Act XIX. Ahead of this is the wasteland
The next morning, after a grand send-off ceremony, Miss Grandia and her party left Bunagien at noon and headed for the forest of eternal night in the west. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The towering grey walls of Bunagien faded from view, and the surrounding landscape changed from a bustling market to an endless field of wheat, and it was late autumn, and the farmers had already harvested the ears of wheat, and there were few people in the fields.
As the carriage moved forward, Grandia sat with her maid, beside the carriage was Captain Karn on a brown steed, followed by seven mercenaries, and in front of the road were ten guards who had no seats downstream.
Captain Murphyli, as the strongest person in Bunajien, naturally had to guard Baron Ulysses, so he sent Karn, who had just been promoted to the Black Iron Rank, and the road from Bunagien to Ultramarine Fortress had been opened up a hundred years ago, and there would be no danger under normal circumstances, even if there were, eight powerful guards would be enough to deal with everything.
Rosen was at the end of the seven, and he was straddling a sturdy black horse, still wearing the same comical suit of armor that made people laugh, and at first provoked a stir among the guards, which was not quelled until Karn stepped in.
"The last time I went deep into the Eternal Night Forest was three years ago. ”
As if talking to herself, Lena slowed down the burgundy horse beneath her and went neck with Rosen.
"Little brother, you should be the first time, right?"
“......”
Rosen didn't answer, but there were little ripples in his heart, and he was still thinking about how the Lena in front of him saw it, so the other party smiled and said the answer himself.
"You didn't prepare anything to protect against the rain, which is a mistake that people who enter the Eternal Night Forest for the first time can easily make. ”
"Rain?"
Rosen seemed to have some understanding, he knew that the Eternal Night Forest was shrouded in the storm that lasted for thousands of years, but for a skeleton, a little rain is not a big deal, as long as it doesn't grow mushrooms, everything is easy to say, so he didn't pay attention to it, so looking at it, it seems that this storm is also a little different?
"That's right, the Wall of the Sky, that's the name of the storm that lasted for thousands of years, but in fact it was no ordinary natural phenomenon, the Wall of the Sky was actually condensed by the chaotic magic, when the goddess created the world, she set order for the elements, but the people of chaos admired the power of the wild. ”
Lena said that what she said was the creation myth of this world, the content of the Rainbow Psalm, and Rosen had heard of it, but he had not read the text.
After all, if a dead soul reads the Bible or something, he is afraid that he will not be directly purified by the Holy Light.
"So at the borders of civilization, the power of the goddess's laws is gradually weakening, and the power of violent chaos is gradually gaining the upper hand, and this wall of the sky is the product of the frenzied magic encountering the wall of laws, which is not ordinary rain, but almost physical magic. ”
Near-physical magic...... It was only at this time that Lawson smelled a hint of danger, for ordinary humans, such magic was enough to erode the skin and cause the body to disintegrate, even for an undead like Lawson, pure and wild magic was not a good thing, and it could still extinguish the fire of his soul.
"But don't worry, since you can enter the Eternal Night Forest, then the Ulysses family must also be prepared, little brother, you don't have to worry, at most, in the storm, the ability of the Black Iron Rank 'Jue' will be suppressed to the limit. ”
Smiling, Lena looked at ease and whistled as if she was on an outing rather than entering a dangerous place.
"Look, we're almost there. ”
Lena pointed into the distance, and Rosen looked up, only to see the spectacular scene.
The blue sky was replaced by dark clouds in the distance, the deepest darkness, not even the sunlight could illuminate a single bit, order and civilization were gone, only the chaos of the abyss lasted forever.
In the shadows deeper than the night, countless thick electric lights intertwined like silver snakes, and in a single breath, countless thunderbolts lit up, like the destruction of one world after another, and a low roar followed, breathtaking, making the horses restless.
A frenzied smell began to fill the air, and Lawson felt that his perception was suppressed unconsciously, and finally he could only sense the number around him, and it was obviously afternoon, but the surroundings gradually became darker, and the fields were long gone, only the rocky wilderness stretched infinitely towards the horizon.
The viscous and damp wind blew from ahead, and under the raging storm, the dark green forest was now undulating like a monstrous wave, and these towering trees had been washed by the magic of the wall of the sky for more than ten years, and had long since become demonic plants, according to Lena, these were the best alchemical materials - as long as they were brought back from the Forest of Eternal Night.
"Forest of Eternal Night...... Ahead is the wasteland. ”
Nedland whispered, staring ahead as well.
The Wasteland is a collective term for the Wild Lands, and these realms that are not bound by the laws of the Goddess have very different appearances, ranging from forest exclusions shrouded in never-ending storms like the Forest of Eternal Night, to uninhabited wilderness filled with yellow sand as far as the eye can see, and the mysterious whirlpools of the deep sea hidden in the tides.
Thousands of years ago, human civilization only occupied a small land, but the sages of the past generations held torches, crossed the thorns, and carved out pieces of territory in the wasteland with the primordial fire, and finally expanded the human world hundreds of times, which is a heroic epic sung by countless psalms.
However, for thousands of years, human beings have been constantly strife, and the major kingdoms have been in constant turmoil, and people have long lost the ambition to expand their territory and conquer the wasteland, except for a few ancient fortresses on the edge of the wasteland, the others have long been abandoned and become the relics of antiquity.
"Guys, wait a moment. ”
Captain Karn motioned for everyone to stop, then approached the carriage, and after communicating with Miss Grandia in the carriage, took out a small iron box.
The perimeter of the box was engraved with intricate patterns, and the runes with magical power were arranged in it, and the moment Lawson saw the box, the soul fire seemed to throb slightly.
"It's ......"
Some of the mercenaries seemed to recognize what it was, and let out a soft exclamation.
"Sure enough, I said how the Ulysses family could travel so easily to and from the Ultramarine Fortress in the Eternal Night Forest. ”
Lina looked like she was, and a smile leaked from the corner of her mouth.
"The tempest of the Sky Wall is so magical that even the Black Iron Steps can't sustain it for a quarter of an hour, so Master Ulysses has prepared this thing so that we can travel freely through the Forest of Eternal Night. ”
Karn gently opened the tin box and removed what had been placed inside.
It was a crystal pendant containing a raging flame, and the moment Karn showed it, a majestic force was released from the crystal, and Rosen felt that his originally restless emotions suddenly settled down, and the perception range of "Jue" also rapidly expanded, returning to a level similar to the original.
A soaring beam of light broke through the long-standing clouds and reached the blue sky, within the range of the beam, order and law were re-fixed, and although there was still chaos beyond the light, within it was the land of order.
It's civilization.
Seeing this, Lena whispered and said the name of the thing.
"Ember of the First Fire!"
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