038 Ruins

"I'm Freya, Freya Oselles. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" The woman in the red robe said lightly, and then there was no follow-up.

The battle ended with the black figure retreating, as Christine eventually made a move.

When the ice crystals in the sky suddenly appeared in the sky above the battle, enveloping the black shadow, the other party had already realized that it was impossible to do it. When he fought before, he may not have noticed a few characters watching the battle here, but for some reason, he still chose to continue fighting. Christine on this side also stood by and didn't make a move, so that gorgeous battle lasted for such a long time.

It wasn't until the blue-robed woman took two steps forward and waved her hand while holding her staff that the other party understood what she meant: she would not continue to sit idly by, and the battle was coming to an end.

The purple-black light swelled suddenly, and then burst out in the direction of the Emerald Tower, striking a gap in the sky surrounded by ice crystals. Bursting ice crystals reflected sunlight into a rainbow of light, and a black shadow galloped across the canopy of the trees, running a long distance in a few jumps before disappearing into a sea of green leaves.

Under the light of the afternoon sun, the broken ice crystals still shone with dazzling brilliance, and the red figure slowly floated towards this side in this natural beauty, magnificent and intoxicating. When they got closer, Duan Qing and the others could clearly see the gorgeous red robe on that person's body, and the intricate patterns composed of gold threads were also all over the robe, and several of them were still flooded with the surging magic power that had not yet dissipated.

With a little steam, the red-robed woman slowly landed in front of everyone, like a fire phoenix descending on the mortal world. She and Christine nodded to each other before saying their names.

Short, indifferent, and under the short fiery red hair, there is a face full of youth and beauty, but the face is expressionless. Her skin was white to yellowish, full of healthy vitality, and a chain of rubies seemed to hang from her slender neck. The wide robe could not hide the proud figure of the red-haired woman, and the two points on her chest, which stood out jaw-droppingly, also rose and fell with the violent breathing of the great battle. Her staff was now behind her, so she couldn't see it completely, but vaguely she could see that it was like a dry branch, and the twisted branches were inlaid with red stones, radiating a warm glow.

The woman in the red robe didn't say anything else after saying that, just looked at the others lightly, and there was no fluctuation in her eyes. Although her appearance is very eye-catching, the strong strength she showed before also made several players dare not make any overstepping movements, and even dare not pay too much attention to her.

"Don't be so rude, my sister." In the embarrassing atmosphere, only Christine did not change in the slightest, and still calmly turned her head and said: "You should already know the situation of these people." Oh, that person ......" she pointed to the mountain: "He just met today, so he doesn't know much yet, but it should be a ......"

She put a finger to her lips, and the glint in her eyes flowed: "...... People with a bad temper have some ...... with other people just now Misunderstanding, you say? ”

In the charming voice, Duan Shanyue nodded busily, as well-behaved as a kindergarten child.

"Now that everyone has an understanding of the situation in front of us, the rest is easy to say." Seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing to make trouble, Christine nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed forward: "We need ...... Together, head to that place. ”

Following the direction she was pointing, everyone looked at the tower.

"That's it, us, and your destination." She said these words that sounded awkward, but could be understood by everyone: "As long as nothing else, you and I can find what we are looking for there, huh...... Probably. ”

She spread her hands: "I'm not sure right now. ”

"It's almost certain that it's indeed a relic of the Ancient Magic Empire." The red-robed woman standing beside her interjected indifferently.

The blue-robed woman was silent for a while, then turned to Duan Qing and the others and said, "At this point, I think everyone should have a common goal, as well as ...... A common enemy. ”

Ah Niu scratched his head, Meng Zhu deflated his mouth, Duan Qing lowered his head, and Broken Mountain frowned, only Snow Spirit Illusion Ice ...... Her eyes were full of fighting spirit and determination.

Finally...... This time, I'll show you!

"I want you to think about what you've been through and what you're here for...... and meaning. The blue-robed woman said this, and finally put away her charming look: "There are unknown dangers ahead, and even me, and my sisters, can't guarantee that we will be able to deal with them all. When the time comes...... I hope you will be able to shoulder your responsibilities. ”

She took two steps, took Freya's hand, and then faced the crowd left and right: "Whether as an adventurer or as a companion...... responsibility. ”

"We will, ladies." A deep voice sounded, it was Duan Qing, who was the leader of the group, and he finally raised his head with a serious face.

"Adventurers never do those dirty things." He stroked his chest with one hand and made a strange etiquette - something he had learned in his spare time when he was off the line.

"In the name of the adventurer's forefathers." He straightened up.

In front of him, the red-robed and blue-robed figures stood solemnly at the same time, holding a staff, one left and one right standing in front of their chests: "May the will of the elements guide your path." ”

"Let's rest for a while, and then let's go."

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The first obstacle to progress is the cliff in front of you.

If you look closely at the topography here, you can guess that the basin formed around the Emerald Tower roughly forms the shape of a giant bowl. Therefore, the slope of the "bowl" part of it must be larger, and the slope of the "bowl bottom" part will be slowed down.

Duan Qing, the position they are in now is at the mouth of this giant bowl, they have to find a way to go down from the cliff now, and they can't jump down.

Snow Spirit Ice suggested that they find a few giant trees of the same height, jump over the canopy, and then continue down so that they can reach the bottom safely. However, this plan was vetoed by Duan Qing, regardless of whether the tops of these canopies were stable or not, whether it was possible to be attacked by monsters, just the trumpets of these greenstone villages that he brought with him did not have such a high strength to jump over - at least Mengzhu and Ah Niu couldn't.

The two archmages have the ability to fly, but they are not proficient in wind magic, and they can't bring so many people. Even if it can be done, the process in the middle is very dangerous. You know, the black-clad enemy might still be watching them secretly...... And this method is also a great consumption for them, and it is not a good choice for them to be reasonable.

The mountain is alone, and it is also at the end of the road before the convergence, and the materials and tools are extremely scarce, and there is no good thing for everyone to use. However, before Duan Qing and Mengzhu entered the Emerald Forest, they had prepared ropes, although most of those ropes were for camping, and the length was very short, but they were connected together, barely reaching the middle part of the cliff. So in desperation, everyone finally used Duan Qing's suggestion - climb down.

This is indeed the dumbest way to do it.

For the remaining half of the height difference, Duan Qing and the others found a suitable tree to solve. As for how to tie the rope to the tree, you can only ask the help of the two great magicians. After the rope was tied, Duan Qing volunteered to try his own way, taking the lead in climbing over the steep rope, and then using the short sword as an aid, he carefully slid down the trunk. The others watched as Duan Qing's figure gradually blurred, and it was not until he disappeared into the dense jungle that they heard his shouts from below.

β€œ....... Safe...... Come down ........"

The height of the cliff and the height of the giant tree, that distance was enough to make Duan Qing's voice difficult to distinguish, but it was enough to be able to hear these few keywords. A few people lined up slightly, and then began to set off one after another, Xue Lingphantom Bing looked at the broken mountain standing behind, and did not hide the vigilance in his eyes: "You ......"

"Relax, little girl, I'm not one of these ungrateful people of your Wings of Freedom......" Broken Mountain clasped his hands to his chest, a look of disdain.

Xue Lingphantasm Ice is not afraid of the cats that may appear in the middle, because the two figures, one blue and one red, are still floating not far above, paying attention to the movement here.

Seeing the last man in tattered leather armor get on the rope, Freya finally couldn't help but ask, "Sister, ...... this person?"

"I know your doubts, my dear sister." The blue-robed woman didn't care: "But after so much time, you still don't believe my intuition, that's ...... A woman's terrible instincts, huh? ”

Christine blinked, as if to imply something. On the indifferent face that did not match the fiery red at all, a hint of Hao Ran finally appeared.

"It's a short time, but from what I've observed, that man isn't a bad guy." Seeing that her dear sister was a little embarrassed, Christine finally said her guess: "And the strength should be the strongest among those adventurers, I think...... Should be able to help us ......."

Freya turned to look at her sister and saw some doubt on her faceβ€”one that was naturally in a different direction than her own.

"Whatever comes up, we'll address them." She had no choice but to say.

β€œ...... That's of course. Looking at her resolute expression, Christine couldn't help but smile gently: "I am convinced of this too, my dear sister. ”

The two of them descended together, merging into the crowd of adventurers.

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The forest below, the environment is not much different from before, although everyone is still in awe of the huge tree trunk with a diameter of more than ten meters, but after seeing more, they gradually get used to these towering things.

The only difference is that the road is still on a steep slope at the beginning.

The trunk of more than ten meters wide is too large, and it also shows an inclined section on the ground, often Duan Qing and others bypass a tree, they will inevitably see the bare trunk, deeper and deeper, and sometimes even see some knotted tree roots that are thicker than people, crisscrossing and deep in front of everyone's eyes.

Strangely, with such an unbalanced bare appearance, these giant trees still grow as straight as javelins, continuing to maintain their ninety-degree skyrocketing posture - this is rare in nature, it is almost like a telephone pole buried vertically in a slope, Duan Qing and they can only understand that this is the design of the free world.

Fortunately, so far, they have not encountered the unscientific hordes of monsters before, so there is no real danger for the time being. However, a few people did not let their guard down because of this, because such a calm is not a good sign.

In this case, the slightest murmur can upset the balance. The next moment, that balance was shattered.

The strongest Broken Mountain first heard a strange sound, and then warned everyone in a loud voice. Duan Qing and the others listened in silence for a while, and then they heard Christine's giggles: "It's the sound of running water, don't be nervous." ”

Mengzhu breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to follow the others to continue walking, when he suddenly noticed Duan Qing stopping to look at each other in that direction, and couldn't help but stop: "What's the matter, uncle, let's go......"

"Let's go over there and have a look." Duan Qing's screams echoed through the forest, and the others also stopped.

"I always felt ...... There may be a discovery over there. ”

No matter how you go, as long as you are in the basin, you will come to the center sooner or later, so there are few objections to Duan Qing's proposal. Following the sound of the flowing water, they found a small river, but they found nothing useful except the clear spring flowing from it.

"Just plain rivers...... Whatever you have in mind, it seems to have failed. Xue Ling Phantom Ice patted Duan Qing on the shoulder, and there was a hint of sarcasm in her tone. Duan Qing didn't care, and continued to encourage the others: "Since we have all come here, let's go along the river, anyway, this river will definitely flow there in the end......"

"Okay, well, listen to your ......" Even if there is any problem in this, everyone can't see anything for a while, so this proposal, there is still no opposition, everyone decided to just go with the flow, where to go.

Although the Emerald Tower was very high, after everyone was submerged in the jungle again, their vision was naturally blocked, so since entering the map called "Around the Emerald Tower", Duan Qing and the others had never seen any other artificial structures except for the tower they had seen at the beginning. But even so, everyone also enjoyed this natural environment, the breeze, the green leaves, due to the height difference, the "giant umbrella" composed of the canopy of the head is not so impermeable, the sunlight through the top of the layered dense forest, leaking down from above, shining on the gurgling water, as if for the clear river water plated with a layer of golden scales. Occasionally, a section of the river was stirred up by a stone, reflecting colored light in the air.

At one point, the flow of the river became intense, and in front of it was a corner of the river, and then there seemed to be a small waterfall - several people heard the rumbling of the river falling downward. After turning the corner, Ah Niu, who was walking in the front, first noticed the splash of water stirred up by the waterfall, which reflected a rainbow in the air.

"It's a nice place." Ah Niu admired the beautiful scenery, then thought for a while, and then said, "This game is really good. ”

"Enjoy the magnificence of virtual technology!" Duan Shanyue walked up to Ah Niu: "The charm of the game is not only that. ”

"Of course." Ah Niu patted his chest: "For example, fighting, haha!" I just like this, it's a good feeling to fight in it......"

Broken Mountain was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud: "Boy, you are very good, I am very optimistic about you, do you want to ......"

"Don't dig into the wall in front of others." Xue Lingphantasm said coldly on the side.

"We recruit people in the rivers and lakes, and we have always been so open-minded! Like you, you have to be sneaky in everything. Broken Mountain fought back mercilessly: "Besides, it's a man's romance to like to fight, what do you know about ...... girl"

Ah Niu's "uh-huh" nodded in agreement, and the black-cloaked woman seemed to have a layer of frost on her face, but the little girl in the purple robe on the other side immediately helped her fight back from the other direction: "Hit and fight!" I like to fight, right, if you run into those ants and poisonous bees before, see if you still like fighting......"

Ah Niu and Duan Shanyue's faces changed at the same time, and they didn't say anything more.

"Hey, don't crow's mouth, come here." Duan Qing on the other side whistled, and then said to a few people, "Look what we found......

A few people looked in the direction Duan Qing pointed - it was already below the small waterfall, where the river continued to flow forward, but not far away, traces of artificiality began to appear.

First scattered stones, then a combination of broken wood, stones, and broken wood and stones, and then a wide area came into view.

Ruins, broken walls, low wooden stakes, signs, ruined carts, broken wooden wheels, scattered utensils, broken doors and windows, and in some places there seem to be black scorch marks. The river crisscrossed the place, past the edge of a small square formed by bare earth, and then turned into the distance, which could not be seen, and with it stretched out more of the ruins before their eyes, and the empty blue sky that was rarely exposed above them. The tall tower of grey and green stands just ahead, obscuring most of the blue sky that is rarely seen here. Near the edge of the area, vines squeezed through cracks in the collapsed walls, and then protruded from the broken spots on the other side, as if embracing the entire abandoned house.

It is an abandoned village.