"Are you okay, Kitta?"
Fang Yu stopped and made a gesture on his chest. Seeing this, Jita blinked slightly before remembering something and hurriedly patted her left shoulder - although the communication crystal was invalid, they had agreed on the code before entering the castle. Seeing that the code was correct, Fang Plover breathed a sigh of relief, walked over, half-knelt down, and checked Jita's injuries.
It's not that he is too suspicious, it's just that this place is too weird. Moreover, during the adventure, meticulously executing the original plan is also the only way to improve the survival rate. How many electors have failed because of their carelessness.
He may have been a bit careless in the past, but since becoming the leader, he has become more careful and meticulous in his actions.
Jita's injury was mainly on her shoulder. It was a scratch. Although it was not serious, it looked scary. Everyone in the team has a recovery potion. She has probably used it. The wounds are gradually healing, but there is a hole in the robe, and the young and weak shoulders are vaguely visible.
Jita blushed a little and lowered her head, but did not object and let Fang Plover still check her wounds.
Fang Yu saw her pear blossoms with rain, and felt a little guilty in his heart. He was still too careless, not considering that Jita was only at level six and could easily become a target.
"Don't worry, this won't happen again next time." He didn't know how to comfort the girl, so he could only mention it dryly.
If other people were here, they would probably sneer at it. But Jita buried her head and only responded timidly: "Yes."
"That's right," Fang Plover then remembered something. "How did you get into this place, and where is the vampire?"
Jita then raised her head and glanced at him. "Miss Delise brought me in," she replied in a low voice.
"Dalys?"
Fang Plover suddenly felt something.
He turned around and saw a pair of shining eyes looking at him in the darkness, as beautiful as sapphires. The owner of the eyes was walking out of the darkness, with graceful steps, shaking the white fluff on his neck, and a little black spot on his pointed ears. Who was it if it wasn't the cat they picked up before?
"Meow--"
It barked softly, as if acting coquettishly.
Miss Tata sat on Fang Plover's shoulders, held his neck, looked at him and said, "Good afternoon, Delise."
Lady Cat walked over with her tail erect, circled Fang Plover, tilted her head and gently rubbed his trouser legs, and raised her head to look at him curiously. But Fang Yu was not as calm as Miss Goblin, and asked in disbelief: "Why are you here, little one?"
Could it be that they had been chasing them all the way to this place, but trekking through knee-deep snow all night was too much for even an adult to endure, so how did this little thing do it?
He frowned and then suddenly remembered the white shadow he saw before. Now that I think about it, what is Miss Delise? Could it be that it was around them at that time?
He couldn't help but think of the origin of this cat. It appeared in a snowstorm, which was very strange in itself.
In addition, it appeared twice before, and each time it seemed to lead them deeper into that room - and then think of the cat in the girl's arms in the painting in that room, which was exactly the same as Miss Delise - —At this moment, no matter how dull Fang Plov is, he can't help but become suspicious.
What's more, he is not slow, and is even a little sensitive to these details and clues. His first thought was whether Delise was the same cat as the one in the painting. It might be a little weird, but Aitaria is a world where magic exists after all.
And Fang Yu firmly believed that after eliminating all possibilities, the remaining possibility, even the most unlikely one, would be the answer to the problem.
Or maybe Delise is a descendant of the cat in the painting, and it has been living in this castle, so it came back to this place? It's not impossible, but it doesn't explain why it led them into the room and saw the painting again and again.
It may be a coincidence, but if everything is explained by coincidence, when there are too many coincidences, there is probably an underlying logic behind it.
Fang Plover stared at Delise's sapphire eyes, as if he wanted to see some emotion in them - he was wondering if they had wisdom and intentions?
But the cat lady just looked at him curiously, then walked to the side, turned back and meowed, and wagged her tail at them.
"Miss Delise asked us to follow it." Jita said suddenly.
Fang Plover was a little surprised. "Do you understand?"
Kitta shook her head. "This is how it brought me to this place before. There are some strange things outside... that will attack us, but Miss Delise seems to be able to avoid them."
Fang Yu knew in his heart that she was talking about the shadow monsters outside. The system calls it the 'Dragon's Shadow', although apart from the black fragments of cold steel, Fang Plover still doesn't understand what the relationship between the other party and the dragon is.
The strange shadow was neither as powerful as Nicol Bolas or Toragothos, nor did it have the appearance of a dragon creature like the Dragon's Minions.
If there was anything similar between them and dragons, it would be that when Fang Plover recalled his battle with the shadow monster, he always had a lingering sense of fear in his heart - it was chilling.
This feeling is far less obvious than when he faced Nicol Bolas and Toragotos, but it does exist. It may be the fear of dragons-dragons are the highest level of life forms in Aitaria. Suppression of lower creatures.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch the fragments in his pocket. The fragments didn't look like fragments from armor or structures. They were too thick and flat. Besides, there was no alchemist profession among the goblins.
While she was thinking, Delise had already walked into the darkness. "Brother Ed?" Jita asked in a low voice.
Fang Plover nodded. He had been in a panic before and had already lost his way in the intricate underground passages. Now that the cat lady is willing to lead the way, let's see where it takes them.
In fact, he was also a little curious in his heart, why did Delise insist on letting them come to this place? Thinking about it now, it may not have been a coincidence that this cat appeared on their boat at that time.
But as for why it appeared there, Fang Plover was not sure. He could only guess that it might be because of the blood inheritance of the Logosl family.
But this reason is a bit far-fetched.
Delise walked in front with her tail erect, not too far but not too close, just on the edge of the light of the lighting crystal. Fang Plover looked at its back and then asked about the vampire.
He suspected that the vampire had died outside the secret room, and that the attendant emblem was left by it, but how the other party died was at a loss for him.
After hearing his question, Jita replied in a low voice: "I'm not sure either..."
"When the vampire caught me, I was so frightened that I didn't think of anything... I only knew that it took it back to the room and entered the secret passage..."
"When I reacted again, I heard it scream and fall to the ground...and then I saw Miss Delise jump off of it."
"It rolled on the ground. I was very scared at the time, but I couldn't think of any spells to deal with it."
"It was at that time that Miss Delise suddenly circled in front of me and asked me to follow her. Then she suddenly walked to a rock wall and disappeared behind the wall...
"That's how I got into this place...Is the vampire dead?"
Her tone was a bit incredible.
But even though Jita was stammering when she spoke. But Fang Yu still understood. Delis seemed to have some ability to activate the magic on the rock wall, so he brought Jita to this place.
But he was a little curious because he had the right to inherit the blood of the Logosl family. But what is the reason for this cat lady to be able to enter and exit the rock wall freely?
And how exactly did it kill that vampire?
Listening to Jita's description, Delise just jumped on the vampire, and the latter screamed and fell to the ground. Although it was not dead at that time, in fact it later turned out to be dead in that place.
Even if the vampire was seriously injured, he wouldn't die if he was touched by a cat, right? After all, he is an undead creature of more than 20 levels. Even if he is prepared for each other, he may not be able to win one on one. Doesn't this mean that he is worse than a cat?
Fang Plover couldn't help but give the cat lady in front of him a strange look.
But it seems that as Jita said, the other party has the ability to avoid those strange shadows. Along the way, Fang Plover never heard a strange "click" sound from his magic furnace - indicating that there was no "Dragon Shadow" nearby.
It’s just that Fang Yu suddenly thought of a possibility——
Perhaps it wasn't that Delise had the ability to avoid those strange shadows, but that those things didn't dare to get close to it - he and Miss Tata avoided those strange shadows earlier because the other party chose to turn back when they arrived at Jita's location. leave.
But this possibility is so unbelievable that Fang Yu felt a little unbelievable even if he just thought about it.
The cave became quiet again, leaving only the breathing of the two people.
After asking the previous question, Fang Yu stopped talking, but he was full of doubts. The two of them were walking, and Delise suddenly stopped in front.
Fang Yu was stunned and realized that they had arrived in a natural cave.
Like the tunnels in other places, this cave is full of crystals - but these crystals are empty and dark, with no glimmer of light coming out from inside. It was as if the magic contained in it had been absorbed by something, leaving only an empty crystal in this place.
But it’s not the crystals that are most eye-catching.
Instead, they were dents on the ground inside the cave. These dents and textures are intertwined with each other, and the pattern formed by their extension is somewhat similar to the magic circle outside, but it is much better preserved.
Fang Yu vaguely felt that he had seen this magic circle somewhere - but it was not outside before.
He raised his head and watched as the texture stretched forward, and all the indentations seemed to converge in one direction. The two men walked toward the center of the cave holding the lighting crystal. The edge of the light extended forward until a stone altar came into view.
When she saw the altar, Delise circled around the two of them, lightly nuzzled the square plover, and then walked towards the edge of the stone platform on cat steps. It turned back and looked at the two of them with sapphire-like eyes.
The moment Fang Yu saw this stone altar, he suddenly remembered where he had seen this magic circle.
It was beneath the Great Temple of Doriphon.
There is an identical magic circle there, and in the center of the magic circle, there is also such an altar. On that altar, Shizu's body lay quietly. A curved dagger was stuck in the girl's chest, and blood flowed from the altar to the floor.
It was hard for him to forget that scene.
On this altar, there is also a skeleton, but it is no longer clear what it looked like in life, whether it was a man or a woman, whether it was fat or thin.
The skeleton lay quietly on the stone platform, still maintaining the posture of raising its head at the last moment of his life. Time seemed to be frozen at this moment. It clutched a broken sword inserted into its chest with some pain, bent its knees and spread its legs slightly, like the posture of a woman during childbirth——
Fang Yu suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.
He felt three forces rushing forward at the same time.
The first force was the ring of golden flames in his arms, which suddenly became hot, just like when it was shining underground in Fenris.
Then Fang Yu felt a strong will impacting his mind, which seemed to be urging him to move forward. He immediately realized that it was the strange existence in his own thinking world that was born from the power of Nicol Bolas, Toragothos and the Saurus Gods.
It seemed to have an urgent plea, making him involuntarily want to get closer to the stone platform.
Finally, there is the Glory of Cang——
Fang Yu felt the back of his hand feel slightly hot, and subconsciously raised his hand in that direction.
When he raised his hand, there was no reaction from the bones on the altar. Instead, the broken sword trembled, and suddenly it was pulled out from the stone platform with a clang, and hung in the air.
Only then did Fang Plover realize that this broken sword was very strange.
Its broken blade was as black as ink, almost like black crystal. The guard was not connected to the hilt, but was suspended around the hilt, consisting of a circle of long fangs.
The sword was so unique that Fang Plover recognized its identity as soon as he saw it.
In fact, Jita also recognized it.
"Dragon Slayer Moya——"
"It...isn't it the head of the Five Holy Swords forged by fairies? Why is it here, and why is it broken..." Miss Naturalist couldn't help but murmur to herself in disbelief.
Only Miss Tata, sitting on Fang Plover's shoulder, watched this scene quietly, as if she had expected it.
Fang Yu was also shocked.
Until he heard Tata calmly reminding him in his heart: "Be careful, Mr. Knight, this sword is contaminated."
"What?"
Fang Plover was walking towards the altar. But after hearing this sentence, I stopped involuntarily. It was at this time that a warning sign suddenly occurred in his heart, and he subconsciously looked in one direction.
In the darkness there, a purple light suddenly lit up. Fang Yu heard one or two hoarse and low spells, and then a ray shot in the direction of him and Jita.
At that moment, Fang Yu didn't even think about it, turned around and flew towards Jita, hugging the latter and rolling to the side. The purple ray passed through the position where the two people were standing before and hit the rock wall behind them.
Just hearing a "crash" sound, the rock formation there collapsed.
Amidst the smoke and dust, Fang Plover heard a sigh coming from the previous direction, and then a more lengthy and obscure spell came from that direction - knowing that something was wrong, he raised his hand and shot out the flying claw.
The spell ended abruptly.
But Fang Plover heard a sound of wind, and something seemed to hit his flying claw, knocking it aside. Then he heard a squeaking sound, like Ma Xiao.
He looked up. The smoke and dust in front suddenly rolled to both sides, and Fang Plover saw a tall black knight wearing armor and riding a skeletal war horse leap out from behind and slashed at the two of them with a sword.
Miss Naturalist let out a yelp.
"Where did this ghost thing come from!?" Fang Plover also shouted in his heart - this is the black knight, an undead creature of more than thirty levels. How did this thing appear in this place?
However, his movements were obviously faster than his brain reaction, and he immediately rolled to the side while holding Jita under him.
The black knight struck the ground with his sword, and the sword edge almost brushed past their bodies. Fang Plover also broke out in a cold sweat. With the black knight's attack power, if this sword was a real strike, no matter what kind of shield, dodge or block, with his little protection level, he would definitely be killed on the spot.
He also had to take Jita and him to the Resurrection Temple to report.
Although the nearby temple is not a temple for Roman believers who are desperate for money, Ms. Amaya is extremely indifferent to outsiders, and the resurrection experience and equipment losses in her temple are often the heaviest.
Of course Fang Plover didn't want to hang out in this place. Facing enemies above level 30, he no longer cared about caves and underground environments. He took out the efreet with his backhand and threw it in the direction of the black knight.
The ground shook slightly, and bright flames and shock waves swept over. Because the distance was too close, he and Jita were almost blown away, and their shields and lives plummeted at the same time.
However, Fang Yu carefully protected Miss Naturalist and let himself hit the altar first, groaning. He looked up and discovered with some despair that the explosion of the efreet was quite threatening to creatures around level 20, but it was not worth mentioning to the black knights above level 30.
The sweeping sea of fire only reduced the skeletal mount it sat on to ashes, but the latter half-knelt down on the ground, then straightened up and ripped away the flames, just like tearing away a windbreaker wrapped in flames, He walked straight out of the sea of fire.
At best, the explosion only left a trace on its cold iron heavy armor.
The black knight raised his head and looked at him. A cold red light flashed under his helmet. He actually raised his sword and swung his sword. An air blade spanned a distance of seven or eight meters and hit Fang Plover in the chest.
Fang Plover's last move was just enough time to push Jita away.
Then he felt a tearing pain, and his vision almost went black. All I could hear was Miss Naturalist's shrill scream, which seemed to be accompanied by a trace of crying.
This time it’s dead—
Fang Plover thought.
After receiving a blow from the level 30 black knight, Fang Plover felt that he should report to Ms. Aimea. It was a pity that he could not save Jita. Miss Naturalist would probably die in this place like him.
He also didn't expect that his second resurrection would be delivered to this place.
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