Chapter 42: Falling into the Clouds

Behind Lina was a steep cliff up and down a thousand meters, and beneath her feet were jutting rocks that could almost be ignored relative to the entire dragon's mark, relative to the entire cliff, and in front of her, beyond the rocks, was a vast sea of fog. Standing on the narrow platform, she felt as if she was riding a lonely boat, floating with the raging waves on the sea formed by the clouds, and the rolling clouds were continuous waves, and the boat was so small that it seemed that it could capsize with the waves at any moment.

"I seem to be reminded of my childhood. Lina looked back in surprise and found that Freya had climbed down the climbing rope when she was stunned by the mist, and was standing behind her, looking at the sea of fog with the same eyes and saying: "My father took me to the Brimia Mountain in the Bute Plateau to watch the sunrise, and the scenery at that time was close to now, the clouds and mist surrounded the mountaintop, and everyone was in the mist, feeling that as long as they stretched out their hands, they could catch the illusory smoke around them. Under our feet were thick clouds, as if we were walking in the clouds, and in the distance, the figure of Huronte, the lord of the sun, slowly rose, and the first rays of sunlight shone on the clouds, dyeing everything with a layer of golden brilliance. The cold wind hit the face with moist air, making ......"

"Bang", Freya stopped sighing, sat aside with her head in her hands, and stopped talking. As if she had never done anything, Vivien waved her staff and said, "Why hasn't Pennis come down yet? ”

"It's supposed to be arranging the rope. Catherine looked up and saw that the view was blocked by the uneven cliffs, and she could only guess: "Freya said that the rope was a little tangled, oh, he came down." ”

Pannis, who didn't seem to use the downhill controller, slid down the rope without stopping, landing accurately on the platform, and as soon as he landed, Ike handed over the bundle of climbing ropes he was carrying. Pannis took it and retrieved the one that hung from the top, and then began to join the two ropes together to form an extra-long rope.

During his time at work, Ike explains: "One of the characteristics of this fog is that when viewed from the outside, it seems to be relatively thin and you can see what is inside, but once you are in it, it can severely obscure the view. When you are in the fog, you look at something 50 meters away and feel that it is blurry and cannot see clearly, but when you look at something 5 meters away, it is still a blur, and there is almost no difference in the degree of clarity. This fog layer is very thick, about 300 meters, so we need to turn in the fog for a third time, which is the most troublesome step, as long as we can pass through the fog layer smoothly, then the speed descent behind it is much easier. ”

"Is the descent a long distance?" Catherine guessed as she watched Pannis's movements, "Otherwise, there would be no need to extend the climbing rope." ”

"No, the distance of the third transit station is not far, it is also about one hundred and sixty meters. Ike explained, "But the distance to the fourth station is quite far, and one rope is definitely not enough. The problem was that it was cumbersome to tie the rope in the fog and it was easy to make mistakes, so we used to do the preparation at the third stop. ”

"What does the third transit station look like?" Pannis asked, looking up, "I didn't explore it carefully when I came, so I don't know the specific scope and status of it, but the overall feeling is not much bigger than here." ”

"It's a little bigger than here. Ike replied, "It's a similar platform, but it's longer than here, almost ten meters long, and about two meters wide, so it's more crowded to fight." ”

"Then be careful. Pannis finished his work, and said to Catherine while pulling hard for the test: "After you go down, try to block the attacker on the right, make the attack surface smaller, remember when you encounter an attack, you can dodge in a small area, but never move under your feet, because the vision there has always been blurry, if you don't pay attention when you move, you will fall off the platform, that is 700 meters high." ”

"In other words, from the moment you enter the fog layer, you have to keep the shield active?" Catherine asked, "Also, can these lamps be turned on in the fog?

"Don't open it. Ike, who was squatting on the ground nailing alloy steel, shook his head violently and said: "The ones who attack us in the fog layer are some nearby monsters with good eyesight, once you turn on the lights, it is equivalent to telling all the monsters in the nearby light range that food has come in, and all the monsters will rush over to attack us at that time." Moreover, even if the lights are turned on, it is useless, even if there are lights, everyone will still not be able to see the surrounding environment clearly, and the lights have little effect on this fog layer, so there is no need to waste effort in vain. ”

"What about talking?" Catherine asked, "Does the sound of normal conversation attract monsters like lights?"

"Don't worry about this, those monsters have a very poor sense of hearing. "They only have visual sensitivity, and they can deal with their vision," Ike said. By the way, their sense of smell is also not sensitive, so there is no need to hesitate to kill enemies, and the blood will not attract more monsters. ”

"You've been talking about Warcraft. Catherine frowned and asked, "Even if you don't guide the specific type of Warcraft, you still know the approximate type, tell us in advance, and it's easy to deal with it." ”

"Most of them are flying monsters. "Most of them are carnivorous birds of prey, not all of them, but there are also many creatures that live on the rock walls." Therefore, when you defend below, you must pay attention to enemies from all directions, and never remove the shield as soon as the raptor fades, and wait until it passes through the cloud layer. ”

"Then I'm ready to go. Ike took the rope from Pannis: "I hope everyone can pass through the clouds and mist safely, and we'll see you in the fog." ”

"Any other suggestions?" Catherine grabbed the rope, "or something to keep an eye on." ”

"During the descent it was like the previous two times. Pannis instructed: "Just assume that the demonic beasts that attacked you don't exist, those flying demonic beasts are not strong, even if a group of them press over, they won't be able to break your shield in a short time." Therefore, ignore them and go straight down, don't entangle with them in the air, hold on to the rope and don't let go, falling is much more threatening than being pecked by them. In addition, move as fast as possible, the sooner you go down to the third transfer station, the safer you will be, and the safer others will be. ”

"Understood, gone. Catherine stood on the edge of the cliff, waved her finger at Pannis, kicked her feet, and disappeared into the billowing mist. Soon, there was the sound of wings flapping in the mist, and occasionally the screams of demonic beasts.

Pannis half-knelt on the platform, closed his eyes and listened carefully, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly reached out to pull the climbing rope, and quickly pulled the whole rope up: "Since Freya has a low dependence on the rope, then you two can go down together." By the way, Freya, I see that you can move freely with your hands during the descent process, so try to help Lina use the crystal energy gun to drive away the demonic beasts around you. But like Catherine, you have to make sure you're safe first, so let's go. ”

The two girls were stunned, looked at each other for a while, and nodded at the same time. Lina's lips squirmed, her hands waved lightly, and several defensive divine techniques were blessed on the two of them at the same time, so that even if the shield was breached, she could support it for dozens of seconds more with her divine skills. After doing all this, the two of them burrowed into the fog side by side at the same time, and in the blink of an eye, the roar of the crystal energy gun rang out one after another.

As soon as they entered the mist, Lina and Freya understood what Ike and Pannis were saying, and the mist seemed to act directly on their eyes, casting a veil over them, and no matter how far or near they were, the surroundings looked hazy, and even their companions could only see a misty outline. Within a few seconds of falling into the mist, a crackling sound sounded on the rock wall beside him, as if a group of demonic beasts were running and jumping on it, followed by seven or eight black shadows coming from the side, and constantly hitting Lina.

Fortunately, the shield can absorb the impact force significantly, and with the strength of these magical beasts, Lina's balance cannot be shaken, otherwise this continuous impact will make Lina unable to move normally. "Boom", the gunshot rang out, Freya did not use her own special firearm, although the power of that weapon is huge, but the impact on herself when used is also quite large, in this case, maybe when you use it, you will bounce yourself away and let yourself fall into the cliff. Therefore, she only used an ordinary low-power crystal energy gun, which was completely powered by hedrons, and although it could not effectively kill and injure these high-level magical beasts, it was still possible to drive them away from her side.

"Come on, Freya. Lina did as Pannis had said, completely ignoring the demonic beasts that were constantly attacking around her, and quickly descended, and Freya also controlled the mechanical arthropods behind her to follow closely. Not long after the fall, in addition to the jumping sound of the demonic beast, there was the sound of wings flapping, and when I turned around, I could see a large group of black shadows coming from all directions, the sound of flapping wings and sharp chirps came out at the same time, and the noisy sound filled the two of them, and for a while, there were black shadows constantly hitting the shields around the two and constantly being bounced off, and the impact occurred very frequently, almost seven or eight collisions occurred every second.

The two of them couldn't talk anymore, or rather, they couldn't talk in this environment, and they could only rely on the presence of their companions to calm their nervous hearts, and the girls suddenly felt that this short distance of more than 100 meters was so long, so long that they couldn't help but have fear and doubts in their hearts.

"How long has it been?Am I on the wrong track?Could I have crossed the transit station?Why can't you see the eldest sister?Is it really okay to keep descending like this?" The girls' hearts kept turning similar questions until a loud roar came from less than a meter away from them. (To be continued.) )