Duan Qing and Xu Yu Liushang are no longer novices in the virtual world. Just hearing the words coming out of Oldman's mouth, they knew what was going to happen next, and the development of things was just as they expected. The secret temptation turned into an overt test of force - in the development process of the free world, the adventurers played by players have always been relatively low-status existences. They seek commissions everywhere and do whatever it takes to get loot and rewards. It often leaves a lowly impression on the aborigines of the free world, leaving warriors with powerful force and magicians with advanced magic training feeling "looked down upon" in their hearts. However, when the stream of whispers flew high and the long-brewing sword rainstorm fell from the sky, this negative inherent impression was instantly broken and destroyed, scattering everywhere like dust fragments under the tearing sword energy. A person's heart. Oldman Royal, who was in charge of this "random test", also didn't expect that the female swordsman would be so powerful as soon as he took action, and the magic shield she held up would be dragged along with his retreating figure in the next moment. It turned into scattered wind traces, and the spellcasting movements he waved in a hurry only left a few magic remnants where the transparent shield was broken. In the end, he had to shout out hurriedly when surrounded by all-round three-dimensional attacks: "Stop, stop, stop. ! Are you bullying me for being a medical staff?"
"Hey, you started this thing yourself. Of course you should be the one to take care of it in the end. Don't make such lame excuses."
"This Miss Adventurer is obviously irritated. Every move is filled with obvious anger. Oldman underestimates the enemy... No, even if he is well prepared, it should be difficult to win in the face of this 'rain of swords' Bar."
"Xuyu Liushang, Xuyu Liushang... Well, now that I think about it, I have indeed heard this name. Even among the adventurers, she is known to be one of the strong ones. How could she suddenly come here?"
"As expected of Wiggins' chief magic apprentice, even his companions are so powerful."
Clapping his hands and walking forward, Prader Infilidi, who had previously acquiesced to this exploratory test, finally interrupted the battle and the discussion with his teammates, and went straight to Duan Qing. : "Your Excellency always surprises people."
"That's because you don't know me well enough, otherwise you can find more surprises from me." Duan Qingdan smiled and shook his head: "Of course, if Mr. Prad feels that it is not enough to prove the ability of our group of adventurers, , we can also send more people here, I can guarantee that they are all as strong as this lady, known as master, master, master - "
"That's not necessary." He stopped Duan Qing from bragging, and Prad hid his darkened face in the shadow of his turned head: "We'd better hurry up and set off, the time has been delayed too much. long time."
"What, not fighting?" As the other magician teammates responded and started to pack their bags, the whispering voice falling from the sky then put away the wings of the Valkyrie that she spread, and the flames on the sword blade also followed her. The flames in his eyes gradually extinguished: "Are they convinced...Ahem, do they agree or disagree?"
"Stop talking, just follow." He lowered his voice and pulled the figure behind him who was still waiting for provocation. Duan Qing then showed his wry smile in the direction of the team: "So how should we go next? ? Can someone tell us the action plan or route map first?"
"Let me explain it." Looking at Auro who was still comforting Oldman, Shilin, who had always had a straight face, finally put down the magic book pages floating in her hands and walked to Duan Qing: " According to the previous schedule, we will conduct a final exploration in the center of this ruins, measure the previously unidentified data, and then prepare to go underground."
"Underground?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows with interest: "Where?"
"Right at our feet." Pointing directly below herself, Shirin's eyes turned around the front of the magic hat: "The specific entrance——"
"You should see him soon."
The cold wind passed by several people, leading Duan Qing's gaze to the front of the ruins. The collapsed rubble seemed to have formed a regular accumulation in this area, and it seemed that it had been moved by someone who had been here before. Cleaned up a bit. After passing through the piled rubble with cautious doubts, the gray-robed magician turned around and walked into the interior of the ruins. The dilapidated scene then piled up into a vague ring in the gray-robed magician's field of vision. The ceiling had collapsed completely and the dome sky that had been completely exposed was displayed in front of him. The fiery red color unique to the setting sun is gradually losing its appeal as time goes by, making the shadows of the several pillars that have not yet collapsed directly opposite Duan Qing become longer and longer, and huge ravines are also diagonally extending in these directions. The shadows stretched out to a more obvious length, and the cracks that were almost connected to the horizon also formed an empty valley in the distance of the ruins that was enough to see the clouds. Through the flickering light, Duan Qing could still see obvious burn marks on both sides of the canyon-like cracks. The scattered rocks, soil and stone pillars were also randomly exposed among these dark burn marks, giving everyone a People who saw this scene felt heavy and shocked: "This is——"
"The view from that side of the city wall was not clear enough, but this location is much better now."
Walking behind Duan Qing, who was trying to appreciate the scenery, Oro Tokavis also explained with a kind smile: "Isn't it spectacular? Haha, this is my first time here and watching it up close. This is what I was thinking when I saw the ruins."
"I heard that this is the last remaining battlefield from the Battle of Sky City." Behind him, a large pile of luggage was carried using earth and stone magic. At this time, with the help of others, he was also following the direction of the ravines and cracks. Slowly going down: "It extends from the inner city to the outside of the city... It is said that when the original Council of Seven came to measure, this ravine was several miles long - ha, and it was created using non-magical methods. ,Can you believe it?"
"Me? Of course I believe it." Touching his nose and lowering his head, Duan Qing replied with a wry smile: "If I don't believe it anymore, I'm afraid no one can believe it."
"You guys have a very open mind."
Shaking his head and laughing a few times, Oro Tokavis, who put away his surprised gaze, paused for a moment in commanding the movement and casting of magic: "Magicians don't believe in magic, just like swordsmen don't believe in the sword in their hands." It’s too much, but you are an adventurer, so I won’t say anything more.”
"Can you tell us more about the legend here?" Duan Qing pointed to the huge ravine in front of him and stopped Oro's figure who was about to leave: "How did the Council of Mages record and evaluate everything that happened here?"
"Well, it's okay to tell you. It's not a secret that can't be disclosed anyway." Oro looked at Duan Qing with a strange look: "It's just that for a story like this, you adventurers should have already inquired about it. Ah...ahem."
"There was a great battle here. A hero sacrificed his life and put an end to the evil intentions of the Restorationists - now the Magic Empire - who wanted to invade the Sky City in large numbers." White Robe The blond magician pondered for a moment, and then, like a scholar narrating history, he said in a very serious way: "The Tower of Tyran, which was controlled by their conspiracies and tricks, was cut off by one third, and the Magic Council The leaders were severely wounded, and they did not recover for a long time after that, which also gave us enough time to take control of the Sky City."
"Sounds very good." His eyes moved up and down the ravine that stretched straight to the horizon. Duan Qing sighed subconsciously: "It's really unexpected that there are no negative comments."
"How is it possible? Some magicians think that the so-called hero did not know how to restrain himself, was reckless about the consequences, and almost destroyed the City in the Sky." Oro replied with a smile: "This 'mark in the sky' - cough Ahem, sorry, this is a nickname given by someone in our Mages Council - its appearance destroyed many ancient ruins, even the magic transmission channels and ancient magic circles below were not spared. We spent a lot of effort to The operation of some of the circuits has been restored, otherwise the Sky City would not be able to float properly in the sky."
"Of course, for those who value the history and documentation of ancient magic more, the 'hero' is more guilty." Having said this, the blond magician turned his eyes to Shireen, who was already walking forward. Faith: "Our draftsman lady is one of them, so if you see she has a straight face now, that's a sign that she's in a bad mood."
"Have you not tried to repair this area?" Duan Qing pointed to the huge ravine extending from here: "Although it may be technically difficult, it won't stay here forever, right?"
"Of course not." Auro shrugged as he turned to leave: "Including the city walls around the inner city and other ruins areas around it, it may take some time to repair them all, but for us earth magicians It can be done after all. The specific reasons... Firstly, there are still many unknown dangers wandering in this place. Secondly, repairing the 'appearance' is easy, but repairing the 'inner' requires more than just Magic technology also requires a lot of ancient magic research and knowledge. Thirdly——"
"There is still use in keeping this 'road' alive."
Following Auro's pointing finger, Duan Qing noticed Prad who was walking in the front. His obviously oily hair suddenly disappeared in the reflection of the setting sun, as if he had walked into a certain path extending along the edge of the ravine. Around a corner: "...That's it."
"It seems that I have opened up many new paths for you."
Pressing his nose and muttering to himself in a low voice, Duan Qing, who was left alone here, sighed and said. The figure belonging to the whispering Liushang then fell beside him with a roaring sound, watching the pioneering team. Everyone else walked towards the direction where Prader disappeared before: "What, why don't you follow?"
"You didn't follow me either." Duan Qing curled his lips: "You just flew around in the sky again?"
"The necessary investigation still needs to be done." Xu Yu Liushang replied with a smile: "And the notice has been sent out. Someone must do the reception work first."
"Would it seem a little too deliberate?"
Focusing on the huge hollow again, Duan Qing unconsciously murmured in a low voice: "When I made the decision earlier, I didn't expect that things would become so different here... The inner city in my impression Where are the ruins? Where is that beautiful palace?”
"They were all destroyed by your sword." Xu Yu Liushang accused the culprit in front of him expressionlessly: "Although the technical function of using magic gems to transfer images had not yet been developed at that time, many players still witnessed it. As described in the text, do you want me to repeat it one by one and bring it out as evidence?"
"No, I've just heard it once." Duan Qing showed a helpful expression on his face: "I originally wanted to return to my hometown and find some valuable clues, but you know this is where I pulled out the sword. place……"
"Why do you think this place has been messed up countless times by so many players?" He pointed angrily at the center of the ring-shaped ruins piled with rocks, and then he calmed down his expression: "It's useless not to mention those things. Something.”
"how do you feel?"
She walked up to the gray-robed magician and asked in a voice that only two people could hear: "Which one of these people has a problem?"
"……You speak first?"
"I think that Oldman is the guy with the biggest problem."
He rolled his eyes, and then spoke his thoughts: "That Noah seems to be the most hostile, but he may just be the type who enforces the law impartially. On the other hand, Oldman, he has been using various methods to way to test us.”
"If Oldman and Prader are in the same group, or both of them are harboring evil intentions, then he doesn't need to do any testing at all." Duan Qing shook his head: "'Wolf 'There is no need to test people, because 'wolves' already know that they are 'wolves', and they do not need to 'suspect others' - this is a matter of mentality."
"Oh? Then you think Auro is a bad person?" Xu Yu Liushang blinked his eyes: "Deliberately showing friendliness and getting close to you is also to lower our vigilance?"
"Well, it's hard to say."
After thinking for a moment, the gray-robed magician finally shook his head and walked forward: "It's also possible that everyone is a good person, or maybe everyone's acting skills are so superb that it's unimaginable... In short, the main premise of everything is This is all based on the assumption that we have discovered Prad's conspiracy and assumed that Prad is the culprit. If Prad has no accomplices, or perhaps he is not planning this, we will continue to have doubts. It seems stupid."
"Let's just keep watching."
