Chapter 766: Artifact
"By coincidence, you found a way to restore most of Edith's abilities. You need to read the book?????? Book? If you can do all this, Edith will become your staunch ally!"
Mission Objective: Find the Magic Tower of Helsino (not completed)
Restoring Edith's strength (unfinished)
Mission reward: Arcane Light reputation +15000 points
It's not surprising that this mission appeared. Rody has done a lot of missions triggered by chance. But this task is obviously different from the blue "repeatable task" provided by Edith before. It is a rare task of the trigger type, and the difficulty is marked as "red", which means that completing the task is very difficult for the current Roddy. .
"The difficulty is for me alone, but I am not fighting alone now anyway."
Roddy breathed a sigh of relief, and after copying the incantation provided by Camilla, he hurried downstairs to find Houdini... Finding things is the specialty of "prophecy" mages, so he must be the one to look for in this matter.
As a result, when Rody came to Houdini's laboratory and said the request, Houdini, who cast the spell on the spot, turned extremely pale after the "tracking technique". slumped on the ground...
"The obstacles are too strong."
Ordinary "Tracking" Houdini cast twenty without any discomfort. He is a magister after all, and the magic power in his body is much stronger than that of ordinary mages. But a single spell almost exhausted his mana, which only explained one situation: the target to be searched was shielded by a very high-level barrier, and he couldn't lock it at all!
Rody's face was serious, and he finally realized what the "red" in the quest mark represented... If there were no people over level 60 in Elson City, I'm afraid there would be no way to find the magic tower.
If this question was placed a month ago, I am afraid it would be really unsolvable. But Rody was very glad that he had a "good relationship" with Kardashian. He glanced at the "map bar", helped Houdini to sit back in the chair, and then turned and rushed to the "Elson Magic Research Department".
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When Roddy sought Kardashian's help, the "Holy Church" had already begun to act.
Three of the five "holy congregation" elders personally led the team to play, and the temptation of the Helsino Magic Tower is indeed evident. However, with the exception of Dominic, none of the other elders had a magic tower capable of long-distance movement, so they could only use horses to gather in the direction of Elson City.
The directions of the three elders, Crawford, Kyle, and Aubrey, are exactly distributed in the north, east, and southeast, and the number of teams led by each elder has nearly a hundred people. The other two elders didn't go out in person, it was because they were too far away, so they had to ask their subordinates to gather their hands in a hurry. Want to read??Books???·Books??·
But the obvious result was that the team of these two elders was left far behind.
Although the Helsinki Magic Tower became the "Tower of No Owner" because of the fall of Edith, but its rank is too much higher than that of all the elders. Even Dominic has not been able to fully grasp all of it during the years of controlling the Magic Tower. Secret, so none of them thought that the moment they entered the magic tower, they could make it obey their orders. For this reason, the three had to make an agreement in advance: whoever enters the magic tower first and controls the core, the magic tower will belong to whoever.
In order to find the magic tower as soon as possible, the three elders tried their best. They not only assembled their subordinates in the most efficient way, but also took out all their skills and props at the bottom of the box, just to find the place where the magic tower is located in the first time. Location!
However, the problem they faced was actually the same as that of Roddy: No one except Dominic knew the location of the Helsinki Magic Tower. It was not so much a competition as to who could control the core of the Magic Tower first, but rather that they were comparing the speed of finding the Magic Tower. Fortunately, the address and details of the assembly order issued by Dominique in the "Holy Meeting" outside the city of Elson, according to the judgment, the location of the magic tower must be not far from the small town named "Carters".
The location of "Carters Town" is more than 50 kilometers northeast of Elson City, which is one of the closest towns to the city.
The elders who heard the news didn't say a word, and rushed straight away with their troops. Because the elites of the "Holy Congregation" came here, even if they were not mages, they were arcane warriors with strong abilities, so it only took three days for Elder Crawford, who was the fastest, to arrive in this town.
It was late December, and it was snowing again outside Elson. But because it was a covert operation, Crawford didn't dare to take a team of nearly a hundred people to the tavern in the town to make a big show and live there. They had to camp tremblingly in the wild. In order to prevent being discovered, they didn't even dare to live. They are all mages. I am afraid that many people have frozen to death by this time.
"Start the search tomorrow, rest now."
Elder Crawford wore a white fox fur cloak, and because of the existence of the cold barrier, he looked normal. On the other hand, those arcane warriors who needed to save their magic power were all flushed by the wind. This team was followed by 40 "auxiliary soldiers" belonging to the Holy Church. Although they don't know magic and haven't become "Arcane Warriors", they are all loyal fighters trained by the "Holy Society". Each of them has a very high quality of individual soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is definitely not inferior to any elite troops.
In the cold weather, everyone was actively building a camp and heating dinner with the flameless magic circle they carried, but Elder Crawford looked at the shadowy town a few kilometers away, closed his eyes and silently explored...
"Whose team is this?"
Sensing the fluctuations of various auras in front of him, Crawford suddenly frowned. His "sensing technique" will detect the presence of magic aura within a kilometer range. It stands to reason that if there are other magicians here, except for the occasional few wizards who are rushing to Elson City, I am afraid that only The team led by Kyle or Elder Aubrey is gone.
But he clearly realized that there was an existence in the town ahead that was very different from ordinary mages, and its fluctuations were extremely powerful, even surpassing Crawford's strength. But after careful inspection, it felt like a clergyman.
"The bishop of the Rosicrucian? The ones with this strength can only be those above the College of Cardinals..."
Crawford hesitated for a moment, but gave up his plan to investigate again. He came here for the magic tower, and the most important thing is not to reveal his whereabouts. If you can avoid provoking the powerful clergyman in front of you, try to ignore it as much as possible, so as to save trouble.
Thinking this way, he quickly arranged two barriers for his team to ensure that they would not be discovered, and then walked back to the tent, resting his mind at ease.
At this time, Elder Crawford, whose communication was closed, naturally didn't know that the team staying in Carters Town was precisely Sally, the Duke of Efta, and his party who were going to Elson City.
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"Duke, what's the matter?"
Titus, who was guarding the door, heard the movement in the room and looked in from the outside.
"It's all right, Knight Titus."
Waving her hand, Sally indicated that everything was normal. After there was no one around, she picked up the "Viper's Kiss" in her hand again. She just felt like being pricked by a needle. Although she felt it, she was a little uncertain... After all The sudden increase in her strength because of the "kiss of the viper" still made her a little uncomfortable.
Sally thought for a while, and raised her hand. The three little snakes that were originally hidden on her arm condensed into a solid body, and crawled along to the couch in front of her. And soon, the three snakes turned their eyes warily to a wall, but after staring for a while, they relaxed, and began to crawl around curiously as usual.
Compared with the small loach-like appearance a few months ago, the shape of the three vipers has obviously changed a lot. After they were condensed and formed, they were already as thick as Sally's wrist, and their length was nearly two meters. Although the body scales are similar to normal snakes, the heads of Alecto, Megara and Tisiphone are clearly different from normal vipers. The triangular heads have agile eyes, and the color of the body is also different. If you look closely, you will find that their heads have slight protrusions, as if they will grow small horns soon.
Sally reached out and stroked Megaella's snake head, which was the most docile of the three snakes, giving her the feeling of a lazy cat. Through the emotion conveyed silently, the duke gradually settled down. "It seems that this detection is not hostile..."
Considering that Elson City extended the exchange meeting time, causing more mages to flock here, this kind of detection is not so unusual. Sally looked at Alecto, who had already run to the other side of the room, and beckoned him back helplessly. He was too active, and his exuberant curiosity seemed endless. In contrast, Tisiphone behaved perfectly In front of the fireplace is clearly a model of "good students".
"It's going to Elson tomorrow."
While stroking Megaera, Sally stared at the flickering flames of the fireplace in a daze. She knew that it was unruly for her to go directly to Elson like this, but the desire in her heart made her unable to wait to meet Rody anymore... Before Rody went to Laximan, she promised to come back. For weddings.
But why doesn't he mention it now? Is it because you are too busy?
The emotional choice of this stupid wood always made Sally very angry, but who made himself like such a guy? The guy who fights in the troubled times is supposed to be cold-blooded and ruthless, but he is like the fire in front of him, warming the hearts of many people, and making them unable to leave him again.
The closer she got to Elson, the more anxious Sally became. She recalled the scenes of fighting side by side with Rody, which seemed to be a long time ago. Sally didn't know if he would become unfamiliar with him because she hadn't seen him for a long time. She would always think of the misunderstandings she had with Rody back then, and now that she thought about it, there were some childish elements in it. But now as she grows older, the turmoil and entanglements of political affairs have made her feel favored. The mercenary between people leads to indifference. Many people seem to be close, but the distance in their hearts can be said to run counter to each other...
Will he become like this one day?
Even though she was out of the naive age, Sally still had a feeling of worrying about gains and losses when she approached Elson. She stared at the fire in a daze, and when she came to her senses, she realized that the three little snakes were curled up around her, obviously aware of something strange, and they came to comfort her together.
Seeing this scene, Sally laughed aloud. She held the "Viper's Kiss", and her chaotic thoughts were cleared up. How can Rody and her feelings compare with the nobles who are full of hypocrisy? This unparalleled artifact alone is enough to prove everything.
Thinking of this, Sally breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked back to the bedroom. I'm going to see him tomorrow, you must rest early, don't be laughed at by Roddy with two dark circles under your eyes...
Thinking like this, she soon fell asleep. (To be continued..)