"This is a report from a subordinate: the Wings of Freedom, who claim that the resistance in the City of Liberty is gathering in the center of a certain city, my lord."

“…… In short, there must be some kind of new counteroffensive plan with no danger, right? As long as Master Distea's endless army was there, this level of resistance would be of no use at all. ”

"No, they've been gathered there for days, and they seem to be waiting for something...... Do you want to send someone over to pay attention? ”

"No, even if they do make some trouble, at most they will only consume a few useless adventurer lives, and it is not enough to waste my attention and time - you guys listen to me."

On the upper floor of the Tower of Tyran, which was wrapped in void energy, the mage named Haywald was walking forward when his steps suddenly stopped at a corner of the corridor that spiraled up, and the words that were constantly communicating with several mages following behind him also stopped with a sudden high-spirited tone, accompanied by his serious eyes looking back at these subordinates: "Our current attack plan is indeed to occupy the city of freedom, That would indeed connect the gains we had made in Zephyr with the easternmost part of the Free Continent, but occupying land and expanding the territory of the Empire was not our fundamental purpose from the beginning, our most fundamental purpose was to absorb the people and hearts of the Empire, and truly establish the belief in magic. ”

"The attrition with these rebels will not fundamentally do us the slightest benefit in establishing a magical dynasty, they are simply wasting our time with endless battles." Speaking of this, he turned back to his body vigorously while shaking off his hands: "Don't put the cart before the horse, you fools. ”

"Yes, yes!" Hurriedly standing up straight, several figures who had been following the back of the corridor replied in a neat and low voice, "We'll keep it in mind!" ”

"If it were possible, I wouldn't have agreed with Lord Distea to take out his Void Army, after all, it will not do our rule any good, but will sow a certain amount of panic in the hearts and minds of those who have already submitted to us." Sighing softly, Hywald then reinvigorated his spirits: "Anyway, the anti-positive energy transfer plan is almost complete, and the next thing is to put an end to the problems of Freedom City, and by the way, the problems in the tower are also cleaned up......"

"Hasn't the riot down below subsided?"

As if he had just thought of a more trivial matter, the temporary head of the Magic Council waved his hand casually: "Although it will definitely not cause any waves, if it does not calm down, that lord will eventually become unhappy." ”

"I, we've sent more men over there." One of the subordinate magicians bowed his head and replied, "Because most of the members are busy on the Liberty City front outside, and there aren't many people who can be assigned right now, so-"

"What about the adventurers?" Interrupting the other party's words, Haywald's brow furrowed slightly: "Don't they claim to be able to handle all this?" What's going on? ”

"I heard that they are gathering troops, and it seems that they are preparing something." Then the magician's subordinate lowered his head under the black cloak: "It is said that we are still on your orders, so we can't interfere more." ”

"Hmph, at this time, I'm still thinking carefully." As if he had figured out what the players had reported to him before, Haywald sighed and waved his hand: "Let them hurry, don't think about things like means and momentum, if you don't end this matter in the next quarter of an hour, I will personally ask them for their guilt." ”

"Understood."

The voices of the surrounding Qi Qi then appeared in front of Hywald, and the surrounding respectful tone gradually wandered up and down the endless deep void in the center of the tower, and the magician leader who lived above the corridor then waved his hand casually to his subordinates, and some wonderful thoughts and words that had just arisen were quietly left behind by him: "Go, the lord has returned, I will go and meet him next, if there is nothing to do, don't bother me." ”

In the scene of several subordinates leaving, the black-robed magician who had been walking on the spiral corridor also started to turn his head upwards again, and the disturbing thoughts began to rise in the heart of this Haywald, as if it was beginning to become entangled because of a series of unexplained phenomena that had recently occurred one after another: "The black beast tide should have been Ivost's prerogative, and his favorite thing is to play with those patchwork lives, But he, who was a sadist, would have agreed to put his toys in the hands of the mortals, and even if it was the order of the Lord, he would have succumbed too straightforwardly. “

"Toys, toys...... I don't know what happened to that 'toy' now, but I hope those incompetent adventurers can bring some good news this time. ”

"As long as we can obtain the energy of the leylines again, our lord's great cause will be realized immediately, although we can't confirm what the huge transfer energy circle left in the Free City means, but since it can be used by us...... No, wait a minute. ”

"Since it existed in ancient times, the lord should have understood this, but this information was finally learned from the mouth of the adventurer——"

His footsteps followed these distracted thoughts as he shuttled back and forth through the coiled corridors of the Tower of Tyranny, and finally stopped in front of a closed door near the very top of the Tower of Tyranny in the countless teleportations he had become accustomed to, and the dark mage named Haywald then sorted out his expression, and finally bowed respectfully in the direction of the gate: "Your Excellency, you are back." ”

“……”

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?"

In the silent reaction inside the door, the face belonging to Haywald also raised a little: "We sensed the breath of the adult, it must have been a triumphant return, my lord-"

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago! Don't bother us if you don't have something important! ”

It was still the same hoarse voice, and the angry roar belonging to Distea then suddenly interrupted Haywald's words, and the terrifying coercion that was enough to shock people's hearts also appeared from the rear of the door at this time, pressing Hywald's respectful movements and voice into the depths of the corridor in unison: "You! How dare you! Disobey us! ”

"We didn't mean that." Hurriedly kneeling down the slope of the corridor, Haywald's voice became more rapid and respectful: "We are just following your previous orders, and we will come and report any anomalies in the spatial realm—"

"Bastard!"

As if something intolerable had been mentioned again, the voice of anger came from the space behind the door, and the angry roar that became deeper and deeper then became much more out of breath in the turn of strength and weakness like the howling of the canyon wind, and finally turned into a vague warning that was forcibly suppressed: "This kind of thing, this kind of thing! ”

"The existence of this level! Why? Why! ”

Unable to tell whether the emotion coming from the terrifying coercion in front of him was due to himself, Haywald did not make his voice for a long time, and it was not until the feeling of the wind and whistle disappeared a little with the decrease of coercion that he heard the words of the being in front of him speak again: "Impossible, we are absolute beings, and no living creature can stop our steps." ”

"Wait and see, we will, we will-"

A surging resentment and ultimate anger squeezed out between the teeth of the voice that shook the space, and finally returned to Hywald with his final declaratory roar: "You! Send more people to the Free City! We will make all human beings our sacrifices! All humans! ”

"Yes, we'll send someone to the real world right away." His eyes kept shaking in the shock of this killing intent, and Hywald, who made this response, then did not crawl away as Distea imagined: "But before that, please allow me to inform you of the new spatial fluctuation news according to the order you left earlier. ”

"This time the space fluctuations did not have the seeds we left behind as a starting point, but the airspace that occurred was the same as the last time."

Ignoring the growing displeasure coming from ahead, the black-robed magic leader said in a deep voice.

"They're also from the alpha zone."

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"Whew, whew, whew, whew...... All right. ”

Turning the void path under his feet, the figures belonging to Duan Qing and the others had been shuttling between the void turbulence composed of transparent floors for a long time at this time, and the voice of Fula, who had been in charge of surveying and guiding, was constantly giving instructions and becoming more and more tired as the process progressed, and finally stopped in mid-air with her fingers pointing in a certain direction ahead: "Take three steps forward again, be careful not to deviate the direction, then turn to the right, and jump in place for a distance of three miles......"

"That's one meter more than last time, isn't it?"

Using all his strength to understand the instructions issued by the other party at this time, Duan Qing's footsteps then took the lead in stepping out of the ranks of the player team who exchanged glances with each other for a while: "This time, leave it to me to try, you people really don't have enough control over the distance." ”

"It's like you can get it right the first time." Suppressing the worry in his eyes, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who hugged his arms, sarcastically said mercilessly: "I don't know who almost fell off the rotating orbital platform last time. ”

"Last time it was just an accident, because I forgot that it is very difficult to cast magic in the Void Space." Gesturing for a moment in the direction indicated by Furla, the gray-robed magician replied nonchalantly, "Without magic to support her—"

"I'm going to be more focused."

Following Fura's instructions to take three steps forward, Duan Qing, whose face was full of confidence, then let out a loud roar in the direction of his right, and then the leaping steps were also accompanied by his outstretched arms and crossed a distance of three meters, landing accurately on the position indicated by Fura earlier: "Look! ”

The sound of collapse then formed in Duan Qing's ears, accompanied by the exclamations of Xue Ling, Phantom Ice and others from behind, and the weak voice belonging to Fura then sounded in the moment before the falling consciousness was about to form in Duan Qing's mind, becoming the next straw that the gray-robed magician clung to at the critical moment: "Hold on to the front!" ”

"—phew." The feeling of hanging in the air was then replaced by a feeling of hugging the pillar tightly, Duan Qing, who was holding the transparent cylindrical object with his arms tightly and his feet hanging in the void, then let out a frightened gasp: "Can you warn in advance next time." ”

"Your reaction was as amazing as you boasted." In the hostile gaze of Snow Spirit Phantom Ice and Secret Whisper Ning Lan behind him, Fura showed a wry smile as a hint of sweat oozing from the golden hair on her forehead: "As for the terrain there—I'm sorry, but the pillar in front of you was also noticed by me just now." ”

"Looks like you're almost at the limit." Shaking his head, Duan Qing, who was still suspended in mid-air in this posture, then sighed and asked, "What's next?" Where to go. ”

"Wait a minute."

As if trying her best to calm her chaotic aura, Fura slowly closed her eyes after a moment of gasp, and then the ripples of energy slowly appeared after a period of contemplation, and continued to extend in the direction she pointed out: "Climb up, and then stop at the second Fari, you should be able to feel something in front of your left, just climb there." ”

"I see, there is still a difference in our path." Following the other party's instructions to a higher position, Duan Qing, who had found a new path, involuntarily exhaled: "And it's the kind that turns back - if I can find out at the beginning, I still need to take such a big risk." ”

"I'll try." Opening her eyes, Fura then raised her head as well, "Before that, I have to send you all safely." ”

"Before that, you may need some rest."

Two leaping figures then flashed in the air, sending the footsteps belonging to Snow Spirit Phantom Ice and Secret Whisper Ning Lan to Duan Qing's rear, but the gray-robed magician who did not leave slowly leaned down and stretched his right arm towards Fu, who had not moved below: "Give me my hand." ”

"I don't doubt that you have the strength to do anything other than the detection rules now, but for the sake of the future, let's follow the rules of our adventurers and rest in place before continuing."