Chapter 45: The Philosopher's Stone
I used to think that strength is supreme, and if you have absolute power, you can have everything, but later I learned that the stronger the strength, the weaker human nature will be, and it should be more appropriate to call it nature in this world, right? So Ling Chen never deliberately pursued power, what he did was to try his best to protect his original intention and nature, but he found that if he was too cowardly, he had no strength to protect at all, and he couldn't compete with what he had to face. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In fact, Ling Chen has always been very contradictory, he needs strength to protect his unchanging beliefs, but with the strength of power, his heart is constantly changing. Ling Chen understands very well that those warriors and magicians who pursue power, they need strength to protect, to prove, and to possess, so Ling Chen will not despise people who have lost their nature in the pursuit of power, after all, is there anything more tempting in the world than power?
The rocks flowed like flowing water, the philosopher's stone glowed with dazzling light, and the two monsters that were still attacking Ling Chen suddenly stopped, their hair fell off rapidly, and their physiques became smaller and smaller, and finally looked at Ling Chen with complaining eyes, looking at Dou Wo, and vaguely Ling Chen saw the originally small figure, ah, some familiar, it seems that they had seen them in Dou Wo's small building not long ago, those two cute little puppies. Even Ling Chen, who doesn't understand magic, can feel that life is being drained away little by little, and the surrounding stones are turned into stone cones under the catalysis of magic, like a rain of arrows shooting towards Lu Fei and Ling Chen, Lu Fei Er gasped, raised his hand, and the cold condensed into a thick ice wall to resist the stone cone little by little, Ling Chen could see behind Lu Fei that this weak elf was exhausted, and perhaps this ice shield would be broken at any time because of her lack of physical strength.
His face sank, looking at Dou Wo not far away, this originally elegant kobold was like crazy at the moment, howling, his face was distorted, maybe in the end he was also taken away by the stone in his hand, even if I and Lufiel died here, the magic he released at this moment would not stop until he exhausted all his physical strength. If that's the case, it's much easier.
There was no time for Ling Chen to verify his test, he knew that Lu Fei Er couldn't hold on for long, picked up a large stone from the ground, used it as a shield in front of him, gritted his teeth, and rushed out of Lu Fei's protection, and immediately felt the impact of the stone arrow rain, his hands trembled, although the stone shield was big, but it couldn't block Ling Chen's whole body, even though Ling Chen's speed was already very happy, but there were still a lot of wounds on his calves, and a few pieces directly pierced Ling Chen's knees, unfortunately, the truth was not as simple as Ling Chen expected, Dou Wo was not completely taken away by impulse and anger, and raised his hand, the gravel scattered and tracked Ling Chen.
Fortunately, this was originally a cave formed by pure nature, a stone chamber, and there were still a lot of bunkers, and Ling Chen also found a bunker, because of Ling Chen's actions, the pressure on Lu Feier's side was much less, and he looked at Ling Chen worriedly, and the two looked at each other: "Cover me!!"
Lu Fei nodded, chanted the spell in his mouth, the crystals around him condensed, shot towards Dou Wo, Dou Wo frowned, waved his hand, and the rock bulged, blocking Lu Fei's attack, but at this moment, the stone rain against Ling Chen also eased down, Ling Chen knew that this was his only chance, gritted his teeth and took out the stone cone inserted in his leg, aimed at Dou Wo's hand, and threw it out violently.
When using magic, the magician's energy must be highly concentrated, not to mention that Dou Wo's current spirit is in some abnormal state, and he didn't notice the stone flying out of Ling Chen's hand at all, with a clear sound, the stone hit the magic stone hard, and the stone fell to the ground, but at this moment, Dou Wo's whole person seemed to be relieved, smiled faintly, and then fell to the ground, and the stone henge was dissolved.
Gently moved his feet, although he could feel the pain coming, but it was still within the range that Ling Chen could bear, he limped in front of Dou Wo, squatted down and looked at him, he was already unconscious, his appearance was clear at a glance, his body seemed to be hollowed out, if he could vaguely feel his breathing, I am afraid that Ling Chen would think that he was dead. At least judging from the expression on his face at the last moment of his fall, he should have regained his senses, but Ling Chen looked at the few corpses in the stone room, but they had become victims.
"Ling Chen......" The voice of the elf came from behind him, but Ling Chen's brows jumped, this elf, who was already very weak, should be very tired in theory after the battle just now, but why did her voice sound so excited now?
Ling Chen didn't immediately turn around to respond to Lu Feier, but looked around, but didn't find the magic stone that he had knocked down. An ominous premonition swept through Ling Chen's body.
"It's a great feeling. Lufel's voice trembled, not because he was too weak to pronounce it completely, nor because he was scared, and he looked at Lufel, obviously so excited that he couldn't control himself. Holding the Philosopher's Stone in his hand: "This feels amazing!!" Lufel repeated: "This ...... The elements are all moving closer to me!!"
Ling Chen narrowed his eyes and took a few steps back, looking for something around him that could be used as cover, thinking about whether he should flee if Lu Fei attacked him, or whether he should strike first.
"You...... "After all, she's also a Blazing Sage, a powerful magician, and a devout believer, so she shouldn't be robbed of her sanity so easily, right?"
"This is the power of God!!" Lufel's eyes lit up. Said excitedly.
Well, it seems that faith that is too devout at this time does not make people strong-willed. Ling Chen gritted his teeth and said cautiously, "Lu Feier, that stone ......"
"No, it's not a stone, it's a treasure given to me by the gods!! I understand that everything that happens here is a punishment given by the gods to these blasphemers. ”
Ah, Navik is really cruel, Ling Chen's hand is tightly clenched with the dagger, Lu Fei's hand is clenched very tightly, he does not have the confidence to knock down the Philosopher's Stone with a blow like forward, and if it fails, it angers Lu Fei, Ling Chen has already realized the power of the Philosopher's Stone before, he does not have the confidence to defeat Lu Fei, since this is the case: "It seems that the prophecy of the divine service is true, I am afraid that Vic sensed the disaster that the world is about to face, so he gave you this kind of thing." It's just a pity that these canine people didn't believe in Vic's existence at first, otherwise they wouldn't have killed your elves during the Hundred Years' War. ”
"Yes, you're right. Lufel said excitedly, "I want them to feel the power of the gods, so that they can truly believe in Vic." Taking a deep breath, Lu Fei raised the Philosopher's Stone, held it high, and suddenly a pillar of light emitted from the stone, instantly penetrating the entire mine, Lu Fei's body was shining with dazzling light, turning into wings and carrying Lu Fei and flying, Lu Fei raised his hand slightly, and another light in his hand shone on Ling Chen's leg, Ling Chen's wound quickly healed: "Ling Chen, you wait for me here, after I let these kobolds understand the power of the gods, I will come back to you!!" said and spread his wings and flew out of the mine.
Breathe a sigh of relief, if memory serves, the kobold outside should be very irritable by now. Ling Chen didn't have the ability to fly, so he picked up the unconscious Dou Wo and ran towards the outside of the mine.
Dou Bi Village, which was originally calm and serene, was noisy at the moment, and when Ling Chen felt it, it was indeed not what he expected, these irascible kobolds launched an attack on the elves they already hated, and after a slight provocation, under the influence of the Philosopher's Stone, Lu Fei could not control his reason, and in the name of the gods, launched an attack on these unreasonable thugs, and then the two sides fought. However, in Ling Chen's opinion, these violent kobolds did not seem to be Lu Fei's opponents, and Lu Fei's flying high altitude had already exceeded the attack range of the kobolds, and then Lu Fei unilaterally summoned fireballs to attack these poor creatures.
"Your Highness......" Dou Wo's haggard voice came from behind him. Ling Chen's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Dou Wo's collar: "Tell me, what the hell is going on with that stone......
"I ...... I do not know...... It has a power that once it hits it,...... It feels like an endless force is coming at you, and then ...... And then I was occupied by that power, both physically and mentally...... And then there's only one idea, and I want to use this power......"
No, she didn't look like someone who would be easily confused by power, but at least Ling Chen could be sure that the magic stone had the ability to bewitch people.
"Your Highness...... Miss Loufell, help her!!"
These guys are too kind by nature, and they are such kind people, and they do things even more terrible after they lose their nature.
Looking at the kobold fleeing, Ling Chen shouted, "Don't you have bows and arrows, crossbow arrows? Even if you don't, except for escaping, won't you use the weapons in your hands to smash this guy down for me?"
Holding a dagger in his hand, this group of kobolds, I got Lufil out, you guys have a little effect, can you help me attract her attention, just because after the situation occurs, you will only keep hiding and fleeing, and you will become the weakest race. While thinking, he jumped on the roof and looked at Lufel, what an uneasy elf.