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The Fars Fortress at sunset is particularly desolate at this time, in addition to the endless plains facing the strong and heavy gate, the main reason is because the battlefield traces of the broken flag and broken sword are all over the western part of the fortress. The caravans and travelers who used to come and go were gone, replaced by veterans who guarded the city gates and soldiers who were waiting for the city, turning the originally lively fortress into a slaughter.

Their supreme commander, General Dusk, was now standing at the head of the fortress to the west of the fortress with a tired face, scanning the embers left behind by the battlefield.

"What about the captives of the Empire?"

"Following your instructions, it has been ...... All of them were taken to Tania, but some of them were too badly injured and they remained. ”

Another cool gust of wind blew across Dusk's face, which made the general, who had originally had some red and swollen eyes, refresh, he looked at the far end of the horizon, carefully observed for a while, and after making sure that there were no abnormal changes, he retracted his gaze with some relief: "Everyone has worked hard today, take a good rest, and ...... Take care of your wounded brothers. ”

"Yes."

"Order everyone, and be on guard at night."

"Yes."

"You, go and inform those who are still here, tell them...... The battle has reached the fortress of Fars, let them all go back, and die of this heart. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"And ......"

He stopped talking abruptly.

Night is approaching, and the light and shadow on the city wall also turn from red to black as the sun sets, and it is estimated that it will not be long before torches and other lighting facilities will be needed to see the situation here, but this does not prevent Dusk from being vigilant at this time - not far from him, the blue-robed lady who suddenly appeared on the city wall before and turned the tide of battle with just one move is still standing quietly on the other side of the wall with a staff in one hand.

The cool breeze that blew in from the outside of the fortress was still a reminder of what had happened before.

The general didn't care about the woman's origin and purpose, he even had a lot of questions to ask her, but the attitude and state of the blue-robed woman really didn't look like she wanted someone to ask her questions in the past. In fact, the woman had been in that place ever since the battle that had suddenly erupted because of her, standing against the wall, looking into the distance, as if waiting for something.

And not so long ago, the person she was waiting for seemed to have arrived.

The general looked at the figure of another black cloak that he had found under his alert and slowly landed on the city wall not far away, pinched his brow with some headache, and then waved away the other men: "We...... Let's all go down. ”

The black-robed figure walked slowly in front of Christine, and then heard her voice.

"It's just a good time for you to come."

The blue-robed woman, who had not made a sound, turned her head and looked at the comer with kind eyes: "General Dusk just left, and you came." ”

“...... I came, and he left. Under the black hood, a woman's voice came out: "Sister." ”

"How's the investigation in Zaraha City?"

“...... There is no clear evidence yet, my sister. The black-robed woman performed a mage's etiquette, and then the blue-robed woman pulled her into her arms and rubbed her head.

"Don't be so polite, my dear sister." Christine chuckled and said, "If you are still so formal in the absence of outsiders, your sister will be very sad." ”

She let go of her hand, and then continued to ask in the other party's somewhat embarrassed face, "How is the Imperial Army doing?" ”

"They...... Very angry. Freya, under the hood, straightened her hair, then straightened her face again: "If I hadn't walked fast, maybe they would have spotted me." ”

"It doesn't matter." The blue-robed woman waved her hand a little indifferently: "But ...... If they keep watching, our investigation will be affected. ”

"That's you...... Justification for assisting the Principality? ”

"Assisting the Principality? No, no, no. The blue-robed woman said with some amusement, "We are a council of mages, we never help any force, and we don't need to win their help in this way. ”

She turned back and looked into the distance under the fortress: "I'm just here...... Pay off someone's debts, settle accounts, that's all. ”

"But......" Freya walked up to her and looked with her at the scene below, "Do you do this, do you ......?"

"Do you mean those people?" Christine smiled indifferently again: "This is already the simplest and most violent method, and the least loss, if it were for you, I would really be afraid of this place......"

She pointed forward: "It will become purgatory on earth." ”

The black-robed woman lowered her head a little embarrassed.

"The people of the Mage Council must not only learn to judge the situation, but more importantly, learn to be a human being and be a proper person." Christine said solemnly, "I've reminded you countless times, before you learned this...... You'd better not be responsible for something like that. ”

"Yes, my sister." The woman standing next to her nodded a little ignorantly: "Everything is subject to your teachings. ”

"You, you......" Christine shook her head a little helplessly, and then decided not to think about these irrelevant things for the time being: "What about the other findings?" ”

"The effects of the Emerald Tower continue." The Qingli woman under the black hood cleared her throat, and then began her own report: "According to the information sent from other regions, that huge magic fluctuation has affected more distant places, not only Zahara City, but also Falling Star Mountain, Verbey Lake, and the lower reaches of the Hongshui River where it is located, all of which have varying degrees of mutation, and the farthest place even reaches the barren land in the north of the empire, and the coast of the Free City, it is said that not long ago, many places in the local area were shaken, The location of some new ruins has been revealed...... There is also the summit of Falling Star Mountain, where the fog has become more severe due to the influence of the wind element......"

As the sun set, the woman in the black cloak stood beside the woman in the blue robe, and spoke incessantly like a report, while the woman in the blue robe listened quietly without saying a word, allowing the afterglow of the setting sun to dye the two figures on the city wall red. This beautiful sight provoked many guards standing guard on the city wall to look sideways, and some of them who knew the inside story may still be lamenting that two of the most powerful forces of the two mage councils were actually standing beside them, but what made them even more unbelievable was that the "Ice Flame", which never said a word when it appeared in front of everyone on weekdays, and was as cold as ice, actually had such a lively side.

"I see." After a long time, Christine, who had listened to everything, responded: "Have you told them all these things?" ”

"Yes. In addition......"

"What's wrong?"

"According to the report of the people of the principality, there seems to be traces of someone sneaking into the Emerald Tower for the second time."

The blue-robed woman squinted her eyes and looked ahead, falling into silence again, and finally she settled down and sorted out the clue from her thousands of thoughts: "Speed up, the investigation is still up to you, my sister." ”

"Yes."

"Let's start where there's the most likely change, and if you're not running out of staff, just ask Wiggins." She stroked her hair: "Tania, near Liberty City, there are ...... Falling Star Mountain. ”

"Let's start with these suspicious places."

"Yes, my sister." Freya nodded, then asked with some confusion, "What about Zaraha City?" ”

"Yes, of course...... It's up to me. The blue-robed woman smiled charmingly: "The empire has suffered such a big loss, presumably they are also 'confused' now, oh hehehe......"

"Let me explain it myself." She paused for her staff, and the huge sapphire on the staff emitted a blazing blue light: "Hope......"

"They can listen."

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"Whew, whew, whew...... Which way to go next? ”

"Don't keep asking me, big brother! Every time I make such a difficult choice......"

"Phew! Do you want labor to be elected? Aren't you afraid? ”

“...... Okay, okay, I'll pick ...... Right! ”

In the unknown cave on the Falling Star Mountain, Duan Qing and the three of them were still running away in embarrassment—the billowing red dust behind them was getting closer and closer to them.

"Anyway, we've been running away since we got up the mountain?"

"Nonsense, it's good if you don't die and go back! What else do you want to expect...... Drink! ”

Quickly passing through the side road on the right, Nan Tieshan quickly turned around and punched, interrupting a stone pillar next to him: "Eat me and move flowers to block the way!" ”

"What kind of move is this, big brother?"

"It's just a stone......"

"It's useless." The woman who was running at the front suddenly turned around and interjected: "Earth elements are all intangible things, even if they are fixed in form, they can be changed at will. ”

"How can there be such a perverted monster in this game!" Nan Tieshan said hatefully: "How can this make people fight? ”

"The matter of spells is usually handed over to the mage to solve, this is a professional problem, and it is normal for us to be helpless." Snow Spirit Phantom Ice's voice was as steady as ever: "And when dealing with this elemental creature, you also have to consider the factor of attributes. ”

The basic composition of the magic elements in the free world is still the four categories of ordinary earth, fire, water and wind, so there is still a basic attribute restraint between the various magic elements. However, at the current level of players, no one has yet been able to use the principle of elemental attributes to complete tactical objectives and other such things, the main reason is the lack of strength, the players known as mages when they encounter the enemy, their combat methods are still at the level of throwing their own spells to the opponent's head, and they also have to take into account aiming. As for what kind of monster should be used in the face of what kind of restraint spell, they still don't have such a consciousness in their minds, and there is no such condition - the current players are basically a single elemental physique, and the spell attribute is just that, so they don't have a choice at all.

But even so, the spells were at least able to hit the spells, and they were always stronger than Duan Qing's three dumbfounded melee classes at this time.

"Do you have any enchanted weapons? Or items with magical elements will do......"

"Big brother, we are all novices who have just come out of the novice village, how can there be such a thing?"

"Hugh has to tell me! You ......"

Nan Tieshan, who was running, pointed to the figure of the woman in front of him, and didn't say a word for a long time.

"What's wrong?" The woman looked back in confusion.

“...... That one...... I said, is there a way you can hit that guy behind us? ”

"Nope."

"What did you do when you came here before?" It was Duan Qing who was questioned this time.

“...... We have a wind mage on our team. Xue Ling Phantom Ice glanced at Duan Qing, and then replied lightly.

"Sure enough." Duan Qing covered his head and said, "Okay, we really didn't ...... this time."

"Go to the right!"

The black-cloaked figure in front of her suddenly said in a loud voice, drawing her long sword as she drew her long sword.

"Hey, why did you suddenly pick it up for us......"

"Do you still want to find the Nors?"

The two men immediately shut their mouths.

Another fork in the road immediately appeared in front of their eyes, and this time the three of them did not hesitate and directly chose the right side, but it didn't take long for them to reach the end of this road.

"Dead end! I'm going to ...... You girl, you don't want to kill us, do you! ”

Xue Lingphantasm Ice didn't answer, but made a sudden stop and thrust his long sword forward.

With a pop, the long sword didn't enter the wall, but the sharp-eyed Duan Qing found that there seemed to be a small hole in the black wall, and that small hole had now been blocked by the long sword.

The black-cloaked woman grasped the hilt of her sword with both hands, and then silently began to exert her strength, until in the passage behind them, when the rumbling roar began to pierce their ears, the hilt of the sword, which was held in the white hands, finally turned a little.

To their side, a rock wall descended with a muffled thud, revealing a new path.

Without questioning or saying too much, several people scrambled into the hidden passageway, dodged for a moment when they were about to be submerged in dust, and then continued to run along the narrow one-way passage.

It didn't take long for them to finally escape—the entire cavern, to be exact.

"Poof!"

Suddenly seeing the air outside and the biting ice and snow, Nantie Mountain, who was flashing with white light in front of him, involuntarily took a deep breath, then looked at the sky that was about to darken, and said to himself with some puzzlement: "Time ...... Has it been so long? ”

"Get out of the way!" He was answered with a warning.

Behind them, at the exit where they had just escaped, a violent gas mixed with countless dust and impurities erupted from that narrow gap, and the intensity of the jet pushed the black-armored man who was still stunned out, and flew in the air for a long time before falling to the snow in front of him.

Then, the slit-like exit collapsed with a rumbling roar.

"I can't seem to withstand such a strong impact." Silently withdrawing his hand, Duan Qing looked at the blocked gap in the mountain: "It's a pity, we haven't explored the situation inside yet......"

"There's nothing." Xue Lingphantom Ice said softly, "Probably......"

"You've been to this cave before?" Duan Qing asked suspiciously, "Then why did you ...... before?"

"I didn't recognize it until I saw those forks in the road." Xue Lingphantasm explained: "This cave is very large, and there are many forks in the road...... It seems that when we came here before, we probably didn't have explored the whole place. ”

"Okay, forget it." Duan Qing spread his hands, then stepped forward and pulled up Nan Tieshan, who was still dizzy: "Big brother, should we continue to go or camp and rest?" ”

"Whew...... Call...... Where to go? ”

"Over there." The woman took the lead and walked up to the top of a slope in front of them: "You may ......"

"Let's take a look."

At the top of the ramp, in front of the eyes of several people, the endless white ice and snow are connected, some of which are accompanied by the bitter cold wind, flying and gliding on the smooth and mirror-like snow, gradually connecting into ribbons, extending along the slopes of different heights into the distance, and then disappearing into the wave-like cascading mountains.

In front of them are endless snow-capped mountains.