The hills at the end of the Eas Mountains extend to the center of the northern plains. Even if travelers arrive at the Grand Canyon within the range of the Ural Fortress, they can still vaguely see the slightly raised rock hills on the vast plain.

As all travelers walking on the avenue see, on the side of the Ural Mountains that divide the northern and central areas, is a narrow canyon that spreads to the western seas. The huge crack caused by the movement of the two continents in millions of years may be another ocean prototype tens of millions of years later, but now it is just a channel connecting countless underground water systems. At the bottom of the canyon, an underground river that gathers into one surging and flows towards the distance. At the upper end of the canyon, a huge bridge connecting the two sides spans hundreds of meters, connecting the two sides.

This is the Ural Mountains Fortress on the border between the Moldavian territory and the central area of ​​the Northern Empire.

In history, King Aas blows the trumpet of the first pioneering era here. In order to pursue glory, countless knights went deep into the wild snowfield one by one, and merged the current extreme cold plain, the Aas Mountains and the confused sea at the end of the earth into the territory of the empire. Now, the Ural Fortress, as the center connecting the northern and central regions, has gradually become an extremely prosperous city.

Star falls on April 5, 834, the border of the Central District of the Empire, the Ural Mountains, and the Ural Fortress.

After passing the long crowd, Joshua and his two weapons sat in a carriage made of steel-core wood and dragon-patterned wood, passing through the fortress's review pass at an even speed. After the inspector saw the small-sharp sword-holding emblem on the carriage, they all took a tacit step back, allowing the ordinary but extremely strong carriage to enter the fortress smoothly.

Since rejecting Nostradamus's proposal last time, Joshua has made plans to set off alone. However, he did not want to find a teleportation array casually. He arrived at the imperial capital with a convenient way to teleport magic, but this was really boring. So after several tailor masters made his dresses for him, the warrior took his luggage, sat in a carriage, and leisurely embarked on the road to the imperial capital.

Although this behavior was a waste of time and meaningless, for Joshua, what he saw along the way was a good opportunity for him to re-examine this familiar and unfamiliar world. The coachman skillfully drove the horse pulling the cart, walked around the corner, and turned the cart to the central avenue of the fortress.

From the main city of Moldavia to the Ural Fortress, this journey is pleasant and warm. Without government affairs, the soldiers can calm down and enjoy the scenery of early spring with peace of mind.

Next to the Ural Fortress is an artificial river with golden light shining due to the sun. The green grass spreads from the beach of this moat to the woods next to the mountains. Because there are sawmills and water mills inside the fortress, this artificial river is also pulled out of a tributary to continue into the city, bringing the fresh atmosphere of grass and trees in the mountains. The carriage is walking along the artificial river towards the center of the city. Lin has long sat next to the elderly coachman, humbly learning the skills of how to control several war horses at the same time. Ying looked out the window curiously and admired the cityscape completely different from the main city of Moldavia.

Joshua also smiled and looked at the scenery outside the carriage window, as well as the newcomers who were coming and going, and had a very comfortable feeling in their hearts.

As a human being, he really needs to relax. He has been working too hard in the past year, with major events one after another, which makes people have no chance to breathe. If it weren't for the opportunity to go to the capital of the empire this time, he wouldn't even take time to give up his official duties, take a few days off, and travel around to see.

Of course, if they walk at their speed, they will definitely not have time to reach the imperial capital these days. Whether they can pass through the jurisdiction of the Ural Fortress will be a problem. However, as long as they enter the central area of ​​the empire, Joshua and others can borrow the teleportation array from the local city to the foot of the imperial capital at any time, so there is no need to worry about being late.

"If you want to go out and have a look, then go out."

Suddenly, Joshua spoke to his two weapons, which made Ying and Lin shocked. For this reason, Lin returned to the carriage and peered at her sister. Although Ying had been in the carriage, she didn't know why her master suddenly had this idea.

What is the master trying to do?

The two of them had no concealment and were directly written on their faces.

Joshua also saw their expressions, but where did the warriors come from other ideas? He just saw Ying and Lin seemingly curious, so he simply asked the two to go out for a trip by themselves. Anyway, this time they were relaxing, and there was no need to act together. He and both of them were in a state of emotion, and they were not afraid of getting lost.

As for the danger, Joshua was not worried at all. Ying and Lin both had the strength of high-level silver. As long as he, the master, worked hard, he could even advance to gold. Even if there were human traffickers or other evil people who were attracted to the appearance of the two, they would never be the ones who suffered.

"Then...we're leaving?"

Before leaving, standing by the roadside, Rin looked at Joshua in the car with some hesitation, and he said softly: "Isn't it a joke?"

"Of course not, go, don't spend all your money."

Joshua shrugged, and he nodded to Ying, who was standing beside her, not to look suspicious: "If you want to go, don't have such a suspicious expression."

Watching the two disappear at the corner of Central Avenue, Joshua nodded slightly, then unfolded the city map that came with the carriage. After a brief look, he determined his next target. A more famous alchemist now, who wanted to ask an alchemist for some things.

However, just as he was about to ask the coachman to change direction and head to the south of the city, Joshua suddenly felt an inexplicable chill.

This chill comes not from the temperature in the air, nor from unknown enemies, but from the depths of the soul.

Distant altar.

The weird ceremony has come to an end. The armor placed on the obsidian altar has been shattered in pieces under the erosion of black tentacles, leaving only countless pieces and black-brown blood scabs. The blood array drawn on the dome is supported by eight stone pillars engraved with countless blasphemy curse runes, flashing with an indescribable chaotic aura, spreading towards the unknowingly distant void.

“Chaos are supreme!”

Accompanied by a simple spell, all the fragments of the armor were melted by a stream of darkness from the void, and the dark brown blood scab seemed to regain vitality and turned into fresh plasma. However, the blood from the orc green was completely wiped out by a force while manifesting, and only a little dark red blood was wrapped in the black tentacles, trembling like red beads.

"Blood sacrifice to my god!"

Next to the altar, a tall figure suddenly cut his forelimbs and sprinkled his blood on the ground. With the flickering of the lines, the blood beads suspended on the altar were instantly evaporated by an unpredictable evil terrifying force. The black and red blood mist filled the sky above the altar, and was completely absorbed by the obsidian altar. After that, the altar seemed to have obtained something necessary and began to fully become active. It was originally suspended in the air and began to slowly rise and rotate. The two huge figures that were originally chanting the spell now leaned over respectfully, expressing their fear and awe for the scene in front of them.

The altar made of obsidian is flickering with bloody patterns, and there is endless glory. With every rotation of the altar, the magic circles on the dome and the runes on the stone pillars will be destroyed as if they were breathing. The altar rotates faster and faster, and the speed of the sudden destruction becomes faster and faster. Until the end, the altar, which was originally rotating wildly, suddenly stopped choosing, but at this time, the void had been torn apart, and an extremely powerful negative will descended here silently. After confirming some information, it broke through the air in a certain direction.

The speed of thinking and will is faster than light, free from the power of time, and at the moment when the ritual is completely completed, the curse also descends on Joshua, who is in the far-reaching Ural Fortress.

At this moment, Joshua subconsciously felt a great horror. His muscles, which were harder than steel, suddenly tensed up, and his heart was violently aroused, transmitting the power of life to his whole body to resist unknown dangers.

But the power of curses came so quickly that in contrast, any resistance became slower. Just as Joshua frowned and was about to burst out his full strength, the evil power broke through the protective power that he had not yet come to mobilize, and went straight into the warrior's soul.

Ying and Lin, who were walking hand in hand on the street, were happily listening to an elf minstrel singing an epic about King Aas, but suddenly, the two looked into the distance in shock, and their bodies trembled suddenly, as if they had poor contact, and there were obvious signs of fluctuations.

"Owner?!"

Before they could say the following words, the two people's spiritual bodies, which were slowly collapsing, suddenly stabilized again. While Ying and Lin looked puzzled, an invisible material, the light of order of only [purification], suddenly burst out on the north side of the city, turning into a ray of unseen by ordinary people, and in the eyes of professionals, the glorious pillar of light that was even better than the sun next year, went straight into the sky, as if it had penetrated the infinite distance point behind it and sank into the void.

In the center of this light column, a black-haired man pressed his chest with one hand, holding the treasure he hung on his chest tightly. Translucent light was burning all over his body. This flame was completely different from all the flames in the world. It seemed to be the origin of life, the source of existence, and the most basic force for all things to survive.

【Tinder:lv1】
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