Rise of the Dark Witch

half year later.

The development of the territory is gradually getting on the right track.

The current Nange family territory is like a house with a good foundation, complete design drawings, and sufficient construction materials...

Even without Roja's participation, we only need to develop step by step according to the planned plan.

Roya knew it was time for him to hit the road again.

After all, a farming game is just a farming game, and being too addicted to it is not what a qualified wizard should do.

"It's time to put an end to the house game."

Say goodbye to your family and return to the fifth floor of the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.

in front of the counter.

Roja handed the "key" to the ancient Starfall Mine obtained from Sejie to the white-haired beautiful elf-like puppet maid Celia, "I am going to use this 'key' to go to the Ancient Starfall Mine."

Roja himself has the qualifications to enter the Starfall Ancient Mine.

But if he doesn't use the key he got from Sejie, he will need to pay a high-level magic stone every day after entering the Starfall Ancient Mine.

The high-level magic stones were only the next best thing. The most important thing was that the Ancient Star Meteor Mine was very large. If he entered the Ancient Star Meteor Mine himself, he would have no idea where he would end up in the Ancient Star Meteor Mine.

When he goes to an unfamiliar place, he has to spend a lot of time adapting to the environment and expend a lot of energy to detect dangers.

After having Sejie's key, it was completely different. The place he went to was fixed.

That was the place where Sejie had stayed when he was a wizard apprentice. Sejie had left many things there for him to use.

He had heard all the information about that place from Sejie, which could save him a lot of trouble.

Celia took Roja's key, opened it and took a look, "It's a three-year contract key. You can use this contract key to stay in the Xingyun Ancient Mine for three years."

Celia put away the contract key, "Are you sure you want to leave now?"

"Yes." Roja nodded.

"For those who go to the ancient meteorite mine, Ten Thousand Demons Cave will give you a free article called "Star Hammer Technique" that can refine the purity of the meteorite. Do you need it?" Celia asked.

"Of course!" Roja nodded.

After taking over the secret book of "Star Hammer Technique" from Celia, Roja walked towards the teleportation gate on the wall and disappeared into the fifth floor of the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.

…

In the vast expanse of space, an extinguished star slowly rotates.

Star Meteor Ancient Mine.

Star Tower Kingdom.

In this country located deep underground in the Xingyun Ancient Mine, there is a heavily guarded gate.

A door that has stood quietly for countless years and is unknown to the world. It is a place that is regarded as a forbidden door and feared by the residents of the Star Tower Kingdom.

Today, this heavily guarded forbidden place welcomed an unexpected visitor.

The huge bronze door tens of meters high shook, emitting a dazzling light, and the hollow in the center of the door rippled.

The soldiers stationed on guard became panicked when they saw the strange changes in the bronze gate.

"what happened?"

"The gate seems to be open? It seems like something is going to come through the gate and come to us."

"what to do?"

"Go and notify General Maugham!"

Before the General Maugham they were waiting for arrived, an ordinary-looking man wearing a simple black robe had already walked out of the door.

"stop!"

"Do not move!"

Roja had just walked out of the portal. Before he could take a closer look at his surroundings, he was immediately surrounded by well-equipped soldiers, with sharp spears pointing straight at him.

Feeling the coolness coming from the tip of the gun, Roja had no doubt that as long as he made the slightest move, the soldiers would mercilessly dig him into a hornet's nest.

"Oh my, I didn't expect the people here to greet me like this."

There was no trace of panic on Roja's face.

"Is this the Xingyun Ancient Mine?"

"The place I came to is the Star Tower Country, right?"

"Can you take me to meet your king?"

Facing Roja's question, the surrounding soldiers just stared at him nervously with weapons in hand, without replying at all.

Roja could feel that they were waiting for someone big enough to make a decision.

In this case, Roja was not in a hurry. He cooperated with the soldiers and waited slowly.

While waiting, he carefully observed the ancient meteorite mine he came to.

The Star Tower Country is a country located deep underground, and the surrounding air is filled with a strong strange power.

If Roja's guess is not wrong, this strange power is the power of the stars.

A powerful force emanating from a star.

When he was in the Land of Six Kingdoms, Roja could also sense the power of stars from the sun and moon, but it was far less intense than here.

"Is it because the ancient meteorite mine is located on an extinguished star?"

"This star should not be completely extinguished. The core is still burning and continues to emit the power of the stars."

"That's why there is such a strong power of stars in the air, and that's why meteorites can be continuously excavated here."

After observing the environment, Roja's eyes fell on the surrounding soldiers.

"In terms of race...it is undoubtedly the human race."

"However, because he has lived in an environment rich in star power for generations, his physique is very different from ordinary people."

"The physique is inherently stronger than that of ordinary people."

"You may have lived in an underground world without sunlight all your life, but your skin is fair and soft."

"I have been exercising hard, but I don't see much muscle or thick calluses on my body."

Every one of the soldiers surrounding him was as powerful as a great knight.

Moreover, everyone has fair skin, handsome appearance, and slender figure. Dozens or hundreds of people stand together, like a boy band on tour, which can make countless female fans scream.

Looking at these soldiers, each of whom was as handsome as a boy band, Luo Ya sighed deeply in his heart, "The gap between people is really huge!"

The great knight's strength is considered a good player in the Six Kingdoms.

Coupled with his handsome appearance, he is popular everywhere.

It can be said that everyone here is a hot commodity in the Six Nations.

Not long after.

Roja heard footsteps approaching from several kilometers away.

The surrounding soldiers made way for a path, and a handsome man with a face as if carved from marble walked over quickly.

General Maugham came to Roja, squinted his eyes and looked at Roja carefully, "This traveler from afar, what do you want to do in our country of star towers?"

"My name is Roya. I am a wizard. I am a student of Paladin Sejie, a good friend of your King Charlie. Can you bring me to meet your King Charlie?" Roya said kindly.

"Wizard!" General Maugham's hand shook.

He had already guessed Roya's identity before meeting him, but when Roya said it himself, he was still shocked in his heart.

There are many legends related to wizards circulating in their country. If those legends are true, then with the power of wizards... even all the soldiers present are no match for them!

"Dear Wizard Roya, the previous King Charlie passed away twenty years ago, and now the one who rules the Star Tower Country is His Majesty Rand." General Maugham replied.

"What?" Roja was stunned, "How old was King Charles when he died?"

"King Charles died at the age of sixty-three," General Maugham replied.

According to the information that Roya received from Sejie, King Charlie was supported by Sejie. When Sejie left the Star Tower Kingdom, King Charlie was only in his twenties.

How come so many years have not passed in the blink of an eye, and King Charles died at the age of sixty-three, more than twenty years ago?

The speed of time passing in the Star Meteor Ancient Mine may be slightly different from that in the Land of Six Nations.

"Then take me to see King Rand." Roja ordered.

"I have sent someone to inform His Majesty Rand. Wizard Roya, do you mind waiting somewhere else?" General Maugham said cautiously.

"Okay." Roja nodded.

…

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Hearing the heavy slamming of doors, Roja, who was sitting alone in the empty room, was speechless. "It seems they don't welcome me very much."

The place where General Maugham took him looked very much like a prison in terms of its layout.

And it was a huge prison specially designed to hold him alone.

Around this prison, thousands of well-equipped elite soldiers rotate day and night. These soldiers all hold powerful weapons inlaid with meteorites.

Using these meteorite weapons, soldiers with only the strength of a great knight can exert a powerful force of tens of thousands of kilograms, which is as powerful as a full blow of a first-class apprentice.

The information from Star Tower Country was very different from what Sejie gave him.

I guess Sejie didn't expect that she had only been away for about ten years, and half a century had passed in the Star Tower Kingdom. Almost all the people she knew were dead, right?

"It seems that the plan of action needs to be changed."

Although the place where he lives now is no different from a prison, apart from restricting his freedom, the people of the Star Tower Country still try their best to satisfy him.

So he asked for a lot of books.

When he learned about the Kingdom of Star Tower through books, three days had passed in the blink of an eye.

After so long, His Majesty Rand, the King of Star Tower Country, finally planned to receive him.

In the palace hall.

"Have seen His Majesty Rand——"

Everyone in the hall knelt down and worshiped King Rand, who was sitting on the throne, wearing a crown and showing no anger or authority.

In the main hall, Roja was the only one standing, looking very awkward.

Those who knelt down also winked at Roja "kindly" and asked Roja to kneel down too.

The guards holding weapons on the side saw that Roja had been standing rudely, glaring at Roja angrily, and were about to come over and take Roya down.

"Don't be rude to our distinguished guests." King Rand stopped the guards who were about to capture Roya. "Wizard Roya comes from a distant wizarding country. It is normal for him not to understand the etiquette of our Star Tower Country. Let's not be too harsh on him. ."

"Everyone, please get up and sit down."

The courtiers in the hall quickly sat down in their seats, and Roja also sat down at his place under the guidance of the guards.

King Rand is sitting on the throne at the front of the hall. Waiting on King Rand's side are the queen and the prince.

The remaining prime ministers sat on both sides of the hall in order of status.

The guest Roja was seated in the middle, neither up nor down.

King Rand did not communicate with Roya immediately.

He first discussed matters related to the Star Tower Kingdom with other ministers, such as the mining of ores, blacksmith competitions, food planting... and other issues.

After a few hours passed and all the affairs of the kingdom were discussed, King Rand turned his attention to Roya.

"My father, King Charles, was good friends with the Holy Knight Sejie. Before he died, he still chanted the name of the Holy Knight Sejie. It was a pity that he could not see the Holy Knight Sejie again. Alas..."

After King Rand sighed softly, he looked at Roja and asked, "Are you a friend of Paladin Sejie? I wonder how Paladin Sejie is doing now?"

Then, King Rand chatted with Roya about many topics related to the wizarding world.

King Rand patted his chest and said: "Since you, Wizard Roja, are the students of my father's friend, Holy Knight Sejie, we will naturally not treat you badly."

"If you need any help from us in the Star Tower Country, just ask us and we will try our best to satisfy you."

After getting the guarantee from King Rand, Roja was not polite.

"I need you to give me all the meteorite tempering techniques in the Star Tower Kingdom for reference." Roja said.

"This..." King Rand frowned in embarrassment, "Our Star Tower Country is a country built on mineral veins, and meteorites, which contain the power of stars, are the most precious and rare of all ores."

"The meteorite just dug out contains many impurities, so the stone forger must use special techniques to forge and temper the meteorite."

"You must know that the stone forger who can temper meteorites is the highest level and the most respected stone forger in our Star Tower Kingdom, and is known as the star forger."

"Even as a king, I have to be respectful when facing the Star Forger."

King Rand sighed, "I want them to hand over the method of tempering the meteorite that they regard as life. Even if I am the king, it is not that easy to do."

Roja drank the specialty tea of ​​the Star Tower Kingdom and listened silently to King Rand's words.

To be honest, Roja wanted to laugh.

He could see the deep confidence and... contempt in King Rand's eyes?

King Rand is looking down on him?

Ever since he entered the Kingdom of Star Tower, what King Rand had done seemed to be deliberately irritating him?

After King Rand finished speaking, Roja put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "I am not asking you, but ordering you."

"Wizard Roya, I didn't hear what you were talking about clearly." King Rand squinted at Roya and said in a dangerous tone.

The soldiers and ministers in the hall all looked at Roja with the eyes of the enemy. If Roja's answer was not satisfactory to them, they would definitely swarm him and put him in prison. .

Suddenly, due to Roja's words, the entire hall became extremely silent, and a heavy atmosphere filled the air.

Roja seemed not to notice the change in the atmosphere.

He looked directly at King Rand, and said every word in a serious tone that was worried that King Rand could not hear clearly: "Within three days, give me all the meteorite tempering methods in the Star Tower Kingdom."

The last smile on King Rand's face completely disappeared.

King Rand stared at Roya with a sinister expression, and said in a deep voice: "Wizard Roya, I have always treated you with courtesy because you are the student of my father's friend, Paladin Serje. But don’t…”

Boom!

King Rand slapped his hand hard on the table, "Don't go too far!"

brush! Uh-huh! Uh-huh! ——

The soldiers in the hall suddenly pointed their spears at Roja. The meteorite inlaid on the spear emitted a dazzling light. They were ready to kill Roja without hesitation as long as King Rand gave the order. .

Facing King Rand and others who showed murderous intent towards him because of his words, Roja's expression did not waver at all.

"What a pity. Originally, as long as you could complete the tasks I assigned, I could ignore your rudeness to me." Roja said regretfully.

As a third-class apprentice, Roja is also a limit-breaking apprentice who has the power to fight a first-class wizard. When he was in the land of the Six Kingdoms, he was treated with respect wherever he went.

Not even a first-level wizard would dare to be so rude to him.

It can be said that since he passed the wizard trial and became a wizard apprentice, he has never been treated like King Rand.

In the past, when faced with this kind of thing, Roja would have been filled with rage and used violence to make King Rand and others understand who was the real master!

But since Roya returned home and stayed in his hometown of Nange Town for half a year, his mentality has changed greatly.

In his hometown, everyone worshiped him as a god. When they saw him from a distance, they would kneel down and kowtow. They would reluctantly stand up until he could no longer be seen.

Even his biological father, Derry, couldn't help but bend his knees every time he met him.

If he hadn't stopped him many times, his father Derry would definitely kneel down and worship him like everyone else every time they met.

He came to his senses during half a year in his hometown of Nange Town.

Is respect from others really that important?

Does he really care that much about what other people think of him?

Why is he working so hard to become stronger? Just to enjoy the fun of others worshiping him as a god?

Maybe many people become stronger just to enjoy this, but Roja is definitely not the case!

He wanted to become stronger in order to be able to live freely without any restrictions.

He worked hard to become a wizard in order not to grow old and die due to the passage of time.

He keeps learning in order to explore the vastness of the stars, solve unknown mysteries, and master all the truths.

Respect from others?

Worship from others?

Become a god in the eyes of others?

It means nothing to him!

Therefore, Roja didn't care at all about the rudeness of people from Star Tower Country.

Therefore, Roya had no anger at all about King Rand's indifference.

Luo Ya always kept in mind the purpose of his coming to the Xingyun Ancient Mine.

Collect the power of the stars!

Pass the second trial of the Demonic Machine Territory Lord!

As long as the people of the Star Tower Kingdom are willing to cooperate with him and not affect his ability to achieve his goals, Roja doesn't care what they think or how rude their behavior is to him.

"I just want benefits!"

"You are all tools for me to accomplish my purpose!"

"I don't care what you think or say, as long as you can help me and give me what I need."

Roja squeezed his hand hard, "But you took my ignoring you as my weakness and concession."

Roja looked at everyone present.

From the eyes of those people, he saw anger, anger, fear... and other emotions, as well as a faint hint of fear.

"You know I'm a wizard."

"You have heard the legends about wizards."

"Why do you still dare to disobey my orders? How dare you show your fangs to me?"

"Is it because we are too far apart that we don't believe in the wizard's legend?"

"Or is it because you think I'm special? I'm a particularly weak one among wizards, someone who can be manipulated by you?"

"Whatever the reason may be, I'm not going to get into it."

"There's only one thing I need to do..."

Roja stood up, and his not-so-tall body actually gave people the majesty of a tall mountain.

A second ago, Roja looked like a passerby with no sense of existence. In the next moment, the aura he exuded was like a terrifying giant beast with a height of one thousand meters!