Etalia is built on the second type of elements. Because the glow material resembles shining starlight, people also affectionately call it 'star glow'.
To be precise, this is an ocean filled with stars. Countless second-type elements fill the entire world, containing vast high-dimensional information like a sea of smoke.
Everything here is composed of starlight (the second type of element), including life itself - even it is equal to life. Because death only represents the loss of starlight in the body of life, not the death itself. With the help of several gods
Power - such as Mirela, the god of medicine, Ori, the light of justice, Aisha, the pure girl, and Roman, the lucky one. In this world, people have gained the ability to be reborn many times.
And until the starlight in the body is completely extinguished, the life form will return to its essence, truly die and re-assimilate with the world. The indigenous people of Aitaria seem to have understood this process for a long time. They view it from a philosophical perspective and will
It is called 'the destination of all things'.
For those who are chosen, the process is almost the same, but the ending is slightly different. Human beings obtain starlight by synchronizing with the glowing material. The amount of starlight in the body is equivalent to the degree of synchronization with the world. When it completely returns to zero
The chosen one will be rejected by the star sea of Etalia, return to the physical form and lose the chance to enter again.
In addition, since the Etaliya Star Gate itself is also constructed of eternal radiance matter, even stowaways like Fang Plover can still obtain a small amount of star radiance. It is about half or less than a normal selector.
However, for the chosen ones, Aitaria has an absolute taboo.
That is, the dead zone——
Since the Dead Zone directly rejects glowing matter, the chosen ones who die here will not be able to communicate with the starlight in their bodies, and will be directly excluded from the world by the star sea of Etalia.
Fang Yu never dreamed that he would encounter such a scene on his first mission. He finally came to this dream world, and before he really started his adventure, was he about to leave forever?
His mind was a little confused for a moment, and the words were stuck in his throat. He could only faintly hear someone calling his name. The voice seemed to be coming from the horizon, and it was a little anxious.
"Ed!"
"Ed!?"
Fang Yu suddenly reacted and realized that it was Scarpe's voice. He seemed to find himself all of a sudden and shouted: "Miss Scarpe, this is -"
What he responded to was an exclamation.
"careful!"
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment and raised his head subconsciously.
At some point, a black shadow appeared above the mound, and it jumped down. The huge force directly threw him to the ground. He heard a deep roar mixed with a guttural sound, and a smelly smell hit his face.
He saw clearly a huge mouth full of snow-white fangs, and a red pointed tongue raised from the lower jaw, biting at him with saliva stretched into threads.
Giant wolf - Fang Plover's heart almost stopped. There are two subspecies of this creature. The forest giant lives in the giant tree hills of Nulinnari; the wasteland giant lives in the ancient wilderness of Lotao.
This is a giant forest wolf. Its silver mane and huge body are its iconic features. It should not appear here. Fang Plover desperately stretched out his hand to hold the chin of the giant wolf, which had some effect.
But his hands were also cut open several times by sharp teeth and claws, and they were dripping with blood.
A whistle came from the forest.
The giant wolf suddenly changed its strategy and bit him on the other side of the neck.
It was over, and Fang Yu felt despair in his heart. Only then did he understand why the giant forest wolf appeared here, because there were druids on the other side. When he thought that this was a dead zone, he didn't know where the bloody courage came from, and he punched him randomly.
He punched the giant wolf in the eye socket.
The giant wolf's fangs almost bit open his neck, and blood flowed profusely. At this critical moment, he raised his head in pain and swept him away with a claw.
Behind him was a section of ruins, covered with purple roses. Fang Plover jumped up into the air and hit it, almost losing his breath in pain. He finally managed to catch his breath, but saw the giant wolf shake its huge head, two
A burnt yellow eye glowed faintly in the darkness, and he looked in this direction again.
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel helpless in his heart. Even if he was intact and multiplied by ten, he might not be a match for this giant wolf, let alone now.
The beast's smooth silver hair was fully spread out, and it was majestic. It was almost a circle bigger in size. When it was on all fours, its arched back was nearly two meters high. It looked like a strong bull.
It bared its teeth, and a low growl echoed in its throat.
This is a precursor to an attack.
Fang Yu could only pick up a piece of flint and hold it in his hand. His unwillingness to admit defeat flowed in his blood. He didn't know why he would kill him without knowing why. A black shadow shot out from the bushes and hit the giant wolf with its head.
With a low roar, the beast flew away.
It was Quilod. Fang Plover was so surprised that he almost screamed. Quilod raised his sword with both hands and slashed down, but the giant wolf rolled back, causing him to cut into the thick fallen leaves.
"Little..." Fang Plover opened his mouth excitedly, trying to remind the other party that this was a dead zone, but there seemed to be a ball of rags in his throat, making him hoarse and unable to make any sound. He was so anxious that he kept humming. He vaguely watched
By the time Quelord fought with the giant wolf, he had the upper hand.
At this moment, a shadow slipped out of the darkness of the forest and stood not far behind Quilod. The man was wearing dirty fur clothes, tall and thin, with long greasy black hair, and gloomy eyes.
His eyes were sunken deeply, his cheeks were almost skinny, and he held a short sword in his hand, the blade was dark black without any luster.
It was a short sword made of strange ironwood. In Nulinnare, druids often used this material to make weapons and armor. He appeared almost silently, and Querod was not aware of it. Fang Yu saw
The anxiety in his heart reached the extreme, and he didn't know where the strength came from to make a sound from his throat. But at this moment, he felt a chill on his neck, a sharp knife was placed on his throat, and a hand covered his mouth.
, and dragged him backwards with all his strength.
Fang Plover could only make a low whining sound anxiously.
There was a faint smell lingering behind him, a bit like the smell of the wilderness in Kapka, where many lavenders grew widely, with a light fragrance. Fang Plover realized that the person restraining him was a woman, and the woman spoke with cold words.
The blade reminded him: "Don't move -"
Fang Yu suddenly grabbed the dagger with both hands and pulled it open with all his strength. The woman was startled. She didn't expect him to be so strong and she didn't react for a moment. There was blood dripping between his fingers, and there was almost a trace of flesh under his rolled skin.
Bones, when the other party's hand loosened slightly, he opened his mouth and bit her finger hard.
He almost used all his strength, but the woman screamed in pain and threw him away, "Are you a dog?" She yelled angrily. Fang Pliong opened his mouth bloody and shouted: "Be careful!
"Before he finished speaking, he was kicked in the chest, flew several meters away and fell heavily to the ground.
Quelord was startled. When he turned around, the dirty man naturally came into his sight. The latter stabbed him with a short knife like lightning. Quelord blocked him with a backhand sword, and the swords clashed with each other.
There was a sharp tremor and a shower of sparks.
The druid wanted to attack again, but an arrow came from the side. His giant wolf companion reacted very quickly. He jumped up and grabbed the arrow in his mouth, and smashed it into pieces with his upper and lower jaws.
Scarpe walked out of the mist holding a long bow, followed by others - but there were only a few of them, and everyone was injured. Seeing the situation here, Scarpe rushed towards Fang Plover. But that
The woman reacted faster. She first grabbed Fang Plover's hair and pressed the cold dagger to his neck.
"Is this your only alchemist?"
Scarpe stopped walking. "I suggest you run away quickly." She said to the woman seriously.
The woman was about to say something when suddenly the ground shook slightly.
There was a water-filled pothole not far away from Fang Plover. He could see clearly that ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the mirror-flat water.
The druid was also stunned for a moment. He comforted his giant wolf with one hand and looked back into the forest.
Fang Yu saw this opportunity and suddenly said something to the woman. He was so weak that his mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.
"What?" The woman was slightly startled, lowered her head and glanced at him doubtfully. "I said be careful with your eyes -" Fang Pulver whispered, holding the five fingers of his right hand together and flipping it up like a swimming fish, the silver track on his glove clicked
It shook for a while. There was a soft buzzing sound from the pocket of her coat, and a golden light flew out, hitting her eyes directly.
The woman let out a low cry of pain and covered her eyes. Fang Yu didn't even think about breaking away from her and ran towards Scarpe. "Damn it!" The woman was almost furious. She covered her eyes with one hand and chased after her, trying to grab her.
He stayed on the back of Fang Plover's neck, but at this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently.
As if experiencing an earthquake, both of them fell to the ground.
The Druid who was looking in the direction of the forest finally changed his expression, and he muttered something unknown; probably only the woman heard this clearly, and she raised her head with a pale face and asked: "How could that thing come here? Isn't this the case?"
Still outside the ruins?"
The Druid didn't say a word, he just said to her: "Run!"
With that said, he took his giant wolf with him and disappeared into the forest without looking back.
Before Fang Yu could react, he happened to see the woman getting up nervously and seemed to be planning to escape. But at this moment, the forest floor suddenly began to shake violently, and everyone lost their footing and fell to the ground.
.
"What happened?" Fang Yu couldn't help but asked in a hoarse voice.
"That thing is here." Scape helped him up and replied in a low voice with a pale face.
"That thing?"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a scream.
That voice was made by the druid before——
Everyone subconsciously looked in that direction, and then they were shocked. A sharp whistle sounded from the forest in the distance, and a huge shadow was emerging in the diffuse fog.
Fang Yu didn't know how to describe what he saw. The first thing he heard was a deafening roar, the metal collided with each other, and the gears meshed with each other, making a loud creaking sound. Then there was the sharp exhaust sound and white streaks.
Smoke erupted from the giant surface and merged into the thick fog.
A construct 'giant beast' gradually separated from the mist and appeared in front of everyone.
Fang Plover felt that it might be a millipede - a behemoth made of countless gears, curled iron sheets and metal limbs. Under the steel frame, there were countless reciprocating pistons, roaring regularly, driving
Countless limbs paddled back and forth, like sharp metal blades, pushing it forward rapidly. The towering ancient trees were as fragile as toothpicks under its huge body, and the branches were broken by the impact.
A dense network of pipes extends to the back of this giant beast, where dense exhaust flues protrude from under the carapace, forming a ferocious and terrifying forest. Four pairs of compound eyes flashing red, like fog lights, penetrate
The diffuse forest mist fell on everyone present.
Fang Yu didn't know if this was a magic weapon, but he had never seen a magic weapon in this form.
The surrounding air seemed to become colder, and even the trees were covered with a thin layer of white frost.
The giant beast suddenly raised its head and let out a long whimper - it was the roar of a siren. It opened its mouthparts covered with toothed discs, and then Fang Plover noticed a piece of greasy fur hanging on its lower jaw.
, it was still stained with blood, and it seemed to be the clothes of the druid from before.
Under the mouthparts, there were three juxtaposed nozzles, with traces of white smoke coming out of them. His expression suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Get out of the way!"
But it was too late. There was a scream, and three white frost arrows were shot out like sharp arrows. Only Scarpe had time to roll forward, and the frost arrows swept through the crowd, leaving behind three or four ice sculptures.
Everyone couldn't help but feel their scalps exploding, "Quick, hide inside the building!" Someone shouted, and everyone discovered that there was a remaining ruins building not far behind them, and they quickly hid in it.
Scarpe also helped Fang Plover and walked in. Querod walked at the back, but not long after, the woman from the Silver Shadow also followed in - the whole forest seemed to be roaring - Fang Plover replied.
When I turned around and saw the billowing smoke rising from behind, I realized that the ghost was also relentlessly chasing after me.
"What the hell is that thing?" Fang Plover couldn't help but stared at it, "...the Blade of Tara?"
"Then if it was the Blade of Tara, the Rainbow Alliance would have been wiped out long ago." Scape smiled bitterly, joking in amusement. Then she couldn't help but curse: "Those damn big guild people must have long ago
Knowing all this, they only treat us as cannon fodder."
When Querod heard this, he suddenly raised his sword horizontally and stopped in front of the Silver Shadow woman: "Do you want to die or live?"
The woman looked at him like a madman and almost laughed angrily: "Are you crazy? You are no match for me even if you are together!"
"Indeed," Quelord nodded, "but there is no problem in dragging you into the water with me."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the approaching billowing smoke, and couldn't help but stamp her feet angrily: "Okay, what on earth do you want to do?"
"Tell us what it is, what exactly is this place, and what are you looking for?" Querod replied concisely.
"There's no time to talk so much!" the woman shouted.
"We can talk as we walk."
"make a deal."
Querod then turned back and said to the few remaining members of the Dawn Star: "Leave two people to lure it away, and the others will follow the team."
"Wait a minute," Fang Plover finally interjected: "You can't do that, this is the Dead Zone, Mr. Quelord."
Querod was stunned for a moment, and his face became extremely ugly. Scarpe couldn't help but uttered a curse word: "You son of a bitch, Jeflett Redcoats, I should have known they were not well-intentioned!" Others also followed suit and cursed.
Got up.
But after a moment, Quelord still looked at the two people who decided to stay. One of the two people was a warrior and the other was a rogue. They only nodded to him and turned their heads in that direction to meet him without saying a word.
passed.
Fang Yu looked at this scene with some surprise.
"It's not like we haven't fought in the Dead Zone before," Scarpe looked at him and whispered: "It's better to sacrifice two people than to stay here all. This is the team. In addition, aren't you going to the second world?
Let me remind you - there are only dead zones on the mainland bridge."
Fang Plover couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"Tell me, what is that?" Only then did Quelord turn around and ask the woman.
"That is the guardian, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient alchemists. To be precise, it is the legacy of the Numerin elves."
"Is your goal to fight for this thing?"
"Unless we are crazy," the woman rolled her eyes, "Guardians are a type of ancient dragon knights, but their control crystals have been destroyed. They only follow the last order they got and attack anything that prevents them from executing their orders.
biology."
"What's its order?" Fang Yu couldn't help but ask.
"This is a guild secret, I can't tell you." The woman replied.
Quelord glanced at her and didn't force her.
It was only then that Fang Yu began to feel pain. Every wound on his body hurt, but the most severe pain was the sharp pain in his hand, which made him groan. "Bear it," Scarpe said softly.
, she looked at the woman angrily.
The woman looked at her blood-stained dagger, and then at Fang Plover's ugly hands, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. "It's not my fault," she replied with some frustration: "I didn't want to hurt someone.
What do you do in your life and career? I just didn’t expect him to be like that..."
Fang Yu glanced at the woman angrily.
But at this time, everyone suddenly saw the wanderer who had left earlier running back. He shouted to Querod with a look of horror on his face: "Captain, we can't lure it away!"
"What do you mean?" Querod was stunned.
He immediately understood what this meant.
There was a loud bang, and a building not far away suddenly collapsed. Amidst the smoke and dust, the huge head of the giant insect appeared in that direction. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Fang Plover always felt that this was the case.
What a scary thing, eight lampposts focused their attention on one person.
"What's going on?" Quilod apparently noticed this and asked the woman in a low voice.
Unexpectedly, the woman was even more confused. She shook her head with a pale face and said, "I don't know. This thing never leaves the inner area of the ruins. It seems to have gone crazy today..."