Skeleton King

There is no magic, no sun, moon and stars, and Ace doesn't even know how long it has been since Noou left last time.

In order to pass the time, he had no choice but to start practicing Dou Qi, and the three colors of Dou Qi, purple, white, and gold, spread across the cellar.Seeing these grudges, Ace felt that the secret room was not so dead.

Suddenly, a new color was added to the three colors.

A garland of red roses woven with extraordinary finesse.

Ace looked up and saw that the gate of the dead world had been opened, and a figure with long silver hair came out slowly, with the same frivolous smile on his face as before, "Here is the magic circle laid out by the star map of the magic island, If strangers come in, they will give an early warning, but I found a secret door, next time you can also contact people in the city that never sleeps."

He picked up the wreath on the ground, put it on Ace's head, and said with a smile: "My mother made it for me when I was a child, and even the roses bloomed in that flower garden."

Ace was a little surprised, "Sikes?"

Sykes smiled suavely, his long silver hair was still full of moonlight, and the secret room was filled with blossoming anemones.

When Ace saw Sykes appearing in such an angry manner, his facial expression became dull for a moment. He felt that Sykes did not go to the Dragon Clan to retreat to practice martial arts, but went to the Special Effects Academy for further training.

Especially when Sikes put the rose wreath on his head, and a fragrant rose petal drifted over the tip of his nose with Sikes' movements.

Sikes didn't notice the twitch at the corner of Ace's mouth.Of course, even if he noticed, he would only be more gloating about Ace's current situation.Sykes looked around the environment of the secret room, and sighed: "There are no instruments of torture. It seems that Duke Green treats you well."

Ace moved his wrist, and the chains integrated into the Star Stone made a "jingling" sound, reminding Sykes of his current situation.

Ace said: "You came back a few days earlier than I thought."

Sykes kicked Ace's calf, who was sitting on the ground, and taunted: "Do you know how many days have passed since you were locked in?"

Without guilt, Ace said very frankly: "I don't know."

Sykes noticed that a piece of Ace's clothes was completely torn, and there were a lot of black blood stains on it. He directly opened Ace's clothes with his hands and wiped off the plasters on Ace's wounds.The wound Nuoou caused with the Dragon King's dagger was completely perfect, leaving only a very shallow scar.

Sykes knew who left the scar, even though it had healed, Sykes' affection for Nou was greatly reduced.My own silly brother hurts me.

Although Sykes knew that Jacob was involved in this matter, and Prince Nishiben and the others had no intention of calculating, Ace's current situation is definitely not bad.This may not be without the credit of Nuoou.

Of course, in front of Ace, Sykes still gave priority to hurting his silly brother, "You got hurt like this?! I thought you had a hole in your chest. That's it, Noah Green will give you back Medicated? When I was 9 years old, such wounds were ignored unless I went back to Magic Island."

Ace, who has always regarded himself as a magician and a very good magic pharmacist, can't understand Sykes' life is so rough, "Don't compare me with you."

Sykes said: "If you had broken through to the Juggernaut earlier, how could you have come to where you are now?"

After Ace broke through as a mage, the difficulty of becoming a Juggernaut has increased exponentially.From the origin of magic to the present, there are only a handful of people who have reached the holy rank in both magic and martial arts. Even if there are records left, the words are vague and it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the false.

Ace rolled his eyes, the surprise when he first saw Sykes had long since disappeared, "I find that you are getting less and less likable."

Sykes nodded. "Yeah. It was my appearance that you were obsessed with before."

Ace: ...

When it comes to this, Ace is always wrong.

But now is not the time for Ace to grab Sykes by the collar to shut him up. Ace has already realized what Sykes' surprise visit means most to him. It didn't take long before he said cautiously: "Sikes Alex?"

"Huh?" Sykes was studying the star map in the secret room. The Magic Island was very comprehensive in educating children. Even if the swordsmen didn't know how to build formations, they could still crack many simple formations.But this formation came from Jacob, and the astrologer is the most mysterious force in Magic Island, and Sykes is the son of Silver Sword Master, so he knows a little about the star map.

Sykes turned his head, looked at Ace, and said, "What's wrong?"

Ace shook the chain on his hand again, and said flatteringly, "This? Is there anything you can do about this?"

Sykes had to give up the formation and walked to Ace.His hand was about to reach for the chain, but it stopped suddenly.

His hand was hanging in mid-air, and a bit of bad taste arose in his heart. He looked at Ace and said, "Scream, brother, I'll help you disconnect."

Ace: ...

Ace's face looked as if he had eaten spinach for three days and three nights. He bit his lip, and barely restrained himself from saying unnutritious trash talk to Sykes. Poisoned knife.The words that came out were three points sweeter than honey, "My good brother, please help me."

Sikes narrowed his eyes mischievously, and laughed contentedly, taking the chain with both hands, and was about to break it.

But Ace waited for 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes... 10 minutes, 20 minutes... After 2 hours, Ace was about to gasp, and the movements of Sykes' hands did not change.

Ace had a bad premonition faintly in his heart, "You can't do it, can you? Why don't you let your dragon come?"

Sykes glanced at Ace in displeasure. No man would like to be told no. He slowly pulled his hands to the sides, and the chain was wrapped in a layer of silver vindictiveness, slowly stretching the chain.

But Ace didn't notice any sign that the chain was about to break, and he said angrily, "Baijiao is good brother, Sykes, you have to call back."

Sikes laughed and pretended not to hear.

Ace has already felt that a certain substance from the star stone is evenly distributed in the chain, unless there is a stronger force to destroy the entire chain, it is impossible for others to destroy only a certain part of the chain.

Whether it was the sword master Sykes or the physically powerful silver dragon Alice, they couldn't do it.The star chain can only be stretched longer and longer, it is impossible to completely break it.

Ace murmured, "Aside from getting the key, is there no other way?"

Sykes nodded, and said: "There was a prince in the Keoser family who was very obsessed with the Duchess Bernadette Green, who was the woman with the same name as Noah Green's sister in the history of the Green family. He sent the Magic Island to the The star ring for the Pansy Empire was given to the Duchess Bernadette Green. Although they were only engaged and never married in their entire lives, that ring remained in the Green family.

I don't know when they melted the star stone on the ring to make this chain.

The material of the star stone is very special, a hundred times more precious than mithril, and it is something that the magic island has not studied thoroughly so far.If I can't open it, even if a few more sword masters come here, it will be useless. "

Indeed, now the only way to go is to get the key.

"Where's the key?" asked Sikes.

Ace said: "Noel, Prince Xiben, and Jacob are all possible." He thought of someone again, "and Count Marina Homer of Rose Castle."

The arrival of Sykes failed to solve Ace's plight, but made him feel even more bleak about the future.

Ace said, "I'll stay here for a while."

Thinking of the Duke Green's mansion above the cellar, Sykes muttered, "It's just a good time to play a beauty trick."

"What?" Ace asked without hearing Sykes' words clearly.

Sykes didn't think Ace would like to talk to him about relationship issues, he said: "I have something to tell you, I'm leaving the imperial capital tomorrow morning."

Ace wondered, "So fast?"

Sykes had to tell Ace the worse news, "I don't know how there is a freak like Jacob among the astrologers. He used his ability to spy on the stars to spy on people's hearts. Magic Island sent him The imperial capital of the Sumire Empire is really a party. Originally, Prince Nishimoto didn’t intend to cooperate with Magic Island at all, but he persuaded him. Prince Nishimoto asked me to take the Royal Guard Knights to the Territory of Chaos.”

Apart from the city that never sleeps and the black gem mines, what else is there in the Territory of Chaos that is worthy of the Knights of the Royal Guards?

And both of these things happen to belong to Ace.

Sykes said: "I don't know yet whether Magic Island and Prince Xiben want to deal with you or the Forest of Warcraft. I hope it's the latter. You are ready."

Ace has not told Sykes about the contract signed between Night City and Warcraft Forest, and no matter who the Royal Knights need to deal with, he is related to him.

Ace thought of the few brown-skinned people he saw in the Pansy Palace and the City that Never Sleeps. They were all very capable, but they were all unknown on the mainland.

Ace asked, "Did something happen to the magic island? Sykes, do you know the little plane?"

"This matter turned out to be the secret of the Magic Island, but this secret will soon be spread and announced to the world. I'll tell you now that it doesn't matter if you want to come." Sykes took out a silver flagon from the space ring, Throwing it to Ace, he said, "Drink some first, so as not to convulse after listening to me."

……

small plane.

The people of the Pansy Empire always believe that there are countless planes in the vast starry sky, most of these planes are far apart, but there are also a few planes that will grow together.

Similar planes may also intersect with other planes at a certain node, and people on the two planes can communicate with each other through this node.

Of course, the most common plane in legends is the dead world.

Everyone's soul returns to the realm of the dead after death.The world of the dead also has many nodes with the present world because it is associated with the present world. It seems to completely fit the present world and grow on the back of the present world.

People have the same attitude towards the undead world, fear, curiosity, anxiety, disgust... and these emotions are also transmitted to the necromancers who are closest to the undead world. They are called the messengers of the undead world by the ignorant people. Come, reap the lives of people in this world.

But few people know that the magic island also has a node, which connects to a certain plane.

That plane is different from the world of the dead, and has tens of thousands of nodes with the present world. The plane where they are located with the two empires, Magic Island, and Dragon Island is only the node of Magic Island.And the responsibilities that Magic Island has borne over the years are greater than many people imagined.

That plane is often referred to as the small plane by the people and dragons of Magic Island and Dragon Island, because that plane is too narrow and the environment is too dark, without light, cramped, like a small secret room.

Today is the eve of Sykes leading the Knights of the Royal Guards to the Territory of Chaos.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the petty war between the two empires in the Prin Mountains has stopped, and people's lives seem to have returned to the past, with the same food and clothing, and the same peaceful years.

But few people know that the time before the storm is often the calmest.

……

This is the last line of defense for the small plane's gate to the magic island.

Although the magic island has violated their original intention of building the island several times in recent years, they have asked the two empires for support, and used countless bones to slow down the attack of the people of the small plane.

But they can hardly stop the people from the small plane.

People from Magic Island occupy half of the small plane, forcing the natives of the small plane to shrink into the depths of the small plane.Up to now, of the 13 lines of defense established by the Magic Island on the small plane, which is said to be indestructible, only the last line they are guarding now is the last one.

There was a blond-haired boy standing on a high tower. Looking into the distance, he saw a number of brown-skinned, rune-covered saint-level powerhouses surrounding the single-headed green dragon.The green dragon Alec is the closest dragon on Dragon Isle to the norn, although Alec is over 1000 years old.

The Dragon Clan has not had a new dragon egg for a long time, and every dragon in its prime is precious to the Dragon Clan.

The runes on the people from the small plane surrounding Alec the green dragon flickered regularly, and their cooperation with each other was seamless.

There was a man holding a spear that was much taller than others, and the spear was covered with runes. He took the spear and turned around twice in place, and when he had accumulated enough strength, the spear was directly pierced The direction of the green dragon Alec.

The green dragon Alec's wings fluttered vigorously, dodging the deadly attack, but the spear still scratched its wings, slowing it down even more.

Then the remaining people from the small plane quickly jumped into the air. Unlike giant dragons that can soar in the sky for a long time, they can only stay for a short time.However, this is enough.

They joined hands to block the path of the green dragon from four directions, front, back, up, and down.Even if the dragon clan is stronger than the ordinary holy ranks, it is not enough to face the five small plane holy ranks. It is only a matter of time before the green dragon Alec falls here.

Before Norn could see the end of the green dragon Alec, he was distracted by another wail, the wailing of dying dragons.

The Dragon Clan behind the tower groaned at the same time, because they knew what happened outside the tower.

Norn saw a brown-skinned little plane man with dense runes painted on his face. He was stronger than most of the holy ranks present. He roared and tore off the wings of the red dragon.

Countless red blood spilled from the broken wound of the red giant dragon, as if a red rain had fallen on the battlefield.

Norn vaguely remembered that the red dragon was the strongest of the young generation of red dragons, and it represented the red dragon in the battle when Sykes contracted the silver dragon Alice.At the same time that Sykes left Long Island, Long Island received a request for help from Magic Island. As the power with the most holy rank powerhouses and the second closest force to Magic Island, Dragon Island immediately sent dozens of them. The giant dragon came to the small plane.

But the current situation of the little plane is hundreds of times worse than their worst imagination.

Not only the Dragon Clan, but many people from Magic Island also fell here. As for the knights of the Knights reinforced by the Finger Empire and the Pansy Empire, they rarely returned home.

"It can't go on like this," Nuo En said.

The dragon clan who built fortifications behind the high tower did not forget to pay attention to their patriarch - because of Norn's insistence, he spent most of the time in the small plane every year, because the time flow of the small plane is different from that of the present world, and Norn is already fast. He is an adult—but before Norn becomes an adult, except for some small-scale wars, the Dragon Clan will never allow him to have a life-and-death crisis.

Youlong saw Norn's shadow getting bigger and bigger on the ground, his wings broke through his clothes, and he transformed into his original shape.

The dragon clan behind the tower was shocked, "Patriarch, what are you doing? Have you forgotten Elder Edward's words? You are not yet an adult!"

If you are not an adult, being in the dragon clan means you are not yet a holy rank.

No matter how excellent Nuo En's blood talent is, he can rival ordinary holy-level powerhouses before he is an adult, but it is absolutely impossible for him to play a pivotal role when he joins the battlefield now.

On the contrary, when Norn evolves into an adult golden dragon, he will become the most powerful holy rank, no less than the holy magician, the owner of the magic island.At the same time, he will also become the true leader of the Dragon Clan.

The deep voice of Norn who had changed into his original form came from afar, "Then be an adult."

It has been waiting too long for this day.