The ethereal singing voice made Duran's heart sink, and Ned's eyes widened in disbelief. The two looked at each other, and after a while, the singing gradually fell silent, but the little fire seen from outside the gate was not extinguished.

The little fat man swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Can you understand what she is singing?" ”

Duran nodded: "This is the language of the Ember people. ”

"Ember people? You mean one of the first humans at the beginning of creation? Ned looked at Duran in some surprise, and was a little convinced: "You know a lot, we elves have passed on far more knowledge than humans, but the wise men of humans are usually wiser than the most knowledgeable ones in our race. Are you the wisest among men, Duran? ”

"Wise man? Not really," Duran couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and he shook his head, "I just know a little bit more." ”

Duran knew his own affairs, and what he knew about the Fernanda Continent was only a superficial layer. Those documents are far from fully encapsulating the nature of this real world, and the true wise men are not ordinary, they are beyond the world, they are insightful, even if Duran has vision and knowledge beyond this world and time, he can only be regarded as a half-prophet at best.

The girl's singing voice is very different from the singing voice of the headless maiden Anna that Duran heard before at the House of Peron, and the emotions contained in Anna's singing are sadness and resentment; And now Duran hears more helplessness and hesitation, and the subtle emotional difference between the two can only be noticed by a person like Duran who pays more attention to details.

"According to the information given by the mission objective, the blacksmith Biyombo must be a man, and the magic sword Oberphes is not clear whether it is a man or a woman, but this song is very likely to be sung by the dancing girl Amus." Duran thought for a moment: "The name of this mission is a bit special, it is called [Blacksmith and Her Daughter], then the key to the mission must be the two of them." Although most of the resentful spirits in the village of buried bones are of various kinds, the existence of Anna and the circus shows that even if the resentful spirits are not all kind, they are not unable to communicate normally, and they have to meet sooner or later anyway, otherwise they will meet Amus sooner. ”

So he beckoned to Ned, and with a dodge jump, rolled into the thick darkness - the reason why he chose to jump in quickly rather than walk in cautiously was because it was easy to have a surprise effect, and if there was really an enemy hidden in the shadows, he would not be able to adjust his sneak attack posture because Duran's movements were too fast, and then Duran would have a more calm chance to face the enemy.

The result was calm, except for the creaking of wooden doors, and the silence of the entire stone building. Duran carefully observed the surroundings, and it was pitch black, except for the flickering lights in the distance. He glanced back at Ned and couldn't help but say, "Can you snuff out all the fires on you, and honestly, in the darkness, the flames in your body are like a big pumpkin lantern - even brighter." ”

When Ned, who was walking on thin ice behind Duran, heard this, he immediately said bitterly: "If all the flames on my body are extinguished, I will not be far from disappearing." And my ability is not to the point of being promoted to the elf, and I can't change my skin color......"

Duran said with a headache: "This is not good, God knows how many enemies are hidden in this building, you are walking in it, it is really eye-catching." ”

Ned pondered for a moment, then suddenly leaned behind him and pulled out a small piece of black gauze.

"What is this?" Duran asked curiously.

The little fat man said proudly: "This is one of the gifts my mother gave me, hahahaha, it was once one of the fragments of the famous artifact invisibility cloak of the Fernan Continent. It doesn't have the anti-heaven function of a full cloak of invisibility, but it should be fine to hide my small size. ”

With that he covered the small piece of gauze over his body—something miraculous happened, and even in the light of the torches, Ned vanished completely.

"It's against the sky!" Duran couldn't help but admire, and hearing Duran's self-muttering, the little fat man couldn't help but poke out half of his head from the fragments of the invisibility cloak: "How is it?" Just do your own thing, I will hide in the debris and follow you step by step, rest assured, I can keep myself safe. ”

Duran nodded, and there was no regret in his heart - if the invisibility cloak in the little fat man's hand was not a fragment, even if it was, as long as it was a little bigger, he would have to find a way to trick this thing out of his hand and play with it for a while. This thing is simply the ultimate artifact of the Assassins, and it is no wonder that even the gods went crazy about it in the Second Age. As far as Duran knew, the true cloak of invisibility had changed hands several times, from the original [Arcane God] Dragonbeard to the later [Prince of Shadows], and finally fell into the hands of the [Girl of Lies] because of this artifact, which also attracted the suspicion of the gods because of this artifact, and fell after a strange disaster, and then the legend of the invisibility cloak was split into several parts and scattered around the world. Unexpectedly, a small piece of it was actually obtained by Ned's mother, this guy was simply unlucky-and his mother must have been a big man.

So the two of them advanced one after the other, Duran had already extinguished the torch, and advanced in the dark with his super high perception and fourth-level listening skills - every time at this time, he finally regretted that he had not yet had the opportunity to obtain [infrared vision] or [shimmer night vision] and other skills to enhance dark vision, and the related equipment did not seem to be available, in a place like the evil land, this thing is too important.

Although his perception is high now, it is not to the point where he can detect everything in the dark, and he stumbles along the way, and from time to time a ghost baby suddenly emerges from the shadows, which catches Duran off guard. Eventually, he reacted very quickly, and the new blade in his hand also played a powerful effect, and the ghost babies all died under Duran's knife, and his scars were healed by the flames generously donated by the lovely Mr. Ned.

So when Duran bypassed the obstacles and arrived at a building, which resembled an aisle, he couldn't believe that he could still stay 100% intact after so many battles! With at least 20 or more ghost babies in memory of their deaths at the hands of Duran's sword, these terrifying creatures contributed more than 14,000 XP packs to Duran - and Duran managed to raise his level to level 21.

This is the reluctance of the Evil Lands, the rich experience can quickly increase Duran's level, and in other places in the Fernand Continent, there is no leveling treasure land with such a large number of monsters. Behind the huge experience and excellent rewards lies the risk of not knowing whether it is equal or not, which makes Duran love and hate.

"Hey, little one, are you okay?" Duran leaned against the side door of the antechamber, and on his right hand was a long corridor that seemed to lead to the side room, which he figured should be the apprentices' room. The fire in front of him was clearly visible, the wooden door was locked, and Duran could see the outline of the antechamber through the screen window beside him. In the center of the hall seems to be a furnace, and the vague and large backs of the furnace are intimidating.

Ned listlessly lifted the shards into a corner and yawned reluctantly, "It's okay, I'm not sure, I'm a little dizzy." ”

From Duran's point of view, the flames on the little guy's body were obviously much dimmer - after contributing a large amount of flames, the "humanoid blood vial" also seemed to be a little lacking in stamina, which made Duran faintly feel a little distressed. It seems that the flames in Ned's body are not endless, and after contributing five or six flames, he begins to be visibly depressed; And more than ten, he didn't even have the interest to speak; By now, he looked like he could fall asleep or faint at any moment.

Duran estimated the time slightly, and half an hour was almost up: "Listen, Ned, thank you very much for the treatment you did for me before, our cooperation is very good." But the rest is just my own task, so you might as well go back and rest. ”

The Flame Spirit Envoy tilted his head and asked, "Huh?" Is the time up? So, will you summon me again next time? ”

"Absolutely." Duran replied in the affirmative.

The little guy nodded wistfully, and the power of the contract between the two was instantly lifted, and Ned disappeared into thin air.

Seeing the little guy successfully leave the evil land, Duran breathed a sigh of relief, the help provided by the flame elf envoy has exceeded Duran's imagination, and the next thing is to see his own play.

He pressed his hand on the handle of the wooden door, which was locked, and Duran did not expect to open it all at once. He had learned basic lockpicking techniques from the Thieves' Training Base in the Tower of Shadows, and the ordinary little lock in front of him should not be too difficult for him.

However, just as he took out a complete set of lock-picking tools from the little devil's tail, a cold voice suddenly came from the front: "Don't open that door!" ”

"Otherwise, you will die a miserable death!"

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