Naruto

Torre, on a provincial road in the Tiratulus province, the conjuration expert Teminser, disguised as the old mage Elminster, was sitting quietly in a gold-rimmed four-wheeled carriage, closing his eyes and meditating.

A young driver with red hair and red eyes and six cat whiskers on his face held the reins in his hand and drove slowly.

Driving the tall maroon horse. There were also two mercenaries wearing mithril light armor, riding two smaller horses, guarding the left and right sides of the carriage. It was made of hardwood.

The wheels rolled over the stones on the road, making a soft crunching sound.

They are naturally the disguised Kyuubi Kurama, Uchiha Sasuke and Kuraki Hei.

As for Uzumaki Naruto, he still hung it obediently on Kyuubi's chest, trying hard to pretend that he was just an ordinary pendant.

[At the same time, the spiritual bodies of the old mage, Sasuke, Kyuubi and Naruto were sitting around a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, quietly listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the lotus leaves outside the pavilion.

"The young man listens to the rain song upstairs, the red candles dim the tent. The mature man listens to the rain in the boat, the river is broad and the clouds are low, and the broken geese call in the west wind.

Now, listening to the rain at the foot of the monk's house, there are already stars on the temples. Joys and sorrows are always ruthless, and every step of the way, every drop of it will last till dawn."

Sasuke carefully read the poem "Poppy Poppies" engraved on the wall of the pavilion and said softly: "I didn't know you had such a sentimental side."

"It's a pity that I'm not sharp in writing, so I can only borrow the words of my predecessors to express my feelings." Naruto stood by the pavilion with his hands folded, looking at the drizzly sky, and replied in a low voice.

"Haha! It's so comfortable!" A dark-skinned boy wearing underpants climbed up from the water to the edge of the pavilion. He closed his eyes, feeling the coolness of the raindrops on his body, and waved to everyone cheerfully, "You created this

The world of mental images is really lifelike, Captain! Can you bring me in more often to play with you?"

"I didn't know you actually liked swimming so much, Bingwei." A warm smile appeared on Naruto's face.

"Hey, didn't I tell you, Captain? I grew up by the sea and have always been very good at water." Bingwei walked into the pavilion, and the water droplets on his body wet the bluestone on the ground. "When I was a child, I often

I know how to dive and help my sister fish for rocks from the bottom of the sea!"

"You have a sister?" Naruto raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It happened once. She encountered a group of bandits on her way to Konoha Village for shopping and lost her life." Bingwei raised his head, not showing much sadness on his face, "But I managed to kill him in the end.

Killing those robbers can be regarded as comforting her soul in heaven."

Naruto didn't say anything, he just held him in his arms silently and gently stroked the boy's wet back with his right hand.

Bingwei felt as if he was surrounded by a warm flame, which warmed him from head to sole. He did not remain indulging in such warmth, but quickly broke away from Naruto's arms and revealed a white mouth to the latter.

teeth:

"Thank you, Captain."

"If you like swimming, after solving the troubles in the Shadow Realm, I can take you to play in the Silver Sea of ​​Runia on the first level of Heaven Mountain." Naruto suggested with a smile, "It is said that that ocean

The sweet and pure holy water is rippling, and the sound of the waves is as beautiful as the sound of bells. There are also many beautiful aquatic creatures."

"Wow! Really?" Bingwei opened his eyes wide, surprise showing in his eyes.

"When did I lie to you?" Naruto replied with a smile.

"That's great!" Bingwei jumped up like a child, hugging Naruto's neck and spinning around.

"Do you feel the surge of malice in front of you?" Kyuubi interrupted the happy interaction between the two.

"Don't worry, those guys together won't be a match for any of you." Naruto rubbed the hair of the boy in his arms and said confidently.]

The driver pulled the reins in his hand, causing the horse in front of the car to stop slowly. The guards on both sides also held the reins in their hands tacitly and slowed down their horses. Not long after, a few words

Black shadows burst out from the dense trees beside the road, accompanied by a burst of

The foul smell rushed in front of the carriage. There were more than thirty humanoids with heads similar to hyenas, bodies more than two meters long, gray-green and black-green skin, wearing simple armor, and holding various melee weapons.

The creatures surrounded the entire carriage from all sides.

[Temminsel explained in a low voice: "They are a common barbaric race in the desperate eastern region, jackals. They are cruel and bloodthirsty, move in groups, and often feed on various intelligent creatures."

"Why do they have to feed on intelligent creatures? Human meat may not be more delicious than ordinary livestock, right?" Bingwei's mental body has changed from the swimming suit just now back to the normal ninja outfit, even the water on his body

The stains also disappeared.

"Because they think the screams of intelligent creatures when they are dismembered, skinned or cooked are very pleasant." Naruto replied calmly.

"E...So Captain, your order is...?"

"There are other people ahead who are watching us, we cannot be merciful." Naruto's words contained a rare coldness and determination, "Kill them all, leaving no one alive."

"yes."】

On the hillsides on both sides of the road, there was a group of gnolls who obviously belonged to the same tribe as them, drawing long bows and pointing their arrows in the direction of the carriage.

"Ouch——!"

All the gnolls howled in preparation for hunting. One of the smaller bandits shouted loudly in broken Common Tongue: "Leave...leave all your belongings!"

The driver and the guard were silent, as if they did not hear the cry of the jackal. The mage in the carriage seemed to have just been awakened from his sleep. He opened the curtain and asked slightly sulkily: "What's wrong?"

"A group of jackal robbers surrounded us and asked us to leave all our belongings, Master." The driver explained softly.

"Well, then you are still here

What are you waiting for? The robbers won't kill themselves, right?" The mage lowered the car curtain again, seeming to have completely lost interest in the situation outside the car, "Keep your hands and feet clean, and don't dirty the armor and the car.

Already."

"yes."

Before the voices of the two retinues could completely fall to the ground, the black darts shot out from their hands like two dark clouds, accurately penetrating the most vulnerable throat of each Gnoll archer.

Then they kicked off their legs and jumped up high from their horses. Their swords were unsheathed, drawing two bright silver arcs in the air. The jackals subconsciously raised their weapons and shields, trying to block the two attacks.

The bodyguard attacked, but after the sharp sonic boom, all the weapons and shields, together with the gnoll holding them, were broken into two smooth pieces and fell into a pool of blood.

"Ambrandha Gratio!'"

Accompanied by an eerie spell, a dazzling electric light suddenly descended from the sky and struck towards the top of the car.

It was too late, but soon, the young mercenary sitting in the driver's seat instantly jumped into the air, made a fist with his right hand, and swung it hard towards the lightning.

"boom--!"

After a loud noise, the fierce thunder and lightning was shaken away by the force of the fist, turning into tiny electric snakes and dispersing into the air.

"Whoosh——!"

A bit of cold light flew from the driver's hand into the trees beside the road, nailing the head of a jackal priest to a huge sycamore tree.

["Well done, please cooperate with me next time to make this good show as vivid as possible." Naruto picked up the teacup and made a toasting gesture towards the others, looking around like a Shura.

Turn a blind eye to the general scene.】

The driver sat back on the seat in front of the carriage, picked up the whip again, looked at the seemingly deserted road ahead, turned back and respectfully said to the mage in the carriage: "Master, the envoy from Sain Mountain has arrived."

"Your Excellency Lanis, nice to meet you."

A lilac ray suddenly penetrated the car curtain and hit the empty ground. After a few silver bell-like ringings, a bald red-robed mage and four Torre knights wearing heavy armor cast all the spells on them.

The effects were completely stripped away, and the figure emerged from the purple mist.

"Evasion of detection, advanced invisibility, tsk, tsk, is this the definition of the word 'welcome' by the Regent of Sazastan?"

The surface of the gorgeous carriage and the mounts of the two retinues emitted a dazzling white light at the same time. Then, like bubbles, they exploded into dots of starlight and disappeared without a trace. A middle-aged mage with noble temperament and gorgeous clothes stood behind him.

From the original position of the carriage, he looked lazily at the stiff-faced red-robed mage. The three attendants also flashed around and gathered around the middle-aged mage.

"Haha, Master Teminsel is joking." Master Lanis, who was still sweating just now, calmed down immediately after hearing the middle-aged mage's words, with a flattering smile on his face, "These damn beasts

"The sacrifices have offended the master's respect. I dare not overstep my bounds and punish them on my behalf."

["Refreshing and refined reason." A sarcastic smile appeared on Bingwei's face. 】

"Oh?" Teminsel looked around at the corpses on the ground on both sides of the road and asked in a nonchalant manner, "So, I should also thank Mr. Lanis for your noble hand and giving me this opportunity?

"

"Ahem, the master is joking. Even the regent deeply admires the master's magical attainments. How can I dare to make concessions in front of the master? If I can get a glimpse of the master's true face, I will have no regrets in this life.

.”

["He's really good at flattering." Sasuke snorted softly.

"Who can climb to a high position in a place like Torre, who is not a human spirit?" The old mage sighed softly.]

"Then please ask Sir Lanis to lead the way." Teminsel replied calmly.

"Yes, Master, please come with me."

So Teminsel and the bald red-robed mage walked forward along the provincial road. The three attendants invariably slowed down and put some distance between themselves and the two mages.

A's Torre knights marched side by side.

["There is a prying evil eye floating on the forehead of the leading knight. I have passed the specific location to your minds." Naruto leaned against the pillar of the pavilion, lying on the bench beside the pavilion, holding his hand in his hand.

Holding a spell book borrowed from the Heart of Spells, he said leisurely.

"Can it see through my transformation technique?" Kyuubi asked with a frown.

"No, Nine Lamas. The body you are currently controlling is your real body now... You can even improve your strength through practice like a real ninja. Unless someone can see the past through the long river of time,

Or peek into your memory, otherwise no one will know that your original body is a fox with nine tails." Naruto picked up a glass of rice wine and handed it to Nine Tails' hand, "Of course, if you want to change it back

I can change you back to your original form at any time."

Jiuwei picked up the wine glass, took a sip, closed his eyes and enjoyed the sweet taste: "No need, your body... is quite useful."

"Thank you for saying that." Naruto narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Can you see the origin of this magic eye, Naruto?" The old mage took a sip of the fragrant tea and asked seriously, "There should be no more than a few spellcasters in the world who can resist my 'disintegration ray'

number."

"This spell is the handiwork of Sazastan himself, that's why you didn't discover them at the first time." Naruto replied firmly.

"Well... do you have any suggestions about this, kid?" the old mage pondered for a while and asked softly.

Naruto tapped his forehead protector with a naughty smile on his face, "We can add something interesting to these Demon Eye videos."

"Something interesting?"

Naruto chuckled: "Teacher Kai's sexy swimsuit photo album!"

"puff--!"

Kyuubi, Sasuke and Hebei spurted out all the drinks in their mouths.

"Okay, okay, I admit that I'm not that cruel." Naruto dodged the kunai thrown by Kyuubi and Sasuke, and raised his hands helplessly in surrender, "Honestly, I just planned to seal it in the magic eye.

A true face of Yog-Sothoth."

"ha?"

"The ultimate truth of the universe, even just a simple silhouette, is not something a mortal soul can bear." Naruto replied with a mysterious look.]

"call--!"

The biting cold wind blew on Teminser's face, pulling his attention back from the spiritual world to reality. Not far from the end of the road, a dark door stood among the towering and desolate mountains.

In the middle, there is a war golem made of obsidian standing on both sides.

"Ahead is Mount Thain, Master." Lanis gave a mage salute to Teminser respectfully.

Teminser glanced at Lanis indifferently and said nothing.

"I...I understand what you mean, Master."

Lanis walked to the door, took out a magic wand, and pointed it at the small hole in the door.

"Zeph'los 'Abyssum!"

After a deep sound, the entire door seemed to have been thrown into the water with a pebble, ripples appeared in circles for an instant, and then disappeared completely.

Teminser's expression did not change at all, and he had obviously seen through this misleading illusion.

["This is not just an ordinary illusion, mentor." Naruto said solemnly, "I can feel that behind that gate, the shadow essence and the main material plane are extremely tightly entangled."

"Well... maybe we can find a way to sneak into the Shadow Realm of Death from here." The old mage replied thoughtfully.]

After the illusion was completely suppressed, a bald female mage wearing a dark red robe and a blue veil walked out of the deep and dark canyon.

"Lanis, you can go back."

The bald woman's voice was unexpectedly pleasant.

"Yes, the mentor of the ring."

The male mage bowed slightly to the visitor and disappeared into the white light of the unmistakable teleportation technique.

"I am Serana, the high-level ring instructor of the School of Conjuration. I would like to welcome the master on behalf of the Regent of Sazhastan."

The female mage gave a standard mage salute to Teminser and spoke calmly and dignifiedly.

["Is she our informant for this operation, mentor?" Naruto stood barefoot on the surface of the lake, closing his eyes and sniffing the faint scent of lotus in the air after the rain.

"That's right." The old mage was sitting cross-legged on a huge lotus leaf and nodded.

"Then let's exchange the latest information with her here." Naruto raised his right hand and pointed at the blue sky, and a deep and huge black vortex appeared above everyone's heads.]

"Forget the formality. Has the regent done anything new recently?" The red-haired mercenary with a whisker on his face crossed his arms and impatiently interjected.

Serana raised her eyebrows and was about to say something, but found that everything from the fierce-looking Torre Knight to the low withered yellow grass on the roadside suddenly came to a standstill. She was stunned for a few seconds and exhaled.

He said calmly:

"Are you the 'ally' that Elminster mentioned before? What do you call him?"

The mercenary was silent for a few seconds, then raised his head and replied, "My name is Uzumaki Kumura."

(Note: Kumura and Kurama have similar pronunciations.)

["I thought you always hated this last name..." Naruto said in a daze.

Kyuubi looked at his predecessor Jinchuuriki and smiled casually: "Although I don't like the two women from the Uzumaki clan before, if I didn't have experience with them, I wouldn't meet you now, right?"

"Haha, that's right, Nine Lamas." Naruto's face turned slightly red, he scratched his head and showed a bright smile.]

"Uzumaki Kumura... What an interesting name..." Serana chewed on the pseudonym, then looked solemn and said in a cold voice, "Sazastan has noticed the attention of the gods in the upper world to him. Tomorrow at the latest

He is about to start implementing his crazy plan."

"So we came just in time?"

"The shadow essence from the Shadow Realm of Death has infected every corner of Thain Mountain, slowly absorbing all the life force." The female mage replied with a stern look, "But this is also a great opportunity. Since the Shadow Realm

Since the turmoil in the Death Realm, this should be the only entrance to that realm in the entire multiverse that can be entered through the 'Shadow Walking Technique' and the 'Gate to Another World'."

"Why did you choose to resist Sazastan, Ms. Serana? If I read correctly, your status under that lich is not low, right?" Teminser suddenly asked.

The female mage was silent for a while and replied word for word: "Torre is my hometown, and I can't sit back and watch it be destroyed in the hands of a power-hungry madman."

"Defend your homeland..."

Jiucun nodded slightly, retreated behind Teminser, and said seriously:

"The river of time is about to start flowing again, please pay attention to the consistency of your actions."

After a while, Teminsel put his hands in his sleeves and said calmly: "Then please ask Master Serana to lead the way."

Serana bowed and said calmly: "Please come with me, Master."