Act 283 Trial
"Cui Xisi."
The brown-haired girl took off the clockwork device on her long hair, turned her head, and looked at the black-haired boy who was smiling gently at her.
She stood at the intersection, wearing an alchemist's coat, but a pair of strong and slender thighs were exposed below, only a pair of hot pants and long boots, and the exposed skin showed a healthy wheat tone. One hand was inserted into the deep pocket of the coat, and the other hand gently tweaked the long hair, making the brown hair hang down like a waterfall, showing some cynical tone.
She snorted softly and said, "Who do I think it is? It's you. Luther, why is FOX willing to let you out?"
The boy smiled: "I am a student of FOX boss, but I still have the ability to be independent."
"Is that right?" Cui Xisi didn't care much, "but you are a combat craftsman, and I am just a fairy man. Why do you always come to me for nothing?"
"I'm pursuing you, can't you tell?" the boy said with a smile.
"I can see it," Cui Xisi looked at other places, "but I'm not interested in you, Luther."
"It's okay, I won't bother you," the young man replied gently, "But our tutor is also known. We should not be abrupt in chatting, right?"
"You are such a weird person," Cui Xisi replied, but did not refute. Her eyes searched for something in the crowd and asked, "Did you see Irs?"
The boy - Luther also inserted his hands into his pocket and looked forward along Cui Xisi's gaze.
But he was looking farther away, and his gentle eyes passed through the Imperial Army coming and going, and looked at the light of the searchlights that penetrated directly to the top of the cave in the fortress, one by one, reflecting the underground world as bright as day.
He replied after a while: "I don't know, I heard that Prometheus's men were looking for him, and that man has been very weird since he returned from Istania. But he is Prometheus's dragon knight, what are you looking for him?"
"He is a Dragon Knight, can I not care?" Cui Xisi took his hand out of her pocket, wearing a huge magic glove that was extremely inconsistent with his slender wrist, and clasped her fist hard. "The elemental trial is the most important part of the road to promotion, and I am sure to win this."
The boy smiled gently, as if he was an outsider, and talked happily: "But this year is not so easy for us. The Imperial Black Army is already full of wings and plans are about to go. Have you heard of everything that happened in the Northern Territory? The monarch of the Aoshu people has chosen the most ambitious path, everything is on the road, and the future of the Star Gate has long been decided. No one who can devote himself to it is simple."
He said again: "The Prometheus's men sent Irs to lead their newcomers, and that's why they would waste the time of a dragon knight without the determination to win. You know, for the caller, his career is very short, and his peak period is only a moment-"
"It's such a lot of nonsense," Choi Xis disliked. "Luther, are you talking to me about these things to surrender to Prometheus's men and bow down to those guys?"
"Of course not."
"That's all," the girl put down her hand and looked forward firmly. "I don't care who he is, whether it's Prometheus's Dragon Knight or anything else, but don't even want to block my way. Even the Dragon Alchemist..."
The guy from the second division, who was a little rustic from the second division, couldn't help but frown in annoyance.
Because of the training camp, she did not personally experience the great arbitration of Aiyin Bullock, but everything that happened there spread so widely within the empire, how could she not know what good things Fang Zhu and his group did in Aiyin Bullock?
She fought against the Empire and the Magicians' family, and finally won in one fell swoop. She asked herself that she couldn't do this.
But that are just some extra-plate tricks. If we only talk about the strength of alchemy, whether it is a combat craftsman or a fairy, she has never bowed her head to anyone, even the boss or even the student of the Gray King FOX in front of her.
The King of Grey is about to retire.
After that, Ming should take over as the ten kings of craftsmen. She fought with FOX for many years and was only slightly inferior. She is recognized as the number one person below the ten kings. There are many choices left, but none of them are convincing. Among the rising stars, Loofah is only one.
These two people may monopolize the ten kings of craftsmen for a period of time. The outside world predicts that within three to five years, but in the future, it will be the world of their generation. Whether it is the students of FOX, the Gemini of the Empire, or the genius from Sangshake-
Cui Xisi has never been afraid of any challenges.
Except that rustic guy.
Irs went to Istania and met the man. After he came back, he became weird. Even Prometheus was rumored to this matter. If it weren't for the fact that he had paid attention to this matter and investigated Prometheus, she would have been in the dark.
But the more she investigated the matters related to it, the more she was shrouded in the clouds, as if she was trapped in a fog. In Kaurin-Ishurien, there were not too few rumors about Fang Zhu, but too many. From Fenris to Istaniya, all the way to him, there were legends about him everywhere.
But the more she understood, the more bizarre she felt. How could such a thing happen? Her first reaction was that she couldn't believe it, and the second reaction was that she subconsciously denied that the Kaolin people had been looking forward to their genius for too long, and they spread these things so bizarrely.
It's not that she is jealous.
But whether it is to slay dragons, mobilize dragon knights to build, defeat an island, or even defeat an evil god, anyone who hears these stories will be regarded as a mythological story. One or two is fine, but all are concentrated on one person.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Cui Xisi can only suspect that the second division is creating a god.
Such things are not uncommon in the league. Some of the halos on top players are more or less artificially exaggerated, but they are not as outrageous as the Korlins.
"But is he really that kind of person?"
The girl was a little unsure.
She had an intuitive thought in her mind that she was not, she was also a very excellent player, one of the top geniuses of the Solid Alliance generation. If she did not have the ability to analyze a thing at the minimum objective level, she would not be able to reach this point.
The two thoughts fought in her heart, and her intuition and reason entanglement made her so resentful.
Fortunately, she is no longer in the league field.
This is the underground mining area of Nordspits, and only a few people are qualified to participate in this trial. In the empire, its importance is even higher than that of the Four Realms Tower. In the past ten years, there have been very few candidates who have participated in this trial.
Even the agents repeatedly emphasized to them that this is related to the agreement between the alliance and the magic monarch, and must not be rash here. Even the most free caller must restrain his temperament and obey the arrangements of the empire.
Cui Xisi let out a light breath.
But she was a little subtle unwilling to accept it, as if she was hiding from those people. Even if she participated in this trial and finally won the competition with that person, isn't this an unfair thing? It's like she couldn't do all this with her own strength.
She never agreed with this.
The boy noticed Cui Xisi's subtle emotional changes, looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you stupid?"
Cui Xisi snorted unconsciously and stroked her brown hair with her hands, "I just thought of those rural guys."
Luther laughed in silence, guessing roughly what she was saying, and suggested: "You can't call contestants from other regions like this. It's too rude. Although they don't come from the empire, their essence is no different from us, Cui Xisi."
"Hyphosis," Cui Xisi said with some disdain, "When everything starts to be implemented, they are strangers to us. I am just talking verbally, but everything you do is to give up those people whose essence is not different from us."
"I don't agree," replied Luther, "but you and I have no power to change, so I have to accept it, not to mention that even if we are, we can only choose to protect ourselves."
"Then don't teach me condescendingly."
The girl glanced at him and walked forward.
The intertwined light and shadows behind her flashed, as if something was crossing the space and following her.
The boy looked at this scene in surprise, raised his head slightly before recognizing the thing. "AX-7, light guide," he whispered that name, a strange color flashed in his eyes, "You actually got this thing from the Tower of Winter. No wonder the Sacred Guild trusts you so much... The fairy made up for the shortest board of it and the combat craftsmen..."
Cui Xisi was slightly stunned and turned around and looked at him again, "You have a good vision."
The boy smiled bitterly, "In terms of the popularity of the alien body, this "Silver Light" George once ranked among the top three in the empire, and now it can still be moved, it is second only to the old antique in the ancient gold museum."
"The old antique you mentioned has not been scrapped yet," Cui Xisi remembered the person again, "Not long ago, someone asked the Gujin family if they wanted it."
"Oh?" Luther was slightly surprised. "Isn't that thing notoriously looked down upon by people who can use it, and cannot use by people who can like it? Although it is as exquisite as the Dragon Knight, it is not as strong as the Dragon Knight... Indeed, it was once so famous, but it was meeting the right person at the right time."
"Maybe it may not necessarily meet another right person at another right time." Cui Xisi paused for a moment, but in fact she didn't believe her words. She sighed softly, but she joked.
But Luther shook his head seriously, "I heard that the six-winged seraphim is still on display in the museum of the Gujin family."
Cui Xisi was stunned and then smiled.
"That's normal," she finally felt relieved, "Who did he think he was?"
"he?"
"It has nothing to do with you." The girl interrupted, her eyes swept in one direction, and some kind of change seemed to have occurred in the fortress, and the crowd was gathering.
Luther was also looking in that direction. The Imperial soldiers in gray and black uniforms on the street were separating the callers who were staying on the street and leaving a path in the middle, where a tall carriage came from that direction. Cui Xisi and Luther both stood on the street and watched the carriage powered by the magic engine slowly passing by.
Cui Xisi's eyes were sharp and the first to see the snakeberry surrounded by vines on the wall of the carriage, and its sharp leaves, like a dark open eye, staring at everyone.
She took a light breath and whispered: "Karlaye Draka, the Death Robe Wizard of the Snake Eye Tower has arrived, the Empire and the people over there..."
Luther nodded softly, too.
"The other teams in the alliance have arrived," he added in a low voice, "the earth elemental power is beginning to gather. There have been several small earthquakes in the connection before. I am afraid that the elemental creatures below are ready to move and the trial is about to begin."
The two of them watched silently as the carriage went away.
...
Jita grabbed the edge of the rock crack with force, holding her huge magic book in one hand, and blushed her face, but she gritted her teeth and said nothing. She stretched out her hand from above, grabbed her arm, and pulled her up.
The scholar staggered before standing firm on the top of the rock. He wiped the round-frame glasses that had become foggy because of the dust. He looked at the maid who was withdrawing his hand, "Thank you, thank you," she hurriedly thanked the other party, "Miss Xie Sita."
The maid's lady didn't say a word. She seemed a little silent on weekdays, but she seemed particularly silent here, and even said less to protect her lady's words than usual. But when Fang Ling came up with bad ideas, the maid would still be the first to stand up.
"Miss Xiesta, do you have any worries?" Jita noticed the other party's abnormality, held the big book in his hand and asked softly.
"nothing."
Xie Sita shook her head gently.
She placed her hand on her arm armor and opened the heat sink, so that the cooled air would turn into white smoke and escape from under the grid.
Jita didn't dare to say much, so she had to hold her magic book and shut her mouth. Others also came up from below one after another. This place was quite close to the crack, so Alisa and the Paparals asked everyone to rest here for a while.
This is mainly for Luo Wei and his group of people. These elite craftsmen from major guilds rarely take risks outside, and their physical fitness is naturally not as good as those of them who have been in the wild all year round, let alone avoid the search of the Imperial Army under this rugged terrain, and have to pass through dangerous areas as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Silmide took this into consideration in advance, leaving more or less redundant on each route to cope with such a situation. This place is not safe, but in the blind spot of the fortress's sight, a huge protruding rock blocked them, blocking most directions.
The Imperial Army has just passed by here, and there is at least one quarter of an hour before the next return. They are expected to rest here for about five minutes.
Everyone seemed a little quiet, waiting for the few people who came out to bring back the patrol information.
Jita knelt on the ground, listening silently to the slight noise from the darkness.
But she looked in the direction of the fortress - from here she could only see a corner of the city wall, but she could bring half of the gray underground lake into her eyes. It should have been pitch black, but the light from the spotlights illuminated the plain at the bottom of the lake to a grayish whiteness.
It looks like it is above the moon from a distance.
She was not looking at a natural wonder, but the Imperial Army marching at the bottom of the lake. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that there were fewer and fewer Imperial Army troops leaving the fortress, and more and more Imperial Army patrols gathered from all directions to the islands in the lake.
At this time, Fang Zhu, Alisa, and Paparal were also searching from the front. He didn't have to be as laborious as others. He used his flying claws to perfection, holding a thin, bright silver silk thread, like Spider-Man, and then leaped back from the rocks in the distance.
He landed on the top of the rock, and Alisa and the Paparals were only one step slower-or Parker only two steps slow. He looked chubby and short, but he was very flexible in grasping the rock, and bounced from under like a round jumping spider, and landed beside Miss Nightingale.
Fang Zhu took the silver bee in his hand and looked at everyone, "We are lucky. The Imperial Army's defense is looser than expected. Many plans were not used. Alisa and I went to the back of the rock cape. As long as we pass through that, we can enter the crack-"
Silweid was discussing something with Luo Wei, and after hearing this, he turned around. The senior sister from the Godslayer on the side had already spoken before her: "The Imperial Army's defense has become loose, why?"
"Who knows," Luo Hao spread his hands, and he came back from another direction, "but this is finally a good thing for us."
Several people were talking, but Jita withdrew her gaze from a distance, her lips stammered, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to speak easily.
However, Fang Rong noticed the movements of the senior lady, turned her eyes and asked here: "Are you okay, Jita?"
Jita quickly shook her head and held her huge magic book.
"Where are you, Miss Xieshita," Fang Rong asked foolishly again, "Didn't you stayed in the Empire for a while? Do you have any opinions?"
Before he could finish his words, he saw his shipmaster blinking at him frantically.
"If you miss, ask more questions."
Xie Sita looked at him and replied coldly.
"Well……"
Fang Yu scratched his head and looked at the others to change the topic and said, "Since it's nothing, then let's go. The plan is smoother than expected. We will pass through the crack in one go and complete the predetermined goal as soon as possible."
"Wait, I...I'm going to die too..."
Xiaoyao was spread out like a dead dog, leaving only his chest rising and falling. He finally didn't have much anticipation for adventure, and was only thinking about when he could end such torture.
"Huhu," the master craftsman from Silver Weislan felt that his lungs were about to be cracked. Every time he said a word, it was like someone stabbing it with a knife, but he could still chatter, "......, take a rest, if this continues, I will die here suddenly."
"You may die later if you say a few words." Shui Wuming said to him mercilessly.
"You... are nothing wrong?" Xiaoyao looked at the other party and felt very surprised.
"Fool," Shui Wuming sneered, "I am an extra-staff member of Elite's main adventure team. You think you stay at home all day like you."
Xiaoyao opened his mouth and wanted to say something else.
But the ground suddenly shook slightly, almost lifting him up directly from the edge of the rock. He was so scared that he turned over with the fastest movement and grabbed the protruding rock wall, firmly fixing himself on it.
"What's going on? What's going on!" Xiaoyao lay on the surface of the rock, so scared that he didn't dare to raise his head, and shouted at the top of his voice.
Fortunately, Shui Wuming, who was on the side, quickly looked at his eyes and covered his mouth.
"Woo--"
Xiaoyao stared at this woman with his eyes.
"What happened just now?" Fang Yu also noticed the abnormality. He looked back first. Fortunately, there were no Imperial Army around him - this is the so-called accident. It is difficult to avoid accidents with a group of novices, but fortunately the result was good.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "I don't know," the Paparal man was the fastest move. As soon as the rock shook, he jumped to the rock next to him. He lay on the other side and looked up and down at the protruding pointed rock where everyone was, but he found nothing unusual.
He raised his head and looked at everyone with his dark eyes, "Is it a earthquake?"
"wrong."
Fang Yu shook his head. He always felt that this scene was a little familiar, but he didn't remember the source of the connection for a while.
He paused for a moment, and a lightning flashed suddenly in the darkness. The violent shaking of the rock just now was associated with the scenes that happened in the upper mine area not long ago. An uncontrollable thought suddenly appeared in his heart.
At the same moment, Jita also remembered what she was worried about.
Both of them raised their heads at the same time.
“Elemental Resonance.”
"The earth element stirs up!"
A bold idea came to their minds at the same time.
"There are big guys under us," Fang Yu subconsciously took out a structural body and threw it into the deep valley below, causing the spider-like structural body to spread its limbs on the rock. He also looked back at the others, "It may be those elemental creatures before."
What were the elements before?
A big question mark appeared in Xiaoyao's mind. "How is it possible?" he asked, "They were still above us just now, how could they go over the interlayer and below us? Besides, there are so many imperial people moving below here, how could they just chase us?"
Fang Yu could not get the answer for a while.
But he snapped his fingers at the assembly, and the assembly stood up, and a crystal rose on his back, which was spread like a triangle. The gravity field was immediately laid down, and a bright earth-yellow light was refracted in the crystal.
"Element reaction!" The Paparal people screamed when they saw this scene. Luo Yu, the box and Liuliyue stood up almost at the same time, and raised the weapon in their hands. If they were guessing just now, then this moment was almost a real impact.
"Wait," Parker was still screaming, and the crystal was getting extremely dazzling underneath, "How could it be so bright? How many things are there underneath?"
"Brother Ed."
At this time, Jita turned around and said to everyone.
"Look at that-"
The ground was shaking slightly, but others subconsciously looked in the direction pointed by the scholar.
And where she refers.
It is exactly where the imperial people's fortress is located.
Chapter completed!