked a little weak, but was unusually beautiful.

In the dim light of the palace corridors, the woman in a modest white robe and an ornate crystal crown was unusually striking, her eyes were covered by a black blindfold, only her cheeks and chin were white, smooth and her cheeks and chin, and her long white-gold hair hung down to her waist like a waterfall.

I can't see my eyes - but even that is beautiful.

Naturally, Joshua noticed the group, and the other party noticed them, whether it was the black-haired warrior with the boy and the girl or the church monk in the Imperial Palace, it was so unusual that it was impossible to help but pay attention, Joshua's gaze swept over, and then he saw the beautiful woman, the other party seemed to be thinking about some question worth pondering, and moving forward was just her subconscious action.

Joshua couldn't help but frown.

"Strange ......"

The warrior whispered to himself, "Familiar taste." ”

The woman with her eyes covered paused slightly, and the entire team of monks followed, and it could be seen that the whole team was centered on this woman with long white and blond hair.

She turned her head as if she were looking at Joshua, and although her eyes were covered, the warrior had a feeling of being scrutinized.

However, neither side said much, and after observing each other for a moment, the two teams passed each other and walked towards their destination.