Mount Aswan, at the foot of the mountain. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It's not far from his destination, and along the way, Russell doesn't feel like he's in a hurry, but more like a traveler looking for seclusion, taking in the dizzying scenery along the way. He stopped here, and faintly, there was an ominous aura surrounding him.

"Brother, where are you going? Did something happen? ”

Russell saw a group of plainly dressed mountain people, who seemed to belong to the same village, and were dragging their families away, packing their belongings in wagons and walking along the path at the foot of the mountain to the west. Approaching them, Russell called out to a stocky young man and asked.

Russell's approach attracted the attention of the mountain people, who stopped and looked at Russell vigilantly. The same was true of the young man who was stopped by Russell, who did not speak, and only after seeing Minos, who then fell from the sky, did he exhale softly: "Pampas griffin?!" ”

Hearing the "Pampas Griffin", the vigilance of the mountain people faded.

The crowd split apart, and out of the middle came an old man, still burly, but his beard and hair showed his old state, presumably an elderly warrior.

"Young adventurer."

The old man spoke, "Since you can get the pampas griffon to follow, it means that you are not a bad person. I'm the village chief here, and if you want to know what's going on here, let me give you the answer. ”

Hearing this, Minos immediately raised his head high, and looked at Russell's small eyes with a very majestic look.

Russell couldn't help but smile bitterly, it was enough to see how high the status of the Pampas griffin was in the hearts of the federal people, and it was completely a well-known representative species, and even the villagers in this remote mountainous area in the south knew about them. It also depends on Minos's face that Russell can be excluded as a bad guy and get a chance to understand things.

The old man said: "We are the mountain people living at the foot of the Aswan Mountain, we all live in the same village, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and this has lasted for more than a hundred years, although life does not say how rich it is, at least there is a place to live, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing." Over the years, everyone has been happy and conscientious, and they have retained a faithful faith in Mother Earth, and thank her for this gift.

However, in the past three months, there have been fewer and fewer wild beasts and plants in the forest, and they can often be seen rushing out of the forest as if they were crazy, and many hunters in the village who have gone into the mountains to explore the mountains have disappeared, and no one dares to enter them, and the whole mountain has almost become a dead mountain, as if it has completely lost its vitality.

Here, we can't survive anymore. In the west, the White River Plain was colonized, and we decided to move to live there. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he showed a lonely expression, and anyone who was forced to leave his hometown where he was born and raised would not be happy, Russell felt the same way.

"Thanks for the explanation."

"It's really not suitable for survival in the mountains, and it's the right choice to go to the west, where it's just going through war and is in dire need of population filling, and there are many opportunities."

This is not a comfort, but Russell's heartfelt words, he believes that the old man in front of him is still very knowledgeable, and did not go to the most stable middle, but chose the west, with a long-term vision.

"It's just that you need to be more careful along the way."

The old man glanced at Russell meaningfully and said:

"Thanks for the reminder. Young man, I can see that you want to go into the mountains. But I advise you that it's better not to go in. The will of nature is irresistible, and it is the right way to go with it. ”

Obey nature?

Russell was very skeptical that the old man's faith in front of him was really Mother Earth? This is clearly the creed of the God of Nature. Russell didn't dig deeper, but just smiled intriguingly:

"I only believe that man will conquer heaven. Moreover, that will is not natural at all. ”

Thanks again, Russell turned around and stepped straight into the forest.

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"It seems that what the old village chief said is true, there is indeed a problem here."

The dense forest was pitch black, and the sun shrouded outside the mountain, but here it was gloomy and gloomy, and there was no sound at all, and the silence was terrible, all the flowers and plants withered along the way, and the dead beast did not even have a corpse, only a skeleton that had been drained to the point of cracking.

"It's a big problem, I can feel the smell of evil."

Minos folded his wings and walked on the ground, he spoke very seriously, and the pampas griffin was sensible, sometimes even perceptive.

"Yes."

Russell and Minos were close enough to keep an eye on each other in dangerous situations. He had some familiar feelings, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Swish!

In the shadows above a man and a griffin, a tentacle silently stretched out, galloping from behind, and slammed into Russell's vest with lightning speed.

It's about to be touched. The blue light in Russell's hand was released, and an ice sword was shaped by him, and with a slight horizontal stroke, it was divided from beginning to end with the momentum of the tentacles.

The sneak attack failed.

Countless tentacles swooped at them from all directions.

A faint freezing gas surrounded Russell's body, and with a "whoosh" shock, all the freezing gas ejected from the surface of his body, quickly freezing everything around him into ice.

The next round of tentacles is coming, and boundless black shadows are surging.

"Rush out with me, I feel the energy fluctuate."

Russell held two ice swords, slashing as he walked, and the tentacles would not move for no reason, and if there were traces to follow, the source could be found.

The energy fluctuated from the top of the mountain, and the higher they went, the more dense the shadows became, and as they went deeper into it, they entered complete darkness. And they can continue to move forward because Minos has [Dark Vision], and Russell also has the [Vision Enhancement] brought by the True Pupil, and the enhancement is multifaceted, including the ability to see in the dark, if you just use the five senses to strip away the vision, it is useless.

The shadows swirled, and even condensed into solidified shadow energy, and the infinite darkness contracted, condensing one bloated and ugly pitch-black monster after another, and the monster's huge body stood in their way.

"Sword Dance, Seven Rainbow Rebellion!"

The twin swords waved wildly in Russell's hands, and the [Rainbow Swordsmanship] that he had practiced hard in his original body was made by Ling Li Wushuang with his ice spell, the sword light flashed, and the monster split into pieces one after another.

"Close!"

Minoan flying wings cut, and the remains of the monster instantly merged into a new form, "They are all energy bodies, they can't be killed!" ”

"Can't be killed..."

"-- Just freeze it!"

A little ice flower drifted away, and every time the shadow monsters touched an ice flower, they produced a piece of frost, and the frost piled up, gradually filling their bodies, and the dark energy was frozen in it, and the monsters were bound and difficult to break free.

"Let's go, we can only hold on here for a while."

"Come up, I'll take you over!"

The energy grew stronger and was about to reconverge, and while the gap created by the ice was still gone, Minos picked Russell up and threw him on his back, his legs exerting force, his wings stretched together, and he suddenly rose into the air, his wings like steel cutting through the surrounding obstacles, flying at great speed in the forest.

It was the first time Russell had actually flown in this form, and he could visually feel the speed of the pampas griffin, with black hair flying in the air, black rotten leaves and stumps passing past his ears, and the eerie wind brought by the pressure whistling towards his face, giving him a strong tingling sensation. As Minos swirled and flew, his speed soared one by one, but he was still not the slightest bit afraid, only excited, and he loved the thrill so much.

In just a few seconds, it was as if it had surpassed space, and in an instant, it sprinted from the halfway point of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

"It's amazing!"

Russell complimented. He really admires this speed, and it's not bad for Xindao to stay by his side like this, although he is a tsundere foodie, but it is convenient to go anywhere.

"Just... Not at all! ”

Before, he liked to brag about himself, and when he was really praised, Minos became unfrank.

Twist and pinch not decent!

Russell secretly sighed that this guy was in the late stage of heavy tsundere. Then cast your eyes on the top of the mountain.

The top of Aswan.

A huge and magnificent palace sits here. The whole body of the palace is made of stone, thick and simple, the dragon and phoenix are carved on it, and all kinds of strange lines are inscribed on the surface body.

"This style of architecture..."

From a distance, the round dome is covered above, and the square round stone pillars are staggered, which belongs to the architectural style after the First Age, when the first war between gods and demons had not yet begun.

"The totem of the sun god."

When you look closer, your hand touches it gently, and the lines worn out by the years depict the worship of the sun by various races in the First Age, spreading the idea that the monarchy is granted by the sun and that the sun is the only true god.

When playing [King of the World], Russell chose the mage profession, and he is also a research school, he has dabbled in all aspects of history in the game, and he still has some research on these distant things, and with his incomplete memory, he can barely recognize it.

In this way, this should be a temple, but it is not exactly a temple.

Grantis has the existence of true gods, but since the Second War of Gods and Demons, all the gods have disappeared, except for Russell, no one in the entire Grantis knows what race they belong to, what they look like, and what gender they are, including the temples under them, and they only carve the statues of the gods by virtue of the flash of inspiration when sensing the oracle.

And the sun god is not a god, it has no substance, but only a kind of operation of rules, which is imagined in people's spirits, and gives rise to the most simple faith, which is a kind of awe, not a request, and the belief in him is essentially a belief in the world of Grantis. In fact, there was no true God before the birth of the eternal fire.

In other words, this temple is something that can't be more ancient, and it may even be a product of the same era as the Tower of Eternity. If the word goes out and the major churches and mage organizations know about it, it will definitely drive them crazy.

How long has this temple lasted? The fact that it is still standing so well today shows that it has been enhanced by a powerful force. Everything that has been handed down from ancient times is special and mysterious, and just looking at it will arouse curiosity and possessiveness.

Forcibly holding back the fluctuating emotions in his heart, Russell stepped into it.