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It was a strange sea of trees, with almost no gaps between the trees, and the dense foliage almost completely covered the land, as if the land had been raised out of thin air. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoDarkness and light, separated between this dense layer of foliage.

This is the place known as the Dark Forest, and we were brought here by the Hydra along the way.

"It's an unpleasant feeling." In that darkness, I felt a myriad of breaths that were annoying to us creatures.

The breath of dark creatures and the undead!

"They're not going to rush out, are they?" Akai clenched the ender bow in his hand and said with a frown.

[Don't worry, as long as you don't wait, they won't come out on their own.] 】

The Hydra's words relieved me and Akai a little.

Then our attention was drawn to the building in front of us.

What a grand castle it is, or it would be more accurate to call it a tower.

After the previous Lich Tower incident, Akai and I found a random room in the last Lich Tower to rest for the night, and after recuperating our spirits, we were screamed by the Hydra early the next morning. Still undisguised along the way, there was a huge commotion wherever the nine-headed dragon passed, bringing some noise to this quiet world.

"Whoa, do you really want to climb such a thing?" Akai put his hand on his head, grabbed his hair, and said with a slight headache.

I patted Akai on the shoulder, "So we chose to avoid it." ”

Akai immediately looked at the height of the ghast tower in front of him, and shook his head helplessly: "Come on, even if you build a ladder to climb up, but at such a dangerous height, there is no room to move, in case we are sniped, we can only fall." ”

The ghast tower is indeed worthy of its name as the first building in the Twilight Forest, and the ghast tower in the heart of the Dark Forest is owned by a height that even the giant oak trees of the Twilight Forest cannot reach.

The weather was fine today, the moonlight and starry sky were much brighter than yesterday's, and there were no clouds in the sky blocking our view, so we could see the height of the ghast tower very clearly.

More than 400 meters!

That's a conservative estimate, but it's pretty much the same.

Is this only twice as tall as the Lich Tower? It's almost as big as the real-world Burj Khalifa. (Note: Burj Khalifa has 162 floors and is 828 meters high)

The thought of falling from that height made Akai and I both break out in a cold sweat.

Hawkers,Although there is a spell like the Feather Fall Technique.,Even if you fall down, it's fine.。

"I'm starting to rejoice that I'm a mage."

[Okay boys, this is the final battle, after removing the cancer entrenched here, you will be able to get all the keys to open the portal back to the main world. The hydra looked up.

Akai and I nodded, pulled all the building materials out of our backpacks, and began building the path to the top of the ghast tower.

By the way, the way we build the ladder is not to go all the way up under our feet all the time, because it is too dangerous, and if we are attacked in the middle of it, there is a danger of falling from it.

We used a spiral staircase to spiral up the original building of the ghast tower.

The stepped path gives us a certain amount of room to retreat, so that we don't have to be at a loss and fall down all of a sudden, and start all over again.

The main tower of the ghast tower is no more than 100 meters high, and further up is a labyrinth of densely packed secondary towers.

These massive rectangular structures stand almost suspended in the air, leaving only a narrow passageway.

But since we didn't honestly hit it from the inside, we just ignored these things.

(Author: If it's good, a man will be brave enough to go up to the 100th floor?) It wouldn't be daring, would it? Do you want to be so cowardly? We: If you don't die, you won't die, this is the safest way. ）

Inside the ghast tower, although there are many traps and dangers, the treasure chests inside it are also equally rich.

At the cost of losing these dangerous treasures, we are moving forward in relative safety.

Besides, the so-called treasure is basically the same thing, and we have passed the years of greed for money. We who have no worries about food and clothing, and have even made a great name in this world, to be honest, these things can't impress us, and we can't afford to risk these possible treasure chests.

The nine-headed dragon crouched quietly at the bottom of the ghast tower, as if waiting for something, slowly adjusting its state.

An hour later.

"I've said it many times, but I still have to say it again, this tower is really tall!"

Akai made such a complaint for the simple reason that we were running out of building materials.

What about the pit daddy!

"Let's find a place to land, and we'll have to go through the rest of the half."

"There's no way, then this wall is fine, watch me chisel it open." Akai built a section of the ladder facing forward, leaning against the wall of a secondary tower. Then he held up the iron pickaxe and smashed it hard.

The ghast tower is reddish and made of clay red bricks, with wooden edges and corners, and is generally easy to pry open.

Mutter! Mutter! Cuckoo!

At this moment, an untimely cry came, and Akai and I suddenly laughed bitterly.

"Sure enough, it came." I gathered the fireball and launched it at any time with my hand, and Akai also entered the battle state in an instant.

Not all monsters exist inside the ghast tower, and the beings that stand guard around the ghast tower are called ghast ghosts.

Belonging to the same breed as the ghast ghosts of hell, they are all monsters with huge and square bodies and nine tentacles floating underneath. But unlike the ghasts of the next Hell, the ghasts of the Twilight Forest have more bright red markings on their pure white bodies than the ghasts of the next Hell. Like blood, it exudes an ominous aura.

Mutter!!!

Floating from the other side of the wall, his closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing a scarlet murderous look, and he opened his mouth, and a lava projectile flew towards us.

Rumble!

I threw the fireball out of my hand and loaded it with the lava bullet, canceling each other out in a blast.

"It's a bit arrogant to say that, but if it's just that・・・・・・ I lifted my glasses.

"Then go and die!" With Akai's words, sharp arrows pierced the ghast's body. Like a leaky balloon, the ghast flew around for a brief time before it shattered into pieces.

[Huh? Looks like that guy woke up? The old man is almost rested. 】

The nine-headed dragon, who was resting under the ghast tower, noticed the movement above and began to gather strength.

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Out of the way, Akai and I went inside the ghast tower.

"It's so dark!" As I spoke, I raised the fireball and scattered [Magical Light Sources] around it for illumination.

Although we have torches, we can save them, and anyway, with my current mana, it will take a few seconds to get back.

The interior of the ghast tower is made of wood, and the pillars in its rooms are made of simple logs. At the same time, we were keenly aware of the differences in some of the walls.

"What is this?" Akai walked up curiously, and I followed, looking around.

Red, hourglass-like runes were engraved on the yellow square, and Akai reached out and pressed them towards it.

Wave! Wave!!!!

One, two, something magical happened, and the wall of distinctive yellow squares in front of it disappeared into thin air.

"Gone?" Akai said in surprise, this is the first time I've seen this kind of thing.

"No, it's not completely gone." I noticed the outline of the square, made up of red lines, left in the air.

Just as we were hesitating to pass, five seconds later, the cube reappeared in front of our eyes, startling us.

I opened the Twilight Forest Explained, looked it up, and learned the name of the block.

Blocks that disappear and reappear.

It's really an image name.,Since that's the name.,There's probably that kind of block that simply disappears and can't come back.,That kind of place is probably a trap.,I secretly paid attention to it.。

As soon as we came, we began to explore the sub-tower.

Towards the top.