Solar Calendar 1728 Portnak Hill in the territory of the Kingdom of Porternath

Mount Portnack is a large mountain with an altitude of several thousand meters, with three main peaks and an area of about tens of thousands of square kilometers. Its name was derived from the artisans who took the homonym of the kingdom of Portnas. At the foot of the mountain are scattered a dozen small towns, large and small, and the town of Kulo is one of them. The springs left on the mountain converge to form the Portnak River, and there are many small towns along the river. The forests were also dense and the quality of the rocks was acceptable, so with his resources, Mount Portnak nourished most of the people of the southern fringes of the kingdom. Although there are some monsters inhabited on the mountain, there are not many of them, and occasionally adventurers will receive sighting information and enter the mountain to explore. The many mountain roads opened up by the people in the nearby towns to collect stones provided great convenience for these adventurers, but because the area of the mountain was too large, it was impossible to completely eradicate the monsters every time, and the adventurers' guild could only set a regular monster hunting mission to sweep once a quarter. This time, because of the urgency of time, Yass Langli and her party came here through teleportation, and the destination was just around the corner.

The group cautiously approached the ruins that needed to be investigated, which was very calm on the surface, except for the whining of the wind through the cracks. But the adventurers knew in their hearts that eight uninvited guests had been devoured here, and there must be some kind of threat lurking here.

As in the image, they have seen the ruins in front of them on the image, and it seems that this place has been abandoned for a long time, because there is no relevant record to show it, so this place is identified as an ancient ruin, but the architectural style here and the small details found in the image make it difficult to believe that this is a place where ancient civilizations lived.

But there is no doubt that this place is in ruins, and almost none of the houses are intact under the ruins, and the whine of the wind makes people reluctant to step into it.

Hoppler walked at the front, his nerves tense and always on guard, his pace moving very slowly, and every step he took before walking, very carefully.

"Foggy?" After walking into the ruins, Hopler found that a thick white fog began to float around him, the fog would not appear out of thin air, at least it had to be from small to large, but it felt like walking into the fog in an instant. This was so strange, he thought to himself, why didn't he notice it just now, not only the white mist, but also a rancid smell began to fill the air, and a few low roars came from the mist.

"Be careful, everyone!" Hopler reminded everyone in a low voice, but there was no response behind him, he quickly looked back, but there was nothing behind him except white mist.

"Hoyle, the god of war, what's going on!?" Hoppler felt dizzy at this time, feeling that his consciousness suddenly began to blur, and some muttering voices began to appear in the fog, he couldn't hear what these voices were saying, but he felt that these voices were affecting him, oh no, he could feel the low roar in the fog also gradually approaching, if it went on like this, he might not be able to hold on...

"What the hell is going on, Cam?" Yass Langli snarled at him, summoning the Holy Spear to shoot in the direction of Hopler's disappearance, but the Holy Spear shattered when it hit an invisible wall.

"Cognitive Impairment Enchantment" Cam judged "It's too surprising, I've seen this thing for the first time.,Immune Detection Immune Search Magic,When the enchantment is formed, the original things in it will be blocked from cognition.,It's an advanced GEIS usage.。 Just like your home kingdom of Valen, this is an enchantment built on GEIS that requires not only very detailed GEIS terms but also very, very, very advanced magic. ”

"It's useless to talk about this now, do you know how to break him?" Yass Langley was very agitated, since Hopler stepped inside, he couldn't know what was going on inside.

"You priesthood should know better than me, no one can forcibly break the geis, not even the Father, the only way to break this enchantment is to kill the person who made it, it is God's mercy, this kind of geis he cannot impose a clause that will continue to take effect after death. Cam raised his staff and instantly summoned a huge fireball to smash into the enchantment, the fireball was as wide as an adult's height, and a hot wind blew on everyone's faces, Rhodes not only took a few steps back, but after this big fireball smashed into the invisible wall in front of him, there was a huge explosion, and the power was enough to make the ground tremble, but there was still no change after the smoke and dust dissipated.

"The mission is now starting to be decided to fail" Yass Langli frowned, it seemed that things were more tricky than she thought, "But I can't leave Hopler, the children stay outside, would you two like to go in with me." ”

"I'm sworn to follow you, Miss Yass Lanley. Cam bowed respectfully like a gentleman.

"The people of the Secret Church will not run away at this time, otherwise you will not be allowed to nag for the rest of your life. Depp also meant to agree.

Rhodes, who originally thought that everything was over, suddenly felt a force push him in the direction of the enchantment, "Don't push me Lot!" A stagger, Rod took a few steps towards the enchantment, but this force did not stop and continued to push him.

"I didn't push you," Lott looked at him puzzled

"Who's that?" Rhodes pressed against his back, but an irresistible force was pushing him towards the barrier.

"Oops!" Yass Langley realized that something was wrong, once she made up her mind to save Hopler, it would be tantamount to showing that the mission would continue, and if Rhodes thought about staying outside, it would be tantamount to refusing to fulfill Geis, who would force him into the enchantment.

At this moment, Rod is getting closer to the enchantment step by step, Lott is holding his body, but he still can't pull him, the saint is struggling fiercely in her mind at this time, the saint understands that if she judges from a rational point of view, she should give up Hopler, otherwise Rod will definitely be pulled into the enchantment, and Lott will definitely follow up, and no one can predict what will happen after that, but just give up Hopler... The saint was also extremely resistant in her heart, compared to these two children, who had met less than two days, the warrior was a comrade-in-arms who had known each other for many years...

Trading one part for the survival of another, the saint has made many such decisions for so long adventurers, but the result is always much better than when she made the decision, because she is strong. But she doesn't usually overestimate herself, thinking that she can save everyone every time. If sacrifice is unavoidable, you should choose the side with less, Yass Langley knows it very well. But even though she is called a saint, Yass Langley is not a saint. When it comes to personal emotions, she will resist like an ordinary person, and because of her own strength, she will also have a self-confidence that can save both sides. At this point, this confidence was reborn.

"Don't fight against this force," Yass Langley shook Rod's hand, "Since Geis is forcing you to move forward, then let's go in." Rest assured, I'll be there for you. "The Holy Maiden has made a decision, she refuses to give up Hopler, if it means sacrificing more then come, she has a huge amount of holy power, excellent holy energy, she believes that she can save Hoppler at the same time without sacrificing these two children.

Rod closed his eyes and began to chant silently, "I'll go in, I'll go in" Sure enough, the thrust disappeared, his pace of progress stopped, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, he hurriedly turned around, "Lot, don't go in!"

But Lott had already raised his sword and looked at him and shook his head

"Cam, send a text message to Modrilla and report on the situation so that she is ready to respond. Yass Langley understands that since she can't observe Hopler now, they will definitely lose contact with Modrella after they go in, so she can only report everything she can say now.

Cam drew symbols in the air, similar to Modrila at the time, but Cam didn't talk to Modryla like he did, just finished drawing the symbols and ended "That's it, everything that needs to be said has been said." ”

Yass Langli nodded, "Okay, now everyone is ready to rush together, Cam will release the protective enchantment immediately after entering, Depp, your black magic auxiliary defense, understand?"

The two nodded

"Let's go!" With Yass Langli's order, the five of them rushed forward together.

All of a sudden, it was like stepping into a strange space, and suddenly a thick white fog floated around everyone. Not far ahead, a warrior can be seen fighting a group of demon wolves, these demon wolves are similar in appearance to ordinary wild wolves, but they have a pair of glowing blue eyes, and their speed and desire to attack are much stronger, far from being something that novice adventurers can deal with. The protective barrier that Cam had set up was of little use because nothing was coming, and all the enemies were attracted by the warriors in front of them.

"Hopler!" Yass Langley shouted at him, but the warrior didn't respond, "Go help him!" she shouted at the two mages.

But as soon as he took a step, a sharp feeling of dizziness came to his head, and Yass Langli stumbled and almost fell

"Mist" Cam covered his nose, "This fog contains powerful magic and can control people's spirits, Yass Langli do something quickly!Otherwise, it will be too late!!"

Told that it was the fog's problem, the saint shook her head, she stretched out her right hand, and the crystal radiated a brilliant light on her hand, "Father, please protect us from evil spirits." A shroud of golden light shrouded the crowd.

"There's no need to be that big, the fog itself is not corrosive, just cover your mouth and nose" The dizziness suddenly subsided, Cam stood up with his staff, and the shield quickly decreased, and finally stopped at everyone's mouth and nose.

At this time, Hopler in the distance had already slashed the demon wolves, and his blood-red eyes were staring at this side

"Mad blood..."Cam vigilantly guarded in front of the two teenagers, "He must have activated his mad blood to suppress the influence of the mist, but it seems that the mist still affects him, he can't tell the difference between friend and foe!"

Hopler yelled and rushed at them

"Leave it to me" Depp rushed in front of Yass Langley, he waved his hand, and several revenants rushed towards Hopler, but the revenants passed through Hopler's body, they floated forward a few steps, and finally got into the corpse of the demon wolf that he had knocked down.

Then the dead wolves got up again, bared their teeth and rushed to Hopler, then leaped to his feet and threw him to the ground. Hoppler slashed at the demon wolf with his backhand, although the demon wolf was slashed, but the power of suppression was still undiminished, and Hoppler couldn't break free for a while.

Yass Langli took this opportunity to rush forward, and a protective word flashed with golden light on Hopler's mouth and nose, "Brute, calm down! It's okay, calm your madness." Yass Langley gently picked up his head, "In the name of God the Father, Hopler, wake up." ”

At first, the warrior struggled, but as the effects of the fog faded, Hopler's movements became smaller.

"Yass Langley?" Hopler called her name, the saint knew that he was awake and quickly let go of him, and Depp also let the demon wolf get off him, "Sorry, I don't know what's wrong, this fog..."

"It's okay..."

"Beware!" a teenager shouted from behind, and as they turned their heads, a figure appeared behind Cam, and the mage began to spit blood, and on closer inspection, a short knife pierced his stomach from behind.

The warrior roared and rushed towards Cam, and the necromancer directed the wolf to lunge at the man, while he shot many black balls of light at the figure.

Yass Langli also summoned the holy spear, but when the holy spear appeared, the protective words of the mouth and nose disappeared, and she quickly stopped.

The figure grabbed the badly injured Cam and dodged the ball of light, and he quickly slipped into the fog and vanished.

"Stop chasing!" Yass Langley called out to Hopler, "he's in the fog, we can't find him." ”

"Who is he?!" the warrior slammed his axe into the ground, "He killed Cam and took his body!"

"It should be an adventurer controlled by the fog, one of the eight missing people, it was a mistake that we didn't ask for the details of those eight people at the time!" Depp waved his hand regretfully.

"Worst of all, Cam isn't dead, and my Word of Protection will be worn off too far away from me, and he'll be controlled by the fog. That's what Yass Langley is really worried about.

"Cam isn't dead?" Hopler didn't understand how he could survive such a serious injury.

"At least not dead now," Yass Langley nodded in conviction, "You can still say his name here, which is the best proof of this." ”

"yes," Hopler reacted.

"Hopler, have you tried to break the barrier from within?" Depp asked him, standing where they started, his hand stretched forward, as if an invisible wall was blocking him.

"I tried, but it didn't work. Only let in here, not let out!" Hopler said, raising his great axe and slamming it down on the barrier, but the barrier didn't respond.

Yass Langli looked around, "If I'm not mistaken, there is an abandoned house in front of me from outside the barrier, let's go hide for a while, there is too much information to discuss." ”

There were no obstacles on the way into the abandoned house, and the group took refuge in this simple house. The house was very messy, the tables and chairs were all down, the debris was covered with rubbish, it felt like there had been a fierce battle here, and the strangest thing was the broken corner of the roof, half of the roof collapsed, and the rubble scattered in the house, making the already messy house even worse.

Hopler waited for everyone to enter the room and brought a table against the door, looking at the mess in the room, Rod wanted to move the mess away, so he bent down and wanted to reach out.

"Don't move!" Yass Langley pulled him up, "As an adventurer, don't touch things you're not sure about in an unfamiliar environment." ”

"It's just some garbage, huh?" Rhodes asked rhetorically, "what's so uncertain?"

At this time, Depp waved his hand, a small whirlwind blew in the house, Rhodes turned his head to avoid it, and when the whirlwind passed, a clearing was sorted out in the middle of the house, and a dead soul was holding a piece of bread in front of Depp to show "This house has been abandoned for so long, and the food that has not rotted is really just ordinary garbage?"

"Apparently, Hopler just moved the table," Rod muttered quietly

"Because it's really just a regular table. A few meters away, Yass Langley examined the debris of the collapsed roof, "Well, this roof was shattered by an external force. ”

"What shattered it?" Depp asked the ghost to bring a piece of wreckage

"I can't feel any special breath, I can only judge that it was physically shattered, and if Cam is here, I can judge it in more detail. Yass Langley jumped lightly from the house to the roof, looking at something.

"What's wrong, Yass Langley?" Hopler finally blocked the door in a way he thought was safe, and turned to see Yass Langley with a hand on the roof

As soon as Yass Langley let go, a beautiful floor, and even took into account the robe, covering her thighs with her hands, "Although there is fog, but based on the outline I can see, I guess the roof of each room has been shattered in the same way." ”

"So weird?" Hopler came to the middle and sat down, and Yass Langley also came closer.

"It's safe here for the time being, let's discuss what will happen after entering the barrier. Yass Langley made her purpose clear, and at the same time turned her eyes to Hopler, "Start with the beginning, start with you, Hopler." ”

"Me," the warrior nodded understandingly, "because I'm at the forefront, the first to step here?"

"yes, what was the situation?" Yass Langley's expression was grim, he was the person who had the most contact with the fog and was controlled for a time, and the information that Hopler could give should be the most reliable.

"The fog, only a fog" Hopler began to recall, he closed his eyes and let everything that had just happened reshape in his mind, "I also smelled a rancid smell when I walked into the enchantment, and I heard the low roar of the demon wolf. ”

"I smell the rot too. The saint recalled, "Necromancer, what do you think?" Yass Langley turned to look at Depp.

Depp saw Yass Langli ask him, and nodded, "There is no doubt that it is a corpse, I asked the revenant to check it at that time, it is the corpse of the person, but it is not rotten, but the fishy smell emitted by their internal organs scattered outside, as for the identity of the corpse, I guess it is a few adventurers who entered here before." ”

"Can you tell how many they are?" The saint's tone was very calm, the three adults at this time were actually in a stable mood, but the two teenagers were already frightened, Rod trembled with fear, but tried not to show it, and Lott kept swallowing his saliva, he stared around vigilantly, not knowing what he was looking at.

"The bodies were badly mutilated, and the situation was urgent, so I estimated them to be four based on what Modella had told us earlier. ”

"Four..."Yass Langli pondered, and at the same time pretended to inadvertently hold Rod's trembling hand, "Then let's judge the first four people to enter, after all, the strength is the worst, and they may be killed by the demon wolf when they enter this enchantment, and at the same time, part of the corpse will be eaten." The holy woman turned to the warrior "You continue, what happened after that?"

"I was going to go back, but the barrier stopped me, and my head started to get dizzy, and some strange sounds began to sound in my ears, and my head suddenly became difficult to think. ”

"Me too, and so do everyone. Yass Langley asked everyone, and everyone nodded.

"It's very uncomfortable, and I feel like my body is not my own all of a sudden. Lott described

"yes, why the hell is that?" Rod couldn't help but squeeze the holy woman's hand as well

"According to Cam's judgment, this is the relationship of the fog, and at the same time his advice, my protective word covers only the mouth and nose. Yass Langley said as he waved his hand in the air, "The magic mist, but it is not corrosive, and in terms of effect, he has the effect of controlling the spirit of the creature." ”

"Without the help of the Word of Protection, creatures exposed to this fog will be controlled by him..."Depp glanced around aimlessly, although inside the house, the fog can still get in, but it is lighter than outside the house, and the vision is relatively clear.

"I didn't think about it that much at the time, I just felt that my head was dizzy, and my body didn't have the strength to definitely defeat these demon wolves, so I activated the mad blood. "But I didn't expect that after activating the madness, I couldn't control myself." ”

"What's madness?" Rod asked curiously.

"This is a technique taught by Hoyle, the god of war, to the Warrior Guild. "When we activate the madness, our speed, strength, and reflexes are greatly improved. ”

"However, it will overdraw the user's physical strength in advance, and the mind will be very simple. Depp didn't know whether to laugh or help explain.

"Generally speaking, with the activation of the madness in the body, the warrior can still distinguish between friend and foe, but at that time you were clearly preparing to attack us. Yass Langley asked, "What was your state at that time?"

"I can't control myself, although I was dizzy when I first inhaled the fog, but once my body is out of control, my head can think again, but it's useless, and my body is completely out of my control. Hoyle's face looked very uneasy at this time, "I can't stop myself at all, and by the time I am fully recovered, I will have been pressed to the ground by you for a while." ”

"It's a terrible fog," Yass Langley stood up, "thankfully my word works. It seems that his control is simply not able to compete with his personal willpower, what does this fog want to do?"

"You think he has a purpose?" Depp thought "If that's the case, there should be a purpose for setting up enchantments and spreading fog, but I don't know what the purpose is." ”

"That's... What the hell does enchantment mean?" Lott looked at everyone timidly, "I'm a little curious..."

"Hmm...," Yass Langley thought about how to explain this to the children

"Leave the explanation of the enchantment to me, although I am not an orthodox mage either" Depp laughed at himself, and his tone of voice immediately changed to that of a church priest preaching, "The enchantment is a kind of area composed of magic or holy power, and there will be some laws prescribed by the releaser in the area, some of the enchantments are transparent, some are like a layer of colored walls, and there are various situations, and the production of miniature, half of the enchantment or a small part of the enchantment wall is a more common method of use as a shield, and it is very common." And breaking the enchantment is to violently shatter it, and the other is to kill the creator of the enchantment, the larger and more special the enchantment, the more magic power is needed, sometimes it is not the releaser itself that provides mana but some magic props, or it may be the flow of mana in the leyline. ”

Rod and Lott were dumbfounded by the necromancer's words, and they stared at the necromancer blankly, and their brains completely gave up understanding.

"It's okay to explain this kind of thing slowly later," Yass Lanley drove Depp away, "you two," she greeted and stared at the two teenagers, "What happened to Cam at that time?"

Rod and Lott looked at the three adults and swallowed their saliva, and Lott spoke first, "I saw a person suddenly emerge from the fog. ”

"What kind of person?" asked Yass Langli immediately.

"The fog is so thick and so fast that I can't see clearly..."Lott struggled to recall what he saw, "By the time I shouted, he had already stabbed Mr. Cam with a knife!"

"It's so fast," Hopler nodded, "it must be a gold-level thief, one of the other four." ”

"It's so fast that Cam can't even react, so I can only think so. Yalts Langley agreed.

"I see," Rhodes interjected, "the man's back clothes were covered with blood, and he seemed to have a lot of wounds. ”

"So," Depp offered his idea, "The fog can control living things, but I guess he can't control dead things. ”

"Necromancer, what do you mean?" the saint was momentarily puzzled.

"Although there are also necromancers who use fog to control corpses, this fog obviously doesn't have this ability, and I guess the thief controlled by the fog won't live long, so he needs a new puppet, and when he found out that we were not under control, he attacked one of us and tried to control him. ”

"Stabbed Cam because he was afraid that he would resist?" Yass Langley thought along Depp's train of thought, "Isn't Cam so badly injured that he won't live long?"

"Maybe the fog wants to use Cam to attack us and then take control of us all further?" Depp's words undoubtedly hit everyone present in the heart.

"No," Hopler shook his head, "I don't want to go head-to-head with a Magister..."

"How good is Mr. Cam?" Rhodes interjected again, asking the group, "Is the Magister scary?"

"Magister..."Depp put on the appearance of a teacher again, "Mages are divided into apprentice apprentices, apprentices, trainee mages, mages, archmages, which are divided into five disciplines: ice, fire, wind, electricity and earth, each of which can be called a mage at the level of an archmage, and the top of them is the archmage." ”

"Seems amazing?" Rod looked at Depp

"Most of the spell magisters can be released directly without chanting, for example, the few wolves that were contaminated by magic and mutated by the magic that Hoppler handled, dozens of them came to face the magister, as long as the magister's own magic power was enough, it was just a matter of raising his hand to destroy them. ”

"Then we—" Lott was visibly frightened, and he grabbed Rod's arm and shivered constantly

"But three against one, if we really fight, our Highness the Holy Maiden, who is known as the "sixth", still has an advantage. Depp giggled in his hood, and he turned his head to look at Yass Langley, "Isn't that right, Yass Langley?"

"Unfortunately, you were wrong this time. Yass Langli smiled bitterly, "Although I would like to agree with you, and it is true that this is generally the case, but just now I found that as long as I use a slightly stronger Word spell, the protective Word I give you will be unstable, and the fog will pass through my protection, so in the next battle, I may not be able to help too much to maintain this Word." ”

"How could there be such a thing?" Depp's expression at this time can be described as an exaggeration, the original calm face is now wide open, without the help of Yass Langley, this battle is much more difficult.

"Each saint and knight has their own unique holy energy, and the holy energy I awaken is called 'false chanting', which can form a false identity in my body with my holy power, so that I can frequently use forbidden techniques such as holy spears, and I myself will not be attacked by forbidden arts. But the effect is that every time I chant, my holy power will be mobilized, the protective holy words will be weakened, and the awakened holy energy will be the same as instinct, which I can't control. ”

"Not only do you have to face all this fog spreaders, but you also have to face a magister...."Hopler stood up with his axe, "This is probably the most difficult trial I've ever faced in my life!"

"yes, what do you think of the man behind it, saint?" Depp also stood up, he summoned the revenant to appear beside him, and two resurrected demon wolves jumped in from the roof.

Yass Langli took Rod's hand with her left hand, and held up the holy weapon with her right hand, "Who knows, it seems impossible for a fallen necromancer, maybe it's a fallen priest or a magister, right?"

After saying that, the door was blown open by something, and at the same time, several demon wolves pounced on everyone with the smoke of gunpowder.