Wow——
After a period of silence, the exclamations belonging to the players and the natives of Zaraha City quickly occupied every corner of the city. Although the content of the exclamations between them was different, at this time they looked at The direction towards the sky is extremely unified: "Then, that is... the city in the sky?"
"Such a large piece of land is almost as big as the city of Zaraha..."
"Damn it, the Lifetime series. I originally thought that I would never be able to see the biggest secret in this game world in this life, but I didn't expect...you! Who of you has a way to get up? Quickly think of a way..."
"Let's think of a stupid way. We can't even get up to the suspended platform just now..."
"It seems...this is the function of that light pillar."
He withdrew his gaze from the exciting scene, and the legend of Lieyan, who was wandering in a corner of the city, shook his head lightly, and then the corners of his mouth that were raised involuntarily turned back to the other direction of the west wall of Zaraha City. : "They should have been teleported up."
"It's such an obvious thing... Do you still need to remind me?" The fat thief emerged from the corner of the city wall and replied with disdain: "Everyone can guess its function..."
"...Are they safe?"
"How would I know this? I'm not up there... Well, he mentioned the underground pipe network in his previous explanation to us. Is there any way to teleport from there to that high platform?"
"...Then let's withdraw first and help them defend for a while. Even if it is delayed for a while, it should be enough for them to search the sky."
"I still have doubts about whether that platform still has the ability to teleport, even if a possible teleportation point is found..."
"Do your best to ensure peace of mind. After all, we are mercenaries, and with the number of existing guilds, it is only a matter of time before this city is turned upside down."
"The Imperial Army and Hart should be able to help us for a while. The strength of Bernard and that Tristan is also worthy of trust. As long as there are no more monsters like that woman just now...well."
The sudden noise and loud commands all around suddenly stopped for a moment. At the same time, everyone around the area gathered their sights in the air again. The Snow Spirit Magic Ice mentioned by the two people just now appeared again. The figure that flew up to the high platform then appeared on the edge of the high platform, and landed again with a tense expression of disappointment on his face. Members of Jiang Hu, Weizard and other guilds then began to slowly approach the direction where the woman fell. At the same time, they had intermittent conflicts with members of the Wings of Freedom lurking around. She tapped the ground with her toes and then kept With his lowered head, he seemed to be shocked by the scene that happened before: "..."
"Yes...Sister Xue, what should we do now? Find some wind magicians?"
"At such a height, the wind magician can't send the player up safely, right? Let's search the city first to see if there are any ruins or mechanisms that can activate the ritual..."
"No."
Staring straight at the floor under his feet, ignoring the noise around him, Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes became cold again: "Just continue to interfere with their actions. If you discover their progress, remember to report back in time... …”
"Leave the rest to me." She gritted her teeth and seemed to have made up her mind: "I will find a way to get up there."
"...Since Sister Xue has said so, then...Aqiang! You take the people to ambush near the tavern, and the other two teams follow me. Let's go have a good time with the people in the world!"
"yes!"
"Captain, do we need to send everyone out? People from the Magic Empire just sent a message, asking us to increase the assistance force near the central square..."
"I'll go over there."
Saying this in a low voice, Xue Ling Huan Bing walked towards the beginning of the night battle: "Since their ritual has been completed, then..."
"Our beam of light should also play its role."
The increasingly fierce sounds of fighting began to spread along the area below the West City Gate as the various guilds moved, gradually taking over the main theme of the city bathed in the early morning sunshine. They on the continent withdrew their gaze and then began to become fanatical, gathering in the direction of another light pillar in the central square. Violent air fluctuations and screams that sounded from time to time then appeared on a street leading to the square. With the footsteps of Xue Ling Huan Bing slowly moving forward in the direction of the black light pillar, she moved forward little by little. She fell into complete silence, waving her long sword from time to time, and slashed away everyone who dared to approach one by one as if she was rejecting the whole world.
As time passed unknowingly, the system prompts that originally came from the void were like ruthless whispers, repeated over and over again in her ears.
[...has been...interrupted. 】
[…The ceremony…finally…completion rate…is 89%. 】
[Start...success rate test, testing...]
[The test result is passed and successfully transferred to Metatron. 】
call--
The biting cold wind suddenly filled the sound in the ears, and three figures, one man, two women, gathered together suddenly appeared above the continent in the sky, and then illuminated by the almost flat morning light from the distance, carrying The screams that pierced the sky fell onto the surface of the city filled with ruins. Ignoring the tragic fate of her gorgeous magic robe covered with sword marks smearing across the ground, Christine, who was the first to wake up, then deployed an ice magic shield to resist the strong wind at high altitude, and then it flew between her hands. Among the ice crystals that shot out of the sky, the vast sea of clouds in the distance that was dyed red by the morning light came into view: "It seems... that's right."
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
After spitting out another mouthful of bright red blood, Duan Qing, who was lying on the side and covering the huge wound on his abdomen, replied: "I didn't expect... that I would actually escape death in this way."
"……do not move."
Looking at Duan Qing's body with a frown, Christine retracted her spell-casting action and reached out to take out a small package filled with magic potion bottles from her waist: "Although we great magicians don't usually need any healing potions, but I still have an extra bottle in reserve...can you still move?"
"Thank you. Thank you."
With a smile, he drank the magic potion handed to him in one gulp. Duan Qing, who lay back on the ground, felt his body gradually becoming numb and his blood volume rising: "Finally, I escaped from the hands of that crazy woman alive. I escaped, although that guy feels a bit...huh?"
It seemed that he felt a slightly different touch on his back. He wanted to raise his arm and paused slightly. After a while, Kristine in front of him frowned more and more, and rolled down with an embarrassed look on his face. On one side: "Hug, hug, sorry, I didn't mean to..."
"fine."
As if she was a different person, Aiina, who was pressed by Duan Qing, sat up with a smile on her face, and then slowly supported her weak body while hiding her reddish expression. : "Everyone... nothing... happened, it's fine..."
"Ahem... So, our ceremony is considered a success?"
Duan Qing, who was holding his stomach and looking around with difficulty, used the cough unique to the seriously injured to overcome the embarrassment just now: "Have we arrived at the City in the Sky now?"
"That's right."
Withdrawing her gaze that kept looking around, Christine replied in a calm voice: "No matter what your follower did..."
"Now we have indeed found the city that only exists in legends."
Weathered walls, scattered bricks and tiles, incomplete houses with unique styles, and ancient streets vaguely surrounded by these houses - following Christine's outstretched fingers, the outline of a city also Then they appeared in front of Duan Qing and the three of them. The sight of ruins full of ancient atmosphere did not cover up the magnificence and greatness of the place. Instead, it made the runes and carvings carved on the floor and brick walls more attractive. Pay some attention. Through the blocked morning sunlight at the far end, Duan Qing could still see that these streets surrounded by bricks and tiles extended to the end of the sky. Streets with the same angle also moved towards the two sides along the edge of the urban land plate there. The sides continue to extend, gathering in a scattering shape toward the center of a square in the center of the city.
"that place……"
The terrain suddenly rose in that direction, with endless steps that could not be fully encompassed by the field of vision occupying the other end of the square. A huge gate that once appeared in the competition also spread along with the steps and city walls, embedded like a gem. The center was extremely dark due to the backlight: "...I have seen that place before."
"I wouldn't be surprised if you've seen anywhere now..."
Gradually walking to the front of the three people, Christine, who was also looking in that direction, took the lead in sighing: "After all, you are the child of destiny. If it weren't for you, we might have been defeated by those restorationists. .”
"Uh...ah hahahaha."
After scratching the back of his head and laughing twice, Duan Qing finally chose to dismiss his source of information: "Anyway... I have never been to this city before, so I don't know what is there."
"It doesn't matter, let's explore it together."
Staring intently at the tall buildings standing in the center of the city behind the barrier woven together by the steps and city walls, Christine finally revealed a hint of excitement in her voice: "Although I can't guarantee that I will You know more about this place than you do, but..."
"The Mages' Council has been pursuing this place for too long."
The ice-colored magic shield in his hand continued to spread outward little by little, and the great magician's eyes gradually intertwined with the light and shadow of the distant sun: "From Hylaya to Falling Star Mountain, from Anta From the small town to Zaraha City... For so many years, we have been looking for this isolated island hidden in the sky. Among the history that can be found, there are also many secrets about the Magic Empire and the four "Metatron" The words are very closely related, but no matter how Jin pursues the corresponding magical structures and how long he observes on the top of Falling Star Mountain, this city has never appeared in our magical observations..."
"Until now." She turned around, with a smile on her beautiful face stained with dust and blood: "You are indeed a person who is good at creating miracles, Mo Shang Qing Shan."
"Compared to everything I just experienced, this miracle is nothing." Duan Qing, who was quietly recovering his strength, sighed in a low voice: "So... the matter at Tyron's Tower can be overturned?"
"If you are not willing to continue to excuse your 'companion'... yes."
Putting away the smile on her face, Kristine turned around with a low voice: "At this point, I'm afraid you can't find any suitable excuse for what that woman did, right?"
"She just has some... opinions about me personally." Duan Qing opened his mouth hesitantly, but finally suppressed his emotions: "Forget it, since we have come to this step, let's focus on the present first. It would be better...well, shall we leave now? Where should we start...eh?"
As he spoke, he tried to get up with all his strength, but his body, which had just suffered a heavy blow, fell to the side uncontrollably and almost hit the ancient wall next to him. Amidst the whistling cold wind that was almost close to the ears, a pair of slender hands stretched out to Duan Qing's side in time, but the action of trying to lift Duan Qing up was followed by a burst of sparkle and light that went straight through. Lost in the fluctuation: "You..."
"What’s wrong with you?"
Looking at the emerald green light that gradually appeared on the arms, Duan Qing, who was sitting on the ground, cast his surprised eyes on Ayina. The latter hesitated slightly, and then turned around like a spirit. The body-like transparent arms were raised in front of him: "I...Aina...I..."
"I...I'm fine." Her voice trembled, but her undulating chest gradually stabilized: "It's...yes, the...function of the ritual..."
"...What is the function of the ritual?" Duan Qing suddenly jumped up from the ground regardless of his own injuries: "What are the side effects of that ritual?"
"side effect?"
Seemingly unable to understand the meaning of these words together, Ayina blinked her eyes. After a while, in the silent atmosphere that gradually spread around her, she lowered her head slightly sadly: "... It should be , because the ceremony... was not... completed..."
"The ritual...is not...completed, so...my body...is...not...completed..."
Reading out the shocking conclusion that was unacceptable word for word, she put her hands, which were gradually becoming transparent, behind her where Duan Qing and Christine couldn't see them: "Don't... worry , I...completed...my mission."
"Leave the explanation here to me."
She pointed at the huge outline of the city in the sky behind the two people, and then showed them a bright smile like the rising sun.
