Chapter 180 The Beginning of Chaos: The Powerful, the Boundary Marker, Evil in the Night...
The Vatican and the White Tower are very distressed, as more and more reports of lost "keys" are coming in from all over the country.
A few years ago, in addition to reporting the loss of the key, the Lord of Eaton City also mentioned some information about the demon race. At that time, something was amiss, but it did not attract much attention because they had more troublesome matters to deal with.
The rise of the new castle lord and ruler of the Speth territory caused quite a stir in the other territories.
Since records began, no great castle lord has ever had such impure blood—he is a hybrid born from the union of human and dragon races. In less aristocratic terms, the new castle lord is, in short, a "bastard" with no right of inheritance.
No one knows how he seized the "throne" of Speth. That's right, the Grand Lord of the castle was the king of the lands he possessed.
The Papacy and the White Tower were busy appeasing the emotions of these great castle lords, coordinating and organizing meeting after meeting in the royal city.
In the end, Speth's dragon won an overwhelming victory. Who would dare to challenge a powerful opponent with absolute strength?
However, in the following years, the frequency of lost keys increased, with nineteen keys being lost in just one month, more than the usual number lost in a year.
Although those are just branches and do not play a crucial role, the six most important keys are still in the hands of the leaders of each tribe.
However, the current situation is indeed unusual; it seems that someone is secretly collecting these keys, and the purpose is obvious.
The Pope and the Holy Archmage have begun discussing countermeasures regarding this matter.
With border unrest and the demons stirring again, we must be on guard to nip the catastrophe on the continent of Casa in the bud. The peace we enjoy today was bought with the blood and lives of countless ancestors; we must not allow history to repeat itself!
This information is currently only known to the upper echelons of the royal city and the lords of the various castles; it is classified. The lives of ordinary people continue as peacefully and harmoniously as ever.
They don't need to know these things, nor is it necessary for them to know. When the situation changes, they will naturally be given a heads-up.
For those in power, well-intentioned concealment is an important means of maintaining national stability and the well-being of the people.
At this moment, Lei had just finished a busy day.
After checking the surrounding security, he locked the gate to the courtyard outside the wooden house with an iron lock and opened the magical artifact given to him by Temuqi.
Tata followed him into the cabin, and the glass lamp was turned on, instantly illuminating the entire room.
"Ray, the beast is hungry!"
"I'll start cooking soon, you can wash your hands first."
Lai skillfully added firewood and lit the stove, boiled a full kettle of hot water, then washed his hands and prepared to cook.
I've been staying in the low mountains lately to tend to the fields. To ensure my daily meals, I've prepared a full range of ingredients in the pendant space, including both vegetables and meat.
"Let's eat hot pot."
After inspecting the entire wooden house, Lian floated in and made his request.
“Okay,” Lei readily agreed.
Ryan had condescended to save the residents of Rosen, so Lai was naturally happy to grant this small request. Besides, eating hot pot was much easier than cooking, so it wasn't an unreasonable decision.
After placing an insulated wooden mat on the wooden table, Lei placed the copper pot and various washed ingredients on the table.
Today he plans to use bone broth as the base for a clear broth hot pot. That way, the cooked meat tartare can be eaten directly, and he won't need to prepare his food separately.
Boil water and soak some wide rice noodles and dried wood ear mushrooms.
Peel and coarsely slice the sweet potatoes and potatoes.
There was only a small amount of beef left. Lai cut off a small piece and sliced it all thinly. He saved the rest to make beef and radish soup for Neil when he came home next time.
We brought a lot of mutton and sweet and sour meat, and we weren't in a hurry to eat it. The pieces were cut into large chunks, and we'll just put them in the pot to cook slowly later.
For vegetables like cabbage, cilantro, and romaine lettuce, just use magic to force a few plants to grow.
Finally, he took out his secret treasures from the pendant space—a jar of sesame paste, a jar of chive blossoms, and a bottle of crushed peanuts.
Sesame paste is the hardest to make, but Lai Yi prefers to dip her hot pot in sesame paste, which is a northern Chinese style, so she asked someone to make a few jars of it in her spare time.
Because there are no additives in it, and some of it spoils easily, he cherishes it very much when he eats it.
Bone broth is readily available and can be used directly.
Lai picked up the red-hot charcoal and placed it in the center of the copper pot. Bone broth was poured into the pot, and after a while, the copper pot began to gurgle.
"Are you done washing?"
"Not yet, the hind paws are missing."
Lai put the meat and potato slices into the pot, then got up to wash and dry Tata's four little paws.
"Let's dry the claws here first. I'll call you when the meat is cooked."
"Ouch."
knew.
Lai placed Tata on a recliner by the fireplace, where the warm glow of the fire made the little monster feel cozy all over.
"Ha~"
Tata yawned. He had run around the mountain several times today, chasing after those long-toothed beasts that liked to steal vegetables. He was having so much fun.
"Lei, if the beast falls asleep, you must wake it up."
"good."
Lai washed his hands again and sat down in front of the copper pot.
Under the light, those mysterious lines reappeared on his forehead and arms.
"Lai" was very skilled at it, adding two spoonfuls of sesame paste, one spoonful of chive blossoms, one spoonful of chili oil, and half a spoonful of crushed peanuts to the bowl.
The beef was added to the boiling broth, and soon it released an enticing aroma.
A bite of freshly cooked beef dipped in sauce leaves a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth, filling the mouth with the pure aroma of beef.
The people sitting at the table ate even faster.
Come and eat meat.
Tata heard the voice that suddenly appeared in her mind and jumped up into her seat.
In front of him was a deep plate containing half a plate of meat and a large spoonful of bone broth, which had been cooled down considerably.
"Thank you, Ryan."
"Um."
Lian gave a perfunctory response and continued battling the food in the pot.
Rumble! Bang! Bang!
Explosions came one after another in the distance, the tremors so strong that the creaking of the wooden roof could be heard. Dust settled on the table from the roof, and the man and his animal, covered in dust, instantly lost their appetite.
The explosions subsided, but the hot pot, now contaminated and inedible, was still bubbling away, a real waste of all the good food and meat. Tata looked at the cooked meat in the pot, her eyes filled with visible heartache.
Thud! Thud!
The explosions hadn't stopped yet, and Tata looked at the person sitting opposite her with some fear.
"Lian, what's wrong? Calm down, don't scare the beast!"
Tata's voice trembled as she spoke.
He sensed a particularly terrifying aura emanating from "Lay," a feeling akin to being targeted by a predator.
"Lord Li An, calm down, calm down!"
"Lai" glared at Tata, its appearance didn't change back, but the terrifying feeling it gave the beast had disappeared, and Tata breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's going on? Why is there such a commotion outside?"
Lei frowned.
"Lay?"
"Um."
"Beast and Ryan were eating meat when suddenly there was a rumbling sound outside. Ryan got angry and scared Beast to death!"
"I'm going out to take a look."
"Don't go!" Tata stopped Lai. "It's definitely dangerous."
"It's okay, I won't go far."
Ray pushed open the door and stepped out, not forgetting to take his weapon with him.
Having lived in the low mountains for more than two years, he had never encountered anything like this before.
A wind had picked up outside sometime earlier, causing the trees to tremble and birds and beasts to swarm out of their nests. Everywhere, there were frightened cries of wild birds as they flew away as if fleeing for their lives.
boom!
Another loud bang was heard, and a dazzling beam of light shot out from the ground.
Ray looked in the direction of the beam of light, towards the Eton Great Forest. Above the beam were thick, swirling clouds, but the beam of light quickly disappeared.
Then came a series of continuous rumbling sounds.
Lai quickly climbed the wooden ladder to the roof, and the scene before him would suffocate anyone who saw it.
Each booming sound was accompanied by the appearance and disappearance of a beam of light. As far as the eye could see, dozens of beams of light appeared intermittently throughout the Eton Forest.
Something's happened!
There was only one thought in Lei's mind.
In the distant west, clouds churned and swirled in the sky, with purple lightning flashing and twisting within them. A burst of nuclear-level light flashed, and a purple pillar of light shot out from the ground, instantly turning all living things within a radius of several thousand meters into dust.
From a distance, Lai only saw a unique purple light, but he still felt the aftershocks it brought.
What terrifying power that is!
In the air, the various elements are affected by this, making them a hundred times more active than before.
"What happened?" Ray asked.
For the first time, Ryan appeared before Ray in flight. He flew very high, gazing towards the west of the Great Forest of Eton.
"One of the main boundary markers was destroyed."
For Ray, Ryan's words were as shocking as a comet hitting the Earth.
"The main boundary marker has been destroyed."
Ray repeated himself, hoping to hear Ryan say that He was joking. But Ray knew that Ryan would never do anything so trivial.
At that moment, Seyah's words came back to him.
"Unless the most important ones are all destroyed."
Nobody knows where the 'key' is hidden.
......
"Only one main boundary marker has been destroyed, which means there are still five left. The demons won't break through the barrier, right?"
Lai looked at Ryan, who looked down at Lai, who was looking up at him, with an inorganic indifference in his eyes.
Rion's divinity always outweighs his humanity; he is both pure and ruthless, which is why Ray never treats him as a friend.
"Yes, the Demon King can't pass through, but it's hard to say about the minions. The barrier's restrictions on demons are the same as its restrictions on magical beasts."
Ryan looked into the distance and spoke his next words as if it were a prophecy.
"The continent of Casa will once again descend into chaos."
"......"
Silence, a deathly silence.
Ray didn't know what else to say; it felt like facing the apocalypse once again.
Faced with absolute power, these insignificant people had no power to change anything, only helplessness and acceptance. The suffocating feeling of despair almost made Ray unable to breathe.
"Then... what should we do?"
What can we do?
"We" represents not only Ray himself, but also the questions posed by the entire small village, the entire town of Rosen, the entire city of Eaton, and all the people of the entire continent.
"It will be made up for; there's still time. Go back; the West is the territory of the Dragon Clan, and those old guys won't stand idly by."
Ryan flew back into the house first, leaving Ray with a star-studded silhouette.
Lei silently climbed down the stairs.
Strange phenomena appeared in the sky, and the forest was in turmoil. Rosen Town, located on the edge of the Eton Great Forest, had already welcomed several groups of guests, and the magic association's teleportation array had not stopped operating.
Given this situation, everyone knows that something has happened at Eaton Forest.
That night, the glass lamps at the mayor's residence in Rosen Town stayed lit all night.
Neil stayed anxiously in his dorm room. The commotion outside that night was too loud. To prevent these energetic young men from running around and causing trouble, the dean gave a strict order for everyone to stay in their dorm rooms.
Teachers and older students patrolled the corridors to make sure they didn't sneak out.
"What on earth happened?!"
The boys in the same dormitory were wailing in pain, wishing they could go to the scene to see what was going on.
"That looks like the direction of the Eton Forest. Why are there so many pillars of light? My God, there's a purple one in the west!"
The air was filled with the shouts and yells of boys. Neil curled up in his blanket, feeling the restlessness in the air around him.
This feeling of suffocation made him feel uncomfortable.
Since the black flames appeared out of nowhere on his right hand a few days ago, Neil has become increasingly aware of some abnormalities in himself.
He was always surrounded by a group of small red lights, carrying the smell of gunpowder.
The black flames would suddenly burst from his hands, burning everything in them, which greatly distressed him.
This damn thing!
Neil cursed silently in his heart countless times.
Knock knock.
There was a knock on the door.
"Neil, the teacher is looking for you!"
"Neil, the teacher is calling you!"
Neil's roommate in the next bunk nudged him, even though he seemed to be asleep.
"I know, he's still awake, he's not asleep."
Neil got up, put on his shoes, and threw on a thick coat. He opened the door, and standing outside was an upperclassman, whom Neil had met a few times before.
"Ms. Jones wants you to go to the library in the back building. She said she'll be waiting for you downstairs."
It's probably because the book I wanted to borrow arrived.
Neil thought to himself.
He carried a small candlestick as he walked across the large lawn of the training field.
In the distance, towards the Eton Great Forest, the purple beam of light was particularly conspicuous, exuding a dangerous aura.
Neil shivered, whether from the cold outside or something else, it was hard to tell.
The dormitory building was noisy, but the entire lawn and classrooms were quiet.
Neil felt a little apprehensive, sensing that Teacher Jones probably wouldn't call him under these circumstances, but when he heard it was the teacher calling him, he didn't think too much about it. He regretted coming out alone.
A person was standing downstairs in the teaching building where the library was located. It was too dark for Neil to see the person's face clearly.
"Ms. Jones, is that you?"
Teacher Jones did not answer him.
"Are you Neil?"
The voice coming from the other end was that of a middle-aged man.
Neil stood still, no longer approaching, a sense of foreboding creeping over him.
"Who are you!"
"Hehe." The man chuckled.
"Who I am is not important; what matters is who you are."
run!
The brain gave the order, and Neil threw down the candlestick and fled at top speed.
"save......"
Before he could even cry out for help, a sharp pain shot through the back of his head, and he immediately fainted.
"You ignorant brat."
The man snorted and waved his hand, and two ghostly figures appeared behind him.
"take away."
"yes."
The night conceals all evil.
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