Pillars of Ita

Ulmit Phinos—or Philip VII, the master of the land, the emperor of the empire, the ruler of the supreme truth, is standing silently under the dome of the deep palace at this moment, Wearing a purple robe inlaid with gold patterns, he stared at the person in front of him with gray-blue eyes.

The darkness was as vast as the starry sky, with only faint flashes of light hanging down like dust.

Grand Duke Hawke, or a stranger who only has half of Duke Hawke's personality, only half of his face is still sharp and severe, while the remaining half is a gap, flowing with shadows and flames.

He is like a human-shaped torch, a burnt paper shell, standing in front of the supreme one at this moment.

But His Majesty the Emperor showed no signs of fear, and said indifferently: "With my acquiescence, you occupy the crystal tower beneath Aiyinbulok. This is my promise to you."

"But as long as you are within the empire, all the etheric veins are under the control of the empire, no matter how you move, you can't escape the monitoring of the imperial army. The portal you opened is not enough for you to project all the troops over , As long as I give an order, you will immediately be wiped out."

"Shadowmen of Ankhvar, keeping you in the empire is a disaster, especially since the empire is about to start a war with the rainforest. I'm thinking about this question. The question is - what benefits can it bring you if you stay?"

The cadenced tone echoed in the empty hall.

The supreme man looked at the other party with a condescending gaze, his right hand slightly raised.

'Duke Hawke' took a look there, there was an omniscient eye on that pair of black gloves, and that sacred object made him a little afraid——

"I can wipe out the enemies for you, Your Majesty," he said, his voice was not his own at all, it was like a rustling sound from the flames, and he pointed to himself, "As you can see, we will replace those Those who oppose you, who question your supremacy. The House of the Seven Sorcerers is capricious, but they are now gathered under your command—”

"We can subvert those mortal kingdoms, make the empire's army invincible, so that your plan can be smoothly advanced to realize that great vision. At this point we have common interests, and the shadow people are trapped in the gray realm For thousands of years, we have always wanted to return to our hometown.

And you don't have to worry about us having ulterior motives at all, we can promise you not to carry out activities in the empire—unless you allow it, Your Majesty, you can monitor my family's actions through the Ethernet vein, right? "

"The empire can wipe out its opponents by itself, and there is no need to use other people's hands," Philip VII replied lightly, "In order to cover up the secret, the empire has lost a great alchemist and two dragon knights. From this, I can see Not doing any good."

It was different from the fury imagined by little Fritz.

When referring to what happened to Aiyin Brock, the supreme emperor didn't have much expression on his face, and even seemed a little indifferent. He seemed to be stating something that had nothing to do with him. For Aiyin Brock The huge loss is even more indifferent.

"That man with ulterior motives," replied 'Duke Hawke', "although he supports reforms, he is not a fellow traveler with His Majesty. The plan is just because it meets his needs. And once he realizes that the path he is taking is not in line with what he expected, how much will he support His Majesty, His Majesty should be very clear."

"On the contrary," he spread his hands, "not only did we not cause trouble for His Majesty, but we informed His Majesty's plan in advance to avoid trouble. If it weren't for our infiltration of the Silver Tower, His Majesty would have been unable to know in advance. this matter.

And the identity of that young man seems insignificant, but behind it actually represents another difficult force behind the Star Gate. Once those people take action, His Majesty's plan will not be aborted, but at least it will inevitably encounter setbacks. "

Phyllis VII sneered, "On the other side of the star gate, the empire can control everything, so you don't need to do anything extra. It's not that I can't keep you, but you must surrender your secrets."

"We have no secrets from His Majesty. Your Majesty already knows all the secrets of the shadow man."

"I'm afraid it may not be obvious. About the secret of the seven obelisks, should you tell me?"

The flames on the face of 'Duke Hawke' flickered, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please don't go too far."

"That's the end of the conversation." Felice VII looked at the other party indifferently, condescending, "Then everyone, take your secrets and die."

"Wait a minute," 'Duke Hawke' immediately said, "We can share this secret with His Majesty, but our family must share its benefits."

"Oh?"

Felice VII showed a playful expression on his face: "So the legend is true, and the secret pointed by the seven obelisks is really related to the treasure of the Numelin elves?"

"Treasure?" 'Duke Hawke' replied, "Perhaps, the seven obelisks and the four sacred objects are indeed related to the Numelin elves. But what is the significance of the elves' secret treasures to my family? The seven obelisks What the monument really concerns is the real reason the elves left."

"The reason why the elves left," Felice VII asked back, "so what?"

"The reason why the elves left this world is of course not that they returned to their original world. It would be great if they really returned to their original world, but this is not the case," Duke Hawke said word by word, "The reason actually contains The ultimate secret of this world - the truth about 'Ita'."

"Ita?"

There was a look of understanding on Phyllis VII's face.

Of course he understands that there is some kind of deeper secret hidden under the seven obelisks. If it is only related to the elf secret treasure as rumored, how could these shadowmen from the gray realm be so interested.

In fact, he already had some guesses in his heart, but he still asked, "Is that the legendary creator?"

"It's him."

"Duke Hawke" said: "Your Majesty, the world's biggest secret is hidden under the seven obelisks. He may be the only 'key' for us to escape this fate."

"You?" Phyllis VII smiled, with a clear light in his eyes, "Yes, it is us, I will bring my unrivaled empire to overcome all this, to fulfill the only promise, I will Guard civilization and survive the death of all that."

"But before that," His Majesty the Emperor changed his subject, "the Oshu people must leave a mark on the Shadowman. After all, you were our mortal enemies, and you are also enemies from the dark world. We can't I trust you completely."

He held up a finger, and with a finger wrapped in a black leather glove, he wrote a rune in mid-air that shone with silver flames.

"Let's start with you," Phyllis VII looked at the other party with playful eyes, "Since you are 'him', as my old opponent, 'him' will bear the first rune, I should How do I call you? My love, Grand Duke Hawke?"

The Supreme One couldn't help laughing loudly, and the loud laughter echoed repeatedly under the deep dome.

'Duke Hawke' didn't say a word, just watched the silver rune melt into his body silently, submerged into the burning shadow.

He 'watched' the rune burn away in flames.

The silver talisman turned into dust, and finally even the dust turned into nothingness.

stupid human.

'Duke Hawke' thought, they still believe so stubbornly that they can master the power of the ether, just as they did thousands of years ago.

Finally, he raised his head, looked at the other party, and replied respectfully: "As you wish, Your Majesty."

Phyllis VII laughed, picked up the scepter from the throne beside him, and pointed forward: "Then go ahead for the king, Your Excellency the Duke. From now on, I will be stationed at the border of the Eastern Province to monitor the seven The three legions of the family will go south instead, and together with the black army, they will become the real front line of the empire."

"Mage families, please join this mighty torrent. Our first target is neither the Colins nor the elves of the Hill of Giant Trees, but the south, go to the rainforest, and fight with our allies Fight side by side together, go, go open the door there."

"Go and open the road to the sky there—"

……

A young man in an alchemist's coat wandered aimlessly through the streets, looking at the gloomy sky of the imperial capital.

Because of his clothes, many people glanced in this direction with respect and awe. They were about to leave in a hurry, but they found that there was no alchemist's star emblem on the collar of his coat.The other party was taken aback, and was about to explode, but found a coat of arms representing a school of magic under the overcoat. He couldn't help being taken aback, and quickly swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

Pedestrians on the side of the road were looking at this young man strangely—the Chosen One, a great mage, but he was wearing an alchemist's attire, really strange.

But Alix didn't care about these gazes, or he was used to them for a long time. In fact, not only pedestrians, even Loofah expressed his opinions on his dressing taste more than once, but he didn't listen to it.

He just wandered among the crowd, seemingly absent-minded, but in fact he was silently listening to the whispered discussions.

A discussion about the turmoil that happened seven days ago in Eynbrok.

Yes, the empire finally defined it as turmoil. At first, the imperial people planned to define Fang Plover and his party as dark believers, or at least as people related to the Dragon Worship Cult, but because of insufficient evidence, the Stargate General Administration refused to accept it. And let it go.

In fact, Alix probably understands that someone must be behind the scenes. The Colin-Ishurian royal family does not want to see the Seven Seas Brigade and his party. behind.

Things seem to be pressed temporarily, but the changes brought about are profound. It is ironic that what the incident itself affects is not the loss of two dragon knights and a great alchemist in the turmoil. Describe the empire.

Instead, it was Colin-Ishurian.

The kingdom seems to be calm, but there are already undercurrents in all aspects in private. Fenris Island is very dissatisfied with the royal family's decision, and the Southern Council and the Avenquin elves have also expressed protests—especially the latter.

As a result, Princess Brian fell into the hands of the Ossur, causing the Elven Queen of Avenquin to send envoys to Goland for the first time in decades to tell humans that the covenant must be fulfilled. This is something that has not happened in centuries.

In the end, at the request of the royal family, the alliance exchanged hostages with a group of middle- and lower-level nobles from the empire captured in the Battle of Bayne, and a heavyweight with the Ossurians. That heavyweight, Alix, had also heard about it. An elf traitor.

However, he didn't know much about the other party's news. He only heard that it was related to an unsolved case.

Not long after the Battle of Byrne, a sensational assassination occurred in the Kingdom. The assassination caused the disappearance of one of the heroes of the Battle of Byrne, and his whereabouts are still unknown. It was once speculated that the assassin was related to the Empire, but due to his The status is special, and it has been left alone.

And the request of the empire this time can be regarded as confirming the identity of the other party.

There are spies of the empire among the royal elves.

It was too much fun.

Now the elves and dwarves are at war. After all, the long-lost hero is from the Ironbrow clan. Fortunately, the relationship between elves and dwarves is not very good.

But to Alix, these were just gossip, that's all. After all, the Kingdom of Kaolin-Ishurian was a mess, and the undercurrent in the southern border had not completely subsided since the last chaos.

But now there are signs of instability in the northern border, and the ancient tower is in chaos. In addition, the Fenrisians who are alienated from the royal family, the elves and the dwarves are in trouble, and Istania in the south does not seem to be a big mess. The Lord of His Majesty's peace of mind.

It is said that the other party has a rebel party who has funded the kingdom, Sir Mawei's daughter and his party, but the Colin people are still beyond their reach, and there is nothing they can do about the desert kingdom.

At present, the only place in the kingdom that can be said to be calm is the Port of Ess and its surrounding areas.

Alix shook his head. Except for those newcomers who came to this world through the star gate, most people have already smelled the oppressive feeling that the storm is coming, especially for people like them, the imperial people are about to move It is already an obvious fact.

But that's not a big deal. The first division has been withdrawing its personnel from the second world since three years ago, and the other divisions are naturally not far behind. Everyone is preparing for it, which is obvious to all.Since the first battle in the Turbid Realm, there have been almost no decent wars in the second world——

Oh, except for the conflict at Mount Covenant a few months ago.

In fact, not only the major guilds, but he and their leader Loofah have already passed through the star gate. More than half of the elite drafters in the third division have gathered on the side of the star gate at this moment, and everyone is just waiting. It's just an explosive node.

Alix subconsciously stopped in front of a stall he frequented these days. The stall owner looked up at the young man and asked familiarly: "Sir, Daily Astrologer?"

"A copy of the Daily Astrologer." Alix nodded.

He picked up the newspaper, and his gaze had already landed on the headlines on the front page.

'The Empire officially declares war on the Great Council—'

'The three frontier fleets have gathered towards the fault zone—'

Alix stared.

……

When Kun turned his head, he happened to see the figure emerging behind him.

"Ye Hua?" He was slightly taken aback, and then stretched his brows, "Why did you come here, I thought you were not interested in these things at all—"

The ranger ten kings stood behind Kun, looking up at the magnificent obelisk, the surrounding abyss soared into the sky, lightning flashed in the elemental layer, and even the wreckage of many sailboats could be seen on the surrounding reefs.

From a distance, it looks like a ship tomb.

"Is that the legendary obelisk?" he asked.

KUN nodded, as if he didn't care about the other party's coming here, "It's just one of them. The one under the deep sea is already the easiest one for us to get in touch with. It's a pity that one has disappeared forever, and the one in this world I'm afraid no one will know its secret."

"These obelisks really have such a great magical power?" Ye Hua asked back: "Since your battle with the Jefflet Redshirts, you haven't heard the news from the outside for a long time, so that you returned from the Second World With so many elites, there is no information from the outside world.”

KUN recalled the battle two years ago and shook his head, "It's not just us, the Imperials are the same, to be exact - it's the first division, the Oshu people are racing against time, if we lose this battle, we may have another There is no chance of a comeback.”

"Only relying on a few obelisks?"

"Behind that is the secret of the third world, and it may even contain deeper secrets. You should know what the craftsmen are studying, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. We have not gained nothing in the past five years, but it is just a glimpse One corner is enough to make the strength of the Chosen who passed through the star gate increase rapidly."

Ye Hua nodded, and couldn't help but think of the shocking continental league not long ago. The level of improvement of the rookies was indeed far beyond their era.

If it were placed in the past, he could almost assert that there would be several characters like the Ten Kings among them.

But the King of Artisans is destined to have only one person.

Kun looked at him, "You didn't come here to chat with me, did you?"

Ye Hua smiled and shook his head: "I'm just here to deliver some news to you, do you still remember him?" He said while handing over a wanted warrant.

The all-knowing man couldn't help being stunned when he saw the portrait on the arrest warrant. Although Yin Zhiyi almost never left this ruin after the July War, so much so that they all got it from the guild in the Battle of the Northern Territory not long ago. known news.

But he still knows a little about the well-known figures during this period, not to mention that the above-mentioned people can also say that they had a relationship with him once.

"It's him?"

Kun was stunned for a moment before realizing what it was, "What's he doing again, this is a wanted warrant from the imperials, he's not in Colin-Ishurian anymore?"

"He went to the Empire to participate in the Continental League, I thought you should know," Ye Hua replied, "After all, this is the only little guy you missed, but since the battle of Fenris, he has really become famous. Alchemist, Colin—Ishurian's new star, these are his current titles and appellations."

"But compared to his great achievements in the empire, these are nothing," he smiled, "he killed two dragon knights and a great alchemist in the empire, so you can see This kind of arrest warrant has arrived."

This is impossible.

This is the first thought in KUN's mind. He knows very well what level the other party was three years ago. Even though he has not had much contact with outside information in the past three years, it is impossible for someone to grow from a new person in three years. Enough to kill the dragon knight.

But after all, he is the all-knowing person of the Crown of the Silver Forest, so he forced himself to calm down and asked, "What does all this have to do with me, enough to force a ten game king to personally deliver the message to me?"

"KUN, you don't really think that an alchemist who was an apprentice three years ago can kill a dragon knight, do you?" Ye Hua's tone became serious. Now, Lady Nature, Lady Justice may have reached an agreement with the Lord of Light."

Kun's complexion changed slightly.

"Advent has begun?"

Ye Hua paused every word: "KUN, Guanghai is extinguished."

……

Mount Hyernos, the headquarters of Moondust.

Members of the middle and lower levels of the guild in the valley saw the changing spectacle in the sky. Several floating ships were flying above, and then several streamers of light scattered in different directions.

"Three, four, Dragon Knight and False Dragon Knight," people whispered, "What happened, why did the Azure Spear go out, and any new missions?"

"But what mission can dispatch four quasi-dragon knights?"

"Could it be that Colin-Ishurian is really at war with the Empire?"

And soon, a message was sent to the communication crystals of all members of the guild:
"All the combat-ready regiments and brigades of Quan Yuechen, go to the target location and assemble immediately, mission one."

"Mission objectives have been issued to the commanders of each unit."

Then one piece of information was sent to each standby team in groups, and among the turbulent messages, most of them only had one that was the most eye-catching:

Queen Alyssa resurrected.

Immediately go to the sea beyond the storm to find traces of the saint's relic.

The secret treasure of the Dragon King may have resurfaced.

The whole of Corin-Ishurian.

Even in the whole of Altaria, almost all the guilds got the information at the same time, even those elite brigades who had no information for many years after the July War, all appeared in front of the world together at this moment.

Guilds all over Etalia have taken action.

Because the treasure house of the Dragon King has already appeared, the last obelisk in the first world has fallen.

……

Earth, West Siberia.

Su Changfeng looked at the report from Bai Jia, and was a little dumbfounded for a while.

At this time, he has completely disappeared from the image that Fang Plover had seen when he was in the space. He was covered in thick clothes, his face was covered with wind and frost, his eyebrows and lips were covered with snow foam, and he looked more like a Siberian forest. the savage.

He worked with many high-browed, deep-eyed Caucasians, also wearing United Nations overalls. They were discussing around an instrument outside a deep pit. Su Changfeng avoided those people and came to a tent.

He opened his personal terminal, and Bai Jia's appearance was quickly revealed on it. "Leader." Bai Jia saluted him solemnly.

"Bai Jia, haven't I already said that?" Su Changfeng said, "I'm no longer in charge of the work there. You're violating discipline by doing this."

"Head, the Stargate Department was only sent to investigate the abnormality of the coordinate point, but you have not been dismissed. Besides, you are Ed's only contact person. After you left, no one was sent to replace you. I will not look for it. Who are you looking for?"

"That will have to wait until I get back to the star gate," Su Changfeng shook his head, "Communication between the two worlds is not as secure as you think. Since the war in the northern border, not only the domestic eyes have paid attention to him, the secrets of the little plovers are too big. too much."

"Generally speaking," Bai Jia smiled helplessly, "but this matter is too big, I can't make up my mind, and besides, the whole world knows it now, and there is no such thing as whether to leak any news .”

Su Changfeng silently read the report above, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Although he knew that the guy would cause trouble, he didn't expect him to be so capable.

"So he was wanted by the empire again," Bai Jia said, "Colin-Ishurian, and the major guild alliances have not objected to the unilateral statement of the imperialists. The good news is that the imperialists have no evidence, but Ed It’s true that there’s been a big fuss in Einbroek, and there’s nothing we can do if the imperials want to arrest him.”

"The only thing we can do now is not to accept another statement from the Empire, so as to avoid the recurrence of the Mount Covenant incident, so that at least the Super Sports League has no way to accuse Mr. Ed. It's your fault."

"But at present, it is still very unfavorable for him, especially the Silver Tower is willing to stand up and testify for the imperial people."

"Who?" Su Changfeng was taken aback: "The Tower of Silver?"

"Farif," Bai Jia said, "The current tower owner of the Silver Tower, although he is also a member of the Empire, the Silver Tower is not ordinary after all."

"But I heard that the Silver Tower has a good relationship with Little Plover and the others?"

"I don't understand that either," Bai Jia shook her head, "Since they disappeared from Aiyinbulok, we haven't been able to contact the Seven Seas Brigade for the time being."

"I understand," Su Changfeng nodded, "Since this is the case, it's a blessing in misfortune. The imperial people themselves make trouble for no reason, and the little plovers should be able to handle it." He said so, but what he thought in his heart It is such a situation that the other party has seen a lot, and he is probably used to it.

He asked again: "So you came to me because you were actually worried about the empire?"

"It's not my idea, it's the opinion of the higher-ups," Bai Jia said, "Now all the coordinates are starting to become unstable, Commander, the empire's planning is not a day or two, and now all the signs have appeared, and Colin —Ishurian has not yet reached an agreement, we must prepare in advance.”

"I understand."

Su Changfeng looked at the snowstorm outside: "Actually, we have reached a conclusion. Another unknown group sneaked into Altaria through the change of coordinate points. This time, they didn't even use the star gate. We don't know the other party yet. identity, but it probably has something to do with the target we're tracking, and in short, you're right that the 'tipping point' is imminent."

He raised his head: "I will soon apply to return to Stargate Port, and the evacuation plan can also be put on the agenda."

On the other side of the terminal, Bai Jia nodded seriously.

... (end of this chapter)