Dark and deep.

In the infinite darkness, there seemed to be two faint stars twinkling.

Shanica stared at everything in front of her in a daze.

She tried to make a sound, but found that her body was uncontrollable and unable to move in the slightest.

Specks of light emerged, gradually dispelling the darkness.

The light particles converge to form a vague female body.

Obviously, he couldn't see the other party's face clearly, but when the other party's figure was reflected in his eyes, Shanica recognized that she was the incarnation of the World Life Mother Tree that she had had a relationship with in the talent evolution space.

The body in the light, like a mother, opened its hands and embraced Shanica into her arms, and the unprecedented warmth dispelled the coldness of the soul.

"Time...... Not much......"

"O my heir...... Just go...... Go ......."

"Gathered...... Remaining ...... Fragment ......"

"Hurry ......"

A vague and gentle voice rang out in her heart, and Shanica felt her eyelids grow heavier and heavier, until she completely lost consciousness.

……

The Black Stone Collar is a ruined lord's mansion.

With Ace's talent, an ice crystal hut rises from the ground.

Shanika, who was unconscious, lay on the ice bed in the house, breathing evenly and gently.

Roy stood quietly beside the bed, his eyes frighteningly quiet.

Beside him is the great witch of nature, Finahki.

Such a big thing happened, Finaki was invited by Roy for the first time, and among the people he knew, except for Shanica herself, only Finaki had a certain healing ability.

"Don't worry, Shanika's condition is stable, because it is a coma caused by excessive soul depletion, and it will be fine to rest for a while."

Hearing Finaki say this, Roy was completely relieved.

"Hoo ......"

With a deep breath, he looked at Finaki solemnly: "Senior, Shanica, and the Black Stone Collar, please take care of it first." ”

"I have a very important matter that I have to deal with now."

"You're going to rush into the territory of the Kolai Empire to save people?" Finaki was calm.

The whole process of the incident here, with Ace's narration, Roy and Finaki have all understood.

Two punishers from the Clay Empire's Punishment Institute attacked the Blackstone Collar, and Shanica entered a special state in order to block the two, but no one expected that the Colai Empire still had a secret hand, and took advantage of the critical moment when the two punishers were fighting with Shanica, launched a sneak attack and robbed Tonine.

Although the two punishers all died at the hands of Shanica, who had entered a special state, it is an indisputable fact that Tonine was taken away.

It's clear what happened before and after.

There is no doubt that it was the people of the Kolai Empire who kidnapped Tonigne, and they are inextricably linked to the Torture Possession.

"I don't know what their purpose was in taking Tonine...... Roy said in a flat tone, "I only know that I made a pact with Tonigne that she would work for me and that I would protect her safety." ”

"But right now, Tonine has been kidnapped by the people of the Kolai Empire."

"Please don't stop me, Finaki-senpai."

"I'm not stopping you." Finaki shook her head: "It's just that the territory of the Kolai Empire is extremely dangerous, I heard Breton say that they have invented a super weapon called 'Starfall', once it is affected by its explosion center, even demigods will be seriously injured." ”

"Let Xiaoyi go with you."

"With her, if something dangerous happens, you can quickly teleport away."

“…… Good. Roy nodded, not refusing.

The strength of the Kolai Empire, not long ago the Duke of the Frontier just gave him a popular science, although he is no longer afraid of the demigods under the outbreak of full strength, but the purpose of this trip is not to fight with the three demigods of the Kolai Empire, but to save Tonine.

"Wait a minute, Xiaoyi will be here soon."

Roy walked to the door alone, waiting, thinking.

On the side of the Kolai Empire, how did you position Tonine? How can you find the Blackstone Lord's Mansion so accurately?

After much thought, Roy shook his head.

He was still a little too careless.

Although he removed the control device from Tonine's body through [Infinite Desire], with the Kolai Empire's attainments in the path of magical machinery, there was really a secret door left behind, and it was not something he could discover.

This is a gap in knowledge that is difficult to bridge.

Maybe the Kelai Empire is positioned through this "secret door", right?

But then, another question arose in his mind: Why did the Kolai Empire mobilize so many people just to kidnap Tonine?

Use Starfall to blow up a section of the Wall of Stone, then send two high-ranking Legends to infiltrate and capture them...... The manpower and material resources spent on the repeated actions are simply astronomical.

If Tonine was really so important to them, as early as when he broke the control device and left Tonine, the Kolai Empire should have taken action, not until now.

Unless, unless, what changes prompted them to make such a decision.

Oppression by external factors? Or, the cause of Tonine itself?

External factors are not mentioned for the time being.

The words of Tonigne herself...... Compared with her in the past, the only big change in her now is estimated to be her strength.

In the past, Toninne only had the strength of a witch, but now she has reached the crown and is very close to the big witch.

Is it because of this?

Roy didn't know.

But either way, Tonnye, he must be saved.

Because this is the promise he once made.

didn't let Roy wait long, it only took more than ten seconds before and after, and with the appearance of spatial ripples, Latiyi, who was wearing a cloud-patterned palace cheongsam, walked out of the space portal.

"Let's go, Roy, the teacher has told me what happened." Latiyi's face was cold, and there was anger in her eyes.

Although she had not stayed in the Blackstone Lord's Mansion for a long time, she felt extremely comfortable during that time, but now, everything was in ruins, how could she not be angry?

What's more, the attackers also caused Shanika's coma and Tonigne's robbery?

Latine doesn't have many impressions of Tonien, except that she is a taciturn witch who always works hard and earnestly.

But that didn't stop Lathi from having a crush on her.

"Let's go, are we going directly to the Kolai Empire?" Lathi said in a condensed voice: "But I haven't been there, and I haven't left a 'spatial anchor', so I can only teleport to the wall of solid stone first, and then go all the way south." ”

"Let's go to the wall of solid rocks first." Roy nodded: "The Kolai Empire is very large, and blindly searching for it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and this matter also needs the help of His Highness Fuma." ”

"Let's go."

Soon, a brilliant silver glow of magic flashed, and Roy and Lathi disappeared into the igloo.

……

Walls of Stone.

As soon as Roy and Lathi walked out of the spatial portal, they saw the Frontier Duke and Fuma not far away.

This is the inner chamber of the Ducal Palace.

Obviously, during this time, the Duke of the Frontier had learned about what had happened in the Blackstone Territory through his own channels.

Time was pressing, Roy didn't care about etiquette, and after nodding slightly to the Duke of the Border, he came to Fuma and said seriously: "Your Highness Fuma, Tonine was robbed by the people of the Kolai Empire, and now she doesn't know where to go, so I need to trouble you to do a divination and determine the general direction." ”

When it comes to world prophecy, Fuma can't take the initiative at all, and can only passively obtain it, but if the scope is narrowed down to a certain individual, then it is not difficult for Fuma to carry out simple directional divination.

Fuma nodded with a serious expression: "Please wait a moment, I will perform starlight divination immediately." ”

She lifted her white jade fingers, starry fingertips tapping into the air in front of her.

"Buzz ......"

Tiny ripples ripple out, forming a map shaped like a vast starry sky.

Over time, two white dots of light appeared in the star map.

One of the white points of light, staying in place and not moving, represented Fuma's location, while the other white point of light continued to move towards the south at an even speed.

"Found it!"

Fuma opened her eyes, and the stars in her eyes were shining: "To the south of this place, about 600 kilometers, it has swept across the Great Plains and entered the territory of the Kolai Empire. ”

"You can take this with you, and it can help you locate the approximate location."

Fuma took a deep breath, condensed the magic light on her body in her hand, condensed the star map into the size of a palm, and handed it to Roy.

Taking the star map, Roy nodded vigorously: "Then, I'll take my leave first." ”

As Roy turned around, the voice of the Duke of the Frontier came from behind: "Be careful, but if something happens, don't be afraid, I will always stand behind you." ”

"And this, take it too. This is a rough map of the Kolai Empire, which should be helpful. ”

Roy paused slightly, took the map with his backhand, raised his hand and waved: "Got it." ”

Looking at the backs of the two of them gradually moving away, the border duke sighed slightly, and then his eyes became fierce: "Pass my order, the first, third, and fifth knights will assemble and launch an attack on the Kolai Empire's garrison." ”

His voice reached the ears of the herald knight who was guarding the gate in the distance.

The knight straightened his chest and saluted, "Yes!" Then he strode away.

Fuma stood in the hall, clenched into fists.

She wanted to follow and help, but reason told her that with her current strength, following would only hold her back.

"I thought that after becoming a legend, I could fight side by side with you, but I didn't expect that the distance between them was getting farther and farther away......"

"I need to work harder!"

The girl swore secretly in her heart.

……

Guided by the star map, Roy and Lathi headed south.

In order to avoid the garrison on the border of the Kolai Empire, he also deliberately made a detour from the side - he was not familiar with the magic energy machines, and could not be sure if they had developed instruments such as radar detection and infrared detection, and it was unwise to fly over them rashly at the moment.

The detour, although it wastes some time, is much safer.

Under the guidance of the star map, the two soon crossed the Great Plains at the junction of Glow and Kolai, and officially stepped into the border of the Kolai Empire.

It didn't take long for Roy to see the sparse towns.

Different from the imaginary reinforced concrete buildings, these villages on the edge of the Kolai Empire are fundamentally different from the Glow Empire, with the same thatched wooden house structure.

But the difference is that the farmers who are busy in the fields are full of energy and physique, and they operate machinery that resembles a small seeder, which makes them work much more efficiently.

"Magic energy machinery, has it already benefited the bottom class......

Roy's heart sank.

Although it is only a small part of the magic energy machinery application, the national strength of the Kolai Empire is not strong enough that even the farmers have no worries about food and clothing, but compared to the vast majority of farmers in the Glow Empire, it is already much better.

Looking at the leopard in the tube, the strength of the Kolai Empire, which is thriving, and the Glow Empire, which is declining under the rule of the decadent aristocracy, are widening the gap day after day.

Although the number of demigods in the Kolai Empire is not as good as the Radiant Empire in terms of peak combat power, but let the way of magic energy machinery continue to develop like this, Roy knows very well that the border duke's previous worries are by no means untargeted-the Kolai Empire is really possible to research the ultimate weapon that is enough to kill the gods in today's world environment.

At that time, the glow of the Glow Empire enveloping the continent will completely dissipate.

Shaking his head, Roy stopped paying attention to that.

Although the Dao of Magical Machines has a great future, at least for now, they are not yet able to reach the realm of the gods. For Roy, the most important thing at the moment is to save Tonigne first.

Roy lowered his head and looked at the star map in his palm.

At present, his location is 600 kilometers away from the solid stone wall, but the difference between his position and Tonine's location is still more than 1,000 kilometers after being enlarged in equal proportions.

And that location already belongs to the hinterland of the Collei Empire, the imperial capital with the reputation of "Mechanical Holy City" - the range of Ericod.

Have they brought Tonine to the imperial capital of the Kolai Empire?

Roy's heart was heavy.

As the core of the magic energy machine, the imperial capital of the Kolai Empire, Ericod, must have the highest level of magic energy machine defense.

The chances of going undetected are almost nil.

Fortunately, according to intelligence, the strongest demigod of the Kolai Empire, the speaker of the Round Table, is now confronting the border duke at the border, the mechanical holy city - Erikdene, at most and the most, only two relatively weak demigod combat power.

In this way, the probability of success is not zero.

Walk cautiously all the way, with the strength of Roy and Latiyi, it is not at all something that can be discovered by the existence under the legendary limit, so the two of them went smoothly and came to the mechanical holy city - not far from Ericod.

And here, the straight-line distance from Tonigne, is less than twenty kilometers.

Looking at the majestic city of machines in the distance, Roy took a deep breath, glanced at Latiyi, and aimed at the direction where Tonine was, and wanted to try to infiltrate, if the infiltration failed, he would force his way in.

However, just as he was about to act, suddenly, his expression moved, and he stopped.

Latiyi looked at Roy with some confusion.

Roy waved his hand lightly and made a "shhh

He lowered his head, carefully took out a small dark blue doll, and looked at the petite person sitting in the palm of his hand, his eyes were shining, and he was no longer as dull as before, and the joy in his eyes could not be suppressed any longer.

"Sey, Sehir, is that you?" Roy said cautiously.

Just now, a familiar call sounded in his ears.

"It's me."

An ethereal voice with a smile came from the mouth of the dim blue petite puppet, "Long time no see, Roy." ”

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(Woo woo, readers, grandfather, ask for a monthly pass!) Goo is only a little more than a hundred, and it can be full of a thousand, please, please~)

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