"I have seen such records in the Void Library: The Oknos clan is a great tribe that dominated the sky during the ancient magic empire. They possess sky magic that is proud of the others, and the city in the sky is one of their great creations. one."
Dark mist spreads to the left and right of the space as the halo of magic lighting spreads. The air mixed with the stale atmosphere also blows towards the face, and the faint outlines also appear as Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing stand. They looked around vigilantly, and a square outline appeared in their field of vision: "Of course, from the current point of view, it is no longer appropriate to use the word "tribe" to describe them. I think using "dynasty" ” or “country” may be more appropriate to describe it. "
"The Oknos Dynasty? It sounds very good." Duan Qing, holding the glowing magician disk in his hand, gradually moved forward, his arms slightly stretched forward, and shook his head half-jokingly: "Although this dynasty has reached this point, Only the ruins of the Castle in the Sky are left to prove their existence.”
"Even this place is enough." As the voice continued to flicker, Ayina's projection floating above the magician's disk also spoke in a deliberately lowered voice: "Because this is the last place that their clan protects. Pure Land, the possibility of them "hiding" here is the highest. "
"So this is what you have been looking for?" Duan Qing raised his head and pointed to the depths of the foggy space: "What is this place?"
"Did you bring us here?"
As if hearing Duan Qing's doubts, the dark fog around him dispersed a little as the two people moved forward together. The square outline that was originally shrouded in it also became clear as the fog dispersed. Neatly arranged rectangular stone containers were displayed in front of Ayina: "Yes, when I was the guardian of Sky City - no, when I still had partial management rights of Sky City, I With this conjecture, since the Sky City is the last fortress left by the ancient Sky Clan, then this fortress must also retain their tribe’s biggest secret.”
"Have you read those remaining ancient documents? The ones we found together with Shilin?" Duan Qing, holding the disc, raised his head in surprise: "Do you know the existence of the last magic emperor?"
"I've heard of that oath. After all, the Oknoss are one of the most trusted people by the royal family and nobles of the ancient magic empire." Ayina, who was still staring at the front of the space, shook her head: "But that's not the main thing I'm looking for. The reason, the reason why I want to find this cemetery - naturally for myself."
"Wait a minute, cemetery?" Xueling Huanbing, who heard these words, was the first to ask: "These square stone containers-"
"Of course it is the real "hideout" of the Oknos clan. "
They are no different from the sarcophagi Duan Qing saw in the Hall of Eternal Life before. The neatly arranged square sarcophagi extend deep into the space in front of the two people. The complex and exquisite patterns and row upon row of decorations seem to have been painted on the surfaces of these sarcophagi that have been sleeping for a long time. After being frozen for a long time, the green jade fingers stretched out to touch by Xue Ling Huan Bing showed an intact appearance: "In other words, the penultimate patriarch built such a secret inside the Sky City. space, and secretly settled some of his tribe here? Do they possess such high-level space magic technology? There is no mention of this in the record I just recited."
"I'm afraid it won't work if it's just them, but they do have the favor and help of the Magic Emperor."
After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Duan Qing shook his head and answered Xue Ling Huan Bing's continuous questions: "The last emperor just showed off his power in front of us. Since he can "live" until now, who is responsible for the general's rule? There is no reason for the entire Oknos family that he has preserved to this moment not to apply this technology to their own people - rather, the Emperor certainly does not intend to let himself become a lonely man in a thousand years. Wouldn't it be better if a group of loyal men were resurrected together? "
"So these sarcophagi in front of us all contain Oknos people who can be resurrected?" With his eyes wide open, Xue Ling Huan Bing pointed at the seemingly endless rows of sarcophagi in front of him and asked in surprise: "So many People, I’m afraid they won’t even be able to maintain their luck for a long time.
Moving around will be a big problem. "
"According to my original guess, the maintenance and operation of the device must be related to the Hall of Eternal Life." This time she was answered by Aina, who was floating in the air and looking around: "Although it has never been confirmed, I have always believed that it is buried in the Hall of Eternal Life. This area under the center of the inner city is the place most likely to be related to resurrection, so I have been vigilant here, hoping to seize the only opportunity to prevent this at some point in the future."
"That opportunity really just happened."
Squatting next to the sarcophagus closest to him and inspecting it for a moment, Duan Qing stood up and looked back at the endless array of sarcophagi behind him: "Prad Infilidi has forcibly advanced the plan to resurrect the emperor. , activated the ancient magic circle in the Hall of Eternal Life, but in the end only the emperor was reborn from the blue flames, but none of the other sarcophagi connected to this space were awakened... Is this also your "masterpiece"? "
"I discovered the energy source of the Magic Emperor during last night's battle. Although I did not completely locate the energy source, I still delayed it for a long time by cutting off the surrounding magic circuits, and successfully interfered. The final resurrection operation." Ayina smiled and replied: "Thank you for taking me back to this place later, otherwise I would not have been able to find this area so smoothly and find...my people."
"Your tribe?" This time, it was Snow Spirit Huan Bing who still made her own voice of surprise: "You are from the Oknos tribe - ah."
"As long as you pay a little attention, you should be able to easily notice the connection." Looking at the white-haired female swordsman's look of realization, Duan Qing sighed and walked to her side: "You can rely on instinct Controlling the operation of the Sky City, and relying on the capital of the entire city to fight against the Magic Emperor, Ayina must have the blood of Oknos, including earlier... Well."
"This should be the answer you've been looking for, right?"
Faced with Duan Qing's question after stagnating for a moment, Ayina fell into a quiet silence. The gray mist scattered around her dispersed and gathered in this quiet space as time passed, which seemed to represent The mood of this spiritual being at this time: "When I was resurrected by you in the "sarcophagus" of this city, I once thought about this question: Why did all this happen to me? "
"Why did a poor woman who was almost exterminated and struggled to survive in an endless dark swamp end up with such a miserable end?"
Her voice was very soft, as if she was asking someone a question, and she seemed to be answering herself. Duan Qing, who was looking at this figure, was just about to speak, but was stopped by Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was standing by him: "Do you want to Do you know your destiny?"
"Yes, especially after I was "reborn" from that sarcophagus, there was no way I could suppress this idea. "After another moment of silence, Ayina nodded and glanced at Xue Ling Huan Bing: "You are also someone who has resisted fate. You must know my feelings very well. After all kinds of pain and suffering from those beings, it is impossible for me to have any good impression of them, even if they may be my ancestors, one of the powerful tribes that once ruled this continent."
"Of course, this "conclusion" was also reached after countless verifications during the period when I controlled the Sky City. "Speaking of this, the look in Duan Qing's eyes as Ayina became darker: "Why can my "sacrifice" be transmitted to this secret sky city? Why will I become a competition for many forces? The subject...all the resentments and questions he had before his death were answered in the subsequent investigation, so——"
She raised her hand, and the light of the spirit body also emitted a dazzling bright light in the dark space. However, just before the light was about to cover the center area of the entire space, Duan Qing's hand had already been pulled. Holding the other party's translucent pale body and arms: "Wait a minute, have you really thought about it?"
"As long as these sarcophagi - no, as long as these life-support devices still exist, the last emperor will always have a group of potentially powerful assistants." Ayina's voice was as decisive as the look on her face at this time: "I will never Will leave him such an opportunity."
"Please, even if you hate your own bloodline because of what happened to you, you won't go to this extent." Duan Qing helplessly began to persuade him as Xue Ling Huanbing continued to wink at him: " We can’t even confirm now whether these sleepers sealed here are Okonos, and whether they are tribal warriors... What if they are all civilians?”
"You are the smartest and wisest among the adventurers, my former master." Ayina, who raised her hands in the air, turned her head slightly, her emotionless gaze also reflected on her sideways face and flying hair. "The characteristics of the device, the way it is hidden, the records left behind...are there so many obvious clues, aren't they enough to prove what all the "people" here are actually used for?" "
[In view of the general environment,
"Okay, okay, this reason is indeed a little forced." Duan Qing, who was pushing his hand, then raised the disc carrying Aiina a little: "Then let's change the angle: keep these guys, maybe Is it more useful to us?"
"...You want to take advantage of them?"
"Ahem, after all, this is a big discovery for us."
Duan Qing cleared his throat vigorously and lowered his head with a serious look on his face: "Since it is a 'treasure' we discovered, we naturally don't want to destroy it like this. What a pity." "
"They are very dangerous. Once the emperor comes back and wakes up everyone here, the entire Council of Mages, including the Sky City, may be fatally threatened." Without putting away the magic energy in his hands, Ai Yina's warning voice rose slightly: "Choosing to keep these threats just for the possibility of "counter-exploitation" is really a bad move. We must-"
"Just take it as my order."
Sighing and saying his next words, Duan Qing waved to Ayina, who was getting more and more excited: "Stop your actions, Ayina, I don't want you to be the one who slaughtered my ancestors for such a reason. sinner."
"You definitely don't want to do this, Ayina." Xueling Huanbing, who was holding her chest with both hands, also shook her head: "This is not a mouse sleeping here, but a real person. Even if Deep hatred cannot be easily exchanged with hands stained with blood."
"This is what someone who has experienced it said." Duan Qing smiled and patted Ayina's body: "And don't forget, the emperor didn't show any concern for this hidden cemetery until he finally escaped. Juan Gu and Lian Lian, he might not know the existence of this place at all."
"The possibility is very small, but... whatever." The rebuttal she wanted to speak was replaced by a period of choking. After a moment of silence, Ayina finally put away the light in her hand and shook her head: "Since It’s your request—no, it’s your order, so I have no choice but to obey.”
"Thank you so much for listening to me, my former master." Then Duan Qing sighed and pressed his forehead and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, my followers in these two lives seem to be some kind of extraordinary people. Existence? Is this considered fate showing me its own heaviness?"
"You can repeat this sentence to Violet and see how she will deal with you." She also breathed a long sigh of relief and replied angrily: "Also, even if we don't deal with these sleeping Or, we shouldn’t leave this cemetery space alone, right? What are you going to do?”
"I will leave the "mark" of Violet and see if I can connect this place to the Void Library. If it works, at least the Lord of Violet will become the guardian of this space. "The light of magic runes began to flash on Duan Qing's hand: "Of course, as the person who advocates "solving" this problem, Ayina - do you want to be another guard here? "
"With pleasure." His question was answered affirmatively by Aina: "If you can't find a safe way to use it, I can cut off the operation of these life-support devices at any time and let them return to the void ocean safely. "
"Okay, this time is over." Duan Qing let out a heavy breath and then turned his gaze.
On Xue Ling Huan Bing's body: "Are you satisfied, Lord Captain?"
"Not satisfied." Xue Ling Huan Bing crossed her arms and looked up at the sky mischievously: "My goal has not been achieved yet."
"Looking for clues about Fleur?" The gray-robed magician also suddenly realized: "Yes, we came here because of "drawing the sword". "
"What's going on?"
