The mage left through the lookout window and leaned over to the warm fireplace.

He complained to his successor, "Damn the weather...... It's so cold in September, and I heard that the kingdom is going to build a city here? I can't think of anyone who would live in a place like this......"

This complaint caused many of the Breezers to laugh, but some of the mages frowned.

Wearing a blanket to warm up by the fireplace is too mage, and the mage tower didn't actually cast a thermostat spell at that time? When you go back, you should go through the information......

The mage who leaned over to the lookout window frowned, staring carefully at the darkness outside the window where his face was reflected—the gathering place where the fire was burning was spreading and extinguishing.

"Elk?"

Behind him sounded the call of his companions, he continued to stare solemnly at the campfire in front of the approaching darkness, and several figures gathered around the campfire, as if they had noticed an anomaly in the distance, they stood up and looked at the spreading darkness, and the next moment, the darkness swallowed them and the firelight, and the mage also saw countless moving shadows in an instant.

"Rat Tide! The rat tide is coming!! ”

The mage let out a terrifying roar that sent chills to countless spectators, knocking over tables and chairs and rushing out of the observation room.

Bell - bell - bell - bell -

A hurried bell rang above the Mage Tower, and a light spell pierced the night sky, suddenly illuminating the night sky around the Mage Tower.

Countless nezumi poured into the Mage Tower like a tidal wave, causing the theater to resound with frightened screams and confusion, and even a nobleman wanted to flee, causing even more chaos before a sober spell calmed him.

Olmedo looked at his father, "Father...... Do you remember three days ago? ”

Augusta continued to look at the rat tide approaching the Mage Tower on the magical image: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I went to my mother's tombstone the other day and saw a bouquet of flowers......"

Augusta remained silent and Olmedo continued to ask: "You still miss her, but why ......"

A guard who ran in with his head down interrupted him, and vaguely skimmed to Augusta next to him: "Lord of the City, the convoy of the King of the North was attacked by the nezumi last night......"

Olmedo's eyes contracted.

"I'm sorry father, I'm going to leave first."

Olmedo followed the escort out of the seat and with the escort to the exit.

"There's also news from Hirabayashi Town...... "The guards were worried," the team that followed Lord Annan to leave appeared there, and Javier was there, they said...... The lord is the murderer of the attack team, and ......"

Olmedo looked forward in amazement, his father still sitting quietly, staring at the magical image.

"What else?"

The loyal Olmedo cridant shuddered and shuddered at his next words: "They discovered that the ground of Breeze City was hollowed out by the nezumi...... Young master, could it be a misunderstanding? ”

But Olmedo thought of the clues he had gathered earlier, Annan's wariness of his father, and his father's disappearance last night......

"Tell the Wizard Tower and the scavengers about it, martial law in the city, and ...... Lock down the theater. ”

Olmedo looked around the theater, the nobles unaware of what was about to happen, and in the magical image, the rat tide that had flooded the hall splashed like a wave and smashed down on the crowd on the second floor.

The nobles in the magical image fled in panic, but they didn't know if this scene happened in reality, and the people here would be exposed to the same ugliness?

……

“…… That's the truth I see. ”

At the exit of the dungeon, Annan informs the rescued companions of the truth: "The rats are hollowing out the underground of Breeze City, and they are very close to success. ”

Attacking the King of the North, tampering with the magic circuits of the Mage Tower, and shielding the Countess from harassing Breezy are all baits that are thrown out of the way to divert humanity's attention from the nezumi that the nezumi do best, and the scavengers complacently see through the scheme......

But the real catastrophe is at the feet of all.

"We have to get the news to it!" The captain of the guard roared, his eyes filled with betrayal and fear.

"How are we going to get out?" The frail deputy head of the mercenary group leaned against the rock wall and asked.

Except for the Elven Mentor, Renault, and the Centurion, those who died on the night of the rat tide, and the wounded who died due to the transportation and harsh environment, the rest were successfully rescued.

The top of the rock that Annan and the Elven Ranger saw was at least a hundred meters high, and they were entangled in the Weakness Technique, and they needed to support each other even when they walked.

"I have a way to get you out...... You are waiting for me here. ”

Annan walked into the dungeon alone, holding the dragon skin in his pocket, and unleashed a low-level summoning spell in the depths of the dungeon that no one knew about.

Just like Augusta Olmedo would not have thought that Annan's reputation would be brought out by magic images, nor would he have imagined that the low-level summoning spell that could summon the blue dragon could be used as a portal.

But before Annan wants everyone to escape from the rift, he needs to settle the contract that binds him and can't expose the existence of the blue dragon.

The blue dragon appears on the other side of the rift.

“…… Where are you, human. "The air wafting from the rift made the blue dragon want to spit dragon breath to purify.

"It's a rat lair...... Can you feel my corruption? ”

Maybe the time is too short for the blue dragon to perceive. Annan briefly recounted the situation, and then asked the blue dragon: "I need to get them back to Pinglin Town safely." ”

The streamlined, graceful and majestic dragon's head is close to the rift and is about to stretch out: "You should know the consequences of the disappearance of the contract......

Annan tilted his head and smiled gently, "True friendship doesn't need a contract to maintain. ”

Two minutes later, Annan returned to meet everyone's gaze: "I entrusted my friend to help, it can get you away, but I don't want you to expose its existence." ”

They swore an oath, and Annan led them to a strange, irregular portal, and across the chasm, a blue dragon perched on a pile of bare rocks.

"Hurry up, summon ...... The portal will last about seven minutes. ”

They didn't suspect him, and they went through the portal. During this time, Annan once again unleashed a low-level summoning technique, and the widening rift allowed the ogre to barely squeeze through.

There were only a few mages with strange expressions, and they had never seen a portal like this......

"After going out of the Haunted Gold Mine, go to Hirabayashi Town and find Mr. Fast at the Dawn Tavern, he will help you." Annan instructed them.

"Aren't you with us?" The scavenger Guido Rhone found out that Annan had not yet come.

Annan shook his head: "I'll stay here." ”

The Elven Ranger tells the people the cruel truth: "Annan's consciousness is corrupted and eroded. ”

The edge of the rift was no longer stable, and Annan asked the rest of the men to speed up their drilling into the rift.

The ogre, who was the last to get out of the bones, suddenly said, "Why are your mage robes and magic ring still there?" It's a question worth pondering. ”

Annan said that he remembered, and finally looked at the pair of vertical pupils.

"The cost this time—"

"One kinnar, per person." Annan replied.

“…… Give it to me with your own hands, human. ”

The glimmer of light of the rift was annihilated, and darkness and silence shrouded Annan again.

(End of chapter)