Chapter 23: Endgame
Meow~
After a scream, the Misty Woodland gradually returned to its long-lost calm. A few terrible crow crows were the only sounds Naxi could hear.
The surrounding fog gradually lifted, and a ray of sunlight fell on Naxi's face through the dense foliage at the top.
Feeling the warmth of the sun, Naxi dared to open his eyes.
He didn't dare to look at Lidona and Meow's final blow just now, for fear that Lidona would miss.
Looking at the fog that gradually dissipated, Naxi was sure that the gamble he had just made had succeeded. But it wasn't enough to celebrate, he had to find Lidona.
"Miss Lidona! Miss Lidona!" trotted two steps, and Nashy called out to the unseen figure in a loud voice.
Although the Mist Beast has been defeated, he also needs to make sure that Lidona is safe.
Just as Naxi was anxious, he saw the familiar red figure.
Frost-stained, Lidona stepped out of the dissipating mist with her sword and the dead leaves that littered the ground, her red armor as if it had been washed with water, and some unknown liquid on it. The slimy feeling reminded Naxi of the strange liquid on Raikkonen's dagger.
It must be the blood of the Mist Beast.
"What the hell happened to that damn meow?" asked knowingly, but it was the only thing Nashi could think of. He rarely talked to girls, and he faced a cold Lidona, and he didn't know what to say.
Restorative, Lidona said expressionlessly, "I killed that fog beast. ”
Although she was used to Lidona's tone, Naxi felt a little uncomfortable at this moment. Even if there are no words of encouragement, comfort the surviving teammates.
After the six-member adventure party was ravaged by the puppet Tunnel Beast and the Mist Beast Meow, he and Lidona were left alone, as well as the dwarf Gangze. Naxi, who had never encountered such a cruel scene, now hoped for the approval of his companions.
Suddenly, he remembered Gangze who fell to the ground and fainted: "By the way, I almost forgot Gangze, he fainted just now......"
After speaking, he turned to look at Gangze who had fallen to the ground,
Lidona also walked over, first breaking Gonzawa's eyelids and then touching the dwarf's forehead.
Without Ji Sima here, she didn't know how to wake up the exhausted dwarf, but it was certain that the dwarf was not in danger of life for the time being: "Don't worry, Gangze will wake up soon." ”
After receiving such a reply, Naxi breathed a sigh of relief, and since Gangze was fine, he was relieved. Fighting side by side these days makes him feel that Gangze is a very good partner. Three members of the team had already been lost, and he didn't want to lose the dwarf Gangze, a good comrade-in-arms who had gone through the baptism of life and death.
Naxi suddenly remembered something, and he didn't know where the dimensional mesh bag containing Nubis had gone in the chaos just now. Engrossed, he forgot where he had thrown the Guide Elf with his hand.
"Where's that damn guide elf?" said Nahifa, who had found Nubis missing, furious. It's not that I'm worried about Nubis' safety, but I'm afraid that if I let this elf go and let him go and report it, I don't know what kind of monster it will provoke.
Janus's last words made him think about Nubis's purpose. He even felt that all the dangers he encountered under his eyes were caused by this damn elf, otherwise how could there be so many deadly dangers pressing on them in this short journey.
Although Naxi dismissed the attacks of the Shadow Wolf, the Puppet Tunnel Worm, and the Mist Beast Meow as Nubis' masterpiece, on closer inspection, none of them were Nubis' fault.
The duties of the Guide Elf are simple, there is only one task to lead the way. He only needs to take those adventurers to the City of Thousand Wishes, the end of the Thousand Wishes Realm, and the dangers that adventurers encounter in the Holy Land have nothing to do with him.
Because the Holy Land is an existence beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, Naxi, who came to a place like the Thousand Wishes Realm for the first time, naturally did not understand the dangers contained in the Holy Land.
You must know that many of them exist back to ancient civilizations and even mythological times. These other-dimensional planes that have not been obliterated by the time lock of followers, and in many cases, the Holy Land retains a lot of things from previous eras. Therefore, it was no accident that Naxi encountered the puppet pit worm and the mist beast Meow Woos in the realm of a thousand wishes.
Nassi's surprise reminded Lidona that she knew that without the Guide Elves they would not be able to move an inch: "Get the damn Guide Elf out of here, or we'll be stuck here with no way to go and no way back." ”
When the fog cleared, Lidona couldn't recognize her way.
"What about Gangze?" Naxi glanced at Gangze lying on the ground, hesitating, he was a little worried about the safety of the dwarf.
Lidona touched the dwarf's forehead again, sighed and said, "I'll come and see him." ”
After hearing Lidona's words, Naxi was still a little hesitant, after all, he was still a little afraid that there would be another strong enemy like the fog beast Meowus.
Lidona noticed Naxi's hesitation, "What are you still doing here, do you know how to rescue on the battlefield?"
"No!" Naxi is just a junior magician, so how can he have any chance to learn battlefield rescue techniques.
"No, just get me the damn guide elf. There was already a hint of anger in Lidona's tone, and Kissma's sacrifice had made her mood very unstable.
Looking at the somewhat angry Lidona, Naxi was somewhat frightened, and he had to slowly search for the guide elf who had lost his trace from the place where he threw the dimensional net bag from his memory.
The breeze was gently blowing, and the sun slowly dispelled all the fog. It seems that there is so much fog in all the Fog Glades, and a big reason is that the Fog Beast Meow is doing it. Now that the Fog Beast is gone, the woodland has returned to its original appearance.
In the battle just now, the surrounding woodland has become a mess. Gangze's elemental magic had scattered the fallen leaves of the large woodland in front of him, making it difficult for Naxi to find traces of Nubis's escape from the ground.
Naxi glanced at the messy scene, remembered Nubis's image of being greedy for life and afraid of death, and confirmed the direction of the guide elf's escape with a turn of thought.
As long as the place that has been destroyed by Gangze's elemental magic is eliminated. During the time when the reincarnation rune was refreshed just now, all kinds of elemental magic swept away most of the radius of half a catty and tens of meters. Naxi only needs to look in the fan-shaped areas that have not experienced thunderstorms.
Stepping on the fluffy leaves, Naxi half-bent over the oak magic staff in his hand shimmered with a dazzling red light. He applied a spell to his wand that could sense the presence of energy bodies within a meter of it. Naxi thinks that Nubis, who has not broken free from the dimensional net, will not be able to go far, and it is very likely that he has found a place to hide in the vicinity.
Naxi's guess was right, and it didn't take long for him to find Nubis hiding in a tree hole more than ten meters away.
"It's not that easy. Naxi pulled out Nubis who was hiding in the hollow of the tree.
"Let go of me, stupid human!" Nubis struggled. He had planned to wait until the mist beast Meow had wiped out all the members of the adventure team, but he didn't expect Naxi and them to take out Meow Woos.
Carrying the Guide Elf and turning back to Lidona, Naxi threw the Guide Elf to the ground.
"I've got this guy back. ”
"Tap, it hurts me. Nubis cried out in pain as soon as his body bottomed out, he had had enough of the rudeness of these people.
Lidona grabbed Nubis, who had fallen to the ground, and said, "Say!" where did the Mist Meow take Kissma and Raikkonen? ”
Lidona wasn't completely desperate yet, believing that Meow might have taken them somewhere to hide.
"Haha, of course it was eaten, do you still need to ask?" Nubis, who was carried into the air, looked like a dead pig at the moment who was not afraid of boiling water, "Meow is one of the most greedy monsters in the Thousand Wishes Realm, it is estimated that when you killed Meow, he had already digested your two companions......"
"Nonsense!" the red-eyed Lidona couldn't accept Nubis's argument at all, "the fog beasts must have hidden them somewhere. As she spoke, Lidona drew her long sword and put it against Nubis's neck, her trembling hand holding the trembling sword, as if the sword in her hand would fall at any moment.
Nubis was not afraid of Lidona's threat at this time: "Believe it or not, anyway, the probability that the two of them don't even have scum left now is ninety-nine percent." If you really want them to come alive, go through all the levels to the City of a Thousand Wishes. I think you know what I'm talking about. ”
"You!" Lidona couldn't stand Nubis's tone, but she had to believe the words.
Because no one else knows the situation of the Thousand Wishes Realm better than the Guide Elves.
"What is the end of the Thousand Wishes Realm!" Naxi, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, suddenly asked, this question had already suffocated him to the point that he could not stand it.
This sudden question stumped Lidona, who for the first time noticed that Naxi's expression would become so serious.
"Miss Lidona. Naxi said slowly, staring fiercely at Lidona sitting on the ground, "I feel compelled to know the contents of this mission. ”
Seeing that Dulles, Kissma, and Raikkonen had sacrificed their lives in this adventure, Nashi felt that it was all up to luck that he had survived until now, otherwise there would be no scum left.
I don't know how many dangers are waiting for me in the future, and Naxi, who has never known the content of the mission, feels that she can't die in vain.
He wanted to know what Lidona and what they had come to the Thousand Wishes Realm for.
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