Chapter 3 The Old Ministry
After a few months, this cool feeling began to fade into a blur, indicating that the geist had adapted to this concentration of life energy, opened his eyes, and let his body slowly float upwards under the action of buoyancy, and Rhaegar lay on the surface of the water, resting and feeling the changes in himself.
A wave of energy reached his mind at this time, it was a sign that someone had broken into the illusion, and for the first time in nearly three years, a creature could see through his disguised magic, and despite believing that the other party would not be able to break through the magic barrier and escape the magic trap anyway, Rhaegar was still a little curious about it. Lying on the surface of the water, there was no movement, and a wisp of 'spirit' divine power of the geist had passed through the magic barrier like lightning and came to the place where the intruder was.
This is a middle-aged man in a gray 'colored' mage robe - of course, for mages, the appearance often does not reflect their true age, many mages who are hundreds of years old still look very young - short and stocky, and his bare brain 'door' is covered with sweat, at this time, this panicked mage is desperately supporting the magic shield, fending off the stormy attacks in all directions.
Rhaegar recognized this man, his name was Horen, and in the God of the Storm, if you were to classify the most trusted person by Carson on a level, Rhaegar would undoubtedly be in the first place, and second only to him were this Horen and some other mages who had been taken in by him since childhood.
This discovery caused the geist who had been planning to kill the intruder to change his mind, and he rose from the water, took a light step forward, and the next moment, the geist appeared beside Horren.
This kind of ultra-long-distance movement is beyond the cognitive range of ordinary mages, even tenth-order mages cannot break through the upper limit of the distance of a hundred meters in short-range teleportation, only those who have reached the level of forbidden mages, from the realm of *** masters who simply use the rules to increase the power of magic and increase the speed of spellcasting, as well as save magic power, can do this.
Horren was obviously startled by the sudden appearance of an uninvited guest in his magic shield, but then, he recognized the person in front of him, which immediately made him feel a lot more relaxed.
"Thank goodness," the mage let out a sigh of relief as he watched Rhaegar make the horrific attacks and his shield disappear with his shield, "I'm so glad to see you here, Carson is with you?"
"He's not here," Rhaegar said simply, unwilling to dash the other's hopes, "in pursuit of a higher level of magic, he's traveling around the world—and perhaps beyond—in search of a higher level of magic. ”
He looked at the embarrassed Hollen in front of him, "You seem to be in trouble?"
This reminded the other party, and Horren looked around nervously, as if looking for a place to hide. "Where is your quarter?" he asked quickly, "the people of Villar are chasing me, and I must find a place to hide." ”
The name evoked some of Rhaeggar's memories, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "I'm just passing through here," he didn't want to *** the real situation here, "but there's obviously a powerful and not hospitable being living here." Rhaegar turned and walked outside, "Anyway, I think we should prioritize how to get out of this place more than the pursuers. ”
As a mage, Horen was not a sluggish man, and despite being ignorant of Rhaeggar's progress over the years, the geist's performance when he first 'appeared' showed him a good indication of his strength, and after a quick weighing, he quickly caught up with Rhaeggar's footsteps.
“... That's the way it is," Horen said to Rhaegar about his experience and that of his companions as he hurried, and at the end, he concluded: "Although we promised Villar that we wouldn't go against him when we left, he wasn't prepared to let us go - it was clear that in his eyes, we were the capital for Carson's comeback." Over the years, although he has been hiding in the east, there are still some people who have been found by him, and now, all of them are hiding in a remote village, living like ordinary people, if it weren't for solving some personal matters, I should be there at this time. ”
He thought for a moment, then said, "I can tell you where they are hiding, and I believe that only you can lead them out of this predicament except Carson, and I will divert those who are chasing me, and as I did before, you can use this opportunity to go to that hiding place." ”
"I'm afraid it doesn't have to be that much trouble. Rhaegar looked ahead and said calmly.
Not far from them, eight mages in robes and staff stood silently on a hill, waiting for their arrival, and behind them, dozens of warriors in armor and crossbows were waiting for them.
Horen's face turned pale all of a sudden, "It's them," he muttered to himself, "Villar's law enforcement squad, many of our companions have died at their hands in the last ten years. ”
The mage was about to ask Rhaegar to leave and stop these terrible opponents on his own, but suddenly found that the geist spirit that was still by his side was gone.
"Give me half a minute. When these words reached Horren's ears through the air, Rhaeggar's figure appeared right in front of the law enforcement team. The geist raised his hand slightly, and a gust of wind slowly blew towards the mages and warriors with his gestures, and these people seemed to be frozen, with no intention of dodging or attacking, and let the gentle breeze blow through their bodies like 'spring' water.
Something unbelievable happened to Horen, in the breeze, the opponents who had been chasing him for months, 'forced' him almost desperate, disappeared without warning, and it was completely clear from his mage's eyes that these people were not using some spell to hide their figures, but were broken into the most basic particles by the action of some mysterious force that could not be seen.
Before he could close his mouth wide open, Rhaegar returned to his side.
"My mentor has broken through the original level," the geist said, "and under his guidance, I have made some progress. After careful consideration, he decided to credit Carson for his growth, so as to avoid more shock and unnecessary suspicion.
This explanation was sufficient for the mages who regarded Carson as a god-like being, and as Horen was about to speak, Rhaegar had already interrupted the mage in advance.
"Carson will not bother with any worldly matters anymore," he said, "only the higher stage power is the only goal he is pursuing at the moment, but before leaving, he has 'handed you over' to me." Rhaegar watched the change in Horen's expression, taking in the other party's emotional activity, and after making sure that the other party did not have the slightest doubt about it, he made his own request, "Tell me the address where you are hiding, I will solve some things first, and then I will go to you." "When we meet again," he said, word for word, "I will lead you to take back all that belongs to Carson." ”
At night, on the first quarter of the moon, it is cloudy.
The dim moonlight darkened the backlit side of Einsorat, and from a distance, the mountain range hidden in darkness seemed like a terrifying beast ready to leap up to hunt for food, making people shudder from the bottom of their hearts - in fact, since a few years ago, no one dared to pass by here, even in broad daylight, and the tyrannical black dragon that appeared out of nowhere turned the entire southern part of the mountain range into a desolate and dead forbidden land.
Today, however, a man has openly trespassed into this forbidden land. Rhaegar was suspended in the air, like a terrifying wave of the essence of the 'spirit' divine power surging in all directions, where it passed, even the mountain wind that kept going on day and night in the mountains also stopped, and the whole air seemed to become solidified, in front of this supreme majesty of the 'spirit' divine power, those creatures who lived in fear under the 'lewd' power of the black dragon completely lost their courage, and the only thing they could do was to prostrate on the ground and pray for this. The master of the spirit power was as disdainful as the black dragon of his own insignificant existence.
This 'spirit' and god's frenzied 'tide' that swept hundreds of square kilometers also alarmed the current owner of this mountain range, and in a thunderous roar, a huge black shadow quickly rose into the air from the mountains not far away, and then flew towards Rhaegar at an unimaginable speed.
Black Dragon Vane. Ten years ago, it had refused to fall back into its sleep after its long-earned home was destroyed by a horde of hateful humans, and for ten years the black dragon had destroyed nearly every town south of Ayn-Sorat, and Vane swore that it would destroy ten human cities a year until it could catch the only one who had escaped and destroyed its own lair.
Looking at the culprit who had killed his closest companions, Rhaeggar's face was surprisingly calm, only the eyes that shimmered with the unique light of a predator beast occasionally 'revealed' his thoughts at this moment.
Vane, who was 'provoked' by ***'s provocation, didn't recognize the intruder in front of him - in fact, just as most humans look at dragons with similar appearances, and can only distinguish them from their skin 'color', except for 'sex', in the eyes of most dragons, there is not much difference in the appearance of human beings, what really allows them to identify different humans is the energy breath on the bodies of these creatures, and after the transformation of life energy, the breath on Rhaegar's body has changed dramatically compared to before.