Talos never imagined that a legendary mage's abode would be such a low, dim, dilapidated underground cavern, like a sand wolf's den, located in the inaccessible and inaccessible Gobi Desert less than 10 miles from the Sand Mountains, though he did not specialize in the Prophecy faction, which was known for its combat attacks.

As one of the modern standard spell factions, the prophecy faction is also of great significance, and Flory, who has the prophetic bloodline of the Mithriel family, can become the chief court mage of the Naga Kingdom as a fourth-order archmage, not to mention a legend.

It is no exaggeration to say that the status of a fifth-order legend alone is enough to earn him a duke title in any country in the world, including the Golden Empire of Sarafurs and the Papans Empire.

In every way, the vision was very different from what Talos had imagined.

Probably because he didn't control it well and let all his emotions be written on his face, Mural had to pause for a moment and explain sincerely: "Although it looks a little bad, this is indeed the astrological observatory, where the astrologer Horn lives. The first time I came here, I was shocked by the exact same expression as you. ”

"Uh, to correct me, I'm just surprised, yes, a little curious at most. Talos retorted.

"My mistake should have been explained in the process of coming to the observatory. Mural smiled and apologized, twisting his waist and entering the cave first, "Ah, it seems that Mr. Horn has foreseen our coming. ”

Talos and Dolores followed, and found that the ground in the cave was not as thick and hard as the outside, and was turning into a delicate quicksand that wriggled on its own, and soon turned into a river of sand with the three Naga moving forward, the speed was fast, but it was extremely steady, just like riding a slide in the previous life.

Three fist-sized balls of light appeared out of thin air, illuminating the way forward.

Suddenly, a stone gate appeared in front of them, and Talos had no doubt that if he allowed Sand River and Inertia to carry them forward, he would be crushed into pieces.

Before he could open his eyes wide in worry, the stone gate instantly turned into a handful of yellow sand, and only after the three of them passed through did he roll back into a hard stone gate again.

With the help of light, Talos saw murals, patterns, and symbols carved into the stone walls on both sides of the cave, and he was so fast that he barely recognized the most famous races of Sainz, such as the Dragons, Titans, Six-armed Naga, and High Elves.

The sand river is getting faster and faster, and they keep falling deep into the earth.

After nearly ten minutes of flowing, the Sand River finally stopped, and Talos deduced that they should now be nearly 900 yards above the surface, there was not a single ray of light except for the three light spells around them, it was cold, dark but unexpectedly damp, and there was a faint croaking sound similar to that of a frog not far away.

Given that the Mural snake was hovering in place and not speaking, Talos and Dolores were equally silent, surveying their surroundings with the help of the Illumination Technique.

It is a huge cavern, supported by nine huge statues of dragons, titans, naga, mermaids, dwarves, elves, dark elves, humans and orcs, all of which come to life in different forms and are more than 30 feet tall, casting a terrifying shadow.

On the stone wall next to the nine statues, a pattern successfully catches the attention of Talos, with scrolls and quills that cross each other.

If Talos remembers correctly, it was the emblem of the god of history, and he had specifically looked up the information of the god of history after reading "A History, The Secret History of the Ancient Sardin Royal Family", so he recognized it at a glance.

A legendary mage's cave has the emblem of a fallen god, and the sense of disobedience is not strong.

"You've noticed, too. Dolores retracted her gaze and whispered, "On the way to the observatory, I have been trying to find information about the astrologer, but there are no clues. ”

The existence of the magic web, the popularity of the magic web ring among the professional group, and the huge curiosity of the people have basically picked up the existing fifth-order powerhouses of the major forces in the main material plane today, and even carefully ranked their strength according to their past achievements, except for the fifth-order ascetics that may be hidden by the Church of the Gods, other legendary mages, epic knights and cardinals have long become celebrities on the magic web, and some even have personal homepages.

But Dolores searched the web for almost five minutes without any clues about the astrologer, which was quite abnormal.

"It wasn't until I saw the emblem of this god of history that I remembered someone. ”

"Maybe I can help you judge. Mural looked back and said.

Facing Talos's curious gaze, Dolores nodded and spit out a name: "Horn Frank, born in the magical family of the Belen Kingdom of the Pampas Empire, the Frank family. ”

Talos listened silently, not at all impressed.

"His teacher is the current Archmage of the Nine Rings Council, the Prophecy Faction of the Nine Rings. ”

The topic finally came to the part that Talos knew a little about, and Blind Medus was famous in the entire main material plane.

Being the Archmage of the Nine Rings Council Prophecy Faction means that she is the most accomplished among the legendary mages of the Sainz Supreme Magic Organization in the Prophecy Faction, so she can be named the "Nine-Ring Archmage", which can be called the first person in the Prophecy Faction.

As for "Blind", that was her nickname, because Medheus was originally blind.

"It is said that Horn Frank was denounced as a heretic by the Temple of Order and Knights many years ago for making an inappropriate statement about the god of history, and then disappeared without a trace, and I thought ......" Dolores used a pause to hide his original thoughts, "I didn't expect to see him in the land of the Southern Andes, and he has been promoted to legend." ”

"I didn't expect anyone to remember me......"

A voice that made Talos feel very uncomfortable came from the darkness, cold, slippery, and high-pitched, like some disgusting mollusk creature, croaking louder.

Another light spell appeared out of thin air, and Talos finally saw the astrologer nested in the underground cavern, and immediately felt a little sick to his stomach.

I saw that the other person's body was affected by some spell or curse, his face was flat, there was no hair - in fact, he didn't have any hair on his body - the distance from the top of his head to his chin was no more than two inches, there were only two thin slits where it should have been his nose, and his eyes looked like cat's eyes.

His skin looked like a wounded and scabbed flesh, pitted, pink with countless pustules, dripping yellow-brown pus as he walked.

These are all within Talos's acceptance, the undead creature rotting ghoul looks as disgusting as all of the above, and what really challenges his ability to accept is that there are some kind of biological larvae in those countless pustules, like hatching biological eggs, and he can even see the biological larvae wrapped in the pustules occasionally wagging their tails!

Talos felt that his eyes were polluted, and now he would rather there be no light in the cave.

Syllable!

With a soft thud, a lizard-like creature and a little bit like a large tadpole broke open the pus, spilled a burst of thick juice, and moved its slippery body to crawl on Horn's body, and then kept biting the legendary mage's skin, and soon it was bloody.

"Hats off, Mr. Horn. Dolores saluted with poise and even smiled, as did Mural.

Talos took a deep breath and bent slightly, facing a legendary mage, no amount of politeness could be excessive, although his situation was not very good from the current situation.

Horn's cat-like eyes narrowed and swept over the trio: "Interesting, a desert naga, a snowy naga, a tidal naga......"

He was about to say something, but suddenly a retching sound came out of his throat, coughed a few times, and a disgusting monster like a lizard and a tadpole spat out of his mouth, and fell to the ground.

Horn casually let the gooey disgusting thing crawl to his feet and bite at his body, apparently he was used to it, and there was no expression of pain on his face.

Talos' stomach churned, and he looked away from Horn and landed on the massive statue of the six-armed Naga in front of him.

He somewhat understood why Horn was hiding in an underground cave where birds don't, if he was cursed with such a disgusting curse, his normal life would also be ruined, and being alone was the best option.

The question is what kind of curse is this that can force a legendary mage to such a deplorable point, knowing that his teacher is still blind Theseus.

"Say, Mural, what do you want me to prophesy?Giggle, it's funny—" Horn laughed nervously, laughing and retching, his mouth forced apart, and a small monster crawled out, "As an astrologer specializing in the spells of the prophecy faction, I asked you what you want to predict, and I should have prophesied it on my own initiative, right?"

"We want to find the whereabouts of a black dragon, his name is Marcas, here's his portrait, and there is news that he entered Mount Rocky. ”

Mural ignored Horn's self-talk, took out a scroll from the spatial ring, and opened it, on which was the image of the black dragon Marcas, which was more high-definition and realistic than the photo.

Talos knew that it was a transfer of photograms, an application of magic.

"An adult dragon, fourth-order strength, carrying a treasure called the Frost Holy Crown. ”

"Wait, what are you talking about-" Horn's eyes shot out a crystalline light that seemed to be substance, and his pupils instantly shrank into a slit, "Frost Holy Crown?"

Oops, Talos chuckled inwardly, could it be that Horn was interested in the Frost Crown?

That's not good, the adventure has not even begun to usher in a legendary-level contender, and what is even more frustrating is that they took the initiative to send it to the door.

"Yes, the Frost Crown. Mural didn't look worried, but nodded heavily, "Mother said that you would be more than willing to help us make a prophecy. ”

"Of course, I would very much like to. ”

Horn gritted his teeth and said that Talos swore that he really saw the hideousness and resentment in the other party's flat, weird face.

A one-man wand was taken out of the spatial ring by Horn and thrust heavily into the ground with a thud.

Airplanes!

Yellow magical light burst out from the crystal embedded in the top of the wand, illuminating the entire cavern.

Quack –

There was a rush of pawns around, and the frog chirped several times louder, and countless reptilian creatures similar to the monsters on Horn's body crawled into the darkness in panic, quickly receding like a tide, leaving only large traces of slime reflecting silver light on the ground.

Talos saw that his scalp was numb, and there were tens of thousands of crawling monsters in the cave, all of them were very fat, and they were obviously mature bodies.

Doubts flashed through Talos's mind, did they all hatch from Horn, what to eat, and tear Horn's flesh like those little monsters that have not yet matured?

The sound of frogs continued to sound as the monsters all entered the darkness, and Horn began to chant the incantation, and the yellow light points drifted around in the cavern, slowly forming a giant spherical celestial body, which swirled in the air, it was Sainz.

"Marcas...... Marcus...... ...... vomit"

Horn vomited more little monsters while affectionately calling the name of the black dragon Marcas, and suddenly, the ball collapsed and turned into a continent, the shape of Talos is not unfamiliar, it was yesterday from the last time it was seen, it was the Southern Andes.

The map began to collapse and disappear from the outer edge, and then turned into a point of light and put into the map, evolving into a more specific mountain and river terrain, like someone holding a mouse to constantly zoom in on a map, and soon the floating in the air zooms in to the Rocky Mountain area.

"It's close, it should be nearby!" Horn's voice changed from the original cold and high-pitched to a clear hint of excitement.

The area on the map, including Mount Rocky, has collapsed, leaving only the junction that divides the Southern Andes into northern and southern parts, the largest inland lake in the world, the Caspi Sea.

"Not in Rocky Mountain, the Black Dragon should be here. ”

Horn stretched out his hand, and the three-dimensional map flashed with ripples, turning into a real image, and the calm surface of the lake that greeted him told the astrologer to show the astrologer the specific picture of the Caspi Sea.

The three Nagas stared intently at the image projected through prophecy, with a hideous dragon head in the middle, followed by a broad dragon's back and wings.

On the claws of Marcas's right wing, an object that reflects silver light is attached.

"Frost Crown!"

Talos was surprised to call out the name of the artifact, which contained a secret that could answer several of his questions.

But there was one man who screamed louder than Talos, Horn the Astrologer.

Because of this, the image suspended in the air dissipated, and the cave became dark again.

Horn's face was pale, as if he was seriously ill, gasping for breath, but with a smile full of excitement on his face: "Caspihai is west, and it continues to fly east." ”