Elonian 589, January 2.

It's been a day since the earthquake, and the "forbidden demon" effect caused by the shattering of the "Time Standstill Enchantment" has finally completely dissipated around Elson, and the team from the "San Vallano High Elf Noble Council", that is, the "Holy Order", has finally made all preparations and stepped into the final destination of their trip: the South Gate of Elson.

After a simple tempering along the way, these descendants of the high elves have developed a tacit understanding with each other. It's just that the incident that happened before the "Time Standstill Barrier" broke down has completely separated Camilla from this team - everyone understands that Camilla may not have much room to develop in the "Holy Order" in the future.

However, as long as she is not convicted of "apostasy", she still has to follow the team at this time. Camilla knew what the "Holy Order" was capable of, and although she was not afraid of Captain Spark, she would be afraid that the "Holy Society" would take "some" measures against her daughter Nephi, so at this time she had to continue to compromise and continue to follow the back of the team.

Sparker took a direct attitude of ignoring Camilla, and he didn't even threaten with harsh words... Apparently he was more concerned about the task at hand than a helpless woman.

"The inner city gates are open!"

"Active defense facilities are not activated!"

"No elemental fluctuations!"

"No life fluctuations!"

At this time, the arcanists were cautiously scouting, and the information they gave back was also very satisfying to Sparky - the "ruins" in front of him were the most powerful city of the High Elves, but it was clear that after nearly 800 years of being "stationed" by the barrier, this place had become a completely dead city...

The city is octagonal in shape, surrounded by stone walls, and covers a huge area. The walls were over fifteen meters tall with a smooth surface, completely devoid of the roughness of the human fortress, and had obviously been magically cut, silently demonstrating the craftsmanship of the High Elves that had reached the pinnacle eight hundred years ago.

Typical Karen Kingdom fortresses have cylindrical towers, but all the "towers" in Elson in front of you are triangular, sharp and exude a solemn smell.

Because of the barrier, everything that Sparker could see showed no signs of erosion by time: the ground was as clean as new, there was even fresh moss at the base of the walls, and when you entered the gates, there were marks left by the ruts of horse-drawn carriages on the wide streets, and you could smell the fragrance of flowers between breaths...

Sparker and the others walked slowly into the city, but there was no one in sight. There are not even insects or birds chirping here, and only the monotonous sound of footsteps can be heard as you walk.

The team moved forward cautiously, and Camilla was finally not arranged to explore the way ahead... In fact, everyone knows that her existence has become a destabilizing factor in the team, first squeezing out and isolating, and the final result is likely to be exile and abandonment.

"According to the original words above in the Theory of Charging Crystal, we need to find the 'Energy Filler' here, and look for the later volumes of this set of books to find the key to making the Crystal. ”

Captain Sparker assigns the task, and although he has a bad attitude towards Camilla along the way, he does have a meticulous thinking that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve - "Everyone in the team is allowed to leave the team without permission and move without permission, and they are not allowed to touch any objects at will..."

After he finished speaking, his eyes were on the end of the line, his brows furrowed slightly, and finally ignored Camilla, who was holding his forehead and looking pained.

"Alright, move on. ”

He turned and walked forward, not forgetting to add, "If someone is left behind, I will not stop, the 'Holy Order' cannot afford to waste any time." ”

Camilla clenched her teeth, and sighed when she heard this: she naturally understood that the other party was saying this to herself, but at this time she was indeed unwell—fatigue and sleepiness were secondary, and the dizziness and headache after entering the city for no reason were the culprits that made her face ugly.

What the hell is going on?

Camila felt that everything in the city made her uncomfortable, and even "tinnitus" from time to time, she held her forehead and tried to keep up with the group, trying to look at the inner city wall, trying to distract herself, but because of the headache, she had to pull her gaze back to her eyes - but just as her vision swept down an alley on her side, she suddenly felt something flash.

"That's... What?"

She stopped and looked at it, remembering it for a moment, but finally realized that it was an illusion caused by light, and then she held her forehead and continued walking.

Time passed, and three hours after the "Holy Order" party entered Elson City, the "Frost Baron" Belom's party also arrived in front of the city gate - but unlike Sparker and the others, he was facing the "West Gate" of Elson City at this time.

After the loss of the "Sola Sentry", Belom's temper became worse and worse, and in order to vent his anger, he even cut down several animals with no eyes himself. And when he saw the empty city gate and the exquisite city wall, his face, which had been tense for two days, finally showed a smile of relief...

"This time, I'm afraid the harvest will be even more than Your Majesty imagined. ”

Looking at the streets that were cleaner and cleaner than the Tasman Kingdom, looking at the rows of beautifully decorated buildings, and looking at the tall magic tower towering in the middle of the city in the distance, Belom only felt that there was a treasure full of gold and silver in front of him!

"Lord Baron, the Blood Raven has just detected another group of people who have entered here ahead of time. ”

The inopportune words of his necromancer interrupted Belom's fantasies, causing the corners of his mouth to freeze instantly...

"How many? Where did they come from?"

"They entered the city through the southern gate, and were now heading towards the inner city, as if they were looking for something. There were fifteen of them, and..."

"And what?"

Belom looked up, and the treasure was being taken first, which made his face very gloomy.

"According to the analysis that the Blood Raven has seen, it seems that they are all mages, and they are not of a low rank. ”

In order not to be discovered, the images that can be recorded by the blood crows who are scouting at high altitudes are not very clear, but the arcanists of the "Holy Order" can see clearly when they cast spells, and the necromancers are also mages, so they immediately judged that the strength of these guys was not weak.

The news immediately ruined Belom's well-being mood.

He actually wanted to say "whoever loves is who rushes up with Lao Tzu to hack them to death", but "15 mages" and "15 knights" are definitely two different concepts... Because battles involving multiple mages can never be judged by common sense.

Belom pondered for a long time, and finally suppressed the negative emotions in his heart caused by the successive setbacks, and said in a deep voice: "Continue to let the blood crows keep an eye on them, and we continue to look for the 'Charged Crystal'." ”

Elson City is huge, and it takes almost half a day to get from the west gate to the east gate, and Belom decided not to bother these guys for the time being.

He needed to confirm what the mages were here for - if they were also looking for a Charged Crystal, Belom wouldn't mind risking his life to fight them.

Because this is a task issued by His Majesty Augustine himself, he must complete it.

The necromancer took the order, and the team immediately began to continue to advance towards the inner city, the undead carefully searched everything around them with weapons in hand, because they did not understand the high elf language, they carried out a careful search of all the buildings, and the result... It made Belom feel the strangeness of this city more and more.

There was not a single person to be seen here, but the furnishings in the houses looked as if the owner had only been gone for a few days, the wine glasses in the taverns even contained brightly colored red wine, the straw for the horses was still fresh, and in some of the kitchens there was food that had just spoiled or not spoiled...

"Shrink your formation and get ready for battle. ”

The huge empty city sent a little uneasiness through Belom's heart: from any point of view, the city had at least 10,000 or even tens of thousands of inhabitants!

But where have they gone?

"It's... What the hell is going on?"

Unprepared for this strange situation, Belom really felt a long-lost sense of fear that sent chills down his spine.

At about the same moment, Roddy walked out of the north gate of the Sola Sentry and headed for Elson with the troops behind him.

There are still 100 days left in the countdown to the [Judgment of the Throne of Bones], which is still plenty of time for Roddy.

On this march towards Elson, Roddy took only thirty light cavalry and sixty retinues with him. With this arrangement, the remaining soldiers can assist Hanks in keeping the Sola guard safe, while maximizing their mobility and aggression.

After all, after so many battles and sacrifices, Roddy didn't want to take his soldiers to the unknown city of Yarn - after all, there was never only one way to avoid the destruction of the kingdom, and he didn't have no other choice.

But thinking of the changes that the "Charged Crystal" may bring to this world, Roddy said that he would stop the actions of the undead!

The changes brought about by technology will always be incomparable to a simple stone town. Roddy had a very deep understanding of this, so at this time, while leading the team forward, he and Sodrore and others focused on the purpose and plan of the trip.

"There was a massive evacuation of the city before it was enveloped by the barrier, but it is unknown how many people remained inside, so even if you encounter some high elves, it will not be a surprise. ”

Listening to Roddy's bland words, Nata rarely asked, "Roddy, you said we would meet a real, living pure-blood elf?"

"It's possible, but I'm not sure. ”

Roddy paused, and continued, "There were some arguments about the 'time standstill enchantment' written in that book, and Khadgar thought that the so-called 'stillness' was just an illusion caused by the slow passage of time..."

Seeing Nata's expression, Roddy knew that she might not understand what she was saying, so he said in a different way: "In short, it is very likely that 800 years have passed outside the barrier, but only a day, a year, or ten years have passed inside the barrier, which is beyond Khadgar's control. ”

Nata nodded and said no more, but Sodrore asked, "Then what are we going to do when we go in? With less than a hundred people, we can control the city?"

"I led the cavalry regiment to deal with the undead, and to control the city, I need to use another method. Roddy patted the book "On the Self-Consciousness of the Defense System" in his hand, "If you compare a city to a living person, how would you control him?"

"Shackles and shackles?"

Akasha asked curiously.

"No, it's not that," Roddy shook his head, then reached out and pointed to his temple, "Control here is the most powerful and powerful means. ”