"Gone?!"

In the pitch-black cave, Isaac stared at Lusan with wide eyes: "How could it be gone?!"

"I saw them just now, right there, two figures, one tall and one short, one big and one small, how could they disappear in the blink of an eye?!"

A high-pitched voice echoed through the rock walls for a long time.

"How do I know?!" The startled gray-eyed boy was also extremely nervous, his eyes kept scanning around, hoping to find some clues: "I'm not the only one who heard the sound just now!"

"And what do you know?" asked the unwilling Isaac anxiously, hugging his shoulders.

"I ......" Lu Sien paused, and spread his hands a little angrily: "I knew they were gone." ”

"You know, you know why you didn't say it earlier?"

Isaac's eyes widened, "How did they disappear?!"

"I don't know!"

"But you just said you know!"

"I didn't!"

"You said it clearly, you said you knew they were gone!"

"Yes, I know they're gone, but I don't know how!"

"Wait, wait...... Wait, let me sort things out. Isaac took a deep breath, and his disgruntled anger almost filled his entire face: "You know they're gone, and I know they're gone, and we all know that these two are gone!"

"But none of them know how these two people disappeared, right?!"

"That's it!" Lusen nodded vigorously, not forgetting to snort coldly.

"Very well, then the problem is solved, and the next problem is to figure out how these two people disappeared - this place is empty, and it is not impossible to accidentally get lost. ”

Shrugging his shoulders and pretending to be calm, Isaac desperately tried his best to hold back his trembling legs, and coughed lightly: "First of all, I think we have to rule out several possibilities first... For example, did they leave because of an accident, or did they leave on purpose?"

"Leaving on purpose?"

The gray-eyed boy looked stunned: "They... Why did you leave on purpose?"

Isaac turned his head and looked at him with a foolish expression: "I say, this kind of thing needs to be asked - to avoid our attention, of course!"

"Avoiding our attention?"

Lusen didn't understand it even more.

"That's right, it's dark and dark, it's quite spacious, it's not too hot or cold, it's like a beast's cave - you know, a lot of big beasts spend their ruts in caves - so they just need to find a place we can't see, and then pretend to be lost and come back after a few dozen minutes... Huh?!"

Suddenly reacted, and Isaac, who found that he had missed his mouth, looked at Lusen, who was still confused, in horror, and suddenly lost his voice.

"Pretend to get lost and come back... And then what?"

The gray-eyed boy blinked, still not understanding.

"No, nothing!" Isaac waved his hand desperately, and Isaac smiled with a false stiffness: "It's just one of the possibilities, in fact, there are many possibilities, such as... Huh?"

Stunned for the second time, Isaac jerked his head back, then looked in both directions.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it just feels like ......" Isaac had an indescribable expression: "It seems that something is missing, I said that in addition to the two of them, is there another person missing?"

"Is there one?"

Lu Sien, who was frowning, couldn't help but turn his head and look into the depths of the dark cave: "It seems... Yes, there is still one person missing. ”

"Who is it?"

The two of them, with puzzled expressions, said in unison.

........................

"Why is it the same as last time......"

In the dark cave, Brandon, who was holding a torch, looked around in horror and wanted to cry without tears.

He still remembered the last time, he followed behind Aunt Fitronai, and specially dragged her sister-in-law's hand and refused to let go, but a blink of an eye Kung Fu sister-in-law disappeared;

So this time Brandon decided to come the opposite of last time, anyway, the purpose of their coming this time was not for the trial, as long as they could reach their destination safely.

Obviously, some invisible and untouchable force played a joke on him again - he didn't even hear a voice talking to himself all the way, and when he turned back, he found that he was the only one left!

But now he didn't have time to care about this, and His Royal Highness, who was desperately taking a deep breath, pressed his trembling hands and feet, and continued to move deeper.

That's right, since I could have walked this road alive back then, there's no reason why I can't do it now.

"I knew that just like last time, let Miracis fly me directly to the top of the mountain. ”

Holding the torch, His Royal Highness the Prince, who was trembling, couldn't help but complain to himself.

Thankfully, this time he wasn't here to take the test, but to meet the dragon and explain things to them - by this time Miracis and Grum should have reached the top of the mountain, and explained to the leader of the dragon clan, and they had no reason to embarrass themselves on the way.

Thinking like this, Brandon's heart suddenly became much lighter, and his pace quickened.

Right now......

"Smack!"

A very clear impact sound came from his ears, and His Royal Highness, who was startled, suddenly froze, and his blood seemed to have coagulated.

He could hear the sound clearly, the movement of someone falling.

And it's quite close to yourself.

Brandon, whose heart was about to stop, raised the torch, and little by little he turned his head in the direction from which the sound came, and stared wide-eyed.

It was a young child who had fallen there, lying on the ground with his teeth bared and clutching the wound on his knee.

The crimson hair was a mess, and the bright eyes were flashing, revealing a bit of cunning and cleverness.

His Royal Highness the Prince was stunned.

A vague but vague memory was rapidly emerging in his mind.

"Hey... I said, 'Who are you?'

The young man who fell to the ground stood up through gritted teeth, and looked at him very vigilantly: "This is Jufeng Mountain, the territory of the dragon, a place where only De Salion can come!"

The young man stared at Brandon with ruby-like eyes, and suddenly a surprised expression appeared on his face: "Wait, so you are also from the De Salion family? I knew that unconscionable dad wouldn't really care if we lived or died!"

"You've been waiting here for a long time, haven't you met Fitlonai... Well, it's a girl, not much older than me, so she should be around here. ”

The red-haired boy who was talking to himself didn't notice Brandon's increasingly frightened expression at all, and was still talking desperately as if he had seen a savior, venting the fear in his heart and calming himself down.

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, have I!" The red-haired young man who had been talking for a long time suddenly became a little embarrassed, and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand and look at His Royal Highness the Prince with a somewhat flattering look:

"Brandon de Salion, if you're happy to call me Bran or the 'Prince of Disgrace' or something, help me get out of here, I don't plan to sign a contract with any dragon anyway, that's what Conod has to consider. ”

Speaking of this, the young man's tone became obviously very sour: "He was born as the Prince of East Sackland, the Dragon Rider and the Crown Prince, so he was sent directly to the Dragon's Lair - because he is the eldest son, the future Emperor, and I am just an insignificant substitute, becoming a Dragon Rider is a trouble, it doesn't matter if I live or die." ”

"So please help me get out of this hellish place, and take Sister-in-law Fitronay with me, she might be lost now... Uh, did you hear me?"

The red-haired boy with wide-eyed eyes looked at Brandon motionless with some concern.

His Royal Highness, who was completely stunned, fell into an inexplicable panic as if he was frozen.

Hell place... That's right

This, here......

What the hell is this place?!

....................................

“...... There are two possibilities. ”

In the darkness of the cavern, the black-haired wizard explained softly as he took the little wizard's hand and walked forward.

"The first is that the entire cave tunnel has been completely eroded by the void, completely distorting the way it should have been—we thought we were moving in a flat tunnel, but in fact we were just spinning in place, or climbing on a steep rock face... Both are possible. ”

"Corrupted by the Void ......"

The pale Ain's hands and feet were cold, and he immediately remembered the cellar of Wild Dog Village and the temple of Shenlin Fort in his memory, and his face was terrified.

"Loren, you, are you saying that there is also an evil god in Jufeng Mountain?"

The black-haired wizard didn't look back, and continued to explore the way: "Probably... This possibility cannot be ruled out. ”

But Loren didn't think any evil god would dare to build his own temple in the dragon's domain, and it was simply self-inflicted—either it was tough enough, or it was a complete lunatic.

What's more, this is the path of trial, a place where the direct descendants of the De Salion family have to walk all over again, even if the dragons are no longer as willing to stick to their agreement as they were back then, it is impossible to let the future emperor be corrupted and occupied by evil gods, so what good is it for them?

With the faint light of the Firefly Spell, the two of them, clinging to the rock wall, cautiously stepped through a gap and continued to move forward.

"What about the other possibility?"

The pale, little wizard asked in a low voice.

"Another possibility......" Loren hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "This is where we are standing now... Has been assimilated by the Void. ”

"Assimilation?"

Aine looked confused, she heard the word for the first time.

"Hmm... You can think of it as something like an enlarged spiritual temple, or a place like a dream world. Trying to remember what he had seen and heard in the Dragonlord's Tower, Loren explained as best he could:

"In short, it's like the Void, but it's artificial—there is no space, no concept of time, and the place we stand in now can be any point in time, past, present, or future, and the distance from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain may not be a single step, or it may never be reached. ”

This one is more likely.

Since the dragons are traveling south with the dragon queen Brünnhilde, it is likely that they also possess some of the unique technology of the dragon kingdom, and it is not surprising that they have created such a unique "dream world", or a place similar to the "dragon king's tower", to test and train their offspring and heirs.

Then the next thing to do, it's easy to do.

Since it's a trial, you can leave here as long as you pass the trial—you may not even need to actually climb to the top of the mountain to find the exit.

"Bang!"

There was a slight shaking sound, and the sound of falling stone could be faintly heard.

The pale, small, wizard stopped almost at the same time as Loren.

The sound is coming from overhead, that is......

"Boom ——!"

There was another loud bang, and a rock smashed directly into the center of the two, and a terrifying sound echoed between the rock walls, as well as a continuous sound of concussions.

And it's getting bigger and louder!

"Run!"

Without waiting for the little wizard to come to his senses, Loren directly held her in his arms and ran forward desperately.

I didn't even have time to breathe, and the shaking in my ears turned into a deafening roar, and the entire cave tunnel shook as if it was about to collapse in the next second, so violent that I couldn't even stand on my feet!

"Boom Rumble......

The rubble above his head was like raindrops, crumbling continuously, and it was falling in the footsteps of the black-haired wizard.

Each time, it seemed to hit the foothold of the moment before him as if he had pinched the rhythm, forcing him to run forward without even turning back.

"Boom ————!!!!"

The sound of shaking became louder and louder, and the falling boulders cracked on the rock wall, blasting into countless dust and gravel scattered, and the flat ground under their feet also cracked in large areas like spider webs with the shock.

"What the hell is going on?!" Desperately grabbing Lusen's back, Isaac screamed in the roar of the roar, "Did we accidentally touch some mechanism, or is the owner of this dream world ready to bury us alive?!"

"I don't know!"

The gray-eyed boy who was running wildly with Isaac on his back roared hoarsely: "But if you talk nonsense there again, I'll throw you down and run away alone!"

"Well, then what do you know?!"

"I don't know anything! I still don't understand what you mean by dream world!"

"Then why do you say I'm talking nonsense?!" Isaac's eyes widened, "Aren't I explaining to you?!"

"I don't want to hear it, and you stuck your head back and blocked my eyes!"

"Then you just tell me, why are you so loud?!"

"Shut up, don't make me want to throw you down even more!"

Cursing and roaring, the wildly running Lusen drew his twin swords, and looked at the dark cavern in front of him in shock and anger, without even the slightest visibility.

"I said... Do you want to see if there is a road ahead before running?" Isaac, who was trembling, couldn't help but continue to ask: "I think if we continue like this, we will have to ...... sooner or later"

Before he could finish speaking, the rock wall above the tunnel suddenly shattered, and several boulders aimed at the two of them before falling head-on.

Boom ——————!!!!