Volume 2 The Stars Are Bright Chapter 26 The Heart Is Broken

I don't know what made me fall to the deepest bottom of the sea, and the only glimmer of light that passed through my eyes was shattered by the scales on the surface of the sea, and then the world gradually split before my eyes.

Slowly, I seemed to become unable to breathe, lost my strength, and fell asleep the moment I touched the seabed.

Then I woke up.

When I sat up in the middle of the jungle, there was scattered sunlight shining through the dense foliage, but it was still hard to look at.

I've ...... I don't know how many times I've had this in my dream, but today's powerlessness ...... The clearest.

It all started on the fifth day of the wild hunt.

Under the deliberate avoidance, the three of Mu En did not encounter any large beasts or goblins in the past few days, but just wandered around the periphery of the territory.

But this is not to say that they have no harvest, on the contrary, because they are not in the territory of the goblins, so there are many precious plants that are in the pocket of Muen, of course, the year is not too long, after all, this place is still called the goblin jungle, once it attracts the attention of the goblins, these herb wood will inevitably be dug up.

"I think we can try our luck in the mines. Muen pointed to a cave marked on the map, which had been deserted for many years, having been discovered and mined during the orc rule, and then the dark elves and goblins rose up and made a temporary pact to divide the forest.

One thing that has to be mentioned here is that goblins are not all fools, although the intelligence differentiation within their group is indeed very serious, but there are also a very small number of individuals who are shrewd and calculating, and have become businessmen who travel around the continent, but most of the goblin merchants are profiteers, and their fame is getting worse and worse over time, and now they can only pit desperate adventurers in the wilderness.

How the hell did they find those adventurers in distress?

This has been a high-level subject in other ethnic studies.

The internal intelligence differentiation has also caused their populations to be fragmented, with some of them already entering the kingdom system, while others are still drinking blood. Overall, the goblins that the original jungle elves directly deteriorated into and their descendants have higher intelligence.

And because of this lack of poor wisdom, they chose this relatively barren part of the jungle.

The Dark Elves are the sorcerers of the Elves, and if one is not careful, they will deteriorate into goblins, and one of the only three remaining Lichs in the Inverted Throne is the Dark Elves. The jungle to the west, which is relatively close to the orc-ruled desert, is under more pressure from the Legion of the Dead.

Therefore, although this group of goblins is short of brains most of the time, they clearly know that if they give up the eastern jungle, the sorcerers will easily bypass the fortress-like array of Avalon and easily enter the middle of the continent, and at that time, they are likely to be wiped out by combining with the dark elves.

After all, they are actually the most freedom-seeking people on the road, and they hate any race.

It's just that in the end they put the cart before the horse, forgetting that civilization is the cornerstone of freedom.

A certain freedom is a symbol of civilization.

Pure freedom, on the other hand, would throw away civilization itself.

So their king at that time made a deal with his former king, this forest retains the twenty-first generation of the elf king's enchantment circle, and the goblins presented the ancestral secret book to the elf king, and the elf king of later generations because they could not use the power of creation, so they tried to integrate this long and calm mystery into the strict thunder secret method, and finally after the efforts of three generations of kings, they finally tamed the violent thunder, creating the famous "Fleeting Shadowland" in later generations.

The King's Circle protects the core of the Goblin Forest, and they use it as a basis to take on a decent job of keeping evil magicians at bay.

The dark elves in the west were cut by Nubis when he had nothing to do, and he never became a climactic, and if he discovered an existence with a magic circuit higher than a certain level, then Nubis would tell him how the name of the most lethal saint in his continent came about.

That's why it seems that the lich appeared in the Black Cliff Forest in the western hinterland of the Atlantean Empire.

There must be countless undercurrents surging in this, but no one knows the details except the mastermind.

Speaking of the mine, long before the orcs retreated, the mine had dried up and no longer produced precious metals, and according to the information, the location of the mine was on the border between the two races, but it was more inclined to goblins, far from the goblin royal city. So it's unlikely that you'll encounter any powerful existence.

"What level is the strongest of the goblins now?" said Karna.

"Probably a high-level magister, but I can't beat it anyway. Chloe said.

Karna doesn't care about this, after all, in bad luck, any poor country may pop up a person who can pinch himself to death at will, but the probability of following Mu En is a little higher, and my brother is not afraid.

Huh, it seems like I said something similar last time?

In fact, Karna didn't tell Muen, he heard the carol that Muen quoted in the barracks a few days ago, and he lowered his head and laughed, feeling a little sour.

He knew what he had thought, and he knew how intense it was.

Butβ€”

Didn't God let me live just to correct my mistakes!

I will definitely become the great hero and the most trusted companion in the history books!

Wait and see, Muen. When I really become that kind of person, I will confess everything to you and tell you that you have not believed in the wrong person, and that I am such a mountain partner.

Thinking so, Karna raised his head and looked proudly at the sky, although he could not see his fate, but he did not care.

How could my faith be shattered by fate?

The fearlessness of teenagers is the most precious reason why this world is full of life. That strength was when Muen stood up at this time, and Chloe also straightened the hem of her clothes, and the look revealed in her eyes.

"Our lives will pass away, but we will never pass away! Because of the obsession that cannot be let go, our race, civilization and dreams will be so endless and eternal. β€”The Funeral Song of King Elf I.

When it was, everyone in the world suddenly had some enlightenment. On the desert, Nubis's heavy footsteps stirred up a huge amount of smoke and dust.

He looked up into the distance, and there were three saints who could have created such a huge atmosphere by appearing almost at the same time.

In his field of vision, the Golden Beach Plateau, the Human Empire, and the Forest of Avalon rose three pillars of light at the same time, among which the breath of the Forest of Avalon was the most long.

Nubis said a dirty word in the ancient orc language, he felt that it was the elven queen who had been promoted, and it seemed that the elven race once again had nine saints, and the dwarves, sub-elves, and orcs now had three saints each, and the human race had five.

With a sigh of relief, the wings of the hidden sky and the sun retracted and fell behind him.

"Pull, we don't have any advantage anymore. He turned his head and looked at this ancestral best friend who had lost a set of circuits and his combat effectiveness had been compromised.

"Your Majesty...... Or you, choosing to call me back from the River Styx, must not be just a battle of will. The sun still hung high above Ra's head, but the snake with its tail was nowhere to be found, which made him seem to have some difficulty suppressing the power of the sun, and constantly emitted terrifying heat.

Nubis turned his head back and sighed heavily as he stood with his axe.

"Can you put me in charge of the Death Legion for a few days?"

"Be careful on this trip. Ra knew what he wanted to do.

On that day, Nubis crossed the skies of the Empire to slay a sorcerer in the far east of the continent who showed signs of a breakthrough, and returned with only minor injuries under siege by three lichs.

Because just when he looked like he was about to die alone, a man who came on the waves and wore a jade crown on his head tore through the entire battlefield......

"Why?"

"I'd love to. ”

Nubis smiled, and he said that the man had not changed, but the man said that he would like to ask for advice or two next time.

In the palace, the king, who symbolizes the sun, caresses his sword with a dark expression.

"What a chivalrous courage, worthy of Nubis's ability to enter the realm of saints with spells. The elf king helped his queen return to peace, so he sighed.

The sorcerer named Andy hid in the depths of the Tower of Babel, trembling long after Nubis was gone.

On the seventh day, Mu En and the others finally entered the depths of the forest and came to the pit.

The center and deepest part of the pit has collapsed over the years to form a huge sinkhole, and now there are several waterfalls rushing down, and the trees are beautiful and beautiful, and the sheer scale seems to speak to the prosperity and abundance of the mine.

This is not a place where gold is produced, but the richest thing on the continent, the raw material of the crystal disc, and the medium amount of magic source stones as companions.

Legend has it that these things were created by the deaths of the gods who fought for the well-being of the people, and their holy bodies melted into the earth.

"If we find it, we will make it by blood, and if we don't find it, we will not lose. Muen began to look in the jungle for materials that could be used as torches, but this was closer to the north than the Thunderyard, the humidity was close to 100 percent, and there was little dry to speak of.

Luckily, Muen was a magician, and after raising a magic flame to dry it, he used a fungus shaped like a horse's hooves as a fire, and then smeared the thick sticks with the animal oil he had hunted before, and then the three of them prepared to enter the mine.

Magic flames can be ignited in the absence of a burning medium, so Muen did this to prevent possible hypoxia conditions in the mines, and after all, in the wild, every penny of magic is precious.

"We don't have the tools to mine, so we won't be able to take any fish with us. Chloe walked in the middle of the line, and the two boys were wary of the situation before and after, after all, Chloe was actually only fourteen years old, and it was normal to be afraid of the dark.

"Then you can separate it by grilling it with fire and then stirring it with cold water, which is relatively time-consuming. Muen replied.

"There is the sound of water, and this mine is probably connected to an underground river. As soon as the three of them entered the cave, they could feel the deep white noise, and the stalactites formed by the water droplets that constantly dripped from the rock wall made this cave even more mysterious after an unknown number of years.

The torch in his hand was rising, and the shadows around him were constantly swaying, and the feeling was indescribable and inexplicable.

The wood used to support the mine was brought from the south, and the slow-growing Titan Wood is now largely extinct, because this wood can lock in magic very well and increase its own strength, so it was once the best building material, but it grows extremely slowly and is cut down without restraint, and eventually disappears.

However, the giant god wood here has not decayed after thousands of years.

Legend has it that the crest of the Umash family, the immortal bird, only perched on this tree while it was still alive. Karna stepped forward and knocked on it, and the wood made an echo similar to metal, which was amazing.

"If this wood is so strong, how could the central part collapse?" Karna said curiously, changing his torch-holding hand.

"I don't know, they said that hundreds of years ago, there was a sudden drop in the flow of the waterfall, and then it has not recovered, and at first half of the sinkhole here was a waterfall. "Mu En is worthy of walking in the Tower Library, and he really knows everything.

"I had a bad feeling. Chloe frowned when she heard this, the wind in the air was too quiet to respond, normally it didn't seem to be like this, even if there were some snakes, rats and reptiles in the mine that never saw the light of day, now she could only comfort herself that maybe it wasn't deep enough, so everything was stinging.

Digging deeper into it, Muen gradually put more of his experience into prospecting for minerals, and the dark blue arcane light in his hand almost completely revealed his identity.

"Something is wrong, Muen. Karna stopped suddenly.

"I need to take a break. Mu En rubbed his forehead and sat down slowly against the wall, and he could see that he was very tired.

"Don't sleep until you hear me, it's too quiet in here. Karna stood on guard, but nervous.

"Reminds you of that secret realm?"

"No, normally there should be some small animals in the cave, such as bats and blind snakes, there are many small pools here, but there are no fish and shrimp in the pool, something is wrong. ”

Mu En sighed, not helplessly, but because he was too sleepy, now he felt that even if he opened his eyes, he would need to put in all his strength, so he was too lazy to think.

"What do you mean?"

"There's something in there. ”

"Goblins do like this environment, but they aren't too strong, after all, it's far away from the magic circle, and a few won't cause us too much trouble. Mu En said with relief.

"In case ......"

"Why are you starting to retreat again, don't worry, we can't be caught this time, there is no place to hide creatures on the road ahead, and I have done a great job. And Chloe's breath will help us perceive possible threats in advance, don't worry. After Mu En finished speaking, he fell asleep completely, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

Karna frowned, he instinctively felt that this matter was not so simple, maybe it was a snake biting the well rope for ten years, and the uneasiness in his heart intensified two hours after he entered the cave.

"Is there any response to your wind breath?" Seeing that Muen had already fallen asleep, Karna had to briefly exchange ideas with Chloe about the situation.

"My wind breath radius can reach a radius of about fifty meters here, and the full excitation can reach two hundred meters, and I am now excitating with full force every five minutes, but so far I have found no clues. ”

Karna rubbed his chin with a soft beard, this is really abnormal, such a large mine not to mention a small animal that is not a threat, even a small tribe can be stuffed, and there is not even a fart?

Most...... Wouldn't it be too much for you to encounter a few screaming green creatures and startle yourself?

Thinking of this, he suddenly became confident, yes, what am I afraid of? I will die if I shoot this shot.

And in the border town, when Ansu went to the bounty center with a human head, he found that there were a few fewer people on the list, counting the one he killed, now only two sorcerers have defected, and one of them is a mage.

As for the other magister, he was naturally carrying it in his own hands.

"Lord Ansu, the temporary commander of the outpost told me that the little angel returned to the outpost a few days ago, saying that it is possible that the sorcerers are hiding in the forest, because they killed one in the jungle. ”

"Did they kill a sorcerer?" Ansu was visibly surprised, a man like him who had been in danger all year round knew very well that sorcerers were not so easy to kill.

"That's right, so the other adults have already entered the forest except for you, and it seems that the little angel is right. The implication of the staff was that the rest of the people were killed in the forest.

"Well, I know, the person I killed also went to a rat nest in the Empire to find support, but I ended up with a pot. Ansu said, tossing the severed head onto the counter before the corruption could begin, and walked out without asking for a bounty.

The girl at the front desk called him from behind, and he said that the money was a meeting gift, and when he came back, he would have a good drink together, and the shy girl's face was crimson.

Tsk, it looks like Mr. Ansu is also an old stallion.

Coincidences in the world often contain inevitability, so the dramatists of antiquity showed pessimism about fate. They are in awe of the unattainable power in constant encounters.

The story of a prince who was banished for his father's prophecy and grew up rebelling and eventually killing his own father is so absurd and yet true that it happens all the time.

As God said, even if you already know the outcome of the prophecy, every choice you make that you want to break is actually conforming to it.

Muen still didn't understand this, he grew up sitting down in the Elven King's house to listen to the classics that sang the praises of freedom and civilization, and he still had a high confidence in himself and in man.

He seems to want to use this method to dispel the remaining shadows in his heart, and wants to face life and difficulties with a fearless spirit.

Under the erosion of countless word nightmares, his sensibility suddenly began to fear death, and that magical riot was quietly changing him - and everyone.