"But that's—" A terrifying scream interrupted him, making him almost jump into the water.

His hand reached for the empty scabbard, muttering curses in his mouth. He turned, thinking he was going to face a whole horde of dragons.

Berclercle was alone, looking at him with wide eyes.

"What's wrong, Belclery?" asked Robert, exasperated. "Do you see anything?"

"He didn't see anything, half-elf," Apollita observed Belclery with interest.

"That's how he reacted when I mentioned Pro-Raqqa—"

"Nairaka!" Beclaire shook his head frantically, "Evil! terrible evil! Don't ...... Nope."

Isn't that where you live," Robert took a step forward.

Belclery shook her head firmly.

"But you told me—"

"I said something wrong!" muttered Bécleral. "I'm not talking about Nairaka. I'm going to say-to-say-taga-taga! I'm going to say this......"

"You're talking about coming to Raqqa. You know that there is a majestic temple there after darkness, right in Pro-Raqqa!" Apollita said sternly.

"Does she have it?" he looked at her steadily, his blue eyes looking innocent. ”

After dark, there's a temple in Nairakar? no, there's only a small village there.

My village ......" He suddenly pressed his chest and fell to the ground as if in great pain. "I'm not feeling well. Don't make a noise with me—" He muttered to himself like a child, falling onto the marble floor near the water's edge.

He sat there, grasping his chest with one hand, staring at the darkness in front of him.

"Belclery!" Robert said discouragedly.

"I don't feel well...... Beclair said gloomily.

"How old do you think he is?" asked Apollita.

"More than three hundred years old, at least that's what he claims," Robert said with disgust. "If you think that only half of what he says is worth believing, then it has been reduced to one hundred and fifty years, which is still too much for humans to accept. ”

"You know," said Apollita thoughtfully, "the Temple of the After-Darkness of Nairakar has always been a mystery to us.

All we know so far is that it suddenly appeared after the cataclysm.

Now we find this man again, whose story goes all the way back to the same place and time. ”

"That's weird...... Robert said, glaring at Belclery again.

"Yes, maybe it's just a coincidence. But, my husband says, just follow the coincidences closely, and you will find out the relationship between them and fate. Apolita smiled.

"Whether it's a coincidence or not, I don't want to go straight to the temple behind the darkness and ask her face why she's searching the whole world.

Just to find a man with an emerald in his chest," Robert said bitterly, and sat down again on the ground near the water's edge.

"I don't think it's likely," Apollita admitted. "But from what you've said, it's hard to believe how powerful she's become.

Kind dragon, what have you been doing all this time?"

"Good dragon?" Robert asked in surprise. "What kind dragon?"

Now it was Apollita's turn to be surprised. "Don't you know?

The silver, golden, and bronze dragons, as well as the dragon slaying spears and silver dragons, should have handed over the dragon slaying spears they kept to you a long time ago......"

"I've never heard of a silver dragon," replied Robert, "except in some of the poems about Shuma."

The same is true for the Dragon Slayer Gun. We've spent so much time searching for such things that I've almost come to believe that they only exist in fairy tales. ”

"I don't like that. Apollita held her chin with her hand, and her face was very pale. "Something is wrong.

And why didn't they come forward?

At first, I didn't believe the rumors of the sea dragon's return, because I knew that the good dragon would not allow such a situation to happen.

If, as you say, the good dragon is gone, then, half-elves, my fellow human beings are indeed in danger. She looked up and listened carefully. "Ah, well, my husband and your friends have come over. She left the water's edge, "He and I can go back first and talk to our compatriots about what to do—"

"Wait!" Robert heard footsteps on the stairs. "You have to tell us our way out! we can't stay here!"

"But we don't know any way out," Apolita said in a circle on the surface of the water, keeping herself floating.

Douglas didn't know. We never cared about it. ”

"We're probably going to spend a whole week in this ruin!" Robert shouted.

"Maybe for a lifetime! You're not sure if the people here have ever left this place, right? Maybe they'll just die alone!"

"I said," replied Apollita coldly, "that we never cared about it. ”

"Alright, now give me care!" Robert shouted.

His voice elicits strange echoes on the surface of the water. Beclaire looked up and shrunk in alarm.

Apollita's eyes narrowed, her eyes filled with anger. Robert took a deep breath and bit his lip, suddenly feeling a little ashamed.

"I'm sorry—" he began, and Scarlet Moon ran to him, putting her hand on his arm.

"What's wrong, Robert?" she asked.

"There's nothing you can do to help. He sighed and looked behind her.

"Did you find Lena and Calamon? Are they alright?"

"Yes, I found them," Scarlet replied, her eyes following Robert.

The two stared together at the couple who walked down after Douglas and River Breeze.

Lena looked around curiously. As for Calamon, Robert noticed, he was staring straight ahead.

Robert saw the man's face and looked back at Crimson Moon.

"You didn't answer my second question?" he asked softly.

"Lena is fine," Scarlet Moon replied. "As for Calamon—" she shook her head.

Robert looked back at Calamon, barely resisting the urge to sigh.

He didn't recognize the cheerful, cheerful warrior, the man in front of him looked serious, his face was full of tears, and his eyes were full of gloom.

Seeing Robert's surprised look, Lena pulled Calamon closer and placed her hand on his arm.

It was only after she touched him that the warrior woke up from his thoughts.

He looked down and smiled at her.

But there is something in his smile that he didn't have before, gentleness, regret, etc., things that have never appeared before.

Robert sighed again, more questions.

If the old gods did return, what were their intentions? Do you want to see how much grief they can endure before they fall?

Do they think it's funny? Stuck at the bottom of the ocean......

Why don't you just give up? Why don't you stay here forever? Why do you want to be half-dead and find a way out?

Stay here and forget everything. Forget those dragons...... Forget Rodrith ......

Forget about Lolana...... Forget Ella......

"Robert," Crimson Moon shook him softly.

They had all gathered around him, waiting for him to tell them what to do next.

He cleared his throat and prepared to speak.

His voice was a little hoarse, and he coughed dryly a few more times.

"You don't need to look at me!" he said rudely at last. "I don't have an answer, it's clear we're stuck here.

There was no way out - they were still looking at him, and the trust in their eyes still did not diminish in the slightest

。 Robert looked at them angrily. "Don't expect me to lead you! I betrayed you! Don't you understand?

It's my fault, everything is my fault!Go find someone else—"

Robert turned to hide the tears that were streaming down his shoulders and looked at the dark water, trying to regain his composure.

Before she could speak, he had no idea that Apollita was looking at him.

"Maybe I can help you," the sea elf said slowly.

"What do you say, Apollita?" said Douglas as he walked briskly to the water's edge, fear.

"Consider"—I've thought about it," Apollita replied. "The half-elf says we should think about what's going on in this world.

He's right. What happened to our fellow Sivanasti people, can happen to us.

They are outside the world, giving dark and evil creatures the opportunity to invade their homeland.

Our warning came at a timely time. We still have a chance to fight evil.

Your presence may have saved us, half-elf," she said sincerely. "We owe you once. “

"Help us get back to the surface," Robert said.

Apollita nodded gloomily. "I can do it. Where are you going?"

Robert sighed and shook his head. "I think everywhere is pretty much the same," he said tiredly.

"Recross," Callamon said suddenly, his deep voice echoing above the water.

The others looked at him uneasily. River Wind frowned.

"No," Apollita swam to the water's edge again, "I can't take you to Recross.

The border of our kingdom is only to Karaman. We didn't dare cross that line.

Especially if you're telling the truth, it's even more unlikely, because beyond Karaman is the sea dragon's lair. “

Robert rubbed his face and turned to face his friends. "Okay, any suggestions?",

Although the half-elves thought that Ella's affair had deceived everyone, or more seriously, betrayed them by River Wind.

However, River Breeze and Scarlet Moon don't lose trust in their friends because of this incident.

Although Robert's thing was not right, he did not make the situation worse, on the contrary, he helped them from another angle.

"If it's a tragedy to meet you, I think I'm destined to act alone in my life. It was a song from a bard, and somehow came to Robert's mind.