When Xiao Fen encountered a powerful enemy underground, the Hand of Despair team also ran into trouble.
Lindlett Flambois, the Rose Knight of the Hand of Despair who was covered in jet-black blade armor, and her undead attendants stared coldly at the person in front of her. Although she did not speak, the phosphorus fire in the eye sockets under the helmet seemed to be
It's like squirting out.
In such a scene, you might as well imagine a hall made of obsidian. There are pillars every thirty feet horizontally and vertically. The ground is a dark spar surface, and there is a huge silver line pattern in the center -
Like the eye of a giant storm - and in the center of several rows of pillars, a female priest wearing black armor and a terrifying two-handed war hammer, with a dark velvet cloak hanging down to the mirror-like ground, was chatting with a gray-yellow monk robe.
, a middle-aged warrior monk with a kind face and kind eyes, but some yellowish and blue skin faced him.
As for the others?
They all fell asleep, piled in a pile not far behind the middle-aged man, and fell into a deep sleep.
"Look, this lady." The middle-aged monk said in a charming voice: "It's not that I won't let you go, it's just that I haven't spoken to anyone for thousands of years. You can't be pitiful.
An old man who is about to become crazy - oh, he is probably not a human being? But it doesn't matter, you don't know that loneliness is as terrible as time, always talking to oneself alone will probably drive people crazy - oh,
Not a human? Well, that doesn’t matter! I just want to find someone to talk to.”
The pastor remained unmoved and was just looking for a chance to leave.
"Ah. You don't really have such an urgent desire to leave, do you?" The monk was slightly startled and said in embarrassment: "Actually, it doesn't matter. I will take care of your friends temporarily. If you really,
I mean if you are very eager to do something else - of course, you can trust me. I - oh, no! Not a human being. Oh, how should I say, it can actually be regarded as a human being - of course
I don’t want to nag you on this issue, I just want to say, do you really want to leave your partner and leave alone?”
The phosphorus fire in Lindlett's eyes under the helmet became brighter. She was about to nod, but when she saw the middle-aged monk's eyes suddenly brightened strangely, she immediately shook her head subconsciously.
"Oh, you also think this is not good? Then we must have reached a consensus, this is great. Let's continue chatting. Which topic should we start with? By the way, you know the construction of this temple
Do you not know what kind of person the author is? Haha - actually I don’t know either, who cares about him! What, you don’t think this is funny? It doesn’t matter, we can change the topic, for example, how about telling a joke
…?”
The female pastor was so angry that she was shaking all over. This damn bastard was clearly asking for advice, but at the same time he was using suggestion techniques on her. This was simply bastard and shameless. However, she still tried hard to control her anger. She had
A Will saving throw of up to 22. But he actually had no resistance at all under a third-level spell. Thinking again about the previous performance of this crazy monk, Lindlett decided not to be impulsive.
"Hey, look at your lack of interest. It seems like you are no longer interested in jokes. In fact, jokes are things with profound meanings - I know a person, um, probably in Tasvis, right? The time seems to be
A thousand years ago, he was a half-elf poet, and he was really good at telling jokes. Oops... I'm off topic again, okay, let's not tell jokes, how about we guess riddles?"
"Say." The female priest finally squeezed out a word from her teeth. It was so cold that it could freeze the air and drop ice slag.
"Then first question, guess what my name is?"
But the monk's first question made Lindlett think about throwing the warhammer in his face.
…
"That's Judge Otilus, mage, you may not be his match." A strong arm pulled him aside, and then a strange, booming voice with a metallic echo said.
Xiao Fen suddenly turned around and first saw a metal face - it had eyes, a nose and a mouth, but it was all carved out of metal and wood. This metal face seemed to be able to express some expressions, but it was quite limited -
For example, it is frowning now, and a white flame is burning in its two eye sockets. It can make a ringing sound from its throat without moving its mouth.
It wore armor with the characteristics of the Elemental Age. However, the mage soon discovered that this was not the armor, but its body. The metal, wood and stone body itself was integrated with the armor, resembling both a golem and a secret.
Oops, but it's more dexterous than the former, and sturdier than the latter. This creature is carrying a double-headed sword, which is engraved with runes, with one end fiery red and the other icy blue.
There are several similar guys standing behind this 'person'. Although these 'people' standing together have slightly different armor shapes, they are generally the same.
"Who are you?" Although Xiao Fen knew that the other party had no ill intentions, he still couldn't help but ask.
The metal man who pulled him away had no time to answer, but raised his head and said to the light group in the sky: "Otilus, you violated the rules and attacked our people, do you want to provoke a war?" Although its voice said
The sound of the urn is loud, but it is as hard and powerful as metal.
"war?"
The emerald blue light group in the sky suddenly expanded, and a sound came from inside it - this sound seemed to reach directly into people's hearts, rolling like thunder, making people turn pale. Miss Griffith originally
It was fine that she was lying on the ground, but the witch girl was so shocked that she fell back and sat down on the ground.
Even the small light groups around them dispersed to the left and right. Only a few metal men and Xiao Fen were unmoved. However, the mage's expression changed: Generally speaking, activation spells do not have the attribute of intelligence, let alone language.
Something like that. They are just like constructs. Not only are they equipped with activation and awakening techniques, but the former have never heard of any rumors about this.
But what is the situation now? Xiao Fen frowned and stared at the shining cloud of gas in the sky.
"Is this little guy one of yours?" the light group Otilus said in the air, his voice like thunder: "Why do I think he is different from you?"
Xiao Fen was about to answer, but the metal man stopped him: "Each of us is different, Otilos. From this point of view, he is much more advanced than you."
"There are differences between us," Otilos replied: "Even if we don't mention this issue, this little thing has killed many of our people before. Blatche, how do you plan to explain this issue?"
"Your brains for activating spells have been corroded by magic. Even if you are given wisdom, you are still so stupid." The metal man smiled coldly - although it could not be seen from his face, his tone was like this: "You
Forget the agreement between us, beings like you and me, who are at the level of judges, cannot participate in the battles between these juniors."
"Junior?" Otilus's huge body suddenly opened in the air, as if he was angry: "A being who can defeat my sentry so easily is considered a junior?"
"You can't deny that he only has fifteen ochers." Blatche said. Xiao Fen didn't understand what he meant, but he could understand that he probably meant something like life dice.
Otilus fell silent.
"No, there must be some conspiracy here." It said, making the whole space buzz and vibrate: "Arbitration, I demand arbitration!"
"You're asking for trouble, Otilus." The metal man frowned - if that expression was indeed a frown: "But fine, as you wish -" It turned around and looked at Xiao Fen
He glanced at him and said, "Master, it seems we have to trouble you to come with us."
"What is arbitration?" Xiao Fen helped Griffin and Miss Witch up from the ground, frowning and looking at both parties, "Who are you?" He had already vaguely guessed that this might be a plot mission hidden here.
Line. But the mage is now concerned about the treasure house in the central temple of the ancient city, and does not want to be involved in some dispute inexplicably.
"Don't worry, mage." The metal man put the double-headed sword on his arm and hung it on it with a click. He turned back and patted Xiao Fen's shoulder, trying to make his expression less stiff: "We
Just walk and talk, I will explain it to you one by one, don't worry. I won't let those twisted activation spells pose any threat to you."
Then he looked at the black crystal fragments scattered around - those were the corpses of the blasphemous words - before lowering his voice and saying: "But I have to say, well done, mage." It blinked.
He rolled his eyes, and then a smile that could barely be called a smile appeared on his face.
Xiao Fen was silent. Although he didn't really want to follow, the situation was uncontrollable. Without the help of these metal men, he faced an activation spell that looked like both a leader template and a legendary creature. It was fatal.
The only thing is that this activation spell can restrain him, and there are a lot of activation spells around him, so his chance of winning is almost zero.
"Okay." He nodded and replied.
"Then I'll wait for you in the Arbitration Temple. Don't play any tricks." A swirling light group around Ostero suddenly expanded. Then a white light bloomed for a moment. When Xiao Fen could open his eyes again,
It was discovered that all the activation spells present had disappeared.
The metal man Bulayche let out a sneer. He jumped up to the cliff on one side nimbly and waved his hand below: "Everyone, stop the team and go experience these disgusting magic tricks with twisted brains!" Then it specifically pointed towards the bottom.
Xiao Fen stretched out a metal arm and made a gesture of invitation: "Come on, mage, I will take you to see our group of elders. They will definitely welcome you to this 'mana abyss'——"
…
The Arbitration Temple mentioned by Judge Otilus is located deep in the Stone Pillar Forest. When Xiao Fen got there, he found that it was just an open space surrounded by six stone pillars engraved with runes. In fact, Bu Laiche had told him about it along the way.
I understand the ins and outs of this place and the relationship between those activation spells and the metal man.
To be precise, they should not be called metal people - but machine people. The Ella people forged this race in a place called the Elemental Forge and gave them spirit and intelligence in order to fill the gap with the Oras pantheon.
A steady stream of troops were lost in the war. But even so, the Ella civilization still lost the final war. Most of the agencies were destroyed after that, and only a small part was sealed.
Xiao Fen had heard of this race, but this was the first time he had seen it live in front of him. Blatche claimed that this group of agency men were not used to fight wars, but to serve the city.
In Bligh's Incision, it turns out that the city named 'Sigurat' was also attacked during the divine war. It was a divine punishment, and the light beam soaring directly penetrated the surface of the earth and penetrated deep into the ground - but it missed the target.
Some, the beam of light scraped against the edge of the city, creating a deep crater thousands of feet in diameter, and destroyed the arcane well in that direction. Then enemies poured in from the breach, and the chief priest of the Ella,
The Grand Arcanist fought fiercely with the invading enemies in the pit. The battle lasted for seven days and seven nights. Countless creatures became dead souls. The power of the spell brought seven consecutive days to this area——
Finally, Iris finally appeared and performed a miracle. She stretched out a finger and sank the city of Sigulat deeper into the ground again, and then a majestic temple rose up on the original site. Iris let it go again.
Storms surround the temple and create a bottomless abyss of the elements to protect the city that worships her.
Later, when rebuilding the city, the Ella people discovered that the huge pit caused by divine punishment could not be filled. The divine power that was ready to move and the turbulent arcane power always broke through the ground and wreaked havoc in the entire area. In the end, they
The great arcanists had to choose a compromise: use countless obsidian pillars engraved with magic circles to suppress the turbulent flow of energy downwards, lock it tightly under the city, and then re-establish a city area on the stone pillars.
But a new problem arose. The locked divine power and energy turbulence gradually penetrated downwards into the land, creating a group of terrifying twisted creatures: the activation spell.
In order to solve this problem, the Ella people opened the elemental furnace to create a group of machinemen, and let them go deep underground to fight the activation spell to maintain the balance in this area. No one thought that this was the beginning of a protracted war.
Because the city is backed by the Ella people, who have almost the entire city flowing with magical power, and the activation spells with almost endless 'food' can never be completely eliminated. After they die, they will quickly resurrect from the center of the Stone Pillar Forest, and start again
Wander around this area.
Once the machinemen are lost in battle, they will be continuously replenished from the elemental furnace. So this eternal war begins. Fortunately, the Ella people don't care much about consumption. They just need to be able to prevent them from letting go.
It's enough for the following things to create trouble for themselves. As the loyal guards and children of the Ella people, the agency people fulfill their duties faithfully.
But when he heard this, Xiao Fen couldn't help but ask: "And, I don't think you guys look like you are at war?" He was referring to the activation spell and the machine man.
"That will happen later," the agency man said.
The Ella people left.
No one knows why they left here, but apparently the Ella people forgot that there was still a group of guards fighting endlessly underground. Even the great arcanists did not have time to shut down the central control system of Zigurat City.
Then they left an empty city and left in a hurry. After that, no one knew where they went.
But in fact, he was more concerned about the 'strange guest' mentioned in Bletch's words. That person had entered the interior of the temple, gained the recognition of the temple guards, and also took away the core of the city. Who was he? Thesgort,
Or is it someone else? Could he have taken everything away, so what else can he get from the treasure house?
Xiao Fen thought about this question and asked: "So, you said that the strange guest who took away the core of the city, have you seen his appearance?"
"No, I haven't seen it myself, Master." The machine man Blaich replied: "But I said that the knowledge of our machine men is all connected. I can share the information that our ancestors have seen,
I only know that he is a very thin young man, with pale skin as if he is sick. When he talks to my ancestors, he always leans on his staff, his face is very poor, and he wears a black gold crown on his forehead.
Braided crown.”
"Young man?" Xiao Fen frowned, thinking to himself: "Didn't Thesgalt already become the Lich King when he discovered this place, and the other disguised human image was also a graceful middle-aged nobleman."
"He is also a mage, and I am also a mage," Xiao Fen asked: "He took away the core of your city, but will you be wary of me?"
The agency man cracked his mouth and smiled: "We are wary of everyone, but we just don't show it. I brought you here just because you helped us out, and it only represents my personal appreciation for you——
According to you people on earth, this should be correct, right?" But it added: "As for that person, he entered the temple with the permission of the temple guards, who was the person chosen by God Iris, so
We won’t hate him for it—”
"I see," Xiao Fen nodded: "Then I have one last question, why do you speak common language?"
Bu Laiqie interrupted him and said: "No, although we have met many of your adventurers, and we do use your language. But in fact, I am not using common language. You can see that I seem to be talking, but
This is actually telepathy." It stretched out its metal fingers and pointed at its chest: "The language of the soul can be understood as long as you can feel it -"
Xiao Fen suddenly realized.
It was at this time that he heard the familiar voice: "Okay, now that this little thing has arrived. Let's get started. I ask for a fair and impartial arbitration without favoring any party-" Otilus
The sound rang out above the clearing.
ps: Here is today’s first chapter update, today will definitely be 12,000 words long, everyone is looking forward to it. Also, I would like to state that I am a demon lover, not Patchouli.
In response to a few questions:
Regarding the conversation between a demon pet and its master in Canaan, most people cannot understand it. But Miss Witch is an exception. And there is that little pocket, don't worry, I still remember it.
Finally, let’s play a guessing game. Guess what happened to Miss Priest in Hands of Despair? If you guess correctly, please comment in the book review area. I’ll add points to the first three guesses.
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