Although he had confirmed from Miss Tata that there might be an exit nearby, Fang Yu was not in a hurry to go check it out immediately. He first tried to use the communication crystal to contact Alyssa and the others outside, but the communication crystal still failed.
A little reaction.
Fang Yu was a little speechless. He didn't know if there was something wrong with his communication crystal itself. Indeed, someone in the community had said that communication crystals were of sub-optimal quality. His previous communication crystal didn't have so many problems.
Fortunately, the communication crystal on Jita's side was also silent, so he gave up the idea a little bit.
Although he didn't know if the lich would come back. However, Fang Plover put away the communication crystal, looked at the altar in the center of the cave, thought for a while, and walked over. "Brother Ed." After so many things happened.
, Jita looked a little worried from behind and called him in a low voice.
Fang Yu shook his head at her, indicating that there was no need to worry. He had not forgotten all the strange things that happened when he approached the altar before, and of course he wanted to find out what was going on. Now that the lich was frightened away, he was about to
Take this time to check it out.
He turned around and walked to the altar. He had actually had the opportunity to get close to the altar more than once during the battle, but he had no time to pay attention to it. But now it seems that the altar itself is ordinary and boxy.
Square, it seems to be carved out of a whole piece of natural rock.
It's just that the Holy Sword of Moya, which was originally suspended in mid-air, has also disappeared at this moment. It is not known whether it was taken away by the lich, or if some other changes occurred during the battle.
He asked Tata about this. But Miss Goblin only shook her head, saying that it was filled with smoke and dust at the time, and she didn't know what happened.
At this moment, only the skeleton was left quietly on the altar. Due to its age, it was covered with dust and cobwebs. Fang Plover raised the lighting crystal, pushed aside the layers of mesh, and looked at the large and small objects below.
The round spiders dispersed in a flurry.
Out of respect for the deceased, he only checked carefully but still found many details. There were neat cuts on several ribs on the chest of the remains, where the sword was originally inserted, and the blade passed through the heart.
, a fatal blow.
A century has passed, and this skeleton still retains the same posture as at the last moment of its life, grasping the non-existent sword blade in the air with its hand, as if it is still looking for a chance of survival.
There was a ring on its ring finger. Fang Plover wiped the dust off the ring with a cloth, revealing only a bright silver wolf head.
He was slightly startled, subconsciously took a step back, and his heart moved. At this time, the cat lady was also walking to the stone platform, and circled around the altar and the square plover a few times. It raised its head and looked at the skeleton with sapphire-like eyes.
Called a few times.
The girl in the painting and Delise in her arms
This picture flashed through Fang Yu's mind, and he was suddenly stunned.
The afternoon on the canvas is quiet and peaceful, and the girl's expression is pure and innocent. But who would have thought that the owner of the painting would end up in this place?
Lying quietly in this dark and silent underground.
There are only remains under dust and cobwebs, quietly savoring a hundred years of loneliness.
Fang Plover opened his mouth wide, and couldn't help but think of everything he saw in Dolifen's dreamland.
Isn't this the same for Shisi? She also died on such an altar, and her father was still looking for the whereabouts of his daughter until the end. But in the end, Misu used his kindness and dragon soul to let her return to this altar.
World.
But this time, in this abandoned castle, who knows that the beautiful girl in the painting is lying on this altar? There is no longer a kind and noble lady here who does not have the same goodwill.
, can bring her back to life.
No one even knows the girl's name.
No one knows what her life was like or what she experienced. For a century, she just lay here quietly. No one knew who the murderer was, and why the Union of Elmau Castle became what it is today.
If he and Kita hadn't come to this place accidentally, the secrets here might have been buried under the dust of history for a long time, just like Dolifen's fantasy.
Until the end, all traces disappear
But maybe it wasn't a coincidence, Fang Plover couldn't help but look at the cat lady surrounding his feet.
Is Delise the cat in the painting, or a direct descendant of it? Although in common sense, cats cannot live for more than a century, in Aitaria, it is not impossible.
As long as you become a magical beast, you can have a longer life. Fang Plover suddenly thought of a possibility, maybe Delise is a magical pet.
"Did you bring us to this place, Miss Delise?"
"why?"
Fang Plover asked softly.
But the cat lady just meowed to him, as if she was being coquettish.
Fang Plover couldn't help but smile. Miss Delis was sometimes very mysterious. It could not only kill vampires, but also frighten away the lich, allowing it to move in and out of this place freely.
But sometimes, it was just like an ordinary cat, except more elegant and beautiful. He couldn't help but wonder, could Chris be the name given to Miss Delise by the girl in the painting?
It's a pity that Fang Plover didn't know this.
After all, he is an alchemist, not a veterinarian, or a Druid or something like that. Besides, Miss Attila also doesn't understand what this cat is. It doesn't seem to be as simple as a magical beast.
But the only thing Fang Yu could do at this moment was to check everything on the altar and around it to see if he could find any clues. He approached the skeleton with his hand, but this time there was no reaction on the half-crown mark on the back of his hand. Cang Zhi
Hui's power seemed to be dormant.
Only the ring of golden flames was still faintly warm in his arms.
He then took out the Ring of Golden Flame, which seemed to have drawn some power from the previous mutation, and became bright again in the dark environment, like a layer of flowing lava.
It's just that the light it emits is not as good as before, it just seems to be faintly shining from under the rock formations, giving people a feeling of hidden flames.
At this time, Fang Yu felt a faint throbbing, as if a voice in his heart was calling for something, asking him to put the ring close to the skeleton. It felt like a mother's call to her child, which he could not resist.
The goblin lady seemed to be aware of this, but did not warn her.
Fang Yu felt slightly relieved. He knew that Miss Tata could not harm him. So he raised the ring and brought it closer and closer to the skeleton, until the ring of golden flames only lightly touched the right finger bone of the skeleton.
At that moment, Fang Yu felt that everything in front of him seemed to be stretched, and seemed to be pulled into a long passage, and all kinds of illusions came one after another.
It was like endless pictures and memories poured into his mind, but he couldn't see anything clearly. He could only watch the fragments of those pictures and memories all falling into an unknown abyss.
An extremely complicated emotion arose in his heart, which seemed to be sadness and relief. There were also tears and hysterical pain that burst out of his eyes, making him almost unable to help but shout out.
But all these illusions are just a matter of a moment.
All the phantoms and emotions finally turned into a vague sigh.
When that faint sigh resounded in Fang Yu's heart, he seemed to see a tall shadow with long black hair, slowly turning around in front of him, away from him.
In the depths of the darkness, only a pair of golden pupils were shining.
Then all illusions disappeared
"Brother Ed?"
Fang Yu only heard a worried voice shouting timidly beside him.
Only then did he come back to his senses and found that Jita had come to him at some point, looking at him with a frown. Fang Pliong shook his head and realized that everything before was just an illusion.
But he couldn't help but look at the ring of golden flames in his hand. The light on the ring had long since silenced and returned to its dim appearance, as if nothing had happened before.
Even the throbbing feeling in his spiritual world disappeared, and the gestating dragon soul that once existed in his spiritual world seemed to disappear without a trace.
Only the text description on the ring remains the same:
‘Powerful power is contained in it’
Fang Yu turned around in confusion and asked, "Did you see something just now, Jita?"
"I only saw the light on the ring gradually disappearing, and then Brother Ed, you have been standing there for almost ten minutes." Miss Naturalist shook her head slightly and replied in a low voice.
Fang Yu didn't expect that he would be distracted for ten minutes. However, from Jita's description, at least the light emitted by the ring of golden flames was not his own hallucination, which means that it was indeed related to the skeleton.
What happened in between.
But what did the last phantoms he saw represent? The Ring of Golden Flame was Nicol Bolas's golden dragon and the source of power, but it was not just the power of the Dragon Witch alone.
, and also absorbed part of the divine power of Tolagothos and the Saurian God.
Fang Piao didn't know whether everything that had happened in Elspear Castle was related to the Dragon Witch, Toragothos or the Saurian God. But the last pair of golden eyes he saw,
She must be the Dragon Witch without a doubt.
Is it just Misu, or Nicol Bolas?
And why does the Ring of Golden Flame react with this remains?
Who is the girl in the painting, and what is her relationship with the Rogelsl family? What happened in Elmau Castle?
Fang Yu suddenly remembered what the lich said before: "Everything is determined by fate." The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something in this sentence, but he had no clue at the moment.
He recalled the last scene he saw, and then asked Tata in his heart: "Miss Tata, what do you think?"
Fang Plover knew that Miss Tata should feel the same for everything he saw. After all, the knight and the dragon soul are one body, with emotions and thoughts connected, sharing happiness, anger and sorrow together.
Tata thought quietly for a moment: "I don't quite understand the emotions between mortals. Mr. Knight, if you have any ideas, can you teach me. But the power in the ring of golden flames should belong to the Dragon Witch."
She continued: "Those powers have now disappeared without a trace in your spiritual world. But I feel that they have not disappeared, but have become more perfect. I even have a hunch that you may soon
It's time to see 'it', Mr. Knight."
"it?"
Fang Yu suddenly realized that the goblin lady was talking about the dragon soul that was born from the dark power of Nicol Bolas.
He couldn't help but fall silent.
Every time Nicol Bolas's power appears, it is full of negative aura, which is also the inherent attribute of the dark dragon. And Toragothos and the lizard-man god are not good beings. They were born from the power between the three.
existence', he really didn't know whether this was good news or bad news.
Although the other party has never shown any malice in his spiritual world.
He was silent for a moment, and the underground cave became even quieter. After all the strange phenomena disappeared, the place fell into darkness. Except for the dim light of the lighting crystal, there was no movement around.
Fang Yu couldn't find any clues for a while. He checked other places. Apart from the altar, there seemed to be nothing else worth noting in the underground cave.
In the end, Fang Yu only took out a dark fragment from his pocket, which was dropped after he killed the strange shadow. Only now did he recall what kind of fragment this thing might be.
It should probably be part of the Dragon Slayer Sword Moa.
No wonder Miss Tata would say that it has the aura of goblins on it. Aren't the five holy swords forged by goblins and given to the five guardians of mortals?
But how the fragments of the dragon-slaying sword could turn into that kind of twisted monster is really doubtful. But there are too many questions in the underground, and there is no shortage of this one. Fang Yu knew in his heart that he might be able to figure out the answer after more than a hundred years.
What exactly happened in Elmau Castle?
That's the answer to all these questions.
He took one last look at the remains, which were still lying motionless on the altar in the same posture as before. He just used the ring of golden flames to approach it again, but there was no reaction.
Fang Yu hesitated for a moment, whether to find a place to bury the skeleton so that it would not be exposed. But after thinking about it, he didn't know the life of the owner of the remains, and he didn't even know his name.
I learned that even if I wanted to erect a simple tombstone for the other party, I couldn't do it.
He sighed, and he unintentionally became more and more involved with the Dragon Worship Cult and the Dragon Witch incident. Perhaps one day, he and Miss Attila will find out the truth of all this.
Maybe then, it won't be too late for him to come back and do all this.
Before that, it might be good to let this quiet underground cave serve as a temporary tomb for the remains.
After all, he and Jita may have been the only ones to enter this underground cave in the past hundred years. Of course, except for the lich, the lich should not have any interest in this remains.
He looked at the remains on the altar and couldn't help but think of the girl in the painting again. On that quiet afternoon, under what circumstances, a painter fixed the portrait of the girl on the canvas.
Then everything was buried in history.
"Perhaps I will help you find out all the truth," Fang Yu said silently in his heart: "If you can still hear it, you just need to wait for a while."
Jita also looked at the skeleton silently. Of course she also saw the ring on the other person's hand. She vaguely thought of something and couldn't help but look a little pitiful.
But the girl has been waiting alone in this dark underground for a hundred years, and maybe she has become patient enough.
Only Dai Lisi tilted her head and looked at Fang Plover, and called out softly.
The cat lady's cry brought the two of them back to their senses.
Fang Yu lowered his head and looked at Delise. Although he didn't know what kind of power made the cat lady bring them to this place, he would rather believe that it was the guidance of the girl's soul in the dark.
Apart from the altar, the dark crystal and the skeleton, there seemed to be no other notable places in the cave. Fang Plover checked around and was convinced of this. After he could no longer find any clues, he turned back.
Said to Jita: "Let's go, leave this place."
Miss Naturalist nodded slightly.
In the darkness underground, only the light of the illuminating crystal slowly extended forward.
The two of them, plus a goblin lady and a cat, walked through the tunnel on one side of the cave. After walking for a short time, they found the exit that Tata and Delis had discovered before. As expected, there was a staircase leading to the top. Fang Plover checked.
After looking for a moment, I discovered that there was a guillotine trap at the entrance, but it had been in disrepair and had long since rusted to death and no longer worked.
Only then did everyone feel relieved to get over the trap and walk upwards. I don't know where this secret passage leads, but it is somewhat similar to the secret passage from the room with the portrait of the girl before, except that it is slightly wider.
Fang Plover briefly estimated the direction. Although it may not be accurate, judging from the size of the cave below, it is very likely that the exit of this corridor is not within the castle.
He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he had a vague feeling that this tunnel might lead to the valley below.
But in that case, the exit of this secret passage should not be difficult to find in the valley. And over the years, there should be many adventurers going to the Blood Thistle Grove. Is it true that no other adventurers have discovered this place?
While he was thinking about this problem, he heard a knocking sound from ahead.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around, he realized that he was not the only one who heard the sound. Jita behind him also had a puzzled look on his face and looked forward.
Fang Plover made a gesture to Miss Naturalist, telling her to calm down. The latter closed her mouth and nodded obediently.
Fang Plover then turned around and heard the knocking sound getting louder and louder. Because the sound was so close, he didn't bother to use the clockwork fairy, so he just let Miss Tata, Lady Cat and Jita stay where they were, alone.
Touch it.
When he got closer, Fang Yu discovered that the end of the secret passage was in front of him. There was a thick iron door. A violent knocking sound came from behind the iron door, mixed with several anxious voices:
"Haven't you opened the door yet?"
"This thing is a little too strong."
"Why haven't you heard of a door here before?"
"Since when do you still care about this? Those ghosts are about to catch up, can you hurry up?"
When Fang Yu heard this, he realized that these voices were not from Alisa, Ms. Kuisu or Luo Yu, nor from Siesta and the big cat man below. He immediately understood that these people should have entered the valley before.
Among them, the chosen ones left traces of camping.
But listening to their conversation, it seems that they encountered some trouble?