Sword of Dawn

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Finch Bee's heart tightened, and she subconsciously looked around.

She didn't see any enemies, nothing unusual.

But she still left immediately, heading towards the southeast city, and Ye Xiao followed closely behind her.

Something dangerous is approaching them, the letters on the lampposts obviously mean that, but they can't see, hear or sense what that dangerous thing is, but even so, they choose to believe and obey The order of the superior in this case.

This is what Director Amber taught them in the first training session.

In the quiet and empty city, bees and night owls quickly passed through the streets and intersections. The places that were usually full of traffic and people are now all empty, as if they have become strange and detailed empty sets. The house and the dark walls even gave the bee an illusion, making her feel that those things seem to be just some empty shells. Under the delicate and real appearance, they are actually just painted cardboard, which will fall down when the wind blows. Down, revealing the desolate truth below.

"Shop Manager," Ye Xiao's voice came from the side, "what's going on here? What are we avoiding?"

"The city is disappearing in the thick fog," scratches quickly appeared on the nearby lampposts, "The northern city has disappeared a few hours ago..."

Bird Bee and Night Owl quickly passed by the lampposts, and on the surface of the next lamppost, they saw the engraving of the second half of the sentence:

"...dodge the messenger."

Chapter 1472 Messenger

Dodge the messenger.

The scratches on the lamppost had a strange pale color, which was so eye-catching on the black iron lamppost that it was almost dazzling. The surrounding chaotic mist was slowly flowing and surging. This silent dead city in the fog made Jane The simple line of letters suddenly seemed extremely strange—to the extent that both Bird Bee and Night Owl felt their bodies go cold at the same time.

But they did not stop because of this, but continued to walk quickly towards the southeast urban area. The dim streetlights outlined a continuous path of low light in the thick fog, and the buildings on both sides of the road were also sprinkled. With the faint lights, these rays of light faintly illuminate the dark road, and this road... seems to be so far away that it has no end.

Sparrowbee lowered her voice and asked—she didn't know why she lowered her voice, as if she didn't want to disturb some existence in the dense fog: "The messenger...you mean the one who disappeared many days ago." Messenger?"

It had been a long time since the "Messenger" had appeared in Prandell.

That is a person with a very special identity. Different from the ordinary messengers on the Loren continent, the "messenger" in this country of mages is a person who specializes in walking between the inland cities and the border cities, and has incredible power and access authority. character of.

The cities in the Violet territory are isolated from each other, and there are endless dense forests and mystical locks flooding the wilderness area. Under these barriers, outsiders cannot even pass through the border cities to the inland areas, and even the locals, if there is no need to In fact, they rarely leave the city where they live, and messengers... are the "bridges" that connect these isolated cities.

They are responsible for delivering letters between cities, for transmitting orders from the city of a thousand towers to every border area, and for opening "passages" in the endless dense forests and mystical locks in the wilderness, allowing transportation between cities. The caravan of supplies passed smoothly.

In Violet, each city has one and only one dedicated messenger, but even though there is only one person, they can undertake the important task of delivering information for the entire city, and they travel through this mysterious country in ways that outsiders cannot understand , it seems that no matter how far they are, they can reach any corner of the Violet territory in an instant. In the eyes of people, it is a country piled up with countless mysteries, so "Messenger" is definitely the most incredible and unreasonable one of these mysteries.

According to Sparrow Bee's speculation, "Messenger" should be an unimaginably powerful spellcaster, who is in charge of a secret technique that is unknown to the outside world, which is the best embodiment of the powerful magic heritage of this mage kingdom.

And the courier who was in charge of the Prandel area hadn't appeared for a long time—in fact, in the memory of Finch Bee, the "extraordinary vision" in the Violet Kingdom happened shortly after the courier disappeared...

Sparrowbee and her colleagues have tried to investigate the whereabouts of the messenger, but have found nothing so far. The messenger disappeared earlier than everything else, and there is no trace. The locals in this city seem to take the disappearance of the messenger as a matter of course. , and even in the end... They simply forgot that there was a "messenger" in their country, just like Torig forgot his uncle who lived in Palansanto.

A pale scratch emerged from a nearby lamppost, bearing only a few rather brief letters: "It was he."

"Why do you want to avoid the messenger?" Ye Xiao couldn't help asking, and at the same time kept looking at the shadowy silhouettes in the thick fog around him. The warning from the "store manager" made him feel creepy, even though he was in the thick There were no visible monsters or enemies in the fog at all, but at this moment he seemed to feel a kind of malice that was approaching constantly, and that malice was lurking just a few feet away from him, watching him through the flowing gray-white mist, "Is that messenger chasing and killing 'outsiders' like us? Is he related to this dense fog?"

They passed through a wand shop at the outermost edge of the inner block. The normally prosperous shop was shrouded in eerie silence at this moment, and an extremely dim and hazy gleam penetrated from the doors and windows of the shop, like some kind of liquid Spreading and falling in the mist, the wide window seemed to be crowded with some kind of shadowy things. Finch accidentally glanced in the direction of the house, and then involuntarily looked away in the next second.

On the lamppost passing by her, a line of clear and sharp pale letters quickly emerged: "The messenger is not chasing and killing you, the messenger is clearing everything here."

For some reason, the letters no longer looked like little traces carved on them, but more like sentences that emerged directly from the surface of the black iron, as swift as words.

The ramp leading to the outer urban area appeared in the thick fog ahead, and this long seemingly endless block finally came to an end. In the mist, Bird Bee saw a dark carriage parked quietly On the side of the road, of course there was no one on the carriage, but there was a cloud of undulating black smoke roughly in the shape of a horse floating in front of the carriage. holding hands.

When Sparrow Bee and Night Owl passed by the carriage, they couldn't help but glanced at the silent carriage. The next second, a little light suddenly appeared in the originally dark carriage, and then they Groups of shadowy objects emerged from the dim light, covering the rough glass of the side of the carriage like mud.

The two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau tightened their hearts, and immediately looked away. The next second, Quefeng suddenly saw a line of pale letters appear on a nearby wall: "Hide!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Sparrow Bee and Night Owl found the nearest and most suitable place to hide in an instant. Like two swift shadows, they slipped into the gap between two nearby houses, blocking their shadows with the help of the protruding corner of the wall .

Bird Bee felt her heart pounding. She wanted to ask what happened to her superior who could only talk to her in text for some reason, but forced her mouth to restrain the urge to speak, and the next second, She saw a tall and thin figure suddenly appear in the alley on the other side of the ramp.

In this silent dense fog, in this deserted dead city, a figure other than her and Ye Xiao appeared!

The shadow came out of the thick fog, gradually revealing some details. Bird Bee saw a gloomy classic long trench coat and a black top hat that was quite popular among the citizens of the Violet Kingdom. She saw the figure In one hand was a lantern that had the same dim light as the nearby street lamps, and in the other hand was a long cane—she recognized it as Prandall's messenger.

Before the vision happened, this Mr. Messenger was called "Mr. Crystal" by the citizens of Plandel—as a "Messenger" who seemed particularly mysterious in the mysterious Violet Kingdom, this Mr. Christo was actually quite human. Yes, he even accepted Ye Xiao's invitation, and introduced to Ye Xiao the scenery of the City of Thousand Towers and his busy but interesting life as a "messenger" during a private drinking session.

He is a friendly and polite guy, and he was even the only window through which "foreign businessmen" like Finchbee and Night Owl learned about Violet's inland customs - but now, Finchbee didn't feel the slightest bit when he saw this "acquaintance" joy.

Because the "store manager" told them to avoid the messenger.

Both she and Ye Xiao held their breath involuntarily, watching the tall and thin figure emerging from the thick fog step by step out of the alley, and then they saw this Mr. "Messenger" stop at the intersection , as if identifying the house numbers around him, then he turned to a nearby house, walked to the door unhurriedly, hung the lantern in his hand on the cane, and knocked on the door that was faintly revealing a faint light. light door.

The door opened silently, and dim light leaked out from inside. The shimmering light flowed slowly on the stone slab at the door like liquid, but no one came out from the door, it was just an empty house.

The messenger "Christo" didn't respond to this. He just took out a letter-like thing from his arms and handed it to the empty house.

The bee saw that the letter disappeared into the mist the moment it left the messenger's fingers, and in the next second, a nearly pure black "flame" burst out from the wall of the house, and it was swallowed up almost instantly The whole house—and the chain of connected houses nearby.In the dark and silent flames, those houses dissipated like morning dew, and one after another, almost transparent figures came out of them, slowly sinking into the ground in the flames.

Those figures had no faces, like a cloud of shapeless human-shaped smoke, wrapped in a bandage-like veil——Bee and Night Owl had seen similar illustrations in certain encyclopedias of extraordinary things published by the Empire.

All this lasted less than a dozen seconds, and the pitch-black flames faded away as quickly as they appeared, and when they saw the scene after the flames had subsided, Sparrowbee's eyes widened in an instant.

The row of houses that used to be there have all disappeared—not just being burned, but not even a single wreckage or ashes left. After the flames disappeared, what was left on the spot was a piece of bare stone and mud.

She suddenly remembered the words left by the store manager just now: the messenger is clearing everything here.

Now, she knows what this sentence means.

In the next second, she saw the tall and thin figure moving again, and the messenger "Mr. Christo" walked towards another nearby house in silence, and the horrifying and weird scene just now was repeated—— He knocked on the door, stood in front of the empty building, and handed out the letter to an invisible object. The moment the letter was delivered, black flames shot up into the sky, and several houses were in a row within ten seconds. Disappeared without a trace.

And as this process continued, the gray-white mist on the surrounding slopes seemed to become faintly thicker.

The messenger is still active, carrying out his work precisely and efficiently like a machine without thinking. Houses...or pieces of "area" disappeared quickly after his letters were delivered, and Finch Bee felt his heart It was pounding, and at this moment, she suddenly understood why the "store manager" suddenly left a handwriting on the window when she was in the stronghold, telling her and Ye Xiao to leave the house immediately!

If the messenger wandered into that shop, if he knocked on that door, if he sent a letter...

Although Sparrow Bee didn't know the mechanism of this process, she was almost certain that whether the door would be opened or not would not be within her and Ye Xiao's control.

Ye Xiao also broke out in a layer of cold sweat at this time. He nervously watched the movement of the tall and thin figure in the mist, hoping that the other party would never walk in this direction. At the same time, he paid attention to the nearby wall Surface and ground, always pay attention to whether the "store manager" will give new instructions or warnings.

Maybe it was fate, the tall and thin figure really didn't come this way, he didn't seem to be "destroying" everything here in order, but still strictly performed his duties like a messenger, After delivering the letter according to the delivery address of the "letter", after another black flame rose, he suddenly changed direction and walked unhurriedly towards the inner block.

Bird Bee and Night Owl both breathed a sigh of relief, but just when they were about to wait for a while and plan follow-up actions, an inexplicable palpitation suddenly came from behind!

Sparrowbee turned around suddenly, and suddenly saw a tall and thin figure standing in the depths of the house, as if it had just "breeded" from the air, watching her quietly in the mist.

That's...another "Mr. Crystal"!

Immediately afterwards, in another alley very close to this hiding place, another tall and thin figure slowly walked out of it!

There is not only one Messenger, there are countless "Messenger Christos" active in this weird night fog, and...they finally found the unexpected guest in the thick fog.

A pale and palpitating word instantly appeared on the nearby wall: "Run!"

Sparrow Bee and Night Owl rushed out of their hiding place in an instant. Their heartbeats had never been so intense in their entire lives, and their speed had never been as fast as today. They rushed up the street like two sharp arrows. Behind him, several tall and thin figures had quietly walked out from the nearby streets, alleys, cracks in buildings and even the air, one after another without any emotion but creepy eyes fell on the uninvited guest on the back.

In the next second, these "messengers" took steps in the direction of Sparrow Bee and Ye Xiao. Their steps seemed to be very slow, but with each step, they seemed to appear in front of the two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau Very close behind, and getting closer!

Without hesitation, Quefeng directly took out a crystallized grenade from his carry-on, roughly judged the impact point and advance amount, and threw it behind him.

The loud noise finally broke the dead night. In the huge explosion and impact caused by the crystal grenade, a large amount of earth and rock debris was blown into the sky, and two "messenger" figures were also involved in the explosion.

The smoke and dust from the explosion dissipated, and the two tall and thin figures were still standing there, but they flickered violently like projections that had been strongly disturbed, as if they had lost the ability to move for a while.

Grenade may not be effective when dealing with extraordinary visions, but this time... it seems to be effective.

But there is a problem in front of the bee -

As two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau performing latent missions, how could it be possible for them to carry so many grenades with them...

As if to make her feel worse, in the next second, Sparrow Bee and Night Owl simultaneously noticed that several new shadows appeared in the air on both sides of the ramp.

The "Messenger" was alarmed...they are gathering here!

In the next second, the two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau looked at each other in unison.

They saw the same determination in each other's eyes.

"You are fast," Ye Xiao said, taking a step faster, "You charge forward, and I will delay them from the rear—"

"You are not strong enough, and you can't delay for a few minutes," Quefeng said quickly, "My queen, you..."

Ye Xiao suddenly became anxious: "When is this! We have to pass the news back! You..."

His shouting stopped abruptly in the middle of it, and a sharp whistling suddenly sounded in the air interrupted his words, and even interrupted the emotions of the two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau——

Amidst the whistling sound, a huge bright white light group that could even be described as dazzling pierced through the thick fog on the ramp in an instant, and passed over the heads of Bird Bee and Night Owl like a heavy cannon from a fortress. Fell between those "messengers" who were gathering more and more, the next second, the bird bee saw a mushroom cloud rising in the distance...

The houses near the mushroom cloud instantly turned into steam and powder, but she and Ye Xiao did not wait for the expected shock wave and strong wind—there was not even a breeze in the night sky.

All the power released by this terrifying blow was perfectly restrained within the explosion area.

The two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau stopped suddenly. They turned their heads in amazement and looked at the direction of the attack. In the midst of great tension and vigilance, they saw a figure standing on the ramp not far away. central.

It was an old man, an old man in a nightgown and a nightcap on his head, standing barefoot on the ground.

The old man even had a dazed look on his face.

Chapter 1473 "Experienced"

The strange city shrouded in gray and white fog, the ramp blocks that dissipated with the wind in the black flames, the messengers who turned into chaotic lights and shadows in the shock waves and ran around, the mushroom clouds that gradually rose to mid-air in the distance, and those who stood on the slopes at unknown times At the end of the road, there was a mysterious old man looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Bird Bee swears that he has never experienced such a weird and bizarre thing in his life.

The mushroom cloud began to gradually dissipate, but the mysterious old man was still standing quietly in the sight of her and Ye Xiao. There is no doubt that the powerful attack just now came from this mysterious old man, but what was in Quefeng's heart was even weirder The feeling—the other party is powerful, weird, mysterious, and comes silently. To be honest, if this is put in any magic shadow drama, it should be a character who starts to play the background music half a minute before his appearance, highlighting a character who suppresses the audience and turns the tide However, her attention is always involuntarily drawn to the other party's pajamas and nightcap... Especially the pajamas are printed with a circle of small floral...

But after all, she is a trained officer of the Military Intelligence Bureau, so she quickly forcibly calmed down. After confirming that there are no more messengers around, she respectfully nodded to the old man in the distance while maintaining a cautious attitude : "Thank you very much for your help—may I ask if you are..."

"I don't know," she heard the old man on the opposite side speak before she could finish her sentence, and it didn't sound like she was aloof, "I'm sleeping at home, and I came here as soon as I opened my eyes...Who are you? "

Sparrow Bee & Night Owl: "...?"

The old man's answer was completely beyond their expectations, and the emotions of the two officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau on the spot were not coherent.

"...ordinary people who were unfortunately involved in extraordinary visions," Ye Xiao said in a helpless voice after the awkward and weird silence lasted less than two seconds, "We don't know what happened here, the city was suddenly shrouded in fog , a strange and dangerous enemy appeared in the mist, we originally opened a shop on the street, but now we can only try our best to escape from this city..."

What he said was all the truth, but he didn't reveal any information that shouldn't be revealed. Although the old man in front of him saved their lives, his details were unknown and his identity was unknown. He couldn't rashly reveal the true identities of himself and Sparrow Bee.

The mysterious old man in pajamas obviously didn't care about this, he just frowned and carefully observed the ramp shrouded in thick fog, and then sketched a few runes in the air, as if to give Some magical effects were applied to him, and then he shook his head thoughtfully: "This is really not a dream... Could it be that it was sent to a strange place by some force? But the 'atmosphere' here seems to be a little bit different. familiar……"

Sparrow Bee and Ye Xiao subconsciously looked at each other, and after a moment's hesitation, they walked cautiously towards the mysterious old man who seemed to be kind. No matter what, the other party was more friendly and friendly than those weird and dangerous "messengers" at the moment.

The old man didn't respond to their approach. While observing the surrounding environment, he shot dozens of instant spell effects on himself. On the two young men, he asked casually, "What is this place? What are your names?"

"...This is the border city of Purandel, which is the border city of Violet," Finchbee hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth. Although the old man in front of her looked weird in every way (especially the pajamas), she already realized whether she could live to see it this time. At sunrise, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on this mysterious strong man who suddenly appeared in the mist, "My name is Flora, and this is my friend and colleague next to me. His name is Grando."

"Violet... you said this is violet?!" The old man was stunned for a moment, but just when Finch Bee thought he knew some secret about Violet and reacted like this, the old man immediately slapped himself ten times. The second layer of elemental resistance and arcane protection, "...this makes me feel more at ease."

"You are..." Ye Xiao Grando's mouth twitched. He has seen many extraordinary people in his life, but he has never seen a maverick like the one in front of him.

"Caution is the first priority when going out. Be careful when sailing for ten thousand years. If you encounter someone you can't beat, you can still run." The mysterious old man just smiled and said casually, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, "Ah, that's right. , you can call me Mordir, Mordir Wilder."

The expression on Finch Bee's face was almost uncontrollable, and she exclaimed subconsciously: "Mortil Wilde?! You said your name is Mordir Wilde?! Wait, so you are a Victorian woman! Grand Duke's..."

A huge shock swept her and Ye Xiao's thoughts. Although the "return of the ancestors of the Wilder family" was not as sensational as the "resurrection of Gawain Cecil" back then, and the imperial officials did not make a big publicity about it, but This news was made public through official channels, especially within the Military Intelligence Bureau. As grassroots officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau, even if she and Ye Xiao hadn't seen the portrait of this legendary adventurer with their own eyes, they must know each other's name!

"That's my great-great-great...great-granddaughter," Mordir Wilde said with a smile. The astonishment of the two young people in front of him didn't surprise him. He has been used to it for more than a year. After strengthening his connection with the Shadow God Kingdom and recovering his surname, he has been gradually adapting to his identity as the "ancestor of Verde", "Look at your reactions... you are actually Cecilians, right?"

Finch Bee: "...Did you see it?"

"It's not difficult to guess. Foreigners generally don't have such a big reaction after hearing my name, and the Violet people don't have such a reaction." Modil waved his hand, "And the details of your appearance and accent are similar to Ceci's." Er people."

Both Finch Bee and Night Owl were a little embarrassed, but after knowing that the powerful mage in front of them was "one of their own", they did feel a little relaxed. At this moment, Finch Bee subconsciously observed the walls and roads around him, wanting to see the Chang" left a new handwriting, but didn't see anything, and Ye Xiao asked the old mage in front of him: "Your Majesty Mordir, you said that you don't know how you got here? "

"Yeah, I'm sleeping at home," Modil spread his hands, "then I opened my eyes and saw this place shrouded in thick fog, and saw you being chased by a bunch of weird shadows, so I didn't think much about it." Help out."

While talking, he looked down at the nightgown he was wearing, and seemed to finally feel that it was a bit awkward for him to appear here in such a suit, so his eyes could not help but fall on those nearby that had not been cleared by the "messenger" with strange lights. On the dimly lit house: "It's not a problem to always wear pajamas, I have to borrow some clothes from someone..."

"Please don't enter any of the buildings here - the current state of this city is weird and dangerous," Ye Xiao immediately stopped the old mage, although he didn't know if the powerful legendary adventurer could resist the weirdness in this extraordinary vision , but he had to remind, "Those weird black shadows you just saw are 'messengers', they will clear the buildings in the thick fog, and now the entire Beicheng District and the large blocks around here have been covered by their weird The power is removed. If you don't mind, you can wear my coat... oh, and the shoes too."

Modil glanced at Ye Xiao's figure, smiled and waved his hands: "Forget it, I don't think it's appropriate to wear it, but I appreciate your kindness, young man. Now I want to know what happened here What, I have experienced many strange things in my life, but this is the first time I have seen such a sight—probably the first time I have seen it."

Ye Xiao thought for a while, and was about to explain the situation, when he suddenly saw mist swirling and spreading on the nearby ground, and then a line of pale letters suddenly appeared on the surface of the slate: "Leave here—they are coming again Already!"

Modil also noticed those handwriting for a moment, and he frowned slightly: "What is this?"

"Let's go!" Ye Xiao didn't have time to explain too much, so he hurriedly urged, "Those monsters are gathering again—let's talk as we walk!"

Before the words were finished, a palpitating chill suddenly spread from the streets in the direction of the inner city, like an invisible wind of extreme cold that suddenly swept through the gaps between the buildings, and the dense fog entrenched on the entire ramp was in the air. At this moment, the direction of the flow has changed, and the mist grows more and more like a stream. The next second, the bird bee can see the original sites of the disappeared buildings in the distance, the dark cracks between the houses, and the streets and alleys that cannot be illuminated by street lights. Inside, shadows are emerging one after another, and a large number of shadowy things are protruding from the ground and walls!

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen tall and thin "messengers" appeared in the thick fog. Behind these messengers were even larger figures wrapped in rune cloth belts, which seemed to be filled with shapeless black mist. There were hundreds of them at a glance, and as soon as these strange creatures appeared in the dense fog, they cast their "sights" at the three uninvited guests on the ramp, and then rushed towards them without hesitation .

However, this process was silent at the same time, they were like phantoms, and they didn't even make a sound when passing through the air.

Night Owl and Sparrow Bee broke out in a layer of cold sweat, but before they turned around and ran away, the first thing they heard was the exclamation of the legendary adventurer Mordir: "What the hell is this?! Shadow dwellers!?"

In the next second, they heard the ear-piercing scream that is unique to the rapid accumulation of huge energy in the air, as well as the rapid chant that was compressed and accelerated to the point that it could hardly be recognized by human ears. Mordir Wilde suddenly raised his hand. He raised his hands, and the amazing magic power was guided by him in just two or three seconds, and then turned into a bright white light ball that was even bigger than what the bird saw just now. Electric lights shone around the light ball, and runes circled.

The old mage waved his hands, and the "Arcane Missile" suddenly pierced through the thick fog on the slope like a shell, and ruthlessly bombarded among the messengers and shadow dwellers in the distance—a huge mushroom cloud soared into the sky again!