Since the Green Dragon left, the "Lilinono Group", under the guidance of Lily and An, took a nearly straight and relatively safe route to another place mentioned by Jill, which was once protected by "Count Stark"
location.
Lily walked at the front of the team as always, sitting on the shoulder of the machine man. Over this period of time, she was used to this arrangement and was no longer as cautious as she was at the beginning. Elliot followed Alphonse, still
Seems full of energy.
The two Berons walked side by side at the end. Compared to the noisy Bell, Groom was much quieter and calmer. Bell would often mutter for a long time before he would respond to the last sentence.
"What kind of place is King's Cliff?" An wrote in his notebook and asked Alphonse to help him recite it.
"Hmm... How should I put it?" Lily touched her nose, "It used to be Cang Yu's residence. His favorite thing to do was to look down from the cliff in the form of a giant eagle. However,
That guy's sense of territory is too strong, and if we even step foot there, we will be attacked mercilessly."
"Wow, what a bad-tempered guy." Elio sighed, "He must not be there now, right?"
"He did not leave. With his self-esteem, he would not allow himself to "escape" from his territory." The female mercenary sighed, "We didn't see him in the Despair Mountains last time. That guy is probably dead.
Has he... or been turned into... like Hisa?"
The young knight couldn't help but shiver. "It's best not to be like that!" He said, "A flying "human god"... is much scarier than a wolf or something."
Does this mean that her 'mother' Xisa is not as good as Cang Yu? Lily glared at him dissatisfied, and was about to speak when she heard Bell complain.
"In the end, we have to climb a mountain again." The Belon people didn't care about the other parts at all, but were dissatisfied with the climb. "It still sounds like a very high mountain! I need to rest first before I have the strength to walk up."
"You've had enough rest." Lily rejected him mercilessly, "Don't forget, we have a bet with that guy Jill, you guys don't want to lose?"
"Perhaps." Bell muttered, but still sped up his pace slightly, "To be honest, I don't care about the bet or anything, but I really want to leave this hellish place as soon as possible."
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The Cliff of the King is located on the northeast side of the forest, at the tip of the natural and steep peaks. On a clear day, you can see the protruding cliff wall from any angle under the mountain, piercing the sky like a long needle. Because
There are cliffs on all sides. Generally speaking, only creatures that can fly can reach the platform at the top of the cliff and look out at the entire forest from there.
However, those scenes in the female mercenary's memory no longer exist.
Thick clouds covered the peaks around the cliff, and seemingly endless thunder struck every hill, but not a drop of rain fell. Through the strange lights all around, Lily could barely see that the dark cliff still stood high in the clouds.
, but could not confirm the scene on the platform.
She stopped, turned around, and looked at Alphonse and An, who were walking towards her. Now, whenever she felt confused or undecided, she would ask for their opinions. An agency man who was good at occult arts and rational analysis,
A knowledgeable girl can always provide her with valuable advice.
The machine man raised his head and stared at the thick thunderclouds, "I can let everyone pass through there safely, Lilinonuo." He thought for a moment and then added, "As long as the stay does not exceed one minute."
"So, the key is what is in the center of the thundercloud." An followed Alphonse's words and wrote, "If it attacks us directly, it will be difficult to ensure everyone's safety. Not to mention, whether Bell or Elio,
Not very good at fighting on your back."
"In that case, wouldn't it be good to lure it out?" the young knight suggested enthusiastically, "If it's a brainless guy like Xisa... who is controlled, he should be able to take the bait easily, right?"
Lily rolled her eyes at Elio, not bothering to argue with him about the problem in her words. On the other hand, the young knight's proposal sounded a bit rough, but it was worth trying. She asked Al to use the secret technique of isolating thunder and lightning on herself.
Then it transformed into a goshawk, flew into the sky at the fastest speed, and suddenly penetrated between the peaks.
Countless thunder and lightning fell around her. Lily relied on her keen sense to avoid the location where the lightning strike was about to occur as much as possible, but there were still several thunderbolts that hit her back directly. Electricity flashed across her feathers, bringing a strange sensation
She felt numb, but there was no pain or burning smell - Al's secret technique successfully protected her.
Within half a minute, she passed through the mountains outside and came to the towering cliff. She took a slight breath, flapped her wings vigorously, and rushed straight into the pitch-black clouds above her head.
Sensing the "invasion" from outside, the clouds instantly began to churn, pouring out deadly electricity and magic power toward Lily without reservation. The thunder sounded like an angry roar, constantly exploding in her ears, yelling and cursing at her.
Get out of here or face death.
She turned a deaf ear to this and just rushed forward blindly. The mystical shield on her body was polished from the original blue to an almost transparent texture. Just when she was ready to withstand the electric shock, the magic power surrounding her suddenly
Dispersed, and the platform in her memory appeared in front of her again.
Even though she was in the center of the clouds, no lightning or magic power could get close to the platform, as if there was an invisible layer of protection always covering it. Lily breathed a sigh of relief, landed on the top of a protruding rock, and looked around at the surrounding scene.
The platform is in the shape of an irregular circle with a diameter of about thirty meters, which is nothing compared to its height. The clouds covering the platform block all sunlight and are constantly flashing with electric light, making it difficult to see the specific details.
Lily thought for a moment and gave up the idea of trying to fly above the clouds.
"Next time, take Al with you. Wouldn't it be safer that way?" The female mercenary whispered to herself and turned her gaze elsewhere.
Then she saw a "sphere" as tall as two people, with changing colors of light, floating in the center of the platform - she could guarantee that there was nothing there just a moment ago.
The ball was slowly rotating, and of course the flowing luster might have given her the illusion that the other party was rotating. Although "it" didn't have anything that looked like facial features, Lily felt like she was being stared at closely by "it"
It was so lively that all the feathers on its body stood upright.
——It turns out that her feeling was correct.
The light on the surface of the "sphere" suddenly became dazzling. The female mercenary instinctively raised her wings to try to block it, but she saw the light quickly condensed into a pure and clear beam, which instantly cut through the air and stabbed straight into her chest.