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Chapter 511 Ionia
Xiaobai and Brook waited outside the floating city. After a while, the necromancer Nora came out and said happily:
"Master Mutated Skeleton, Your Highness Xiaofa invites you to come up!"
"Your Highness is willing to give me the map?"
"It's possible. I explained your situation to His Highness Xiaofa in detail, and he immediately asked me to take you to see him. He seems very interested in you."
"Are you interested in me?" Xiaobai asked.
"I think so. Don't worry, His Highness Xiaofa has a peaceful temperament. Even if he doesn't give you the map, he will definitely not make things difficult for you."
"Well, I'll go with you."
Xiaobai followed Nora back into the floating city and went up the escalator on the side.
"Didn't I tell him to get out?" A cold and rough voice came, and Tienan appeared in the corridor on the 5th floor again.
Tienan had just returned to his room to meditate, but he couldn't find a peaceful state of mind. For some reason, the image of the mutant skeleton kept popping up in his mind, making him uneasy. So he simply stopped meditating and walked out of the room for some fresh air, only to run into it again.
Tienan looked at Xiaobai coldly: a 7th-transformed mutant skeleton with more than 10 HP and such weak strength, why did he feel threatened?
Regardless, he disliked this nameless mutant skeleton. The humanoid puppet True Soul Taoist priest following behind him also annoyed him.
The escalator automatically stopped. Nora turned to Tienan and saluted respectfully:
"Your Excellency Tienan, we have already asked him to leave as you instructed. But His Highness Xiaofa asked me to bring him back up."
"Xiao Fa... Humph!" Tienan snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Nora saluted again, then controlled the escalator to continue rising, reaching the 5th floor, which was higher than Tienan, and finally rose to the top of the floating city.
The escalator stopped. A vast platform hall emerged, its ceiling reaching up to the dome of the floating city. The crimson light of the Red Star shone through the four crystal walls of the floating city. The light was no longer crimson, but rather filtered, becoming a soft, transparent white. Even the leaves of the massive bonsai trees surrounding the area were surprisingly green.
Oval tables and egg-shell-shaped chairs were randomly placed in the hall; there was a bar in the center of the hall, which was filled with tea and drink utensils. Several young monks sat in a circle, chatting and laughing quietly; there were also several figures in the distance, and bursts of slight roars could be heard.
Nora took Xiaobai and walked over there.
When I got closer, I found that there were two necromancers summoning skeletons. Opposite them was a short wizard wearing a purple robe and a wide hat. He was holding a staff and chanting spells silently. Suddenly, he summoned purple-black starlight out of thin air. It came down with a loud bang and smashed a skeleton warrior to pieces.
The evil little wizard Veigar is also respected by the monsters as His Highness the Little Wizard.
Nora walked more than 10 yards away and stopped, standing respectfully.
Xiaofa's skill cooled down, and he chanted again, and another summoned skeleton warrior was blasted into ashes.
The two sparring Necromancers were about to continue summoning skeletons when they heard Xiaofa say:
"Stop for a moment. Rest for a while and replenish your magic potions. We can practice again in 15 minutes."
"Yes, Your Highness!" The two necromancers bowed respectfully and walked towards the central bar.
Xiaofa turned around, looked at Xiaobai with deep eyes, and then looked at Brook.
"Your Highness, this is the mutant skeleton you want to see." Nora said.
Xiaofa nodded and said:
"Nora, Xiao Wu and the others recently mixed a new Niflheim wine. Why don't you try it and see how it tastes compared to the Skeleton Ale you usually drink?"
"Thank you, Your Highness. I'll be there right away." Nora also went to the bar.
Xiaobai looked at Xiaofa calmly. Brook, standing behind him, had a dull look in his eyes, but he had secretly prepared to activate his teleportation ring. If Xiaofa made any move to cast a spell, he would teleport away with Xiaobai.
After Nora walked away, Xiaofa said:
"May I have your name?"
"Your Highness, I don't have an official name yet. Only if I can pass the Demon Sealing Tower will I be worthy of having my own name."
"I have a friend named Soraka. She told me that she knew a 5th-turn mutant skeleton in the Warcraft battlefield. So, can you tell me, if you pass the Demon Sealing Tower, what name will you give yourself?" Xiaofa continued to ask.
"..." Xiaobai paused before saying, "I've also met Her Highness Soraka in the Warcraft battlefield. As for my name, I haven't decided on it yet."
Brook stopped Xiaobai from saying the name.
LeBlanc claimed to be Soraka's friend, but that was just his side of the story. Who knew if it was true? It was best not to admit it until Soraka could confirm it. The other party was called the Evil Mage, and that word "evil" made Brook wary.
"...Okay." Xiaofa smiled. "I can give you the map you want, but there are rules: If you can prove you have heroic-level combat power, I'll give you a detailed map of Red Star."
"Excuse me, Your Highness, how can I prove it?"
"I've received reports from the Ionian front. The Freljord orcs are gathering at the border, preparing to invade Valora. I'll send reinforcements to Ionia, and you'll come with me. If you can kill ten seventh-level monsters and three eighth-level monsters, I'll give you the map."
"What if I can kill the hero?"
"...Don't underestimate heroes, and don't underestimate Rank 8 monsters. I want to remind you that many Rank 8 monsters fail to become heroes not because of insufficient attributes or weak skills, but because they die too many times and ultimately fail to gain the recognition of the Soul Tree... You only have 109,000 HP, but it's enough to kill a Rank 8 monster above your level. The Skeleton Clan has finally produced a Rank 7 expert, so don't let him die easily."
"I understand. Thank you for your advice, Your Highness!"
"Tomorrow morning, you will gather at the gate of the floating city. Remember to prepare plenty of potions and scrolls. If the fighting on the front lines is intense, supplies will be in short supply and may not be available."
"Yes!"
"Well, go ahead. Come back to me when you complete your mission."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Xiaobai saluted respectfully and slowly backed away until he was 20 yards away. Then he turned and walked towards the escalator exit.
Nora from the bar chased after him.
"How is it? Did His Highness give you the map?" Nora asked with a smile.
"Not yet. Tomorrow I will be heading to the Ionian front. Your Highness will only give me the map if I can complete the mission."
"The task assigned by His Highness? It shouldn't be difficult, right? His Highness is very kind to everyone."
"Yes, the task is not difficult. Your Highness is very good." Xiaobai said with a smile.
Although this young master is short, he seems to be very respected by the undead.
"Why is His Highness called the Evil Little Mage?" Xiaobai asked.
"That's because before becoming a hero, His Highness was a magic researcher in the human city of Bandle. Later, he was imprisoned for hundreds of years, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise and he gained the power of dark magic. Dark magic is a taboo for humans, so humans called him the Evil Little Wizard, and this title has been used until now." Nora said.
"You mean, there are human beings on the Red Star?!" Xiaobai said in surprise.
"There used to be. But then something happened on Red Star, and almost all of humanity's main cities were destroyed. Then, Void creatures appeared, and humanity was too fragile. Under these successive attacks, humanity was completely wiped out. Ionia, the city you mentioned, was humanity's main city a long time ago, but now it's occupied by us, the undead."
"Oh~"
"Hey, let me tell you one more thing." Nora drank a little and became more talkative. "We heard that the person who imprisoned His Highness Xiaofa was actually His Excellency Tienan! Later, the human race was destroyed, and he joined our Qianjue Sect. He was favored by the leader and carefully cultivated to become a demigod. He directly sat on the third seat in our Qianjue Sect, second only to His Highness Death Song. Originally, this third position was intended for His Excellency Tienan! His strength was also close to that of a demigod, but His Highness Xiaofa got there first. That's why His Excellency Tienan has been so unhappy."
"Uh~ I see!"
"Shh~ I'm only telling you, don't go out and tell anyone else!" Nora's face was getting redder and redder. It seemed that the Niflheim wine had a strong aftereffect.
"No! This is a secret between us, I won't tell it!" Xiaobai promised.
"Hehe~ You really are a very good mutant skeleton..."
The escalator went straight down, and Tienan had already returned to the room and did not meet him again.
Arriving at the reception hall at the bottom, Xiaobai bid farewell to the two necromancers, Nora and Nord, and walked out of the floating city.
The red light in the sky had dimmed without anyone noticing, and the red star had already set in the night. Monks, skeletons, zombies, wizards, and banshees still roamed the streets, and the surrounding houses were lit up with faint blue lights.
Brooke looked around as she pondered what Nora had said.
Nora said that the human race has been completely wiped out, but she also said that the evil little wizard is a Yordle, also a human, and later joined the Kindred sect. This means that humans are not completely wiped out, and at least some powerful human heroes may still survive.
Ionia was once the capital of humanity... Okay, I'll go check it out tomorrow. I wonder what kind of monsters I'll encounter, and I wonder if I'll even encounter any surviving humans.
Go to bed early today.
Xiaobai and Brook walked towards their own Ziggurat cabin.