The drunken Cologne nobleman laughed loudly and put his arms around a tall woman.

"You guys continue!"

He waved his hand, picked up the woman, and staggered towards the second floor.

He staggered all the way, causing the woman in his arms to scream loudly, and laughter could be heard from downstairs.

"Bang!"

As the door of the private room on the second floor closed, the people downstairs withdrew their gazes and continued to drink and cheer.

a long time.

"Why did the Earl take so long up there today?"

Someone murmured: "It should have come down long ago."

"Is she asleep?" One of them put down his glass and frowned, "We have to entertain General Hunter tonight. It's ok to play with women, but we can't miss the important things."

"I'll go call him!"

"Be careful." The man sitting at the end of the table raised his head:

"Don't annoy the Count."

"Know!"

As he was talking, a man propped himself up and staggered up to the second floor, knocking gently on the door of the private room: "Count?"

"My Lord Earl?"

Huh? "Bang!"

His heart suddenly tightened for some reason, and he kicked the door open. The scene in front of him made his eyes widen.

"count!"

The roar attracted people downstairs to rush over, and when they saw the scene inside the house, they were also horrified.

The Count, who had just been competing with them in drinking, was cut into countless pieces of flesh, and blood was flowing all over the room.

And the woman also turned into a headless corpse.

The pub's soundproofing facilities were not very good, so it was impossible for such a brutal killing scene to go unheard of.

unless……

There is some special force blocking it!

"Who did it?"

The roar echoed in the tavern.

…………

Signor City.

Ever since Thunderspear Tak led his army into the city a few years ago, the city has fallen into Cologne's hands.

As the Cologne military continued to exert its strength, the city of Signo, which was once on the front line, gradually became the rear.

Mainly used for transporting materials.

The former noble council hall has now become the place where Logistics General Leiden handles various affairs.

"Report!"

The messenger's panicked voice interrupted Leighton's thoughts.

"The granary is on fire, the firearms battalion has been attacked by the rebels, and the powder magazine is reported to be in a critical condition."

"oh!"

Leighton looked up, his eyes flickering. "The resistance fighters in Signo City don't have this kind of strength. So, is this the same situation that Bob encountered?"

"If it was a few days ago, I might have been fooled, but now..."

"Send the order!"

He stood up, picked up his sword, and said solemnly:

"Everyone follow me and wipe out the rebels!"

"yes!"

The messenger responded, and then all the nearby soldiers were mobilized and rushed towards the gunpowder depot.

On the roof not far away.

Several wizard apprentices frowned as they looked at the scene below.

"What now?"

Someone whispered:

"Leighton did not send the guards to assist the defenders, but led the troops there himself, and there were still many guards around him."

"Damn it!" One person gritted his teeth and shouted:

"The people of Cologne must have known that the Alliance had joined the war, so they were on high alert."

"So what?" A man with fiery red hair and strange eyes grinned, "If we are prepared, we can't be killed?"

"quack……"

"This is more interesting!"

"Johnson." Someone's face changed: "What are you going to do?"

"To complete the mission, of course." Johnson grinned, and rushed towards a street below.

Herb Market.

It was once the most prosperous market in Signo. Even after being occupied by Cologne, it is still bustling with people.

"bring it on!"

Johnson, who fell from the sky, had a mad look on his face. In front of the horrified eyes of others, he crushed a talisman.

One-ring witchcraft - release chaos! Invisible spiritual fluctuations expanded in all directions with him as the center, impacting people's minds.

The next moment.

"roar!"

A man howled towards the sky, his eyes turned red at some point, and then he rushed towards the crowd like a madman.

Not just him.

The consciousness of those who were affected by witchcraft nearby and failed to escape the witchcraft judgment were all devoured by madness.

This group of people pounced on the crowd like wild dogs that had lost their minds.

They bite people nearby, regardless of whether they are their friends or relatives.

Sharp teeth tore at flesh and blood, accelerating the spread of chaos.

"ah!"

The crowd went completely crazy, but some rational people ran away wildly, and the chaos spread towards the army not far away.

"What's going on?"

"careful!"

"shot!"

"Shoot now!"

…

"This madman." On the roof, a wizard apprentice's face turned pale:

"Releasing chaos is a forbidden technique of the nightmare wizard. I don't know how many people will be killed if he does this!"

"But it does create an opportunity for us." Someone's eyes flickered: "There are at least a thousand people in the Vanilla Market. Even Cologne's army will be thrown into chaos if they rush in."

“Hmm…”

"The target retreated!"

"superior!"

One of them waved his hand: "Complete the task first. As for the mess here...it was done by that madman Johnson and has nothing to do with us."

"good!"

"Get started!"

Several wizard apprentices cast their spells and rushed towards their mission targets.

soon.

The news that Leiden, the top knight of the Cologne military, was killed by the mad dog Johnson spread quickly.

…………

manor.

This is located on the outskirts of the city.

The environment is beautiful, quiet and undisturbed.

"squeak……"

As the heavy door was pushed open from the outside, dazzling sunlight filtered through the gap and poured into the hall.

Several wizard apprentices gathered together, pointing and drawing on the map on the long table.

"Poison Wolf Jeff is a general of the Cologne military. He was once as famous as Thunder Spear Tucker."

"Although he is not a legend, his strength is definitely among the strongest among the great knights."

One person spoke up: "Strength is one thing, but the key is that this person is cunning and cruel. I don't know how many people have died at his hands."

"snort!"

"He once poisoned and killed hundreds of people, including women and children, in order to achieve his goals."

"What?" A female wizard apprentice was surprised, then gritted her teeth and said, "People like this should be killed!"

"He deserves to be killed." Someone said:

"The key question is, how to kill?"

"Jeff never acts alone. He is always protected by Cologne's wizard apprentices. Especially in recent times, he has not left the barracks to guard against our assassination."

The female wizard apprentice said:

"Then find a way to get him out. I don't believe it..."

"What's that sound?"

A low whistle interrupted her words, and she subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from.

The howling became louder and louder, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

"not good!"

"It's a shell!"

"boom!"

A cannonball wrapped in flames broke through the roof, fell into the middle of the hall, and then exploded with a loud bang.

There was more than one shell.

"boom!"

“Boom…”

The continuous bombardment of shells turned the manor into a sea of ​​fire, and the core area was bombarded repeatedly.

far away.

A middle-aged man with a sinister look put down the tool in his hand that could see far away and waved his hand gently:

"Let the wizard apprentice go and clean up the battlefield."

"yes!"

The soldiers below responded, and several wizard apprentices immediately rushed to the manor, controlling the flames to sweep back and forth.

The extremely high temperature could melt gold and iron, and none of the Alliance wizard apprentices gathered together were spared.

…………

A banquet.

A wizard who performed Transfiguration transformed himself into a distinguished guest at the banquet and dealt a fatal blow to a Cologne noble.

Somewhere on a battlefield.

Several wizard apprentices hid among the soldiers and suddenly attacked after approaching the target, killing a Cologne general.

Room.

Several Cologne nobles vomited blood, convulsed and fell to the ground.

In just over a month, such scenes occurred in various places.

A wizard apprentice from the Swamp Alliance uses mysterious witchcraft to assassinate important figures in Cologne.

Illusion!

poison!

Control puppets! Make traps!

…

The wizard apprentices' methods were strange and difficult to defend against. Even though Cologne was prepared, people were still assassinated one after another.

The situation on the battlefield also changed accordingly.

Black Swamp.

islands.

After completing the mission, Xibel took Carl's golden token and looked at it back and forth, with amazement and envy in his eyes.

"You are the first person in the entire Swamp Alliance to be credited with killing a legendary knight."

"Lucky." Carl smiled faintly: "I can only say that I was lucky, or my companions were unlucky. Didn't you also assassinate a legend?"

"There are six of us in total. One died, two were seriously injured, and the last five shared the credit equally." Xibel handed the golden token back: "If you want to get this token, you have to kill five more legends!"

Saying,

Shake your head gently.

How could a legendary knight be so easy to kill?

Moreover, all of Cologne's legends were generals in the army, with many guards around them and fire thieves at their disposal.

So far, there are only four legends who have successfully carried out assassinations, including Bob who died at the hands of Carl.

It is difficult to kill someone without any defense, and even more difficult with defense.

"I heard you took another mission?"

Carl put away the token:

“Why are you fighting so hard?”

"It seems you don't know yet." Xibel sighed:

"The star gate promised by the Divine Realm has been delivered, but this star gate is not intact."

"Each time it is opened, it can only send a small number of people to the wizarding world."

Hmm? Carl raised his eyebrows.

He wasn't surprised that the star gate was incomplete.

After all, the angel Remiel had said that the star gate given to the alliance could only be used for unilateral transmission.

But there is no time limit.

"So..." Sibel said, "Official wizards have taken up a portion of the quota, and the remaining wizard apprentices all want to be the first to go. In order to be fair, the Alliance has provided a relaxed ranking system, that is, based on merit. You definitely don't have to worry about it."

Carl touched the token on his body and smiled.

No wonder! Everyone said that this token was very important. Even Xibel looked envious. It seemed that he should be one of the first batch of quota.

Good thing!

In her opinion.

With the joining of the Swamp Alliance, the generals and nobles of Cologne died one after another. Those who survived were trying every means to prevent assassination. The coalition forces have recaptured several cities and the possibility of final victory is very high.

As for muskets and artillery...

Although it is powerful, any ordinary person can master it, and the coalition forces already have musketeers.

By the time muskets became popular among the grassroots of the Allied Forces, they were no less powerful than Cologne.

After seeing Xibel off, Carl pondered for a moment before putting away his distracting thoughts and walked into a secluded quiet room.

call……

Fire seal!

With a slight wave of his long sleeves, the torches in the four corners were lit up immediately, illuminating the entire room.

There is a huge image painted on the floor of the room, with a small Tai Chi at the core and the Eight Diagrams outside.

This painting will seem familiar to any time traveler from Earth, but the details are different.

For example, the Tai Chi diagram.

It is not the common Tai Chi diagram with a big-headed fish, but a small-headed fish, and the Bagua on the outside is also more abstract.

Seemingly true.

Take a deep breath.

Carl stepped into the center of the image and placed a sacrifice at each of the two cores of the Tai Chi diagram.

Then close your eyes and recite silently.

"Lord of the Source!"

The fragment of the divine domain can transform essence into its own power, so it is normal to have such a respectful title.

"The King of All Aspects!"

Carl is going to follow the path of a blood wizard, and he might change his form in the future, so he is given the title of the King of All Forms.

"The Lord of Fear!"

He has the blood of the abyss, whose hallmark feature is the aura of fear, but the title of god is of course a bit exaggerated.

"Taiwei Jade Emperor!"

This title is all due to the lingering feelings from the previous life.

The reason why I gave myself so many "honorific titles" is not only to make them sound nice, but also to prevent "duplicate names."

"I just don't believe there is any other god who can use the same 'symbol' and the same honorific title as me."

After doing all this, Carl held his breath and waited quietly.

Will there be a reaction? The preparations he made today were the final result of his collating of knowledge about the gods.

If that doesn’t work…

Then there is really no other way!

Sudden.

The room, which originally had faint sounds, became very quiet. The air seemed to have stopped flowing, and a feeling of unreality came over me.

This is……

Carl opened his eyes suddenly.

But the place in front of him was no longer his own residence, but the fragment of the divine domain! In the center of the fragment of the divine domain, there was also an image that was exactly the same as the one he had drawn in the room before.

Done!

Without the help of the 'golden finger' deep in his soul, relying on his own knowledge, he entered the fragment of the divine domain in a brand new way for the first time! No! Carl shook his head gently.

"Other people can only be sensed by the fragments of the divine domain and cannot come here. I am a special case after all."

* * * Another world.

Rapids City.

This is the name given to the new city by everyone.

Because not far from the city, there is a rapids that leads directly to the endless sea, which can be regarded as a landmark.

"Elder Karl."

A supervisor from the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce came over and said urgently:

"Thank you for your help."

"Lead the way." Carl's face was solemn: "Where is the person?"

"This way!" The supervisor hurriedly led the way and brought him to a heavily guarded courtyard:

"Inside."

He seemed to be afraid of what was inside and didn't dare to go in.

Carl nodded and pushed the door open.

There were already a few people waiting in the yard, all familiar faces, Susan, Connie, and Quincy.

In addition to them, there was another patient with a pale face.

“Karl!”

Seeing Karl come in, several people nodded.

Karl nodded to several people, walked quickly to the patient, and pressed his heart with one hand.

Analysis! A moment.

He withdrew his action with a gloomy look on his face.

"How is it?" Susan asked. "Is it?"

"yes!"

Carl sighed:

"It's water service!"

"ah!"

"Is it really water service?"

"Could it be that even after escaping here, I still can't avoid it?"

“…”

His words were not only heard by the people in front of him, but also by the people guarding outside the yard.

A sense of panic spread.

"ah!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

The patient held his head with both hands, curled up and shook constantly. The fear of death made his voice severely distorted.

Alas! Karl sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Even though he was proficient in blood witchcraft, he was powerless against water service.

Water service,

It was caused by the power of the gods, and he, who was just an apprentice wizard, was far from being able to solve it.

"Come."

Connie gestured:

"Let's talk inside."

The news that a patient suffering from water confinement appeared in Stromgarde soon reached Lula and others, and they all rushed over soon after.

"We are hundreds of miles away from the Free Port, but I didn't expect that the water conscription still didn't let us go."

Lula sighed:

"News has also come from the sentry tower on the mountain. Traces of mermaids have been found nearby. Is Strikes City going to move again?"

"Since the will of the evil god has revived in the Endless Sea, as long as we get close to the Endless Sea, we will inevitably be affected." Connie said: "Although this is a bad thing, in some ways, it may not be a bad thing."

"Oh!" Lola tilted her head: "What do you mean?"

"The Endless Sea has nurtured many people. Not only Archduke Ferdinand, but also the people of Archduke Falstad rely on this sea for their livelihood." Connie said:

"So the Grand Duke's envoy may not have been interested in building Stormwind City or conquering Freeport before, but now he will definitely take action."

Lula's eyes lit up.

That’s right!

Without the seafood from the Endless Sea, those nobles might just lose some delicacies on their tables.

But many people will starve to death!

There was no way the Archduke would watch this happen.

"right!"

Kunwu clapped his hands and said, "I am familiar with the style of those messengers. If I tell them the truth, they may not take it to heart."

"As long as we exaggerate the consequences of the incident, they will definitely report it to the Grand Duke and send someone to solve the problem because they are afraid of taking responsibility!"

"Where is the messenger?" Lula looked at Susan: "He should know, right?"

The Grand Duke's envoys had been stationed in Stormwind several months ago, but they usually did not show up much.

The Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to serve them with delicious food and drinks.

"I'm sure I know."

Susan said, "I'll send someone over to report it after it happens."

"I'll go and urge him." Lula stood up and ordered, "Take good care of the water servant patient. Do your best to take care of him before he dies. After he dies... cremate him!"

"yes!"

Everyone agreed.

A lot of thought has gone into building this Torrent City. If another move is announced, no one can guarantee what will happen, and public resentment is bound to boil.

Therefore, we must save Stromgarde at all costs.

It would be best if we could recapture the Free Port, but this requires more effort from the Grand Duke's envoys, as they are far from able to do it alone.

…………

"There's a mermaid nearby."

After everyone dispersed, Quincy came to Carl:

"It seems that Rapid City is no longer safe."

“Not so fast.” Carl shook his head. “Among the mermaids, only a very small number of special individuals have reason. The others only move based on instinct.”

"The city of Rapids is hundreds of miles away from Freeport. A few mermen running around won't cause much trouble. As long as the merman army doesn't come over, there will be no problem."

"That's right." Quincy nodded. "Then what do you think? Will the Grand Duke send troops?"

"You should know more about this than I do." Carl said with a smile, "Apart from Black City and Freeport, I have not been to other places. I was just about to ask you for advice."

"Haha..." Quincy laughed, "You are so humble."

"But I have indeed been to many places, even to the territories of other grand dukes, and have seen a lot of scenery."

This great knight recruited by Lola has serious character flaws, such as arrogance, pride, and arrogance.

But he is humble when facing those who are stronger than him.

Especially in front of Karl, he was even more flattering.

Through him, Karl also learned more about the world, such as the honorific titles of several archdukes.

In the legend.

Gods in ancient times would occasionally leave their divine realm and wander the mortal world, and sometimes they would be moved and leave their bloodlines.

Grand Duke!

That's how it came about.

A long, long time ago, the Grand Dukes were also called demigods, and they possessed some of the authority of God.

It is said that some powerful demigods even possess the power to kill gods.

"Archduke Ferdinand has the blood of the god of death and sleep, so he spends most of his time sleeping."

"Or rather..."

"rest?"

"The Grand Duke is not keen on sharing his bloodline, and he does not have many children. Princess Meivia is one of the more outstanding ones. She inherited the power of death, and the city where she lives is called the City of Death."

“I’ve been there once, and I don’t want to go there again!”

Quincy shook his head in fear and said, "It seems that Lord Sodan did not inherit the divine power of the Grand Duke's bloodline. He is just an ordinary legend."

"But he likes to sleep very much. Maybe he has the power of the god of sleep?"

"Who knows where?"

"The current Lord of Sodan must be dead. Even if he is a legend, he is no match for those mermaids."

In the evening.

Quincy leaves Carl's place.

A satisfied smile appeared on his face, his eyes flickered, and after making sure that no one was paying attention, he quickly returned to his room.

"puff!"

He took out a thick book from his arms and placed it on the table.

“The thing is hidden so secretly, could it be that Karl’s strength is related to the thing on it?”

"hey-hey……"

"He is not very old, and he has not been a Grand Knight for long, but he has the strength of a peak Grand Knight. How could it be possible if there is nothing strange about him?"

With his eyes flickering, Quincy slowly opened the book.

"A god?"

"The Lord of the Source? The Jade Emperor of Taiwei?"

Quincy looked strange: "What are these things?"

the next day.

Connie came to the door.

"What's up?"

Kunwu, with bloodshot eyes, opened the door and spoke listlessly.

"Um."

Connie frowned:

"This morning, Elder Karl said that a book in his room was missing. Have you seen it?"

"What do you mean by that?" Quincy's face changed and he shouted angrily:

"Suspect that I stole his things?"

"How could a great knight like me steal other people's things? Carl often disappears and no one knows where he goes. His residence is not a secret, so it is normal for him to be stolen."

"Don't get excited." Connie stretched out his hand and pressed down, "I don't mean anything else. Elder Carl just told me that the stolen book involves gods. It's fine to just read this kind of knowledge, but if you try to follow the steps above, you'll probably get into big trouble."

"Big trouble?" Quincy's eyes flickered. "What kind of big trouble could it be?"

"Don't think I don't know. When the Moon Goddess fell, she isolated all the gods outside. No one can contact the gods."

"Yes." Connie nodded. "That's the theory, but you also know that this world may contain the will of some evil gods. What if..."

"In any case, it's fine if it's useless. If it is useful, it is very likely that you will be connected to a certain evil god, and once you are connected, you will be entangled forever."

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