Chapter 2980: Winter Fortress Destroyed

The Asa people, who have been oppressed by the Winter Fort for many years, are of course happy to see their old enemies fall away. However, at the same time, people can't help being panicked by the clouds and mists hidden behind this cataclysm, generating many ominous speculations.
Was the winter castle destroyed by a natural avalanche, or did Trim offend a certain deity and lay down a divine punishment to flatten his lair of evil?
For a long time after that, the Asa people had different opinions on the mystery of the destruction of Winterhold, and the truth was difficult to tell.
Although no single speculation has been widely accepted, people have reason to believe that the demise of Winterhold can only be attributed to natural disasters or divine punishment. In addition, people can't think of how powerful they can be overnight. Uprooted the huge and intertwined forces of Winter Fort, and killed them cleanly, without leaving a lot of chickens and dogs.
Such power is no longer a realm that mortals can reach!
People who really understand the truth about the destruction of Winterhold, such as "Iron Rose of Stone Pillar Town" Slud, laughed at the above-mentioned rumors that became more and more wicked, and did not bother to clarify the facts to those with poor imagination.
As long as Qiao An has not been enshrined and still maintains his identity as a mortal, then the "mortal power" will be raised to the upper limit due to his existence, so high that it far exceeds the imagination of other mortals, so that people would rather treat Qiao An What he did was imposed on a certain fantasy deity, which seemed more reasonable.
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Slude didn't bother to announce the truth about the destruction of Winterhold, and Qiao Ann certainly didn't care how people judged that he ran an ant named Trim to death.
After destroying the winter castle, he threw the matter out of his mind and ordered the Adamantite Colossus to transform into a castle form, return to his study, and re-indulge in the joy of studying legendary magic.
Time flies, and two weeks have passed in a blink of an eye. By mid-February 1628, Qiao Ann had mastered all the 30 legendary magics copied from the Dragon Book.
In the next time, Qiao An intends to develop the legendary version by himself based on the conventional magic of the 0-9th ring.
This project is too complicated and takes too much time and energy. Qiao An is not eager to achieve success. He spends some time with his relatives and friends in Cloud City every day, especially instructing his adopted daughter Inanna's arcane practice.
Inanna's arcane talent is very good, coupled with hard work, has now been promoted to the 5th mage, the mythical rank has also been promoted to the 6th, and a newly awakened mythical ability of the same type as Qiao'an, "Sage's Proof" ", get 13 additional "mythical powers" every day.
Seeing her daughter growing up, Qiao Ann was very pleased. He gave the "Legend Gorgeous Belt" seized from Trim to Inanna. He also planned to help her modify the magic bracelet. The "high mana" attached to the bracelet Enhance", upgrade to "Legendary Mana Enhancement".
On this afternoon, Qiao An received an unexpected letter.
The sender is Metatron, the spiritual princess of Oedis, and the recipient is the stand-in created by Qiao'an with the "superior clone technique"—the Ordinary of Oedis, the Ordinary "Faster" Nos. for.
Last fall, the beholders rushed into Odes with vengeful anger and made a big disturbance, destroying many buildings, including the "Saul Laboratory."
At that time, Qiao An fished in troubled waters, sneaked into Saul's laboratory during the war, and assassinated Dr. Saul and his assistants. After that, the technical information on the artificial synthesis of "Speaking Ball" fell into Metatron's hands.
Metatron spent a period of time, but recently he was about to move around, planning to use the information at hand to fulfill Dr. Saul’s unfulfilled wish during his lifetime, synthesize the legendary weird "Ball of Talking" and put it on Udi, the "Magic Eye Nest". North.
What is the picture for doing this?
Just for fun.
Yes, the happiness of the Devil is so simple, always based on the suffering of others.
In this letter, Metatron explained his prank to her "closest friend" Gnosti, and invited Noss to join the group to help her kidnap four living beholders from Udinos for synthesis. "The Ball of Talking".
Although Qiao An has left Udinese, after all, he still has some old feelings for the beholder family, especially Prime Minister Saoirsa. Moreover, he is not a real heart-catcher, and there is no such thing as abusing it for no reason. He was very dissatisfied with Metatron's plan, so he replied and declined the invitation of the princess to retreat.
Not long after, Metatron wrote back complaining that he was too indifferent to him, and also said that even if the Gnostic brothers did not participate, she would try to get the big project of synthesizing the "babble of speech" on her own. !
Qiao Ann tasted the resentment that Metatron showed in his reply, and was quite disturbed.
He was not afraid to offend Metatron. In fact, based on his knowledge of Metatron, the complaints that Princess Ling Su wrote in the letter were mostly anger, and he didn't really want to turn his face away from him.
The character of the "spirit princess" Metatron is really like a spoiled little princess in some respects. She is very willful. She wants to do things that are difficult to stop.
Qiao Ann had to worry that Metatron would venture into Udinese to kidnap the beholder in order to collect the materials to synthesize the "Ball of Talking".
If Metatron does this, it is likely to trigger a new round of full-scale conflict between the two underground forces of Oedis and Udinese.
In a reply to Metatron, Joan warned her not to go too far and not to involve her compatriots in an unnecessary dispute.
The next morning, Joan received a letter from Metatron. Ling Su princess has a surprisingly well-behaved attitude, promising not to cause big trouble, and pretending to be a mysterious expression that she has found a new partner and is sure to synthesize a "ball of talk" in a short time.
Metatron deliberately didn't say who her partner was. Qiao Ann suspected that she was trying to lose her appetite, and waited for her reply to ask.
In normal times, Qiao An doesn’t mind letting her fulfill her wish. However, this time just happens to be busy again. There are several legendary magic research and development plans that need to be advanced simultaneously, and she can’t care about playing the "play house" game with Metatron. Do not reply again.
Regardless of what Metatron and her allies have planned, if they want to synthesize the "Ball of Talking", they must try to capture four adult beholders as materials. This level cannot be bypassed.
So who is Metatron's target?
Qiao An didn't have a clue for the time being, and didn't bother to inquire.
Frankly speaking, as long as it wasn't for Saoirsa, perhaps he could also add Slaoja and Rashnu who had worked with him, and Qiaoan didn't care about the life and death of other beholder nobles.
He and Inanna have left Udinese, and don’t want to worry about the beholders. Anyway, Ishtar and Saoirsa are sitting there. Even if Metatron is tossing hard, he can’t make a big mess if he wants to. .
But this time he miscalculated.