"Benedict?"

Harriet stuck her sword in the ground and struggled to her feet, looking at the fat man with anger and amusement.

"Lord Harriet......"

Retracting the finger pointing at the Horn of the Sun, Benedict regretted it after scolding. Although he didn't understand why Connelles Chrinton had made a big deal out of Harriet, the mediocre-looking old man was a real Sage, not a figure he could offend.

"How did Lord Connelles end up here?"

Benedict's mind was a little spindle, and he thought of the statue in front of the Black Tower, and he felt that the situation was getting out of hand.

Harriet's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly said, "Be careful! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the white-haired Connellus had already leapt over the wide street, placing himself in the air above the two of them, and his long sword slashed rapidly.

Harriet pushed Benedict, who was unresponsive, and raised her sword to block the blow. Under the pressure of Connelles' powerful force, a crack appeared on the surface of the longsword in her hand.

Benedict quickly chanted a [stone skin], and a grayish-white rock coat spread from Harriet's chest armor. Benedict's prediction proved to be accurate and timely, as Connelles raised his leg and kicked Harriet in the chest at about the same time as he cast the spell.

Rock shards flew in all directions, and the stone coat took part of the impact for her, but Harriet, who was already unable to support her, flew upside down like a leather ball.

At the same time, Connelles slashed Benedict in the neck with a sword, slicing his head off.

The fat man's body shattered in the leap of distorted light, turning into two shards of glass, which recombined into two identical Benedicts.

One of Benedict immediately chanted the [Great Fire Bomb] and shot three wheel-sized fireballs from his palms, smashing them at Connellus; As soon as another Benedict appeared in the debris, he immediately flew upside down and swept towards Harriet, who was about to fall in midair.

This [Fission Escape] is an advanced spell based on [Mirror Escape], which is also counter-magic, but the Fission Escape contains more variations, and once triggered, it can create a fake body for the caster to confuse the opponent.

Connelles walked through the line of fireballs with a blank face, the first two large fireballs did not even touch the corners of his clothes, and the third was directly cut into flame fragments by the long sword—under Connelles' clean long sword, the "Benedict" who remained to contain it quickly turned into a glass slag.

At this time, Benedict's real body flew in front of Harriet, and he reached out to grab her arm, and their bodies contracted and closed into a thick arc of leaping electricity, shooting into the distance at great speed.

Like the [Photon Jump] used by Benedict when he appeared, this is another movement spell called [Yafei Thunder].

As with the hierarchical restrictions of counter magic, any movement magic must belong to the category of higher magic, and is even more difficult to learn than counter magic, and is known as the arcane spell second only to quasi-forbidden spells.

Benedict is one such geek who specializes in counterspelling and movement magic.

Looking at the beam of lightning that was speeding away, Connelles Chrinton did not give up the pursuit, but followed closely behind the lightning with a slightly inferior speed. He didn't use any fancy means, purely connected by high-frequency footsteps and vigorous jumps, but there was a high level of skill in his unpretentious maneuvers.

After a few blocks, Benedict and Harriet finally reappeared in mid-air.

The golden wings of light unfurled, and Harriet slowly landed on the roof from the sky, casting a grateful look at Benedict: "Thank you for your help, but we don't have much time. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Benedict looked nervous and landed beside Harriet, "Damn...... I forgot about Jack and Jenny. ”

"I haven't figured out the real situation either." Harriet looked at Benedict, "But I must tell you that there is no way to escape the teacher's tracking by this means alone. ”

As a knight of the king, Connelles Chrington had taught Harriet as a young child, so that she had grown up to be a female knight who was qualified to serve as a [knight of the king], so Harriet always called him a teacher.

"Is that really Lord Connellus?" Benedict said suspiciously, "But I feel like there's a flaw in his breath...... Is it my delusion? ”

"Do you notice? I also have a hard time believing that. "But he was exactly the same as the teacher, both in skill and strength, and even in the demeanor and tone of voice when he spoke to me......"

No longer dwelling on the matter, she shook her head, suddenly stretched out her arm and put it in the air, her fist clenched, and then a golden light overflowed and bloomed from her fist, enveloping her, causing the wounds on her body to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the holes in the golden cloak disappeared.

"Are you hurt?" With all that done, she looked at Benedict.

Benedict shook his head, not wanting Harriet to waste his strength on himself.

Known as the Pure Angel, Harriet Lopez is a devout believer and a contract warrior. The object she chose to combine with was a subordinate relic from the Pale Court, called [Angel Wings], whose true form was the golden cloak behind her back, which allowed her to fly at high speeds and wield the power of light with ease.

"I've taken a closer look at those eight statues, Lord Harriet." Benedict hurriedly said, "If I'm not mistaken, there are also stone carvings of Lord Rudolph - why are there stone carvings of Lord Conarius and Lord Rudolph in the ancient tombs of a thousand years ago?" It's so weird! ”

He paused, frowned, and said, "What's even weirder is that when I first came in, there were only three statues here, but now ......."

The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and Benedict only felt that he was about to go crazy.

Harriet replied contemplatively, "The number of statues seems to be changing all the time. When I entered the place from the pillar of light, I saw only a statue that looked like a teacher, but it didn't take long for me to look in the direction of the Black Tower again, and suddenly there was a stone statue of a warrior from Gole. ”

She seemed to remember something, and said solemnly: "The third statue is of a young Goreh shepherd, and when his stone statue appeared, suddenly a bell rang out, and then there were more and more statues, until the eighth stone statue appeared, and a second bell rang in the sky. ”

"Wait, you're coming in through a pillar of light, but I'm not." Benedict covered his face and said, "I went wrong with two other court mages when I used a teleportation spell......"

"Pillar of Light......"

Harriet didn't come to a definite conclusion, speculating, "Maybe I'm the first person to enter the city, and I suspect that every time someone comes in will cause the number of statues to increase, but I haven't figured out why for the time being." ”

"Really? Then Lord Connelles......" Benedict seemed to understand something, "do you mean that the image on the statue will also appear in the mausoleum, and then hunt us down as he just did?" ”

"I think so, but there's no evidence yet." "Also, the city seems to be the historical Öze, and as soon as I walked in, I was mistaken as an outsider, besieged by people, and only then did I meet the teacher," Harriet said in a deep voice. ”

After listening to Harriet's description, Benedict was glad that he had not rushed out into the streets, otherwise he would have found himself besieged by the mysterious inhabitants, but he soon became unhappy.

"In addition to the Horn of the Sun, I'm going to be hunted down by Lord Rudolph......" Benedict shuddered, and immediately replenished his counter-magic to the third layer, "Wait...... Something doesn't seem right. ”

"What's wrong?"

Harriet glanced around warily.

"I mean...... When I came in Oze, there were three people in the procession, but there were only three statues at the time. Benedict looked strange and said, "If you count you, the number is not right...... Doesn't the statue have anything to do with me? ”

Harriet and him fell silent, and it wasn't long before the two suddenly looked at each other and said in unison, "Pillar of light? ”

Nevenmor and his party walked through several blocks unharmed, and from time to time the Ozer asked them questions, but they were all deceived by Nevenmor with the same answer.

The Shadow Nation does not welcome any outsiders.

Archer is still thinking about the meaning of this sentence, and although she is not in danger now, she still believes that this black city is not simple.

Along the way, she observed the pedestrians and vendors around her, and found nothing out of the ordinary, everyone behaved very naturally and realistically, the only thing that was wrong was that people barely talked to each other.

Compared to her, who was preoccupied, General Hill was much calmer. After being treated by Nevenmor, her body seemed to regain its lightness and agility, and the expression on her face was as serene and indifferent as usual, but Archer suspected that this was just a façade of her disguise.

Just now, when Hill saw the obsidian statue, her whole body was trembling, and this was a fact that could not be concealed.

What did she see? Archer thought silently.

For Archer, she first saw statues of what appeared to be the Horn of the Sun and the Grand Magus Rudolph, but reason told her that these two could not have appeared in the ruins of a thousand years ago, even if they were only stone sculptures.

At the time, she convinced herself in this way, but then the last statue that Archer saw shook her greatly.

Even though the face of the stone statue was buried in shadows, the tall figure, the heavy knife wrapped in flames...... She couldn't be mistaken, that was the person she knew best.

It was the man she feared and respected the most, the most powerful man she knew, her biological father, [Duke of Splendour] Gustav Blaze.

The father depicted in the statue is a scene she saw when she was young. On that day, in the southern fiefdom of the Blaze family, she saw her father wield the heavy knife and smash the thick iron shield of the rebel leader with her own hands.

On the shattered but heavy blade, the scorching flames distorted the air, reflected in her young eyes.

This image, this scene, was deeply imprinted in her heart, and to this day, it is reproduced before her eyes in this way.

"Why ......," Archer muttered in a voice that only he could hear, "why is Father here......"

"Athena?" Hill glanced back at her, "What's wrong with you, are you okay?" ”

Facing Hill's inquiring eyes, Archer smiled reluctantly and said, "I'm fine, just a little tired." ”

Hill nodded, not saying anything more.

At this moment, a huge crack suddenly appeared on the black house on one side of the street, and then the entire wall shattered, and frost-white cold air poured out from the broken stones, freezing the street in front of the three of them.

Ciel raised his dragonhorn bow, quickly pulled out an arrow, and looked warily at the location where the cold air was gushing out; Archer also immediately raised his hands, and between the chanting, several fireballs the size of wheels appeared around him.

"Damn...... It's almost there, but I'm in trouble at this time. ”

Nevenmor's tone was a little irritated, but he didn't make any moves.

As the cold mist cleared, an ice-blue figure shot out, her pure white cloak dancing wildly, carrying her to fly and roll quickly, it was none other than Anna Christer, the winter saint who blessed [Whizzing Cloak].

"Councilor Winter?" Archer looked surprised, but let his guard down slightly.

Meeting this friendly High Magus in the ruins of Öze is not a bad thing from any point of view.

Anna, who seemed to be fighting fiercely, hurriedly glanced at the three people on the street below, and could not take her eyes off it. She stared at Neven Mor in a black cloak, a rare hint of anger in her blue eyes.

Without even saying hello, she raised her hand, and a hideous spear made of frost condensed shot towards Nevenmor, a frost-based medium magic [Queen's Spear].

Nerven Morr took a quick step back, narrowly dodging the sharp spears and splashes of ice.

Ciel didn't understand why the Winter Maiden would suddenly attack Nevenmor, but Archer had a vague clue to the answer. While outside the Himere, she witnessed Neven Mor cast a forbidden spell on the Winter Maiden, but she didn't know what that spell was.

Now it seems that it is precisely because of that spell that the Winter Maiden angrily attacked Nevenmor.

"Haha, where are you going, little Rindong?"

A mocking voice came from mid-air.

The green robe fluttered gently, and the tip of the strangely shaped green wand split a mouth with red lips and white teeth, and when this green figure completely emerged from the frost mist, both Archer and Ciel couldn't help but be deeply shocked.

He is the Grand Magister Rudolph known as the [Green Robe Magician]!

"Lord Rudolph...... Why does it appear in the Himereung? Archer's eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but think of the statue in front of the Black Tower, and the unsettling premonition of bad things intensified.

Anna, the Winter Saintess, had to focus on Rudolph in front of her, and she couldn't spare time to deal with Nevenmor for the time being, so she could only frown and say, "General Ciel, he is not the real Lord Rudolph. ”

Rudolph scoffed and said, "I'm not the real Rudolph? You're scared stupid, poor little Rindon. ”

Anna ignored Rudolph's taunt, she raised her hands, and dense [Queen's Spear] appeared in front of her, and then flew towards Rudolph in unison.

Rudolph raised his green wand, and the large mouth at the top of the wand suddenly began to chant in an ugly voice, and then a green wall of frost rose from the ground, blocking the ice spear from the outside.

The medium defense magic [Wall of Ice] could not completely resist the piercing of the Frost Spear, but Rudolph did not sit still, and his large-mouth wand chanted the next incantation:

Dozens of emerald [Queen's Spears] condensed in midair, and then these strange cottage spears spun and stabbed towards the Winter Maiden like unstrung arrows......

Faced with the exact same offensive method as herself, Anna reluctantly propped up the crystal shield to protect her body, thinking in her heart about how to defeat Rudolph, who is known as the "master of plagiarism".

And the three Nevanmor behind her also had to face the attack of the Green Ice Spear. Hill rolled and hid behind a large piece of rubble, while Archer, who had a single magic technique, relied on the [Fire Bomb Technique] released one after another to blast the ice spear in front of him.

For some reason, Neven Mor jumped behind Archer shamelessly, and without shame used her defenses to protect himself.

The Eze people in the streets had no way to defend themselves against the ice spears, and many pedestrians were pierced through their bodies and fell in pieces, suffering tragically.

"What the hell is going on...... "Archer didn't have time to pay attention to Nevanmor, she managed to survive Rudolph's counterattack, "Why is Lord Rudolph attacking us?" ”

"Quite simply, since the image of Rudolph appears on the statue, and there is no stone sculpture of the Winter Saint in it, you should choose to believe in Winter." Neven Mor stood behind her and said lightly.

Hill jumped on the boulder and raised his hand to shoot an arrow at Rudolph in mid-air.

"I don't know why Lord Rudolph is here, but I do know he's not on the expedition team." Two black vertical marks appeared on her face, and she said coldly.

For some reason, the poor-mouthed Rudolph didn't react to their conversation, he flipped in the air, dodged the cold arrow, and then reached out and grabbed Ciel's body in the air.

As soon as Hill shot an arrow, he found that his body seemed to be held in the palm of his hand by a pair of large transparent hands, and flew towards Rudolph uncontrollably.

High Magic [Rudolph's Telekinesis].

During the flight, Hill was able to move her arms, so she grabbed her bow and shot an arrow into Rudolph's head as she moved.

This time, her luck was good, triggering the mysterious power in her body, and the air where the arrow passed seemed to be torn apart, setting off a layer of invisible qi.

Rudolph's body and wand chanted in unison: a green crystal shield emerged from the air in front of him, and at the same time, a mysterious stream of green runes struck the arrowhead in his palm, apparently with no effect.

But the terrifying arrow failed to pierce the crystal shield as Hill had expected, instead shooting a cobweb-like crack on the surface of the ice shield, which then bounced off powerlessly.

Just as Hill was about to be picked up by Rudolph, Anna scurried behind Hill and grabbed her by the shoulders to free her from the Invisible Hand.

"These methods are indeed the attributeless magic that Lord Rudolph is best at." Anna flew across the street, placing Ciel on the ground, "But strangely, the magic he uses is biased towards the one I remember the most. ”

Hill fell to the ground on one knee, frowned, and said, "You mean to say that the Rudolph in front of us is not complete, and even depends on your impression of him to be born?" ”

"I'm not sure." Anna floated beside her, and replied honestly, "But he definitely has the rank of a saint, no less than the real Lord Rudolph. ”

After listening to Anna's words, Hill felt that the situation was more and more difficult, and even had some bad associations. She reached out and pulled out her arrow, only to find that the quiver behind her was empty.

Not far away, Nevenmor, who was behind Archer, muttered, "If that's the case...... No wonder she said that the fewer people who enter the depths of the tomb, the better. ”

Archer asked, "What did you say?" ”

Instead of replying, Nevenmor looked around and said, "Unfortunately, it looks like we've been noticed. ”

Archer followed her gaze and looked around, and noticed that the inhabitants of Ezer near the street were walking towards them, showing strange smiles, and saying in unison, "Welcome to Ozer." ”

Countless strange weapons appeared in the hands of the people of Öze: daggers, moon blades, forked swords, short axes......

Feeling the treacherous killing intent in the crowd, even the determined Archer couldn't help but feel a chill rise in his heart.

"The person you fear the most, or the person you see as a strong enemy, or the person who impresses you the most......"

Nevermor suddenly said strange things to himself.

"Welcome to Ozer!" The voices continued to be heard in the crowd.

Ciel and Anna also noticed the changes in the streets, and their instincts for the danger were getting stronger.

Facing the murderous crowd, Archer chanted the Fire Bomb Technique, and countless fireballs surrounded her: "What the hell are you talking about? ”

"Our identities have been discovered by Ozer." Neven Mor shook his head and whispered, "You'll understand soon...... The person in your heart will come to you. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the earth suddenly trembled, and at the end of the street appeared two extremely burly figures, one with short black hair and deep-set eye sockets, with a straight nose, dry lips, and a heavy flaming knife in his hand.

The other figure was the image of a devil at all, with a pair of burnt skeleton wings behind him, two huge horns on his head, and a steel mask covering his face, revealing a pair of crimson eyes.

A man and a demon walked side by side, making the earth tremble with every step, faintly exuding terrifying fluctuations.

Archer stood there with a pale face, her pupils trembling violently.

"Archduke Blaze?"

Anna Christer said in surprise as she stared at the dark-haired man walking in the distance of the street, a look of surprise on her face.

Hill Manvenlin turned slowly, a chill emanating from his longbow.

"It's the two Grand Dukes of Blaze."

As she said this, her eyes were focused on the demon...... Silver Hime's tone was very complex, with a murderous intent full of anger and a hint of lingering fear.

Nevenmor took a deep breath and turned his head as if sensing something, looking across the street.

It was a woman with a serpent's tail, her skin was like congealed cream, her upper body was wrapped in a white veil, and the lower half of her body was a cyan snake tail that snaked gracefully on the ground, and her posture was very graceful—the most impressive thing was her countenance, which was so ugly and terrible compared to her body: the rough lines of a knife were all over her cheeks, the scarlet pupils that shimmered with a menacing light showed the viciousness of cold-blooded animals, and her mouth was jagged like sharp teeth, The jet-black hair is a poisonous snake spitting red letters.

Mayvis...... You ugly youkai......"

Nevenmor suddenly sneered, his laughter filled with hatred and mockery.

"Are you coming to me? Hahaha, did you come to me? ”

The Gorgons raised their slender and slender arms, and a cyan arrow condensed by pure mana appeared on the golden longbow in her hand, and she aimed the cyan arrow at Nevenmor's body, and her fingers were slightly loose, and the cyan arrow flew out and shot into Nevenmor's chest—

Neven Mor stood where she was, not moving a single step, and as everyone watched in shock or surprise, her body was mercilessly pierced, and her black cloak fell to the ground, and the inside was empty.

Outside the tomb, in a huge pale palace.

Levi walked the streets, wearing a loose off-white cloth shirt and black trousers, which were very common Audrick civilian clothes.

His chest was heaving, his Adam's apple was gone, his complexion had turned sickly pale, his facial features were cold and delicate, and his silver hair was like a waterfall, fluttering gently behind him—

He took the form of Hill Manwenlin and marched openly in the Hime-tomb, never entering the depths of the Hime-tomb with Archer and Hill from the beginning.

After extracting the information he wanted from Archer, he took the opportunity to give Terella the black cloak and let her continue to play the role of Nervemor, while he retreated and walked to another part of the Himere.

"Öze, the South Seas, the realm of rocks......" he whispered to himself, "if I'm not mistaken, the answer to the riddle is in these three places." ”

As if he had felt something, he suddenly stopped and looked in a certain direction...... It was where the huge pillar of light had been from earlier, and there was no trace of light left now.

("Angelic wings, lower relic.") Legend has it that the Pale Empress's wings were cruelly cut off, and someone made a cloak full of light. —The Illustrated Book of Relic)

("Photon Jump: Heat Light High Magic, Displacement Magic, Creator unknown.") The body is automatically decomposed into luminous particles, which are reorganized into shapes after jumping to the destination, and the displacement distance is short. - "Illustrated Magic: High Magic")