After leaving the small town to the east, Annie came to this forest, and she unexpectedly found some interesting traces of magic here. So, she was just idle, and she was also a little curious. She found this dilapidated ancient site between the forest and the small town mill.
"..."
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Anne did not disturb the people in the quiet town not far away, because she had to explain where she came from, where she was going, or where she was going, to a Shantan who had little information and rarely communicated with the outside world. It was too troublesome to ask where the adults were, so she quietly came here while no one was around, and stood in this place where she found some interesting magic fluctuations.
In front of her was a huge stone arch, with a statue that seemed to be some kind of sheep-headed creature screaming in surprise, and a line of ancient text engraved on the arch. Inside the arch, there seemed to be a large area made of A broken wall made up of huge rocks, as high as two people, and it looks like a maze?
"Pan's Labyrinth?"
∑(??△｀)? !
"emmmmm..."
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"snort!"
"It looks weird, but I think I want to see what's so rare in this shabby maze?!"
ヽ(゜▽゜)－C ???????????????
Although this place seems to have a history of more than a thousand years, and even the broken stones are almost completely weathered, the more I look at it, the more I feel that there are all kinds of weird magic and fluctuations here, and Little Annie is left behind. He picked up his little bear and strode directly into the so-called maze.
…
"hateful!"
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Maybe this maze really still plays some magical role?
However, when a certain little girl accidentally got lost, when she wandered around for a long time and couldn't get out or in, when her patience quickly ran out and she no longer wanted to try to use ordinary people's methods to walk. After reaching the end of the maze, she began to damage other people's 'scenic spots' without any politeness at all!
For example, she could directly summon flames to melt any high or short stone maze wall that was blocking her path, burning passages out of those ancient buildings that had stood for at least a thousand years, and then just be so carefree and high-spirited. Yangdi stepped directly on the hot magma that was scattered all over the floor, walked directly to the middle of the maze in a straight line, and saw a circular spiral staircase that was also cut from a huge stone and spiraled down. entrance of the cave.
(…)
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"ha!"
(*^▽^*)
"Look, Tibbers! Let's just say, how can there be a maze in this world that is so hard to defeat others? No, he is indeed the smartest and wittiest. In less than ten minutes, he directly We’ve reached the end of the maze!!”
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Anne smiled proudly as she looked at the dark stone spiral staircase cave at her feet, which contained something or a treasure.
If that annoying guy who set up the maze thought that Queen Anne could be successfully intercepted or trapped in the maze using that simple method and the special magic wave that interferes with people's perception, then he would be totally wrong. ! Because there is no maze in the world that can stump the great Queen Anne like her, not one! !
(Yes Yes Yes……)
(●￣(??)￣●)
(Tibbers said that if there is not a straight molten channel behind the opponent, and at least dozens of sections of molten passages burned into the wall of the stone maze, it will definitely believe what the opponent says.)
"snort!"
o(??^｀)o
"Tibbers, I know you are not convinced, but no one said you can't get through the maze without burning down the walls, so they won't be as knowledgeable as an ignorant little bear like you!"
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After saying that, without waiting for a certain bear to react, Annie quickly followed the spiral staircase in the middle of the maze, which was covered with moss and vines and made of smooth black boulders, toward the bottom of the cave entrance. He ran away in a flash.
As for whether there was some kind of huge treasure down there, or whether there were dangers such as some terrifying monsters, she didn't care at all, because she just wanted to go and see something rare.
Besides...
Is there anything in this world more dangerous than Queen Anne, or her little bear?
(…)
(￢??￢.)
Although the spiral staircase was very deep and long, at the speed of little Annie running fast, jumping and sliding down even across several floors, she soon reached the bottom, and regretfully found that there seemed to be only one person here. Apart from the weird, unactivated space portal formation and a stone pillar carved with a weirdo's face and many words, there was nothing!
Of course, it wasn't nothing. At least, she saw a strange man in front of her who didn't know whether he was dead or not. He was standing over there with a strange posture, and thick moss began to grow on his body?
"Hmm..."
(=??ω｀=)
"Hello!"
"That weird bug over there, don't pretend to be asleep. People know you're awake. It was the little bug that was following people just now that woke you up, right?"
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Looking at the bottom, I felt that there seemed to be nothing interesting here, no treasures, no powerful demons, and no other interesting things, and little Annie didn't want to activate that boring portal that didn't know where it led. So she had no choice but to turn her attention to the guy she had discovered when she came down.
'...'
Maybe it’s because I can’t pretend anymore, or maybe I just woke up? Anyway, when Annie shouted and shouted, the guy who had been facing Annie turned around with a trembling and very stiff movement.
'! ! '
'It's you! You are finally back! '
However, what makes Anne feel a little baffled is that the guy in front of her with goat horns and transparent eyes, and his body is like a withered and decayed branch. It is obvious at a glance that he is not a good person, but he uses a funny expression. Cheered in a surprised tone?
"You're finally back? You're not talking about me, are you?"
ヽ(゜Q.)ノ?
When she heard the other party's abrupt words and actions, she wanted to rush towards her. She felt a little disgusted with the other party's dirty, rotten and moss-covered body, and felt a little confused in her heart, so she couldn't help but take a small step back. Anne was very sure that she obviously didn't know the horned monster in front of her, so she felt a little baffled by what the other party said!
'! ! '
'Don't be afraid, I beg you, listen to what I have to say first...'
Seeing Annie retreating, the Croissant quickly waved his ferocious hands full of sharp claws to persuade her.
'look! '
'What's this? '
Perhaps he was worried that the other party would run away, or perhaps he was afraid that the other party would not trust him. After thinking about it, the ram-horned demon simply opened the shabby satchel he had been carrying for who knows how many years and released the two elves inside.
"..."
(￢д￢.)
"Why are people so scared? It's obvious that you are too dirty and smelly, and they just find it a little disgusting!!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
You know, Anne likes clean things very much, and if she wants to come down to explore and take risks, she will not come here at all. There are moss everywhere, withered vines, very damp, and a lot of disgusting little bugs. Hidden in the crevices of the rocks, no one has cleaned the place for who knows how many thousands of years!
This is just like her little bear Tibbers. If she doesn't throw him into the bathtub every day and rub it to wash off the dirt on him, or simply burn it with a flame and go for a 'dry cleaning', he will definitely You won’t sleep holding each other in your arms!
(…)
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"Go away! Go away!"
ψ(*｀ー??)o
After waving Tibbers in her hand to drive away the little things that flew to her side and surrounding her, Anne said that she was not at all interested in the elves, and then she looked at him again impatiently. :
"Say it!"
"Coathorn, who are you, and what did you mean by what you just said?!"
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If the other party's words hadn't aroused her curiosity a little bit, maybe she would have burned the sheep-headed monster in front of her to death just now. It was obvious at a glance that it was not a good person, right?
'...'
'my name? It's too long, my many names, those ancient words, only the wind and ancient trees can say them...'
Seeing that the other party no longer seemed afraid of me, and was very courageous. They were different from the human girls I had seen before, so that they began to listen to me seriously and speak normally. The sheep-headed monster began to feel relieved and began to move tremblingly while recalling.
"Okay!"
(ー`??ー)
"Then give me the shortest name that can be said in human language!!"
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Anne didn't have time to listen to too many stories from the other party, and she felt that it was very possible that the dumb elf who had just awakened the other party must not have told the other party how he got here. , otherwise, I'm afraid the other party wouldn't talk to her with this attitude.
(…)
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'actually……'
'I am a half-man, half-goat god of mountains, forests and livestock...'
'I am your humble servant, my highness! '
After a pause, although it felt that Anne seemed different from the little human girls it had seen before, after thinking about it, it still trembled and said its script, and respectfully He bowed respectfully and bowed to Anne.
"ha?"
ヽ(゜Q.)ノ?
"that……"
"Although, people know that they have many, many, many subordinates! But they never remember that there is a servant like you..."
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Anne really wanted to tell the other party that this was her first time in this world, so if the other party wanted to pretend to be her subordinate, it would be best to come back to another world?
Of course, that may not be of much use, because Anne is very confident. Even if she is blind or deceived, she will not treat this rotten thing in front of her. It seems that it does not have much power, and The guy who was covered in moss and smelled like a servant!
'No! '
'I am your servant, the respected Princess Moana, the daughter of the ancient king of the underground kingdom...'
After saying that, the sheep-headed monster once again bowed politely to Anne's body.
"..."
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"It seems that you have recognized the wrong person. Her name is Anne, not Princess Moana! Moreover, her annoying father is not a king at all!!"
(ー`??ー)
'No no no! '
'You are not a human daughter... In the past, your real father was the king of the ancient kingdom below, and your mother was the moon goddess. It was he who asked us to open portals around the world for your return... This is the last well-preserved portal leading to the ancient kingdom. Mortals will definitely not be able to come here. Since you can come here, you must be the reincarnation of Princess Moana! '
'so……'
The sheep-headed monster was still talking so funny and tremblingly in a serious manner, seemingly not seeing Annie's deepening frown at all?
"Shut up!!"
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Finally, Annie got angry and interrupted the other party directly.
"let me tell you……"
??(ψ｀╭╮′)o??
Anne, who was a little impatient by the other party's lies, immediately grabbed a blazing fireball after she stopped him. She continued after seeing a trace of surprise finally appear on the other party's face. said:
"My name is Anne Hastur!"
"My father is the mysterious warlock Gregory Hastur, and that annoying mother who doesn't care about others is called the Shadow Witch Amorin..."
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"Also! I can come here, of course, because I have never been a mortal!"
"What else do you have to say now? Devil with ram's horns, do you want to continue to lie to me, or do you want to wait for me to capture that moon goddess to confront you?"
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Annie, who was grabbing a ball of fire and sneering, saw that the other party's face was finally getting more and more ugly, and then she continued to say while grabbing the ball of fire:
"As the God of mountains, forests and livestock, do you think I haven't seen a demon?"
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'! ! '
'you…….'
Obviously, he never expected that such a situation would occur with the horned monster. The guy who claimed to be the god of mountains, forests and livestock was at a loss for a while.
'etc! '
'I have something to say, I really...'
However, before the guy with the devil's head and claiming to be the god of mountains, forests and livestock could finish his words, he was shocked to see a fireball as big as his head hit him hard. come over?
Boom~!
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"snort!"
o(｀^??)o
Seeing that the other party seemed to want to run away, she threw a fire at the other party, and after watching the other party burn into pieces of red charcoal in an instant, little Annie stepped forward with a cold snort, and stood next to the ashes of the other party's body. , picked up the book that she deliberately did not burn and a piece of chalk that seemed to be some kind of space object.
"..."
(ー`??ー)
"The Book of Misguided Paths, the Key, the Cruel Dagger and the Blood of the Innocent..."
"Hmph! You dare to say that this is not a common method used by demons. You want to deceive people to help you get things, and you want other people's blood to open the portal. Do you think that people will be as stupid as those guys you killed? Do what you said?"
??(ψ｀▽′)o
After opening the 'blank' book without a single character and looking at it, Anne quickly curled her lips in disdain and threw it onto the ashes of the unburned corpse of the ram-horned demon, letting it burn a little bit. The ground was set on fire and then burned.
Anne didn't believe the nonsense about the kingship of the underground kingdom written in it, because she had detected it and found that there was no underground kingdom at all. It was all a conspiracy. It was the devil who wanted to steal the underworld and steal Ragnarok. It’s just a well-disguised excuse for the remaining power of the fallen gods!
However, although Anne burned the book, she finally kept the piece of chalk.
"Tibbers!"
o(*^▽^*)o
"This piece of chalk seems to be able to connect to some interesting place. Why don't we go and take a look now?"
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Now that she has solved the ram-horned devil and shattered the other party's little trick of deceiving ignorant children and then sacrificing themselves to death in exchange for strength, Annie didn't think much about it and just used the stick impatiently. The chalk drew a large circle on the wall.
soon,
As the chalk traces forming the big circle flickered on the wall little by little, when some kind of magical power came into play and a round door appeared, Anne threw away the one that could still be used a lot. I just pushed the door open and got in...
