The black mist of the box of Erebos does have great resistance to spells, which has been confirmed in the underground ruins of the Orc Court, when the underground fog spreads, except for a small number of special spells, basically no mage can stop its spread, so everyone has to pay some price and seal it in a white crystal box that has the effect of isolating all negative energy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Where does that weird anti-magic power come from? This is indeed a mystery, the second research team of the Imperial Royal Mage Guild has been trying to solve this problem since applying for the right to study the box of Erebos, but unfortunately nothing has been successful for several months, and their only result is that they have found that positive energy and holy light, which have the ability to purify, can slightly curb the spread of the black fog, and to some extent, weaken it a little.

But no one would know that the black fog would be 'angry' because of the light.

Will the fog be angry? It's inexplicable to say it, but it's just the way it is.

In the year 833 of Starfall, in the middle of a late summer night, in the Imperial Capital Truth Avenue, around the Mage Association, the black sea of fog was surging angrily, as if it was boiling, and the layers of undulating black waves seemed to have life, and they were accurately slapping towards the direction where Robzek was.

The wave was full of momentum, and the force contained in it seemed to be able to shatter the entire street, and the piercing sonic boom produced by the tearing of the atmosphere continued to echo in the sky above the imperial capital, disturbing countless people who were sleeping

"Good fellows."

Robzek narrowed his eyes slightly, the paladin's body and spirit had already been tempered to the point of transcendence in a long time of fighting and meditation, and at the moment when the sea of fog boiled, he was ready to deal with the attack, facing the fog wave that was attacking at supersonic speed, the paladin of the extreme level took a serious step forward, he raised his left hand, and the sacred rune turned in the palm of his hand.

"Shield."

As soon as the concise and powerful words fell, a silvery-white semicircular curtain of light quickly unfolded around it, enveloping Robzek and the street behind him.

【Sacred Word・Barrier】

The moment the black wave slapped on the light mask, it was bounced away by the blazing light, and the holy light of the counterattack shattered the black fog, and the violent shock wave spread out in all directions, knocking out large craters in the surrounding houses and streets, and the hexagonal grid supported by runes appeared layer by layer on the surface of the light mask, appearing indestructible.

"Get those city guards out of the way! This is not the place they can stay! ”

In the light shield, the old mage gave a loud order, ordering those ordinary people who were still lingering around to evacuate as soon as possible: "Seal off the nearest three blocks, and quickly send someone to inform Nostradamus and Your Majesty!" ”

- When these two make a move, no matter how weird the black fog is, it will be completely solved.

Several other mages did not hesitate when they heard this order, they immediately went to evacuate the people, and used spells to inform Nostradamus, seeing this, the white-haired mage's face relaxed slightly, but there was still a trace of bad premonition in his heart.

The loss of control of the Erebos Crate is a serious mistake like the last demon sacrifice incident, the demon incident has caused several high-ranking members of the city defense army and the Praetorian Guard to be demoted or relegated to idle positions, and the mage guild's mistake this time has caused greater damage than the demon incident, and the punishment will undoubtedly be greater, maybe several team leaders will be dismissed, and the association's budget will also be cut.

But the white-haired mage was not worried because of this, he was not a member of the second group, the other party's mistakes had nothing to do with him, even if the punishment would not be very severe, the reason why he had a bad premonition was because of the strange and sacred song that came from the black mist before.

It was not a real voice, but a spiritual echo that resounded directly in his mind, and the voice that could cross the will barrier of a golden peak archmage and appear in his heart was definitely worthy of vigilance.

"Ahh

As if in accordance with the old mage's thoughts, a small but clear singing voice came leisurely from the black mist, and Robzek and the old mage's eyes widened together, and both of them felt a creepy sense of crisis at the same time, but they didn't know where it came from.

"What's that-"

Before the words of doubt were finished, the spirit of the paladin, who was maintaining the barrier of the Holy Word, suddenly went into a trance, and he felt that a strange voice was whispering in his head, this voice seemed to come from far away, trivial and scattered, it was intermittent, as if it was speaking, and as if it was praising it, this song should be part of a sacred hymn, but it could not make people feel the slightest reassurance, only a distorted, dizzying nausea.

Because of this, there was a slight mistake in the operation of the Holy Light, and there was a gap in the silver-white light mask that was not flawless.

The black mist that had been dispersed by the Divine Word Barrier suddenly burst out, and it slammed over the light shield where the gap appeared, seeping into it, and both Robzek and the white-haired mage seemed to be petrified, swallowed by it without resistance.

"Captain Moore!"

"Lord Robzek!"

The other mages and the knights of the Church who had just arrived from their dwelling not far away and were ready to support saw this scene and exclaimed in unison, and the young mage named Vera, who had just used the communication circle to notify Nostradamus, looked angrily at the black mist that had gradually calmed down after engulfing the two of them, and his face was full of surprise.

The white-haired mage known as Moore is the leader of the third research group of the Royal Mage Society, and at the same time his mentor, the old man has a strength close to the extreme will, although the black mist of the box of Erebos is weird, but it is impossible to defeat a golden peak archmage so easily.

And the church knight on the side was even more surprised, Robzek's strength was stronger than Moore's, it was the realm of extreme will, and as a paladin, his resistance was definitely higher than that of a mage of the same level, but this time the two of them were swallowed by the black fog without resistance at the same time, which was incredible.

Not even the hordes of monsters in the Plaguelands could do that.

Hurried footsteps came from the other side of the street, it was the sound of the surrounding people hurriedly evacuating, thousands of residents of the imperial capital were violently awakened from their sleep, and the mages used spells to semi-forcibly make the group leave their abode, away from the dangerous black fog.

Under the protection of several church knights, a beautiful woman with long white and blonde hair and eyes covered by a black blindfold also came to the vicinity of the Avenue of Truth, and her arrival made the other dazed church personnel around them regain their spirits, and after getting rid of the confusion caused by Robzek being engulfed in black fog, these knights who had found the backbone of the Lord again quickly came to the long-haired woman's side.

"Saya-sama!"

A knight who had seen the paladin fight with the Black Mist and was engulfed bowed to the nun, named Shaye, and he reported in a low and concise voice: "Lord Robzek fought with the Black Mist, unexpectedly failed, and is now engulfed by it, and his whereabouts are unknown!" ”

"I know."

A soft and ethereal voice sounded, Saya nodded slightly, and replied calmly: "Maintain the scene, don't let the black fog spread...... There is nothing wrong with Robzek, the fire of his life is still burning, smooth as usual. ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, several church knights quickly went to the edge of the black fog, at this time the vast majority of the people have been evacuated, and the entire avenue of truth is only empty houses and streets full of potholes except for the black fog.

At the same time, Saya silently turned her head, she looked in the direction where the black mist was, although her eyes were covered by the blindfold, but this seemed to be unable to block the woman's vision, looking directly at the calm black mist, the nun's expression changed slightly: "It's not a mortal existence...... The box of Erebos, what is inside......"

And as time and space rippled, this was what Joshua and Nostradamus saw when they came to the vicinity of the Royal Mage Society.

A huge and strange black mist that occupies most of the block is coiled in the center of the street, it has a huge volume of hundreds of meters long and dozens of meters high, although it seems to be a fog that will be blown away, but it is actually a bottomless dark energy aggregate, but what is amazing is that neither the warrior nor the old mage has sensed an obvious negative energy reaction.

Around this fog, more than a dozen church knights and several guild mages joined forces to block it from the surrounding streets, and they were setting up formations to seal off the black fog in a certain area.

“…… It's a bit big. ”

Nodding slightly, Joshua had to admit that the black sea of mist in front of him was indeed a little bigger than he imagined, and he frowned and said, "I originally thought that no matter how exaggerated it was, it would swallow up a few houses, Master Nostradamus, this is not just the level of experimental errors." ”

-- This is an experimental disaster!

“…… What a shame! What about the Hasselblads?! ”

And Nostradamus was stunned for a while after seeing it, he was very familiar with the terrain around the Mage Association, and at a glance, he knew that this black fog had completely wrapped the entire Royal Mage Association - being seen by Joshua, an outsider, such a scene really made Nostradamus, who was the president of the Association, a little unbearable on his face, and suddenly, the old mage angrily rebuked loudly: "This old thing, he has caused such a big trouble, but the person has disappeared?!" Shame on you, quit the association early! And where are the Murs? At this point in time, he should also be in the association, why is there no one! ”

"Let me deal with such a big mess, what's the use of you!"

A young mage who was setting up a formation plan noticed the sound behind him, and when he looked back, he was so shocked that the staff in his hand fell, but he didn't care about it for the time being, and the young mage immediately ran towards Nostradamus's position.

After seeing this young mage, Nostradamus's face looked a little better, and when the other party came to him, the old mage asked solemnly, "Vera, what's going on?" When you reported it to me, you didn't say that the black fog had spread to this point! And where is your mentor Moore? ”

"Grow up! I don't know about this either! ”

Although the young mage was a little nervous and flustered, his report was quite logical: "I was originally conducting an experiment with my mentor, but suddenly there was a huge crystal breaking sound in the second underground laboratory, and the tutor felt that something was wrong, so he terminated the experiment and asked me to go out to take a look, and the result was ......"

"The fog is spreading, right?"

Interrupting Vera's words, Nostradamus turned his head to look at the black mist, his eyes narrowed, and his expression was vaguely terrifying: "Hasselblad, he must have violated the rules of the experiment, and yes, the time limit is almost up, and if he doesn't produce any more results, his prestige will plummet - short-sighted fool!" ”

"Go on." He nodded slightly, motioning for Vera to continue.

"Yes!"

Swallowing his saliva, the young mage told him what happened next, for example, Moore summoned all the other mages who were still in the association to stop the experiment, quickly evacuate, and took the lead in stopping the spread of the black mist, but due to the anti-magic power of the black mist, the effect was not great, and at the same time as the situation deteriorated, the leader of the church mission, Robzek, arrived to help Moore temporarily suppress the black mist.

Speaking of this, Vera's expression was puzzled: "Obviously, Mr. Robzek has completely suppressed the black mist, and the holy light does have a restraining effect on it, but this black mist suddenly erupted violently, and launched a counterattack against the mentor and Mr. Robzek - and then, as if the two of them were petrified, they were engulfed in the black mist!" ”

The last paragraph of the narrative was a little vague, and the young mage's tone seemed to be self-doubting, and he even felt that what he was seeing was an illusion, but both Nostradamus and Joshua, who was listening silently on the sidelines, could understand it, because this was indeed a very incredible thing, and no one would have thought that a paladin of the extreme intention level and an archmage who was close to the extreme intention would actually be planted in the hands of a strange black mist.

And there is no resistance.

- This thing is kind of powerful.

Joshua nodded thoughtfully, he turned his head to look at the calm sea of fog, thinking that the ability of this thing was not quite the same as the several powerful monsters related to the fog in his memory, and although those monsters were powerful, they definitely did not come to this point.

And just such a glance made the warrior stunned, as if he had discovered something, and then his expression changed slightly, and he looked solemnly at the bottomless darkness.

On the side, the exchange between Vera and Nostradamus continued, and after the old mage confirmed a few details, he took a deep breath: "There is a mist of life...... It seems that we are all wrong, the box of Erebos is not a box containing the sacrificial relics of the ancient race, but a container similar to the lich's life box, carrying a part of the life of the ancient-evil creature that was sacrificed. ”

Nostradamus paused slightly when it came to the evil thing, but finally gave this definition in a firm tone: "It has caused great damage, and even caused casualties in the second group of the association, the leader of the third group, and the head of the church mission, Robzek, if necessary, and can destroy it." ”

"Nope."

A soft voice sounded from behind the old mage: "They are not dead, neither Captain Robzek nor the several mage gentlemen you mentioned are dead, their fire of life is still strong, but it is only overshadowed. ”

Surrounded by several knights, the woman with long white and blonde hair walked slowly towards Nostradamus and Joshua and the others, her eyes were blindfolded, but her face was facing exactly where the two were, the woman shook her head slightly and said: "Although this mist is weird and has a strong corrosive effect, it can't kill those strong people so easily, if we move quickly, we can still rescue them." ”

“…… Gleden Monastery, Grand Nun of the Second Combat Friars, Saya. ”

Recognizing the identity of the other party, Nostradamus didn't make much politeness, and now is not the time to pay attention to etiquette, he directly spoke: "The head of the church mission, Robzek, has also fallen into a black fog, but looking at your expression, it doesn't seem to be very worried. ”

After a pause, the old mage changed his words, he frowned, and asked seriously, "In other words, do you have any solution to the current situation?" ”

Nodding slightly, the nun named Saya was about to speak, but she suddenly turned her head and looked at the old mage's side.

That's where Joshua is.