Etalia is built on the second element. Because the glowing material resembles shining starlight, people affectionately call it 'starglow'.
To be precise, this is an ocean filled with stars. Countless second-type elements fill the entire world, containing vast high-dimensional information like a sea of smoke.
Everything here is made of starlight (the second type of element), including life itself - it is even equal to life. Because death only represents the loss of starlight in the body of life, not death itself. With the help of the power of several gods - such as Mirela, the god of healing, Ori, the light of justice, Aisha, the pure girl, and Roman, the lucky one, people in this world have gained the ability to be resurrected many times.
And until the starlight in the body is completely extinguished, the life form will return to its essence, truly die and assimilate with the world again. The natives of Aitaria seem to have known about this process for a long time. They viewed it from a philosophical perspective and called it 'the destination of all things'.
For those who choose, the process is almost the same, but the outcome is slightly different. Human beings obtain starlight by harmonizing with the glowing material. The amount of starlight in the body is equivalent to the degree of synchronization with the world. When it completely returns to zero, the chosen one will be repelled by the star sea of Etalia, return to the physical form, and return to the physical form. The chance to enter again is lost forever.
In addition, since the Etaliya Star Gate itself is also constructed of eternal radiance matter, even stowaways like Fang Plover can still obtain a small amount of star radiance. It is about half of the chosen ones, less than half.
However, for the chosen ones, Aitaria has an absolute taboo.
That is, the dead zone——
Since the Dead Zone directly rejects glowing matter, the chosen ones who die here will not be able to communicate with the starlight in their bodies, and will be directly excluded from the world by the star sea of Etalia.
Fang Yu never dreamed that he would encounter such a scene on his first mission. He finally came to this dream world, and he had not really started his adventure yet. Was he going to leave forever? His mind was a little confused for a moment, and the words were stuck in his throat. He could only faintly hear someone calling his name. The voice seemed to be coming from the horizon, and it was a little anxious.
"Ed!"
"Ed!?"
Fang Yu suddenly reacted and realized that it was Scarpe's voice. He seemed to find himself all of a sudden and shouted: "Miss Scarpet, this is -"
He was answered with an exclamation.
"careful!"
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment and raised his head subconsciously.
I don't know when a black shadow appeared above the mound, and it jumped down. The huge force directly threw him to the ground. He heard a deep roar mixed with a guttural sound, and a stinky smell rushed towards his face. Only then did he see clearly a huge mouth full of snow-white fangs, with a red pointed tongue raised from the lower part of his jaw. The saliva stretched into threads and bit into him.
Giant wolf - Fang Plover's heart almost stopped. There are two subspecies of this creature. The forest giant lives in the Nulinari giant tree hills; the wasteland giant lives in the ancient wilderness of Lotao.
This is a giant forest wolf. Its silver mane and huge body are its iconic features. It should not appear here. Fang Yu desperately stretched out his hand to hold the giant wolf's chin. This had some effect, but his hand was also cut several times by sharp teeth and claws, and it was dripping with blood.
A whistle came from the forest.
The giant wolf suddenly changed its strategy and bit him on the other side of the neck.
It was over, and Fang Yu felt despair in his heart. Only then did he understand why the giant forest wolf appeared here, because the opponent had a druid. But when he thought that this was a dead zone, he didn't know where the bloody courage came from. He punched randomly and punched the giant wolf in the eye socket.
The giant wolf's fangs almost bit open his neck, bleeding profusely. At this critical moment, he raised his head in pain and swept him away with a claw.
Behind him was a section of ruins, covered with purple rhododendrons. Fang Plover jumped up into the air and hit it, almost losing his breath in pain. He finally regained his breath, but saw the giant wolf shake its huge head, its two burnt-yellow eyes glowing faintly in the darkness, and looked in this direction again.
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel helpless in his heart. Even if he was intact and multiplied by ten, he might not be the opponent of this giant wolf, let alone now.
The beast's smooth silver hair was fully spread out, and it was majestic. It was almost a circle larger in size. When it was on all fours, its arched back was nearly two meters high. It looked like a strong bull.
It bared its teeth, and a low growl echoed in its throat.
This is a precursor to an attack.
Fang Yu could only pick up a piece of flint and hold it in his hand. His blood was filled with the character of unwillingness to admit defeat, and he didn't know what it meant to kill someone at the first glance. A black shadow shot out from the bushes, slammed into the giant wolf, and with a low roar, knocked the beast away.
It was Captain Querod, and Fang Plover was so surprised that he almost screamed. He raised his sword with both hands and slashed downwards, but the giant wolf rolled back, allowing him to slash into the thick fallen leaves.
"Little..." Fang Plover opened his mouth excitedly, trying to remind the other party that this was a dead zone, but there seemed to be a ball of rags in his throat, making him so hoarse that he couldn't make any sound, which made him groan in anxiety. He vaguely saw Quelord fighting with the giant wolf and gaining the upper hand.
At this moment, a shadow slipped out of the darkness of the forest and stood not far behind Querod. The man was wearing dirty fur clothes. He was tall and thin, with long greasy black hair. His gloomy eyes were sunken deeply into his eye sockets. His cheeks were almost skinny. He held a short sword in his hand. The blade is dark black and has no luster.
It was a short sword made of strange ironwood. In Nulinari, druids often used this material to make weapons and armor. He appeared almost silently, and Quirod was unaware of it. When Fang Yu saw this, he had the strength to open his mouth and wanted to scream, but his neck felt cold, and a sharp blade was placed on his throat. He covered his mouth with one hand and dragged him backwards.
Fang Plover could only make a low whining sound anxiously.
There is a faint smell lingering behind him, a bit like the breath of the wilderness in Kapka, where many lavenders grow widely, with a light fragrance. Fang Yu realized that the person restraining him was a woman. The woman reminded him with a cold blade: "Don't move -"
Fang Yu suddenly grabbed the dagger with both hands and pulled it open with all his strength. The woman was startled. She didn't expect him to be so strong, and she didn't even react for a moment. His fingers were dripping with blood, and the bones were almost exposed under the rolled skin. When the other party's hand loosened slightly, he opened his mouth and bit her fingers hard.
He almost used all his strength, but the woman screamed in pain and threw him away. "Are you a dog?" she shouted angrily. Fang Plover opened his mouth bloody and shouted: "Be careful!" Before he could finish his words, he was kicked in the chest, flew several meters away and fell heavily to the ground.
Quelord was startled. When he turned around, the dirty man naturally came into his sight. The latter stabbed at him like lightning with a short sword, but Querod blocked him with a backhand sword. The swords clashed with a sharp shudder and scattered sparks.
The druid wanted to attack again, and shot an arrow from the side. The giant wolf reacted very quickly, jumped up, took the arrow down in one bite, and smashed it into pieces with his upper and lower jaws.
Scarpe walked out of the mist holding a longbow, followed by others - but there were only a few of them, and everyone was injured. Seeing the situation here, Scarpe rushed towards Fang Plover. But the woman reacted faster. She grabbed Fang Plover's hair first and pressed the cold dagger to his neck.
"Is this your only alchemist?"
Scape stopped dead in her tracks. "I suggest you run away quickly." She said to the woman seriously.
The woman was about to say something when suddenly the ground shook slightly.
There was a water-filled pothole not far from Fang Plover. He could see clearly that ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the mirror-flat water.
The druid was also stunned for a moment. He comforted his giant wolf with one hand and looked back at the forest.
Fang Yu saw this opportunity and suddenly said weakly: "..."
"What?" The woman was slightly startled, lowered her head and glanced at him doubtfully. "I said be careful with your eyes -" Fang Plover whispered. He put the five fingers of his right hand together and turned them upward like a swimming fish. The silver rails on his gloves shook. There was a soft buzzing sound from the pocket of her coat, and a golden light flew out, hitting her eyes directly.
The woman let out a low cry of pain and covered her eyes. Fang Yu didn't even think about breaking away from her and ran towards Scarpe. "Damn it!" The woman was almost furious. She covered her eyes with one hand and chased after him, trying to grab the back of Fang Plover's neck. But at this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently.
As if experiencing an earthquake, both of them fell to the ground.
The druid who was looking in the direction of the forest finally changed his expression, and he muttered something unknown; probably only the woman heard this clearly. She looked up with a pale face and asked: "How could that thing come here? Isn't this the case?" Still outside the ruins?"
The druid didn't say a word, he just said to her: "Run!"
With that said, he took his giant wolf with him and disappeared into the forest without looking back.
Before Fang Yu could react, he happened to see the woman getting up nervously and seemed to be planning to escape. But it was at this time that the forest floor suddenly began to shake violently, and everyone lost their footing and fell to the ground.
"What happened?" Fang Yu couldn't help but asked in a hoarse voice.
"That thing is here." Scarpe helped him up and replied in a low voice with a pale face.
"That thing?"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a scream.
That voice was made by the druid before——
Everyone looked in that direction subconsciously, and then they were shocked. A sharp whistle came from the distant forest, and a huge shadow was emerging in the diffuse fog.
Fang Yu didn't know how to describe what he saw. The first thing he heard was a deafening roar, a loud creaking sound of metal colliding with each other and gears biting each other. Then there was a sharp exhaust sound and white streaks. Smoke spurted from the giant surface and merged into the diffuse fog.
A construct 'behemoth' gradually separated from the mist and appeared in front of everyone.
Fang Plover felt that it might be a millipede - a giant creature made of countless gears, curled iron sheets and metal limbs. Under the steel skeleton were countless reciprocating pistons, roaring regularly, driving Countless limbs paddled back and forth, like sharp metal blades, pushing it forward rapidly. The towering ancient trees were as fragile as toothpicks under its huge body, and the branches were broken by the impact.
A dense network of pipes extends to the back of this giant beast, where dense exhaust flues protrude from under the carapace, forming a hideous and terrifying forest. Four pairs of compound eyes flashing red light penetrated the diffuse forest fog like fog lamps and fell on everyone present.
Fang Yu didn't know if this was a magic weapon, but he had never seen a magic weapon in this form.
The surrounding air seemed to become colder, and even the trees were covered with a thin layer of white frost.
The giant beast suddenly raised its head and let out a long whimper - it was the roar of a siren. It opened its mouthparts covered with toothed discs, and Fang Plover noticed that there was a piece of greasy fur hanging on its lower jaw, which was also covered with blood stains. It seemed to be the clothes of the druid from before.
Under the mouthparts, there are three juxtaposed nozzles, with traces of white smoke coming out of them. His expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "Get out of the way!"
But it was too late, there was a scream, and three white frost arrows were shot out like sharp arrows. Only Scarpe had time to roll forward, and the frost arrows swept through the crowd, leaving behind three or four ice sculptures.
Everyone couldn't help but feel their scalps exploding, "Quick, hide inside the building!" Someone shouted, and everyone discovered that there was a remaining ruins building not far behind them, and they quickly hid in it.
Scape also helped Fang Plover up and followed him in. Quelord walked at the back, but not long after, the woman from the Silver Shadow also followed in - the whole forest seemed to be roaring - Fang Plover turned around and saw the billowing smoke rising from behind, and then he understood. That ghost thing actually persisted in chasing after him.
"What the hell is that thing?" Fang Plover couldn't help but stared at it, "...the Blade of Tara?"
"Then if it was the Blade of Tara, the Rainbow Alliance would have been wiped out long ago." Scarpet said with a bitter smile, joking in amusement. Then she couldn't help but curse: "Those damn big guild people must have known all this and only treated us as cannon fodder."
When Querod heard this, he suddenly raised his sword horizontally and stopped in front of the Silver Shadow woman: "Do you want to die or live?"
The woman looked at him as if she were a madman, and almost laughed angrily: "Are you crazy? All of you are no match for me!"
"Indeed," Quelord nodded, "but it's okay to drag you into the water with me."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the approaching billowing smoke. She couldn't help but stamp her feet angrily: "Okay, what on earth do you want to do?"
"Tell us what it is, what exactly is this place, and what are you looking for?" Querod replied concisely.
"There's no time to talk so much!" the woman shouted.
"We can walk and talk."
"make a deal."
Querod then turned back and said to the few remaining Dawn Star members: "Leave two people to lure it away, and the others will follow the team."
"Wait a minute," Fang Plover finally interjected: "You can't do that, this is the Dead Zone, Mr. Quelord."
Querod was stunned for a moment, and his expression became extremely ugly. Scape even couldn't help but uttered a curse word: "You son of a bitch, the Red Jackets of Jeflett, I should have known they were not well-intentioned!" Others also started to curse.
But after a moment, Querod still looked at the two people who decided to stay. One of the two people was a warrior and the other was a rogue. They only nodded to him and turned to face him in that direction without saying a word.
Fang Yu looked at this scene with some surprise.
"It's not like we haven't fought in the Dead Zone before," Scarpe looked at him and whispered: "It's better to sacrifice two people than to stay here all. This is a team. In addition, aren't you going to the second world? Let me remind you—there are only dead zones on the land bridge.”
Fang Plover couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"Tell me, what is that?" Only then did Quilod turn around and ask the woman.
"That is the guardian, the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient alchemists. To be precise, it is the legacy of the Numerin elves."
"Is your goal to fight for this thing?"
"Unless we are crazy," the woman rolled her eyes, "Guardians are a type of ancient dragon knights, but their control crystals have been destroyed. They only follow the last order they got and attack anything that prevents them from executing their orders. biology."
"Then what is its order?" Fang Yu couldn't help but ask.
"This is a guild secret, I can't tell you." The woman replied.
Quelord glanced at her and didn't force it.
It was only then that Fang Yu began to feel pain. Every wound on his body hurt, but the most severe pain was the sharp pain in his hand, which made him groan in pain. "Bear with it," Scarlett said softly, looking at the woman irritably.
The woman looked at her blood-stained dagger, and then at Fang Plover's ugly hands, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. "It's not my fault," she replied with some frustration: "I didn't want to do anything to a person's life and career, I just didn't expect him to be like that..."
Fang Yu glanced at the woman angrily.
But at this time, everyone suddenly saw the wanderer who had left earlier running back. He shouted to Querod with a look of horror on his face: "Captain, we can't lure it away!"
"What do you mean?" Querod was stunned.
He immediately understood what this meant.
There was a loud bang, and a building not far away suddenly collapsed completely. Amidst the smoke and dust, the huge head of the giant insect appeared in that direction. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Fang Yu always felt that this terrifying thing was focused on him like eight lampposts.
"What's going on?" Quilod apparently noticed this and asked the woman in a low voice.
Unexpectedly, the woman became even more confused. She shook her head with a pale face and said, "I don't know. This thing never leaves the inner area of the ruins. It seems to have gone crazy today..."
"Ed."
Fang Yu suddenly heard Scarpe's voice calling him.
Scarpe stared straight at his backpack and asked, "What's glowing inside your backpack?"
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