"Huh, Cervantes?"

Ziegler raised his eyebrows as he looked at the runestone that suddenly lit up on the table.

He didn't pick up the rune stone for the first time, because he subconsciously thought that it was impossible for Cervantes to take the initiative to contact him, maybe the black dragon had already thrown away the rune stone, and it would definitely not be the black dragon who contacted him now......

After thinking about it for a while, Ziegler finally picked up the rune stone.

After the 'call' was connected, there was silence on the other side, and Ziegler did not take the initiative to speak, because he wanted to know who was on the other side.

“...... Ziegler?"

In the end, the other side couldn't help but breathe and spoke first, but when the voice came out of the rune stone, Ziegler was stunned.

Even though there were only three syllables in the sentence, Ziegler could still hear the reluctance in the words.

The next moment, a smile climbed onto the red dragon's face.

"Ha, Cervantes!"

Hearing the familiar laughter coming from the rune stones, Cervantes frowned slightly, to be honest, he didn't really like to come into contact with this red dragon.

As a rare freak in the dragon clan, he and Ziegler know each other, once when their relationship was not so bad, he has already seen the essence of this red dragon, if he is a mentally ill person with confused thinking, then Ziegler is a complete madman, although on the surface, Ziegler's behavior is more disciplined than him, but in fact, only people or dragons who know Ziegler know how crazy this red dragon is.

Because Ziegler had offered him to study him, the relationship between the two of them deteriorated, and even though Ziegler later said that he had dismissed that idea, the relationship between him and Ziegler did not ease in the slightest.

This red dragon with a clever tongue and a honey-bellied sword is more like a black dragon than him, not only is his mouth full of lies, but the crazy thoughts in his head have never stopped, so Cervantes is very resistant to having any contact with this red dragon.

"Is there something wrong with you?"

Ziegler's cheerful voice came from the other side of the runestone: "No, no, no, don't say it yet, let me guess—hmm...... Did you miss me?"

“...... Do you think it's possible?" replied Cervantes in a cold voice.

"Just kidding!"

Ziegler seemed to show a thousand percent enthusiasm, and the intimacy hidden in his words made the black dragon's brows furrow.

"You wouldn't go out of your way to look for me, even if you wouldn't, so someone must have asked you to do it? If I'm not mistaken, it must be Serena, right?"

After Ziegler finished speaking, the other side did not reply, and he knew that he had guessed correctly.

"So, what's the matter?" Ziegler tossed the runestone up and down, chuckling, "If it's not something you won't look for me, but let's say it first, it's a deal, and you need to pay me." ”

“...... The reward Sera had already been prepared. ”

"Huh?"

The runestone fell back into his palm, Ziegler's fingers tightened, and his eyebrows raised.

What was the matter with that woman, she shouldn't know herself, how could she have thought of this?

The red dragon's mind was full of thoughts, and many possibilities came to mind in an instant.

"Huh!" Ziegler laughed again, "what's the matter? Let's hear it first, I'm not sure I'm going to say yes." ”

"Study the legacy of the Arcane Empire, will you come?" Cervantes said in an indifferent tone, he really didn't care if Ziegler would come, if Ziegler really didn't come, it would be as he wanted.

"Hmm...... More specific?" Ziegler asked with a smile.

"Elemental Furnace" ......"

On the other side, the words fell, and Ziegler's five fingers pinched out several cracks in the rune stone.

He took a deep breath, tapped his forehead with the back of his hand, and then lowered his head and asked again, "What did you just say?"

"'Elemental Furnace'—are you coming?"

Ziegler gently put down the rune stone, because there were already several cracks in this stone, and if he crushed this rune stone because of his emotion, then he would regret it for the rest of his life!

The red dragon closed his eyes, covered his face with his palms, began to adjust his emotions, and began to think-

Does that woman have the materials of the Elemental Furnace in her hands, or is there the remains of the Elemental Furnace? Didn't the Arcane Empire destroy everything it could destroy before leaving?

The 'Elemental Furnace' is the most important thing even in the Arcane Empire, as long as the 'Ark' is knocked down, then the 'Elemental Furnace' will explode directly, and it is impossible to leave any wreckage behind...... So is 'data' possible?

Obviously, he remembered that the knowledge of the 'Elemental Furnace' was also one of the top in the destruction sequence of the Arcanists, and no one except the Arcanists would have similar knowledge and materials, even if it was a crime to just 'possess', let alone 'research'.

Although there will definitely be people secretly doing some research, before the Arcane Empire leaves, they should have destroyed all the materials long ago, the 'Ark' cannot be captured, and it will explode as long as it is down, so is it other floating cities?

Ordinary floating cities are not allowed to keep relevant knowledge and materials, and knowledge about the 'Elemental Furnace' is only available in the 'Ark'-level floating cities, and only the Grand Arcanists will study it.

As long as the 'Ark' is knocked down, it will inevitably explode, and even the gods will not be able to prevent the destruction of the Floating City, and the delay will be three minutes at most, but what is the point of this? Three minutes is not enough time for the gods to use the 'divine power' to break the magic lock set by the arcanist.

It's the quickest way to do it, but it's not very useful, and the Arcanists have already prepared it for the first time.

Ziegler was able to confirm this, although he was born after that war, but in order to study magic and the truth of the world, he had searched for many ruins of the Arcane Empire.

As long as it is a floating city, the library and the mage tower are the places with the most serious traces of damage, not because of external causes, but because these places have begun to self-destruct before the fall of the floating city, all signs indicate that the arcanists have made many preparations, so it should be impossible for the knowledge and materials of the 'elemental furnace' in the world of Assatom.

Well, that woman is trying to start from scratch...... No, because the Arcanists have already created the 'Elemental Furnace', they have a clear goal.

Is that woman trying to make the 'Elemental Furnace' reappear in this world?

“...... Answer?"

Hearing this voice, Ziegler took a deep breath and said in an eager tone: "Of course, of course I have to go, wait, I'll pack my things now!"

The Arcanists knew what they were doing, so they set up a self-destruct function for the Floating City's important research facilities in the beginning.

While arrogant, they still maintain the caution expected of a mage, and they are well aware of the enlightened nature of the gods of the world of Assatom, who do not mind taking the 'Elemental Furnace' off the 'Ark' and turning it into their own power—they only care about the 'users' of the power, not some kind of 'power' itself.

Because there is such a group of gods, the Arcanists will let the 'Elemental Furnace' self-destruct after the 'Ark' is defeated, and they have not considered the option of retaking the 'Ark' in the first place because when they take the 'Ark' back, there will only be an empty shell, what are they wasting their strength to retake an empty shell?

The gods weren't going to stop them from researching the Elemental Furnace, and there was a god living in Winder anyway, so they didn't care in the slightest.

The light on the runestone faded and turned into a black stone again, and Ziegler stood in front of the freshly polished stone table, staring at the runestone for a moment.

"Rena, pack your things, we're moving again!"