Chapter 87: Earth Vein Rebirth

When Gao De left Lady Misu's house, the emotions in his heart were extremely complex.

The development of things today was too far beyond his expectations, but the final outcome was good.

Regarding Lady Misu's words about the recommendation letter, he didn't say he believed them completely, but he believed them 80-90%.

Because combined with the information in his hands, Lady Misu's words indeed couldn't find any flaws.

And it was still that sentence: as long as a thing has a 50% chance of success, you can go and do it.

Otherwise, you will only miss countless opportunities.

"Alright, next, there is only one thing left: find a way to go to Saint Xi En City!" Gao De made up his mind.

He must go to this Ceris Magic Academy, no matter how difficult the journey is.

Hogen City.

City Lord's Mansion.

"Has the news been reported?" As the "top leader" of Hogen City, Viscount Xia Er had his brows locked, looking burdened with worries.

"It was reported yesterday, and it should have reached Saint Xi En City today. Now we are just waiting for them to send people to support us." The subordinate in uniform said respectfully.

Viscount Xia Er's brows relaxed slightly.

"It shouldn't be too late..." he muttered.

Just two days ago, someone finally discovered that the mana concentration in parts of Hogen City had increased sharply.

No one is a fool; perhaps they would temporarily ignore some things because of a blind spot in thinking, but once such an obvious signal was discovered, all the high-level officials reacted:

The phenomenon of earth-vein creatures and wild beasts being active outside the city for so long was highly likely a precursor to the imminent generation of a new earth vein.

"It's been so many years, and there hasn't been a new earth vein generated in the Bremen region. It wouldn't be that unlucky, would it, that it just happened to occur in Hogen?" Viscount Xia Er also lost his usual calmness and even began to pray.

If a new earth vein were generated around Hogen City, let alone Hogen City, the peace of all human cities in the entire Bremen region would be broken.

At that time, the good days would also come to an end.

Hogen City, as the human city closest to the new earth vein, would also inevitably bear the brunt.

Thinking about it, it was all a nightmare.

Just hope that the people from the Royal Capital arrive early and finish investigating the situation as soon as possible.

If a new earth vein is truly in the process of generation, the Royal Capital's army can also be dispatched in time to suppress it.

It's just that once Hogen City becomes a "bunker" on the front line of the war, his job as City Lord will also be over.

Thinking of this, the brows that had just relaxed slightly locked again immediately.

Hogen City, on the city wall.

Magic crystal lamps were shining brightly.

The sentries on duty were chatting and passing time as usual.

Not to mention a small city like Hogen City, even in Saint Xi En City, the sentries on duty didn't actually have very strong discipline.

Suddenly, an inexplicable tremor broke the sentries' most routine night watch.

"Earthquake?!" The veteran sentries reacted first.

"That can't be, Hogen has never encountered an earthquake since it was built?" Another sentry said subconsciously.

But the moment his voice fell, the trembling of the ground became more and more intense, as if an invisible giant beast was tossing in the depths of the ground.

The stone city wall began to shake, and dust began to fly.

The magic crystal lamps on the city wall also shook violently.

"What is that?!"

A more horrifying scene was happening.

The sentries on the city wall widened their eyes.

In the distance, in the wild mountains and forests hidden in the night, an extremely bright light shone from the horizon deep in the mountains and forests.

It was as if the ground had cracked open, and light was erupting from it.

"How can there be such bright light at night?" The sentries who witnessed this scene opened their mouths wide, their brains about to crash.

"Sound the alarm, sound the alarm, highest-level alarm!" The sentry guard captain roared, as if it were a thunderbolt in the summer night, directly waking up the sentries who hadn't recovered from the shock.

His face looked a bit distorted due to tension.

As a captain, he was a magic user and also came from a big family in Hogen City.

He understood that the shining light and violent vibration were not some celestial phenomenon, but the agitation of mana. It was the light from another world after the boundary between two planes disappeared.

That is earth-vein rebirth!

It is a natural disaster, a natural disaster sufficient to overturn Hogen City!

"Highest... highest-level alarm!" The sentries at the sentry post were in disbelief, but they instinctively obeyed the order for the first time, hurriedly sounding the alarm, not daring to delay time.

They immediately rang the magic spirit bell hanging on the city wall.

Accompanied by the vibration of magical energy, the thick and long bell sound instantly pierced the night sky, like a drumbeat urging life, waking up the sleeping city.

The bell sound continued, as if it would never stop.

This is the highest-level alarm, which will last for a quarter of an hour.

With the agitation of the alarm sound, in Hogen City, one light after another began to light up.

Deep in the mountains and forests.

Two different planes, in a subtle rhythm, had another corner quietly intersect.

Their edges, colliding gently, cracked open a gap.

This gap is the "earth vein" in people's mouths.

The essence of an earth vein is a strange channel connecting two worlds.

The earth vein is newly born, like the pulse of the ancient earth beating slightly, agitating waves of mana that make people's hearts palpitate.

Accompanied by this wave of mana, the scene around the earth vein seems to begin to distort.

Reality and illusion intersect.

The mana concentration in the air is increasing at an unimaginable speed.

Accompanied by the last roar, the continuous vibration like an earthquake finally stopped.

But the cessation of vibration is not the end of everything, but the beginning of everything.

In the gap, countless strange creatures poured out.

They have a common name.

"Earth-vein creatures."

These earth-vein creatures have different forms.

Some possess the wings of birds, but have the bodies of tigers and wolves;

Some are covered in thick shells, as huge as moving mountains; there are also three-armed monsters like goblins... these strange creatures, after pouring out from the earth vein, some scattered, not knowing where to hide.

More of them rushed into the dark night, and the direction was clearly where Hogen City was.

"Dog... Dog Demons! So many Dog Demons!" On the city wall of Hogen City, a sentry said in a trembling voice.

At this time, only a few minutes had passed since the highest-level alarm was issued.

One black shadow after another emerged from the forest.

The number of black shadows was increasing, increasing, and getting closer and closer to Hogen City, until they could be seen clearly by the sentries with the naked eye.

Those were wolf-shaped monsters with blue thorns and sharp long claws, shooting out disgusting flickering gazes from the shadows.

Dog Demons, one of the types of earth-vein creatures with the strongest combat power among 0-Circle earth-vein creatures.

They use claw and bite attacks and can evolve into high-level 1st Circle Dog Demons by eating humanoid creatures.

This is an extremely difficult type of earth-vein creature.

Because Dog Demons love killing, have extremely strong combat power, and prefer ambushes and raids, even magic users, if they are not careful and are targeted by Dog Demons, may die on the spot, unable to react at all.

However, the teeth, claws, and blood of Dog Demons are extremely high-quality alchemical materials and potion materials, and they are an extremely valuable type of earth-vein creature.

And now, Dog Demons, which don't like frontal combat, actually appeared in everyone's field of vision in groups.

Just visible to the naked eye, there were already two or three hundred of them, and the number was still increasing continuously.

The sentries who witnessed this scene were all numb in their scalps.

At this moment, they finally understood why the captain had them sound the highest-level alarm, which had never been used since Hogen City was built, at the first moment! For these sentries... not just sentries, for all Hogen City people, this night would be the most unforgettable night of their lives.

Although many people might not be able to survive tonight.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 88 =====