After catching a ride with Orser Dreger, the process of heading to the central abandoned city was more convenient than coming to this patrol base.
After confirming the identities and intentions of Liu Yifei and others, Liu Yifei asked Xue Lan to lead everyone outside into the town one after another.
The fifty underworld killers with quasi-spiritual strength may not be noticed by these powerful earth elemental creatures, but the other forty tauren with spiritual strength who entered with Xue Lan gave the opponent a lot of trouble.
of surprise.
If the strengths of both sides were completely integrated, Liu Yifei and his team would be even stronger than all the earth elements in this stronghold. As a result, these real earth elements would have a very different view of Liu Yifei and others.
Especially when they saw that the elite strongholds, including Sendel and Black Jack, were tied up like rice dumplings by the tauren and brought in, the nerves of the earth elements were stretched to the extreme.
If Orser, who had a cold face and was obviously very unhappy, had not suppressed them, these earth elements would have started a fight with Liu Yifei and others.
Now that the matter has been classified as a "misunderstanding", both parties have room for change.
Sendel and others were released one by one, and Liu Yifei also symbolically said a few kind words to each of them, and both parties finally revealed the matter.
As for what kind of punishment Leighton and others will receive from the angry Orser in the future, this is not what Liu Yifei needs to care about. What he cares about is only his own mission.
As long as the mission is completed, he will never want to stay in this earth elemental world for one more minute! Damn it, he is here, he has even practiced leveling!
The group of people followed Orser to the courtyard of the largest mansion on the east side of the town.
At this time, all the people in the field except Orser were Liu Yifei. Under Liu Yifei's curious gaze, Orser touched dozens of different sizes and shapes distributed in the courtyard in a strange order and rhythm.
of stones, a silvery light gradually lit up from the ground in the courtyard.
Under the stunned gaze of Liu Yifei and others, the increasingly brighter silver light finally outlined a giant array on the ground with a diameter of more than five meters!
The seemingly featureless stones before also became countless array eyes and magic pattern nodes of the entire magic circle under the inclusion of silver light.
I never expected that there is such a skill that can turn decay into something magical!
Liu Yifei had no way of knowing how much knowledge and skill level he had in magic circles to be able to do such a thing, but apart from anything else, with this ability alone, the Oser in front of him was enough to be called a master of magic circles.
Got it!
Not to mention anything else, looking at this posture, Liu Yifei even felt that it was completely different from the magic array method used by Lich Inheim before!
You know, in the early days of Inheim's operation, he also placed a large number of magic array eyes and energy nodes in disconnected places across the entire land, and then only by activating the magic array, he obtained almost one person.
The feat of destroying most of Dickwell's kingdom in one fell swoop.
If what Oser Dreger is doing is enlarged to the same proportion, what is the difference between it and the Lich Inheim?
Various thoughts came to Liu Yifei's mind.
You must know that after defeating the Lich Inheim and returning to Plague City, Liu Yifei once had a deep conversation with Toradre in Plague City.
In the near future, Liu Yifei said that what he wants to learn most is the knowledge related to magic arrays, especially the super skills of magic arrays, which can even make him invincible after full preparation!
It's a pity that this kind of skill is extremely high-end, even the legendary Toradre can't do it, so Liu Yifei can only do it in his spare time.
And the current Oser Dreger...it's hard to believe that he's so skilled!
Do you want to find a way to get close to the opponent and try to find out what's going on?
Liu Yifei began to feel entangled in his heart...
The silver light became stronger and stronger, and finally after a strong light swept across the entire field, a two-meter-square circular space-time gate appeared in the center of the array.
"Okay, I'll go in first, and you guys should come over one after another. Don't cause any chaos. Although the gate of time and space has been completed, there is no guarantee that there will be no chaos. If it is swept away by the turbulence of time and space...
Don’t expect anyone to find you again.”
I don't know if it was a threat or a reminder, but after saying this, Orser entered the gate of time and space with a cold face, minding his own business.
Then the entire team, headed by six Tauren warriors and four Tauren shamans, gradually entered the gate of time and space in pairs.
It seemed as if they had passed through a thin layer of water, and seemed to be blown by a gust of breeze. Everyone felt their bodies shake slightly. When they looked up again, the surrounding scenery was completely different~
The yellow sand in the sky and the roaring wind remained unchanged, but the low and scattered huts made of earth disappeared collectively.
There are large tracts of open space around it, and further away in the open space, densely surrounded by houses made of neatly stacked giant rocks!
There are two floors, three floors, and occasionally some that stand out from the crowd. The scale, the number, and the layout almost give Liu Yifei and the others the feeling that this is a city from an NPC system!
Of course, it's just a likeness.
Not to mention the weird weather conditions around us, if we look at these houses right now, we can't find any that are intact.
The charred walls, dilapidated walls, and traces of smoke and fire on the ruins.
It looks like the ruins of a city that has been intensively bombed by a large number of bombs!
All the buildings suffered devastating damage, and even the wide and flat rock-paved roads in the city were completely destroyed!
Cracks as fine as spider veins covered every road surface within sight.
Coupled with the yellow sandstorms all over the sky, and the entire ruined city that was as lifeless as a solitary tomb, the only word Liu Yifei could think of to describe this place was hell...
It is really unimaginable what happened back then to cause such a majestic and huge city to decline to this extent.
"Okay, is everyone here? Follow me and don't wander around. If you don't want to go back alive, I don't mind leaving you behind.
But if you want to successfully achieve your goal, I think you'd better follow closely, we need to speed up, others should have arrived by now."
Orser, who came first, waited outside the door of time and space for a moment, and after making sure that no one else was coming, he cast a spell to close the door of time and space again. Then he said a simple word and walked in a direction.
To be honest, when we got here, especially after a lot of short-distance teleportation before, Liu Yifei couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north at all~
What is depressing is that after passing through the gate of time and space, Liu Yifei found that even the magic map that Gretatz gave him before no longer worked!
Originally, he wanted to use the map to check whether he had reached the place, but who would have thought, that thing was completely useless! There was no more movement, and the prompt showed that the entire magic map had turned into a useless pile of discarded parchment.
In desperation, Liu Yifei knew that he could only follow Orser at this time. Under the leadership of Liu Yifei, the whole team quickly caught up with Orser who was walking in the front, as if he was walking in his own yard.
There was no words all the way. Under Liu Yifei's surprised gaze, everyone not only did not walk towards the center of the huge city, but turned around, and after walking through a small half of the city and crossing a series of dilapidated and shapeless walls, they arrived at
Outside the abandoned city...
It seemed that he was dissatisfied with the slow speed of everyone's movement. After walking less than one-third of the distance, Orser Dreger, who couldn't bear it anymore, took action.
With a light wave of his hand, a mysterious group blessing, whose name Liu Yifei could not even know through the system, came to everyone.
The specific effect is unknown to Liu Yifei, but the overall 100% increase in basic attributes can be queried. From this point of view, the effect of this blessing is no less than that of the previous Tauren Great Prophet who lasted for two days.
A long-lasting blessing to the earth.
But what’s even more amazing is that the entire team’s traveling speed has accelerated by almost 100%!
Double the marching speed?
Liu Yifei could no longer see clearly the earth elemental named Ose Dreger in front of him. Is he really just a spiritual being?
Liu Yifei was not sure about this. The only thing he could do was to follow the other party and continue walking.
After leaving the ruins of the capital city that had become an aurora, a rather large mountain peak appeared before everyone's eyes.
In the Earth Elemental Realm, mountains and cliffs can be seen everywhere, but after entering this mysterious area that is shrouded in violent sandstorms all year round, apart from the fact that there are endless sandbags one after another, it is difficult to distinguish which sandbag is which when you turn around.
Liu Yifei was stunned that he had never seen even a small slope.
And in this central area where the sandstorm was even more raging, such a huge mountain suddenly appeared?
What Liu Yifei didn't expect was that the place Orser wanted to take them to was obviously this mountain!
After the outline of the mountain peak appeared in everyone's sight, Orser was obviously very excited. Not only did he walk faster and faster, but he even turned around from time to time to urge everyone to go faster.
Judging from his previously taciturn behavior, this was surprising enough.
Fortunately, everyone climbed all the way. Although the mountain was difficult, it was smooth with Orser's blessing and assistance.
A hazy glow appeared in the distant sky.
Although the light was unstable under the raging sand and dust, everyone finally climbed to the top of the mountain before the sky and the earth were bright and the night passed.
Looking from a distance, the mountain is quite steep. Unexpectedly, when we reached the top, we found a small platform measuring several tens of square meters.
The area of the platform is not large, but the traces of artificial tidying are quite obvious. There is a cave decorated with stone arches at the end of the platform.
Just outside the cave, there are many tall obsidian statues standing sparsely.
This thing can be regarded as an alternative resource among stones. It has high hardness and extremely high magic malleability. It is usually used as an auxiliary material in many magic props and jewelry.
Being able to make sculptures out of huge blocks of obsidian up to several cubic meters in size, and making more than a dozen large sculptures at one time... What kind of prodigal did this?
Right now, among this small group of sculptures, there are a total of twenty or thirty almost identical earth elements standing in front and behind!
This time Liu Yifei was really frightened.
Because when you look up, all the earth elements look exactly like Oser Dreger!
Well, Liu Yifei must first admit that unless there is an obvious difference in "material" or form, or in size, in his opinion, earth elemental life forms are all a group of similar-looking stone heads.
But this "similarity" is only due to aesthetic differences caused by racial barriers.
However, Liu Yifei was now certain that the earth elements on the small platform in front of him, as well as the "Other Dreger" in front of their group, definitely looked "exactly the same" and "exactly the same"!
To be honest, the scene in front of me is quite weird.
The outside world is an endless raging storm of sand and dust, and the environment is a tall mountain peak standing in an endless desert. There is also a large area in the distance that covers an extremely large area, but looks like an abandoned ancient city that has been completely engulfed by flames and explosions.
What about in front of you?
In a small open space, there are n number of strangely shaped and dark-colored earth element human-shaped stone pillar carvings, plus the sudden appearance of more than twenty earth elementals who look exactly the same...
Depend on!
Is this a horrific research base for cloning experiments?
Liu Yifei felt his scalp numb, and a strange thought flashed through his mind.
"Eh? Let me go~ Is this... the legendary twins? This is too much!"
The little assassin and Xue Lan were a few steps behind Liu Yifei. When they boarded the small platform, they were inevitably stunned for a moment.
Before Xue Lan said anything, the little assassin couldn't help but started shouting in the team channel.
"Why are you here now? We have been waiting for a long time."
Before Liu Yifei could ask the man in front of him, Orser Dreger, what was going on.
A bento leader in the crowd opposite asked first.
"There is no way, these guys are moving too slowly. In order to wait for them, I rushed here as fast as possible."
Orser Dreger, however, didn't feel anything strange at all, and calmly walked towards his group of "multiple brothers" opposite.
"Uh... Sir Orser! What... what's going on?"
Liu Yifei couldn't help but ask.
"Well? Derrig, you didn't tell them the situation?"
The leader of the earth element asked seriously.
"Not yet. They still have to provide more convincing evidence to further prove their identity.
On the way here, it was already very strenuous just to bring them up to speed. How could I have time to identify anything else?
But it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter where the identification is done?
Even if they know the truth, it proves that they are fakes. Is it possible for them to escape from here? Humph~"
Orser Dreger's tone was extremely contemptuous, and the snort at the end was indescribably confident.
It seemed that in his eyes, the "guards" behind Liu Yifei who were about the same strength as them but more than three times more numerous were nothing. If Liu Yifei and others were found to have any problems with their behavior, they would never even run away.
As if he had to run.
However, although the other party's tone was extremely arrogant, Liu Yifei did not think that Orser Dreger was blindly arrogant.
For some reason, Liu Yifei felt that this guy must be unusual from the first moment he saw him. The "powerful" "smell" exuding from him even made Liu Yifei, who had seen many scenes, feel extremely palpitated.
At this moment, Liu Yifei even vaguely felt that what the other party said made sense...
"Okay~ So... travelers from another dimension who have come from afar, here, on behalf of the great rock breaker--Sadr Rofield, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to you.
..."
As soon as the leader of the earth element opened his mouth, Liu Yifei was immediately startled!
Listening to his tone...why does it sound like the Rockbreaker is still alive?
The situation is getting more and more complicated, and Liu Yifei already feels that it is almost confusing.
"Of course, given the previous performance of your group, we still cannot completely dispel our wariness. So, here, I need to ask you for confirmation on the last question.
For your own safety, please ‘must’ answer honestly!
What is the purpose of your group coming here?
Looking for Lord Sadr Roitfeld for help?
Or honor an ancient sacred contract?
Since what you said before is not entirely true, it is necessary for us to make a final determination."
The leader of the earth element has a calm voice like Oser Dreger, but his demeanor is more comfortable and serious!
At this moment, facing the other party's inquiry, Liu Yifei even felt as if he was being forced to stand on the cliff!
If you lean forward just a little bit, you will lose your footing and fall into the endless abyss in the next second.
This extremely dangerous feeling made him believe that as long as his answer dissatisfied the other party even slightly, the next moment, the more than 20 "multiples" on the opposite side who were on full alert would rush into him like tigers descending a mountain.
Team!
Moreover, Liu Yifei has no doubt that the strongest lineup in history that he is proud of will never make any trouble in front of the opponent...
"Well...okay, let's be honest! We are here to look for Lord Rockbreaker, indeed to fulfill the ancient sacred contract.
But it's not to seek help, the content of the contract...
In fact, it is related to an important item that the great prophet of the Tauren tribe left with Lord Rockbreaker a long time ago!
But as for what this item is, please forgive me for not being able to tell you. For details, I think I can only talk to Mr. Rockbreaker. Of course, this must be while the other person is still alive."
Liu Yifei frowned and thought for a while, and finally said half truthfully.
The moment the words came out of his mouth, Liu Yifei felt that all the strength in his body was almost gone!
Fortunately, after he finished speaking, when he saw that the originally serious expression of the leader of the earth element suddenly revealed a look of relief and joy, Liu Yifei realized that he had made the right bet this time.
However, before Liu Yifei could adjust his mood, the next words spoken by the other party made Liu Yifei almost jump three feet high in shock!
"Very good~ Friends who have come from far away, I think your identity has been confirmed by us. As for your request, I think Lord Rockbreaker will be happy to satisfy you~"
“Wha...what???
Rockbreaker???
He... isn't he already dead? How could..."
Liu Yifei was stunned and stuttered.
"Alright, the historic moment is coming soon. Please invite all friends from far away to go in and talk. All your doubts will be answered by the Rock Breaker himself inside."
As he said that, the crowd separated from the middle to the left and right, and the speaking earth element also took a step back to make way for the passage in the middle. He extended his right hand as a "please" gesture, and the road pointed to the deep and quiet cave entrance opposite.
...
A group of one hundred, twenty or thirty people poured into the cave.
Contrary to Liu Yifei's expectation, from the outside, the inside of this cave should not be too big. However, in fact, everyone walked inside for three to four hundred meters in one go and they didn't even reach the end!
Damn it, looking from the outside, this cave can't be of this size at all. And although the terrain they are walking on is a bit downward, the downward angle is not big. It is absolutely impossible to pull out such a thing in the cave.
long road.
The only explanation is that there is something weird about this cave, or, just like the legendary cave where the dragon rests, it may be connected to a small demiplane.
Fortunately, the road did not continue all the way. After walking for a short distance, under the illumination of the weak light spell released by the tauren shaman, a strange "mud pool" appeared just in front of the road.
At first, Liu Yifei couldn't see it very clearly, but when he got closer, Liu Yifei felt that the thing looked quite familiar...
The area of the "mud pool" is quite large, roughly estimated to be hundreds of square meters.
At this moment, a large amount of slightly yellowish mud is flowing quietly and steadily in a clockwise direction.
In the center of the "Mud Pool", a large amount of mud is violently surging up and down like boiling water.
As the mud surges, a large number of mud bubbles are entrained to the surface of the "mud pool" from time to time.
When every bubble bursts, a large amount of light yellow energy beams that can be seen by the naked eye will float out from it.
These energy beams continue to roll and entangle, eventually forming a shrouding layer of light yellow mist on the surface of the "mud pool", making the entire "mud pool" appear even more mysterious.
"here it is......"
"This is the 'Earth Element Gathering Point', the place where all earth element life forms are born."
Before Liu Yifei could guess it, the leader of the earth element had already announced the answer to the mystery.
As soon as he said this, Liu Yifei felt like this~
He said why it looked so familiar. After working on it for a long time, it turned out to be the "gathering point of earth elements".
This so-called "elemental gathering point" is actually a special outdoor recruitment building for elemental life forms.
The specific type of gathering point will summon that type of elemental life form.
Liu Yifei had seen similar things more than once in the stand-alone version of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and the strategic map of Heroes of Might and Magic OL. However, this kind of thing had never appeared on the world map.
Not only had Liu Yifei never seen it, but similar or similar information had never appeared on the forum. Since it was the first time that he saw the gathering points of elements so vividly on the world map, Liu Yifei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Earth element gathering point? I know this, but why did you bring us here? Are you trying to tell me that Lord Rockbreaker is hiding in this earth element gathering point?"
Liu Yifei said in surprise.
"No~ Actually, this is where I hide the 'Pain of God'."
!!!
Liu Yifei's simple words felt like thunder ringing in his ears.
He subconsciously turned around in surprise, only to see that the other party still had a calm expression on his face, as if he hadn't said anything just now, but Liu Yifei was just hallucinating.
"You...what did you say?"
"I said, this is just a place where I hide the 'Pain of God', and I am always right in front of you."
"You...you...you are..."
Liu Yifei subconsciously took two steps back, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight, and stared blankly at the earth element in front of him who didn't even blink his eyes when he spoke, as if he didn't know him at all.
However, behind Liu Yifei was the gathering point of earth elements. Even if he tried to retreat, could he still fall into the mud pool with a somersault?
If it's an ordinary mud pool, that's it. Is there a place where the earth elements gather...
Forget it~
God knows if falling in will cause some mischief, such as turning into the form of the earth element. At least for now, Liu Yifei has no intention of switching to the elemental camp.
"You...are you...are..."
"That's right~ Travelers from afar, it's really hard for you to search all the way here. I am the person you have been looking for. The former owner of this land, the former Rock Breaker, and now, Other Dreger.
....."
When the truth suddenly fell in front of him, Liu Yifei only felt waves of thunder rolling past. In addition to leaving a trembling loud noise in his ears and heart, he felt that the whole world had become quiet~
Liu Yifei once thought about countless scenarios when he met the rock avalanche.
Even if all he finds after all the hard work is just the body of a rock-smasher...or even a piece of the body!
However, Liu Yifei never thought that the truth would be like this.
Looking at the earth element in front of him who claimed to be the rock-breaker, and then looking at the more than twenty identical earth elements lined up behind him, Liu Yifei felt that the whole world was crazy...
