Two days later, the group returned to Sand Mountain with nothing.

Yes, nothing, at least on the surface.

As for the in-depth analysis, Talos is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this operation.

Putting aside the things that have increased experience, such as appreciating the rainforest scenery and seeing frogmen, which are endemic to Southern Andes, Lydia, the mermaid mage who is the enemy of the blade, raises her eyebrows, confronts her old enemy Bruce Finch to win and devour the soul fire of the opponent to solve hidden dangers, obtain the Frost Crown, a treasure of the Holy Land, learn the third bloodline specialty Water Drop, and imprison two members of the Illuminati who treat him as a half-awakened person......

All of this happened together in less than two weeks.

Aside from the identity of the Chosen One, the acquisition of the Frost Crown by the mysterious Maeve of its origin, and more questions and pressures from the Seven-Day Bible, everything else can be said to be quite smooth and perfect.

Of course, some necessary role-play is necessary in order not to attract the attention or suspicion of others, so despite the turmoil and the great wave of great joy in his heart, Talos still appears to be as calm as if nothing had happened, with a hint of obvious regret and disappointment.

Society really hone people the most, and the young son, who was simple-minded and couldn't hide his thoughts in the eyes of Sandra and Leonhard, is now gradually becoming more comfortable doing this kind of thing.

"The meaning of adventure is not in the predetermined outcome or purpose, but in the people and things experienced during the adventure, and the lessons learned from it. ”

When asked by Chief Sephiros of Sand Hills what he thinks of his adventure to the Caspi Sea, Talos uses a quote from his previous life about "journey and scenery".

Sephiroth was amused by the interesting young Naga in front of her, and chuckled lightly with the palm of her left upper arm, and for a moment the entire dungeon became brilliant because of her laughter.

After about five or six seconds, the six-armed Naga smiled and said to Talos, "You can relax for the next few days, I guess Mural will be happy to walk with you on the Sand Mountain." ”

Talos's original plan was to follow the basic meaning of "laziness", to eat and be lazy, go to bed early and get up late, and to strengthen the original desire as soon as possible, but "eating, drinking, and having fun" should be considered a kind of laziness in a sense.

Coupled with Sephiroth's rather hospitable arrangement, Talos agreed without thinking.

"One more thing, after five days you don't have to return to the Black Sea, you can go straight to the Free Port of the East. ”

Talos was stunned, no need to return to the Black Sea?

And the Free Port of the East, isn't that where the headquarters of the Nine Rings Council is located?

Seeing the obvious confusion on Talos's face, Sephiroth took the initiative to explain: "You probably don't know yet, the third-order meeting of the Nine-Ring Council is about to be held, just on the 15th of 20th, there are still ten days before now, Sandra will be waiting for you in the Eastern Freeport, and the above is what your mother asked me to convey to you." ”

"That's ...... so"

Before he could figure out why "my mother didn't inform me personally, but through Sephiroth", Talos's attention shifted to the third-order meeting of the Council of the Nine Rings.

The so-called third order of the three-order council refers to the first-order sky dome, the second-order silver city-state, and the third-order witchcraft blade.

The Sky Dome represents all the legendary mages who have joined the Council of the Nine Rings, and Sandra received an invitation from the Council of the Nine Rings to become one of them not long after she was promoted to the Fifth Order Legend, in her own name.

The Silver City-State is derived from a historical term used in the ancient Arcane Empire, a vast empire at its peak that could compete with the gods and practiced a city-state system divided by spell factions, and the major city-states were unified under the Legendary Council (i.e., the Supreme Council of the Arcane Empire), the highest power organization in the empire, but remained relatively independent.

After the destruction of the ancient Arcane Empire, the territories of the major city-states under its rule were largely divided and occupied by the gods, and the remaining mages shrank their forces and retreated to the Eastern Peninsula on the Ilibu continent, and only established the Eastern Free Port as their final base many years later.

The fall of the empire, the loss of territory, and the pressure from the Church of the Gods made the mages give up the idea of establishing a second mage kingdom, and instead hibernate quietly for centuries after that, slowly absorbing magical organizations from other countries and races as member organizations, and forming the Nine Rings Council with knowledge and interests as a link and magic exchange and research for the purpose of knowledge and interests, and defining it as an "international magical organization" rather than a "political entity".

These magical organizations that became members of the Council of the Nine Rings—the Eternal Tides of the Naga Kingdom, the Temple of Truth of the Human Realm—were among them—were the second-order silver city-states.

As for the third-order witchcraft blades, they do not represent mages, but the extension of mage power, the various bloodlines attached to the Nine Rings Council, and the bloodlines transformed by the major laboratories and research institutions of the Nine Rings Council.

The power of the bloodline comes from the bloodline inherited from the ancestors, for example, the bloodline of the Underworld Whale flowing in Talos's body comes from the ancient special magical beast Immortal Whale, but you must know that not everyone has a genetic special bloodline.

In this theocratic world where "strength is not omnipotent, but no strength is absolutely impossible", the pursuit of strength is the nature and instinct of almost all intelligent creatures.

As it happens, magical transformation is an effective way to obtain bloodline, and despite the unpredictable risks, sequelae, and high mortality rates, countless people flock to the Council of the Nine Rings every year to seek surgery.

These bloodlineers who have undergone special surgeries such as organ transplantation (bone marrow or heart of magical creatures) and blood replacement usually become members of the Council of the Nine Rings, and along with a large number of constructs and golems, they become the servants and guardians of the mages of the Council of the Nine Rings.

To Talos's surprise, the Council of the Third Order hadn't been held in years.

Like the Druid Assembly that just took place in the United Emirate of Burundi last month, the Council of the Nine Rings meets every year, but tends to be limited to legendary mages, the First Order Sky Dome.

As for the second-order silver city-state and the third-order witchcraft blade, they only need to accept the results of the meeting conveyed above and be responsible for their execution.

It is easy for the Council of the Nine Rings not to convene a meeting of the representatives of the Third Order, and once it appears, it means that something very important has happened.

The last time the Trinity Council was held was ......

Talos hurriedly searched in the magic net, July 55, 12 BC, more than three hundred years ago.

According to the time calendar commonly used today, the time when the god of order and knights ascended to the powerful divine power was the first day of the first year, the first month, the first day, that is to say, the god of order and knights had not yet ascended to the powerful divine power, and the god of agriculture and harvest should lead the camp of the human gods.

Did anything important happen that year?

Talos thought quickly, then found the answer.

It was in that year that Urban I established the ancient Sadinian dynasty, which was short-lived in history.