As a former mage, Talos had heard the name of the Eastern Freeport when he was receiving magical enlightenment, and he had checked the pictures on the Demon Network, but it was far less shocking than what he had seen with his own eyes.

Although it was called the Free Port of the East, it was never just a port city.

The first thing that came into Talos's sight was a tall and straight round tower in the distance, which was in the shape of a round platform, with a leaden gray exterior wall, a huge and thick wall, and a column of the same size between each floor, which was very similar to the Romanesque architecture of the previous life, and with Talos's eyes, he could not see the top of the building hidden above the thick clouds.

Perceiving Talos' gaze, Frederick introduced, "The Tower of Babel, the most prestigious of the Council of the Nine Rings, will be held there in five days. ”

A familiar piece of information automatically popped into Talos's mind:

The Tower of Babel, a magical building that has been completely preserved from the ancient Arcane Empire, is also known as the "Tower in the Clouds" and "Tower of Babel", with a height of 3,500 feet and a total of 400 floors, of which 300 are on the surface and 100 are underground, which is the pinnacle of the ancient Arcane Empire's mage tower technology.

It was so tall and magnificent, and the internal area was not under a small city, that a tower spirit comparable to an intelligent AI in the previous life could not handle all affairs, and the mages had to set up a full thirteen tower spirits, each under the jurisdiction of different functional areas, in order to ensure the normal operation of the Tower of Babel.

The basic building materials of the Tower of Babel are obsidian, diamond, gold sand, and magic ingots mixed with a small amount of elemental gems, star silver and other magical materials, and the special stone artificially synthesized with the power of the empire is the hardest stone in the world, and at the same time has good magic characteristics, and every very beautiful symbol and pattern on the tower is a master-level enchantment.

Around the Tower of Babel are six secondary towers arranged in the direction of the six-pointed star, only half the height of the main tower, which, together with the Tower of Babel, constitute the most impregnable headquarters and symbol of the Council of the Nine Rings.

Rumor has it that the legendary mages of the enchanted faction of the Council of the Nine Rings tried to activate the entire Tower of Babel (along with the six sub-towers), but were unable to do so due to the difficulty of the project.

Since it is a sacred place for spellcasters on the main material plane, the Mage Tower is an indispensable part of the Eastern Free Port, and as far as Talos knows, there are as many as 300 mage towers in the city (including the sky, the surface, the underground, and the ocean), all of which were originally owned by a legendary mage.

Taplos then set his sights on the distant horizon, where a massive floating city hovered about 1,000 feet above the sea.

If necessary, it will become an air fortress in less than ten seconds, and with the strategic weapons that build it, such as the Mage Tower, Arcane Launcher, and Magic Crystal Pulse Cannon, it will burst into extremely terrifying destructive power.

Perhaps it was because they were afraid of the power of the gods, or perhaps it was simply a display of strength as a deterrent, in the two thousand years after the formation of the Council of the Nine Rings, the mages invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build a total of nine floating cities one after another to defend the Eastern Free Port.

Twenty minutes later, Talos rode the magic flying carpet to the floating city under Frederick's magic carpet and arrived at a magical manor on top of it, where Sandra was waiting for him.

- Magic Flying Carpets, Broomsticks, and Horse-drawn Carriages are the most common means of transportation in the Eastern Freeport, and of course, various teleportation arrays.

As is customary, Talos will report to Sandra in detail from the last time he reached the Antarctic Sea through the Space Gate to join Dolores, even though some important things he had already mentioned through the Ring of the Net.

The Mother Tree of the Undead in the Undersea Underground Palace, the Archmage Harvey smuggled in from the lower planes, the Titans in the Andes, the Ascetic in the Desert, and the Sand Mountain Chief Sephiroth who gave the gift intact......

When talking about him and Dolores handing over the gifts to Sephiroth, Talos finally couldn't help but ask a question he had been holding back for a long time: "Is it true that Dolores said that you, the Ice Witch, and the Chief of Sandhills are all gorgons?"

Talos was naturally convinced of the conclusions Dolores had given at the beginning, but some things still need to be witnessed with his own eyes, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing.

"Not bad. ”

Sandra generously admits that the long dark blonde hair was windless, and the bundles of hair gathered together, twisted, lengthened, and deformed, and soon turned into poisonous snakes, and the once quiet room seemed to suddenly become a terrifying snake cave that made people feel terrified, and the creepy snake chirped everywhere.

In an instant, Sandra's whole temperament was different.

Previously, the first impression of the Black Sea Lord was based on the cold alienation brought about by power and status, and the appearance of the snake's hair shrouded her with an aura of mystery and terror, which made people unable to have the courage to look at her.

Of course, they didn't dare to look at each other, and anyone who looked at the Gorgons would turn into a statue with their souls trapped in it in the next second, with the exception of Talos.

This was the first time the young Naga had seen the legendary Gorgon, so she didn't suppress her exuberant curiosity to take a closer look.

I saw that the poisonous snake entrenched on Sandra's head was the same as the strange snake that Talos saw in the gift box that day, covered in fine dark golden scales, but the length was different, the long one was more than 4 feet, the short one was only 1.5 feet, and the sharp curved fangs could be clearly seen in the open mouth, which looked very hideous.

Probably because he had lived as a Naga for too long and further recognized the snake characteristics on his body, or because the other party was his biological mother, he was sure that he would not hurt himself, in short, before Talos could react, he had already extended his right middle arm in front of one of the snake hairs.

"Hiss-"

The viper erected itself like an irritated cobra, but instead of attacking, it wrapped itself around Talos's wrist twice at a rapid speed.

The double touch of the fine scales and the cold serpentine letter caused Talos to stiffen and completely recover, and he tried to free his right middle arm, but without success.

The viper's body, which was less than 3 feet short, seemed to contain great power, and it wrapped around Talos's wrist even tighter, causing him pain.

- This is very exaggerated, considering that Talos is now a veritable high-level bloodline knight, the kind of awakening bloodline specialty, and Sandra is just a mage who is not known for his physical strength.

Not only that, but the attention of the other five poisonous snakes next to him was also attracted and wrapped around Talos together.

In less than three seconds, Talos could no longer see his palm, replaced by six hideous snake heads with a fierce glint in their eyes.

According to the scriptures, although the eyes of the poisonous snake on the head of the gorgon cannot directly petrify people, the body of the target they target will become stiff and their movements will become sluggish.

There was no way, Talos had no choice but to ask Sandra for help with his eyes.

"Any rash action until danger is confirmed—"

"All of them can lead to serious consequences, even life-threatening. Talos weakly completes the second half of the sentence.

Sandra didn't speak, looking at Talos with disapproval like every stern mother in the Naga tribe, and her meaning could not be clearer.

"I swear I'll always keep your teachings in mind when I'm out on adventures, and I'll never take the initiative to get into trouble, really!" Talos hurriedly tried to express his innocence, but his voice grew lower and lower under Sandra's gaze, and he muttered vaguely, "Besides, it's your snakehead, and it's no one else's." ”

The implication is that if he does meet other Gorgons, he will definitely not cause trouble, let alone make such reckless moves.

"I hope you're doing as well as you say. ”

As the words fell, the cold touch on Talos's arm vanished, and the six vipers turned into six long strands of silky dark blonde hair.

Talos easily pulled his midarm back, but his gaze was firmly fixed on Sandra's long hair.

Now that the crisis has been lifted, Talos's mind is alive again and diverges further:

The snake hair he gave to Sephiroth as a gift must have been made from a long bundle of hair, not a single hair?

Does it hurt and bleed when you cut a viper off your head?

Or do you cut off a bunch of hair and then turn into a venomous snake?

Can a hair growth potion used to treat baldness work on the head of the Gorgon?

If you cut a short hairstyle, what will the venomous snake become, short and ugly?

"And after that?"

Sandra didn't know that all sorts of strange questions were flashing through Talos's mind for a moment, so she simply turned the subject back.

"The night I arrived at Sunayama......"

Talos omitted to descend consciousness into the Terra plane and everything that happened there, focusing on the pain of giving birth to grow his lower arms.

To be honest, Talos really didn't want to repeat the experience that went from the bone marrow to the depths of his heart, but when he thought that it was the only way to advance to the fifth order and become a six-armed Naga, he was a little shaken, and it could be said that it was very contradictory.

Promoted to the third order, growing lower arms, awakening bloodline specialty, cursed by the reptilian god of astrologers Horn, Caspihai, Mosanhoek Island......

The rest of the time was mostly Talos talking, Sandra listening, occasionally commenting at key points.

When the content enters the last paragraph, when Maeve shows the imprint of divine power in front of everyone and becomes the god of order and knights, Sandra frowns slightly.

After a long time, she advised, "Don't mention Maeve to anyone else about becoming a god for the time being. ”

Dolores said the same thing. ”

Talos had no intention of spreading the word about it, so he nodded in agreement.

"That's good. Sandra's gaze softened slightly, "Let's go out and play, there are a lot of nice gadgets in the Free Port of the East." ”

Young Naga went out in a happy mood, and the moment the door closed, a small thing that he had long ignored came to mind from the depths of his memory:

It was a book called "A Guide to Snake Hair Care" that he had stumbled upon in Sandra's study as a child.

Was he seven or eight years old?