Chapter 510 The Origin of the Black Mist
"Haha, it seems that our Dean Hiram is very impressed with the Imperial Lord Ryan." Senator Nelson said after laughing awkwardly, which was considered to be helping Admiral Randall to smooth things over.
"This is not the point. The question now is, what about the next exploration of the floating city ruins?" Trena said on the side.
Because the preliminary exploration led by the military had such a big problem, at this moment, neither Admiral Randall nor Senator Nelson took the initiative to speak in response to Trena's question.
"Senator Trena, do you have any good suggestions?" Deputy Speaker Bertrand said in a deep voice.
"I suggest that His Majesty the Swordmaster Tirion return to the cave camp immediately. As a Federation expert with experience in the last floating city exploration, it would be more appropriate for him to be in charge in the early stage."
"In addition, I also suggest setting up a large-scale defensive magic array around the floating city to prevent the velociraptor-shaped mechanical monsters that appear for the first time from rushing out of the floating city."
Senator Nelson frowned and questioned:
"Senator Trena, do you know how large the area of the floating city is? This will consume a lot of material and manpower of the Federation."
"Of course, but Senator Nelson has considered what to do if these mechanical monsters rush out of the floating city?" Trena said tit for tat.
"Well, even if what you said is not unreasonable, what about the exploration work? Will the early exploration not be carried out?" Nelson continued.
"Even if we want to start, my opinion is that His Majesty Tirion should lead the team and limit the activities to the negative first floor of the floating city ruins, and be ready to retreat at any time."
"After we have mobilized enough strong people, we will consider in-depth exploration."
"Especially Lord Hiram, if he can successfully be promoted to the Dawn Wizard, he will be the second metal-type Dawn Wizard of the Federation, which will be of great benefit to the subsequent exploration of the floating city ruins. Don't forget that His Majesty Ryan of the Empire is a metal-type Dawn Wizard."
Trena's words immediately made Senator Nelson and Admiral Randall feel uncomfortable as if they had eaten a dead fly, but they couldn't think of a suitable angle to refute it for a while.
"Then let's decide it first! Senator Trena, please contact His Majesty the Sword Saint Tirion immediately."
"In addition, Admiral Randall, you and I will return to Antuhor immediately. Both of us need to accept the questioning of the Federal Parliament." Deputy Speaker Bertrand said in a deep voice, his face was not good.
Because of the failure of the military's operation this time, he had to go back and explain to the Federal Parliament.
Of course, it is not to say that this is his responsibility, but it is a normal procedure for accepting inquiries after a major incident. This is one of the important systems within the Federation.
The death of two Federation strongmen in the exploration of the ruins is undoubtedly a major event that shocked the Federation!
At the same time.
Over the vast summer sea.
Not long after the Imperial airship formation set off, the Federation city of Zetaya behind them gradually disappeared from the sight of everyone on the airship.
Ryan and Menia are now on the side of the ship's flagship, enjoying the scenery in the distance and chatting while blowing the sea breeze.
"Something important should have happened in the Federation just now. I saw Bertrand's face changed." Menia said lightly.
"Your Highness Menia, did you notice it too?" Ryan smiled.
"Well, don't worry, the intelligence department should send you news soon."
"By the way, Ryan, what was the result of your exploration of the ruins this time?"
"Your Highness Menia, I'm very lucky. I found the fifth level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method."
"Oh? This is a great thing. I don't know how happy Moria will be when he hears this news. In addition, the empire should have another large school soon."
Menia looked at Ryan with her beautiful eyes, stroked the light red hair by her ears, and smiled.
Ryan was stunned by Menia's sudden smile, and he also noticed for the first time that Menia's beautiful eyes seemed to contain more than just appreciation.
He had always thought that Menia, as a representative of the imperial royal family, had more appreciation and expectations for them, the future stars of the empire.
But now it seems that it is not the case, at least for him, it is not all.
This is a kind of.
However, Ryan did not stay in his gaze for too long, and soon nodded and said:
"Haha, indeed, the Moria Sect Master should be very happy."
"As for the large schools, when I go back this time, I think the Moria Sect Master should represent the Bixiu Construction School and apply to the Empire for promotion to a large school."
"By the way, Your Highness Menia, perhaps you don't know that the site is actually a complete floating city of the ancient Goblin Empire." Ryan suddenly thought of something and introduced it.
"Huh? Floating city?" Menia, who always had a calm expression and a calm demeanor, couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes slightly and said.
"Yes, it is the capital of the ancient goblins, and at the same time, it is also a shocking floating city. Inside..."
Immediately, Ryan began to describe his experience of this trip in detail, of course, slightly skipping the secret content recorded in the black leather diary, such as the fact that the Iron Heart Meditation Method originated from the ancient Goblin Empire.
"By the way, Your Highness Menia, I encountered a kind of black mist in there, which can transform into any entity. It's very tricky."
"Moreover, according to the relics of the ancient wizards who died during the exploration, they called this black mist the evil demon. Do you know the origin of this thing called the evil demon?" Ryan finally asked what he had always wanted to ask.
"What? The evil demon!" Menia's pretty face changed again, and suddenly became very serious.
"Ryan, are you sure that the ancient wizards called that black mist the evil demon?"
"Sure, Your Highness Menia." Ryan nodded.
"Tell me in detail about the evil demon you encountered." Menia thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
Ryan nodded. He knew that Menia wanted to confirm whether what he encountered was the evil demon.
"At first, there was a black bug that was entrenched in the head of the goblin corpse. I felt very strange after I killed it, because it turned into a ball of black smoke and disappeared. In the prison on the second floor below ground, I met an ancient minotaur surrounded by black air."
As Ryan told the story, Menia's pretty face became more and more serious.
"From your description, it is indeed a demon."
"It seems that the ancient goblin empire mentioned in the ancient books seemed to be destroyed because of the sudden attack of the demon, which seems to be true." Menia nodded and said.
"Your Highness Menia, what is the origin of this demon?" Ryan asked.
"The earliest history of the appearance of this evil demon is very long ago, and it is difficult to verify. According to ancient books from ancient times, the evil demon is said to be an evil creature created by the Lord of the Void, and every time it appears, it will cause violent turmoil in the world."
"The evil demon does not have a fixed body form, and once multiple evil demons encounter a strong enemy, they will merge to form a medium-sized evil demon that is several times more powerful, or even a large evil demon."
"In fact, fighting against evil demons is not only what we do, but also what the Goddess Church is mainly doing."
"Goddess Church?"
"Well, I'm sure you have also discovered that fire witchcraft is very effective against evil demons, but in fact, the most effective means of killing is divine power."
"Divine power?"
"Yes, Ryan, since you have come into contact with the evil demon, with your strength, there is a secret you can know. In the deepest part of the underground of the Imperial Capital Cohen Cathedral, a part of the evil demon's body is sealed."
"It is precisely because of this that the task of guarding the remains of the evil demon has tied down most of the epic powerhouses of the Goddess Church."
"I see." Ryan nodded, his face suddenly realizing.
No wonder, when other cults were active, the ones responsible for their extermination were the sword bearers and the royal family of the empire, but the Goddess Church seemed to be quiet, because it was guarding against the resurrection of the evil demon.
"Based on the information you said, although the goblin capital was attacked at that time, it seemed that the evil demon was successfully sealed, or in other words, the evil demon was suppressed and a certain balance was achieved. Otherwise, the other party would have rushed out of the ruins and ravaged the federation."
"But with the exploration of the federation, it is likely to cause the destruction of this balance." Menia suddenly thought of something, narrowed her beautiful eyes, and a hint of fierceness flashed across her.
"Adjutant, send a message to the Federation, tell them to be careful of the demons, and it would be best if they could do a good job of defense first." Menia turned around and waved to the adjutant not far away.
"Yes, Your Highness."
At this time, if you look down from the angle of the Imperial airship formation in the sky, you can see many large and small fishing boats scattered on the blue sea below.
Fishing boats are very common both in the Empire and the Federation coast.
However, on one of the fishing boats, several people were obviously busy with things that had nothing to do with fishing. One person was holding a brass-colored, small pendulum-shaped monocular telescope, observing the Imperial delegation's airship formation in mid-air, and numbers kept coming out of his mouth:
"Elevation 65°"
"3"
"2" "
1"
"Elevation 63°"
The person was holding a sextant, an instrument that determines the angle between the stars and the sea level and determines the longitude and latitude during navigation. Now, he was measuring the relevant data of the Imperial airship formation.
"Received, the elevation difference is 2 degrees, and we are two nautical miles away from the 'Bachelor'." The other person said as he used a feather pen to calculate something on a notebook.
"Preliminary estimate, the other party's speed is 80 knots, and the course is..." A series of results were reported from this person's mouth.
In fact, when the Zetaya airship formation took off, someone was already observing the Imperial airship formation on the coast.
In addition, there were far more than one airship formation observing the airship formation on the sea at this moment, and the one in front of us was the 'Bachelor' that the man just mentioned, not far in front of us - another small pirate ship disguised as a fishing boat.
They are all elite members selected from small pirate groups and maritime speculators who have defected to the Poseidon Cult.
For them, this time's mission is also very simple, to prepare to observe the route and speed of the Imperial delegation's airship formation on its return journey as much as possible, and report it quickly.
Somewhere in the deep sea.
"Your Holiness, a report has come from the front that the Imperial airship formation has departed from the Federation Zetaia and is returning at a speed of 80 knots." A black-robed man with a strange sea beast pattern on his chest reported respectfully.
"Well, very good, then we will hold a prayer ceremony now. The time should be just when the other party leaves the Federation's sea borders."
I saw that the Pope of the Sea God Church, Egil, came to the prayer hall with a group of high-level wizards and sorcerers.
A large group of black-robed monks have been busy here for a long time, and the complex lines of the witch array on the ground can be used at any time.
"Great Goddess of the Underworld, the tsunami demonstrates your authority, and the storm tells of your majesty."
Soon, the Pope of the Sea God Church, Egil, took the lead in praying in a low voice, and behind him was a group of dark Poseidon Church followers, who were now lying on the prayer witch array and chanting in a low voice.
A few meters in front of Egil, in the center of the prayer witch array, there was a crystal coffin, which contained a rare mermaid with a human female upper body and a fish tail in the lower body.
The other person has a beautiful face, eyes closed, and towering breasts are decorated and covered with two shells. The bright silver fish scales on the lower body emit a faint fluorescence, and just a glance makes people want to touch it.
This is a container that the Poseidon Cult has spent a lot of effort to get, which can carry the goddess of the underworld. It is a princess of the ancient mermaid race that has long been extinct in the ancient ruins.
A few minutes later.
The mermaid's long eyelashes in the crystal coffin began to tremble, and then the other party opened her azure eyes and slowly stood up, saying:
"My servant Egil, are you calling me at this time because you have found the trace of the human named Ryan?"
"Yes, the great goddess of the underworld." Egil immediately bowed and began to tell the story quickly.
"Very good, how is Jorgondeman recovering?" The goddess of the underworld, Hela, asked while walking out of the crystal coffin, and her originally bright scale-colored lower body began to transform into the white legs of a human woman.
"Reporting to the goddess, about 70% of the strength has been restored. The believers in the church are working overtime."
"Very good, enough! This time I will get rid of the human boy Ryan who doesn't know what respect is, and the descendants of Dragun."
Although the goddess of the underworld Hela descended last time, she returned to the Poseidon Church after the action failed. After leaving the specific locations of several sealed places and ruins, she immediately took back the divine power of the projection.
After searching for this period of time, the Poseidon Church also successfully found and opened an ancient sea tribe ruins and a sealed place.
Among them, the harvest from the ancient sea tribe ruins is the body of the mermaid princess Nerela. The body is wrapped in the essence of water in a crystal coffin. After a long time, there is no sign of corruption. It is one of the best containers for the goddess of the underworld Hela to descend.
And what was found in that sealed place is a famous beast in the ancient ocean, comparable to the 'Ice Sea Giant' Ghazrian, known as the 'Leviathan Whale' Yorgondeman.
The other party is in a dormant underwater volcanic cave several kilometers away from here.
A huge indigo narwhal with a length of more than 200 meters is receiving some kind of energy infusion from a group of Sea God Cult sorcerers.
Five high-level Sea God Cult sorcerers stand in a pentagram position. As the blue light of the magic array under their feet lights up, they use the essence of water, a ball of blue jelly that keeps changing shape like plasticine, as a medium to shoot dazzling blue beams of light at the narwhal.
There are more than ten magic arrays like this, surrounding the narwhal's body.
And because of the benefit of this blue beam, Jorgundman is making thunderous hums, obviously, very comfortable.
Because it has been sealed for too long, even if it is freed, its strength cannot be fully restored in a short time. What the Sea God Cult is doing now is a method to quickly restore its strength. It
just consumes a lot of water essence and requires the participation of a large number of middle and high-level sorcerers in the church.
As for why the priority was given to reviving the 'Leviathan Whale' Yorgonderman, there was naturally a reason for this.
Since the failure of the last "Ice Sea Giant" incident, the Poseidon Cult has learned about the Imperial delegation's visit to the Federation. In order to fight against the powerful airship formations of the Empire and the Federation, the "Leviathan Whale" Yorgondeman, who has the powerful abilities of "Surge" and "Whale Spring Spout", is naturally the best choice.
Just as the Poseidon Cult attacked the Federal coast everywhere, intending to lure the Imperial delegation to attack again, it happened that the Zalal rebels revealed an important news.
The Imperial delegation will return to the Dragun Empire from the Zetayan Sea today.
So, the plan was changed to ambush the other party when the Imperial airship formation returned!
A few hours later.
In mid-air, on the flagship of the Imperial airship formation, in a luxurious cabin.
Ryan, who had just completed the Elf Leatherworker job transfer, was checking the system prompts that were refreshing the screen:
[Ding! Promotion successful! ]
[Promotion to Elf Leatherworker successful! Strength +2, Agility +4! [ Elemental Leatherworking lv1
(Active): When you make leather armor, you can mobilize the mysterious energy particles to bless it. At the same time, the success rate of making related leather armor is slightly increased.]
Ryan could have completed the job transfer of Elf Leatherworking long before the Imperial delegation arrived in Westin, but because Trena had something to ask him at the time, he kept delaying it.
"Elemental Leatherworking?" Ryan thought to himself with a happy look on his face.
Suddenly, Ryan, who had not yet finished checking, was disturbed by the piercing alarm of the airship.
(End of this chapter)
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