No.78 It is the land we love so much
The blazing wind melted the snow and ice, reflecting the silence of the wasteland.
Although the street battles that Xiao Ya practiced before were too simple - such as failing to take into account that the opponent was not a living thing, at least her Pokémon were still a little successful when it came to "controlling the move without tearing down the map". Charizard spat out just the right amount of fire, and not a single spark touched the walls of the flammable wooden house.
However, the ice puppets that were supposed to be afraid of flames did not disappear into the heat—but in an instant, they had broken through the barrier of flames, and their translucent bodies were still shining with a cold light, showing no signs of melting!
The next moment, the flame dragon disappeared into the red light, and was replaced by a tidal swirl created by the combined efforts of the thorn shells. Although the current of water could not break the ice, the gyratory force was strong enough to immobilize them. And the jumping adventurer settled on the edge of the eaves, and before he turned back, the terrifying picture captured by the camera had already made the live broadcast room full of exclamation points.
An ice puppet had climbed onto the roof at some point. Perhaps it was the excitement brought by the heat and loud noise, and the ice puppet changed its previous sluggish appearance, and the ghostly figure flew in, and its hands turned into sharp thin blades ready to stab. An unlucky drone hovering nearby was knocked out of Mars, just in time to photograph the ghostly approach of the ice puppet, scaring the audience into happily typing gibberish on the big ice face that filled the screen.
The boy who was being carried three feet high didn't have time to adjust his posture, and the whole person was planted in the white fabric of the cloak, and he faintly heard a hissing sound coming from behind, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Before he could struggle to his feet, a cold light illuminated his vision.
The iron sword at the adventurer's waist unsheathed, drawing a galaxy-like light in the dark night sky. The ice puppet's hands were cut off, and his body lost its balance and fell to the beam.
Xiao Ye retracted the knife and sheathed it, and another Poké Ball popped out of her hand. The Terashima siblings who received the signal immediately took back the Pokémon and retreated quickly with the pace of Saya, and the one who was left behind the temple on the battlefield was-
Singing ghost stone.
Regardless of whether the ice puppets and the audience survived the tragic destruction of the magic sound, when the group managed to find a room where no one and no one was there to settle down temporarily, Ghost Stone had already returned to the trainer with a smile and a smile on his face.
After seeing the big ghost obediently return to the Poké Ball, the frightened Nanguo siblings finally dared to let go of their hands covering their ears and set their eyes on the rescued NPC, ah no, the boy of the Bingjian family.
His face didn't look as young as Lily's, and if it weren't for the fact that his cloak and hood held up a few centimeters of inflated height, he probably wouldn't be much shorter than Beidou. Although he had just been rescued from the ice puppet group, the boy did not seem to feel at ease, and stared at the three people in front of him with a pair of green eyes full of wariness.
"Adventurers, why are you trespassing here?" said the boy coldly, hugging the seal ball in his arms.
Li Jiu's eyes rolled, and she immediately took out the enthusiasm of the NPC, "Hey, I'm sorry, we also came here by mistake." Little brother, do you usually live here?"
"Don't ask questions, the foreigners will leave quickly!" The boy didn't eat this at all, and said with a straight face: "If you stay here, you will only cause trouble to Lord Silver-robed!"
When Li Jiu heard this, she and her brother glanced at each other, and their eyes lit up with the light of "catching the keyword".
"We want to go, it's not because there are too many monsters out there and we can't leave. The girl grinned and said, "But what exactly is the 'silver-robed adult' you just said-"
As soon as these words came out, the boy suddenly jumped up like a fried hedgehog.
"You're really here for the silver-robed adult!" the boy was furious with the seal ball in his arms, "Don't dream, I won't reveal a word!!"
Seeing that the communication was at an impasse, and the yellow name on the top of the boy's head also had a tendency to turn red, Xiao Ye spoke unhurriedly, "Sorry, you misunderstood - she wants to be friends with you." ”
"Huh?" the boy and girl turned their heads together with question marks on their faces.
"When we strayed into this village before, we were rescued by the lord, so we have great respect for him. Xiao Ye's face did not change, "I think, talking about common idols should be a good way to get closer?"
"Is that so?" the boy was flickered blank, "then your vision is okay......
Seeing this, Li Jiu immediately took over the conversation cleverly, and uttered a 30,000-word praise for the "silver-robed adult", most likely the swordsman who saved them once, and the little boy was dizzy to listen. Xiao Ye took the opportunity to explore the three-story wooden house roughly, and when she made sure that it was safe enough, she returned to the first floor, and saw that the living room was already bustling with people.
The boy's initial hostility had long since dissolved in the enthusiastic rainbow essay of the southern siblings, and at this moment he was proudly telling the story of the silver-robed swordsman who slashed over three hundred ice puppets with one sword—most of them made up by himself. Seeing Xiaoye's return, he simply bowed to the adventurer, "I'm really sorry for misunderstanding you just now." I'm Oliver, thank you for saving me!"
Xiao Ye touched the boy's head and fed the seal ball in his arms a tree fruit, which immediately pulled the NPC friendship progress bar a lot.
"We're going to walk around next, do you want to come with us, or do you want to wait here until dawn?" asked Saya.
"I ......," Oliver hesitated for a moment.
He raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him—he didn't find out where this place was, why it was abandoned, and he didn't dig around the bush to find out the identity of the silver-robed lord like other adventurers, he should have ...... It can't be the same party as those bad guys, right?
"If you're going to go in the direction of the lighthouse, I'll be with you. The boy said.
The adventurer blinked, "Maybe you need some help?"
Oliver thought for a moment and finally nodded.
"I want to go to the lighthouse and get a picture. ”
After the break, the increased number of squads set off again.
According to Oliver, the "lighthouse" is located in the center of this abandoned village and is the tallest building in the entire village. Every winter, there are frequent snowstorms in the area, and the blizzards bury the sunlight and moonlight, making it difficult to discern the direction. And the light of the lighthouse can penetrate the wind and snow and guide the way home for those who go out.
"Actually, I've been here several times, but there are so many ice puppets near the lighthouse that I can't get in. Oliver grumbled.
"Why don't you go in during the day?" Xiao Ye wondered, "According to the silver-robed adult, the ice puppet will stop moving after dawn, right?"
Oliver and Seal Ball looked up at the adventurer in surprise, completely convinced that the three men had strayed into this place, and had nothing to do with the masterminds.
"During the day, it's covered in a snowstorm and you can't get in. "I've tried so many times, and I just go in circles no matter how I go – but it's okay to leave, don't worry." ”
The Terashima siblings nodded in realization. Limited-time dungeons.,Got it.,Got it.。
At night, the abandoned village is filled with a thin layer of fog that makes it difficult to see in the distance. Coupled with the similarly ruined walls and dilapidated wooden houses everywhere, the Terashima siblings lost their sense of direction in a matter of minutes. However, Xiao Ye remembered the direction that Oliver pointed to before setting off, and led the three of them to the alley and jumped off the beam, dodging the ice puppets all the way to the lighthouse.
Although Oliver said that they had met other adventurers, they didn't see anyone along the way, only two-meter ice monsters swaying all over the ground - probably in such a huge area and full of red monsters, it was not easy for a few players to meet each other. It wasn't until they passed a path planted with ice willows that they noticed something unusual.
Long Xing cautiously stretched out his legs and touched the ice puppet lying on the ground with his toes, "These guys...... Are you still alive?"
For some reason, the trail was full of motionless ice puppets and ice puppet parts, and suddenly it looked as if they had been sprinkled with corpses, which was strange and infiltrating.
Oliver sighed and began to genuinely worry about these adventurers who dared to break into the old village with empty heads, "What stupid things are you talking about, ice puppets are not alive in the first place. ”
"What?" Ryuxing's eyes widened wider than wind chimes, "They can walk, run, and scream, and now you're telling me they're dead!?"
Oliver: "......"
Although he knew that the other party might be deliberately clichéd, the boy was still shocked by this natural and unpretentious stupid look.
"Haven't you ever seen a magical creation? I have seen a clay puppet that can give birth to a child. Oliver wrinkled his nose with a look of disgust.
Long Xing: "......"
I was deliberately stupid, but now I'm really stunned.
Waveguide detection shows no survival nearby...... In other words, the ice puppet that still maintains a standing posture, Xiao Ye did not stop the yelling of his companions, but carefully checked the appearance of the ice puppet's "corpse". They have more or less marks of cutting with sharp objects, and some have even been cut in two by the waist. She was reaching out to examine the fracture when the boy's voice came coolly.
"If you don't want to be hunted down like I did, you'd better not touch it. ”
Oliver pointed to the debris on the ground, and said hatefully, "They will be remembered when they come across them, and they will know wherever they flee before dawn - you don't even know this and dare to wander here?"
Li Jiu was stunned for a moment, her face turned from white to blue, "Then, isn't the ice puppet chasing you just now ......?"
The boy nodded calmly, "It's approaching." Don't be afraid, the farther away you are, the weaker the senses, and by the time they move over, we'll be far away. ”
The Nanguo siblings shuddered in unison and hurried away from the motionless ice on the ground—they didn't want to be tracked by such a horrible thing all night.
Xiao Ye was about to speak, when she suddenly heard a scalp-tingling gurgling sound not far away.
The body of an ice puppet slowly squirmed. As if a long-dormant monster was waking up, it twitched its hands and feet, trying to support its body.
"Ding—"
A cold light swept from top to bottom, directly piercing the head of the ice puppet and nailing it into the snow.
Lijiu: "......"
Long Xing: "......"
Oliver: "......"
Seal Ball: "......"
Viewers in the live broadcast room: "......"
"The hardness is not much different from ordinary ice cubes. While they seem to be resistant to fire, the Beast's melee moves should be effective in killing them. Seeing that the ice puppet was silent, Xiao Ye pulled out his sword and looked regretfully at the gap in the blade that had been broken by brute force.
"Next time we can try other properties...... Why are you looking at me like that?"
Faced with an innocent question mark above the adventurer Beidou's head, the other three chose to shake their heads violently to divert the topic.
"Let's go, let's go. Oliver urged, "The ice puppet can't be completely destroyed, at most it will temporarily stop its activity due to the damage. Even if they are chopped into pieces, they will recover in a few days, and it will be too late for them to 'resurrect' before leaving. ”
The group hurried away from the "puppet corpses" all over the ground. When he reached the end of the trail, Xiao Ye asked tentatively, "So, are these ice puppets ......?"
"Of course it was the silver-robed lord who knocked him down!" Oliver puffed out his chest proudly with Seal Ball, "We're lucky enough to come across the path that the silver-robed lord walked, so we don't need to hide anymore!"
As Oliver said, they saw a lot of fallen ice puppets one after another. With no enemies in their way, the wide streets became unobstructed, and the group did not stop until the huge white lighthouse had dimly appeared at the end of the fog.
Dense ice puppets surround the lighthouse, blocking the old square almost breathlessly. The only gate was filled with monsters staring at each other, and there was no gap to be found.
"Shhh...... Thank you for seeing this meeting and not giving up. Long Xing smacked his lips, only thinking that he might suffer from intensive phobia tomorrow.
The four of them quietly climbed onto the roof of a wooden house and carefully observed the movements of the ice puppets near the lighthouse.
"Boss, what should I do?" stared at it for a long time, and the Terashima siblings only felt that there was no hope of sneaking in, and they turned their eyes to the team leader for help.
Xiao Ye thought for a moment. Her waveguide power seeped into the lighthouse as if she had entered a quagmire, and she could only perceive nothingness. Obviously, the lighthouse is equipped with jamming devices, which cannot be detected remotely, and most of them cannot be evacuated using teleportation.
"Let's go check it out first. She said.
Oliver's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the adventurer's sleeve tightly, "Do you have a way to deal with those ice puppets?"
"Sort of. Sayo smiled and once again threw out the Poké Ball, the great general who had contributed to today's adventure, Ghost Stone.
A few seconds later, the expectant eyes of the Terashima siblings gradually died. They watched as Ghost Stone burst out of the hut and flew around the lighthouse for three weeks and sang incessantly—and at last easily pulled the hatred of the ice puppets across the square, and ran away with a long line of chickens and dogs to the sound of ridiculous songs.
Sister and brother covering their ears: "...... We thought there would be a more handsome way to break through. (sluggish)
Beidou covering his ears: "This is the most labor-saving, isn't it?" (calm)
Oliver, who is so inexperienced that he doesn't have time to cover his ears: "What are you talking about......" (deaf)
Seal balls with hands too short to cover their ears: "......" (incapacitated)
Although the process is somewhat damaging to hearing...... But at least, after a few minutes, there was not a single ice puppet left near the square. The group seized the opportunity and went straight to the gate of the lighthouse.
Oliver followed the adventurers, his glass-colored eyes gleaming.
He had worked alone for the important photo in the lighthouse for too long, and he had despaired too many times because of the guards of the ice puppets. Maybe today...... Will he finally be able to revisit his old place and return to that haunting place?
As the dust flew, the old wooden door opened.
Night, a sudden brake stops in place. The eyes of the three people who followed her widened, and panic crept up on their faces.
In the center of the hall, an ice puppet is doing a comical tap dance. When the door was pushed open, it had just finished a difficult dance move, and politely waved its cane and bowed to the visitor.
The fog cleared, and a sparse light shone through the window into the lighthouse, reflecting the frozen body - behind the ice-walking puppet, countless ice puppets slowly turned their heads to look at the uninvited guests.
Nightshade took a half-step back and slammed the door shut.
"Run!"
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