Chapter 2: The Blood Moon Descends

The dim sunset slowly sets below the distant sea level in the west, like ...... It's like being swallowed up by the sea. King Kalam, the ruler of the kingdom of Abela, stood alone on the top of the castle tower of the palace of New Bella, quietly watching the place where the sunset was, and fell into deep thought again.

In the distance, the bustling port by the sea had long since fallen silent, without a single light, and was plunged into darkness along with the earth, sky, and sea. The period between the visits of merchant ships from Grecia is getting longer and longer, from the first ten days, to half a month, once a month, and then every two months, and the nearest cargo ship has left nearly three months ago.

As trade declined and so did the port's commerce, Karam suddenly felt isolated. Abella seems to have been abandoned by this world. But this cannot be blamed on the merchants of Georgia, and only to blame Abella for his own deterioration, the production of spices and silk, which had been the main trade goods, has been greatly reduced, and the unprofitable merchants are of course unwilling to risk their lives to cross the ocean.

The desert continues to devour the surrounding land, the fields are becoming poorer, the rivers are drying up, all kinds of monsters are constantly invading the borders of the kingdom, unemployed thieves and bandits are everywhere, and the whole kingdom is in a state of turmoil. To make matters worse, the land was barren, commerce was disrupted, the people were unemployed, the country's tax revenues were drastically reduced, and the kingdom's finances were on the verge of collapse due to increasing military expenditures against various enemies.

The once glorious kingdom of Abella, the kingdom of Abella who ruled the entire island, can now only curl up in a corner of the island and breathe. Is this last dwarven kingdom going to fall like this? like the sunset that has no choice but to fall into the abyss of the sea. He could hardly imagine it anymore. It is not death that is terrible, but despair. But he really didn't know how to change the predicament in front of him.

A black mist rose from the surface of the sea, blurring the end of the line of sight. King Kalam turned to look at the eastern horizon, the stars twinkling, but the moon had not risen, and the earth was plunged into a terrifying darkness.

There was a slight tremor from the castle, and the whole city seemed to tremble, and it was only after a while that an extremely low "boom" sound came from the direction of the dragon's lair. The earth is shaking and cracking again. This kind of thing has been common for a while, and even the guardians of the Earth God are feeling uneasy?

After a long time, the red wheel of the moon finally rose slowly over the eastern horizon, so slowly, so hard, as if trying to break free from some bondage and pain.

A red moon. Finally freed from its restraints, it rose to the sky through the mist of the ground, gently soothing the creatures of the earth with its not-so-blazing light, helping them to dispel their fear of darkness.

It's beautiful. King Kalam looked up at the moon and was unconsciously a little intoxicated. Perhaps only at this time, the moonlight, which seemed to carry some kind of magic, could make him forget his troubles, forget all the troubles and sorrows of the world.

But just then, a rounded black shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, biting off a corner of the edge of the moon's ring, and the moon, which had been beautiful and flawless, now seemed less perfect. The thought immediately crossed Kalam's mind.

It's a lunar eclipse. As time passed, the shadows of the rounded sides grew larger, the places where the moon was covered became larger and larger, and the world that had lost its light gradually became darker again. When the moon was finally swallowed up by the shadows, the earth fell back into a terrifying darkness.

This round shadow of darkness triumphed, and its appearance was just enough to swallow the moon's light. But Kalam knew that the beautiful full moon would come out, and it wouldn't be long, after it had struggled to break free from the darkness. He firmly believes in this, and he is looking forward to this moment as well.

But after a long time, the dark shadow never left, and the moon was still trapped in the dark abyss, with only a little light emanating from the shadows, forming a dim ring of light. What happened? Karam began to get a little restless.

Time continued to pass, and before I knew it, the black shadow covering the moon gradually turned a dark red, like some kind of blood-colored tide surging. Suddenly, the shadow cracked open in the middle and slowly parted to the top and bottom, gradually revealing a black core in the middle, as if the moon had opened a huge eye, staring coldly at the world on the ground.

King Kalam was so startled that he took a few steps back and sat down on the ground, when he seemed to see a white meteor streak across the sky and fall to the south.

A blood-colored moon with black eyes.

Before Kalam's rapid heartbeat and breathing could recover, an attendant suddenly pushed open the door and ran up anxiously, "Oh no, Your Majesty!

By the time Kalam hurried to his daughter's room, his cherished daughter had woken up. She lay upright on the bed, her eyes staring straight at the roof, and muttering something softly. This...... Seeing the restless eyes of the maids around him, King Kalam's heart continued to fall. He put his ear to his daughter's mouth, and after a long time he finally heard what she was muttering repeatedly:

Darkness is waking.

Hope is coming.

The rift in the abyss is spreading.

The shadow of death is engulfing the world.

Pray, ask for love's mercy and guidance.

Pray, and may love be with this world.

The inner ring of the magic array was surrounded by the magic of light and darkness, and there was chaos around it, and nothing could be seen. Suzanne clenched the sword in her hand, and her arms were like a hen guarding her chicks, keeping the little princess behind her. But she didn't know from which direction the enemy might suddenly come from at any moment.

The little princess Linya, who was under protection, seemed to be a little unconscious, blinking her eyes and looking around curiously. This is indeed a very strange magic array, isn't it? Of course, the magic ice shield must be turned on with all its strength all the time, and the ice shield condensed by the sixth-level water magic power tightly wrapped the two of them tightly in the center like a big egg. This should indeed be a conspiracy or something, if he loses to Rosie, won't he be embarrassed and embarrassed? That's absolutely not allowed! There is a saying, the winged guy must die, except himself!

However, after a few seconds, Linya realized that she seemed to be in some kind of weightlessness, her entire body seemed to float, and her wings did not spread. Am I being thrown into space?, Linya hurriedly hugged Suzanne tightly. Sister Susanna's figure is really good! Shapely waist, firm breasts, and a perfect body, it's really envious! Wait!Nani, what are you thinking? When is this time for you to wander?

In fact, this is only a matter of less than a minute. As gravity seemed to return, Linya felt some kind of frictional heat coming through the ice shield.

After another ten seconds, the ice shield suddenly smashed into something without warning, and the huge inertia immediately pressed Linya to the ground, unable to move.

"What the hell?" Linya resented when her mind finally came to her senses from the chaos. The inertia is gone, and the body does not seem to feel any severe pain, and the hands, feet, wings, eyes, nose, ears, etc. seem to be complete. Then, more information rushed to her brain, and one piece of information made Linya's mind feel that something was not quite right.

What? There was a cool swishing sensation in her thighs, as if she had been blown by the wind, and then, the pain from her wings made her realize that she was lying on her back on the ground in a large shape.

"Ahh

"Damn! Damn Rosie, I'm going to chop you into eighty-eight pieces!" Linya's mind was about to explode with shame and anger at the thought that she would have some kind of embarrassing incident in front of so many people. Suzanne hurriedly helped the little princess steady, shook her head and said, "There is no Rosie, Your Royal Highness." ”

Linya turned her head to look around, and then realized the seriousness of the problem. There really is no Rosie anymore. There weren't Alice and Cyryl anymore. There was no one left. It's okay, no one saw it. Linya secretly rejoiced, but ...... Suzanne must have seen it...... Ahem...... Suzanne immediately noticed the strange look in which the little princess stared at her, shrugged her shoulders and said, "I? I've seen enough, don't you care?" Before she could finish speaking, the little princess's face turned red again.

Surrounded by an ancient magic array, the kind of six-pointed star in the outer ring and inner ring, he and Suzanne are in the center of this magic array, and the outside of the magic array, a little dark, like some kind of wall-like thing, high in the center of the magic array. Finally, Linya raised her head and saw the stars in the sky, and was dumbfounded.

"What the hell? it's night?" said Linya, startled. She clearly remembered that Rosie's black wings grew in the morning, that is, just now, why did it come to night in a blink of an eye?" "Also, where did all of them go?"

This is probably a difficult question to solve. Suzanne looked around again, then crouched down and touched the ground. She grabbed a handful of sand, it was all sand, and the wall outside the magic circle was also a wall of sand. Linya, on the other hand, said with certainty after inspecting the composition materials of the magic array: "A very ancient stone, with some kind of uncertain magical properties. ”

"I think I've heard Princess Alice say it's like a magical teleportation array. ”

"Yes......" Linya is also very sure, this is indeed a magic teleportation array, there are this teleportation arrays in the Magic Temple of Leia City and Tianfeng Castle, double rings and hexagons, but those magic arrays are very small, the largest diameter is about two meters, which is like this, the diameter is six meters long, this is too exaggerated, who built these things, and what is it that needs to use such a large teleportation array?

But it doesn't seem necessary to think about those questions now. "I'm afraid we're not in Caiyun City anymore. Linya thought carefully about what had just happened, and finally said with certainty. Then she blushed again. Fooled yourself. I was deceived. That damn Rosie!but...... If it weren't for her own pride, ignorance and arrogance, how could she have succeeded in her scheme?

"Just now, after Her Royal Highness the princess fell into the magic array, that Rosie deliberately used various methods to delay time, it seems that she has already planned it, she said those words to start the teleportation array to buy time, we were fooled. Suzanne thought about it and said, but when she saw the embarrassment of the little princess, she hurriedly comforted her: "Okay, Your Royal Highness the princess, it's like this, it's useless to think about that." Let's take a look at where it is, and then think about how we can go back. Don't you have twin blue stars, Princess Alice, and they should come to us too. ”

Linya nodded, began to inject magic into the Azure Star in her left palm, and then cast a spell: "Azure Star, please tell me where Sister Alice is?"

The magic arrows inside the Azure Star began to spin and finally stopped to the west. But just as Linya was about to confirm it, the arrow suddenly shook again and began to spin again. This time, it stopped to the east. But that's not the end of it, the third time it spun again.

Linya was stunned. The twins' magic sapphires can't actually determine each other's location!What is this concept? What does this mean? Of course, there is the possibility of a magical interference factor in the middle, but thinking of the starry sky and the night overhead, Linya already roughly understands something. There is only one possibility, only one reasonable explanation. But she couldn't believe it.

Linya injected magic into the Azure Star once more, this time with more magic and took longer. Then she activated the Azure Star and called out to the sapphire, "Sister Alice, I'm Linya. Can you hear me? I'm calling you with the Azure Star, and if you hear it, answer me!"

But after waiting for a long time, the Azure Star did not respond.

Linya's heart continued to sink, and her whole body turned into a cold swish. Seeing the little princess's solemn expression, Suzanne hurriedly asked, "Your Royal Highness the princess, what's wrong?" Linya came back to her senses, clenched the azure star in her left palm, and said in a little panic: "No, it's impossible." Let me think again...... I'll try again......" As she spoke, she took off the spatial crystal ring on her right ring finger and injected magic into it in the same way as before, preparing to open it. There are all kinds of her treasures and magical items there.

But what she didn't expect was that the magic that opened the space crystal failed. Infused with magic, he opened a long line, opened up the sub-space, and linked to the small space in his own room in Lea City...... Can't link. Maybe it's too far away, maybe it's not enough magic strength, or maybe it's something that is interfered with by magic in the middle?Linya endured the panic in her heart and tried again, this time she entered more mana until she filled the space crystal.

But the result is still the same. The attempt to open the spatial warehouse failed, and she was unable to remove the magic crystals stored inside, and therefore could not measure the direction, distance, and location of Leia City. Do you have to accept this terrible truth? Linya's heart began to beat wildly. She still couldn't believe it. Obviously, just a few minutes ago, she was still in the prison in the city of colorful clouds, teasing that Queen Rosie to her heart's content, how could she ......

The planets rotate from west to east, and the morning in the city of clouds, the Violet Continent, may still be in the second half of the night or before dawn in Atlantis, and in the east, in the Grecian Continent, it may be noon or afternoon or evening or something. Linya began to think about it. But there is no sun here, and by the way, there is the moon, and now the longitude distance can only be analyzed by the position of the moon......

"Sister Susanna, you should remember what I said before about Noah being a ball like the sun and the moon, right? I'm afraid we're no longer in the Violet Continent...... Let's go find the moon first, and if I do, I'll know where we are. Linya said with a heavy heart.

Suzanne was stunned for a moment, in fact, for her, when the little princess explained these so-called "scientific" knowledge to them at that time, they had no foundation and just seemed to understand it, and now they have almost forgotten it. However, at this time, the little princess seems to have been in a state of "deification", and she doesn't need to question anything. Suzanne looked around, made sure there was no danger around, and then crawled to the lowest spot of the sand wall.

Linya was still trying to test it with the Azure Star and the Space Crystal, and at this time, she suddenly felt real fear. This fear has never felt the same as before. Maybe she was scared before, but this time the fear went deep into the bone marrow and made her shudder. If you are banished to an unknown and distant place where you can never return home, if you can never return to your parents' family...... She didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Ahh

"Sister Susanna, what's wrong with you?" Linya hurriedly looked back, and subconsciously spread her wings and flew in the direction where the voice came from. In Linya's memory, Sister Suzanne had always been a brave and strong girl, she had never been afraid of anything, but this time her cry was full of fear. Was it something that scared her? Linya's heart grew even heavier.

Flailing her wings, Linya soon flew to Susanna's side and landed, she had already climbed the sand wall, her eyes full of horror. "That'...... The moon ......," Suzanne said as she trembled as she pointed to the sky ahead with a trembling hand.

"Ahh

A dark red full moon was hanging in the eastern sky. No, that's a bit incorrect, because it's not entirely certain that the right direction is going in the right direction. But it doesn't matter.

That Moon...... It actually opened an incomparably terrifying black eye and stared at it coldly.