I walked back and forth in that bloody barrier, and the sticky ground kept tugging on my leather boots, almost making me lose all my patience!
oh! Why doesn't he wake up yet? !
Finally, just when I was gritting my teeth and about to yell at someone, the dwarf lying on the ground took a sharp breath of soul-reviving energy, and the next second, he floated directly.
do you understand me?
What I am saying is that he is floating like...like a banshee. His head is still a normal entity, but there are clouds of gray-black mist in the cuffs and the hem of his robe.
Seeing several people surrounding him, he roared in shock and suddenly jumped into the air. His yellow eyes suddenly flashed a deep purple light, and suddenly, a violent shadow hurricane was set off in the barrier. !
The oncoming Sarri was the first to be hit. If he hadn't arched his back and crossed his arms to protect his chest, he would have been overturned at this moment!
Me and Hearn too.
"Mr. Pedgast!" Sari shouted amidst the roaring magical hurricane.
That sound brought the dwarf back to his senses. He looked at Sari steadily, and his eyes that seemed like a dark whirlpool gradually became clearer.
"...I know Ni's face," the dwarf spoke in Common Tongue with a strong local accent, "I remember Ni said that Ni is Fernando's subordinate..."
"Yes." The handsome young man stared at the dwarf. He didn't straighten up until he was sure that there was no danger. "I am Surrey, Mr. Pedgast." He bowed his back towards the dwarf gracefully, even if he Now his clothes are dirty and his hair is messy.
The shadow storm slowly subsided beside the dwarf, "I seem to have lost control, and the mud..."
"You ate me."
"Brother Ni!" The dwarf raised his eyebrows and leaned forward, spitting on his nose. "I didn't let Ni stare at me! Only in this way will Blood Amber not get close to Ni and attack. mud!"
"Uh..." Sari scratched his mottled cheek in embarrassment, "...I tried my best. I persisted for seven days, but I was really too sleepy..."
"Then how did I wake up?"
"Thanks..." As he said this, Sari winked at me and motioned for me to put down the hand on the dagger sheath at my waist. "Thanks to this lady, otherwise, we would all be doomed."
The dwarf looked at me doubtfully. At that moment, his funny white eyebrows raised, "Oh!" He flew in front of me in a whoosh, and then circled around me in a whoosh, his pair of luminous yellow eyebrows raised. His eyes looked me up and down, making me tense up and about to jump!
"What a wonderful mushroom!" At that moment, his tone became particularly kind, "How old is Ni this year? What is Ni's name?"
Um? Why do his words sound familiar?
Before I could answer, Hearn standing at the other end had already shouted his name, "Pedgast!"
The dwarf looked over in surprise, "...Yannis?!" His little body leaned towards him, completely forgetting to ask my name, "Why is Ni here?! What are Ni's hands like? Broken?!" He flew over in a whoosh, and used the gray-black mist in his sleeves to hold up Hearne's right arm, "Supreme Holy Light, I want you to pray..."
Golden light surged, and an invisible force pushed back Hearne's deformed right hand bit by bit, causing sweat to cover his face in pain.
"Well, that's good."
"...You look like this..." Hearn looked at his sleeves, his eyes full of disbelief, "...You became a ghost?"
The dwarf let out a long sigh, "...I'm already dead!" He raised his arm and picked up his robe. The gray mist rolling inside dimmed his bright eyes, "I, old man, ran to I can't run here, I'll be caught by those moss monsters and burned to death... I died miserably... Okay, okay, not to mention these things, even if I am a ghost, I am still a powerful magician =Teacher! I can still avenge myself!"
"...So, have you done those things?" Hearne asked in a low voice, twisting his right wrist.
The heavy look on the young man's face made the dwarf stunned, "...What's the matter?"
Hearn stared at him, holding the longbow tighter, "They said you pushed Master Grego off the cliff, so you took the opportunity to escape."
"Fart!" Before Hearne could finish speaking, the dwarf was already blowing his beard angrily. If he still had feet, he would have jumped into the air at this moment, "Which short-lived ghost said that?! I - Eagle Pedgast of Chaoshan cursed him in the name of his beard, and his beer bottles will be filled with goat urine for the rest of his life! I regard Gregor as my son, and I care about him! I will not harm him!"
The dwarf's voice is like a bell, and when he scolds, it makes my ears buzz!
"Please talk about this later, okay?!" I raised my hands and interrupted them loudly, "Mr. Pedgast, please open the barrier. We have to save Dallion immediately! He was killed by that will The flying monster captured me!”
It seems that the flying troll made a deep impression on Pedgast.
"Flying moss monster." That word made his expression turn serious.
I couldn't help but look at Sari over there. The handsome young man spread his hands and said, "I only know that he is a soul with powerful magic, but it seems that he cannot exist in the world of the living for too long."
"He is the priest of Loagayalai, Dragon Eagle, Kiran," Pedgast said. "He wants to escape the shackles of the world of death and reunite with his wife. We cannot let him succeed and forcibly break the relationship between life and death. The dead boundary will cause everything around to suffer divine punishment. Maybe the nearby hills, including the Agamand Manor, will be reduced to ruins."
Those words made me take a breath with sore teeth, "Can the dead really come back to life?"
"...Who knows where he learned about these twisted magics. Okay, let's get out of here first. I need a place to store my soul, either my golden vase or...good girl, I'm in the mud. How about a squeeze inside your body?"
……What? !
Fortunately, Hearn pulled me back and then opened his palms. In his palm, the golden bottle snatched from Benny's hand was shining. "I often see you hanging it on your belt."
"Ni picked up my golden vase!" the dwarf beamed, "I saw them throwing it away, and I thought I would never see it again!" The next second, he turned into a wisp of deep purple smoke and got in. in a bottle.
The sight made Hern startled slightly, and his bright eyes dimmed. After a pause, he carefully hung the gold bottle on the belt around his waist.
"God of Shadows, please listen to my prayer..." I could only hear Pedgast's muffled voice mumbling in the bottle, "...please grant me supreme power and guide me back to my original world. …”
With his spell, the magical world began to shake, faster and faster.
Finally, with a bang, the red barrier collapsed into countless fragments, and merged into the dark and cold forest.
Behind the debris, I saw Dilys spinning anxiously beside us. It seemed completely unaware that we would suddenly appear. It screamed in fright and jumped five or six meters away.
*
Under the guidance of Pedgast, we discovered a hidden road under the cliff beside the glacial lake.
It is said to be secretive because it is hidden behind clumps of dry bushes. If it hadn't been for the spiral rune stone in the bushes that pointed the way, who would have thought that there would be a half-man tall person under this thorny cliff. Cave entrance?
Bent over and get through, you will find that it is pitch black in front of you, and you can't see your fingers.
In addition, it is very quiet here, not even the wind from outside can come in. If you open your ears, you can even hear the echo of your own breath.
"Stop it first!" Pedgast shouted from the golden bottle. He could only hear him reciting something silently. Suddenly, a ball of holy light floated out of the bottle.
Under the needle-like golden light, I discovered that this place was an invisible rock crevice, and the cold air filled every corner inside like jelly.
The road is right under your feet, embedded in the cracks of the rocks like sausages in bread. The jagged rocks make it rise and fall, winding from side to side, and in some places you have to bend down to get through.
Moreover, this road is very narrow. The narrowest point is only as wide as the palm of my hand. I am sure I have to jump over there.
On the left side of the road, the cliffs that protrude from time to time are covered with tree roots, and on the right side are bottomless cracks in the ground. When I kicked a small stone down, I heard the crisp rolling sound that beat my heartbeat and continued. a long time.
From the moment the light ball lit up, Dilys was whimpering next to Hearn, and even bit his sleeves to take him away.
"...Pedgast," Hearne said hesitantly, rubbing his hands through his leather gloves, "Dilys said that she discovered the whereabouts of the trolls in other places..."
"This is the way to the Blue Boy Altar! I went up and down from here!" The dwarf interrupted him firmly, and then his tone became extremely proud, "They must be afraid of me when they go to other places. Then wipe them out! The Muds didn't see that, at that time, I activated the blood amber and cut off their souls all at once... Huh? My blood amber? Oh," after a pause, he seemed to understand Then he said, "Xiao Sa, be sure to grab the mud, don't lose it..."
"It will stay with me until you can regain control of it," Sari promised softly.
Hearne pulled hard on the tree root next to his hand, turned to look at me, "Little Flame, follow me, be careful."
I looked at the seemingly endless road and nodded.
He looked at the whimpering giant wolf again and touched her head comfortingly, "Good girl, if you are afraid of heights, just follow those jungle trolls quietly. Maybe you will arrive before us..."
"How is that possible?!" Pedgast yelled dissatisfied, "If those moss monsters go around from other places, it will be delayed for at least three days!"
That sentence made me startled, and the next second, the suppressed haze in my heart was swept away, "In other words, we might arrive earlier than them?!"
"Of course. However, there are some powerful guys up there. If it weren't for my superb magic, I wouldn't even be able to escape from the altar! This time, I'm going to get back the place, and I'm going to feed them all blood. Amber! Xiao Sa, you must protect my blood amber..."
Hearn rubbed his brows and took the lead on the narrow road, "Just listen as you walk."
*
The road was wet and slippery, because cold water seeped out from the dark rock walls from time to time, and accumulated on the road surface, forming layers of white ice.
Fortunately, the cliffs along the way are covered with tree roots as thick as our wrists, and we can hold on to them tightly. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to go all the way up along this winding path.
“Muds, you must pay attention,” Pedgast reminded us as we crunched forward. “There is a kind of black snake in the stone crevices nearby, with red patterns on its back. .”
"Snake?!" That word made me sway my hands, slip my feet, and almost fall into the cracks in the ground, "Oh!"
Hearn pulled me back with his backhand, "Be careful, little flame."
"...Thank you." Subconsciously, I grabbed the dry tree roots tighter, keeping my boots firmly against the wall with every step I took.
"Miss, I always thought you were fearless." Sari chuckled behind me.
I couldn't help but turn around and glare at him.
"Oh," his smile became more malicious, "it looks more than just fear."
I exhaled angrily from my nose and quickened my pace to keep up with Hearne in front of me. "The most savage and strong greenskin will be afraid of whips, the longest-lived elf will be afraid of hidden arrows, and the most damned Fernando will also be afraid." 'Blue Ghost'!"
Sari was stunned for a moment, and the next second, he shook his shoulders and laughed softly. Even Pedgast couldn't help laughing muffled in the bottle.
They must have some tacit secret, but my instinct told me that it was something dirty and I'd better not know anything about it.
Their laughter made Hearn slow down. "Who is Fernando?" He breathed softly in my ear.
"A big bastard just like him." I whispered in his ear and rolled my eyes back.
He raised his eyebrows.
"But you don't have to be afraid." After a long while, Sari couldn't hold back his laughter. He fumbled in his bag and took out a gray bottle, "I brought snake repellent powder, Ms. Roy's masterpiece... …”
"Put it away, put it away!" Pedgast shouted, "...I mean, if you see them, grab a few more and pull out their fangs. I told the mud, pull them out. =Be careful when using the fangs..."
What? !
...I didn’t hear what he said next.
Of course, I'm not a coward! I'm not afraid of anything except snakes.
The nest I met in Nanhai Town is the shadow of my life! They almost killed my little friend...
They were cold, slippery, and soft. Just thinking about them made me shiver all over. I couldn’t bear to think that I would have to go... catch them with my hands soon!
They will definitely get wrapped around my hand and keep hissing... Oh my god!
"Are you going to use your fangs to make an antidote?" Unexpectedly, I heard Sari's voice behind me.
"Yes, there are several kinds of snakes here. The black ones are less poisonous and easier to handle."
what did he say? ! There are also several types of snakes! ? How many snakes are there here? !
Subconsciously, my eyes drifted to the gray and black roofless rock wall on the left.
Under the needle-like light of the holy light ball, I saw hundreds of dark cracks on it.
The tangled tree roots were twisting around the crack and seemed to be trembling, as if a snake was really about to jump out from there.
If the snake fell on my shoulder and the bright red moist letter swept across my cheek...
I will definitely fly on the spot!
"Could it be that the place we are going to is full of poison?" Sari continued to ask.
"Yes, the Blue Boy Altar is actually the tomb of the moss monster, and the moss people believe that snakes are the guardians of the tomb."
That word made Sari's voice change slightly, "Cemetery?"
"Well, besides, the three moss monsters guarding the Blue Boy Altar can control poisonous snakes to spit out poisonous mist. If I hadn't been a master pharmacist, how would I have been able to escape from them." As he spoke, he muttered in great annoyance. , "If I had known this, I wouldn't have pretended to be faint and let them take me there..."
"Then, we really have to be prepared." Sari whispered. Suddenly, he patted my shoulder gently, and his tone became strange, "Why don't you leave?"
