"The sun gives blessings to all things on the earth, but it forgets those who live in the shadows. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoPeople who feel forsaken by God are forced to choose to hate and can only believe in the darkness that accompanies them for a long time. —Yedam Galle.

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The fire in the corner was still flickering, and it was as if Talon and Zazacha had been swallowed up by something deep in the cavern, and even the sound disappeared without a trace.

Fear grew in Alicia's mind, and she felt her heart reach her throat, so she swallowed hard to swallow it. But it didn't work, the deafening sound of her heartbeat continued to torment her until ......

"Come in, it's safe here. ”

From the depths of the cavern came Talon's voice.

Alicia exhaled, and a relieved expression finally appeared on her face. Then, she and the others walked forward, and around the corner, they came to a relatively large space.

It is said that it is spacious, but compared to the other spaces of the cave, Dalong, who is tall, still has to keep his head down here.

It is an enclosed place that can accommodate about ten people. On the ground in the corner was an altar-like object, and its side was lit with candles. The light that was shining on the stone wall was clearly made by these candles.

After holding the great sword and beating on the surrounding walls for a while, Daron said helplessly:

"Looks like this is the end of this cave, those guys aren't here. ”

He then looked at Kylloa and asked:

"Could it be that we're in the wrong place?"

Kellloya thought for a while and then said:

"I've searched the entire mountain range with magic, and I shouldn't miss anything...... Unless they have placed a magical barrier at the entrance to a fake cave, and they are actually hiding in other caves that don't have a barrier. ”

Alicia stared at the altar and candle in the corner and gave her opinion:

"I don't think we were wrong. ”

Everyone looked at her, and she pointed to the candle.

"Candles are something that is lit when someone is around, right? Judging by the length of those candles, they should have been lit not long after. And next to that altar, there is a lot of wax oil, obviously there are traces of someone burning a lot of candles here. ”

Kyeloa looked at the altar in surprise, and after verifying Alicia's inference, said with admiration:

"Alicia, you've been so careful this time that I haven't even noticed anything like this. ”

"I don't blame you, maybe it's because it's too subtle that it affects your judgment. As a magician, you will definitely analyze it from the perspective of a magician, but I don't know much about magic, so I pay attention to the details. Alicia said.

Kylloa nodded. As a magician, most of his brain cells were spent thinking about why he had only found a barrier but no trace of a person, and whether the cave with a barrier was just a façade, so he ignored some of the obvious things in front of him.

However, after glancing at the candle, he frowned, as if he had suddenly discovered something that he couldn't figure out.

"Strange, isn't it?" asked Alicia.

Kyeloa nodded again, then asked Darron:

"Darlon, we've walked in a straight line since we came in, right?"

"What do you mean?" asked Talon puzzled.

"That is, we didn't get here without any forks in the road after coming in through the entrance, and you didn't find any hidden passages along the way, right?"

After recalling for a while, Daron said:

"Exactly, you mean?"

Alicia walked to the firelight and squatted down, looked at the candles seriously, and said with a serious expression:

"These candles were just lit......"

With these words, Daron felt as if the air in the cave had dropped to freezing point in an instant.

It was at this time that the upheaval took place.

At first, it was a hissing sound coming in from the direction of the entrance, and then, as if echoes were accumulating together, the hissing sound began to grow more and closer. Everyone stood uneasily, listening to the hair-raising voice approaching them step by step.

"It's a snake!"

Zazacha shouted. He was the most familiar with the sound, as it was exactly the hissing of those shadow serpents he had heard when he fought the men in black. 、

"Damn! is it a trap?" Daron struck with his great sword, ready for battle. But if the opponent he faces is a large number of snakes, he who has always been brave and brave, he doesn't know what to do.

"Teacher, what should I do, do you want to set it on fire?" Merua listened to the terrifying voice coming closely, and was confused.

"No, we're in a cave, and if we don't get burned to death with fire magic, we'll choke to death with smoke!" Kyllloa said calmly.

The serpent had come around the corner, and then a nightmarish sight appeared in everyone's eyes.

The black smoky shadow snakes were bundled together in groups, like a row of black waves, rushing frantically towards the secret room where everyone was.

"Melufa! with an ice-type shield!" shouted Kyllloa.

"Yes, yes!" Merus understood what the teacher meant, but in her panic, she suddenly forgot how to chant this simple spell. Crying urgently, she watched the black waves come rushing in, and her face was full of despair.

With a strong hand on her shoulder, Kyeloa drained as fast as he could, and with the other hand raised flat forward, he shouted:

"Ice Shield!"

Ice ridges emerge from the stone wall and quickly converge towards the center. In less than a second, a thick ice shield like an ice crystal mirror condensed in front of everyone, just sealing the entrance to the secret room. Some of the small black snakes that rushed to the front were half-locked in by the ice shield, roaring and baring their bloody fangs at Alicia. Daron looked at them with disgust, and slashed at the ice, cutting off their exposed bodies. The black snake's body fell to the ground, still writhing wildly

"What are these!?" Daron lifted his foot and stomped one of the small snakes, and then, along with the other snakes that had fallen to the ground, it turned into a puddle of shadows and disappeared.

"These are the guys who fought with me at night when you were still having sweet dreams. Zazacha said coldly.

Alicia looked at the ice shield, the ice was thick, but she could still see the shadows that were still wriggling on the other side by the light of the fire.

Kylloa patted Melua on the shoulder and asked:

"Are you alright?"

Mei Lufa nodded, but did not look up at her teacher. Her expression was extremely frustrated, as she felt like she had dropped her chain again at a critical moment. Every time, at this time, there is always a hand on her shoulder that protects her. However, this protection made her constantly aware of her weakness.

"Well, the question now is, how are we going to get out?" said Alicia, sitting cross-legged on the floor, bracing her cheeks.

Kellloya looked at the burning candles and said:

"Sooner or later, we will run out of air here, and we have to find an outlet as soon as possible. ”

"Can't you use wind magic to change some air in?" Daron asked.

"Magic can't make matter out of thin air, all magic can do is replace. Kyrloa replied, but looking at Darlon's still expectant look, he added, "I can't conjure air. ”

Daron scratched his head, but still asked without giving up:

"You have so much magic, don't you have a way to destroy those snakes at once?"

"There are too many snakes, they are too fast, and we are in a confined space, and it is too dangerous to fight with any kind of magic here. ”

"What about the teleportation spell last time?"

"Vector movement cannot be used in an enclosed space. ”

Dalong threw off the big sword, and the whole person spread out on the ground, posing in the shape of the word "big", looking like he was loveless.

Zazacha was still intently observing the stone walls around him just now, and when he saw Dalong's discouraged look, he kicked the soles of his shoes fiercely and said:

"Get up and find my way!"

Daron looked at him from the ground, raised his right hand, and waved feebly in the air, saying:

"It's useless, I've seen them all, this is a secret room, and there are no hidden passages. ”

"Damn!" Zazacha angrily slammed the ice shield, and Mei Lufa was startled, she was afraid that Zazacha would smash the ice shield. But fortunately, Kyllloa's ice shield looked quite strong, and when Zazacha punched it, not a single crack appeared on the ice.

Alicia also learned to lie down with Darlon.

After Lutierfa's death, Alicia didn't stop for a moment, because she knew that once she stopped, those images would come back to her eyes.

The serene face of Luthia before her death was deeply imprinted in Alicia's heart, and every time this time, it would come out to stimulate her.

Dad, Mom, and Brother......

One by one, their loved ones were taken away from their lives, and their tears and remorse were remembered and inherited by Alicia.

Alicia often asks herself what kind of person she wants to become.

Is it a majestic king like his father, or an unrestrained prodigal son like his brother.

But whether it is father or brother, they are all on their deathbed, as a king, bravely go to their own death.

Now, trapped in this small cave, he may starve to death, or suffocate to death, but these are not in accordance with the humiliating death of a king.

Alicia thought of Hediway, the upright old general who said, "Although I can't die on the battlefield with the body of a warrior, I would like to bury my bones here with the gift of a warrior."

Alicia didn't want to die here, she didn't want to welcome her own death in such a trivial way. She still has a lot of things to do, and a lot of things she hasn't done. She still has her companions, and she can't die yet.

Alicia looked up at the roof of the chamber and suddenly squinted at the fact that she had found something there.