09 - True Body
The menacing Emuservant had not seen the flames, gathering towards the sky without stopping, but suddenly, at a certain moment, as if time had slowed down, the collective action paused, the sound of flapping wings and the unpleasant screams disappeared at the same time, and the extreme noise instantly turned into extreme silence, which made Doug's ears uncomfortable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
And just when he wondered if something was wrong with him, all the Emu servants moved again, but they turned around and flew back, and thousands of fangs and claws and bones fell collectively towards the canopy without saying a word, and disappeared in the blink of an eye like a lump of salt thrown into the water, and they retreated without hesitation, and they were really anticlimactic, and Doug almost fell when he saw it.
"******, what kind of trick is this?"
He was surprised to call Fifian.
"High-level fire magic, 'Scorching Love'. Fifian replied with a grin, but there was something else in his tone, and Doug immediately clearly painted a small face with a malicious smile in his mind: "Although it is not very lethal, it is a very "personal" magic, one of its characteristics is that it can spread automatically in a very short time, and it is difficult to extinguish - just now if we burn an Emuservant, this beautiful forest under our feet will be destroyed at least three-fifths!"
...... Forest?
Doug narrowed his eyes, remembering the strange scene he had seen earlier, and he was aware of the implicit meaning of Fifian's words, but after thinking about it for a long time, he was still puzzled.
"What's next?"
Fifian's mood sounded much better, as if he was angry, and after retracting those pure flames, he looked into the distance: "Such a neat action, there should be a commander......
Not to live up to her expectations, a moment later, from the place where the servants of Emu had appeared, a small black dot was rising, and before Doug with the eye of the gods could describe its appearance to Fifian, the next second, it had already appeared in front of everyone with a long series of phantoms, as fast as if it were teleporting.
- So fast!
Doug frowned slightly, and quickly transmitted that Fifian should pay attention to safety, the little girl was in the air, and he couldn't get close to her.
In the sky, after the many phantoms disappeared, the mysterious comer revealed its true form, which was about twice the height of Doug, and its shape was well-proportioned, and it looked like a perfect human body made of black smooth metal. Or the large black knight in full armor that is very close-fitting, with a pair of long wings also made of black smooth metal spread out behind him, the lines are beautiful and smooth, the joint parts are very delicate, and the seams flash from time to time with flowing light, the soul fire in its eyes is the same black as the Emu servants, but the delicate and pure darkness seems to come from the deepest night sky in the oldest and farthest distance, much purer than the Emu servants.
"Here...... It is the place where the dead sleep......"
The crystal-black soul fire that was the eye stared at everyone for a moment, and then it spoke, its voice slender but deep, with a strange echo, impressive: "The living who entered without permission...... Please leave immediately!"
Fifian, who had already prepared several spells and was about to give the visitor a little color, saw the appearance of the visitor clearly, and his big clear eyes opened wide, and he was suddenly stunned, his mouth slightly open, as if he had been caught in the immobilization magic.
"Fifian?"
Doug noticed the anomaly and couldn't help but call out in unison.
"Wow!"
After more than ten seconds, Fifian finally let out an exclamation, and his small mouth opened to the limit: "Source Body!!"
The next second, her eyes burned with a fiery gaze that belonged only to a research maniac, and she flew forward, her little hand outstretched to touch the mysterious black humanoid - if it weren't for Doug screaming in her ear.
"Fifian!"
Doug, who had been paying close attention to the development of the situation, instantly noticed that the little girl's situation was wrong, and shouted in time, which finally brought her back to her senses: "Be careful!!What are you thinking!!"
Although he was calm, in fact he was already annoyed and wanted to kill - the little girl had sworn that there were no guardians here, and what happened? Although things were a little strange, it was clear that there were not only guards here, but more than a group, and the one in front of him seemed to be very powerful!
"The legendary Linax's supreme masterpiece, the prototype that constructs the ultimate form of life—an elegant, beautiful, and powerful source body—really exists!"
Although Fifian woke up, his eyes were still reluctantly glued to the so-called 'source body', and he didn't know that he was worried about his safety: "...... It's beautiful...... I'd love to take it apart and see what's inside!"
Doug broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. Not to mention anything else, with the speed of the 'source body' just now, it was a matter of an instant to kill the two of them, and the little girl actually wanted to dismantle it?
"Here...... It is the place where the dead sleep............ Unauthorized entry of the living...... Please leave immediately!"
Seeing that everyone did not react, the so-called 'source body' said it again, and the black light on the wings immediately increased a little, and at the same time accelerated the flow speed, and the faint coercion spread in the air, which was very disturbing.
“...... It's pathetic. ”
As if he hadn't heard, Fifian's big eyes flashed with fascination, staring at the graceful lines of the source body and couldn't take his eyes off it: "Such an elegant, beautiful and powerful perfect work is actually being used as a perfect work—"
Before she could finish speaking, the wait for the source body was over, and the "elegant" wings suddenly spread, and the dangerous aura immediately skyrocketed, and the preoccupied Doug used all his strength to throw out the aria of the devout in his hand without thinking, and flew towards the source body with an unprecedented roar like an arrow from the string!
At the same moment, Doug's eyes flashed in circles, and he didn't have time to see the picture clearly, his legs suddenly straightened, and he flashed to the side with all his strength.
The air in his ears suddenly let out a sharp whistling, as if something invisible was passing at high speed, and at the same time, the body of the source body flickered in place, and it did not seem to move.
However, the soul fire in its eyes immediately stared at Doug, and with a faint sound, the graceful seams on the body suddenly parted automatically, stretching and extending to reveal the part below that flickered with blazing electric light, and the whole body instantly changed completely, not only was it much more burly, but it also felt more dangerous - especially the soul fire in its eyes, which almost became hot.
"Fifian !!"
Doug shouted as hard as he could in a storm, "****** you continue to be in such a daze, we will all die here!"
"Ah...... I'm sorry, Doug!"
Fifian's little face flushed with embarrassment, and her big clear eyes were full of apologies: "This is the legendary Linax superwork! I was completely fascinated by its original blueprints, and frantically searched for all kinds of clues about it...... You're going to have to get it for me!"
...... How am I going to get it for you?
"Think about how you can survive first!"
Doug gritted his teeth in reply, holding his empty hands. The damn Source Organism locked onto him with increasing momentum as soon as it missed, forcing him to concentrate all his attention on the next thunderous attack.
"I have a way! Anyway, you must help me!"
Fifian regretfully withdrew her reluctant gaze, her face was still the same fanatical expression as she saw her favorite toy, just when the light on the source body was getting brighter and brighter, and she was about to launch an attack on Doug, she took out the delicate obsidian ring again, and then she didn't know what to do, and the terrifying dragon power once again emanated from her, and immediately enveloped the vast space around her.
To her surprise, the source body immediately stopped preparing for Doug's attack, and the crystal black soul fire turned around, staring closely at Fifian and the ring in her hand, and under its gaze, the ring suddenly lit up automatically, projecting the exquisite pattern with three interconnected triangles as the core.
I'm really a genius magical beautiful girl!
A smug smile appeared on her little face.
When she first saw the design of the ring on Linax's manuscript, she was attracted by its exquisiteness, and made several of them herself to play with.
"Welcome, heir of pure blood. ”
After a pause for a moment, the source body spoke in its peculiar voice: "After being silent for 1,200 years, the Emerald Heart has finally ushered in a new owner...... Please follow me!"
The delicate seams on its body closed automatically, and the overall line returned to its lean elegance, and the black metal wings shone brightly, and Fifian and Doug lit up a spherical light at the same time, and the aria of the devout that landed in the distance was the same treatment, rising in the air together, flying at high speed towards the depths of the Sea of Sorrows.
"Don't you feel like you owe me a complete and clear explanation, Fifian?"
Doug stayed in his orb of light and sent a message to Fifian, who was still gasping for breath from the pressure exerted by the source body. He didn't have the nerve as thick as Fifian, and he didn't let his guard down until the matter was sure that there was no danger, and his eyes were always on the source body in front of him.
"Well, actually, I thought it was strange just now. ”
Fifian's little face smiled a little proudly: "Remember I told you, right?" 'The glass of the dragon god' Lorna Saidis @ Red Chi has an extremely serious aesthetic cleanliness habit, anything ugly and unclean will make her unbearable, and if the beautiful things she originally loved become unbeautiful, she will be hit hard and even cry for a long time...... So I was thinking just now, how could Linax, who loved Lornathedes so much, arrange such a disgusting and filthy thing as Emumier in her burial place?"
"Wait—"
Doug suddenly felt that something was wrong, frowned and thought for a moment, and then seemed to vaguely grasp something: "I remember you said, Linax, is it a rare demon control black dragon?"
"That's right!"
Fifian nodded.
“...... And the 'Glass of the Dragon God', Lorna Saidis, is a red dragon?" Doug looked at Fifian uncertainly, "the black dragon, and the red dragon?"
"That's right!"
Fifian knew what he was trying to say, and laughed softly, "That's why there are many, many stories...... I'll tell you more about it later—let me finish it now!"
Her tone unconsciously smacked of coquettishness again: "-So I thought, there must be something wrong with this!And as we walked back, the big pit that Hudhel had smashed mysteriously disappeared, and I was suddenly reminded of a lovely little thing I had seen in Linax's manuscript: Gadonna!--they were a by-product of Linax's research into constructing life, specially designed to maintain the Sea of Sorrows, and then the strange sight you saw finally convinced me that we had been tricked! Those servants of Emu are nothing but Gadonna in disguise!"
"Oh......"
After a moment's thought, Doug quickly understood many of the things he had previously puzzled, such as how one of Fifian's 'burning affections' could easily scare off thousands of "Emu servants" - for whom it was clear that protecting the beauty of the Sea of Sorrows was a top priority.
"And what's going on with this 'Source Body'?" his gaze was always on the elegant figure in front of him, "Where is it taking us?"
"The Source Organism is the result of Linax's long life as a Lich - it possesses a great deal of mystical technology, more advanced than many things of our time!
As soon as Fifian said this, his big eyes immediately changed to a research maniac's look, and his fascinated gaze fell on the graceful body in front of him: "I am so blessed that I can now see this greatest masterpiece of all time......"
It's such a hassle......
Doug felt that he was really unfortunate - years of working at the bottom of the street had turned him into a cautious and ruthless man who took great care of his plans when he acted, and now he had met a guy like Fifian, who was completely happy to do things and had nothing but magic...... If it weren't for that damn symbiosis, he would have been-
At this moment, the two of them suddenly stopped in the air, and Doug immediately became fully alert - he was very disturbed when he was placed in the ball of light by the source body, but unfortunately he didn't know magic, so he had to let Fifian make a decision.
It seemed to be the heart of the Sea of Sorrows, surrounded by verdant forests as far as the eye could see, with only a conspicuous clearing below, piled up with huge rocks that looked like a giant magic circle from the air.
The source body turned around elegantly, the crystal black soul fire flickered slightly, the black wings slowly unfolded, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on the face of the metal casting, and Doug instantly had a bad premonition again, but before a warning shout was spoken, the huge magic array below had lit up with a huge light, and the black pillar of light that rushed to the sky instantly submerged the bodies of the two, Doug only felt a shock all over his body, and a strange acid in his limbs. After itching, the body suddenly lightened, as if it had been freed from some burden, and there was an illusion of floating.
Then, darkness fell.