Act VIII: In the Darkness (I)
While Anthoon and Lian begin to make contact with the enemy, Lilith is lost in the cave. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The interior of the cavern was much larger than she had expected, and her plans to follow the stream to find its source were blocked by a thick earthen wall. She had no choice but to return to the forks in the road along the way, to explore routes she had not considered taking.
However, the results of this have already been mentioned.
So she had no choice but to look over the alchemy-treated torches in her hand that burned longer. Sagittarius, who actually has her real name but hasn't told her summoner yet, shakes her head at the sight of her pleas.
Feeling regretful, she re-examined her recklessness. Of course, it's not that I naively want to come to the demon invasion area to take risks, but I just came to the third order, and by the way, I also made a rough plan to find some reliable teammates to take risks again after I go back this time and wait for the training to reach the fifth order.
As for the reason for this, it is necessary to mention a little about the profession of astrologer.
First of all, astrologers of the third order and below can only use the power of one constellation at a time, two at the fourth order, and three at the fifth order. The strongest person in history reached six, but that person was a ninth-order instead of an eighth-order at that time.
Secondly, for astrologers of the third order and below like Lilith, they basically need to rely on the prop called the "astrolabe", which is the disk that Lilith held before, to use power. By placing these props outdoors where they can sense the projection of the constellations in the sky, they can get in touch with the place called the "Astral Plane", and then use the power of the constellations corresponding to the previous props in this way.
Basically, after reaching the fifth order, the astrologer has already produced a channel in his body that can have a relatively stable connection with the "astral plane" in his long-term training, and naturally he no longer needs the assistance of props, let alone holding a disc to the sky to draw power like Lilith did before. At this time, as long as the magic power is sufficient, it is possible for the sorcerer to use the power of the constellation an unlimited number of times.
Finally, there is the prophetic power of one's own ministry. The third-order astrologer's direct prediction ability is still relatively weak, and without the assistance of constellation power, he basically only has a premonition like "something is probably going to happen", and he doesn't know what will happen and what kind of information will happen. With the help of constellation power, you can probably know a little bit about the range of the place where it happens.
Fifth-order people can do this without assistance. With assistance, it is already possible to locate the location where things will happen in a relatively small range, and can also predict a small amount of event content.
Therefore, when she reaches the fifth order, she naturally does not need to face such an embarrassing situation as she does now-she wants to directly use the power of the detection field "Lyra" to find the exit, but for this reason, she must first send "Sagittarius" back to the original world. And if she loses "Sagittarius", now that she has lent "Moon Shadow" to Antun, Lilith has no other means to ensure her own safety.
After resting in place for a while, she decided to use astrology to judge the situation, even if it was very vague, and it was better to think that it would be better for her to wander around without her mind.
After taking the astrolabe out of her backpack, she smoothly injected a small amount of mana into it. Then a few points of light floated up from the disk, first outlining a star map, and then the constellations on it evolved several times, and finally changed into a completely different appearance than it had been at the beginning.
"Is change lurking in the deepest darkness...... Is it meant to keep going inside? ”
The results displayed on the astrolabe were somewhat insignificant to Lilith herself, muttering to herself that it was the best explanation she could come up with.
If you have spent your magic on purpose, why don't you believe in yourself? I was the favorite student of the One-Armed Spirit.
With this in mind as a self-encouragement, she chose what looked like the fork in the road that looked most like the deepest part of the cavern, letting Sagittarius walk ahead, and she followed while paying attention to the movement behind her.
As a result, she didn't take a few steps before she really felt the so-called change.
Although she had forgotten all about the route, there was no doubt that she had moved at a level similar to when she entered the cave during her previous explorations. Now, however, what appears to be the deepest path seems to be extending below the horizon.
"Do you really want to keep going?" The hesitation lasted less than half a second, and Lilith continued to stride forward. Along the way, she encountered things like bats and attacked her many times, but they were quickly annihilated by "Sagittarius" directly with the weapons in their hands, and on the whole it was not too dangerous, just like when she explored above before.
This forced her to begin to doubt the accuracy of her two horoscopes.
Regardless of the latter time, at first she felt that there was something in the cave that could help them get out of trouble, but when she actually entered, she found that it was just a natural area that was difficult to discern the direction, and even if there were enemies, they were just ordinary and weak magical beasts, not at all like a place where something that reversed the situation would exist.
Could it be that the vague direction at that time was not in the cave, but the cave was more obvious, so she mistakenly thought it was a place where something was hidden? Or is that "what" not a thing, but a person?
The first one was fine, but she was in the wrong place. The latter scenario is more complicated.
However, before she was given time to analyze the situation specifically, the journey of exploration, which had been uneventful, ushered in a change. "Sagittarius" seems to notice something and shoots an arrow somewhere in the dark. Previously, every shot that would bring back a screaming arrow with each attack was blocked by something that looked like iron, and a crisp sound was heard.
Who's there. Quickly understanding this, Lilith gave the order to Sagittarius to perform a tentative attack through a telepathic link, and she swept the torch she was holding in that direction.
In the glow of the torches, the silhouette of a sword in hand emerged from the darkness. The owner of the silhouette approached her with considerable strength while dealing with the attack of the "Sagittarius".
She resisted her body's desire to retreat, trying to see the other person's face. The other party actually stopped at a very appropriate distance for the two of them very cooperatively.
When the face was confirmed, Lilith's mind was filled with astonishment.
"Bert? How are you? ”