The huge tower stands in the sky like a thread hanging from the clouds.
It was the rope through which the saints lowered their destiny to the mortal world. The flickering silver light was reflected under the burning clouds, as if they were pitiful for all living beings being lost in the mortal world.
It seems that the fate of an ancient time is frozen in that high tower.
All the stories in that destiny are eternally static in a given time - just like everything in this sea of trees.
Fang Plover was staring at the three towers for a long time.
In his eyes, it was difficult to tell whose story was behind them - who built them. Is this sea of trees a fragment recorded by the occultists that disappeared in history, or did it just come from some people's wild imagination? An elusive imagination?
But human imagination must be based on some reality.
So does the past here come from the same civilization he saw from under the abyss, or is it the flipped reflection of that dark world, those strange construction machines, and the artificial dragon souls sleeping here -
And what does it mean?
He initially meant that it was just an inadvertently set level, just like this dense forest, with no metaphorical meaning. But there are huge ruins hidden in the valley, like an unknown and exciting adventure.
But those proofs from different technical routes of the times are all buried among those towers, like silent treasure troves that guard secrets. To those who don’t understand the secrets between them, this is nothing— But in his eyes.
There seems to be some unknown secret behind this.
Dragon Soul No. 8, Fairy Queen Ovina cannot tell him that secret. He asked, and the woman was very approachable and easy to get along with, reminding him of another of her blood-related descendants.
It seems that their group is all like this, calm, rational and calm.
But Fang Plover actually came into contact with forest elves in the goblin residence. They were a very lively tribe, and every goblin was full of curiosity, energetic and fun-loving.
Ovina will answer his questions. She will talk about her own origins and the era after the evil star.
"I don't know what happened after that."
"I only remember...like-minded people, we guarded a secret together; the tower shaped my body, I was chosen and volunteered to join it, for a lofty goal..."
"Do you remember that goal, Ms. Owena?"
The Fairy Queen slowly shook her head, her eyes lit up with a ball of fire, as if she was staring at something.
"The fire of the golden flame is like the azure flame... The broken fragments came to the world, and then there was a door, and countless sails shining with silver light left the world, leaving only darkness and silence..."
Fang Yu silently listened to this riddle-like riddle. The Fairy Queen seemed to have seen a similar scene from a fragment in the future or the past. In fact, he had also seen a glimpse of it from a nightmare——
The fire of Venus falls into the dust, this is the prophecy of the dark dragon.
The dead enemy will surely reappear, and the ancient fable has now become a recurring fact. Although he did not encounter the resurrected Dragon Witch during the Battle of the North.
But judging from the performance of the Golden Flame Ring, the dark dragon is undoubtedly still there, and may have merged with Ms. Misu.
Whether it was good or bad behind it, he didn't know. It was difficult for him to guess whether there would be another tragedy in the future, but the Seven Seas Brigade never found any information about the dark dragon and its followers after that.
They reported the information to the Elpaxin authorities, but it seemed that it was not taken seriously, because the army of dragon beasts in the north of Traveler Swamp had already left, and there was no trace of it again. The chaotic situation in the north has not yet been brought under control, and there is a lot of waste waiting to be done, and it is unlikely that too much manpower will be invested in this illusory matter.
The Craftsmen Guild and the Knights promised to keep in touch with them, but so far they have not sent back any information about the Dragon Witch.
He trusted Arquette and the dwarf masters. They would never neglect their duties in this kind of matter. That is, there were really no clues about the dark dragon. Everything about Corin-Ithurian now seemed Confusing.
However, the Dragon Witch disappeared.
But the green dragon Mageri—or Toragotos, who defected during the Battle of Fenris and has yet to appear, has truly fallen into the embrace of darkness and joined the ranks of the dark dragons.
It was eroded by the power of the abyss under the abyss, witnessed and embraced the green will with its own eyes. Although it was not the original shadow dragon, it could be regarded as a transformer - there were many dark dragons like this in the era of giants. origin.
Not to mention that the soul of the Dark Dragon King he released from the ruins of Idos is still unknown where it is lingering and what kind of conspiracy it is plotting.
Then Fang Yu thought of the misty ghost next to him, another person closely related to the Dragon King - the heir to the throne from the Dark Ages, Nidhogg's daughter.
The Dragon Queen named Margaret, or Alyssa as she called herself, didn't seem to be malicious, but he still didn't dare to trust her completely.
In any case, the return of the dark dragon is definitely not a good thing for this world that is becoming chaotic.
Then 'the shattered fragments came into the world, and then a door, and countless sails shining with silver light left the world'. Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the scene he saw in that dream, under the abyss -
Isn't that just a broken world?
Legend has it that the sky collapsed when Isolin was destroyed. Perhaps that dream was foreshadowing something. The thing that cracked was the moment when the Green Star collapsed. It heralded the end of a world.
At the moment when the misfortune star collapsed, the world also fell, and the north of today's Kaolin-Ithurion completely disappeared from the world. Only the remains of the elves in the wild forest and the north of the Dragon Roaring Mountains were left. shadow……
But that was just the end of that war.
What happened before that?
That is the history recorded among the elves of Numelin. That history has long since disappeared from this world with Silver Sail, and mortals have only witnessed a corner of that incomplete world.
Even the snake and lizard people are tight-lipped about this, or after a long period of time and years, the inhabitants of the jungle lost their own civilization and many ancient records. The Great Council still left some records on the stone tablets, but the Sinsas snake people disappeared completely together with their empire.
Where did the elves go?
Why leave only a dark world?
The world under the abyss is indeed dark, cold, and creepy. Everything behind it seems to tell a certain tragedy, but the source of the tragedy is unknown.
Fang Yu suppressed the uneasy part of his heart little by little, trying to convince himself that the stories in the fables actually had little to do with him, at least not yet, and Ovina's words - at least explained two things.
The research on the Silver Tower and the development of the second technical route should be closely related to the Green Star. He can further expand on this speculation. It sounds like a preparation by the occultists to deal with a prophecy about the future——
This prophecy may foreshadow the return of the dark dragon.
Or maybe it's about the aftermath of Green Star.
Or the next time the evil star will come is also unknown, but that era is too long, and time has almost erased all credible information. Perhaps some part had been preserved, but it was not within his reach.
A bold idea suddenly came to Fang Pliong's mind:
Perhaps the demise of the Green Star was not as perfect as people imagined. The Numerin elves still left many stories. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why mortals still fought with the dark dragon for so long after that.
When the last dark dragon is annihilated.
The mortals are aware of today's crisis, and the enemies that have passed away in the past will definitely return, which is why so many hands and feet are left behind. The people of the Light Oath, the Silver Helmet Guards, the Oath-Keeping Clan, and the legend of the five dragon-slaying swords...
As well as the occultists and the first magic emperor who founded them.
Didn’t the establishment of the Silver Tower come from this?
The ideas gradually became clearer.
Yes, Dragon Cults are still flourishing in the world, and traces of the Emerald Star have reappeared in the silver sands of Istania - going back seven hundred years ago, the same obsidian-colored fragments appeared in the empire. Deep underground there is light and death.
Several young people came here and got some enlightenment from it.
The power of green never fades.
The root cause behind all this must be what happened at the end of that war. At the end of the second disaster, people may not have ended that dark war, but only continued it to this day.
If there are any insiders behind all of this, the Oath Keepers, the Light Leaders, the Silver Helmet Guards and even Mirra Palace must know something, but Fang Yu now understands the answer to the mystery closest to him.
Maybe it's right in front of you.
Because it was the most mysterious of the five forces that originally guarded the world, the Silver Spire and the Occultist.
And this is the second thing revealed in Oweina's words. The plan promoted by the Silver Tower Library and the secret they kept were precisely to deal with the unexpected encounter at a certain moment. That moment has come.
There are only a series of questions left in his mind - is the soul sleeping in Tower No. 5 really the ultimate answer to all questions?
Did the occultists of the Silver Tower really succeed?
But if it succeeds, then why will the crystal rest underground in the Dragon Roar Mountains?
What memory did Miss Tata lose?
Who was behind the fire?
Some things are forming coherent clues in Fang Plover's mind. There is no doubt that he has come to the right place. The Silver Tower can indeed give him many answers, and he has not yet reached the end of this world.
So what is the door?
The flickering silver sail passed through the door and left the world. This may be a metaphor for two possibilities, or it was the scene he witnessed from his dream, where countless silver sails were fighting with each other in the dark sky.
When the world collapsed, they all fled in all directions.
Or, as the mortals can see, the silver ship of the Numerin elves passed through the Bridge of Heaven in a mighty manner, disappearing from this world forever, and that door-maybe leading to another world.
But people have never found any traces of elves from the second world.
Did they really find the other hidden door?
The door to the third world above the clouds?
A face that was both angry and happy, bright eyes, and every promise he had made in the past flashed through Fang Yu's mind involuntarily. He subconsciously put his hand on his chest before he remembered that this was not the outside.
That thin notebook is not here either. A huge whirlpool seemed to appear around him. Those subtle clues and coincidences seemed to be connecting together one by one. They were what they had been looking for.
It seemed to coincidentally become that ultimate goal.
However, the complex clues seemed to lack a series of final connection points. Fang Yu felt a little confused after thinking about it for a while. He felt that there was a vague connection behind it, but there was still a lack of a common thread to integrate them. .
After frowning and thinking for a while, he had no choice but to give up, silently looked at the calm Ms. Dragon Soul, and asked:
"Ms. Ovina, are you also a fairy dragon soul? I heard that the scholars of the Silver Tower made a total of seven fairy dragon souls?"
The Fairy Queen was slightly startled and looked at him with a surprised expression, "Are you...?"
But her restless eyes flashed away, and then returned to normal, "Have you met Vivian, China... or are you a participant in the follow-up plan?"
Fang Yu was slightly surprised: "Huh?"
"No need to be surprised, that is a secret we keep together," Ovina looked at him with a wise look, "You either become the owner of this secret, otherwise it is impossible to know everything."
She paused, "But I have never seen those latecomers. Is she my descendant?"
Fang Yu felt a turmoil in his heart, but he still nodded slightly.
"What's her name?"
"I can't tell you," that is also the biggest secret that Fang Pliong keeps. He doesn't know whether the world in the sea of trees is really independent, or whether it is a fragment of time remaining here.
He promised Miss Tata to keep the secret, but if someone can call upon the memory of the dragon soul here, then he will undoubtedly break his promise, "But she..."
"She is excellent?" Ovina smiled slightly, with light in her eyes, "I understand, they still reached the end point."
Fang Yu looked at her in surprise.
He couldn't imagine that this was a simulated dragon soul, and the other party's speech and behavior seemed to really exist in this world.
But the Fairy Queen saw through what he was thinking, "It is my basic ability to deduce the future from the past. Every fairy dragon soul has this ability, calculation and deduction. This is the meaning of our birth. I guess you If they came here looking for an answer, then they must have encountered some kind of setback."
"How do you know, Ms. Oweina?" Fang Pultru couldn't restrain his surprise.
"Because the work we are advancing will definitely encounter such difficulties, surrounded by enemies, and we have to give up something when necessary, but it is all worth it. At least the most precious treasure has survived, otherwise you wouldn't Will appear here."
"But how are you sure that's her?"
"I don't need to be sure," Ovina replied, "You told me. If you are not sure whether it is the final answer, then it must be the final answer, because the known answer must be a given Yes, only the unknown answer is the ultimate goal we want to get closer to..."
"At least, it's the closest one. Besides, I don't need to confirm whether it's right or wrong, because you will confirm it yourself, right?"
After finishing speaking, Ms. Dragon Soul turned her gaze to the tall tower on the horizon.
Fang Yu was speechless for a moment. Miss Tata could read his mind, but it was as if the Fairy Queen could read his mind.
As he watched, the distance had changed.
It only took a short time for Guland to solve the problem he had set himself. Like an innate talent, the secret of potions was clearly revealed to him.
Just like a big open book. It is not that there are no such wizards in the history of Aitalia. In fact, most naturalists have similar abilities. Compared to magicians, ether is a reference book for them.
The world is sometimes unfair.
The dark wall became transparent and separated to both sides. The constructs surrounding the barrier stopped attacking and landed one after another - although their attacks were useless. Under the leadership of several Kraken constructs, the ring-shaped defense line had no effect at all.
The Guta people, the Kapka craftsmen and the Lotao people, combined with several geniuses from the Grand Craftsmen Association, did not need him to pay attention to the ether network between dozens of goblin dolls. Covering every corner of the forest.
The army of constructs had already flooded the entire defense area like a tide before Golande approached the high wall, so that they did not even encounter much resistance when they unlocked the restrictions on the dark barrier.
The communication crystal lit up, and a reply from Tieg came on it. The Lotao people first expressed their gratitude to them, and then parted ways with the Kaulin people - their purpose was to occupy as many towers in the central area as possible.
before the entire round is over.
In fact, the only thing left in front of the Kaolin people was the final target - the towering Tower No. 5.
Fang Yu put away the communication crystal and ended the conversation with Ovina. The fairy queen was sleeping here and did not know what happened after the Silver Tower. Everything was as she said, and in the end it was up to him to verify everything.
He looked in the direction of Tower 3 and Tower 4. The people from Giant Tree Hill were the first to enter the central area. Maybe they had already entered Tower 3, got what they wanted, and entered the next one. competition area.
As for the Imperials, their opponent's progress should also be ahead of theirs, but how far ahead is still unknown. Fang Yu was not too anxious, as the competition in the sea of trees had already been settled.
The order is not critical.
It was at this time that a red line suddenly rose on the horizon.
That dark red line seemed to separate the entire world, giving rise to an illusion - as if the entire world of trees and seas were split along that line, causing some violent shaking.
But Fang Plover immediately realized that it was not an illusion, or at least not entirely an illusion. The violent shaking was coming from a distant direction, like an earthquake wave, rolling in, making the entire forest tremble.
A horizontal wave surged on the ground, causing trees to fall and rocks to roll in its path, causing all those who were unsteady to fall backwards and fall to the ground. Only Fang Plover was able to escape by holding on to a towering ancient tree. .
He raised his head and looked in that direction. Tower 4 where the Imperial man was located almost tilted slightly, and then stopped.
Then everything fell silent.
The Imperials took action.
That kind of powerful power seemed to allow him to witness the great power he witnessed underground in the Nozpitz mining area again. Although it was not enough to lift the entire central area, there was no doubt that it was just as Xiaoyao said -
The other party was experimenting with that device.
There was no reply in the world of thinking for a long time, but the Imperial people had undoubtedly taken action, and whether they succeeded was still unknown - but Fang Yu secretly guessed that the other party's failure was unlikely.
But this did not have a big impact on him. In any case, the two most important opponents have to step into the next level one after another. In this case, everything will be decided by the subsequent games.
And at this moment.
It was actually more important to him.
But compared to the calmness of Fang Plover at the moment, the wave on the main stage has been unable to subside for a long time. People have become accustomed to the surprises and even frights brought by this competition again and again, but they often think that the victory or defeat has been decided...
But there are always new situations emerging.
First, the craftsmen players from the Hill of Giant Trees won the first place from the miracle-working Kaolin people. They entered Tower 3 first in an almost tricky way. After taking away the mechanical artifact there, they entered the next level first. .
But then, the Imperials, who had obviously suffered a big loss, actually invaded the central area before the Kaolin people, used that weird device to create an earthquake, and opened the door to the fourth main tower.
The moment the tower guardians were wiped out, everyone understood what the Imperial Workshop relied on this time - perhaps from the beginning, they would not be able to use the advantages they had accumulated previously.
"Isn't the Kaolin making a joke?"
"That's not necessarily true. They broke the Empire's alliance head-on. After that, they just returned to the starting line. Do you think based on their previous games, the Empire and the people of Giant Tree Hill can get along well in the following schedule? "
"That's true."
People in the arena were whispering, and not everyone cared about the feelings of the Oshu people. Those spectators who traveled thousands of miles from other regions to come to Apenande were often some of the most loyal fans of the Craftsman Competition. And their vision is often the most vicious.
However, Jerros did not discuss this with his partner. His eyes were fixed on the strange devices on the screen, the steel pillars nailed into the ground, and the strange-shaped magical furnace that matched them.
"Tower magic furnace?" Jerros whispered.
"I heard that the empire has been advancing related technologies recently," the young partner responded, "Did you know that they went to Istania not long ago, just to find technical information related to the tower magic furnace? Listen It is said that it has something to do with the Dragon Alchemist."
"Is it related to the antique machine recovered from the Nozpits underground?"
The young partner nodded.
"Another lost technology?" Jellos was a little surprised, "What do you think it is, a device for making earthquakes, some new type of war weapon?"
"I don't see it like..."
"I don't think so either," Jerros shook his head and said, "This year's competition is really strange. Players from all over the world all chose to experiment with new ideas in the sea of trees. That device looked more like it was going to be used in the central area. Part of it is due to the Empire people coming up with such an idea..."
While the commentators on the main stage were marveling, Juno Pilio was stepping into the high tower. He didn't pay too much attention to the container containing the dragon soul 'Light' - although that Dragon Soul was unrivaled in the last competition.
It can even be said that it was through her that Loofah reached the finals and has since become the rising legend.
But the eyes of the young Imperial Gemini were completely attracted by the object on the throne. It was a piece of emerald, like a twinkling star. It seemed to have been there forever, without any change, just as the occultists had recorded its nature and state at this time.
The fragments of the record turned into stagnant moments and were stored in the tower over countless time.
"Tower Lone Star," Juno murmured, "Luofen, go and record his information."
The FOX students didn't say much, they just nodded silently and walked forward.
On the other hand, Georgifen, the other imperial twin behind them, looked a little elated, "I didn't expect it would be so easy to achieve our goal. Those Kaolin people must think they are the big winners. They are really a bunch of country bumpkins."
Juno turned around and glared at him.
Georgifen seemed to be quite afraid of his partner, and for a moment he didn't dare to refute.
The former then replied, "Stop talking nonsense and liberate Miaoguang. Although our goal stops here, no one wants to lose in the subsequent games, and those overseas teams are not reliable. We will most likely have to compete with the Kaolin people." We met at the Holy King’s Hall.”
Everyone else looked at each other and nodded silently.
When the Imperial people entered the next level, Fang Plover and others naturally got the hint.
But there wasn't much in his heart. He just raised his head and looked at the tower guardians disintegrating in mid-air. Since there was no time limit, they simply chose a safer method.
It is also a more violent solution.
Directly overwhelming the guards of this huge tower with endless constructs, the arrogant dragon was unable to defeat the seemingly endless army. Three of the seven Kraken constructs were scrapped - and the format After the tower core has also been reduced to parts.
They successfully won the battle.
After that, we advanced step by step and arrived under the tower. There were no tricks in the whole process, and no questions needed to be answered - the door was only opened because the guardian of the tower had turned into nothingness. The main arena was completely silent at this moment, and no one expected that the Cowlings would end the game in this way.
There is no shock more heartfelt than using strength to defeat cleverness, just like a frontal punch that defeats all doubts and shatters those gossips into pieces. Anyone who sees this scene will be reminded of the same craftsman competition last time.
The universal sword, the genius of the new generation named Loofah, drove the Lord-class battleship, blasted through the body of the tower guardian with a single cannon, and opened the main tower door behind. At that time, a group of geniuses even took some tricks.
They didn't completely defeat the guardian, they just broke through the tower's protection and caused the silver dragon to collapse.
It's not just the audience.
The contestants, including Mu Lan, MTT, Wei Yu and Luo Wei, all looked at Fang Pliance with an indescribable emotion, and every one of them was not the choice of the moment.
But in this competition, there is always an illusion of insignificance. After witnessing such a sun-blocking army sweeping everything, who would not feel unbelievable about the man who made it all happen?
"Ed...?" MTT couldn't help but open his mouth.
"I used some tricks," Fang Plover said to them in a low voice. "I may not be able to use this, but it is good for everyone. I don't want the Kaolin people to lose their prestige outside. We must get this A complete victory in the game.”
In the past, he would definitely not have chosen to do this. But that is the reward for trust. As he said, reputation means something to him but not much, but it is very different for others in this delegation.
Since everyone is a member of the Lilac Alliance, helping others is also helping yourself. He believes that his efforts will be rewarded at some point in the future.
Since the training camp, his mentality has become doubly mature.
"That means we don't actually need this outside?" Mu Lan asked curiously.
Not even close.
Fang Yu shook his head. Not to mention the siren construct, he couldn't even do the monster dolls. Even the Valkyrie construct that he and Weiyu completed together was just a drawing outside the sea of trees.
Ovina and a group of goblin dolls suddenly stopped outside the giant tower.
Fang Yu turned around and asked the other party with doubtful eyes. The fairy queen was smiling slightly, "We can only stop here, Mr. Knight. After all, we are just a ray of light on this etheric sea. They kept my memory here and left this space. I am just an ordinary fairy dragon soul, and I can no longer have independent consciousness."
"But you don't have to worry, Mr. Knight," Owena replied with a smile, "Miaoguang and the others are different, and the answer you are looking for is the most peculiar existence here. I believe you will be able to find it. To that key.”
Fang Yu was startled for a moment before he realized what the other party meant: "You called me...?"
"Now that I know you have found the answer," Ms. Dragon Soul smiled lightly, "I naturally understand your identity. See you later, Mr. Knight."
Fang Plover suddenly felt a little melancholy. He had only known the Fairy Queen for a day, but he had learned a lot from her, and they fought side by side to defeat the empire's tidal army of nightmare furnace creatures.
If there is any deep feeling, it may not be enough, but she can only watch the other person trapped in this slice of time forever, and her body may no longer exist in the world. Just like everything in this sea of trees.
They are just the knowledge recorded in the tower and the documents stored in the library. They are just a wisp of light and dots of stars in the etheric world, transformed into what is seen in this world. everything of.
But all that is ultimately false.
"See you later."
Fang Yu replied in a low voice, then walked towards the tower without looking back, leaving everything that originally belonged to this world behind in this sea of trees.
He just looked up at the tower, passed through the open door, and saw the answer he wanted on the throne.
At that moment, he was slightly nervous, and couldn't help but take a breath - everyone stopped and looked at him, understanding that the other party must have something to rely on for choosing Tower 5 - although Fang Plover was behind the throne. What he saw above was not the image he imagined.
It was just a flash of light.
It's like the initial uncertain form hidden in the starlight, a mass of mixed information.
But at that moment, Fang Yu felt an inexplicable hope in his heart, as if he had realized something, that was exactly what he needed, that answer, that key, that was a piece of information——
It’s also a memory.
A most precious memory.
He stretched out his hand into the light, and a little warmth rose from his heart. Countless information flowed to him and through him to the deeper levels of his conscious world.
Where--
There is a flash of silver light that is waking up.
…
At 8,500 words, I began to slowly make up for what I owed before.
(End of chapter)
