"……Gone?"
Looking at the direction where the sound suddenly disappeared, Duan Qing blinked his eyes, and after a while, in the silence where there was still no response, he let out a helpless sigh: "It's just gone?"
"This should be some kind of energy left in him in response to our appearance." Maggie replied in a weak voice: "Or it may be some kind of mechanism he set up before his death to prevent others from spying on him.
The last secret..."
"Are you sure this... is your former teacher?" So Duan Qing retracted his eyes and observed the surroundings: "Maybe he is just a dead soul that has not died for a thousand years, and suddenly ran out to scare us...
"
"Since the pendant had an effect on him, there should be nothing wrong with it." Maggie, lying in his arms, gasped and replied: "Otherwise..."
"We shouldn't have a chance to defeat him so easily."
【The Mercy of Altai (Epic)】
[Defense ability: none]
[Equipment requirements: Strength 10, Spirit 30]
[Equipment skill: Mercy, consume a certain amount of physical strength to stimulate the energy contained in the pendant, purify the buff effects on an enemy or the debuff effects on friendly members, the cooling time is 20 seconds.]
[Equipment skill: Redemption. Whenever you exhaust your own physical strength, there is a very low chance of triggering the redemption effect, which will immediately restore 20% of the life and 20% of the physical strength of a friendly member. The cooling time is 10 minutes. 】
[Equipment skills: rescue, effect???]
[The pendant left by a man named Spencer Altai, its origin and manufacturing method are unknown, but its pitch-black material and cross-shaped shape are almost unprecedented in the Free Continent.]
[It seems that it has absorbed too much power of the void, and endless black breath is rising from the surface of the pitch-black cross. But even so, it still gives every holder a warm feeling. 】
"It's just a cross, we can't make a conclusion about it."
Observing the strange pendant that the other party had just handed over to him, Duan Qing murmured in a low voice: "Those who can react to the cross are not necessarily dead souls, they may also be vampires or evil spirits...
"
"Vampire? Evil spirit?" Maggie responded with a slightly confused look: "What is the cross?"
"That's it." Lifting the Altai's Mercy in front of the opponent again, Duan Qing asked in surprise: "Don't you call it that..."
"...It is indeed in the shape of a cross, but this is the first time I have heard the name cross." Maggie's slightly confused eyes turned from the cross to Duan Qing's face: "What does this name mean?
Coming?"
"Uh... this is a name in our world of adventurers. It has something to do with certain beliefs and myths."
After hastily brushing off the topic, Duan Qing smiled dryly and put away his twinkling eyes: "Anyway, this thing does seem to be something that people in our world should have... I'd better give it back to you."
"No, I'll give it to you."
Shaking her head lightly, Maggie also retracted her dim gaze: "My teacher is already dead anyway, so there is no use in keeping him alive."
"But……"
Slowly swallowing some comforting words, Duan Qing squatted down silently, and then pulled out his black dagger amidst the whining sounds coming from all around: "Strange..."
"Did the battle just now bring them here?"
The black light, accompanied by the scream of sword energy, sank into the depths of the passage for a moment, and then with a familiar roar, it rose into the darkness beyond the reach of the field of vision. It was like the shapes of several beasts mixed together.
The monster image then rushed up from the depths of the passage with an increasingly terrifying aura, and collided with Duan Qing's sword light again, making a crisp sound, and then directed at the two humans who had not yet calmed down.
, let out a terrifying and ferocious roar: "Ouch——"
"This guy……"
After picking up Maggie again, Duan Qing lowered his head and spat: "Where did it come from?"
"I feel more void energy." Maggie's warning voice sounded in his arms immediately: "It should be that the previous battle caused the instability of the space, so these void beasts slipped out.
"
"This space is not stable enough to begin with. Just think about what we experienced when we came here before." Duan Qing curled his lips and stood up again: "Judging from the illusion shown in the battle just now...
Your master probably encountered the same situation when he breathed his last here."
"...Then what should we do?" She suppressed some of the hesitation in her heart and asked in a low voice, "Shall we drive them away? We haven't finished exploring this area yet..."
"……Wait a moment."
The dagger in his hand once again emitted a dark light, and Duan Qing once again made a slash that was enough to tear apart the space. While sending another void beast that rushed from the darkness back to its original world, Duan Qing listened.
Bian Ruoyouruowu heard a system prompt: "...it has ended..."
[Mission completed: Maggie’s past. Reward received: Altai’s Mercy.]
[Salaka’s favorability increases.]
[Trigger hidden mission: Fragments of Prophecy.]
【Do you accept it?】
His X...
Resisting the urge to smash the system prompt board, Duan Qing gritted his teeth and stood up: "I'm still asking if I accept it... Do you have the right to choose for me?"
"……What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I mean..."
He put away his dagger and dodged the attacks of more black monsters that came after him. Duan Qing started running to escape: "We should go!"
Howls from all directions then passed by Duan Qing's ears, forming an unbearable symphony of screams for a moment, and then disappeared again and again into the darkness while Duan Qing, who was bent on escaping, tried his best to avoid it.
On the straight line connecting all corners of the passage. The struggle in her heart immediately disappeared in the sound of escaping quickly. Maggie finally gave up the idea of persuading the other party to leave her behind, while raising the corners of her mouth.
, while making a joking voice: "What, you don't plan to compete with them again?"
"Now that they are all in physical form, I don't have any good way to deal with them, and..." Duan Qing replied angrily: "With you as a seriously injured person, how can you compete with them?"
"...I thought you were still so omnipotent."
Maggie calmly grabbed Duan Qing's back, who was moving at high speed, and replied with a low smile: "You drag me with such a burden, but you can still hold on until now..."
"Don't think that I can't see that you want to die with them." Duan Qing's voice also returned to its usual low tone: "You say you have no feelings for that person... In fact, from the time you saw your teacher's skeleton,
From that moment on, you have already given up on yourself, right?"
"..."
"I won't just watch you die."
The strength in his hands tightened again, Duan Qing stepped on the next corner in the passage, then hugged the silent woman's body, and quickly rushed into the void they had broken through before: "The void.
The problem has not been solved, and the murderer of your teacher has not been found. If he dies like this...how can we unravel the secrets left by your teacher?"
"...Secret? People are gone, what secrets can there be..."
"The last few words he said, of course."
His body turned into a large circle in the floating void. Duan Qing threw out a large white light with his hands, and then he pulled out his dagger and revealed a slashed exit in the dark distance: "
That was the result of you risking your life and using the token he left to show it, and it was his last words! Don’t you want to find out?"
"..."
"Those words - let's call them prophecies. Only you and me know them now."
After stepping into the real world again, Duan Qing judged the direction and turned around and ran towards the passage he came from: "Coupled with the other memories you left in this city... this prophecy will definitely be solved.
It's open."
"But what happens if it is solved? Can the person be resurrected?"
"Your teacher must have come to this place with great purpose and hope, so I don't know what the final result will be." Duan Qing, who was staring straight ahead, replied in a low voice: "But...
This will at least stop the void, right?"
"We have completed the mission this time, let's evacuate today!"
After throwing away the last few roars, he kicked open the last few walls, and then escaped in the direction of the light: "The next task..."
"You can't miss the table either."
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"We got a prophecy."
At the same moment, in a high tower located deep in the void, a gray old man wearing a black magic robe left a high platform in front of him with a low smile, turned around and walked towards the bottom of the steps behind him: "Although it is only a short time.
A few words... but it should be enough."
"...Should we act in advance?" Another middle-aged man waiting nearby bowed his body upon seeing this: "Strangle them in the cradle?"
"unnecessary."
Waving his hand, the old man passed through the middle of the steps where the other men in black were waiting in line: "Whether it is the real world or the void world, we need more power to support us. The Tower of Tyran is where we are.
A stepping stone in the void, and in the real world... we also need a similar place."
"Let them search, I will be here...waiting for their good news." He grinned and let out a few low laughs, then disappeared at the end of the crowd that was seeing him off: "Then..."
"The fate of the entire world will eventually belong to us."
"……Did you hear that?"
Slowly raising his head, the middle-aged man who stayed on the spot whispered to the surrounding members with a serious face: "You should know what to do next, right?"
"I obey your will, Lord Hayward." As if they had lost their souls, the men in black replied expressionlessly: "Victory will always belong to the Magic Empire."
"If I read correctly just now, there should be an adventurer among those two people."
Instead of following the crowd in black and half-kneeling on the ground, a figure that looked like a player standing in the corner of the high platform said loudly: "What should I do with that person?"
"Adventurer matters must be left to you adventurers to resolve." The middle-aged man known as Hayward stared at the other party and replied: "You...but I specially invited you to follow this principle.
.”
"……I see."
Bowing again and saluting, the player stepped back with a smile, and then slowly disappeared into the purple-filled space while walking towards the bottom of the steps. The sound caused by the flow of data continued.
He suddenly appeared at the intersection of different worlds, and finally reunited his figure in front of a huge fighting arena on the seaside. Looking at this beautiful scenery, he smiled and watched for a while, and finally looked at the long-awaited figure next to him.
A woman said: "Every time I see this arena, I always have an infinite desire for beauty in my heart, isn't it?"
"...You are late." The woman who was silent for a moment replied with a cold voice: "A beautiful day."
"Don't say that, I'm so busy for our Wings of Freedom." Liangchen Meiyu, who was criticized by the other party, smiled and spread her hands: "It's like I have been pursuing this infinite beauty."
"For such beauty, I would even give anything."
He stretched out his hand and his fingertips slowly slid across the edge of the silver mask on the woman's face: "Do you...understand?"
"...We should go."
As if she felt a little uncomfortable with the surrounding teammates and passers-by seeing the scene between her and the other party, the woman wearing a silver mask turned around gently, suppressing the inexplicable flames and impulses in her heart.
He took the lead and walked towards the fighting arena in the distance: "The game is about to start, we..."
"I know, I know, we can't underestimate any opponent."
Smiling and keeping up with the opponent's pace, Liangchen Meiyu instantly appeared at the opponent's shoulder: "Otherwise...in today's loser group finals, we teams that have already won have no reason to come, right?"
"As long as you understand." Xue Ling Huan Bing replied calmly: "Understanding our opponents better will allow us to gain more advantages in future battles..."
"Not an opponent, but an enemy."
Interrupting the other party's words with deliberate emphasis, Liangchen Meiyu once again placed a charming and handsome smiling face in the dull gaze of the other party: "Although I am not sure, that man must have become stronger again..."
"If you don't have this kind of awareness, your wish to regain control of the family...can't be realized."
As if reminding the other party at all times, he nodded towards the other party, then put away the smile he had practiced thousands of times, turned around and walked towards the arena.
This chapter has been completed!