Atlas Double Star Book

The north wind blows from the Snake Sea.

Voyagers all know that this is an ominous sign, and the sea beasts in the North Pole are about to wake up.It will blow air first, and the north wind like a knife will come, and then the monster will keep turning over, creating a huge vortex, and taking the opportunity to eat the unlucky ship.What's more, the continuous earthquakes seem to confirm the legend of the sea monster.

The white waves are surging, and the Golden Horn Bay is shrinking.

The sailors urgently stowed the sails and secured the ship with chains.

Just before the port was completely closed, a pure white Omega light sailing ship appeared from the sea.It came suddenly, and the Omega merchants, who were planning to weather the storm behind closed doors, panicked when they heard the news.Numerous telescopes protruded from different windows, and many eyes were cast anxiously on the ship that came with the storm.

That ship was very special, for its bow was emblazoned with the arms of the narwhal, the symbol of the royal family of Omega.

Not only that, but its white sail is also painted with a red dragon pattern.As long as the watchman saw it, he knew that its owner was the representative of Omega's theocracy, the priest of Vayura, and the nominal ruler of the submerged Ibane's homeland.People knew that it was the man who had come.

But it was very strange that the prominent white sailboat did not directly enter the port, but sailed to the more northerly barren coast, clinging to the dark wind and waves.People were talking about it, wondering what the unpredictable person was up to this time.

"Hey, it's been a long time. The empire is still the same... Kaloyalo will definitely be shocked hahaha."

The young man smiled and leisurely looked at the sea on the deck.The servants anxiously brought tents to protect him from the rain, but the strong wind blew the curtains away, and he couldn't help laughing happily when he saw it.

A pair of emerald green eyes, smiling.

He was young and handsome, and it was for these two qualities that jewelers had to take great pains to create jewelry to match him, without making the gemstones look down upon that countenance.Those who have seen him will say that he is like a grand celebration, radiant.And those who have only heard of him will say that only the royal family can raise such innocent people.He makes pleasure-seeking the business of life, and treats everything as if it were pleasure-seeking.

"Your Highness." A dark-haired young man with a gloomy expression came from the cabin. He was the prince's childhood friend, Saendor.After the two grew up, Saendor still considered himself the Prince Overseer.After all, the prince's intentions are really unpredictable.The dark-haired youth said, "Let the boats enter the port now. The storm waits for no one. Stop it, Amir."

The prince turned his head and argued seriously:

"This is necessary. The Golden Horn is too prosperous and there are too many human activities. You must go further north, where the coast is relatively desolate, and sea otters live..."

"Sea otter..." The black-haired adjutant repeated the prince's words indifferently, but his expression seemed to explode with anger.

"Yes, my friend." Amir explained very seriously, "I came to the empire to observe sea otters. They only live in the north, and the opportunity is rare. I must find out whether sea otters lay eggs... and Will they really throw away their testicles when they want to escape from hunters? No way, the animal history of the empire is too fantastical, it doesn’t work at all, the people of the empire have no interest in animals at all! Too bad!”

"..."

"Listen to me, dear San." The prince pointed firmly to the north, "Go north, before the wind and waves are so strong! I'm going to see Kaloyalo after I finish watching the sea otters."

Hearing that name, the adjutant was so angry that he almost fainted.

"Hey, I'm going to see if he's dating another man while I'm away." Amir folded his fingers, like a judge, and smiled slyly when he exposed the prank.

The sea breeze is blowing, and the storm is gathering momentum in the black fortress of clouds.

It was also raining on the plain, pattering.

"How is the teacher?" Neil asked anxiously, holding the scholar's cold body in his arms.

"I don't know...I can't feel him..." Shinan felt that something was wrong, and the detection technique could no longer sense the existence of Pelias.The underground is a vast darkness, and the faint silver light has disappeared.Peleas lost?No, as long as the mage is willing to send out a signal for help, then the detection technique will definitely be able to sense it.

"Look again? Try using this?!" Neil panicked, and gave Heather the teacher's short tin staff.

Heather tried to cast a spell on the short tin staff, making it call to its master.The stick stood upright and hit the ground a few times.Green spell lines lit up on the ground and on the tin staff.Calm green light, after that, the earth returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.The leylines locked by the spell have been stretched.

Clean, relaxed, and transparent after being washed.

The warlock said: "It's over, there is no trace of black magic pollution... There should be no more earthquakes, and the energy supply of the monster has also been cut off. How should I say... the cut is very... crisp and clean, it is completely Pelea style."

"Then where is he...? Is he coming back soon?" Neil was in a hurry.

"This……"

The two looked at Peleas' body at the same time.

The sleeping scholar did not respond at all, and was as quiet as an object, as if the surface of the water was as shiny as silver.

"This is a trap..." Neil recalled what the black mage said, "It was the person who invited the teacher into the leylines and said 'wait for him there'. The purpose of the black mage is to trap the teacher inside! That person must What dirty, demagogic spells were used."

"The key is that the spells that enter the earth veins have been completely closed now, and the original access is broken. We can't contact him. And the longer he stays in it, the weaker his consciousness as a human being will be, and there will be no 'want to come back. ' wishes."

"What will happen..." Neil had already guessed, but he still couldn't help asking.

"He will become part of the leylines and be buried underground forever."

That's what the teacher has been longing for—

Neil suddenly realized.

Desperation is like an hourglass, fine gold sand slips down, and time is being consumed.

"Ah... ah, he said 'I'm sorry' before..." Neil hugged Peleas, the scholar's thin lips had already turned white, as if in frost.As long as I think that no matter how much I love my teacher, I can't eliminate that person's self-destructive impulse.He was angry and wanted to cry.

The rain became lighter, and a dark fog floated faintly from the sea, enveloping the plain.

Neil lowered his head: "This man is as stubborn as the moon, no matter how much love and reluctance I express to him, no matter how much I cry or lose my temper for him, he never... stays for me. What a cruel person..."

He is kneeling and hugging his beloved.The air became cold, and then, turned into snow.Slow, ethereal matter.

White gradually fills up.Snow fell on them.

Heather never knew what to say.She looked up and saw that the young man had completely calmed down, with a gentle and helpless smile on his face, staring intently at the mage in his arms.

"But it's okay..." Neil rubbed the corners of his eyes, "No matter how many times he escapes, no matter how much he gives up on himself... I will never give up on him. I love him." The young man looked at the palm of his hand, as if there was something in his hand. A lantern that can call travelers in a blizzard.

"I just hope...he'll accept that 'he can be happy'. Someday he'll understand."

Neil smiled, weak and determined.

Seeing this smile, Shinan suddenly realized that this young man had a special power.Not the glare and scorching sun, but a gentle light that is enough to comfort people's hearts.Perhaps this light can heal and encourage those who suffer in the dead of night to look forward to the dawn.

Heather also understood why Peleas had described the child in such a way: morning star, morning glow, guardian of hope.

Presumably the same was true of Peleas himself.Heather thought, since that person is instinctively afraid of losing the light, maybe... he also wants to reach out and embrace the light.

Just because that's who Neil is.

"The roster... Since you share the same roster, maybe you can try to call him." Shinan said.If Peleas wanted to, he might be able to find his way back through the roster, like following a glowing thread in a maze.

"So……!"

Before he finished speaking, the arrow shot.

!

"I've caught you."

Chasing soldiers came on horseback, surrounded the three of them, and blocked their way with long//spears and sword blades.But at such a time!

Neil protected the teacher, and Heather barely stood up with the support of her staff.

"The remnants of the barbarians are trying to attack the imperial capital in vain? I really don't know what to do."

The leading knight drew his sword and pointed it at Heather.Behind the horses of the knights, they led seven or eight Icelanders who were chained, including men and women, all of whom were bruised from being dragged.These were not their assailants, Neil recognized.

He stood up and stood in front of Heather: "Wait a minute, she is a warlock from the academy. And those icemen you caught were not attackers! They may be innocent."

"Innocent?" The helmeted knight sneered. "Barbarians are forbidden to appear here. They cannot step out of the ice field. Now that they appear, they are sinners."

A chained woman cries, seemingly desperately trying to clarify.But they don't seem to be very educated, and they don't even speak Old Imperial.

Heather listened, her broken wrist aching, and she said as clearly as she could: "She said they were innocent and just wanted to leave the ice field and live in the south. And...she's pregnant, please don't treat her so roughly. "

The knight sneered.

"Leaving the ice field? Where in the south will accept such barbarians? The brothel in the western plateau, or the slave market in Omega?"

"Please let them go, they are not fighters, and they will not pose a threat to the empire..." Heather tried to negotiate.

"You said you were a warlock, but what if you were a rebel who colluded with the barbarians? Anyway, take him away first." The knight ordered, and the soldiers surrounded to lock up Heather.

"and many more!"

The soldiers stopped and looked at the young man who stood up to stop him.

Neil said, "You belong to the First Knight Order, right?" The knight didn't make a sound, as if he was judging the situation.

Neil knew he had guessed right.The leader of the First Knights had a very good relationship with Trand, and they were allies.He thought for a moment and made up his mind.

"I am Neil Bernhard, and I belong to the Seventh Knights of the Empire."

The knights were very hesitant.They had heard of Neil Bernhard, Trinde's lieutenant, son of Hein Prospero, master of the well-known Knights of Petriar.They also heard that the young man was upright and brave, with fair hair and blue eyes.But the young man in front of him has black hair and blue eyes, which are common among Sybils.Moreover, the young man was holding a silver-haired beauty in his arms, looking very suspicious.

"Who are you?" The knight looked up and down, but did not see the young man wearing the golden snake ring.

"I'm on a mission, so I'm disguised. But it's not important... I have urgent information to report to your knight commander. A large number of monsters have appeared around the imperial capital, and they are likely to attack the capital. And now that the winter gate has collapsed, Once the enemy attacks, they will immediately rush into the city..."

"Indeed, Sir Trande Muawia told our commander this news, let us strengthen the defense around the imperial capital, and patrol outside the city to guard the gap in the winter gate. But..."

The knight pointed his sword at the heather and said:

"Sir Muawia also said: 'It was the barbarians of the Iceland who conspired for this attack. Don't let any one of the Icelanders go unnoticed, arrest them first, find out afterwards and deal with it later'."

Neil was shocked.This is indeed the information he gave to Trand: the Iceman is about to attack the imperial capital.But he didn't expect Trende to give such an order.

"Wait a minute, I've fought the attackers a few times before, and I can recognize them. And these people—" Neil pointed to the dying Iceman who was chained up, "They didn't participate, they just passed by Ordinary people."

"There are no 'passing ordinary people'. If you are a real knight of the Empire, you will understand that there are only 'enemies' and 'potential enemies.' Neil Bernhard, this is what your knights You should obey the order. Get out of the way! Lock up that ice man too!" The knight yanked the chain—the chained people fell to the ground, sobbing, and praying in an unfamiliar language.The pregnant woman didn't cry, she protected her belly in fear.

Heather really couldn't stand it anymore.She wanted to call out a spell, but when she thought that if she angered the Sibyl knights here, they would lose their reliable allies, so how to protect the imperial capital against the attack of monsters?

but……

She was puzzled.What is she trying to protect?Protect the imperial capital?Or protect these ordinary people who are crying and begging for mercy?

Neil saw Heather's difficulty, and he immediately said loudly: "The point now is not to catch these few icelanders. It's useless to catch them. The point is that the number of monsters is immeasurable, so our troops cannot be dispersed. Please gather the knights as soon as possible to guard the Winter Gate. Monsters must not be allowed to enter the city!"

The knight was silent.

Neil saw that this person was smart and reasonable, and immediately asked, "Where are all your people now? Can you get in touch? Where is Lord Dorado Hugh Lied?"

"The leader is on the city wall, personally guarding the Winter Gate." The knight replied bluntly: "Most of the knights are also guarding there, because Mr. Trande Muawia warned that monsters might flock to the city. It must be strictly guarded. Besides us, there are four patrol teams searching for traces of barbarians and monsters outside the city."

Very wise deployment.Neil breathed a sigh of relief: "What are the warning signs?"

"I'm sorry, but this is beyond your scope. No matter what, we will take away these barbarians, including that one." The knight pointed to Heather.

At this moment, a man who was tied up suddenly broke free and ran away desperately!

"Fire arrows!"

"and many more--!"

It was too late, the Sibyl knight moved extremely fast, and with the sound of the bowstring, the fleeing man fell to the ground.Three or four arrows hit his back and lower back at the same time.The man was wailing in the distance, lying on the ground and twitching.

Seeing the death of her companion, a woman suddenly collapsed, knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, shouting words that Neil could not understand.The other icemen were shocked, then glared at the Sybil knight with hatred, cursed, and struggled with their chains.

"Why are you so hasty..." Neil couldn't calm down.

"Shut up! Be quiet! Damn barbarians!!" The knights waved their whips, the horses whimpered and raised their front hooves, and the icelanders' resistance became more intense.The sound of cursing, the sound of the whip whipping the flesh, the rattling of iron hooves and chains.The situation suddenly became chaotic, and the soldiers were furious, and they tightly strangled the neck of the Iceman.

"You killed her only son!" Shinan was angry.

With tears all over her face, the mad woman howled and rushed to the knight closest to her, only to be held back by chains again.She cursed shrilly, and spat in the knight's face.

The Sibyl knight wiped the spittle off his face, and was suddenly furious!He drew out his dagger, walked over and cut the woman's throat directly.

"shut up!"

The woman fell to the ground, dead.

The icemen roared and tugged at the ropes.Just when the knights were about to suppress it, the monster suddenly jumped out from behind the boulder and bit off the head of a soldier.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Here comes the beast.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

More monsters rushed towards the crowd.Iceland warriors rode on the backs of monsters to rescue their enslaved compatriots.Neil recognized them.However, the situation has completely gotten out of control!The monster bit the knight, and the knight slashed and killed the icelander indiscriminately. Seeing that the pregnant woman was about to be stabbed, Heather swung his sword to block the blade.

"You really are a traitor!" the knight roared, turning to attack Heather.Neil hugged his teacher and tried to protect people as much as possible in the chaotic battle between monsters and Sybil knights.

"Here!!! The monster is coming——!"

People turned their heads in horror.

From the mountains to the northwest, more herds emerged.There was a mass of darkness, rushing towards this side——

Towards the imperial capital.

The overwhelming monsters were more than what they had seen in Itil.The Sybil knights were stunned for a moment, no one could keep their expressions in front of such a large number of monsters.An Iceman roared, gouging out a soldier's eyeball alive.The bloodshed and carnage are unstoppable.

Shinan was already seriously injured, and was even more exhausted during the chaotic battle, almost falling several times.The Sibyls have completely regarded her as an enemy, and the Iceman and the monsters also attack her.In the end, all the people she wanted to protect regarded her as an enemy.Neil has been trying his best to protect her, but Heather can't take it anymore, she is disheartened and just wants to get rid of it once and for all.

A soldier seized the opportunity and raised his spear/spear/to stab Heather in the back——

"Gah—!"

Suddenly there was a scream!The violent wind pressure rushed to the ground, and a huge shadow suddenly enveloped the heads of people and monsters.

The soldiers panicked.

They had never seen such a monster, like a fish and like a bird.

A woman-like monster, with translucent wings spread, grabs heather and flies away!

is her"!

Neil tried to stop it with the magic wind, but his wind blade could hardly hurt the big monster, and only cut off a few shiny fish scales.

People watched the monster take heather away and fly to the west of the Snake Sea——

"Alarm! Hurry up!" the knight yelled, and there were more and more monsters.The snow was bloody and muddy, the knights were gradually retreating, and wreckage was everywhere.

Just as the soldier was about to blow the horn, the Iceman pierced the heart.

Must be warned quickly!

hell!Neil swung his sword and chopped off the head of a monster. Just as he was about to rush over to snatch the horn, the horn was kicked far away by others in the chaotic battle.With one arm around Peleas' body, he couldn't use it at all!

"Hurry up, or it will be too late!"

"Pelia, please come back..." Neil held the cold fingers.Now that he couldn't hesitate anymore, Neil made up his mind and read out the incantation of the Radiance Art.

His sword was held high, a gold star shining in the snow.

The heavy snow fell, and the blinding magic light rose from the white ground——

It's a golden sign of danger.

Straight up to the sky, illuminating the entire plain.The emperor saw it!The soldiers on the city wall became vigilant, the patrolling knights rode their horses to look around, the knight commander saw it, and the people in the city also saw the ominous warning.

The enemy is coming.

But some people did not pay attention to the alarm.

Kaloyalo is not in the mood to pay attention to anything right now.Egg was probably looking for him all over the world right now, but what he was about to do couldn't be seen by anyone, not even his closest friends.

The Duke hastily avoided everyone and came to a cellar.He temporarily sealed off all entrances and exits.He was still bleeding from the nose, and he couldn't stop it for a while. He probably knew the reason, because the strange feeling was already too obvious.

"..."

Kaloyalo took out a knife, but hesitated again.

This is dangerous and taboo.But if he doesn't, his friend is likely to...

"Peleas..."

He thought of that gentle scholar and the happy time they had together.No, it has to be done, it has to be done for the sake of my friends.

So Kaloyalo made up his mind and took off the glove on his right hand... When that thing appeared in his sight, he almost felt sick to his stomach, something he had been afraid of all along.

On the back of his right hand, there is a huge eye.

As if waking up, the eyes opened with difficulty, and the eyelids rolled open, revealing a bloodshot fleshy ball—it was a green eye, as beautiful as an emerald.

His eyes rolled, and then he stared at Kaloyalo motionlessly, like an interrogation.

"Don't look at me like that," Kaloyalo said coldly, "it's disgusting."

He picked up the knife, cut his own wrist, and then dripped blood into the green eye—as if it were a spicy and poisonous liquid, the green eye began to throb and twitch in pain, and the greasy sound echoed in the cellar.Sticky, dark, cold, something snapped.

Suddenly, a hole opened on the ground, and a blood-red light burst out——

"Get out of the way, this is mine." Kaloyalo put his hand into the crack in the ground with no expression on his face. The greasy sound was like opening a wet wound.

His head was covered with sweat, without hesitation, but his face looked like he was about to cry.

"Come back, Peleas..." he said.

And so a crack appeared in the darkness of the earth.

The author has something to say: Amir, nature lover, ancient animal protection activist 233333

People who love otters (everyone in the imperial gay circle likes otters! Afterwards, some friends went to the beach to watch the story of otters