028, Nietzsche is dead (I)
Behind Goret stood his pupil Wallette and his youngest disciple Raphael. The two young men didn't know what their respected teacher was muttering, but Ge Yeol was obviously in a bad mood, and it seemed that the town of Duke was inevitably destroyed by the flood, and they both stood there silently and did not dare to speak.
Gereh stood on the city wall for a whole day, persuading him to rest, but as if he could not hear, he looked intently from day to night in the direction of the town of Duk in the east. Until noon the next day, Lord Xiao Mo, the governor of the city-state of Syria, came to the city for the third time, this time not to persuade Gelie to return to the temple to rest, but to report on official business-
"I have ordered the soldiers stationed in the Black Fire Jungle Post Road to withdraw, and the soldiers of two post stations withdrew in time, but the water came too quickly, and the nearest post station to Duk Town was already surrounded by floods, and the situation is unknown. Yesterday you sent High Priest Cosman to pick up people at the inn and investigate the situation in Duk Town, but Cosman returned before he was halfway there, and it was said that he was impassable. β
Raphael frowned and said, "How can Cosman be irresponsible and leave the soldiers of the post station there?"
Ge Lie finally spoke, he let out a long sigh and waved his hand, "You can't blame Cosman, the clouds are very low and there is lightning, at this time, flying in the air will become the target of thunder and lightning, and your life will be in danger." I sent him to save people, not to send him to die, he really couldn't reach the station. β
As he spoke, the thunder in the distance became louder, and thick clouds spread out from the direction of the Syrian Plateau, almost pressing down on the top of the Syrian City. Raindrops also fell over the walls, and the raindrops became denser and denser. Xiao Mo asked uneasily, "If this rain doesn't stop, the flood will overflow the Black Fire Jungle and come to the bottom of Xuya City." Now that one-third of the entire city-state's possessions have been flooded, what should we do?"
Ge Lie turned around and ordered, "As the governor, you should hurry up and prepare for disaster relief, and soon more and more victims will pour into the city of Syria. ...... Wallette, you go to the temple and fetch two high-level air magic scrolls and the Blue Boat. β
Wallette: "The Blue Boat, is it the magic weapon inlaid with the Blue Water Core that consumes four Divine Stones every time it is used?"
Ge Lie: "Yes, it's in my private warehouse in the apse. Hurry up, I'm going to go to the flood. β
Xiao Mo was surprised and dissuaded: "Venerable Great Divine Magician, do you want to go on an adventure yourself?
Wallette also persuaded: "Dear teacher, you let me go." β
Ge Lie shook his head: "Since I can't fly, I'll go over the water, only I can control the Blue Boat here, and neither of you can do it." I'd like to find out about an important friend, and by the way, pick up the soldiers who were trapped at the station. This is a command, and you do not need to persuade again. β
......
The Blue Boat is a shuttle-shaped artifact, this kind of thing is also known as a magic weapon, it is only two inches wide and more than a foot long, the whole body is silver, the front end is inlaid with a blue water core, there are two grooves on each side, and Wallette has already inlaid four divine stones in the grooves when he took it.
It is a sacred artifact from Gore's private collection, and it is extremely valuable, but no one knows that it was given to him by Nietzsche twenty years ago, and Nietzsche is also one of the best master craftsmen on this continent.
Even a great magician didn't dare to fly in the thunder and lightning sky easily, and in order to save mana, Ge Lie directly used an air magic scroll to float against the water, and his body shuttled between the strange bushes of the Black Fire Jungle.
Scrolls don't actually save mana in principle, but they can store the mana they normally use in some way and use it for the user to cast at a critical moment. Scrolls of Divine Spells are written in divine scripts according to specific requirements, and are much more difficult to craft than performing the corresponding Divine Scrolls, which consumes more mana, and may not always be successful. Therefore, the high-level magic scroll is one of the most precious divine artifacts on the continent, and only a great divine magician like Ge Lie can order someone to take two of them.
The water was not calm, with countless whirlpools and chaotic rapids, surging through the blackfire jungle in the direction of the city-state of Syria. Only the taller, eerie black stones remained exposed to the water, forming islands here and there. The further you go, the more open the water surface becomes, the fewer isolated islands with shrubs, the water level gets higher and higher, and the current becomes more and more rapid.
Ge Leo is swimming against the current on the water, and in the open area there is no longer a way to hide his body with the help of the island jungle, and he becomes the most prominent target on the water. Several times lightning fell on him in the low clouds, and Goreol teleported away with his staff and was not hit. That is, a great magician can move forward like this, and it is absolutely impossible to change someone.
The closer you get to Duke, the faster the turbid water becomes, the larger the swirling whirlpools, and the denser the lightning from the sky. Although he could not see the flooded road, he was able to follow the route of the original post road, and he finally came to the nearest post station, thirty miles away from Duk Town, which was already a vast ocean.
In the midst of the wind and rain, thunder and lightning, the Golie Hall opened the detection magic to explore the surroundings, and finally heard a faint hoarse cry for help. A small group of soldiers stationed at the post station still survived, and under the leadership of the captain, they climbed to the highest boulder in the vicinity in time. The boulder was almost completely submerged by the floodwater, and the twelve soldiers were clutching onto the branches of the trees that were outcropping and calling for help, their voices hoarse. If Goreh had been one step late, these people would have been swept away.
Gelie floated near the boulder and took the Blue Boat from his bosom and threw it on the water. The magic weapon more than a foot long swirled in the water, and an invisible boat suddenly appeared on the surging water. The water receded to take on the shape of the bottom of the boat, and the rain in the air could not hit the top of it, but only flowed down from the sides. A bolt of lightning struck, and the wires parted around, outlining the outline of the "ship", which resembled a narrow and huge jujube pit, and its space could accommodate a dozen people.
With a wave of his staff, the silhouette of the ship glowed with a dark blue light, and finally fully revealed itself on the water. He shouted: "Get on the boat quickly, don't panic! Is the captain still there? Command the soldiers to sit firmly in the boat and not move...... It's a magic artifact, just jump on it. β
Under the command of the captain, the exhausted soldiers trembled and jumped onto the invisible ship that shone with a blue film of light, as if they were standing directly on the water, but they landed steadily. Everyone was trembling, but the captain's command was not chaotic, and the twelve people sat down in two columns in order, and no one moved.
Ge Lie glanced at the squad leader with a slightly approving look, and stood at the bow of the boat, his staff pointing forward, the blue boat did not go back, but continued to break the waves in the direction of Qianduk Town. The captain was puzzled, but didn't ask the venerable great magician what he thought, but just made a gesture for the soldiers to rest and not to disturb Ge Lie quietly.
Less than ten miles away from Duke Town, the flash flood was raging, and the Blue Boat was already swaying slightly. The shape of the blue water center at the bow of the ship in the void was revealed, and four white lights appeared on both sides of the hull, which were the four inlaid divine stones. Dense bolts of lightning fell from the sky, in the form of bright branches, constantly slashing at the only object on the water. The seemingly invisible Blue Boat protected the people on board well, and the lightning only streaked a trace of lightning in the surrounding space.
Duk Town was completely gone, and all that could be seen was a sea of turbidity, not even the sturdy and tall spire of the temple, whether it had been submerged or washed away. The flood water rushed from the direction of the Syrian Plateau to the Syrian Desert to the south, and the thick dark clouds carried the downpour, which was like a dark hell.
Not even the great magicians dared to fly in such a sky, and the strongest swimmer could not have struggled long in such a flood, and it seemed that there was not a single survivor left in the town of Duke! But Goret had parked the Blue Boat in the distance, still looking out at something in the stormβhe did not believe that Nietzsche had been swallowed up by the flood so silently.
Since Golie can come here in danger, then Nietzsche has all the means to get out of danger safely, is he already gone or is he still here? Golie has an indescribable strong feeling, he inexplicably feels that Nietzsche must still be here.
As soon as he thought this, a series of explosions sounded in the sky, and a ball of lightning fell, stirring up a spiral-shaped bright trail in the water. Ge Lie suddenly sensed a powerful mana fluctuation coming from under the water in the distance, and then he heard an angry shout: "O god, you have finally appeared in the human world, I have been waiting for too long!"
A figure suddenly parted and flew out in waves, the wind swirling around him, and the waves formed huge crystal wings around his body. This man flew straight towards the sky, towards the place where the clouds were thickest and the lightning was densest, and it was the old madman Nietzsche.
Nietzsche did not die or leave, he did not know how to lurk underwater, but just when Gelie arrived, he rushed out of the water and flew into the sky.
The soldiers who had been sitting quietly on the Blue Boat let out a burst of exclamation, and then they felt that they were surrounded by an opaque blue light, and they could not see or hear what was happening outside. This is Goreol using his magic in time to isolate his sight and sound, not wanting them to watch this scene.
With Ge Lie's puppet eye technique, he could clearly see the old madman in the distance, his messy hair and beard fluttering in the air, and the staff in his hand emitted golden ribbons of light shooting into the sky, his eyes wide and roaring loudly: "Show up, Enriel, let me see your true face!"
**
ps: Continue to double change today, add the second half of the chapter before 12 o'clock in the evening, ask for recommendations!
Introduction to the characters in this chapter -
Wallette: A student of Gore, a sixth-level magician.
Raphael: The youngest disciple of Gore, a fourth-level magician.
**