Magic world

ps:  Thanks to "nykfany" and "nxcx" for their tips.

"Ding ding ding..." That afternoon, a phone ring suddenly rang, waking up Ito Cheng who was comprehending the power of the rules of the main world.

But this day was five days after the last time Bartlett contacted him. During these five days, Ito Cheng not only completed the layout of the black ball system across the UK, but also completed the arrangement after the contact. On the third day, he returned to the Magic Realm and met with Betty, Ingrid and Bella, the three magic consultants he hired. After roughly telling them that he had something important to do recently, he gave them a temporary holiday. Returning to the outside world again, I wandered around the UK with a tourist mentality while waiting for Bartlett's notification with peace of mind.

"Hello." He reached out to take the phone from the side, lowered his head and casually glanced at the incoming call displayed on the screen of the phone, then with a straight face, he pressed the answer button with a serious look and put the phone to his ear.

"Tomorrow at 5:30 pm, we will meet 35 kilometers southeast of the junction of French Algeria and Spanish Morocco." Bartlett's voice was unusually serious on the phone.

"I understand." Ito Cheng nodded and said.

Afterwards, the two people had nothing to talk about and hung up the phone directly, ending the call.

"It's thirty-five kilometers southeast of the border between Algeria and Morocco... I remember that's the edge of the Sahara Desert. Could it be that the so-called temple is located in the Sahara Desert?" Ito Cheng put the phone aside casually. mused.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if he is in the Sahara Desert or not. It's better to prepare some things now to deal with those unknown dangers!" After a moment, Ito Cheng, who temporarily put aside his mindless thoughts, sighed.

Then with a thought, he summoned all the special materials bought from the Alchemy Association and the Demon Realm in front of him, and began to make them into the items he wanted one by one.

In this way, in the non-stop production, time flies into the middle of the night. After that, Ito Cheng put away all the finished items and sat cross-legged on the bed again, assuming a posture with five hearts in the sky, and began to practice and recharge his energy. So that you can be in the best condition to deal with any situation you may encounter tomorrow.

Unconsciously. The dark sky turned blue again, and the warm sunlight shone warmly on Ito Cheng's body through the hotel window.

"It's time to go." Ito Cheng, who exited the state of trance and slowly opened his eyes, softly exhaled and said to himself. Then he unfolded his body and stood up from the bed, and put the mobile phone beside him into the Rubik's Cube world to block possible signal positioning from Bartlett's side. Then he walked out of the room after a simple wash and meal. Went to the lobby on the first floor and paid for the room. When there is no one around, activate teleportation and rush to the location mentioned on the phone at high speed.

Algeria is located in Africa, close to the Mediterranean Sea, and across the sea from Spain on the European continent. Therefore, it is one of the African countries closest to the United Kingdom in terms of distance. Therefore, it didn’t take much time for Ito Shige, who was on his way using teleportation, to officially enter the territory of Algeria and appear at the nearest building to the designated location. In the town, I bought a pair of clothes with Islamic characteristics and walked to the agreed place.

It's just that the time that Ito Cheng chose was not very good. It was the hottest time of the day, so soon, Ito Cheng felt the trouble caused by traveling during this time - high temperature and hot ground. But fortunately, Ito Cheng is not an ordinary person. After he couldn't bear it anymore, he directly opened the virtual domain to make a thin film and stuck it to the skin, and then used ice-cold energy between the thin film formed by the virtual domain and the skin to cool down. Cool yourself down from the heat.

In this way, Ito Shige, who was no longer bothered by the blazing heat, arrived at the designated place Bartlett told him about one o'clock in the afternoon.

"It seems I'm early." Seeing that there was no outsider at the agreed place, Ito Cheng chuckled.

Then Itoge didn't see any movement. The golden sand at the foot of where he stood immediately moved away like running water. After a while, a pit was formed under Itoge's feet, allowing Itoge to slowly sink. Into the sand.

"This is it." When his entire body was immersed in the sand and he could no longer feel the external heat, Ito stopped controlling the sand and closed his eyes to rest and recover in the sand while waiting. The arrival of Bartlett and others.

A few hours later, a slight vibration came from the surrounding sand, waking Ito Cheng who was resting with his eyes closed.

"Here it comes." Ito Seishin said, knowing the cause of the vibration, and once again controlled the surrounding sand, slowly rising from the ground.

And the moment Ito Cheng rose from the ground, four or five large dune vehicles immediately appeared in his eyes, driving toward where Ito Cheng was standing at high speed.

"Kick, knock..." More than half a minute later, with the sound of wheels crushing sand and gravel, several large dune vehicles slowly stopped not far from Ito Cheng, followed by a man with a height of 1.8 meters. On the left and right, a young man wearing a strange combat uniform and looking like he was only in his twenties and with a Middle Eastern appearance jumped off one of the dune vehicles and walked step by step towards the man who was standing there without moving. Ito Cheng walked over.

"Are you Mr. Ito Cheng?" The young man stopped about two meters away from Ito Cheng and asked loudly.

"It's me." Ito Cheng said quietly.

"I am Lord Bartlett's subordinate. Lord Bartlett is currently on one of the dune vehicles. Please come with me." Seeing Ito Cheng's admission, the young man relaxed his tense body and said. .

"No, I can just find a car and follow him." Ito Cheng, who was always wary of Bartlett, refused. Then he kicked off his feet, making a shallow pit in the sand, and at the same time jumped onto the top of one of the large dune buggies and stood still.

The man who didn't expect Ito Cheng to come out looked at Ito Cheng and opened his mouth. In the end, he had to return to the dune buggy with a look of helplessness and reply to Bartlett. Shortly afterwards. With the slight vibration of the car body, several large dune vehicles started up again and rushed towards the endless Sahara Desert ahead.

Just when Ito Shige thought that these dune buggies would never stop on the way, the convoy stopped again on the way, and after joining the other two waves of people, it started the vehicle again and drove towards the distance. .

The convoy, which had grown in size this time, did not stop any longer. It was not until a few hours later that the entire desert was filled with a chilly air before it stopped at one place.

"Bang bang bang bang..." As the car stopped, a large number of people began to jump off the large dune vehicles, and in the blink of an eye it transformed into a team of more than thirty people. They were divided into three groups and stood on the sand.

What surprised Ito Cheng. One of these three waves of people is actually a team that combines Eastern and Western races. The few Easterners in the team are obviously martial arts or martial arts masters. They all have bright eyes, seeming to be careless, but actually looking at them with great vigilance. around.

"Sir. Lord Bartlett, please come over." At this moment. One of Bartlett's men came to Ito Cheng's side and said.

"Take me there." Ito Cheng, who had already discovered that Bartlett was staying with a few strangers, nodded and said. Then he followed the person who came to inform. Walked towards Bartlett and the stranger.

"Is this the last collaborator?" As soon as Shige Ito walked into the circle, one of the strangers had deep-set eyes and nose, and he looked very British. The middle-aged man, about thirty-five years old, frowned and said.

While the middle-aged man was talking, several other strangers also focused their attention on Ito Cheng. Among them, the man who was obviously Chinese looked at Ito Cheng with great interest. Come to think of it, he did not expect that the last collaborator was not only an Oriental, but also an Oriental as young as Yi Ming.

"Yes, even though he is so young, his strength has already reached A level. Even I had to bring him into the cooperation plan only after I failed to cause trouble for him." Bartlett said meaningfully He glanced at Ito Cheng and said.

As soon as Bartlett finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present immediately changed, and they re-examined the young collaborator with a cautious expression.

"Bartlett really didn't mean well. He obviously wanted to make me a target with his words." Ito Cheng said with a calm expression on his face as he felt the change in the atmosphere in the dojo.

"Bartlett, why don't you introduce them to me?" Ito Cheng, who was wary, looked at the strangers and said softly to Bartlett.

"Of course." Bartlett smiled, then pointed to the middle-aged man who spoke first and said, "This is Grand Knight Adam Hill of the British Knights of the Round Table."

"It's actually the Knights of the Round Table! So it seems that the two men guarding this guy named Adam are also knights of the Round Table!" Ito Cheng said secretly, feeling slightly shocked.

"This is Chen Hongde from the American Freemasonry, Mr. Chen." Bartlett moved his arm and pointed at the man who was about 1.8 meters tall and well-proportioned. He looked young and looked in his forties, with a faint look on his face. The smiling Chinese man introduced.

"Enjoy the meeting." Compared with the arrogant and indifferent Adam Hill, Chen Hongde, who maintains the concept of making money with Chinese people and not easily making enemies, said to Ito Cheng.

"Happy meeting." Ito Cheng clasped his hands and returned the greeting to Chen Hongde in Chinese. At the same time, he thought to himself, "I didn't expect to see real Freemasons here! I remember the legend said that they were the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The product of the combination of the organization and Hongmen, I don’t know how much of the characteristics of the ancients have been retained after such a long period of inheritance!”

Chen Hongde's eyes immediately lit up when he saw Ito Cheng's return gift, and a brighter smile appeared on his face. Bartlett and Adam on the side frowned slightly after seeing the performance of Ito Cheng and Chen Hongde. They didn't know what they were thinking in their hearts.

"Hey, have you started to think about it? This way, my safety will be greater." Ito Cheng, who always paid a little attention to Bartlett, immediately noticed the changes in his expression and secretly laughed. .

"Okay, now that everyone is here, we are confirming the last things." Bartlett said to everyone after seeing everyone finish the ceremony.

"Don't worry, after entering the temple, we will fully cooperate with Mr. Bartlett to complete this temple exploration. However, after the incident, your Council of Sages should not forget what we promised." Chen Hongde looked at Bartlett. said.

"Mr. Chen, you can rest assured about this. You should know that our Council of Sages has never done anything that breaks trust." Bartlett looked at Chen Hongde and smiled.

"The Council of Sages... It seems that Bartlett is a big shot in the Council of Sages. No wonder his [Dark Moon] organization is so powerful but has a low reputation. I just don't know if this Bartlett is in the Council of Sages." What kind of role do you play?" Ito Cheng thought secretly after hearing the conversation between Chen Hongde and Bartlett.

"Once you have made a promise, you will not break it. This is one of the principles of our knights." Adam, who has a proud personality, said with disdain.

"In that case, please give me the parts in your hands." Bartlett, who also knew a lot about the knight code, believed Adam's words, nodded and looked at everyone.

After hearing Bartlett's request, everyone did not object and handed over the parts in their hands to Bartlett one by one. In addition to a stick in Ito's hand, the Knights of the Round Table handed over a bead and some fragments, and the Freemasons handed over two rings, a holder and the same pile of fragments.

Bartlett, who had put all the parts into his hands, turned around, put them together with several parts and fragments taken out by his men behind him, and then activated all the parts and fragments in an unknown special way.

In an instant, a pale green light suddenly emerged from the pile of fragments and components, carrying them slowly floating in the air and gradually moving closer together. Then, the moment all the light balls came into contact, they suddenly emitted bright and dazzling light, illuminating the cold desert under the dark night sky.

After a moment, when all the light disappeared, a dark green substance with a strange shape that looked like an enlarged six-sided snowflake appeared in the air, floating under the support of an unknown force.

"Okay, now just wait for my men to arrange the altar and the opening time arrives." Bartlett reached out and grabbed the temple key in his hand and looked at everyone and smiled.

After Bartlett said it, Ito noticed that not far away, Bartlett's men were building a stepped, square pyramid without sharp corners in the desert.

"I see. No wonder this operation is led by Bartlett. It turns out that it's because they have the most information." Ito Cheng squinted his eyes and thought to himself. (To be continued...)