Chapter 553: The Strange Movements in Cologne Cathedral
Suddenly, Ryan, who was on the broad back of the black dragon, was slightly startled. After a long while, he said to himself:
"The energy tide has strengthened again."
"No wonder the ancient sages of the elves predicted that whether it is the evil god or the evil demon, they will appear again."
Just now, Ryan clearly felt the increase in the concentration of energy particles on the mysterious side around him. This time, like the last time, it was not a slow increase, but a sudden increase.
Of course, the total amount is still not large, still at the level of one decimal place, but it is obvious.
Logically speaking, this situation just happened once some time ago, and it should not be so frequent.
This can't help but remind Ryan that before a strong earthquake, there are often multiple small tremors to warn.
"Does this mean that in the near future, the fluctuation amplitude of the energy tide will increase again?"
The strengthening of the fluctuation of the energy tide has both advantages and disadvantages. In the short term, it can be said that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
Because this will not only make it easier for people with outstanding talents to break through, and the emergence of geniuses will gradually become more and more explosive, but also means that the speed of the evil god's revival will be further accelerated.
As for the evil demon, I'm afraid it's not far away, right?
"It seems that I have to speed up the progress. After the matter of the steel dragon is over, I have to return to the imperial capital immediately. After meeting Menia, I will go to the Federation." Ryan's face became serious and he thought to himself.
Naturally, Ryan was not the only one who was shocked by the increased energy tidal fluctuations. Wizards with a crystallization level of about level three can clearly feel this.
Imperial capital Tamriel.
The deepest underground of the spire-shaped Cologne Cathedral in the imperial capital.
In a large crystal coffin, there is a black and hideous object. If you look closely, you can find that it looks like the upper half of a human body.
However, the position where the ribs should have been was replaced by a mantis-like forelimb.
This unknown body was constantly trembling slightly, and the black and gray air currents coming out of it were like living things, constantly exploring the crystal coffin, as if trying to find a gap to get out.
But every time it touched the crystal coffin, it would quickly retract as if it was electrocuted.
What provided this special effect to the crystal coffin was a super-large witch formation on the periphery.
At this moment, the witch formation was emitting a rich aqua blue light, and at each corner of the hexagram stood an old man wearing a senior archbishop's blue robe.
The mental fluctuations of the six people had reached the level of the Dawn Wizard.
As almost the only remaining orthodox sect, the strength of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church can be seen.
At this moment, a group of dazzling aqua blue light balls were condensed in front of several people, and at the same time, the light ball emitted a bowl-thick light column, connecting to the huge witch formation in front of them.
It looked like the witch formation was being charged.
A few minutes later, the entire charging process stopped, and the six archbishops breathed a sigh of relief:
"Finally, it's suppressed. The energy tidal fluctuation just now was too sudden."
"Well, although the ancient books predicted that this would happen, I didn't expect the frequency to be so high!"
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An archbishop with a pair of thick eyebrows glanced at the young priest beside him and asked:
"Fuller, are you sure there is no leakage? Even if there is no problem with the evil demon itself, a wisp of evil demon energy escaping can cause a lot of trouble."
"Well, it shouldn't be." The young priest at this time had a pale face and a look of panic in his eyes.
However, in the eyes of the thick-browed archbishop, his proud disciple Fuller should have been frightened by the scene just now.
Yes, when he was young, he would not be much calmer than the young man in front of him.
However, this time he made a wrong judgment.
Because the real reason why the young priest Fuller Orpheen was panicking at this moment was because he called the police too late.
As the rotating observer today, he clearly saw a wisp of black evil spirit that had forcibly broken through the restrictions of the witch formation and left.
But as the youngest first-level priest with a bright future, he will soon be able to serve as a local bishop. After thinking again and again, Fuller decided not to reveal the true situation.
After all, it was just a little bit, and there shouldn't be any problems, he thought.
"Starting today, increase the frequency of energy infusion in the witch formation from once every seven days to once every three days." The thick-browed archbishop turned to the other archbishops beside him and said.
"Does this require such a high frequency?"
"Yes, to avoid accidents. Once this evil demon body escapes, we will be in big trouble!"
"What should we do in the future? I'm afraid that just a few of us are not enough."
"Well, I'll report to His Majesty the Pope later." "
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This ancient witch formation in front of him is said to be arranged by the goddess herself, and the minimum standard for implementing energy infusion requires six senior archbishops (dawn level) to infuse at the same time.
Each infusion consumes most of the six people's mental power.
In other words, the Cologne Cathedral in the imperial capital needs to have six archbishops at the level of Dawn Wizards.
In addition, with the addition of defense personnel, this is why, even when the evil god descended on the imperial capital before, the church could hardly spare any high-end combat power.
If you observe carefully from mid-air, you will find that a barely detectable black-gray gas is drifting out from the top of the towering Cologne Cathedral.
The front end of this black-gray gas seems to have self-awareness, probing left and right, and finally, as if it has discovered something, it actually goes against the wind direction and quickly floats towards the Second Prince's Mansion not far to the left of the palace.
The Second Prince's Mansion, in the study.
Everton looked haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days.
At this moment, he was staring blankly at a bottle of blood-colored potion in front of him that was emitting a hazy witchcraft aura.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid that Renflier's experiment can't continue."
"The elves were rescued by Ryan. This is the last bottle of improved super evolution mixture that Renflier made using the previous inventory. However, because there is no extra dose, the potion has not been tested."
Buchanan bowed and reported.
He was very busy recently.
His second prince, who was in a state of disarray, neither went to check the losses in the secret realm nor arranged the follow-up matters. Therefore, he was the one who pushed these things forward.
The relationship between the elves and the empire is getting better and better. Ryan's strong rise has made many senior nobles quite wary. As a result, the slave-hunting teams have gone to Ferdinand Forest much less frequently than before.
In addition, the elves have strengthened the vigilance in the border area, and now it is more than ten times more difficult to capture an elf than before.
The problem is that Renflier's potion experiment requires at least two-digit elves to provide blood essence before it can continue to move forward.
"Ryan! Elves!"
Hearing Buchanan's words, the second prince Everton seemed to have come back to his senses.
However, while the two were talking, no one noticed that a tiny black-gray gas that seemed to have life had sneaked in from the end of the fireplace.
Soon, the front end of the black-gray gas, like a tentacle, first looked at Buchanan, then looked at the second prince Everton, and then, it came to Everton's feet like a snake.
Suddenly, Everton felt a chill in his right ankle, and the next moment, he felt dizzy!
From Buchanan's perspective, Everton's whole body froze, his eyes rolled up, and his whole body trembled.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
This scene naturally scared Buchanan and he hurried forward to check.
After a few seconds, Everton seemed to have recovered. He raised his hand and waved, saying:
"Huh~ I'm fine. Maybe I'm too tired recently."
"You go down first. I'll rest for a while."
Buchanan looked at Everton again, as if judging his physical condition.
Perhaps he felt that His Highness Everton should indeed rest more. Buchanan hesitated, nodded, and said: "Yes, Your Highness, then you have a good rest."
After watching Buchanan leave, Everton's eyes froze again. He stared at the "Super Evolution Potion" in front of him, and repeatedly murmured: "Drink the potion. Cologne Cathedral. Underground"
In the sky of Caswes Province.
After flying for only about an hour, Ryan arrived at the red dot marked on the map.
"It should be here, the old site of the Angmar Mine."
Let the black dragon Metes slowly land, and Ryan looked around.
This is a mine located in a lush hilly area. Not far away, there is a wooden sentry post more than 20 meters high. It is said that hundreds of years ago, this was a busy mine, but soon after the excavation, strange things happened frequently, which then attracted the investigation of the imperial strongmen.
After the investigation, it was discovered that a rare and powerful metal dragon was sleeping here.
Considering the violent temperament of the metal dragon, the mine was immediately abolished, and the surrounding area was isolated and sentries were set up.
"Your Majesty Ryan! Garrison Captain Charles Hammond greets you!" At this time, a team of fully armed imperial soldiers, led by a middle-aged man in school officer uniform, hurried to report.
Long before Ryan came, Charles received a message from above, indicating that His Majesty Ryan, the guardian of the empire, might visit in the near future.
"Well, is it in here?"
"Yes, sir." The colonel named Charles said respectfully.
At the same time, whether it was him or the elite imperial soldiers behind him, they frequently focused their eyes on the huge body of Metes like a hill.
As if to say, 'Is this the Imperial Dragon Knight? It's really so majestic.'
"Captain Charles, you are stationed here. Did anything strange happen? Or did you record any movement?" Ryan asked casually as he walked towards the cave entrance.
"Uh, Your Majesty Ryan, I have been here for eleven years. I remember that there was a tremor here about ten years ago. I guess it was caused by the dragon below." Charles said.
"The ground is shaking? How do you know that it was caused by the other party and not an earthquake?"
"We heard a powerful roar, and immediately felt stiff all over, and our legs and feet became weak, as if we had encountered some natural enemy. By the way, it was just like seeing your dragon partner." Charles pointed to the black dragon Metes beside him and said.
"Well, Captain Charles, you are very careful." Ryan smiled and nodded.
"Actually, it's not really. This was taught to me by the previous captain." Charles scratched his head, as if he was a little embarrassed by Ryan's praise.
At this time, the group had already arrived at the cave entrance. Seeing that Ryan seemed to be planning to continue moving forward, Charles quickly reminded him:
"Your Majesty Ryan, be careful, there are some strange monsters inside."
"It's okay." Ryan waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to worry.
As soon as he arrived at the cave entrance, he immediately discovered that in addition to the movement of some creatures in the mine, there was also a faint and vast breath coming from the deepest part.
At his level of strength, if he carefully sensed it, there were very few things that could conceal his perception.
That breath should be the breath of the steel dragon!
Since he was sure that the other party was below, Ryan immediately prepared to take action. On the way here, he had thought of a strategy.
"You move back a little."
"Yes!" Charles and his group immediately took the order and moved back fifty or sixty meters.
"Not enough, go a little further, go to the watchtower." Ryan pointed to the wooden tower at least five hundred meters away.
"Yes, Your Majesty Ryan." Charles seemed a little confused, but immediately nodded in response.
After all, going five hundred meters away is too far.
After Charles and the others left, Ryan gently placed his palm on the wall of the mine entrance, and the dark silver metal ripples spread out from his palm.
Countless metal particles gathered around his palm.
This is an ability that all metal wizards have, absorbing the surrounding metals. There are only two factors that limit the strength of this move. One is the level of affinity with the metal element, and the other is the strength of mental strength.
However, no matter which one, Ryan is the top among metal wizards.
So, at this moment, Ryan's palm is like an oversized magnet, attracting the surrounding metal particles, and quickly forming a metal ball the size of a millstone, which is still expanding.
Such great power naturally stunned Charles and others.
Ryan also smiled, because he felt the movement from below.
As expected, just as Menia said, metal dragons like to eat metal, and they are very sensitive to metal energy fluctuations.
"Buzz!"
The surrounding ground began to tremble, and more than a dozen lizard-like creatures covered with gray-black shells suddenly rushed out of the mine, but they seemed to be frightened by Ryan's power level and did not dare to attack at all, but ran away to both sides.
Then, cracks began to appear on the ground, as if some huge monster was about to break out of the shell from the ground.
(End of this chapter)
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