Vanessa found this unhindered straight-line travel to be truly exciting! They pass through countless stares of surprise and, of course, curses from time to time, such as walking through a secret room full of jewels, stepping on Mrs. Kuo in the shower, or bumping into a young couple who are cheating.

All the way south, they soon came to Dufu Pass.

This is the most dangerous sea fortress in the country of midsummer, with only an iron cable connecting the cliffs up to 1,000 feet. Due to the movement of the earth's crust, the land of the Land of Midsummer is divided into two corresponding pieces, like two pieces of bread cut by a sharp blade, and the only thing that connects them is this bridge of natural danger.

When Vanessa and the Duke arrived, it was nearly dusk, and the afterglow of the sunset shrouded the towering sea cliffs, and the mile-long chain bridge swayed slightly in mid-air, like a leisurely half moon, and the sea breeze rushed out from the bottom of the cliffs, whirling to soar into the sky, mixed with the cold spray, like a sharp blade.

With just one look, the princess knew that it was impossible to ride over.

"You people in the Land of Midsummer are so strange, why don't you build the road wider, what can this ropeway stop the enemy?" The Duke asked, puzzled, evidently that his restless feelings were transmitted to the mount, and the horses beneath him snorted impatiently.

"Of course you cave dwellers don't know the origin of the Dufu Pass," Vanessa smiled contemptuously, and then recalled that history with infinite fascination, "The enemy can only take your life and property, and there is something more terrible in the world, it is a deadly weapon that threatens the soul, and we built this ropeway not to stop the enemy from attacking, but to prevent the spread of disease." ”

"At the beginning of the formation of the Land of Midsummer, there was a deadly disease circulating in Europs, which caused people to die slowly and be tortured, and at the moment when the soul of the deceased returned to heaven, the corpse would turn an eerie purple color, emitting a strange fragrance that would be contagious to anyone within ten meters of smelling it, and its fragrance was so attractive that almost no one could resist its magic. Within ten days, all the important towns in the southern part of the Midsummer Country were infected, and the dying people all flocked to Dufu Pass in order to escape for their lives, intending to escape from here to the northern region in search of a ray of life. ”

"The ruler of the country of Midsummer at that time, King Xiulan of the Karatai family, was a wise monarch, and he immediately issued an order to dismantle the original Dufu Guankuo Bridge, leaving only one iron cable, and anyone who could walk through the iron cable independently would be accepted by the north, because he believed that after the baptism of the sea breeze at the bottom of the cliff, no matter how stubborn the virus in man would disappear; And those who are seriously ill, "Vanessa looked down at the raging sea, "and they will not leave corpses to kill people again." ”

"What a ropeway of life!" Muton looked at the long iron rope with a sigh, "I believe that those who can support it to the end are all mild." ”

"You're wrong again," the princess smiled, "this race of life and death is not about the severity of the disease, but about the will to survive." Moreover, every time God sends a calamity, it is to stimulate the fighting spirit of human beings to survive and unite, but the world has made a wrong interpretation of the oracle. Vanessa tilted her head in challenge, "Guess how many people ended up falling into the sea?" ”

"At least a third of them will be."

The princess smiled and shook her head, "There are only fifty-two people. And Xiulan? Karatai also became famous for his success in guiding his people away from the threat of death. ”

"After all, there are still people who die." Muton frowned and said, "In my opinion, King Shulan is risking his own people with this move, and if no one can cross the iron rope, he will not become a murderer." In my eyes, this iron rope is not a terrible disease, but the hope of survival, it is a bridge of despair that is deadlier than death, we mountain dwarves may not have seen such a tragic natural disaster, but we will never abandon our own people, not even one. ”

"It's not a natural disaster, it's a war." Vanessa sighed softly, "You don't understand. For our peoples on the ground, life is a war. Achieving the greatest victory at the lowest cost is the way of the monarch's governance, and if it were me, I would have made the same choice as Xiulan. ”

"So you're not going to help me save my mother at all, are you?" The Duke asked softly.

Vanessa walked up the chain and smiled back, "I never promised you. As he spoke, he jumped into the sea.

Although it was late, Victor arrived just as Vanessa was about to drown.

They dodge the knife-like rocks at the bottom of a thousand blades, weave through schools of fish, and in the bottomless waters, strange seaweeds grow like giants, and if you get closer, they will wrap around your legs like a witch's long hair, desperately trying to leave you behind.

Poking her head out of the sea again, Vanessa felt like she was being reborn.

In these dozens of seconds in the water, the princess figured out several things, and the truth of these things made her break out in a cold sweat even if she was immersed in the water.

First of all, could it be Brant who shot the Dragon's Winged Angel last night? Ever since he left the Burning Realm, he had been inseparable from him when he met again, and after experiencing Elia's exchange, he had become even more violent, and even spoke ill of him. I didn't have time to think about the inference of poisoning before, could it be that he was poisoned by some unknown poison, and he would change from love to hate for his lover until he died endlessly?

If his reasoning is correct, then when and where was he poisoned? And who would poison him? The spearhead of the answer is directed at that person, the one who is invisible, forever hidden behind the smiling expression.

Also, Duke Muton is an honest man, he only knows that someone wants to kidnap me, and in the entire continent of Olops, there is only one person who wants my life, and that is my sister, but with Solanda's character, she will never fake it until she is forced to do so, she will grab me with her own hands, and then look into my eyes and torture me.

Then, there is only one person behind this qiē - Terrence.

The old king next door

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