Chapter 626 Emerald City

After the cursed castle was destroyed, everyone appeared in a wasteland.

"Excuse me, sir, is there anything we can do for you?"

The white-robed wizard pondered for a moment and then asked hesitantly, "The news that the Xingtong Kingdom has been shrouded in the abyss restricted area has been reported back to the academy. I wonder if Mr. Mitchell has any arrangements for this place?"

Enzo didn't answer, looking around.

In his mind, the map of the entire Xingtong Kingdom has emerged. This wasteland is not far from the direction of Emerald City.

"Does any of you know about Emerald City?" Enzo raised his head and asked everyone.

"Emerald City?"

A trace of doubt appeared on the face of the bald wizard Xia Zuo, and he said, "I know there. Before the Abyss Restricted Area appeared, I visited a friend there. I don't know why Sir Enzo asked this."

"Have you been to the Emerald City, do you know the Wizard of Bourne?" Enzo raised an eyebrow.

The bald wizard Xia Zuo nodded and said, "My friend in Emerald City is Wizard Bourne. He married my sister decades ago, so technically we are still related."

A look of surprise appeared on Enzo's face.

The Xingtong Kingdom is only one of the hundreds of kingdoms in the Dark Realm. There are no more than fifty wizards in the entire kingdom, and most of them are from the Campbell family, so almost all of them know each other.

"What happened to Bourne when you left the Emerald City?" Enzo asked.

The main reason why Enzo entered the restricted area of ​​​​the abyss was to find Bourne. After confirming the safety of his old friend, he prepared to conduct a comprehensive exploration operation.

"Before I left, everything was normal in Emerald City."

The bald wizard Xia Zuo answered honestly, "Bern complained to me before that training resources have become less and less recently. He needs to prepare for at least twenty years before he has the opportunity to hit the second-level wizard realm."

"But no one expected that the abyss restricted area would appear!"

The bald wizard Xia Zuo said, his face a little ugly, looking at the surrounding wilderness shrouded in the abyss, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

As for other people's reactions, it's even more so.

Those extraordinary knights are all followers of the wizard. If even the wizard cannot break through the forbidden area of ​​​​the abyss, then it will be even more impossible for them.

The white-robed wizard raised his head and looked at Enzo expectantly.

Among the people present, this mysterious wizard is undoubtedly the strongest, possessing at least level two strength or above. Perhaps as long as he has the ability, he can lead everyone out of the restricted area of ​​​​the abyss to a safe place.

Enzo ignored everyone's expectant looks.

There are dangers everywhere in the Abyss Restricted Area. Although Enzo is not afraid, it is obviously troublesome to bring a bunch of oil bottles. He comes to the Abyss Restricted Area mainly to find Bourne and has no obligation to help others.

The reason why he took action to break the curse of the castle was just a matter of convenience.

"You guys should find a place to hide."

Enzo's tone was calm, and he said softly: "I am going to the Emerald City, and then I will conduct an exploration operation. Before the Abyss Restricted Area completely breaks out, if you still want to live, find a shelter as soon as possible."

After saying that, Enzo turned into a shadow and disappeared.

The faces of the bald wizard Xia Zuo and others suddenly changed, but before they had time to speak, Enzo had already disappeared without a trace. They looked at each other and saw an uneasy glint in each other's eyes.

"What should we do now?" the white-robed wizard said solemnly.

"Follow the advice of Enzo wizard and find a place to hide." The bald wizard Xia Zuo also had a hint of helplessness on his face. He originally planned to seek Enzo's help, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't give them a chance at all.

Everyone discussed on the spot for a moment and then made a decision.

Since Enzo suggested that they hide, it means that in the next period of time, major events are likely to occur in the abyss restricted area. First-order wizards or extraordinary knights are involved, and there is a possibility of death.

Therefore, hiding is undoubtedly the best way.

On the other side, after Enzo separated from everyone, he also turned into a shadow form and headed towards the Emerald City.

It had been many years since he had used this method to move forward, but Enzo didn't feel unfamiliar at all. The path he took was that of shadow. After being promoted to the All Souls Wizard, he became the incarnation of shadow.

Not long after, a city appeared in front.

There is a strong aura of the abyss surrounding it, and the black mist seems to block everything. The sun cannot shine here at all, but because the city wall itself is made of a green rock, it has a hint of emerald-like luster.

This is the Emerald City!

Among the sixteen cities in the Xingtong Kingdom, Emerald City is not special, and the nearby resource points are not considered rich, but it is still one of the territories that the Campbell family wizards strive for.

As a foreign wizard, the reason why Bourne became the lord of this city was not only because he was a wizard of Crows Phantom, but also because he married a woman from the Campbell family, a third-level apprentice studying in Crows Phantom.

Strictly speaking, there is a master-student relationship between Bourne and his wife.

After struggling on the path of a wizard for decades, Bourne was lucky enough to be promoted to an official wizard. Because he was born in the Crow Phantom, like most wizards, he chose to stay in the academy to become a mentor after becoming an official wizard.

As a mentor, he naturally has the power to recruit disciples.

At that time, Byrne had already established some connections with the Campbell family. While accepting the tribute from the Campbell family, he also had to pay some prices.

So, among the current batch of apprentices, the Campbell family sent a girl.

Her talent was only at the third level, which was not very good, but she had surpassed Bourne. At the request of the Campbell family, Bourne accepted the girl as his apprentice, and according to the principle of equivalent exchange in the wizard world, he became the guide of the girl's wizard path.

More than a decade passed quickly.

Bourne, who became a formal wizard, had already stabilized his realm, and Judith, the girl from the Campbell family, was also promoted to a third-level apprentice with the help of her family and mentor.

After more than a decade of companionship, Bourne and Judith developed feelings.

In the wizard world, it is not particularly rare for apprentices and mentors to become partners. In addition to the urging of the Campbell family, Bourne married Judith as his partner after some consideration.

After that, he left the academy.

The Campbell family handed over the Emerald City to Bourne as his resource territory. According to Bourne's plan, he only needed 30 years of operation to get a chance to impact the second-level wizard, although the success rate was less than one in ten.

But even so, it was enough for Bourne.

His wizard talent was not excellent, and being able to become a formal wizard was already a lot of luck. Impacting the second-level wizard was originally an attempt, and the success rate was still very small with the help of a lot of resources.

Bourne married Judith as his partner and obtained the Emerald City as his territory. He thought that his life would be spent in peace, but he did not expect that the fallen wizards of the Skeleton Castle were acting in the Star Kingdom for some reason.

It was precisely because of the evil behavior of those fallen wizards that the Abyss Forbidden Zone was formed directly!

"Why can't I feel Bourne's breath?"

Outside the Emerald City, on the barren plain, Enzo looked at the city emitting green light in the distance, and a trace of doubt appeared on his face.

The city shrouded by the breath of the abyss seemed to be isolated from everything in the outside world.

Enzo tried to perceive with his mental power, but found that he could not even enter the Emerald City with his mind, as if the rules here were completely disordered.

He could not sense Bourne's existence.

Even, he could not perceive everything in the Emerald City, and he didn't even know whether there were any survivors in it.

At the original place, Enzo's eyes flashed.

He raised his arm and spread his palm. A ball of dim light appeared in the palm, which turned into an illusory crow and flew towards the Emerald City.

The crow transformed by magic soon entered the Emerald City.

This time, Enzo finally saw the scene inside the Emerald City. The streets of the Emerald City, which were prosperous in the past, now looked extremely desolate. The phantom crows flew in the sky, and their dark eyes stared at the bottom.

At the corner of the street, he finally found something unusual.

Several gluttonous demons with big bellies were wandering around, seemingly searching for food in the Emerald City. Humans who were infected by the breath of the abyss and alienated became bloodthirsty and crazy.

After several hours of nothing, the mentor gluttonous demons began to get anxious.

Even their eyes looking at their companions became greedy. It was unknown which gluttonous demon roared first, and then threw a companion to the ground and bit him fiercely.

The scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.

It is normal for humans to be transformed into demons in the abyss restricted area. Enzo has no interest in the mutual slaughter of gluttons. He is ready to drive the phantom crow to move forward.

But at this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly sounded.

In a building as tall as a church not far away, a figure covered in a gray robe appeared. He held an oil lamp in his hand. The burning lamp oil exuded a strange smell. When the gluttons saw it, they all showed eager expressions.

"The smell of food!"

A glutton roared hoarsely and pounced on the gray-robed man uncontrollably. The thin gray-robed man seemed unusually calm. He casually snapped his fingers, and the head of the glutton who pounced on him exploded.

Bang!

The headless corpse fell to the ground, and the rest of the gluttons rushed up and ate up their companions' corpses. But no matter how much they ate, becoming a glutton meant being hungry forever and being a slave to gluttony forever.

Then, two more gray-robed men with lanterns appeared.

"How is it? How is the situation on your side?"

The three gray-robed men with lanterns obviously knew each other. When they met, they looked at each other's lanterns. One of them said enviously, "Looking at the brightness of your soul-stealing lantern, I'm afraid you have captured at least 500 souls?"

"There, isn't it going well on your side?"

"Alas, Emerald City is within the territory of Xingtong Kingdom and is also a large city. But after the Abyss Forbidden Zone was formed, all the members of the organization rushed here. It is too difficult to capture a fallen soul now."

One of the gray-robed men with lanterns complained.

"Hey, we are still relatively good." Another man with a lantern in a gray robe said, "I just came from Windmill Town three days ago. The situation there was terrible. Almost all the civilians in the town died, and their souls were taken away."

"Stop talking, get to work."

At this time, a man with a lantern in a gray robe shook his head and said, "The task assigned to us by the mentor has not been completed yet, and we will be punished again soon. I don't want to be locked up in the water dungeon again."

Thinking of the horror of the water dungeon punishment, the three men with lanterns in gray robes shuddered.

At the same time, outside the Emerald City.

Enzo has seen everything that happened in the city through the vision of the phantom crow. From the conversations of the three people in gray robes holding lanterns, it seems that they can be confirmed that they are all apprentices from the Skeleton Castle and are carrying out the tasks of their mentors.

As for the content of their tasks, it is naturally self-evident.

The lantern in his hand should be some kind of magic item that can collect souls. The main reason why the Skeleton Castle is in the territory of the Xingtong Kingdom, at least the Abyss Forbidden Zone, is to plunder souls.

After becoming a fallen wizard organization, the behavior of the Skeleton Castle has completely gone to the extreme of evil.

Even the high-level wizards inside have begun to surrender to the abyss.

They plan to use the Abyss Forbidden Zone to perform evil abyss sacrifices, and obtain more powerful power by sacrificing to the Gluttony Demon God, and then directly throw themselves into the arms of the abyss.

This is basically the only way for fallen wizards.

And the soul is the universal currency of the abyss world. Its meaning is like the magic stone in the wizard world. Most demon lords can increase their strength by devouring souls.

And the key to sacrificing to the Gluttony Demon God lies in the human soul.

Only by taking enough souls can the attention of the gluttonous demon god be attracted, so that the power of the fallen wizard can be promoted. Now, the entire Xingtong Kingdom is full of fallen wizards who harvest souls.

In the Emerald City, the three fallen have finished talking.

They are all external members of the Skeleton Castle. Before they are promoted to the first-level wizard level, their status is not high. They need to complete a certain number of tasks every day to avoid the punishment of the mentor.

And now, there is still a long way to go from the task target.

After the three talked, they were ready to leave, but at this time, a fallen noticed the illusory crow in the sky.

"Look! What is that?"

The gray-robed fallen holding a lantern had a trace of doubt on his face. He had never seen the phantom crow, but he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Following the direction of his companion's finger, the other two fallen also looked in the direction.

The next moment, the illusory crow opened its mouth.

From the mouth that seemed like an endless vortex, a shadow slowly emerged, and then fell to the ground and turned into a human form. It was Enzo outside the Emerald City.

The rules of the Abyss Forbidden Zone are disordered, which limits the abilities of wizards.

However, for Enzo, a fourth-level wizard, it is still easy to perform a teleportation-like spell through the phantom raven.