“... The True Red Palace was built when the Fernández family became the lord of the Crimson Basin, and this history was even before the Empire, and they continued to expand and rebuild in the hundreds of years after joining the Empire......

Walking in the wide corridor, the surrounding lighting circle seems to be in disrepair, the light emitted is white and faint, giving people an eerie feeling, this is a fringe corridor of the True Red Palace, there is silence all around, only the words of the old woman in front of you slowly echo in the corridor, like a ghost floating in a thousand-year-old tomb.

"What about the former Arcane Palace, is it grander than this?" asked Stephanie.

"Of course. The voice of the old woman in front of her came faintly. "Especially the Aoguang Fortress, which houses the Imperial Palace at the end, is almost an independent world shaped by arcane arts, and no one who has ever seen it can never imagine such a scene. ”

“... I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to see something like that. Stephanie was fascinated.

"Absolutely, Arcane will not die, and since it will not die, it will inevitably rise again. The old woman's voice echoed repeatedly in the hallway, as if from a long time ago.

"Yes, it must be. Stephanie's voice was loud and powerful, and it was for herself. "Teacher Jefferson and Vice President Griffin, you both have the arcane brilliance of the Age of Empires in your hands, and the star temple where the guildmaster sits, and the arcane will surely shine again to illuminate the world. ”

"Hehe......" The old woman's footsteps froze slightly, and then continued to walk forward without a trace, but her voice was slightly weak. "So we're going to have to get Vice President Griffin back first. ”

He ...... Are you really willing to leave with us?" Stephanie's face was not very good-looking at the thought of the vice president who was completely incomprehensible and measurable. "I didn't expect him to be the younger brother of the True Red Grand Duke...... With such a powerful family, would he still be willing to come and fight with us for the cause of the arcane?"

"Don't worry, he never cared what his brother was and what his family was like. He's just a kid who has done something wrong and been bewitched for a while, and he runs back to his brother's house to hide for a while, and I'm sure he'll follow us back as long as we go and make it clear to him. ”

This seems to be very easy to say, but Stephanie doesn't feel relaxed at all, needless to say that the vice president will not follow the advice so easily, the true red grand duke will definitely not agree to them doing so, whether the relationship between their brothers is deep or not, this is a matter related to the fundamental interests of the family, an archmage who can stand at the top of the continent, even if there are some problems in personality, it is an incomparable wealth for any family.

Wanting to pry this person away from under the nose of the Grand Duke of True Red, who can be said to be the foundation of the family, even if Stephanie has performed many difficult tasks, she is really at a loss for what to do about the matter in front of her. Fortunately, this time she did not come alone, Vice President Jefferson, who was walking in front, was the protagonist of this plan, and she was just assisting from the side.

Even so, even if Vice President Jefferson is also one of the top archmages in the continent, it is not easy to do something in the True Red Palace of Fernandez's old mansion, and now it seems that they can walk in the True Red Palace unscrupulously, in fact, the preparations made behind the scenes are unimaginable to ordinary people.

"Don't move. The vice president's voice suddenly sounded in her ears, and Stephanie stopped abruptly.

There was a dead silence in the wide, empty corridor, not even a trace of air flow, except for the pale pale light emitted by the illumination crystal, which was really indistinguishable from an ancient tomb that had been abandoned for thousands of years.

Stephanie and the others were still standing in the hallway, but they were all under the arcane effect of 'real concealment', and as long as they were not exposed, almost no one could detect any traces of them, and their smells, footsteps, breaths, and even vital signs were perfectly concealed by the arcane.

A brisk sound of footsteps came from the far end of the corridor, breaking the dead silence here, and with the footsteps the light emitted by the lighting crystals on both sides of the corridor gradually intensified, and the figure of the future man was clearly illuminated, this was a young man with rich clothes and blond hair, but anyone who looked at him would ignore the richly and luxuriously cut clothes on his body, because such a handsome man would be glamorous even if he appeared in the slums in a ragged sack.

The man's steps were brisk, and he seemed to be just a casual walk after dinner, but he had walked a distance of more than 100 meters between just a few breaths, his steps were relaxed and casual, but each step had at least crossed a distance of more than thirty meters, which was no different from flying, and at such a fast speed, there was not even a trace of wind around him, as if he was really just walking slowly.

Not far in front of Stephanie, the man bowed to the two of them with a smile on his face, and said, "Welcome to the True Red Palace, do you have anything to need?

The young man came straight away, it was certainly not a senseless temptation, and there was no need to continue to hide, Vice President Jefferson was the first to show his figure from the air, she was dressed in a plain white mage robe, a pair of gold wire crystal glasses on the bridge of her nose, and she was still a noble old woman full of bookishness, she also bent her knees to the young man and replied to the meeting etiquette when facing the master, but her voice was cold: "It's rude, I really didn't expect that it would be Mr. Phil, the protagonist of today's banquet, to greet us." Can you just tell us how the reconnaissance sequence discovered us? It took me half a month just to analyze the sequence model of the True Red Palace, and this is not an extraordinary period, and it is impossible for the reconnaissance sequence to run at full power. ”

The grandeur of the True Red Palace is not only the scale of the building, as the existence that was once second only to the Imperial Palace, the arcane sequence placed here is also extremely powerful, even after experiencing war and famine, only three or four of them can survive and still play a role, but it is also the top of the continent, not weaker than the post-war reconstruction of Oroyosta, it is not easy for the two of them to infiltrate silently. In addition to parsing the arcane sequences here, they also had a clear understanding of the upcoming banquet here, so they could recognize who this young man was at a glance.

“... Also, why would it be a family upstart like Mr. Phil to greet us? I thought it would be Mr. Mo who was in charge of the sequence, isn't he afraid that we invaders will make some dangerous moves......"

Such thorough preparation was discovered in the end, which made Vice President Jefferson feel very bad, and his words became a little unkind. Of course, with the status of the two of them and the status of the Fernandez family, there is no problem with the safety of their lives at all, but the previous plan will definitely be postponed indefinitely, and the True Red Duke will definitely not allow the archmage brothers who have finally returned home to leave again.

To their surprise, the young man named Phil shook his head: "No, the arcane sequence of the palace shouldn't have discovered you, I just found it." Your arcane concealment is very good, at least the arcane above the seven rings, but unfortunately the changes in the winds of the world cannot be hidden, and I can tell from a distance that someone here seems to want to do something related to the Fernandez family......"

"It turned out to be a great druid who could directly feel the order of cause and effect, which was really disrespectful. Vice President Jefferson's eyes flashed with surprise. Even in the Imperial Age, such a great druid could not be easily reached, of course, they had already heard that today's banquet was to celebrate the return of this young druid to the True Red Family, but they had no idea that this young man who looked no more than twenty years old had reached such a state. “... I can't imagine that the True Red Family actually has such a genius, and it seems that our preparation is still insufficient. Well, then let's pay a fair visit to the Grand Duke of the True Red, and we will apologize for our rudeness......"

Stephanie also reluctantly lifted the arcane and showed her form. In this case, admitting defeat and apologizing is the only option, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to fight against the entire arcane sequence of the big family with one's own strength, even if the strongest archmages in the continent want to move rough in the True Red Palace with their bare hands, there is no chance of winning. Just as it is impossible for even the strongest warrior to block the collision of the magic chariot, the power accumulated with huge resources and arcane knowledge is no longer something that can be fought against by mere human power.

"Please wait. Phil's gaze fell on Stephanie, who had just appeared, and then suddenly lit up, as if he had seen something extremely surprising to him. "This young lady is ......"

"Stephanie Domingo Orogreen. Member of the Arcanian Revival. Stephanie replied calmly. Although she didn't know why this young druid looked at her with such strange eyes, now that she had been discovered, there was no point in concealing it, and Julia, a former Revival leader, was in this palace.

"Oro Green......? Such a noble surname, that is really disrespectful. ”

Phil nodded, the look on his face full of interest, even surprise. He muttered for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Actually, I don't have any interest in what the two ladies are going to do, and I won't tell anyone else about the two ladies I have seen here. It's just that I have a small difficulty at the moment, and I hope to have the help of this Miss Orogreen. ”

Stephanie's eyes lit up with these words, which seemed to imply a deal that would allow their plans to continue, and she nodded hurriedly, "I don't know how I can help you, Mr. Phil." ”

"Well, I'm short of a dance partner right now. It's been a long time since the dance party over there, but I can't find a suitable match, can I invite you to be my dance partner?"

"If you have any requests, please feel free to say so. Vice President Jefferson did not appear overjoyed by the turnaround, and in her experience, pie usually does not fall from the sky in such an absolutely unfavorable situation, and even if it is, there is either a knife or poison in the pie.

"I really just need a dance partner. Phil only smiled at these doubts, and his smile was as bright as the morning sun. "And I'm really not interested in what you two want to do, and even though I've just returned to the Fernandez family, things like belonging and family honor need to be cultivated slowly, don't they? And I'm curious about what you're going to do with the two of you, no, what you're going to do, wouldn't it be too boring to interrupt your actions here?"

“...... Stephanie, then please accompany this Mr. Phil to the dance. Staring at the elusive young druid for a while, Vice President Jefferson could only nod to Stephanie.

"Very gratifying. Stephanie curtsy to Phil. This is a very standard etiquette after accepting the invitation, including the smiling expression on her face is flawless.

"Be careful yourself. Vice President Jefferson gave her one last meaningful look, then turned and disappeared into thin air completely.

"Mr. Phil, thank you very much for the invitation, but I need to remind you that if you are going to take me to the ball, how do you explain that I am an unlicensed outsider in the True Red Palace?" She didn't think that this handsome young man who looked like he was coming out of the sun would really want to invite her to a dance, but it didn't matter, as long as it was a chance to get Vice President Jefferson out, no matter how difficult it was, she would do her best. "And Julia Fernandez is one of our former members of the Alpha Renaissance, and she recognizes me at a sight. Maybe I need to put on some makeup and disguise it......"

"There's no need for that. You can just come with me. ”

Stephanie's wrist tightened, and before she could react, she noticed that she was flying in Phil's tug, and in the blink of an eye, the two of them flew out of the window next to the corridor, and then in a few breaths, they were already hundreds of meters high in the night sky, looking down, the huge castle complex with lights was like a sleeping behemoth crawling among the mountains.

"It's... It's...."Stephanie was shocked. Of course, she was not surprised by flying, although she was not able to use the six-ring arcane magic of flying herself, but there were at least dozens or hundreds of flying scrolls used, but it was precisely because of this that she could understand the unbelievable nature of this. If she was flying by herself, this speed would be almost fatal, and the powerful acceleration could easily compress the blood in the human body to the extent that it exceeded the limit of the body, but she flew to such a height in an instant almost without feeling, which showed that this druid controlled not only the elemental power of the outside world, but even the elemental flow in her body could also be affected.

In other words, if the other party really wants to kill her, it is just a matter of breathing, this kind of elemental control that can directly interfere with the organism itself, and any protective arcane under the six rings has no meaning.

"Miss Orogreen, I don't know if you believe it or not, but the first time I saw you, I felt the gravitational pull of the wind of the world between the two of us. I may have been skeptical at first, but now I can be sure that your coming to me is the inevitable law of the world, just as the sun must rise, just as the night must come. Our convergence is the acquiescence of the God of the Four Elements, the decree of the God of Life. ”

The voice of a young druid could be heard in the night sky, and although he could not be seen clearly, it was full of enthusiasm and straightforwardness like the midday sun. It's not that Stephanie hasn't heard similar words, she was also the object of some classmates' courting when she was in the Arcane Academy, but hearing such a bold dialogue in the current situation, and the person who spoke was an incredibly powerful druid, she still couldn't help but feel a slight beat in her heart.

"Come on, we've just left the alert area of the palace's reconnaissance sequence, now let's re-enter. ”

Again, at the same unresponsive pace as before, when Stephanie looked around, she was already standing on a gorgeous balcony with Phil, with the sound of music and the loud noise coming from behind her.

"I'm not good at dancing or anything, and I hope you'll give me advice, Miss Orogreen. Phil took Stephanie's hand and turned towards the hall behind him.

"Just call me Stephanie. Stephanie hurriedly replied before she was dragged down the steps.

The sudden reappearance of the protagonist of the ball, who had not been seen for a long time, naturally attracted the attention of those who were immersed in singing, dancing, drinking and having fun, especially when he was holding a blonde beauty in civilian clothes, which caused the shock and jealousy of those women.

"Ah, who is that woman, who is wearing a commoner's clothes, and how dare you hold the hand of my lovely cousin Phil?

"No matter how poor you are, you can't wear such clothes to enter the True Red Palace, it's blasphemy!

"Look at that self-righteous face and the bridge of his nose, maybe he was dressed up like this to be different to seduce Fill, he must have learned from some clumsy opera, poor Phil he has never seen any entertainment and art, he must have been deceived! This is an incomparable bitch! I'm going to warn him!"

"Yes, yes, that's a scheming slut. Look at that blonde hair, it must have been dyed like that, it would have been a capital offense in the Age of Empires......."

Ignoring the stares and gossip around him, as soon as he stepped onto the dance floor, Phil took Stephanie by the hand and began to dance to the music. Stephanie stepped on the beat of the music, effortlessly

I was surprised to find that although this young druid really didn't know how to dance at all, he learned very quickly, and easily followed her rhythm and dance steps, even if the movements were not standardized at all, it was also full of natural elegance and beauty, like an elf dancing with the rhythm of nature in the wind, coupled with his handsome and sunny face and posture, this is simply a prince who can only appear in a girl's dream.

"I have to say, you're really surprising to me. Stephanie couldn't help but say. It must be admitted that even if the current situation is a little inappropriate, she knows that her mind should not be on this, but the charm of the magical man in front of her still attracts her a little.

"I'm curious about you, too, Miss Stephanie. Maybe if we have the opportunity, we should have more in-depth exchanges. Phil on the other side smiled, and seemed to be more sunny and more like a prince.

At this time, a figure walked in front of the two of them in a hurry, but it was Julia, who had just rushed back after cleaning up the traces of her previous rest, she walked straight to the two of them unceremoniously, stared at Stephanie with extremely unkind eyes, and said, "What are you doing here? How did you get in?"

On the other side, in the Duke of Felton's bedroom, the obsessive man who had been cowering in the corner and looking at the illusion was suddenly stunned, as if he had suddenly discovered something, and stood up and looked left and right.

Of course he saw nothing, except for the Duke of Felton, who was snoring loudly in the middle of the bed, and the faint light illuminated the room.

The obese man stood there for a moment, then suddenly looked down at the illusion in his hand again, and it was not until the illusion in his hand was over that he staggered out the door. The door of the dormitory opened silently before him, and closed again again as he departed.

"Huh?" Duke Felton on the bed suddenly bounced, but his expression was still dazed, as if he had been forcibly woken up from his sleep. He also looked left and right, as if he was looking for someone. "What's going on?"