Chapter 25: The Gate
North Ni Island is surrounded by leafy forests to the south and hot lava to the north. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info And at the junction of the north and south, a cliff more than ten meters wide divides the island into two parts. The cliff is very high, and the bottom is deep and dark, but you can still feel the heat at the bottom of the cliff on the edge of the cliff.
In the center of the island, which runs through the middle of the cliff of the entire island, there is a circular deep pit with a diameter of more than 20 meters. Standing next to the pit, you can feel the impact of hot and cold, and you can also feel the endless fear at the bottom of the pit.
However, there is nothing peculiar about these scenes, that is, the terrain carved under the carving knife of nature. What really frightens people is the chaos that hangs in the air above the pit.
Ten meters above the pit, the space there seemed to be torn apart, and a crack more than ten meters long appeared. The rift was long, like a wound in space, and the dark blue smoke continued to flow out.
The light around the entire pit was very dim, and even the most dazzling sunlight during the day seemed to be swallowed up by the crack, and it could not reach the ground at all. The dark clouds in the sky are also very thick, but these dark clouds must have been caused by the high temperature in the north.
Standing on the ground and looking inside the rift, no matter who it is, it shudders. The inside of the rift was empty, only the dark blue light scurrying through it, and only the dark blue smoke wafting through it. If you look at the inside of the rift and stare straight inside, you will feel as if you are about to be sucked in, your heartbeat will unconsciously accelerate, and your eyes will subconsciously shift.
At noon, they also came to this place. Looking at the bottomless rift in the air, all three of them unconsciously took a few steps back, wanting to get away from this place.
In their memories, this location on Beini Island should be the Boundary Gate, the only passage from the Demon Realm to the Human Realm. The books they had read described the gate as follows: In the middle of the island of Bennie, there was a deep pool, the water in the pool was crystal clear and tasted sweet, and above the deep pool was the beautiful gate. The boundary gate is boxy, like a wooden door placed in space. When the moonlight shines on the gate, the snow-white smoke that flows out of the gate turns blood-red, and it is beautiful to float in the air. During the day, the gate also has a different scene. When the nasty sunlight shone on the snow-white and somewhat illusory gate, the light seemed to bounce off and finally dot the emerald green trunks.
But looking at the scene in front of them, the three people present seemed to be frightened and stammered and couldn't say a word.
Suddenly, the dark blue crack in the air seemed to sense their arrival. A lot of smoke erupted from it, like an explosion, and before they could even react, they realized that they were in the smoke.
Then a gust of wind swept away the smoke, and the rift in the air was slowly torn open as if it were being held up by something. The first reaction of the group when they looked at the strange sight in front of them was, of course, to flee, but the air around them seemed to have turned solid, forming a wall that trapped them firmly around the boundary gate.
Suddenly, a blinding black light came out of the crack in the air, swallowing up all the light around them, and they were also black in front of them, unable to see everything around them. The frightened trio stood together, Fall shielding Betty with her body and Ray protecting the two.
Then the black light dissipated, and a dark blue dragon flew out of it. This dragon is clearly different from the flying dragons of the Demon Realm. It has no wings, a slender body like a snake, and a dragon's head that I don't know how to describe. The dragon was twenty meters long, dark blue all over, only the horns on its head and the dragon's whiskers on its face were dazzlingly golden.
They stood motionless, staring blankly at the reappearance of the behemoth in front of them, so frightened that they could not speak. However, Luo looked at the dragon's body and remembered what had been written in the book.
It was said in the book that there was a divine beast at the gate of the realm, which was dedicated to guarding the gate from the demon realm to the human realm. Although this dragon is called a dragon, it is completely different from the flying dragon that it used to ride.
This dragon has a dragon's head as a dragon's head, antlers as a dragon's horns, a tiger's mouth as a dragon's mouth, a snake body as a dragon's body, fish scales as dragon scales, and eagle claws as dragon claws, and a body as slender as a snake. It is golden all over, as if it exudes an inexhaustible source of magic all over its body.
Luo looked at the dragon in front of him again, and always felt a little similar to the description in the book, but the color and size were completely different.
At this time, the dragon in the air suddenly spoke, and his voice was deep and deep, with an ethereal feeling.
"Boys, are you going through the gate to the human realm?"
Ray and Betty had no idea what was going on, and were even more surprised to hear that the animals could talk. At this time, Luo took a step forward, looked at the dragon in the air, and replied: "Yes, we want to go through the boundary gate and go to the human realm, dare to ask you are the caretaker of the boundary gate here, the Divine Beast Dragon King?" ”
"Caretaker? Dragon King? Mythical beasts? Ray and Betty looked surprised with a hint of confusion on their faces.
"Yes, I am the Divine Beast Dragon King who guards here."
After receiving an affirmative answer, there were many more questions in Luo's mind.
"Lord Divine Beast, the boundary gate described in the previous book is different from what I saw, is there some error in the record in the book?"
The dragon shook its head slightly, and its whiskers swayed in the wind.
"No, the book is correct, a little thing happened in the middle to become like this."
Looking at the dragon in front of them, it seemed that there was no danger, Betty and Ray were not as vigilant as before, but they were still a little panicked when they looked at the behemoth in front of them.
"Can the gate pass through directly? But it looks dangerous! ”
"Indeed, before you decide whether or not you want to pass through the gate, I need to tell you that the success rate of passing through the gate is only ten percent now."
"Ten percent...."
At this moment, the plan to escape to the human realm has completely failed. The three of them, who thought like this, seemed to lose their motivation, and their whole bodies went limp.
"But.."
"But what?" Luo asked anxiously.
"However, the success rate of passing through the gate can be improved."
"Can it be raised?"
"In that case, you'll have to listen to me slowly."
The dragon twisted its slender body, floating in the air and began to recount the past.
"On that day more than thirty years ago, thousands of demon soldiers landed on this island, and according to the rules of the boundary gate, only ten people could pass through the boundary gate in a day. But those demon soldiers wanted to pass all at once. As the guardian of the Gate, I would never allow this to happen, but one of those demons led his men to defeat me and seal most of my power. Then the gates opened, and I could just watch and do nothing. After all this time, half of my seal has been lifted by the Spirit Clan, but half of it remains. You must have seen the horrific sights in the north, but that wasn't the case before. ”
"Do you mean that if you lift the seal, your strength will be restored, and the success rate of passing through the gate will increase?"
"Yes, that's what I mean, the location of that seal is in a large pit in the north, and if you can remove the redstone for the seal, my seal can be broken. But that place has summoned beasts left behind by the people who sealed me, and none of the people who have gone to break the seal have succeeded. ”
"Has anyone tried it before?"
"Yes, almost two years ago, many people from the demon clan flew in from the south. They tried many times, but each time the people who went didn't come back. ”
Luo listened to the dragon's words and thought: "Two years ago, when the demon race captured the high ground, then there were some demon civilians who ran here. ”
"So you've figured out whether to pass through the boundary gate, or lift the seal, or eat in this forest like those demons and wait for death!"
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Time flies in a blink of an eye, and a lot of information has been obtained from the previous communication with the dragon.
This information is organized in the brain, and based on the information and reasoning, it can be summed up more or less like this.
More than thirty years ago, the Demon Realm King Rayleigh Hall, who is also Luo's father, sealed the Divine Beast Dragon King and forcibly allowed the army to pass through the realm gate to the human realm. Later, with the help of the Spirit Clan, most of the Dragon King's seal was lifted, but it was not completely lifted under the interference of the demons. After that, the demons blocked Beini Island, and after leaving a part of the troops, the large army had no choice but to return to the city, and after returning to protect everything that happened as a secret. This has led to the people who arrived on the island being overwhelmed by the fact that they had become such a gate.
In the face of the Dragon King's question, Luo will definitely not make a choice easily, he said that he will think about it for a while before making a decision. Before leaving, the dragon king also said that he could go to it at any time after thinking about it.
The three people who left the gate had already found a tree hole at this time, and they decided to live here first and look for the other demons who lived in this forest as mentioned by the Dragon King.
The day passed, and at night, Betty made a shield in the hollow of the tree, and the three of them slept peacefully.
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"Fall, we're running out of food!" Ray took out the last day's food from his body.
"It's okay, there's a lot of food in this forest, just look for what you eat."
Ray seemed a little worried, and said, "But that beast might appear out there again!" ”
"It's okay, predators are a minority after all, and our luck won't be so bad!"
Ray was not convinced, so he could only shake his head helplessly, but he couldn't think of anything else but to find food.
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On the edge of a small pond in the forest, Luo and Lei took off their clothes, wore underwear, and held sharp branches broken from the trees in their hands, ready to go into the water to fish.
The afternoon sun reflects layers of sparkling on the water, and the clear water seems to contain countless gold and silver treasures.
Luo clenched the "harpoon" in his hand, opened the Eye of the Blood Demon, and then levitated on the surface of the water to observe the details of the bottom of the pool. And Ray jumped directly into the water, dived to the bottom, took his "weapon" and began to hunt.
Suddenly, there was a flash of golden light in the water, and the silver scales reflected the sun's rays, and Luo, who was very sensitive to the details around him, immediately noticed it. He flapped his wings, accelerated into the water, and then stabbed with the "harpoon" in his hand, but he successfully did not catch it.
With a thud, he fell headlong into the water, and the splash wet Betty's clothes on the shore.
"Yikes!" Betty shouted softly, then scurried out of the way.
Peng!
Falling in the water, vibrating its wings, it flew directly out of the water, and brought a lot of splashes.
The otherwise calm water surface was tossed and turned into a lively place, and the fish in the water were frightened and began to run around.
Thump!
Fall again into the water, out of the water, into the water ...
Betty, who was standing on the side, tilted her head and looked at the fall of serious fishing, and a charming smile appeared on her face unconsciously.
In contrast, Ray fished differently than Rakudo, diving into the water, coming up for a change of air after a minute or two, and throwing a fish at shore each time.
"Fall! You're useless! I didn't catch a single one! Betty on the shore playfully joked to the fall.
Luo bared his teeth and smiled, smiling confidently, and then gave Betty a thumbs up.
Thump!
Luo seemed to have discovered something again, and dived into the water in one go.
"! What a big fish, you don't want to run! ”
In the water, he was holding on to the big fish he had just found. The fish's tail was powerful and flapping wildly in the water, and the surface of the water splashed again.
Syllable!
The fish's tail slapped heavily on Luo's face, and the big fish took advantage of this opportunity to twist its body vigorously, and finally got rid of Luo's "claws".
Peng!
Luo came out of the water again, helplessness and unwillingness written on his face, but he didn't seem to have the strength to continue catching fish, so he had to fly silently to Betty's side.
Shout!
At this time, another fish was thrown up by a thunder. The fish made a "beautiful" arc in the air, and then slapped it on the face of the falling with unmistakable accuracy.
"Haha! Ha ha! Betty laughed happily at the ugly Betie, who seemed to have a bad idea.
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"Hey, give me back your pants!" Ray, who was still soaking in the water, said to the fall on the shore.
Luo smiled evilly: "You come up and get it yourself!" What's embarrassing! ”
"Ahh Give me your pants and believe it or not I'll come up and clean you up! ”
Luo Bad smiled and replied, "Faith! ”
"You're so bold!"
Without saying a word, Lei immediately got out of the water and flew towards Luo.
"Ahhh The monster screamed, as if he was scared. It looks like Luo already has a way to deal with him.
"Clean you up, but you said it! I'm sorry! Watch me take off your panties! Lei also smiled evilly and continued to fly towards Luo.
In the end, Luo still couldn't win the thunder, and when he was about to complete the goal, fortunately Betty stopped it a little, so that Luo was not naked in this forest.
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"So, you didn't catch any of them?" Ray teased Luo in a joking tone.
Luo was a little unwilling, and reluctantly replied: "No! ”
"Then you have to remember that I caught everything you ate later, remember to pay later!"
"Good, good! Will pay, will pay! ”
At dusk, the three of them chatted while eating grilled fish in the forest, and the tension of the day disappeared at this time.
In the process of chatting, Luo also decided on future plans. He decided to find the "inhabitants" of the island first, and then gather the power of the masses to break the seal. Although this plan is very volatile, it is now the most reliable way to do it. And in order to protect their own safety on the island, the three of them also decided that no matter what they do, the three of them need to act together.
And this decision to act together has created the current awkward situation.
Betty was bathing in the pond, moving very lightly and not daring to make any noise. On the shore, Raku and Thunder sat on the ground with their backs to the pond awkwardly, and by the way, observed if there was anything suspicious around!
"You guys, don't turn around!" Betty said a little shyly.
Both Luo and Lei awkwardly stretched their right hands above their heads and snapped their fingers to show absolute compliance.
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