Three months after the Battle of Brim Field, the greatest civil war in the history of the Empire, Argus, Bart Cranfield, the man who had reigned the country for three years at the pinnacle of the Empire, finally died in the battle, and used his decisive battle with South, the decisive battle between the two apostles, to draw an end to his little remaining life. [Full text reading]

But the death of this man who summoned darkness does not mean that the dark age of the empire is over, on the contrary, it is only the beginning......

There were too many uneasy factors left over from the Battle of Brim Field, firstly, the nobles who led the battle did not receive corresponding benefits, and when Lavia, Allen, Scott, and even Prince Theo cheered for the victory of this battle, they were shocked to see that the Imperial City of Sassen had long been controlled by another force. - An army took control of Sassen before they did.

It was an army based on the Flores family, and the person who came forward was also a person familiar to Allen, Scott, and South, who had lost to Soth and Allen's teenager Vincent Flores in the competition of the Reochs Academy.

While Altuck, Galik, and Operyls were in dire straits, the Flores family took control of the high echelons of the Sasson nobility, and even Jerry Belfort, president of the Royal Society of Wizards, took refuge in them.

Remember, in that decisive battle, Jerry Belfort did not show up from beginning to end, and Scott and they felt a little strange, but now, they finally understood.

Argus, the pathetic man who had almost the entire empire in his hands, seemed to be taken advantage of in the end, by the nobles he hated the most......

The Flores family, who controlled Sasson, cleverly offered an olive branch to Prince Theo, represented by his sister-in-law Vincent Flores, who supported Prince Theo as the new emperor, and at the same time, they also extended a hand of friendship to Scott, who represented Galik, which made the internal position of the entire Union army strange, especially Altak and Operills, who paid a heavy price for the battle.

I remember that in the meeting held in Sasson, the meeting that represented the division of post-war interests, Allen's expression was always very low, and Lavia, even angrily lost her former composure and fell away.

Although the battle was won, in the dirty battle of interests between the nobles, Artak and Operiels were defeated, and to make matters worse, Galik was given post-war benefits, which caused the relationship between the three major forces of the Alliance to decline sharply, and even the friendship between Scott and Lavia and Allen was greatly affected.

The interior of the Union Army was successfully divided......

"Damn!—that bastard!"

In a large, bright room, Lavia sat on the sand and cursed indignantly, not Scott, of course, but Vincent Flores, who had stolen the fruits of the Union's victory.

At the other end of the room, Soss, who was sitting behind a large desk, rolled his eyes helplessly, looked at the stacks of papers on the table, covered his forehead weakly, and said nonchalantly, "Isn't that guy your former suitor?"

"What do you mean?" Lavia frowned, then as if she had thought of something, she chuckled, biting her lip and teasing, "Ah, my husband is jealous, it's terrible......" A few steps to Soth's side, leaning on the seat and half-lying on Soth's shoulder, giggling, "So you care?"

"Hey, hey!" Soth couldn't help but roll his eyes, moved his shoulder, which was crushed by Lavia, and said angrily, "I still have something to do, don't you bother me all day long, okay?--You're done with your business, why don't you go back to Artak?-"

"......" Lavia's smile froze suddenly, and she glared at Soth with hatred, and said mockingly, "What a loving husband!—I'm gone, and you can go and accompany your Xiao lover, right?"

Speaking of which, the magic academy Heliriox has been re-established, after all, with the power of many dark magicians, it is really a very simple matter to build a new academy.

The new Helireox Academy is still located in Van Do, built on the original ruins, and Soss, who could not resist Professor Manhet's hard request, finally reluctantly became the dean of the college, after all, after the battle between Brim Field and Argus, his popularity was completely launched, and he has become the representative of Rioks, not to mention that he is also trusted by the elders of Vander, and it is too suitable to take the position of dean of the academy, and the only regret is that Soss's original plan was completely defeated, and he originally planned to return to Djerbat with Dia after solving Argus。

Turning his head and glancing at Lavia helplessly, Soth sighed secretly, closed the file on the table, and said angrily, "I am now, you seem to be more and more keen to hit me?"

"Is there any?" Lavia blinked mischievously, then gently walked away from Soth's side, stood by the window, looked at the scenery of the academy, and said with a hint of resentment, "I am not willing to go back like this, I am not willing to let our warriors of Artac die in vain, Vincent Flores...... Someday I'll make those scumbags pay a low price!!" she said, turning and saying pitifully, "Don't you comfort me?"

Soth rolled his eyes speechlessly, pinched the bridge of his nose and got up from his seat, walked to Lavia's side, looked out the window, and said in a deep voice, "I care more about who took away the many soul powers on that altar than Vincent Flores......"

What he was referring to was naturally the soul in the black silver cup at the top of the dark altar that Argus had supervised, where the soul power that Argus had obtained in three years, including the human soldiers who had died in the Battle of Brim Fields......

Although they destroyed the black silver cup, they had no clue where those soul powers went, and even the genius among the astrologers, Demon NV Abel, could not predict who was behind the darkness.

The dark altar without those soul powers is nothing more than an empty shell!

"Someone got the first step!" looked at the man next to him and sighed slightly, Lavia comforted, "Although we are very unwilling, haven't we succeeded in stopping the recovery of Ma Mén?

"That's right!" said Soth.

At that moment, the office mén tok tok rang, and after Soth agreed, Manhet, whose head was graying, walked in with a pair of reading glasses, the venerable old man had put too much effort into the rebuilding of the Reochs Academy.

Bowing his head slightly to Lavia, Professor Manhet said with a smile, "Dean, the academy is on the right track, except for some sporadic problems, it is basically complete......" Speaking of which, this old man who was worried in the past has improved a lot in terms of mood and anger after seeing the reconstruction of Riox.

"Hmm!—thank you!" Soth nodded, and glanced at Professor Manhet with some emotion, he knew very well how much effort the old people of the original Heliary Oaks Academy had put in for the establishment of the new college, which was why he could no longer continue to shirk the position of dean, after all, almost all of the outstanding people in the current generation had their own forces of loyalty and struggle, except for Soth.

"Where ......"

As he spoke, he saw a rush of footsteps in the corridor outside, and then Alan burst in, his expression stunned when he saw Professor Manhet.

Looking at the naughty students in the past, now that they have all achieved such achievements, Professor Manhet was very emotional, smiled and teased, "It's still so jīng god, Your Excellency Scander!"

"Uh, hello Professor Manhet!" Alan bowed respectfully, after all, when he was in the college, he had been called into the office by Professor Manhet, who was the head of the year.

"Hehe," Professor Manhet nodded with satisfaction, and then said to South, "Then I'll step back first, there are still some teaching affairs to deal with, and the recent students are also a headache for us professors!" When he spoke, he looked at Alan with a little smile, intentionally or unintentionally, which made Alan very embarrassed, after all, Allen was one of those stubborn problem people in the academy at the beginning.

Watching Professor Manhet slowly pacing out of the room, Alan breathed a sigh of relief, made a strange expression at Soth and Lavia, and then seemed to remember something, and said to Soth in surprise, "Hey, man, you're not serious, are you?—are you really going to let those necromancers stay in Vandor?

"yes," Soth said with a shrug and a smile, "for this reason, Reochs has a special course in necromancy, are you interested?"

"Not at all!" Alan waved his arm, glanced at Soth, sat on the sand, and said angrily, "What are you thinking, man, they are enemies, don't forget, we almost died at their hands at that time......"

"Is the Immortal King, indeed a very powerful existence," Soth nodded slightly, then looked out the window and muttered, "But those necromancers don't want to be our enemies, they just want to return to the world under the sun again, and blindly suppressing them is not a reasonable measure, not to mention that the power of our dark mages has also been seriously traumatized, at this time, there is no need to make extraneous ......"

"Soth is right," Ravia, who was standing aside, echoed, "The war is over, and as the vanquished, the necromancers still retain a certain amount of power, and since they are willing to attach themselves to the Reox Academy, there is no reason for the Academy to refuse, right?

"Hey!" Alan smiled.

In the Battle of Brim Fields, those Death Knight armies were also hit by the destruction of Xìng, and the commander of this army, the demon god Clark Simonley, was captured for a time, because he could not kill him completely, and locked him up, and when he was imprisoned, Allen, who was quite interested in this demon god, had a duel with him, if Simonley won, let him go, if he lost, surrender to Allen, after all, Simonley's Death Knight Legion has been left in the battle, and he has almost become the commander of the light pole, and he does not have much of a threat.

And the result of this pure knightly gladiatorial battle was that Eren succeeded in getting the demon god Simonley to surrender, with human strength.

Don't think that Alan is stupid enough to do something appeased, on the contrary, he is very smart, because Argus's other powerful demon god Lelagin seems to have sided with Scott, and for this, he desperately needs to get Simonli!

The struggle between the aristocracy and the merchant class began as early as the moment Argus died, and as a representative of the merchant class of Operiels, Alan could not tolerate the slightest slackness, even if the other party was one of his best friends.

It is worth mentioning that because of the intervention of the Flores family, Lavia seems to have chosen to side with Allen, after all, the NV king of the Northwest Territories is very dissatisfied with the despicable behavior of Vincent Flores.

Faintly, the entire empire formed a situation of hostility and opposition between the eastern forces led by Galik, Gron, and Sasson, and the western forces dominated by Artac, Lorne, and Operels.

And the imperial forces dominated by Helili Oaks and Vander seem to have maintained a neutral appearance, of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Soss, who served as the dean of Heliriox, is obviously in the same camp as Artak, after all, Sos and Lavia are [husband and wife].

said that although it is a dark loss, the strength of Allen's camp is still very strong, and the problem is......

"Hey, Soth," as if remembering something, Lavia whispered with a hint of jealousy, "the ...... Gianna, is it really your sister?"

"Huh?" Soth was stunned, then looked at Lavia's distrustful gaze and smiled.

"Ah, maybe...... Possible...... Probably......"

At the same time, far away in a room in the Sasengory Mage Tower, the young Grand Magician Gianna lay alone on the bed, sighing one after another......

"What to do, what to do......" She finally sat up after tossing and turning on the bed, revealing a pitiful expression of embarrassment, and muttered, "Oh my God, I actually did such a thing to my brother......" As she spoke, she couldn't help but raise her right hand, and gently touched her lips with her slender fingers, her cheeks were suddenly covered with redness, and she said with a little crying, "He saw the worst side of himself, and he ...... What to do!--Oh my God!"

As she spoke, she shrunk the head of the bed uneasily, a few tears faintly flashed in her eyes, and murmured, "She must have thought I was a very frivolous NV person...... Hmm, it's my sister...... Alas!—but ......"

Raising her head and looking out the window with her somewhat sparkling glasses, she smiled genuinely and whispered, "It's great that he's still alive, my dearest brother......"

But then, her face was full of sorrow again, and after a long sigh, she couldn't help but stretch out her finger and gently caress her lips, remembering what had made her extremely distressed and shy.

"Grow up, ...... Soth"

It was half a month ago, the Flores family, who had stolen the fruits of the victory of the Alliance Army, held a reception in the royal palace of the Imperial City of Sassen as a celebration, inviting many influential nobles, their purpose was naturally to consolidate their interests and position in Sassen.

Of course, they also invited Lavia, Allen, and Soss, after all, even the Flores family didn't want to provoke a few of them, especially South, he was a strong man who could defeat Argus, and the Flores family naturally wanted to recruit him.

But it's a pity that Soth didn't get along with Vincent Flores when he was in college, not to mention that he is still Lavia's [husband], but even if the solicitation fails, it's a good thing to be able to maintain mutual non-aggression, after all, the Flores family doesn't want Lavia and Alan to lose their minds and go to them for revenge because of the loss of interests.

At that reception, Gianna was also invited, after all, she was the apprentice of the great magician Weston Malagiji Hastings, who had not been heard from so far, and this name alone was enough to summon a large number of dark magicians, whose influence was no less than that of Thors.

Therefore, at the ball, there were a lot of aristocratic men who accosted her and took the opportunity to cultivate their feelings, and Gianna had too much insight into this kind of thing.

From the very beginning of her apprenticeship to Weston, she seemed to have become the object of much desire, the brightest black jewel at the ball, and she had encountered many of the same things even on her subsequent travels to various places.

She knew very well that the men who approached her for a conversation valued first her Hastings surname, and secondly, her beautiful appearance, and the power she possessed, which the men did not seem to see, which distressed Gianna very much.

After all, under Weston's tutelage, she had always aspired to become a Holy Magician with supreme honor, and that was not only her ambition, but also her brother, who [died] at the hands of the orcs, and even those men who praised her beauty in the most flowery words would only disgust her.

Yes, disgust, incomparable disgust!

Because of his outstanding personal talent, the great magician Weston loves this apprentice like Sun NV very much, even if it is the most precious gem and the most precious magic props, only if she wants it, Weston will find a way to get it to him, this old magician's doting and connivance, as well as his cultivation and teaching methods, have had a certain impact on Gianna's xìng character.

If the other party is a person with no evil intentions, or a commoner in need of help, Gianna will be kind enough to help them, like an angel, but if the other party is a nobleman who covets her beautiful appearance or takes a fancy to her Hastings surname, then she will teach those fellows a hard lesson.

The nobles who were teased by her, although they hated it, but when they met again, they couldn't help but come forward to talk, perhaps, this is Gianna's unique charm, beautiful appearance, and that inextricable temperament......

In the cocktail party, she once again experienced the so-called taste of the spotlight, although it looked as if she was smiling and talking to those nobles who came forward to talk, but in fact, she couldn't wait to leave this place that made her breathless, the ugliness among the nobles, she had heard Weston talk a lot since Xiao, and she had seen a lot, if she could, she really didn't want to have anything to do with those nobles, but, just like Weston's helplessness at the beginning, even if it was a great magician, this was also necessary, after all, nobles can provide magicians with funds and help。

Suddenly, Gianna noticed that in the corner of the party, a teenager was leaning against a piece of sand and talking to an NV child......

"Huh?"

It's the xiao guy who calls his sister! It seems to be called Alan, right?

With a somewhat mischievous smile, Gianna casually made an excuse to get out of those aristocratic men, quietly walked behind Allen, and giggled, "See you again......"

"Huh?" Alan turned his head in surprise and looked at Gianna in amazement, his expression a little embarrassed, beside him, Lisa, who had arrived from Operells after the battle, glanced at Gianna's beautiful appearance and asked with some jealousy, "Who is she?" Allen?--One of the sisters for afternoon tea?-I've just arrived!--As your wife, can't you let me save some snacks?"

"Uh...... ......Facing his wife's questioning, Alan chouned the corners of his mouth and said, "I should have recognized the wrong person...... Ha, haha......"

"Wrong person?" Lisa glanced at Alan suspiciously, then at Gianna.

The wife of this xiao guy?

The corners of Gianna's mouth showed a somewhat mischievous smile, sighed faintly, looked at Alan and said resentfully, "It's really sad, didn't you invite me to tea a few days ago, and what else did you say, [your beauty exists like an epic NV god], I didn't expect it...... Alas...... It makes me so sad, Alan [brother] ......"

"Is this the wrong person?--you bastard!Didn't you swear last time......" Lisa's face flushed with anger, and she tiptoed and pinched Alan's ear, pulling Alan to scream in a big way.

"It's okay, it's really okay, I just invited her to a cup of tea...... Wow!" As he spoke, Alan turned his head and looked at Gianna and pleaded, "Why don't you explain it too, Sister Gianna!"

"Explain what?" Gianna chuckled, looking at Alan and teasing her lips as she leaned against the sand in confusion, "I'm telling the truth...... she said, blinking mischievously.

So, Lisa became even more angry, and pulled Allen's ear fiercely, which made Alan cry and laugh very much, turned his head to look at Sha, and said angrily, "Hey, you guys can defend me!"

"Stop, Lisa, don't you see that the NV is deliberately stirring up trouble?" Sitting on the sand and glancing at Gianna coldly, Lavia said indifferently, she was born in Artak, and she couldn't get used to Gianna's tone of voice, and the other party's mischievous behavior made her very disgusted.

"You're Gianna Malajiji Hastings, aren't you?Archmage Weston's apprentice......"

"Oh, you know me?" Looking at the disgust in Lavia's eyes, Gianna showed some interest in her eyes and chuckled, "I also know that you, Lavia Vayer Verti Vormisli, are very imposing, like a boy......"

"Hmph!" said Lavia, who was mentioned in her sore spot, sneered, "of course you can't compare to you!—as if you could talk to anyone!" she was referring to Gianna's previous jokes with the nobles.

"Hehe," Gianna chuckled, then seemed to notice something, looked at the boy who was napping in the sand inside, and said with a little surprise, "This Xiao guy...... Is that the one who fought Argus? Wolfmont Womisley?

"My husband!" Lavia said angrily.

"......" covered her mouth in surprise, and Gianna suddenly realized, "Oh, I see......" she said, glancing at Lavia defiantly and giggling, "But is that really the case?"

"What do you mean?" said Lavia with a calm face.

"Hee-hee," with a chuckle, Gianna sat down on the other side of the boy, glanced at Lavia, who had a calm face, and said deliberately, "What a great Xiao guy, who can beat Argus...... I've heard Argus is strong!" she said, glancing curiously at the napping teenager, and then she froze.

He......

It seems like......

It's so similar......

If his brother were still alive, he would be about the same age as him......

But......

Couldn't help but show a little sadness in Gianna's eyes, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch the young man's face.

"Xiao guy, Xiao guy, you don't have to be much older than us......" said halfway, as if noticing Gianna's actions, Lavia said angrily, "Hey, what do you want to do to someone else's husband?"

"I'm just curious......"

"Hmph!—don't bother him, he's consuming too much in the battle with Argus!"

"Giggles, okay...... What an amazing xiao......"

At this moment, the young man who was napping seemed to notice something, opened his eyes and looked around suspiciously, and then set his eyes on Gianna.

Gianna was a little surprised by the strange pupils of the young man's left eye with silver sè and right eye with dark gold sè, but more, she sighed secretly.

What exactly are you expecting?

Didn't your brother die early?

It's similar, but it's not......

His younger brother has a beautiful dark gold sè head, and he is black sè, and his younger brother has a pair of dark eyes, not silver sè or dark gold sè......

But it's really like that......

Much like ......

It's too similar......

Couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart, which made her breathless.

"Hey, hey, that's enough, right?" Looking at Gianna in disgust, Lavia said indignantly, "You should leave, you're not welcome here!"

"Not necessarily," Gianna looked at Lavia playfully, then at the young man, and giggled, "It's hard to have a wife like this!" she said, looking deeply at the young man, suddenly holding his face and kissing him lightly on the corner of the mouth.

I didn't expect to meet someone so similar......

Is it the god of fate's compassion for himself?

My dearest brother......

It's just that this little guy is cheaper, forget it, it should be regarded as a commendation for the warrior, for defeating Argus, protecting the country for old Weston, and his fierce wife will definitely teach him a good lesson, hehe......

That's it......

Although it is not what I have hoped for a long time, it is a comfort to meet someone who is so similar......

Goodbye, my dearest brother and sister, I will surely make the agreement between us......

So, I can't break into my sister's heart without permission......

"What are you doing?!" Lavia's eyes widened in astonishment and glared at Gianna angrily, but she was shocked to see two tears streaming down the corners of Gianna's eyes......

What the hell is this NV guy doing?

The inexplicable Lavia looked at Gianna suspiciously, and then looked at her husband again, and seeing that he was still sluggish, the anger in her heart could not help but increase sharply, and she said angrily, "Bastard!--why don't you think about my position too?"

"Suo ......" Gianna, who was turning slightly to wipe away her tears, suddenly trembled, turned her head to look at Lavia, and asked with an incredulous expression, "You...... What did you just call him?"

"Suo...... Soth?" Looking at the other party's excited appearance, Lavia was confused, and Alan, who was watching the show next to him, said with a grin, "Soth is the guy's original name, and now everyone else calls him [Walmont Kleist], or [Walmont Womisley], you know?"

Gianna subconsciously turned her head to the young man, but saw the young man named Soth looking at her stunned and muttering, "Ni...... Nina, sister?"

Whether it was the sentence [Nina] or the sentence [sister], it sounded in Gianna's ears like thunder, and she looked at the boy with infinite surprise, and her body trembled uncontrollably because she was so excited.

Immediately, she seemed to suddenly remember, stretched out her hand and stroked her lips in a daze, her face suddenly turned pale, and she looked at the young man for a long time with a cryless expression, and suddenly pushed Alan away, and left the venue of the reception in a hurry, leaving everyone with a sluggish face.

Seeing Gianna hurriedly running away, Alan, Lavia, and Lisa all looked at the young man with stunned expressions.

"Sister?!"

--Around the same time, ancient ruins, Thunder Tower Vander--

Without anyone knowing, Beria, who had seized the huge soul power of the Dark Altar first, was standing on the outskirts of the astrological city of Sgdal at the moment, looking at the towering building with complicated eyes.

As if sensing Belial's strange look, Kane, the king's puppet, whispered, "Do you miss it?"

"Huh," Belia sighed softly and shook his head, "What about you, Kane?"

Kane shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No matter what world you are in, I will always follow you, my master, and any existence that goes against the will of my master, I will eradicate it with my sword!"

"Yes," Belial nodded slightly, then looked up at the Tower of Thunder and muttered, "I really don't want those elders to do stupid things......

"What if they refuse to release the Secret Book and resist stubbornly?" asked the Demon God Hanpa.

Glancing at Hanpa, Beria snorted faintly.

"Well, there will be no Vanderle in the future