Blanch!
What a wasted trip!
In the wind and snow, Thorin made one last journey with tears in his eyes.
...
In the academy, Xinglan stared at the city lord contract on the table, lost in thought.
"Ahem, speaking of which, we haven't heard from Green lately. How's his injury?"
While organizing the files, the assistant said, "Bishop Green Moka brought him back to the church last month; they didn't even write a farewell letter."
"?" Xinglan asked curiously, "Really? Wasn't he here for Elsie? How did he get involved with Bishop Moka?"
"I will write to the church to find out the truth."
Now that Elsie has taken over Shadow City, it will come at a price if anyone tries to touch her again. Even a small force will attract the attention of other royal families.
The royal family of Lanting and the Holy Temple will absolutely not be able to take Elsie away easily.
"Knock knock—" came a rapid knocking sound from outside the door.
Xinglan opened it and found Thorin panting heavily.
"Ha! Aha..." He didn't have time to say more, looked around, and then focused his gaze on the contract on the table.
The person arrived, but the contract didn't! Unbelievable!
"Catch your breath, Thorin." Xinglan picked up the green mage's hat and put it on her head, saying, "We can go together later."
"So, what do you think of my new hat? My wife sent it to me from the royal family; it really enhances my charm." He admired himself in the mirror.
Thorin gave a thumbs-up, suppressing a laugh, and said, "Great job!"
...
But then again!
[Elsie, you don't seem nervous at all? Your curse is about to explode!]
Inside the castle, Trisna and the others dealt with the envoys from various royal families, who seemed to be trying to win over this new power.
Elsie, on the other hand, has no intention of favoring any family or royal family for the time being; perhaps they really are trustworthy.
We'll see!
"The source of the curse is completely unknown at the moment. I hope it's not Keomi! I just unleashed my Storm skill!"
【(???)】
[It seems you can be scared too. Instead of dealing with those bizarre side quests, how about we try the extremely interesting main storyline?]
[Cough cough...]
Elsie looked delighted, as if she were cheering for the day she would finally embark on the path to completing the main storyline.
But she knew very well that not a single pebble would stop her along the way! Because... stones are inanimate, and if she tripped over one, I would laugh at her for the rest of my life.
Now, she can go and fulfill her true mission.
Elsie stepped out of the castle, opening her arms to welcome the free wind.
She will establish her own power in Shadow City. One day, she will raise her sword against the evil Elen, punch the Angelic Sanctuary, trample the five southern kingdoms, and dominate the world!
And now...
"Elsie!!!" Suddenly, the nameless skeleton's voice boomed in my ears.
"The Black Crown... has appeared..."
The white mist rising from the button instantly pulled her into the Seven Crowns Court. All the kings were present, except... the seventh throne was empty.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the nameless skeleton's bone claws trembled slightly: "One of our companions is fighting Keomi, and I can feel his strength waning."
“Rivist…” the slime Leonilo uttered.
"Hey! Nameless, how exactly do you manage to travel between different worlds?" Zhi Ge seemed more concerned about this, and he was even a little angry.
"You can even forcibly drag us into the council chamber and sense our strength!"
“Friend, you’ll learn this secret when you travel north.” Nameless seemed somewhat displeased: “More important than that, we should be concerned about Riverst!”
"Well said! Then why don't you support him? With your help, it should be easy to solve, right?" Zhi Ge twitched his beard.
“I can’t go there. I can’t stay there for long, and I can’t sustain the fight,” Nameless said. “You should calm down and stop fighting.”
"Calm down!? How can you expect me to calm down! My experiment is only one step away from completion! Now I have to go back and re-record it! That's an astronomical number!" Zhi Ge shouted.
"Quiet down..." Dosa glared at Zhige: "This is a matter of our survival."
"Nameless, tell me, what kind of help can we offer?"
Wuming shook his head: "Rivist is currently fighting the second-stage Keomi. I know that guy's strength very well; he's not much stronger than Rivist."
"But Rivers' life is slipping away at an alarming rate..."
"It's too late to provide support."
He extended his bone claw, and a wisp of crystalline white mist shattered and reformed within it...
“I am trying to contact that world, but the frequency is very unstable. The arrival of the Black Crown Prophecy has made it impossible for me to sense and connect to the Soul Abyss there.”
"Hold on……"
"Got it!" Before Wuming could even feel joy, a scene of vast ruins appeared in the white mist.
earthquake……! ?
Elsie's gaze was drawn to him, and the other kings also turned their attention to him, sensing at that moment the impending demise of Rivist's life.
"A shattered harbor, a sunken ghost ship, a king who worshipped profit died for profit," the nameless skeleton commented, gazing at the scene before him.
"The Black Crown Prophecy?" Elsie asked.
"Damn it! Damn it! Nameless! You clearly know everything!" Zhi Ge was extremely agitated.
“I have browsed the Black Crown Prophecy Stele, which foretells the deaths of various crown holders,” Wuming said calmly. “But there are more than a hundred prophecies for a single crown. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s that I don’t want to mislead you.”
Every prophecy foreshadows the fate of a king!
“Take Rivist for example, there are many prophecies about ghost ships, some even about the Blood Crown and the Jade Crown…” The nameless man moved his bone claws to search for Rivist’s traces on the world projection.
"Then tell me, what is my prophecy?!" Zhi Ge said excitedly.
Nameless looked at him: "Are you sure you want to know? I might not be able to find your true prediction..."
“Speak! I’ll avoid them all, let’s see how Keomi kills me!” Zhi Ge put his hands on his hips and his feet on the table.
"..." Wuming thought for a moment, "If we're talking about the most fitting one, it would probably be..."
"Fossils turned to gold, the tragedy of Cohen, the craftsman died with his proud hands."
"..." Zhi Ge suddenly fell silent. He seemed to know something, but he wanted to refute it but didn't know how.
He looked at his own hands, the hands that brought so many innovative skills to the dwarves, the hands that brought prosperity to the nation!
Died with the very hands he was so proud of!?
Stop joking!!!
"So you've decided to have your leg amputated?" Elsie added unexpectedly.
Everyone: (???(???(???)(???(???))
[That's great! Say more if you can!]
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