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"Ahhhhhhhh-"

A scream that pierced the sky made every Hand of Despair player on the battlefield raise their heads. The sound was so shrill, as if a little girl had seen something she thought was the scariest thing - or even worse than that.

It was a hundred times more terrifying. But that was exactly what happened. Miss Griffin was screaming loudly with her eyes closed. She hugged the mage's waist tightly, and her tears flew upward like broken beads.

"Captain, you bastard..."

"You're tightening it too tight, Griffin... I can't cast the spell..." The system sounded like an alarm, screaming to tell Xiao Fen that he was falling rapidly and would hit the ground in a few seconds.

The battle log was scrolling down like a clock, with bruises of '-1' and '-1' appearing constantly - it said suffocation injury, caused by Miss Elf.

Just a moment ago, Xiao Fen used a random keeper to teleport the three of them northward and upward for a thousand feet. At this moment, they were about 1,500 feet above the ground. According to the rules of Canaan, when a person falls, they will be transported for the first time.

The speed of one round is to fall 150 feet, and the second round will fall another 300 feet on this basis - that is to say, if he does nothing, the three of them will hit the ground after the third and fourth rounds.

"I don't care, if you let go you will die——"

"You will die if you don't let go, Miss Griffin." Xiao Fen felt that his face was about to be blown away, and his voice had a leaky sound. However, his words were still more or less true.

After the effect, Miss Griffin finally became more rational and loosened her hands slightly. Only then could the mage free his hands to cast spells. This was his first attempt to cast spells while tumbling and falling rapidly in high altitude.

He tested it first, and the system gave him two DCs - balance or concentration. Xiao Fen didn't consider balance at all, because the system gave him a five percent chance of passing this test, which means

The 20-sided die can only pass if you throw a 20. Concentration seems to be slightly better, at least 45%.

There are still three rounds left.

Xiao Fen first chose a landing point, but the wind poured it into his mouth just after he chanted a sentence, causing him to cough violently.

second round.

This time the mage completely cast the spell, but was judged to have failed by the system.

"Master Mage, please hurry up." The witch girl hugged him on the other side and closed her eyes tightly and said, "We are about to fall."

Of course Xiao Fen knew. He took a deep breath and stared at the city buildings getting closer and closer below - the people of the Hand of Despair had already discovered them, and the small black dots on the cliff turned around and surrounded here -

- The mage opened his hands and tried to maintain his balance. The wind whistled in his ears. Soon he saw several arrows flying past him.

Every ranger in Hand of Despair who can reach the rank of Knight of Thorns is a veteran with extraordinary archery skills. Although it is not as good as Cole's perfect accuracy, it is much better than those mediocre rangers who rely entirely on system hit correction.

But Xiao Fen had no time to worry about this. He was almost gritting his teeth and laboriously using his tongue to squeeze out each spell slowly and accurately. Only by doing his best could he complete this spell as much as possible. Of course, the mage

It can be cast silently, but the arbitrary door itself does not require physical components (casting posture), and the casting time is the shortest among all three-ring arcane spells - because it is an escape spell. Therefore, Xiao Fen never thought of memorizing it.

A super-demonized random door, because it is not only unnecessary but also occupies a spell slot of the same level, which is quite incredible when you think about it.

However, it turns out that everything is impossible to predict one by one, and he is experiencing the pain now. This is thanks to the fact that the Anymen Sect does not require physical components, otherwise Xiao Fen would have to instantaneously cast a Feather Falling Technique to slow down the descent first. Because that would just 'have'

Maybe it's just surrounded by the hands of despair and shot into a sieve. It's better than 'definitely' being smashed into dregs.

It doesn't matter if they die, but it will be troublesome if the witch girl dies as a quest NPC.

But fortunately, good luck! The mage’s last attempt was successful——

Xiao Fen locked onto a building about a thousand feet away to the north, and his heart moved. Suddenly a huge light door appeared below the three of them, and then they fell in and disappeared. Everyone in the Hand of Despair looked at it together.

At this incredible scene, the huge light door was like a bright moon in the sky, appearing and disappearing in an instant.

These black knights were stunned for a moment, and then cursed loudly.

…

On the cliff.

"Lord Suzuli," the three despair knights (the Thorn Knights went down one level) opened the door of the crumbling cabin, took a look at half of the room that had been blown up, and turned around and said, "There is no one inside."

"Hmph, I should have known this was the case." Followed by a slim woman, she snorted coldly. This beautiful ranger commander is a rare mist elf, with golden pupils that burn through like flames.

In the shadow under the dark cloak, she pursed her beautiful lips, and she had the aura of a superior even when she was silent. Then she looked behind her - the prophet behind her was almost a replica of Xiao Fen, the same

His face was pale, he was as thin as a knife, and he had the same wrinkled black robe. The only difference was that this frail young man was holding a crystal ball. He smiled slightly: "Lord Suzuran, you can do it.

Just-"

"I am only responsible for tactics. This is my scope of responsibility." The young man said in a soft voice, as if weaving a dream: "The opponent's level is quite high. Judging from the combat techniques, he should be an experienced player."

"Humph," the tall female elf turned her head disdainfully, even the dark leather armor could not hide her beautiful figure: "The old players are nothing special, they are just a bunch of fools who were played by the game, and we

But he’s dominating the game.”

The young man smiled slightly and was noncommittal.

The ranger captain knew the temper of her companion well and did not argue with him. She looked in the direction of the light door that disappeared before, her golden pupils were cold. Then the beautiful ranger commander took out a note and put it

It was written on the arm: "Sister, it has been confirmed that the enemy encountered by the seventh team is indeed in this dungeon. I accidentally let him escape - I still don't know what the other party's purpose was..."

She paused and added: "The opponent is very strong, so be careful, and they seem to have found the mission NPC. Andre told me that he had sensed a prophecy before, and I had asked him to find a way to interfere, but

I don’t know if it’s successful…”

After writing this letter, she sent seven in a row, and then quietly stared at the seven underground bats flying in seven directions in the darkness...

…

In the darkness, the air dispersed with a loud bang, and three people appeared out of thin air on the roof. Then the huge black shadow rolled all the way down with a "crash" sound, accompanied by broken wood, shattered soil, and some utensils falling to the ground.

There was a sound of falling apart. A thick layer of ash was lifted up from the ground, flew upwards, and spread into a gray cloud covering the entire street...

Xiao Fen groaned and pushed away the wood that was pressing on him, and the soil sat up. He looked around and saw that half of the house had collapsed - it should look like a street outside, and it was completely consistent with the architectural style of Oras.

It's different. The Ella people's houses are all flat-roofed and made of a mixture of earth, stone, and wood. Their streets are paved with gray strips of stone that are completely built into the same size, and are covered with carefully carved patterns.

Xiao Fen saw that among these patterns, there were scenes of sacrifice, hunting, and war, and there were also four wheel tracks for carriages. It could be seen that the Ella people at that time already had a fairly developed civilization, at least inventions.

There were wheels and animals used to carry loads. However, he generally ignored the legends that generally recorded that the civilization of the Ella people was far better than that of this era. Xiao Fen believed that the heyday of magical civilization was during the era of magical wars.

, today's Olas is still in the recovery period after the war, and is gradually returning to its former glory.

It is said that Rune Island still retains the glory of that era, otherwise it would not have finally defeated those famous mage monarchs.

The Ella people are skilled in the art of manipulating elements, and in this regard they may indeed be far better than they are now. They have indeed created some miracles, such as the early construct civilization. But the glory of the Ella people is based on the protection of the elemental god system.

Above, so when Iris died, this huge empire suddenly fell apart.

In Canaan, it was not until the demise of the elemental god system that the mortal era truly began to recover. But whether this was the beginning of the mortal era, no one could say, because Rune Island was a throne under divine authority.

At this time, Griffin and the witch girl also groaned and climbed up one by one. Wooden blocks, soil, and pieces of utensils were shaken off the two ladies, making a chaotic sound. Miss Elf had a moment of confusion at first.

She was confused, then she remembered something, picked up a spell book and threw it towards Xiao Fen.

"asshole--!"

Fortunately, both of them were mages and were not very powerful. Xiao Fen blocked the sudden attack with just a light block, but he did not intend to pursue Miss Elf's tantrum - because he had not thought of Gerry beforehand.

Fein would have such a big reaction. Xiao Fen just looked at the other party in silence. He picked up her spell book and handed it back.

Griffin's little face turned pale with anger, and he glared at him without paying any attention.

"Sorry." Xiao Fen shrugged and stood up from the ruins with a loud crash. He handed over a hand: "I will pay more attention next time."

"There will be a next time," Miss Elf said angrily: "Next time I encounter this situation, I won't teleport with the captain even if I die!"

After all, she calmed down and took the spell book handed over by Xiao Fen, then put her hand into the other person's palm and asked him to pull her up. Then she went over to help the witch girl on the side - the latter seemed to be a little injured.

, Fortunately, it was not too serious, which made the mage even more apologetic. However, the girl just said quietly and gently that it was nothing.

But in this case, it will be even more difficult for our Miss Griffin to say anything.

The three of them quickly walked outside - fortunately, the northern temple was very conspicuous, which made them lose their way in this maze-like temple city. The huge temple was like the shadow of a giant

The same thing lingered there, motionless, but there was an inexplicable uneasiness in people's hearts; it was also dark outside the street, and the dim light from the dome could not penetrate the fog that shrouded the entire city; Miss Elf was still there

Okay, you can barely see in the darkness. As for the mage, you can ignore all the darkness, but the witch girl is in trouble. She can only hold Griffith's hand tightly and follow step by step.

But even so, the docile girl remained as quiet as ever. She moved forward carefully in the darkness, while lowering her head to comfort a few mice that popped out of her pockets - such as Miss Mamic, Mr. Bacon and so on.

Xiao Fen walked with the two ladies on a dark and silent street. The satin-like black velvet robe dragged on the ground and moved forward slowly. Although the steps were light, there was still a rustling sound in his ears. The mage looked left and right.

At first glance, everything seems to be gray and so quiet that time seems to have stopped. No matter if it is a thousand years or ten thousand years, this place has never changed and will never change.

He took a breath and thought more than once of the underground city where King Asuo's secret treasure was located. He also thought of the underground city where Allenbisi was. They all have one thing in common with this place, that is, they can fly and float in the air.

, is a real floating city. As for why Xiao Fen is so sure, it is because the Ella people are the first masters of the power of the elements. Although the Golden Heart of Canaan has always existed, those Ella people with golden wings have developed

A magical machine was invented that allowed huge creatures to float in the air.

The floating city and the constructed civilization are originally the two most praised legends of the Ella people——

Therefore, no matter where the Ella people build their temple, for the main god of the wind realm like Iris, her temple will definitely adopt the design method of a floating city. As for why this majestic building complex appears underground, then

It's just to avoid the terrible divine punishment attack in the later stage of the divine war.

"This is a floating city that cannot fly." Xiao Fen thought this way.

He had just finished thinking this when a black shadow hit the dark secret law in his right hand with a 'snap' sound. The staff in the mage's hand tilted slightly, and an arrow grazed his robe and went through.

The gray stone slab behind bounced off to the side and flew into the shadow far behind. Xiao Fen almost subconsciously drew a circle backwards with his staff, blessing Griffin and the witch girl behind.

Protection from arrows.

Then he immediately raised his hands to suppress the two girls and backed away.
To be continued...