Josiah still underestimated the Ice Dragon's … unconventional flying speed.
From Noland to the Land of Frost, and then to the Deep Green Basin at the border of the Land of Frost, the Ice Dragon only took three days to complete the journey that would take an ordinary person half a year.
"I give this Didi Dragon a five-star rating."
When Katarian landed on the outskirts of the Deep Green Basin, Josiah gave his evaluation of this journey.
"I've heard enough of your strange words."
Katarian shook its back and gestured for Josiah and Hiri to leave its back.
Josiah jumped down from Katarian's back and landed steadily on the grassland of the basin.
With the physique of a Chaos Demon, Josiah could easily jump down from the dragon's back that was close to four stories high.
Hiri used a more common method used by spellcasters of the Order system, which was to construct a temporary staircase with a magical barrier, and then walked down the dragon's back step by step.
"Where's the elves' city?"
As soon as Hiri landed on the ground, she glanced left and right, and then raised her head to look at the sky.
Due to the Ice Dragon Katarian's arrival, all the magical beasts residing in the basin disappeared without a trace. The surroundings were eerily silent.
There was nothing floating in the sky. Previously, when Ciri had been riding on the Ice Dragon, she had excitedly wanted to find the legendary city.
But even above the clouds, she couldn't see anything.
"There might be some kind of invisibility magic."
Josiah took out the token of the World Tree, which had already reacted after entering the Deep Green Basin.
"I forgot how to use it." Josiah handed the token to Hiri. "Hiri, try to inject mana into it."
Hiri took the token and infused her magic into it according to Josiah's instructions.
The token shone even brighter. Josiah placed his hand on it and carefully injected his Chaos power into it.
A pure white beam of light appeared beside Josiah.
"This is … a teleportation portal?"
Hiri found a stone on the ground and threw it into the beam of light. The stone instantly disappeared into the beam of light.
'The beam won't last long.'
Suddenly, a translucent Shiratori appeared on Hiri's shoulder. This Shiratori was the consciousness of the World Tree of the High Elves.
It tilted its head and glanced at Katarian who was behind Hiri.
"Ladies first?" Josiah gestured.
"Teleportation, hmm … As expected, I still can't get used to this kind of magic."
However, Hiri showed some fear in the face of the beam of light.
This spellcaster was a woman who could fight a bear with her bare hands. However, the continuous teleportation in the Realm of Demons had left a psychological scar on Hiri.
"Alright, hold my hand."
Josiah held Hiri's cold hand and led Hiri into the beam of light.
A sense of weightlessness engulfed Josiah. Three short seconds later, Josiah opened his eyes again. The scenery in front of him changed from a swamp to … a ruined city.
"This is Assequero?"
Josiah looked around. The style of the surrounding buildings was somewhat familiar to Josiah. However, these buildings had already turned into ruins. Even the ground was covered in dust. It didn't seem like people lived here at all.
This was a street that had been dead for a long time. Only its ruins were left here.
Josiah raised his head. There was a huge dome above. Sunlight shone through the cracks in the dome. It seemed to tell Josiah that this place was not far from the ground.
"Assequero, isn't this the underground ruins of Noland?"
Hiri looked around. The architectural style here was almost exactly the same as the underground ruins of Noland.
"So, where are the people who welcome us?"
Josiah didn't even see a wild High Elf. Instead, he felt a strong magic barrier outside this street.
Just as Josiah was looking for the people to welcome them, Hiri, who had a beast-like intuition, suddenly noticed something.
"Who is it?"
Ciri raised his staff high, the radiance of the Glyph of Illusion revolving in front of the staff. In the next second, the ruins were illuminated by a strong light, and a pitch-black figure hiding in a corner of the ruins slowly walked out.
"Looks like you're not a welcome person." Josiah sized up the person in front of him. The robe on his body was very similar to that of Noland's spellcasters. It was just that his face was covered by a mask, so his appearance could not be seen clearly. However, the pattern on the shoulder of the robe revealed his identity.
It was an emblem that only the robes of the Seven Sages of Noland would have.
Josiah heard that there were currently only five sages in Noland. The man in black and the man in blue had not appeared in the Sage Council for a long time.
Whether he was a man in black or not had nothing to do with Josiah. Josiah only wanted to know where the High Elves resided.
"A human from Noland? And a … blasphemer. Why are you here!? "
His gaze under the mask swept across Josiah and Hiri. Finally, his gaze stopped on Josiah. His pupils contracted slightly.
"What kind of strange title is blasphemer? My name is Josiah Yanorod. I am a guest invited by the consciousness of the World Tree. "Josiah introduced himself.
"The Holy Tree would never accept a …"
Before he could finish his words, a Shiratori stopped on Josiah's shoulder. At this moment, he instantly shut his mouth and looked at Josiah as if he had seen a ghost.
"Um, are you a local? If you are, can you bring me to the gathering place of the High Elves? I have something to talk to them about. "
Josiah tried to communicate with the man in black. This time, Josiah was purely here for the aviation mobile wifi. Of course, he would also like to create a few more High Elf idols. Josiah was quite willing to do so.
"The place you are in is the Forgotten Land. This means that you have been rejected by the Elder Council," he said.
"Rejected?" If Josiah remembered correctly, he should be considered as a guest of the World Tree.
He used a more direct way to answer Josiah's question. A silver inscription appeared in his hand, and an inverted image appeared in front of Josiah's eyes.
"The Elder Council will not allow a blasphemer to step into this city again. Perhaps because you are protected by the Holy Tree, they did not choose to kill you." The image he summoned was of the forest outside the ruins.
Josiah could see a group of High Elves waiting outside. Just by looking at their equipment, they did not look like they were here to welcome a guest like Josiah.
"We … seem to have become the Instance Dungeon's Boss?" Hiri whispered to Josiah.
"Looks like we are completely treated as enemies. I thought all the High Elves were a bunch of cat slaves …" Josiah did not think that with the Holy Tree's protection, these High Elves would not give Josiah any face at all.
"That's a bird on your shoulder." Hiri reminded Josiah again.
"…"
"To the High Elves, the Holy Tree is only our Symbiote."
The man in black glanced at Shiratori who was standing on Josiah's shoulder, and slightly bowed to her in a strange manner.
"I don't know why the Holy Tree invited you to Assequero, but please leave this city as soon as possible. Some of the Elders will mercilessly execute any blasphemer." The man in black tried to persuade Josiah.
"Go back? You mean I was stood up by the High Elves? Or was I pointed at by a group of pigeons with bows? "
Josiah did not think that these High Elves would have such a bad attitude.
The man in black ignored Josiah's words and went straight to the middle of the street, in front of a building that looked like an altar. He reached out his hand and brushed away the dust on one of the disks.
"This is a teleportation circle that you Blasphemers built. With your magic, you should be able to build a teleportation gate to Noland." He said.
"Although I also want to leave this dusty place as soon as possible, my answer is still no."
"If you force your way out of the Forgotten Land, the Elder Council will not let you go." The man in black warned Josiah.
"Is this how you treat your guests? If you treat me with hostility … I would be more than happy to lead my army to drag Assequero into the flames of war. "Josiah said with a smile.
"What did you say?"
This sentence clearly agitated the man in black. He gripped his staff tightly, and silver inscriptions appeared around his body. But in the next moment, gray magic suddenly swept through the area.
His inscriptions shattered into pieces like glass, and even he himself seemed to have difficulty breathing as he held his staff with both hands.
"After so many years … You guys are still so dangerous."
"I'm not too sure about the grievances between the High Elves and my race, but this time I was invited by your holy tree. Not only did you not serve me some tea, but you also want to stand me up."
Josiah's hands were surrounded by chaotic magic, and he slowly walked towards him. After brushing past him, he injected his own magic into the teleportation circle.
This teleportation circle that had been abandoned for god knows how many years was once again activated.
"You're saying that this place can connect to Noland?"
Josiah felt that this man in black was very … not vigilant, or perhaps very kind?
If there was such a teleportation circle in his home, Josiah would not tell others even if he was beaten to death.
He did not answer Josiah. Josiah used the Venerated Skeleton's inscription to summon an unconscious undead. The undead walked into the teleportation circle, and it walked out again the next second.
After the undead spirit was reduced to dust, the last bit of its memories flowed into Josh's mind.
There were three stunned dwarves around him. Josiah also saw Frost Axe among the three dwarves.
It turns out to be the teleportation circle to the Frost Axe Family?
Josiah instantly closed the teleportation circle and fell into deep thought.
"What do you want to do?" The man in black seemed a little impatient. He asked Josiah in a low voice.
"I can't treat you with courtesy, so I can only cross swords. In short, that's what I mean. Let me reintroduce myself. I am Josiah Yanorod, the Third Prince of the Demon Realm."
Josiah's dark pupils stared at the blue eyes under the mask of the man in black. The domineering aura borrowed from the Venerated Skeleton spread wantonly.
"Maybe I should lead an army here, so that those High Elves may be able to sit down and have a good talk with me."
When Josiah made this proposal, the man in black showed a dangerous look in his eyes.
"I will stop you," he said.
When Josiah was about to answer him, the Shiratori standing on Josiah's shoulder also knocked on Josiah's head with its beak.
"It hurts …" Before Josiah could scare it, the Shiratori knocked on Josiah's head again with its beak.
"Okay, okay, I'm just joking. I really don't know anything about leading an army to war." Josiah covered the place where Shiratori knocked, indicating that he was just joking.
"What?"
On the contrary, Hiri showed a surprised expression. It seemed that this girl was ready to fight.
"If I really want to force my way in, I can at most force my way into the core of the World Tree, but looking at the situation outside, 'sneaking' is unlikely."
Josiah didn't think that forcing his way in would make this holy tree happy.
"Let me give you a hint. Your chaos magic power is useless against the elders." The man in black warned Josiah again.
He seemed to want to avoid this battle, but Josiah's previous words and actions were too dangerous.
"Can't stop them from casting spells? That's a bit tricky. "
Josiah also fell into deep thought.
"Why don't we just camp here for a while? We can use the portal to return to Noland anyway. "Hiri suggested.
"Stay here for a while?"
Joshua turned his head to look at the teleportation door that led to Nolan, and then turned back to look at the street that had been turned into ruins.
"Hiri, follow me."
Josiah quickly walked towards a building on the street. Hiri followed behind Josiah, and the man in black also followed.
The walls of these buildings were covered with all kinds of plants, but the inside of the buildings was unexpectedly well preserved, except for some places that were covered in dust.
"After so many years, there are still no signs of collapse. The quality of these buildings is quite good." Josiah stretched out his hand and swiped at the dust on an unknown long table.
The people living on this street had left in a hurry, and there were many things that they didn't take with them. However, it seemed that they had all evacuated safely. Josh checked a few more buildings, but he didn't find any corpses.
"What are you plotting?" The man in black looked at Josiah walking around like he was on an adventure, and finally couldn't help but ask again.
"Are you really the sage of Noland? I haven't seen someone as … straightforward as you in a long time. No, there's a high elf called Ahr who looks like you. "Josiah suddenly said.
"Straightforward? According to your human identity, I am the man in black of Noland. "He said.
"You really are the man in black who has been missing for three years." Josiah was slightly surprised, then turned around and suddenly reached out his hand.
He instantly took a step back vigilantly, his magic was still in a state of confinement by Josiah.
"I'm quite familiar with the other sages, I'm really sorry for scaring you just now." Josiah said.
But he didn't accept Josiah's apology, and continued to follow behind Josiah without saying a word.
Finally, after Josiah had visited all the abandoned buildings on the entire street, he spoke again.
"If you expect to find anything useful in the Forgotten Land, give up, there are only ruins left."
"I'm not looking for relics, I'm looking at storefronts." Josiah gestured at the largest building in front of him and said.
"Storefronts?!"
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