The artificial walkway came to an abrupt end, and the smooth and natural rock formations extended forward, silent in the dark depths. When Fang Plover saw that the surface of the rock wall showed an ocher-red smooth outer edge under the weak light of the crystal, he couldn't help but stopped subconsciously.
Nature sometimes presents a thrilling spectacle, just like the gradual color layers in the cave at this moment, mixed with light yellow, tea red and a line of swirling white. Along the direction that the underground river passed, it poured into the bottomless abyss.
To this day, it seems that I can still hear the echoes of the past.
But the girl didn't notice this, and groped her way down, only whispering: "Be careful, Lord Holy Chosen One, the road ahead is not going to be easy."
Seeing that she was struggling, Fang Yu reached out his hand to give her a hand. But the girl seemed to feel his kindness, so she just smiled and shook her head: "No need, I'm used to it."
The underground river passes across it, cutting off the artificial tunnel. The water flow etches out the landscape behind it, which is twists and turns and intricate. However, the cave itself can be said to be wide and flat.
Fang Plover listened to the rustling sound in the darkness.
It was as if there was an invisible monster, dormant among the moving shadows, eating away at their footsteps. But when he occasionally looked back, the light and shadow cut out by the crystal light swayed, and there was nothing.
"Can the Holy Chosen Master also hear those voices?" The girl suddenly said, her voice soft and slow, but very clear in the unique and empty darkness.
Fang Yu looked at her in surprise. In fact, all he heard was the footsteps of the two people.
"what sound?"
"Sounds of argument."
"dispute?"
The girl nodded slightly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, almost weak, reflecting a different color like snow under the light of the crystal. "I sometimes wonder, why do people always argue...?"
Fang Yu heard her thin breathing.
But he didn't hear any arguments. Only under the dim light of the crystal, the cave seemed unchanged and silent.
As for why people always argue - there are too many causes of disputes. Dissatisfaction, prejudice, fear, anger and even discrimination can all be the beginning of disputes. But deep in his eyes, he reflected the line of faintly fluorescent text that appeared in his chat box:
'The so-called dispute is actually just a means for people to control the right to speak. The key lies not in persistence, but in disputes, and as long as people's differences have not been eliminated, disputes will always arise. And people can never have true empathy, so disputes can never be resolved...'
'But teacher,' Fang Yu typed word by word: 'You are telling me this, but I can't quite understand it. '
'Is this what I'm talking to you about? '
Fang Yu couldn't help but look at the girl next to him.
'Is this part of the quest line? Fang Yu asked: "Or is this another teacher's 'Chicken Soup for the Soul'?" '
'No,' R sent a sighing expression: 'It's just something I feel. '
At this time, the girl also came back to her senses and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, it's just that every time I come to this place and hear those voices, I can't help but think of something. I made you laugh, Lord Holy Chosen One."
"You should call me Ed. It sounds too awkward to call me an adult. I'm just an ordinary person," Fang Plover replied. But he still cared a little about what the other person said: "Can you hear those sounds from this place? What kind of sounds are they?"
The girl walked forward and answered as she walked: "Many voices, men's or women's voices, old men's or children's voices, many, many, so noisy that I can't even hear what they are saying."
"...But I should know what they are talking about, I remember," she suddenly paused: "I remember hearing these voices before, maybe in one place, but I have forgotten many things."
The girl murmured to herself. She lowered her head in a daze and gently held her right hand with her left hand, as if there should be something there.
Then she turned back: "Can't you hear the Chosen Lord?"
"It's Ed." Fang Plover corrected.
"Sorry, Mr. Ed."
Fang Plover shook his head habitually, but didn't say a word.
The girl closed her eyes and did not wait for his response. A look of sadness flashed across her face, and she whispered softly: "As expected." Fang Yu looked at her and asked: "So others can't hear it?"
The girl nodded slightly.
Seeing her turn around again, Fang Yu couldn't help but ask: "Eve, what do you think those sounds are?"
"I don't know, maybe it's just the memory in my heart, Mr. Ed," the girl replied in a thin voice: "I have stayed here for too long, and Yossiude has never come back. Among so many voices, The only thing I didn't hear was his voice——"
Fang Yu looked at the girl's lonely back, and suddenly felt some sympathy in his heart.
Somehow, it reminded him of Sylvide, and at the same time he thought of Miss Miya. He remembered the last time he saw her in the ruins, the moment when the silver-haired wolf girl turned around and left. There seems to be the same loneliness in the back.
It was not unusual for a ship officer who was almost isolated to have such a connection with him. But he was a little confused. As the Witch of the Sea, how could Miya have the same temperament?
Is it because she will go to the second world to seek justice from her comrades alone?
While he was thinking, the girl stopped again and turned her head. The dim light just illuminated her pale cheeks: "We're here, Mr. Ed."
Fang Plover looked forward. There was a huge cave in front of him, and the light of the crystal only illuminated a small area of land. At the end of the light, he saw some strange, black crystals, one by one, like blooming stamens, growing in clusters inside the cave.
Clusters of crystals are a unique natural phenomenon in Aitaria. Most of the time, magic is condensed into crystals. It is not an exaggeration to say that this world is a world of crystals. You can see strange hair crystals of all sizes on the ground, and Gay crystals are the most spectacular among them.
The underground is probably also a crystal kingdom. Gray-colored earth crystals are contained deep in the earth. When mixed with different metal elements, the crystals will also show different colors, not just the single color of the elemental magic itself.
Black crystals are also very common, but the scene of clusters overlapping each other, like dragon scales, covering and growing layer by layer, is something Fang Plover has only seen in his life.
He subconsciously raised the luminous crystal in his hand and opened his mouth slightly - a term popped into his mind - Dragon's First Scale. There is no doubt that this is exactly what the Blood Shark Air Pirates are digging under the ruins of this gravel to find.
But it is quietly located deep in the underground river here.
And it is so beautiful that one can almost forget the terrible meaning given to it. The layers of crystal reflect the flowing brilliance, making the cave gradually become brighter - in Fang Plover In his eyes, it was clearly a dragon crawling on the ground.
A crystal dragon.
It twists its slender neck, covers its wings, and lies low on the ground, as if sleeping forever. It is different from the aggressiveness of the dark dragon itself. Its quiet posture gives these crystals a special beauty, huge, elegant, and seemingly harmless.
Only when he got closer did Fang Plover see clearly that the crystal itself was not a dragon, or rather it was a dragon-shaped cocoon, the owner of which had long since disappeared.
These were the first scales of the dark dragon. After that, the fire of Venus fell into the dust, and countless creatures were lost in the sea of fire. But its first birth was just here, in the underground of Idos, deep in an inconspicuous and even unknown cave.
Is this where Nicol Bolas turned into a dragon?
Fang Yu couldn't help but have a strange idea in his heart.
The girl heard his gentle inhalation and asked, "Mr. Ed, what are you looking at?"
"These crystals..."
"This is not what we are looking for." The girl was startled for a moment, then smiled: "These crystals are contaminated with the power of darkness. They must be ugly, right? It doesn't matter. In fact, they are not dangerous, as long as you don't pay attention to them. "
"Ugly?" Fang Yu shook his head. If this is considered ugly, is there anything beautiful in this world?
"That's not the case," he replied: "In fact, these crystals are quite beautiful just looking at them - but you are right, they are indeed the product of dark power."
The girl walked cautiously in front, and was a little curious when she heard this: "How can a product of dark power look good? Mr. Ed, are you trying to comfort me?"
"Comfort you?" Fang Yu was about to speak when he suddenly saw a strange black shadow flashing between the crystals. He quickly shouted: "Be careful!"
The black shadow suddenly stretched a lot, and it rushed towards the girl with its teeth and claws. Fang Plover was not slow to react. He raised his hand and spread his fingers. The platinum angel seemed to slide out from between a blue light door and raised his sword to block it.
A long spark flashed through the darkness.
The angel's slender arm blade trembled as if it hit an entity.
'Holy shit-'
In the chat bar, two words popped up.
The strange figure moved back under the force, and Fang Plover recognized its identity - the dragon's minions, which were almost identical to the ones they had encountered in the tunnel before, except that the one in front of them was so disintegrated that it was almost impossible to maintain its shape.
He was already very experienced in fighting against the dragon's minions, and he could see the opponent's intentions with just a glance. As if it had become a habit, rows of data appeared naturally in his mind. He stretched out his hand, and the capable angel took one step ahead, struck first, and cut into the opponent's back as quickly as possible.
The dragon's minions have no way to retreat, so they can only turn around and use one claw.
But the angel's induction ring flashed, and his body automatically leaned back, causing the claw to return in vain. The Fang Plover's gloves rotated almost ninety degrees, and at this moment when the center of gravity shifted backwards, the angel fell backwards - just like an iron bridge.
At the same moment, it thrust the blade of its right arm downwards, and used this as a base point to roll backwards.
Only then did the girl have time to turn around, when a blade of light passed by not far ahead.
She then raised her head and saw the angel flying high and falling, and what fell with it was a headless corpse.
The dragon's claws fell to the ground and immediately turned into a cloud of dust, which scattered and disappeared. But its death seemed to have caused some kind of chain reaction in the cave. The strange shadow was seen shaking in the black crystal, and then clouds of black smoke fell from it. As soon as it fell to the ground, it immediately turned into a dragon's claws.
These almost melted half-human forms immediately rushed toward the two of them as soon as they took shape.
Fang Yu immediately put his hand in front of the girl, raised his hand, and snapped his fingers.
I saw him opening a door of light on one left and one on his right, and two capable angels were stepping out of it.
"ah?"
Although the girl couldn't see, she could hear sounds. At this moment, she seemed to be able to distinguish Fang Plover's occupation and the construct he controlled. She probably didn't expect that the person she had been talking to was actually a respected alchemist.
And he is still such a young combat craftsman.
The opponent's strength also surprised her a little - besides the Oath Keepers, are there such outstanding warriors among mortals? Or should we say that this is how the Chosen Ones should be.
Fang Plover pointed forward, and three capable angels joined the battle at the same time. After experiencing so many dangers, the peaceful situation was no longer enough to make any waves in his heart. As soon as the three powerful angels blocked him, the screaming banshee immediately roared through the air.
A flash bomb dropped in mid-air.
The flash bomb exploded between the dragon minions. Although these dark creatures were completely unaffected by the blinding effect, the flash dust flew down one after another, but outlined their outlines in the darkness - solving Fang Plover's problem in one fell swoop. Detect the enemy's plight in the dim light environment of the cave.
The three powerful angels blocked part of the dragon's minions, but more strange shadows directly crossed the defense line and rushed towards him, the controller.
Fang Plover pulled the girl back two steps. The ground suddenly bounced, and the gravity trap took effect between him and the monsters. Fang Yu glanced at the chat box. Apart from his previous words of "Holy shit," R has not expressed any comments until now.
He took another look at the outlines with glitter dust attached, and then severed the connection with the Screaming Banshee and the Lurker.
The Lurker's spell has a continuous effect, but once the Screaming Banshee loses control, she immediately staggers and falls from the air. Fang Yu then let go of the girl's hand, turned around and said to her: "You take two steps back..."
The girl was slightly startled, nodded quickly and stepped back.
The dragon's minions are slowly passing through the area of the gravity trap.
Fang Yu reached out to untie the collar, and then his chest. He pulled hard on the alchemist emblem nailed to that place, and pulled open the windbreaker. He only heard a trembling sound of "buzz" - at that moment, it seemed as if there were hundreds of bees working together. The sound of flapping wings.
I saw a swarm of golden clockwork fairies swarming out of his coat one by one. Before they fell to the ground, they drew a dexterous arc, pulled up from the ground, and flew into the air with fluttering wings.
Fang Plover stretched out his right hand, and the clockwork goblins naturally obeyed his command and formed a matrix on his right side.
Fang Plover looked forward with calm eyes, scanning the twisted and strange figures.
He pointed forward: "Shoot!"
A flash of fire.
But it's the second round, the third round.
Since these monsters are stained with glittering dust, Fang Plover can accurately identify the location of his enemies in the darkness without much need to aim. Three rounds of volleys were fired, and the bullets swept through the dragon's claws like a storm.
But the damage done by the clockwork goblin is limited after all.
Fang Yu said nothing and took back his right hand. Three clockwork fairies flashed backwards at the same time and lined up in front of him. Fang Plover waved his hand again, and the clockwork goblins immediately fell into the cluster of dragon minions in front of them one after another like meteors.
At the same time, the angels all crossed their arms and opened a dark blue shield.
Then there were dazzling flashes of light in the darkness.
The air waves and roars generated by the explosion were almost all blocked by the shield of the capable angel. If he moved forward, he could only lift the corners of Fang Plover's coat. As for the girl who was blocked behind him, she was not affected in any way and could be said to be unscathed.
After the explosion, there was smoke and dust.
In the chat channel, R sent him three question marks in succession.
Fang Yu was about to answer, but another sentence caught his eye:
R: 'Watch out on the right! '
Fang Yu reacted very quickly, almost sliding backwards, and a black light missed him by a hair's breadth. Behind the black light, a black shadow broke through the smoke and crashed towards him - with Fang Plover's level of dexterity, he was almost unable to react in time.
At the same time, after the Angel of Energy was overloaded, he was unable to move for a while.
But Fang Plover had the same instinct and subconsciously activated the shield system, letting the opponent hit the shield first. Then he used the force to move back. At the same time, the system's automatic dodge started, pulling him back even when he lost his center of gravity.
But Fang Plover had already reacted at this time, moved in the direction of the shift of his center of gravity, then put his hand on the ground, jumped up and hit the opponent with all his strength.
This time, as the rabbit was rising and the falcon was falling, it actually knocked the black shadow away.
'Holy shit, you know how to do Odin's stuff! ? '
This time, R was really shocked.
However, Fang Yu had no time to reply. Although he knocked the opponent away, this move was a last resort after all, and he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
At the same time, he looked up and found behind the dragon minions that he had just destroyed with the efreet. Between those black crystals, there are more strange shadows pouring out from above.
The sheer number of them is simply mind-numbing.
R also saw this scene and quickly typed:
'Have you stirred up a hornet's nest? '
'Where are there so many monsters in this place? Be careful. I'll help you pay attention to the side. You can find a way to leave this place -'
'How come you can cause trouble everywhere you go. '
Fang Yu secretly pressed his chest with his left hand - he clearly felt that there, the ring of golden flames was emitting scorching heat.
"Lord Saint Chosen," the girl's voice was also unusually uneasy: "I don't know why there are so many monsters in this place. They are not usually like this. How about... why don't you leave me first? , I will find a place to hide."
'This is a good suggestion,' R sent a line of text: 'She won't die. You have flexible construction to help. You can try to divert these things away first, and then find other ways to continue deeper. Remember what I told you, don't force yourself. '
Fang Yu thought for a moment, but replied: "No need." '
'ha? '
He released the ring of golden flames in his left hand and gently closed his eyes.
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