Lord of War

??? "Ah Choo!"

Sean sneezed suddenly, slightly startling the people next to him.

He rubbed his nose with his hand and whispered, "I'm sorry."

"It is said that only one sneeze is someone cursing you." Andrew looked at Sean and smiled.

"Nonsense." Sean didn't believe in this strange "earth theory".

Andrew let out a hearty laugh and didn't say anything else. He enjoyed this rare leisure time.

After dealing with the Church of God of War matter, Andrew originally wanted to take Sean directly to the floating library. But Sean had no choice but to go back to the Principality of the Void. Of course, if possible, he would also like to take Cecilia to the Great Floating Library, so Andrew had to accompany Sean to the Principality of the Void.

Therefore, five people including Sean, Andrew, Bess, Enkos, and Kozilek returned to the Principality of the Void together. Levi, on the other hand, was not suitable for using the teleportation array because of his physical discomfort, so he temporarily stayed in the Church of God of War to recuperate, and Alisa was by his side.

The magic teleportation array is the greatest invention of this era on the Miracle Continent. Because of its appearance, the short-distance travel on the entire Miracle Continent has become extremely safe and stable. Although the cost of using the magic teleportation array is a bit expensive, ordinary civilians can still afford a short-distance travel for a year with a year of savings— — This is much cheaper than hiring a group of mercenaries for protection.

Of course, the emergence of the teleportation magic circle still cannot solve the problem of traveling in trade. Although the short-distance small trade can be carried out through the teleportation array, the magic teleportation array cannot be used continuously, especially the long-distance teleportation, which is also harmful to the body. So with the emergence of the teleportation magic circle, jobs in the medical industry have become popular, especially pharmacist apprentices and trainee doctors. It quickly became one of the most popular and promising careers.

Speaking of which, I don't know whether to say that Xiao En and the others had good luck or bad luck.

On the way back to the Principality of the Void, because the Tonis Fortress did not set up a magic teleportation array, it is said that the Ryan Kingdom considered the safety of the fortress, so Sean and the others could only purchase mounts to return, so the return journey probably took more time. For nearly two weeks. And in this more than a week. Sean passed through many villages and towns in the Ryan Kingdom, and also saw the thriving Ryan Kingdom.

I don't know if there is really such a saying as luck.

However, after the Principality of Ryan successfully annexed the Kingdom of Dabion and upgraded it to a kingdom,

The overall level and strength of the entire country have risen a notch. In the past, it would have been considered good if the family background level of the Principality of Ryan could have a mid-level sanctuary powerhouse in charge, but even gold-level powerhouses were extremely rare in China. But now. There are obviously a lot of gold powerhouses in the kingdom of Ryan, and on the way, Sean also met a powerhouse from the lower sanctuary.

The two sides just had a face-to-face meeting. However, it can be seen that the other party is putting on a cautious appearance as if facing a big enemy. Perhaps it was because of the posture of this sanctuary powerhouse, so Xiao En and the others didn't encounter any unsightly people looking for trouble in that small town.

It's just that Sean is inexplicable, and has a subtle sense of uneasiness towards the Ryan Kingdom.

Because the power of this country is expanding too fast.

This is like a poor family who suddenly acquires a lot of wealth and becomes a nouveau riche, but his temperament and background have not been thoroughly cultivated and accumulated, so the whole person will exude an arrogance and domineering momentum. Perhaps the Ryan Kingdom was not like this at the beginning, and she will work hard to restrain this momentum. But many nobles in the Kingdom of Ryan who can't hold on have no brains, especially once their strength is overinflated, they will always find ways to show off.

This kind of showing off is an extremely dangerous behavior.

So along the way, Sean and the others maintained an almost low-key attitude. Quickly passed the Tony Fortress and entered the territory of the Void Principality.

Only on the territory of his own principality did Sean's spirit obviously relax a lot.

at this time. Sean, Andrew and others were on their way to Black Swan Castle. Except for Kozilek and Sean riding the same horse, Andrew, Bess, and Enkos each rode a horse - Xiao En suppressed the horse, and the horse under his crotch was fine, and Andrew also had the ability to communicate with creatures It didn't take much effort, but the mounts of Bess and Enkos had been trembling all the time, slowing down everyone's speed abruptly.

In Xiao En's view, if they didn't ride mounts, but just let go of their speed and ran with all their strength, they might have arrived at Black Swan Castle long ago.

It's just that Andrew really wanted to experience this kind of journey similar to "outing", so everyone bought these few short-footed horses known for their endurance.

Enkos, who was a little behind Sean and Andrew, drove the horse and tried to approach Bess quietly - but Enkos's mount was not very cooperative, so the sound made by this old horse was a bit loud, basically as long as he was not deaf, he could hear it Enkos was tossing his mount again. Of course, everyone pretended not to notice. Only Bess glanced at Enkos from the corner of his eye, wondering what this guy was trying to do.

After finally getting close to Bess, Enkos whispered, "Hello, Bess."

"What are you doing?" Beth lazily replied, his voice was normal volume, neither too loud nor too soft.

"I want to die! Keep your voice down!" Enkos yelled angrily. Of course, he said in a whisper-like voice, but the weakest people present also had the lower Sanctuary. Normal speaking volume makes no difference.

Bess really didn't want to talk to Enkos, but he couldn't bear Enkos calling himself endlessly, the voice sounded like he was urging the soul. Even Bess, the undead king, couldn't stand it, let alone Sean and Andrew, who were slightly ahead, especially if Andrew wanted to know what Enkos wanted to do out of curiosity, he would have turned his head back Howled Enkos to shut him up.

As for Sean, he was the weakest in the field and the least familiar with Enkos, so he had to endure it.

And Kozilek?

In front of Enkos and Bess, this guy is so well-behaved that he really looks like a child.

"What are you doing?" Beth replied weakly. He really wanted to say that he didn't know Enkos.

"Can you sneeze?" Enkos asked.

"Huh?" Beth's brain froze for a moment, and he didn't realize what was wrong with Enkos at all.

"It seems that you won't either." Enkos nodded slightly, with a disappointed expression on his face, "Why does no one curse you for a guy like you? No reason, I know no one will curse you I'm normal, but I curse you every day. Why haven't I seen you sneezing? Ugh..."

Bess looked at Enkos, trying to figure out what kind of joke this guy was talking about, right? But seeing that Enkos was seriously thinking, Bess felt that he was still too young to try to guess the thinking of this idiot.

"Enkos is... a demon, right?" Sean asked Andrew softly.

Andrew also showed a helpless look, and said to Sean: "I made you laugh."

Demons and undead. Not sneezing is a very normal thing, if you do sneeze. Then that's what's surprising. Of course, that kind of deliberate behavior doesn't count. On the other hand, Andrew, although he still occasionally sneezes due to his physical condition, this kind of thing is very rare-mainly because if Andrew can be made to sneeze, the consequences will be too terrible.

Enkos was still thinking about something.

"I never sneezed once, but when I sneezed, I always sneezed twice." Listening to Enkos's constant muttering, Bess, who was so annoyed, said directly.

"Two sneezes. What do you mean?" Enkos asked curiously.

"Go and ask Sean." Bess said with a smile on his face. He knew that Andrew would definitely not tell Enkos, so he had no choice but to shift his target, "He knows."

Enkos glanced at Bess suspiciously, then turned his head and thought about it. Ce immediately went to find Sean.

Although the conversation between Bess and Enkos lowered their voices, this approach is completely no different from deceiving one's ears. Both Sean and Andrew could hear it clearly, but Sean was a little curious as to how Beth knew the meaning of sneezing twice. He looked at Andrew suspiciously, but saw that Andrew didn't want to remember at all, so he could only keep this question in his stomach.

"Mr. Beth...isn't he an undead?" Sean looked at Andrew, who was pretending to be deep, and asked softly.

Andrew didn't want to speak anymore, he felt that letting these two idiots out was the stupidest thing he had ever done in his life, and he was already considering putting these two people back into the coffin. Seeing Enkos quickly approaching Sean, Andrew glanced at Enkos coldly, the warning in his eyes was very obvious, which made Enkos sneer a few times, and then backed away cautiously.

Afterwards, Andrew looked at Beth again, and Beth pretended to be calm and stared ahead, completely unblinking.

After Andrew stared at these two barely safe guys for a few seconds, he finally turned his head and smiled at Sean: "Well, it's all right."

Sean nodded slightly, the murderous aura exuded by Andrew just now almost made his heart stop beating. This was also the first time Sean saw Andrew showing such a murderous look. You must know that even when dealing with Maltz in the Northern Continent, Andrew always looked calm and calm, but he never showed such arrogance.

The group of five quickly left the grassland and entered the main road outside the Black Swan Castle.

Because of the Black Swan Castle, Sean's original purpose of taking this place was somewhat impure, and this castle is not a defensive castle, so there is only one official road from the Black Swan Castle to the Void City. The so-called official road refers to the flat moving path that the government will regularly maintain on the road, with the convenience of carriages, trucks, and horses as the top priority, and there are also certain guarantees in terms of safety.

From the Black Swan Castle to the Void City, it will take about five days at the fastest.

In a certain sense, Black Swan Castle is a lonely castle. If something like a surprise attack occurs, this castle that is not famous for defense is very difficult to defend. It is precisely because of this that William specially trained an all-round elite guard for Black Swan Castle, and almost everyone has a very strong fighting standard. Especially under the teamwork of the army formation killing technique, the combat effectiveness is doubled.

However, because Xiao En and the others traversed the Black Reef Grassland, the direction and destination of their movement were highly selective.

When everyone crossed the grassland and entered the official road, they had already arrived at the foot of the Angroda Mountains where the Black Swan Castle was located.

Originally starting from the foot of the mountain, it was the Black Swan Castle when it reached the halfway up the mountain.

But when Sean and others came to the foot of this mountain, Sean looked at the scenery in front of him in disbelief.

A small town of considerable size was presented in front of Sean.

All the facilities in this small town are basically complete. These include living facilities such as stables, taverns, hotels, markets, and even military facilities such as walls, sentry towers, and barracks. From this point of view, it can be seen that this small town is not a simple ordinary village, but a village where the military and civilians live together, and according to the general control law. Most of these small towns are under military control, and most of the people living in the small towns are military families.

But what Sean and the others saw in front of them. The whole town is filled with a lively atmosphere, and people wearing luxurious and expensive clothes can be seen walking everywhere. These people are obviously nobles, and how could there be no followers around the nobles? In the flow of people Xiao En saw alone, he could find more than a dozen strong people who were all at the top of the golden peak. These people are obviously already preparing Shock Sanctuary.

What's more, Sean also met several lower sanctuary powerhouses who were hiding their auras.

This discovery really shocked Sean.

At the foot of the mountain closest to the Black Swan Castle, there are actually close to double digits of low-level sanctuary powerhouses. What exactly is going on?

"You don't know the situation?" Andrew glanced at Sean, and seeing Sean's expression, he knew that he didn't know anything about this town at all.

"When I left about a year ago, there were no villages or towns here." Sean said in a deep voice, but he continued on the road soon. Andrew and the others followed immediately, and they quickly traversed the entire town, and then began to walk towards the Black Swan Castle halfway up the mountain.

at this time. I just ran into some people who were coming down the mountain.

Judging from the costumes, these people are also nobles and followers who are responsible for protecting them. However, the people among the followers are not strong, but the strength of one of them has attracted the attention of Xiao En and others. This person is actually a strong man in the upper sanctuary. The sanctuary powerhouse is much stronger, and the two sides are not at the same level at all.

Sean was able to spot this sanctuary powerhouse, and of course the other party could also spot Sean and the others.

It's just that apart from Sean, Andrew, Kozilek, Bess, and Enkos, the other party couldn't see their strength—or in other words, they didn't feel any fluctuations in strength at all. Usually, this kind of situation is either that the strength exceeds itself so much that it cannot be discovered at all, or it is a genuine ordinary person. However, in the eyes of this high-ranking sanctuary powerhouse, those who followed the four of Sean were just ordinary people.

On the Southern Continent, the strength of his high-level sanctuary is already pretty good, and if he is stronger than him, there are only legends and above. However, if it is a legendary powerhouse, he can more or less sense it, and if he cannot sense it, it proves that the strength gap between the two sides is too great. If it was in other places, he might be more cautious, but in the Southern Continent, he didn't think there would be so many legendary experts.

Sean's gaze shifted slightly, and he soon discovered that the person the upper sanctuary powerhouse was in charge of protecting was a handsome young man. The clothes on his body were cut very close to the body, which made his elite temperament more obvious, and his short brown hair was also neatly combed, it could be seen that he was a nobleman who paid great attention to his image.

Seeing Xiao En and others walking forward, the other nobles walked past Xiao En and others without paying attention.

Only this young brown-haired nobleman stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "My friend, the time for visiting the Black Swan Castle is almost over, and you won't be allowed to go up now, so let's wait until tomorrow to visit. "

"Visit?" Sean was stunned for a moment, a little confused about the situation.

"Aren't you here to visit?" The brown-haired young man's attention was very sharp, and he caught Xiao En's slight astonishment in an instant.

"When is Black Swan Castle open for people to visit?" Sean asked without answering.

"Probably, it was seven or eight months ago." The brunette young man said in an uncertain tone, "I also arrived here more than a month ago, so I don't know the specific opening time." It's very clear... However, the Black Swan Castle is indeed one of the five famous castles in the entire southern continent, and the Black Swan Lake and the Black Swan on the top floor are really beautiful."

"The black swan has come to the Black Swan Castle again?" Sean was really shocked. He had only been away for a year, so it felt like he had been away for a century.

"I said, friend, what are you doing here at Black Swan Castle?" The brown-haired man shook his head helplessly and laughed, "You don't even know about this, so you just ran up like this? ... Or listen to me, come back tomorrow , Now you go up, those guards will not let you in to visit."

"Uh...Thank you for your kindness, but I still want to go up and have a look." Sean was a little worried about what happened to the Black Swan Castle and what danger Cecilia encountered, but now it seems that everything is in danger. He was overwhelmed, but even so, he still wanted to go back as soon as possible.

"Hey, that's fine." The brown-haired young man smiled, "If you are driven back later, don't say I didn't remind you."

"Okay, thank you for your reminder." Sean smiled back.

"That's it for now." The brown-haired young man waved his hand, and quickly led the people away.

The two sides did not exchange each other's names from the beginning to the end, but this is really unnecessary, because the names of nobles are not so worthless. But this small episode can easily become a symbol of friendship between nobles. If the two sides have a chance to meet next time and can prove that they are not in opposing camps, then it is necessary to introduce themselves and exchange information.

Otherwise, for the nobles, any other nobles they meet on the road are just passers-by.

After watching the young man with brown hair leave, Xiao En hurriedly walked towards the mountainside again, and Andrew and others followed suit. However, a deeper smile appeared on Andrew's face: "You don't look like someone who has been away from here for a year at all, but rather like a traveler who has been lost in a certain plane for a long time."

"That's right, I thought so too." Sean looked back at the sky that was getting dark, the lights of the hotel at the foot of the mountain were lit up, and the whole town was making noise like a carnival. The wry smile on his face The color became more obvious, "...It feels like I have really been away for a long time."

Sean felt a little uneasy in his heart. (To be continued.