At the gate of the manor, looking at the two guards blocking his way, Thor's expression remained unchanged: "Get out of the way! This girl is what Lord Athir wants!"
"Oh···"
A guard sneered: "If Lord Athir wants a woman, there are plenty of young and beautiful girls willing to climb into his bed. How could he possibly be interested in the kind of thing in your arms?"
"You can ask Lord Athir in person!"
Thor's expression remained unchanged as he looked directly into the guard's eyes without showing any fear.
"you···"
Seeing Thor's appearance, the two guards hesitated, but still did not give way.
Standing there and looking at their hesitant expressions, Thor's expression remained unchanged, but his back was almost wet with sweat, and it was obvious that he was also very nervous.
"Let him in." A voice came from a distance, diverting their attention.
Following the sound, they looked into the distance.
In that direction, a handsome young man in a black robe was standing there. At this moment, he was standing with another man in aristocratic robe. His face was calm, and he seemed to be appreciating the flowers.
"this···"
Looking at Athir standing in the distance, the two guards hesitated for a while, and finally made way to let Thor walk in.
Looking up at Athir standing in the distance, Thor lowered his head guiltily and quickly walked to the other side, not daring to stay in the other's sight for long.
Standing quietly in the garden, watching the other person leave, Athir stood there quietly without any expression.
"A very interesting child." A hoarse voice with vicissitudes of life came from the side.
Looking at Thor holding the girl in the distance, the burly middle-aged man sighed with some nostalgia in his eyes.
"It can be seen that there must be some stories about this child."
On the side, looking at the middle-aged man beside him, Athir smiled and said, "How come Lord Yadra has time to come here to see me today?"
"Don't say that." Yadra smiled generously: "Athir, you are my most distinguished guest. Since you have come to my territory, I will naturally treat you well."
"Maybe." Athir shook his head: "Have we dealt with the group of lizardmen?"
"It's all right for now."
Yadra said, "Compared to us, their strength is not superior. They have been hiding there for a while. It seems that they are preparing to confront us for a long time."
"What's the situation outside?" asked Athir.
"It's very bad." Yadra shook his head. "Our situation here is not bad, but the Kingdom of Gunuo to the east has collapsed. It is said that except for a little girl who survived, the rest of the royal family were slaughtered. Large tracts of territory and resource points have been occupied by the Swamp Kingdom."
"The dark wizards in the south are also restless. It is said that a dark wizard alliance was established during this period. Now they have joined forces with the Swamp Kingdom and are launching a crazy attack."
"Of course, these things have nothing to do with us for the time being."
At this point, he smiled and said, "There are big fights going on in other places. The power of the Swamp Kingdom is all tied up in other battlefields. It is impossible for them to send wizards to our remote place."
After listening to this, Atier said nothing, but just nodded quietly.
"In a few days, I will hold a banquet, both to celebrate the defeat of those damned lizardmen and to welcome you."
After a while, Yadra spoke again: "Don't rush to refuse. There will be many wizards attending the banquet. Although they are all apprentices, they are also people in our circle and represent the wizard families around here."
"You will have to stay here for a while. If you need anything during this time, you may have to deal with these families."
"Okay." After hearing this, Athir nodded in agreement.
After a while, they chatted for a few words there, and then Yadra walked out.
At the same place, Athir stood alone in the garden, silently looking at the surrounding scenery.
On the other side.
"Damn it! It's totally useless!"
In the small room, looking at the girl lying on the bed, Thor was sweating all over and sat weakly on a wooden chair beside him.
Lying quietly on the bed, the girl looked a little different from before. The tattered red robe she had been wearing had been changed, and the dirt on her face had been carefully wiped off, revealing a face that looked fairly pretty.
She lay quietly on the bed, her eyes closed as if she was asleep. Only the black mark on her forehead was still there, and the color seemed to be much darker than before.
Looking at the girl's appearance, Thor gritted his teeth, stood up from the wooden chair, walked to the bed, and quickly stretched out a rough big hand.
A faint white light appeared in the palm of his hand. As he exerted strength with his whole body, the light in his hand became more and more obvious, shining on the girl's forehead, making the black mark slightly lighter.
This situation lasted for a moment. After a while, the white light in Thor's palm disappeared, and the whole person fell directly to the ground as if paralyzed. He seemed to have used up all his strength and was sitting on the ground gasping for breath.
Without the suppression of the white light, the black mark on the girl's forehead continued to darken and its range slowly expanded, revealing an evil power that attracted people's attention.
"no···"
Looking at the mark on the girl's forehead that was growing larger and larger, Thor showed despair on his face: "The curse is about to erupt, and my power cannot suppress it."
Bang!
A strange sound came from outside the door.
Subconsciously, Thor looked outside and saw a scene that made him feel horrified.
The wooden door trembled slightly, making a creaking sound.
Outside the door, a black shadow was slowly gathering. It looked like a messenger returning from hell, causing Thor's body to tremble.
The next moment, Thor's eyes blurred and all the abnormalities he had seen suddenly disappeared.
A burning sensation surged from his chest, forcing him to calm down, and his eyes regained clarity: "Time is almost up, I can't stay here any longer, otherwise I will definitely be affected by the mark of the outbreak."
"But Yana..."
He turned around and looked at the girl on the bed. On the girl's forehead, a black mark was spreading and had now extended to her neck.
Having experienced a similar process, Thor knew that this was a symptom of the mark about to erupt. Once the mark spread throughout the body, it would be the time for a complete outbreak.
Thinking of this, Thor gritted his teeth and walked outside.
Time was passing outside, and as the sky grew darker, the burning sensation in Thor's chest grew stronger.
The cold wind was blowing, and in the light of the torch, he saw a scene.
It was a man in black, covered in black. His entire body was hidden by the black robe and there was black air covering his body. Nothing could be seen. He was walking towards here quietly.
Time seemed to stand still. In the empty manor, the guards who were originally guarding the gate had disappeared. Everything around was quiet, with only Thor and the man in black left.
Hiding quietly in the garden, looking at the man in black, Thor had fear in his eyes. The burning sensation in his chest was growing stronger and stronger. Deep inside his body, something that had been suppressed for a long time was being affected and seemed about to erupt.
An itchy feeling spread throughout his body. On his forehead, affected by an unknown force, a faint mark was emerging. It looked exactly the same as the one on the girl's head, but much lighter.
This mark seemed to be suppressed by something. Although it was lured out by external forces, it was always suppressed. It only appeared vaguely and was finally suppressed by a white light.
But at this moment, Thor was no longer in the mood to care about all this.
At this moment, all his attention was focused on the man in black in the distance. He stared at him intently but did not dare to make any sound.
Having experienced this scene before, he knew that the man in black was attracted by the aura of the mark on Yana's body, and under normal circumstances it would not affect other people.
But he is different. He also has a curse on him. Although it has not erupted because of the suppression of power, it will be a different matter if he dares to stand in front of the opponent. He will definitely be killed by the opponent in advance.
Click! Click!
A series of hoarse sounds echoed around, like the sound of a wooden horse spinning and swinging.
Under Thor's gaze, the man in black walked quietly to the door and stretched out an arm shrouded in shadow, as if trying to open the door.
bump!!
The arm collided with the wooden door, making a crisp sound.
Looking at the wooden door in front of him, the black shadow suddenly hesitated, and his outstretched arm was retracted, as if it had encountered something blocking it.
In the room behind the wooden door, a girl was lying quietly on the bed, with most of her body covered with black marks.
And on the girl's chest, a purple stone lay there quietly. A unique aura emerged from it, making the man in black outside seem a little hesitant.
A faint white light emerged from the purple stone. Although it was very weak, it did exist, and it had a subtle restraining effect on the man in black, preventing him from moving forward.
"efficient!"
Hiding in the corner of the garden, watching this scene, Thor felt relieved: "The power stored in the sacrificial stone has not been completely exhausted. At least before the power is exhausted, he can't go in and take Yana's life."
"I should be able to get through this night safely."
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he was stunned.
In his chest, a strong feeling of heat was rapidly surging, as if telling him something.
In front, standing quietly in front of the wooden door, blocked by the light on the purple stone, as if sensing something, the man in black turned around silently and looked in a certain direction behind him.
He walked silently in that direction, each step was light, as if he was weightless, leaving no sound or footprints.
And in the direction he was heading, Thor felt a sense of horror rising in his heart, and his scalp was tingling.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
The burning sensation in his chest continued to intensify, his scalp was tingling, and he felt somewhat powerless in the face of the current situation.
All his strength had been exhausted, and the only means he had to stop the opponent was on the girl. Now facing this situation, he was completely helpless.
"Damn it!"
He gritted his teeth and tried to get up, but found that he had completely lost his strength.
The mark on his forehead was constantly emerging, and he used all his strength to suppress it. Now he didn't even have the strength to escape.
He watched helplessly as the man in black in the distance kept moving forward. The figure shrouded in black air kept moving forward and gradually approached where he was hiding.
"I found...you..." A hoarse voice came from nearby, like a traveler who had been thirsty in the desert for a long time, and there was a dead silence in the words.
Standing in front of Thor, the man in black stretched out a hand and grabbed his forehead.
boom!!
The moonlight spread over the earth, covering the entire body of the man in black, blasting him far away and crashing into the ground in the distance.
"I...am not dead?"
Staring at the scene blankly, Thor looked away.
At the end of the garden, Athir changed into a white robe, which was very conspicuous in the moonlit night. At this time, there were waves of spiritual fluctuations wrapped around his body, causing the surrounding energy particles to gather around his body.
He looked at the man in black who was blown away in the distance and raised his arm slightly.
A ray of moonlight dissipated from in front of him, and the power of the Moon Goddess's light illuminated the place, covering the man in black and constantly coming into contact with the black air on his body, making a hissing sound of corrosion.
roar!!
A roar was heard in the distance.
After being attacked and interrupted twice in succession, the man in black couldn't help but focus his attention on Athir. When he raised his head, a pair of strange red eyes were looking at Athir, revealing a deep sense of death.
Under Athir's gaze, his form began to change, and in the shock of the rolling black air, it quickly gathered into a tall monster with pale arms.
A roar from afar reached his ears, and the next moment, a monster appeared in front of Athir, with a pale claw stretched out and grabbed Athir's head directly.
The thick moonlight began to dissipate, and waves of halos began to vibrate, constantly condensing and dispersing. It was as beautiful as real moonlight, but full of murderous intent.
boom!!
Under Athir's gaze, the pale monster suffered a blow from the light of the Moon Goddess. Its body exploded and was purified by the strong moonlight. Its organs scattered everywhere and quickly turned into stone-like things.
After a while, the stones softened quickly, and bursts of black gas evaporated from them, quickly disappearing as if they had never appeared.
Standing there and watching this scene quietly, Atier couldn't help but frown, feeling a little confused about this phenomenon.
"I can actually kill the Reaper head-on..."
In the corner of the garden, Thor was almost stunned as he watched the whole process.
After the man in black robe disappeared, the mark that was evoked by the other party's aura no longer erupted and was suppressed by his power.
In his sight, everything around him seemed to come alive again. The guards in front of the gate in the distance were still there, and the sound of insects chirping came from all around, making him feel the beauty of this real world.
(End of this chapter)