Chapter 2 - Eyes
Early the next morning, just as the team was about to leave the town and go to the fortress, Touris and the others found that Lu Ming's face was a little pale and terrifying, and asked without some curiosity, "What's wrong with you?" His face was pale. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"It's nothing, it's just ......" Lu Ming wanted to speak and stopped, and almost told the truth several times, but he held back again.
Seeing that Lu Ming seemed to have something unspeakable, Touris and the others didn't want to ask again, so they had to ask Lily secretly, but they still didn't get an answer.
As they approached their journey, Lothric noticed that many of the town's elves had followed their party with salutes, as if they were going to follow them to the fortress on the plains of Ezertus. This made him very puzzled, and he couldn't help but ask Lu Ming, "What are those elves going to do?" Why follow us? ”
"It's nothing, they just heard the news that I plan to open the border checkpoints and let them go back to the Alpha Empire, and they are ready to leave first." Lu Ming glanced at those elves expressionlessly, and then said to Lothric.
"I thought you were a kind person, but I didn't expect you to plan to let them die at the hands of the elves they most wanted to see!"
"No matter how kind a person is, he will also think about the safety of his family. For the sake of my family's safety, these hidden dangers were sent to the Alpha Empire to be solved. In addition, since the night of hunting on the night of the hunt, I am no longer kind......" Looking at those elves who did not listen to the mayor's persuasion and insisted on returning to the arms of the Alpha Empire, Lu Ming felt very uncomfortable, obviously he had been doing his best to lead them to live a rich life that the Alpha Empire had never given them, but they still planned to leave......
However, in Lu Ming's heart, he felt that it was a good thing that these elves planned to leave. Their stay is a danger that threatens Lily, her children, and the order of the principality. Well, they want to go, why doesn't he let it? If there are elves who want to go, it is natural that people of other races will be willing to come to Hyperion. That being the case, why did he hang himself from a tree? Isn't it better to choose a better people?
After taking a deep breath, Lu Ming then ordered his knights and army: "Go!" ”
Suddenly, the procession appeared and began its journey, heading in the direction of the fortress.
It is a three- to four-day journey from the city of Prasius to the plain of Azetus, and you will pass through several villages and towns along the way, and because of the propaganda of the elves in the team, many of the elves in these villages and towns have chosen to join the team of these elves, intending to leave the Hyperion ruled by Lu Ming and Lamanrath.
Lu Ming didn't say a word about this, as if he didn't care about the whereabouts of those elves.
But many of his knights were a little uncomfortable after seeing several villages that were already becoming rich and empty because of these elves. Originally, some knights who knew the situation wanted to persuade these elves not to go to Ifa to die, but they all chose to remain silent because of the ruthlessness and stupidity of these elves.
It can be said that because of the existence of these elves, the knights and soldiers under Lu Ming's command can't help but dislike the elves. Along the way, almost none of the knights and soldiers were willing to say a word to these elves, which also made the atmosphere in the team not very good.
Finally, around the fifth day, Lu Ming and the others' team came to the crystallized plain of Azetus and came to the fortress where the fire sacrifice ground was located.
As soon as he arrived here, Lu Ming developed the exit of the fortress according to his promise, and let those elves go back to Alpha.
However, after seeing that Lu Ming and the others didn't even want to keep them, many elves couldn't help but beat a little drum in their hearts. Especially after seeing some elven refugees who had fled from Alpha on the crystalline plain outside the fortress, some elves couldn't help but wonder if it was the right choice to return to Alpha.
It's a pity that as soon as this kind of questioning voice appeared, it was violently suppressed by some young and vigorous young elves.
Standing on the city wall, Lu Ming watched the one or two thousand elves led by the two stupid assassins leave the fortress and go to Aifa's side, and snorted coldly in his heart, saying, "Today you go happily, don't cry and shout to come back tomorrow!" The dead end I chose, I have to finish it while crying! ’
Then he turned his gaze to the elven refugees who had fled from the Alpha Empire.
"Have you investigated those elves? Are there any spies in Alpha? Looking at the elven refugees who were looking at the elves who were going back to Alpha with the eyes of fools, Lu Ming asked the commander of a ragtag army on the side.
"Back to Lord Earl, we have all investigated, and there are no spies of Alpha among them."
Hearing this, Lu Ming thought for a moment, and then said to one of his knights: "Go and tell them that the houses and fields of the elves who left now belong to them." Send another team of knights to bring the refugees back to the villages and towns of the elves who had left. ”
"Yes! Lord Earl! Hearing Lu Ming's order, this knight went to do it.
Just before he left, Lu Ming said to him again: "Let the knights be careful, don't let the deep spies seize the opportunity." ”
"Yes!" The knight left this side quickly, and selected twenty knights and one hundred soldiers from Lu Ming's lord's guard, and asked them to bring the elven refugees outside the fortress back to the interior of the Duchy of Hyperion and distribute them to the villages and towns of the elves who chose to leave.
Seeing those refugees praising himself and Raman Rath in elven language, Lu Ming's heart was very happy, those elves were reluctant to stay because of stupidity, but now there are elves who come to take refuge because of him and Raman Lass's slaves. A lot of times, right and wrong, that's it, just a thought. It's the same with life and death......
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After arranging things, Lu Ming, Lily, and Lothric climbed the mountain next to the fortress and walked all the way to the top of the mountain.
Because Oberic had not climbed this mountain before because of fear and anxiety, she once again forcibly pulled Toures to challenge with her, and this mountain emitted uneasiness to everyone except Lu Ming, Lily, Lothric, and the undead.
But as soon as they reached the halfway point of the mountain, their legs trembled with unease.
But seeing that Lu Ming, Lily, and Lothric, who was in poor health, were all walking towards the top of the mountain, the two of them fought hard, forcibly gritted their teeth, suppressed the uneasiness in their hearts, and followed closely behind Lu Ming and the others, striding with difficulty.
Soon, after almost two hours, a group of five of them came to the side of the fire sacrifice ground.
At this moment, there was no difference between the Fire Sacrifice Ground and when Lu Ming came before, but what surprised Lu Ming was that at the gate of the Fire Sacrifice Ground, the White Mist Gate appeared again, and he couldn't enter this White Mist Gate!
"Strange, what's going on with this White Mist Gate? Why can't I get in? After Lu Ming found out that he couldn't enter the White Mist Gate, he asked Lothric to try it too, only to find that he couldn't enter the White Mist Gate either. This couldn't help but make Lu Ming and Lo Slick a little puzzled, and they couldn't figure out why. After all, isn't there such a thing as the White Mist Door being opened casually? Unless......
Suddenly, Lu Ming thought of a possibility, so he looked at Lily.
Without waiting for Lu Ming to speak, Lily knew what he was thinking, and immediately stepped forward and put her hand on the White Mist Gate, and soon the White Mist Gate that neither Lu Ming nor Loslick could open was dispelled by Lily.
Seeing this, Lothric couldn't help frowning, and said to Lu Ming: "There is something strange about this fire transmission sacrifice field, our two salary kings and salary king candidates can't enter, but only Lily can enter." It really doesn't seem like a normal situation! ”
"Agreed. The last time I visited, it was weird, and this time I don't know what we're going to encounter! Lu Ming nodded, then looked at the interior of the fire sacrifice ground, and said with some concern.
As before, the five thrones in the Fire Sacrifice Arena already had the Salaries of Rudos and Yum, and only the Watcher of the Abyss, the Sage of the Nether, and the Saint King of Lothric were empty. It made Lu Ming and Lo Slick a little unhappy, as if someone was planning to let them spread the fire, which was very annoying.
Once inside the Flame Transmission Arena, the group began to explore what was guiding Lily and Lothric to get there.
In order to explore the entire fire festival ground as soon as possible, Lu Ming and the others chose to split up, Lu Ming and Lily went to explore the two towers outside the fire festival ground, while the rest of the people went to explore the beams under the fire festival ground and on the roof.
The reason why it is such an assignment is because of the dream that Lily once said. In that dream, Lu Ming sat on the throne of the fire transmission sacrifice field, and two Lili stood on either side of him, one for him to usurp the fire, and the other for him to pass the fire.
The Lily who let him usurp the fire, needless to say, is the Lily who joined Longor, and the one who let him spread the fire should be the Lily who is now by his side.
Lu Ming may understand the meaning of spreading fire better than Lothric, and in addition to the gods and believers of Gwen's faction, there are only fire prevention girls and people from the White Sect and the Qing Sect who preach the flames. In addition, the place that attracted Lily was the fire sacrifice ground, how could he not know that the place where the two of them were going was the tower of the Fire Girl?
Step by step, he came to the tower on the right side of the fire transmission sacrifice ground, and the special power that could force Lu Ming to retreat was useless in front of Lily, and just a light touch of his fingers completely cracked this power. The locked iron door was also opened by itself with a slight touch from Lily.
Seeing this, Lu Ming couldn't help frowning, and subconsciously felt that there was something plotting against himself and Lily. Otherwise, how can Lily explain the power that protects this tower with great ease? It can't be that she's talented, right?
But when Lu Ming was thinking about whether he should stop exploring, Lily said, "Don't worry, my dear." I'm not going to change! ”
Hearing this, Lu Ming naturally knew what Lily was talking about, so he had to sigh and say, "Okay." Let's go up. ”
Because Lily cracked the mysterious power, Lu Ming was also able to go with her to the Fireproof Woman's Tower from a passage connected to the Fireproof Woman's Tower on the left side of the Fire Transmission Ground.
Unlike the tower on the right, the tower on the left side did not have any special mysterious power to protect, and the two of them easily came to the tower of the fireproof woman.
Glancing at the large pile of bones of the fireproof woman under the high-rise platform, Lu Ming subconsciously felt uncomfortable. Luckily, neither he nor Lily wanted to go down to see if there was anything strange inside.
"I could feel that on the top floor of this tower, something was drawing me." Standing in front of the elevator leading to the upper floor, Lily turned to Lu Ming and said.
"Whatever it is, I won't let it hurt you!" Holding Lily's hand, Lu Ming said very solemnly.
When Lily heard this, she smiled slightly and said, "Then let's go up." Go and see what it really is. ”
With that, Lily pulled Lu Ming to stand on the elevator, and stepped on the mechanism in the center of the elevator, activating the elevator, and taking the two of them to a room even higher in the Fireproof Women's Tower.
When the elevator stopped, the two of them went to the top floor of the Fireproof Woman's Tower from the outside of the room, the staircase in the open air.
Here Lu Ming didn't see the corpse of the fireproof girl in his memory, here he only saw a soul shining on the ground, a pair of blue eyes, and a crown.
"These things are ......" As soon as he saw these things, Lu Ming couldn't help but be stunned, the pair of eyes were the eyes of the fireproof woman, the crown was the mask of the fireproof girl, and the shining soul was the soul of the ancient fireproof girl. Could it be that these things are all for Lily? Lu Ming couldn't figure it out.
But at this moment, Lily suddenly ran to the pair of pale eyes and quickly picked them up. But when she picked up the eyeball, her hand accidentally touched the soul on the ground, causing the soul to burrow into her body in an instant.
"Lily!!" Lu Ming was startled by the scene in front of him and hurriedly ran over.
All this happened so quickly that by the time Lu Ming reacted, it was already too late.
However, fortunately, nothing bad happened to Lily, and that soul did not change Lily's mind.
Holding the pair of eyeballs, she shook her head lightly and said, "I'm fine, dear." She has no memory in her soul, and her will is broken, and there is no way to compete with my soul strengthened by the blood of the old gods, and in just one round, I devoured the soul of this fireproof woman who intends to possess my body. ”
Immediately afterwards, she struck a spark on the ground, and said with a smile: "Now I am also a master of swordsmanship, I can fight with you!" ”
"You fool, what does this have to do with whether you have anything to do with it!? What if something happens to you? Are you going to make me guilty for the rest of my life?! But Lu Ming was not relieved, but yelled angrily.
Hearing Lu Ming's yell, Lily was slightly stunned, and then said with some guilt: "I'm sorry for worrying you." I just want this pair of eyes to really see the world. ”
"......" Lu Ming couldn't agree with Lily's statement, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only take Lily out of the ghost place of the fire sacrifice ground.
But at this time, Lily opened her eyes. Under her eyelids, there were no eyeballs, only two dark red crystal beads.
And these two crystal beads were taken out by Lily in front of Lu Ming.
Looking at this scene, Lu Ming couldn't say a word, because it was too terrifying.
In order to get the light, even if the blood flowed, Lily did not cry out in pain. After putting the two blue eyeballs into her empty sockets, she closed her eyes tightly and opened them again after a while, and for the first time her eyes narrowed because of the glare of the light......
"I can see...... I can see you......"