However, while it was a human who nurtured the plague, the good news is that he was only a tool to be used, and someone else was behind it. Although they had no direct evidence to explain this to the dwarves and elves, the dwarves were unaware of the existence of alchemists, and they could have fooled them.

"Unfortunately", Kagard III has been used as a petri dish by the alchemists, and they can't save it, so they can only destroy this "petri dish".

But it is precisely because of this that on the side of the dwarves, it is their freedom, and with their current prestige in the dwarves, no one will question them, so all they need is to negotiate.

With two treasures in hand, the Lava Core and the Lava Heart, Xia Chiyu quickly negotiated a contract with Freyr, a wealthy man from Uptown and one of the candidates for the Dwarven Clan.

Freel, one of the candidates, is of course also a person who has a different set of things in the open and in the dark, but his set in the open is at least decent, and the one in the secret is also a bottom line, and the most important thing is that he is not a member of the royal family of the dwarves, so he doesn't have to worry about being made into a petri dish or something like that by the mastermind behind the scenes.

After negotiating the price, the other party's request was to let them take the lava core to the old town of Ezes to restore the overall function of Ezes, and then return the dwarven treasure's treasure lava heart to him on the day Freyr "ascended the throne", and he agreed to renew the alliance with the humans. As for who is behind all this? The other party didn't ask at all.

After all, who is behind the scenes has nothing to do with Freil, as long as it does not affect his regime.

Therefore, Xia Chiyu and the others will go to the old city of Ezes again, according to the previous plan, go to the palace to find the key to the prison, and then place the lava core in the dwarven energy supply device through the mechanism under the prison. Restore Ezes' energy supply, after which the dwarves will clean up the Old Town themselves.

So they all wandered around the old town of Ezes again. To be honest, Xia Chiyu is more familiar with this place now than with the City of Ancient Trees, and he has been wandering around here seven or eight times for more than a week.

Either help the doctor find some rare medicinal herbs, or help the blacksmith find some special ores, or help some down-and-out nobles who fled from the old city to retrieve some of their family heirlooms from the old city or something.

In short, all kinds of missions, except for the early stage of the three areas from the upper city of Ezes to the slums, are all to go to the old town of Ezes.

"However, the mastermind behind the scenes feels very concerned." Yuxi healed Nadya's wounds. Some worried, he said, "Qin Yan's attack was broken down so easily, and the other party is still '?? 'level of bosses. ”

"yes, there must be a tough battle in the end." Xia Chiyu sighed, today Zhang Zinuo and Lin Qianxue went to Anran's store to help, so there were only five people who came here to perform the task: him, Gu Qinyan, Yuxi, Nadya and Liu Yiyu.

However, these five people can be regarded as a perfect small team with support, meat shield and output.

Xia Chiyu had already noted down the location of the Dwarven Palace when he came before, so this time he was familiar with the road and went directly in. But both the palace and the prison are actually small copies. After entering, he had to pass through the White Mist Gate to switch scenes and maps, and Xia Chiyu took the lead in pushing open the White Mist Gate and entered the Dwarven Palace.

Strangely, there are no monsters in the palace. As soon as you enter, there is a long corridor, on both sides of the corridor are murals of great men of the dwarven clan, and every other way there is a piece of armor, somewhat like the cloister of kings they fought before.

"Eat fish. Do you feel this place a little familiar? Liu Yiyu asked suspiciously, looking at the place.

"You mean the King's Corridor of the Ancient Ruins, right?" Xia Chiyu asked with a smile, "I want to go with me." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! This is the place! That was the first copy that Eat Fish took me to play. Liu Yiyu said excitedly, "Do you remember?" At that time, I was really impressed by this game, but I didn't expect there to be so many mysteries. ”

"Why aren't you impressed with me...... the corners of Xia Chiyu's mouth twitched and said, "Anyway, be careful, the armor here may also come to life, or there are some strange mechanisms or something." ”

Yuxi pointed to the portraits of the characters on the wall and smiled, "You see, some of the portraits here will also move with our movements." I thought it was scary back then, but now I think it's funny after I get familiar with the routine. ”

However, Yuxi's words were not recognized by others. Because when all the dwarven portraits on the wall are staring at you with wide eyes and the scene is quiet, the scene is still very creepy......

"Well, in fact, there is still a little bit of horror......" Yuxi smiled bitterly and grabbed Gu Qinyan's arm, hiding behind him and cautiously following forward.

This task did not go as smoothly as Xia Chiyu imagined, the key was because there were too few clues. Although he knew that the key was in the palace, he didn't know the exact location, and the strangest thing was that in the huge palace, the area was definitely the size of a copy, but not a single monster was found. It's a bit of a bizarre.

Since it's set up as a copy.,So it's inevitable that there are monsters in it.,Even if there are no mobs.,At least there should be a boss battle.。 But it was empty, nothing moved except for the eyes of the dwarven portrait, the armor didn't come to life, and there were no mechanisms to trigger.

"What should I do now, do you want to get out of the book?" Gu Qinyan frowned and asked dissatisfiedly.

"I don't know, but I'm sure there's something in this copy that we haven't discovered." Xia Chiyu held his chin and muttered, "Could it be some kind of mechanism...... Or is there something missing about the trigger? ”

Nadya asked, "Could it be that there are no monsters in the dungeon because there are some conditions outside the dungeon that have not been met?" ”

"It's impossible, the quest has been triggered, since that dwarf fat man asked us to come to the palace to find the prison key, it means that the conditions have been met." Xia Chiyu shook his head and said, "There is only one possibility now, probably because we are acting together, if we act separately, maybe what plot will be triggered." ”

"Well, that makes sense. Like the Hall of Trials of Wisdom, Courage, and Skill. A copy that will forcibly separate us. Gu Qinyan nodded and said, "Then let's go separately, I'll just go alone." ”

"You don't have to leave people behind, I hate it!" Yuxi said unhappily, and dragged Gu Qinyan's sleeve to follow.

"I'll be alone, you two go together, I'm going to enjoy the terrifying atmosphere of this dungeon." Nadya said, waving her hand to Xia Chiyu and Liu Yiyu.

Although Xia Chiyu didn't think there was anything scary about the empty palace, he didn't object. From the current situation, it is clear that the more people scattered, the greater the chance of triggering the plot. Not to mention. Nadya is one of the Four Kings, and she is definitely capable enough to deal with any situation, whether by force or intelligence, and it is best to let her go alone.

And Gu Qinyan said that although he didn't have the ability, his IQ and EQ were ...... Moreover, what Xia Chiyu is most worried about is actually this guy's brutal character, sometimes he is too reluctant to use his brains and impatient, because of Gu Qinyan's recklessness and causing their four-person team to enter a dangerous situation, there are many cases where the rain and tide are taking care of him, and he should be relieved.

As for Liu Yiyu. Her rank is so low that someone has to be on the side to take care of her.

"Eating fish is the golden partner of the two of us." Liu Yiyu happily walked in front of Xia Chiyu and smiled.

"Ah, yes." Xia Chiyu couldn't help but laugh. "Anyway, you seem to be playing more and more games lately."

"Hmm...... It's because the bar's business has stabilized. Liu Yiyu pursed her lips and smiled, but she seemed a little worried.

Xia Chiyu noticed this, but the other party didn't say that he couldn't ask. After all, people must have their own reasons for not saying it, probably a private matter in life, and he is an outsider. It's rude to ask too many questions.

"Alas, actually, I originally thought that when you were ninety years old, we might have a chance to catch up with you." Liu Yiyu walked in front, and the deputy sighed and said, "However, after watching your battle with Asura. I think even if we're at level ninety, we're still far away from you. Actually, sometimes I really miss the time when I was in the Elemental Forest. ”

Liu Yiyu's words made Xia Chiyu fall silent for a moment, and he understood what Liu Yiyu meant.

The kind of person who sees his original friend getting farther and farther away from him, and wants to keep up but only makes the gap wider, as if the two sides are not the same world or a dimension at all. Not to mention being companions who can trust each other, they don't even have the courage to move forward side by side, and they can only look up to their backs forever.

Xia Chiyu used to feel this way, and he was also so unwilling, so he did what he could to close the distance. In the end, however, he realized that it was nothing more than his own psychology. The distance between the two has nothing to do with the gap in ability, even if it is two high-level players with a bunch of rookies, they can still be intimate.

"Silly girl." Xia Chiyu smiled and touched Liu Yiyu's brain and comforted, "It's just your own psychology, think about it, the four of us are just ordinary people, it's just that the game is a little better than you." ”

"But it's a great feeling, you're all pros. We can only hold you back......" Liu Yiyu puffed out her cheeks and complained a little angrily.

"Who said that, maybe the four of us can be the core, but you are not dragging your feet, otherwise why do you think the White Crane Company wants to set up such a thing as a twenty-five person copy?" Xia Chiyu asked rhetorically, "What's more, the four of us are not so powerful all the time, only when the four of us are together, there are often annihilations, not only you will make mistakes." ”

Liu Yiyu said strangely: "Will you also often destroy the group?" It's unbelievable......"

"Ah, I told you, the four factors that are the easiest to destroy the group," Xia Chiyu snapped his fingers and said, "First, waking up is more sick than committing a crime, and pretending to be forced is not forced but is grassed; second, Lethro is obsessed, and he still stepped on the trap after walking the road several times; Third, Gu Qinyan was stubborn, knowing that it didn't work, he was going to go; Of course, in the end, there is mine, curiosity is overflowing, and in order to see different endings or different reactions of the boss in different situations, I deliberately choose to kill the group or something like that......"

"Really?" Liu Yiyu suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, "It turns out that you will be like this." ”

Xia Chiyu smiled and was about to reply, but at this time he was suddenly stunned, stopped, and then took two steps back.

He came to a mural, which was a little different from the others, the first point was that it was a woman, but the woman seemed to be a human being. Serene in appearance, but draped in a gloomy and shabby brown cloak; The second point is its specifications, which are too big, almost painted according to life-size proportions, and how awkward it looks when hanging on the wall.

The reason why Xia Chiyu retreated was because the eyes of this portrait were staring at him, but it was actually not a big deal, because many murals in AO have this setting.

"What's wrong, eating fish?" Liu Yiyu asked curiously and came to Xia Chiyu's side.

"It's a big picture. Why is this painting the only one human? Liu Yiyu asked curiously, "The other portraits in the palace are obviously great men or royals of the dwarf clan, it's really strange." ”

"You girl, your eyes are very sharp...... Xia Chiyu praised with a smile, but at this time, the woman in the painting suddenly let out a sharp scream, and the quiet woman under the brown robe suddenly turned into a white bone.

Suddenly, Xia Chiyu and Liu Yiyu were so frightened that they both let out a scream and hurriedly took a step back.

"I'm going to die!" Xia Chiyu patted his chest and said, "This vulgar and scary trick is the most boring!" ”

But it wasn't just a surprise to them. Xia Chiyu found that he had an extra "curse" debuff on his body, the effect was "all attributes are reduced by fifteen percent", and there was also a separate note "You are being targeted by the demon in the painting".

"This debuff actually reduces all attributes by fifteen, that's disgusting, isn't it?" Xia Chiyu frowned and said. Generally speaking, reducing the fifteen percent of one attribute is disgusting enough, and this curse actually lowers all attributes.

However, at the moment when Xia Chiyu wanted to try to use the spell of the light system to dispel this curse, a hideous claw suddenly stretched out from the portrait in front of them. grabbed him and Liu Yiyu's faces, and then dragged them over.

Xia Chiyu only had time to close his eyes before colliding with the portrait, but the next moment he felt light. Fell to the ground. He opened his eyes and found himself in another place.

"My ass fell to ......" Liu Yiyu rubbed her buttocks and muttered, stood up from the ground, looked around, and suddenly let out a sigh: "Wow...... How did we get here? ”

The map name of "World in Picture" flashes above their field of view, indicating that they have switched scenes.

The world in this painting is the ruins of an ancient city, and now they are located in a corner of the ancient city wall, where they can vaguely see the cannons flying in the sky and the crows hovering around the corpses, and below the city wall, you can see dense black spots like ants, not to mention more than 100,000 people, who are entangled with some behemoths, and the battle is very tragic.

From time to time, a few dazzling rays of light shone on the battlefield below, followed by a violent explosion. No one other than the two of them had come up to the wall, but it was now very dilapidated, and it seemed to have gone through the suction of a round of war. Seeing this situation, Xia Chiyu suddenly felt a little familiar, as if he had seen this scene somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

However, the next shell landed not far away from them, and the impact of the explosion brought a large amount of rubble to the face, Xia Chiyu immediately raised his hand to open the mental force field, and the gravel was like a stray bullet, and there was a sound of ping-pong.

And after the cannonball exploded, a light structure stood up at the center of the explosion, and soon the golden light dissipated, and the creature stood up from the center of the explosion, this is an elemental giant, its height is six or seven meters, it is completely composed of pale golden light, the form is blurred and the specific appearance cannot be seen, the name is "Apostle Thatcher".

"I remember, this is the battle of the gods." Xia Chiyu said suddenly.

"What battle?" Liu Yiyu asked curiously, and Xia Chiyu repeated again: "In the battle to seize the gods, when the Human World Alliance defeated the demons, the gods became their next target. This is the war when a full-scale conflict broke out between humans and the Protoss, is this a scene replay? Or some kind of time-traveling magic? Or is it an illusion? ”

After the Apostle Thatcher stood up, he immediately noticed Xia Chiyu and Liu Yiyu, so he waved his huge palm and slapped it at them. Xia Chiyu had already used the spiritual force field at this time, so he pressed his hands on the ground, and several metal pillars rose from under his feet, blocking Thatcher's blow, but the opponent's strength was quite strong, and the metal pillars bent in an instant.

Xia Chiyu and Liu Yiyu rolled on the spot and broke away from under Thatcher's palm, and then the metal pillars were forced back to the ground, causing a shock wave that caused a small amount of damage to Xia Chiyu and Liu Yiyu.

"Bleeding, not a hallucination...... And even if it's an illusion, I'm afraid that if you die here, you'll hang up directly. Xia Chiyu checked that he had reduced his health by about three percent, and said to himself. Thatcher missed the blow, raised his hand to Xia Chiyu, and a golden laser shot out from its palm, instantly sweeping towards Xia Chiyu.

Xia Chiyu directly used the stand-in skill to dodge, and then appeared behind Thatcher. The golden laser swept past Xia Chiyu's phantom body, instantly cutting off the entire corner of the ruins of the ancient city where they were located, and half of the cracked bunker fell from the city wall.

"Devil Grass, Devil's Embrace!" Xia Chiyu shouted, and hideous black vines emerged from under Thatcher's feet, quickly entangled its body. And Xia Chiyu waved his hand to Liu Yiyu and said, "Don't fight here, let's withdraw first!" ”

The platform they were on now was very cramped, and it was irrational to fight such a behemoth. Xia Chiyu looked at the dense ant-like human beings below, huge monsters fell one after another, at this time the army was already approaching under the city wall, and was climbing up the stairs on one side, the roar of the warriors and the sound of war drums were endless.

Xia Chiyu looked up at the tower at the top of the ancient city, which was almost connected to the sun: "Go there!" Let's see if this guy will follow! ”

A colorful sword flew out from a tall tower not far away, slicing a corner of the tower, and the rubble slid down the city wall. That skill Xia Chiyu couldn't be more familiar: "It's Gu Qinyan's instant beauty...... They've come to this world of paintings, too! Let's go, let's find a way to meet them. ”

At this moment, the Apostle Thatcher behind him broke free from the Devil's Grass and turned into a golden meteorite again, but instead of aiming at them, he flew towards the crowd below the city walls.

"This place is called the 'Staircase of Heaven', and it was built by the Protoss on the orders of the human race...... An altar-like ancient city. The Protoss believed that they should reside in the highest place in the world, closest to the 'Creation God'. Xia Chiyu explained.

That is, the highest tower of the Staircase of Heaven, there must be a boss battle in that place, and there is also the answer to their coming to this world. But just because Thatcher didn't catch up doesn't mean there are no enemies on the road.

Soon, two men in holy white armor stood in front of them, these two men were very thin, delicate and neutral in appearance, in fact, it was impossible to tell whether they were male or female from their appearance and figure. However, they all have pure golden pupils.

"It's the ...... of the Protoss," Xia Chiyu said to himself with some surprise, just like the whites of his pure black eyes, this golden pupil was a typical symbol of the Protoss.

The two Protoss said angrily, "This kind of place is not for you filthy humans to come, you have soiled this place, and we will use your blood and soul to purify it!" ”

As he spoke, the two Protoss each let out a loud and soft groan, and as their singing-like tone sounded, a shockwave blasted out from in front of them, flying towards Xia Chiyu and Liu Yiyu.

"Divine Word!" Xia Chiyu secretly said to himself, he had heard that the divine word technique of the Protoss only needed to send out the corresponding tone to release the spell, coupled with the dark text that the Demon Clan only needed to write a spell to release the spell, these two abilities constituted the current profession of "Conjurer", so he immediately waved his hand to release a whirlwind, which collided with these two impacts, and the elements were agitated.

"Hmph, an elite monster of level eighty-five dares to be arrogant in front of me." After the impact of the magic gradually dissipated, Xia Chiyu waved his robe to blow away the smoke and dust, and grinned, "Just let you gods know that the sky is ......high and the earth is thick" (to be continued.) )