Passing through layers of black stone palaces, Garon, surrounded by a group of people, quickly arrived at a remote side hall.
The side hall and the main hall were separated by a small open space that looked like a graveyard. There were a few tombstones scattered on the ground, and the ground was not paved with stone bricks, but just yellow and black soil.
From time to time, there were rustling sounds of insects burrowing through the soil.
When Garon and the rest walked onto the open space, the soil on the ground suddenly flipped over, and countless black and yellow earthworm-like insects broke out of the soil. They had the body of an earthworm, but their heads had a ferocious sawtooth mouthpiece. They poked their heads out of the soil, as if they had smelled some delicious food, and crawled towards Garon and the rest at an extremely fast speed.
"Shut up!" Kling Master An quickly drew a tactic symbol with one hand. The symbol was extremely complicated, and it flashed in the air.
The earthworms on the ground suddenly froze, and their bodies stiffened, before they burrowed back into the soil and disappeared.
"These are special aphids that I raised for the defense system. Don't underestimate them because they are weak individually. Their biggest advantage is their numbers. When a totem user invades, they will leap up, and densely cover the surface of the totem light, biting and absorbing it. Only pure physical attacks can get rid of these little guys." Kling Master An explained as he walked.
Garon nodded, and saw the fear and fear in the rest of the people's eyes. He guessed that these people had suffered from these insects before.
A group of five or six people crossed the open space, and walked into the side hall. The main hall was dark and empty.
Hiss …
Suddenly, countless black air currents gathered in the middle of the main hall, and these air currents danced around, and then quickly condensed, forming a blurry human figure.
The human figure was completely black, and bowed slightly towards the group.
"Nine Snakes System, at your service." The voice was the sweetest and most gentle female voice.
Garon walked forward, and surrounded this blurry human figure to examine carefully.
The human figure seemed to be formed by countless mist, and had no physical form. It did not move or shy as Garon examined it. It just stood there quietly.
Garon went closer to observe, and reached out his hand, gently touching the human figure's face. It was cold to the touch, and it didn't have any physical substance. It was like reaching into a mass of moist cold air.
"This is just an external image of the Nine Snakes System. Other than communication, it has no other use," Kling Master An explained from behind. He walked to a wall in the side hall and patted it lightly.
"Are all the preparations done? Prepare to hand over the core control. "
"Everything is ready," Nine Snake replied softly.
After a while, Garon walked out of the side hall, crossed the open space, and walked in the direction of his bedroom.
After dinner, he did not bother with what was going on in the palace. He handed over the fourth and fifth levels of the Black Water True Technique to the Nine Snakes System as merit exchange items. However, the merit points required were relatively high.
After dinner, Garon found Demon Phoenix, who had already told Island Master Skyharp everything, and simply arranged the positions of Guest Elders in the palace for Demon Phoenix and the others. Garon then brought Lala and walked out of the palace.
The six horse carriages outside the palace were already prepared. The coachman and guards were rather extravagantly decorated, as if they were magnificent carriages made of black crystals and rubies.
Pulling the carriage were six black mutated horses that looked like unicorns. They were strong and could fly, and could even dive when necessary.
Garon and Lala boarded the carriage, and took off from the palace district, flying straight out of the Imperial City.
Southwest of the Imperial City, which was also within the Absolute Protection Area, there was a mountain peak that Garon had won over, and was given to the Tasura School led by Teacher Emin. This time, he was going to take a look at the situation of the Tasura School.
The six unicorns in the carriage had black gas wings on their backs. They flapped time and time again, and with great force, pulled the carriage into the sky easily.
There were more than ten Black Swamp Guards escorting them, and they were also riding on black unicorns.
The group was very eye-catching in the sky above the Imperial City. All the birds and mounts had to give way to them.
Garon sat in the carriage with his eyes closed, and suddenly a man's voice came from outside.
"When did Palace Master Garon return? Why didn't you inform everyone, so we could have a welcome banquet? "
This voice was very familiar. It was Grand Duke Cody, the old fellow of the same rank as Grand Duke Benoc. Back then, when he surrounded God Cloud, he was slightly injured by the Distorted Bead. Who would have thought that he would recover so quickly.
Lifting the curtains of the carriage, there was also a golden carriage pulled by three green birds floating in the air in front of the carriage. Grand Duke Cody's chubby round face appeared at the entrance of the carriage, and he was looking over with a smile.
"So it's Grand Duke Cody. I wonder why you've stopped my carriage?" Garon asked calmly.
"The Imperial City is divided into four parts. Sir Garon, now that you've returned, you'll have to take care of those disobedient subordinates of yours. Otherwise, if you're not careful, you'll get into big trouble." Cody narrowed his eyes with a fake smile.
"Big trouble? What kind of trouble can I cause in the Imperial City? "Garon still looked at him calmly." Or, is Grand Duke Cody warning me? "
"How you interpret it is up to you. I'll leave it here for now." Cody let down the curtains, and the carriage turned a corner, flying towards the duke's mansion in the distance.
Garon had a mocking look on his face. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and blew out a puff of black air.
The black air shot out, growing bigger and bigger, fainter and fainter. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a gust of black wind, whistling towards Grand Duke Cody's carriage.
The three-headed green bird driving the carriage instantly cried out in panic. Cody, who was in the carriage, harrumphed coldly. The entire carriage suddenly shone with a faint layer of golden light, blocking the black wind outside.
"Palace Lord Garon, what is the meaning of this?!!" He roared in the carriage.
"Nothing. I just saw that your pet is rather cute, so I'm just saying hello."
Garon laughed softly. The carriage passed by Cody's side, and soon disappeared into the distant sky.
At this moment, the three-headed green bird in Cody's carriage suddenly screeched, and at the same time began to melt and dissolve. In just an instant, like candles, it melted into three globs of black liquid, and then quickly evaporated, turning into countless clouds of black air that rose and disappeared.
Only Cody maintained the golden light, holding the carriage firmly in place, levitating in the air.
In the carriage, Cody's round face was full of gloom.
"Form Five …! Who would have thought … "
He mumbled. The little girl in the red dress sat on his right, her pale legs swaying under the seat.
"You can't beat him." The little girl's childish voice rang in the carriage.
"There's some trouble. Why don't you go out and hide?" Cody looked at the little girl, his strange tone as if he was talking to an expert of the same level.
"It's alright." The little girl shook her head. "Just be careful."
Cody nodded, and said no more.
"The people of the Black Swamp Palace are getting more and more arrogant. Like Palace Lord, like subordinates. Looks like we have to join forces with the people over there. "
"Join forces? Are you going to open the Absolute Protection? "The little girl asked curiously.
Cody didn't answer, but his face was dark.
*****
At night, on a slightly shorter mountain peak near the Imperial City, large patches of bright lights could be seen clearly in the towers and fortresses that covered the peak, illuminating the entire peak into a white land.
In a newly built white manor at the top of the peak.
In the spacious hall, the milky white stone walls were engraved with different patterns of the Great White Bear, the Black Cheetah, and the Fanged Tiger. These three creature totems were the three core branches of totems of the Tasura Academy. The patterns on the walls branched off in different directions. Some of the Great White Bear had wings on its back, some had a thick and long tentacle on its right arm, some had four eyes. It was the same for the Black Cheetah and the Fanged Tiger.
The hall was brightly lit, and a piano band was playing slowly by the wall. The soothing music gently filled the entire hall, and even traveled through the fluttering curtains into the darkness outside.
A rectangular table was placed on the right side of the hall, and there were plates of fruits and dishes on it for the guests to enjoy.
The guests participating in the banquet were all dressed extravagantly. The men were well-dressed, and the women were dressed in flowing skirts. But no matter the status of the guests, the key to attending this banquet was either to see the Black Swamp Palace Master who had risen to fame in recent years, or to interact and build a large enough network.
Garon was currently standing with a few white-haired old men. He was playing with an exquisite crystal cup in one hand, and listening carefully to the old men's whispers. He was wearing a black and red suit, and his body was tall and slender. His blonde hair fell over his shoulders, and his perfect jade-like skin made the women present secretly envious.
This world originally only had tuxedos, but Garon decisively cut off the tail of the tuxedos, and changed it into the style of a suit on Earth. He instantly felt much more used to it.
He listened carefully to Teacher Emin's whispers, and his expression was focused. The people around him were the most senior elders of the Tasura Academy, and the leaders of primary schools who were on good terms with the Tasura Academy, as well as the leaders of the civilian forces and the upper nobles who had rushed over from the Imperial City to attend the banquet. Other than a few people, the rest were all elderly, and looked to be at least forty years old.
Garen stood in the middle of the crowd, looking rather eye-catching. The senior members of the academy stood together, while the rest were mostly the elite students of the academy and the upper nobles of the Imperial City.
The senior members of the academy stood together, while the juniors and juniors stood in a circle. There was a clear separation, and only occasionally when the senior members were interacting, would they take the opportunity to call their juniors and introduce them to the others.
Although the juniors and juniors had formed their own small circles, they would still occasionally sneak envious glances at the circle of seniors with Garon as the core.
"In the blink of an eye, three years have passed. Thinking back on everything that has happened in the past few years, it still feels like a dream." Emin sipped on the fragrant wine, his eyes filled with complicated emotions and sadness.
"Teacher, you always like to sigh. Now that the academy has been rebuilt and completely unified, isn't that your greatest wish?" Garon said softly.
"Humans are always greedy. Perhaps it's because my greatest wish and goal have been fulfilled that I feel empty in my heart." Emin shook his head self-deprecatingly. "You're now at the peak of your power. Even in the entire East Continent, you're one of the top fighters. It was my greatest pride to have been able to teach you back then."
"You're praising me too much." Garen smiled. "I still have a lot of things that I don't understand."
"Don't say these empty words. You've already surpassed me. In the end, I only played a role in the basics. The real achievements were all made by you." Emin waved his hand.
"I'm sure that Palace Lord Garon had already displayed great talent back then when he was still learning the basics, right?" An elder of the academy asked with a smile.
"Speaking of which, perhaps only Big Brother Emin knows what the former Palace Lord was like."
A few of the senior members chimed in.
Emin had only casually selected a few of Garon's past deeds. Even now, he still felt waves of awe.
Garon had already displayed amazing talent in tactics back then. Unfortunately, although he had talent, he didn't want to walk the path of tactics. Instead, he focused on totem evolution. As for using tactics to battle, that method didn't suit Garon at all.
This made Emin feel very regretful for a while. Speaking of this, he chatted with the elders about some trivial matters of the past with great interest.
Garen, on the other hand, was listening quietly at the side, occasionally revealing a faint smile.
After listening for a while, he excused himself to go to the washroom and left alone to go to the night balcony outside the hall. Standing in front of the railing of the semi-circular balcony, he looked down from afar. The village lights at the foot of the mountain were like clusters of stars in the night sky. The night breeze blew on his face. It was cool and carried a faint fragrance.
Garon sniffed lightly. The fragrance seemed to come from afar. It was barely discernible. He didn't know what kind of plant was blooming.
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