The sun sinks westward, casting a patch of blood on the top of the mountains.

The flames crackled, roasting the newly dead hare, charring it on the outside and dripping with grease.

The aroma tickled the senses of several people around them, making their index fingers flutter.

"Archers are good at this, when they are in the wilderness, they can easily catch game, and they will never be hungry." The tip of Shafi's nose twitched, sniffing the hare that was about to be roasted, and sighed.

"Hehe, I remember when I first set off, you still disliked me as getting in the way. Now you know what I'm used for, right? Berego smiled and flipped the hare in his hand.

"You're mostly in the way at night." Shafi smirked and glanced at Berego.

Berego coughed awkwardly, deliberately ignoring the meaning of Shafi's words.

An Rui, who was on the side, smiled bitterly.

The three of them had been on the road for many days, and they had come to this mountain, which was close to the place where they had obtained the power of the two inheritances.

The fragrant hare meat was quickly wiped out by the trio, leaving only a pile of bones with meat scraps.

"You've eaten and drunk enough, isn't it time to go?" Shafi asked, licking her grease-stained index finger.

"Don't worry, the time hasn't come yet, and only when the junction of day and night arrives, the gate to the mountain will flash." An Rui gave a mysterious answer, and turned his head to look at the sky sprinkled with the blood of the setting sun.

The other two were accustomed to An Rui's riddle-like way of speaking, and instead of asking questions, they followed An Rui and looked at the sky together. It's as if something miracle is going to happen there.

In fact, the miracle is not in the sky, but on the stone wall at the foot of the mountain.

Before the sun is about to sink completely. After passing through two mountains, under the cutting of the two mountains, the remnant sun turned into a fiery red beam, which shot straight from the horizon and landed on a specific mountain wall.

The remnant sun quickly shrank and turned into a small dot of light, imprinted on the stone wall. It's like the keyhole of a door.

Anrui walked step by step to the point of light, and put the omnipotence in his arms. The key was pulled out and aimed at the point of light. The key went in without a hitch.

A flash of light flashed, omnipotent. The effect of the key was stimulated, and the originally bare keystem changed shape, revealing undulating tooth lines. Perfectly bites with the keyhole formed by the light spot.

Anrui's fingers twitched. There was a click, and the secret door on the stone wall was opened.

"Boom ......"

A door-shaped crack appeared in the stone wall, which slowly moved open, opening the way to the interior.

Shafi and Berego finally understood what Anrui had said earlier.

"Alright, let's go in together." An Rui pulled out the key and walked ahead of the way, the first to enter the door. The other two followed.

After the three of them entered, they each took out the glowing stone they had brought with them, illuminating the path behind the door.

Behind the door is a hand-carved corridor. On both sides are flat stone walls that lead into the distance. At the end, the outline of a stone staircase looms.

"Squeak ......"

There was a squeak similar to that of a rat in the darkness.

"Where does this lead?" Shafi asked curiously.

"A secret cave leading to the top of the mountain, which was dug by an ancient man, but now uninhabited, is empty." An Rui replied.

"Is the power of inheritance there?"

"It's not there, but if you want to get the power of inheritance, you have to go there and wait first." An Rui said as he walked, the light of the luminous stone swaying with his steps, "The inheritance power I want to take you to find this time is quite special, these two inheritance powers are not left by ancient powerhouses, but by modern powerhouses. These two are not even dead, and only after they are dead will you two be able to gain access to their inheritance powers. ”

"You want to lead us to find the power of the inheritance of the living?" Shafi's eyes widened, surprised.

"Yes."

"Only very strong people can leave their legacies before they die, how can we defeat such a powerful person?"

"We don't need to beat them, we're here to pick up leaks, not to take risks." An Rui took a deep breath and continued, "They're going to die in a special way. ”

As they spoke, they had reached the end of the passage, to the top of the staircase. The three of them climbed the stairs together, and when they were halfway there, a pair of red eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness ahead, and the squeak became louder.

A large group of rats burst out of the darkness, each the size of a wild cat, and even larger than a cat.

But rats are just rats after all.

An Rui and the three were not moved again, and each drew his weapon and responded.

In a short time, a large group of giant rat corpses lay on the stone steps.

The whole battle took only a minute.

The three of them got back on the road, and after that, they encountered some giant rats one after another, but they didn't encounter other kinds of monsters, which went well.

The length of the stone steps themselves is even more surprising than that of the giant rats, spiraling upwards and leading to the top of the mountain, at least several thousand.

The three of them walked for a long time before they reached the end, at which there was a stone door, but there was no keyhole, and it could be easily opened.

Pushing open the stone door, there is a cave that has been abandoned for many years, some daily necessities have rotted, and there are also some traces of birds living there.

The cave leads to the outside, and there is no gate to cover it.

Outside the cave is a clear night sky, with a cool night breeze blowing, and the height of the top of the mountain closes the distance between people and the night sky, as if you can pluck the stars with your hand.

The night view in the wild is beautiful.

"The next thing we have to do is wait, and if I'm not mistaken, another three or five days should be about the same." By the moonlight, Anrui raised his eyes to look down, and below the mountain was a circular valley that looked like an ancient Roman arena.

A thrilling duel is about to take place here.

……

A white-haired old man walked through the valley, his steps steady and powerful. The spacing of each step is exactly the same, as if measured by a ruler. The old man tied his white hair into a ponytail and threw it behind his head at will. He carried a silver scimitar on his back. The scimitar resembles a silver crescent, and there is no superfluity on it, but some exquisite pattern carvings.

The old man's name was Bona, and he was a famous warrior who was extremely good at using a scimitar, and was also the founder of the "Eight Directions Ghost Shadow Stream".

PropNex is very famous in the Sea of Blades, and it can be described as thunderous. There are also many people in other seas who know about him.

Today he is here for appointments, for duels, and for old friends.

"Ahem......" Boehner suddenly coughed violently. He hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, and when he took it away again, there was already a piece of blood red in his palm. He wiped his hands with a handkerchief, not paying much attention to it. It seems that I have become accustomed to it.

He's strong. But after all, if you can't be strong enough to defy the sky, you will still get old and sick.

Just a few years ago, he was stricken with an incurable disease, and both priests, doctors, and alchemists said that he was dying and that there was no cure.

Only one necromancer patted his chest and said that it would save his life and let him continue to live.

But he knew it in his heart. The necromancer is not to be trusted once he is treated by the necromancer. It will definitely degenerate into a creature of darkness. At that time, he was just a walking corpse, and in fact a dead man.

Since there is no power to change anything, you can only choose to accept it.

Death is a necessary stage for every old man, and no one can avoid it.

He lived a brave life, how could he be a coward during his deathbed?

Now, he has made death an invincible opponent. He can be in awe of this opponent, but he can't be intimidated.

The time before death is very precious, much more precious than the time when I was a child, every second should not be wasted, and it should be used to do something meaningful.

For some ordinary people, this time should be with their families and enjoy the warmth of family affection.

It's a pity that Bona has dedicated his life to the scimitar behind his back, and he has no family at all.

No wife can stretch out his palm that is not old age spots and gently caress his cheek before he dies.

There were no children to help him plan the future in advance, and the cemetery was built early.

Does he regret it?

If outsiders asked this question, he would definitely say that he would not regret it, but he knew in his heart that he actually regretted it a little. If he had to do it all over again, he would have found a woman to fall in love with and have a child, instead of putting all his mind on the scimitar behind his back.

What can you do if you have no relatives and no reason, and you will lose the world?

It's a pity that everything can't be done again, and there is no magic in the world that can turn back time. He was lost on the road of life, and suddenly he looked back, and he could no longer find the way he came.

In the period before his death, he could only go on the road alone, all the way to the side of death.

Thankfully, he was able to find an old friend with whom he could talk on his deathbed, and if possible, a duel.

He hoped that the old friend's skills had not been lost.

His old friend, Lance, was an elven archer who lived in the area, and the two had known each other since they were young. The two are both friends and rivals, and have fought several times, but they rarely contact each other after entering middle age.

It was in this valley that the two met, and they had a few fights here, leaving a lot of memories.

People often say that things are right and wrong, and this sentence is true. After so many years, every grass and tree here seems to have never changed, and the way it sways in the wind is as if to greet him again.

Not long ago, he sent for Lance to deliver a letter, and Rylance came to meet him, and tomorrow was the appointed day, and he did not know if the old friend would come.

A leaf withered and fell from the tree.

Bona stretched out his palm and took the leaf in his hand, he felt that he was very similar to this leaf, having given everything and reached the end of his life. Soon, together with this leaf, he will turn into a cloud of spring mud to provide nutrients for the birth of new life.

"Old friend, I'll be waiting for you here, you must come." Bona let go of his palm, letting the dead leaves in his hand be carried away by the wind, dancing in the wind. (To be continued......)