Looking at the entrance to the black hole that suddenly appeared, the three of them became a little quiet for a while.
The appearance of a secret passage means wealth or secret treasure in most adventure stories, but in the current situation it seems a bit strange. Why did the ascetic monks who built this monastery build such a secret passage? Does this have anything to do with the previous scene?
"Want to go down and take a look?" However, Mei was not nervous and asked looking at the crack in the wall.
Fang Yu shook his head, took out a clockwork fairy, tied a crystal to it, and tapped the crystal with his knuckles to make it glow. He pulled down his goggles, released the flapping silver fairy, and let it fly down the corridor.
Although Silver Bee has a certain night vision ability, the details within the light range of the lighting crystal are richer. The corridor followed the stone steps downwards, forming a Z-shaped back and forth. Soon, the clockwork fairy flew into a small room. Inside, a closed stone door blocked the front.
Fang Plover moved his vision and looked around in the small space. After confirming that there were no other omissions, he let the clockwork fairy fly back again.
"We must go down and have a look," he replied. "There is a door down there."
"Do you want me to start?" May asked.
"Let it come," Fang Plover controlled the dragon hunter to bend down and step into the corridor. "Be careful that there may be a trap inside. Miss Mei, you are responsible for protecting our retreat."
"Okay, Mr. Ed."
After passing through the corridor, Fang Plover's guess was proved. When the three of them passed a corner, a round of powerful crossbows suddenly shot out from the hole in the ceiling and came towards them. Fortunately, the dragon hunter covered most of the space. The crossbow bolts jingled on the metal shell. Only a few passed through the gaps between the dragon hunter's limbs, but they could not threaten the people behind. At best, they were no more than a stone's throw away. The walls passed each other.
But the designers of the secret passage seemed to have only left this one trap, or the other traps had aged and were no longer effective. They went all the way to the bottom without encountering a second round of attacks. Fang Plover checked the situation of the dragon hunter. Several crossbow bolts were stuck in the breastplate, but they were not harmful.
Mei Yi raised the lighting crystal, compared the height of the torch holder on the wall, and silently handed the crystal to Luo Yu, who then inserted it on top. The pale light of the crystal reflected the thick and ancient stone door. Miss Knight stepped forward and pushed it, but the stone door did not move at all.
"There must be some way to open this door." She turned around and said.
Luo Yu thought for a moment, raised the elemental staff in his hand, and lightly struck the ground. The stone chamber shook slightly, like an invisible ripple spreading in all directions.
He listened intently and waited for a moment, then looked to the side, pointed in that direction and replied: "There is a gap behind the wall, Miss May."
"Is this an earth spell?" Fang Plover asked somewhat unexpectedly as he walked over from the dragon hunter.
Luo Yu nodded. He was good at water and ice spells, but that didn't mean he didn't know other spells. He was just slightly inferior to the former.
Mei looked in that direction and discovered that a stone tile on the wall seemed slightly different from other places, but if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to tell it under the dim light. She stepped forward and pressed lightly on it with her hand. The stone bricks dented and the stone door slowly opened back.
A smell of choking dust permeated the stone chamber. Luo Yu coughed twice, then recited a spell in a low voice and cast a wind-making spell, allowing fresh air from above to flow into the ground.
Mei looked at the stone door that was slowly moving away and asked, "Was this secret passage built by the ascetics of Mirela?"
Fang Yu actually thought about this problem, but since entering this secret passage, he gave up the idea - the style and materials of the secret passage are obviously different from those of the monastery outside, but he doesn't know why it appeared in this place. Before or after that.
He tended to be the latter, but after Mirela's followers left this place, which owner of this monastery built this secret passage? Are they the cellars where robbers store their stolen goods?
He suddenly remembered that he had not asked Luo Hao what was going on about the bizarre fire that happened here thirty years ago.
Thirty years ago there was a fire in another part of Talen, which turned a city into a white ground called Doliphon.
He opened the communication crystal, but there was only a burst of noise in response. It seemed that there was a magical effect to block communication underneath. Fang Yu couldn't help but shook his head and took the communication crystal back. This thing was too inconsistent. No wonder the community says this thing is just a decoration.
He sent a private message to Luo Hao through the community, which was a backup communication method. As for when the other party would reply, Fang Yu was unsure. He raised his head and looked, and saw that the stone door had slowly slid into one side of the wall. No trace.
The space behind the stone door is not large.
But the first thing Fang Yu saw was a sword light.
It was a piece of rusty armor that stepped out of the darkness, as if surging black mist was connected between different parts of the armor. It held up its iron gauntlets and held a giant sword tightly in both hands. He slashed at the three people outside the stone gate with his sword.
But a kite shield blocked the armor. There was a loud bang and the giant sword swept across the shield. The shield dented and then broke into two pieces. Mei Yi took two steps back to stop the attack.
The lady knight raised her head and looked at the armor, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. She seemed a little surprised by the opponent's strength, but without stopping at all, she threw away the broken knight's shield and attacked again with the long sword. .
The rusty armor slashed open Mei's shield with one sword, making an unidentified sound. At the same time, she retracted the giant sword and repositioned her center of gravity. However, at this moment, the knight lady had already attacked it - this rusty armor. Behind the armor was also carrying a magic furnace that was also in a state of decay, with a thick layer of black mist covering it. When Mei approached, the magic furnace behind it suddenly made a sharp buzzing sound. Just like the sharp sound when overloading.
Bright light patterns lit up on the armor, with the magic furnace as the center, spreading in all directions. Then a shield bounced off the rusty armor, and the faint blue light illuminated Mei's sword. The sharp edge was wrapped around it and turned to one side, intersecting with the armor.
"Magic armor."
Fang Plover stared at the armor and reminded Mei Yi in a low voice.
The development of armor in Aitaria gradually branched into two factions after the rise of alchemy. One faction continued to increase the weight of the armor, using multi-layer armor to improve the armor's defense, and then used the power of magic devices to improve wearability. Most of the Iron Guards are from this faction because of their heavy-bearing ability.
The other faction, also called dragon forging, fundamentally changed the way armor works. The alchemists of this faction also made the armor itself into a type of magic equipment. This is the origin of magic armor.
At a lighter weight, magic armor has the same protective capabilities as fortress-type armor through magic reinforcement, and it also has greater flexibility. However, the disadvantage is that magic armor consumes a lot of money and is also expensive. Abnormal and cannot be popularized at all.
The demonized armor in front of him is a typical magic armor.
The rusty armor deflected Mei's attack, took a slight step back, and let out a low voice of approval in the dense black mist: "It's not bad..."
This sound of approval made Fang Yu, Luo Yu, and even Mei Yi, who was fighting with them, stunned. They were not too surprised when the armor appeared. In such underground ruins, its original owner was there. It is common for a piece of activated armor to be left here, or a puppet to act as a guard here.
But neither the activated armor nor the puppet structure has self-awareness. This dense black mist feels like an undead creature.
Mei Yi was taken aback. She sheathed her sword and looked at the other party in confusion. She raised her head and asked, "Who are you? Can you hear us?"
But Black Mist and Armor did not answer. They only raised their swords and blocked them in front of them. They stood in front of the three of them in a standard posture like a sculpture.
It seems to be motionless, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that as long as Fang Plover and others take a step forward, this tattered armor will immediately attack. The huge sword the size of a door panel in its hand is no joke.
There was a moment of silence in the dim light.
Fang Yu turned around and said to Luo Yu and Mei Yi, "Let's go together."
May hesitated, then nodded.
Fang Plover raised his right hand, and the dragon hunter behind him immediately strode forward. One metal hand pressed the scabbard, and the other hand held the blade. A bright sword light flashed through the darkness. Under the control, he slashed towards the armor with an Iai slash.
But the armor did not see any movement. It only released the giant sword lightly, and then with a splash of sparks, it blocked the blow, which almost doubled the attack.
Fang Yu was stunned. This was the first time he saw someone blocking the dragon hunter's Iai Slash head-on, and in such an understatement--of course, if the other person could be called a 'person'.
But the armor does give people the illusion that they are fighting against people. At least neither the activated armor generated by magic nor the constructed puppet created by alchemy can be as flexible as a human.
And that armor is much more flexible than ordinary people——
After it blocked the dragon hunter's blow, it launched an attack almost immediately. Under this attack, the plover felt a lot of pressure because the dragon hunter couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm.
The seven consecutive pursuits were like a violent storm, and each blow made the dragon hunter stagger. Although he managed to block it, he was just struggling to hold on.
But fortunately, the alchemist has never been a master of swordsmanship. Fang Yu pointed with his hand, and another blue light was projected next to the armor.
Like information-based starlight pouring out of the void, pouring down like a blue waterfall, gradually forming the shape of the construct, and another dragon hunter gradually took shape. Alchemists never focus on swordsmanship, and all their ideas serve their purpose.
The goal is to win, and it is only natural to defeat the few with more.
The ultimate pursuit of alchemists lies in the magic technology itself, and combat is just incidental.
As soon as the dragon hunters appeared, they immediately launched an attack. But at this moment, a scene that made Fang Yu stunned happened. He saw the rusty armor leaning forward slightly, holding the sword in both hands, and the next moment, a ball of flying silver petals bloomed out.
The extremely magnificent petals slowly moved forward, clashing with the long black sword in the dragon hunter's hand, turning into a scattering of sparks. The blade of the giant sword seemed to be divided into multiple parts, blocking attacks from both sides at the same time, and the next moment it was again Many turned into one, and the heavy sword light reappeared as a giant sword held in an armored hand.
The armor shrouded in black mist forced the two dragon hunters back, while he stood there without even moving.
Fang Yu was shocked, this was a sword skill.
It would be fine if the opponent was a flexible construct controlled by a combat craftsman, but he had never heard of any sword skills that activated armor and constructed puppets could do, and magic technology could not construct such complex skills.
That is the realm of the soul, a category exclusive to humans.
At this time, the tattered armor turned around, raised his left hand, and grabbed an ice pick that was shot towards it. When the ice pick hit the armor, countless ice edges scattered in all directions. Ice crystals solidified on the armor and spread along the top. In just a moment, the right arm of the armor was completely frozen under the ice.
Luo Yu then put away the elemental staff and let out a breath. This ice pick seemed simple, but it was a typical high-level spell. Breath of Tyraeus, this spell named after the most powerful ice dragon in the history of Etalia, has the ability to freeze everything.
But before the three of them had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the ice on the right arm of the armor suddenly made a crackling sound, and dense cracks gradually appeared on it. The next moment, it shattered with a crisp sound, along with one of its arms. It fell apart and fell to the ground.
The spell that lost its target immediately faded away, causing the armor's armguards, gauntlets, and shoulder armor to fall to the ground. However, black mist surged on the gray stone ground, and it flew up again with those scattered parts. Within a moment, Then it was combined with the rusty armor.
The previous spell was as if it had never existed.
“After dawn, nothing remains.”
The armor looked at the three of them quietly and said in a low voice.
Fang Yu couldn't understand the meaningless words at all, but the power of this 'armor' was still beyond his imagination. Mei Yi hadn't launched the attack yet, and it would take time for Luo Yu to prepare other spells. He could only rely on him now. to block the opponent.
He made a prompt decision and summoned two more Dragon Hunters. Miss Tata and the Seven Seas Traveler were not in this place, so this was his limit.
But what made Fang Yu more frightened the more he fought was that the four dragon hunters could only compete with this armor, and this was only defense. If he wanted to attack, he couldn't do it at all. In other words, this rusty armor, one 'person' suppressed him.
What on earth is this?
Fang Plover was distracted for a moment, and the armor caught a gap. As if it knew that the young man standing far behind was the master of these four constructs, it suddenly pointed the giant sword in Fang Plover's direction. Throw.
"Be careful!" Even Mei didn't have time to remind him, the giant sword was already in front of him.
But at that moment, the Dark Ritual took effect, and it was as if a naturally generated force pushed Fang Plover's body, allowing him to turn aside to avoid the giant sword.
The giant sword hit the wall with a clang, and a layer of dust fell from the stone room. However, it missed the hit, which seemed to be beyond the armor's expectation. In its expectation, this blow should kill the young man, and then the four constructs should also stop, so that it could calmly retract its giant sword.
But I never expected that the other party would actually cheat. The Shining Sea and the ancient blessings of the lizard people are definitely things that most people in this world have never even heard of.
But the rusty armor was a bit embarrassing now. It could deal with four constructs with a giant sword, but it couldn't do it with bare hands. What's more, Luo Yu's spell is ready at this moment, and Miss Knight, who has not taken action until now, is finally ready.
Luo Yu raised his elemental staff, and a sheet of ice mist emerged from the stone chamber and surrounded him from all directions. Mei Yi also took off the halberd from behind, and golden light emitted from the magic furnace, which was the sign of the manifestation of divine power - light ether.
The light went up along her hands and gradually converged on the tip of the halberd.
The black mist in the armor watched this scene quietly. It seemed to understand that it had made a fatal mistake, but it did not stop fighting the trapped beast. It just lowered its hands and stood there giving up resistance.
It looked at the three of them calmly, and finally said: "...The golden flames fell into dust, and darkness enveloped everything."
These were the last 'last words' of this armor.
The gray mist gathered in one place, freezing it in a tall piece of ice. The knight lowered her spear, took a step back, then raised her spear and stabbed forward.
A ray of light penetrated the darkness, passed through the ice, and pierced through the chest of the armor. The golden beam of light flashed away, leaving a bright afterglow in everyone's field of vision, and then the ice that was as tall as a person gradually cracked and cracked.
But after the ice shattered, Fang Plover was surprised that the armor did not immediately scatter to the ground. Except for a black hole in the breastplate, it seemed to remain intact and stood motionless in place.
Just when Fang Yu thought Mei Yi's attack was ineffective, suddenly, a purple flame burned out from the dense black mist, completely swallowing the black mist.
The firelight flashed away, and the rusty armor made a low sound. He staggered forward for a few steps, and then fell heavily to the ground.
There was silence in the stone room.
Fang Yu watched this scene for a long time without coming back to his senses. He always felt that he must have seen or heard of such a situation somewhere.
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It's gradually recovering, and updates should be resumed later.
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