It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Vivian's eyes showed a hint of envy, but she longed to be like her sister Shanica and have such intimate interactions with Lord Roy. However... for some reason, the girl's eyes suddenly dimmed.

Toniel remained expressionless, staring at her bandaged hands while silently practicing the runes of basic meditation techniques in her mind.

Ais, following behind Roy, remained aloof and cold, her pale silver pupils fixed on the two of them, her gaze somewhat unfocused, lost in thought.

For a moment, the courtyard became quiet.

"Cough cough..."

Roy coughed lightly, breaking the somewhat strange silence.

He looked at Lilia, who was standing in the shadows in the corner, and asked, "Lilia, have you captured any more Golden and Crimson Knights to send messages in the past three days? Or have you observed any actions taken by the Duke of the Border?"

Roy's voice made Lilia react quickly. She loosened her grip on the black matte leather pants with a slight panic: "Yes... Ah Da and the others who were guarding the entrance to the Golden Orange Territory saw streaks of light coming from the south and flying in all directions. There were five streaks of light observed."

"Five legendary knights..." Roy was somewhat taken aback.

Although he knew the border ducal mansion was powerful, he hadn't expected it to be this powerful.

Those who can fly high in the sky must be legendary knights.

Winter has arrived, and the army of the Kolei Empire has retreated. However, the possibility that they may have sent powerful warriors with high-risk weapons to attack cannot be ruled out. Therefore, there must still be a force left behind on the solid stone wall, and the border duke, as the strongest fighting force, is most likely stationed there.

In other words, the five legendary knights were only a part of the border duke's fighting force.

No wonder the former second prince of the empire went to great lengths to win over the border dukes, even if they couldn't become allies, at least to keep them neutral.

Otherwise, the impact of such a force intervening in the struggle for the throne would be unimaginable.

The legendary knights' power is enough to forcibly shatter the formation and retrieve the forbidden item from the "artificial miniature magic pulse point." With the intervention of these five legendary knights, the situation in the province of Lafa should be greatly alleviated.

Roy felt a little relieved.

He then recounted his experience of searching to the witches.

"so much……"

Upon hearing that there were a total of five "artificial miniature magic points," including the first two, even Vivian, who had only a vague understanding of the overall situation, widened her eyes, her gaze filled with shock.

The existence of each "artificial small magic pulse point" means a source that can continuously generate mutated magical beasts. If left unattended, a magical beast can be generated in a week at most. Moreover, as the concentration of magic in the environment gradually increases, it will not be surprising if a magical beast is generated in a day.

Imagine if the existence of "artificial miniature magic points" went unnoticed, allowing the magic concentration in the environment of the province of Rafa to increase. Eventually, a large number of magical beasts would rampage and slaughter throughout the province, and no matter how hard the legendary knights of the Duke's mansion tried to kill them, they would probably be unable to do so.

For every one they kill, the "artificial miniature magic pulse points" will spawn a dozen or more within a day. By the time they are all killed, there will probably not be many people left in the province of Rafa.

This was a premeditated "calamity" that affected all residents of the entire Rafah province.

Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine.

In the silence, Roy sighed inwardly and was about to say something when suddenly he sensed something and turned to look in the south.

A little earlier than him, Ais saw it, followed by Lilia and Shanika.

In terms of perception over a wide range, even the weakest of the three Grand Witches, Shanika, is stronger than him.

The actions of Roy and his three companions puzzled Vivian, Elena, and Tonigne, who also turned to look.

In the distant southern sky, a streak of crimson-gold light came straight down, like a shooting star that cleaved the heavens and earth, heading towards the Blackstone Lord's mansion.

The crimson light was incredibly fast, exceeding the speed of sound. When it was first detected, it was still far away on the horizon, and within just a dozen seconds, it entered the range of Blackstone Territory.

When the crimson-gold light was only a thousand meters away from the Blackstone Lord's mansion, its speed began to slow down. When it reached the airspace above the courtyard, it came to a complete stop, revealing a slender figure burning with crimson-gold battle aura flames.

The girl, clad in crimson scale armor that accentuated her alluring figure, landed on the ground and, meeting the gaze directed at her, apologized, "I'm sorry, the situation was urgent, and I apologize for any shortcomings in my etiquette, Lord Roy."

“Princess Fuma,” Roy said with a smile, “it seems you’ve made quite a bit of progress since we last met.”

Even if they practice the same breathing technique, each knight's aura fluctuations are different. Fuma's aura is very unique. Roy, who has seen her several times, has memorized it deeply. That's why he did not stop her when she entered Blackrock Territory.

Ais, Lilia, and Shanika also recognized Fuma's aura, which is why they didn't make a move.

If they approached the lord's mansion at high speed with a completely unfamiliar aura, they would have already launched an attack.

With the three of them plus Roy in his "rage state," the four of them working together wouldn't be without a chance of victory, even against a legendary one-star opponent.

“It’s just consolidation and stabilization, it’s not much progress.” Fuma shook her head and looked at Roy with a serious expression: “Lord Roy, that letter that was sent to my father informing him about the ‘artificial miniature magic pulse point’, was it written by you?”

Although it was a question, Fuma's tone was very confident.

“It’s me.” Roy did not deny it.

Given Fuma's understanding of him, it wasn't surprising that she guessed he was the one who delivered the letter.

Moreover, Fuma's innate ability seems to be related to "revelation from the stars," giving her a certain degree of precognitive ability and making her extremely skilled at finding people and objects.

Having escaped the "fated death," her heart was restored to its original state and she ascended to legendary status. She was now able to begin training and developing her witch talents, and her abilities had undoubtedly become even more powerful.

“As expected…” Fuma nodded slightly, then her expression became increasingly serious: “Lord Roy, although the letter you sent contained a complete account, I still want to hear with my own ears the whole process of your discovery of the ‘artificial miniature magic pulse point,’ or rather, whether you have made any other discoveries in the past few days?”

“The process has already been explained clearly in the letter, so there’s no need to repeat it. But the other discoveries…” Roy thought for a moment, then took out a box from his pocket, opened it, and showed its contents to Fuma.

"This is a box with excellent energy insulation. Inside is a high-purity magic crystal. Of course, these are not the main points. The main point is the 'thing' transplanted onto the magic crystal."

Fuma stared intently and saw a wisp of grayish-blue flowing gas suspended above a dark purple, high-purity magic crystal, drawing magic power from the crystal to sustain its existence.

"What is this?!" Fuma stretched out her finger, intending to touch the wisp of air.

But the moment her fingers touched the airflow, a hissing sound, accompanied by wisps of white smoke, made her pull her hand back, a look of shock appearing in her eyes.

As a being of legendary status, this special power from the Gold rank could not possibly harm her, but Fuma's legendary perspective allowed her to instantly judge the terrifying nature of this power.

"This is something attached to the magic power from those mutated magical beasts directly induced by those 'artificial miniature magic pulse points'," Roy's voice came from the side at just the right time.

"It has extremely strong destructive power. Once attacked by it, whether it is a living or non-living thing, it will be corroded into 'ash' if it does not have fighting spirit or magic to resist. It is extremely terrifying."

"Unfortunately, this thing only lasts for a day at most after the original body dies, making it difficult to conduct more detailed research."

“I always felt that the ultimate source of this power was deeply related to the fact that the people behind the scenes had deployed so many ‘artificial magic miniature pulse points’ in the province of Rafa.”

“What terrifying power…” Fura sighed, looked at Roy, and corrected him, “There’s one thing you’re wrong about.”

"The 'artificial miniature magic points' are not unique to the province of Rafa. Currently, all nineteen provinces of the empire are experiencing an abnormal overabundance of magical beasts. We have reason to suspect that the 'artificial miniature magic points' set up by the mastermind have spread throughout the entire empire."

"The entire empire, nineteen provinces?!" Roy gasped, shocked by the news.

He had always thought that "artificial miniature magic points" only existed in the province of Rafa, and never imagined that the schemes of the people behind the scenes were so terrifying, spanning the entire empire.

However, the power of the person behind the scenes must be immeasurable to accomplish such a groundbreaking feat silently.

In the entire empire, how many people could do such a thing? Those who could, those who held the highest positions in the empire, had absolutely no reason to do something that would be entirely detrimental to them.

If it's not theirs, then who is it?

Opposite Roy, Fuma looked at the gray-blue cold current inside the box, and deep in her heart, the "revelation from the starlight" was stronger than ever before.

The feeling was like that of a weak ant peering at a towering giant.

Despair, depression, helplessness...

"Princess Fuma! Princess Fuma!"

The familiar voice startled Fuma from her daze, and Roy's anxious expression was reflected in her blank eyes.

"your eyes?"

Upon hearing Roy's words, Fuma instinctively reached out and touched the wet tears streaming down her face.

The vivid, almost blinding blood color startled her slightly, and then a chill ran through her heart.

The mere foresight of the crisis, without any prior knowledge of what was happening, brought tears of blood to the eyes of this already legendary woman.

What exactly is behind this force?!

"breathe……"

Taking a deep breath, Fuma said in a deep voice, "Lord Roy, could I have this wisp of grayish-blue cold current? I want to take it back to the Duke's mansion for further research."

"It's a minor matter. If you want to test it, you should do it as soon as possible. It can only last for about 20 more hours at most." Roy looked at Fuma with concern, not understanding why the girl had suddenly started crying blood tears from her eyes.

This startled him.

"Time is of the essence, I need to return to the Duke's mansion as soon as possible, so I won't linger any longer. Oh, and here, take this. You can use this to contact me quickly in the future. The instructions for using it are written on this note."

Fuma took out a blue-gold conch shell and a pre-written note from her spatial ring and handed them to Roy.

After Roy took the box, she transformed into a streak of crimson gold light and flew south, carrying the box containing the gray-blue cold current.

Roy opened the small note and quickly understood how to use the blue-gold conch shell.

This thing is a super-enhanced version of the pair of white sound-transmitting conch shells in his hand, capable of transmitting information rapidly within 1000 kilometers, and the method of use is basically the same.

The sound-transmitting conch is a rare object from overseas. It is not a taboo, but a special naturally formed item. Depending on its quality, the transmission distance varies greatly.

According to the classification, the pair of white sound-transmitting conch shells in Roy's hands are only "rare", while this pair of blue and gold sound-transmitting conch shells are at least "epic"!

Roy carefully put away the blue-gold sound-transmitting conch shell; this thing could play a huge role at certain times.

Fuma came quickly and left just as quickly.

However, the news she brought made Rowena's heart, which had relaxed slightly after the Duke's mansion sent legendary warriors to eliminate the "artificial small magic points," tighten again.

A "great calamity" that swept across nineteen provinces of the entire empire...

Such a massive undertaking suggests that the person behind it must have ulterior motives far beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

With a border duke in charge and numerous legendary knights, the province of Rafa is quite confident in suppressing the "man-made miniature magic pulse points" before the "calamity" erupts, given their prior knowledge of their existence. But what about the other provinces?

Not every province has a border duke.

One or two legends are enough, but when faced with a vast province, they often find themselves powerless to change their fate.

If the "artificial miniature magic pulse points" cannot be removed, and monsters proliferate, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Even the province of Rafa cannot remain unaffected—once neighboring provinces fall and monsters spread, Rafa province will also be in dire straits.

This gave Roy a strong sense of crisis.

Strength, strength—he desperately needed to improve his strength.

Without legendary strength, they have no confidence in protecting themselves in the face of the "great calamity" that may come.

Reaching the legendary realm is difficult in the short term, but legendary-level combat power is still something to aspire to.

Roy summoned a gray character panel that only he could see.

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【当前能量储备进度：89%——30.6%色欲、20%嫉妒、18%混沌、10%怠惰、10%暴怒、0.4%暴食】