Thales watched indifferently as the Punishment Knight's ax blade disappeared from sight along with the dim corridor.
He was rising slowly again.
It's like losing gravity.
But this time, the prince barely maintained his sanity in the void of unknown time.
He tried his best to remember the anchor point, follow the teachings, and guard himself.
I just need to be further away.
No need to...knock on the door.
Trying his best to stay calm, he thought to himself.
Countless scenes flashed through his mind, including the ruins of the abandoned house, the humble kitchen of the Sunset Bar, the magnificent terrace of the Hall of Stars, the snowflakes flying in the birch forest, the fires in the Palace of Heroes...
Leave the Prison of Bones, or even leave the Blade Fang Camp, and stay as far away from Sak'el as possible.
Further away!
But just as he was thinking this, a strange burning sensation came from behind!
It was like someone lit a fire on his back!
Thales's face changed.
wrong.
At that moment, he was instantly out of control!
It's like waking up from a sweet dream.
The indifferent attitude towards everything disappeared, and the emotion of surprise filled the brain.
No……
In a few tenths of a second, the burning sensation became more and more intense.
It spreads from the back to the whole body, and then slowly evolves into a tearing and cutting sensation.
In that second, Thales couldn't help but twist his face and cry out in pain!
This long-lost but familiar feeling...
Could it be...
Oops.
He thought of something and felt cold inside.
Thales, who was still suffering from burning and tearing, felt his whole body become heavy, and the next second, he hit the ground hard!
"boom!"
Amidst the muffled sound, Thales ignored his sore knees and forehead. He turned over like crazy and struggled to throw off his backpack!
Damn, damn!
It's like it's a piece of red-hot charcoal.
"Damn it!"
Marina's angry voice sounded in her ears, as if she had just had close contact with the ground: "What happened!"
"Whoa, axe-ow!"
In the darkness, Quick Rope's panicked shouts came from his side.
"Eh?"
There was a whirring sound, and it sounded like the fast rope climbed up from the ground:
"Is this...the Prison River?"
Thales breathed out with difficulty and felt the burning sensation on his back slowly disappear.
But another feeling creeps up the nerves.
pain.
Prince Xingchen gritted his teeth out of breath and said:
"Yes, this is the Prison River...and I am your ferryman..."
He touched the ground and sighed inwardly.
so……
They are not out of danger yet.
"Tiles!"
When Kuaisheng heard his voice, he was overjoyed, and then became more suspicious:
"But why, why can't we watch..."
In panic, he only heard a gentle scratching sound, and a sudden beam of fire appeared in front of his eyes, causing the quick rope to subconsciously block his eyes.
In the darkness, Marina lit a small torch, cursed and got up from the ground, wiping the dust from her face: "Damn it!"
"What on earth are we..."
But her words did not continue.
The peculiar smell in her mouth and nose and the surrounding environment allowed her to identify their location.
The female swordsman in red relaxed her neck that had been strangled by the punishment knight and frowned:
"Are we...still in the Prison of Bones?"
Thales didn't reply. His face turned pale and he was trembling slightly.
Quick Rope, who had regained his vision, gently put down his hand, glanced confusedly at Marina, who was holding a torch with a blank expression, and then turned to the young man lying on the ground beside him, gasping for air, and his face darkened.
"What just happened?"
He lost his confusion, lifted Thales, who was obviously in poor condition, from the ground and let him lean against the wall:
"Where's that uncle? Also, your friend wearing a mask?"
Thales gasped hard, endured the increasingly severe pain, and squeezed out a sentence:
"This is the 'little magic' of the Alchemy Tower. You might as well understand it as the mechanism in the Prison of Bones, which can transfer you to different places..."
Marina was slightly startled.
Thales tried to force a smile.
But Quick Rope's expression lost its usual joking expression. The rookie mercenary was now squatting in front of Thales, looking at the latter quietly.
His eyes were deep and thoughtful:
"A little magic?"
The look of the fast rope reminded Thales of the other party's true identity.
"Yes, so, I just took advantage of it...ah!"
Thales couldn't speak anymore. More and more severe pain hit him from his chest, making him sweat and make his lips tremble.
Oops.
Although there is a lack of similar references for other magicians, whether it was the carriage assassination on the King's Road six years ago, the magic gun attack under the Broken Dragon Fortress, or the unexpected knock on Giza's door in Longxiao City, or Asheida
A warning before parting, these experiences have taught Thales a lesson:
In the face of a crisis, you should never resort to mysterious magical powers easily unless you have no other choice but to do so.
The burden and damage to the body caused by the "out of control" state should not be underestimated, but will gradually increase as the magnitude of the magic energy involved increases. Once it reaches the level of "knocking on the door", the consequences can even be fatal.
So Thales is very grateful to Toros.
This is the most mysterious magician he has ever encountered and the best to him.
Thanks to his generous help and patient teachings, I was able to successfully find the "anchor" and be able to stay rational (perhaps too rational) when I was "out of control". I got rid of the past that the magic power could not be controlled until it was released, and it would be out of control once it was released.
, a dangerous dilemma that is bound to knock on the door.
But even if Thales successfully avoided knocking on the door and avoided the heart-rending and heart-breaking pain of using magic energy in the past, the cost of "losing control" cannot be underestimated.
According to his recent experience with the enemy, he could stay in the magical "out of control" state for no more than a few minutes at most, before he would be awakened by sudden severe pain, interrupting his strange abilities.
But Thales knew that when he escaped from Sak'el's ax just now, what interrupted him was not the severe pain caused by the magic energy.
But...
Thales covered his chest and looked to the other side in disbelief: the backpack Marina returned to him was lying quietly on the ground, revealing a small crossbow arm.
Time Crossbow.
Legendary anti-demon force.
Damn it.
They were still in the Prison of Bones, and the reason why they couldn't escape... was found.
It seems that next time he must not get "out of control" with this thing in his hand...
Thinking of this, Thales felt another throbbing pain and his expression was distorted.
"You look...bad?"
Marina noticed the prince's unusual pain and approached suspiciously holding a torch.
"Injured by that madman?"
No.
It's just the sequelae of the forced use of magic energy and the rejection of the crossbow.
Thales wiped his sweat and forced himself to curl his mouth while trembling:
"Yes."
"He hit hard."
Quick Rope still said nothing.
Marina leaned down and picked up a silver-edged sword from the ground.
"This is Ricky's sword."
Marina's brows slowly furrowed under the firelight.
Thales' heart clenched again.
Marina looked at him steadily, her eyes getting colder and colder:
"I saw the mark on that madman's face, the same as Samir - what happened to Ricky and the others?"
Thales pursed his lips. While enduring the pain, he had to deal with the person in front of him. This was really exhausting for him, and he felt like his head was getting bigger.
What could he say?
Sorry, your boss got a hole in his head by my friend?
"He..." he hissed.
At this moment, Kuai Rope screamed in surprise!
"wrong!"
The rookie mercenary stared at Marina with wide eyes, pointed at Thales on the wall, and said in horror:
"He's...your nose is bleeding!"
Thales subconsciously touched his nose, and sure enough, his hand felt moist.
Oops.
That's it again.
He felt dizzy, leaned against the wall, and slid to the ground, trembling.
Marina frowned.
Quick Rope took two steps forward in shock and supported Thales.
"What happened to you?"
"This," the prince smiled weakly:
"Ha, the Bright Star royal family is more or less a bit different."
Bright Star Royal Family.
When Marina heard this phrase, her face darkened again.
"No, we have to do something, he doesn't look good."
Quick Rope looked worried, and he turned to Marina:
"Ma'am? Please look this way, I'll look for his luggage..."
Marina looked at Thales with complicated eyes, then looked at the sword in her hand, and finally sighed and walked forward holding a torch.
"The prince named Canxing."
Looking at Thales with a painful expression on his face, Marina said softly:
"Just now, you saved my life."
"Why?"
Thales tried his best to twitch the corners of his mouth, and squeezed out a few joking words in a cold sweat:
"Maybe, maybe because I don't like killing people? Maybe, it's also because you are a woman and very beautiful? So according to the knight novel, I am destined to be weak..."
Then I will take you into my harem.
Thales felt another pain in his heart, which made him tighten his facial features again and bite off the life-threatening joke in his mouth.
But Marina ignored his teasing, and the girl who had a bad temper before didn't get angry either.
She just looked at him quietly:
"You know, we have grudges - whether it's the past of the bloody year or the festival in the tavern."
Thales snorted coldly. He was tortured by pain and didn't pay much attention to his tone:
"So I have to kill you? Or stand by and gloat as you get killed?"
Marina paused, her expression struggling.
"But your father will."
The female swordsman in red hesitated and said: "Just like eighteen years ago, he ordered my family to be hanged."
Now it was Thales' turn to be speechless.
But the next moment, Marina seemed to have made up her mind. She suddenly raised her head and looked at the prince with burning eyes.
"Seb Norfolk," the girl whispered:
"He is my uncle and a member of the Star Legion. He was the bodyguard of the late Duke John of Star Lake - and the person who murdered him."
Taylor was stunned for a moment.
Seb Norfolk.
And the Duke of Star Lake.
What's the meaning?
Thales stared at her blankly. With his attention distracted, the pain in his body no longer seemed so unbearable.
"you……"
"Listen," Marina stared at him with eager eyes, as if staring at a life-saving straw:
"If you return to Yongxing City, Prince Thales, if you are really different from your bastard father, if you really care about the blood of innocent people..."
"Please investigate this matter and find out the truth."
Marina's eyes slowly turned red, and Thales was so shocked that he was at a loss what to do:
"Find the truth behind Duke John's assassination in Sodala City during the Year of Blood."
Duke John…
Thales frowned.
"My father, Lanzar Norfolk, heir to the honorary Earl of Norfolk."
"Until he went to the gallows, he had been secretly serving the kingdom's secret department," Marina gritted her teeth and said with trembling words:
"On the third day after King Eddie was assassinated, and also on the eve of Duke John's assassination, my father privately released a messenger crow."
"This is the only clue I have had for many years."
Thales trembled slightly.
Kingdom Secrets.
The third day after King Eddie was assassinated...
That is to say...
"I have been wandering for many years and I am alone. I can only seize all my strength and use all means, but I can't find anything and can't do anything." Marina's lips trembled and her chest heaved, seeming to suppress her emotions:
"But you are the prince and the future king. You must be able to do more than me."
"I beg you."
Marina bit out the last word from her teeth with almost red eyes. She didn't know how much struggle and struggle she had gone through.
At this moment, the sound of the fast rope came from the luggage area:
"I found something, Thales, you may need this..."
There was another burst of pain. Thales closed his eyes tightly and tried his best to wave his hands:
"I'm fine. I'm still suffering from the same problem. I just need to rest for a while..."
The next second.
"boom!"
A muffled sound came suddenly, causing Thales to open his eyes subconsciously!
"Clang."
The fire trembled and fell to the ground together with the sword.
Marina lost consciousness and fell limply to the ground.
Beside her, Kuai Rope took back the palm that stunned her with a serious look.
Thales was stunned.
At that moment, the torch illuminated from the ground, making Kuaisheng's face look so cold and deep.
"Quick Rope, you..."
Quick Rope didn't answer, he just leaned down silently and picked up the unconscious Marina.
"Can you hold it?"
Quick Rope said calmly, dragging Marina aside: "Or are you going to die in the next second?"
Thales looked at him blankly.
"Why——" The prince's question was only half of the question.
He saw what was in Quick Rope's hand.
It was a special black crossbow.
The arrow is on the string and ready to be fired.
"You ask why?"
Kuaisheng picked up the torch with one hand and walked forward coldly.
"So are you going to tell me the truth?"
"Tiles Bright Star?"
Thales gritted his teeth.
truth……
I saw Kuaisheng alone holding a torch, shaking the crossbow in his hand, and looking at him coldly:
"What exactly is your ability?"
At that moment, Thales felt that his body was stiff and his tongue was heavy.
Suddenly, even the sequelae of losing control were no longer so uncomfortable.
He just looked at the solemn fast rope quietly.
Kuaisheng also looked back at him silently.
After a while, Thales sighed under the firelight.
He turned his head and said with difficulty under the double pressure - physical pain and the gaze of his companions:
"I said, this is a rare kind of magic. After the Kingdom of Stars took this place as its own..."
Kuaisheng sneered.
"magic?"
His cold question blocked the rest of Thales' words in his mouth.
"Listen, Thales."
Quick Rope stared at him:
"I may have been ridiculous when I was young, but I was educated by the lord's family anyway, and I am more than ten years older than you, maybe more..."
"Especially after becoming an heir, I learned more unusual knowledge."
Kuaisheng squatted down gently, with an extremely serious look in his eyes.
The fire was approaching, and the hot torch made Thales feel a little uncomfortable.
But his heart was cold.
"I know who that man is and what he means by what he said."
Kuaisheng Yun Danfeng said quietly.
As if this was just a common conversation.
But only Thales knew that at this moment, Kuaisheng's aura was so cold, his tone was so sharp, and his eyes were so terrifying.
"I also know why you suddenly changed from a weak boy to a cold-faced killer."
"I even know the reason why you are in so much pain now."
At that moment, Thales seemed to no longer recognize the person in front of him.
It was as if this optimistic, open-minded, humorous mercenary Kuai Sheng had transformed back into the compassionate and decisive prince who abandoned everything.
The return of Moral Walton.
"More than six hundred years ago, there was an extremely terrible scourge in the Battle of the End. As long as there is a battlefield where he is present, our ancestors will inevitably be defeated repeatedly and have no hope."
"Because that disaster can foresee the future and know the unknown."
Moral sneered:
"From the weather the next day, to the angle at which the sun rises, to the enemy's every move, the future of the world is all under its control."
Predict future.
Thales breathed in a daze.
Is there such a being among the magicians?
Moral shook his head and said:
"How do you defeat an undead monster that holds all the future and possibilities in its hands?"
At that moment, Thales' breathing froze.
"Until the birth of this weapon."
Morar looked at the dark arm crossbow in his hand, with unclear emotions in his eyes:
"Its user is a northerner. After the war, he pledged his allegiance to Exeter and King Nekaru."
"So many years later, this arm crossbow came to the hands of King Nun I. As a witness of the 'Nikaru Oath', he gave it to Qiyuan City, the most remote and difficult place among the ten major territories - even though I just
Only then did I recognize that this is the most special legendary anti-demon weapon in the Dragonlance family's classics."
"The Crossbow of Time."
The next second, Moral stood up coldly.
He held the trigger, raised his slightly trembling arm, and pointed the crossbow arrow at the young man in front of him.
Thales's face was ashen and he just held his chest tightly.
"You are a magician, Thales."
Moral's eyes flashed and he spoke in a cold voice:
"A disaster."
"Just like the disaster that destroyed everything six hundred years ago."
Thales closed his eyes gently.
finally.
This day has come.
"Just like six years ago," Moral's voice trembled slightly:
"The one who destroyed Longxiao City and killed my father..."