Chapter 429 Festival (7)
Author: Incomprehensible thoughts
Chapter 429 Festival (7)
"Let's go."
Mars looked at the center of the stone island, urged everyone, and opened the way in front.
Nissos looked at the back of him walking alone in front and sighed, but he could only follow.
Now he has no choice. Mars has always taken the lead. This guy is really ready to risk his life this time to stop Frisius. He can't find any reason to refuse.
The island was not that big. They moved along the man-made path and gradually approached the center of the island.
You can see towering trees along the way. The vegetation here is extremely lush and lush, and the dark green tree shadows look like green clouds in mid-air.
This kind of tree looks very much like a cypress. It is tall and the lines on the trunk are twisted like dragons and snakes. However, the cypress should not be so tall. It is difficult to judge its height when looking up from under the tree. It may be close to 100 meters.
This height is similar to that of a redwood, and it must be the old redwood "Hyperion" known as the tallest tree in the world.
Sometimes there are stone carvings on the roadside. The carving skills are very exquisite. Some are like lions with wings, some are horses with double feathers on their backs, and some elves with thin wings and pointed ears. They are all exquisite.
Moreover, the shape is very elegant, and some people would believe it if it was said to be a contemporary work of art.
Chu Zihang remembered that Norns once boasted to him that she was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was barely a master in carving. There was nothing in the world that she was not good at, and even a talented woman was undervalued.
Mars seemed to be very interested in these stone carvings. Seeing that Nissus was about to take action directly, he stopped him.
"What do you want to do?" Mars said sternly.
"Just for a look..." Nissos said a little aggrieved.
"Are you an idiot?" Mars scolded, "Were you always distracted in your previous alchemy classes? Can't you see the alchemical patterns hidden on these stone carvings?"
Nissos was stunned for a moment, and then he discovered the alchemical patterns hidden in the undulating lines of the stone carvings, and his expression changed.
The person who carved the stone carving was so insidious that he actually hid the alchemical patterns in the carved lines, almost hiding it from even his discerning eyes.
Chu Zihang on the side was a little strange, did the Dragon Clan also want to learn alchemy?
"It's a very strange alchemy pattern. I've never seen it before. It doesn't seem to belong to the inheritance of the Dragon Clan." Xia Mi knelt down and looked at it for a long time before saying, "We should bring Norton over this time. His attainments in alchemy are already overtaking."
On to Hephitus."
When Norton was mentioned, Mars' face became a little ugly.
Chu Zihang suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask Xia Mi if it was Mars who competed with Norton for the King of Bronze and Fire.
However, when he thought about it, he felt that the possibility was unlikely, because the Presbyterian Church represented by Mars obviously did not deal with Frixis.
It must be a false rumor?
Mars said lightly: "Although there are differences, they are similar. These are warning lines, and they will be triggered when touched."
"Don't move around." After saying that, he glanced at Nissos warningly.
They continued to move forward, and a white altar-like building loomed in front of them, a bit like Stonehenge in England. Long, translucent things were hung on the stone beams, as if they were hung by ancient monarchs or ladies to cover their faces when traveling.
Veil.
When they stepped into it, they discovered that it was just a Stonehenge, many times larger than the Stonehenge in England.
There is nothing in Stonehenge except for the "gauze curtains" hanging in random directions on the stone beams. The shape of the gauze curtains is a bit strange, like a long bag made of yarn. When stretched out, it is about the size of two people hugging each other.
It is thick and about tens of meters long. Such a bag is obviously not used as a shelter, but why should such a huge bag be packed?
Nissos subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch what looked like a gauze curtain, but he stopped in the face of Mars' expressionless eyes.
Chu Zihang stretched out his hand and touched the "gauze curtain", his expression changed slightly and said: "It's a little sticky. Is this a snake slough?"
At this time, a "rustling" sound came from the giant cypress trees surrounding Stonehenge, and the huge black shadows hidden in the shade of the trees woke up. They circled the cypress trees and swam downwards, like premature dragons.
Those are huge snakes. They are not eye-catching when they are coiled around the dragon cypress trees, because the dragon cypress trees are too tall, and the snakes are dark green, similar to a protective color.
But when they moved, their huge bodies appeared, and the surrounding area of Stonehenge was filled with the rustle of scales and tree trunks.
The smallest of them is more than ten meters long, and the largest individual is more than thirty or forty meters long. Its belly is as white as snow and its back is covered with dark green brocade-like scales. It is a bit like anacondas living in the Amazon jungle, but anacondas cannot grow this long.
Big, humans once captured an 11.5-meter-long anaconda, which was already the king of anacondas.
The appearance of these giant snakes did not cause panic. Everyone, including the crew, looked at the giant snakes with indifferent eyes and implicit disdain.
In their eyes, no matter how big these things are, they are still pets that can be slaughtered by others without any ability to resist.
The group of snakes did not surround me, but scattered in all directions after coming down from the cypress tree. They seemed to be a little afraid of strangers.
Their huge bodies rolled over the grass, like giant stone rollers pushing through them. The grass blades fell down, leaving wavy lines. Some of them meandered up the mountain road to explore the path for them.
Mars looked at these giant snakes running away and said with deep meaning: "These creatures have strong vitality accumulated in their bodies and are excellent food."
Nissos licked his lips, "Have these things broken away from their genetic shackles?"
Normally, snakes cannot grow so big. Although their cells never stop dividing and can in principle grow to infinity, they do not have a lifespan that matches it and cannot live until that time.
"In the popular Celtic mythology, Avalon is an island of immortality, where time does not pass and nothing will die." Mars said, "You can understand this part as Odin
A variant of Norse mythology, it can also be understood as the notes left by Arthur."
"Time will not pass here?" Nissos glanced at his watch. The second hand had stopped working long ago. He exclaimed, "Where is this place? Even time zero only slows down time!"
Mars sighed: "Your watch stopped moving because there is an extremely strong magnetic field here. Whether the passage of time is stopped here remains to be confirmed."
"Oh oh oh..."
"But this place is indeed very special." Mars said in a deep voice, and he looked around, "This Stonehenge seems to be an alchemy circle, but even I can't see its function."
This kind of island is too mysterious in their eyes. It was here that Odin once gained the power to reach the supreme level.
This Nibelung is also the most special one they have ever seen, everything seems ordinary yet strange.
Frisis has already broken into this place first. This stone island is only so big, but now it is calm and there is no abnormal sound, which makes people feel murmuring in their hearts.
Chu Zihang took off the holy sword from his back. The scabbard kept conveying joy, which made him confirm that this was indeed Avalon.
Xia Mi walked around the huge Stonehenge, but found nothing. Her attainments in alchemy were indeed average. Even Mars couldn't see it, so it was even harder for her to see it.
After thinking hard to no avail, they could only continue on their way.
They walked along the winding mountain road, climbing up the stairs.
The steps are dug directly into the rock. The surface is rough but flat, clean and dust-free, and very comfortable to walk on.
Soon, they arrived at the first cave along the road.
After seeing the things in the cave, Mars' eyes became deeper and deeper.
It was a coffin, a coffin made entirely of gold, with vine-like patterns carved all over its body, as if it were wrapped in an ancient golden tree.
It is so simple and solemn, yet extremely luxurious, but it is bound by two arm-thick iron hoops at the head and tail of the coffin.
Each iron hoop is connected to four thick iron chains, and the iron drills at the ends of the iron chains are deeply inserted into the rock.
The noble and luxurious coffin is also a prison.
"It seems... the Hall of Valor that Odin wanted to build back then was recreated here by Loki." Mars whispered.
When he heard the Hall of Valor, Nissus's expression changed. Of course he knew the so-called Hall of Valor. This was Odin. No, he should be called Loki now.
Over the years, believers who have believed in Loki have been receiving his will to act in the world. Loki relies on and relies on to intervene in the world, which is the Hall of Valor.
It is true that he cannot leave this stone island, but his "heroic spirits" can travel freely.
Over the years, what the Presbyterian Church has been afraid of is Loki's clone holding the pseudo-Kungunir.
"Open him." Mars narrowed his eyes and looked at the coffin for a long time, then suddenly said.
The crew members at the rear hurriedly stepped forward and divided the work. Some people pulled out the iron drill inserted into the rock and tried to push the coffin lid open, but they couldn't push it even though they were blushing.
Nissos's face was a little confused. After all, he was his younger brother.
How many third-generation species can't even open a coffin door?
"Get out of the way." He couldn't drive anymore, so he shouted lowly, put his hands on the corner of the coffin lid, and pushed open the originally sealed golden coffin lid...
Seeing the empty scene in the coffin, Nissos was stunned for a long time. It was actually empty?
"Let's go, keep going." Mars sneered, "There is definitely more than one coffin here, I don't believe it's all empty."
They followed the steps to higher levels, encountering dozens of caves along the way.
The island is surrounded by a curved mountain wall with only one gap, and the pier is built at the gap. This geological structure looks like a natural formation, but it is too regular and looks like an ancient Roman fighting beast with a corner collapsed.
However, on the mountain wall where the nobles' seats were supposed to be placed, there are caves one after another, neatly dug out.
In each cave is a coffin, coffins of different textures, some carved from a single piece of granite, some made of black iron, and some made of precious metals such as gold and silver. Each one is a priceless treasure.
The tools were all tied up with iron hoops, and then locked in the cave with iron chains.
Some of the coffins are so big that a baby elephant can fit inside them, while the smaller ones can only hold the bones of a baby.
Nissos served as a full-time coffin pusher, constantly opening empty coffins one after another.
After walking through the mountainside, they walked into a cave again, only to find that the coffin was actually open!
Inside the coffin was a fragment that looked like human skin, and the contents inside were missing.
Mars stretched out his hand to touch the broken body and sneered: "Frisis is indeed here, let's go. If I guessed correctly, Frisis and Loki are already facing each other."
"Are you saying that Loki summoned all the heroic spirits to fight against Frixis?"
"Heroic spirits?" Mars glanced at the crippled body with disgust, "The Hall of Valor formed by Odin back then can still be called heroic spirits. They are all brave and good at fighting, and are not afraid of life and death. But the puppet army created by Loki,
What qualifications do you have to be called a heroic spirit?"
Chu Zihang suddenly said: "What is the principle of Loki's puppet army?"
"There are two types, either the royal blood among the descendants of the Black King, or the hybrid that has embarked on the road to becoming a god, that is, a hybrid that has independently transformed into a pure blood."
Chu Zihang took a deep breath and trembled slightly: "Puppet, is it possible to recover?"
Mars looked at him strangely, shook his head and said: "Basically not, the puppet's main consciousness has been cleaned up, because Loki wants to ensure absolute control."
Chu Zihang remained silent and did not continue to ask.
They continued walking up and looked at all the coffins, and finally they reached the highest point of the mountain wall.
Looking out, the sea water is constantly undulating, the sky is always the same color, and the surroundings are always half-dark, like morning and evening. Looking back at the center of the island, I don’t know when the curling fog has annihilated Stonehenge.
Even the towering dragon cypress trees only have their tops exposed to the fog.
Everything is between reality and illusion. Standing here is like reaching the end of the world.
Mars stared intently at the Stonehenge below that was gradually disappearing in the mist, and suddenly sneered: "I see, what a cover-up!"
Everyone looked at him, waiting for an answer.
They had arrived at the top of the stone island, and found strange cave coffins along the way. Some of them had been opened, and the puppets lying in them had run out. But not only did they not see any puppets along the way, they also
Even Frisis, who broke in first, didn't even see it!
They couldn't help but suspect that there was another gateway to a mysterious place on this island. This might just be a transit point, and the real battlefield was somewhere else.
"Go back to Stonehenge! Hurry, we will be lost on the island when the fog completely covers it!"
Mars shouted sharply and ran down the forest path first.
"This island has two sides, one side of life and one side of death. Someone opened Stonehenge before we came in, and the world was divided into black and white. We are now on one side, and Frixis and Loki must be on the other side.
The formation is the key and the passage!”
Mars gave a brief explanation on the way, plunged into the mist at the foot of the mountain, and rushed towards Stonehenge.
Chu Zihang and others followed closely behind. The moment they passed through Stonehenge, the familiar feeling of crossing the sea and entering Avalon came over again.
They passed through a certain barrier, and the fog in front of them disappeared instantly, and what appeared in front of them was a piece of scorched earth!
There was no life on the dark land, and the sky was blood red, not the blood color of the setting sun at twilight, but as red as blood.
They suddenly looked back and saw that there were no lush green mountains anywhere, only a charred stone mountain remained.
Under the dark blue wind cloak, the god riding on the eight-legged horse raised the spear of destiny high and shot a winning shot at the black dragon in the sky!
(End of chapter)
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