Accompanying Sakina and the other two to Ice Blade City is just a way. Our real mission here is to find the old empire commander Odysseus who is gradually recovering. In fact, according to common sense, as an officer, Odysseus should
After waking up, I took the initiative to report to my emperor instead of us personally coming to respond. However, I am also idle and bored now. I always have to find something to do when the home star facilities are operating automatically, and Odysseus is now
He hasn't fully recovered yet, and he can't leave the North Icefield for the time being. In order to start the next work as soon as possible, I naturally don't mind making a trip in person - of course the main reason is... it hurts if I am idle.
We have left Ice Blade City and are standing on an inaccessible gravel wilderness more than ten kilometers away from the city. Alleria and Alaya have released their invisibility. The former is "looking" in the direction of the ice field and listening attentively. From the ice field
The cold wind blowing made her wings and hair flutter slightly. This place is located on the border and has not entered the ice sheet zone, and is blocked by layers of mountains. The power of the cold wind has weakened a lot. It can be said to be the last piece of land in the extreme north.
A relatively "warm" place, and beyond a strange pressure zone called the "Storm Wall" is the territory of the storm giants, the great northern ice sheet that is difficult for mortals to set foot on. Odyssey's signal came from that direction.
When it came, to use Alleria's words, the signal was very unstable and seemed to be... severely damaged.
"I can only determine the approximate location. I'm afraid he hasn't reorganized all his information yet," Alleria finally stopped "listening", her tone full of confusion. "I don't know which link went wrong. He seems to have been seriously injured.
, I watched him fall into hibernation, and all the commanders were in good condition at that time... The problem must have been during the tens of thousands of years that followed, during my sleep."
"Go find him. No matter how injured you are, heal them first," I said slowly while looking at a bright silver line at the end of the sky. Then I turned to look at the two half-dragon girls following me, "
I heard that after crossing the storm wall, the temperature will drop to a level that is difficult for mortals to understand. Do you still want to follow?"
Sakina hesitated, her smooth scaly tail swaying involuntarily due to her unstable mood. As a result, she accidentally hit a cold stone on the ground, and suddenly it bounced up. She said with a grimace: "But I don't want to give up halfway.
If I just go back to the City of Angels, I'm worried about being scolded by Lord Dragon God."
No. That soft Dragon God was born to be blamed. You don’t have to worry about it at all - but I still didn’t say this. I just glanced at Sona, who made up her mind and prayed in a low voice.
After the sentence, a layer of pale golden halo covered her body: "Let's go, if you can't even stand this low temperature, there is no need to consider the revival of the half-dragons - Sakina. Don't be sad, don't
Because I haven’t had to worry about food and clothing in the past few days, I have really turned into a charming lady.”
"No!" Sakina's tail immediately stretched straight, and then she followed suit and put a shield on herself.
After a short distance teleportation, we came directly to the border. And stopped in front of a wonderful and strange spectacle: the Storm Wall, the legendary test and barrier set by the storm giant for mortals.
The storm wall is an endless curtain of twisted air, dividing the ice field and the outside world into two worlds. Beyond this layer of twisted air, the large ice field of ice and snow is just a short distance in front of everyone. They look at the road in front of them.
I couldn't see the thickness of the barrier, so I touched it carefully: "Hey, it looks like a layer of water."
"This is a barrier fixed with an eternal spell." Alleria saw the essence of this thing at a glance. "The function of this magic is very simple, which is to hinder air flow and heat exchange. Without it, I'm afraid,
All humans here will be swallowed up by the cold wind. Odysseus must have subconsciously created this while he was sleeping to imprison his own storm giant incarnation... By the way, this kind of magic is actually invisible.
This twisted light curtain is just a marking layer covering the outside of the magic array. Its function is to allow mortals to see where the warning lines of the barrier are to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking in."
I nodded pretending to understand and stepped over.
It feels... really like crossing a layer of soft and undulating water, with almost no obstacles. This layer of twisted air has no protective effect at all. Its function is only to weaken the cold air coming from the ice sheet. Cross this barrier
After that, I felt as if I had suddenly entered another world, and what I faced was a biting cold wind that was not present on the other side of the barrier.
The temperature seemed to have dropped by more than ten degrees all of a sudden. There was hard frozen soil under your feet, and a biting cold wind in front of you. There was just a layer of air barrier that seemed to not exist, but on both sides there were two completely opposite worlds. Although you were there,
Most of the people there didn't care about this temperature change, but I still rubbed my hands subconsciously: "Wow, I know why this place is called the restricted area of life."
"It's so cold!!!" Despite the protection of the Dragon God, Sakina still jumped on the spot, exclaimed in a low voice, and then looked at her tail distressedly, "It feels like the tail is frozen to the bone. If
It would be nice to have clothes for the tail..."
"I heard that the Goodale royal family is the only mortal race living behind this storm wall," Lin Xue said. "They are gifted by the storm giant and can ignore the cold wind here. The deeper you go into the ice sheet, the lower the temperature becomes.
The more violent it is, the more core members of the Goodale royal family will live closer to the throne of the storm giant according to their strength and status. This is strange to me. The more I hear, the more I feel that something is wrong with this race. It can withstand subzero temperatures in the depths of the ice field. Baidu
Putting aside the weirdly low temperature, what are they eating here?”
"Maybe..." Qianqian suddenly pointed to a whirlwind not far ahead, "They don't need to eat..."
The whirlwind was blowing faster and faster. No one noticed when this gust of wind appeared, but it did not seem to be a natural product. Our attention was attracted by it, and then we watched it sweep through the nearby area.
The ice chips and snow on the ground gradually formed a vague human shape in the core. After a few seconds, the whirlwind gradually stopped, and a crystal clear human-shaped "ice sculpture" condensed from broken ice and snowflakes appeared in front of us, vaguely visible.
You can tell this is a strong male.
"You are the noble ones mentioned by God."
Voices mixed with the sound of crystals swaying came from the body of the "ice sculpture". This strange creature took off his hat and saluted us - but he was not wearing a hat, so he took off half of his head and held it on his chest to replace it.
Hat, "Please follow me, the incarnation of God is waiting not far ahead."
Alleria nodded to me, signaling that she had also received a message from Odysseus. The strange ice sculpture in front of her was the messenger sent by the latter: this messenger was really unconventional in appearance.
"Are you from the Gudel tribe?" Lin Xue looked at the other person curiously, her eyes couldn't help but wander on the half of the latter's head on his chest, "Then what, press your head back first, look at the strange diaphragm
Appropriate."
"Yes," the crystal-clear Ice Breaker said with a splash, repairing his head. "I'm sorry, the Gudel people are never used to the etiquette and behavior of entity people. When we appear in the outside world, we rely on rigid
Illusions or puppets. You are the first strangers to see our true form."
"It turned out to be an elemental creature... Well, I seem to understand what is going on in these countries in the North. After a long time, they are ruled by a group of elemental creatures. It seems that Odyssey has a lot to explain to us.
It's clear." Lin Xue patted her head and followed the ice-breaking man who made a clattering sound when he walked. We looked at each other and followed behind.
The Gudel man who led us walked very fast. He also dropped ice shards as he walked. Before we walked very far, he was only wearing his big crotch. Then he apologized to us and summoned a small whirlwind again.
. He drew crystal ice chips from the nearby ice and frozen soil to repair his legs. While repairing, he explained: "The Gudel people are good at the power of ice, snow and storms, but they are not very used to exercise. If they don't have to maintain their strength,
The control of the mortal states outside the barrier, we will not even step out of the barrier...Okay, let's talk as we go."
We followed this strange elemental creature, and while watching him drop ice shards, we asked: "By the way, what's your name?"
"Goodell, we are all called Goodell." Ice Breaker said with a splash.
"You maintain a loose country outside this barrier... Is this what the storm giant means?" Lin Xue asked curiously, then pointed at the Ice Breaker's body and reminded, "What, you lost your right hand.
"
"Oh, oh, it doesn't affect, it doesn't affect - Storm Giant? That is indeed what people outside call our god, and it is indeed him who ordered us to establish the order outside the barrier, but it is just to maintain one thing, to maintain it requires
Resources from the outside world, the Gudel people themselves are not very good at this. We have always used smarter beasts outside the ice sheet to complete this work. Later, mortals came to the ice sheet, and gods taught us knowledge, established order, and
Collect tribute by mortal hands."
I couldn't help but think of the legend I heard about Goodall before: This powerful and reclusive race established a loose country on the ice sheet border, and its requirements for each city-state were all kinds of strange tributes. They used the power from the storm giant to maintain this kind of situation.
The situation, but no one knows what they want these tributes for: after all, the storm giant is just an elemental creature, and elemental creatures do not need material tribute, and the Gudel man in front of him seems to be revealing this secret.
I don't know if it was intuition, but I became interested in their strange behavior: "What are you maintaining?"
Ice Breaker stopped and was silent for a few seconds before saying: "A seal can only tell you so much. Only God Himself knows the specific things."
The other party seemed to have no intention of continuing to explain, and it was inconvenient for me to ask more questions: Anyway, Odysseus was about to fully wake up, and the other party would definitely tell us everything.
We advanced in the ice field for about half an hour. The further we advanced, the stronger the biting cold wind became, and the air began to flutter with snowflakes - mixed with ice particles. The temperature had dropped to a hundred degrees below zero.
It may even be lower. This temperature is obviously not the low temperature that this planet can naturally produce. There is only one explanation for this. We are approaching the power range of the storm giant. And just after turning a small cliff, a vault-shaped
The frozen building suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
If this is the palace of Goodale's "royal family", then it is really... shabby.
The vault building is only a few tens of meters in diameter, and its shape is a bit like an Eskimo igloo, but larger and flatter. The second feature should be to resist the howling cold wind. Around this igloo, we
I didn’t see any other man-made traces, and I couldn’t even see a second Goodall. Everything was so simple and abrupt. It was actually quite different from what I had expected. However, the icebreaker who led the way pointed at the front.
Igloo door: "God is inside, please come in."
Lin Xue stuck out her tongue at me: "How much more can you ask for from something made by an elemental creature?" Then he stepped into the igloo, and we followed one after another, followed at the end by Sakina and Sona, who could hardly keep their eyes open.
The igloo is as simple as expected. In fact, the building has no structure at all except the shell. The only furnishings in sight are a set of crystal clear tables and chairs in the center of the room. On the table are placed
A two-foot-square crystal cube. The cube is projecting a blurry image.
As soon as Sakina came in, she immediately ran to the corner of the room, took out a few pieces of charcoal and prepared to light a fire: there was finally no cold wind here, and she and Sona could finally get a little warm.
"Odysseus? How did you become like this?" Alleria "looked" at the crystal cube on the table in the center of the room in amazement. Her words shocked everyone.
"Huh? Is this really Odysseus?" I was completely surprised, pointing to the crystal on the table, "Isn't this a projection device?"
"Due to some unexpected circumstances, I can only maintain very low-intensity activities for the time being," a rich and powerful baritone voice suddenly came from the crystal cube. "I am very sorry that I was unable to go to Angel Palace at the first time.
City report. My subordinates have learned all the situation from Alleria. I salute you, His Majesty the Emperor. And Lady Vanna and Lady Reki, it is a pleasure to meet you again."
"Um, hello," I said awkwardly. It seemed rude to refer to the other party as a projector just now, but since the other party already understood most of the situation, it saved a lot of trouble when communicating. At least there was no need to introduce myself. "I
Alleria said that she sensed something was wrong with you, and now it seems... it's more serious than expected. Where is your body?"
"Please rest assured that my body will be repaired soon. This is just to minimize the disturbance to the seal. I am maintaining the operation of the system and cannot transfer too much power to the outside of the system."
"Seal? System?" I suddenly felt that the other party seemed to have many things that we didn't know, and maybe even Alleria didn't know. "What do you mean?"
"The seal, the seal of the Heart of the World, the Heart of the World in the capital universe is kept in the extreme north," Odysseus' voice immediately sounded, "This is a secret mission. Only three people knew about it originally. His Majesty the Emperor, Lei
Master Ji, and your subordinates..."
"You are the only one who knows now that Sister Chen Qian and I...that is, your late emperor, have lost the memory of those years," Lin Xue said, pulling me to sit down at the table, and then suddenly
He jumped up and said, "Wow! It's so cold! Is this really made of ice?"
"...Goodell is an incomplete creation, and he is also an elemental creature. They don't know much about races other than their own." Odysseus' voice sounded quite embarrassed. "My subordinates just woke up, and they are so surprised by them."
It feels incredible that the civilization of tens of thousands of years ago is still maintained."
"Tens of thousands of years ago?" I noticed a word keenly, "That is to say, these Goodale people were born before you went into hibernation?"
"They were created by my subordinates. This is also part of the secret mission," Odyssey said slowly. "They are responsible for hiding the Heart of the World. As long as the Heart of the World does not leave the world before the situation stabilizes, the mission will be complete."
Done."
Heart of the World...Heart of the World...these four words echoed in my mind, and then suddenly, four other words jumped into my mind like lightning: Fallen Apostle!
So far, the only thing I can think of that is related to the Heart of the World and is also related to the Empire is the Fallen Apostles. Only they will continue to collect the Heart of the World. Only they are planning to use the Heart of the World to
To complete their ulterior "great cause", but no matter how hard I calculated, I never expected that in this world, in this world that is completely isolated from the fallen apostles, I would hear such news. This... doesn't make sense logically.
!
This world is like a snapshot, preserving the situation on the eve of the empire's collapse. For this currently closed universe, the fallen apostles are completely unknown. Odyssey could not have known that his compatriots would become fallen apostles.
, not to mention that one day he will have to protect the heart of the world from those fallen apostles, so what is his secret mission...
With a thought in my heart, I looked at Lin Xue.
"This is an extremely secret that Reki-sama confessed before her mother planet fell asleep. The specific reason is not clear to my subordinates, but she made it clear that she wanted to avoid a dark future and must not let the heart of the world fall into any possible situation.
in the hands of the enemy."
"And my subordinate's current state is just to complete this task."
Odyssey added.
I quickly calmed myself down and organized what Odysseus told me. Obviously, what he knew was also very limited, because the prophet could not tell others everything he saw, but one thing was already certain: in
On the eve of the separation of the concept of the mother star, the chief prophet of the Fifteen Days Zone, Lin Xue's previous life "Reki", had already foreseen the birth of the fallen apostles - it is also possible that she did not dare to be sure of the situation of the fallen apostles, but at least she
Knowing that the Heart of the World would be used for a dark and dangerous plan, she informed her emperor and secretly gave Odysseus an extremely secret mission, which was to hide the Heart of the World - which
There is an attention-grabbing detail: Odyssey's mission is even confidential to the extent that it must be kept secret from other Xiling apostles, and even Alleria does not know about it!
In other words, regardless of whether she knew the cause of the fallen apostles or not, at least at that time, Reki had felt that her compatriots would no longer be trustworthy...
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