People are at the border, but they become the incarnation of the sun

In a room surrounded by bookshelves, the man called Gideon slowly closed the book in his hand, raised his head and looked at the slightly anxious girl standing at the door. The light from the bonfire burning quietly in the fireplace beside him shone on the face that was somewhat determined but also a bit intellectual.

He was Gideon O'Fnir, who was knighted at a young age. Due to his profound knowledge, he was also known as Sir Hundred Wisdom.

It can be said that no one can recognize the infinity of knowledge better than him, and no one can recognize the insignificance behind the infinity better than him.

The girl who appeared at the door was named Dolores. She was his friend and the only close friend who could correct his mistakes at the critical moment.

But strangely, Dolores today was not as calm as before.

What on earth had happened to make her so panicked and anxious?

"Don't be anxious. Anxiety can make you lose your judgment. Come over here and sit down and talk slowly."

Sir Baizhi stood up from the desk piled with books, walked to the reception table nearby and invited Dolores to sit down.

But Dolores shook her head and rejected Sir Baizhi's proposal.

"No, Gideon, this matter is really urgent. I think you should know now."

"...Oh? Is that so?" Sir Baizhi sat in a chair, a smile appearing on his face beneath a helmet covered in countless eyes and ears. "Then I'd really like to hear it."

"Krepp is dead."

Dolores's sudden words made Sir Baizhi stop in his tracks as he was about to pick up the teacup. He turned his head to look at his friend again and asked seriously, "What did you say? What's going on?"

Krepp is dead?

Sir Baizhi found it a little unbelievable.

Although that guy has a gloomy personality and always likes to use despicable means to do things, his strength is definitely ranked among the best in the Round Table Hall.

At least when it comes to stealth, no one in the Round Table Hall can match him.

But now, this gloomy assassin is dead?

"Gideon, I know this is a little hard to believe, but I just found Krepp dead in the room. His body was charred like embers. He must have died while on a mission."

"Killed in the line of duty..."

Sir Baizhi frowned.

Regarding Krep's mission, he, who was nicknamed the Man with a Hundred Ears, knew something.

That was a mission assigned by Two Fingers, and the target was a rebellious pyroxene magician in Lienia. However, if it was just to spy on the taboos of the Golden Tree, it would not cause Krep's death.

...No, maybe Weihler should know something?

"...Dolores, my friend, please keep this matter secret from anyone else who knows about it. I will investigate."

After thinking for a moment, he decided to suppress the matter for the time being.

After all, Krepp's death would damage the reputation of the Round Table Hall, and such a thing must never happen.

"Ok, I see."

Dolores agreed with Gideon's decision.

But then she felt as if Gideon's eyes were looking her back and forth.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"...No, I want to ask Dolores if you are interested in inheriting Krepp's mantle."

In any case, Krep's death had a significant impact on the Round Table Hall. They needed an assassin like this who dedicated himself to darkness and served the light to handle some dirty matters.

Now that Krepp is missing, someone is naturally needed to take over.

And the girl in front of me may be the best choice at the moment.

But Dolores frowned in disgust: "Gideon... Oh no, Gideon O'Fnir, are you going to let me help you and Two Fingers do the dirty work? You know that's impossible."

“…Yeah, that’s right…”

After careful consideration, Sir Baizhi felt that it was unlikely.

Although the girl in front of me always dressed like a tomboy and rarely showed emotion, she was actually very delicate, gentle and emotional in her heart, so it was not surprising that she was rejected.

So he changed the subject and asked, "So how did you choose your arrow?"

"...It's still the same." Dolores sighed helplessly and sat opposite Gideon. "No matter what kind of arrow it is, it doesn't seem to suit me."

"Really?... How about the golden arrow? It's exquisitely crafted, with a beautiful and unique shape. It suits your taste very well."

"No...that's too bad. It's not like you don't know what it's used for. I think it's unlucky."

In response to this, Sir Baizhi no longer offered his suggestions, but just looked at his friend helplessly.

Aside from this close friend, there is probably no one else who would dare to utter such blasphemous words about gold in the capital of the Golden Tree.

Should we say that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, or something else?

If that restless guy Bagram heard this, there would definitely be another quarrel...

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Meanwhile, Lienya.

The light of the golden tree gradually faded, and the sky gradually darkened.

The team led by Blaze was getting closer and closer to the Kalia Castle, and the magnificent city built against the mountain ridge was getting bigger and bigger in their eyes.

It was a castle full of European medieval style, with several walls rising and falling in an orderly manner against the mountains. The tall and huge sentry tower could almost be called an impregnable city gate. Just one glance was not enough to take it all in.

I have to say that the Kalia Castle in front of me is much more magnificent than the one I remember.

The Kalia Castle faces the Rhea Lukalia Magic Academy, which stands in the center of Lake Lienia like a classical and elegant attic in the sky, with their radiances like the moon and stars intertwined.

Their relationship is the same, just like the stars surrounding the bright moon.

But unfortunately, this peace surrounded by stars and shining lights is ultimately false.

It is unknown how long it can last.

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

39. The girl who haunts my dreams

Call——

"Here we are."

The horses were reined in at the gate of Kalia Castle, and Blaze led everyone to dismount and walk into this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack ancient city.

As soon as you enter the city, the environment you see changes dramatically.

As if there was some kind of barrier blocking the way, the golden tree's glow couldn't shine here, and the surrounding light dimmed in an instant. Fortunately, there were pyroxenes of various shapes and many candles that provided a little light for this dim environment.

It has to be said that the environment here is elegant and quiet, and the unique pyroxene light and the scattered moonlight make this place full of quiet mystery.

But unfortunately, although this place is quiet and mysterious, it is not peaceful.

Along the way, among the people coming and going, one can see the patrolling Kalia soldiers and some magicians who are seniors of the Razli classroom wearing pyroxene stone gloves.

There are also huge mountain monsters, female Sons of Platinum riding white wolves, and male Sons of Platinum crawling on the ground with a pyroxene staff in hand, etc.

Both male and female Platinum Sons are the same. Since they are artificial life forms, they are born with disabled legs and cannot walk.

Either you have to resort to other means, such as the pack of white wolves, or you can only lie on the ground.

But what is curious is that there doesn’t seem to be any second-generation frog-headed Platinum Sons here.

Oh, by the way, since we're in Kalia Castle, we have to mention a certain local specialty, which was once Reinhardt's nightmare—

Those huge hands with many fingers crawling on the wall or ceiling, curled up in a ball, or buried in the soil waiting to catch prey.

Just like now, in front of their eyes, there are several huge hands climbing up and down the city wall. The fingers that are comparable to human size are as swift as insect legs. There are pus-filled sores on the dull gray skin. They also wear things like rings. The fingertips between them touch slightly, as if communicating.

One look at it makes one's sanity level drop wildly.

As the guide, Blazer was kind enough to introduce this thing to them.

But even without an introduction, Reinhardt knew what these things were.

This group of very unique-looking little creatures are called finger worms. Like the mountain goblins, they come from the Giant Snow Mountain.

However, the finger worms here are all specially domesticated. They are several sizes smaller than the purely wild finger worms in the snow mountains, but they are still scary enough.

However, Blaze didn't care and stroked these little things, praising them for being cute.

He didn't understand how these things could be described as cute. They would look perfectly at home even in a top horror movie set.

Just looking at it here is creepy and gives me goosebumps.

The level of disgust and frighteningness is no less than that of the group of maggot-faced people living on the Yatan Plateau, and may even be slightly better.

At this point, Reinhardt couldn't help but sigh in his heart -

"Miyazaki Hidetaka, you deserve to die..."

Then, they followed Blaze's footsteps, passing these peculiar-looking little things and heading deeper into the city.

No matter who they are, they don't want to stay here for even a second longer. Both physically and mentally, they won't be able to stay here any longer, for fear that they will be scared to death or disgusted to death by these little cuties in the next second.

"...Lord Rhine, is someone like me truly qualified to meet the Princess?"

As they rode the elevator, the gears and chains rubbing against each other and making a roar, Topps couldn't help but whispered to him.

"Well, it's not about qualifications. Like I said before—Mr. Tops, you should have a little more confidence."

Reinhardt spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Besides, you also heard Blaze say that Princess Lani summoned us. Do you intend to disobey the princess's orders?"

Hearing this, Tops fell silent.

But the sadness and inferiority on his face did not diminish at all——

"Is a waste stone like me really worthy enough to be summoned by the princess?"

As the elevator stopped roaring, they finally reached the inner part of the fortress. Then, they were led through the towering wall passage, through the spacious entrance hall and the church-like place. Outside the gate, the exquisite garden was blooming with night-dew hepatica that grew like stars in the eternal night.

Then they climbed hundreds of stone steps, and only now were they almost reaching their destination.

"...Isn't this a bit too big?"

Reinhardt complained slightly in his heart.

The width of this place is completely different from what I remember. A rough estimate is that it is almost a hundred times larger.

The guys with poor physical strength were now gasping for breath and looked exhausted, just like the group of pyroxene magicians following behind them.

It is about to transition from walking on two feet to climbing on all fours.

And although there was no golden tree or scattered glow here, according to his speculation, the journey lasted at least from dusk to night.

Because many people's stomachs are rumbling.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally saw their destination.

A stone gate guarded by a knight, and on both sides, huge shadows shrouded the place.

Looking up, you can see two huge flying dragons crawling there, their bodies covered with pyroxene of different sizes, as if they were eroded by pyroxene.

Many magicians shuddered subconsciously when they saw this scene.

That's a pyroxenosaur.

Reinhardt recognized it immediately.

What made him more curious was that in addition to Adula, Smarag was also here.

But if you think about it, it's understandable. Since Dullahan is one of the Kalia Knights serving Lani, it's not surprising that Smarag, the [Devouring Magician], appears here.

However, the most eye-catching person was the female knight standing in front of the door, wearing silver-iron armor and holding a scythe. She looked somewhat similar to the Son of Platinum in her dress.

However, the lapis lazuli-blue cloak fluttering behind her and the lapis lazuli pyroxene inlaid on her scythe indicated that she was not the Son of Platinum.

"Lord Blaze, the princess has been waiting for a long time."

Seeing Blaze coming, the female knight bowed her head slightly and said respectfully.

"Yeah, I know. Thank you for your hard work, Loretta."

Blaze nodded in return.

Loretta, another familiar name, and I unexpectedly met her in Kalia Castle.