There was a hint of nostalgia in Sterling's eyes, a story from a millennium ago, about a group of exiles who struggled to keep their family afloat.

It turned out that the Edward family suffered heavy losses in a battle with the devil, and its owner, the Ness family, made an exception to approve the Edward family's request to spread seeds outside.

And before that, almost no one had come out of the Badlands, and they were the first to return to this world.

As a result, a group of elites of the Edward family came to the ruling area of the Dawning Empire through special methods, and as exiles, they presented a magical [Space Orb] to the emperor at that time.

The Emperor was so pleased that he placed the orb in his crown and gave the Edward family a place to live, and the Edward family continued to become one of the eastern kingdoms of mankind.

Mei Lan was the eldest daughter of His Majesty the King of Edward's orthodox royal lineage, but shortly after he was born, a minister launched a military rebellion.

He bloodied the Edward family, leaving only an infant prince, who appointed himself regent and made the young prince king, and held the prince under command of the princes.

Merlin was rescued and raised by a nobleman loyal to the king, but the good times did not last long, and the nobleman's family was divided.

In the chaos, Merlan's adoptive father was killed, and she lived a wandering life, but her magical talent was amazing, and in just over twenty years, she reached the rank of great magician.

Moreover, because she has pure Edward family blood in her body, when the Dawning Empire collapsed, the [Space Orb] taken by the ancestor of the Edward family from the emperor's crown was also controlled by her.

This legendary transcendent treasure is second only to an artifact in terms of power, and holding it can not only allow spatial travel at any time, but also greatly enhance the strength of the magician's spell casting.

Merlin relied on this treasure to be able to exert the power of an epic magician in a short period of time.

However, such strength was still not enough for his enemies, because he was known as the strongest legendary magician in the Xia No Kingdom for thousands of years.

Therefore, in order to enhance her strength, Mei Lan began to wander away from the continent and enter and exit various dangers, and by chance, she got news about the ruins of the Demon Beast Mountain Range from an orc shaman.

It's Research Institute Fifty-Two, where Ryan first came into contact with Merlan.

After the story is told, Ryan finally understands why Merlin took the risk to snatch the evil artifact in the first place, and why he signed a contract with him to make a weapon that can threaten the legendary-level powerhouse.

Everything is for the blood feud on his body.

"I didn't expect that iceberg to have such a past, but how did you know this, I don't believe she would take the initiative to say it." Ryan said with emotion.

Sterling smiled and said, "Of course, she is a very stubborn and wary girl.

Actually, I already knew her identity when I first met her in the castle, and you may not have a very obvious feeling that the Terrans in the Wastelands are very different from these people outside.

This is reflected in the level of life, in the barren land, everyone is extraordinary, even if they come to this continent to intermarry with the natives, the chance of giving birth to a transcendent is still very high.

It's just that with the dilution of the bloodline, the effect will become weaker and weaker, and your bloodline is inherited from your grandfather, and by the generation of your brothers and sisters, the bloodline is actually relatively thin.

You're okay, your sister is a bit thinner, so she didn't inherit the knightly blood of House Black.

Back to the point, the Edward family maintains a tradition of intermarriage, so the blood of the royal family has always been relatively pure, and I felt the smell of 'kind' at the first sight of her.

It's just that at first, I wasn't sure about her identity and purpose, until I felt the breath of the [Space Orb] and consulted some ancient books, and I realized that Mei Lan was a member of the Edward family.

Although their clan has been out of the desolation for thousands of years, they have always maintained contact with the clan, and the channel of communication has always been in the hands of the king.

Just as your grandfather was about to leave, the Edward family was cut off, and the patriarch of the Edward family asked your grandfather to help find out the news.

You may not know that the Edwards and the Black family have been friends for tens of thousands of years in the Badlands, so I know these things relatively well.

I had been secretly watching her, and it wasn't until yesterday that I had a formal and honest conversation with her, and she told me all the messages she had just told me after gaining her trust.

Believe me, she is your trusted companion, just like the ancestors of your two families fought side by side on the battlefield countless years ago, and if I have the chance, I may take her back to the ancestral land to see her in the future. ”

Ryan suddenly realized, it turned out that they had been talking about this for so long after sitting together yesterday, but in this way, Merlin is indeed more reliable than ordinary people, after all, it has been exclusively certified by Sterling.

"Moreover, I think the combination of the two of you is also the most appropriate, you combined, the child must also be born extraordinary." Sterling said with a sudden smile.

"Huh? cough cough cough cough ......" Ryan, who was drinking water from a cup, was almost scared to death by this sip of water, and when he thought of Mei Lan's iceberg-like face, he couldn't help but shudder, this is how much he can't think about marrying such an ice bump, he still likes to be gentle and kind.

Thinking of this, the image of Aisha involuntarily appeared in his mind.

"Hahaha, just kidding, look at you scared." Sterling was amused by Ryan.

Ryan cleared his throat and looked at Sterling with a look of resentment, "This kind of joke is not funny, teacher." ”

"Okay, okay, you're busy, I'm going to cultivate." Sterling waved his hand and left with a smile on his face.

"So you're really from the Black family, I thought you just had the same surname." Blackie's voice suddenly sounded in Ryan's head, and the voice was full of a ...... Rouse?

"Why, could it be that you came from there?"

"Hey, I'm smarter all of a sudden, but I must have come out earlier than you thought, and at that time, your Black family was still a woman." Xiao Hei said proudly.

Ryan's heart moved, he knew that the origin of the Soul Eater was extraordinary, but he didn't expect it to also come out of the barren land, this guy has a lot of secrets.

"Do you know where the Badlands are?"

"What do you want to do?" Blackie's tone suddenly became vigilant.

"My roots are there, too, but I've never really seen what it's like, and I'm just curious."

"I see, but ...... I have forgotten where I am, you know, I have lived for a long time, and such unimportant things have long been forgotten. Xiao Hei said with a little weakness.

"Are you fooling me?" Ryan was speechless for a moment, even if he rejected you, find a better reason.

"Alas, anyway, if you don't know, you don't know." Xiao Hei replied very stiffly, and then there was no movement.

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While Ryan and Little Black were wrestling, the Gray Moth's gears of fate quietly began to turn.

He has been locked up in prison since he was caught in the last theft, and he was dizzy from the study tasks arranged by Xiu Lun, and he went out to participate in the observation meeting yesterday, and originally thought that this painful day would be over.

Who knows, just after the end, he was kicked back again, and continued to accept the devastation of Xiu Lun.

Today is a rare day off, so Grey Moth plans to get a good night's sleep to make up for the devastation of her body.

As soon as his head touched the pillow, the gray moth fell asleep, and what he didn't know was that the moment he fell asleep, the bell that he had hidden in his arms also emitted a hazy black light......

"Huh? Where is this? The gray moth opened its eyes and found itself in a strange space, and although it was not known where it was, it was certain that this was definitely not its own cell.

"This is doing something, hey, are there any people who can breathe, tell me what the hell is this? Ryan has a new trick? ”

The gray moth roared at the top of its voice, but the space didn't seem to be large, and as soon as the words came out, an echo came back.

"Hey, young man, stop shouting, it's useless." A voice appeared coldly behind Gray Moth, startling him.

He turned sharply and found that it was a thin old man with a goatee.

The gray moth was on fire at that time, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you again, the master said that he didn't want to be your Laoshizi walking, don't be annoyed, don't force me to fan you." ”

The old man looked at the fist that the gray moth showed out, and smiled disapprovingly: "Okay, let me ask you, what is your dream?" ”

The gray moth didn't seem to notice anything wrong, followed his question, and replied confidently: "Of course, my dream is to become the number one thief in the world, I heard that someone once successfully stole a national treasure house, and the master will definitely be more powerful than him in the future, I want to steal an artifact." ”

The old man with the goatee smiled mysteriously when he heard this, and said step by step: "This is your dream?" Whether it's a treasure trove or an artifact, it's all tangible, and that's what kind of ability? ”

The gray moth was suddenly dissatisfied, sat on the ground, crossed his legs and said: "Do you want to listen to what you are talking about, the theft must be tangible, otherwise the master will steal the air?" ”

"Who said that the theft of tangible items can only be said to be meticulous, and the real thief can steal invisible treasures." The old man was not angry, and said with a smile.

"No kidding, what treasure can be invisible?" The gray moth didn't believe it at all, and waved his hand to send the old man away.

"Of course, you can be my walker, you can travel through other people's dreams at will, and in the dream world you can do whatever you want, anything.

Moreover, you can also learn the secret that only exists in his mind, the real thief, who can steal other people's memories. The old man with the goatee continued to lure the gray moth with his words.

Gray Moth's consciousness gradually became a little chaotic, he simply lay on the ground, and said half-asleep: "That's okay, the master reluctantly agreed, if you dare to lie to me, I will definitely slap you." ”

After saying that, the gray moth lying on the ground fell asleep, and the old man with the goatee grinned, and flicked his fingers at the gray moth, and a dark chain of order sank into his body.

"Heyha...... I've walked, I've walked! "The old man, who was normally normal, suddenly became insane after all this, dancing and making strange noises in his mouth, as if he had just escaped from some mental hospital.

After a period of madness, the old man's body gradually faded, and then disappeared......

In the cell, the gray moth was sleeping in Zhengxiang, scratching his feet with one hand, and his mouth was still "chirping", I don't know if I dreamed of eating pig's trotters?

It was a long time before he woke up until a huge mouse crawled over his face.

Lazily stretched, the gray moth woke up sleepily, and looked out the window, the sun was already in the middle.

"Why did I sleep for so long, and no one called Lao Tzu for lunch." The gray moth muttered dissatisfiedly, and the next moment lay down on the simple wooden bed, ready to go back to sleep.

But before he could fall asleep, he sat up again with a frown, and he felt something in his chest panic.

Looking down, his chest has indeed become a lot bulging, and the gray moth was suddenly startled, could it be that he has become a woman?

He was so frightened that he immediately put his hand in and groped, but he didn't touch the imaginary thing, but he touched a hard thing.

Gray Moth took the thing out, and when he looked at it, it was actually a strangely shaped pitch-black mask.

"What is this, why is it in my arms, my original bell?" The gray moth was amazed, the bell in his own arms was gone, but there was an inexplicable mask.

"Damn, is it because Lao Tzu didn't wake up? It's going to be sunny, so it's just right to block your eyes with this. ”

There was something strange about the face, there were no holes in the eyes, and I wondered how the person wearing it looked at things, but it was good news for the gray moth, and it was an eye patch.

He lay down on the bed behind him, casually placing the mask on his face, and soon there was a loud snoring sound in the empty cell again.

The sleeping gray moth didn't notice that the mask on his face was slowly wriggling, and after a while, the mask that was originally a little too large actually covered his face tightly.

No one noticed such a strange scene, and in the eyes of the jailer, the gray moth's face only became a little more blurred.

And in the eyes of those mice with poor eyesight, the face was even more blurry, and only a silhouette remained.

The gray moth had another dream, this time not of the old man with a goatee, but of another man, and he had the impression in his mind that it was the prisoner in the cell next to him, and he was snoring louder than he was.

"This ...... What the hell is going on? ”

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(End of chapter)