Late that night.

……

The very top of the black floating city "Palamedes".

The "Deep Dark Dome" where the Lord of the Black is located.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have thought that this place that makes people smell and change color is actually a garden of birds and flowers, the girl thought to herself. Dressed in a red dress, she walked down the garden path, and a figure in a black robe was waiting for her at the end of the path.

"You're finally willing to come and see me." Mr. Palamedes lamented.

Even the world's most legendary spell of confusion control cannot involve the girl who is a "soulless" into a dream. However, by his incredible means, Mr. Palamedes has managed to establish such a real connection with the girl thousands of miles away, allowing the girl to "be" in his garden.

Is it an illusion that connects the senses? Still is...... Something I can't understand......

I can't feel Xiaowei and Lin Na's consciousness. The Black Lord Palamedes somehow cut them off. The handsome-faced middle-aged man smiled, waiting for the girl to speak first.

"You leave me a means of contact," said the girl, "and I don't think I want to make small talk with my juniors from time to time." I'm here because I have a question for you. ”

At that moment, the girl seemed to see a hint of melancholy in Mr. Palamedes' eyes. However, in the next second, he regained his gentle and confident expression.

"I'm listening, young traveler from another world."

"Then I'll go straight to the point. Within your cognition, there is no way to cross between my universe and this universe. I'd love to know. ”

"I already told you," the Lord of the Black whispered, "that for those who live in this world, there is no way out of this world. ”

"Oh."

"Don't you want to believe it?" "Let me guess: Nicholas showed you the means to get you home?" Or have you found other people or things from your hometown? ”

"I thought you knew everything, Mr. Palamedes." The girl neither affirmed nor denied.

"If Nicholas had contacted you in the same way as I have done now, I would not have known what you had said," said Mr. Palamedes, with emotion, "and I would not be able to snoop into your memory. It's just me guessing...... You see something you didn't expect. ”

Of course, it's not just unexpected, the girl's heart said.

In this world, there is likely to be another time-traveler!

I don't know who the other party is, but the other party has already discovered myself!

It's not an exaggeration to say it's terrible.

"If your troubles have something to do with the coming war, I can give you some advice," said Mr. Palamedes, "but if it has to do with your original world, then I can't help it." The power of the Celestial Plane Traveler who brought you into this world is completely beyond the comprehension of mortal reason. Even I had a hard time figuring out his true purpose. ”

I don't know if he sent the other traverser, the girl thought. If so, then I was really teased in the palm of my hand......

"Huh. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with you, and I'm relieved. Since you're okay, I'll do what I think. The girl said.

Since Mr. Palamedes did not want to take care of it, the maiden did not want to ask him for help. At least the other traverser is still willing to engage with him. All...... Whether it is friend or foe, it must wait until the two sides have come into contact......

"Of course," said Mr. Palamedes, "I will not interfere with your choice." ”

"That's a nice thing to say. What the hell are you planning, Great Lord of the Black? The girl couldn't help but say, "The great war is coming, and the idea of the world's strongest mage is to stay here, to stay in this floating city in the sky - this joke is not funny at all." ”

I didn't come to see the Lord of the Black for the war, the girl thought. But since I'm here, it's not bad to ask about the Lord of Darkness by the way.

"Why can't that be, kid?" Mr. Palamedes asked rhetorically.

Now it was the girl's turn to have nothing to say. How could this cunning mage reveal his plans to her so easily?

"But you have to at least make sure ......"

"I am not an ally of Nicholas," the Lord of the Black said succinctly, "and I want all my disciples to be on Elrios' side. ”

"And your sixth student?" The girl's heart suddenly moved.

"Even with that choice," said Mr. Palamedes, who looked a little sad, but he quickly regained his composure, "John is still on his own path. I'm so proud of him. ”

"Hah! So you know about Goth. The girl was in her heart.

"If you ask me before Nicholas makes his move, I'll probably tell you what I know directly. And now, I think I kind of understand what John really thought. I respect his choice. If you insist on wanting to know......"

"Pretending to be a ghost. I'm going to figure it out myself, huh? Whatever you want. I'm already going to tell him everything. ”

"It could be good for both of you." Mr. Palamedes responded simply.

The girl had nothing to say. Mr. Palamedes' black eyes were as deep as the sea, shining with an unpredictable light.

"One more thing must tell you, that the reconstructed bodies of Miss Victoria Douglas and Miss Caitlina Grecia are about to be completed," said the Lord of the Black, "and in a few weeks at most I will be able to send you two of my fostered bodies." Of course, you may be willing to stay in the same body for a while to increase your power. ”

"I see," said the girl, Xiao Wei was not easy to say, and with Lin Na's idle temperament, she would definitely choose to return to her body at the first time, "then, if you have nothing else to do, I will leave." ”

"Your expression seems to be very unhappy," the Black Lord shook his head, "why don't you speak up?" ”

"I just can't believe it," said the girl sarcastically, "that the Lord of the Dark will be indifferent to the coming war." ”

"Young people's imaginations are always rich," Palamedes said, "but consider the other way around: my relationship with the French has been restored." What you think you're worried about, the legendary mages of the French Powers can't think of? ”

"Wait......" The girl suddenly realized something.

The legendary mages of Elrios are virtuous and willing to trust Mister Palamedes, a man who can put them to death at any time...... Idiots won't believe that.

"You seem to understand," said the Lord of the Dark calmly, "you're right. The Legendary Mages of the Throne believe they can restrain me, and I am certainly constrained by them. Nicholas, he is stronger than all the legendary mages of the French power. You know what that means, young visitor from another world. ”

“……”

Previously, despite the arrogance of Speaker Nicholas, the girl also believed that the Okadian Federation had no chance of winning: the most powerful mage in the world, the master of the Black Floating City, the author constructed according to the guide of "how to describe people who are smarter than himself", and did not accurately write the character with the limit of ability, and the great black lord Palamedes would never side with Nicholas even if he would not really help the French State.

He may have profited from it, but he definitely hides a means of pinning down Nicholas.

And now......

"Nice expression," the Lord of the Black said softly, and the girl quickly regained her composure, "I'm glad you didn't panic." Yes, it's not that I don't want to stop Nicholas, it's that I can't stop him on my own. Other words...... This time, you can't count on me. ”

The middle-aged mage paused slightly, and there was a strange light in his abyssal eyes: "This is not a lie told to inspire you, but an ironclad fact. Peace of mind...... I hope that my disciples will stand on the side of the Dharma Quan Kingdom, and naturally they will not be pushed to a dead end. You still have a chance to win, but you have to do your best. ”

……

The girl left.

"Nicholas......" muttered Mr. Palamedes, "in the end, you still haven't changed your mind. ”

The legendary mage stands alone in his garden. He still had a little dirt on his hands, which he had left when he had loosened the land in the garden before the maiden visited.

He sighed.

"Let's get started." Facing the surrounding void, the Lord of Darkness ordered softly.

Call!

There was a soft thud.

Sudden change.

The original warm sunlight in the garden was completely darkened. It only took a breath before and after, and all the flowers and trees in the "Deep Dark Dome" had withered. The brook still flows, but it is still a river of blood. There was a disgusting rancid smell everywhere.

Only the black robe on Mr. Palamedes turned spotless white. In the darkness where he could not see his fingers, he was like a boundary barrier separating darkness and light, death and life.

"Next ......"