"It started."
The old voice sounded from the seemingly endless darkness, and at the same time, a pair of eyes suddenly opened. Those eyes looked at the scene in front of them, and then turned to the dark west:
"It's there."
"So it's there."
Another old voice then rolled from the other side of the endless darkness: "We have been looking for it for so long, but it is there in the end..."
"Who told us it was in the Lesser Andacier Mountains?" A high-pitched voice then interrupted the previous words, and the harsh tone still had the timbre of an old man: "I will drown them.
In the endless darkness!"
"We must seize the time." Another old man's voice, different from the previous three voices, then sounded in the dark corner, but it had begun to get farther and farther away from them: "We have wasted too much energy here..."
"There's nothing else to waste."
The sound of creaking, rotating and twisting then appeared in the distance of endless darkness, where a white light path opened up. The figure with a hunched back then slowly appeared within the envelope of the white light path, little by little.
The ground moved further away, and the surrounding scene then appeared next to the departing old man like a magic change, showing the mountaintop square wrapped in wind and snow in front of him. The old man on crutches
He looked back at the dome-shaped hut, and then shook his head slightly bitterly: "Is it really a choice of fate..."
"grown ups!"
As if they had received some signal, several figures also dressed in black ran up from the mountain path on the other side of the Peak Square: "Sir, do you... do you have any instructions?"
"...We have discovered a new energy explosion point."
Quickly returning to his usual calm expression, the old man pointed calmly to the southwest where they were: "Send someone, what you are looking for...maybe over there."
"...We will send someone over immediately." The leading man in black's expression changed, and then he lowered his head and responded: "Is it...in the direction near the Hulan Mountains?"
"The outbreak is over, and we can't get any more information." The old magician wearing a black robe shook his head slightly, and at the same time turned around and walked back towards the wooden door behind him: "If there is new news...
…We will notify you again.”
"……knew."
His eyes stayed on the back of the old man who was about to disappear into the darkness for a while, and the captain in black suddenly asked: "Then...should we give up here?"
"...We will not interfere with the specific arrangements of the Magic Empire."
The old figure who was about to be swallowed up by darkness again paused, and then revealed the side face of the old man looking back: "The so-called combat plan and strategic direction are all matters that the Magic Council is responsible for. What will they do after learning this news?
The decision... is not something that we can interfere with."
"After you have unearthed all the secrets of this library, you can do whatever you want with it."
The figure finally disappeared into the darkness, and at the same time used invisible force to close the door: "Now..."
"Let's go."
Boom.
The dull sound of closing the door echoed inside and outside the square at the top of Fenghua Town. As the wind and snow gradually disappeared into the sky, the captain who was leading several subordinates standing at the door also stood silently in the wind and snow for a while, and then
He left this place with a livid look on his face. The Restorationist troops stationed in Fenghua Town then made a commotion again, with countless figures in black running towards the west of the town, and the freedom that took all this in sight
The Wings players also quickly received the news that only they could get: "They are out."
"This time it seems to be Hulan Mountain..."
"What are they doing there? Is it to build a defensive front against the empire?"
"I don't know, we still can't confirm the purpose of their trip..."
"They brought a lot of magicians with them?"
In the mayor's office located in the town hall, half a box of cigarettes, which was brandishing a sword just now, stopped when he heard the sound: "Again, you went out on your own without notifying us?"
"Dispatching so many troops... they must have discovered something important again." Nan Zhi, who was leaning against the wall with her arms folded, shook her head slightly: "We have been idle here for so long, we can't stop here.
Miss this opportunity."
"You mean..." Half a box of cigarettes' eyes lit up slightly: "We should sneak over there too?"
"President, they have been on the front line for so long. They don't care much about the situation here." The voice of the female warrior gradually took on a hint of hesitation: "You still can't think of a way at this time... you still have to think about it?"
How long will it take?”
The sparkling eyes then appeared in the eyes of half a box of cigarettes, and then disappeared as he suddenly put away his sword and stood up. Several orders to form a team then flew from the inside of the town hall to the town.
In every corner, several groups of players disappeared quietly into the endless wind and snow. Various eyeliners arranged in the southwest of Fenghua Town also converged in this direction with the emergence of these undercurrents, and at the same time,
All kinds of intelligence were gathered into their respective camps, but the two players who had once again fallen into the center of the storm were unaware of the coming threat and were still struggling inside the giant ancient tree on the top of Hulan Mountain.
With.
Because what suddenly appeared in front of Duan Qing was the giant red dragon that they had carefully avoided before, but now they were awakened by the white light and shaking sound.
"Ouch——!"
"...Holy crap! Why did it wake up?"
"There was such a big movement just now. If it didn't wake up, there would be a ghost!"
"Run!"
boom--
The smell of sulfur and roaring sounds continued to echo, and as the image of the giant red dragon with glaring copper-yellow eyes appeared behind the wooden door, the blazing red flames then engulfed the circular room where Duan Qing was.
It completely filled the room, transforming the originally dim and soft room into a real human furnace. Duan Qing turned his back in a hurry and hurriedly protected the Xue Ling Huan Bing behind him, and at the same time raised the hand he had been holding.
The circular shield, an invisible barrier, was followed by the sound of metal knocking, standing in the sea of fire like a rock withstanding huge waves: "Fortunately, it was a flame attack, and I finally survived this disaster..."
"They have blocked our mouth, how can we escape?"
"Well... we can stay here for a while, or find a way to divert its attraction..."
"There are ways to transfer, but the premise is that someone needs to get out... Oops."
The crackling sound then appeared under their feet. It was the sound made when countless vines intertwined under their feet were burned to ashes by the flames. The floor that gradually disappeared due to the high temperature also disappeared one by one as the fire spread.
The hole that was originally located under the huge light beam was displayed in front of the two of them. The two pairs of eyes looked at each other. Duan Qing, who was holding the shield, nodded to the woman behind him, and then rushed in before more flames and
Just before the roar of the giant dragon surged in again, he jumped into the deep pit inside the ancient tree: "It seems like this is God's will..."
"Since there is no way to escape, then...just jump."
In the scene of flames that once again filled the room, the two brightly illuminated players jumped down towards the burnt hole, and the corners of their ignited clothes were drawn out.
The beautiful arcs quickly disappeared into the deep darkness that could not be illuminated by the beam of light. Amidst the constant sound of hunting wind in his ears, Duan Qing, who had been falling for an unknown length of time, then hugged Xue Ling Huan Bing's arms.
body, and then stretched out his right hand, pointing the ring shining with magic light at the still bottomless feet: "Faced with this desperate situation every day... Labor and management are exhausted mentally and physically."
"Wind Condensation Technique!"
Snapped!
The two figures extending down with the endless white light beam turned in the air for a moment, and suddenly stopped falling. Duan Qing, who was holding the other person, then raised his dagger and stabbed himself deeply.
On the inner bark of the ancient tree that was about to hit, harsh friction sounds sounded around the two people. At the same time, a huge scar appeared inside the thousand-year-old tree, and Duan Qing had countless veins sprouting on his arms.
He gritted his teeth and persisted for a long time, and finally drew a stop at the end of the scar: "I didn't feel anything when Rex gave me the broken stone, but now I have been rescued many times.
……Ouch!"
"...How long do you want to hold me?"
Two beams of cold air suddenly appeared at Duan Qing's side and penetrated deeply into the inner wall of the ancient tree. The figure belonging to the Snow Spirit Huanbing escaped from the opponent's arms and then hung on the two ice swords.
Under the handle, he hid his slightly rosy face into the darkness: "What should I do next?"
"This light... seems to have no end."
Without answering the other party's question, Duan Qing, who was rubbing his abdomen, stretched his head and looked at his feet: "How big is this furnace?"
"...Do you want to follow this passage all the way to the bottom?" Xueling Huanbing knew the other party's answer from the other party's question: "Go and see the origin of this furnace?"
"There are many inaccessible places in this world, and Hulan Mountain may be one of them."
Duan Qing hung one hand in the air and thought for a while, holding his chin and said in a low voice: "From the information we can learn so far, this may be the remains of ancient times, the hometown of a number of surrounding minority groups, and
A huge hunting ground rich in high-quality weapons and equipment..."
"Now it seems that this place may be the birthplace of unknown civilization." His eyes then raised, and finally fell on the light pillar in the center of the dark space not far away from them: "Many times ago, we were in other places.
The futuristic technology-like content found in other places seems to be related to what we just encountered."
"...Are you referring to the ruins you had outside Starwind Plain before, or the red furnace under Tania City?" Xueling Huanbing's voice also calmed down: "Or...
…The giant we saw on the top of Falling Star Mountain before? And the city in the sky that we still haven’t found?”
"...Those may be related to these things, or they may have nothing to do with them." Duan Qing pondered and shook his head: "There is only one key to determining these issues..."
"What is the difference between these two furnaces?"
A curious smile appeared on his face, Duan Qing slightly let go of his hand, and at the same moment that Xue Ling Huan Bing's thinking eyes appeared, he began to slide down the rugged wooden wall surface, cutting the bark with his sharp sword
The sound then kept appearing at the place where Duan Qing's figure disappeared, and was occasionally mixed with the muffled sound he made when he exerted force and the sound of chopping wood when the dagger was inserted into the bark of the tree. Looking at the people in that direction
Xueling Huanbing then withdrew his gaze, shook his head and showed the same smile.
Is this the curiosity of an adventurer...
Such a sigh flashed through her heart. She calmed down her ups and downs, and then learned the same way as Duan Qing, and began to descend continuously towards the bottom of the hollow tree hole of the ancient tree. The roar of the giant dragon coming from the top of them followed.
They were getting farther and farther away, and the only thing left in their ears was the hum of energy from the straight beam. The sound of the sword blade rubbing echoed between them. It took an unknown amount of time before they finally reached the bottom of the beam.
Stopped.
To be precise, it's the bottom of this giant ancient tree.
"...Can't you slow down a little bit?"
"It's not you who gets stepped on, but me! You should be slower, right?"
"A man shouldn't worry so much, wouldn't he just step on your head..."
"My life has been like a candle in the wind, and I have to ask you to make up for it in the end...Okay, okay, I won't talk anymore, can we put down the sword and talk properly?"
With one foot stepping on the ruins piled up by countless canes and bark embers, Duan Qing, waving his hands, hurriedly shook off the warning sight from the woman with two swords, and at the same time jumped over the ground in three steps and two steps.
The sundries came to the front of the light pillar: "I asked you not to follow so closely before. You must know that it is easy to rear-end the traffic going up and down... Well."
"There seems to be nothing here."
After circling around the giant light pillar, he murmured to himself, and the Snow Spirit Huanbing who caught up later also stopped at the edge of the light pillar, and moved his eyes to the bottom of the light pillar: "We...
...It should not have reached the bottom yet, this beam of light is still extending downward."
"At this height... we should be on the surface of the ancient forest now, right? Is it hidden in the roots of the trees?"
"...Look there."
Ignoring Duan Qing, who was studying the bottom of the light pillar, Xue Ling Huanbing's sight began to extend further around, and then with the help of the white light, it landed on a place that seemed to be a door: "This road..."
"Maybe it leads to the underground."
This chapter has been completed!