Chapter XXXVII. The Artifact Holder
Chapter XXXVII Artifact Holder
The Glacier Labyrinth, one of the most popular attractions in the park, is also one of the main attractions of the amusement park, so in order to maintain its popularity in the long term, the organizers can be said to have spared no effort, and the expansion and renovation mentioned by the receptionist is the most obvious example!
The structure of the entire labyrinth is all made of ice maintained by the magic array, but due to the special treatment done by the park, visitors will not feel the obvious chill when they are in it, and in order to avoid the monotonous ice and snow environment will make people feel visually tired, many various decorations have been specially added to the venue, which can fully soothe the senses of visitors!
It has to be said that the glacier maze can become the best among the many attractions in the amusement park, and it is a lot of effort in all aspects!
At this time, in the glacial maze, Lore and his party of four were groping forward, and the footsteps of "Da Da" seemed very rhythmic in the maze tunnel.
The little fox Nono, who was originally held in Leah's arms, had jumped out of Leah's arms at this time, looking at his own shadow reflected on the transparent ground and walls, his eyes were full of curiosity, and from time to time he scratched with his paws and sniffed his nose.
Seeing that Nono was having fun and had a tendency to leave the team, Lore reminded him: "Nono, don't run too far, it will be troublesome to run away later!"
Nono heard Lore call his name, and was about to enter a fork in the road, suddenly stopped, tilted his head, and stared at Lore with dark eyes, not knowing whether he understood Lore's words.
Leah took two quick steps, squatted down beside Nono, gently stroked Nono's fur, and said to Lore with a grin, "Ah, Lore! This labyrinth Nono has been here many times, and he will definitely not get lost, right? ”
Nuno let out a "woo" very cooperatively, rubbed her head against Leah's knee, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked very enjoyed.
Lore glared helplessly at the two guys who looked stupid, one person and one fox, and reminded: "Haven't you listened to the staff here? The scale of this place has expanded, and we haven't been here for a long time, besides, when have we been here before, haven't you all been stupid and taken the wrong road?"
Leah smiled: "I'm a natural road idiot, and you don't know it, but it's not like you're with Lore! Moreover, with Kylo with us this time, we will definitely be able to get out of the maze soon!"
Nolans couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and pointed to his nose and reminded, "That, Miss Leah, and me!"
Leah said strangely, "I didn't say I was going to throw you away! don't worry, you just need to follow closely and don't fall behind!"
Nolans: "......"
He doesn't seem to mean that, does he?
But obviously, in Leah's eyes, Nolans' existence is really dispensable, although it is very helpless, but this is Leah's true thoughts, no matter how hard Nolans tries, it can't be changed!
"Okay! stop talking nonsense! Leah, pick up Nono and follow me well, or I'll lose you later!"
Lore walked up to Leah in two steps, raised his foot and gently kicked Leah's ass, pretending to be angry and reprimanding, signaling Leah to stand up quickly.
Leah pursed her lips and stood up with Nuno in her arms.
Nolans saw that Lore was already standing by Leah's side, but his heart moved, and he instantly understood what Lore meant.
Their understanding of the fake Kylo is currently limited to speculation, and the judgment of his danger and strength is still based on the understanding of the illusionist who was disguised as Corelli's sister Mino, so in order to avoid that after his identity is revealed, he will preemptively attack the unwitting Leah, and it is necessary for Lore to place Leah in his own protection range in advance!
In short, that is, the time to get your hands dirty, it's time!
When it was time to make a move, Nolans's heart became more and more calm, he put on an expectant look and walked to the fake Kylo's side, and asked softly, "Kylo, which way should we go next?"
Fake Kylo glanced at the smiling Nolans, then frowned and thought for a moment, carefully compared the three different forks in the road in front of him, and finally pointed to the one on the left, and said, "It should be this way." ”
Nolans squinted his eyes at the passage that the fake Kylo was pointing to, and wondered, "Why do you want to go this way? We've already walked the left passage three times in a row, right? If you go any further, you'll probably have to go back!"
"It's not like that, we have walked to the left many times, but the way we are going is not a complete detour, and if you look closely at the decorations on the walls, the direction in which they are placed, and the colors of them, it is very misleading!"
The fake Kylo frowned slightly, looking a little helpless, but he still patiently explained it to Nolans, and his demeanor and tone were no different from the Kylo they knew!
Norans inadvertently took another step towards the fake Kylo, smiled wryly, and said helplessly: "What you said is too general, these colorful decorations don't seem special to me!"
Fake Kylo's brows furrowed more and more, and his eyes staring at Nolans became more and more impatient, but Nolans's expression did not change at all, and he looked like he was sincerely asking for advice!
Fake Kylo sighed deeply and said, "Then don't think about it so complicated, you look carefully at the patterns at the junctions of these passages, every time there are multiple forks, there will always be a pattern on one corner of the passage."
It's not the same, but if you look closely, you can see it!"
Nolans was surprised, "There's still this method!Kylo, show me it!"
Fake Kylo didn't doubt him, took a step forward, stretched out his hand and pointed to a position about the waist of an ordinary human body, and said: "This is it, this should be reserved for the staff here, so that they can quickly respond to unexpected situations, but if the tourists know, then this maze will be meaningless!"
"Oh! I see! It's really Kylo, it's so observant!"
Nolans walked to the side of the fake Kylo, and praised him, but he didn't intend to look at the pattern that the fake Kylo was pointing to again, but as he spoke, behind the back that the fake Kylo couldn't see, he opened his palm and quietly pressed it towards his back!
Lore happened to block part of Leah's vision at this time, so Leah couldn't see Nolans's movements at this time, only Lore, who knew about it, had a full view of the situation, and his eyes were slightly nervous!
Whether it was Lore cleverly pulling Leah by his side before, or Nolans pretending to be stupid and questioning, there was no flaw in everything at all, time seemed to have been frozen, and Nolans' palm was only a centimeter away from the back of the fake Kylo!
However, at this time, I don't know if it was a coincidence or a deliberate one, the fake Kylo suddenly took a diagonal step towards the middle passage without warning!
Nolans was slightly stunned, and his outstretched right hand suddenly froze in the air! When Nolans came back to his senses, he found that the fake Kylo had turned around and was facing him, with an unpredictable smile on his face.
"Nolans, can you tell me what you have in your hand?"
Nolans' face seemed to stiffen for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, Nolans returned to his usual appearance, as if the change in his expression at that moment was just an illusion!
Nolans grinned, gently brushed the teardrop-shaped gem in his hand, and said casually, "It's nothing! It's just the ice cube that just buckled down the wall, do you want to see it?"
The fake Kylo was not moved at all, his expression at this time was very vigilant in his smile, and he glanced at Lore, whose face had become serious, and Leah, who was a little puzzled, and sneered: "Ice cubes, I'm afraid it's a spirit medium, right! I just don't know what kind of skill is stored in the spirit medium in your hand!"
(Medium: See "The Edge" volume for details, chapter 5.) )
Nolans's expression became more and more puzzled: "Medium, Kylo, what are you talking about? Why am I getting more and more incomprehensible? Come on, come here, come here, let's talk slowly!"
Fake Kylo snorted coldly and said, "Nolans, don't pretend to be garlic!"
Nolans shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression and said, "Okay."
Can you tell me how did you know I was going to sneak up on you? I think my acting skills are impeccable!"
"Impeccable?" the fake Kylo scoffed, "I'm sorry you dare to say that! You've been suspicious of me since I met you as Kylo, and you've tried me many times during that time, but don't you think you're a little too close to me today? And you came to such a place for no reason, I don't think it's even hard to know!"
"I see!" Nolans showed a look of sudden realization, and then said to the fake Kylo: "It seems that my acting skills still need to be further honed!So, back to the topic, since I have been exposed, should you also express your sincerity and show your true colors?"
"Really?" Fake Kylo said coldly, "I'm sorry, I've forgotten about it a long time ago!"
Nolans said, "Then there must be a name, and it is certainly not okay to call you Kylo, so should I call you Miss Mino, or Mr. Doritt?"
Fake Kylo hesitated for a moment, and then said with a blank face, "You're right! We've met so many times, and although it's a pity that we can't meet each other in real terms, it would be a bit rude to not even leave a name!"
Fake Kylo smiled slightly, and gently applied a noble etiquette of the Sun Empire to Lore, and said, "Miss Lohr, hello!
The fake Kylo did not deny Nolans' problem, but simply admitted the identity of "Thousand Faces", and also said a piece of news that shocked Lore and the others!
"You say the artifact is 'analog', and you're also the owner of the artifact?"
Luoer's face changed, she didn't think about the artifact aspect anyway, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed to be extremely reasonable!
Anancias and the "puppet", the mysterious silver-haired woman and the "transformation", the lotus and the "curse", plus himself and the "edge", everything, behind the seemingly strange events, there seems to be some kind of special connection, as if it was a script carefully planned by people with ulterior motives!
Lore felt as if he had unknowingly fallen into some huge conspiracy, and a chill flashed in his heart!
(End of chapter)