The sound coming from the darkness made Fang Plover stop and look in that direction - there were two rows of dungeons lined up in the deep silence, but the dark vision ability granted by the Dragon King's Heart had not yet returned to the level it had been in Idos. It made it impossible for him to see clearly whether there was anyone imprisoned in the prison opposite - was he arrested alone, or were there others in this place? Did Wu Xiaopang and the others escape?
Except for the sound of the door opening, the dungeon was completely silent. But he couldn't tell whether it was because the others were still in a coma and hadn't woken up. The right hand side of the dungeon led to an upward staircase. Fang Yu saw a door there open, and a short black man appeared. Shadow walked down from there.
If it weren't for the robe on the other person's body and his cautious steps, he would have almost thought it was a Papalar. The short black figure walked down the stairs and came directly to the door of the prison where he was. A pair of small hands held a wooden tray with a piece of dark bread, a wooden cup, and a wooden tray on it. plate.
The black shadow stood in front of the prison where Fang Plover was for a moment, then half-knelt down, placed the wooden plate, bread and water cup in front of Fang Plover in order, then slowly put away the wooden tray, and stood up to leave. . But Fang Plover stared at this short figure in the darkness, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar he became.
"We've met, right?"
The black figure was startled for a moment, looking in this direction through the shadow under the hood, looking startled.
But after a while, he nodded slightly again.
Fang Yu felt a little interesting, and the other party didn't deny it.
"I would like to ask, why did you arrest me here? Is there anything shameful about mystics?"
The black shadow hesitated for a moment and shook his head slightly, but immediately, the other party seemed to feel that he should not say so much, and took a step back in a panic, and hurriedly turned around and walked back.
But Fang Yu stopped him again: "Wait a minute, we must have met on the day the Shazhushe was attacked. One of my teammates knocked you down. I remember your appearance."
The black image stopped as if it was under a restraining spell.
She turned around, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly took off her hood, revealing a frowning face. She was the mystic girl that Fang Plover had seen that day. He saw the other party looking at him with some fear, and said hesitantly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ed, they are only keeping you in this place temporarily, and they won't do anything to you..."
Her voice was so soft, almost ghost-like, ethereal.
And he spoke softer and quieter, lowering his head.
Fang Yu has never seen a girl who is so afraid of life. Even Jita's performance is much better than hers.
However, the other party's fear of strangers made him calm down. He shook the shackles on his hands slightly, making a jingling sound, and asked:
"So you know me?"
"I, I have seen you from a distance in the Tansnir Craftsmen Association," the girl replied hesitantly: "I have also seen your video on the community, I'm sorry..."
Fang Yu said unexpectedly: "What are you sorry for?"
"...I'm sorry, they asked me to do this."
"They asked you to—?"
The girl shook her head vigorously, but remained silent.
But Fang Yu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Have we met not long ago?" Both of them were shocked at that time. The other party even punched him hard and was pushed to the ground. On the ground, it is not a pleasant memory.
This made him a little embarrassed, but since the two parties were rivals at the time, even if it happened again, he would actually do it again, regardless of whether the other party was a girl. And he also understood the meaning of the other party's words. The last mystic who appeared must have been attracted by the other party.
So this is considered even?
"Are you the chosen one?" Fang Yu remembered what the other party said before. Although the aboriginals can also connect to the community through the dragon knight system, as long as they have a glow object communicator, it is obvious that the girl in front of him no matter how He doesn't even look like a dragon knight.
But what Fang Yu didn't expect was.
The girl shook her head slightly.
"Dengdae, are you an aborigine?"
"Um--"
Fang Yu was so surprised that he forgot his own situation for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Then how can you connect to the community?"
The girl replied in a low voice: "I have a glow substance communicator, which was a gift from Master Albany."
"Lord Albany?" Fang Yu reacted quickly and immediately realized who the name was: "Is it the palace guard?"
The girl nodded again.
Fang Yu was silent for a moment, and he roughly understood that this so-called Lord Albany was the culprit who sent him to this place.
He spoke again: "But the glow substance is not the key..."
The girl blinked and looked at him with some confusion.
She thought for a while and then seemed to understand something: "I, I can probably see some things that only you can see. Lord Albany said this is a talent. Through the glow object communicator, I can communicate with you." You contacted me...of course, it can’t be done now.”
Her tone dropped again.
"Is it because of the dust storm?"
The girl nodded: "About."
Fang Yuan's heart was filled with turmoil. He completely understood the other party's words. What did he mean by "I can probably see some things that only you can see"? That was the system, which ordinary aborigines could not see. thing. Often they only have the corresponding abilities after they become dragon knights.
This is extremely similar to the abilities players obtain by synchronizing with star gates or glowing objects, but it is fundamentally different.
And he had never heard of anyone being born with such an ability.
unless--
This girl may have come into contact with the natural dragon soul without her knowledge.
Therefore, the other party's situation may be somewhat similar to my own. I obtained the power of the artificial dragon soul in advance and have not yet gone to the second world, but I actually have the dragon knight system and some dragon knight characteristics.
And this girl went one step further, becoming the natural owner of the natural dragon soul.
Why natural dragon soul? Because the artificial dragon soul requires a carrier, and the carrier crystal has elemental qualities. Below a certain level, it is impossible for humans to carry the powerful elemental magic contained in the crystal. According to popular terms, it will only be destroyed because the carrying power exceeds the limit of humans. Instant death.
He is a special case, because the carrier of the artificial dragon soul he possesses comes from the zero-type crystal without attributes. This has nothing to do with the elemental adaptability of human beings. No matter how much etheric power he carries, it will not let him Died due to erosion by the elements.
The only possibility left is the natural dragon soul.
Crystal, the carrier of the natural dragon soul, is the most special substance in nature. Whether it chooses a master often does not depend on whether the host it carries is strong enough, but comes from a mysterious and unpredictable substance that scholars and alchemists have not yet studied clearly. Characteristic - 'Phaseality'.
As long as the 'compatibility' is consistent, even a baby can be recognized by the natural dragon soul.
It's just that the power of the natural dragon soul will not appear immediately at the beginning, nor will a person suddenly become a sky knight. It will become a potential power, lurking in a person's body, and will follow its 'master' It grows until the latter becomes its real master.
Of course, natural dragon souls are so rare in nature. The natural dragon souls that still exist in the first world are almost unheard of. Even in the second world, only big forces can possess these rare things. , so it is unlikely that the precious natural dragon soul will be used on the 'baby'.
After all, only the strong can truly display the strength of the Sky Knight, rather than investing in someone who may have to grow for decades and may not yet succeed.
Even the Oshu Empire is not so extravagant.
Fang Yu looked at the girl in front of him in surprise, wondering what kind of coincidence could lead to such luck. Of course, maybe it wasn't just a matter of luck. He suddenly understood where the mystics' attitude towards this girl came from, and he couldn't help but mourn for Parker for a few seconds.
Not to mention the identity of the girl's aborigine, even with this level of relationship, it seems impossible for the latter to have further contact with her.
But the mystics actually let each other come to this place?
Fang Yu looked at the shackles on his hands and feet. Or was it that Mr. Albany looked down on him at all and felt that he was not dangerous at all in this state? When he thought that he might have been looked down upon, Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little annoyed for a moment, but he was still annoyed, and he still maintained at least calmness in his heart.
Such calmness made him think of another possibility.
"By the way," Fang Plover asked casually, "I haven't asked you your name yet."
"My, my name is Afifah," the girl replied in a whisper, "Mr. Ed."
"Afifa?" Fang Yu was slightly startled, wondering if this is a common name in Istania. Why does this one have the same name as Princess Rupert's sister?
He glanced at the other party and asked: "Miss Afifah, are you here specially to deliver food to me?"
The girl named Afifah was startled, not expecting that she would be seen through. She looked away in a panic and nodded.
"why?"
"I-I saw Mr. Ed's fight in the community..." the girl replied with a blushing face.
Fang Yu looked at the other party carefully, and he didn't react for a while, but he finally understood the expression - and couldn't help but feel a little subtle in his heart for a while - it meant that he still had fans, and they were also aboriginal fans. But considering the identity of the other party, this is too much of a coincidence.
He paused for a moment before asking: "Miss Afifah, can I ask you to do me a favor?"
Afifah looked a little panicked: "Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Ed, Mr. Albany said, I can't let you out."
She sounded very embarrassed.
But Fang Yu shook his head. He didn't expect that he could go out like this. Even if Afifa was really willing to help him, could those mystics outside listen to the instructions of a little girl like her? The world is not so fantastic yet.
"That's not the case," he replied: "Can I ask what happened after that in the port of the smugglers? Was I the only one imprisoned in this place, or were there others? My Companions, are you here too?"
Afifah breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and replied a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ed, not only you, but your companions are also being held in this place."
Fang Yu's heart sank after hearing this answer, but he had already expected it, and subconsciously asked: "Has everyone been arrested?"
Afifah shook his head: "I don't know how many companions Mr. Ed has."
Only then did Fang Yu realize that he had asked a stupid question. He thought for a moment and then asked again: "Then can you describe to me who exactly are there?"
Afifa thought for a moment and nodded. Obviously this was not a difficult issue for her, because Fang Plover was already imprisoned in this place. Even if he knew who was being imprisoned in this place, it would not help. Besides, she felt very guilty for not being able to help Shang Plov.
Then the girl carefully described the image of each person imprisoned here one by one.
Fang Yu easily distinguished Luo Yu and Wu Xiaopang. After all, there was only one elemental user in the team. As for the chubby Guards Knight, besides Wu Xiaopang, he really couldn't think of anyone else. The mystics would never confuse the Iron Guards with the Guards Knights.
He didn't expect that Wu Xiaopang and the others didn't escape in the end, but it made sense if he thought about it carefully. Even he didn't escape, so how could Wu Xiaopang and the three of them escape.
Next is Jita. Jita was captured together with Luo Yu, and there were three women in the team. In addition to Alisa, there was also the priest girl from Lufu's Shield. Miss Nightingale seemed to have escaped, but The priestess was caught again.
Fang Yu couldn't help but sigh that Lu Fu's Shield was really in trouble.
But what made him feel embarrassed was that, according to Afifa, everyone was held separately, not just in separate prisons, but also in different dungeons. Only then did he understand why the place he was in was quiet and deserted. He was originally the only one there.
"Miss Ji, Ji Ta is not locked up," Afifah added: "The adults have prepared a separate room for her in the castle."
Fang Yu was a little surprised as to why the mystics were keeping Jita alone and taking special care of her. However, after listening to Afifa's explanation, he realized that the Naturalist was born in the Silver Tower, and the Mystics, the Star-Moon Council, and the Silver Tower were actually different branches under the same system, all belonging to Kaolin-Ixiu. Ryan's League of Spellcasters.
Naturalists have a transcendent status in this alliance, so it is understandable that the other party looks at Jita differently.
In comparison, Luo Yu, who was just an 'ordinary elementalist', was not so lucky.
This made Fang Yu couldn't help but sigh again, this is really a naked hierarchical society.
However, the care of Jita by the mystics is obviously limited, or to put it more bluntly, it is just house arrest. And this actually made his rescue work more difficult. Even if he could escape from this place and rescue other people from different dungeons, it would obviously be a big problem to reunite with Miss Naturalist.
No matter where it is, the so-called dungeon is definitely unlikely to be in the same place as the area where the guests live. And although places like dungeons must be guarded by guards or even temple knights, compared to the core area, the mystics coming in and out of those places are the biggest trouble.
Fang Yu couldn't help but have a headache for a while.
Afifah's words reminded him of another question:
"Castle?" Fang Plover asked, "Isn't this the lighthouse in the clouds?"
But regarding this question, the girl just looked at him, shook her head vigorously, and did not speak.
It seems like this is an unanswerable question.
However, Afifah obviously didn't know that his shaking his head had actually revealed a lot of information. Fang Yu couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the mystics had a reason for not letting her come to this place. Although she didn't know what position this Miss Afifah held in the 'Eye of Revealing', she was obviously a bit frighteningly innocent.
The Lighthouse in the Cloud certainly cannot be called a castle. There is nothing in the main structure of the tall lighthouse that can be called a castle or a fortress. It is just a simple lighthouse.
And the castle——
Although the castles in Istania are very different from the castles in the Kingdom of Kaolin, there is really no such thing as a castle in this sea of sand. However, Fang Plover can be sure that, at least in Tansnir, there is absolutely no building complex that can be called a 'castle'.
There seems to be a place on the wall of the port that can be called a fortress, but he accompanied Ms. Erna to that place once. The inside is obviously very different from here, and there are no dungeons and other facilities.
What the other party said made him realize that he was probably no longer in Tansniel.
He had already checked the time in his system. He had been unconscious for almost a day and a half, which was more than thirty hours.
These more than thirty hours, if they took the overland route, would definitely not be enough for the other party to take his group away from Tansnir. And at that time, he had already informed Abed that the supervisor of Her Royal Highness the Princess was on his way to the secret port of the smugglers with the royal guards.
The desert has a wide field of vision. If they leave from the surface, they are likely to run into Her Royal Highness the Princess's guards.
In other words, they could only have left by sea.
Does it mean that the mystics hid a boat in the fjord?
Or did they find the smugglers' ship?
If you take the sea route, there are ports to the north and south of Tansnir. To the south is Bargo, and to the north is a port called Bein - Bargo is the territory of Her Highness the Princess. Fang Plover instinctively thought The possibility here is even smaller, so the remaining Bein Port is highly suspicious.
And if he remembered correctly, this place happened to be a fortress city under the jurisdiction of Count Nuerman, who was nominally a military commander loyal to the royal family and responsible for the defense of northern Bein - of course, only in name. Just go up.
The feudal system in Istania is still in a very primitive stage. Don't forget that slavery was abolished here less than thirty years ago. It is like a forced upgrade of the level of civilization. However, all aspects of the system are actually still quite good. Backwardness and antiquity.
The power of the Sand King Babartan and the power of the local princes and nobles have always maintained a mutual check and balance relationship in Istania. In fact, even the Kaolin-Ithurian Kingdom cannot avoid this, and the confrontation between the north and the south is still in full swing, let alone this more ancient land.
After confirming this, Fang Yu looked at Afifa in front of him. He actually wanted to test the other person - with the girl's innocence, if he suddenly asked about the place name 'Bein', he would definitely be able to read the other person's face. Get some information.
But after thinking about it for a while, Fang Pultru gave up the idea. Firstly, it was not necessary, and secondly, he didn't bother to take advantage of other people's kindness towards him.
He actually only has one question now. Since the mystics have recognized his identity, they should more or less know what they are doing for the Grand Duke. And thinking about the other party's performance in eradicating the blind followers, he had to wonder what role the mystics played in this incident.
Because the thought made him shudder.
If the mystics were really as he thought and played the role of double agents in this matter, then what kind of identity did the Star and Moon Council that issued this order to them represent?
The former can also be said to be a local organization in Istania.
The status of the Council of Stars and Moon among the spellcasters of Corin-Ithurian is almost the same as the status of the Artisan Union among the alchemists.
If there is any problem within the Council of Stars and Moon...
Just thinking about this possibility, Fang Yu couldn't help but feel his scalp numb. He even felt that he had been hit by an evil spirit, why was he always associated with these terrible events. If the Star and Moon Council had really been infiltrated by blind followers, this would be as big a scandal as the Dragon Witch incident.
Of course, the first thing he should do first is to find a way to inform Her Royal Highness the Princess to alert her to the mystic's movements, and to find a way to contact someone to save him from this place.
But the problem is that, by coincidence, the noisy sandstorm outside obviously cuts off this possibility.
Not to mention that communication has been interrupted under such circumstances, even if it is not interrupted, in such weather, it is obvious that no one will come to rescue him for a while.
Fang Yu couldn't help but think of Karatu and Tang De. It would be great if these two big guys were here. Even if the three guards of the 'Eye of Revealing' were doubled, they would not be a match for these two people together. Of course, he also knew that he was just thinking about it. Karatu and Tang De left to help him collect γ crystal materials. It had been half a month and it was obvious that they would not be back for a while.
Even if he comes back, I don't know he is in this place.
The only things he can count on now are the boxes that have not been caught, Parker, Alyssa, and Sylvide who have not entered the smuggler's port with him. If the noble lady is still outside, he should be saved. of opportunity.
Of course, Fang Yu would not just wait for the rescue to arrive. While he was thinking, his mind was also thinking about how to get out of here. The top priority right now was, of course, to obtain enough information. Thinking of this, he looked at Afifa aside and asked again:
"Miss Afifah, I would like to ask, how are the mystics planning to deal with us?"
After hearing this question, the girl shook her head slightly:
"Mr. Ed, please rest assured that Lord Albany will not harm you. But you will be locked up in this place for a while. After the sandstorm passes, you may be able to leave..." She paused, feeling a little uncomfortable again. Endurance: "Please be patient, I will convince you to let you leave as soon as possible."
Fang Yu was stunned.
He looked at the other party carefully before confirming that Afifah was serious about what she said. Although he was not sure whether the mystics had lied to her, this at least showed a possibility.
Could it be that he thought wrong?
The mystics are not in league with the dark followers?
Is everything a misunderstanding?
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