The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 565 Artifact
Without any hesitation, Ryan walked towards the dilapidated palace.

Suddenly, a black plant shaped like a pitcher plant nearby suddenly opened its two sharp black leaves and bit down hard on Ryan's calf.

But the next moment, a metal spike rose from the ground, pierced its newly opened mouth, and quickly crushed it into pieces.

This small change did not affect Ryan's pace at all, and he continued to move forward at a leisurely pace.
However, Ryan's sight shifted slightly, because he found that the black pitcher plant turned into wisps of light black smoke and then slowly floated towards the palace.

"The evil spirit has some kind of attraction effect on evil spirits."

"Just like the natural connection between the clones formed by other evil powers." Ryan watched the scene silently and thought to himself.

With some thoughts flashing through his mind, Ryan continued to walk inside.

Along the way, he was constantly attacked by plants contaminated by evil spirits, but with his current level of strength, these things naturally would not cause him any trouble, and could not even slightly hinder his steps.

By the time he arrived in front of the palace gate, the evil spirit in front of him had already formed a light black vortex that was visibly forming above the palace.

If someone below the epic level came here, Ryan was sure that the strong evil spirit before them would cause the other person to mutate rapidly.

Looking inside through the broken palace gate.

There was a colorful swirling shield inside, trapping Thorson Glenn who was lying flat inside.

The strange weapon above the whirlpool, which Ryan guessed was the Key of Time, was slowly spinning above and releasing crystal clear and graceful smoke-like energy in strands to the bottom.

At this time, although the last emperor still had black evil spirit lingering around his body, his eyes were closed and he had a peaceful expression, which was very different from his previous fierce appearance.

However, Ryan looked around carefully, but did not find the figure of the goblin princess, Emora Glenn. He did not know whether her spirit had dissipated or was hiding somewhere.

But I think it may have dissipated.

After observing for a while, Ryan focused his attention on the Key of Time above the head of Thorson Glenn, the last goblin emperor.

This time, the Key of Time was not an illusion like before, but a real existence. The lower end was vertical like a sword, and the upper end was a hollow ring.

At the very bottom of the ring, there is only a little bit of shiny gravel like fine sand.

Ryan could sense that these tiny crystal particles seemed to have some kind of magical power.

It seems that it is precisely because of these crystal-like fine sands that Thorson Glenn, or the evil spirit, is restricted.

"The amount of crystal gravel inside seems to be a little less than when Emora first appeared." Ryan recalled carefully and thought.

After a while, he closed his eyes again and used his tremendous mental power to sense it carefully again.

"Sure enough, there are still thirty-two grains of crystal sand left."

"If one grain represents one day, it would represent just over a month."

"But if the Key of Time in front of us is real, then doesn't it already exist?"

"Why did the goblin princess Amora leave me to find the real Key of Time?"

Ryan frowned slightly, thought intently for a while, and shook his head again.

For a moment, he couldn't figure it out.

After a while.

As if he had made up his mind, Ryan looked at the Key of Time in front of him again, his eyes became much firmer. He stretched out his hand and slowly extended it forward.

He had just thought for a long time, and he had a feeling in his heart that the key to everything seemed to be on the Key of Time in front of him.

Although this item is the key to imprisoning the evil spirit, it is also the key to decrypting it.

Ren decided to touch it gently.

Because at Ryan's level, some thoughts or ideas can no longer be described as a whim.

In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that when one reaches the level of a Full Moon Wizard, many thoughts are like prophecies, with mysterious guidance.

As Ryan's fingers lightly touched the 'Key of Time', the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened!
In his mind, a surge of information flowed in, and pictures like slides appeared in Ryan's mind.
After a long time, Ryan opened his eyes, his eyes were full of shock, and he murmured: "So that's it."

It turns out that this is not the 'Key of Time', a divine artifact from ancient legends, but one of the sub-keys of the 'Key of Time', and has only a small part of the function of the real artifact 'Key of Time'.

But it also has the effect of returning life or a single object to a previous state.

"Can it interfere with the laws of time in a small range?" Ryan looked at the copy of the Key of Time in surprise.

This kind of thing that involves the law of time can naturally be called a divine artifact, even if it is just a secondary key.

It is not difficult to imagine how powerful the real artifact, the Key of Time, would be!
However, even if it is a secondary key, there is naturally a price to pay for exerting such great power.

Moreover, the cost is extremely high!

In addition to the fact that the controller needs to have strong mental support, that is, at least a full moon wizard, every grain of time sand that condenses will consume one day of the caster's life.

In addition, the strength of the target is also a key factor affecting the effect.

The stronger the enemy, the more time grit is needed to achieve the same effect.

"But even with such a magical weapon, we still can't defeat the evil demon?" Ryan thought of another question.

"That's right. The evil spirits have existed in this world for who knows how many years. If they were to return to a certain time point in the past, they would at most imprison them, but not destroy them."

“Even if you are strong enough to exchange the existence time of the evil demon one-to-one, it is impossible to turn back time ten thousand years.”

Soon, Ryan found the answer from some images that Deputy Key left in his mind.

In addition, he discovered something else.

"It turns out that the Key of Time was originally controlled by Thorson, and the body was deeply infected and combined with the main body of the evil spirit. It is impossible for the goblin princess Amora to turn back time."

“Only by limiting it as much as possible”

Seeing this, Ryan couldn't help but nodded.

This resolved a doubt in his mind.

Why Emora, the goblin princess who possessed the replica key of the Key of Time, failed to save her father, King Thorson.

After concentrating on thinking for a while, this time, Ryan directly grasped the secondary key of the Key of Time. The next moment, the crystal sand inside all turned into wisps of crystal clear smoke, further solidifying the colorful light covering Thorson.

Immediately afterwards, Ryan took off the secondary key of the Key of Time.

Since the power of time and sand inside is still reinforced on Thorson, removing the secondary key at this time will not allow the evil demon to escape.

"In this way, I can follow the guidance of the secondary key and have a chance to find the real artifact, the Key of Time."

At this moment, Ryan suddenly thought of something, and with a flash of his body, he came to a side hall.

The items inside had been there for tens of thousands of years, and the witch formation had long been destroyed by the power of evil spirits, so both the books and the parchment scrolls had completely turned into ashes.

However, Ryan did not stop. He walked straight into the depths of the side hall and stopped at the door of a room.

Judging from the general decoration and environment, it can be vaguely seen that this was originally a study.

To be precise, this was once the study of the goblin princess Emora.

At this time, the tables and chairs originally made of precious wood had long since decayed, but some metal ornaments such as gold and silver were still preserved except for being covered with a thick layer of dust.

Ryan walked in and came to the collapsed desk and bookshelf, but found nothing.

"Even the memory crystal couldn't preserve this last layer?" Ryan sighed as he looked at the two stains that had turned into white powder.

If the memory crystal had not been damaged, it would have been able to solve many mysteries of the ancient goblin era.

Suddenly, he felt the ground shake and heard a low sound of gears turning from above. It seemed that some changes had taken place in the entire floating city.

"Huh? Did it start successfully?"

Ryan raised his eyebrows, quite surprised.

He thought that even if Hiram was faster, it would take at least half a month to repair and restart the floating city.

did not expect.
Ryan's figure flashed and disappeared on the spot.

When Ryan appeared again, he was already in the main control room on the negative fourth floor.

Since he became a Full Moon Wizard, he has become more and more adept at performing "Shadow Shuttle". The original large consumption of mental energy has become much less of a burden for him now.

Hiram wasn't surprised to see Ryan suddenly appear out of nowhere.

The floating city's restart would make such a big noise that it would naturally alarm Ryan.

"My Lord Iron Throne, the anti-gravity device itself is not damaged. I have just activated it, but the main energy core of the main power device is gone," Hiram wiped the sweat from his forehead and said quickly.

"Ok?"

"Originally, the main power device of the floating city was mainly driven by the 'Devil's Heart'. It used the powerful radioactive energy of the Demon's Heart to drive such a huge floating city."

"Now, after tens of thousands of years, the energy of the Demon's Heart has dissipated and turned into powder." Hiram said with a frown.

"Is there no alternative?" Oger on the side couldn't help but ask.

"No, it is said that the Demon Heart was obtained from a high-level demon that invaded this world tens of thousands of years ago. It is impossible for it to exist now." Hiram shook his head and said.

Radioactive energy?
Ryan couldn't help but think, as if he had thought of something.

"That is to say, the floating city can now float, but it cannot move?"

"With auxiliary power, it can move slowly, but not quickly, and it needs some high-powered ones," Hiram explained.

At this time, Sword Saint Tirion suddenly rushed into the negative fourth floor, his face serious, and said:
"My Lord Iron Throne, an emergency has occurred. A dramatic change has occurred in Tamriel, the Dragun Empire. The ancient evil spirits sealed by the Goddess Church have been broken. Currently, most of the imperial capital has fallen."

"Hmm?" Ryan's pupils shrank, and a powerful mental wave spread out.

"When did this happen?"

"The Federation received the news half an hour ago." Swordmaster Tirion said immediately.

Ryan thought for a moment and then disappeared from the spot.

at the same time.

Imperial capital of Tamriel.

The whole city was filled with smoke and the sky was covered with a large amount of black ash, which contained both black evil spirits and black smoke from burning houses.

There were cries, the clashing of swords, and roars everywhere!
The battle surrounding the Cologne Cathedral was the core and most crucial, but at this time the black evil spirit had covered more than half of the imperial capital. Even the imperial palace, with its complex and layered witch formations, could not stop the invasion of the evil spirit and most of it fell.

I saw a sleeping adult red dragon also infected by the evil spirit. Black air lingered all over its body. The pervasive black evil spirit was drilling into the red dragon's body through the gaps in its scales, its nostrils and even its mouth.

“Ah! Help me, Strahz!” The red dragon showed a look of pain.

Then, the red dragon's huge pupils suddenly turned black, and then it turned around and attacked the imperial guardians.

After being completely infected, the dragon's combat power has been raised by at least one level. Even if two imperial guardians join forces, they can easily defeat an opponent who is not afraid of injury or death.

But the problem is that the half plane below the palace has been lost, and those five-colored dragons that had no time to evacuate and were still sleeping were infected by the evil spirits in their sleep.

One dragon after another roared and struggled. They were infected by the evil spirit and turned into accomplices of the evil demon. They attacked the Imperial Dragon Knight in mid-air.

The situation is rapidly deteriorating!
"Retreat quickly! Your Highness Menia, we can't hold out for long."

"The power of the evil spirit has been further strengthened after it infected many living beings. Now it is impossible to resist."

Looking at the imperial people running and crying below, and the giant dragons being infected one after another in front of her, the Red Queen Menia's heart seemed to be bleeding.
In the distant sky, outside the fifth ring of the imperial capital.

Claire was riding on a blood-feathered hippogryph, holding Ryan's mother Emma and father Old Ryan in each hand, while below her was a huge greyhound war dog, carrying a little girl as it shuttled through the fleeing crowd.

In mid-air, Claire's eyes were always focused on Mint below, but in her heart, she was worried about Lagre.

Because she and Lagre had split up before, she was responsible for Ryan's family, and Lagre was responsible for picking up Jennifer.

However, something seemed to have gone wrong with Lagre.

This made her very worried.

On a street on the second ring road of the imperial capital.

I saw a barbarian girl wearing tight leather armor and holding a huge shield, tying a plump woman emitting green light all over her body on her back, and breaking through towards the front.

Due to Ryan's promotion in status, the beautiful woman Jennifer has become quite famous in the business circle of the imperial capital. When the incident happened, she was invited to discuss cooperation in the mansion of an earl.

When Lagre found Jennifer, the power of the evil demon had already erupted, and the surrounding area was filled with all kinds of infected civilians, soldiers, and even many high-level knights who had become minions of the evil demon.

"clang!"

After blocking the slashing attack from a knight surrounded by black energy, Lagre smashed the opponent with her shield, knocking him away, and continued to rush forward.

"Lagre, please put me down. If you carry me on your back, it's very likely that both of us will not survive."

"Put me down. Only then will you have a chance to escape!" said the beautiful woman Jennifer weakly.

She is just an ordinary person, so her resistance to evil spirits is naturally very weak, or even zero.

If she didn't have a protective magic amulet given by Ryan, called 'Nature's Healing', the trace amount of evil spirit in the air would be enough to infect her.

But even so, she felt she couldn't hold on for much longer.

Jennifer could feel a dark and evil force invading her body through the green light protection.

"Don't give up, Jennifer, I believe we can escape." The barbarian girl Lagre dodged the attack from the side again and said quickly.

Most of her attention was focused on the manifestations of demonic power that suddenly appeared on the ground, like octopus tentacles.

If these things hadn't been elusive on the streets, she would have escaped with Jennifer long ago.

These evil tentacles can easily penetrate houses and infect knights, which makes her extremely afraid.

Suddenly, four or five black demon tentacles as thick as buckets appeared in front of them, completely cutting off the street ahead!

"not good!"

(End of this chapter)