On the spacious road, a cavalry team was moving forward.
"This is the royal city of the Steel Fort Kingdom."
Soon, the cavalry team came outside a city, with the three words "Iron City" hanging high above, which was the royal city of the Steel Fort Kingdom.
The Steel Fort Kingdom is a small border country. Although it is nominally a kingdom, its actual territory is pitifully small. If it weren't for the existence of several mining areas in the territory, it wouldn't even be qualified to pay tribute to the academy.
"Please come with me, two wizards."
Knight Dylan drove his mount and walked in front, approaching Caroline and Enzo into the Iron City. After passing through a city, he arrived at a castle.
"His Highness Bukai, the wizard of the Crow Phantom has arrived in the Kingdom of Steel Fort, these two are."
Knight Dylan ordered his cavalry to stop, and then took Enzo and Caroline into the castle. In the hall, he saw a young man in gorgeous clothes.
"What? Lord Wizard is here?"
Hearing the words of Knight Dylan, the young man in a gorgeous costume suddenly raised his head and saw the two people in a long robe, and quickly got up to salute.
"Ri'an, two wizards."
The young man in the gorgeous clothes performed rituals in the wizarding world and introduced himself, "I am the third-level apprentice Bukai, and I am also the new king of the Steel Fort Kingdom."
Enzo looked at Bukai.
The magic aura emitted from his body was indeed a third-level apprentice, but his strength was average. It seemed that he was promoted to a third-level apprentice by relying on too much external force.
"Is it your request for help from the college?"
Caroline's eyes were indifferent, she glanced at Bukai with respect and asked softly.
"Sorry, Lord Wizard."
Bukai looked nervous and said, ": My father died too suddenly. I didn't expect that those untouchables would dare to rebel, and they occupied the mining area so quickly!"
The opportunity for the rebellion of the Steel Fort Kingdom was that Budina, who was the old king, passed away. Even though the founder was a formal wizard, he was finally unable to resist the erosion of time.
Therefore, after the death of the old king, a rebellion occurred in the mining area. Perhaps it was because of the rule of the previous two hundred years, and the kingdom brought too much oppression to the people, and the rebels quickly formed an uprising army, leaving the situation out of control.
In the early stages of the mining area rebellion, Bukai did not intend to ask the academy for help because it was difficult for this weak kingdom to pay for it. Until the situation was out of control, Bukai had to send a signal for help.
"I hope the Crow Phantom will not hold me accountable..." Bukai looked at Caroline nervously and prayed silently in his heart.
As the territory of the Crow Phantom, the king must maintain his rule while enjoying rights. In any case, the rebels in the mining area formed an insurrection, and Bukai had an unshirkable responsibility.
"As soon as he succeeded to the position of king, such a serious rebellion occurred in the territory. How did you, the king?" Caroline spoke quietly and looked at Bukai with a cold look.
Bukai's heart thumped, and his thoughts flashed quickly.
"I do have an unshirkable responsibility when rebellion occurs in the mining area." Under Caroline's gaze, a few drops of cold sweat oozed out of Bukai's forehead. He quickly took out a metal ring and begged, "However, please ask the Wizard to give me a few more words when writing the mission report!"
Caroline raised her eyebrows and took the metal ring.
After taking a look at it casually, Caroline saw that this was a high-quality magical item of poor quality, and it would not be worth more than a thousand magic stones at most, but it should be extremely precious to Bukai.
"It's okay." Caroline said lightly, then put away the metal ring.
Next to him, Bukai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Since Caroline has accepted her bribe, when everything is over, she will show mercy when writing the task report and reduce her responsibilities.
"A magic item, are you planning to let the two of us separate?" At this time, Caroline spoke quietly again.
Bukai's face suddenly turned pale, and then he remembered that there was a wizard next to him, but he only prepared a gift.
"What should I do?" Bukai was anxious.
Enzo didn't care about these things, seemed to notice something, frowned slightly, and looked around the castle hall.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped.
"What's wrong, Enzo?" Caroline was a little surprised.
Enzo's eyes narrowed, and then his mind moved.
A shadow like a tide appeared under his feet, twisting and turning into a palm, grabbing forward like lightning, grabbing a black beetle.
"This is..." Caroline frowned.
Next to him, Bukai's face also changed slightly. The black beetle made him feel a little familiar. Some thought flashed through his heart and he quickly shook his head.
"The eavesdropping insects have been monitoring the palace."
Enzo's face was calm, he pinched the black beetle in his hand, recorded the breath of the eavesdropping insect in his heart, and crushed it with a little force with his two fingers.
"How could this happen?" Caroline frowned. People like eavesdropping insects are usually only cultivated by wizards to monitor or steal intelligence.
"It seems that the rebellion that occurred in the Steel Fort Kingdom is not just a civilian uprising." Enzo shook his head slightly.
Caroline's eyes flashed, and her thoughts changed.
"The mining area occupied by the rebels is there, take us here now." Turning around, Enzo ordered to Bukai next to him.
"Now...now?"
Bukai was slightly stunned, but soon reacted and bowed and said, "As for your order, Lord Wizard!"
...
Located in the south of the Iron City, there is a large mountain range. The environment here is harsh and surrounded by large pieces of rocks. However, it is the largest mining area in the kingdom.
About half a year ago, the old king Budina suddenly passed away. One night, a riot occurred in the mining area, and a large number of mine slaves killed the guards here.
At that time, Bukai had just succeeded to the throne.
He was busy stabilizing all forces in the Steel Fort King, but ignored the rebellion in the mining area, which led to the situation being out of control soon. After the rebel army captured two towns in succession, it formed a powerful force.
At this time, Bukai came to his senses.
But it was too late. The rebel army, which occupied the mining area and two small towns as the foundation, became increasingly powerful and defeated the kingdom army three times.
As a last resort, Bukai had no choice but to ask the academy for help.
"This is the largest mining area in the Steel Fort Kingdom, and it is also the base for those untouchables!" Not far from the mine, Bukai pointed forward.
Enzo looked at him and there was a valley entrance ahead.
There are mountains like dragon ridges on both sides, forming narrow and long roads. In this easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack environment, it seems that it is not strange that the Kingdom army was defeated three times.
Suddenly, Enzo frowned and the tip of his nose moved.
"It seems...a smell of sulfur?" At this time, Caroline also smelled the faint pungent smell in the air and said hesitantly.
Enzo nodded, it was indeed the smell of sulfur.
Turning on the scanning function of the chip, he found that there were a large amount of sulfur and other things buried in this valley. It seemed that just by igniting a fire, a huge explosion could be formed and the entire mining area would be destroyed.
"It seems that the rebels here are very smart." Caroline raised her eyebrows.
Burying a large amount of sulfur in the valley can make the kingdom army afraid and dare not step into it in large quantities. In addition, the environment is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the rebel army has abundant supplies, it can be stationed here for a long time.
"Since that's the case, there's no need for others to go in."
Enzo's tone was indifferent, and a large amount of sulfur was buried under the valley. The mortal soldiers of the Kingdom Army stepped into it and were just like they were dying, so the army could only stay outside the mining area.
Caroline nodded slightly and waved to Bukai.
The third-level apprentice immediately understood and ordered his troops to retreat, but left Dylan Knight alone.
"The environment inside the mining area is complicated, and the two adults need a guide."
Bukai explained that Enzo had no objection, and he saw that the sky was getting darker and darker, so he did not intend to waste his time, so he invited Caroline and Knight Dylan to enter the valley together.
"Chip, enable the scanning function!" Enzo ordered in his heart.
The rebel army in the rebellion of the Steel Fort Kingdom sounded like it was composed of mortals, but the discovery of eavesdropping insects in the palace made Enzo feel that this time was not as simple as he imagined, so he decided to be more cautious.
The three of them rode their respective mounts and gradually penetrated into the valley.
The surrounding environment began to become complicated. There were abandoned mine caves near the mountains on both sides. The atmosphere was a bit strange and quiet. After walking for ten minutes, the three of them saw no one.
At this moment, Enzo suddenly stopped.
Even without the prompt from the chip, he could feel the abnormality around him. Caroline's eyes narrowed, and with a chaotic shout, many figures appeared in the mountains on both sides, holding longbows and crossbow arrows.
Swallowing!
The rebels in the mining area seemed to have been ambushing here for a long time, aiming at the three people below, and then shot a rain of arrows. Knight Dylan suddenly felt as if he was facing a great enemy and nervously drew out the cross sword.
However, Enzo and Caroline didn't care.
"The Wind Dance!"
Caroline raised her hand casually, and a strong wind was summoned out, blowing down the rain of arrows in the air, and controlling the strong wind, turning the people who were ambushing here upside down.
"What a ridiculous group of mortals."
Caroline sneered. After being promoted to a formal wizard, she had a natural sense of superiority to secular mortals, just like higher lives treating lower creatures, full of indifference.
"Be careful, it's a little bit wrong."
At this moment, Enzo suddenly spoke, and his eyes looked to the right. There seemed to be a trace of unusual aura in the ambushing rebel army. Under the scanning of the chip, several special humans were found.
The next moment, a terrifying roar came from the rebel army.
Several mortal rebels, black gas surged from their bodies, their muscles swelled and thrust their clothes, and their faces became distorted and ferocious, as ugly as a demon crawling out of the abyss.
"Kill them all!"
The aberrant mortals were on all sides, pounced down from above like wild animals, and their scarlet eyes were filled with bloodthirsty luster, emitting an extremely chaotic aura.
"The wind blade attacks wildly!"
Caroline frowned and waved her hand to summon wind blades and shot them at the distorted mortals. The wind blade cut on them, but it only scratched the skin and leaked a trace of black blood, which did not cause fatal damage.
"What's going on?" Caroline was shocked.
Although the magic she released just now was only zero-ring witchcraft, as a formal wizard, that level of magic was enough to kill the extraordinary knight, but it failed to cause substantial damage to those monsters.
At this time, several monsters had already rushed towards the three of them.
Enzo's eyes were calm, and his thoughts moved, and the shadow realm suddenly spread, covering several monsters, and then shadow tentacles emerged, binding and entangling all the monsters.
"Eat them!"
"Go! Kill!!"
Even though they were bound by shadow tentacles, the monsters still made manic roars, and the aura of chaos continued to spread, as if they had a certain impact on the surroundings.
Next to him, Dylan's Knight looked ugly and his spirit was in a daze.
"Is it the abyss?" Feeling the chaotic aura emitted from several monsters, Caroline's eyes were filled with a solemn luster.
Enzo also stroked it, and a trace of thought flashed in his eyes.
The aura of chaos filled the bodies of several monsters is very similar to the power of the abyss, as if these people were attacked by the abyss, which caused distortion.
At this time, the change appears again!
Several monsters, who were originally bound by shadow tentacles, suddenly let out a series of pain and wailing, their mouths opened to an exaggeration, and balls of black gas surged out of their bodies and flew in one direction.
The next moment, several monsters returned to their human form.
However, after losing the black fog, they all seemed to have lost their souls, their faces were extremely dull, and their bodies were soft, like bodies.
Enzo raised his hand and the shadow realm dissipated.
Several mortals fell to the ground and gradually lost their breath. At the same time, the ambushing rebels around them fled one after another, as if they were very familiar with the surrounding environment and soon disappeared deep in the mountains.
Enzo turned over and jumped off the magic horse, walked up to check it out.
The few corpses on the ground had become stiff, and their skin was extremely abnormally pale. When they touched their fingers gently, they sank deeply, as if they had been dead for a long time.
"How is it?" Caroline also walked over.
"No soul, he should have died for a long time." Enzo shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The black fog just now should have come from the abyss, the energy source that drives them."
Caroline frowned and looked a little ugly.
Originally thought it was just a simple task, but now it was a wizard and the abyss. Things suddenly became complicated, which made her feel a little relieved. As a member of the Kendy family, Caroline would not be punished too much even if the mission failed.
"Or... forget it?"
Caroline hesitated and tentatively said, ": This mission has exceeded the controllable range. Why not report it to the academy and send a few more wizards to deal with it?"
“No need for this.”
Enzo shook his head and said, "Although it is more complicated than imagined, it has not reached the level of needing to report to the academy. Since mortals infected by the power of the abyss have appeared here, it means that the mastermind behind everything is here."
Chapter completed!