Banner of the Evil God

In the government hall of Gars City, a clerk took a deep breath with some uneasiness, encouraged himself, and then walked in nervously with a stack of documents.

After a while, he walked out with a pale face, and his legs were still shaking slightly.

"Jack, what happened to you today? Your face is so pale! Did you do things too badly and get scolded by the Archon?" A maid who had a very good relationship with him asked curiously.

He shook his head and whispered, "No. It's just that the lord seems to be in a bad mood today, frowning all the time, and unconsciously exuding murderous aura - standing in front of him, I always worry whether he will draw his sword in the next second..."

"Draw a sword for what? Cut sashimi?" The maid said with a smile.

"I'm not you..." The clerk Jack smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although I know he will definitely not draw his sword to cut me, I just can't help being afraid."

The maid named Rose saw that he was still in shock, looked around, and made sure that there was no one around, so she gently hugged him, put her lips to his ear, and sang in a low voice.

Her singing voice was so soft that no one could hear it except Jack. Her singing voice was as soft and peaceful as the waves under the moon, which gradually calmed Jack's mood. His tense face finally relaxed and turned red again.

After a while, Jack smiled, patted her arms gently, and pushed her away a little.

"That's enough." He said, "Thank you, I'm fully recovered."

"Really don't need me to sing for you for a while?" Rose seemed to be unsatisfied and asked with a smile.

"If I sing for a while, I can't do anything today. I can only go home and sleep." Jack smiled and said, "That's good. When I get off work in the evening, I will accompany you to take a walk on the beach. At that time, you can sing whatever you want, and it's good to sing to your heart's content."

Rose smiled and took two steps back, picked up the broom she had just put down, waved to him, threw a wink, turned and walked into the yard next to her.

Jack had completely cheered up. He patted his cheeks with both hands, and the light of fighting spirit revived in his eyes.

"Jack! You have to work hard!" he said to himself, "You have to achieve success and fame as soon as possible! Lady Bena only gave you twenty years! You have to seize the time!"

Looking at the direction where Rose left, he clenched his fist firmly. He encouraged himself and turned to leave.

Inside the government office, Leon - here, more people call him "Lei" - couldn't help but chuckle.

"The love story of the little mermaid and the young sailor..." He smiled and talked to himself, "They are both good people! One left the sea and became a human for love, and forced himself to get used to human work and life; the other went to study accounting for love. As a student in the enlightenment class, he actually learned better than many students in the cultural class..."

"Love, what a wonderful power!" He was still very young, and he looked only a few years older than Jack. He took a sip of the teacup like an old man and laughed.

After laughing, he took out another document, frowned, and stared at it.

This is the newly issued recruitment order of the Eagle Kingdom, stamped with the king's seal, and there is a faint magic flowing on the seal, which is undoubtedly authentic.

This recruitment order roughly says: The current war situation is urgent, and the kingdom has reached a critical moment of life and death, so it is recruiting all races other than orcs and half-orcs on the continent. All capable adventurers are welcome to join the Eagle Kingdom, and the treatment will be preferential. If the orc invasion can be repelled, everyone's military merit will be calculated three times, and the royal family will not hesitate to give money and fiefdoms.

That's basically it. As for some inflammatory words, he directly ignored them.

"The war situation has reached this point, and even adventurers are recruited?" He pondered, frowning, and felt very uneasy.

After thinking for a long time, he walked to the bookcase next to him where confidential documents were stored and pulled out a document from it.

The document was a soft animal skin, which was slowly unfolded, but there was no text on it, only a magic circle.

This is a semi-magic item that can communicate with someone far away. Compared with simple communication magic, it can provide sound and images at the same time, similar to video communication on Earth.

Of course, the value of this thing is also terribly expensive. In order to make it, a legendary magic ceremony must be held to obtain a pair of such animal skins. And this animal skin also has an extraordinary origin and must come from a legendary creature. Even if it costs so much, it can only talk for a short time at a time, and then it will lose its function and need to replenish magic power - this is the characteristic of semi-magic items.

Of course, there are also those that do not need to replenish magic power. For example, there is a crystal ball for communication in the Supreme Tower of the Secret Tower Federation, called "Enlightener". Not only is the effect much better than it, but it also comes with a variety of magic.

However, that is a semi-artifact. Not only did it cost Master Lamperus an astonishing fortune, but it was also consecrated by the Lord of Mystery himself. There is only one in the world.

Leon placed his right hand on the magic circle, hesitated for a moment, and injected magic power into it.

The lines that made up the magic circle lit up one by one, and finally the entire magic circle emitted a faint light. In the faint light, the animal skin gradually became transparent and turned into a mirror. However, the person in the mirror was not Leon himself, but an old man who was extremely old and seemed like he would die at any time.

"Leon, you are finally willing to contact me." The old man smiled and said softly, "When I sent someone to give you the communication prop, I was worried that I would not live to use it. I am very happy to receive your message alive."

Leon sighed and asked, "Is the war situation really that bad?"

"Have you seen the recruitment order? Haha, the war situation is actually worse than what it says." The old man laughed twice, but there was no worry in his words, but some gloating. "Who told Woods that bastard to kill so many descendants of the eagle? Humans are not giant eagles or griffins that can lay several eggs at a time. Even if he has been encouraging childbirth over the years, people are born, grow up, and give birth to offspring. It always takes a lot of time. "

"Your Highness, the current war situation is indeed extremely dangerous!" A boy with an ordinary face and a bit of dullness appeared in the mirror, frowning and saying, "If nothing unexpected happens, the air forces of both sides will have a decisive battle in the near future, and our army will definitely lose! Without the restraint of the air force, the orcs can throw stones all the way down, and no fortress can withstand it... Perhaps the demise of the kingdom is imminent. "

"You are...?"

"My name is Rhine, and I am the successor secretly cultivated by the high priest." The boy replied, "The high priest told me that when the news of the complete defeat of the kingdom's army comes back, let me take a few of the most important treasures and escape from the secret teleportation array to join you. "

Leon was shocked and his eyes widened: "The situation is so bad?!"

"Yes, it's almost hopeless." The old man's face appeared in the mirror again. He smiled kindly and sighed softly, "There are no flowers that never wither, no plays that never end, and no kingdoms that never perish - even the gods will fall, so what is eternal? The Eagle Kingdom has existed for too long, just like an unpopular character who refuses to leave the stage. It's time to leave."

Leon frowned deeply, listened to his narration quietly, and then asked: "In terms of high-end combat power, what is the gap?"

The old man was slightly startled and did not answer. He asked: "What do you want to do? Don't do anything stupid! The orcs brought the 'Staff of Imprisonment' this time. No matter how powerful you are, can you beat the Staff of Imprisonment? "

"If it's just the 'Staff of Imprisonment'..."

Before Leon could finish, the old man interrupted him and said sternly: "The one holding the 'Staff of Imprisonment' is an elder from the Orc Empire Temple. He is a strong man who has reached the peak of the legendary realm and may enter the immortal realm at any time!"

"...Me too." Leon smiled, full of confidence, "It's just the peak of the legendary realm, what's the big deal! I often practice with a friend who was deified not long ago."

The old man in the mirror was finally shocked, his eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"What?! Didn't you just recover from your injury and enter the legendary realm not long ago? How come you..."

"I'm a genius." Leon smiled, taking it for granted, "Don't forget, I touched the legendary door when I was only fifteen years old. Now... I'm almost fifty years old. What's so strange about reaching the peak of legend?"

"... Then you can't take risks!" The old man was surprised at first, and then became more severe, "You are the last hope for the revival of the kingdom, you must not die on this meaningless battlefield!"

"Hey, old man, you don't think highly of me? The elders in the Orc Empire Temple are almost as old as you, and they look like they can die in a gust of wind... I'm a young man, so I have a better chance of winning! As for the 'Staff of Imprisonment' and the like, I also have powerful equipment! It's just a divine weapon. My Majesty also gave me one not long ago..."

"And what about His Majesty the Beast King?" The old man ignored Leon's slander and interrupted him again.

"My uncle can't just do nothing, right?"

"What can he do?" The old man asked with a sneer, "Send a head to boost the morale of the orcs?"

"Old man, you are so old, but why are you still so poisonous..."

"I didn't think highly of that rubbish back then! He has no skill in sword practice, and his mind is full of crooked ways!" The old man bluntly scolded the King of the Eagle Kingdom, saying that he was worthless, "Bring a dog to guard the door for me, the number of times that bastard has come to my house over the years can be counted on one hand!"

"Teacher, a total of six times." The voice of the young man came from the side.

"What's so strange about having an extra finger! His Majesty has dozens of fingers!"

"That's a tentacle, not a finger."

As he spoke, the magic prop exhausted all its power, and the light gradually dimmed.

Before the light completely disappeared, Leon heard the old man's admonition.

"Remember! Don't come!"