Carl's figure appeared at the edge of the residential area.

In just three days, it seemed like a completely different world here.

What meets the eye is a desolate scene. The once prosperous and bustling market has now become a ruin.

Even in areas where ordinary people live, many houses collapsed.

The cold wind blew across the ground, blowing away the snow, and you could see scattered stiff corpses.

Without exception, the bodies had been thoroughly searched, and some had even had their clothes stripped off.

The cold and pungent smell of blood and the lingering atmosphere of slaughter made this area look like a battlefield that had just been baptized by war.

'Humans are really strange creatures. They became chaotic before the beast tide came, and when the beast tide came..."

"The Leipzig fair is over!"

With a light sigh, Carl flashed and hid behind a big tree.

"Bang!"

“Squeak…”

Several witchcraft halos flickered in the ruins, and three figures rushed out one after another. The two people at the back were chasing the person in the front.

The person being hunted was a familiar face.

Sam?

Sam from the Capet family! Carl's eyebrows moved slightly behind the tree, but he did not show up to help.

At this time, Sam had long lost the pride of being a member of the Capet family, and his face was full of fear.

He waved the staff repeatedly, and rays of light shot out.

Zero-ring witchcraft—Pyromancy!

The flame is like a sharp arrow, exploding instantly when it comes into contact with an object, and its power can easily smash a stone wall.

but……

That was all! The two people chasing after him were very agile and had obviously practiced the Way of the Knights, and their witchcraft was also good.

Zero-ring witchcraft-Mas's strong acid arrow!

Zero Ring Witchcraft——Black Tentacles!

The acid arrows shot out and the tentacles appeared out of nowhere, entangled Sam, forcing him to run and dodge non-stop.

"ah!"

It is inevitable that you will be careless if you hide for a long time, especially when you are already tired.

Sam screamed as his left shoulder was accidentally hit by an acid arrow, and his clothes and flesh were corroded instantly.

He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Ha ha……"

The two who were chasing laughed when they saw this: "Young Master of the noble Capet family, I never thought that you would end up like this!"

"Tony!" Sam knelt on the ground, struggled to stand up, and gritted his teeth and roared at one of them:

"Have you forgotten what I did to you?"

"If I hadn't helped you, you would have died a long time ago. Now you are using this to repay me?"

"Bah!" Tony's face was cold: "I can live well without you. I've had enough of being a dog around you."

"Sam..."

“Go to hell!”

As he spoke, he swung the staff in his hand, and several strong acid arrows shot out.

Just as the acid arrow was about to hit Sam, a layer of witchcraft light emerged, protecting him like armor.

Zero Ring Witchcraft——Mage Armor! "Swish!"

The injured Sam suddenly jumped up, and a beam of light shot out from the staff in his hand, turning into a lightsaber that swept across.

Zero Ring Sorcery——Mage Swift Sword! The lightsaber flashed.

Tony's body suddenly stiffened, a trace of blood appeared on his neck, and then his head slipped off his body.

Death! However, there was still one person left in the field. He was startled by Sam's sudden attack and immediately came to his senses.

The companions died from Sam's death struggle due to carelessness, which does not mean they still have the ability to resist.

"court death!"

With a roar, he stepped back and waved the staff in his hand repeatedly, activating zero-ring witchcraft one after another.

“Buzz…”

The air shook, and an invisible force field appeared in front of Sam.

Zero Ring Magic - Iron Wall! This defensive magic is extremely powerful and complex in Zero Ring Magic, and even high-level wizard apprentices rarely master it.

How could this be? His eyes widened with a look of disbelief.

Sam's talent for cultivation is not high. After such a long battle, all the things on his body have been used up, and his mental strength should have been exhausted as well. How could he possibly cast such a powerful witchcraft?

wrong!

The thought flashed through his mind and he came back to his senses in an instant.

“Someone!”

He turned around suddenly, and the oncoming witchcraft light was like a violent storm, completely submerging him in an instant.

"boom!"

The body of the last was torn to pieces by the violent witchcraft.

"Sam."

The figure that suddenly appeared looked concerned: "Are you okay?"

"Aunt Millie?" Sam looked at the newcomer in surprise: "You're not dead?"

He showed ecstasy, and then his expression changed drastically:

"You're not dead?"

"Why didn't you die?"

The same words were spoken with completely different tones: the former was joy, while the latter was questioning.

really.

If Millie is not dead, why didn't she return to the family these days? Why didn't the Monroe family kill her? "..." Millie opened her mouth with a complicated expression:

"It was Strider. He didn't kill me."

"Strider?" Sam frowned, and the figure represented by this name appeared in his mind. He then glared at Millie and roared loudly: "A member of the Monroe family, your fiancé back then!"

"Sam, don't get excited." Millie waved her hands repeatedly: "The Monroe family was also forced. It was actually other people who really wanted to take action against our family."

"Others?" Sam stumbled back and shouted angrily:

"My father and third uncle died at the hands of Edmund. Many members of the clan, including the ancestor, were poisoned by the Monroe family's talents..."

"Millie!"

"You betrayed the family!"

"I didn't!" Millie stamped her feet, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Many people are hunting down our family members. Come with me and leave here first."

"Leaving with you?" Sam sneered: "Where to?"

"To deliver it to the enemy?"

"Millie, don't forget that you are where you are today because you have the support of your entire family."

"call……"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold wind suddenly blew in the field, and a figure fell from the sky wrapped in wind and snow.

"Millie!"

"Strider!"

A man and a woman looked at each other with complicated expressions.

"Strider?"

Sam's eyes flickered, and he suddenly clenched the staff in his hand and rushed forward:

"Go to hell!"

"Sam!" Millie's face changed drastically: "Strider, don't kill him!"

Strider had a cold expression on his face. He waved his sleeves lightly, and a gust of wind knocked Sam to the ground.

Officially a wizard!

Carl, hiding behind a tree, curled up his body and did not move.

"Millie."

Strider ignored Sam who was struggling to get up, looked at Millie with tenderness, stretched out his hand and said:

"Come with me!"

"..." Millie looked at Strider, then looked at Sam who was full of hatred, and shook her head slowly: "No!"

"I am from the Capet family."

Sam was stunned, and the hatred on his face relaxed slightly.

"The Capet family is gone!" Strade's hands trembled slightly:

"The Monroe family is gone too. We can forget the hatred between our families and start all over again."

"Pooh!"

Sam spat angrily.

"I'm still here, Sam is still here, and the Capet family is still here." Millie had a complicated look on her face, and she walked step by step to Sam's side, but Strider:

"Strider, my love."

"Some things cannot be let go. The hatred between the two families has destined us to not be together, so... let's go."

"Millie!" Strade's body shook, his eyes fixed on Millie, and after a long while, he bowed his head weakly:

"you're right."

"goodbye!"

"call……"

The strong wind blew again, carrying Strade with a complicated expression up to the sky, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Not long after.

Carl walked out from behind the tree and sighed helplessly as he looked at Millie and Sam walking away side by side.

“How complicated!”

"It seems that the Shadow Hand and the Monroe family are pawns of the mastermind behind the scenes. The purpose is to overthrow the Capet family and take over the Leipzig market?"

“Humans…”

"The beast tide is coming, and it concerns the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people. These people are still thinking about scheming and taking this opportunity to eliminate their opponents. Millie is right. Human hearts are far more dangerous than beast tides. In the eyes of the superiors, what does it matter if a few people die to achieve their goals?"

After muttering a few words quietly, he restrained his breath and ran towards the direction of the market.

ruins!

The market, which was several miles long and once had rows and rows of houses, is now only in ruins.

Following the traces left on the ground, Carl finally found the location of the pharmacy, but discovered that the ground in the backyard had been completely blown away.

The hidden cave below was naturally exposed, and it was in a mess.

Fortunately, there were no traces of blood left behind, but there were hidden marks unique to the Six-Ring Tower.

"Charlie?"

* * * High tower.

"Karl, I knew you would be fine."

Charlie came down to greet:

"Thanks to your advance arrangements, Barbara didn't encounter any accidents. I really should thank you."

Charlie picked up several people in the pharmacy. Except for the guard 'Jie' who was slightly injured, everyone else was fine.

certainly,

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He only cared about Barbara, who was pregnant with his blood.

"This is what I should do." Carl said modestly: "How is the situation now?"

"Not good!" Charlie sighed and asked:

"How much do you know about the beast tide?"

"Not much." Carl shook his head: "I was just about to ask my senior brother about this issue."

"Beast Tide..." Charlie looked back into the distance and spoke slowly, "In ancient times, an evil god from outside the domain invaded this world, and the gods and wizards joined forces to expel the evil god."

"We don't know how many years the war lasted. We only know that the Enchanted Forest was the final battlefield of the war."

"After this battle, due to the divergence of paths between the two sides, the wizards occupied the barren continent of Kalim, while the rich continent of the Eastern Kingdom belonged to the gods, leading to the current situation."

"Oh!" Carl looked surprised: "Is that so?"

He really didn't know that.

Charlie described the process as light as a feather, but is it easy to seize a piece of land from the hands of the gods?

I’m afraid there was also a great war between the ancient wizards and the gods.

Evil god from outside the domain?

The other world also experienced the invasion of the evil god, but it was not truly expelled. I don’t know if the two are related.

"In that war, countless Level 3 and Level 4 beings died, and there were also quite a few Level 5 and even Level 6 beings who died."

Charlie continued, "Eventually, the central area of ​​the Magic Forest will become a restricted area for all living beings. Even gods may be annihilated."

"Every once in a while, the restricted area will undergo strange changes, and the aura will leak out, causing ferocious beasts to run around in panic."

"You can think of the Magic Forest as a closed room where humans and other creatures live. Normally, they move around in their own areas, but abnormalities will disrupt this balance."

"This is what is called a beast tide!"

"Running around?" Carl asked, "Brother, what you mean is that they don't deliberately target places where humans live?"

"No." Charlie shook his head. "Most beasts have no reason, only hunting instincts. The creatures with reason also know that humans are not easy to mess with. For example, the Corruption Dragon appeared and attacked the Capet Family Wizard Tower a few days ago, which was quite strange. Several wizards suspected that someone had secretly done something."

No one is stupid.

Especially for wizards who have lived for hundreds of years, their long life has given them rich knowledge and experience.

The Capet family has been in trouble recently, and there are many abnormal things. How could the tower not notice it? Charlie continued: "So all the major markets just need to withstand the impact of the beast tide and let the beasts know that the area ahead is dangerous, and they will naturally bypass it."

"What if you can't bear it?" Carl asked.

"Can't handle it?" Charlie sighed, "Then the beasts will rush into the human settlement area, and their hunting instinct will make them treat this place as a hunting ground."

“People living here will become very dangerous.”

Carl understood.

As for fear, he wasn't really that afraid. After all, he had planned to go to another world to avoid the limelight after a while.

"Don't worry."

Seeing his expressionless face, Charlie thought he was just too frightened and consoled him:

"The instructor has informed the high tower on the Kalim Continent of the situation here, and they have also received a notification from there."

"The transmission channel will be opened soon, and several official wizards will be sent there to take charge."

"Oh!" Carl said, "Didn't you say that no one would come this time?"

"That's right." Charlie spread his hands, "Who knew that a beast tide would suddenly appear? This time, they would not only send people, but also send quite a lot of people."

"Junior brother!"

He patted Carl on the shoulder:

"I'll leave Barbara to you. Please take good care of her."

"..." Carl laughed dryly: "I'll try my best!"

When we arrived at the Wizard Tower, everyone in the tower was there, especially those from Black Swamp, almost all of them were there.

"What's going on?"

Carl gave Omar a look:

"The atmosphere is so solemn?"

More than solemn!

Everyone in the field looked as if their parents had died, their faces were ashen, and their eyes were filled with anger, fear, and unwillingness.

"well!"

Omar sighed:

"Hodgson is missing."

"Missing?" Carl smiled:

"Just missing?"

"He is indeed missing." Omar nodded: "He owes so many people so much debt. Even if I want to tear him apart, I dare not do anything to him!"

"The store that I bought with tens of thousands of magic stones was destroyed, and the goods that I stockpiled with tens of thousands of magic stones were looted. There are also unpaid debts, totaling up to 100,000 magic stones. Hodgson probably knew that he couldn't pay it back, so he took advantage of the chaos to sneak away."

"Thinking back then..."

"He was still full of vigor and vitality, and suddenly he fell from the sky to the ground, which was also very touching."

One hundred thousand magic stones!

Carl was secretly shocked. Even among the official wizards, few could afford such a large sum of money.

"Why?" he whispered, "You also lent him the magic stone?"

"Um."

Omar nodded:

"I borrowed a hundred magic stones."

"Actually, I'm fine. Some people over there want to get shares in Hodgson's shop, so they signed contracts to lend a large amount of magic stones to people. The smallest amount is two to three thousand, and the largest is four to five thousand. Now they don't know what to do, so they came here to ask the instructors for help."

Carl was shocked.

Thousands of magic stones are an astronomical figure for them who have only been here from the Black Swamp for a year.

Pay it back? Even if you spend your whole life to pay it back, it may not be enough!

The one hundred magic stones that Oma took out were actually not a small number. They should be all the savings she had accumulated over the years.

No wonder everyone's expressions are so ugly.

However, to Carl's surprise, in addition to the people from Black Swamp, there were other disciples from the High Tower who invested in Hodgson.

Being able to gain the trust of so many people in such a short period of time is a skill.

"clatter……"

Footsteps came from upstairs. Daniel, dressed in a white wizard robe, had a cold face and glanced at everyone in the field.

Only when it fell on Omar and Carl did it slow down slightly.

"We have all seen the contract. It has the symbol of the gods on it. Unless you want your soul to be sucked away, you cannot violate it."

Everyone's face turned pale, and despair appeared in their eyes.

The symbol of the deity!

Similar to a middleman or guarantor.

If the money is not repaid, the soul will return to the gods, and the gods will give corresponding compensation to the lender.

The purer and rarer the soul, the greater the loan the deity can provide.

in this way,

The lender does not have to worry about not being able to collect the loan, the gods can make a profit, and the borrower can lend a high amount of money, which seems like a win-win situation.

However, if you fail to repay the loan, you will pay the price of losing your soul.

"The gods will do anything to get souls, even the guarantors."

'I wonder if I, the Lord of the Divine Domain Fragment, can be a guarantor in the future?'

"But compared to getting a certain amount of compensation from the gods, the lenders still hope that you can return the magic stones to them." Daniel took out a contract: "After we discussed with the lender, they agreed to temporarily postpone your return of the magic stones, but you need to sign a supplementary clause."

"The magic stones still need to be returned, but the time can be after the beast tide. I can return it slowly over the course of ten years, one thousand magic stones at a time."

"Of course, you can pay it back in advance if you have money. One more thing, the interest rate will be higher than the original contract. If you think it's okay, come and sign your name."

There was silence for a moment.

Then someone slowly raised his hand: "I sign!"

One thousand stones in ten years, that is one hundred magic stones a year, even with the interest it would not exceed two hundred stones.

Although two hundred coins are not a small number, as a disciple of the Six-Ring Tower, I still have a chance if I work hard. I can also borrow from others. It is better than having my soul sucked away by the gods and dying soon.

"I'll sign too!"

"sign!"

Everyone made a decision and stepped forward to sign the supplementary agreement. Although they avoided a dead end in the near future, they couldn't laugh.

"Omar."

After everyone signed the supplementary contract, Daniel looked at Omar in the crowd and said with a smile: "I heard from your mentor that you plan to become a formal wizard soon?"

"yes."

Omar took a deep breath:

"I'm going to try it!"

“Wow…”

Her words caused a small commotion in the room, and even Karl couldn't help but look surprised.

I remember that Omar was promoted to a senior wizard apprentice only a few years ago, but he was able to become a formal wizard so quickly? What a terrifying wizard talent!

"good!"

Daniel smiled and said, "If you can become a formal wizard before the star gate opens, according to the rules, you can go to the Six Rings Tower Academy on the Karim Continent to study."

“I wish you success!”

"Thank you, Senior Daniel." Omar bowed.

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