Chapter 218: Surfacing
The leader of the lizardmen stood in disbelief among the piles of corpses, a street in the middle of the ruins, and the corpses of the night lizardmen and adventurers were strewn across the quaint and mottled ramparts, and it was evident that the two sides had fought side by side in the face of their differences, but to no availβthe battle was terrible, blood flowed and filled the gaps between the stone slabs, and the wet clatter hung down the steps and ticked.
Other than that, there was no other sound in the darkness.
Only the mouth of the deceased was opened, and the empty and silent eyes looked in one direction, like a silent cry, which still hovered in this dark underground. In the center of the battlefield, an Evan Quinn elf and a night lizard face back to back, leaving an open space in front of them, surrounded by the corpses of twisted undead.
Ragged cloaks of ghouls, bones, zombies and ghosts.
The priest of Silver Vislan stared at the elf's pale face for a moment, stretched out his hand to cover the other party's dead eyes, and then whispered to Fang Yu on the side: "This person is the leader of a very famous guild in Fenris, who is kind to others, and is the third major force in Fenris besides the Blood Oath and the Rainlistener. β
"He has a strong personal strength, he used to be a core member of a professional guild before he retired to the second line, and after retiring, he established a small guild by himself."
Fang Yu naturally saw this as wellβthe incomplete undead in that place seemed to be the other party's medal.
The last moment of despair came to his mind, and a rusty spear pierced the elf's chest and strung him with the night lizardmen behind him, nailing him to the ground. The night lizardman wore an ornate crown and seemed to be taller than a warrior, and it retained its last-minute movements, but there was no longer a glimmer of luster in its dark eyes.
"We're a step too late." The priest replied.
"The undead attacked them?" Fang Yu asked.
"There are also some dragon minions, but I can't tell, they are somewhat similar to the ones that attacked us before, but they are different," the priest had a hard time describing what he saw, and he thought for a moment before describing: "They are born from the shadows, and they move quickly, but they are not humanoids, but they are ...... rather than human"
"It's a dragon."
Sylvide's voice came from behind.
The two looked back, and Sylvid was looking up intently at the claw marks on a wall, each with a gap of more than a dozen centimeters and several meters long, cutting deep into the granite wall, and the stone chips collapsed, reaching a depth of about two inches.
She leaned forward slightly with her skirt and gestured the approximate width on the wall with her white fingers before turning around: "It flew from this direction, it may not be appropriate to say that it was flying, flying at a low altitude, leaving these three claw marks on the wall, both in length, depth and width, are the same as the dragon in youth." β
"How do you know, Miss Sylvide?" Fang Yu asked.
"I've seen specimens in the Royal Museum of Goland a few times," Sylvid replied, "just like this claw mark." β
"How many times, how often have you been to that place?"
Sylvid nodded slightly, "I used to live there for a while, but it wasn't very pleasant. β
The priest of Silver Vislan didn't understand the question of the two, and couldn't help asking, "But underground, except for Torragotos, where did the young dragon come from?" β
"Its heirs, perhaps?" The ranger, who had been following Fang Yu and the others, interjected at this time.
"That's even more unlikely, I've never heard of Torragotos having a spouse." The priest shook his head.
"Torragotos does not have a spouse, and he has not left Fenris less than he has left since he returned from his youth travels around the world, most recently at the Battle of Byrne thirteen years ago." Sylvide nodded, agreeing with the statement.
But Fang Yu shook his head.
It is true that Torragotos had no children.
"But it has brothers and sisters." He said suddenly.
"Brother and sister?" The priest looked a little surprised: "When did that happen, a thousand years ago?" I've heard that only one of Toragotos' co-eggs survived, and that there are very few instances of dragons having a nest surviving with two heads, let alone more. β
"Indeed, Toragotos told us about it in that illusion." Fang Yu replied.
"But now it seems that this explanation seems to be a bit of a cover-up," Sylvid blinked sharply and looked curiously at Fang Yuan, "It said no, which means that there is actually something down here, and its siblings have been here all along." β
"They're dead," Fang Plover nodded, looking at the claw marks and feeling a little troubled in his heart, "but they're still here, eroded by the dark and becoming a part of them." β
"That's a problem."
The priest also frowned: "A dragon's nest can have dozens of eggs, and as long as half of them survive to their teenage years and then be eroded by the darkness, it will be difficult for us to deal with, that is a dragon." Even if you are controlled by the dark forces, you have lost your natural spell ability. β
Fang Yu didn't answer, he only thought of another thing in his heart.
He looked at Sylvid, only to see that the aristocratic girl was also looking at him, "You thought of it too?" Fang Yu asked.
Sylvid nodded and whispered, "I have listened to your and Miss Sophie's analysis, this underground dark power should come from the sealed being, whether it is Sarutaka or Salus, but it should not be at the mercy of Torragotos." β
"Indeed, the other way around," Fang Yu nodded, "Actually, I have never ruled out the possibility that Toragotos is a puppet of Sarutaka, and if its brothers and sisters have not escaped the erosion of the dark forces, it may not necessarily be the luckiest one." β
"But it's unlikely, for Torragotos has free will, and that it clearly covets the power under this seal," Sylvid replied in a low voice, "Do you remember the illusion it showed us, Captain?" β
"We actually substituted its vision in the illusion, and the fear and yearning for that power in its heart, we are only now reminiscing, assuming that it is really a puppet of Sarutaka, it should not be able to create such complex emotions."
"A friend of my father, an old magician who practices spiritual meditation, once told me that the spiritual abilities of the illusion system are extremely servile, and its feelings for its master should be completely surrendered and fearful."
Fang Yu praised Sylvide's acuity in his heart, but asked with some curiosity: "It seems that the magicians who practice spiritual meditation are all court warlocks, and your father's contacts are really extensive?" β
"Nobles are like this, you must be good at running the business, maybe you will help you at any time."
Sylvide smiled and replied.
Fang Yu didn't understand the nobles, so naturally he couldn't answer.
He picked up the topic again: "But in any case, our analysis really only says one thing - I don't know if Torragotos really has the dark power, maybe there is or maybe not, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the dark power that pervades the ground certainly does not belong to it, otherwise why would it take advantage of the contradictions between the forces of the Elector?" β
Sylvade nodded slightly.
Fang Yu paused for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Miss Virus, what is your opinion?" β
"I'm an analyst, not a decision-maker, and I'm here to help you uncover the details you may have missed in the lead," Virus's cold voice came from the channel, "but overall, I agree with your analysis, and there is nothing wrong with it logically. β
"Or do you want to hear from others?" She asked.
"Others?" Fang Yu paused for a moment before he reacted: "What does Mr. Chenxi think?" β
"Be careful, Mr. Char," Dawn's voice came from the channel, "I don't know if you have noticed, according to the information you provided, the other party has been luring you deeper into this ruin from the beginning. β
Fang Yu nodded.
He naturally took this into account, but whether it was the Virus or the Silver Vislan Leader, the high-ranking people of these Grand Guilds were all experienced in battle, and a lot of his own experience was derived from these people, and the latter's perspective on things was certainly no more shallow than his.
With these people in the back, Fang Yu also had confidence in his heart, he looked back and asked the priest, "Where are those survivors?" β
"At the front."
Of course, the priest listened to Chenxi's conversation with Fang Yu - his own boss, the president of Silver Vislan, had put himself on an equal footing with this young man, and his own attitude was naturally lower, and he had completely regarded Fang Yu as the commander of this operation.
Fang Plover glanced back at the night lizard warrior not far away, and knew that it was not a big problem to have Tenaric staring at the other party, so he walked forward, and it didn't take long to see the guy who was lucky enough to survive.
It was the members of several small local guilds in Fenris, and there were only a dozen or so people left, all of them were injured, and they looked a little distraught. Fang Yu didn't know these people, but these people on the other side knew him, after all, his previous move of demolishing the bridge and destroying half of the Jeffrey Redcoats was hard to forget.
Under the leadership of the Jeffrey Reds, the two sides used to be antagonistic, but after all, there was no deep hatred, so these people were at most in awe of Silver Westland. Fang Yu didn't bother to talk nonsense with these people, and directly transferred the communication authority of the military personnel in the channel.
After some stern 'persuasion' by Ambassador Liao, those people looked at Fang Yu a little differently.
It's like watching a panda -
But these people are still a little bloody - after all, most of the people who can become the electors have nothing to do with cowards - these people listened to the current situation, they stood up one by one, straightened their crumpled clothes, patted their chests and said to each other: "Mr. Char, we are all here, and Mr. Ambassador has also made it clear to us, Fenris Island is in danger, if you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and you will die anyway - our life will be handed over to you, now you have the final say!" β
Fang Yu nodded, not polite, and asked directly: "I want to know what happened behind us after we entered the twelfth floor, where are the Blood Oath and the Jeffrey Redcoats now?" β
It was one of the questions he wanted to know the most right now.
Although he was not without speculation in his heart, guessing could not be used as a direct answer to the question after all, especially at this juncture, any misjudgment was enough to kill.
But I didn't expect that after hearing this question, these people scolded angrily:
"Those damn Jeffrey bastards!"
"They said they wouldn't do anything to us!"
"Don't believe it, those damn guys made a pact with us, and they let the night lizardmen attack us!"
"That's your own stupidity."
Virus's cold voice came from the communication channel, interrupting the men.
Fang Yu also shook his head, this is something that has been thought of for a long time, the reputation of the Jeffrey Redcoats has always been like this, but the Grand Guild has such a privilege - his untrustworthy posts about the Jeffrey Redcoats and the Flor Descendants above the community have attracted many people to support and watch, but there are many more people who blindly defend the BBK Alliance.
Because in the eyes of these people, the reputation of the Great Guild is obviously far superior to that of their small mercenary group.
"Let's get down to business," Fang Yu also interrupted these people, "Now we don't have time to listen to your complaints. β
The men looked at each other with some shame before they talked about what had happened.
It turned out that after they broke the bridge, the reward left by Torragotos on the platform also fell into the abyss, and the Jeffrey Redcoats took the opportunity to encourage everyone to say that Silver Vislan wanted to monopolize all the benefits - the others did not suspect him, because Fang Plover and the others of Silver Vislan did block them on the eleventh layer at that time, and entered the twelfth layer first.
So the men formed a temporary alliance with the goal of targeting Silver Vislan, and they quickly rebuilt a temporary bridge with spells, and then passed through that bridge to the twelfth level.
"We didn't expect it all to be a conspiracy of the Jeffrey Redcoats!"
The Electors gritted their teeth.
"They tell us you're the one at the top."
"But they have been in collusion with the night lizards for a long time, we helped them build a bridge, and then dispersed at their orders to find your traces, but no one knew that the night lizards would follow at this time and attack each of our guilds indiscriminately......"
"Because we didn't expect the enemy to appear behind us, we lost a lot of money from the start."
Fang Yu was silent for a moment.
It seemed to be the script he had envisioned, but it was still a little short of it.
He couldn't help but ask, "What the hell are those night lizardmen all about?" β
"We don't know," the Electors shook their heads, "they were attacking us at first, but somehow they went crazy and killed each other, and then the undead appeared, as you can see." β
"The crazy night lizardmen are soon dead, and the few sober ones are forced to fight alongside us," the men said with a hint of grief, "or we would have had no place to support you." β
"The night lizards have gone mad?"
Fang Yu was simply incredulous, he thought for a moment and then asked, "Are you the only ones who have been attacked?" What about the rain listeners? β
"Don't mention it, the Rainhearers are just as bastards," the Electors sighed, "They have betrayed us, the Rainlisteners told us that the Blood Pact was against them, and you know that the biggest Elector force in Fenris is the Rain Listener except for the Blood Oath, and once the Rain Listener is swallowed up by the Blood Oath, it will be difficult for us small guilds to maintain a place here." β
"That's why we're all united and come to this place for the Dragon's Trial. But no one expected that the rain listener would finally take the initiative to come together with the Jeffrey Redcoats. They had deceived everyone in the beginning, and they actually had a map in their hands that seemed to help the Jeffrey Redcoats go where they wanted to go. β
"Where did the Jeffrey Redcoats come to mind?" Fang Plover paused for a moment: "Could it be the obelisk below the thirteenth floor?" β
"Of course not," those people shook their heads in denial, "Although the entrance to the thirteenth floor is difficult to find, the people who came to participate in this trial are more or less prepared, how could the Jeffrey Redcoats let the rain listeners because of this news." β
"They didn't avoid anyone when they discussed it, and I listened to them talk, and the Jeffrey Redcoats seemed to be looking for an altar or something, and the rain listeners happened to know about that place."
"The altarβ"
Fang Yu's mind exploded with a buzz.
It was as if something had suddenly become clear.
But he made up his mind and asked, "Whose hand is the map?" β
He had heard of the map before, but it wasn't the other, and the possibility of its existence seemed to have been denied.
So what's going on with this map?
"Who else, the woman in the lead of the Rainlisteners," the Elector replied with some indignation when he heard the question, "that map is bound to her and can only be used by her, so the Jeffrey Redcoats have agreed to cooperate with the Rainhearers." β
Fang Yu's mind flashed Alice's figure for a moment.
He asked, "So what does that map look like?" β
"I don't know," replied the man, "I only glanced at it from afar, and it looked like a slate." β
Flagstone?
Fang Yu subconsciously looked at Sylvid on the side, his expression a little strange.
Sylvede understood, and walked over to take out his slate and asked the men, "Is it the same as this?" β
When those people saw Sylvid, they were slightly stunned, probably because they didn't expect that there was such a big beauty in the silver Westland, but when they saw the slate in Sylvid's hand, they immediately reacted, showing a look of disbelief:
"Ah, that's it!"
"Why is it still in your hands?"
Fang Yu didn't answer these people, he only looked at the former and asked, "Miss Sylvide, what is the matter with this slate?" β
"Didn't I say that, Captain," Sylvid replied as a matter of course, "the slab was found by the rats beneath the ruins. β
But the map on the slate was clearly drawn by the rats.
Fang Yuan's heart was full of doubts.
"Actually, it's very simple, Captain?" Sylvid approached him and deliberately whispered, "Whatever this slab came from, as long as it's a product of the ruins, that's enough to say a lot, isn't it?" β
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly suddenly.
That's right?
The slate in Sylvid's hand was from the Anderte, but the one in the rain listener's hand was certainly not, and even the Jeffrey Redcoats, who were allied with the Night Lizardmen, didn't get such a slate, so where did Alice come from?
And the other party has such a slate, but it only took out the cooperation of the Jeffrey Redcoats at this time, and they can reach an agreement early in the morning, so they can avoid so many incidents before.
There is a lot of doubt in this.
What's more, he suddenly remembered what President Silver Wislan had said beforeβwhat was Alice doing with the Jeffrey Redcoats for bringing the Jeffrey Redcoats to the obelisk?
The alliance between the Jeffrey Redcoats and the Night Lizards is supposed to be to resurrect Sarutaka, and why does Torragotos want Alice to push them behind these people's backs.
He had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
The conspiracy of the legendary dragon seems to be unfolding.
But apparently he was not the only one who realized this, but the others also reacted, and Ambassador Liao's slightly hurried voice was immediately heard in the channel: "Char, you must immediately find the members of the Jeffrey Redcoats and prevent them from going to that altar." β
Of course, Fang Yuan understands this, but the question is - a question arises in his mind at this moment, does the Jeffrey Redcoats really have the ability to be independent now?
Why are all their communication channels silent?
And the cannibalistic night lizardmen.
And why?
At this moment, Sylvid was asking about the whereabouts of the Chosen Ones, Jeffreyt's Redcoats, who shook their heads. When Fang Yu saw this scene, he was not surprised in his heart, they were chased and killed by the night lizardmen, how could they know where the Jeffrey Redcoats had gone.
But he knew that some people might not know where the Jeffrey Redcoats had gone.
But it definitely knows where the night lizardmen will go.
In the current situation, the other party should already understand what choice they will make.
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