As the sun sank in the west, the sky lifted a gray curtain, and in front of a humble inn, Konstantin and Rainon were saying goodbye to Clark and Drake.

"It's been a long time since I've been so relaxed. I ate a lot of special food, saw a lot of folk customs, and historical monuments. It's been a hard work for you all the way!" said Konstantin cheerfully.

"Where, where...... It's just the friendship of the landlords. Drake waved his hand and said, "After returning to China, I have to trouble you to convey the meaning of my Beast Emperor to His Majesty Adrien as soon as possible." By the way, on behalf of our Majesty the Beast Emperor, I would like to say hello to His Majesty Adrien. ”

"Well, I'll do it as soon as possible. Konstantin put away his playful face and said with a serious expression, "Then don't leave it at that, goodbye." ”

"See you again!"

"See you again, Renon will come to play in the Gareds next time!"

"I will definitely come back!"

After saying goodbye, Renon and Konstantin turned around and went upstairs, "Ruinon hurry up and pack your luggage, we're going back." ”

"Hey, so anxious, don't you rest for the night and then leave? It's night, and it......'s hard to recognize," said Renon dissatisfied.

"You can wait until the sun comes out tomorrow, but the Eastern Conference won't wait......" Konstantin said in a serious tone.

"Uhhhh......h

"Okay, don't talk more useless nonsense, hurry up and clean up!"

Kevin Lalier, inside a certain estate. Anne dragged her chin and looked boredly at the clock in front of her. Her beautiful eyes swayed with the pendulum, and after a while, dizziness hit her, and Anne immediately closed her eyes and thought to herself: Arroyo and Renon have been out of the road for many days, and they don't know when they will return. At this time, there was an earth-shattering roar from the study downstairs: "Gross! I swear I will never use spatial teleportation in the future, I hate spatial teleportation!"

"Master Constantine!oh!and our lovely little hosts, welcome home. Anne hurriedly came to the study and pushed open the door and greeted respectfully, "Is there anything you need me to help with?"

"Anne, take care of Rinon Summer, although he has become a qualified magician, he still can't adapt to spatial teleportation. Konstantin beckoned to Anne and said, "I'll go take a shower and relax first, and tomorrow I will have a lot of headaches." ”

"Uh...... I don't think I'll be able to adapt to it in my life...... ...... vomit," Ruinon leaned on his chair and retched.

"Giggle!" Anne let out a silver bell-like laugh, patting his back gently with her little white hand.

At night, Rainon came to the windowsill in his pajamas, pushed open the window and let the cold night air blow on his cheeks. Before you know it, it's autumn, and Kevenras, which is located in the southern part of the Central Continent, also has a hint of coldness.

Will autumn be far away from winter? Ruinon thought to himself, I didn't learn a few alchemy techniques during this alchemy trip, but I learned a fourth-level magic and a high-level singing technique by mistake. Level 4 Magic ...... I already have the potential to become a magician, but what is the most powerful way in the legend?the mystery of time and space? Time and space! These two words are so familiar, as if you have heard them somewhere...... By the way, just four years ago, on the day my family was destroyed, the day I was chased and fled by the Byzantium, there was a hollow voice in the fleeing carriage that kept echoing in his ears.

"Time and space, the mystery of the universe?black blood, pale blue flame...... And the artifact, Frost Tears. Ruinon looked at the full moon in the sky and said to himself, "It feels like all this is so far away from my life." ”

"Ruinon, why don't you rest so late?" came a crisp canary-like voice from the windowsill.

"Sister Erica!" Renon turned his head.

"I heard that the alchemy trip was ruined?" asked Erica, shaking off her long blond hair.

"yes! Many, many things have happened. ”

"If you don't mind, tell me about it?" asked Erica with some interest.

"Yes!" Ronon sat down on the windowsill with his hands propped up, "where to start? Let's start with the orcs, they ......"

After returning home, Rainon went back to his normal routine: sleeping in the morning, eating the food cooked by Sister Anne, laughing and playing with Jerry, Salad, Angus, and Charlie at school, and practicing elemental control in the afternoon in the library or with Mr. Edward Wood.

In the blink of an eye, the weather has changed from autumn to winter, and the students have changed into thick school uniforms, and life has become busy, because the end of the semester is approaching. After spending these happy and sad seasons, Ruinong ushered in the winter vacation he dreamed of.

"Time flies, but the hard work pays off, and I'm finally making it to winter break!" Jerry said, leaning on his desk, fiddling with his wand.

"Really? I don't think so. Renon said as he straightened his desk.

"Of course, how can I compare to you. My home is far away, and yours is so close. Every morning and evening, there is a beautiful sister who accompanies you to and from school...... If I were me, I would have lingered at school, and I didn't know when I was happy. ”

"Hey, Jerry...... I'm not like that. ”

"Hey, where do you know the heart of a wanderer?"

After listening to Jerry's words, Rainon looked at him and looked out the window and thought: Indeed, I don't understand the heart of a wanderer, but I miss home the same as you.

"Jerry wishes you a nice trip home! See you next semester!"

"See you next semester. ”

Walking out of the grand school gate and coming to the teleportation station, Renon waited for Sister Erica to arrive and go back together as usual.

"Hey! Ruinon!" Ruinon suddenly felt a heavy tap on the shoulder, and a familiar and friendly voice came from behind him.

"Ahh

"Just now. ”

"What just now?"

Erica let out a sweet laugh and said, "Giggles, my newfound magic, spatial teleportation! is it cool, isn't it?"

"Empty...... Spatial teleportation ......" Rinon stammered with wide eyes, "This is the legendary space magic......! You...... Learned?"

"Yes, is that fake?" said Erica, closing her eyes and whispering a spell in her mouth, a white light flashed, and Erica appeared about five meters behind Ryanon. "It's the limit distance. Erica said with a slightly pale face.

"Awesome!"

"That's awesome? By the way, have you heard about the Phantom Palace?" asked Erica as she approached the teleporter.

"Phantom Palace? ”

"Hey, the Phantom Palace has caused such a commotion, and everyone in the whole Middle-earth is paying attention, you don't know what to do? You still really don't listen to what is going on outside the window and are reading the sage books hard! Hey, what are you thinking? Don't come in quickly, or I won't wait for you." ”

"Uh! Sister Erica is waiting for me. Ruinon climbed up the teleportation array.

Walking down the familiar boulevard, Erica gave Rainon a brief introduction to the Phantom Palace: "...... In short, there are rumors that the ban on the gates of the Phantom Palace has been lifted. Although I don't know if the Dao was unraveled by someone with ulterior motives or if it was invalid due to age, we can still step into this land of death. ”

(Phantom Palace: Legend has it that this magnificent palace was built in 1082 BC by a wealthy merchant named Carlos to curry favor with a beautiful sorceress.) The Phantom Palace is located on the eastern border of Kevin Las, next to the Andes Mountains. According to the estimates of ancient explorers, the Phantom Palace covers an area of about 80,000 square meters, and the tallest building of the palace is about 30 meters high.

Legend has it that thousands of years ago, Carlos, a wealthy businessman, fell madly in love with a dreamy and beautiful sorceress, Prisla, and he tried everything to please her. Eventually, Prisra is impressed by Carlos' frenzied courtship campaign and agrees to marry him, but on one condition: she will live in the largest and most luxurious castle in the world. So Carlos bought a plot of land at the foot of the Andes and built a magnificent castle.

Love is like a flame that will eventually be extinguished by the wind, and over time, the beautiful face of the sorceress is scratched by the years and begins to age. Suddenly, one day, she felt that her husband disliked her and Lao Zhuhuang no longer loved her, so she frantically searched the whole world for any way to stay young forever, and even did not hesitate to study the evil black magic of ancient times, and finally she found an immortal dark magic in a black magic book. According to records, this magic required the sacrifice of the souls and blood of a thousand maidens in order to seek eternal youth from the demons. Prisra understands that this is a heinous and unforgivable spell, but she does not hesitate to win her husband's favor.

One day, when the young and beautiful Prisra appeared in front of Carlos, the rich merchant was really startled. More than a thousand lives, this is not a trivial matter, and it is impossible for Prisla's crazy actions and huge sorcery sacrifices to not leak a single rumor.

"Humans are not allowed to go against the will of the gods!Prisla, do you know what you have done?" Carlos was overwhelmed with guilt for his wife's madness, and he wondered whether he should report the matter to the Holy See or cover it up for the sake of his family.

In the confusion, his body became old and weak, and he eventually fell ill. Doctors and priests came, and they told the rich merchant's family that Carlos was too weak to live another two or three years at most. The beautiful young Prisra does not want to see her lover leave her first, she wants to live with her husband forever, in a luxurious castle forever. Her thirst for dark magic was so strong that she finally sold her soul to demons in exchange for immense power. She sacrificed the blood and souls of tens of thousands of people in exchange for the immortality of herself, her husband, and the servants up and down the castle.

"My dear, you see that we can live together forever, say goodbye to birth, old age, sickness and death, and will live forever. Prisra said to Carlos. Her smile was so sweet, and her voice was full of temptation, but it was all more terrifying than demons in Carlos's eyes. Eventually, Carlos could not bear the torment of guilt and denounced it to the Holy See.

Enraged, the Pope ordered Prisra to be killed and the castle to be razed. Prisilla has become misanthropic because of her husband's betrayal and no longer trusts anyone. "I love him so much, but he betrayed me mercilessly, abandoned me ruthlessly......" she often said to herself in the mirror, "what kind of person would not betray? She turned everyone in the castle into undead, and at the same time revived the tens of thousands of corpses left behind after the sacrifice, and launched a century-long offensive and defensive war with the Holy See's Templar Order.

Before the withdrawal, the Pope placed a ban around the palace to prevent the evil spirits of the dead from coming out and harming humanity. After this battle, the poets called Prisra the Phantom Empress, and her palace was named the Phantom Palace, and her mad love and battle with the Holy See were written into stories and poems that were recited to future generations. Nearly a thousand years later, the Phantom Empress and her undead servants did not choose to forcibly break the ban, they all slept quietly in the palace waiting for the return of the head of the family. Carlos has not been heard from since he went to the Holy See, and there is speculation that he may have died, committed suicide out of guilt, or was "purified" by the Holy See, but more speculated that he joined the Holy See and became the most devout believer, intending to spend his endless life atonement for his wife. Of course, this is all speculation, but one thing is for sure that Carlos will not return home, but Prisra and her servants will wait until the destruction of the world. ）

After listening to Erica's story about the Phantom Palace, Rainon exclaimed, "Oh my God! What a crazy love affair, what a ridiculous story!

"And then, what?" asked Erica, puzzled.

"Didn't you say that the ban was opened many times after that?"

"Oh, yes, I don't know exactly why the passage opened, but one thing is for sure that none of this has anything to do with the Phantom Queen, as the undead creatures inside show no signs of commotion. After the people asked the Holy See for help, the Pope sent someone to seal it again. ”

"Oh, that's right!, so is the huge commotion caused by the lifting of the ban related to Prisla?" asked Rinon with his chin propped up.

"No! ”

"Well, then it would be good to ask the Holy See for help and seal it, why did it attract so many people's attention?"

"Hey, stupid! have you forgotten where it used to be?" said Erica, who slammed Rinon on the head.

"What was it before? Isn't it just a castle controlled by the undead. ”

"You've forgotten it, it's an ancient battlefield where wars have been fought for more than a hundred years! ”

"Could it be ......" Rinon seemed to understand something.

"More than a hundred years of war ended with the defeat of the Holy See's Templar Legion. After the end of such a tragic war, the battlefield was sealed by the Pope with a powerful prohibition......"

"In other words, the Phantom Palace is a great treasure trove, and now it has been opened again. Renon took Erica's words and said.

"That's right, whether it was in the past or now, the equipment of the Holy See Templar Knights is the top in the Middle-earth continent, and it is all enchanted magical equipment, which is enough to make countless warriors crazy. Erica patted Rinon on the shoulder and said, "Do you understand?" (Enchantment: Magicians infuse magic into an item by carving magic circles, magic charms, or processing magical materials to give it mysterious magical effects for a long time or permanently.) ）