The twilight sun pierced through the meager white mist over Fuguang Island, splashing the earth like a waterfall, dyeing the palatial white city orange and red, and the geometric figures of gold chimeras shimmered in the sunlight, casting a sacred veil over the city of Hailia.

In the council hall of the Shining Light Tower, a semi-circular stone table under the golden dome sat 17 elders of the Cult of Light and masters of the academic sect.

Tyrus, the best of the explorers, had no seat, and stood erect on the back of Malgusa's stone chair.

It's been two years since the last Elder of the Explorer faction died, and in terms of contributions, Tyrus should take over as Elder.

It's just that he is still young, not yet forty years old.

Even as a disciple of the Archbishop, Tyrus was still not qualified enough to be on par with the Elder of the Shining Tower.

It's been three days since the last undead attack.

During this time, in addition to the rest at night, the masters have been discussing the response policy.

"Archbishop Marchusa, you shouldn't let Josh Russell go back to Helia."

It was the master of metaphysics who spoke, Gula with a long beard and frost, an old face, a pair of legless glasses inlaid with gold wire on top of his sunken eyes, and his cloudy eyes looked through the narrow lenses to the main seat of Margusa.

"The corruption of the Darkspawn is irreversible, and we are already in a difficult situation now, wouldn't it be a tiger to let him return to Helia at this time?"

Master Gula was a staunch conservative who, like Elder Bartek, advocated the expulsion of Josh in order to avoid disaster in advance.

Tyrus's face sank, although he was unhappy, but on the current occasion, he was not qualified to speak.

"That's a mistake, Master Gullah." However, it was not long before the master of geokinesis objected, "The ghost of the past that wanders in the well has reappeared, and we must deal with this most dangerous scourge first." ”

"But Elder Holden has disappeared for more than a hundred years, and the second keystone of the gate of the Ten Thousand Years Well is missing, and we can't enter it at all." The master of Fuguang archival science interjected.

"Besides, Helia's previous rune mage has been dead for more than 30 years, but even if he is still alive, it is estimated that he will not be able to unlock the second rune lock with more than ten layers of arcane encryption, so can't we pin our hopes on Tyrus' apprentice?"

As he spoke, Master Fuguang's archival eyes focused on Tyrus, his gray-blue eyes were neither sad nor joyful, he was a pure neutral.

"It's just a thief, maybe he'll be able to try." A lazy master leaning against the carved railing, looking younger than most of the people present, echoed sarcastically.

"I'm against it! Callista of Kamavia is still there, and don't forget, she's here with Tyrus and Ryze...... If we really want to reveal the news of the water of life, will we have to face the iron riders of the Kamavia Iron Regiment tomorrow? ”

"That being said, we have the protection of the Holy Mist, how could they break in?"

"If you want me to say, it's better to expel Josh Russell first according to Master Agoura's opinion, at least one less scourge of the Dark Spawn."

"Stupid! We are committed to collecting dangerous items from all over the world and sealing them, but you want to throw the Darkspawn weapon on your own initiative, do you want to start another Darkspawn war and cause misery? ”

“……”

The masters are gossiping, and you are arguing with me endlessly.

Of the 17 masters, only one of the other had fox ears on the top of his head, a long tail behind him, and his bare skin was covered with a dull white fluff, and it was obvious that the old man of the Vasani tribe did not speak.

Margusa and the Wasani elders looked at each other with a gleam of heroic eyes.

Soon, Elder Vasani cleared his throat and took the initiative to get up and raise his arms, making a silent gesture with his hands pressed down.

Within five seconds, the huge council hall fell silent, and even a pin could be heard on the ground.

"Let the old man interject."

Although he looked old, Elder Vasani's voice did not have a trace of twilight desolation, and was still full of energy, echoing in the empty hall.

"Elders and Masters, let's not forget that the spider god on the north side of the forest is also a threat, and it has coveted the water of life for thousands of years.

"The Throat of Despicability has not been able to cross the Ancient Forest District before, and has been blocked by Maokai, but the resurgence of the Darkspawn weapon seems to have stimulated it, and it has repeatedly provoked Maokai in recent days, and there is a potential for the conflict to intensify."

The old man stroked the white whiskers hanging down from his chin, "A while ago, the Throat of Despicability attacked our Vasani Tribe's medicine collection team, and only one of the 7 people was seriously injured and survived, and the two golem puppets we sent were also easily defeated by it. ”

"How so?!" Master Gura lost his voice and said, "That's the technology that the explorers gathered from the ancient ruins of Shurima, inherited from the Ascendant Nezuk, the inventor of the Sky Fortress monolith, and the two golems can't help the Throat of Despicability?" ”

Margusa, who had been silent, finally spoke: "Therefore, our Fuguang Island is in crisis now, and we can't devote our limited energy to internal strife. ”

She turned half of her face to the side, glancing at Tyrus out of the corner of her eye, and then looking around to catch the expressions of all the elders and masters.

"The spider god, the Darkspawn weapon, the reappearance of the curse of the water of life, and the threat of the kingdom of Kamavia...... Ladies and gentlemen, we are at the most critical time in the millennium, and we must come together to overcome them.

"As we've researched and discussed earlier, Josh may be the only mortal who has been able to control the Darkspawn since ancient times, without being affected by it."

Margusa thought for a moment, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"Perhaps, we need to use his strength."

……

……

Helia, the Tyrus Suite in the scholar's residence.

Josh, who had been allowed to return to Helia, sat quietly in the living room, flipping through the cuneiform annotations of ancient Acacia that Ruiz had borrowed from Tyrus the other day, comparing the obscure contents of the runic toire.

And Ruiz had been pacing back and forth in the living room, nervous, and let out a long, anxious sigh from time to time.

After a while, he walked up to Josh and pressed his hands on the table, "Hey, don't look at it!" Think about what we're going to do next! ”

Josh glanced up at Ryze, and then continued to compare the words, without even replying.

Ever since Tyrus had gone to the Tower of Light for a meeting in the afternoon, Ruiz had been wandering around for hours without getting tired.

To be more precise, not only this afternoon, but Ryze's whining has not stopped for the past three days.

At first, Josh would tell Ruiz not to worry, since the Shining Tower allowed him to come back, then there would be no more major moves, just trust Tyrus and Margusa.

It's just that such comforting words are useless to the grumpy Ruiz, and he simply gives up persuasion.

Seeing that Josh ignored him, Ruiz sighed angrily and began to pace mechanically again.

Josh shook his head, his attention returning to the books.

But it wasn't even a few minutes before I heard a knock on the door.

The expression on Ruiz's face became even more nervous, and the anxiety in his heart lingered, and he didn't even dare to open the door.

"Ruiz, I like a popular saying, what's it called...... Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. ”

Why are you afraid of ghosts that can be killed by arcane when you can use magic with your hands?

Speechless by Reze's reaction, Josh walked to the front and opened the front door.

However, the regular customer standing at the door was completely more than he had expected—it was Callista, who had not been seen for a few days, and her face was even more haggard.

"Callista? How did you find this? ”

"Gendakaya, she told me you live here...... Josh, what you said is true. ”

Callista pulled out a translucent vial from her pocket, the droplets emitting a faint white glow, and shook it in front of Josh a few times.

Staring at the bottle, Josh's eyes widened: "This is?!" ”

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