Black Beast Lord, start by capturing the Dark Elf Knight alive

The Seven Shields Alliance, the First Fortress, the headquarters of the Knights of Saint Iris.

The blonde Iris Princess Knight Alicia Alcutorus was looking at a report in her hand with a frown on her face. This was the report from the spy that the Kingdom of Eos had planted in the territory of the Knight King in the north.

The Knight King was about to take the final step. That kind of pressure could only be possessed by a demigod.

But how old is he? Less than 30 years old, a demigod under 30 years old, who would believe this? She herself is also a brilliant genius, at the age of 23, she already has legendary strength, but compared with the Knight King, the gap is still too big.

I originally thought that even if he had the chance to reach that realm, it would take at least two hundred years.

Well, if nothing unexpected happens, a human legendary master can live for at least a thousand years, and a legendary master of a long-lived race like the elves can live for at least ten thousand years. As for demigods? As long as they are not killed, they can basically not die.

This news is definitely not a good thing for the human countries. A powerful kingdom has appeared in the north. Although it has not infringed on the interests of these human kingdoms at present, in the long run, a kingdom with a demigod king will inevitably have a great impact on the human countries in the future.

This is a huge piece of cake. The human kingdom now has no demigods, and even the legendary masters are no more than two hands. Among these masters, the Seven Shield Alliance already has three.

In this era where legends have reached their peak and demigods are legends, the appearance of a human demigod will completely disrupt the world. Those politicians and ambitious people will all focus on the already unstoppable Knight King.

"Send this information to Madam Claudia Rebontaiying. Also, inform Princess Kazuki and ask her to come to me to discuss countermeasures."

Not only did the humans receive the news, the elves and dwarves also received the news. Compared to the humans, Celestine Lucullus, the high elf who was worshipped as the reincarnation of the goddess, was also looking at the information in her hand with some uneasy feelings.

Celestine is a kind high elf with long golden hair, white skin, and plump breasts. She likes peace and thinks war is a sad thing. Therefore, the people of Eos regard her as the reincarnation of the goddess Leliantia, who is widely believed by them.

He is admired, respected and loved by all the people of the Seven Shields Alliance.

Walking to the balcony on the third floor of the castle, Celestine looked towards the north with the intelligence in her hand. Was that human really going to take that step? The elves, like humans and dwarves, did not have demigods to keep them in check, and she was only close to being a demigod.

In that year, an unknown disaster caused almost all the demigods and gods in this world to disappear from the world, never to be seen again. Whether it was the elf priests, orc shamans, dwarf godsmiths or human saints, none of them could get in touch with the gods they believed in.

As a high elf who had lived for many years, she had seen too many ambitious humans. And a human demigod with great power who could almost live forever was too dangerous for the elves.

It can even be said that the future may be a catastrophe. Maybe now, the other party does not have that idea, but what about the future? Celestine did not dare to gamble on the unknown future. Thinking of this, the eyes of the legendary reincarnated goddess began to turn cold.

Volume 1: King of the North: Chapter 26: Dark Magic's Erosion of the Land

Northland, Shivaash Territory, reception room of the city lord's mansion.

"It seems that those people have already known about my bloodline going berserk."

Odis, who was looking at the intelligence recently transmitted by various countries, said to himself that all this intelligence was collected by the intelligence organization under Amber. He once asked Amber how these things were collected. Amber said that the Thieves Guild has always been engaged in the work of buying intelligence.

Most of the people in Amber's hands are orcs, so they are not suitable for obtaining intelligence on the human side. Therefore, intelligence on the human side can only be obtained through the Thieves Guild. Fortunately, the Thieves Guild has always had a good reputation, and the intelligence it provides has never been wrong.

After all, the Thieves Guild is famous for only caring about money. As long as you pay, everything else is fine. And Odis is not short of money, but supplies. Every time Wolfe goes out to rob, he can always find a lot of money from the monsters' lairs.

But the problem is that real gold and silver cannot be eaten. In order to restrict the development of Odysseus, the Seven Shields will not provide too many things. They will basically give as much salt, iron and grain as they can.

The material embargo has forced Odis to become self-sufficient as soon as possible.

"Eos, are you planning to marry me? That's interesting. They know they can't fight back, and the king only has one princess, so they're planning to marry me. And the requirement is probably that the child born to Princess Kayue and I must inherit the throne."

"That's a good calculation."

Odis sneered at the tricks of the nobles in this world, saying that they were all left over from the old ancestors and had no technical content at all. It must be said that in the feudal era, his ancestors were really powerful.

"There's no movement from the dwarves, but they lowered the price they're trading with me. They should be trying to get a better deal with me."

"I didn't expect that the one who was most eager to take action was the elf."

There was a sneer on Odis's lips. The elves have never been a kind and pure race. They were a race that once ruled the continent. The so-called kindness and peace now are just an illusion caused by humans' counterattack and they were pushed back into the forest.

There is no race that is inherently good, and there is no race that is inherently evil.

Angels can fall from heaven, and succubi can also have holy knights. This is the nature of living beings.

Just as Odis was thinking about how to deal with the possible problems with the elves, the door of the reception room was suddenly pushed open. Ram, one of his twin maids, ran in hurriedly.

This maid was sent by Odis to be a guide to the Demon Lady a day ago. Well, there are not many people in this world that he can trust.

The creatures he summoned were naturally among them. As for the other twin maid, Rem, he arranged for Iwanaga Kotoko, hoping that the two women, both of whom were a little scheming, could get along well.

"Ram? What happened?"

In Odis's opinion, there must be a problem that caused Ram to run over so anxiously. After all, he knew Ram's character very well. Unlike her sister, Ram was a more mature sister type and would complete the tasks he assigned her very seriously.

"Lord Odis, Ms. Funai has discovered a big problem. Please go over and discuss it immediately."

Ram's face turned pale at this moment, as if something big had really happened, which made Odis alert immediately. Funai, that is the Demon King's daughter, is not an ordinary person. Although her fighting ability is not good now, her eyesight is still there. If she finds any big problem, it is very likely to be true.

"We'll talk as we go. What happened?"

Odis stood up without any nonsense, and then found that his lower body was a little cold, and then he remembered that Luka was still downstairs. At this moment, Luka was not stupid, and immediately stretched out her little hand to help Odis tidy up his clothes. The two of them walked out of the reception room together under Ram's unsurprised eyes.

"Ms. Funai went to the farm outside the city to check it out. She wanted to know about the planting and harvest of potatoes."

"So I followed your orders and took her to the farm to ask the farmers these days. Then, when she went to the fields to learn farming, Funai discovered that the land here was being eroded by dark magic. If this continues, the entire North will become a barren land."

"Ms. Funai speculated that the Black Queen's power might be leaking out, but we don't know whether it was an accidental leak or whether it was intentional."

"So, she hopes you can find some people who are proficient in magic to investigate together. If the source of this dark magic is really the Black Queen, then you must make a decision as soon as possible."

As they walked, Ram explained to Odis what the demon king Funai had discovered. It must be said that as a former demon king, Funai's keen perception of dark magic far surpassed Odis and all his subordinates.

Odis basically believed 80% of Miss Demon King's judgment, and the remaining two levels were due to the possible differences in the world.

"Luca, send a message to Miss Astrid Flamel immediately. I need her help, and..." At this point, Odis took a deep breath and said, "Invite Archbishop Eleonora Beren of the Holy Aurelia Kingdom to come to the Siwaash Territory to discuss the establishment of a church here."

To be honest, Odis actually doesn't like Catholicism, but as the only organization in the world that controls light magic, Odis must also pull the other party in at this time.

It is too difficult to purify the land eroded by dark magic. As a dragon vein sorcerer, Odis actually has the ability to cast spells, but the problem is that his spellcasting ability is a sorcerer's, and casting spells based on blood is limited. He can only cast spells contained in his blood.

And his bloodline comes from the ancient red dragon. Those who know that thing know that a pure evil dragon may have a way to save people? If the ancient red dragon takes action, it will probably abandon this area and develop in another place. You said that the owners of other places don't agree? Stupid, you won't kill him?

"Understood, sir, any other instructions?"

"Let Brother Wolfe's wizard Keen come over. He's a spellcaster and already a quasi-legend. Maybe he can figure out something. Forget it, let Brother Wolfe and his two men come together."

Odis was a little upset at the moment, because if food could not be grown in the North, it meant that he had to abandon this area, otherwise he could only rely on the foreign trade of the Seven Shields Alliance.

Volume 1: King of the North: Chapter 27: Master, please stop reading, please stop reading, I, I know I was wrong!

Northland, Fontaine Court, Mages Guild.

"Sylvie, you have to learn one hundred and twenty Elven words today."

Astrid Flamel looked at the girl in front of him with a headache. Although this girl had good talent, she was too introverted. When communicating with her, she had to use an imperative tone. Otherwise, the other party would pretend not to hear her.

How did that bastard Enxi Odis communicate with this little girl? Astrid Flamel naturally didn't know that Sylvie was a character summoned by Odis, and the communication was based on favorability.

"..."

Without any answer, the little girl with a slightly numb and empty look in her eyes, at this moment, like a robot, constantly memorizing the elven words in the book. These words are naturally magical and can be used to cast spells to increase the power of spells.

Of course, there are not only elven languages ​​that have magical powers, but also dragon language and the devil's abyss language. It is said that the holy words used by the gods in the church are all magical words.

Astrit Flamel was undoubtedly a human, and the reason why she taught Sylvie the Elvish language was because humans learned magic from the elves. Therefore, every wizard apprentice first learned the Elvish language.

It’s not that there haven’t been human wizards who have attempted to invent magic writing specifically for humans, however, no one has succeeded.

There is only one magician in Odysseus, and that is Astrid, who is the next leader of the village "Chimea" where only magicians are. The reason she came here is because Odysseus promised to give her enough research funds and experimental materials.

As a reward, Astrid needs to provide help when Odysseus needs it, and build a magic tower here to provide magic training for qualified children of Shivaash, or at least let them become magic apprentices.

Every wizard's magic tower is an extremely terrifying thing, especially Astrid, who is an outlier among wizards. Compared with conventional spells, she is better at alchemy represented by creating clay statues.

Rather than being a wizard, she was more of an alchemist. This was why she was a legendary wizard but was so poor that she had to sell herself to Odysseus.

Of course, Astrid was actually quite satisfied with selling herself as a dedicated mage, staying here to do research and train apprentices. Because alchemy was too expensive, she almost went bankrupt before.

Odysseus has all kinds of magical materials unique to the North, and there are plenty of magic crystals and magic cores.

Unlike most mages, Astrid is not only devoted to her own research, but also to training apprentices. She has now accepted three girls with rich personalities as apprentices in Shivaash. Sylvie, who was sent by Odis, now has four apprentices.

Although he is sometimes very long-winded, it is always for the other person's sake. Because of his warm and free-spirited personality, he is deeply respected and loved by his disciples.

"Teacher, teacher, Lord Odis sent someone to find you and asked you to make a teleportation array to go to Liyue City immediately."

Just when Astrid was worrying about how to train Sylvie, a series of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, and along with the footsteps, the crisp loli voice penetrated Astrid's eardrum very strongly.

"Ilia, what did I tell you? A mage must learn to be calm. No matter what the situation, a mage must be calm to make judgments."

"We are not those barbarians who rely on anger and blood. We mages rely on our brains and knowledge!"

"If you dare to yell like that at the door again, I'll spank you hard!"

Astrid looked at the loli with a ponytail who broke in from the door, and immediately spoke a series of words at an extremely fast speed. If Odis were here, he would probably think of a certain monk.

"Master, please stop reciting, please stop reciting, I, I know I was wrong!"

The little girl seemed to be filled with devilish sound. She covered her ears and shook her head. The teacher was good in every way except that he was too long-winded. When he scolded people, it was simply an endless tirade.

"This time, this time it's something very important. Lord Odis even sent Miss Luca to come to you in person!"

The little girl called Ilea by Astrid had a bitter face. She was almost fifteen years old and a big girl. She didn't want to be spanked in front of several school girls. It was so embarrassing!

"Luka?"

As the exclusive mage hired by Odis, Astrit naturally knew Luca and knew that this half-elf was Odis's confidant and a close personal servant. Although she didn't understand why Odis would be so new to a female slave with dark elf blood, Astrit was not stupid and would not ask such an offensive question.

You know, if Odis needs Astrid's help, the most he would do is send someone to notify her, and the notification has to be made in advance. After all, once a wizard does an experiment, God knows how long it will take, and most of them prepare protective spells in advance. If someone rashly breaks into the laboratory, they will usually die miserably.

And now, Luca actually came in person, which meant that there was indeed a big problem on Odis's side and she was needed to help.

Thinking of this, Astrid immediately stood up, and in a flash, she was already at the door of the Mage Tower. This was the fourth ring spell of the Mage, known as the highest realm of the heart, and the figure flashed in an instant.

At this moment, Luca was standing at the entrance of the Mage Tower. After seeing Astrid, she saluted respectfully and said, "Dear Miss Astrid, Lord Odis asks you to follow me to Liyue City immediately. We have something important to discuss."

"Well, can you allow me to explain before leaving?"

"The lord said that this is extremely urgent and there is no time to waste! Miss Amber's men will come to help you solve your worries." Luca shook her head slightly. Today's matter was indeed too big, and she couldn't tell the other party what it was right now.

"I see. Let's go."

Astrid did not hesitate. Since she had promised the other party, she had to do it. Her personality was different from those high-ranking wizards. She did not have such an arrogant and bad temper.

After that, Astrid followed Luca to the teleportation array of Danfeng Court. This was a magic array that Odis discovered from his own blood. It could be used for single-person teleportation, but unfortunately it was impossible to build a teleportation array that could teleport a group of people because it was not in his blood memory.

Volume 1: King of the North: Chapter 28: Mage: Damn, warlocks are the tall, rich and handsome ones

In the North, Liyue City, a farm on the outskirts of the city.

Astrite followed Luca all the way to a farm, which was heavily guarded by Odis, and people were allowed to enter but not leave. Of course, with Luca leading the way, Astrite was naturally unimpeded.

When Astrid saw Odysseus, she realized that she was the last one to arrive. Most of the big men in the entire Shiva Ash Territory had already expired. If there were only two people she didn't know, there were probably two girls she hadn't seen before, one was very big and the other was very small.

"Asterite, you are finally here."

Just as Astrite was looking around at everyone, waiting for someone to introduce who these two people were, Odis, who was standing in the middle, spoke. Astrite could clearly feel that the air around her was quite tense and depressing.

"Lord Odis, what happened?"

Astrid walked forward and looked at Odysseus with some curiosity. There was no fighting and nothing special here. What on earth was going on that brought these people together here?

"Hey, come and take a look at the soil here. Feel if there is any special magical fluctuation in it."

Odis pointed at the land on the ground that should be used for farming and said to Astrid. He felt very disappointed. It must be said that the erosion of the land by the dark magic of the Black Queen was not that serious, but it could make this already barren land even more barren.

If there was originally some hope of achieving food self-sufficiency, it now appears that hope is largely lost.

"Soil? Magic?"

Astrid frowned slightly and put her hand directly on the ground. Magicians are generally very sensitive to magic fluctuations. Even magic apprentices can feel most of the magic fluctuations.

As a legendary wizard, even if she is a partial alchemist, Astrid's perception of magic fluctuations is still at the legendary level.

As soon as her hand touched the ground, Astrite frowned slightly. No, this is not right. The land here is actually normal soil. As a clay statue master who is proficient in alchemy, she is very clear about these things.

But the problem is, deep in the soil, there is a hint of darkness. Well, it is very faint, but it is as deep and terrifying as a cancer attached to the bone.

As if she realized something, Astrid immediately flashed away into the distance and pressed her hand on the ground again. She did this several times, and finally flashed for dozens of miles before being teleported back.

"Huh, the breath of dark magic, what happened?"

When Astrid came back, her chest was heaving and her breathing was uneven. Even for her, after using Flash seven or eight times in a row and teleporting back in one breath, she had consumed too much mana.

Odis's face turned a little dark at this moment. He explained everything to Astrite. He did not mention that the Black Queen was going to be deified. Instead, he said that the Black Queen might have had an accident, which caused the magic power to leak out.

This statement was discussed by him and Keen, a quasi-legendary wizard under Wolfe. After all, Astrite could not be considered a true core member of the Shiva Ash Territory.

To be honest, she didn't even give Odis a loyalty level, and her favorability was only maintained at around seventy.

"The Black Queen's magic power leaked out?"