"First of all, congratulations, you entered the world of elements, and then... tell me, what did you see?"
"I saw...a giant funnel."
"This is it."
In the scene where a faint light illuminates the nearby night, Jin's voice echoes in Duan Qing's mind like a morning bell: "A large amount of magical energy is converging on this city, and then...disappears into Warid's world.
among.”
"Is this kind of scene... what you great magicians often see in your eyes?"
"A great magician would not keep this level of magical energy permanently in his body."
With his right hand still not leaving the opponent's shoulder, Jin replied in a low voice: "Magic is still a foreign object to us after all. Long-term exposure will only cause inevitable damage to the human body. Only when we usually use magic...
…Elements of this energy level only appear occasionally.”
"But after my observation during this period, you adventurers don't seem to be afraid of this level of magic erosion." At this point, his voice became a little deeper: "Such a huge potential... given time, you may be able to become
Surpass the magical master of our existence."
"Hey, hey -" Duan Qing, who was still enduring the pain, gritted his teeth and shouted, "This is not... the reason why you are treating me... as an experimental subject now."
"Don't worry, it's enough to be patient a little longer."
Raising his other free hand casually, Jin pointed in a certain direction in front of Duan Qing: "If you can withstand this level..."
"You'll see what I mentioned before."
Amid the pain of endless energy washing over his body, Duan Qing barely gathered up his last bits of willpower, and then followed the direction suggested by Jin and noticed the huge funnel gradually extending out of the elemental world.
A few tiny threads. As if adapting to Duan Qing's thoughts, the already bizarre perspective also flew into the air with his thoughts of wanting to observe up close, and then sent those out like tentacles.
Several stone pillars under the extended silk thread were reflected in his enlarged field of vision: "That is..."
"That's the stone pillar."
Jin's explanation sounded in his ears again, but the various strange scenes that appeared in front of Duan Qing suddenly disappeared as Jin took back his right hand: "They...are emitting something outward."
"What are those stone pillars emitting?"
After taking a while to recover his spirit and thoughts, Duan Qing repeated what the other party said: "Are they attracting the surrounding elements? Are they acting as antennas?"
"Although I don't know what the antenna you are talking about is, but... you are right." Jin replied in a low voice: "Based on my observations, that is probably the role they play now."
"In other words... this city was designed as a magic absorption tower?"
Recalling the positions of the stone pillars he had seen in various corners of the city, Duan Qing's eyes gradually became brighter: "This city...is gathering magical elements?"
"This conclusion may have been correct a thousand years ago." Jin shook his head lightly: "But now... this place has obviously been completely destroyed."
"Are you talking about the void walls located in the underground pipe network?" Duan Qing looked back at the face of the great earth magician: "Is this the reason why you have been investigating there?"
"That's right." Jin, who was silent for a moment, finally nodded: "Guide, gather, eventually absorb, and go to the other end of the world... This is the magic structure I saw in this city."
"Those stone pillars... I have seen the totem symbols carved on them on Falling Star Mountain." Duan Qing, who had been pondering for a while, then revealed his information: "You should also know about it, right?"
"Unfortunately, such a connection cannot play any role." The motionless Jin replied in a low voice: "At least...it cannot explain the origin and purpose of this city."
"The Ancient Magic Empire is an empire that specializes in magic. They will never build a city like this." Duan Qing also analyzed with a look of disbelief: "What's more, this city is almost well preserved and looks like it has not been damaged at all.
What destruction..."
"I don't know why the ancients built such a city." Jin's voice began to become distant as he turned and left: "Obviously they would not deliberately build a city where magic would disappear in large quantities.
Something must have happened...that we couldn't imagine."
"Hey, hey! Where are you going?" Duan Qing swallowed back the question he wanted to ask. Duan Qing hurried forward and took two steps to catch up: "Aren't you going to continue the investigation?"
"I have been investigating." Jin looked back at Duan Qing with disdain: "This time I just want you to take a look at the results I have learned. Don't waste my time anymore."
"Then, you have to at least send me back, right?" Duan Qing pointed to his nose: "One-way driving is very immoral, and you also know how difficult it is to enter Zalaha City now..."
"Difficulty in getting in is only relative. For you... forget it."
Sighing and shaking his head, Jin, who was wearing a large cloak, returned to Duan Qing's side, and then after a similar whirlwind, he sent Duan Qing back into the dark underground pipe network. He took out his adventurer.
After comparing the map and confirming his location, Duan Qing nodded with satisfaction, and then stopped the great magician before he wanted to leave again: "Wait a moment."
"……anymore question?"
"Magical structures... If I want to see the city's magical structures in the future, what should I do?"
"...Find me, or learn magic."
After standing in silence for a moment, the great magician's back made a dull voice again: "If you choose the former, I may not have such leisure and patience. If you choose the latter... If you have time, I hope you can
Read more of the books that old Norman left for you, it will be very helpful to you."
"Norman..."
As if remembering some unforgettable past events, Duan Qing lowered his head in a dull manner. After a while, with an unspeakable sigh, he once again called out to the tall figure who was about to disappear deep into the passage:
"I have one last question."
"..."
"You seemed to have said just now... adventurers in the future may be able to withstand powerful magical impacts."
Sensing the other party's stopped steps, Duan Qing voiced his question in a low voice: "What will happen if... we endure too much magical impact for a long time?"
"...will turn into stone."
The back figure in the darkness was silent for a moment again, and then the eardrum-painful hum echoed to the passage where Duan Qing was: "Without strong strength and willpower, the human body will be assimilated by the elements.
Finally... it becomes a beautifully shaped elemental stone."
"Danger Warning: Please do not attempt this."
In the gradually quieting atmosphere, his footsteps finally disappeared into the darkness deep in the passage, leaving only these words and Duan Qing's face that was also swallowed up by the darkness.
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"New news came from the tavern...several more people came to join the resistance."
"This kind of news is not important now... How is the progress of our exploration?"
"The map in the southeast direction has almost been drawn. This is the final map result, but... this area should have reached the area where Zack's area is located. You also know the intensity of defense there, so..."
"So you didn't go up to compare the map, right? It doesn't matter, this problem is nothing."
After inputting the map information handed over by Legend of Flames into his own map information, Duan Qing then placed the updated map in front of his eyes. After a while, he raised his head and said with a still thoughtful expression.
Si looked at the other players present: "As long as we can figure out this underground map, our future actions will be very beneficial. All that is left to do is to open up the passages to a few key places, and
Develop a reasonable battle plan..."
"I'm sorry to interrupt your train of thought, but..." Yangtze River No. 7, leaning against the wall, smiled and stretched its arms: "Is this really good? Our relationship with the resistance is so bad now.
, in the end, I didn’t even do any tasks to gain reputation..."
"I also value the reputation and goodwill between us and them, but... I'm tired of the repetitive task process." Duan Qing shook his head impatiently: "Collect supplies, transport equipment, and then rescue people.
, killing people, from one end of the city to the other end of the city... If we really follow the normal game process, I don’t know how long this line of resistance will take.”
"...Do we really have such strength?" The fat thief named Feitian Qixia then whispered: "Leave aside the help of the resistance army, are we capable of doing it alone?"
"Of course, as long as you have enough intelligence to make up for it."
Nodding his head, Duan Qing, who was sitting on a barrel, replied in a relaxed voice: "And... I didn't say that I would completely abandon the help of the resistance forces, I just watched them fight around all day long.
I’m just annoyed. When the critical moment comes, I will still seek their help, such as attracting the enemy’s attention..."
"Brother Qingshan is so scary..."
"It's dark, it's dark, he's already dark."
"I, what should we do?"
"Don't be afraid, your fat brother will protect you. When the time comes... ouch!"
The sound of someone being slapped on the back of the head was heard from the corner of the dark passage, as well as the sound of a wretched fat man wailing in pain. Lieyan Legend, who had put away the slap, then let out a sullen breath and looked at it with calm eyes.
Looking at Duan Qing who was also looking here: "Okay, you are the employer, you can do whatever you say, but..."
"But what?"
"You have to plan your own time." Legend of Flames pointed at the top of his head: "I don't want you to be unable to get online at the critical moment...because of some unknown reason."
"...Of course." Duan Qing smiled and nodded: "There is still a long time before the next competition. We can think about it in the long term. After all, the success rate of this plan is not very high, and the corresponding preparations should be very thorough.
That's right...ah, that's right."
"There are a few things that I have to tell you now." He bent down, and his eyes became sharper: "Anyway, there is no need to continue to do tasks related to the resistance recently, you can just stay here.
Just fine, during this period, I hope you can guard a few people."
"Maggie, and Tristan." He paused for a moment, and then reported the two names: "These two characters are relatively crucial and are very meaningful to our future plans, especially Maggie, she
The existence of… forget it.”
"Looking at the fact that I caused her to look like this, I have to protect her." Duan Qing sat up straight again: "Do you have any objections?"
"No objection, no objection, of course we have no objection." Feitianqixia jumped up first to express his position: "We absolutely do not doubt the relationship between you, and we are not at all curious about what happened that night... Oops!"
"It seems that I need to find some needle and thread, because your mouth is really too big." Legend of Flames knocked the opponent away again and shook his fist with an ugly look on his face, then smiled at Duan Qing: "
Who else needs to be protected? Let’s speak out together.”
"Aren't these two enough? I'm afraid you won't be able to see if there are more." Duan Qing waved his hands in vain: "Leave the rest to me, and I will come up with the rest of the ideas in the next few days.
Okay, the time for the general attack...well, how about setting it at five days for now?"
"No more questions? Very good, let's adjourn now."
The messy footsteps then disappeared in the passage along the entrances and exits extending in all directions. As the players gradually left, they gradually disappeared. For a while, only the figures hanging around the wooden barrels were left in the dark passage.
The nearby magic chandelier, and Duan Qing's lonely back sitting motionless. As if he was thinking quietly about something, this back made no other unnecessary movement for a long time, until a faint sound of wind began to blow.
When the nearby chandelier swayed back and forth, he slowly raised his head: "Come out."
"...Sure enough, you are still the same you as before."
At the end of the dark passage, two black figures standing side by side appeared in the middle of the shadows swept by the swaying magic lights: "We can detect our existence from such a distance."
"I just thought that you would come." Duan Qing shook his head dullly: "It's just... I didn't expect you to come so quickly."
"This is a place we have planned for a long time - haven't you already thought of this?"
Gradually walking out of the shadow, the player with the word "Luo Tu" on his head took the lead in standing in front of Duan Qing: "Seeing that you are about to ruin our good deeds again..."
"How could we, the Knights Templar, just let this go?"
This chapter has been completed!