Fang Plover picked up the attendant emblem on the ground. He calmed down and looked around. The light of the crystal chandelier is dim, the underground is dark and damp, and the surrounding walls are covered with moss. The hall is circular, about fifty steps from east to west and from south to north, and there is no other exit except the entrance.
The ground beneath your feet is uneven, with some rough patterns on it. If you sweep away the dust with your hands, you can see the shallow dents underneath. The indentations are either straight or curved and extend in all directions, forming a regular pattern.
Fang Plover straightened up so that he could see further. His eyes flickered in the darkness, as if he could see what it looked like when it was completed in the past. "Is this a magic circle?" he asked Miss Tata on his shoulder.
"It's very similar." Tata agreed with him.
Fang Plover walked forward along the texture, thirty-three steps in total. The texture gathered on the north side of the hall, and there seemed to be something underneath. He ordered the capable angels to sweep away the dust, and then he saw clearly the mark of a running wolf on the ground.
When Fang Yu saw this scene, he suddenly thought of something. He raised the crystal and softly illuminated the north wall. There were vines stretching out from the ceiling there, matted with clumps of shadows.
He walked over and separated the roots with his hands. Sure enough, there was a wolf head emblem on the stone wall behind, surrounded by thorns, and he carved a line of small words in the stone:
'Strict and just, awe-inspiring——'
Seeing this scene, Fang Yu remembered why he felt familiar with the wolf head on the girl's ring in the previous painting, because it was the emblem of the Logosl family.
It seems that he also has some relationship with this family. He has the inheritance rights of the Logosl family, which he obtained accidentally in Dolifen's fantasy.
In the illusion, Dolifen's consul, Roquelen-Rogsil, was the last head of the Rogsil family. He died in the fire thirty years ago. His last obsession during his lifetime was bound to the Dragon's Golden Eyes. After Fang Pliong avenged him in the illusion, he got this seemingly strange inheritance.
Although the Logosl family is located on the Treasure Staff Coast, this place may also be a branch family resulting from a marriage, so it is not surprising that this emblem appears here. Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the girl in the painting, and couldn't help but be curious about the other person's identity.
He looked at the stone wall and wondered if his inheritance rights could have any effect here? Thinking of this, he reached out and pressed against the stone wall, but after a moment, nothing happened.
He also thought that the Logosl family respected strict hierarchy and was proud of blood. Perhaps this magic circle was based on 'blood' as a medium. He put a little blood on his chest with his backhand, and then pressed it against the stone wall.
This time a miracle happened. Fang Plover found that his hand passed through the stone wall without any hindrance. His palm disappeared behind the stone wall, leaving only the forearm, as if passing through a phantom wall.
He took a gentle breath and tried to move forward. The stone wall gradually swallowed up his elbows, upper arms, and even the tip of his nose. Then his eyes blurred and he found himself behind the stone wall. The fluorescent light emitted by the lighting crystal on the left hand outlines a low and long corridor here, with messy roots extending from the four walls, pulling out shadows.
The corridor seemed to have been dug hastily, and was low and uneven. Even he could only bend forward. But more importantly, he found blood stains on the ground, which had just dried up.
Not long after he followed the blood trail, light appeared in the darkness ahead. Seeing this, Fang Plover extinguished the lighting crystal and released the clockwork fairy to fly in that direction.
But he didn't see Jita in that direction. His field of vision was empty. The clockwork fairy seemed to have entered a stone room.
There are statues on the left and right of the stone chamber, staring blankly forward. In the center is a stone platform, dark, like igneous rock. There are a large number of luminous crystals growing on the left and right sides of the stone platform, which were the source of the previous light.
When Fang Yu saw that there was nothing else in the stone room, he opened his goggles and walked over. He walked over and checked the crystals, and was surprised to find that they were all magic crystals of mixed purity.
But he has rarely seen this kind of golden magic crystal in other places. The color of the crystal generally represents the attribute of magic. What attribute does gold represent?
"Ms. Tata, these magic crystals -?" Fang Yu broke off a piece and placed it in his hand. The crystal was pure gold, like amber without any impurities.
But amber does not have such a regular shape.
Tata shook his head and said that he had never seen similar crystals. "The magic here is very rich to form these crystals. They were formed over a hundred years."
Unfortunately, magic crystals are too common in nature, and those of this level are not worth much. Fang Plover only put a small piece in his pocket before moving on. He had a vague feeling that the rich magic power in the valley came from the underground here.
When he passed the stone platform, he glanced at it accidentally and felt that the deep igneous rock did not look like a natural color. It's more like the color formed after layers of blood flowed over the stone platform and dried.
He couldn't help but shudder, touched it with his hand, and realized that he was overthinking it. The stone platform is as smooth as a mirror, and the color of the rock comes from the inside out. However, when he touched the stone platform, a feeling of depression flashed through his heart, and he subconsciously withdrew his hand——
"Who is there!"
Fang Yu suddenly heard Miss Tata's somewhat stern questioning.
He subconsciously turned his head and saw Miss Tata staring at the long and narrow shadow she had cast on one side of the stone wall - Miss Tata talking to the shadow? This idea made Fang Yu feel uneasy.
He suddenly realized something was wrong - the light came from all directions, so how could there be such a deep shadow on the rock wall in that direction? As if feeling his thoughts, the shadow suddenly moved in one direction, stretched longer and longer, and merged into the darkness in that direction.
There was no sound during the whole process, but Fang Plover got goosebumps all over his body.
He almost immediately remembered the local legend Sylvide told him - the pale ghost. They had discussed this thing for a while and concluded that it was either extremely cunning or extremely powerful.
Miss Ship Officer agrees more with the latter guess——
But Fang Yu didn't expect that he would see this thing on the first day he came to this castle. And this thing was even weirder than the rumors. He recalled the scene where the strange shadow left, and still felt a little shuddering.
"Be careful, Mr. Knight." Miss Tata said in a rare serious tone: "There is something wrong with that thing."
"Miss Tata, what is that?"
Tata shook his head. "What did you see before?"
"A shadow." Fang Yu thought for a moment, not sure.
"What I saw was magic," Tata said with a flash of silver in his eyes. "A kind of ether with a very strange state of existence, completely different from what we know now. It seems... mixed with something."
"I can't say what it was, but it made me feel a little uneasy."
Even Miss Tata showed some discomfort.
Fang Yu felt even more uneasy. He suddenly heard a clicking sound coming from the magic furnace behind him. When he looked back, he saw that the pressure gauge was spinning like crazy.
Under attack! Fang Yu realized this immediately, but when he looked around, he didn't even see where the enemy was. Suddenly, the back of his hand felt hot, and green light radiated out.
There seemed to be a sharp cry in the air, so loud that the eardrums almost burst.
Fang Yu subconsciously covered his ears, and the space in front of his eyes flashed slightly, and a translucent figure appeared there - he really didn't know how to describe what a standing shadow looked like.
It was like a patchwork of light and shadow, thin and long, with almost no thickness. Its two eyes sparkled in the air, flashing with a malicious light. The strange shadow held a long and narrow shadow sword and stabbed him with one sword.
Due to the sudden incident, Fang Plover had no time to control the sword-wielding man standing aside. This was also the weakness of the combat craftsmen, who were often powerless in the face of surprise attacks.
But fortunately, he still held the blunderbuss given by Scarpe in his right hand, and he raised the gun to block it without thinking. A huge force came from the sword, causing Fang Plover's empty door to open wide, and his gun to fly out.
But Fang Yu finally seized the opportunity and fired a flying fist - the strange figure dodged sideways and jumped out of the darkness with a single-digit dodge damage value.
Fang Yu held his left hand back to his chest. At this moment, the capable angel finally arrived and slashed at the strange figure with a sword of silver light. The strange figure took a step back in a daze, almost as if it was moving, and raised its sword to block it in a way that violated the rules of physics. The two swords intersected, making a tooth-piercing trembling sound.
The sword light was almost dazzling——
The two sides exchanged blows several times, one blow as fast as the other. Then Neng Angel took a wrong step, and Fang Pliance's hand was a little slower, leaving a deep wound on her left arm.
However, Fang Plover also retaliated and slashed at the shadow's right leg with his sword.
The structural durability of Enchantress dropped by 44 points, and the durability of his left arm was almost cleared and almost broken.
And the strange shadow also jumped out with a number, strangely. The numerical value in the system is blue, and Fang Plover recognizes this color - it is the color of mana damage.
He felt strange in his heart, but his hands were not slow at all. At the same time, two light gates opened behind him, one against one capable angel, but he was at a disadvantage, but combat craftsmen have never been masters of one versus one.
The engineering machine appeared behind Fang Plover and began to remotely repair the damaged Angel Angel under Fang Plover's command.
On the other side, another capable angel also blocked the path of the strange shadow. As soon as the two capable angels joined the battle, the battle situation immediately changed. Only then did Fang Plover have the opportunity to retreat to a corner of the battlefield and leave far away.
Be careful if this thing has any weird tricks——
Facts have proved that the strange shadow is very difficult to deal with, and the two powerful angels can only compete with it. However, it was still inseparable under the attack of the two alien sword-wielders, so Fang Yu gradually relaxed and was not anxious at all.
Fang Yu had tested the remote repair speed of the engineering machine early in the morning. The basic repair crystal he installed could restore a point of durability about every three seconds. The flexible construction only requires a supply of magic power and has no physical limitations. After a minute or two of fighting, the injured angel can be repaired as before.
However, the strange figure had a few more wounds on its body.
Fang Yu consciously slowed down his offensive in order to maintain the continuous output of magic power. As long as there was no problem with the output of his main magic crystal, this thing would fall sooner or later.
This is the first time he has encountered such a difficult battle. In Dolifin, he couldn't defeat Nicol Bolas, he had to outwit him. In Fenris, although he encountered a sea of monsters underground, with the support of the military, the battle went smoothly, but the process was more tortuous.
And for the first time, this strange shadow made him feel like he was fighting the BOSS alone - his output was not enough at all, and he could only rely on his advantages in other aspects.
But his wishful thinking didn't last long before Tata reminded him again:
"Mr. Knight, end the battle quickly."
"What's wrong?" Fang Yu wanted to ask why. But suddenly, he heard a slight 'click' sound coming from his magic furnace again, and the magic output began to continue to decrease.
At that moment, he understood in his heart - there were other enemies around!
Miss Tata also said: "There are quite a few of these things approaching, coming from the direction we came from."
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel his scalp numb. One end of this thing was already at the BOSS level, and there were actually quite a few more. What on earth is this place? No wonder not many people want to come here. There are so many elite monsters under this castle.
Not to mention the vampire before, this strange shadow cannot even be given a species or level by the system, so it is probably a lord-level creature. Of course, there is also the factor that his knowledge is too low, but Fang Yu would rather believe that it is the former.
And the strange figure looked like it wasn't going to fall down for a while.
Fang Plover had no choice but to make the capable angel give up its defense and pierce its thin chest and abdomen with a sword. The latter's narrow shadow sword also pierced the chest of the capable angel, and the two pierced each other at the same moment.
The strange shadow screamed and exploded into millions of fragments. At that moment, Fang Yu felt a stinging pain, as if something had passed through his body, but there were no wounds on his body. When he checked, he found that the magic power in the magic furnace was less than half.
Only then did he realize that this thing could actually self-destruct, and the self-destruction would also burn with mana.
Fang Yu was speechless for a while. However, Ms. Tata said that the thing itself has magical properties, so it is not surprising that it has this kind of power. He checked his Archangel. Fortunately, the sword did not damage too many precision components - the 'engineering machine' remote repair could only repair the structure and armor. If the internal precision components were broken, there would be no damage on the battlefield. Conditions that can be repaired.
He has a total of three Energizers with the main combat power. Losing one is equivalent to losing one-third of the combat power, which is not a good thing in this place.
The clicking sound of the magic furnace is getting louder and louder. Fang Yu knew in his heart that those strange figures were approaching in this direction, so he did not dare to stay any longer, so he put away the Angel and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, Fang Plover stopped.
He found that there was an extra line of prompts in his system at some point——
There have been changes in the lower-level event directory of "Dragon Witch". '
'The character kills the 'Dragon Shadow' and absorbs the original power. '
Only then did Fang Plover see that his craftsman attribute had another piece of legendary inspiration:
Legendary inspiration, sadness.
He was completely stunned. The last time he got legendary inspiration was when he got the opponent's pale flame after killing the hunter of the ancient king, and drew the inspiration from the sword. But what level of monster is Gujun Hunter? Even though it is just a phantom, it does not affect its legendary status.
And it is not surprising for craftsmen to draw inspiration from legendary weapons. But how could I get a legendary inspiration by killing an inexplicable shadow?
Then if he kills all the monsters here, wouldn't he be able to get countless legendary inspirations?
Of course, Fang Yu could only think about this possibility in his mind. And what he is even more curious about is, what is the original power? What is the Dragon Shadow?
He had heard of the dragon's minions, seen them with his own eyes, and even fought against them. But he had never heard of the term Dragon's Shadow - if Dolifen's Shadow of Nicol Bolas could be considered a Dragon's Shadow, then it would be too different from this thing.
He really didn't see this weird shadow, so what does it have to do with the dragon?
"Mr. Knight, on the ground." Tata reminded at this time.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the ground, only to find that where the strange shadow fell before, there was something left, lying quietly on the ground.
It was a dark metal fragment, seemingly nothing surprising.
However, the 'Dragon Shadow' has no entity. It can drop a metal fragment, which is already very strange. Etalia is not really a virtual world, and there is no such thing as killing monsters and exploding equipment.
Fang Yu then picked up the metal fragments. The fragments were heavier than expected. They looked almost thin, but they were very substantial.
Tata looked at the iron piece in his hand intently, and suddenly said: "Mr. Knight, this is cold steel, with the smell of fairy blood on it."
"Cold Steel?"
Fang Plover glanced back and asked as he walked out of the stone room.
"A rare metal that can withstand goblin spells, even rarer than goblin gold. They like to use this metal to cast weapons..." Tata considered the words. "But fairies generally don't leave their scent on it unless..."
"unless?"
Miss Tata shook her head and said nothing.
Fang Yu could feel that her thoughts were a little complicated. The two of them felt the same way, but he didn't ask any further questions.
Besides, the pursuers were approaching, and he had no intention of doing so. After leaving the stone chamber, the corridor began to become more complicated. Fang Plover did not dare to stay any longer, and he did not know if he had taken the wrong path, so he could only move forward blindly based on his intuition.
Twice he encountered traps, but he carefully avoided them.
After an unknown amount of time, he gradually felt that the feeling of light on his back disappeared.
But Fang Yu was not sure whether his feeling was correct. He walked forward for a while before stopping. The surroundings had become completely quiet, leaving only the dim light of the lighting crystal.
The "click" sound of the magic furnace also disappeared completely. Fang Plover glanced back and was convinced that those "things" had left.
"They seemed to have left suddenly." He asked quietly.
Miss Tata nodded. "About the previous fork in the road, they turned back."
"What's going on?" Fang Yu felt that the underground was extremely weird.
"Maybe there's something nearby."
Fang Plover looked around and discovered that a bright light appeared in front of him. His heart tightened, thinking that he had unintentionally circled back to the stone chamber, and was about to summon the powerful angel, but a somewhat frightened voice came from behind, tentatively asking: "Brother Ed?"
"Jita!"
Fang Yu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this voice. It was the voice of the little naturalist girl who had been missing for a long time.
He rushed over and took a look, and sure enough he saw Jita sitting alone by the wall with her knees bent, holding a lighting crystal, with an injury on her arm, looking at him with some fear.
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