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It is hard to imagine how an assassin of the Kingdom of Kanas could have opened up the perception of so many archmages to get as close as Her Majesty to a dangerous distance.
What's even more incredible is that this magical assassin doesn't seem to be here to carry out an assassination mission at all, but rather to "visit the door", as an assassin, don't you know that the queen, who is the head of a country, must have protective ornaments on her? Could it be that if he misses the first blow, under the protection of so many archmages, he will not have a second chance to attack?.
But he did it anyway, and he didn't even try again after the failure, he just turned around and flashed before the archmages teleported, and there were so many 7th-order and 8th-order archmages, none of them could find his traces, what level of wanderers must be able to do this?
7th Tier Advanced Profession?
Can a Shadow Dancer be able to do it without a trace under the noses of a large number of Rank 7 and 8 Archmages? Everyone was stunned for a while, it couldn't be the 9th order, or the 10th order, right?
Archmage Zemmour furrowed his snow-white eyebrows, waved his staff, and laid layers of arcane defense and warning spells throughout the palace, and then said: "It shouldn't be a rank professional, if it is, there is no need for him to escape at all..."
The archmages were terrified, as archmages, they had not had this sense of crisis that their lives were threatened for a long time, in the same level, the mages were more than other professions of the same level, and they could pose a threat to them. Only those who were far beyond their level were higher-order beings.
And the assassin just now, if he is really a rank professional, then as Archmage Zemmour said, there is no need for the other party to escape, and directly kill all of them.
However, the most authoritative Master Zemur judged that the other party was not a level professional hidden by some force. This is easier to understand, there are not too many professions in the realms that have reached the 7th order, and it is already unbelievable that there can be hundreds of people in the whole profession combined, let alone an 8th-order existence like Zemmour.
The rest of the kingdom will be left aside, just Andele's words. There are only two 8th-order spellcasters, one is Zemur, the other is the Warlock Dean, and there are a few other professions in the 8th order, but they don't add up to more than one hand, and there is no one in the 9th order.
Are there 9th order professionals on the Kovare Continent? Yes, but they were old monsters from more than a thousand years ago. The Druid Order's Forest Watcher, who is over 4,000 years old, is counted as one, but no one knows if he is 9th or 10th.
"The Cult of the Silver Flame" is in the capital of Serein, in the Silverflame Castle, the generation of Geral. Dailan can also be counted as one, but she is only 11 years old. Except for being shrouded in the silver pillar of fire that burned forever, she was able to exert the strength of the 9th order, and once she left, then she was just a 3rd order silver flame priest.
Whether there are any other Rank 9 professionals, no one can say clearly, maybe there are some unborn old monsters in some hidden places. Even with the addition of King Hapan Khan and Udra who had just been promoted, they were only 4 9th-order existences.
Therefore, it would be a bit ridiculous to say that a Tier 9 professional would come to assassinate Her Majesty Queen Misasi. With their level, they can't do such a tasteless thing, especially if the assassination fails, it really reaches their level, a taboo-level skill is thrown over, and the entire palace can be flattened, can it be assassinated?
"It is estimated that some are stimulated by the tides of the Aonong. Shadow dancers who have been promoted in the near future are able to avoid our perceptions. I guess I'm carrying some strange items. β
Master Zemur frowned and said, "Before Adele's problem is dealt with, it seems that we will strengthen the defense of the Obsidian Collar, if the situation continues to deteriorate, maybe this will become the address of our new academy, don't let those little guys who have recently been promoted use this place as a stage for fame..."
The influence of the moon tide on creatures is not limited to those animals and arcane beasts, a large number of first-order players have been promoted to the second level in a blowout, which is not unrelated to the influence of the moon tide, and with the deepening of the power of the moon tide, more and more high-level professionals have also begun to appear suddenly advanced, as evidenced by the fact that King Hapan Khan and High Priest Udra are the best proof.
If this continues, it is very likely that the Kovarare continent will return to the "High Demon Era" in the near future, but for the kingdoms, this is not something to celebrate, and a large number of high-level professionals who have been promoted are likely to plunge into a chaotic situation and push into a new round of continental wars again.
The only question now is why the other party carried out such a successful assassination...
Of course, the other party may not want to take the risk, so after an unsuccessful attempt, they immediately evacuated, because even if it is a low-level mage, you can't be sure if the other party has any means to save their lives or die together, and a rash attack will be fatal to both the attacker and the attacked, which is why the position of the legal profession on the Kovarray continent is far greater than that of the warrior.
The Obsidian City Bloodshed completely shocked the player class of the Obsidian Territory, which made some of the people who were already wavering make the final choice, and some of the less powerful player forces began to withdraw from the Obsidian Territory, which was originally a great temptation for them.
Although the greater the risk, the greater the opportunity, but for a force of their level, being caught in the middle of many aboriginal kingdom-level forces is no longer a risk they can bear, and it is very likely that the last opportunity is not obtained, but in the process of waiting for the opportunity, it is crushed by the invasion between many aboriginal kingdom-level forces.
This Obsidian City Bloodshed is a stark example, a large number of small and medium-sized player forces were tragically wiped out, and the overall members were demoted by one level, although for players who can be resurrected. Dropping one level is nothing, but the meaning of hanging up a member is not the same as hanging up the entire team, which means that the overall decline in the strength of the team, coupled with the equipment dropped and the loss of resources after the death of the members, has hit the small and medium-sized forces that are not rich in the first place.
The withdrawal of a large number of small and medium-sized players. The player population of the Obsidian Collar has dropped by one-half, but the large player forces have seen this opportunity and began to migrate the main body of influence to the Obsidian Territory, which has made the player population of the Obsidian Collar rise instead of decreasing, and it has nearly doubled in a short period of time!
The different levels of power and strength. For those small and medium-sized player forces, many aboriginal kingdom-level forces are terrible steamrollers, but for large player forces, the conflict between these aboriginal kingdom-level forces is a great opportunity for them to fish in troubled waters and develop their forces.
What does a temporary loss count. From the beginning of their losses, those short-sighted guys only saw the losses, but did not see the losses, and the promotion of those surviving team members was only the survival of the fittest in the battle to the death. can hone a real master, and with the advancement of the big plot of the "Endless" game, it is self-evident how important the existence of a master is to the development of the team.
In order to ensure the safety of the Obsidian Lord, who was already on the cusp, the high-level of "Secret Shadow" decisively released all the combat power of his subordinates, the "Obsidian Knights" and "Obsidian Legion" of the Obsidian Lord's direct lord. The "Knights of the Underfire" and the "Legion of the Underfire", which are directly under the Pope, poured out and spread throughout the Obsidian Territory, who wants to fight the idea of the Obsidian Territory at this time. You have to weigh your own abilities.
Lin Linling, who is responsible for managing the Obsidian Territory, is also forced to do this, those player forces who join the Obsidian Territory, although they nominally belong to the Obsidian Territory, but if there is a chance, I believe no one will mind turning around and taking a bite on this piece of big fat.
And Canas is on the side of the undead army. Recently, a large number of players in the Kingdom of Kannas have also begun to appear, and Adele's players may be wary of it. Cannas's players don't have too many scruples, after all, for them, if they can defeat the obsidian territory, it is equivalent to expanding the territory, who wouldn't want to mix up the status of a nobleman and play the territory quickly.
And at this moment, Wutong's adventure in the underworld has also encountered a big problem...
Wutong held the small gray-white "lizard" in his hand, and the little guy was raising his big head that was a little out of proportion compared to his thin body, and looked at Wutong with big watery eyes curiously, and made a childish cry of "huh" from time to time.
The little one, who was only a foot long with a head and tail, had a pair of thin bat wings and looked like a variant of some kind of lizard, but it had only recently hatched from an egg that was two feet tall!
What creatures can lay two-foot-tall eggs? Dinosaurs?
It is known that there is a dinosaur species in "Endless", but this little guy with bat wings is obviously not some kind of pterodactyl, so there is only one answer, that is, this guy may be a young dragon!
Don't think that the young dragon is not a threat, this little guy who has just crawled out of the eggshell has the strength of the first order, it is hard to imagine what kind of terrifying beast it will become when it grows up a little more!
In the current era of the KovarΓ© continent, it is rare to see dragons, not that there are no dragons, but because dragons mostly live in those inaccessible mountains or deep underground worlds, it is difficult to see them in areas where people gather, but their number is far more than people think!
The main reason why dragons live in isolation is because of food, areas where large numbers of people gather, it is difficult to obtain large enough prey, and secondly, because dragons are a kind of creatures that like to sleep, and they spend most of their lives sleeping.
Although for dragons, the vast majority of "dragon slayers" are just small snacks that are automatically delivered to the door, but no dragon wants to be forced to wake up every few hours when he sleeps, and get up for a "snack", right?
If you want to talk about the origin of this little young dragon, you have to start from the Wutong and their entry into this strange "dragon's lair":
Sycamore, who got lost in the messy underground dug by the kobolds, almost opened a bloody road. trampling on the body of the kobold, he finally entered an underground palace area that looked normal.
In order to stop the steady stream of kobolds, Sycamore unleashed the big guys in the team, and forced the heavy rock gate of the palace to close again in the face of the kobolds' attacks. Keeping the kobold crowd out.
The kobolds in the palace are all of high level, and even a third-order kobold appeared, which made them very busy for a while, and after killing all the kobolds in the palace, even the strong orc Grom was tired enough. I almost ran out of energy.
After determining that the kobolds would not be able to open the rock gate for a short time, and that all the high-ranking kobolds in the palace area had been killed by them, everyone decided to take a break here for the time being, eat and replenish their strength.
While Chef Orc was so fat that he set up his big round shield to make a pot of hot broth for everyone, the wanderers were not idle. Searching the entire palace area, they found that it looked like it should be the second floor, or simply the third floor, which was where they hadn't been last time anyway.
And judging from the architectural style and environment of the palace area, it is obvious that this is not an ancient relic that can be built by the technology of the kobolds.
The walls of the palace are carved with a large number of frescoes related to dragons. And there are a large number of dragon statues standing around, which can prove that kobolds are indeed a species that worships dragon totems from the perspective of complete protection.
On the walls, ceilings and floors of the palace, complex and mysterious rune arrays were painted everywhere, and they faintly emitted a faint ghostly light, faintly exuding a trace of sacredness. In the middle of the palace, there is a god platform carved out of rock, and a huge ball of ice is placed on it, under the effect of the runic magic circle engraved on the god platform. It emits a constant pale blue haze with no sign of melting.
Why do kobolds who worship the dragon totem put a large piece of ice lump on the altar?
Wutong studied the large block of ice and found that it was just ordinary ice, and there was nothing peculiar about it, but the rune array on the god platform that kept the ice block unmelted had some value. Wutong took out the blank parchment and planned to copy it down and go back to study.
However, the rune circle was partially crushed by the large ice block. The barbarian Cole unceremoniously jumped on the altar and resisted it with one shoulder, knocking the large ice block that was two or three meters high off the platform, revealing the magic circle below.
Without waiting for the sycamore to transcribe the runes, the large ice block that fell from the altar jumped a few times on the towering steps of the altar, and smashed heavily on the ground below the platform, cracking into two halves with a "click", revealing a round thing in the middle.
The oval, approximately two feet long, was grayish-white, looking like an enlarged version of an egg, and the surface was not so smooth, with some rough particles to the touch.
And this thing is very hard, in order to get this "egg" out of the ice, a group of brutes smashed it with axes and hammers, but the "big egg" bumped and bumped without the slightest breakage.
"What kind of egg is this? So hard? Dinosaur eggs? Or a dragon egg? Or the eggs of some giant bird? β
This aroused everyone's interest, Cole picked up the big egg and shook it vigorously, and threw it on the ground in disappointment, making a loud "bang": "It doesn't seem to be an egg, it's solid!" β
As we all know, if the egg is not cooked, when it is gently shaken, the yolk and egg white inside will shake slightly, but this egg is like a completely solid stone lump, and there is no shaking at all.
I tried to hug it, but this thing was not as heavy as I imagined, and I was able to hold it with the strength of the sycamore, and I put my ear to the egg and listened, and found that there was indeed no movement, so I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Maybe it's a dead egg?" Frozen inside? "It's not impossible to be frozen in such a large block of ice.
Turning his head to look at the orc cook who was boiling soup, Cole smacked his mouth: "Why don't I knock it open and take a look?" Maybe you can make an egg drop soup and drink it. "Everyone is sweating, are you really going to boil this egg to eat?
The barbarian is a master who can do whatever he wants, and without waiting for Wutong to object, he pulled out the ice sword that he was temporarily holding and playing, and slashed at the eggshell with a fierce sword. There was a crisp "Ding!" The ice sword was raised high by the rebound, but there was not even a trace left on the eggshell!
Not only that, but when the Ice Greatsword slashed at the big egg, it even happened to trigger the surroundings when it was below 0c. The effect that would be activated, an ice-blue flame burned on the eggshell, but the cold air emitted forced everyone except for Sycamore, who had a flame shield on his body, and Cole, who was holding an ice sword that was immune to the cold effect, had to retreat quickly, and a layer of ice-blue white frost quickly appeared on the ground.
"Damn! Cole! It's even harder to freeze now! β
He found that the flame shield around his body had shrunk to a thin layer. The fire shield was very hot and complained to the white waste, the flame shield is not just put away, after use, it will take a long time to be able to recharge.
"This egg is a little too hard, isn't it?"
Cole looked at the blade of the Ice Greatsword, and when he found that it had not been destroyed, he scratched his head in surprise and walked over. Seems to want to do it again.
"Don't move! You see! β
Wutong hurriedly stopped the reckless brute, and the frost flame on the eggshell was rapidly shrinking, but it was directly extinguished in the blink of an eye, which was not normal, and the frost flame inspired by the ice sword could not be so powerful. So easy to extinguish.
Immediately afterwards, the incomparably hard eggshell made a crisp "click" sound, grinning a small gap, and the brute grinned: "Very good!" I don't believe I can't break this egg. β
But Sycamore's eyes widened in surprise, because as the egg opened, he actually sensed an extremely strong life fluctuation coming from the egg. And it continued to strengthen, as if something had awakened inside the eggshell.
The heart walked over, and Wutong squatted down and touched the eggshell. Theoretically, the eggshell that should have been frozen to the bone, there was no chill at all, as if all the frost flames just now had been absorbed by the contents of the egg, and with this change, the eggshell of this egg didn't seem to be so hard, and it was gently touched by the sycamore. There was another "click" crack.
"Looks like something is coming out!"
Cole leaned over to take a look, poking the eggshell with his ice greatsword. Curious: "Mage, do you think this thing will hatch a dragon?" Or hatch a dragon eagle wouldn't be bad, I don't have a mount yet! β
"Dead open! Even if you hatch a dragon eagle, you can only use it as a chocobo at your weight! β
Wutong angrily drove the troublemakers away, and then guarded the big egg that seemed to be about to hatch, but after only two cracks, the movement in the egg fell silent, and there was no response for a long time, the druid came over and touched the eggshell, and shook his head: "This egg has been frozen in the ice for too long, it is estimated that it has died, and I don't feel any life breath in it." β
"That's not right! I just sensed a strong life fluctuation in it..."
Wutong stretched out his hand and touched it, and couldn't help but feel that the strong life fluctuation just now seemed to be just his hallucination, and it was indeed like what the druid said, there was no movement.
"What's going on?"
Wutong picked at the crack of the egg, and wanted to open it directly to take a look, but the eggshell that the ice sword couldn't split, how could it be picked up by hand, looked at the big egg, and then turned his head to look at the ice sword in the barbarian's hand, Wutong seemed to think of something, reached out and snatched the ice sword, and then put the blade on the eggshell!
What is surprising is that when the bone-chilling ice sword is placed on the eggshell, the fluctuation of life quickly came from the inside of the egg, and gradually strengthened, and soon a triangular eggshell fell off the "bar", and a head squeezed out!
"What's this? Lizard? β
"It's ugly!"
"Do lizards lay eggs?"
"Probably right? Aren't dinosaurs and crocodiles also lizards? All lay eggs! β
"This ugly little thing can't be a dragon, right?"
"Have you ever seen such an ugly dragon?"
The crowd in a circle was talking about it, but Wutong was surprised, isn't it a warm temperature to hatch eggs? Why does this egg need a cold environment to hatch instead?
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