Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

In the days that followed, Chu Ming and Isabel completely disappeared from the sight of the people of the empire, and no one knew where they had gone.

But the legend of Chu Ming spread more and more as time went by, becoming a common conversation at the dinner table, and even promoted the development of minstrels, drama troupes... various art groups.

The legendary stories that happened in the empire and the peninsula have been enthusiastically sought after by the people after being artistically processed by bards.

Chu Ming and Isabel spent more than thirty years traveling throughout the King's Peninsula and Fengyang Empire. Gradually, he could feel that the girl's physical strength was no longer what it used to be, and some changes had occurred in her body.

Realizing this, he ended the journey, took Isabel back to the wizard's cabin, and lived a quiet life.

Due to Edel's instructions, the Kutz clan would come to clean and maintain the wizard's cabin every day. Although they didn't know the purpose of maintaining this ancient wooden house, it seemed to have become a family custom of the Kutz family.

After Chu Ming came back, he alarmed the Kutz tribe. In the end, it was Lord Salena who came forward to resolve the misunderstanding. This also made the Kutz tribe feel in a trance, as if a character in history walked out of a book and stood in front of them alive. Same.

…

Thirteen years later, in the morning, the ice and snow had just melted, and the air in the forest became a bit colder.

In the room of the wizard's hut outside the new capital.

The fire on the fireplace is burning brightly, bringing warmth and light.

On the simple wooden bed, Chu Ming and Chu Ming were covered with thick quilts. Isabel huddled in Chu Ming's arms, breathing lightly, and slept peacefully.

Chu Ming stayed up all night, using witchcraft to add firewood to the fireplace from time to time.

Isabel's health is getting worse and worse. She is prone to drowsiness and chills. She often cannot concentrate mentally and often loses track of things.

Chu Ming pulled the quilt up a little and looked at the girl's peaceful sleeping face.

Time passed slowly, the light outside the curtains became brighter and brighter, and the temperature seemed not to be so cold anymore.

At noon, Isabel's little hands moved uneasily and she was about to wake up.

Seeing this, Chu Ming closed his eyes and pretended to be still sleeping.

"Huh...um..."

The girl rubbed her groggy eyes and looked up at Chu Ming, who was breathing steadily and was still sleeping.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Isabel's mouth, and she shrank into Chu Ming's arms.

"Well……"

Chu Ming opened his eyes and looked at Isabel, "Good morning, Isabel."

After saying that, he kissed the girl on her forehead.

The girl hid in his arms and muttered: "I want to go out for a walk today. I haven't seen the scenery for a long time."

Chu Ming was stunned for a moment, and seemed to realize something. He sighed slightly in his heart, but the smile on his face remained unchanged.

"Okay, where do you want to go?"

…

High above the old site of the royal capital, Chu Ming held Isabel in his arms and quietly stared at the ruins of the city that had been covered by grass and trees.

Isabel raised her head and looked at Chu Ming, "Mr. Wizard, can you take me back to the past again?"

Chu Ming nodded. He stretched out his hand and the dream came. The desolate ruins gradually disappeared and turned into normal streets as if they were cast by magic.

The two flew down and landed on the church attic.

At this time, Maple Flower emerged from Isabel's chest and looked at everything around her curiously.

In the room, everything was as before, and there was a flash of nostalgia in Isabel's eyes.

Chu Ming chuckled lightly, hugged her and sat down on the chair.

Isabel leaned in his arms and looked at the orange dusk on the horizon. The birds chirped and flew back to their nests. The yellow mist shone into the room. Chu Ming suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart, as if he was about to lose something. .

The girl stared blankly at the glow on the horizon. After a long time, she came back to her senses and looked at Chu Ming.

She whispered: "Mr. Wizard, we have met a long time ago, right?"

Chu Ming was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Isabel smiled and recalled the past, "I still remember that before I received the stigmata, I would have a recurring dream every night."

"In the dream, I have been chasing a red figure, but I can never keep up with his footsteps."

As she spoke, blue waves filled the girl's sky-blue eyes, and she looked at Chu Ming affectionately.

"Just like now."

Chu Ming felt heavy in his heart, and he already had the answer in his heart.

After a while, Isabel carefully took out a golden, mirror-like scale from her purse.

She explained in a low voice: "This scale was dug out from under the tree in the courtyard when you and I returned to the capital before."

"It was there when I was born. It grew on my back and didn't peel off until the stigmata appeared."

"Then I buried it under the tree and kept it as a memory."

Isabel paused, her face getting paler, "Looking at it now, maybe it's the beginning..."

After saying that, the girl seemed to have exhausted all her strength and slumped in Chu Ming's arms. She smiled a little tiredly and said: "Wizard...sir, if we can meet again, it will guide you on the way."

The girl put the scales into Chu Ming's hand. Her eyes flashed with light. She didn't know where the strength came from. She propped up her body and kissed Chu Ming.

"Isabelle..."

Before Chu Ming could say anything, his mouth was blocked by a soft and hot breath.

Under dusk, the orange glow covered Isabel with a wedding dress, and her golden hair exuded an intoxicating luster.

…

On the cliff of Niho College, it is said that Andrew had an adventure here and defeated the terrifying dark monster of the Troll King with an artifact called the Hunter's Sword.

On the cliff, snowflakes were falling, and Chu Ming returned to this place again.

Beside him, there was a crystal coffin entangled with tree vines, and Isabel lay quietly inside, with a calm face.

Violent!

Under the cliff, the ancient giant eagle rose in the wind. It looked at Chu Ming with sharp eyes. A fear in its blood emerged from its heart. It slowly fell to the ground and lowered its head to express its surrender to Chu Ming.

Chu Ming smiled and touched its head, "What I want to go to is under the ice abyss, and you can't go there."

As he said that, he looked at his chest and said, "Fenghua, hold on tight, I'm going down."

"Um!"

The little goblin's slightly trembling voice sounded.

The vines surged in Chu Ming's hands, and without hesitation, he quickly dragged the crystal coffin down the cliff.

The cold wind was biting, whistling like a knife, and the surrounding gradually became dark. He could only feel the cold clearly.

After falling for several minutes, he still did not reach the bottom of the ice abyss. His eyes swept across the darkness, and the golden light from his heart swayed out, illuminating everything in the darkness.

He stopped in mid-air, pierced the frost-covered cliff with tree vines, and soon opened a deep passage inside.

Chu Ming walked into it, and the sound of howling wind and snow was blocked outside the entrance of the cave. He walked to the deepest part of the tunnel and put down the crystal coffin.

He quietly looked at Isabel in the crystal coffin, with mixed emotions in his heart.

As Isabel said, this end is just preparation for a new beginning.

While he was feeling sad, he also had some expectations for the future.

Unlike Chu Ming, although Maple Blossom doesn't quite understand what death means, it also understands that Isabel, like Pearly, has left it permanently.

The little goblin didn't know the fact of reincarnation, but lay on the crystal coffin with red eyes, and the tears kept falling down like crystal grains.

After a long time, it finally recovered from its sadness. It sniffed and looked at Chu Ming pitifully, "Please don't leave Fenghua."

Chu Ming rubbed its little head and chuckled: "Death is inevitable. This is the fate of us mortals."

"I don't care, I don't want it, wow wow..."

Fenghua clutched Chu Ming's gray robe tightly and started crying and making a fuss.

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Chu Ming comforted it with a few words, "One day, Isabel and I will come back again to pick you up."

"But before that, you have to practice hard and live until the day we appear."

"Really?"

Fenghua raised her little face, sniffling, her eyes filled with crystal tears.

"of course it's true."

Chu Ming chuckled.

"But don't be surprised if you see a strange man coming to you one day, maybe that person is me."

"Hmph...don't lie to me."

Fenghua looked at Chu Ming seriously and kissed him on the cheek.

The next second, the history books turned over, and a bright and brilliant fiery red light shone out from inside.

[Blessings: Life Blessing (permanent), Shadow Mark (permanent), Fairy Blessing (permanent)]

[Fairy Blessing: The blessing from fairies can improve the favor of natural creatures and enhance natural affinity. 】

Chu Ming stroked his cheek and said with a smile: "Thank you, Fenghua."

…

Chu Ming glanced at Isabel for the last few times, then took Fenghua out and completely blocked the entrance of the cave with ice stones.

After doing all this, Chu Ming returned to Xindu and met with Salina.

In the study, Salena, who was dressed luxuriously, looked at Chu Ming, whose face had not changed at all. She sighed: "Uncle Narender, you are still the same as before."

Chu Ming smiled and said: "I remember you told me before that you were going to take the Cavaliers with you to develop. What's wrong, have you given up now?"

Salena shook her head, "Although there are still many things in the empire that I need to solve, I have always been thinking about this matter."

As she said that, the woman's eyes flickered slightly, "I'm ready. In a few years, when the children grow up, I will set off to explore the north."

"Hahaha, Salina, this should help you."

Chu Ming smiled and took out the notes he had written on the way to the north. It contained a road map to the Northern Empire and some markings on regional specialties and dangerous areas.

"This is……"

Salena took the thick notes in this book and flipped through the contents of a few pages with an expression of shock and joy on her face.

With this notebook, her pioneering journey will be much easier, and it can be used to defeat the rumors spread by those who are interested - Chu Ming never left the empire to pioneer, he retreated and so on.

"Thank you Uncle Narender."

The woman smiled sweetly.

Chu Ming stroked her hair and said, "Salena, it's time for me to leave. Now I'm here to say goodbye to you."

Salena was stunned, "Uncle Narender..."

Chu Ming took out the maple flower inside the gray robe and handed it to her.

"Salena, watch it for me."

"Uncle Narender, don't worry!"

Serena nodded solemnly and held the maple flower in her hands.

In the woman's hand, Fenghua stared and said, "Don't lie to me. Goblins hate liars the most. Remember to come back to me."

Chu Ming rubbed her head and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back to you, but you may have to wait for a long time."

Fenghua's eyes became redder and redder, "I will always wait for you and Isabel."

Chu Ming chuckled and did not continue. After bidding farewell to the two of them, he appeared at the top of the Tianqian Mountains.

Winding into the distance like a giant dragon, the ridges of the Tianqian Mountains engulfed in darkness appeared in front of Chu Ming.

Witchcraft wave appeared in his hand, and the demonic dragon vine drilled into the cliff.

A few days later, a secret room was opened deep in the Tianqian Mountains. He put a large number of spiritual crystals and some rune equipment into it. After throwing a teleportation crystal inside, he blocked the entrance of the cave. These treasures were buried deep in the ground.

He had only told Fenghua about the location of the treasure house. If it encountered any danger that could not be solved, it could come here to dig out Chu Ming's hidden treasure house.

Of course, if Fenghua doesn't move the treasure trove, he can still use these resources next time he writes.

"call……"

After doing all this, Chu Ming exhaled and disappeared.

…

The Tower of Knowledge in Xindu, in a classroom.

"Ahem, can anyone tell me what this rune is?"

The children looked towards the podium with bright eyes and raised their hands enthusiastically.

"Teacher Carlos, I'm coming."

"Me me me!"

On the podium, a thin puppet knocked on the blackboard with a stick and coughed several times.

Facing this group of enthusiastic children, he really couldn't stand it, but who made this body so eye-catching?

The morning passed quickly, and Carlos walked out from among a group of lively children and walked towards the laboratory.

Along the way, the wizards waved to the puppets enthusiastically and respectfully addressed them as Teacher Carlos.

The man was also very helpful. He guided several wizards on the way back and answered their questions.

In front of the laboratory entrance, several wizards bowed to him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Carlos."

With that, they bid farewell to Carlos and left contentedly.

Carlos watched several students leave, sighing in his heart that today was another perfect day. Then he opened the door and planned to enter.

But before he could take a step forward, he saw a man appear in the laboratory, observing his experimental table with interest.

"Narende?"

Carlos was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he hadn't seen Chu Ming for many years. He thought Chu Ming and others had also passed away.

He also lamented over this, silently mourning the loss of another confidant.

Now it seems... he seems to have become a clown. He is still alive and well, but he just didn't come to see him.

Chu Ming turned around and said with a smile: "It seems that you are doing well in the Wizard Tower, you are so popular."

"That's right, Narender." Carlos shook his finger proudly, "Don't underestimate me."

"By the way, why are you here looking for me?"

"You haven't visited me in so many years. I don't think you would miss me as an old friend on a whim."

Chu Ming patted his shoulder, and the Stigmata of Life instilled a vitality into the puppet's body.

"Narende, you..."

Carlos subconsciously scratched the top of his bald head.

"I'm leaving, take care of yourself."

Carlos asked confused: "Where are you going?"

Chu understood him and said, "Return to nature."

"Okay, bye."

"I hope you can live for thousands of years."

After saying that, Chu Ming waved to him, tearing up the night, and left the laboratory.

The laboratory became empty again. Carlos was stunned for a moment and sighed silently.

In the end, he was the only one left.

It was obvious that the consciousness that should have sunk into the taboo body was rescued, but he lived longer than anyone else.

Thinking of this, the puppet smacked his lips and said, "It's really boring."

"Thousands of years are too long. Maybe I can find something to do for myself, otherwise it will be too boring."

Inexplicable thoughts took root in his heart, and this was the first time he had the idea of ​​leaving the Wizard Tower.

…

Black Iron City in the South, Life Church.

After the current high priest resigned, the new saint named Ker, who was awarded the golden crown by Isabel, took over the position of high priest.

More than forty years have passed, and Kerr has grown up. Like Isabel, her appearance has been fixed in her teenage years.

In the church, the holy light shone down from the cross wrapped with tree vines. The girl clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and bathed in the light, just like a fairy in the legend.

On her collarbone, the snow-white skin and crystal necklace shined dazzlingly.

Soon a curtain of night rose from beside her, and Chu Ming's figure was revealed.

The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked at the man curiously, "Are you Lord Narender?"

She hesitated and asked, "How is sister Isabel?"

Chu Ming looked at the girl and told her the truth, "Isabel has left."

When the girl heard this, her eyes dimmed a little. Although she had already guessed the ending, sadness inevitably welled up in her heart the moment she learned the truth.

Although she and Isabel hadn't seen each other for decades, the girl's gentle smile and never-boring gaze had always remained deep in her heart, allowing her to always stand up strong in times of difficulty.

Chu Ming looked at the sad girl quietly and said, "It's time for the Life Church to fulfill its agreement with me."

"The forbidden knowledge itself is still with me, you need to complete the final step."

When Kerr heard this, her face became hesitant, "Sir Narender, if you do this, you will..."

Chu Ming smiled easily: "Don't think too much, maybe this will be a relief for me."

"Forbidden knowledge must be purified, and my story must come to an end."

"Maybe after the end, I can regain my life."

The girl looked into Chu Ming's eyes, nodded seriously and said, "I understand, and I will fulfill my agreement conscientiously."

…

A few days later, the golden gate outside the Black Iron City was erected between heaven and earth. Then it just opened a crack, and the atmosphere of chaos and taboo blew into the whole city.

The Saint of the Church of Life led a group of priests to the giant door, constantly purifying the aura emerging from the giant door.

One hundred years passed quickly. The forbidden knowledge in the knowledge vault continued to decrease. Chu Ming's strength also gradually declined, and he lost his epic poem.

After only twenty years, the golden gate collapsed, and Chu Ming said goodbye to everyone with a smile.

After that day, there was faint news in the empire that the empire's guardian Narender passed away.