After a night's rest, the next day Leo and Clark say goodbye to Whitebeard and embark on the road back to Halberd City.

At the end of parting, Whitebeard deliberately emphasized that he must take good care of his tools, especially some information that will appear from time to time, and he must keep it strictly confidential, and must not disclose it to others, otherwise he will be severely punished.

Leo solemnly agreed, carefully put away the mirror, and then asked if there was any news from the north.

Clark already knew his identity, and Whitebeard and Clark were obviously close, so Leo wasn't worried about getting into trouble if he was exposed.

Hearing Leo's question, Whitebeard smiled and said, "You mean the war between the dark elves and the Calente Empire, right?"

"Yes. Leo replied truthfully, and it was clear that Clark had already told Whitebeard about his situation.

But soon, he found something unusual, and couldn't help but be surprised: "......The Calorie Empire?

Whitebeard knew what he was thinking, and immediately said, "Yes, according to what I have recently received, the war has spread completely. The dark elves have been attacking Raven for a long time, and I don't know what method they used, they contacted the trolls and orc tribes in the western desert, and formed a large-scale coalition to attack the Calente Empire in the east and south. If my guess is correct, these two races may have coveted the fertile lands of the Lunar Empire for a long time. ”

"Western...... Oops......" Leo's face changed dramatically, this was the first time he had heard the news.

"What's wrong?" said Clarke, surprised, he'd never seen Leo so out of shape.

"Alas, my home is in the Ruhr region in the northwestern part of the Karente Empire. Leo replied with some heaviness.

To be honest, although he didn't like the scheming Earl Joseph very much, whether it was his beloved teacher Byron, his friend Montoya, and even Isa and Leo, they all had the surname Joseph, so they definitely didn't want to see the family ruined and warned. I just don't know. Byron, the teacher who went out to travel the world, did not complete his journey and return to the family.

Only then did the beard come to his senses, and he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the flames of war have not yet burned into the interior of the Calente Empire. One of their families, who had gone deep into the desert, obtained this information in advance, and the royal family mobilized the Central Army and the surrounding aristocratic armies to successfully block the desert coalition army outside the border. ”

Without asking Leo, he could guess that family should be the Joseph family, and the fact that the war did not break out in the country made him feel a lot more relieved for the time being. It looks like it can resist at least for a while.

And for Count Joseph, who is determined to climb upward, this may be a very rare opportunity.

It's just that Leo is also very clear that even the defense of the central district has been dispatched, and the situation must be very bad now.

You must know that although the Karent Empire is powerful, its geographical location is very awkward.

To the north is the frozen ground of the tundra, and the barbarians are antiquity, smelly and hard, and it is impossible to send troops to help. To the south is the underworld and coastline. To the east is the Free Trade Federation. It was a country slightly smaller than Kalent, but it was quite wealthy, and it had always claimed that interests came first. Their system belonged to the parliamentary system of the previous life, and there was no emperor and no king. A heavy matter like sending troops to aid will definitely require the Alien Empire to give an unimaginably huge reward, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to vote on it, so Leo is not optimistic about this.

A slight groan. He asked again, "Is there any movement in the Sea of Stars and Moon?"

"I don't think I've heard anything about it. Whitebeard replied, "Why do you ask about that?"

Leo sighed and replied, "With what I know about Calent. Maybe they can still support the current situation, but if the Kotao Fishman and Naga supply the richest coastal areas in the southeast from the surface of the speedy water, then ......"

He didn't go on, for the other two had guessed that if this really happened, with enemies on three sides, and the granaries and trade centers under attack, then the battle really didn't have to be fought.

Clark shook his head and said, "Probably not, Naga actually used to belong to the High Elves, and later left the land and entered the ocean. They hate all elves and cannot cooperate with the dark elves. Without Naga, the Kou Tao Fishman can't make any waves. ”

In the end, Leo's original joy was mixed with a little worry, but he also understood that this kind of large-scale war, not to mention that he could not play any role, even the scope of influence of the legendary powerhouse was quite limited.

"Calente has stood for so many years, the foundation is quite thick, it should not collapse like this, and the human countries in the east will not be able to give up this barrier, and will definitely support at a critical moment. He could only comfort himself with this, and then set off on his way in the snow.

............

Busy days always seem very short, and before you know it, the winter snow melts, and the trees and flowers bloom with new shoots, symbolizing the beginning of a new life.

In March, when the air was still a little cold and the roads were extra muddy because they had just been frozen, a horse-drawn carriage drove out of the city of Yang Halberd along the wide stone road towards the east.

The carriage was wide and luxurious, and its wheels sank deep into the mud, but it did not interfere in the slightest, although the speed seemed to be a little slow.

In front of the carriage, four golden horses native to the Scorching Sun Plateau galloped vigorously, neighing loudly from time to time.

But the most eye-catching thing is the coachman in the carriage.

Different from the ordinary coachman's outfit, this man was wearing a heavy plate armor shining with silver light, and two two-handed heavy swords stuck in his back.

His short, thick blonde hair was like a steel needle, and there was a twenty-centimeter-long scar on his face, which ran diagonally from his forehead to the bridge of his nose, making him look extremely fierce.

At this time, the silver-helmeted man said in a hoarse voice: "Young master, you have already left the city." ”

After a brief silence, Lothas's voice came from the carriage: "Speed up, you must arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning." ”

"No problem, please sit down with your friends. After the man finished speaking, he waited for a few seconds, and then gave a melodious whistle.

Hearing this, the four horses suddenly seemed to have taken an excitatory potion, their muscles swelled, their eyes became blood-red, and their huge hooves flew up and down. Running speed has been at least doubled.

In the carriage, the little fat man Sanders sat upside down, because he didn't expect the speed to increase so much, so he didn't take it to heart.

And caught off guard, he suddenly flew backwards. Fortunately, Leo was quick and grabbed him, this time preventing him from smashing his heavy body in the face of Lothas.

"Why so fast, won't it exhaust the horses to death?" said Sanders, clutching the handle of the carriage, with a sigh of relief.

"God knows if there will be any stubble on the road, and if you don't hurry, it may be too late. Lothas shook her head. "And what you're worried about is definitely not going to happen, these horses are specially bred breeds that can store energy in the heart when they don't need to exercise vigorously, and then burst out when they need it. ”

"No wonder, it's amazing. Sanders smacked his mouth a few times, deciding not to discuss the boring topic of horses with Lothasas, and turned his head again. Said to Leo, who was reading: "You should be well prepared, why are you still reading?"

Leo didn't take his eyes off the book, and said casually: "Being idle is also idle, and this is related to my promotion after all." No amount of preparation is enough. ”

This sentence is not perfunctory, but because he does clearly feel the urgency.

Even if you get the most needed thing from the gathering in Violet Castle, whether it's improving level 4 magic or upgrading the Valkyrie. It's not that easy.

For example, the compression of the Garrion component involved a lot of knowledge that he had never been exposed to. And in order to achieve his goal, he had to learn from scratch.

Fortunately, this knowledge belongs to the general curriculum of various colleges. Basically, you don't need to consume many knowledge points.

After half a month of studying, Leo mastered this knowledge, and then it took two more hours to complete the relatively satisfactory transformation of the "Flame Incarnation".

Now, this improved magic has removed two transition components with poor practical effects, and compressed the overall size of some components, so it is about 20% less powerful, but it also reduces a certain amount of mental power consumption, according to Leo's calculations, around 40%.

From the perspective of other mid-level mages, such a change really didn't make much sense, as few people would choose this powerful magic as the core of their promotion.

They tend to pick some simple mid-level magic, which not only does not require much mental power, but can also slightly increase the success rate.

But Leo knows for himself that in order to embark on a long journey, he must obtain a powerful spell as soon as he is promoted.

Because once the promotion is successful, although the spiritual power will undergo a qualitative change, the total amount will not be significantly improved, and it may even be that because the mental power density increases, the total amount will be lower than before, so this improved magic is indeed more suitable than the previous version to be the core of the promotion, otherwise there may be a sad situation that Leo will run out of mental power after casting this magic.

After the improvement was successful, Leo didn't have time to rejoice, but Lorsas suddenly came with news, saying that the Yang Yanhua had already produced buds, and there was still half a month before it opened, so he could prepare for it.

Although physically and mentally exhausted, Leo had been waiting for this day for a long time, and now that the magic model had been prepared, with the help of the "Elemental Time and Space", his spiritual power had also reached the critical point of promotion, so he was even more eager to need an impotence mixture, so he immediately started the upgrade of the Valkyrie.

And although he has very complete materials and drawings, the complexity of Valkyrie 2 is much higher than that of L, and this matter is completely unable to use "elemental space-time" to compress time, so he has to re-devote himself to the work of forgetting sleep and food without resting.

In the end, in half a month, Leo finally completed the upgrade of the Valkyrie.

Now the original bone shelf sits next to Leo, because of the addition of Asaph dust, she has changed from the original bright silver to dark silver, and looks much plump, and more and more like a human.

Even Leo took it upon himself to create a metal mask and a set of black leather armor with a hood for it, so that if you take it out again, it won't attract so many eyes of all tastes

Finish.

Hearing Leo say this, Sanders frowned and persuaded: "Relax and relax, it's not good to be so tense all the time, people sometimes need to change their minds appropriately, and combine work and rest." Then, perhaps not convincingly, he added, "That's what my grandfather said." ”

Leo was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Yes, you're right, it's time to relax." ”

He put the books aside, he has been working hard for nearly a thousand days and nights, if it still doesn't work, then even if he continues to work this last day, it will not make any difference. And he also clearly remembers that before facing a big exam in his previous life, the teacher also advised the students not to study anymore, but to go for a walk.

Seeing that Leo agreed so happily, Sanders obviously couldn't believe it, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

For a moment, there was silence in the carriage.

Leo moved his stiff neck and asked, "Sanders, how are you preparing for the promotion?"

"Very good!" the little fat man showed a look of pride, "It won't be more than March at the latest, and I can try to get promoted to level 3, and then I should go home." What about you, what's next?"

"It's time for me to go, too. Leo said truthfully.

Hearing him say this, Lothasas, who had never spoken much, hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the Supreme Forest. Leo replied, and a beautiful figure came to mind.

"Looking for your friend?" Lothas asked, his eyes sparkling and not knowing what he was thinking.

Leo nodded heavily: "That's right, I promised her that I would definitely go to her, and now that I have some strength, it's time to fulfill my promise." ”

Lothas pursed her lips and said softly, "You'll definitely find her." ”

"Thank you. Leo replied heartily.

Not only because of the wishes, but also because of the selfless help he has given to himself for so long. It can be said that without the environment and goods provided by Lolzas, Leo would never have believed that he would have reached the point where he is so quickly.

Lothas smiled, shook his head and said, "What's polite, you better get through the promotion level first and then talk about the rest." ”

"I'm sure I'll make it. Leo said firmly.

This time, Lothas did not speak, but said in his heart: "I also believe that if it were you." ”

Then he turned his gaze to the window, closed his mouth firmly, and refused to say anything more.

In the distance, beyond the reach of the eye, there is a towering mountain, and perhaps it is the place where everyone separates. (To be continued......)