This is the first time that Fang Yu has observed this ancient elemental monarch at such a close distance. Under its mountain-like body, a mortal is as insignificant as a speck of dust. Its head is suspended above the body, and its pupils are shining with seriousness and indifference.
Looking up and looking at each other, Fang Yu subconsciously took a step back.
But that is just a part of this elemental king. The lower part of the mountain-like body is integrated with the ground. It is like sharp rocks that are constantly growing in the soil. The rocks grow, split, and continue to dissolve into the huge body. middle.
The underground crystal emits a dark light, outlining its majestic and rugged outline. Its arms hang down and connect with the ground. The rock formations at the junction seem to turn into boiling water, allowing this ancient creature to travel as if through liquid.
The sand and gravel seem to have spirits.
It breathes, its body rises and falls, gestating into a storm, thundering in its chest.
It is a rock, and the rock is itself. It is the earth, and the earth becomes one with it. The ancient breath is like a roar traveling through the underground, and the violent etheric magic runs through it, extending out countless branches of blood.
When it woke up, the Xinta'an continent also woke up. Countless rivers of ether resonated and trembled from the deepest part of the continent, making the continent tremble.
The elemental tyrant is the oldest creature in the world, a nearly immortal existence. It would be unwise for the empire to fight it, but Fang Plover can roughly guess the Oshu people's plan.
He looked at the elemental monarch without saying a word. He couldn't quite understand what Alphonse's spell was, but he used the oldest law of time to stabilize Aona's state. This move still brought him a lot of trouble. of shock.
The closer you get to the source of the starlight, the more primitive the power of the ether is. The Etalians call it the intersection, which is the elemental world.
The most basic laws of Aitaria are all gathered here. Time, space, elements and energy, the most basic framework of this world are all built on it. They are the laws of laws.
Only these ancient creatures that exist at the source of the elements can easily exert such power. The highest level of magicians among mortals can also hide in the slit of time, but it is like a shelter in a storm, insignificant compared to the power of the storm itself.
It can kill itself with just a snap of its fingers. Fang Yu had no doubt about this, but the other party didn't do this, which meant that there was still a chance of improvement.
It stopped Aona in time, and it could be seen that it had some extra concern for the girl, which might mean it had something to discuss with itself.
But Fang Plover didn't take the initiative to speak, and just looked at the elemental monarch quietly - he didn't know the other person's temper, but the temper of the earth element was not good, and maybe they didn't like to negotiate terms with the ants.
So he behaved relatively cautiously.
Just be a tool person.
The earth elemental monarch made some low sounds, but those sounds sounded like chaotic echoes to Fang Plover. Just like before, the system's simultaneous translation function did not work this time.
Fang Plover is not surprised. He knows that the system itself is a kind of law. The Dragon Knight system is not even unique to the Holy Chosen. It is common for the law to be interfered with by higher-level laws.
It's just that creatures like elemental tyrants are not very common in Aitaria. They usually only exist in legends, and it is rare for ordinary people to see them. Most of the existences at the same level as it are even rarer than it.
Fang Yu didn't know whether he should say he was lucky or too unlucky.
He was hesitating how he should handle this situation, when suddenly there was a flash of silver light in front of him, and Miss Tata reappeared. She said: "That is the ancient Tu language, Mr. Knight. Not many people understand it now, but I If you happen to know something, let me translate it for you."
But Fang Yu was startled and looked at the elemental monarch nervously. Compared to him, Miss Dragon Soul was more fragile. It was like two people standing unarmed in front of an opponent with a gun. He couldn't guarantee that the opponent would not shoot.
Rather than being hurt by Miss Tata, he would rather pay for the starlight himself. The sun emblem given to him by Tracy Si and the young man is still in his hand, and he will use it here at worst.
He took a step forward, stood between Miss Tata and Alphonse, and whispered: "Get behind me, Miss Tata."
Tata blinked gently and looked at Fang Plover silently from behind, but did not refute. She lowered her head and quickly raised it again. "What did it say?" Fang Yu then asked in a low voice to his Miss Dragon Soul.
"It seemed to be calling a name."
"Another name?"
"That's an ancient contract." Another voice suddenly echoed from this space. It was actually the voice of Dragon Queen Alyssa. She had been watching for an unknown amount of time. "You little girl who knows only a little bit, the earth element and you The way they communicate is different, they value contracts, and those who violate the contract will flee to the ends of the earth and become their eternal enemies."
Miss Tata closed her mouth and said nothing, but a rare blush appeared on her face.
Fang Yu couldn't help but see that this woman had been watching with cold eyes before, but now she came out to see the virtue of Miss Tata's joke. Even if the other party was the legendary Dragon Queen, he couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Oh, Ms. Alessa understands That’s a lot.”
What made him unhappy was that the other party didn't look at who was causing the trouble. If she hadn't made such a big fuss on the battlefield before, maybe there wouldn't be so much trouble now.
"You don't need to mock me," Alessa said, "I have my own plans. We are a cooperative relationship, and I am not your vassal. I attracted Alphons' attention before, but I also sent you away from that battlefield. Yes, now you have attracted it because of that little girl."
Fang Yu glanced at the elemental monarch from a distance. He was still standing in that place. He seemed to have noticed something, but he had no intention of taking action.
"Then why are you out here, Ms. Alessa? You don't have to come here to watch the joke," Fang Pliance said. "You don't have to worry about me hanging here. I still have a chance to be resurrected."
"Who is worried about what will happen to you," Alessa said sarcastically, "I just don't want to see you wasting this great opportunity. That little girl only knows a little about the Tu language. It's really disturbing to see you wasting meaningless time here. If you are anxious, let me tell you about the communication method of the lower earth elemental clan."
She paused, "But the little girl is right about one thing. It is a name, but the meaning of those ancient names has nothing to do with you. You just need to read it again - the meaning of that sentence is, in Under the witness of the ancient saints.”
"Wait a minute," Fang Yu interrupted her, "I don't know the content of the contract, so how can I make a contract with it casually? If it wants us to stay here and be its slaves, don't I have to agree?"
"Idiot," Alessa said angrily, "Do you have a choice?"
"Isn't this about you, Ms. Alesha?"
"Me?" Alessa wanted to say that she was useless. If she was in her heyday, she would not be afraid of the elemental monarch, but at this moment, she could not protect herself. However, the arrogant Dragon Queen couldn't say this anyway, so she had no choice but to raise her voice angrily, "...Forget it, let me talk to it."
She raised her voice a thousand times, echoing throughout the underground space: "Alphonse, you know I'm here. There's no need to embarrass those little guys. If you have anything to do with me, come to me."
Fang Yu looked at the phantom of the Dragon Queen floating in the air, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Ms. Tata behind her. Although the Dragon Queen had a weird temper, she still had to be reliable at this time. .
The earth elemental monarch finally moved, and it suddenly made a series of low roaring sounds.
The sounds sounded extremely complicated to Fang Plover, as if they contained an infinite number of tones, but after passing by the Dragon Queen, they suddenly turned into sounds he could understand.
That was the tone of a low, middle-aged man, "Az-Trao-Akara, in the name of the ancient saints, go find the Emerald Star."
Fang Yu was slightly startled, "What do you mean?"
"These are its words that I translated for you," came the Dragon Queen's voice, "Listen carefully. Az-Trao-Akara is the name of a certain ancient saint. Anyway, I don't know that. Who is it, but it wants to make a contract with you - in short, it wants you to be a tool."
"Doesn't it care about Aona?" Fang Yu couldn't help but look back at the girl frozen in time.
"Who cares?" the Dragon Queen said angrily, but she still turned around and spoke loudly to the Elemental Lord: "Alphonse, what do you mean?"
The earth elemental monarch roared again.
Alessa didn't translate any more this time, probably because it couldn't stand the other party's weird grammar, so she just replied directly to Fang Plover: "It allows you not to worry about that little girl. The Emerald Star is the key to repairing the star device." , you make a contract with it, and it will let you leave this place."
"Where are the Imperials?"
"It says it has nothing to do with you."
Fang Plover closed his mouth. Dragon Queen Alessa knew far more than he imagined, and even the star device was easy to understand. He was even more convinced that this woman had been watching since before, "Ms. Alessa, the power in the Emerald Star is the radiance of the blue, do you know?"
"Of course I know," the Dragon Queen looked at the Earth Elemental Lord, "You don't have to hesitate to test, that is a deal between Alphonse and I, you don't need to care. With its current power, it will force us to stay here. I can't help you much. If you want to leave, you can only agree to its conditions."
Fang Yu glanced at this woman and was convinced again that maybe she appeared from the beginning just for the Green Star. Otherwise, how could the other party come out to stand up for him and Miss Tata, given his uninterested attitude?
But the other party was right about one thing. In front of this ancient elemental king, he really didn't have much room to refuse.
He took another look at Aona who was sealed in the rift of time, but he didn't mind if he could use the Emerald Star to repair the girl.
But what does the Emerald Star mean to this earth element king? It was here that the three geniuses found the Emerald Star underground. They were able to build a city here and received the blessing of an earth element king. Is there any connection with this?
Many mysteries remain in Aona's story. Besides, the story told from the girl's subjective perspective, out of hatred for the Imperial people and resentment towards the three geniuses who abandoned her, is probably not that real.
It's a pity that there is no answer to everything now. There is a high probability that the earth element monarch in front of him will not tell him what happened in the past. Now it seems that we have to figure out the Star Device, the Zero Magic Furnace and the seven hundred years. The secret of everything that happened in the post-Empire still lies in the long-lost Emerald Star.
He only pondered for a short moment before coming to a conclusion.
He was about to speak, but a small and soft voice from behind interrupted him and Alessa, "That's not how the contract was drawn up. There is no contract where one party assumes responsibility. That is slavery, Mr. Ed."
That familiar voice made Fang Plover turn around and saw Miss Knight limping out of the darkness. She was holding her halberd in one hand and her shield in the other, looking at the Dragon Queen Alyssa in mid-air. Shadow: "The contract must be reciprocal, Ms. Alessa."
Fang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, suddenly realizing something. If Mei Yi hadn't suddenly appeared to name him, he would have almost ignored it, but if the earth element is a race that respects contracts, then he will definitely understand this.
Otherwise it would not be a contract but, as May said, slavery.
Then there is only one possibility left, there is a middleman making the difference. Fang Plover frowned and looked at Alessa in mid-air suspiciously. Among all the people present, only the Dragon Queen could do such a thing.
"What are you looking at?" the Dragon Queen glared at Mei angrily, "I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. Didn't I ask your opinion first? If you don't agree, everything will be in vain."
The huge shadow suspended in mid-air flicked its claws, and flicked an earthy-colored light ball into Fang Plover's body. "This is what Alphonse promised you. Don't worry, it doesn't doubt that you will You will not break your promise, for then you will understand what it means to be the wrath of an Elemental Lord."
Fang Yu looked at the Dragon Queen silently, until he saw that the other party was a little embarrassed, then he looked away and sank into his own world of consciousness. There, he looked at the ball of light suspended in the darkness. Now he was very familiar with this set.
However, he fiddled with the ball of light a few times, but there was no response. He raised his head again and looked at Alessa with some suspicion: "That's it? What is this?"
"What's that look in your eyes?" The Dragon Queen said angrily, "I've already given it all to you. It's gone. Do you think I'm a three-year-old child, and you still want to give some and keep some? Don't you know your stuff? It's an elemental blessing."
Fang Yu was shocked. He might not have known what elemental blessing was before, but after Cui Xisi explained it, he understood that it was equivalent to the dark blessing on him.
Even higher.
Because after all, his dark blessing is incomplete.
And this is an elemental blessing given by an elemental monarch. It must be a relatively high-level existence. Is it a crown blessing?
Alessa noticed what he was thinking and couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, the blessing of the Elemental King is beyond the reach of mortals. The blessing of a crown is not worth mentioning. If it were really that kind of thing, I wouldn't even look at it. One glance.”
Fang Plover keenly caught the loopholes in the other party's language. "So Ms. Alessa originally had some ideas?"
"Stop talking nonsense," Alessa couldn't help coughing. Thanks to her construct form, her expression couldn't be seen, "But don't think twice about this thing. A person can only carry one source of power. If you don’t want to commit suicide, don’t touch it.”
Fang Yu was slightly startled, he didn't expect that there would be such a problem. Then why does he keep this thing in his body? Isn't it equivalent to carrying a time bomb? But then I thought about it, Alessa could give this blessing to him, which means it shouldn't be activated yet.
Can he give this blessing to others? If he can't use it, doesn't it mean that others in the team can't use it too?
After thinking about this, he raised his head. The elemental monarch remained silent, but he did not really turn into rocks, but was just waiting for his answer. He had no doubt that as long as he refused, the other party would take action to keep him, Alesha and May here together.
Although he still has Starlight to resurrect, it is the most original law of this world, and it can ignore almost all external factors except the dead zone. If you really want to escape, there is no way.
But now that there are other options, who would be willing to waste the precious chance of resurrection?
Fang Yu pondered for a moment, then nodded, "I agree, Ms. Alessa, please reply to the elemental monarch."
"It's useless for you to agree," Alessa said, "Just make an oath. The earth element is so rigid, and so is their elemental monarch."
Fang Yu had no choice but to read the name that was difficult to pronounce. When he finished his oath, the underground space suddenly trembled. Almost in front of him, the elemental monarch gradually turned into sand and disappeared.
And where it originally stood, there was an upward crack. There was no doubt that that was the passage left for them by the other party. The realm of the earth element is the opponent's country. For an elemental tyrant, opening a path under the rock formation is just a matter of a few moves.
It wasn't until the other party disappeared that Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. But when he looked back, Aona, who was still there just now, had already disappeared. Obviously, the elemental tyrant had taken her away.
He wasn't worried about what the elemental monarch would do to Aona. It could be seen that it was protecting the girl. However, recalling what happened after going deep underground and meeting the other party, he couldn't help but feel... Somewhat sad.
Although seriously speaking, this expedition was not that long, but looking back, there is always a sense of change after a long time, and everything has changed.
A story buried under time for nearly seven hundred years. Behind it is not only the Star Device, but also the origin of the Zero Magic Furnace. It is also a young girl who has a past with several alchemy geniuses.
It is a period of the end of a dynasty, and fragments of old stories buried in history.
"Perhaps we will come back soon..." Fang Plover murmured to his elf lady, and then he turned back, "Mei, are you okay?"
Mei shook her head and said that she only suffered some superficial injuries in the collapse just now, and it was nothing serious. Although with her temperament, Fang Yu doubted what kind of skin trauma could make the other party look like this.
Fang Yu reached out his hand to her, "I'll help you, let's leave this place."
May nodded to him, "Thank you, Mr. Ed."
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It's a bit janky, I revised it once and posted it late.
(End of chapter)
