"..."
"What? Don't you recognize your old friend?"
"..."
"Still as silent as ever, Shirley's successor... From this point of view, you are somewhat similar to the girl on the snow-capped mountains."
The hoarse old man's voice continued to slowly come out from the thatched hut, passing by Xue Ling Huan Bing again and again. In conjunction with the black breath that never stopped flowing in the darkness behind the wooden door, the scene was like a whimpering hell.
Once it moved in front of them. Duan Qing, who was still lying on the roadside, never stopped breathing, but his eyes kept scanning around the deserted streets until the people in the thatched house also lost their thoughts.
When he wanted to continue speaking, he held his chest and gradually stood up: "It's... Kangwena, right? The one who once appeared in the Emerald Forest..."
"Finally, someone remembers my name, cough, cough, cough..." The old man's voice began to cough, but there was a hint of smile in his tone: "Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye... what happened at the Emerald Tower
It’s been six months.”
"I didn't expect that we would have a chance to meet again." Duan Qing slowly walked behind Xue Ling Huan Bing, and made a gesture of no harm to the other party who turned around: "Although according to their respective purposes, this side
Sooner or later we will see you..."
"This is the arrangement of fate." The old voice belonging to Kangweina then sounded: "Fate will eventually guide you to the place where Taurus is working, and at the same time, it will also deliver the survivors of that day to me... Although I really want to
I’d like to catch up with you little guys, but you probably don’t have that intention yourself, right?”
"I admit that you are a strong opponent, but we will not give up easily." Duan Qing shook his head: "Just like the Emerald Forest at the beginning... we never gave up."
"Hehehehe..."
The hollow and hoarse laughter once again echoed in the seemingly small thatched house, and at the same time, there was an increasingly fierce surge of sound as the black energy flow overflowed the door: "Those few people in the past
The little adventurer has finally grown up and actually has the courage to face me..."
"Adventurers are all greedy. As long as you drop equipment...well, no, as long as you continue to destroy the peace of the Free Continent, we will always appear in front of you."
Finally calming down his breathing, Duan Qing put on a righteous posture: "We will stop you, just like we did in Tania before."
"Hmph, hehehe... very good."
The old man's voice, which had always been coughing, finally paused, and then he chuckled again: "Then let's see if you have the ability to come close to me. The old and new hatred between you and the Restorationists..."
"I will make an end here with my own hands."
"Ha, I wish I could have asked for it! If someone can let us in in advance..."
boom!
The loud sound of closing the door suddenly echoed in the empty street. It was the sound made when the wooden door belonging to the thatched house was slammed shut by the black airflow.
Duan Qing, who looked dull, said next to him: "Are you okay?"
"This guy doesn't play by the rules." Duan Qing stared at the wooden door in front of him for a while, and then showed a wry smile: "I didn't even let anyone finish the declaration of war... Ah, it's okay, why did you come here?
Already?"
"I came here according to what you reminded me before." Xue Ling Huan Bing replied a little cautiously: "According to what you said before, there are only so many directions where the restorationists have not started the ceremony. I wanted to come and help.
I was busy for a while, but I didn’t expect..."
"It's okay, I just got slashed with a sword."
Seeing the apologetic face of the other party, Duan Qing waved his hand half-jokingly: "When I was playing the game Gunslinger, wasn't it that I was often shot in the head by friendly fire? Now I'm not being sent back to my hometown.
I'm already very lucky... Uh, did I say something wrong? Can you be a little happier? Although I'm not good at comforting people, now is not the time to be downcast. As the goddess of ice and snow, take out your
Come out, otherwise you won't be able to defeat that old monster-level BOSS after you go in for a while..."
"That guy..."
It seemed that he had hit the point, and Xue Ling Huan Bing's expression finally returned to its normal state: "Is he an opponent who can rival the water mage Christine?"
"Maybe we are opponents who can rival those sisters." Duan Qing said with a wry smile: "Be mentally prepared. The possibility of failure in this battle is very high. What we can probably do is rush in and see what happens.
, and then bring back the information and intelligence about this ritual..."
"……I see."
"The other party has closed the main entrance, but we can also choose to break in from other places. Even if it is a last resort, this tribe's thatched house does not look very strong. It is okay to just find a broken wall and smash it in. The problem is that the other party
position... Since the guy who has been clamoring for a long time still doesn't want to conflict with us, it means that they still focus on the initiation ceremony. What they said for a long time before is actually just delaying time... Hey, hey, what are you doing?
"
boom!
The snow-white sword energy cut through the surface of the wooden door as Xue Ling Huan Bing shouted, splitting the agitating door into debris all over the sky. The black energy with the whistling wind then smashed those debris.
It was brought to the extremely dark sky, and at the same time, the main entrance of the thatched house was completely exposed. The frost-covered Xue Ling Huan Bing showed no sign of timidity at all. He took two steps forward and then blocked the front entrance.
She glanced at a certain tribal totem hanging on the top of the thatched roof, then ignored Duan Qing's continuous analysis and walked towards the dark room: "In that case... let's save some time."
"I'm in charge of the front line. You can rush in and take a look."
"Hey, hey, don't make decisions without authorization." Duan Qing, who was behind him, rushed forward: "And..."
clang--
The sound of hollow metal collision suddenly sounded in the darkness inside the door, and then spread to the distance as the extremely quick-reacting Snow Spirit Huanbing raised his sword to block the attack in the darkness, and ice-blue energy then lit up in the darkness.
After a moment, he used the sudden flash of ice sword energy to push back the enemy in front of Xueling Huanbing: "Who is it?"
"So Convina is not the only one here..."
The voice belonging to Duan Qing then crossed her side, and the black dagger with red light stabbed in a certain direction in the dark room: "You should also have some impression, that black man who has been protecting the old man.
The Swordsman in Clothes..."
boom!
The black figure appeared for a moment as Duan Qing sprinted forward, and then separated to the two sides again. Duan Qing, who was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of strength, also hit the stone wall as a result of the confrontation and slowly slid down.
He came down and said, "Ahem... I was knocked out by this guy just now..."
"..."
The beautiful face was frozen into a piece of ice again, and Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice took another step forward. The ice blue sword in his hand then turned into a snow-colored wave, rushing towards the darkness inside the passage, formed by the sword energy.
The attack then flooded most of the area in the house, and even the dark energy that was constantly raging in it seemed to have become a bit colder. However, before the wave of ice and snow completely dissipated, the swordsman in black
The unscathed figure had already appeared in front of the two people: "It is actually able to turn the sword energy into ice and snow... What an amazing attack."
"...You go first, I will deal with this guy." Ignoring the other party's words, Xue Ling Huan Bing took off his hood and said without looking back: "In ten minutes... we will meet at the tavern."
"What an unlucky meeting point." Duan Qing, who was smiling lowly, then rushed out of the shadow behind the snow spirit fantasy ice, and then raised his sword to block the attack of the black-clothed swordsman who came again: "But it's very consistent.
Actually, I like it.”
"I told you that your opponent is me!"
The sword energy of ice and snow was like ice thorns that had just been frozen by the cold wind, condensing one after another around the black-clothed swordsman, and then flew out in the direction Duan Qing was running with an extremely tough posture: "
If you underestimate me...the consequences will be disastrous!"
"……interesting."
Looking at Duan Qing who was running away after the thorn of frost, the swordsman in black finally stopped, and then passed a smiling voice to Xue Ling Huan Bing's ears: "Although Sir
My order is to protect, but the opportunity is rare..."
"..."
It seemed that he had achieved his goal. Xueling Huanbing, who stopped talking, began to concentrate all his energy. The long black hair that was scattered behind him also began to show signs of floating up, and his face was difficult to see clearly.
The black-clothed swordsman then disappeared again, and his figure gradually disappeared into the dark room where energy surged. The iceberg woman who looked around for a while seemed unable to capture her opponent from the dark room, so she simply
He closed his eyes: "This kind of training..."
"I've done it many times!"
Buzz!
The sound of energy converging suddenly sounded beside her, and accompanied by a sword flower of ice and snow that flew outward, it flew into the air. Snow Spirit Huanbing, who had not stopped, then pulled out another ice spike of his and moved quickly.
The ground slashed across the center of the ice trace that had not dispersed. The slashing sword shadow then produced large shards of ice, which passed like a blizzard towards the black shadow still in the air. A darker sword shadow appeared.
Then he appeared in the hands of the soaring black shadow, tearing the ice shadows all over the sky into pieces like a piece of cloth: "Drink!"
Amidst the loud sound of sword strikes, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who raised his sword to parry, was then sent flying by the powerful and heavy sword. After a while, he got up from the darkness he had entered and wiped away the blood that had oozed from his internal organs due to the shock. There was blood at the corner of his mouth: "Your sword..."
"The dagger from the last generation of the Magic Empire has the special effect of breaking magic. It is precisely because of the existence of this type of weapon that the dynasty of the Magic Empire will become less indestructible." The swordsman in black did not choose to take advantage of the situation to attack. He stood there and crossed his arms: "As successors, we naturally cannot avoid the existence of this kind of nemesis, otherwise... we can neither learn from the past failures, nor can we survive the long pursuit of the Master Council. He survived to this day despite being killed.”
"The name of my sword is... Xiaoguang." The swordsman in black raised the long sword in his hand, and there was a hint of seriousness in his eyes covered with black cloth: "The swordsman who masters ice and snow... can I ask for advice? What are their names?"
"...one is Icefall, and the other is Frost."
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Xue Ling Huan Bing also slowly got up, and then with the sound of approaching footsteps, he threw away the two ice-colored long swords in his hands: "We are both swordsmen. ...It's an honor to fight with you."
"Bet on the glory of the swordsman."
"...please enlighten me."
In the boundless momentum rising into the sky again, the two sword lights of blue and black met together again, and then with the sword energy that broke out in the thatched house from time to time, they raged crazily in their respective directions, coming from inside the house. The black energy in the depths was also dispersed by the energy erupted by the two swordsmen from time to time, flying outward around the point where the two people met each other. And deep in the source of the black energy, a panting man The man finally arrived at his destination and saw the old acquaintance he remembered: "You are... Kangweina, right?"
"It will take some time for the magic circle to activate."
In front of the shining magic circle filled with black energy, the hunched old man slowly turned around: "Your courage and determination once again exceeded my expectations, adventurer."
"Although there were speculations when we were observing outside, no one else actually came to the town... It seems that you are very confident, old man." Duan Qing panted slightly and replied: "You alone can guard the place. Can you survive in that magic circle?"
"It seems that your understanding of me is far less clear than my understanding of you."
Holding an old staff in his hand, Kangweina slowly lowered his head: "And..."
"I didn't come to this place to protect this magic circle." He pointed to his surroundings: "I came here to activate it."
"start up?"
"The completion of the final ceremony requires the simultaneous opening of the Twelve Thrones. You should already know this."
Taking two slow and heavy steps, the old man walked back to the front of the magic circle: "However... the activation of each magic circle requires not only the key to the throne, but also the power that belongs to the throne. If it is not his own, With the magic power, it is almost impossible to fully activate the magic circle..."
"Then..." Duan Qing asked in a low voice: "How did you do it?"
"We are the inheritors of the Magic Empire. Any so-called magic shackles in front of us... are like homework assigned by the Magic Academy."
There was a hint of pride in the old man's voice when he said this: "It is not difficult for me to complete the cracking of the key, but those so-called exclusive powers..."
With Duan Qing's eyes gradually widening, he waved his hand towards the surrounding air, and then gradually condensed a wisp of the black energy surrounding the magic circle into the palm of his hand.
"In front of me...it's really not worth mentioning."
This chapter has been completed!