Extraordinary pedigree

Shadow Time/5:00.

Arcadian City.

Snakebone Avenue - Elosak's Staff Shop.

Elosak's staff is spread at the end of the Serpent Bone Avenue in Arcadian City, standing quietly in the shadows, like an entrenched ancient snake spirit.

The appearance of the store is full of mystery. On both sides of the door frame are two lifelike snake sculptures. The snake heads are facing each other, and the sharp snake teeth seem to be ready to bite at any time.

Those carvings glowed with a faint green light after nightfall. A magic rune lamp hung at the door of the shop. The soft blue light cast a halo in front of the door, but the light was not warm, but rather cold. It reminds outsiders that this is more than just a place selling wands.

The shop's motto is engraved on the door plate:

"The wizard guides power, but the wand chooses fate; only when the souls are in harmony, can the wand ignite real magic——"

jingle--

The heavy wooden door was pushed open, and the doorbell rang loudly.

The store is filled with the smell of wood and ancient magical materials, and the air is mixed with the faint aroma of snake venom and magical essential oils.

Deep in the store, an 80-year-old man was sitting under a magic lamp, and the wand in his hand gave off a faint light under the light blue light.

Satis Elosak was wearing a blue robe with exquisite snake embroidery on the corners. His pair of simple glasses shimmered as he stared intently at the serpent wand in his hand.

The old man has a long beard, which has begun to change color under the baptism of time. The light gray and blue interweave, indicating his experience and age.

When the door was pushed open, Satis did not raise his head, his tone was impatient and serious:

"Now is the time of shadow, and Elosak's Staff Shop does not accept private customization. If you need service, please leave the order and come back to pick it up the next day."

The Elder Wandmaker's voice was low and slightly hoarse, as if his throat was tired after years of working on wand crafts.

Xia Xiu, who walked into the store, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

He was tall and tall, wearing a black dress coat with no dust on his shoulders. His short blond hair glowed softly under the magic lamp.

That handsome face with a gentle smile, coupled with his tall nose and golden pupils, looked particularly elegant and mysterious.

He gently closed the door behind him, raised his right hand to straighten his slightly tilted black hat, and then said in a gentle tone:

"I have a big order and cooperation project that I want to discuss with you, but before that, I have to make sure that you are the best staff-making master in Naga Ring City."

When Satis heard this, his hand that repaired the wand in his hand paused slightly. He slowly raised his head and locked his eyes tightly on the golden eyes of the blond young man.

He quickly looked at Xia Xiu and almost subconsciously began to speculate on the other party's origins.

"He is not wearing the unique robe-colored clothing of the Hundred Layers World, and he obviously does not belong to any local wizard faction; it is not the tourist season, is he some kind of foreign visitor? However, there is no certification mark of the International United Wizards Association on his body, which means that he Without legal status, at least on the face of it, there is no legitimate reason for entry..."

Ominous thoughts came one after another in my mind.

The abnormal fluctuations that occurred on the crystal wall earlier today, the nervous and urgent orders from the members of the Auror family at the Serpent Crystal Wall Council, and even the frightening prophecy - the prophecy about the coming of the Dark Lord, like a shadow surrounding his thoughts.

Thinking of these, a chill ran down his spine for a moment.

"Are you a stranger?" Satis spoke slowly and tentatively, his voice hoarse and low, but revealing a forbearing vigilance.

"Is there a hundred-level world visa from the International United Wizards?"

The expression of the blond young man did not change at all, and he still had a relaxed smile.

He didn't seem to notice Satis' inner nervousness, and his voice was gentle, but with a slightly apologetic tone.

"Visa..."

Xia Xiu shrugged slightly, as if he accidentally mentioned something insignificant, "I'm so sorry, I seem to have lost it."

After he finished speaking, he smiled softly with a bit of regret and self-deprecation.

"I'm a bit careless."

Hearing this, Satis' heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

No, even if you have to make up an excuse, you have to make it up decently. Do I look like a fool?

The pretty boy acted well, but he couldn't treat others like fools!

The Elder Wandmaker's vigilance reached its peak in an instant, and he couldn't help but roar in his heart.

Satis' hand tightened unconsciously, and his fingertips touched the thunder scale wand on his waist.

This is his proud work. The powerful thunder-scale snake scales from the Naga Ring are incorporated into the staff, and the staff is coiled with runes symbolizing thunder and lightning.

At this moment, the tip of the wand flashed with a small arc of electricity and made a faint "crackling" sound, indicating that it was ready to cast a powerful spell at any time.

Satis did not act rashly, but the wand in his hand was quietly hidden behind his back.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the corner under the counter, where an inconspicuous magic device was hidden. It was the secret alarm of Elosak's Staff Shop.

As long as he presses lightly, the entire Arcadian City's magic defense network will be activated in an instant, and the red-robed wizard guards in the city will immediately rush to reinforce it.

Although the alarm had never been activated, Satis's finger was slightly raised, ready to press the button at any moment.

"Don't be so nervous, old man. There are many people without visas in the Edisi Federation. As the nearest hub of the Federation, the Hundred Layer World should also learn from their friendly attitude towards people without visas. Moreover, visas are not such inconvenient things. I said I have a visa, but I just can't take it out. Why don't you believe it?"

The blond young man said sincerely, as if he wanted to ease the tense atmosphere in the air.

However, the tension in the air increased instead of decreasing, and the sense of oppression was deeply shrouded in the entire space.

Every nerve of Satis was still tense, and his eyes did not relax. Instead, he looked at the stranger in front of him more cautiously.

"Oh, it turns out that I have to change another set of rhetoric to work - I always try to convince people with reason."

Xia Xiu remained calm, still standing there, and sighed softly.

Then, he slowly raised one hand and took off the black hat on his head. The hat turned in his hand, and the movement was leisurely and calm.

At the same time, his other hand slowly reached into the inside of his dark windbreaker and casually took out a silver wand.

This wand is fifteen inches long, and the pattern on the wand is so delicate that it seems to be carved from some kind of angel's wings. The silver light flows like water under the light.

Xia Xiu sighed softly, and the sigh was helpless and funny, as if facing an overly nervous child.

He shook his head gently, and said with that kind of calmness and unquestionable attitude that could not be ignored:

"Old sir, why are you so serious?"

Xia Xiu's voice was soft but clear, and there was no threat in his tone. Instead, it was easy-going and gentle, as if he just walked into an ordinary shop, not facing an old wizard who might cast a spell at any time.

He fiddled with the silver wand in his hand, raised his head, and looked directly at Satis with a pair of golden eyes, and continued:

"I just want to talk about a business deal."

The sense of oppression in the air began to spread like a substance.

Satis finally couldn't bear the invisible and huge sense of oppression.

Cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and his hands tightly grasped the Thunder Scale Wand, with a look of determination in his eyes.

Looking at the still smiling and unhurried golden hair, he knew in his heart that he had no way out.

Then, almost instinctively, he suddenly raised the wand in his hand and quickly chanted a spell.

"Lightning beam!"

The old wand craftsman roared.

[Level III spell Lightning beam! ]

A strong magic power suddenly burst out from the top of his wand, accompanied by a sharp "crackling" thunder, and a twisted electric light quickly passed through the air like a venomous snake, rushing towards Xia Xiu with terrifying power.

The lightning and thunder, with dazzling light, drew a destructive trajectory in the air.

At the same time, Satis's left hand quickly pressed the alarm under the counter, trying to immediately trigger the magic defense system in the Elosak Wand Shop.

As long as the alarm is triggered, the wizard guards of the entire Arcadian City will arrive in an instant.

However, when his palm was about to touch the alarm, he suddenly felt something strange under his hand.

He looked down at his hand, and his face suddenly changed drastically - at the moment when he was about to press the alarm bell, a strange [∞] symbol appeared under his palm.

The symbol formed an invisible barrier under his hand. No matter how hard he tried, his palm seemed to be blocked by something and could not move forward at all.

Satis widened his eyes, and an inexplicable fear and astonishment rose in his heart.

"How could it be...?"

Just as he was in doubt, Xia Xiu on the other side did not react much, but just sighed slightly, still with that gentle smile.

Facing the whistling lightning, he seemed to be unconcerned, slowly raised the silver magic wand in his hand, and waved it gently.

The [∞] symbol flashed at the top of the magic wand.

[Heaven's Lever - Remove Weapons! ]

An indescribable force surged from the silver magic wand, spreading like a silent ripple.

The force was so strong that a slight vibration could be felt in the air.

Boom --

Then came a moment of silence -- the originally dazzling lightning was torn apart by some invisible force in the air and instantly disintegrated.

The light of the lightning beam was like glass that was forcibly broken, instantly splitting into countless tiny electric lights, and then quickly turned invisible and disappeared into the air, leaving no trace.

The moment the electric light collapsed, the entire space shook slightly.

Satis watched all this in amazement. The powerful lightning spell was completely disintegrated and disappeared without a trace in Xia Xiu's casual wave.

However, things were not over yet.

The aftermath of the great power had quietly hit Satis.

The force was like an invisible giant hammer, instantly hitting his body.

Satis didn't even have time to make any sound. He only felt that the whole person was overturned like a dead leaf and hit the wall behind him fiercely.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the old wand maker's body hit the stone wall heavily, shaking the wall.

He felt as if his internal organs were violently stirred like a sea overturned, and his chest was in pain, as if all the bones in his body were shattered in an instant.

The air seemed to be sucked out by a huge force, and a painful low roar came from his throat, but he didn't even have the strength to shout.

Satis' vision gradually became blurred, and everything in front of him seemed to be shrouded in a dark mist.

His breathing was rapid and his chest was rising and falling violently, as if he needed to fight for every breath. The heart was beating heavily in the chest, making a dull and rhythmic knocking sound, like a pendulum approaching to break.

He tried hard to stay awake, but the pain and severe shocks in his body came like waves one after another, making it almost impossible to think.

At this moment, he vaguely saw a vague figure approaching slowly.

Those golden pupils were like a light source that pierced the darkness, appearing extremely dazzling in his increasingly bleak world.

The blond young man held a silver wand in his hand, with the tip of the wand hanging down toward him.

Satis's heart suddenly tightened, and an even more severe pain came from his chest.

"Black...Black...Dark Lord..."

His throat was hoarse and he almost gasped when he said these words.

That voice was mixed with unconcealable fear and despair.

Satis's eyes were filled with pain. He was now facing an existence that he could not contend with in his life.

This was a feeling of oppression he had never experienced before.

So huge.

So inescapable.

It seemed as if the whole destiny had come to an end.

My life is at an end! ! !

On the other side, when Xia Xiu heard the name Dark Lord, he stopped and couldn't help but complain.

"I've always wanted to ask, who gave this title? It's ugly enough. Besides, I'm not the Dark Lord you mentioned, I'm just an angel passing by."

His tone was relaxed and casual, but his indifferent tone made Satis feel even more desperate.

As you said, there is a huge difference between an angel and a dark lord!

None of it is fun.

"You...what do you want?" He tried to steady his trembling voice and asked carefully, but the fear in his heart made his voice still tremble.

Xia Xiu slightly raised the silver wand in his hand and waved it slowly. A faint [∞] symbol appeared on the wand.

[Lever of Heaven-Damage lever! ]

Along with the gentle thaumaturgic fluctuations, an imperceptible power flowed through Satis' body.

In an instant, he felt that the pain and discomfort in his body were being gently pried away, being withdrawn from his body bit by bit.

The tearing pain began to dissipate, as did the heaviness in the chest and the cramping pain in the internal organs.

He stood there, looking at his hands blankly, and found that his body had recovered as before, without even a trace of pain.

His mind was filled with confusion. Just now he thought he was about to die, but now, the stranger with the title of "Dark Lord" had quietly erased his hurt and pain.

Xia Xiu looked at the counter in front of him casually, wiped off the dust on it, and sat on it with natural and smooth movements.

"I told you, I'm here to discuss a business deal."

Satis stood there blankly, still feeling baffled. The fear and uneasiness just now still lingered in his heart, but the current situation made him at a loss what to do.

He stood up carefully and glanced at the thunder scale wand he had dropped on the ground. Thinking back to everything that happened just now - from when he released the powerful lightning spell, to how easily it collapsed, to when Xia Xiu casually resolved everything - so, in the end, he chose to follow his heart.

His throat felt dry for a while, Satis considered his tone and asked with some uncertainty:

"What do you mean by... cooperation?"

Although his tone still sounded a bit wary and uneasy, it was more helpless and obedient.

People under the eaves have to bow their heads.

The iron fist hit him and he had to give in.

Xia Xiu couldn't help but smile when he heard Satis' cautious question.

He raised his hands, looking innocent, and said with a bit of relief in his tone:

"Don't be so nervous. You act like I'm a devil who goes around killing, looting, being cruel and domineering. Do you think I look like the kind of wanton, violent and unruly bad guy?"