In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility.

Deep in the dark crypt.

All he could see before his eyes were densely packed scarlet eyes and the sharp rattle.

Liena's face is a little pale. She is not afraid of these rats. For ordinary spellcasters, these rats may still pose some threats.

But she is a wizard who specializes in fire magic, and is best at cleaning up this large-scale strange sea.

What really frightened Liena was that such a large number of rats reminded her of the horrific natural disaster recorded in the Imperial Library's classics - the Justinian Plague!

It is said that during the Great Plague, a large number of cities in the empire were reduced to dead cities, countless fertile farmlands and crops waiting to be harvested were abandoned, and one-third of the entire population of the empire disappeared.

In Constantinople, the most densely populated city, tens of thousands of people died every day.

In the face of the plague, no matter whether they were royal nobles living in purple houses, high-ranking bureaucrats, brave generals, or ordinary humble civilians, they were all killed without distinction.

The wooden carts loaded with corpses kept running day and night, and there was no time to transport all the corpses out of the city.

They can only be left to lie wrapped in mats in the streets and alleys, waiting to rot and be eaten by rats, mosquitoes and flies.

She was deeply impressed by an illustration in a book about the Great Plague.

On it was a ghoul with sparse green hair and shriveled skin that clung to the skeleton like a mummy. Its belly was as big as a pregnant woman.

He lay down in the pile of corpses and feasted until his belly exploded, and the meat in his stomach bag flowed all over the floor.

Ghouls, monsters that never seem to be full of food, stretched themselves to death. One can only imagine how many people died in that disaster.

Liena opened her hand, and the fireball originally used for lighting suddenly expanded, from an orange-red flame the size of a fist, to a golden fire snake, swallowing the fire snake letter and staring at the rats.

Perhaps the sudden increase in temperature irritated the mice.

squeak--

The intensive chirping of rats, accompanied by an endless swarm of rats with abscesses under their wet hair, rushed towards her like a tsunami.

boom.

The golden fire snake flew out and instantly set off boundless flames in this narrow underground world.

I do not know how long it has been.

The fire began to become smaller and gradually extinguished.

Before, the terrifying swarm of rats seemed to be able to devour all living creatures, but now all that was left was the burnt smell of fur and flesh, and the lingering smell of decay.

Liena covered her mouth and nose, frowning and looking at the dark ground where a thick layer of black ashes had accumulated. Her mood did not get much better because she knew one thing very well - the rats in the underground palace could not be killed cleanly. of.

The group here has been dealt with, but there will be more rats in invisible corners. It is impossible to clean them up without finding the source of these rats.

Anna must be notified.

She took out the double-headed eagle emblem she carried with her, brought it to her mouth, and lowered her voice and said: I need support, Anna, bring Eve and Lothar to help me immediately - I found a person who may bring down the whole world. The Catastrophe Buried by the Empire.”

She said this and was about to leave the underground palace when her steps suddenly stopped.

She held her breath, not daring to take a breath.

Listen carefully to the rustling sounds in the distance.

Is it a mouse? !

Liena's eyes widened, and she no longer cared about the mud and dirt under her feet that would splash on her clothes. She recited a magic shield spell, spread out her long legs, and ran towards the entrance of the tunnel with all her might. .

Accompanied by a loud bang.

The wall bricks cracked, and there were countless gaps in the wall above her head. From the gaps, there were countless disgusting rats covered with abscesses, trying their best to burrow in. In the blink of an eye, the cracks quickly expanded to the top of Liena's head. .

Liena gritted her teeth, and the rats that fell like raindrops hit the magic shield around her body, exploding into bloody and filthy marks.

She realized that she had done something stupid. The pyrotechnic she cast burned the bricks on the wall above her head and cracked them.

The movement attracted the neighbors of this rat group again.

She ran hard and vowed that if she could escape this time, she would learn the short-distance teleportation technique no matter what! Or go bankrupt and buy a Noble Phantasm engraved with a small teleportation array.

Damn it, even if you don't know these things, you should at least learn the levitation technique.

Liena turned back and glanced at the rats that were coming like a tide, and couldn't help but feel a trace of despair in her heart.

…

Imperial Library.

Lothar squatted by the pool that was said to lead to the Golden Horn and looked at it for a long time, but could not see Niko again. Ripples appeared on the dark and deep surface of the pool when he reached out and touched it.

What kind of sea dragon is Neeko?

I don't know, but it must be a pure-blooded sea dragon.

Anna looked at Lothar's suspicious look and said helplessly: I really don't know. There are so many dragons in the world. Many dragon species only have one or have been extinct for a long time. Sea dragons are more powerful than terrestrial dragons. Rare—you can’t expect sailors and parazoology experts to be able to describe the body and features of a black figure swimming under the water, right?”

Lothar suddenly realized.

So all sea dragons are collectively called sea dragons?

Anna nodded and said, Yes, and Nicole is still in her infancy. She will shed her skin a few times in the next few times, and her body characteristics may change even more than she does now.

Is this considered abnormal development?

Anna's words awakened Lothar's long-dormant biological knowledge.

Stop squatting there and playing in the water. Let me show you something good.

Anna took Lothar slowly from the stairs on the top floor of the library to the floor below.

She pointed to a bookshelf next to her and said: The red book with calfskin cover in the first row of the third row from the left is an illustrated book of dragon life, a masterpiece by Master Rutland. You may would be interested.”

Lothar nodded and said, Thank you.

Anna frowned and said: Although I don't know how you filter out the crazy factor in the dragon's blood and maintain your own humanity, I still have to remind you that if you are not sure, it is better not to continue in the short term. Drawn from the dragon’s blood.”

Of course he accepted this.

Lothar is actually affected by dragon blood, but the dragon blood defined by the system is much weaker than the dragon blood in this world.

Seeing that Lothar still walked straight to the bookshelf and pulled out the red-covered book, Anna could only hum.

I don't want to hear the news one day that a black dragon appears in Jerusalem and is causing trouble to the countryside. When your little king asks me to round you up, I won't refuse.

Lothar smiled and responded: No, don't worry, I'm just curious.

A complete dragon illustrated book is of course of great significance to Lothar.

Dragons are rare even if they are said to be rare, and they are not rare even if they are not rare.

He can hold the dragon blood of ten different dragon types, and now he has held six copies.

This is equivalent to six out of ten skill slots.

Next, he doesn't plan to just find some dragon creatures to make ends meet, such as Elephantosaurus, Brachyphyllosaurus and other low-level dragons that are slightly stronger than ordinary monsters. Dragons that are hunted in knight novels , often these low-level dragon beasts.

Not to mention the strongest known copper-horned fire dragon, at least some higher dragons such as Spinosaurus must be hunted.

Seeing that Lothar was watching intently, Anna smiled and was about to turn around and go downstairs when she suddenly felt a burning sensation coming from the double-headed eagle emblem hanging on her chest.

She picked up the crest and immediately recognized it as Liena contacting her.

Is this guy planning to throw the blame on me because he was too disgusting on the way to clean up the ghouls?

Anna quickly connected to the communication, and her face turned pale with the rapid sound of transmission inside.

Losa, I need your help with something.

Lothar said without hesitation: No problem.

Seeing Anna's expression changed, he immediately closed the book and put it back to its original position.

Is it urgent?

It's urgent.

Then what are you waiting for? Let's set off immediately.

Anna opened her mouth, but did not say any words of thanks, but just held Lothar's hand.

Empty your mind and stop thinking randomly. Next, I have to use the teleportation array in the Imperial Library. The process may be a little uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it.

As a flash of white light suddenly appeared, the two people had disappeared.

In the corner of the library.

Eve was engrossed in reading a book about spell models when a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and grabbed her arm.

Eh?

The disheveled witch only had time to utter a cry of surprise before her figure suddenly disappeared.

Only an open spell book was left, which fell to the ground with a thud.