The rising energy finally turned into starlight all over the sky, disappearing in front of Duan Qing along with countless shining trajectories. The bits and pieces of emerald green energy then fell back into the hall that had become silent again, with a warm feeling. The sound of the wind was sucked back into the cube in front of Duan Qing. It seems that it cannot withstand the powerful energy emitted from its body before. The small stone pillar that was originally used as a playback device has now been turned into fragments scattered on the ground, and the magic on it gradually disappeared. The glow did not attract the attention of Duan Qing, who was standing on the spot. It only caused a slight fluctuation in the space and then slowly passed away: "..."
"It seems like you found something extraordinary."
Amidst the sound of slight footsteps approaching, Christine's cold voice then came behind Duan Qing with her unique cold aura: "But I must remind you that in order to prepare for future research, you'd better It would be more appropriate to try to maintain the original appearance of this place..."
"I have a question."
The other party's words were interrupted in a low voice. Duan Qing, who stood up slowly while holding the Stone of Oknos, asked without looking back: "Why... am I called the Child of Destiny?"
"...Didn't Lorna explain it to you?" Christine raised her eyebrows slightly, hesitated for a moment and chuckled: "Although you are an adventurer, you have the power to change your destiny. Ability, most of the history you are creating now is a new ending that even the Destiny Weaver did not foresee..."
"Is it because of this reason that you chose me?"
Interrupting the other party's words again, Duan Qing pointed expressionlessly at Ayina's ice cubes still placed next to her: "She, you, and these people who have never met...even if it is baseless, Without any trust, you are willing to put some kind of wonderful expectations on me for a bunch of inexplicable reasons?"
"...Why, don't you want such expectations?"
Looking at the back of the man who was gradually standing up, Christine, who came forward, answered with a hint of doubt: "After Shana was rescued in the City of Freedom, she conveyed a message to the Council of Seven There is a lot of information that proves you, including her nomination of you as the Void Library Administrator, and the promise she made personally after the Tower of Tyran incident..."
"..."
"Perhaps we should give you more choices, but... you know, your reputation in the Mages Council has been damaged for some reason." Looking at Duan Qing's back who didn't say a word, Ke Christine smiled and spread her arms: "But now that I have discovered the City in the Sky, everything has been..."
"No, I don't want that."
Raising his hand to interrupt the other party's words, Duan Qing slowly turned around with a calm expression on his face: "Whether it's you or someone like Aina... instead of placing all your hopes on me, For this so-called Son of Destiny, I hope you will do it better yourself."
"I would rather... you live a better life on your own."
He turned his head and stared at the singer girl with her eyes tightly closed in the ice sculpture. Then, in the silence that gradually spread between the giant stone pillars, he slowly lifted Aina's body up. The silent air then reoccupied the surroundings of the hall along with Duan Qing's departing figure. Along with it, Christine's eyes became brighter and brighter. She looked at the man who was in deathly silence. The footsteps shrouded in green fluorescence took a while before they uttered their own questioning voice: "Where are you... going?"
"..."
Without answering the other party's words, the green light belonging to Duan Qing then disappeared into a corner of the hall in front. Kristine, who was left behind, did not show any expression of shame and followed. But his pace gradually accelerated a bit. The faint blue light from the tip of the aqua staff quickly came to the same corner of the hall, illuminating a small side door that appeared there. She blinked and then gently raised the He raised his left hand to wrap around the long hair on his forehead and walked up the stairs in the direction Duan Qing had left: "This is..."
"Where?"
After walking through several turns of the corridor steps again, she came to another ancient room pointed by the passage, and then placed the coffins neatly on the ground amid the slightest vibrations coming from the surroundings. The surrounding scenery came into view. The great magician, who was attracted by this scene for a moment, quickly withdrew his attention and turned his gaze to the corner where the green light was. Duan Qing, who had already put the ice sculpture aside, was talking next to one of the coffins. Examining it carefully, as if looking for a way to open it.
"I noticed some details in a picture I saw before."
As if aware of Christine's gaze, Duan Qing, who did not raise his head, explained in a low voice: "When Emperor Frey invaded this place, several people who had been injured before were being transported by their companions. To other places, it must have been the end of the war, and many injured people needed treatment..."
"Now it seems that this should be the place where they treat the wounded." He groped for the huge coffin-like stone box in front of him, and his eyes fixed on it did not move at all: "They should have carried the wounded to Here, and then...well, how should I use this thing?"
"Even if they can be used, these devices should have lost their energy source." Kristine, who came forward, said in a low voice: "Thousands of years of time... Even if these devices really work, what's inside People should also..."
"I don't care what the people inside are like, I just care about whether it works."
Pushing the surface of the sarcophagus hard, Duan Qing continued in a low voice: "As long as it can be used now, there is still hope for Ayina."
"...I don't want to dampen your determination, but do you know what Ayina's physical condition is?" Christine shook her head: "Part of her body was lost during the previous ritual transfer. It is an irreversible loss! Unless a miracle occurs, otherwise..."
"……well."
Seeing that Duan Qing, who didn't listen at all, was still looking for something, Christine sighed and turned around and walked out between the sarcophagi next to her: "You wait here, I'll go look for it." Is there any other starting device..."
Bang!
A loud trembling sound then appeared behind Christine who had just turned around, belonging to the gap between Duan Qing and the coffin. The stone lid of the sarcophagus, which had been impacted by a huge force, then moved towards the top. It flew into the dark depths of the room, making a deafening sound of rolling boulders. Ignoring the damage caused by the huge coffin lid, Duan Qing withdrew his fist and looked into the sarcophagus. Then, ignoring the terrifying smell that hit his nostrils, he grabbed a certain skeleton lying in it. Pulled it out: "...how to activate it?"
"...I told you to wait."
Kristine sighed helplessly, looking back at Duan Qing, and turned around to continue her search: "Let me see... the magic pipeline seems to be laid in the floor here, but the circuit used is very complicated. , they first designed a brake switch to block the energy flow here..."
"Then here, here, and...here." Her staff kept moving back and forth beside her feet that were gradually moving forward, and finally stopped in the center of the room: "The backflow converged at this place. , this is probably the control center of this place."
"But there is an open space there." Duan Qing, who lifted the ice sculpture, heard the sound and replied: "Has it been destroyed?"
"I don't know, let me try it first."
Raising her staff, Christine condensed the magical energy contained in her body: "As long as the simulation is done properly..."
"Magic circles without magic devices can also be activated."
As these words fell, the extremely cold air suddenly dispersed into the space around the room. Along with it, the great magician in blue robe hit the staff hard to the ground. With the movement, several pieces of ancient gravel also splashed outward as the end of the staff poked into the ground, accompanied by a strong air current that was enough to blow Christine's long blue hair high into the surroundings of the room. Fly away. Duan Qing, who slightly covered his face and ignored the impact of gravel and the invasion of cold air, then focused on the ice-blue light that gradually radiated outward from the center of the room. They spread slowly like a circuit. They slowly formed their own symbols, and finally stood upright against the surface of the surrounding sarcophagus with a magical buzzing sound: "Now..."
"That should be enough, right?"
Amidst the unique earthquake sound of another heavy object falling to the ground, he placed Aina's body inside the sarcophagus that gradually began to glow, and then looked at the radiance that continued to appear on the surface of the ice that immediately began to melt, and his expression gradually changed. Got to get nervous. Mysterious runes followed by countless flying lines gradually enveloped the top of the sarcophagus, reflecting a strange and strange light towards the ceiling, until those strange lights began to match the mystery emerging from the surface of Aina's body. When the runes merged together, he slowly let out a breath of air: "They are indeed members of the same tribe. I'm afraid they have all passed the authentication mechanism..."
"The magic skills of the Oaklite family are full of all kinds of runes. Before I came into contact with Miss Aina... I thought so." Christine, who was still standing not far away Pressing the staff with both hands, he said: "A large number of traces left by them have been found on Falling Star Mountain, and they are mainly green, which represents the element of wind. But now it seems that they have probably learned how to heal. How to use magic..."
"No, the entire ancient magic empire should have understood how to use healing magic." Speaking of this, she lowered her head slightly: "How such a magic empire failed... It's really hard for me to imagine."
"Anyway, I'm very grateful now that they were able to stay this way."
Looking at the pale body wrapped in countless strange lights after the ice melted, Duan Qing, who checked the follower attribute panel, slowly stood up: "Since the Sky Clan has passed down the power of healing the soul. , they must have some way to heal the body..."
"Look at the other sarcophagi around. I can't guarantee that this method will really work."
Turning her body slightly, Christine showed her mature smile under the blue light in front of Duan Qing: "Although I am happy to experiment with the functions of these devices, I cannot guarantee that I can Stay in this magic healing circle forever..."
"...How long can you hold on?"
"About a few hours, maybe shorter. After all, accidents may happen here at any time. I must retain enough magic power to adapt to the situation..."
"What will happen to Aina if this device breaks?"
"...I don't know, I can't guarantee it."
"I'm going to find a source of energy."
After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Duan Qing turned around and walked towards the stairs from where they came: "In this period of time... I'm leaving it to you."
"I don't care, but...can you do it alone?"
"I will try my best."
The voice gradually disappeared into the darkness ahead, and Duan Qing, who could no longer be seen by Christine, gradually disappeared in front of the passage: "I once said... your survival is my expectation now."
"This is also the adventurer's guarantee, and we...always keep our word."
"……Ah."
A deep sigh then appeared in the center of the room, gradually echoing forward as Christine closed her eyes with a smile. Duan Qing, who had returned to the hall, paid no attention to the sigh. Meaning, he turned to the center of the hall where the image he had seen before was reflected. Squatting down slightly, his eyes kept scanning all the traces that could be detected carefully. Finally, after a period of identification, he took his own steps again: "Since I killed him as soon as I appeared on the scene, Everyone..."
"Where will you go next?"
He raised his head and looked ahead at the center of the steps he had walked before, and after a period of close proximity and observation, he found several unnatural signs of damage. The leisurely footsteps then began to move along the direction in which these traces extended, taking Duan Qing's figure back to the entrance where the overloaded energy circuits were before. The pipelines that had been repaired by Christine were also emitting a soft glow at this time. Then Duan Qing's line of sight extended forward and was cut off at the edge of the closed door directly in front of him.
"...This is it."
He stepped forward and kicked open the door that seemed extremely heavy but had actually been removed: "If you want to really make the City in the Sky fall, the most effective way is..."
"It just destroyed the engine."
