Chapter 476 Prelude

In the blink of an eye, the new year has passed, and the month of revival has quietly arrived.

In the mortal world, the beginning of a year is worth celebrating. No matter which country, celebrations have already begun. In the first few days of the new year, most cities remain awake all night.

But in the wizard world, many wizards close their eyes and open them again, and another year has passed. Some even study a spell for ten or eight years. Wizards with long life spans never feel celebrating because of the new year.

For them, the only reaction to the New Year is probably that when it is mentioned, they will sigh: "Hey, another year has passed?"

However, for Angel, the new year means that the five-year deadline is getting closer and closer. The sense of urgency in his heart began to rise to his throat. He originally had very little rest time, and now he squeezes every minute and every second to consolidate his foundation and improve his strength. He has not slept for almost half a month.

With his current strength as a peak level 2 apprentice, not sleeping for a month or two would only make him mentally exhausted, but there would be no physical problems.

When the tenth day of the early month of the Resurrection arrived, the Purification Garden also entered the real start-up stage.

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The Resurrection Month means that the goddess of spring will return to the world, and all things will break the ice and revive. But in fact, every year in the Resurrection Month, the goddess of spring is in standby mode, and it will not be until the Flowering Month that the frozen world will slowly thaw.

And the Flowering Month is still more than two months away.

So, when the Purification Garden opened, the entire Mechanical City was still shrouded in heavy snow. The breath exhaled from the mouth could condense into frost and mist.

On Champagne Road——

Because today is the day when the Purification Garden opens, most of the apprentices who live here began to walk towards the opposite side of the Mechanical City. For a while, the usually deserted streets suddenly became lively, with demons dancing and strange costumes.

From time to time, a few figures flew across the sky, and their targets were also pointed directly at the direction of the Purification Garden.

When most of the crowd had left, the door of the Kihara Bar was pushed open, and Nausicaa, Shan, and Shiryu also walked out, followed the crowd, and slowly left.

To be precise, it was Nausicaa who was walking, Shan sat on Gan Ke's left shoulder, and Shiryu fell asleep on Gan Ke's right shoulder.

"Ah--" Shan sighed, with a trace of sadness on her young face, looking at Shiryu who was sleeping on the other side, "Is it really okay for her to go like this? If she encounters danger in the Purification Garden and falls asleep again, wouldn't it be a waste of life?"

Shiryu seemed to have no idea of ​​the danger she might face, with a calm smile on her lips, as if she was experiencing a beautiful dream.

Nausicaa's eyes flashed with worry about Shiryu's constant sleepiness regardless of the occasion, but she thought more than Shan's sentimentality. She pondered, "Since Xiliu's mentor let her go, I think there should be a way to solve her coma problem. Moreover, none of us can be responsible for others forever. She should face the future by herself."

Shan pouted: "You always like to preach. Next time, you and Angel go to preach."

Nausicaa smiled softly: "Angel... He doesn't need me to worry about him. He sees more clearly than me, and he knows how to be cautious. Sometimes I suspect that his age is fake. When facing him, it seems like facing a peer."

"Really?" Shan tilted her head, and her pigtails swayed in the air: "But I think he is very immature. He is so old, but he is afraid that people will know that he likes milk."

Nausicaa asked back: "While maintaining a mature mind, there is still a bit of innocence in the heart. Isn't this good?"

"That's right." Shan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Nausicaa. However, she still sighed and redirected the topic to Xiliu: "But I am still very worried about Xiliu. If I can meet Xiliu or you in the Purification Garden this time, it will be great."

"Pray that you can meet Xiliu. As for me..." Nausicaa pinched her right palm with a silver metallic luster, and her eyes showed her masculine spirit: "I will definitely survive."

Under the layers of dark clouds, snowflakes fell leisurely, landing on everyone's heads and on Nausicaa's fists.

It was like a hymn to the falling snow, and Nausicaa was a touch of red in the snow.

Soon, they left the main city, passed through the gravity reaction door, and entered the inverted world - the opposite side.

This kind of inversion is only seen as inverted by outsiders, but for those who walk in it, there is no feeling.

There are more and more people around, and there are thousands of people as far as Nausicaa can see. According to this ratio, the number of apprentices entering the Purification Garden must be more than five digits, or even more...

Nausicaa noticed that most of the apprentices had smiles on their faces, and they were obviously still happy for the opportunity to be purified. What they didn't know was that perhaps this was their last smile.

Almost all the people who could ride flying vehicles or use flying techniques in the sky were elite apprentices. However, these people all had serious faces, and even they were on high alert for this, and what happiness could the little shrimps on the ground who didn't know about it have?

You know, the Purification Garden will eventually cut off 90% of the apprentices!

This means that no matter how lively and diverse it is now, the contrast will be even stronger when it returns. Deserted and desolate may be good, and being alone may be the most realistic scene.

For a moment, Nausicaa and the others also stopped thinking. Only Shiliu was still sleeping, unaware of the outside light.

After passing through the long and high metal wall, they came to a valley. The highlands on both sides were surrounded by metal walls, and there was hidden magic flowing around them.

When they gathered at the location pointed to by the invitation card, the figures here were already completely dark.

"Once you enter here, there is no way out." Nausicaa looked at the rows of magic eyes on the high ground and whispered.

Shan's expression also became serious, and she found that Gan Ke was trembling under her: "It seems that Mechanical City has made a big move this time. Gan Ke has an innate premonition of danger. It is afraid of the flow of magic power on the high ground." "With deep fear."

"After all, there are rules in this matter." Nausicaa sighed, "But where are there any rules in the wizarding world?"

The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.

More and more people came to the valley, and fancy clothes and various special effects were no longer enough to show off their personal style. Everyone began to use magic to drive away the people next to them. Whoever had more space around them also showed their individual strength.

Anyway, everyone went further and further away following the weird painting style.

The three of Nausicaa were also provoked, just because they chose a location under a big tree on the edge and happened to walk into another person's magic circle. A man with heavy makeup and a tall scarf and cloak glared at Nausicaa with ferocious eyes: "You dare to enter the guarding area of ​​my noble Prince Iberia, you want to die..."

Before he finished speaking, Nausicaa stretched out her palm and put it on his chest: "Go away, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."

In an instant, the man turned into a spiral, drew a parabola through the air, and hit the mountain wall heavily.

Nausicaa's actions instantly caused a commotion among the surrounding crowd.

They whispered, speculated maliciously, and ridiculed. But this had no effect on Nausicaa. Her palm really shocked outsiders, and no one dared to step forward.

"You are becoming more and more skilled in using the hurricane spiral. The man can still move after landing. Obviously you have kept your hands. Half a month ago, you couldn't even control it." No one came forward to interrupt, Shan also Feeling at ease, he smiled at Nausicaa.

"I just have some experience in using the magic conduit in my arm." Nausicaa smiled.

"From this point of view, these robotic arms are indeed more useful to you now than transplants. Transplantation may also cause rejection, but yours has no rejection at all, and it has greatly deepened your power." Shanyan A trace of envy flashed through her: "You are so powerful now, it makes me want to cut off my arm and get one."

Not to mention whether Shan can do it or not, her words also illustrate the power of the robotic arm.

During their chat, Shiliu, who had been sleeping, suddenly woke up and looked around with misty eyes: "Have you arrived at the Purification Garden?"

"Still at the gathering place, I don't know what the situation is yet." Nausicaa said.

Shiliu nodded, looking at the dense crowd around him, and frowned slightly. Then she suddenly covered her ears. She heard too many flowing sounds, some harsh, some dull, and some noisy, which made her uncomfortable.

After a while, Shiliu calmed down a little.

"Are you feeling better now?" Shan asked worriedly. They knew Xiliu's talent. She was very sensitive to any flowing liquid. With so many people present, the sound of blood flow alone was enough to make Xiliu distressed for a while.

"I forgot to block out these noises just now. It's much better now." Xiliu's face was a little pale. "There are many powerful bloodlines here, and the blood flow is like a mercury column, which is difficult to deal with."

"No matter how difficult it is to deal with, it's not as difficult as that group of people." Shan pointed to a plain area on the right side of the valley. There were almost no people there, and the emptiness was in sharp contrast to other places.

"What's going on over there?" Xiliu asked curiously, "Why doesn't anyone go there?"

Xi Liu noticed that there were only about ten people there, but they occupied an area of ​​several miles. Some are floating in mid-air, some are leaning against the trees, and some are just sitting cross-legged, but no one is approaching the other side. It seems that each of them occupies one side.

"Because no one dares to go there." A faint light flashed in Nausicaa's eyes: "The people there are all elites of the major wizarding organizations, and their strength is outstanding among their peers."

Shan Ye nodded and counted in detail: "'Ice and Snow Dancing in the Sky' Shan Yeluo, 'Philosopher' Suya Tutai, 'Dream Reading' Flood, 'Associated Insect Tide' Yi Xiu..."

"These are all very famous apprentices." When Shan was about to finish reading, she kept looking around: "Strange... why don't you see Angel?"

Nausicaa shrugged: "I think with Angel's character, he shouldn't be so arrogant that he wants to show his face at this time. Moreover, there are only a dozen elite apprentices over there. Do you think there are only a dozen or so this time? Do elite apprentices participate in the purification garden?"

As soon as Nausicaa finished speaking, Shiliu suddenly screamed, covered her ears and collapsed on Ganke's shoulder.