Episode Eleven: Searching for the Second Icefield Tower and a Trip to the Harbor
"What? I thought you had gone back?"
Seeing Rayleigh leaning against the wall, Angelo said loudly and seriously
Rayleigh did not answer, but looked in the direction he came from, sighed, and said:
"At least, you are right. If you rush back, you will waste a lot of time. Let's follow the news we heard last night and what Mr. Shibaragu said just now. Let's go find the second one first.
Let’s build a giant tower, after all, if we find Kongshen Maru first, we will have a better chance of winning!”
After finishing speaking, Rayleigh dusted the snowflakes on his cloak, then took out the God of War phone card and swiped it at the lightning crown on his forehead.
Then he saw the lightning crown on Rayleigh's head emitting bursts of dazzling golden light. After the light dissipated, Rayleigh handed the phone card to Angelo.
"What are you doing? I don't need this!"
Looking at the phone card handed over by Rayleigh, Angelo frowned slightly, then rejected Rayleigh's kindness.
"What's wrong with you guys? Well, I know you don't need this, so let's just remember the phone number on it, um~~ It's almost time, we should go!"
After forcing Angelo to write down the phone number, Rayleigh put away the God of War phone card, and then left with Angelo to embark on a journey to find the second giant tower...
en route………
"Did they live in the open here before?"
Looking at the ruins of buildings in the open land buried in heavy snow in front of him, Rayleigh asked in a serious tone.
Nodding, Anjie did not answer, but patted Lei Li's shoulder comfortingly.
After all, for Rayleigh, a stupid and passionate guy like his brother Nero, this encounter alone cannot defeat them at all, so there is no need to say any comforting nonsense, even though Rayleigh
Li's age is probably a little older than himself...
Looking at Rayleigh who was looking a little depressed, Angelo kept thinking in his mind while walking in the snow.
Afterwards, the two of them stopped quarreling along the way, perhaps because the howling cold wind dispersed their enthusiasm, or perhaps because of the anger they had just seen at the extremely tragic scene in the ruins.
Lost the joy of the journey
At this moment, Lei Li deeply understood that as a brave man, he had only achieved a little bit of what was considered a "brave", and even...
"That's ridiculous! It's so ridiculous!"
After thinking about it, Rayleigh suddenly said something incomprehensible.
Angelo looked at the depressed Rayleigh with confusion and found that the expression on his face was very complicated at the moment.
Bitterness with a hint of ridicule, joy with a bit of sadness
Seeing this, Angelo said "tsk" and then asked:
"Your expression? Couldn't it be because of what you just saw? Well, before the disaster strikes, a mother gave up her escape and chose to protect her child. It is indeed great, but what a pity!"
As he spoke, Angelo shook his head sadly when he thought of the scene he just saw. Just as he was about to speak again, he heard Riley say in an extremely hoarse tone:
"Angelo! Thank you! It's just that maybe you don't understand what I was thinking just now. They were not wrong in the first place, but they endured suffering that they shouldn't have to endure.
I couldn't understand this sentence at all before, but now, alas, it's nothing, I just sighed, it's nothing... Hahahaha..."
As he spoke, Rayleigh suddenly laughed, and the bitterness in his laughter was indescribable.
At least Angelo couldn't understand the emotion of being sad and crying for others, so he could only pat him on the shoulder symbolically, and then urged:
"Then move faster. If we defeat that guy a day earlier, there will be one less person to suffer. The entrance they are talking about is in front of us. We have to speed up!"
After saying that and watching Rayleigh nod, Angelo and Rayleigh gradually increased their speed and moved towards the goal.
Finally, after the two people accelerated their travel, they arrived at the destination they mentioned, but...
"Why are there two entrances?"
After looking at the tunnel entrance at his feet and then at the looming tunnel entrance ahead, Angelo asked in a suspicious tone.
"How can there be a second one? You are mistaken. At this time and in this kind of weather, it is easy to have hallucinations. Let's go!"
Seeing Angelo keep looking forward, Reilly glanced at the empty forest in front of him, retorted in an affirmative tone, and then walked straight down without waiting for Angelo's reply...
"This guy!"
Seeing Rayleigh walking straight down, Angelo cursed secretly, and then hurriedly followed.
"Don't you know that with my strength, it's impossible to see wrong? Don't compare me with those humans!"
After catching up with Reilly, Angelo angrily explained it to Reilly. The latter thought for a while, looked around the underground palace in shock, and then said helplessly:
"That's right! But we're already here. I think we can find some useful clues here. Okay, okay, let's not waste time here!"
After saying that, Rayleigh waved and the two of them walked inside.
After turning a few corners, the two reached the end of the underground palace.
However, in the original imagination of the two of them, the underground palace here was the same as the underground palace of Said Steel, and there must be at least one boss-level figure squatting there.
But what is disappointing is that there is no scary big boss at the end, only three neat treasure chests.
But it's still better than nothing.
With this thought in mind, Angelo opened all three treasure chests. In addition to some consumables, there was also a magic book that was said to be a space movement type.
"It is indeed a space type, mobile magic book. I think this should be a perfect match with the escape magic book!"
With that said, Reilly opened the magic book and read it once, and then gave it back to Angelo. When Angelo was about to open the magic book and check it, Reilly said in a urging tone:
"I'll wait for you outside the cave, hurry up!"
After saying that, Rayleigh activated his escape magic and left the underground palace.
"What a weird temperament. One moment he is not in a hurry, and the next moment he seems to be more anxious than anyone else!"
Subconsciously complaining, Angelo continued to look at the mobile magic book in his hand.
"Zure! I have to say, it's really amazing. That escape magic, this movement magic, and the space type spells taught by that old guy are essentially the same. Well, it's really interesting..."
After reading, Angelo closed the book, activated his escape magic, and left the underground palace.
Afterwards, the two of them continued walking towards the place Angelo saw. After walking for a while, they found that there was indeed an entrance to the underground space there.
"I didn't expect it to be true. I thought you were wrong. I'm so sorry!"
Rayleigh slapped his forehead, looked at the underground entrance under his feet, said something bright, and then the two of them walked down.
After going down, what is different from the previous underground palace is that this place looks like it was dug by man, and there is a guard...
"You are here to look for the second giant tower on the ice sheet, right? Go back. Sage Lingus asked me to tell you that if you don't save Vatano, your trip will be in vain!"
The caretaker said this to the two people. After speaking, he seemed to see that the two people were not achieving their goals, and immediately turned around to get out of the way, motioning for the two people to go over and take a look.
Afterwards, the two of them did not hesitate. After passing the guard, they walked out of the cave and looked forward. In front of them was a huge lake, and in the center of the lake, shrouded in white mist, a huge tower stood looming in it.
Looking at the towers on both sides and the fortress-like building surrounding it, it is more like a castle than a giant tower.
"Is it because I'm dazzled? It looks like it gives people a very illusory feeling. Angelo, Angelo, look, that's... the other side, how is that possible?"
After observing for a while, Rayleigh rubbed his eyes, looked carefully again, and said in disbelief.
Indeed, and I don’t know why, the giant tower and the surrounding land are like a "mirage", which can be seen, but it gives people a very illusory feeling, as if this giant tower does not exist.
This space is the same.
After thinking for a moment, Angelo did not answer Reilly's slightly surprised words, but grabbed his shoulders, then jumped over.
Sure enough, the two people came directly to the opposite side, and even stood on the opposite side, but they could see more clearly...
"Is it a spatial projection? This giant tower is not in this space?"
Looking at the back of the giant tower in front of him, Angelo murmured to himself.
"It seems that what the guard said is right, but I don't understand. Isn't that guy afraid of being discovered when he is guarding there so blatantly?"
After taking two steps back and forth, Rayleigh touched his chin and spoke thoughtfully.
As he walked, Rayleigh unknowingly walked back to the opposite side. After reacting, he was about to look for Angelo when he suddenly found a round hole about the thickness of a finger under his feet.
After digging it out with his hand, he found something like a switch inside. After thinking about it, Reilly quickly called Angelo over.
"What? What did you find?"
After jumping over from the other side, Angelo looked at Rayleigh squatting aside and asked doubtfully.
Then, Rayleigh pointed at the round hole the size of a finger and expressed his guess.
"That's it, you wait a moment, I'll go down and take a look first!"
After saying that, Rayleigh held the unpredictable grass in his hand, activated the shrinking magic, and got in.
Seeing the smaller Rayleigh crawling in, Angelo then lay down on the snow, looked inside curiously, and found that Rayleigh was swinging from side to side in front of something that looked like a wheel...
Then, seeing Rayleigh sitting on the ground as if frustrated, Angelo stood up and sighed.
After a while, Rayleigh came out of it, returned to normal size, and said discouragedly:
"That is indeed a switch, but I can't turn it on. Do we really have to rescue Vatano?"
After saying that, Rayleigh turned to look at the huge tower in the center of Hu, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Angelo smiled bitterly and said comfortingly:
"Haha! Speaking of which, I did sense that there was a soul imprisoned in that tower. I can see it. It should be the Kongshen Pill that Gunama said,"
As he spoke, Angelo pointed to the giant tower, changed the subject, and added in a serious tone:
"It's just that we don't have a solution here. Instead of thinking about how to get in, it's better to go to other places and maybe we can find some solutions!"
After Angelo finished speaking, Reilly frowned and nodded in agreement:
"This is the only way! What are your plans?"
"Plan? I don't know, but we can try our luck at the harbor!"
After speaking, Angelo dusted off the snow dust on his cloak, then looked at Rayleigh, waiting for his answer.
After thinking about what Shibaragu said before, Leiley put away the phone card, then looked at the giant tower and sneered, saying in a faint tone:
"Hmph! Then let the guy huddled inside live a little longer!"
After saying that, Lei Li changed the subject. Thinking of what happened in the underground palace of Said Steel, he rolled his eyes and added in a sly tone:
Angelo, do you still remember how we got out of the underground cave of Seide Steel?"
"What do you mean?"
Looking at the hand that Rayleigh stretched out, Angelo asked in surprise.
"You know, the time has come to test our tacit understanding!"
Raleigh moved forward again, looked at Angelo, and said it again.
After thinking for a while, after knowing what he meant, Angelo sighed, then stretched out a hand and touched it forward, and the two of them disappeared instantly...
"I'm just telling you! It seems that we have a tacit understanding after getting along these days!"
Standing in front of the Icefield Tower, Rayleigh held Angelo's shoulders and said cheerfully.
Taking off Rayleigh's hand from his shoulder, Angelo couldn't help but complain as he thought about Rayleigh's bitter and resentful look just now:
"I really don't know how you developed your character. You looked like you were bitter and resentful just now..."
"I just sighed, but now I have figured it out. Some things cannot be done by one person!"
Recalling what happened just now, Reilly explained it to Angelo.
Afterwards, the two walked into the Icefield Tower and walked straight to the right.
When they reached the end, they found that one of the two sailors they had just seen was waiting for them. Then the two walked forward and Lei Li asked sternly:
"It seems that Mr. Shibalagu has left. We are also going to the harbor. I wonder if we can take this boat there?"
After saying that, Rayleigh looked at the small boat behind the sailor. Just when he was fully expecting the sailor to agree, what the sailor said made Rayleigh stunned.
"No, no! It's not that easy to get on this ship. I heard something happened at the harbor before. It's impossible to get through here. You go back!"
After saying that, the sailor waved his hand as if he was impatient, trying to drive away the two of them.
Seeing this scene, Angelo was just about to draw his knife and knock the man unconscious when he was stopped by Reilly. The latter waved his hand to Angelo quickly, then walked up to the sailor and said in a heavy tone.
A few words:
"Something happened at the harbor? How did Mr. Nashi Balagu get there? I heard him say that he was going to the harbor to look for Vatano and Simig, and asked us to go there, but in the current situation, it will be very troublesome if we can't get through.
!”
After saying that, Reilly sighed. Just as he was about to convince the other party again, he heard Angelo suddenly step forward from behind and elaborated in a cold tone:
"The Shibalagu you are talking about cannot exert his power in this mountain realm, and here, only the two of us can help you solve the troubles in the harbor, and we are also entrusted by others, so you are the most likely to
So get out of the way..."
As he spoke, looking at the other party's uncertain expression, Angelo slowly held the handle of the knife. Just as he was about to strike, he heard the other party finally come to his senses, quickly stepped aside, and replied in an apologetic tone.
:
"Sorry! Sorry! I didn't know that you were invited by Mr. Shibaragu. It seems that the matter is serious. So, you can leave on this ship!"
In this way, Angelo and Reilly left the Mibu Icefield on the small boat and sailed towards the harbor.
"To be honest, I really don't know why there are some people there who can't distinguish the seriousness of things. It's really strange!"
Sitting on the bow of the boat going downstream, thinking about the difficulty the sailor had just made, Angelo complained helplessly.
When Rayleigh, who was sitting at the stern of the boat, heard Angelo's words, he shrugged helplessly and comforted:
"At least it didn't waste our time. That's enough. Okay, hurry up and take a rest. I think at the current speed, we will be there soon!"
Although he said this, Rayleigh did not close his eyes and rest as he said, but was admiring the surrounding scenery like him.
Later, after the boat floated along the current for a long time, the snowy scenery finally changed back to the green look it had seen on the grassland before.
The only difference from the grassland is that there is always a vague smell of seaweed floating in the air. I don't know if it is an illusion.
Afterwards, after being "forced" to appreciate the scenery along the way, the boat the two of them took finally docked.
However, it is said to be a harbor city, but all that comes into view is a room, which looks just like the hotel in the ice field.
After thinking about it, the two looked at each other. Angelo walked directly into the house, while Reilly went directly to the person next to the house to inquire about the information.
"Hello! Is this a harbor city?"
As soon as he walked over, Lei Li asked straight to the point.
The man nodded, then pointed to the sea water behind the house and said with a sad expression:
"Yes! This is indeed the seaport city of Sherbon, but that was before it was submerged by the sea. Now... alas~..."
As he spoke, the man couldn't help but let out a long sigh, his expression extremely sad.
Seeing this, Rayleigh touched his chin, thought for a while, and asked tentatively:
"Swamped? Is it because an unknown force changed the direction of the tide?"
After listening to Rayleigh's words, the man was silent for a while, and then told everything he knew:
"I don't know how long it has been. When I went out to sea to fish, I only knew that in the strait in the south, the tide there flows northward.
I just didn’t know that from that day on, the tide suddenly changed direction, and over time, it became what it is now;”
Having said this, the man wiped his tears sadly and added a few words:
"There are some people in our harbor city. They think that they will drown sooner or later if they stay here, so they moved to the beautiful village in the south...that's all I know!"
...After listening to the man's story, Rayleigh frowned and looked at the flooded place inside.
Through the water, you can vaguely see some submerged buildings and some floating corpses floating on the water.
Seeing this, Reilly walked into the hotel with a heavy heart. As soon as he entered, he saw Angelo lying on the boat with a heavy face. It seemed that he must have heard something.
"Rayleigh! What did you find out about it?"
Seeing Reilly walking in, Angelo quickly stood up from the bed and asked hurriedly.
Just looking straight at Angelo, Rayleigh opened his mouth and did not answer. Angelo looked at Rayleigh and nodded, obviously knowing something, so he suggested:
"Ha! It doesn't seem to be good news! Let's rest here for one night and let's split up tomorrow. After all, I want it to be faster."
After speaking, Angelo tidied up the bed and then lay down on it...
Rayleigh walked outside the house, looked at the vast ocean outside, thinking about the news he had just heard, and fell into deep thought for a long time...