A voice from the darkness caused Fang Yu to stop and look in that direction—there were two rows of dungeons side by side in the deep silence, but the dark vision granted by the Dragonlord's Heart had not yet returned to the level he had had in Idus, and he couldn't see if there was anyone in the prison on the other side—was he being caught, or was there someone else in this place? Did they escape?

Except for the sound of the door opening, there was silence in the dungeon. But he couldn't tell if it was because the others were still in a coma and didn't wake up, the right hand side of the dungeon, leading up a staircase, Fang Yu saw that after a door opened, a short black figure walked down from there.

If it weren't for the robes on the other side's body, and the careful steps, he would almost have thought it was a Paparal. The little dark figure walked down the stairs to the door of the cell where he was, with a wooden tray in his little hands, on which lay a black loaf of bread, a wooden cup, and a wooden plate.

The black shadow stood in front of Fang Yuan's prison for a moment, then half-knelt down, placed the wooden plate, bread and water cup in front of Fang Yu in turn, and then slowly put away the wooden tray, and then got up to leave. But Fang Yu watched the short figure in the dark, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became.

"We've met, haven't we?"

The black shadow was slightly startled, looking in this direction through the shadow under the hood, looking startled.

But after a while, it nodded slightly.

Fang Yu felt a little interesting, and the other party didn't even deny it.

"I want to ask, what are you holding me here for, is there anything unpleasant about the mystic?"

The black shadow hesitated for a moment and shook his head slightly, but immediately, the other party seemed to feel that he shouldn't say so much, and took a step back in a little panic, and hurriedly turned around and walked back.

But Fang Yu stopped him again: "Wait, on the day of the attack on the Sha Tour, we must have met, I have a teammate who knocked you down, I remember your appearance." ”

The black image stopped, as if it had been immobilized.

She turned around and hesitated for a moment before slowly removing her hood, revealing a frowning little face, which was the mystic warlock girl Fang Yu had seen that day. I saw that the other party was looking at him with some fear, and said hesitantly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ed, they just locked you up in this place temporarily, and they won't do anything to you......"

Her voice was so light that it was almost ghostly, ethereal.

And the more he spoke, the quieter he became, and he lowered his head.

Fang Yu had never seen a girl who was so afraid of life, even Ji Ta, her performance was much better than the other party.

However, the other party's fear of life made him calm down, shook the shackles on his hand slightly, clanged, and asked:

"So you know me?"

"I—I've seen you from afar in the Tansnil Artisan Guild," the girl replied with a slurred voice, "Also, I've seen your video in the community, I'm sorry......"

Fang Yu said unexpectedly: "I'm sorry what? ”

“…… I'm sorry, they made me do that. ”

"They make you ——?"

The girl shook her head vigorously, but kept silent.

But Fang Yu suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Did we meet not long ago?" Both of them were shocked at the time, and the other person also punched himself firmly and was pushed to the ground, which is not a pleasant memory.

This made him a little embarrassed, but the relationship between the two sides was rivals at the time, and even if he did it again, he would actually do it, regardless of whether the other party was a girl or not. And he also understood the meaning of the other party's words, and the last secret warlock who appeared should have been attracted by the other party.

So that's a bit of a tie?

"Are you the Chosen One?" Fang Yu remembered what the other party had said before, although the aborigines could also connect to the community through the dragon knight system, as long as they had a glow communicator, it was obvious that the girl in front of him was not a dragon knight in any way.

But what Fang Yu didn't expect was.

The girl shook her head slightly.

"Glare, are you an aborigine?"

"Hmm-"

Fang Yu was surprised, he even forgot his situation for a while, and couldn't help but ask, "Then how can you connect to the community?" ”

The girl whispered, "I have a glow material communicator, a gift from Lord Ebenny. ”

"Lord Albenny?" Fang Yu reacted quickly, and immediately realized who this name was: "Is it the temple keeper?" ”

The girl nodded again.

Fang Yu was silent for a moment, and he probably understood that this so-called Lord Ebenny was the culprit who sent him to this place.

He spoke again, "But the glow substance is not the key......

The girl blinked and looked at him with some puzzlement.

She thought for a moment, and seemed to understand something: "I—I can probably see something that you can only see, and Master Ebenny said that this is a talent, and through that glow communicator, I can contact you...... Of course, not anymore. ”

Her tone lowered again.

"Is it because of the effects of the dust storm?"

The girl nodded: "Approximately." ”

Fang Yuan's heart was turbulent, and he completely understood what the other party's words meant, the so-called 'I can see something that you can only see', that is, the system, something that ordinary aborigines can't see. It is often only after they become dragon knights that they will have the corresponding abilities.

This is very similar to what the player can gain by being in tune with a stargate or glow, but it is fundamentally different.

And he'd never heard of someone born with such abilities.

Unless—

This girl may have been in contact with the natural dragon soul without her knowledge.

So the other party's situation may be somewhat similar to his own, he has obtained the power of the artificial dragon soul in advance, and has not yet gone to the second world, but in fact, he has the dragon knight system and some of the characteristics of the dragon knight.

And this girl goes one step further, the natural owner of the natural dragon soul.

Why Natural Dragon Soul? Because the artificial dragon soul needs a carrier, and the carrier crystal has elemental nature, less than a certain level, it is impossible for humans to carry the powerful elemental magic contained in the crystal, according to popular saying, it will only die instantly because the carrying power exceeds the limit of human beings.

He is a special case, because the carrier of the artificial dragon soul he has comes from the attributeless Zero Crystal, which has nothing to do with the elemental adaptability of human beings, and no matter how much etheric power he carries, he will not die due to the erosion of the elements.

And the rest of the possibilities are only natural dragon souls.

The carrier crystal of the natural dragon soul is the most special substance in nature, and whether it chooses a master is often not based on whether the subject it carries is strong enough, but from a mysterious and unpredictable characteristic, which scholars and alchemists have not yet studied clearly - 'phase nature'.

As long as the 'phase' is compatible, even if it is a baby, it can also be recognized by the natural dragon soul.

It's just that the power of the natural dragon soul will not be immediately apparent at first, nor will it make a person suddenly become an empty knight, it will become a latent power that lurks in a person's body, growing with the growth of its 'master' until the latter becomes its true master.

Of course, the natural dragon soul in the natural world is so rare, the natural dragon soul Fang Yu that still exists in the first world is almost unheard of, and even in the second world, only the big forces can often have these rare things, so it is unlikely that the precious natural dragon soul can be used on the 'baby'.

After all, only the strong can truly exert the strength of the empty knight, not invest in a person who may have decades of long growth and may not necessarily succeed.

Even the Ottorian Empire was not extravagant enough to do so.

Fang Yu looked at the girl in front of him a little surprised, thinking to himself what kind of coincidence this could have such luck. Of course, maybe it wasn't just a kind of luck, he suddenly understood where the importance of the mystics towards this girl came from, and he couldn't help but mourn for Parker for a few seconds.

Not to mention the identity of the girl's aborigines, even if it is this relationship, it seems that the latter wants to have further contact with it, which seems to be a fantasy.

But the mystics actually let each other come to this place?

Fang Yu looked at the shackles on his hands and feet, or did he say that Lord Ebenny looked down on him at all, and felt that he was not in any danger at all in this state? Thinking that he might be despised, Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little annoyed for a while, but annoyance was annoyance, and he still maintained a minimum of calm in his heart.

Such calmness made him think of another possibility.

"By the way," Fang Yu asked casually, "I haven't asked for your name yet." ”

"I—my name is Afifa," replied the girl in a sneering voice, "Mr. Ed." ”

"Afifa?" Fang Yu was slightly stunned, thinking to himself that this is a common name in Istania, why is this still the same name as Princess Rupert's sister?

He glanced at the other party and asked, "Miss Afifa, you came to deliver food to me?" ”

The girl named Afifa was startled, she didn't expect to be seen through at all, she looked away a little panickedly, and nodded.

"Why?"

"I—I've seen Mr. Eddard's battle in the community......" the girl replied with a blushing face.

Fang Yu looked at the other party carefully, and he didn't react for a while, but he finally understood the expression—he couldn't help but feel a little subtle in his heart for a while—it meant that he still had fans, and he was also an aboriginal fan. However, thinking of the identity of the other party, this is too much of a coincidence.

He paused for a moment before asking, "Miss Afifa, can I ask you to do me a favor?" ”

Afifa looked a little flustered: "Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Eddard, Master Ebenny said, I can't let you out." ”

Her tone was very embarrassed.

But Fang Yu shook his head, he didn't expect him to be able to go out like this, even if Afifa was really willing to help him, those secret sorcerers outside could follow her little girl's orders? The world hasn't been so fantastic.

"No," he replied, "may I ask what happened after that in the harbor of the smugglers, whether I was alone in this place, or was there anyone else?" Are my companions here, too? ”

Hearing this, Afifa breathed a sigh of relief, and replied a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ed, not only you, but your companions are also being held in this place. ”

Fang Yuan's heart sank when he heard this answer, but he had actually expected it, and subconsciously asked, "Have everyone been arrested?" ”

Afifa shook his head: "I don't know how many of Mr. Ed's companions there are. ”

Fang Yu realized that he had asked a stupid question, he thought for a while, and then asked again: "Then can you describe to me, who are the people?" ”

Afifa thought for a moment and nodded, obviously this was not a difficult problem for her, because Fang Yu was already imprisoned in this place, even if he knew who was being held in this place, it would not help. What's more, not being able to help the plover already made her feel very guilty.

Then the girl carefully described the images of each of the people who were held here.

Fang Yu could easily distinguish between Luo Yu and Wu Xiaopang, after all, there was only one element in the team. And that chubby guard knight, he really can't think of anyone else except Wu Xiaopang, and the secret warlocks will not confuse the Iron Guard and the guard knight.

He didn't expect that Wu Xiaopang and the others didn't escape in the end, but it was also reasonable to think about it carefully, even he didn't escape, how could Wu Xiaopang and the three of them escape.

Next is Kita, Kita was caught with Luo Yu, and there are three women in the team, in addition to Alyssa is the priest girl of Lufu's shield, Miss Nightingale seems to have escaped, but the priest lady was caught again.

Fang Yu couldn't help but sigh that Lu Fu's shield was really full of disasters and difficulties.

However, he was embarrassed by the fact that, according to Afifa, everyone was held separately, not only in separate prisons, but also in different dungeons. Only then did he understand why the place he was in was quiet and empty, and he was the only one in the first place.

"Miss Ji and Miss Ji Ta are not locked up," said Afifa again, "and the adults have prepared a separate room for her in the castle. ”

Fang Yu was a little surprised, why did the mystic warlocks still take special care of Ji Ta alone. However, after listening to Afifa's words, he realized that the naturalist was born in the Silver Tower, and the Mystic, the Star-Moon Council, and the Silver Tower were actually different branches under the same system, and they all belonged to the Korin-Ishurian Spellcaster Alliance.

And the naturalist has a transcendent position in this alliance, and it is understandable that the other party looks at Kita differently.

Compared to Luo Yu, who is just an 'ordinary elemental envoy', he is not so lucky.

This made Fang Yu sigh again, this is really a naked hierarchical society.

However, the mysticists' care for Kita is obviously limited, or to put it more bluntly, it is just house arrest. And it actually made his rescue work more difficult, even if he could escape this place and rescue the others from different dungeons, it would obviously be a big problem to meet Miss Naturalist again.

Whatever the location, the so-called dungeon is unlikely to be in the same place as the area where the guests live. Moreover, although places like dungeons are definitely guarded by guards or even Templars, compared to the core area, the mystics who enter and exit those places are the biggest trouble.

Fang Yu couldn't help but have a headache for a while.

And Afifa's words reminded him of another question at this time:

"Castle?" Fang Yu asked, "Isn't this a lighthouse in the clouds?" ”

But to this question, the girl only looked at him, shook her head vigorously, and did not speak.

It looks like this is an unanswerable question.

However, Afifa obviously didn't know that his shaking of his head had actually revealed a lot of information. Fang Yu couldn't help but sigh lightly, it seemed that it was reasonable for the mystical warlocks not to let her come to this place, although she didn't know what the status of this Miss Afifa was in the 'Revealed Eye', but it was obviously a bit simple and terrifying.

The lighthouse in the clouds must not be called a castle, and there is nothing on the main structure of the tall lighthouse that can be called a castle or a fortress, it is just a simple lighthouse.

And the castle -

Although the castles of Istania are very different from the castles of the Kingdom of Kaulin, there is really no such thing as castles in this sea of sand. However, Fang Yuan can be sure that at least in Tansnir, there is absolutely no complex that can be called a 'castle'.

There seemed to be a fortress in the walled part of the harbor, but that place he had accompanied Lady Erna to once, and it was obviously very different from this one, and there were no dungeons or anything like that.

When the other party said this, he realized that he was probably no longer in Tansnir.

He had already looked at the time of his system, and he had been in a coma for almost a day and a half, that is, more than thirty hours.

In these more than 30 hours, if you take the overland route, it will definitely not be enough for the other party to take his group away from Tansnir. And at that time, he had already informed Abed, that the head of the princess, with the royal guards, was on his way to the secret port of smuggling merchants.

The desert has a wide field of vision, and if they leave the surface, they are likely to run into the princess's guards.

In other words, it is only possible for them to leave by sea.

Does it mean that the mystics hid a boat in the middle of the fjord?

Or did they find the ships of the smugglers?

By sea, there are ports to the north and south of Tansniel, to the south is Bargo, and to the north is a port called BeIN - Balgo is the territory of Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, and Fang Yu instinctively thinks that this place is more likely, so the remaining Bein Port is very suspicious.

And if he remembered correctly, the place happened to be a fortified city, under the jurisdiction of Count Nurman, who was nominally loyal to the crown and was responsible for the defense of northern Bein—and only nominally, of course.

The feudal system in Istania is still in a fairly primitive stage, and it should not be forgotten that slavery has only been abolished for less than thirty years, which is like a forced upgrade of civilization, but all aspects of the system are actually quite backward and ancient.

The forces of the sand king Babartan and the forces of the local princes and nobles have always maintained a relationship of mutual containment and balance in Istania. In fact, even the Kaurin-Ishurian kingdom has not yet been able to avoid this, and the confrontation between the north and the south is still in full swing, not to mention in this much more ancient land.

After confirming this, Fang Yu looked at Afifa in front of him, he actually had the intention to test the other party - with the simplicity of this girl, as long as he suddenly asked the place name 'Bein', he would definitely be able to get some information from the other party's face.

But after thinking about it for a while, Fang Yu still gave up this idea, firstly, because it was not necessary, and secondly, he disdained to take advantage of the kindness of others to him.

He actually only had one question now, since the mystics had recognized his identity, they should be more or less aware of what they were doing for the eldest princess. Thinking of the other party's performance in purging the Blind Followers, he had to wonder what role the mystics played in this incident.

Because the thought made him shudder a little.

If the identity of the mystics is really as he thinks, playing the role of double agents in this matter, then what is the identity of the Star and Moon Council that gave them this order?

The former can also be said to be a local organization in Istania.

The status of the Council of Stars and Moons is almost the same as that of the Craftsmen's Guild among alchemists among the casters of Kaurin-Ihurian.

If there's anything wrong with the Star and Moon Council......

Fang Yu just thought about this possibility, and he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle, he even felt that he had hit an evil spirit, how could he always be associated with these terrible events. If the Star and Moon Council had indeed been infiltrated by blind followers, it would be no less than a big scandal of the Dragon Witch incident.

Of course, the first thing he did was to find a way to inform Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, so that she could be alert to the movements of the Mystic, and find a way to contact him to save him from this place.

But the problem is, coincidentally, the noisy sandstorm outside obviously cut off this possibility.

Not to mention that the communication has been interrupted under such circumstances, even if it is not interrupted, it is obvious that no one will come to rescue you for a while in such weather.

Fang Yu couldn't help but think of Karatu and Tang De, if only these two big guys were here, even if the three temple guards of the 'Revealed Eye' were doubled, they would not be the opponents of these two people joining forces. Of course, he also knew that he was just thinking about it, Karatu and Tang De had left to help him collect the materials for γ crystals, and it had been half a month, and he would obviously not be able to come back for a while.

Even if he came back, he didn't know he was in this place.

All he could count on now was the uncaught Box, Parker and Alyssa, and Sylvid who hadn't entered the smuggler's harbor with him, and if the noble lady was still outside, he should have a chance of being saved.

Of course, Fang Yu would not just wait for the rescue to arrive, he was thinking about it, and at the same time, his mind was also turning his mind on how to get out of here, and the immediate priority was of course to obtain enough information. Thinking of this, he looked at Afifa on the side and asked again:

"Miss Afifa, I would like to ask what the mystics are going to do with us?"

The girl listened to this question and shook her head slightly:

"Rest assured, Mr. Eddard, Master Albenny will not harm you. But you'll be locked up in this place for a while, and when the sandstorm passes, you may be able to leave......" She paused, a little unbearable: "Please bear with me, I will persuade you to let you go as soon as possible." ”

Fang Yu was stunned.

He looked at the other before he confirmed that Afifa meant what he said, and while he wasn't sure if the mystics had lied to her, it at least indicated a possibility.

Could it be that he was wrong?

The mystics weren't in league with the dark cultists?

Everything is a misunderstanding?

……