Banner of the Evil God

"Is this Cloud Tower City?" Turning around the foot of a mountain and seeing the prosperous city ahead, Steele, who had just transformed from a pig back into a human a few days ago, asked curiously, "Where is the tower?"

Most of the cities in the Secret Tower Federation are named after "towers". For example, Green Tree City is named after the Green Tree Magic Tower, and Golden Tower City is named after the golden magic tower. As for its capital, simply Named after that "highest tower". According to this rule, Cloud Tower City should naturally have a magic tower, perhaps called "Cloud Tower", or it may have the characteristics of clouds.

However, Steele looked left and right, but she couldn't see any magic tower in the city.

"The tower of Yunta City is not on the ground." Lei pointed to the sky, "It is in the sky."

Steele looked up and saw only dark clouds in the sky. It was so gloomy that she couldn't see the sun - and she couldn't see any magic tower.

Lei then remembered that it was cloudy today and he couldn't see the magic tower built in the high-altitude clouds. He couldn't help but laugh twice and explained it to her in detail.

The so-called "Cloud Tower" is actually a floating magic tower. The mage who built this magic tower has longed to fly since he was a child. Later, after becoming a mage, he has been studying flying spells. He developed a special legendary spell that could impart anti-gravity effects to a certain area for a long time. Later, when building the magic tower, he used his research results on it.

However, there was something wrong with the mage's calculations. When he activated the magic, the magic tower that only had the base at the time soared into the sky like an arrow. When he finally found the error and corrected it, the base had already It flew to a high altitude and stayed far away from the ground, even at a height that people with poor eyesight could not see.

After thinking about it, the mage felt that maybe this was not bad, so he made the mistake and built the magic tower high in the sky.

It is the "tallest" man-made building in the world. According to calculations, its height even exceeds several temples and magic towers built in the Duanyun Mountains. In order to resist high-altitude winds and dangerous flying monsters, the magic tower is shrouded in a defensive magic array all year round. From the ground, the defensive magic array is like a cloud, surrounding the magic tower - the name of the Cloud Tower. Come.

Steele was amazed by these words, and even Liv, Rank and Little Nisi were also very surprised. Although they are locals of the Mystic Tower Federation, they only know that "there is a magic tower in the clouds in Cloud Tower City" and do not know the specific origins of this tower. Until today, I didn't understand why there was such a magic tower.

"Teacher, you are so knowledgeable!" Ranke admired sincerely. "Sure enough, even a warrior needs a lot of knowledge to enrich himself if he wants to truly become a strong man!"

Lei was stunned for a moment, remembering that this was what he said when he pretended to teach them a lesson not long ago, he coughed twice and put on a majestic look.

"Did you not talk nonsense that day? Do you really need a lot of knowledge to become a high-level warrior?" Sui Xiong asked curiously in the spiritual connection.

In front of Sui Xiong, Lei certainly wouldn't lie and said with a dry smile: "Actually, this is what I said when I had the honor to visit Master Yibuwei, the owner of this magic tower, when I was studying. At that time, he said, 'Although your The goal is to become a great knight, but no matter what path you take, to become a truly strong person, you must enrich yourself with a lot of knowledge, so you must study hard and don't slack off just because you are not a spellcaster."

Sui Xiong nodded in understanding and asked with interest: "It seems that this master is a learned man. Can I go and visit him?"

"I'm afraid not now. Since more than a hundred years ago, he and several of the most powerful masters have lived in the Supreme Tower, guarding Master Imia Lamperus who is analyzing divine power and preparing to become a god. If you want If you want to see him, you have to go to the Highest Tower."

Sui Xiong nodded, indicating that he understood - he decided to wait until the matter in the Holy Land was over, and when he had some free time, he would pay a visit to the learned master, and also meet with Imiya, who was said to be the God of Mage. ·Master Lamperus has a good exchange.

They said goodbye to the giant ape who was released as agreed and regained his freedom, and headed towards Yunta City. When leaving, Sui Xiong also gave it a large wooden stick strengthened with magic power as a thank you gift - several times when it needed to fight along the way, it chose to use large branches as weapons. Sui Xiong felt that maybe all monkeys could He likes to use sticks, so he made a weapon like this for him.

As for the copper-crowned flying dragon, in order to not attract attention, it was put into a special monster bag.

When the group finally entered the city gate and could no longer be seen, the giant ape that had been watching in the nearby woods for a long time let out a humane sigh, turned around and left with the stick in hand.

Cloud Tower City is quite prosperous, and its liveliness and prosperity are among the best in the entire Mystic Tower Federation. This is a good port in the Federation. Because of the low terrain and low concentration of magic power, there are few monsters here. The safety is guaranteed, so a large number of civilians have gathered here.

Perhaps it was because the terrain here was too low that Master Yibuwei chose to build the magic tower in the air.

Lei habitually found a young guard who looked kinder. This time he asked about the shops worth visiting in the city, the restaurants with good taste, and the people who were more well-informed.

The guard took the money and pointed him to the target. Ray did not go to "more worthwhile stores" and "good-tasting restaurants", but went straight to a grocery store - according to the guard's introduction, this grocery store was built in the port area, although the owner Randolph ran it He owns a grocery store, but his main business is actually exploration and investigation. He is an explorer in the true sense. Whether it was overt knowledge or secret information, he knew a lot.

Lei quickly found the place. It was an inconspicuous grocery store, and the business was not booming. It looked ordinary at first glance. He asked everyone to wait outside and entered the grocery store alone - of course, Sui Xiong was invisible and stopped on his head, like a hat.

Randolph is a middle-aged man about forty years old, wearing a pair of small round glasses and with ordinary appearance. At first glance, there is nothing special about him, but both Sui Xiong and Lei can see the powerful strength hidden under his ordinary appearance. This man is an excellent warrior, and he also knows magic, and he carries more than one magic item - such as his glasses.

Perhaps this is why he was able to complete several expeditions.

When he learned of Lei's purpose, he did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

"I am a person who follows rules." After thinking for a long time, he said in a low voice, "The intelligence business is very dangerous, and those who sell information indiscriminately often end up badly. So I follow rules - it doesn't matter. That’s all. For important information, I only sell it to those who have valid reasons, whether in a majestic court or in front of a just god.”

"If you want to inquire about information related to that shipwreck, please come up with a defensible reason first!"

He stared at Lei intently, his glasses glowing with an invisible blue light.

"Attention, his glasses are a powerful magic item, and they are now activating 'Detect Lies'." Sui Xiong noticed immediately and quietly reminded Lei.

Lei thought about it and said: "I came here to help the families of the victims of the shipwreck. They lost their loved ones because of the accident and were in trouble. We felt that there seemed to be a conspiracy behind this matter, so we wanted to investigate. "

After he finished speaking, Randolph adjusted his glasses, which showed no change in the blue light, and smiled.

"You are telling the truth," he said. "I am glad to see a good man who is doing justice. I will tell you everything I know."

"Approximately not long before that voyage, Sean Riley, the son of the Lord of Gals City in the Blue Moon Kingdom, came to Cloud Tower City. He expressed that he wanted to build a shipping route here and do business in monster materials and low- to medium-grade spices. At that time, there were many Few people came to negotiate with him, and the most powerful among them even included a wealthy businessman from a high-level mage family in this city."

"But Sean Riley did not easily agree to anyone. Instead, he secretly got in touch with an out-of-town businessman who had no social connections. For this reason, many people wanted to cause trouble for him, but after communicating with him, they Let it go.”

"Soon after, the caravan set off. Strangely enough, Sheen himself did not set off with the ship, but stayed in the city. Not only that, he had been preparing for the second voyage since then. Look at him He seems to be very pessimistic about the prospects of his first voyage, but he is confident about the establishment of the route."

"Later, news came that the fleet suffered a shipwreck and was attacked by 'Undertide' Timsar, causing heavy losses."

"Sheen doesn't have any special feelings about this. He is still preparing for the next voyage in an orderly manner and organized a successful voyage some time ago with huge profits."

"Now, he is planning his next voyage. It is said that he is planning to take advantage of this voyage to leave the Federation and return to his hometown."

After hearing the news, Lei nodded slightly, thought for a while, and asked: "So... have you found out what this matter has to do with the church of noble ladies?"

Randolph was stunned for a moment, pondering for a long time, and showed a little doubt: "If you don't tell me, I really didn't notice it. The head of the Noble Lady Church once visited Sheen, and what did he talk about with him - I I thought it might be about preaching or something like that, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. Besides, the man died in the shipwreck afterwards... Is there any secret in this?"

Lei didn't answer, but patted him on the shoulder: "You will know after a while."

After saying that, he turned and left the grocery store.

Randolph did know a lot, far more than Ray expected.

Already...enough!

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone~