Tang Hao was really surprised by the twist and turn of the plot, in his distant memory, Pinoche was a tragic magician who fell into madness in order to study magic, broke into the Gran Forest without permission, and was trapped in the enchantment of the elves and couldn't leave, how did he now become a guardian of the Great Magic Array?

And judging from Pinocchiu's words and deeds, she is not crazy at all!

Could it be that the Arad continent that he entered was actually a parallel time and space?

I couldn't figure it out for a while, but Pinosius said again: "It's a little late now, you guys can rest here for the night first, and we'll leave tomorrow." ”

"Why?" Kirito asked puzzled, "If you want to repair the Great Magic Array, isn't it better as soon as possible?" ”

"That's the truth, but the opponents inside are a little difficult, especially at night, they can absorb the power of darkness, and their strength is increased several times, so we will act tomorrow morning, which is the safest."

"You're talking about zombies, right?" Tang Hao said.

Pinoche glanced at him with a wicked smile on his face, "That's right, it's a zombie." Corpse thieves are all in prison, in the magic of the generation is my senior, was also a powerful magician, love the forest, love nature, but after his death he changed his temperament, with forbidden magic to once die in the Gran Forest, all the creatures in the Gran Forest, all summoned out in the body of zombies, trying to destroy the Great Magic Array, I came to the Gran Forest......

"If you want to know about this matter, I'll talk about it later, anyway, come with me now."

With that, Pinocio turned and flew forward, feeling a little decisive.

Kirito and Asuna suddenly looked at Tang Hao, Pinoxiu's attitude before and after made them a little undecided, one would want to kill them, and the other would help them, the contrast between before and after was too huge, and people couldn't help but wonder if she had some conspiracy.

"Keep up." Tang Hao shook his head and followed.

From the previous conversation, it is not difficult to find that Pinocchio's personality is a little arrogant, after all, he is a genius magician with a great future, it is a little difficult not to be proud, and her strength is indeed much stronger than them, if she really wants to kill them, there is no need to play any tricks, just go head-on.

After a few moments, the group followed Pinochus to an altar of fire, where some goblins were working, but they found that they were a little different from the goblins outside, neither speaking nor expressionless, just repeating their work mechanically.

"...... these goblins?" Celia looked puzzled.

Pinosius smiled proudly, "They are all magical creatures I have summoned, they are no different from dolls, they don't cry out in pain, they don't need to eat, they don't need to rest, they are much more capable than ordinary goblins." ”

As he spoke, Pinoche snapped his fingers.

Soon, several goblins came over with a peeled and washed pig, set it up in front of everyone, and left without saying a word.

"I don't have anything to entertain you here, so if you want to eat it, you can bake it yourself." After saying that, Pinocio walked barefoot into the altar of fire, and the whole person was bathed in a raging flame, this kind of flame that was enough to burn people to charcoals, but Pinocio seemed to enjoy it, his face showed a comfortable expression, and even his skin became more ruddy.

"What are you doing here?" Asuna looked puzzled.

"Of course it's to replenish the mana, don't you see?" Pinoche stretched out a hand from the altar of fire, his bare arm burning like dry wood, "For some reason, my body has become one with the flames, although it has enhanced the power of fire magic, but because of this, I can no longer leave the flames, if there is no fire, I will die." ”

"Why is this happening?" Kirito asked.

"This is going to start a long time ago......" Pinochio's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia, "I grew up in the Academy of Magic, you should know, it was established by the Dark Elves' great magician Sharan in order to spread magical knowledge to humans, I am her disciple, probably because I am more talented, and I have been taught by Sharan since I was a child." ”

"Of course, I didn't disappoint my teacher, and finally graduated from the Academy of Magic as the chief graduate, many people called me a genius, but also because I was proficient in fire magic, and I got the title of Flame Pinoschio, at that time, everyone agreed that I had a great future, and I thought so myself......"

"However, because I had a strong interest in the Great Magic Array when I was studying at the Academy of Magic, coupled with the incident that happened to be the Bone Prison Breath, I didn't listen to Teacher Shalan's dissuasion, and took the initiative to ask for orders to come to the Gran Forest, on the one hand, to eliminate the Bone Prison Breath, and on the other hand, to study the Great Magic Circle."

"Teacher Shalan thought that my strength was not enough to deal with the Bone Prison Breath, but at that time, I was arrogant and felt that I was just a dead person, how could I, as the chief graduate, not be able to deal with it. However, when I finally faced the Bone Prison Breath, I realized that the real battle and the competition in the academy were not the same thing at all, and I was inexperienced and finally lost to the Bone Prison Breath, just when I was about to die, fortunately, the Great Magic Array at that time could still function normally, and it saved my life at the critical moment, but because of this, I became like this......"

Everyone listened quietly, and when they saw the slight sadness in Pinoxiu's eyes, Kirito boldly asked, "I'm sorry, can I touch you?" ”

Pinoxiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and handed his hand to Kirito.

Kirito stretched out his hand and pressed his palm against the back of Pinosiu's hand, but in an instant, he took it back like a bolt of lightning.

"It's hot!"

Kirito frowned and spread out his palm, which was already flushed red.

Kirito is a fire spirit and has a natural resistance to flames, even he is like this, and if others touch Pinoxiu, the result can be imagined.

Celia's eyes were dim, she finally understood what the sadness in Pinosius's eyes meant, after the body was completely fused with the flames, Pinocio was no longer a human being, let alone hugging and kissing with her lover, even the most ordinary touch could not be done, she could only stay alone in this Gran Forest, day and night with only the flame as her companion.

"But, at least alive." Tang Hao said suddenly.

Pinoxiu smiled and withdrew his arm, "That's right, I should have died a long time ago, it was the Great Magic Array that saved me, so since then, I have decided to protect the Great Magic Array, anyway, my body is useless beyond that...... The only thing I regret is that I will not be able to repay her for the rest of my life. ”

"You...... There's a sister, right? Asuna asked.

"Do you mean Krach?" Pinoche smiled bitterly, "My sister is too naïve, she once came to Gran Forest to save me, but she accidentally reversed the magic, although she didn't merge with the elements like me, but she caused her to go insane and become crazy, although I wanted to help her, but ...... She is ice, I am fire, and if I come into contact with her, it will only lead to the demise of one of them, so it is better not to see each other. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, these two sisters obviously have excellent talents and great futures, but because of a moment of carelessness, they fell into such a situation, which is indeed a tragedy.

However, Pinoche was obviously used to it, but he recovered as quickly as possible, and said with a smile: "Okay, that's all for me, and then I'm going to replenish my magic power so that I can deal with tomorrow's battle, you can do it yourself." ”

Then Pinoche lay down in the flames.

Tang Hao and the others glanced at each other, but there was nothing to worry about, they ate some roasted wild boar, and after filling their necks, they were ready to rest.

Of course, there was no room for them to rest, whether it was a tent or a haystack, they had to set up their own, but fortunately it was only for one night, and they could just deal with it.

In the end, Asuna and Celia got some hay, made a simple bed, and slept on the left side of the fire altar, while Tang Hao and Kiritto slept on the planks that the goblins had brought with them.

Nothing was said all night.

At dawn the next day, Tang Hao opened his eyes and found that his body had fully recovered, and even his spiritual power was replenished, after all, the magic power of the Arad Continent was sufficient, and it was not surprising, if he changed his own world, it would be almost impossible to replenish the spiritual power of this body in seven or eight days.

"You're awake, I'll get you some water, let's wash your face first." Not far away, Celia walked over with a wooden basin and a smile, as virtuous as a wife.

Tang Hao looked at the swaying clear water in the wooden basin and couldn't help asking, "Where did this water come from?" ”

Celia put down the tub and pointed out, "There's a creek next to it, I asked my goblin friend to take me there." ”

Goblins are really your friends, so you were locked in a cage by goblins ten years ago, and you directed and acted yourself, right?

Tang Hao vomited in his heart, but the movements of his hands were not slow at all, after all, he had been sleeping by the fire altar last night, and the whole person had already been too hot, this basin of water was like sending charcoal in the snow, he washed his face comfortably, and the whole person was much more refreshed.

"Ah, is there any water? I'm going to wash it too! Hearing the sound of water, Asuna immediately ran over and looked, "The president has already washed it...... President, you're not going to get your saliva in it, are you? ”

Tang Hao glared at her, and was about to pour out the water, "Don't wash and pull it down!" ”

"Wait, wait!" Asuna hurriedly rushed up and snatched the tub over, her face was still a little disgusted, "Alas, it's okay to do it all at once......"

Rumble!

At that moment, a flame burst into the sky.

Everyone took advantage of the situation and saw that Pinoxiu was barefoot, slowly walking out of the fire altar, with a slightly evil smile on his face, "It seems that everyone is almost ready, then let's go, it's time to finish with the bone hell." ”