Chapter 21: Sure enough, at the critical moment, teammates are still unreliable
Under the wrapping of the shield wall, several people stepped on the blood-colored water surface that had solidified, and although the frozen water surface was a little uneven, it felt extremely solid when stepping on it. If you hadn't seen this water before, no one would have thought that it was the water of the River Styx, which is said to corrode everything.
The chariot of the Holy Light drove in between, and all the skeletons in its path turned to ashes.
A few people walked a short distance deeper and found what was clearly the entrance to the next place.
In the very center of the blood-colored ground, they found a hole, which was not a bottomless black hole as everyone imagined, but a series of neatly built stairs leading to the bottom.
The staircase is black throughout, and I don't know what material it is made of.
In this kind of place, there is a column of stairs leading to the bottom, and it can be said that this staircase is already a clear entrance, and it is only necessary to hang a sign next to it and write a few big words "The entrance goes here".
"The Demon General should be down here." Lei Ruoya spoke.
"Miss Ruoya, although I believe in the combat power of you and Mr. Lei Yang, it is obviously extremely unreasonable for a few of us to face a boss like the Demon General as adventurers who have just come to the game for a month." Xu Ke frowned.
Lei Ruoya thought for a moment, and then said, "Let's go down first, I have my own plans." β
Xu Ke thought for a moment, nodded and didn't speak again.
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The staircase was so long that there was no end in sight - it was evident that it led to the very depths of the earth. The staircase is about four meters wide, which is very spacious if it were for people to pass through, but there are no guardrails on either side, and the staircase stands alone, if not abruptly. Looking down at both sides of the stairs, you can only see darkness, but you can also imagine the depths of the cavern.
The passage was very dark, and as soon as you went down a few steps, the light and temperature at the entrance seemed to be completely cut off.
As soon as Wu Fenmei entered, she looked at both sides of the stairs, and after she found that no matter which side of the stairs she fell, most of them would be gone, her little face turned white, her legs trembled nervously, and she could barely walk, and finally she slowly walked down with the support of the half-elf.
Xu Ke was a little surprised, because if it was usual, Wu Fenmei should have pounced on him as soon as possible. But he didn't think much of it, and began to walk down cautiously holding the lighted plant.
Lei Ruoya and Lei Yang still walked in the front, Nanshui helped Wu Fenmei to walk in the middle, and Xu Ke walked alone at the end.
The trail was excessively quiet, with only the footsteps of a few people and a slight echo could be heard along the way.
So when Xu Ke suddenly heard someone calling his name, the whole person was startled, and his feet slipped and almost stepped into the air.
Xu Ke...... Xu Ke ...... "Suddenly, there was an intermittent girl's voice in my ears.
The girl's voice calling Xu Ke's name seemed to come from afar, and the long voice had become extremely faint when it reached Xu Ke's ears.
"Who!?" Xu Ke's heart skipped a beat, and he looked around, but he could only see a large area of darkness, and the silver-white light provided by the plant in his hand seemed so insignificant in front of the large area of darkness.
Lei Ruoya, who was walking in the front, seemed to notice that something was wrong with Xu Ke, she turned her head and looked at Xu Ke with puzzled eyes: "What's wrong?" β
"Did you hear anything?" Xu Ke's expression was extremely solemn.
Lei Ruoya pricked up her ears when she heard this, as if she was listening carefully, but after a moment, she frowned: "No." β
Several others did the same, but judging by their bewildered expressions, they must not have heard anything.
"Maybe I'm hallucinating." Xu Ke looked a little in a trance, and he shook his head vigorously to cheer himself up.
"Let's go." Lei Ruoya glanced at him, then turned her head and continued on her way.
Xu Ke shook his head again, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's because I'm nervous." β
But just as he was about to take a step, the girl's voice suddenly came from nowhere, and his nerves, which had just relaxed, suddenly tensed again!
Xu Ke...... Xu Ke......"
Xu Ke...... Xu Ke......"
Xu Ke...... Xu Ke! β
The girl's voice gradually became louder and louder from the original faint, and the voice of the call that could not hear any emotion could be heard at this moment, and at this moment Xu Ke could vaguely hear a trace of annoyance and shyness from it.
This sound that appeared without warning made Xu Ke's cold hairs stand up!
But the teammates in front of Xu Ke were still walking forward as if they hadn't heard it.
Xu Ke opened his mouth to remind a few teammates, but found that his throat couldn't make any sound.
He stepped forward and stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Nanshui and Wu Fenmei, who were closest to him.
Xu Ke's pace became faster and faster, and he ran even later, but even if he was chasing at the fastest speed, running until his legs were constantly sour, the backs of the two girls were still getting farther and farther away from him, and he watched several people disappear from his sight.
Xu Ke's outstretched right hand hung down as if deflated, and a huge feeling of fatigue and powerlessness enveloped him. He opened his mouth wide as if he wanted to scream, but found that even with a painful scream in his throat, he couldn't make even the slightest sound.
"Xu Ke! Xu Ke! "Xu Ke! Xu Ke! "Xu Ke! Xu Ke! "Xu Ke! Xu Ke! β
The girl's voice from nowhere became more and more urgent, Xu Ke could hear her master's dissatisfaction from the voice, inexplicably, he suddenly felt that this voice was very familiar.
For some reason, the plant in his hand suddenly extinguished the light, losing the already faint light, and Xu Ke suddenly fell into complete darkness.
Nothing can be seen, nothing is available.
"People, there will always be times when you can't do anything about it." I don't know why such a sentence suddenly popped up in Xu Ke's heart.
Who said that......?
Xu Ke rubbed his eyes, and felt unprecedented exhaustion welling up.
"Xu Ke! Xu Ke!!!!! The girl's voice grew louder and louder, but it couldn't stop him from falling into a deep sleep.
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"Xu Ke !!!!!" The girl's deafening call rang in her ears.
"What are you doing!?" Xu Ke, who was sleeping soundly on the grass, was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly covered his ears and sat up, "Why are you calling it so loud?!" β
After a while, Xu Ke, who had palpitations, came to his senses.
He looked to the side, but found that his glasses were not on, and the dazzling sunlight shining directly on him made him unable to open his eyes, and he could only vaguely see the figure of a young girl.
The girl was half-crouching beside her, still in the posture of waking herself upβher hands were trumpeted and placed to her mouth.
"You've been asleep for a long time, and you still haven't gotten up." The girl stood upright, playfully put her hands behind her back, and looked at Xu Ke with a smile.
Xu Ke subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to refute the other party, but looking at the girl's figure in the sun, he was suddenly stunned for some reason, and there was a feeling of being separated from the world in his heart.
A breeze blew and blew the girl's waist-length hair. A little hair rubbed against Xu Ke's face in the wind, making him feel **** for a while.
"How long have I been asleep?"
The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, then replied, seemingly uncertainly, "An hour and a half, right?" β
Xu Ke scratched his head: "That's really a long sleep." β
After speaking, Xu Ke lay down again, letting the soft grass gently caress his skin, and the sun was lazily sprinkled on his body.
"You know what? I had a long, long dream that you left me. Xu Ke raised his right hand in front of his eyes, only revealing a small gap, so as not to let the sunlight fall into his eyes too dazzling.
"Oh?" Although he couldn't see the girl's expression at the moment, Xu Ke could hear the smile in the girl's words.
There was a sound of clothes and grass rubbing in his ears, and the girl seemed to be lying beside her.
The girl held her hand tightly, and the left hand held by the girl came with a warm and soft touch unique to the girl's skin.
"Don't think about it, we're both engaged." Xu Ke could imagine that the girl's eyes must have narrowed into a beautiful crescent moon when she said this.
"Hmm." Xu Ke agreed, and also held the other party's hand tightly.
The unique warmth of spring surrounded Xu Ke, and the touch coming from his left hand at this moment seemed particularly real.
Xu Ke removed his right hand and turned his head sideways to see the girl beside him. But the girl's face was still unreadable in the sunlight.
"We've made an appointment since we were kids, and we're going to be together forever."
Although he couldn't see clearly, Xu Ke felt that the girl had a bright smile on her face when she said this.
Yes, I've had an appointment since I was a child......
Why...... Want to leave?
The autumn haze overshadows the spring sun in the blink of an eye, and the warmth is fleeting.
The sky was gray with a gloomy glow, and this little bit of brilliance did not feel the slightest brightness, as if it were just a little embellishment of this gray world. Raindrops were constantly falling between the dim clouds, and a faint mist filled every corner of the air. Under the iron-gray sky, Xu Ke stood alone with a big black umbrella on the grass where he often came with the girl on weekdays.
The raindrops kept hitting the cloth of the big black umbrella with a dull sound, and after the water droplets bounced, they lost interest in staying on the cloth and flowed down the umbrella.
Xu Ke clutched a piece of paper tightly in his hand, and the smooth paper was clearly wrinkled by him.
Every word printed on the paper seemed to be like a devil full of malice at this moment, constantly making a loud noise in his heart; It was like a sharp knife, the blade of which slashed hard at his heart, oozing bright red blood.
Xu Ke didn't know what kind of emotions he had in his heart at this time.
Maybe it's sadness, maybe it's anger, maybe it's unwillingness, maybe it's ...... There are several of them.
When the girl indifferently told herself about her divorce, she was calmer than she imagined. At that time, I indifferently took the paper of divorce, lifted my glasses, and said, "I know." β
The girl who always smiled brightly in my memory was wearing a black veil at the time, and her beautiful face was completely covered by the black veil.
Xu Ke could feel that the other party seemed to be a little unbearable at that moment, she held the umbrella, and said softly when she left: "People, there are always times when you can't do anything." β
A few drops of rain passed over the big umbrella and soaked the paper, and at the same time splashed on Xu Ke's right hand, making him feel a little cold.
"Angry?" There was the voice of a girl who should have left.
"Sad?"
"Are you unwilling?"
"I want to ...... Changing all that? The voice came one after another, but there was no figure around.
"Huh." Xu Ke sneered and threw away the big umbrella in his hand, "You're right. β
The heavy rain on Xu Ke's body instantly soaked his whole body, but he didn't care. His fists were clenched tightly, and slender veins appeared under his pale skin, as if a lot of anger had been accumulated.
He shouted hysterically at the empty surroundings: "Yes! I'm sad! I'm angry! I'm not reconciled! I want to change that! β
"So what? And then what? What can I do!? Xu Ke roared and roared out the thoughts in his heart, like madness.
He gasped for breath and trembled violently, and countless streams of rain flowed from his body to the ground.
He lifted his glasses and said coldly, "Lord Demon General, what are you doing with these things for me now?" β
Rub ...... Rub ......
A sound like broken glass suddenly sounded all around, and with this sound, the picture in Xu Ke's eyes gradually cracked at this time.
The rift is getting bigger and denser, and after a few breaths, the whole picture is already covered!
The moment the cracks are filled, the picture shatters as if overwhelmed!
The fragments flew in front of Xu Ke's eyes, gradually gathering together, forming a huge black door.
"If you have the power, you can change everything." The girl's voice rang out again at this moment.
"You're nothing more than a demon general." Xu Ke smiled disdainfully, "What can you give me?" β
"At Marvel Games, nothing is impossible." It was still a girl's voice, but it had a bit of mystery.
Xu Ke's eyes widened suddenly when he heard this, and his heart began to beat violently!
This guy ...... Know the Marvel Game!?
Shouldn't the demon general also be a native of the continent? Why would he know such a thing!?
"See that black door? Push him away, and you can have everything you want, including the power to change everything, including ......" A beautiful girl suddenly condensed in front of the black door at this moment, and the girl was lightly opening her red lips at this moment, and spit out the last word in her words, "I." β
The girl's face, which was not seen clearly in the illusion, suddenly appeared in front of Xu Ke's eyes at this moment, and Xu Ke suddenly froze in place.
"Come, as long as you come along...... I'm yours. β
The girl's words fell into Xu Ke's ears, and at this moment there seemed to be a strange magic power, Xu Ke stepped forward in a daze when he heard the words, and stretched out his right hand.
The girl stood in the middle of the black door, Xu Ke's hand gradually getting closer and closer to her, almost touching her chest.
"Xu Ke!" But suddenly, another familiar girl's voice sounded in his ears, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Did I forget something important?" Xu Ke couldn't help but start talking to himself.
The girl in front of her shook her head with a smile, and gently grabbed the hand he had already stretched out, and approached her chest little by little.
"Xu Ke !!!!!!!" At this moment, a deafening roar suddenly came, and with a "pop" sound.
A slap hit Xu Ke in the face loudly, and the hot pain suddenly made him sober up.
The black gate, the familiar girl seemed to have turned into pieces at this moment, and all disappeared.
The moment he came to his senses, his face changed dramatically.
For he found himself at the very edge of the ladder, and if he took any further step, he would fall into the bottomless darkness!
Lei Ruoya's sneer came from behind him: "Sure enough, at the critical moment, you teammates are still unreliable. β