Chapter 1277: The Threat of the Desolate Land
The actual size of the desolate land was not large, and the center was the original execution ground, which was only a few hundred meters in radius, and the decomposing corpses of the energy suppliers still hung on the 300 gallows that stood there.
As the "ghost legends" here continue to escalate, more and more people have moved out of the area, so the area of the desolate land has expanded year by year, and now it has extended into a no-man's land of tens of square kilometers.
Today is the New Year's celebration, and although the rest of the imperial capital is crowded with people, no one dares to enter the area around the desolate land.
On the edge of the desolate land were a few simple tents, which were temporary shelters for commoners who had come to the imperial capital to participate in the festivities, and had to be brave enough to settle in temporary accommodation near the desolate land, which no one cared about.
If you look at it from above, you can see that these tents form a dividing line, dividing the entire imperial palace into two distinct parts, beyond the dividing line is the surging crowd of celebratory people, and inside the dividing line is an uninhabited and desolate place, like an ugly scar pasted on the map of the prosperous imperial capital.
Alfie and the others, under the leadership of Killian, were advancing rapidly in the desolate land at this time. It can be seen that although Killian is full of care, he is still worried in his heart, and he can't wait to apply a "wind trick" to himself so that he can pass this creepy place as soon as possible.
After walking on the desolate land again, the more Alfie thought about it, the more she felt that it was wrong, with the character of Rey III, how could she tolerate the existence of such a no-man's land in the imperial capital with terrifying legends? What is even more puzzling is that all the major forces in the imperial capital have a tacit attitude towards this, which is simply very unreasonable.
Alfie was a firm believer in the fact that there were absolutely secrets hidden in this desolate land, far from being the official propaganda to deter those who were plotting against the Empire.
Before they knew it, they had come to the heart of the desolate place, the former execution square. Fifteen years have passed, and the solid gallows are still strong, except for the corpses that hang on them, which have long since turned into white bones.
As people pass by, they feel that the long-lost eyeballs in the eyes of the skeletons are still staring at them gloomily. Everyone unconsciously quickened their pace, even Troll.
Alfie had long known from the Strange Girl that the skeletons were not real human bones, but were made of some unknown metal by Augusta, and could be controlled by the Child-Mother Control Bead.
Unfortunately, after the mysterious ritual of the monster girl failed, Alfie fell unconscious, and when he woke up, he didn't know where to go. I don't know if it was taken by the strange girl, or if it was lost in this desolate place. But looking at the skeletons that still hung on the gallows as they did in the old days, Alfie already had the answer in his mind.
Eighty percent of the control beads were still taken away by the strange girl, and only she had the leisure to use the control beads to restore these metal skeletons to their original state, I don't know what the hell she was thinking. If she wanted to do the ritual that night again, Alfie would definitely hide as far as he could, he couldn't see any benefit from that ritual, on the contrary, he had raised his resistance to physical potions to an outrageous level, and he hadn't fully recovered until now, and he would definitely not do this kind of loss-making business a second time.
It occurred to Alfie that if these metal skeletons were paired with the dolls found in St. Jessica's Cathedral, what would happen?
Thinking of this, Alfie couldn't help but stop, looked at these metal skeletons, and began to seriously consider whether to make a collection first, and have a chance to do an experiment with the puppet in Selent's hand. He wondered what the difference was between a doll and an imitation of Augusta's human skin.
"Elfie, hurry up, I feel like it's very dangerous here!" Troll returned to Alfie's side from the front at some point, and the ghostly voice with a rare serious tone really scared Alfie!
"You're going to die! Do you know it's going to scare people to death!" Alfie glared at Troll angrily, without the slightest respect for this Sanctuary powerhouse.
"I don't know if you're going to be scared to death, I just know that if you leave our team, you'll definitely die!" Troll's expression didn't look like he was joking at all.
"What danger is hidden here, even you, the Sanctuary, are so uneasy?" Alfie's face also became serious, he knew that the instincts of the Sanctuary powerhouses were generally very keen, and they rarely made mistakes.
"I don't know, but there's a certain powerful aura left here that makes me feel very threatened, and that level of aura is at least not something I can compete with now. Troll's eyes widened and he glanced around warily. After arriving at the execution ground, he felt an inexplicable pressure, even if he held up his own field, he felt a little out of breath.
"Some kind of powerful aura? Why can't I feel it at all? Could it be that this aura only has an effect on the powerhouses of the Sanctuary Realm?" Alfie looked at the others who had already walked away, and they were obviously not affected by the powerful aura that Trohl had spoken.
"I don't know why, but the realm of people who can do this is definitely above me!" Troll's answer impressed Alfie, when did this guy who doesn't know the height of the sky become so modest?
However, since Troll said so, it means that the threat must exist, but Elfi and the other "weak chickens" of the non-Sanctuary can't feel it. This realization made Alfie a little frustrated, although he had dealt with many holy domains, and even with his brilliant mind and various props in the head-to-head confrontation, but before the real strength reached the holy domain, many things that could only be understood and sensed by the realm of the sacred realm were not related to him.
However, it seems that becoming the first bard ever to reach the Sanctuary level seems to be out of reach, even if Alfie has mastered the power of the three main gods, he is still far away from the Sanctuary, and he understands that although the power of the main god is strong, it is not his own power, and if he wants to reach the Sanctuary, he must break through with his own strength.
"What are you doing in a daze, leave with me!" Troll saw that Alfie was actually distracted again, and quickly pushed him, the feeling of danger became stronger and stronger, and he had to leave this place of right and wrong quickly.
"Wait a minute, I still have some things to do!" Alfie came to his senses and immediately ran to the nearest gallows, ready to put away a metal skeleton first.
Today's opportunity is very rare, there is a Sanctuary bodyguard by his side, in case of any accident, at least his life can be saved, and the next time he has this condition, he doesn't know when he will have to return to this ghost place.
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