Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

"Damn it. There's really a huge difference. How can she be so strong? She's not much older than me." Zoe said unwillingly, clenching her fists.

Before, she had never seen anyone who was close to her age but stronger than her.

"They are still quite a bit bigger," Dorothy whispered. "They are all freaks anyway. Maybe the one we have here will be even scarier in the future."

Zoe didn't feel anything about the comment. Instead, she said, "I'll try harder."

Dorothy didn't expect her to say that. The half-elf turned to look at the other two. Alulu had a blank expression on her face, and it was hard to tell what she was thinking, while Andasu and Zoe had almost the same attitude.

Because they now felt a common threat, the two stopped fighting each other.

"Besides, I'm not happy about you randomly taking things from people in our group," Zoe snorted.

"Oh?" Dorothy looked surprised, with a hint of a smile on her lips. "So you want to stand up for me? I never thought."

"Of course. Even though you're annoying sometimes, you also have good moments. At least better than her. I don't want to snatch Li Ang away by myself."

"Oh, okay, I won't bother with you today."

Leon heard a little of what the girls said, and he diverted his attention to prevent Meluna from getting angry.

He deliberately didn't buy it for her. Once, he bought a lot of food, but she got tired of it and left it all to rot. He scolded her at the time and said he would never buy it for her again, but she didn't take it seriously at the time.

Although he didn't execute it later, what would it matter if he executed it now?

Meimei, who was standing by, looked rosy after eating the cake, as if she had taken a hot bath. She looked happy and relaxed, and finally she slowly told the story of her past.

Before she was six years old, she ran around Mengze Island freely like an elf in the mountains and lakes. She vaguely knew that there were fairy-like beings on the island, but she had never successfully communicated with them.

"That's why I deliberately made friends with Sister Shu this time."

Meimei looked at Diana, and the fairy girl waved at her with a smile.

When she was six years old, the war in the empire broke out suddenly. Her parents died to protect her. At the end of their lives, they let her jump into the undercurrent in a deep pool outside the village, hoping that her gift of water could protect her from escaping unharmed.

Although she swam out of the undercurrent, she was dying. However, it seemed that the fluctuations caused by her talent happened to be picked up by Otto, who came back to check the situation after hearing that his hometown had been attacked.

Otto over there is no different from the one here. After he picked up Meimei, he learned about her background and found out that the village had been destroyed, so he took on the responsibility of raising her.

He brought Meimei to the Holy City and had her train in a group of swordsmen.

Since Otto is a member of the Resolution Council, she knows almost everyone there, and steady older sisters like Ella Fia and "Brilliant Fist" Olivia often take care of her.

"Does Alafia take care of you?" Honestly, Leon couldn't quite imagine it. But it was hard to say. Before their meeting at the border of Ignis airspace, he hadn't really thought of her "motherly side."

"Do you know her?" Meimei looked at Li Ang with a strange look, as if to say, "Isn't this another problematic relationship?"

But she immediately determined this fact from the ambiguous expressions and gazes of others.

"It's unbelievable that Sister Aifei would actually do this to you..."

She sensed something, glanced quickly at Meluna, and then said, "I mean, there are actually people who can make her... Oh, forget it, I don't want to care about this anymore."

In short, through the relationship with these older sisters, she got to know the deputy leader of the Order Investigation Team like Licia.

"I was still young then. Learning and growth were the main themes of my life. Although the empire had been designated as a target for destruction, no one seemed to be in a hurry. They felt that it was just the rise and aggression of a local power, a situation that could be controlled."

However, when he was ten years old, the Holy City suddenly suffered a great disaster.

"You just mentioned this. What specific details do you remember?"

"Before I was rescued by Sister Licia, I was practicing swordplay when a huge roar shook the sky above the Holy City. In front of everyone's eyes, the Parliament Tower suddenly collapsed.

"I saw the Knights of Order flying towards the tower and fighting with the many dragons that suddenly emerged from it."

"What kind of dragon? Is it this kind?"

Li Ang took out the fairy dragon materials he had saved before. After they died, the colorful butterfly wings would become dimmer, but some of their states when they were alive could still be seen.

"This is the most of them." Meimei recognized it immediately.

"Then I guess I have a guess." Li Ang said.

Otto asked, "Are you related to the investigation of that young lady?"

"Well, I'll tell you more later."

All the clues about the collusion between the Fairy Dragon and Yusain Cha'ain, and the unsolved case behind the Cha'ain family, combined with the unknown relationship between the founders of the guild, and especially the whereabouts of Fufu Flin, the founder of the city's protective shield, should be pointing to the same thing.

It seems that I may have to return to the Holy City to personally participate in this matter.

"After the Dragonborn attacked, a dimensional rift was torn open in the ruins of the tower, and two legendary dragons were incarnated, which directly triggered a huge demonic disaster in the center of the Holy City. I could do nothing at that time and could only be taken away to escape. This is all I know about the Holy City." Meimei said with her head down, her eyes red.

"What does that dragon look like?" Aqua interrupted.

Meimei said that one of them looked like a giant butterfly, similar to the material Leon took out. The strange light of its wings could make people dazed and trance-like. Like the undead, it wandered aimlessly and killed each other. When it circled over the city, its constant flapping of wings caused a blizzard of poisonous scales to fall in the city.

"That's Freya." The Water Dragon said with certainty.

"The ancestor of the fairy dragon, Lu Li Ang, pondered.

"The other one is a pitch-black dragon, resembling a centipede, with twelve pairs of sharp claws. It has no wings, but is incredibly large. A simple roll can destroy countless buildings. Just looking at it could kill you with its poison."

"Nidhogg, the King of Snakes," said Farina.

"Since he can appear with Freya, it must be him. I didn't expect that these two would get together." Aqua muttered.

"Since they appear, the largest mortal city must be gone."

"Yes, I can't do anything. I just watch the people I know, the people who have helped me, and my friends, all..."

Meimei slowly covered her face.

"This monster," Otto frowned, "seems to be even more powerful than the Super Veil Beast."

The legendary super-veiled monsters are the formidable enemies that top-level air cavalry regiments often face.

Under the guidance of the guild, the top air knights have basically mastered how to cooperate with each other and deal with them without causing serious damage.

Therefore, even if the Holy City is suddenly attacked, the existence that can completely destroy the Holy City must be more than the level of the Super Veil Demon Beast.

"The Dragon Ancestor and the Six Dragons are of equal status, but they come from the magical dimension. How strong can they be?" Leon asked Aqua, looking at her. "How does it compare to the Six World-Destroying Strikes?"

The Six World-Destroying Beasts are the pinnacle of the super-veiled monsters. They are classified together because their attacks are regular and seem to have similar origins.

There are also differences among 10th-level monsters, and the difference in strength may even be just greater than the difference in previous levels.

In other words, some things are classified as dreams simply because their upper limit is only 10 levels, and the Six World-Destroying Strikes is among them.

"That probably wouldn't be enough to defeat them, after all, they are the original gods of Newbis. But as for those six... never mind. The time point Meimei mentioned is two years before the present in her world. At that time, the Dragon Ancestor must have been powerful."

Aqua hesitated to speak. Leon felt that she seemed to know much more about the Six Strikes of Destruction than they, the Sky Knights.

From what I heard, it seems that after certain conditions are met, the Six World-Destroying Strikes will become even stronger?

Although he thought it was reasonable, he still felt a bit of a headache.

If this is a game, this is very reasonable. The BOSS will continue to appear in upgraded versions, such as dungeon challenges of different difficulties, to give better rewards.

But people living in this world don't want to face this kind of thing.

Once again, he felt that the water in Newbis was really deep.

"What will happen after leaving the Holy City?" Li Ang asked after Meimei calmed down.

"So I went to Qianta City and lived there until I was twelve years old."

Meimei said that the imperial army repeatedly invaded Qianta City, but a city with countless powerful magicians was much safer than those islands that could be sunk by the imperial army at any time, even if it had experienced repeated wars. So it became a temporary fortress of Newbis.

277.Empire Witch

"Due to the extraordinary circumstances, the magic academies in Thousand Towers City have stopped recruiting students, and their junior colleges have become temporary military camps. I live in the junior college in Mystrim."

"That's my school," Dorothy asked. "Which building do you live in?"

"Let's talk about this kind of small talk later." Li Ang said.

"Oh." The half-elf shut up obediently.

Thousand Towers City gathers together low-level sky knights and militiamen who are willing to defend the city, and teaches them how to use the city's magic direction system, including temporary activation, maintenance, and repair of mass-produced golems, and the use of various magic props and weapons.

"That period was the most fulfilling time of my life. I grew stronger rapidly. By the age of twelve, I was already a rank 6 water swordsman."

"What?" Zoe clenched her fists, her face full of loss and looked very shocked.

Dorothy found her reaction quite amusing, and added, "How do you feel now?"

The chestnut-haired girl's delicate face was tense, and she clenched her teeth and clenched her fists. Canary laughed once, then gradually became silent. She realized that Zoe was very serious.

"However, Qianta City was destroyed when I was twelve years old."

"Gone again?" Even Farina couldn't sit still anymore.

Li Ang looked at the Dragon Witch. He remembered the disputes he had with others when they were not very strong. When others attacked her with words, they often called her a "wild mage".

Leon and Weir originally thought that with her personality she wouldn't have any thoughts on such things, but surprisingly she seemed to care a lot.

She never mentioned why she cared about such things, but a certain inferiority complex of "never being as good as a formal spellcaster" seemed to always haunt her.

No one noticed this when she presented the impression of a raging, flaming fire to outsiders.

Even if she became a powerful being of outstanding realm and talked face to face with the gods of the world, this feeling was still hidden deep within her.

Occasionally, one could sense that she longed for Qianta City. Perhaps that was how she imagined herself to be, or perhaps she simply liked the life of an academic spellcaster.

Upon hearing that the Thousand Towers City in another world was also destroyed, Farina couldn't help but feel emotional.

Although the Holy City is the most powerful city, this strength comes from the gathering of top combat forces under the coordination of the guild. If we talk about the average strength of the residents, Thousand Towers City, where magic is deeply rooted in people's lives, is definitely stronger. Perhaps the Island Nation of Makena can also compete.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for her to explain, Meimei said bluntly: "The demise of Qianta City was the result of everyone being turned upside down."

"Reversal?" everyone asked in unison.

"Yes," Meimei said, "For example, Leon, you have become a young man."

"Rejuvenation? Age change?" Leon speculated. "It can't be that simple. The spellcasters in that city are incredibly powerful. Ordinary influences can't shake them."

"Become... a boy?"

Farina seemed to be even more excited than when she heard that Qianta City could be destroyed. She stared at Leon's face, as if trying to see something from his face.

The corner of Li Ang's eye twitched, but he ignored her reaction and looked at Meimei, motioning her to continue.

"Yes, there's no precise definition of what a reversal might be. It's usually a reverse change in a person's traits. Common examples include age and gender, while a few include personality, power attributes, physical functions, and so on."

Meimei's words made everyone calm down and savor the conversation slowly.

So this is what reversal means? It sounds easy to understand, but when it happens in reality, it is hard to believe.

“Who caused this?”

"We don't know. We only know that the city was enveloped by this phenomenon for a very short period of time. When the entire Thousand Towers City was reversed, the original operation collapsed in an instant, and the Imperial Army successfully entered the city."

"This is a key factor to pay attention to," Li Ang frowned. "If we want to prevent this from happening, we have to thoroughly investigate what secrets Thousand Towers City holds."

Otto asked, "Is there a place where this phenomenon is more concentrated?"

"Grandpa, you want to think about the possible origin?"

Meimei understood what Otto meant, and she could give an affirmative answer.

"According to the analysis of the guild's temporary operations council, the center of the incident should be near the Great Library."

"The Great Library... the Corridor of Ten Thousand Books?" Li Ang pondered.

"What's that place?" Zoe asked.

"Thousand Towers is the place where the most knowledge and books are concentrated. It is also the center point of the relative positions of the three major magic academies. It is better to say that the three schools chose the address for it." Dorothy explained.

Li Ang explained that one of the most spectacular sights of Qianta City is the WanScroll Corridor at the junction of the three major colleges. It is a spectacular building in itself. The visually almost endless corridors are intricately intertwined in the sky, and are connected to each other by magic. People who are not familiar with it often get lost in it.

In Thousand Towers City, even ordinary citizens are knowledgeable. The lower floors are open to everyone, and you can see all kinds of elegant pedestrians, while graceful young spellcasters walk the corridors and platforms on the middle floors. Walking here, even an unlearned person like Dorothy will feel the influence of knowledge.

The high towers surrounded by these sky corridors are the "Secret Book Spires". They house a vast amount of books collected over the long years of this city and are the highest peaks of the mountain of books.

The ordinary residents of Thousand Towers City have no idea who built the Secret Codex Spires. They only know that the towers' defenses and magical stability are so strong that existing spellcasters cannot even begin to break them. The entire Great Library is also a node in Thousand Towers City's overall magical defense system.

At the same time, the top mages in Thousand Towers City would also build their mage towers in the air near the Corridor of Ten Thousand Scrolls. One of the reasons for the so-called "Thousand Towers" phenomenon was that those floating mage towers were slowly flying around the Secret Book Tower according to a certain pattern. Outsiders who had just arrived in the city could not even tell which towers belonged to which.

"Hey, there's no need to tell you about Dorothy." The half-elf patted Leon coquettishly.

Meluna looked over suddenly, and Dorothy carefully withdrew her hand, but she muttered something that no one could hear clearly.

"This sounds like the result of an evil wizard's failed magical experiment in a story," said Zoe.

"Ok?"

Leon was surprised that she could say such a thing. She shouldn't have any knowledge of beings like magicians.