Talos had never seen such a violent blizzard, neither of the two combined.

Snowflakes the size of a palm fluttered down from the lead-colored gloomy sky, twisted together with the wind, clumps and swirls.

Countless ice crystals whipped in the biting wind, rustling against the scales of Talos's tail, and the pain was on top of the sandstorm that had struck him during his ascetic walk in the Cordillera Desert.

The four-armed Naga squinted into the distance, and could only vaguely see the towering glaciers in the distance, undulating and spreading to the end of the eye.

The mountains and hills are like giant pythons wrapped in ice and snow, rolling forward, and the lone Talos is as insignificant as an ant in this sparse ice and snow, making him instinctively and intuitively feel his own insignificance.

The snow on the ground had long since exceeded three feet, and the snow was below the perennial ice, which did not affect Talos very much, but he still took out the magic flying carpet prepared in advance from the spatial ring, and began to fly close to the ground half a foot above the ground.

- The existence of the soul fire allows Talos, a bloodline knight, to manipulate the magic flying carpet for a longer period of time than ordinary professionals of the same level.

It looks like a special space, like a half-plane, and like some kind of illusion that can confuse the real with the fake.

Talos pulled out the froststeel scimitar and stretched out a finger to slash at it, and with the pain, a drop of blood flowed out, and soon condensed into ice crystals in the low temperature.

"It's not like an illusion created by the spells of the illusion faction. ”

Of course, there is another possibility, and the blood he sees now is also part of the illusion.

In order to further confirm, the snake pupils appeared in Talos's eyes, and the soul fire swayed violently, but the scene presented in front of him did not change in the slightest, which made the scale in his heart slowly fall to the conclusion that he had come to a half-plane or another dimension.

But how did he get separated from Dolores and Mural and come here alone?

Talos began to reminisce about what had happened.

When Tynan and Dolores take him to the dragon vein on the magic flying carpet, they see three different forces facing each other.

One was Bruce, who made Talos's eyes light up—in fact, when he was still half a mile away from the dragon vein, the soul fire began to stir, as if to remind him that his old enemy was nearby—with only a team of Iron Knight constructs, and no other fourth-order strength guards.

This is undoubtedly great news for Talos.

Soon, though, his attention was drawn to the twin-tailed crocodile construct at Bruce's feet.

It's not that the sheer and tyrannical aura of the Twin-Tailed Crocodile construct made him look sideways, what really surprised Talos was that the massive construct exuded an aura that he would never feel unfamiliar with, an aura that belonged to the primordial desire!

As a soul fire holder, the four-armed Naga will never admit to mistake.

Talos looked at the two-tailed crocodile, and the two-tailed crocodile looked at Talos, and then he knew that this constructor was a symbol and embodiment of some primordial desire, just like the earthly python representing gluttony, the Medusa representing jealousy, and the Ouroboros that had not yet been peeled off and represented laziness.

The difference is that both the earthly python and Medusa are sealed in the watch world by Talos as a drive, while the twin-tailed giant crocodile exists in the material plane in a way that he cannot understand for the time being, like some kind of incarnation, an incarnation of a constructed body with a strength of the third order!

There must have been a second avatar, and almost at the same time as he was sure that the twin-tailed crocodile was the embodiment of Bruce's primordial desire, Talos came to such a conclusion.

Using himself as a reference, the first order corresponds to one primordial desire, and Bruce must have stripped away the two primordial desires and is going through the third level of primordial desire.

Suddenly, Talos remembered the constructed monster he had seen in Bruce's dream last night, and he had a hunch that it was also the embodiment of some of Bruce's primordial desires.

I just don't know if Bruce is hiding in the shadows as a backhand, or if he accidentally refined a space seed to develop the watch world like him.

At this moment, Talos was a little more determined to deal with Bruce, he desperately needed a way to refine the primordial desire symbol into an incarnation, and the thought of following the earthly python and Medusa beside him almost made him unable to control his tail in excitement.

The second force is a group of frogmen with colorful skin, one wearing a striking and brightly feathered headdress on his head, holding a green scepter, and his exposed skin is more colorful than any frogman on the field.

"Judging from his dress, he should be a high priest of the Church of the Goddess of Poison, who is good at summoning poisonous insects and magic related to poison and plague. Dolores explained.

The divine techniques that can be used by the priests of the Plague Goddess Church are generally derived from the two major priesthoods of [Poison] and [Disease], and frogmen with toxins in their skin are better at the former.

As for the third force, Talos is no stranger, it is actually Thomas and Barty, who held a truth initiation ceremony in Berlingham that day, and were later wanted by the Temple of Order and Knights!

Yes, Talos knew that the four legends of the Illuminati attacked the City of Fortune with great fanfare, in order to snatch the treasure Frost Crown from the Church of Wealth.

Now that the Black Dragon has appeared in the Southern Andes, there is no reason why they should not come.

Once the Frost Crown is obtained, only the last one remains at the Temple of Order and Knights headquarters.

"Illuminati!"

As the heir of the Sand Mountain, Mural was well-informed, and recognized the two of them the moment they saw a pair of wings on their black mage robes and the inverted five-pointed star eye emblem inside.

Also recognizing the identities of Thomas and Barty are Bruce and the High Priest of the Church of the Plague Goddess, which is the fundamental reason why the three forces are facing off when Talos and his party arrive.

The Illuminati and the Spider Cult are two of the most notorious organizations on the main physical plane, the former is an extremist organization that worships evil gods and holds truth initiation rituals with an extremely high mortality rate for the selection of qualified members, and the latter blasphemes souls and creates undead creatures to the direct detriment of the gods.

Therefore, in accordance with the conventions promulgated by the Temple of Order and Knights, and endorsed by the other gods, all persons, regardless of race, occupation, or status, are obligated to report to the Temple upon meeting the two organizations and to cooperate with the investigation.

Without any surprise, Talos and his party stood across from the Illuminati for the time being.

The confrontation continued, but it remained in the ruthless part for the time being, and none of the three forces was the first to stand up and turn the verbal attack into a confrontation of magic, magic, or martial arts that could cause real damage.

Could this be the otherworldly version of the bystander effect, Talos thought, as they were now facing two fourth-order archmages from what the Church of the Gods described as the Illuminati of the Flood Beasts.

Obviously, it takes extraordinary faith and courage to fight them, and when the responsibility for dealing with the Illuminati is spread among the three forces, everyone wants others to be the first to step up, and even if they end up behaving correctly in accordance with the requirements of faith, doctrine, and values, it will take longer to reflect than it would take to reflect it alone.

Fortunately, this process did not last long, as the only high-ranking church on the field, the frogman priest took the lead.

- Desert Druids who believe in Desert Dragons correspond to the Druid Order, and Naga Witches, who believe in Water Dragons, correspond to the Temple of the Snow Mountains, both of which are not usually recognized by the Church of the Gods.

With a burst of green magic aura, a rain of poisonous insects with distorted faces and poisonous mist rained down on the two of them.

Fourth-order divine art, spiritual poisonous insects!

"Huh. ”

Barty sneered, with the usual contempt and disdain in his tone, and with a flick of his wand, a huge circular shield appeared in front of him.

With another wave, a burst of silver ripples flashed on the shield, and nearly half of the spiritual poisonous insects that hit it flew back upside down along the original trajectory.

Defend against faction spells, spell reversal!

The frogmen behind the high priest hurriedly jumped around to dodge, and one of the frogmen couldn't dodge, and was burrowed into the head by a spirit poisonous insect, and a frightened expression suddenly appeared on his face—as a frogman, he knew the power of the spirit poisonous insect all too well—and let out a terrible scream.

The screams grew sharper and sharper, and then abruptly stopped when they reached their peak.

The frogman's strong legs kicked and slumped to the ground, without any wounds on his body, but his mental consciousness had been poisoned.

At the same time, the Grand Druid took out his wand, and two spell flashes flashed on it.

The first spell light fell on the five Nagas, and in the next second, Talos felt an itch in his skin and tail, and spikes resembling giant cacti grew from his scales and clothes, creating an extra layer of armor out of thin air.

Druid spells, cactus skins!

The second spell aura took on a dim yellow color, and it rushed towards Thomas with a scorching energy.

Druid Spell, Blight, a spell that vaporizes all the water in a living being's body and turns it into a dried corpse.

Thomas, who was proficient in the spells of the space faction, gradually became transparent, then vanished, and when he reappeared, he was out of the circle, and his wand was aimed at the magic flying carpet where Tynan was, and a foul-smelling gas erupted from the tip of the staff.

Thomas originally wanted to release a third-order acid mist technique, but after considering the possibility of accidentally injuring Talos, he quickly switched to a stinky cloud technique that would only cause nausea, vomiting, and vertigo as a warning.

Dolores drew his wand and waved, and several gusts of cold wind blew, dispelling the stinky cloud.

Adelaide roamed the outside of the circle, wielding four spears with purple arcs of lightning visible to the naked eye, his sharp gaze roaming the arena in search of the best opportunity to inflict heavy damage on one of the mages.

The Fourth-Order Grand Knight has the ability to fly, unlike the Iron Knight behind Bruce, who cannot directly intervene in the battle with the Archmage in mid-air, and has the possibility of quickly getting close and injuring the Archmage.

Talos's hand didn't know when to press on the frost steel scimitar on his waist, but Mural patted his arm to relax: "Adelaide is the best at timing and killing with one hit, plus he inherits the blood of the Thunderbird, and is good at speed, we are very safe, don't worry." ”

Mural's words did not succeed in comforting Talos, and it is true that after nearly eight days of getting along, Talos was confident in the strength of Tynan and Adelaide - if they did not have enough strength, they would not have been arranged to protect the children of the three gorgons - but he was worried that it would not be Thomas or Barty, as Barty called the "half-awakened", at least the two of them would not actively attack him.

In fact, there are only two people that the four-armed Naga really cares about, Bruce standing by with the two-tailed giant crocodile and the Iron Knight, and other members of the Illuminati who may exist, such as a legendary mage whose strength has reached the fifth order.

"Humph!"

Thomas's body flickered in the air, one second still here, the next second he was in another place, smoothly avoiding every spell.

Space faction spells, space flashes!

"Let's be clear, everyone is here for the treasure Frost Crown, and we all know very well that it is hidden in this dragon vein. ”

"So, why don't you find each other, the longer the time drags on, the more detrimental it will be to everyone, there is no need to waste time and energy on useless fights, and it will only be valuable to fight for it until the Frost Holy Crown is discovered. ”

"Not bad. Barty unleashed a spell to counteract one of the Frogman High Priestess's magic spells, and his face was gloomy and threatening, "Otherwise, we wouldn't mind having another Truth Enlightenment here, and maybe we could find a new member!"

The word Truth Enlightenment seemed to have magical powers, and the attacking Tainan and the Frogman High Priest all paused.

Talos's eyelids jumped, and he almost exclaimed.

One is that Barty sneaks a peek at him while threatening everyone, and Talos doesn't want to have anything to do with the Illuminati, at least at this stage.

The second is the power of truth enlightenment, he has personally experienced it, and the entire Bolingham "died with a smile" after the song "Truth Enlightenment", and only Norman survived.

Just as he had used the Seven-Day Bible as a hole card against his enemies, if Thomas and Barty were to perform the ritual again, Talos could not guarantee who would survive, although to this day he did not know if the Sonata of Truth composed from the Seven-Day Bible would affect the other fourth-order professions in the hands of the two archmages.

Talos, and indeed not only him, had tried to find information about the Truth Initiation Ritual from the Ring of the Web, but there were no other valuable clues other than the Blingham incident that caused a wave of panic on the Web.

The information about the Truth Initiation Ceremony seems to be a taboo for the Church of the Gods, and there is not even a hint that "according to relevant laws, regulations, and policies, some search results are not displayed", and it is directly not displayed.

"A botched lie. Just as the atmosphere on the field became stiff, a gentle and majestic female voice came from the sky, "If the Truth Enlightenment Ceremony could be arranged so easily, the main material plane would have long been reduced to the sphere of influence of the Illuminati, where would there be today's prosperity." ”

Talos looked up and saw a delicate and ornate sailing ship slowly flying towards the dragon veins in the air against the wind and snow.

The familiar Wave Crown logo on the sails reminds Talos of the identity of the Mermaid and the Princess of the United Kingdom, Maeve Coppola, who instructed Lydia and Morgana to attack him on the battlefield of Strasbourg!

Lydia is dead, and even her eyes have been gouged out by Dolores, and she is lying in the Ring of Talos, waiting to be made into a pair of illusionary eyes that can see through illusions and strength, leaving Maeve and Morgana alone.

Talos imagined his own reaction to seeing Maeve, pulling out his froststeel cutlass in defiance, glaring at him and imprinting the other person's appearance into his heart, but in fact the thoughts of revenge only flashed through his mind, as they were quickly overwritten by another thought.

This amphibious magic ship looks really cool, and if he can sail in the sea and fly in the air on this kind of magic ship, the effect will definitely be very exciting!

When you return to the Black Sea, you must ask your mother to help transform the Garon into an amphibious magic ship, and it would be even better if you could activate the magic crystal cannon on it into a constructing life.

In just a few moments, Talos thought of several plans for the transformation and upgrading of the Garon, analyzed the possibility of begging Sandra to help him transform it, and he even imagined the scene of preaching in the sky when he put the magic ship into the watch world and descended to the third plane together.

However, Talos still remembered that the purpose of coming to the Dragon Vein was to compete for the Frost Crown and force himself to focus on business.

"What man!?"

Thomas's voice was filled with a hint of confusion, not as if he was curious about the identity of the visitor, but as to why the other party knew a secret that only the members of the Illuminati knew.

The sailboat slowly descended on the dragon vein, and a huge shark-man took the lead to step out of the sailboat, roaring in the direction where Thomas and Barty were, revealing the sharp and hideous teeth in his mouth, this is a great knight whose strength has reached the fourth order.

Then, it was the next queen of the United Kingdom, Maeve, who slowly walked off the magic ship step by step by four mermaids who used the tail into legs spell.

Talos stared curiously and earnestly at the mermaid princess he met for the first time, about the same age as Emma, with long red hair, beautiful and gentle but not untouching, with just the right amount of holiness, and a hint of mermaid warlock's charm in the corners of his eyes.

Even Talos, accustomed to seeing all kinds of beautiful ladies, had to admit that Maeve was the most beautiful of all the women he had ever seen, and that she was above the charming Mural and the generous and intellectual Dolores.

At the same time, Maeve looked Talos up and down—ignoring the questions of the Illuminati members, and instead of casting her gaze on the other young and handsome Golden Empire prince on the field, on the only Tidal Naga—she said meaningfully, "I've finally met you, Talos." ”

I don't know if it's an illusion, Talos always thinks Maeve has something to say.