It was already evening when we arrived at the Spines Castle. The red sunset hung far away in the direction of the Eternal Dark Hills, reflecting the western sky into a bloody red color. This weird and gorgeous color spread faintly from far to near.
The entire withered woodland. Looking down from the Spiny Castle on the top of the hill, it feels like you are in a mysterious sea of blood, adding a bit of unknown terror.
The wooden door of the Spinal Castle lies in ruins beside the entrance. Years of wind and rain have corroded this sturdy object into a fragile charred black char. It seems that as long as a little more external force is used, it will disappear. This is a building that has already
A city of death and decay, it has no inhabitants, no life, only broken walls and ruins.
A group of people walked on the empty streets of Spinal Castle. Since there were no obstacles, the footsteps carried far away. Hollow echoes usually sounded from both ends, hitting everyone's eardrums or hearts from a distance. From time to time, similar sounds appeared on the ground.
Due to the remains of human beings, the golden-red clouds in the sky also seemed a little low at this time. Everyone felt a kind of depression, but they just suppressed this depression in their hearts.
Half Apple, who was walking at the front of the team, looked around and said with a smile: "This city is really weird. Ahem, I mean, uh... it's a bit scary."
His noisy voice echoed in this dead castle again and again. Each time the voice echoed, it was a little louder than the last time, and the faces of everyone became more and more ugly. In the end, even the speaker himself was pale...
…
Xiao Fen glared at the halfling fiercely, but he knew that now was not the time to argue, and there was no need to argue so much with this little guy. He raised his head and glanced in front of him. The Temple of Petera, which was made of pure white marble, was right in front of him.
Not far away, although it is somewhat dilapidated, it is considered one of the best-preserved buildings in the entire castle.
Everyone was refreshed and walked quickly towards the temple.
"Bang!" Wrought Iron first threw the ax onto the white marble floor, making a terrible loud noise, and then slumped to the marble pillar next to him like mud and gasped. For a seriously injured patient like him, traveling is the most difficult task.
thing.
"I'm exhausted. I need to take a nap. No one can wake me up! No one!" the dwarf complained gruffly.
Xiao Fen glanced at him and said calmly: "Of course, something will wake you up in a while."
Half Apple stared at the sun gem on the pillar of the temple, thinking about how to dig it out, although everyone knew that this was impossible.
"Who!" The alert Ke'er suddenly raised her head and cast her clear eyes at the entrance of the temple. A woman wearing a white robe immediately walked out of the shadows there. Although the beauty of the visitor was not as good as the three women, she had a kind of weakness and pitifulness.
Her temperament makes people want to be protective.
"Don't be nervous, guests from afar." The beauty in white robe smiled without any pretense, "This is the Temple of the Sun. If you are tired, please come and have a rest."
Ke'er looked at this weak girl with confusion, then looked at Xiao Fen, unsure of her decision.
In fact, Xiao Fen was wondering now. According to the information, this place is a paradise for the undead. There are no living humans within a hundred miles. Even this temple protected by the Sun God, although it has never been invaded by the undead, is only
It was just an abandoned building...but now a beautiful woman actually came out and invited them in to take a rest? Is it a trap?
Seeing that everyone was in a daze, the beautiful woman in white robe hurriedly said: "You don't have to doubt that I am not a living human being... However, I have no ill intentions towards you."
"Undead?!" Xiao Fen was surprised, "Is it a ghost?"
"Ah!" Sophia was startled and pulled out the long sword with both hands. The golden light reflected the light of the setting sun. There was a look of fear on the face of the white-robed beauty, and she stepped back several steps, obviously afraid of Sophia's sword.
The sacred breath on it.
"Sister, don't panic." Ning Jingxue slowly stepped forward and pressed down Sophia's sword, and looked at her quietly. The latter's face was slightly red, her eyelids were lowered, and she pouted with a small mouth.
The sword is returned to its scabbard.
"Are you also a priest?" Seeing Sophia retract her sword, Serenity Xue asked her.
"No...I'm not, I'm just a ghost staying here." The beauty in white robe turned slightly pale, probably because she was frightened.
Quiet Xue nodded, turned around and said to Xiao Fen: "Brother Palin, let's go in, I don't think she has any ill intentions."
Naturally, Xiao Fen didn't dare to disobey the big beauty's suggestion. He grabbed half of the apple that was staring at the gem and drooled, and walked in with everyone else. However, the dwarf wrought iron was still lying on the ground motionless.
"F...Mage...First...Sir, the iron block...the iron block is still outside!" Seeing everyone go in, Manshi hurriedly pulled Xiao Fen's sleeve and said.
Xiao Fen smiled slightly, but Half Apple took over the conversation and said jokingly: "Ignore him, let him sit, and something will remind him to come in after a while."
"Oh?" Manshi scratched his head in disbelief.
The interior architectural style of the Temple of Petera is exquisite and magnificent. Even though it is an abandoned temple, it seems that everything is still in order due to the care of the ghost lady. Entering the door is the hall of the temple, and the floor of the hall is replaced by snow-white marble.
The obsidian stone has become pure black, and due to the wax, it is so bright that it can almost reflect the human figure. There are fourteen marble columns arranged vertically on both sides of the hall, with a spotless altar in the center, and a huge snow-white tapestry hanging behind the altar.
, with the emblem of the sun god painted on it.
If the silence hadn't been a little hollow, Xiao Fen and others would never have connected this place with the abandoned temple.
After bringing everyone to the inner hall and settling down, the ghost girl took a step back slightly, looked at the peaceful Xue with pleading eyes and said, "Is this lady a priest who believes in the Sun God?"
Quiet Xue looked at everyone doubtfully, and then nodded affirmatively.
"That's great!" A look of joy appeared on the ghost girl's face.
"What's the matter?" Quiet Snow asked.
"Then you must be adventurers?"
"Yes." Quiet Snow affirmed again.
"Great, can you help me? Do the poor ghost a small favor!"
Xiao Fen hurriedly stepped forward and stopped Ning Jingxue from nodding. He asked calmly: "Can you explain clearly what it is first? We will think about it later."
"I mean... do you want to know why this place has become a paradise for the undead? Do you want to know why I appear here?" The ghost girl did not answer Xiao Fen's question, but asked instead.
Quiet Xue glanced at Xiao Fen slightly angrily, but she also knew that sometimes tasks could not be accepted randomly, so she had to stand aside quietly and let Xiao Fen negotiate.
"Does what you are about to say have anything to do with what you want us to help with? If it does, we can listen to it!" Xiao Fen thought for a moment and replied.
The ghost girl smiled, "Of course it does."
"Then please invite me." Xiao Fen made a gesture of invitation.
The ghost girl nodded and began to tell the ancient story from a hundred years ago...
The time goes back a hundred years ago. At that time, the trade road from Matir in the north to Burke Town in Star Lake in the south was still one of the most important transportation roads in the south. The large-scale trade road passing through the Crimson Canyon from the nearby area had daily traffic.
Dozens of caravans passed by, and the excitement was no less than that of the waterway transportation in Yongdian Town today. The relay station Spine Castle, located in the middle, was the most important transportation hub connecting the quiet bay plain and the Star Lake area, once surpassing small towns.
It has reached the level of a large town, and the lord of the castle, Count Kebis, is a well-known paladin.
However, the good times did not last long. An evil dragon from the Northern Wall Mountains visited here. Although the soldiers of Spinal Castle and their lords resisted desperately, the terrible dragon's breath still destroyed the entire area. The city walls collapsed and the city was engulfed in flames.
, the forest that was melted by the dragon flames could no longer grow green branches and leaves, and the Spinal Castle and the surrounding area became a white field...
But the story did not end there. The evil dragon brutally plundered the entire area and soon returned to its lair in the north. The lucky lord survived with a few people, but the lord's family and only daughter died in this terrible incident.
in the midst of disaster.
Human creativity is unlimited. With the longing for the past life, the Spinal Castle was built again, and a complete transportation channel was quickly established. It seemed that the glory of yesterday was back in front of us.
But the scars will always be scars. The tragedy of his family and his daughter's death is like a poisonous snake biting the noble lord's heart. Yes, he wants revenge. He wants to kill the evil dragon that took away his daughter! He used everything he had
He placed a bounty on the evil dragon's head with his wealth, but what he got in exchange was the bone-white remains of countless adventurers. That evil dragon was not only the most brutal and powerful dragon in the north, but also the most cunning guy! The noble lord was in despair.
He looked forward to the day and night that one day he would be able to insert the sword into the dragon's heart with his own hands, just like what the most classical heroes would do.
As a result, the shadow of hatred was buried in the heart of the noble paladin, and he fell.
He used his life to sign a contract with the devil. In order to obtain the power to rival the dragons, he personally pushed all the residents of the Spinal Castle into the abyss of destruction. He buried the evil objects given to him by the devil into the ground of the Sun Temple.
Turn the entire Spines Castle into a sacrifice in a sacrificial ritual.
But the devil also deceived him. Although the cunning devil gave him unparalleled power, it also killed him while giving him power. The devil turned the entire Spines Castle into a paradise of death and evil. From then on, Spines
Thorn Castle is no longer known as the most important transportation hub in Tranquility Bay, but is called the Paradise of the Dead!
After the story was told, the inner hall fell into silence. Of course, the three girls were shocked by the miserable story. Xiao Fen and Yun were thinking about the information behind the story, but Half Apple was savoring the excitement of the story.
As for Manshi, he probably didn't understand what the ghost girl was saying.
"Then may I ask, Miss, why are you here?" Xiao Fen broke the silence first, although it somewhat ruined the atmosphere.
"Because I am the first sacrifice, the woman who was personally sacrificed to the devil... My soul is imprisoned in that dirty devil's thing. Even if I die, I cannot leave here." There was a hint of confusion in the girl's eyebrows.
Showing a touch of sadness, she sighed faintly: "It's been a hundred years."
"Do you want us to help liberate you?" Half an apple jumped between the ghost girl and Xiao Fen, licking his lips: "Tsk, tsk, it's really miserable. This task seems to be difficult to complete... tsk, tsk, very good.
The mission is probably very exciting, eh! Let’s talk about the rewards, yes, the rewards... You know, hiring adventurers requires rewards."
Choke! A long sword flashing with silver light was inserted in front of half of the apple, followed by Sophia's cold voice: "Damn Apple! This sister is so pitiful, you actually asked her for payment... you... you
!you wanna die!"
Half Apple turned pale and looked at Sophia, whose face was red with anger. Then he looked back at Ke'er and Ning Jingxue. The two eldest ladies also had slightly angry looks on their faces.
"To be honest." Xiao Fen glared at Sophia. "I don't agree with taking this task. I think it is a task beyond our capabilities... Well, it is difficult to complete."
"If there is a reward, then that's a different matter... Ah! Help!" Half Apple shouted to avoid the little girl's attack, and did not dare to interrupt again.
"What do you think?" Xiao Fen tried not to look at the ghost girl's expression, because he knew it would affect his judgment, so he just looked back at Yun, Ning Ning Xue and Ke'er.
Ke'er didn't speak, and for the first time there was a look of hesitation on her usually bright face. From her own perspective, she naturally agreed to help this poor girl. But she was not an unreasonable young lady. As a member of the entire team,
She also has to consider the safety of each teammate. The death penalty in the game is severe, and every life is very precious to everyone, so she can't make up her mind.
Ning Jingxue smiled rationally. She stared at Xiao Fen, her purple-black eyes as vast as the universe. She said quietly: "I obey the captain's choice."
Yun had a cold face, not even the slightest change in her expression from beginning to end.
Manshi still looks stupid...
"Please help me, please?" The ghost girl noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and begged hurriedly, her voice trembling with tears.
"You! How could you do this!" Sophia's eyes turned red and she was about to cry. She yelled angrily: "If you don't help... I... I will help alone!"
"Can you do it alone?" Half Apple gave the little girl a joking look.
"I... I can give it a try!" the little girl argued forcefully.
Xiao Fen looked at half of the apple, and the latter quietly nodded to him. Of course, the little girl didn't notice this action.
"I agree." He replied softly, while facing the ghost girl's pitiful gaze calmly for the first time.
"Really?...I'm so grateful to you, woohoo..." The girl was so moved that she started crying, and Xiao Fen couldn't help but sigh at how delicately the emotions of the NPC in Canaan were done.
"Yeah! Brother Mage is so nice!" The little girl Sophia dropped her sword and jumped on Xiao Fen, laughing and dancing. Her expression changed so quickly that it made people tongue-tied, but it actually made our poor Mage blush.
"Ahem." Xiao Fen pretended to be serious and coughed twice. He raised his head and met the quiet Xue's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He couldn't help but feel his face getting hot again.
"What are we going to do?" He gently pushed the little girl away and asked.
The ghost girl wiped away the tears on her cheeks and was about to answer when a ghost howl came from outside the hall - "Oh my God! Help! There are so many undead!" Then she saw the dwarf Forge carrying his ax and carrying his ax on his back.
Wearing a pure steel round shield, he ran in while rolling and crawling. It didn't look like he was seriously injured at all.
"Look, I said he would come in." Half Apple hummed proudly.
The hall was suddenly filled with happy laughter...
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