"..."
The sound of slow footsteps echoed around the empty hall as Duan Qing gradually walked down the high platform. At the same time, there was the scene of him holding the ice sculpture and carefully walking through the gap in the steps. It began to collapse due to disrepair. The stone stairs also showed signs of crumbling as the weight of the two people passed by. Struggling to maintain a fragile balance, Duan Qing finally walked safely to the ground of the gymnasium hall, and then after bypassing one of the huge pillars, he came to the stone table closest to them: "So many dead people..."
"It seems that it was not formed by accident."
He put down the ice cube that wrapped Aina, quietly approached the skeleton, and then after a period of inspection, he raised his head and looked in a certain direction ahead - the person who had been dead for a long time The skeleton had lost its arms at this time, leaving only a human skull and torso placed on the stone platform behind the table. It tilted its head, and its dark eye holes and its widened jaw were facing towards Duan Qing looked in the direction he noticed: "You are..."
"What are you looking at?"
He turned around and looked at another withered skeleton not far away from him. The skeleton half lying on his seat was also looking in the same direction not far away with its open mouth, as if Before he died, he saw something extremely terrifying. Similar to the table and chairs in front of Duan Qing, the stone table in front of the skeleton also looked empty and empty. After constantly looking at the two skeletons, he then set his sights further away, still without stopping. Clean tables and chairs and skeletons lying or falling appeared in front of him: "Strange..."
"Even if you are not from here, there should be something here."
He raised his hand and looked at the emerald green stone in his hand. The shining green light was constantly appearing in front of him like shining fireflies, just like the previous energy stones and record stones. Flashing continuously. Duan Qing turned his gaze away with some confusion. Duan Qing's eyes once again passed around the empty hall, and then within the reach of the green flashlight in his hand, he once again saw nothing between the tables, chairs and the corpse. The fruitless result was confirmed: "There is no equipment, no remaining clothing or signs... not even an energy stone? You are doing this..."
"How can I find out what happened here back then?"
Putting down his raised fist, he began to move forward angrily, and then slowly moved toward the center of the hall amid the faint echoes of footsteps coming back from around him. Still checking carefully for a long time, his eyes immediately returned from the other row of tables and chairs that had no traps or traps. He wanted to check the bones, but he stopped at one of them near the center of the hall. In front of the stone table, on a raised smooth round stone.
Different from the stones he had encountered before, the stone that appeared in front of Duan Qing was emitting a soft and strange milky white fluorescence.
"What's this?"
Looking at the green cube in his hand, he scratched his head, and after a long while, he carefully stretched out his fingers and landed on the surface of the oval stone. The imaginary trap or mechanism did not immediately appear in front of Duan Qing. Instead, the light of the stone flashed like ripples at the place where it touched his fingertips. Duan Qing hesitated for a moment and then stretched out his hand. He took out his palm and grabbed the stone hard: "...Huh?"
He tried to pick up the boulder, but what he got was that the stone seemed to be inlaid in place and motionless. After using up all the strength of the game character, he exhaled heavily, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. :"Could it be that……"
"Is this the right way to use it?"
Buzz——
A loud buzzing sound then appeared in every corner of the entire hall, and as Duan Qing input his only earth magic energy into it, it amplified in his ears, and pieces of crystals appeared out of thin air like magic. The bright screens were then like fireworks scattered over the stadium, blooming one after another in the air around Duan Qing. Electronic sounds composed of unknown languages continuously sounded in front of the magic screens. The entire hall, which seemed to come alive, gradually lit up with magic light that could illuminate all corners. The intertwined The three-dimensional images synthesized by the light were then combined into a huge screen in front of Duan Qing, and white words shone in front of his gradually widening eyes: "▲□●◇——"
"Holy crap, can you use something I can understand...forget it."
Staring at the ghostly symbols that he couldn't understand at all, Duan Qing couldn't help but express his uncontrollable feelings. However, as if in response to his complaints, all the screens and virtual images shining in the entire hall suddenly appeared like a flash in the pan. Disappeared again. After opening his mouth, Duan Qing finally gave up the urge to destroy something, and then after taking a few deep breaths, he returned his gaze to the surface of the milky white pebble in front of him: "It's almost gone. At this point...it can’t even be used as a five-second battery, right?”
"you win."
After gritting his teeth and staring for a long time, he waved his hand, and then splashed the green fluorescence that was still filling his left hand around the milky white fluorite. Magic lines composed of countless unknown symbols belonging to this area then appeared in Duan Qing's field of vision when he lowered his head, and together they formed the prototype of a huge magic circle. He briefly observed the structure of this magic circle. Qing then withdrew his gaze and moved forward together with the figure he stepped over: "It seems to be used in the same way as the central hall underground... Well, considering that this city is different from Zaraha City If they are related, maybe they have something in common..."
"Leave the rest of the issues to the Council of Mages to study."
He carried the ice sculpture on his back and continued walking towards the other side of the hall: "I just want to solve my problem now... Huh?"
"Is this... a recording crystal?"
After turning around the corner of the hall composed of rows of stone tables and chairs, Duan Qing walked to the other side of the front section between the several stone pillars supporting the hall. Several dull energy gems of various colors were just like The ones Duan Qing had seen before were scattered on a stone platform inlaid in the middle of the stone pillars, accompanied by a small stone pillar with a strange shape. Frowning and observing the stone pillar for a long time, Duan Qing finally found a memory similar to this small stone pillar in his memories of Falling Star Mountain, and then, as if he had some enlightenment, he picked it up and scattered it on the ground. One of the gems: "Looks like..."
"It seems like there is a missing energy source."
A slight buzz of magic gradually rose in front of him as Duan Qing placed it. It was the sound made when the energy gem Duan Qing placed on the tip of the stone pillar was activated by the magic array attached to the stone pillar. , scholars wearing magic robes passed one by one through the three-dimensional images generated in front of Duan Qing, and slowly walked to the center of the gymnasium-style hall that was very familiar to him. A faint magical radiance then followed those few The magicians surrounding the magic circle gradually rose up with their spell-casting movements, lighting up the stone tables and chairs surrounding the magic circle one after another, just like the roar of a whole machine when it was started. Occupying Duan Qing's hearing, what appeared at the same time was the large magical virtual image rising in the picture in front of him and the cheers of the crowd around him: "So it is like this, it is still a record stone recording the construction process... …“
"Since earthy yellow represents life, then the one that represents death...should be fiery red."
He shook his head, placed another dim fiery red stone scattered on the ground on the top of the stone pillar, and then included the rising sound of energy generated when the magic circle started to work again, and included the sky-wide firelight that cut through the sky. caught his own eyes. Amidst the shouts of killing that continued to rise all around, the giant magic machines flying in the air gradually blocked the firelight that was enough to illuminate the entire sky. The huge and thick magic beams then seemed to be scattered in the sky. Like a rainbow, it shot down the magician formation flying in the sky: "...As expected."
"Without such an expansion, I can't imagine how this city would have turned into an empty city."
Looking at the city in the sky that stood in the center of the picture and was burning in the flames of war, Duan Qing lowered his head deeply, and then sighed as the fire recording stone on the stone pillar was broken into pieces. The water recording stone rolled down to the foot of the stone table and was placed on it again. The virtual image belonging to the hall in front of him then appeared in front of Duan Qing, but this time what appeared was the scene of people staring at the magic screens sitting in front of their respective stone platforms with frightened faces, constantly changing due to the instability of the energy. The various flashing magical lights then shook violently, revealing a female figure covered in blood.
"...Frey."
The sudden exclamation was accompanied by a bloody sword light that exploded around the hall, and soon completely swallowed up the attired back with gorgeous armor and all the surrounding scenes, as if it could not withstand the image. The aqua blue gem containing power then shattered into pieces in front of Duan Qing, scattered around the stone pillar where the magic light gradually dimmed. Ignoring the results of the scattered fragments, Duan Qing, who bit out the woman's name, turned his gaze to the center of the hall he had walked through before, and then frowned deeply in his eyes as he continued to inspect the surrounding skeletons. He frowned: "Teleport...the power of destroying demons over a large area, and...such a uniform death pattern, haha."
"What a tragic story."
He shook his head and looked back at the surface of the stone pillar that looked like a playback machine. The hand that wanted to pick up the next stone stopped in mid-air, on the ancient pattern that was reflected in a green glow. . The emerald green square stone that he had been holding firmly in his hand was then slowly raised in front of him by Duan Qing. It seemed to be conveying something to him in a flickering way. He stared at the surface of the square. He just kept silent, until the sound of breathing that kept reaching his ears began to become clearer, and then he stretched out his hand: "...what?"
"Do you also... have something to say?"
The bright light then occupied his field of vision with his placing movements, completely illuminating the interior of the entire square hall. The shadow of the singer who had appeared in front of Duan Qing also appeared as before. The magic screens that appeared in front of him were condensed in the mid-air on one side of the hall with a dazzling light. She opened her eyes slightly, and then she stopped holding her arms together like a living female figure. Then, after brushing away her gorgeous robes and long emerald hair, she moved toward Duan Qing. Looking down in the direction: "...This is our guilt, Moshang Qingshan."
"...Aina?"
Carefully distinguishing the sounds that sounded in his ears, which were obviously modified and synthesized by Ayina's poor language skills, Duan Qing finally showed an expression of disbelief on his face: "How did you..."
"I believe that when you see this image, I will be dead."
Ignoring Duan Qing's involuntary questions, the image continued to speak in spliced words: "Don't be sad because of my death, because that is exactly my destiny."
"This is the fate that we, the Oaklites, deserve to accept."
"In order to build the City in the Sky, Okrit sacrificed too many things that should not have been sacrificed, so when the tribe was abandoned by the Magic Empire and finally fell, our tribe leader did not feel any resentment or sadness. We are us The last bloodline left by my tribe, but all the way to my father who is also the tribe leader... He has been warning me not to try to find the glory of my original tribe like those losers who are unwilling to fail. "
"Until...the arrival of a child of destiny who saved me."
The figure floating in the air kept swaying and looked like it was about to disappear, but on the face of the singer who was very similar to Ayina, a bright smile like the sun gradually appeared. : "The actions of the Magic Empire cannot be forgiven by the world, but the world without their protection will also come to an end. The Oklite family is no longer qualified to continue to rule all things from the highest point in the sky, but even the sinners with heinous sins … Nor do I want my family to suffer the tragic fate described in the prophecy.”
"If possible, please make good use of everything left by me and my tribe." In the scene where countless emerald green brilliance continued to flow and rise, the shadow of the singer began to gradually become blurred: "You are Ai Ina’s last family member, even if Ayina cannot accompany you to the end..."
"Aina's soul will always be by your side."
