When Duanmu Huai opened his eyes again, what appeared in front of him was a huge, circular castle-like building. It was located on a small island, connected to the outside world by a long bridge, and Duanmu Huai was standing on it at the moment.

The end of the bridge.

Is this Manalia Magic Academy?

Looking at the castle in front of him, Duanmu Huai sighed, then he stretched out his hand and quickly summoned Ogis and Lorena. The reason for summoning Ogis was simple. After all, Ogis was his companion.

Lorena's identity is a bit complicated. In addition to being Duanmu Huai's companion, she is also a representative of the Holy City. After all, when investigating the news about Manalia in the Holy City, the Archbishop once commissioned Duanmu Huai and

Lorena communicated with Manalia on behalf of the Holy City, and Duanmu Huai had no objection to this.

After all, if this fragment of the world is in his hands, then Duanmu Huai will definitely integrate it with the Holy City, and then the two parties will naturally have contact with each other.

"Owner."

"Lord Knight, have you found it?"

"Yes."

Hearing Lorena's question, Duanmu Huai nodded.

"This should be Manalia Magic Academy."

"This is it...it looks very beautiful..."

Lorena also looked at the castle in front of her and couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Duanmuhuai tidied up, then strode across the bridge and towards the gate, while Ogis and Lorena followed behind him.

Duanmu Huai originally thought that someone would come out to stop him, but what he didn't expect was that there were no guards at the gate, no concierge, or even the kind of magic barrier that appeared in many novels to prevent outsiders from entering. They just

It was so easy to enter the academy.

The whole school was quiet. From the occasional sounds in the distance, it could be heard that it was probably class time. However... this situation was somewhat beyond Duanmu Huai's expectation.

"Lord Knight, what should we do now?"

"Well... let's find a student, ask about the situation, and then explain our identities."

Duanmuhuai also carried a letter from the Archbishop of the Holy City, so he was not worried that his identity would be suspected, so everyone walked towards the castle in front of them. As Duanmuhuai walked, he was also thinking about what he had seen before.

Sub-scene. Although it only lasted less than a minute at the time, it was obvious that the scene described the scene where the legendary Princess Manalia led the army to fight against the dragons.

But... the result seems to be different from the fairy tale.

And that voice...

Duanmu Huai raised his head and stared at the system in front of him. The task clearly appeared on it.

[Activate the fragment mission "Saving Manalia"]

[Mission goal: Save Manalia]

[This world is shrouded in the shadow of darkness, repeating endless torture in pain and despair. End it all and open up a new future]

"Wow! So awesome!

"

Just when Duanmuhuai was thinking, suddenly, a cheerful and energetic voice sounded, interrupting his thoughts. Duanmuhuai lowered his head and saw in front of him, a brown-haired girl wearing a college uniform was excitedly

Standing in front of him, he curiously looked at Duanmu Huai in front of him, and reached out his hand to pat his body.

"What a powerful steel golem! So big! So majestic!

Who designed this?!"

While talking, the brown-haired girl looked at Duanmuhuai excitedly.

"Well...this armor is well made, it doesn't look like ordinary alchemy technology, and that..."

"Miss, I am not a golem."

Seeing that the other party was about to touch her, Duanmu Huai had to cough and interrupted her speech.

"Why?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the girl was stunned for a moment, then she stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and backed away with her hands behind her back.

"Ah, ah hahaha, I didn't expect there was a person inside, it really scared me...Hahahaha..."

As she spoke, the girl looked at Duanmuhuai curiously.

"But are there really people inside? Are you lying to me? I want to see your face."

"sure."

Duanmuhuai sighed helplessly, then took off his helmet.

"That's it."

"Wow……………"

However, to Duanmu Huai's surprise, after seeing her face, the girl in front of her neither fainted from fear nor screamed and ran away. On the contrary, she stared at him with her eyes wide open in surprise.

"You are so... amazing!"

"???"

What adjective is this?

"Then...this lady..."

In any case, the girl in front of him seemed to be able to communicate, so Duanmuhuai opened his mouth to explain the situation to her. However, at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed past and rushed towards them.

"Scoundrel! Get away from Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Duanmu Huai looked up and saw a flash of sword light, heading directly towards him. And he immediately raised his war hammer and swung it hard at the sword light in front of him!

"clang!

"

With the sound of fighting, the sword light was directly smashed away, and then a man rolled to the ground and blocked the girl.

"Your Highness, please step back! This man is very dangerous!"

How should I put it, this is the familiar unfolding of Duanmu Huai.

"What are you talking about, Owen."

Facing the man's advice, the brown-haired girl seemed a little dissatisfied.

"He just talked to me, he didn't do anything bad!"

"but……………"

Seeing that the two were arguing, Duanmu Huai also coughed and interrupted their conversation.

"Sorry to bother you, we are envoys from the Holy City. We came here because we want to have friendly exchanges with Manalia Magic Academy... If possible, can you introduce us to the relevant person in charge of the academy?"

"Huh? A messenger from the Holy City?"

Hearing this, the girl and the man who looked like a guard were both shocked.

"That's right."

Duanmu Huai nodded, and then motioned for Lorena to come out. The latter carefully walked out from behind Duanmu Huai and bowed respectfully to everyone.

"Hello everyone, this is the first time we meet. I am Lorena, the missionary priest of the Holy Church..."

Compared to Duanmu Huai, who was wearing a fierce armor, Lorena, who was wearing a white priest's robe, was obviously more approachable. Seeing her appearance, the two of them were also surprised.

"Ah, really, Owen, I just told you not to do anything casually. What do you think you should do now?"

"Ugh...I'm so sorry..."

Facing the brown-haired girl's rebuke, the man named Owen put away his sword in frustration. The brown-haired girl also stepped forward, lifted up her skirt, and saluted Duanmu Huai and the others.

"First meeting, messenger from the Holy City, I am Princess An of Manalia. I was rude before. I'm really sorry. Please don't take it to heart."

"Hey? Your Highness, Princess?"

I have to say that Duanmu Huai and Lorena were both surprised when they heard the self-introduction of the brown-haired girl in front of them. After all, they did not expect that they could meet the princess of this country by just looking for someone.

.

In any case, with Her Royal Highness the Princess leading the way, the group's next trip will be much smoother. Soon, under the leadership of An, everyone arrived at the dean's office of Manalia Magic Academy and met with the people here.

The principal communicated. Although the old man was initially shocked by Duanmu Huai's terrifying armor, they still welcomed the envoys from the Holy City to conduct academic exchanges with them.

Duanmu Huai also hopes to learn some magic knowledge in the magic academy - this is not important. What is important is that once he learns and obtains this magic knowledge, he can convert it into soul cards for use. For those who lack

For Duanmu Huai who uses magic fighting methods, this is quite necessary.

Of course, Duanmu Huai was not empty-handed. In order to express his sincerity, he also got some [Mechanical Soldiers] and [Creations] from Sky City and gave them to Manalia Magic Academy as gifts.

Duanmu Huai has discovered that among the world fragments he holds, [Ghost Mansion] should be a product of this era, [Doll Room], [Holy City] and [Manalia Magic Academy] should be from the top.

The existence of this era, and [Sky City] is earlier than them, and it belongs to the stage of prehistoric civilization.

In other words, there have been recorded civilizations on this planet alone, probably at least three times including this time.
To be continued...