The Rise of the Cemetery

The southwestern province of the Kingdom of Breland, in the Feralas Mountains.

Oneiros, as a small city on the border of the Southwest Province, is a small place that is easily overlooked on the hand-painted map if you don't look carefully.

It is more than three thousand miles away from Silithus, the capital of the Southwest Province, in a straight line. Although it is a bit remote, it is not quiet.

Oneiros is backed by the Ifalas Mountains, surrounded by mountains and old trees, it is a good place for hunting and exploring. In addition, the abundant water of the Vodantis River flows here, making it not only a well-known agricultural area, but also an important destination for inland shipping.

Perhaps the mage atmosphere here is not as strong as in the capital, but the traveling merchants, adventurers with dreams, wanderers who are happy with the situation, and the mercenary group that can be seen everywhere still turn this place into a prosperous city.

However, in such a mortal city full of vitality, there stands an old and simple mysterious tower in the north of the city.

Compared with the guardian towers in other big cities, this mysterious 7-story tower is not inferior in scale, but it is much inferior in appearance. There is no dazzling magical aura that is always flowing, and there are no noble mages in robes coming in and out. It seems to be a discarded world, looking dull and gloomy.

Kocal, who was wearing the tunic of a mage apprentice, yawned as he walked through the bustling stream of people, passed through the noisy market with constant hawkers, and hurried to the tower.

The sun was almost up, and if it wasn't for his little magic item shop, Kocal, who just had a drink at the "Cormick Hut" last night, really wanted to sleep until he woke up naturally.

When he came to the huge square in front of the tower, Kocal could already see three or five figures waiting silently at the gate of the tower. This made him involuntarily quicken his pace again.

"You're late again, Kocal!" A middle-aged soldier with a two-handed sword on his back shook his head helplessly, and was quite speechless about this increasingly lazy mage apprentice.

"Okay, okay, stop mumbling, it's not the first time he's late. Kocal, hurry up, our team is still waiting to go! As usual, 10 enchanted arrows, 2 spider webs, and 1 slow! Another female ranger with a longbow on her back interrupted the captain's nonsense, and began to report the purchase list neatly.

A few thieve-like guys at the side also rushed over and reported their needs in a hurry, from "glitter powder", "bat droppings", "purified sulfur" to "wind snake venom", all kinds, almost Covers all business types of the magic house.

Kocal didn't dare to hesitate, and hurried to the two tall stone gates with astonishing thickness, and only made a few gestures and uttered an obscure incantation. The simple and mysterious patterns on the stone gate seemed to have sensed the approach of human beings, emitting a faint blue and silver light. After a slight shock, with a muffled muffled rattling sound, the two gates slowly opened.

Although this kind of scene has been seen many times, and everyone feels contempt for the half-baked level of mage apprentices, when the mysterious and magical magic is displayed in front of them, these mercenaries and adventurers are still in awe.

This high tower used to be the pride of the small town of Oneiros. Unfortunately, due to a magical accident half a year ago, the mage stationed in the tower and more than a dozen apprentice mages died inexplicably. After cleaning up the tower, the high-ranking mages who came from the Seven Ring Tower temporarily sealed it up, leaving only the apprentice Kokar to take care of it.

In fact, Kokar was originally a mage apprentice who belonged to this tower, but he just went out to buy things on the day of the accident, so he survived.

The little apprentice who accepted the guild's order neither dared to disobey the order to sneak away, nor did he dare to stay in the tower too much, so he had an idea and rented a room in the city. In this way, he came to the tower during the day to maintain the operation of the magic house, and he was free to fool around and stay outside at night.

To be honest, he really didn't dare to live alone in such an empty tower in the dark night. Those high-level mages said that they had cleaned up all the hidden dangers, but their words didn't seem to be completely trustworthy.

If it weren't for the strict order from the guild, Kocal really didn't plan to set foot on this tower again.

The magic hut is located at the corner of the hall on the first floor closest to the door. Although the furnishings inside are simple, the furnishings are real magic items.

Without these special arrows enchanted with the "sharp" effect, the ranger's bow and arrow would not be able to shoot through those beasts with thick scales. The "Spider Web Technique" and "Slowness Technique" are the favorites of the adventure team. Only with a few such scrolls can they dare to enter the Felice Mountains to round up those large beasts with confidence.

Just as a group of people were haggling around Kocal to bargain, a beam of light suddenly lit up from a teleportation circle covered in thin dust in a corner of the square not far from the tower. As the magic power continued to gather, this ray of light gradually covered the entire teleportation circle, and a faint space distortion had appeared above the circle.

Startled by the abnormal situation outside the tower, the mage apprentice hurriedly separated from the crowd and ran out of the tower in a hurry. Just a quick glance took him by surprise.

The teleportation circle has been activated, and someone is about to teleport over!

No matter who came, those who could use the Mage Guild's teleportation array would not be small people.

Kocal hurriedly turned around to disperse the adventurers, and stood respectfully in front of the teleportation circle before the teleportation was completed.

There was a soft "hitomi" sound.

The twisted and fluctuating space ripples in the teleportation circle gradually calmed down and recovered, revealing three hazy figures standing in it.

When the magic circle started to operate, the dust accumulated on the magic circle was pushed out of the transmission area under the repulsion of the surging magic power. As a result, Kocal, who was standing beside him, immediately became an unlucky ghost, disgraced and embarrassed.

It's just that he was usually too lazy and neglected to take care of it, so Kocal, who had suffered a lot, didn't dare to say anything, and quietly cleaned himself up with the "cleaning technique" on the apprentice's short robe, and then he started Secretly looked at the few "big shots" sent over.

"A high-ranking mage, a middle-ranking mage, and a..." After staying in the tower for nearly ten years, he has met quite a few big people when he was greeted and sent, but the strange combination in front of him still made him feel refreshed. Feel.

A high-level mage, of course, is a well-deserved big shot. With Kocal's status and qualifications, being able to see the demeanor of a high-ranking mage from a long distance is already considered lucky.

But the high-level mage in front of him was obviously too young. Judging by his age, he was probably in his early twenties, nearly ten years younger than himself. But he is already a high-level mage, and he is still struggling as a mage apprentice.

Kocal has experienced a lot of similar sighs like this, so he just sighed a few times in his heart casually, and immediately put it behind him.

Compared with the young high-ranking mage, the female mage and the woman in the purple robe who followed her were truly stunning beauties!

Regardless of the identities of the two women, the pink and slender eyebrows, the deep and bright pupils, the plump and seductive red lips, and the fair and delicate face are not comparable to the vulgar powder that Kocal usually sees of.

One was wearing an intermediate-level mage robe, gentle and elegant, revealing wisdom and wisdom, which was very in line with the imagination of mage apprentices about the goddess of magic; the other was wearing a purple soft robe, and his gestures were neat and free, with a somewhat haughty expression in his indifference. Although the two women have their own temperaments, they are both so beautiful that people dare not look at them...

"This is the city of Oneiros, right?" The young high-ranking mage was asking the question. He had a young and handsome face that made Kocal full of jealousy. Although his status was so noble, the tone of the question was extremely gentle. .

"Yes, my lord mage!" Kocal didn't dare to look any further, so he quickly lowered his head and replied respectfully: "This is the city of Oneiros. I don't know what your lord wants, but it's an apprentice who belongs to the mage tower of Isidil. Kocal is happy to serve you!"

The young high-level mage didn't answer his question. The three of them raised their heads and looked up at the ancient and old tower in front of them with infinite affection, sighing and feeling for a long time.

After a long time, he casually said "We want to enter the tower", and the young mage led the two women into the tower with an open door. The stunned Kocal and the group of adventurers who were hiding nearby couldn't help but look at each other, really not understanding the background and purpose of these master mages.

But they didn't make them wait for a long time. Only after half a quarter of an hour, there was a loud bang from the tower that had been silent for a long time, and the ground trembled slightly.

With the opening of the mana pool and the full activation of the defense mechanism of the tower, the dust and debris adhering to the tower were repelled by the inexplicable force field, raining down one after another. The dazzling magical aura begins to light up layer by layer along the tower body. The mysterious arcane runes are looming in the ocean of light. The ever-burning lamp on the top of the tower emits a majestic light, penetrates the thick clouds, and disperses the morning The thin mist once again fully displayed his majestic and perfect body in front of everyone.

The tower is activated.

The mysterious tower that has been covered in dust for half a year has once again ushered in its owner!

At this moment, the entire city of Oneiros shook.

As citizens of the Kingdom of Brayland, all civilians, freelancers, and homeless people in Oneiros City are subject to the natural jurisdiction of the local nobles, and they are all loyal subjects of the city lord, Viscount Rudis Carmen. But everyone knows in their hearts that the one who really has the right to speak in Oneiros City is actually the guild mage sitting in the tower.

Perhaps mages don't like too much secular intrusion, and rarely directly intervene in specific affairs in the territory, but according to some unwritten rules, these mages who sit in the mage tower are the real masters of the area controlled by the mage tower. And those nobles, to put it mildly, are the mainstay of the kingdom and the political allies of the mages; to put it bluntly, they are just alternative stewards when the mages neglect to manage the territory.

Therefore, when the bright light on the tower is lit, everyone who can see its brilliance knows that the real owner of this territory has appeared!