As more and more dark clouds appear, the approaching darkness begins to gather inside and outside the game world, gradually pressing around the man named Duan Qing, and he still seems to be unaware of being trapped in the center of the whirlpool. Like an outsider, they are constantly running towards the center of the underground pipe network. After passing through intricate passages one after another, and turning several corners that made strange buzzing sounds, he never stopped walking and then broke through the boundaries of the adventurer's map and came to a place he had never been to before. The place: "...is this right?"
"It should be right here."
Jin, who had also been running in front of him, wearing a black cloak, turned around to reveal his gorgeous gold-rimmed robe: "The torrent of magic is converging here, and the center point is in front of us, but... judging from the current situation See, there’s no normal way to get there.”
"There is no normal passage... right?" So Duan Qing frowned and looked at the wall in front of him: "That means... we have to break this wall?"
"The power of the void is backlashing, which will take great risks." Jin replied in a low voice: "If you are not careful and get involved in the turbulence..."
"We have nothing to hesitate about now."
Reaching out and touching the wall in front of him, Duan Qing turned around and looked at the woman with disheveled clothes and haggard face who had been following him: "She is the only one who needs to worry."
"...Since you know the dangers involved, why did you bring her here?"
"I have left her behind for too long before. The reason is... I don't want to attract too many people's attention."
Pointing to the far side of the passage behind him, Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "I thought that the less contact she had with people, the safer she would be, so I never dared to take her out, but in the end... she still didn't Able to escape from those people’s spying.”
"...Really?" Jin frowned slightly, and for the first time he put his scrutinizing eyes on the woman named Aina: "Who is she?"
"I dare not say the specific situation now because it requires further evidence."
Shaking his head, Duan Qing pressed his hands on the surface of the wall: "But since the target has been exposed, there is no need to continue to leave her alone."
"...This road may be long." So Jin moved his scrutinizing gaze away from the woman who was huddled behind Duan Qing with her arms folded: "I can't guarantee her safety."
"It doesn't matter." Duan Qing closed his eyes: "I believe you."
"……snort."
Letting out a cold snort, the burly great magician swept his broad cloak behind him: "Don't think that I will provide too much help because of your praise. In this situation..."
"I don't have too much power to allocate to you."
A loud bombardment then appeared in front of Duan Qing and Jin, and the scene of the thick wall being shattered into pieces by a huge force was reflected in the dim light and shadow of the passage. The unique purple-black aura of the void was followed by the order. The familiar scene of the universe appeared in front of Duan Qing again. Stretching his head and looking into the depths of the void ahead, Duan Qing then made a few comforting gestures to the followers behind him who looked a little surprised in fear, and then compared it carefully with his adventurer map. , while motioning towards Jin's position: "Please come first."
"...Don't leave my protective distance."
A brilliant golden glow then shrouded in front of the two people, stretching outward for a while before gradually stopping: "This is the guardianship of the earth element. It uses the power of the earth to isolate the influence of non-earth elemental forces within the range. Although the intensity is not as strong as Elemental realm, but it should be enough for use here.”
"Thank you for your selfless help."
Duan Qing saluted in the direction of the other party, and then nodded towards Ayina: "Follow me."
"..."
There was a look of trust in her eyes, and the woman who hugged her arms responded with the same nod, and then after a period of hard struggle, she threw her body into the void of the universe behind the cracked wall. The feeling of losing gravity then hit her heart together with the endless cold, and then slowly disappeared under the sudden golden light that appeared beside her. Jin who arrived later looked at her with a condescending look, and then Duan Qing shouted in a low voice towards the front: "Left front, where the star is."
"...If you hadn't reminded me like this, I would have thought it was really a star."
"The void is filled with chaos, and such situations are not uncommon."
Jin, who was still flying forward, reminded expressionlessly: "Don't be fooled by what you see on the surface, adventurer."
"... Maggie and I came together once before." Duan Qing shook his head indifferently: "Even if I can't find these confusing illusions, I will be able to find them sooner or later..."
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Like a huge nebula suddenly generated in the void of the universe, an energy storm that seemed to be enough to cover the entire world suddenly appeared in the space in front of Duan Qing. The endless purple-black energy then seemed to extend to the end of the world. Like a waterfall, it washed away from in front of them toward the direction below their feet. Wisps of surging sound of energy then flowed out from the surface of the waterfall with no end in sight, falling like naughty elves on the golden light shield that was extremely small in comparison, and then continued again and again. The huge sound shook the surface of the earth element guard again and again: "It's turbulence in the void! Move quickly!"
"Such a large-scale void turbulence? It's like the sky is falling, isn't it?"
"I told you that Zaraha City has always been in an unstable state! What's more, now... let's go! The energy dissipated is enough to kill all of us!"
"There's nothing I can do! The exit has been flooded!"
The small mask of light, completely incomparable to the purple-black waterfall that filled half the universe, kept trembling in front of the huge attraction, and finally disappeared into it like an innocent meteorite being pulled in. It had become The extremely dim golden light suddenly brightened for a moment before sinking into the seemingly endless void turbulence, opening a gap that reflected the scene of the real world. The figures belonging to Duan Qing and Aiina then rolled and fell out from the other side of Zaraha City's underground pipe network. What followed was the great earth magician with damaged cloak and robe who passed through the wall. With his burly body and his face still as solid as a rock, he then calmly turned around and used rock magic to seal the hole behind him that was still emitting a huge roar: "...Huh."
"I, we actually got through?" Duan Qing, who was lying on the ground, stood up panting and hugged the trembling Aina's body: "You, how did you do it?"
"The so-called chaotic energy is actually formed by countless disordered elements mixed together."
Jin, who seemed to have calmed down his mood and aura, turned around and replied in a calm tone: "I only need to use the earth element guard to filter out the energy I need, and the energy used to support me in opening the exit will be enough. Stablize……"
"Although I still don't understand what you are talking about, it sounds like you are very powerful." Duan Qing patted his follower on the back hard, and said with a sigh: "How can you still do it under such circumstances? Filtering out the energy you need... you are worthy of being a great magician."
"...Don't say any more unnecessary words." Jin, who seemed to be unaccustomed to being praised like this, waved his hand and walked towards the front of the passage again: "Hurry up."
"We have reached our destination."
Following the direction he walked, a round-vaulted hall surrounded by rocks and walls gradually appeared at the end of the passage. The ancient carvings and patterns did not collapse with the passage of time and the scene. Half of it was obliterated, but it was still reflected on this gloomy and mysterious wall. After carefully observing the traces of patterns and carvings, Duan Qing, who was following behind him, frowned more and more tightly. Holding Aina's hands, he then stepped out of the passage and turned his gaze. Placed on several other identical entrances and exits around the rotunda: "...is this the place you said?"
"...Yes, it's right here." Jin, who was walking in front, stopped: "A place that has never been mentioned in countless records and maps of Zaraha City, it is the center of Zaraha City's underground pipe network. .”
"Did the ancient people deliberately conceal it?" Duan Qing also raised his chin: "In order to disguise the location of this place?"
"No, just look at the surrounding situation."
Pointing to the sight of those passages extending in all directions, Jin replied in a low voice: "No matter what the purpose of this place is, the people who originally designed it and its users must have often traveled around here. The reason why it became what it is today." With this look, I must be..."
"It's probably caused by the magical structure."
Making a strange downward gesture, he turned around and gestured towards the position where Duan Qing had just walked: "The flow of magic lost control after the city was abandoned, and finally formed a void, and the chaos gathered here. The streams then condense along their paths, changing the original topography."
"The walls of the passages we saw before did not have these representative signs and carvings at all." He pointed to the patterns around the hall: "So...the current underground pipe network must have been formed later. "
"The turbulent flow of the void...can solidify the wall?" Duan Qing couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Do they, who are known for their chaos, still have such ability?"
"The more places water flows through, it will also form streams and rivers." Jin replied nonchalantly: "Not to mention the void tributaries with various magical energies, which contain more foreign matter than you imagine. many."
"...Although this can explain why you can enter the void by breaking those walls, aren't those passages too neat?" Duan Qing still couldn't believe his ears: "Looking at it from the outside, there is nothing natural at all. Traces of it.”
"Even after the principality was established, the city of Zaraha has been in desolation for hundreds of years."
Slowly walking towards the center of the hall, Jin explained in a low voice: "After Emperor Frey conquered this city, she did not leave too much energy here..."
"We have reason to believe that someone occupied this place during the past vacuum period." He lowered his head as he pondered: "And he slightly transformed the place."
"Those are the only ones who can use the power of the void as energy." Duan Qing's clear eyes gradually darkened as he walked closer: "What do they want to use this place for?"
"This is also something that the Mages Council has been investigating for some time."
Slowly squatting down, Jin's big hands like cattail fans pressed on the ground in the center of the ruins hall: "And now..."
"Everything will be answered soon."
Subtle energy was then injected into the floor of the hall along the hands, making a buzzing sound that was much lighter than the distant void storm. The light belonging to the operation of the magic device followed the appearance of this energy. , gradually spreading along the carvings and patterns around the hall. Looking warily at the ring-shaped walls that were emitting the sound of rising energy, Duan Qing once again protected Ayina who ran over to hide behind him, and then his eyes gradually turned into surprise, falling on those strange things that kept flashing. The surface of those walls with magical symbols: "This is..."
"The language of the Ancient Magic Empire." Jin Yan replied concisely and concisely: "It describes... some parameters."
"parameter?"
"Some records, to be precise."
His eyes kept moving, and Jin's voice began to show some fluctuations: "On January 25, 967 in the Phoenix calendar, Zaraha City was finally attacked by the rebels. The current situation of the empire was in danger, and there was no more spare time. The troops can be used..."
"I guess this empire must not refer to the current empire." Duan Qing, who was also looking at the unknown words, sighed and opened his mouth: "This resistance army... is not the resistance army we know now."
"...That's right." Jin's eyes didn't shift in the slightest: "On January 28th, the war lasted for three days, Lord Herodes was killed, and we had to summon Metatron...who?"
"Ah, it's me."
Without having time to process the words with a huge amount of information that he just heard, Duan Qing, who was protecting Ayina, turned around hurriedly, and then included the figure of a certain player standing at the end of the passage who was being stopped by Jin. Within the field of vision that suddenly became alert.
