Law of the Devil

A group of people galloped out of the city and headed northwest.

In the middle of the night, I arrived at the Tulip Villa in Brokeback Mountain.

Du Wei met Chris in the other courtyard. This guy seems to be very addicted to being the head of the griffin breeder here recently. But it made Du Wei murmur in his heart.

Du Wei didn't talk nonsense when he came to see Chris this time. He said bluntly: "I'm going to the front line to fight against the criminals."

"Yeah. I know." Chris was holding a little griffin in his hand. After all, it was now the body of a golden dragon possessed. Although turned into a human form. But there is a hint of dragon power, although the griffin is fierce. Under the suppression of this dragon power, he was hugged by Chris. But he didn't dare to struggle at all, with a look of fear.

The old guy is holding a griffin. The one with a lazy expression is similar to those lazy people in the imperial capital who are holding cats and dogs to bask in the sun. Du Wei looked a little dissatisfied. Frowning, he said, "I'm going to take a team of Griffin Knights to the front line."

"Oh. Take it." Chris was a little more serious: "Now that you have completed the air ride training, you can make up a hundred rides for you."

But finish this. The light in the old guy's eyes dimmed. He continued to "doze" with the pet in his arms.

"Chris." Du Wei sighed: "I ran to rescue you from the cage, I didn't let you stay here for the elderly! I need your help! I need strength! I'm on the front line, I'm not afraid Charges... But, what should I do if I encounter some of their gods? You said it before. Gods can't give me land. Demons can. But you have been staying here since you came out with me..."

Speaking of which. Seeing Chris's indifferent attitude to Yuan, Du Wei was a little annoyed: "The power you promised me! And the treasure of the demon god... I need those things!"

"I will give it to you." Chris raised his eyelids: "Now is not the time."

"It's been a few months." Du Wei was dissatisfied: "How will it be time?"

Chris smiled, the old guy's current body belongs to the third prince Long, and he turned into a human form. Rather handsome. It's just that there is always an evil look in Chris's eyes: "Are you in a hurry, Du Wei?"

"Nonsense. I'm going to go to the front and fight the criminals." Du Wei shook his head: "I don't believe in goddesses. Since she won't show up, I have to do something... After all, I am still a human being."

"I'm a fugitive." Chris sighed: "I can't go to the front line with you. I guess the goddess might not know that I escaped now. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sit so safely Here, she has already captured her back, so I can't show up to help you openly fight. This is one of them."

Chris pondered for a while: "Secondly... the place left by His Majesty the Demon God. You can't just go there if you want. Although I know how to get there, what I can tell you is that there are some ways to go to that place. Only at special times and under special conditions will the door open! Hmph, if it wasn’t so complicated, how could it survive the goddess’s 10,000 years!”

"Special time. Special conditions?"

Chris smiled slightly, raised his head and pointed to the top of his head, with a faint tone: "When the sun is obliterated by darkness."

Du Wei left the other courtyard. while on the road. Still thinking back to what Chris said.

When the sun is obliterated by darkness?

Is it night?

wrong. The old guy was talking about a special time. There are nights every day, and it cannot be considered special.

So……

Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Total solar eclipse!"

Then he was shocked in his heart!

Hell! Total solar eclipse!!

God knows when the total solar eclipse in this world will only appear once! What if it only occurs once in decades! Then I...don’t have to wait?!!

Think here. Du Wei rode on the horse. I couldn't help shivering, and I narrowly escaped death. Rescue the old guy Chris, if you have to wait for decades... then the daylily will be shocked!

His old Chris is an undead creature. Has almost unlimited life. Souls can be transferred repeatedly. Let alone decades. It can wait even hundreds of years!

But... I can't wait.

Du Wei couldn't help raising his whip violently. Take a hard swipe. Urging the horse under his crotch to speed up all the way, he returned to the imperial capital.

That night, Du Wei didn't dare to delay even a moment, and immediately brought people along. In the middle of the night, he ran and knocked on the door of the Empire's "Star Hall".

The astronomical museum of the Roland Empire is similar to a national astronomical institution. Of course, in the Roland Empire, this kind of astronomical hall is not a real astronomical observation institution. It's even less likely to be American

this place. More sense is an astrologer's service department.

People in this world believe in astrology, and even more believe that astrology can see the will of heaven or gods from the astrology in the sky. And even in the palace. He also maintains the position of court astrologer all the year round, whenever there are major national events. For example, on National Day and Memorial Day, court astrologers will be used to observe the astrology. Do some divination.

And the current curator of the planetarium. He was also the chief astrologer of the court.

Objectively speaking. Although this kind of place. It has nothing to do with real "astronomy", but a real magic stick organization with a strong feudal superstition color. It is even more magical than the church, but from a historical point of view, the empire's astrology hall has produced a few very remarkable figures.

Among them, Du Wei's great-great-grandmother, Semel, was also briefly served as the curator of the Imperial Planetarium in previous years-this position is very honorable.

Being able to serve as the curator almost means that you are recognized as the number one astrologer in the mainland.

There are also many astrologers in the astrology hall. On weekdays, he is also responsible for all kinds of divination for those imperial nobles and wealthy families, and the existence of these astrologers is indispensable for daily matters such as weddings and funerals.

Although the people here may not have much power, their status is undoubtedly prominent. Many nobles also respect the people in the planetarium.

But in the middle of the night, Du Wei didn't care so much, and directly sent a team of cavalry to knock on the door. In the end, if it wasn't for someone inside to finally come out to open the door, I'm afraid those sturdy cavalrymen from the northwest under Du Wei's men would smash the door directly.

Du Wei himself. He also has the title of a court astrologer - he himself almost forgot this title, anyway, there are too many titles on his head: magician. The Duke of the Empire, the Admiral of the Empire. Former Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the Northwest, member of the Imperial Society of Magic, dean of the Imperial Academy of Magic, and dean of the Imperial Military Academy. Court magician. Court Scholars….

Too many titles. Du Wei himself didn't bother to remember. But today. The title of the court astrologer. It was of great use to him.

Because there is a special regulation in the astronomical hall, and it is also expressly stipulated by the law of the empire: any outsider. Do not enter the astrology hall to look up information!

Because in the astrology hall. Many secrets are kept. They are all the results of divination by astrologers for every major national event over the years—of course, there are good and bad ones.

Although this so-called divination. In Du Wei's view, most of them are deceptive tricks. But after all, people in this world believe in these things, and once there are unfavorable results in divination for major national events, the empire will secretly archive these results in order to maintain the stability of people's hearts.

So, planetarium. It's not a place where anyone can go in and look up information.

Fortunately, Du Wei has the title of court astrologer on his head. He is not under the ban.

Woke up in the middle of the night. Seeing a group of wolf-like cavalry rushing in murderously. Most of the astrologers in the astrology hall are weak people. Where have you seen this before? Two of them fainted on the spot. Du Wei is not talking nonsense. He directly revealed his identity and said that he wanted to borrow some materials kept in the astronomy museum.

The curator of the planetarium hurried out. Facing this imperial celebrity. Although he is the chief astrologer of the palace, he dare not put on airs. This Lord Duke can be regarded as his colleague. He is also an astrologer, and the curator still wants to get close. But Du Wei was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he got into the warehouse of the archives in the museum. In a pile of ancient documents covered in dust. After searching all night, I finally found what I needed!

Solar eclipse! Then Akito lit the lamp, and Du Wei sat on the dusty warehouse floor. Covering his nose, he frowned and flipped through the pages.

Solar eclipse... solar eclipse...

Du Wei turned around all night. When the sky is getting brighter. Finally found what I was looking for

Although the astrologers in this world are purely superstitious divination activities, at least they have recorded some strange celestial phenomena, including solar and lunar eclipses.

When Du Wei found a line of words on a dilapidated parchment, he was immediately shocked.

"The summer of the seven hundred and forty-two year of the empire. In the afternoon, the sky and the sun are invaded by darkness...the sky and the earth are full of lights, and the day is like night..."

Fortunately, Du Wei is very proficient in the ancient grammar of Roland's continental characters. It is not too difficult to read these ancient records.

But... the most recent total solar eclipse happened two hundred years ago... When will the next one be?!

Keep looking... finally. Du Wei was relieved to find something.

In the planetarium. There are several records of this peculiar phenomenon of solar eclipses. The earliest record of total solar eclipse is more than 800 years ago. Du Wei made a simple calculation, and the time of the total solar eclipse in this world is not very accurate. Generally speaking. It should appear once every two hundred years—of course. It cannot be ruled out that some records are lost, damaged, or omitted.

That's it. The last total solar eclipse was more than two hundred years ago. So. Next time, it shouldn't be too far away.

If you're lucky, maybe in the near future -- if you're not lucky. Wait for ten years. Maybe.

This result is mixed.

After getting the result, Du Wei went through it carefully. After confirming that there were no omissions, he stood up, the air in this warehouse was really bad. The air was filled with the smell of putrid dust.

Just when Du Wei was flipping through the materials in the warehouse. There are his guards and cavalry guarding the gate outside. No entry was allowed to disturb him, and those astrologers who were woken up in the middle of the night, including the curator, could only stay outside and wait.

Just as Du Wei patted the dust on his body and was about to leave, he turned around and accidentally saw a strange symbol on an iron shelf in the innermost corner of the warehouse...

Du Wei glanced at it purely casually. But I saw the symbol. But my heart moved.

Subconsciously walked over. On that iron frame. Placed on the ground is a row of densely packed boxes full of gray earth. The box is naturally full of sheepskin roll materials with nitrate and antiseptic.

But on the corner of this shelf, a black box. But it looks very ancient: the color is black and not bright. But with a faint luster. At first glance, it is somewhat impossible to tell whether the box is made of wood or iron.

The mark on it was half covered by dust, Du Wei gently reached out to wipe it. Only then did it reveal its original appearance.

Du Wei's expression was shocked, just because of this mark. He knows it!

Finger touch up. Seven protruding star-like patterns. Cleverly formed an outline like a spoon.

Big Dipper!?

Du Wei carefully took the box down. Weighed it twice in my hand, the weight was a bit heavy. There was a pull ring at the opening of the box, and Du Wei subconsciously stretched out his hand and pulled it.

There were two clicks, and there seemed to be the sound of some mechanism turning inside.

Yi? It's actually mechanical?

Can be followed. Suddenly. The opening of the box revealed two small holes. Twice. Two black rays of light shot out from inside. Run to Du Wei's ground goal!

Du Wei's eyes flickered. Stretch out your fingers and pinch them in front of you. Plop twice. He stretched out his hand to look. Between the fingers, there are two crossbow arrows as long as a cigarette!

The body of the arrow is pitch black and completely made of iron. Just don't know what paint was applied. There was no trace of rust at all, and there was a faint blue light on the arrow. Du Wei moved in his heart and leaned over to sniff it. It was immediately recognized that it was a highly poisonous magic potion.

His curiosity was hooked!.