"Hey, Miria, wouldn't it be nice for us to sneak here?" Walking in a small, dimly lit cavern, Eugari whispered to Miria.

"It's hard to come to the Dream Shattering Cemetery, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is said that there are treasures that have been lost in various periods, and this is an adventure that will excite every adventurer. Besides, I didn't ask you to come along. Miria looked at Yujali embarrassedly and muttered quietly, "If you're afraid, go back by yourself." ”

"Why is this so...... "Yujiali said aggrievedly, "I didn't say I wouldn't go......"

"This is a rare dream shattering realm. Don't you want to see what it's like inside? Maybe there's a lost civilization hidden. Miria said proudly, "Besides, as a descendant of the Clarion, the heirloom that Blala has with her may be able to break the seal and let us go in and have a visit." ”

"Wouldn't that be more dangerous? I heard that there are high-level demons and monsters inside. ”

"What's the matter, we're just going to go in a little bit and have a look, we won't go inside. If you're lucky, you can even collect some white magic crystals and come back. ”

"Uh...... It would be great if that were the case. Think of it as a thank you gift to Sister Heys. I've always felt a little embarrassed to come here empty-handed and ask people to help. ”

"yes, yes." Miria said energetically. Then, he quickened his pace and led Eugarie and Bralla towards the depths of the cavern.

"It seems like we're coming to an end." Yugari said, looking at the rock wall in the distance.

"Really? How can you see that far? Miria said in surprise.

"It's okay, I ...... before"

Before she finished her words, she felt the walls on both sides tremble slightly. After a while, many half-human-high black shadows suddenly burst out of the grotto on the wall. They twinkle with large blue eyes, and their broad mouths protrude forward, revealing sharp fangs. The dark gray stocky body, thick and powerful limbs, and the jet-black armor on the back look unusually strong. There seemed to be a stout short tail behind him, like a hammer, constantly pounding on the ground, making a clattering sound.

"What is this?" Yugari immediately clenched her staff and asked vigilantly.

"No, I don't know. I haven't seen it. Miria replied a little nervously.

At that moment, a dark shadow rushed towards Miria. It curled up, letting its hard armor wrap itself around it like a solid rock and fly toward Miria. Before Miria could react, Blana immediately took the lead, picking up her battle axe and smashing it at the shadow. The black shadow that was hit immediately bounced onto the surrounding stone wall, making a loud collision sound that cracked the stone wall. Blala couldn't help but take a few steps backwards to gain a foothold, and couldn't help but sigh, "What a lot of strength!" ”

"What? Even Blala, who only has strength and a particularly large amount of food, thinks they have a lot of strength. Miria said to Eugari in all seriousness, "Be careful, they have a lot of strength!" ”

"......" Blala's face was full of unhappiness at this time.

The shadow seemed to have been hurt and then shrunk back into the cave. However, this did not make the other shadows flinch, but rather made them rush forward even more frantically.

"What to do, any good ideas?" Yugari, who kept casting the divine barrier to stop the impact of the black shadow, asked anxiously, "If you continue to fight like this, it's not impossible, but when the fight is over, it is estimated that the sky will be almost dawn." ”

"Leave it to me." As she spoke, Blala gathered all her strength, and her whole body gradually glowed with fiery red energy.

"Wait!" Miria hurriedly stopped, "Your tricks will collapse the entire cavern!" ”

“…… That...... What should I do......" Blana asked hesitantly.

"How do I know?" Miria shouted complainingly.

"I thought of a way." Eugari exclaimed, "I'll cover them and Brala with a barrier so the energy doesn't hit the cave!" ”

"Good idea, let's give it a try."

As more and more black shadows continued to rush towards them, Yugari spotted a relatively concentrated moment and shouted, "It's now, Blala!" Miria dodged away. ”

Upon hearing Yugari's shout, Miria quickly cast a wide range of frost spells in front of her, slowing down the shadows' movements, and immediately flashed to the entrance of the cave where they came. Powerful flame energy instantly ignited around Blala, and the surging flames swept through everything around it, forming a huge wave of fire, mixed with the shock wave of the roaring battle axe that rushed towards the large number of black shadows in front of him. The sacred barrier released by Eugari had now surrounded all the dark shadows in the cave, along with Blanla. The barrier continued to surge with tremendous energy like a stormy wave, constantly impacting and destroying all the existence in front of Brala.

After a while, the fiery flame energy gradually receded, and the sacred barrier gradually disappeared. Only the convulsive black shadows were left on the ground, struggling and trembling and slowly crawling in the direction of the grotto.

"Isn't it cruel...... "Isn't it cruel?" muttered Eugari.

"Also...... It's fine. Miria replied awkwardly.

"Look there......," said Brala, pointing to the depths of the cave.

As far as the eye can see, in the depths of the cave, a huge demon head is carved into the towering rock wall. Its long, curved horns hung straight down to the ground, and its closed eyes flowed with purple-black energy. The flow of energy formed a surging barrier over the open mouth of the blood basin.

"This should be it." Miria walked up to the statue and pointed to the demon's blood basin and said.

"It's ......"

"I think this is the magic seal that Hithis mentioned earlier. Looking at its current fluctuations, it should be in a downward cycle, but if it is going to reach the bottom, why will it take five or six years? Miria guessed.

"Do seals have cycles?"

"It depends, generally powerful seals fluctuate in annual cycles, more than ten years, decades, or even hundreds of cycles. The Demon Sealing Tower we talked about before is based on a hundred years cycle. As the years go by, there are times when magic seals are at their strongest and when they are weakest. Didn't Heysis mention it before, sometimes you can still go in, I think it should be in time when the seal is at its weakest, and then through some special spells to make the seal crack, so you can get in. ”

"So, at this level, can we go in?"

"Well, I think I can give it a try." Miria walked up to Blala, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Although the Clari are known for their ability to fight, they are also very knowledgeable about magical seals. Take Brala as an example, in fact, she not only has strength and a lot of food. ”

"Needless to say!" Brala immediately protested.

"Okay, don't be angry. Another piece of your "Rare" piece of equipment, the ancestral key dedicated to crafting and breaking seals, can finally come in handy. ”

"Huh? Brala, do you have such a powerful thing? ”

"This ...... It was left to me by my father when I was very young, saying that it would have a very important use in the future. As she spoke, Blala pulled out a large key-shaped pendant from her neckline. It was a bronze key, and even in the dim cavern, you could feel the soft light it constantly emitted.

Brala walked up to the demon's bloody mouth with the pendant and slowly attached the key. The key that came into contact with the seal immediately flowed out of pale yellow energy, and instantly devoured the purple-black energy flowing from the demon's eyes. Then, it didn't take long for the seal on the mouth of the blood basin to disappear without a trace.

"Let's go." Blala put away the pendant and turned her head to say.

Eugari and Miria nodded to each other, and just as they were about to walk into the cave, a figure suddenly walked in the distance, "What are you doing here?" It's dangerous around here. ”

The man who came was none other than Heatys. "I think there's some noise here, it's the middle of the night, you're there...... Yes?! Seeing that the seal of the demon statue had disappeared, Heatis exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on?!" Is the seal gone? ”

"Uh...... Well, that's the case......" Yugari said embarrassedly.

At this moment, the demon's closed eyes began to flow purple-black energy again.

"Let's get inside. I only opened the seal temporarily, and it didn't remove it, or after a while, the door was closed. Blala said coldly.

"Huh? Why didn't you say it earlier. Miria hurriedly pushed Eugari into the cave, and Bralla followed, and even Heatis walked in unconsciously. Shortly after they entered, the seal reappeared in the demon's mouth.

"What the hell is going on?" Heather asked, puzzled.

"Well...... "Yugari hurriedly stepped forward, embarrassed to explain that they had planned to come here to explore, and by the way, collect some white magic crystals.

After hearing this, Heatis shook her head and said helplessly, "This is not good, although you are just out of curiosity, but this place is indeed very dangerous. Many profit-seeking adventurers have come here to try it before, and there are many masters who can open the seal and enter it, but almost none of them survive. So, let's go back quickly. ”

"I can't go back." Before Yugari could speak, Blana said coldly, "The key can only be used once every half day. It was almost after noon before I could open the door again. ”

"Huh?" Yugari said in surprise.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Miria complained.

"You didn't ask."

"Hey." "Then it seems that we will have to wait here until noon." ”

"I'm so sorry, I'm very sorry." Yugari apologized again and again.

"Ahh I don't have anything, I don't have to do that. I'm just worried that you're here for the first time, you don't know the situation, and you're afraid of any danger, so I followed up. Heather hurriedly explained.

"Ah, that's ......" Miria suddenly took a few steps, picked up a finger-sized white ore, and showed it to everyone, "Look, it's a white magic crystal." ”

Hearing Miria's voice, everyone immediately gathered around.

"Wow, this is the White Magic Crystal, it's so beautiful."

"If you sell it, you should be able to exchange it for a lot of food."

"Don't just think about eating. I think there's got a lot bigger of them. Let's go inside a little bit. ”

"Wait." At this time, Heatis said with a serious face, "Didn't I just say, it can be very dangerous inside, you can't go inside." ”

"It's just a little bit further inside, what's the matter?" Miria puffed out her lips and said dissatisfiedly, "Don't you want to collect some more white magic crystals to create a 'rare' shield?" ”

"This ......," Miria's words did speak of Hexis's pain. As a child who has been inspired to be a great defensive warrior since she was a child, there is nothing more appealing to her than a top-of-the-line shield. In the past few decades, she has been taking risks and collecting all kinds of precious materials rain or shine, just to create a top-notch shield suitable for herself. But due to some inconsistencies, she has not been able to have a shield that satisfies her, which is something she has been very concerned about for a long time.

"Look, you'd love to have a top-of-the-line shield." Miria squinted her eyes and said with a grin, "Now is the opportunity for difficulty, if you miss it, if you want to collect the scum outside to collect the shield materials, you will have to wait for thirty or fifty years." ”

"That's true...... "Hecis thought for a moment, pouted and complained, "You guys are really a little ghost." ”

"That's such a happy decision." Miria smiled wickedly.

"Then we have to say that we can only go in a little bit, and we must always keep a good formation and don't run around. Evacuate as soon as there is an emergency, and there are ......," Heyss instructed one by one.

"Yes, yes, it's up to you. No problem. Miria happily replied, "Have you ever been here before?" ”

"Well, I came here more than twenty years ago, just in time for the seal to be at its weakest." Heather said with a little sadness, "I went in with a makeshift team that called itself 'The Diggers.'" Almost all of them are experienced adventurers who search for treasures all over the world all year round. But not only did there be no gain, but few of the teammates who went in together survived. Due to the heavy losses and the fact that the condition of the seal was not very stable, he left without staying inside for too long. The most recent time the seal was at its weakest, because the Guild Alliance had a mission on its side, and it couldn't find an outlaw who could form a team for a while, so it gave up temporarily. So I don't really have any experience. ”

"How old is this guy?" Miria couldn't help but complain in her heart.

"So, is there anything I need to pay attention to?" Eugari asked.

"The most notable thing is that it is inhabited by a group of dark creatures called Shadow Ghosts. Although information about them is scarce, it is certain that they are the best at moving in the dark, both skilled in dark spells, possessing a pair of sharp front claws, and are very agile and bloodthirsty by nature. Normal physical attacks are hardly effective against them. In addition to claws and shadow spells, their attack methods seem to be able to interfere with the human mind, so be careful. As for the weaknesses...... I remember that neither they nor the way they attacked, no matter how much damage they could do, could not penetrate the sealed rock wall here. ”

"That's right. I will always be on the lookout and do my best to support you. Yujiali said energetically. Then, she immediately chanted a spell that maximized the number of light sources to five, making the surrounding space as bright as day.

"It's amazing, it's the first time I've seen a priest who can summon five light sources." Even Heather couldn't help but sigh.

"Where, you've won a prize." Yugari replied embarrassedly.

In this way, everyone walked cautiously towards the depths of the cave under the leadership of Hesis. On both sides of the rugged mountain road, there were occasional tiny white devil crystals, all of which were temporarily kept by Brala.

"Wait!" Yujiali suddenly said alertly, "There seems to be something ahead. ”

Everyone immediately stopped. "You can see that far. Extra skills?' Heather couldn't help but think.

Suddenly, a figure-like black shadow instantly popped out. Before everyone could see its appearance, the black shadow pounced on Yugari.

"So fast!" Yugari exclaimed in her heart.

Heys immediately stepped forward and raised her shield to knock away the shadow. Yugari was about to say thank you, only to see dozens of shadow shockwaves in the distance rushing towards them. At this moment, a faint layer of white light flashed through Hesis's body, and dozens of shadow shockwaves immediately deflected and shot towards her in one group. Heys raised her shield again to block, and while defusing the opponent's attack, her body couldn't help but take a step back.

"That's amazing! He is the best defense warrior in the kingdom!' Both Eugari and Miria secretly admired.

"Is this the Shadow Ghost you just mentioned?" Miria asked in a low voice.

"That's right, don't take it lightly, it's just a tentative attack on their part."

"Understood!" Eugari and Miria replied in unison, and then immediately raised the spirit of the twelve.

Just then, a loud noise came from the depths of the cavern, and as time went on, the sound got closer and closer.

"It's ......"

"Not good!" Before Eugari could ask, Heather hurriedly shouted.

At this moment, at the end of the field of vision, Yugari saw countless shadow ghosts coming towards them. These emaciated, faceless monsters are constantly gathering outside of their light. They move so quickly that the naked eye can barely keep up with them. As more and more shadow ghosts appeared, their figures were overwhelming on the roads, on the rock walls, and even on the roof of the cave, almost enclosing the entire space.

One, two...... Countless shadow ghosts began to rush towards Yugari and them in a frenzied manner.