Chapter Ninety-Two: The Iron Hoop
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Xia Han appeared in a dark wooden house, the foul air made him almost vomit food, and the nausea caused by the white tiger's bumpy running did not dissipate.
"How could a girl appear?"
"Not an enemy, she has no ears on her head!"
"Mother-in-law, come and see!"
There were some soft and hoarse voices in the wooden room, and they were all women's voices.
"Quiet, don't be noisy." Under the moonlight leaking through the window, a hunchbacked old woman walked slowly with a cane: "Don't bring those aliens. ”
She walked over to Xia Han and examined his appearance in the moonlight.
"Strange face, healthy complexion, are you a mage from outside?" The old woman spoke, and her own face was revealed, a very dry and thin face, like an old skin full of wrinkles and scars covering directly on the bones.
Her lips were pale and colorless, but her eyes were shining: "The sound of battle coming from outside, is it that you are returning to this land?" ”
'Bang! The sound of a heavy object falling.
"Humanity is back" "We are saved!" "Sister, whoa"
There was an uproar in the wooden room again, and the old woman angrily slammed her crutches on the ground: "Quiet, don't be discovered!" ”
The women hurriedly covered their mouths, and only a few low sobs were heard.
Xia Han was surprised in his heart, he was not surprised to enter a wooden room where women were held, what surprised him was: "You don't know me?" ”
To put it bluntly, the black-haired and black-eyed Xia Han's appearance is outstanding and spreading, and few people in the Qilin Continent should ignore his appearance. However, Xia Han thought about it, it was normal for these people not to know.
Before the Emerald Empire collapsed, the king's death paralyzed intelligence sharing everywhere. Syracuse has always been located on the border of the distant Crystal Snow Mountain, it is a barbarous land, almost no outsiders dare to set foot on it, and the empire was destroyed too quickly, refugees have been evacuated from the sea, and no one has crossed thousands of mountains and mountains to come here with the news of Xia Han.
As long as the orcs who occupy this place don't say anything, these humans will naturally not know.
"Know you?" The old woman leaned forward and carefully examined Xia Han: "It's true that I've seen it somewhere, but I'm old and have a bad memory, so I really can't remember who you are."
Xia Han breathed a sigh of relief: "Forget it, maybe I misunderstood." ”
He turned his head to look at the dark wooden room, and although he couldn't see the specific situation, he could probably see dozens of women squatting by the wall.
"Did you have any magic or trackers on you?" Xia Han asked, "I'm going to get you out, but I have to get rid of the danger on you first." ”
The others looked at each other.
"You're alone trying to get us out?" Surprise appeared on the old woman's face, she shook her head and said regretfully: "There are so many orcs patrolling outside, this is simply impossible"
"But there are ways." She took a step on crutches and said, "Syracuse used to be a military base, and everyone here is a garrison of soldiers, as long as we regain our strength, we can rush out." ”
The original Emerald Empire had never considered Syracuse to be a city inhabited by the people, and it had only one purpose from the beginning: a defensive military base, so that only the troops stationed here were stationed - these women were once part of the army.
The old woman raised a hand with an iron ring on her wrist: "Find someone to untie this iron ring for us, and we can restore our previous strength." ”
Xia Han stared at the iron ring in the moonlight, which was covered with inscriptions, which may have been magical patterns that limited power.
"Let me see." He reached out and grabbed the old woman's withered hand, and began to study the hoop. There is no excess magic around it, it is obviously a tool to limit the low-end power, the more powerful the person, the more difficult it is to control, there should be no strong person in this wooden house in Snow City.
[It's a pity.] 】
Xia Han felt sorry in his heart, and as soon as his thoughts moved, his fingers were wrapped in blue light.
"It's useless, this hoop is very strong." The old woman found that Xia Han seemed to want to break the iron ring with her bare hands, and shook her head and said, "The iron that made it is extremely magical, and when it is combined with the witchcraft of the beast clan, it will be hard and difficult to break." ”
"However, I have mastered its construction through research." A smile appeared on her withered face: "You go out and bring in a few heroic mages, and I can unlock it by teaching them the method"
The old woman stopped, and her trembling mouth couldn't even close, but she watched in shock as Xia Han put the iron ring divided into two sections on her hand.
"It seems like a simple one!" Xia Han smiled, and then keenly sensed that the strength of the old woman had begun to return, and her pulse gradually became stronger.
He turned around and blinked, "You guys come here in order, but you have to be quiet." ”
A pair of eyes full of surprise and hope looked at him, and then soon someone stood up and walked over, and these women lined up cautiously, one by one to let Xia Han untie his restraints.
"Strength, my strength is back" "I can escape!" "Be quiet" "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, come back to your senses!" ”
The women who had regained their strength were gently shaken awake by the old woman, and looked at Xia Han in disbelief: "This is impossible, I have studied it for four years, and it obviously won't be broken." ”
Xia Han ignored her: Who is this old woman, listening to her tone, is her research difficult or what kind of authoritative research?
This time Xia Han was blindsided, the old woman beside him was known as the prestige of Snow City, and she also had many prominent identities, one of which was a master craftsman. Although the trap in Syracuse was designed by the First Mage, all of its work was completed under the command of the old woman, who is the old man who has witnessed the history of Syracuse.
But this old lady who has gone through three dynasties has not yet recognized her last king at this time.
"Alright, there's no one left."
Reaching out to break the iron ring of the last woman, the blue light in Xia Han's hand disappeared, he thought for a while, and then said: "I have to go to the other wooden houses to untie their iron rings, and then it is convenient to break through." ”
He didn't have the freedom to teleport like Fiona, but the rooms were so close that he could go one by one. And the old woman's shock at him had subsided, and she was full of interest in Xia Han's technique, and at the same time approved of his plan.
"You go quickly, rush out with the last man in the wooden house." The old woman said, "We will break out and join you when we hear the movement." ”
There was a gleam in her eyes.
"There's an underground passage near here, and it's my escape route for today."
And a way to escape? Xia Han glanced at the old woman strangely, but he was also sure enough to complete the task.
He didn't stop long, he quickly cast a spell by the wall and left, and began to help the other people in the wooden house untie themselves, and in less than half an hour, he finished the final work.
At this time, the white tiger Tina who was covered in bruises had been chased by several male white tigers and was almost out of strength, so it had to stop in a ruin and take a big breath to rest.
It was surrounded.
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