Volume I: The Vanishing Land, Chapter 18
"Your Excellency Taylor?" Taylor, who was distracted, stared at Ai Ling, making her a little uncomfortable, and Taylor, who had not replied for a long time, only to come back to his senses when he heard Kule's shout, only to realize that he was a little rude, and quickly apologized.
"Oh, Your Excellency Ai Ling, I'm sorry, I'm a little rude, I didn't expect to see you here. Taylor realized that the rich blue aura came from Ailing, who had been in the war for so long, but Ailing looked like a girl in her twenties.
"It's okay, I heard from Kule that you are here to investigate the movements of the Fourth Legion, have you received any news?" Kule motioned for everyone in the room to go out, leaving only the three of them.
"Look at it. Cullet took out the secret letter that Bishop Red had opened and handed it to her, and explained, "About a month ago, several legions in Brett began to harass the provinces near the Ridge of Rikareven on a large scale, and Bishop Rich felt that they wanted to seize the source of the breath, so just in case, I was asked to bring the secret letter to Red. ”
Ai Ling read the secret letter carefully, smiled, and said: "Richie, he is already a bishop, time flies so fast, but why do you care so much about the movements of the Fourth Legion? If I am not mistaken, the Fourth Legion can't cross the Mason Forest." ”
"I don't know, my mission is only to deliver this secret letter, and as for coming here, Bishop Red and I have discussed it together. Taylor replied truthfully.
"What do you think, Cooler, sister, why did she let Brett's men go deep into Red's interior to investigate?" asked Ailing.
"The Bishop felt compelled to know the movements of the Fourth Legion, and if they did have a disagreement with the source of the aura, Brad in Red would certainly make a move, and the Bishop would want to go and investigate the situation in the Forge Castle. Culle said, bowing his head.
"Hey, so she still doesn't feel at ease with me?" Ai Ling sighed: "That's it, this Lord Taylor, since you are the sacrifice of Brett, then there are some things I can't tell you, so I have wronged you." Ailing tapped Taylor on the shoulder, and then he lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, Taylor was already on the way back to the city, and he didn't know how long he had been asleep this time, but he felt hungry enough, he and Bedo were carried together, and the breath in his body was forcibly sealed, although it was abundant, it couldn't function.
"Where is this?" After struggling to sit up, Taylor saw that Culle was in the line next to him.
"Lord Taylor, you're awake, sorry for making you suffer, we're in the Quay Desert now, not far from our next station. Kule said apologetically.
"Quexi Desert, isn't this the way to the polar regions? We're not going back to Fortress Red?" The Quisi Desert is located south of the Santomar Mountains, and is a much more barren place than the Daizelir Desert.
"I can't go back for the time being. Something was wrong with Kule's expression.
"Why? what's going on?" Taylor asked, but Culle didn't answer him this time, and seemed to be a little unspeakable, just silently following the group. Taylor was very uneasy, trying to think back to what had happened before he fell unconscious, remembering what the oracle Earling seemed to have done to him, and if she was going to do it against him?
In the desert, except for the wind and sand and footsteps, there is no sound, without the protection of the breath, Taylor can only let them support him, Bedo beside him is still asleep, the previous wound has gradually healed, and the breath has become calm, except for the weakness caused by the breath of being sealed for a long time, he seems to be fine. A wound that Kule can't heal, presumably only the oracle Ai Ling can have such a powerful breath of life that can heal, but why didn't they know Red? Taylor knew that he had no choice but to follow their instructions, so he had to lie down again and conserve his strength, he was still too weak, if he hadn't had Kule and this group of Red soldiers along the way, he would have been torn to pieces by Blatter and the beast long ago.
The journey in the desert was more difficult than Taylor had imagined, and the unpredictable wind and sand were the biggest problem in front of them, as well as the quicksand and dark passages that could be found everywhere, and they could never get out if they were not careful, and they walked for a day and a night, and there was no sign of stopping. The sky is getting dark, everyone can only stay in place, Kule let everyone gather together as much as possible, the temperature of the desert will drop quickly at night, and there is no shelter here, once there is any danger, they can also react immediately, the soldiers gathered in a circle, Kule and several priests set up a barrier together, isolating the breath of their group.
"Chief Priest Kule, where are we going?" Taylor couldn't help asking, but Kule ignored him, just concentrating on the recovery of the soldiers, Taylor became more and more bottomless, although he couldn't say that he knew Kule completely, but a few days in the line could see what kind of person Kule was, straightforward and fast-talking, he was indeed a hearty person, I didn't see him so taciturn, Taylor felt a little uncomfortable, anyway, he was also Brett's envoy, what is this called now.
"Rest well, everyone, and continue to hurry tomorrow at dawn. Kule dusted off his clothes and closed his eyes and ignored them.
This is too abnormal, they won't imprison me in a very cold place, Taylor has a little drum in his heart, but he is a little Brett sacrifice, they can't do it, if he is really worried about himself, why let him come to Santomar with him? Taylor couldn't figure it out, but he was quickly relieved, since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't want to, anyway, now his life and death are not in his own hands, why are you worried about this.
The desert at night looked even more desolate, in the dark, Taylor looked at the sky, except for the dim sand, there was no light, he couldn't help but miss Brett's night, that bright and colorful picture, although he didn't like it, but he wanted to be in that picture more than now.
"Priest Ai Ling, are you back?" In his sleep, Taylor felt the abundant vitality again, could it be that the oracle also walked with them? Taylor quickly packed up his clothes and prepared to go out of the tent to meet him, but before he could go out, Ai Ling walked straight towards him and stopped in front of his tent.
"Lord Taylor, have you fallen asleep?"
"Not really. Taylor opened the tent and saw that the oracle was covered with wind and sand, and the gauze covering his face was also dyed yellow and black by the wind and sand.
"Come in, Kule, Lord Taylor, I have something to consult with you. With that, Kule stepped into his tent, and Ai Ling thrust her staff into the ground, and a thick blue barrier surrounded them, and in an instant, the sound of wind and sand tearing outside the tent disappeared.
Taylor's face was full of confusion, and when Ai Ling saw this, she smiled and said, "This Brett's sacrifice is really helpless to bring your Excellency here, I think you want to ask me first, where are we going." ”
Taylor nodded, Erin's voice was very clear, just like her clear and pure blue breath, which made people feel very comfortable, Ailing saw that he was so curious, so he took out a gem-like thing from his waist bag and handed it to him, Taylor took it with both hands, and looked at it carefully, this stone seemed to be cut in half by some force, and he had half of it in his hand, the cutting surface was very flat and smooth, if he guessed correctly, the hardness of this stone should be that ordinary blades could not hurt half of it, because he could feel its weight in his hand, although it was small but not light。
"What is this?" Taylor asked, the stone not looking strange.
"Your Excellency, look again. Ai Ling said, lightly tapped her finger on the stone, in an instant, the stone became blue and weird, not only that, but the whole tent seemed to be filled with this wonderful breath, suddenly, Taylor felt that the thing in his hand was like a thousand catties, and the sealed breath in his body seemed to be constantly impacting the shackles, making his chest and lower abdomen distended and painful, and he had to take it off, Ai Ling grabbed it and raised it in front of Taylor again.
"What is this?" Taylor had seen for the first time in such a thing, and it seemed to contain a terrifying aura energy in its body.
Ai Ling and Kule looked at each other and smiled, and said, "Why, Lord Taylor, didn't your Brett Sacrifice Church tell you what an ancient artifact is?"
Ancient artifacts?Could this be one of the artifacts lost after the division of the Brest dynasty in legend?Taylor looked at the small stone again, and in the deep and quiet light, Taylor was a little dazed, as if he heard the sound of its owner carrying it on the battlefield thousands of years ago.
"Taylor is stupid, I don't know what kind of artifact this is?" Taylor shook his head and said, Brett naturally won't forget about the exploration of artifacts, but in the historical materials recorded, Taylor has never heard of any artifact like a stone.
"Sir Taylor, don't you think this aura is familiar?" said Kule.
Taylor glanced at Kule full of doubts, then touched it with his fingers again, carefully felt its breath, Taylor then felt a stream of blue breath like a filament full of vines, along his meridians little by little winding upwards, the blue light is like a flame, constantly scorching the source of the breath in his body, holding back the swelling pain in his chest, Taylor suddenly found that this breath seems to be the same origin as his own breath, and after a while, his body is filled with this blue breath, constantly blending with his own dark blue breath, but his own breath seems to be very afraid of it, although he is afraid of it, but he is still absorbing its power。
"Is this the origin of the blue breath?" Taylor then realized that what this stone contained was the origin of the blue breath in the breath of all things, which meant that this stone was once a thing of the gods, so it was able to retain this origin breath, so it was not wrong to say that it was an ancient divine object.
"Sure enough, only you Brett people can perceive the origin of this aura, and yes, this is the crown jewel of Misar, one of the former gods, your Bret's god of life. Ai Ling put it away and said.
"Montas's Ethereal Crown?" Tyler was familiar with this thing, everyone who was Brett knew about this artifact, and now this crown was still enshrined in the Temple of Heroes, sealed above the head of the statue of the gods, and it was the only artifact that they Brett kept.