Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

Chu Ming stepped on the huge white manta ray and felt as if he were walking on flat ground, not feeling any bumps at all.

This creature is called Cloud Ray. It is an elemental creature of the water system. Its whole body is made of solid clouds and mist. It is an epic level when it is born. However, it has a docile personality and has almost no fighting power. When it encounters danger, it will only abandon its body and run away. It lives On the clouds are the most common creatures in the Kingdom of Gods in the age of myth.

Now that the magic power has recovered, this mythical creature has returned to the mainland, but compared with the huge cloud ray race in the mythical era, the number today is still smaller.

If one could rate magical creatures, this creature would be rare to say the least.

When all the mages in the square got up behind Yungui, Chu Ming waved to Trina and the others below.

"Take care of Irina."

After Chu Ming finished speaking, the cloud ray emitted a long but not harsh cry. Its body moved upward slightly, gradually softening into clouds and mist, and continued to expand outward.

In just a few minutes, the cloud ray floated to low altitude and transformed into a huge triangular cloud. Its body was many times wider than it was on the ground.

Chu Ming looked at the mage who was surrounded by clouds and mist. His expression flickered, as if he had entered a world composed of clouds and mist.

At this time, Avis Victoria's voice echoed throughout the cloud world again.

"Everyone, stand firm, Yun Rui is about to accelerate."

"Woo..."

A long chirping sound echoed through the sky, and golden patterns lit up from the back of the cloud ray, forming a huge magic circle.

The clouds and mist gradually dissipated under the golden light, revealing the cloud ray's transparent body.

"rise!"

The voices of several mages rang out at the scene, and a golden transparent barrier rose from the back of the cloud ray, covering the howling wind in the sky, and the world instantly became quiet.

Chu Ming lowered his head and looked down. As the cloud ray rose higher, the huge Violet King City became smaller and smaller, and finally only the eye-catching purple light pillar remained.

"Woo..."

The cloud ray slowly flapped its cloud wings, and boom... the magic circle barrier hit the clouds and entered the endless clouds and mist. Everyone's vision was obscured by the clouds and mist, making it difficult to see the direction.

After flying through the clouds for a few seconds, the cloud ray suddenly burst out of the clouds with a chirping sound like a sea fish.

In an instant, the sky and the earth cleared up, the clouds were under their feet, and the golden rays of the sun shone warmly on everyone.

These mages had never seen such a vast scene before. Their eyes were placed on the blue and clear sky, and they couldn't move their eyes away for a while.

"What a nice view……"

Mattie murmured, her tense face relaxed a little, and she slowly put down the long-handled ax in her hand.

Chu Ming glanced at the maid. Only then did he realize that compared to her usual quiet behavior, Maddie seemed much more nervous now.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Matty, are you afraid of heights?"

Mattie frowned slightly, nodded honestly and said, "Has Mattie caused you any trouble?"

"That's not true, it just feels a bit unexpected."

Chu Ming chuckled lightly and sat cross-legged on the ground.

No matter how fast this cloud ray is, it will take at least three or four days to get to the Thorn Flower. In this case, why not take advantage of this free time to practice hard.

"Mattie, take care of me, I'm going to start practicing."

Mattie looked surprised and said with admiration: "Mr. Lane is really diligent, Mattie will protect you."

After saying that, the girl clenched the weapon in her hand and glanced around.

Seeing this, Chu Ming closed his eyes with peace of mind and entered a meditative state.

In the spiritual sea, endless tides surged in, and the icy cold feeling was refreshing. Chu Ming lay on the beach and opened his eyes.

He turned up and looked at the sky. In the clear blue sky, a huge fireball like the sun radiated endless light and heat, reflecting the mysterious energy into Chu Ming's spiritual sea and blood.

This fireball was the bloodline key to escape into his spiritual sea. He took a step forward and was within a stone's throw of the fireball. He closed his eyes, touched the huge fireball, and carefully felt the water flowing in his body. Bloodline power.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and came to a conclusion, "Compared to a year ago, my knight talent has made great progress. The reason why the bottleneck of the deep blue level has been loosened is because my talent has barely reached the level of It reaches the level of deep blue.”

"Judging by the current talent level in the mainland, it can be regarded as an outstanding existence among the low-level talents."

"Huh... Now that your talent has been achieved, it's time to work hard and break through to the knight level."

"I hope I can achieve a breakthrough in Thorn Flower County."

…

Three days later, Yungui arrived at Thorn Flower County ahead of schedule, and Mattie's soft voice rang in Chu Ming's ears.

"Mr. Renn, Mr. Renn... we have arrived at our destination."

In the chaos of his thoughts, Chu Ming was gradually attracted by the voice and slowly opened his eyes.

"Reached……"

He looked forward and saw Mattie squatting in front of him.

Nodding to the girl, he continued to look back, looking in front of Yuntian with the many mages.

Rumble... The thunderstorm echoed, and a pillar of black cloud appeared in front of the cloud ray, stretching across the sky and the earth. The endless clouds surged upward, and the raindrops splashed on the golden barrier, making a pattering sound.

Chu Ming's perception couldn't help but spread out, and he seemed to feel a chaotic and indescribable aura in the black clouds.

He frowned slightly, "There is such a thick dark atmosphere gathering above the clouds in Thorn Flower County."

Just when Chu Ming was confused, he suddenly remembered a voice behind him, "Of course, this time the tide of dark beasts has spread throughout the Thorn Flower County. Even if the tide of dark beasts has been eliminated, this phenomenon will not happen for a while. disappear."

Chu Ming looked back and saw a gentle mage wearing glasses standing behind him as if he was passing by.

When the man saw Chu Ming's gaze, he smiled and saluted: "Hello classmate, I am Crono Harlowen, from Victoria Mage Tower."

When Chu Ming heard this, a look of understanding appeared on his face.

The Victoria Mage Tower is controlled by the master of the Mage Tower, Avis Victoria, who led this cleaning activity.

The student approached him, obviously attracted by Ives.

Chu Ming asked with interest: "My lord, Ren Brick, you seem to know a lot about the dark beast tide."

Crono pushed up his glasses and chuckled: "I am ashamed to say that I have been studying dark creatures with my teacher, but I have only learned a little bit."

"Dark cloud phenomena like this will be more obvious on the border between human territory and the dark land."

"In a dark place filled with dark creatures, the clouds can hardly flow. When normal cloud flow comes into contact, this magnificent cloud wall will be formed."

Chu Ming touched his chin and asked with a smile: "You came here just to introduce this to me, right?"

Crono shook his head, "Of course not. In fact, I received the order from the tower master to protect you, Ren."

"Although I don't know why the tower owner made such an arrangement, the tower owner should have a deep meaning."

"Oh, I forgot to mention it."

Crono took off his glasses, and the majestic spiritual power of his body swept out, pushing away the surrounding clouds. His eyes were piercing, and he said with a bit of confidence: "Below is the epic seed of the Victoria Mage Tower, the magic external brain. The construction progress has reached 85%. Although it still cannot operate the magic external brain, its mental power is much deeper than that of an ordinary deep blue mage. I am confident that I can complete the task of protecting you."

Chu Ming showed a little surprise on his face and asked with a smile: "How old are you?"

Crono was stunned and said proudly: "I am now forty-three years old. It has only been eight years since I built the magic brain. I am confident that I can break through to the epic level in the next ten years."

Chu Ming sighed: "Sure enough, there will be no shortage of talented people in any era."

Crono sat in front of him and comforted him: "The tower master asked me to protect you. This naturally has his own reasons. Maybe he likes something about you. Brother, don't belittle yourself. Mage talent doesn't mean anything."

Chu Ming looked a little weird and nodded along with his words, "I'll trouble you next."

As he said that, he turned to look at Mattie, "Mattie, just have a good rest. With Crono-san here, I think we will be fine."

Mattie was a little dazed, and she shook her head honestly and said: "Mr. Renn, I promised Miss Trina to protect you. Even if Mr. Crono is here, I will do it with care."

"Okay..." Chu Ming touched his nose, "Then I'll trouble you."

Chu Ming originally wanted to hand over the hard work to this enthusiastic classmate of Crono, holding onto Bai De's guard and using it in vain, but he didn't know that Mattie was so honest and didn't understand what he meant.

But it doesn't hurt. With one more powerful person accompanying him, this cleaning operation will be safer. He hopes that Avis Victoria can find more people like Crono for him.

…

After the cloud ray lingered near the cloud wall for a while, under the command of the mage, it went against the thunderclouds and traveled under the clouds through the storm.

"Woo..."

The long cry of the cloud ray echoed in the dark clouds, but soon the thunder light came on, and the cry was covered by the thunder.

Pat pat pat... The black mist turned into straight flowing clouds on the golden barrier, and the rain beat against the golden barrier crazily.

Suffocating pressure came, and some mage students looked at the golden circle with worried eyes, fearing that the thin barrier would not be able to withstand the pressure and burst.

Fortunately, this barrier was much tougher than they thought. The cloud ray penetrated the clouds and brought out wisps of clouds. The light of the golden barrier did not weaken at all.

After the cloud ray sailed out of the clouds, the land of Thorn Flower County appeared in front of the mages.

Chu Ming looked down. Compared with last year, this land was much darker than before, and the air was full of black mist that could not be dispelled.

The cloud rays flew across the ground, and the dark forest, the extremely silent wasteland, the abandoned and dilapidated towns... appeared in front of everyone one by one. A desolate atmosphere came, and the stagnant air weighed heavily on everyone's heart like a weight.

The current situation in Thorn Flower County looks much worse than when Chu Ming escaped last year. If it weren't for the fact that there were no dark creatures here, he would have thought he had entered a dark place.

Chu Ming glanced at Avis and other epic mages in front. They seemed to think this was a normal phenomenon, and their expressions did not change.

"Perhaps as Crono said, this is a normal phenomenon. The erosion of the dark land caused by this large-scale tide of dark beasts will not disappear for a while."

…

Cloud Ray continued to fly, crossing mountains, forests and towns, and soon arrived at the first stronghold left by the Magic Legion.

Ives turned his head and shouted: "The mages at the bottom of the mage tower can go down first. The danger here is not high."

"As for the other mages from the Great Mage Tower who continue to follow Yungui, we have to go deeper."

"The mage at the bottom of the mage tower..." Chu Ming touched his chin, "Aren't you talking about me?"

"That's fine. I'm just here to go through the process. There's no need to go deeper with them."

Thinking of this, Chu Ming stood up and waved to Mattie and Crono, "Let's get down here."

After saying that, he and Mattie and some mages crowded in front of Yungui, preparing to land at this stronghold.

"Hey, brother, wait a minute, I'm going to call my knight."

Crono shouted, quickly put on his glasses, got up and went back to find his magic knight.

Cloud Ray landed smoothly on the ground, and in a stronghold the size of a village, several epic mages came out to greet everyone.

The epic mage responsible for guarding this stronghold is named George Harkel. After Avis explained some things to him, the mages stepped off the back of Yunlu one after another.

Chu Ming put his feet on the ground and walked down with a relaxed-looking Mattie and an anxious-looking Crono. Behind Crono stood a powerful magic knight.

"George, ensure their safety, I will continue to the next stronghold."

Elvis waved to everyone, and glanced at Chu Ming and Crono next to him from the corner of his eyes. He nodded with satisfaction, and finally disappeared into the clouds and mist, leaving the stronghold with Yun Ru.

George Harkel turned around and looked at the mages who were coming off the Yungui with green auras on their faces.

He said: "After the Thorn Flower County was ravaged by the tide of dark beasts, the place is full of remaining dark creatures and full of all kinds of dangers."

"Put away your contempt, I don't want to receive news that a student died in the wilderness in a few days."

"The magic army can easily deal with the tide of dark beasts, but you may not be able to deal with even one of the dark creatures."

"If you encounter any trouble, such as an epic creature, you can come back and report to me. I will record your achievements and use them as proof of qualifications for the birth of magic patterns this time."

"do you understand?"

The man's plain voice echoed in everyone's minds through spiritual power, and the mages couldn't help but nodded.

"Very good, you can stay in the stronghold for a few days, but the stronghold will not be responsible for your food and accommodation. At least don't show up in front of me if you want to be lazy."

After the man finished speaking, he ignored what the mages were thinking and walked into the village.

After the man left, whispers came from the group of mages, and some powerful mages had even led the magic knights into the wilderness.

Among the crowd, Crono turned to look at Chu Ming, "What do you mean, where are we going?"

"Anyway, I want to protect you. I will let you go wherever you want."

After speaking, the man shrugged.

Chu Ming thought for a moment and pointed to the dirt road in the northwest, "I remember walking along this road and there was a village there."

"Since they won't let us stay at the stronghold, why don't we find a place to rest ourselves."

"Okay." Crono turned around and looked at the young magic knight, "Aiqi, please go ahead. If anything goes wrong, I will use magic to support you."

"Yes, sir."

The young knight walked in front and continued along the dirt road.

Mattie and Crono were standing next to Chu Ming, observing the surrounding bushes.

At the beginning, several people were still a little nervous, but after walking for half an hour without encountering any dark creatures, Crono relaxed after seeing some skeletons on the ground.

He smiled and said: "It seems that the magic army has cleaned up this place very thoroughly."

"Really, look what's over there?"

Chu Ming pointed to an oak tree not far away. There seemed to be a black shadow crawling on the branches, waiting for prey to take the bait.

Crono looked over and saw that there was actually a dark creature hidden somewhere he didn't pay attention to. He was suddenly frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

"Edge!"

He shouted, swung his short staff, and a wave of mud surged towards the dark creature on the oak tree.

Before the dark creature could escape, it wailed and was swallowed up by the mud waves and buried in the soil.

After Crono saw that the danger was resolved, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat. After a while, he raised his head and asked Chu Ming: "Ren, how did you find out?"

Chu Ming shook his head, "Mattie and I have seen it. This dark creature has a weak aura, only green. If it doesn't enter a violent state, he will not take action against us."

"Before this, there were several dark creatures hiding in the bushes, but their strength was very poor. We might as well give them some practice for the mage who came after us."

Crono's face turned red when he heard this.

Before setting off, he vowed to protect Chu Ming, but he didn't even see the dark creature, which was so embarrassing.

Chu Ming glanced at the ashamed man and chuckled, "Have you rarely faced dark creatures before?"

Crono said awkwardly: "I have only read about it in books. If you want to see dark creatures with your own eyes, you have to go to the dark place. I originally planned to follow the caravan into the dark place to have a look after being promoted to epic. "

Since dark creatures were completely expelled from human territory, it has become difficult for modern extraordinary beings to see dark creatures. There are many scholars and mages like Crono who study dark creatures but have never seen dark creatures. I don’t know whether I should say it is the progress of civilization or the regression of civilization.

As he spoke, he asked curiously: "Brother, you seem to be very familiar with dark creatures. Do you often go to dark places?"

Chu Ming waved his hand, "I just have a little more experience than you."