Wow——
After a period of silence, exclamations belonging to the players and the natives of Zaraha City quickly occupied every corner of the city. Although the content of the exclamations between them was different, at this time they looked at
The direction towards the sky is extremely unified: "That, that is... the city in the sky?"
"Such a large piece of land is almost as big as the city of Zaraha..."
"Damn it, the Lifetime series. I originally thought that I would never be able to see the biggest secret in this game world in this life, but I didn't expect...you! Who of you has a way to get up? Quickly think of a way..."
"Let's think of a stupid way. We can't even get up to the suspended platform just now..."
"It seems...this is the function of that light beam."
He withdrew his gaze from the exciting scene, and the legend of Lieyan, who was wandering in a corner of the city, shook his head lightly, and then the corners of his mouth that were raised involuntarily turned back to the other direction of the west wall of Zaraha City.
: "They should have been teleported up."
"It's such an obvious thing... Do you still need to remind me?" The fat thief emerged from the corner of the city wall and replied with disdain: "Everyone can guess its function..."
“…Are they safe?”
"How would I know this? I'm not up there... Well, he mentioned the underground pipe network in his explanation to us before. Is there any way to teleport from there to that high platform?"
"...Then let's withdraw first and help them defend for a while. Even if it is delayed for a while, it should be enough for them to search the sky."
"I still doubt whether that platform still has the ability to teleport, even if a possible teleportation point is found..."
"Do your best to ensure peace of mind. After all, we are mercenaries, and with the number of existing guilds, it is only a matter of time before this city is turned upside down."
"The Imperial Army and Hart should be able to help us for a while. The strength of Bernard and that Tristan is also worthy of trust. As long as there are no more monsters like that woman just now... Well."
The sudden noise and loud commands all around suddenly stopped for a moment. At the same time, everyone around the area gathered their sights in the sky again. The Snow Spirit Magic Ice mentioned by the two people just now appeared again.
The figure that flew up to the high platform then appeared on the edge of the high platform, and fell down again with a tense expression of disappointment. Members of the guilds including Jianghu, Weizard and others also began to slowly move towards the direction where the woman fell.
Slowly approaching, she had intermittent conflicts with the members of the Wings of Freedom lurking around her. With her toes tapping the ground, she kept her head bowed, as if she was shocked by the scene that happened in front of her:
"..."
"Yes...Sister Xue, what should we do now? Find some wind magicians?"
"At such a height, the wind magician can't send the player up safely, right? Let's search the city first to see if there are any ruins or mechanisms that can activate the ritual..."
"No."
Staring straight at the floor under his feet, ignoring the noise around him, Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes became cold again: "Just continue to interfere with their actions. If you discover their progress, remember to report back in time...
…”
"Leave the rest to me." She gritted her teeth and seemed to have made up her mind: "I will find a way to get up there."
"...Since Sister Xue has said so, then...Aqiang! You take the people to ambush near the tavern, and the other two teams follow me. Let's go have a good time with the people in the world!"
"yes!"
"Captain, do we need to send everyone out? People from the Magic Empire just sent a message, asking us to increase the assistance force near the central square..."
"I'll go over there."
Saying this in a low voice, Xue Ling Huan Bing walked towards the beginning of the night battle: "Since their ceremony has been completed, then..."
"Our beam of light should also play its role."
The increasingly fierce sounds of fighting began to spread along the area below the West City Gate with the actions of various guilds, gradually taking over the main theme of the city bathed in the early morning sunshine.
They who looked back on the continent then began to become fanatical and gathered in the direction of another light pillar in the central square. Violent air fluctuations and screams from time to time then appeared on a street leading to the square.
, as Xueling Huanbing slowly moved forward in the direction of the black light pillar, she moved forward bit by bit. Her mood was completely dead, and she danced her long sword from time to time, as if she was rejecting the whole world.
The situation sent everyone who dared to approach flying away one after another.
As time passed unknowingly, the system prompts that originally came from the void were like ruthless whispers, repeated over and over again in her ears.
【...has been...interferenced.】
[...The ceremony...finally...completion rate...is 89%.]
[Start...success rate test, testing...]
[The test result is passed and successfully transferred to Metatron.]
call--
The biting cold wind suddenly filled the sound in the ears, and three figures, one man, two women, gathered together suddenly appeared above the continent in the sky, and then under the almost flat morning light from the distance, they appeared with
The screams that cut through the sky fell to the surface of the city full of ruins. Ignoring the tragic fate of her gorgeous magic robe covered with sword marks smearing across the ground, Christine, who was the first to wake up, then launched a plan to
The ice magic shield resisted the strong wind at high altitude, and then in the ice crystals flying out from between his hands, he saw the vast sea of clouds dyed red by the morning light in the distance into his eyes: "It seems... that's right."
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
Vomiting out another mouthful of bright red blood, Duan Qing, who was lying on the side, covered the huge wound on his abdomen and replied: "I didn't expect... that I would actually escape death in this way."
"……do not move."
Looking at Duan Qing's body with a frown, Christine, who retracted her spell-casting action, reached out and took out a small package filled with magic potion bottles from her waist: "Although we great magicians don't usually need any healing potions, but
I still have an extra bottle in reserve...can you still move?"
"Thank you. Thank you."
With a smile, he drank the magic potion handed to him in one gulp. Duan Qing, who lay back on the ground, felt his body gradually becoming numb and his blood volume rising: "Finally, I escaped from the hands of that crazy woman alive.
I escaped, although that guy feels a bit...huh?"
It seemed that he felt a slightly different touch on his back. He wanted to raise his arm and paused slightly. After a while, Kristine in front of him frowned more and more, and rolled down with an embarrassed look on his face.
On one side: "Hug, hug, sorry, I didn't mean to..."
"fine."
As if she was a different person, Aiina, who was pressed down by Duan Qing, sat up with a smile on her face, and then supported her weak body with slow movements while hiding her reddish expression.
: "Everyone...has nothing...to do, it's fine..."
"Ahem... So, our ceremony can be considered a success?"
Duan Qing, who was holding his stomach and looking around with difficulty, overcame the embarrassment just now with a cough unique to the seriously injured: "Have we arrived at the City in the Sky now?"
"That's right."
Withdrawing her gaze that kept looking around, Christine replied in a calm voice: "No matter what your follower did..."
"Now we have indeed found the city that only exists in legends."
Weathered walls, scattered bricks and tiles, incomplete houses with unique styles, and ancient streets vaguely surrounded by these houses - following Christine's outstretched fingers, the outline of a city also appeared.
Then they appeared in front of Duan Qing and the three of them. The sight of ruins full of ancient atmosphere did not cover up the magnificence and greatness of the place. Instead, it made the runes and carvings carved on the floor and brick walls more attractive.
After paying more attention, Duan Qing could see through the blocked morning sunlight at the far end that these streets surrounded by bricks and tiles extended to the end of the sky, and streets with the same angle also followed the city there.
The edges of the plates continue to extend to both sides, gathering in a scattering shape toward the center of a square in the center of the city.
"that place……"
The terrain suddenly rose in that direction, occupying the other end of the square with endless steps that could not be fully encompassed by the field of vision. A huge gate that once appeared in the competition also spread along with the steps and city walls, embedded like a gem.
The center that was extremely dark due to backlight: "...I have seen that place before."
"I wouldn't be surprised if you've seen any place now..."
Gradually walking to the front of the three people, Christine, who was also looking in that direction, took the lead in sighing: "After all, you are the child of destiny. If it weren't for you, we might have been defeated by those restorationists.
."
"Uh...ah hahahaha."
After scratching the back of his head and laughing twice, Duan Qing finally chose to explain away his source of information: "In short... I have never been to this city before, so I don't know what is there."
"It doesn't matter, let's explore it together."
Staring intently at the tall buildings standing in the center of the city behind the barrier woven together by the steps and city walls, Christine finally revealed a hint of excitement in her voice: "Although I can't guarantee that I will
You know more about this place than you will, but..."
"The Mages' Council has been pursuing this place for too long."
The ice-colored magic shield in his hand continued to spread outward little by little, and the great magician's eyes gradually intertwined with the light and shadow of the distant sun: "From Hailaya to Falling Star Mountain, from Anta
From the small town to Zaraha City... For so many years, we have been looking for this isolated island hidden in the sky. Among the history that can be found, there are also many secrets about the Magic Empire and the four "Metatron"
The words are very closely related, but no matter how Jin pursues the corresponding magical structures and how long he observes on the top of Falling Star Mountain, this city has never appeared in our magical observations..."
"Until now." She turned around, with a smile on her beautiful face stained with dust and blood: "You are indeed a person who is good at creating miracles. You are on the green mountain."
"Compared to everything I just experienced, this miracle is actually nothing." Duan Qing, who was quietly recovering his strength, sighed in a low voice: "So... the matter at Tyron's Tower can be overturned?"
"If you are not willing to continue to excuse your 'companion'... yes."
Putting away the smile on her face, Christine turned around with a low voice: "Now that things have happened, I'm afraid you can't find any suitable excuse for what that woman did, right?"
"She just has some... opinions about me personally." Duan Qing opened his mouth hesitantly, but finally suppressed his emotions: "Forget it, since we have come to this step, let's focus on the present first.
It would be better...well, shall we leave now? Where should we start...eh?"
As he spoke, he tried to get up with all his strength. His body, which had just suffered a heavy blow, fell to the side uncontrollably and almost hit the ancient wall next to him. He was almost close to his ear.
Amidst the whistling cold wind, a pair of slender hands reached Duan Qing's side in time, but the attempt to lift Duan Qing failed in the flash and fluctuation that passed straight through: "
you……"
"What’s wrong with you?"
Looking at the emerald green light that gradually appeared on the arms, Duan Qing, who was sitting on the ground, cast his surprised eyes on Ayina. The latter hesitated slightly, and then turned around like a spirit.
The body-like transparent arms were raised in front of him: "I...Aina...I..."
"I...I'm fine." Her voice trembled, but her undulating chest gradually stabilized: "It's...yes, the...function of the ritual..."
"...What is the function of the ritual?" Duan Qing, regardless of his own injuries, suddenly jumped up from the ground: "What are the side effects of that ritual?"
"side effect?"
As if she couldn't understand the meaning of these words together, Ayina blinked her eyes, and after a while, in the silent atmosphere that gradually spread around her, she lowered her head slightly sadly: "... It should be
, because the ceremony... was not... completed..."
"The ritual... was not... completed, so... my body... was... not... completed..."
Reading out the shocking conclusion that was unacceptable word for word, she put her hands, which were gradually becoming transparent, behind her where Duan Qing and Christine could not see them: "Don't... worry.
,I...completed...my mission."
"Leave the explanation here to me..."
She pointed at the huge outline of the city in the sky behind the two people, and then showed them a bright smile like the rising sun. (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!