The Sacred Land, also known as the Holy Land by the Norsian people, is a legend handed down by the Norsr people since ancient times. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 According to legend, the ancestors of the Norsr tribe were once given a sacred task to keep a sacred place safe and draw strength from the sacred place and ask for its protection. But after all these years, the holy place was gone, or the Norsmen were no longer able to find it, and they had cut ties with it, so they had to rely on their own strength to survive in the harsh snow-capped mountains.

However, they did not give up the pursuit of this holy land, and later the Norsrid people continued to pursue in the high mountains of the Andacel Mountains, looking for the origin of the holy land, looking for the place where the holy land existed, in the hope that they could find the holy land again and regain the protection of the holy land. For thousands of years, no matter how much suffering the Norsr people have experienced, they have not given up on this goal, whether they are men, women or children, they have worked hard to find any clues about that holy place, and even for a long time, this insistence on finding the holy place has become a habit of their people.

Their efforts eventually bore fruit - according to the accounts of the elders of the tribe, they initially found some stone pillars, which were made by unknown means, and still maintained a connection with the Holy Land, through which every Norsman who came into contact with the stone pillars was able to sense the existence of the Holy Land, and was able to use these stone pillars to resonate with the Holy Land and listen to the voice of the Holy Land. Overjoyed, the Norsmen began to search for more stone pillars in the mountains, hoping to record them as their clan's last hope to preserve and protect. But the scarcity of the clan's personnel and the vastness of the mountains became the biggest enemy of this mission, even after such a long time, they did not find many similar artificial structures, and even the ones they found before were gradually damaged over time, some lost their former usefulness, and some were gradually buried in the snowy mountains, and could no longer be found. Thus, after a long period of time, the great act of the clan in pursuit of the Holy Land gradually became the work of searching for the "shadows of the Holy Land"—the name they called those pillar-like devices—and then slowly passed down in this form, from custom to custom, then to rule, and finally to the trial of the young people—and the gradual decline of the Nosrid tribe made the old men of the clan unable to support the task, so that whenever they needed to pass on the task, They often rely on the young warriors of the present, trying to use this way to make these young people train themselves in the process of constantly searching for new "shadows of the Holy Land" and become the new hope of the clan.

Many of the young warriors fell to what was called the Trial, but they still worked tirelessly to act as new pioneers in the mountains, to confirm that a stone pillar was still alive, or to discover the existence of a new "shadow of the Holy Land". The coordinates of the Nosr tribe that record the location of the stone pillars in the Andachel Mountains have been handed down for a long time, but for various reasons, the number of these coordinates has not increased much over time, but the recent bad weather has delayed the progress of the new trial.

However, the existence of the Sacred Land is still the greatest dream in the hearts of all Norsians, especially the young Nors, and Art is no exception. But in his own words, now he wants to use his own power to discover places that the people have not discovered for a long time, and not as a young Norsr who has completed the trial mission, but as an adventurer, so that the land that only exists in legends can truly be revealed to the world.

"Do you believe the young man?"

It was already late at night that day, and Duan Qing and the others still hadn't been able to rush back to the good haven they had been in when they set foot on the snowfield before dark, but if they retreated, they would still be able to find a place where they could spend the night—with the only knowledge that the young man of the Norsr tribe had about this place, they found a cave of ice bears in some remote place, and then ...... After a big fight with the ice bears hiding inside, it took a lot of effort to drive them out and grab the nest.

After that, it's time for a short break to recharge your batteries. But the necessary vigil is still due, and God knows if any other beast and monster will find this place as they think, and then not only will they not want to rest, but they will have a problem surviving.

The work of the vigil was boring, which Duan Qing had already summarized when he was in the Emerald Forest, so in order to eliminate this problem, he proposed that two people should guard the entrance of the cave, and the others would go to rest, so as to rotate. It was late at night and the others had little energy to object, but that didn't preclude them from agreeing for safety reasons - if there really was some monster in this kind of ghost place, no one could handle it.

At this time, Duan Qing and Xue Lingphantom Ice were guarding the entrance of the cave left and right, and Duan Qing, who was leaning against the edge of the rock wall, suddenly raised the previous question.

"It is impossible for an ordinary person to make up such a perfect lie in a short period of time." The woman in the black cloak sat on her knees on the other side of the cave entrance, and replied indifferently, "What's more, that person has just experienced a huge mental shock. ”

"Hmm...... Is it just because of these? ”

“...... All right. Xue Lingphantom Bing sighed: "According to my impression...... The people of the Norsr do not lie. ”

"An honest race, huh?" Duan Qing expressed his skepticism with his nose, then touched his chin and thought, "That means what kind of holy place exists...... Really? ”

"Although it may be just a legend, ...... The credibility is really high. Xue Lingphantasm nodded slightly: "Especially for us." ”

"What do you mean...... The cave? ”

"There are man-made creatures here, which we have seen for a long time, and ...... Judging from the situation of the cave before, the possibility of existence in the Falling Star Mountain ...... Very high. ”

"What do you mean...... Is that holy place in that cavern? ”

"I didn't say that." The woman looked up at the man standing on the other side: "It's just speculation, that cave is very big, and I haven't explored the whole picture of this cave last time and this time." Especially ......"

"The upper and lower parts." She held out a finger and pointed above and below herself.

"The young man gave us very few clues." Duan Qing looked at the depths of the cave where they were located, and there was a snoring sound from someone sleeping inside: "The history he told us can only prove that the existence of an ancient ruin is real at most, and other clues ...... Hardly. ”

"No, if you think about it, there are."

"Oh?" Duan Qing folded his arms curiously: "Let's talk about it." ”

"For example......" The woman glanced at Duan Qing again, then silently lowered her head and analyzed: "That sacred land is the place of faith of the Norsir clan, and according to the previous description, it is not an exaggeration to call it the place of origin. ”

That is, this race...... Could it be a remnant of some ancient race? ”

"Yes, and judging by the existing history of the free world, the likelihood that they belonged to the era of the Magic Empire is quite high. Because the existing excavated ruins are almost all products of the era of the Magic Empire. ”

The greatest gain that adventurers can get from the development of the game of Free World is often the exploration of ruins from all over the world, where they can find many powerful artifacts and equipment from the ancient magic empire, and can find many secrets belonging to the era of the magic empire. As for fighting the traps and monsters in the ruins, as well as many entanglements with the existing NPC forces, they are also important channels for players to gain - no matter how bad it is, it can also be used as a task to complete the task, so as to gain a lot of experience, and then use this experience as a bragging capital, not only to show off in front of other players, but also to bluff more NPCs, so as to get more ruin clues and commissioned tasks. As for why these ruins are almost all relics of the Ancient Magic Empire, many players have not thought much about it, and those hardcore players who take pleasure in studying history have given the answer, and their conclusion is still relatively reasonable: judging from the existing history, the Ancient Magic Empire once ruled on the free continent for a long time, and it was a suppressive rule, so most of the history and civilization before this have been covered in the past.

"Hah, a race that worships magic?" So Duan Qing clapped his hands and shouted, "Why don't I believe it so much? Just those stupid big blacks who only rely on muscles and don't distinguish between good and evil? ”

"Maybe they were warriors who guarded somewhere, or maybe they had lost their magical abilities, after all, so much time has passed......" The woman frowned and said, "Moreover, their skin color is plateau red, not black. ”

Poof, don't be so serious, okay......

Forcibly suppressing the urge to laugh, Duan Qing put his hands behind his back again: "Okay, okay, whatever you say is what it is, but ......"

"What does it matter?"

"If they are the ancient relics of the guardianship, then ......" the woman re-entered her thoughts, "what is the place they guarded before, and what they longed for later, it is worth considering." ”

"Items? Artifact? Somewhere? Or even someone? It's a lot more likely......"

"Hmm...... It's impossible to be human......"

"Hey, don't underestimate the brains of those designers, young man." Duan Qing shook his fingers: "I remember that there is a game called "No Man's Land", which also has a task of 'finding ruins', the penultimate step in it, the one who is looking for something and somewhere, and in the end, isn't it actually a person......

"Alright, alright." The woman stretched out her hand and interrupted the other party's words: "I know that you are very knowledgeable, so don't show off, in short, this place ...... It shouldn't be possible. ”

"How so?"

"Don't they have stone pillars as terminals for induction?" The woman said, "In my guess, there must be a huge stone pillar or similar artifact in that holy place, which exists as a computer switchboard or something......"

"Hehehehe......" Duan Qing laughed disdainfully: "I believe that Christo would not come up with such a stupid design." ”

"Tell me about it, then." The woman finally became angry: "What will that holy place be like? ”

"Uh......"

Duan Qing touched his chin again: "If you want me to say anything, it should be ...... It's just a place. ”

"A place?"

"yes, it's a place in the ordinary sense." Duan Qing spread his hands and explained, "Maybe it's a mountaintop, a plain, a meadow, the kind that has nothing...... In short, it's a place in the literal sense of the word. ”

"It's just a monumental place...... Maybe there's nothing there. ”

"Not aggressive." The woman commented, "I wonder how you found the Emerald Tower before." ”

"Keep going and you'll find it." Duan Qing smiled: "I call it normal heart, and you have to know ......"

"How many adventurers, or rather, players, go out to explore the unknown with great hopes, only to end up with empty joy?"

"You still don't believe in the holy place that Art describes?" The woman asked in a low voice, "Those so-called shadows of the Holy Land can't be fake, right?" They even reacted......"

"I won't believe it easily until I see the so-called shadows of the Holy Land with my own eyes." Duan Qing put on a serious face, but the next moment he laughed again: "And you know what, you can't just believe what those stupid big black say." ”

"Why are you so dark......

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I meant to say...... Those clans with little knowledge are likely to misunderstand something. For example, the stone pillar was some kind of leftover magic circuit that could still react, and then for some reason it lit up, and it was seen by those trial warriors, and they thought they had reacted to them......"

"Huh?" The woman looked at each other with some amusement: "Can you explain this?" ”

"I've always had a big brain." Duan Qing gestured his head for a moment, and then changed his face to a straight face: "But if it has been like this for thousands of years, then the possibility of this kind of accident is very small...... Since it is possible to be true, then the location of the existence of the sacred land is very debatable. ”

"Didn't Art say he knew where?"

"He? It's better to rely on him than on yourself. Duan Qing looked inside the cave again: "Even if what he says is true, his cowardly character will definitely be unreliable when it comes to danger, so from now on, we have to take this cumbersome factor into account." ”

"And ......"

He turned his head to look at the dark night sky, where the wind and snow were still howling.

"No matter where that place is, it's never going to be a good place to go."

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Early the next morning, they continued their departure.

The wind and snow were still heavy, but they seemed to be a little smaller than yesterday, and according to Art, it was a little mercy from the heavens that had finally lowered his anger. However, in Duan Qing's words, the change in the weather at this time was more like a sign of their luck change.

Because from yesterday's experience, their luck was so bad.

"Are you sure you want to climb this snow hill?"

Looking at the large steep slope in front of him, Nan Tieshan couldn't help but ask the Nosrid who suddenly stopped them shortly after setting off, who shrunk his neck, and then cried out with a little blush: "My memory can't be wrong, I remember...... I remember ......"

His voice was lowered again: "I remember that there is a place found by the clansmen in this area......"

Those are the stone pillars that are called the Divine Shadows...... Duan Qing raised his head and looked at the crumbling snow slope under the wind and snow, patting the snow on his body, and at the same time moving his body: "Whatever, where are you going anyway......

Thinking of the previous promise, Nan Tieshan also followed the activity: "Since my brother said so, then let's climb up, hum!" It's just a small snow hill, how can you stop Uncle Ben and my ......"

The woman next to her didn't speak, but walked forward on her own—and it seemed that she agreed.

"Hey, I didn't really want to climb yet." As the original proposer, Duan Qing, who was about to leave, became embarrassed. He scratched his frozen hair, looked left and right at the topography of the snow hills, listened to the movement up and down, and then muttered quietly, "This, this, this...... It wouldn't go wrong, would it? ”

There was a slight vibration ahead.

A few players who hadn't officially set off stopped in amazement - at the top of the slope, a large snowball rolled down the ramp in their direction.

"Could it be that this is the legendary ......" Duan Qing muttered as he looked at the big snowball and the entire slope that was about to collapse with that snowball.

"Crow's beak......"