"Hurry up then," Willow said, standing up. "There's no patrol around here yet, but if the centaurs catch an intruder, it's going to be difficult."

Listening to her words, Xia nodded and gave the three of them a levitation technique in turn. Then everyone jumped down in turn in a light and silent manner.

Sure enough, as Elthel said, the place where they landed was very remote. The three of them, guided by Elthery's guide and Willow's Demon Eye, made it to their destination.

"This is Malaton?" Thea looked at the huge stone gate not far away, and couldn't believe her eyes.

"It's just the entrance...... Willow corrected calmly.

As a sign of reverence for their sacred place, the Malody Centaurs built a massive stone staircase in the shape of a mountain. The three of them were standing at the bottom of the staircase. And at the end of that stone staircase, there seemed to be a huge platform. Looking from below, all you can see is a huge stone door that closes tightly at the end of the platform. And behind that gate is the sanctuary of centaurs, Malaton.

There was nothing to hide from the huge stone staircase. This means that they have to get through the stone stairs as quickly as possible, and as the terrain rises, the more danger they are exposed.

"It's strange why not a centaur is missing." But Elthel had other doubts. "Last time, I didn't touch Shadao here, and although there were no guards after coming down from the cliff, there were several guards at this gate last time. We just looked at it from afar a few times and gave up. ”

"No matter," Willow manipulated the Demon Eye to make another round, making sure that there were no guards nearby for the time being, and decisively decided to move forward. "Instead of wasting time here, it's better to go in and talk about it, even if it's a trap, we don't have to go in."

Thea and Esselly looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

But Thea thought about it and asked Vero for that special crystal. "Willow. Give me the crystal first. I tried to suppress the shadows within me to see if I could mobilize the Light. ”

Without saying a word, Willow took out the crystal and handed it to her, but his expression seemed to be smiling. "I'll put this crystal there first. If you can wield the power of the Light, I think. It should be of great help to us. ”

Sia took the crystal and took a deep breath, trying to channel the dark energy in her body into the crystal.

But there were too many shadows in her body, and for a moment, the darkness overflowed with crystals.

Just when Sia almost wondered if she was wrong, a faint light like a candle in the wind appeared in the palm of her hand. The light was so faint that she didn't have time to surprise her, and immediately rushed the spell as if she was afraid that it would disappear. "Angel Feathers."

Golden feathers landed at their feet. However, Thea, who had used this spell many times, clearly felt the weakness and shortness of this spell.

"Quick! This spell won't last long! She urged.

With this brief acceleration technique, the three of them hurriedly ran up the stone stairs.

However, the stone staircase was wide and gentle, which was obviously convenient for the centaurs' walking habits. For two-legged humanoids, it can be difficult to run. Long stone steps. In the nervous Xia Xia's heart, it seemed like there was no end, and it was terrible to see that this stone gate seemed to be close in front of her, but she couldn't touch it all the time.

And worse is yet to come. They were only halfway there, but it seemed that it was time for the centaur guards to change shifts, and a group of centaur guards were laughing and slowly walking towards Maradon.

"There are invaders! Blow the horn and sound the alarm! "The leader of the Malody vanguard has seen them. He stood in anger with his front hooves in his hands. With a roar, he sped up the stone steps.

"Don't get tangled with them!" Willow held down Athori's hand that wanted to pull out the totem, and pulled her head to continue to accelerate upwards. "Fast forward to Maraton. Centaurs did not dare to enter Maladon except for sacrifices. ”

"But they're faster than us!" Elthel exclaimed helplessly. "We'll be caught up before we get in."

"Go up first, and I'll stop them." Thea pulled out the black crystal in her hand. She hesitated, but looked at the centaur striker who was getting closer and closer to them, and decided: "Mentally burning." ”

The black crystal in her palm emitted a blinding glow. Under her urging, the purple-black energy inside shot straight out, like a whip, and struck at the centaur captain who was the leader.

The energy lines of this dark energy converged and struck his body. The centaur captain let out a scream of pain that was almost human, making Thea almost want to look away. Black dark energy overflowed his torso, enveloping his entire body in a faint black. He stood on the broad steps with his front hooves held high, his hands and four hooves shaking with painful convulsions. After his body was unable to carry this dark energy, the dark energy spread wildly around him like water waves, forming a pale black energy circle.

The centaur soldiers were too fast, and this advantage became their fatal wound at this time. Before the soldiers in the back could figure out what had happened to the captain. They had already rushed to the captain's side. The other centaur soldiers who had tried to overtake him as soon as the four hooves stepped into the range of the dark water**, they immediately let out a roar of pain as if they had been corroded by strong acid, and they convulsed.

"Go on, Thea." Willow's voice could be heard from above. With excitement and demagoguery. "Hurry up, or they'll rush and we'll be doomed. Unleash your power! ”

"Burning spirit!" Xia bit her lip and continued to cast the spell, not even knowing that her lip had been bitten by herself. She was very sure of one thing at this point, she really didn't like killing.

In just a few breaths, an entire squad of centaur soldiers died.

Sia summoned a little light once more, and cast Angel Feathers to catch up with Willow and Esselly. It seemed that as long as the dark energy was drained to a certain extent, the holy light in her body would recover a little. Although it was only a pitiful little compared to the dark energy, it also made her feel gratified.

When she finally reached the platform at the end of the stone staircase, she was a little surprised by what she saw.

There were more than a dozen centaur corpses on the platform. But most of the corpses were stacked on top of each other, and there were already traces of flies circling on them, apparently dead for some time. On the other side, two or three corpses were still bleeding from their wounds, apparently not long dead.

Willow and Elthel were looking at the corpses, respectively.

"This is a wound from the weapon of the sand knife, I recognize it!" Esselle looked up from the corpses that had just died, and said in an affirmative tone.

"These should be traces of divine spells. Thea, you should know more about the Light, can you take a look? Willow looked up from the other stacked corpses, and for some reason, Thea felt that her smile was a little weird. It's a delusion, she thought and stepped forward.

Shia carefully examined the wounds on the corpse, and although she had lost the ability to use the Holy Light, her eyesight was still there, and she could easily see the moves used by the other party. "Hmm...... Avenger's Shield, Hammer of Justice, ...... Devotion And the trial...... That's all I can see. ”

"Can you judge the strength of the other party?" Willow asked.

"Very strong! The power of the Holy Light is pure, as far as I know......" Saying this, Thea's heart suddenly panicked, she paused, tucked her hair behind her ears because of running, and continued to talk after settling her mind. "We're not rivals."

"Really? That's a shame. Willow said leisurely. Let's hope Sand Knife will be lucky and don't run into him. ”

"So what are we waiting for? Get on board! Hearing this, Asselie couldn't help but be anxious, and she couldn't help but find the sand knife immediately.

"Intruder! Fast! There are invaders! The cries of centaurs were heard from below.

"Quick!" Willow jumped up and ran to the stone gate first. "Come and help! Damn it! It's so heavy! ”

Thea and Esserie hurried to help, and the three of them worked together to push open a crack in the heavy stone door. Looking in from the outside, it was dark and dead silent, and nothing could be seen. The three of them glanced at each other, no longer hesitated, and flashed into the gap in turn.

The centaur guards below rushed up to the stone platform, only to see the stone door slowly close again.

"Damn!" The captain looked around. "These intruders have killed so many of my Marodi's valiant guards. No wonder since the morning, the guards, who were supposed to change shifts, disappeared. ”

"Aren't we going to chase it in?" The vice-captain beside him asked.

"Nonsense, are you on your first day as a guard?" The captain clenched the javelin in his hand hard. "Entering the holy place without the permission of the priest is the lightest punishment is exile. I won't stop you if you want to go. ”

In the face of the captain's reprimand, the vice captain bowed his head in disdain.

"But those damn intruders don't have to be complacent." The captain's eyes showed fanatical adoration, dispelling the resentment in his eyes. "As long as our First Mother is still here, these people will not want to leave Maradon alive."

His words stirred up the morale of all the centaurs around him. The centaurs exchanged ears.

"That's right! That's right! ”

"As long as the First Mother is still around! ……”

These remarks are completely unknown to the Thea.

As the stone door was sealed, sound and light were kept out. The intense light shift made the eyes extremely uncomfortable, so the three of them only cautiously clinged to the stone door and remained motionless.

When her eyes adjusted to the dim light, Thea was surprised to find that there was a wide stone bridge in front of her.