After casually leaving Klee in an uninhabited town, Thor tidied up his clothes and prepared to go straight to the archaeological city of Sterne.

The last time he came over, he stumbled upon the existence of the Inverted Tree, and was chased away by a pile of branches and roots.

"So this time it can be regarded as returning to the hometown, returning to the hometown, and exchanging a little branch of the inverted tree should not be an excessive request, right?"

There was no one here who could teleport Thor here, so he followed the ordinary people through the gates of the outer city.

This time he was careful about his disguise, and the ordinary wizard apprentices guarding the city gate would definitely not recognize him.

However, when Thor entered the outer city, he looked left and right, and there was no one he knew.

He had been here for more than half a year, but now the place has changed, and the people are different.

Now it's really different.

Saul sighed with emotion as he walked around the outer city and observed for half an hour.

But after observing, he noticed a strange phenomenon.

There is only one entrance between the outer city and the inner city, and this entrance and exit is embedded in the mountain, and it is the only place in the inner city where there is no water between the waterfalls.

Presumably through a passage inside the mountain into the inner city.

However, the entrance and exit gates were closed, as if no one was allowed to enter or leave.

There were always people coming and going near the passage in the outer city, but no one went in.

Seeing that no one had entered, Thor knew that he should not be able to get in.

"Then use the second option." Thor approached the waterfall and looked up at the vapor in front of him.

There is a high concentration of magic elements here, but there is no maintenance circle in sight, and it is obviously a new witchcraft item developed in Archaeological City.

Thor's figure suddenly became transparent, merging with the waterfall in front of him.

Watching Thor face him, there are several wizard apprentices in the outer city who have been keeping an eye on Thor for his movements.

However, the group all lost Thor's trace in an instant.

Just as they realized that someone was trying to break into the inner city and were about to report it, a silver butterfly suddenly appeared in front of them.

The butterfly fluttered and swirled around each of them.

The apprentices suddenly forgot what they were supposed to do.

They looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't figure out how they got together.

Although they were confused, because they each had a task on their bodies, several people quickly put their inner doubts behind them and dispersed again.

By this time, Thor had already flown into the air, waiting for Nightmare Butterfly to return.

"Brother Thor, complete the mission."

Thor retracted Penny and said in his heart: "You can't go through the normal passage, the surrounding passage doesn't seem to have any protection, but there are definitely no mechanisms in it." It's okay to break hard, but that inverted tree is a bit evil, and until you find its core, it's best not to expose the power of the third order, lest it run away directly. ”

Whether the upside-down tree runs away or hides deep in the earth, it will still be difficult for Thor to track.

Next, Thor walked cautiously along the way, avoiding every suspected trap and not disturbing the nearby mana fluctuations.

In a short distance of more than ten meters, it took him almost twenty minutes to drill through.

At the last moment of crossing the protective barrier of the inner city, the resistance in front of Thor plummeted, and he stepped forward and successfully arrived in the inner city.

However, when he saw the scene of the inner city, even Thor who thought he had seen a lot couldn't help but be shocked in place.

The archaeological city of Stein, where the Baidong Academy is located, looks like the end of the world!

The once towering buildings and wide roads are covered in a thick layer of dust.

The ground was littered with broken parts and collapsed buildings.

Although sunlight can penetrate the protective layer above the city, it cannot change the gray hue of the city.

Thor took a step forward and stepped into the thick dust.

"Here...... It should be near the high-rise where I used to rent. ”

However, as far as the eye can see, there is no longer a high-rise building with more than ten floors. More often than not, it is a ruin, or a wreck lying directly on the ground.

"The mana fluctuations here are extremely chaotic." Penny couldn't help but dig out of her diary and fly around Thor a few times, taking in the desolation around her, "Even if we cast our magic directly, it wouldn't attract anyone else's attention. ”

A black shadow emerged from Thor's chest, transforming into a young man.

He clasped his hands to his chest, "I doubt there are anyone else here!" ”

Thor retracted his cloak into the reservoir, leaving only a slimmer black shirt and trousers.

He half-crouched down and checked the dust on the ground.

"The dust is more than a palm thick, and judging by the softness, almost no one has ever set foot here."

Thor took off again, to the top of the tallest building nearby, and stood on a steel bar that was supported on the outside.

If you look down on the earth from above, you can get more information.

Not only in the neighborhood, but in the entire inner city as far as the eye can see, there are no buildings more than ten stories high.

"The whole inner city has become like this."

Herman also flew beside Thor, "It looked like some violent force was exploding in mid-air and destroying the first half of the city." The dust from the explosion directly covered all the buildings in the city with a layer of dust. ”

Thor nodded, "Now the question is, when did the inner city become like this?" ”

This inner city was accidentally turned into ruins in front of it; Or was it because it was in ruins that the inner and outer cities were artificially divided?

So do the people in the outer city know that the inner city has become like this?

Where are the people who were in the inner city?

When Thor was observing the outer city, he did not see any official wizards, and all the positions were held by wizard apprentices.

And they're all newcomers.

"Archaeological Ster, it seems that a huge change has really happened to Baidong Academy."

With no trace of the upside-down tree, and the chaos of the inner city's mana, he ordered Penny and Herman on the side.

"You split up to see if there are any survivors in the inner city."

"Yes!" *2

Two people went to explore separately, one left and one right.

Thor was not idle, jumping off the tall building and levitating half a meter above the ground, looking for possible survivors.

Or corpses.

But after searching the ground and inside the corridor for a long time, I didn't even see a single figure.

There was a lot of rotting food and dusty furniture.

Most of the homes are neat and tidy, and there is no mess caused by people fleeing in chaos.

"People should be evacuated in an orderly manner."

Thor slipped through a window and saw plates of green, blackened and unrecognizable food on the table.

He opened the storage cabinet again and saw a full load of food and wine. There are also locked cabinets containing silver coins and Archaeological notes.

"When they leave, they probably don't know that they won't come back. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken away even the necessities and money. ”

An hour later, Saul, Penny, and Herman met again on the top of a tall building near the center of the city.

"Did you find anything?" Thor asked them.

Herman shook his head, "It's like no one has ever lived here, and not even a finger has been found." ”

Penny brought back good news.

"I didn't find anyone either, as if the people here had disappeared out of thin air. However, I sensed that in the heart of the city, there were active dreams. ”

Got a dream?

If there is a dream, there should be a living person.

Thor immediately decided, "Let's go, let's go to the center of the city!" ”

(End of chapter)