Act XVII: The Leprechaun and the Marocha

"The shallow sea is the first barrier connecting the elemental barrier to the present world, here is the world of the water element, the nature of the water element is both stable and lively, it is not as active as the fire element, it is not as stable as the earth element, it is not as changeable as the wind element, it breeds change in calm, it is neither immutable nor turbulent, so it can carry life." The white mist's eyes reflected the view of the sea and the sky, the clouds floating above her eyelids like mist, it stretched out its claws, pointed forward with its long nails—the gray-white road stretched in the direction of its fingertips, until it disappeared below the sea level: "The gray-white headland, one of the most magnificent views of the shallow sea, it is endless, and at the end it is connected to the plane of the wind elementals—but to reach the mountain of the storm in this way, it is not possible to simply go on like this, the road stretches towards a world without end, Its length also did not terminate. ”

"So what should we do?" Brando slammed the ground with the blade of fire, the long gray-white cape echoing the rocky touch, but the holy sword still struggled to leave a notch on it.

Andesa followed silently alone, watching his violent actions with regret from time to time, and sometimes she would show a look of disdain and even resentment, but most of the time she was expressionless and silent.

The white mist knocked on the ground with its claws and made a clicking sound: "In the shallow sea, there is no matter other than the water element, and the clouds and sky we see, including this gray and white headland, are all made of the water element. ”

"Water elemental?" Brando bent down and reached out to touch the ground, the surface of the rocks was rough and cold, with fine sand, like the headlands he had seen in Tonigel and the sublime inland sea, except for the nests and gastropod shellfish to be found between the crevices. It's no different.

"Can't feel the difference?" Seeing his actions, Bai Mist replied, "This is normal, our world is made of elements, and the world of elements is based on spirits, and the gray cape is just something we imagined, but it has been recorded in legends and myths for thousands of years. Projected into the world naturally. On the other hand, neither the Mountain of Storm Silence nor the Scorching River exist, for we believe that the Wind and Fire Elemental planes should be what they should be, and that they have accumulated over time in the worldly desires to form the scene we see today. ”

It wags its long tail and has an unusually ethereal voice. "If you want to cross the white headland, it's best to have the local aborigines guide the way, and another way is to get the sea fog lamp, which will pass through a qiē fog and guide us to the other side."

"Sea Mist Lamp, how do you get that thing?" Brando asked casually.

"Wait until you're close to the Shore of Mirrors. I'll find a way to attract lighthouse fish, and the Sea Mist Lamp grows on these fish, and when the time comes, you can defeat one of them and get the Sea Mist Lamp, and you can summon the extradition who will take us through the shallow sea to the Storm Silence Mountain. ”

"Mirror Coast?" Brando was also the first time to come outside the elemental barrier, and he was full of strangeness to this strange world.

"Shallow seas are not static, and there are places where there are calm. Beneath the surface of the sea, you can even see the rock beds made of the cornerstones of the world; But there are places full of fog. Blade-like cliffs protrude from the surface of the sea and fill the entire sea, lurking beneath the cliffs are a variety of elemental creatures, including the lighthouse fish, and the Telsmo Sea People, a very strange human being. They have a special ability to weave light into a path of light that guides their ships through the mist, and the people of Tirmoth are among the best extraditers. ”

White Mist scratched the ground with his claws, recalling as he replied, "The lighthouse fish are a bit like large anglerfish, and you'll understand when you see them." They survive by devouring light, and are the great enemies of the Tirmoths, but the light inside the light sacs above their heads is the purest light element, which is also the only external element in the shallow sea, which is the sacred relic of the Tirmoths. If you have the chance to find a tribe of the Tirmoths, you may be able to participate in the trade fair between them, the Tirmoths rely on the path of light to travel through the planes, they have many good things, and the witch queen has received a fountain of youth from them. ”

"A fountain of youth!" Andessa's somewhat hoarse voice came from behind, and she muttered to herself, "I've never heard of the Tirmoths, who hold a treasure like the Fountain of Youth, and are willing to exchange it for it, so aren't they richer than dragons?" ”

"What is a dragon?" White Mist replied unceremoniously: "The Tirmoths are more noble elemental beings, but they are not the most noble of the elemental beings, the most noble is the light people of Loka, the light fairies are their ancient clans, and the light people are the builders of Babelta, few people know this." ”

"Aren't they God's people?"

"The people of the gods will not exceed a thousand in the most glorious times, how can they be close to everything, the people of gold are the warriors of the gods, and the elemental creatures are craftsmen and artists, how can the enemies of the former be compared to the latter."

Andesa looked at the white mist with a look of surprise: "How do you know so much, who are you, Your Excellency?" ”

Bai Wu glanced back at her, "The last generation of decay is not as stupid as you, decay refers to the degradation of all things, it itself is part of the world cycle, but it does not mean that all things will eventually die." As long as there is light and water, new sprouts will surely grow in the soil, and you can't even understand such a simple truth, and the achievement will only stop there. ”

Andesa stared at the white mist as if she was enchanted, she was cunning by nature, but she was not smart, or it was better to say that going back on her mind was a means for her to protect herself, and she herself was well aware of her disadvantages among the Patriarchs, so she valued her mind more than she could be determined.

But Bai Mist's words pierced her heart like a sharp sword, although it hurt her self-esteem a little, but it seemed to split a path for her in the dark.

She stood there in a daze, recalling these words, Brando and White Mist didn't have the heart to wait for her, and the two walked away for a while.

Brando looked at this world of water elements.

It was a vast sea, with no edge as far as the eye could see, and the cliffs of the white headlands were intertwined, and the waves were crashing against the reef. The lonely clouds are faintly shadowed, hanging under the blue sky.

It's a unique and beautiful world.

He seemed to hear the voice again, and sighed to him in a low voice:

'Humans. You haven't seen the shallow sea, and you don't understand how great nature is—'

And now he finally saw that the tide of this world rises and falls, the tide rises and falls, and the waves are magnificent, like a picture scroll. "How long will it take us to find the Tirmoths. White fog? Brando asked.

"Are you afraid you won't be able to make it?" White Mist asked rhetorically.

"I don't know how the Dragon Queen got to the Nexus, but it's obviously going to take quite a while for us to get there, and according to Andelsa, her ritual has already begun." Brando said worriedly.

"But when we arrived, her ceremony was still just beginning." White Mist replied confidently.

"What do you mean?"

White Mist raised his head and sniffed his nose. "What we call time is the law set by Lord Martha, and here, beyond the boundaries of the elements, there is no order of time. There are only some remnants of the law of time from the main material plane, but it has no primary effect, it has no meaning to the natives, and only we beings of order will use it. ”

Brando froze. "I don't quite understand."

"It's normal not to understand, because you still have the logic of time in your head, so the law of time is useful to us, and for the existence of zài without this logic, it is invalid here. You can understand it this way. Time stands still in the eyes of the Tirmoths, when we come into contact with them. Time can also become relatively slow, even infinitely close to static, so you don't have to worry about time. ”

"Isn't it true that as long as I stay with the Tirmoths forever, the ritual of the Queen of the Dragons will never be completed?"

"It's just your illusion, assuming that the world will be ruined in the next moment, yet you will forever freeze time in a second before ruining miè and no longer flowing. Is it proof that the world will never be ruined? ”

Brando realized at this point, and nodded thoughtfully: "Then we may be able to find a Tirmoth guide?" ”

"Tirmothians rarely enter the wind elemental plane, the elemental changes there are too active, too dangerous for pure elemental beings who don't grow in that world, not to mention what is the use of you taking them with you? It's nothing more than saving a little time on the road. When you meet the dragon queen, as soon as she gets close to the Tirmoths, isn't the state of time the same? White Mist shook his head and said, "So if you want to use the Tirmothians to deal with the Dragon Queen and the Dragon of Dusk, don't think about it early-"

Andersa chased after her from behind, but this time she didn't speak, just silently listened to the conversation between the two.

Brando finally had the idea of finding the Tirmoths in his mind, not to mention the question of whether or not to participate in the Tirmoths' fair, because even if he got the Sea Mist Lamp, he would need to find an extraditer, although the Sea Mist Lantern itself could guide them out of the shallow sea, but the latter would always save some time.

"How do we get to the Shores of the Mirrors, how do we find the Tirmoths?" He asked.

"Just go down," White Mist replied, "but if there are aborigines to lead the way, it will be faster." ”

Brando thought for a moment, his mind sank into the world of thought, a card loomed in the darkness, he reached out to grab the card, and heard Metisa's voice in confusion: "Lord Lord?" ”

But he didn't answer, and held the card in his hand.

The card depicts a white deer, and on its back sits a fairy with a flute.

Song of reincarnation

Yongge VIII

Light 4 / Dark 4

【Spell】

For 40 mana (Knight), summon the White Deer Marocha (level -10 of the Knight of the Flands) into the field. When White Stag leaves, he chooses two cards from the graveyard and shuffles them into his owner's library.

Maintain, White Deer Marocha will be maintained until the next day's reset moment.

'The new life dies and the life is endless—'

Brando showed off the cards, and a sparkling crystal stag could not step out of the light gate, it was tall and majestic, its eyes were clear and bright, and every piece of strong muscles from its neck to chest seemed to contain endless power, this is a young and vigorous male stag, and he is going through the most glorious period of his life.

Malocha's slender hooves clicked on the gray-white headland, and she raised her head and looked around, her eyes showing a very human brilliance, and two full tears fell.

"I didn't expect that in my lifetime, I would be able to return to my hometown—"

It let out a long sigh, and the voice sounded directly in the hearts of everyone present.

"Is this the shallow sea?" The goblin pinned the flute to his waist and climbed all the way down to the top of Malocha's mane, grasping the latter's antlers with one hand and putting the other hand on his eyebrows, looking at the distant sea and sky.

"It's beautiful, it's so much bigger than our lake—"

This leprechaun was no different from when Brando first met her, but his face was much fatter, and he didn't know how much he had eaten in his world.

"This is your hometown, Marocha?" Brando asked.

"This is my homeland, my lord," replied Marocha, with humility and respect in his tone, "it is exactly the same as it was when I left, and I have often seen it in my dreams for thousands of years. ”

"It's a pity I can't keep you here, Malocha."

"The traveler can't stop, my lord, it's not worth feeling sorry for, and it's the greatest luck for me to be able to return to my hometown one day," replied it with a fluttering hair, "My lord, what do you have to summon me out?" But at the moment I'm just a mount on this card, and the main body of this card is Miss Mias. ”

"Miss Mias?"

"That's me!" The goblin pointed to himself proudly and replied, "Mias-sama is very powerful, I can play the flute, and the bad guys will lose their souls when they hear my flute, but if the lord listens to my flute, he will become even more powerful." ”

Brando thought to himself, feelings, you're still a bard.

The little goblin shook his head from side to side again, looked around and said, "What about that fierce woman?" ”

"She's not here." Brando replied.

"Oh—" replied the little goblin, both a little happy and a little regretful, not knowing what was going on his mind.

Then she rolled her eyes, and it was clear that she had an interesting idea.

In fact, if every star in the sky were to represent an interesting idea in a goblin's head, then probably only a third of the stars in the entire summer night would be enough.

…… (To be continued......)