Chapter 162: Grinich (I)
Leo picked Nana up sideways and ran towards the familiar valley.
As Leo got closer to the valley, the map in his perspective became more detailed, and Leo's memories became clearer.
Outside the valley stood a stone wall, and in the center of the stone wall was a human-shaped hole that had sunk down.
That's where he was pushed out by Eliza.
Leo's perception swept behind him, making sure that Isenas and the others weren't following, and then came to the stone wall.
Just as Rizanka has a thousand faces, Leo also has a hidden side.
In front of the adventure party, he was the Leo who laughed loudly, was unscrupulous, and did whatever he wanted, but in front of this wall, he was the child whose fingertips began to tremble.
When Isenus proposed to go to the Water Source Jedi, although he was moved by the actions of his companions, his heart was more fearful, and he was afraid to face the past.
When the tide of impulse recedes, the gravel of reason reveals itself.
What would he see if he lifted the stone wall? Eliza's body?
Even though he was accustomed to seeing death, Leo was not sure if he would have the courage to face such a picture.
In Leo's wandering life with Eliza when he was a child, Eliza not only played the role of father and mother at the same time, but also Leo's teacher, comrade-in-arms and friend who talked about everything, and even the only spiritual support.
After seven days of running wildly, when he stood in front of the familiar and unfamiliar Duke's Castle, he knew Eliza's end, not to mention that more than two years had passed now.
Time does not speak, but it always gives the answer in silence.
Nana touched Leo's trembling hand, but the coldness of Leo's palm made her retract her hand.
"Is this where you and your mother got into trouble?"
Leo touched his hand, and a fighting spirit flowed out to dispel the chill in his hand, and then held Nana.
"Yes, this is it. ”
Holding Nana's hand, Leo's heart calmed down a little, and he didn't know when, he began to like holding Nana's hand, which made him feel extremely relieved.
Nana "saw" Leo's worried face with a little complicated longing, and she took the initiative to say, "I want to go in and have a look." ”
"You?" Leo was stunned for a moment, still immersed in the past, he didn't understand Nana's mind for a while, and asked casually, "What do you want to see when you go in?"
"Look at what you need to see. ”
Leo finally understood Nana's intentions slowly.
He smiled wryly and pressed Bugati against the stone wall.
"I'm so sorry, Nana, that I still need you to help me make a choice at this time. ”
After speaking, Leo poured his fighting spirit into Bugatti, urging Bugati to burst out with a dazzling light.
The stone walls were torn apart, the hidden hole was exposed, and a wave of hot air rushed out of the cavern, and Leo covered Nana's eyes so that the heat would not burn her azure pupils.
Leo felt a little strange about this heat wave, which he hadn't had since the last time he came.
He took Nana through the hole.
The cave was very different from what he remembered, with pits and dents filling the cave to the brim.
The scorched black marks of the flames, the breath left by the unknown divine power, and Eliza's ethereal spiritual power...
Leo stepped over the mess and headed into the depths.
In the depths of the stone cave, the physical traces left by the battle became scarce, but a large amount of energy formed a visible energy mass suspended in mid-air, and under the interference of a large amount of energy, it was no wonder that his perception could not penetrate deep into the stone cave.
Such a huge amount of energy was confined in a small stone cave, which shows that the intensity of the battle back then was far beyond the scope of ordinary legends.
Leo carefully avoided these seemingly beautiful, but in fact extremely dangerous energy masses.
Further on, the energy mass in the cave began to become scarce, the stones on the ground began to become soft and red, and some gray-black filamentous material floated on the surface of the stone, if Leo remembered correctly, these things would then turn into something called magma.
He injected his fighting energy into Nana's body, protecting her fragile body.
The heat distorted the air abnormally, and a white figure flashed through the air as Leo's eyes felt a little sore.
Leo rubbed his eyes and looked again at the place where the white figure had appeared.
"What's wrong? Leo?"
Leo looked at the twisted wall suspiciously, and said, "No, it's nothing, maybe it's... Eliza!"
The white figure flashed again, and this time Leo could see clearly, who was this not Eliza?
He picked up Nana, jumped onto one of the few intact rocks in the cave, and chased the white figure into the depths of the cave.
"Eliza, old woman, where are you going?"
Nana put her arms around Leo's neck, feeling the pressure of the sensor on her skin, but she didn't feel the presence of another person nearby.
"I'm going to be angry if you run around like this again!"
"Old..."
After Eliza's figure turned a corner during the chase, Leo suddenly stopped.
The world in front of me is a world of lava, and the cave is filled with large areas of magma, forming a lava lake, and one or two bright yellow magma bubbles occasionally emerge from the fiery magma lake, making a "crackling" explosion sound.
On the lava lake, several Elizas were moving in and out of a battle posture, but Leo couldn't see where her enemies were.
"Eliza, old woman?" called Leo tentatively.
None of the figures, however, paid any attention to Leo.
One of them, Eliza, suddenly collapsed in the air, turned into a white mist and drifted into the distance, and then condensed in the distance, continuing to fight the unknown enemy.
"I..."
"Leo. Nana tugged at Leo's clothes and whispered, "I don't feel like anyone is here." ”
Nana's words made Leo sober up, and he looked at the figure flying on the magma lake in a trance.
"No one, it's just a phantom. Leo muttered to himself.
"Whoa!"
As Leo was in a daze, the center of the magma lake rippled in circles, as if something wanted to emerge from the bottom of the lake.
"I said who was yelling outside, it turned out to be you. ”
The voice was low and loud, colliding repeatedly in the cavern, sweeping Eliza's phantom away.
Looking at the thing that came out of the bottom of the lake, Leo felt a little familiar for a moment.
A slender dragon head, wanton curved dragon horns, and shark-like teeth.
"Grinich?
Leo was taken aback, the thing in front of him was the arrogant fire dragon they had repelled at Morbius Mountain, the only difference was that there were two more heads on either side of his shoulders.
"It seems that just as I carved your image into my mind, you have had a profound impact on me..."
Grinich slowly flew out of the lava lake, a stream of hot lava hanging from its body, steaming white mist.
"What about Eliza?"
"Eliza?" Grinich's head turned slightly, looking at the white figure that had condensed again beside him.
It casually spat out a fiery dragon's breath, sending Eliza back into a white mist.
"You're talking about this annoying woman, right?"
Grinich's movements made Leo subconsciously clench his fists.
"Hey, what, looking at your nervousness, is this woman your concubine?" Grinich laughed loudly.
Leo took a deep breath, his eyelids turned upward, but his eyebrows were close to his eyes, which made his expression look murderous.
"Let me ask you again, where is Eliza?"
Leo's fierce eyes made Grinich shiver involuntarily.
The dragon's heart was terrified, although it was shattered by Leo and the others last time, but it was a blessing in disguise, bringing out the true potential of the three dragons in its soul, and then reshaping its body with flames, and stepping steadily into adulthood.
It stands to reason that with its great strength, it should be able to crush Leo at will when it faces it again, but now Leo can make it feel the breath of death surrounding him with just one look.
Grinich's bloodline is inherited from the arrogant dragon Walkefler, and arrogance is also engraved in its soul, and this fear makes it furious.
The dragon flapped its wings and let out a loud laugh, and countless pieces of rubble fell into the magma lake under the impact of the sound wave, splashing in circles and ripples.
"Of course that woman is dead, destroyed by the combined forces of the immortal dragon and your human true god emissary, and even the necromancer can't pull her up and make her a puppet. Grinich defiantly shattered the newly condensed figure of Elizadi.
"But this woman's strength is really strong, and her legendary ability is the direction of mysterious spiritual power, and the energy she left behind when she fought still refuses to dissipate after three years, forming countless echoes in this stone cave, making me feel restless, so I can only hide at the bottom of the lake to sleep. ”
In other words, is this the last proof that Eliza has survived in the world?
Leo watched Eliza's figure flicker in the air, and his heart couldn't help but twitch.
"Grinich. Leo spoke, his voice hoarse with a slight trill.
"Your voice is trembling, are you scared? Grinich laughed loudly, shattering Eliza's pure white figure a few more times.
"If you are willing to leave quietly. Leo's voice trembled even more. "Then in return, I'll let you live. ”
"Let me live! What a funny word!" said Grinich laughing, and the surface of the lake rippled in circles and circles. "Are you burned out of your brain by magma? look, with such a powerful force, you should be thinking about how to escape now!"
Compared to more than half a year ago, there are no more flames coming out of the cracks in the scale armor of Grinich, and the control of flames has become proficient, and he can even sleep in magma, which is even stronger than the two legends in the Golden City, no wonder Grinich is so confident.
"I see, it seems that your arrogance has not diminished in the slightest, and only absolute strength can make you bow down. Leo hugged Nana with one hand, picked up Bugati, and pointed at Grinich.
"If we destroy the echoes of Eliza's aftermath while fighting, your soul will remain in my hands. ”