The magic power in the breeze in the late summer air is everywhere. There are no extra clouds in the sky, only the bright moonlight shines on the ground eroded by the darkness.√∟

The darkness flowing from the cocoon has accumulated into lake water. The cold and silent air seems to be slightly mixed with the odor of the scent, and even the magic of drifting is stained with unsettling colors. The sensational mud constantly slaps on the shore like a tide, and only the abnormal sound of water fills the ears in the darkness.

On the calm dark lake, there are several buildings covered with spider-web-shaped black mucus exposed to the water surface, and using this as a foothold, you can pass through the lake. The high-rise buildings in the central square stand in the dark like circular columns, and eventually become the lower pillars of the dark cocoon.

Above the high walls rolled up like a storm, there are many crystal-like things inlaid, emitting a strange color like the scales of some kind of creature. A huge sphere was hung in the network between high-rise buildings, and the black floc-shaped shell emits a ray of phosphorus and fire around it.

It was the true core of the dark cocoon. Although it was more than a little smaller than the shell that wrapped around the city's center, it was still a behemoth that ordinary humans could be afraid of. Around it, there was a hazy thin curtain, as if smoke was spraying out from the inside.

But it is not easy to get there, because no matter whether it is the scattered island-like buildings or the black mucus connected between them, they avoid the right path. Even if they step on the island chain to the position where Curt and Liqi are at their feet, it is difficult to break through the intricate dark maze.

The two of them are the only way to go from the outer wall to the inside of the dark cocoon, but there is only a towering cliff in front of them. There was originally a spiral curved passage connecting the roof of the building further away, but it suddenly collapsed not long ago.

The black area seems to be alive. Every once in a while, unexpected changes occur, and the originally adjacent passages will become a dead end surrounded by darkness in the blink of an eye. A carpenter who will change cannot find the exact path. Recklessly stepping on it will only repeat the same mistakes.

The most convenient way may be to fly directly above the maze, which is a matter of course for the spirits - but it is useless here. The body feels strangely heavy. Just like I have just traveled a long distance, in this darkness, even the magic power in my body has become silent.

It is eleven o'clock in the evening. After suffering, the spells who were greedy for merit and made a rash attempt, finally chose to retreat and stopped moving forward on the black lakeside. There can barely absorb the magic power in the moonlight, and also provide the spells who break through the shadows to recover their physical strength.

The so-called "learning one's mistakes and wisdom" makes oneself in danger is definitely not bravery, but incompetent. Although some apostles built with magic are swallowed up by the darkness, fortunately the magicians only consumed some of their physical strength. None of them was attacked.

The man I saw before squatting on a rock by the lake, looking down at the accumulated mud under him. His unpretentious clothes became tattered at some point, and the expression on his face also looked frowning. It was obvious that what appeared in front of him made him think.

A short and fat woman was squatting beside him. While absorbing the magic of moonlight, she also unfolded a row of connected rectangular cubes in front of her. She tapped on the ancient text in the rectangular box, turned her head from time to time to look at the other side, anxiously waiting for something.

It was a magic cube array used to contact. The magic power of the caster would shake the air and convey the encrypted message to the destination. Soon, she said a few words to her colleagues around her with joy, and then removed the magic cube array in her hand and walked along the high cliffs by the lake toward the direction.

"Someone is here...it looks like reinforcements."

Liqi turned to look at the direction where the spells came. She could feel more spirits coming here: "Although it was a little slower than I thought, it was quite large. It seems that the person in charge of contact had reported the dangers encountered here to the organization truthfully."

Several spiritual lights were approaching here, and they quickly crossed the ground. A little bright color was left in the phantom of Katris. Their abilities should be stronger than the first explorers. Curt could feel that someone's magic had pierced into the darkness like a probe.

There were suddenly light spots like fireflies in the space covered with sludge. They flew in the air irregularly, spreading the dim light everywhere. This was obviously the effect of some kind of magic. Li Qi waved her fingers lightly, and they took the initiative to avoid where the two were.

On the other hand, the short and fat woman who was advancing along the lakeside road had already seen her companions coming, and a rare smile appeared on her chubby face. Just as she was about to say hello to them, the black water accumulated behind her suddenly shook.

Puff—

The darkness suddenly shot out like a spear, and in the blink of an eye it pierced through her chest, tearing a hole in the plate on her pearly white spirit body. Suddenly, the torn magic power turned into a flashing gas, and the short and fat spirit body that was originally full of glory suddenly became much darker.

A strange monster crawled out from the depths of the darkness, and its crazy-growing hands and feet and limbs were entangled as ridiculously as snakes. Just like an existence forced by the sludge, the monster's body was covered with boiling darkness, and its distorted appearance only had the shape of a human... But if someone observes it carefully, it will find that its face is somewhat similar to the attacked woman.

If it were humans, they would have died on the spot due to such severe injuries - but the spirit body was not so easily destroyed. The woman gritted her teeth, and a translucent flash sphere suddenly spread out in a spiral shape beside her, shattering the alien that pierced and attacked her like a storm.

She was not the only one who was targeted. When reinforcements arrived, the darkness that was still calm suddenly exploded and countless aliens crawled out of the boiling darkness. Only in the nightmare can you see such monsters, and each individual is full of crazy twists.

Whether it is elements or pure magic, the things released by the spells can always cause damage to the enemy, and indeed knock them into pieces. The sludge seeps into the ground between the light of the spell bursting and the strong wind, and then gathers together and slowly flows back to the lake where they appear.

Liqi raised her eyebrows slightly, and she suddenly remembered the strange spirits she saw in the academy. Their entangled appearances had inexplicable commonalities with this alien. Although they were extremely ugly, they were fragile, but under the skills of the magicians, they had to retreat.

"It's really strange... why did you choose to launch an attack at this time?" Curt looked at the lakeside where the battle suddenly broke out. The time of the dark attack made him feel something was wrong. "If you want to attack him unprepared, wouldn't it be better to go while they retreated there and have not yet recovered their strength? Now reinforcements have arrived. Even if someone relaxes his guard, those magicians who come to rescue are not easy to deal with."

On the narrow island chain composed of ruins of buildings, there is a group of sticky and weird objects squirming. They are monsters composed of black mud, which look like the limbs of various creatures are forcibly pieced together, constantly circling around the net-shaped darkness.

Of course, he also knew that it was his wishful thinking to expect these self-defense functions to have enough thinking ability, especially when they had a numerical advantage. The knocked sludge broke into pieces of wreckage, turned into viscous juice and seeped into the ground - and then soon made a comeback from the depths of the darkness. Even if the magicians knocked back the monsters of the sludge again and again, they could not stop them from attacking from the lake again and again.

Among the people fighting, there was a young magician who was particularly eye-catching. His whole body was flashing with golden red light, like a human form condensed by flames. The man must have been compared with the "Embroidered Eye" served by Dean Chris François.

At this time, Curt suddenly remembered that the powerful sorcerer, known as the "Twelve Directions Winds", should have noticed the abnormality that occurred in the city, but he seemed to have not taken action. After a closer look, there were no direct subordinates among the people who came to investigate the abnormality. Even the sorcerers from the talent dispatching agency were only "talents" from the academy, not the confidants of Dean François.

Although Curt was unwilling to think from this perspective, he still felt that Dean François was deliberately avoiding having a relationship with this "dark cocoon". Not only that, he also concealed this information from the city hall and prevented the spells of other forces from investigating.

Does Francois know nothing about this? Curt remembered the previous meeting, when he seemed to have been attacked by Sein Democra's plot, and his body was eroding severely. He claimed that he had a way to solve it, but this would eventually affect his actions. If there were treasoners under his hands at this time, his decision would undoubtedly be affected - and at the worst possible is that he was also controlled by Sein Democra.

"I think François may have noticed the existence of this thing, but he may have other plans, so he didn't move." Liqi saw through Curt's thoughts, hesitated for a moment, and said, "After all, we don't know many magicians who belong to the purpose of engzhi. It's not surprising that these people have their members... and they seem to have already made plans to deal with it."

As she said, after repelling the dark monster that rushed towards the team again, the young spell in charge suddenly cast a block with a strange luster into the darkness. From the direction where the two were, it looked like a crystal cut from ice that would not melt.
Chapter completed!