Chapter 9 Don't be afraid of failure

The flames burned for a long, long time, and it took more than a week for the adventurers to set foot on the scorched land again. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"Even if there are still books, they will be destroyed by this fire. Klaus sighed.

Wood thought about it, but didn't have an answer in his heart, so he simply took the lead and walked forward.

"It's dawn soon. Cisna looked at the sky and reminded.

Wood nodded and said, "I hope the first rays of dawn will lift the veil of ugliness for us." ”

"Hopefully, because I'm not as patient as I seem. Cisna continued.

Wood paused, then looked at Cisna. The two looked at each other and smiled, both understanding what the other was thinking.

"Dad, there's a cemetery over there, and it's strange that it wasn't destroyed by fire. Lucy suddenly flew over and pointed to the distance.

Wood waved his hand, and the group walked towards the cemetery.

By the time the first rays of the morning sun swept across the land, the adventurer was already standing in front of the cemetery.

It's not a cemetery but a cemetery, because the bones lying down haven't been buried yet, and the skeleton sitting on the mountain of corpses is shaking its head.

Wood reached out and touched the transparent barrier in midair. He took two steps back, and Hisna drew her greatsword and swung it forward.

Click......

The barrier shattered.

The adventurers drew their weapons and walked into this land of death with solid steps.

"Angels, humans, half-humans, and humans who are falling into the abyss. The skeleton repeatedly opened and closed its tongueless mouth and uttered a slightly unfamiliar remark, "You guys are such an interesting combination, as interesting as this city." ”

"You're from another world, you're the bastard who destroyed this city?" Wood took two steps forward, his expression cold.

"That's half right. The skeleton stood up on the mountain of corpses, looking down on the adventurer from a high position. "I'm one of the bastards who destroyed this city, but I'm not from another world. ”

A staff appears in the skeleton's hand, topped by a skull burning with green fire.

"Have you ever heard of the God-making Project? I don't know if there's still this kind of experiment at home, and that's what it's called. ”

There was a hint of surprise in Wood's eyes, and the skeleton wanted to smile at the corners of his mouth when he saw it, but he couldn't do it anymore.

"Looks like it still exists...... Then you should be able to guess some of my existence. The skeleton stretched out its bony finger and pointed at its empty head. "I used to be an adventurer, not belonging to the city, but to the ...... Hometown, such a strange and nostalgic word. ”

As he recalled, Wood went straight into a demonic state.

Although he hadn't mentioned the god-making project to Charlotte, he knew that it was terrifying to survive the experiment.

"After Mistress Angel disappeared, I was captured by crazy guys in this Borderless City and became one of the countless experiments. The flames in the skull's eye sockets burned more and more fiercely, full of emotion.

"When I saw you, I knew that my hometown was starting to repeat our tragedy again, and if you can make it home alive, please bring back a reminder from your ancient predecessors. The skeleton looked up into the distance, he hadn't seen the sun rise slowly below sea level for a long time.

"The God-making Project will only create ugly and ferocious monsters, unable to control their own behavior, and can only be forcibly instilled into the body to change the power. With that, the skeleton clenched its fists.

"I can't even die when it's all over, and after my friends and relatives die, I watch my body slowly decay, drag my skeleton and lose my mind, and when I wake up in death, I realize that there is no going back. ”

After hearing these words, Wood looked at the skeleton above and suddenly thought of Charlotte. He bit his lip and walked briskly forward.

Charlotte shouldn't have turned into such a monster...... Definitely not!

"Don't move forward, there is still a possibility of leaving, because when the sun rises completely, I will be tortured and lose my mind and kill you all!" said the skeleton, but already had the answer in his heart.

"But I don't think you'll listen to me. Because from the very beginning, adventurers were a bunch of unpersuaded and daring people...... Young man. When he said this, his whole body finally sank into light. "I wish I could wake up in another world. ”

The skeleton fell limply to the ground, and the adventurer quickened his pace, hoping to settle the battle before the terrifying creature got back to his feet.

The next moment the adventurer's feet were caught, and the flying Fiy and Lucy were stopped by the corpses that suddenly burst out.

Bang bang!

Lucy shoots a bullet to dissolve the corpse, and the skeleton stands up again, screaming in pain.

This voice from Hell summons the bones to reawaken and fight the living humans!

The mountain of corpses and all the corpses in this cemetery have climbed up, without illusion or spell blessing, they are fierce and wielding their bones, not seeking to kill but to stop the adventurer.

The Skeleton King at the top raised his staff, and the white bones scattered on the ground began to pour on him, making him grow larger and larger, evolving towards a monster.

Wood split a skeleton in half, but the skeleton was still crawling towards him with its upper body, and its lower body was rushing at them desperately.

The mages are still preparing spells, and it is estimated that they will not be able to move forward until the flames fall.

The first flames fell from the sunlight and smashed like a meteorite into the center of the Land of Bones. The Skeleton King looked at the meteorite, his body trembling, as if he was mad with excitement.

With his huge body, he opened his arms and hugged the meteorite stiffly. The next moment he looked back at the adventurer below, let out a wicked smile, and threw the meteorite at the adventurer with all his strength.

"Stand back, I'll come!" Sisot roared and raised his shield directly, Elizabeth added all the states that could be blessed, and the meteorite exploded in the sea of bones in the warrior's roar.

It's a shame that the skeleton wasn't killed, but the flames are still raging the graveyard, and the island is burning again!

The skeletons of the two "people" seemed to be not afraid of the flames at all, but instead swung their huge bodies and danced in the sea of fire.

"There's magic protecting him, it's probably the power he had when he was an adventurer. Connie explained as she came over to Wood's ear.

"What rank is a master mage?" can you tell?" Wood frowned.

"If his mana decays after death, then he was probably a glory-level mage before. Even if it is not at the level of that time, it is estimated that it is still at the top level of the master level. Klaus was quick to give an answer.

"Connie, Klaus!" Wood shouted, after making a judgment, "you two mages will be in control of this battle! Catherine will come with me!"

"Yes!" replied the three mages at the same time.

Wood hurried forward in the flames, Catherine could sense the position of her master, and she drew the magic circle on her master.

Once she had finished drawing one, she began to sprint towards the giant skeleton as well.

Connie and Klaus are clearing the way for their companions, and this time they will probably have to be cheerleaders.

The skeleton monster was tired of dancing, and he opened his mouth to try to eat the flames. The flames were sucked into his mouth and fell back to the ground.

But the skeleton was still eating the flames, and then it burped very humanly and shook its fingers at the humans in front of it.

As if to say, I'm full, I don't have much appetite for you.

Maika raised a middle finger at the skeleton and raised her staff, a black cloud falling from the sky obscuring the skeleton's vision.

Wood had already come behind the skeleton at this time, and he directly used his fingers to draw a pitch-black magic array in the air, and at the same time, the cold magic array on his body also slowly flew out......

After a while, the Stygian Flame and the Black Flame intertwined, and the cold two smashed into the skeleton's back, causing the skeleton to let out a wail.

The wails quickly turned into the roars of angry beasts, and countless bones flew out of the sea of fire, forming a pair of bony wings behind him. The giant skeleton flew into the air, then opened its mouth downward.

Roar!

The pitch-black beam of death shot into the sea of fire, causing a silent explosion after the roar. The explosion engulfed the flames and engulfed the land, causing the adventurers to retreat and flee from the blast.

The giant skeleton let out an ugly laugh as it clutched its stomach in the air as it saw the fleeing humans fleeing. After the beam subsided, he raised his hand and used his fingers to pull out the green flame from one of the eye sockets.

He glanced at Wood, then at the crowd on the other side, and finally chose to throw the flames at the mage in the center.

Catherine looked up panting, and the anxious cries of her companions rang in her ears, and the flames that were falling towards her were reflected in the sky.

The flames enveloped the woman, and the adventurer let out a heart-rending cry. The skeleton enjoyed the image, and he didn't know the last time he had seen such an interesting sight.

As soon as the green fire fell to the ground, it quickly spread, extinguishing one sea of fire after another, and igniting the territory that belonged to it.

Catherine was not caught by the flames in the end, and she looked at the little girl who was hugging her with palpitations and said "thank you".

"Not necessarily. Lucy replied calmly, and at the same time threw Catherine at Fay, raised her hand and took out the longbow on her back and turned it to the giant monster in front of her.

Darkness turned to arrows, but she knew it wasn't enough, she needed more power.

Catherine raised her staff and let the arrow burn with dark blue flames, and Fay hesitated for a moment before slitting her finger and dripping golden blood onto the longbow.

Light and darkness are in opposition, and the arrows become extremely unstable and full of irritability. At the same time, Lucy closed her eyes, she knew that it was still not enough.

Wood flew into the air to confirm that Catherine was okay and kissed Lucy affectionately, and the arrow carried black flames and let out a demonic roar, and the orthodox flames that were about to be extinguished ran into the arrow, turning the arrow into a tricolor flame.

Almost, but she still wants more and more power.

Connie stood behind Sisot, and she turned to look at the Tree of Life in the distance, slowly raising her staff and whispering the somewhat rusty Melgi Song.

The wind of nature blows through the scorched earth, taking away the smell of scorching and suppressing the green fire, while giving the arrows a touch of vibrant green.

After the natural wind, there was a damp and brackish sea breeze, and the roar of a giant whale could be heard far away, and everyone seemed to hallucinate that it was the song of the sirens.

The arrows were covered with the shelter of the sea.

Wood nodded to Elizabeth below, and the priest smiled slightly as he began to sing a war song.

They are adventurers, and they love to play this crazy game.

Lucy drew her bow, and the mighty arrow trembled, and her heart trembled. Although she hadn't experienced many battles, she knew that her human body would lose the fight after this arrow.

"Lucy, are you afraid of the consequences of stress and failure?" Wood came behind the girl's back and reached out to cover the back of his trembling hand.

"Well, I'm scared, Dad. Lucy leaned against Wood's chest and heard the sound of her heartbeat to realize that her father was just as scared as she was.

"My heart was racing and my blood was pounding, because I wanted to know what kind of image this arrow would create, which could fuse all its powers. Wood whispered, "Lucy, you're the most accurate marksman among us, and you won't miss a target with such a big target, I promise you." ”

"Uh-huh......" Lucy blinked, her pupils turning azure and began to lock onto the monster that was teasing her companion.

"Loosen the bowstring with peace of mind, and don't be afraid of failure. No matter what happens after that, I'll hold Lucy and take her home. Wood slowly took his hand away.

Knowing that these two hands were no longer trembling, he was also relieved.

Lucy had been smiling a little unnaturally, but this time it was a little different, and Wood felt that the smile was even more real than Jessica's.

Lucy's breathing was steady, her heart was beating fast but there was nothing wrong with it, and she slowly let go of her hand......

At the end of all power, the sun shone through this arrow, and it also warmed everyone's hearts.

The demon's roar alerted the giant skeleton, and the moment he looked back at the arrow, the only thought left was to flee, but it was too fast!

Both the green fire and the heart stopped beating at this moment, and the long black hair of the goth girl was blown by the breeze, and she lay down in her warm and generous arms, smiling happily.

Be the spoils of my reward for Daddy, you poor and ugly fellow.

The arrow struck the giant skeleton's body with her heart, and the darkness and light were the first to detonate, and the deafening sound made the sky tremble.

The moment the giant skeleton's body split in two, the tricolored flames began to jump, causing every inch of the skeleton's bones to fall into their encirclement.

The sea turned into raindrops in the sky, quickly falling and extinguishing the burning green fire, and a gentle breeze followed, blowing through every inch of the land, covering the bones of the sand and turning them into nutrients, and making the land grow green grass again.

The burning skeleton fell to the ground, and the sunlight shining on it seemed to be particularly strong, and finally the singing in the sky stopped, and the skeleton stopped struggling.

In the final moments, there seemed to be a glimmer of sanity in his eyes. He was bathed in the sun, he didn't feel any pain and even felt very comfortable.

It's as comfortable as lying on the beach with the sound of the waves in your ears, the body being blown by the sea breeze, and the sun shining on your skin.

He raised his non-existent hand and stretched out to the sun hanging high, showing an impossible smile, leaving one last word for his hometown and everything in the world.

"May every heart that is still beating be as hot as the sun at this moment, and never stop!"

Wood slowly closed his eyes with Lucy in his arms, and blessed all life buried here.

Including this poor man who doesn't know his name.

It rained for a long time, and the adventurers descended to the newborn meadow, crossed the puddle of rainwater, and came to the hill.

Everyone but Wood stopped here, and Wood stepped forward with a solemn face and picked up the key to the hillside.

It was a golden key, and if he was not mistaken, it should have been in the skeleton's skull all along.

Wood pocketed the keys, took a deep look at the hillside, and then followed his companion out of the land.

Although the air here still smells of burnt, it is more grassy, which makes people feel more comfortable.

However, because the dead man had a pimple in his heart, the adventurers chose to rest farther away, and decided to go back in two days to find a place to use the key.

Adjust the mood, everyone is still talking and laughing during the meal, especially Lucy, who is constantly praised by them.

Lucy blushed and hugged Sissi, who had a good relationship. After getting acquainted with this group of adults, she felt that she was still very favored, but she was a little shy.

Especially when Dad boasted about himself.

......

"Miss, young master, don't panic if you have nothing to do, you fight every day. A little maid wept and bandaged Arthur.

Although it was only a skin injury, they were still very cautious.

Sophia pointed to Arthur, who was covered in wounds, and smiled happily. Because she was just bitten on the back of her hand.

Arthur was so angry that he wanted to break free from the maid's arms and beat his sister, no, this was not his sister, this was his nightmare!

Sophia hooked her hands like an adult, babbling as if she was saying something provocative.

The maid hugged Arthur and looked at the eldest young master who was like a little wolf dog in her arms, and she felt a pain in her head. After the headache, they smiled, because who told them that these two babies were raised, and they had to be responsible.

"Let's start education. Dawn put on the glasses she had borrowed from Jessica, took a book and went downstairs to speak.

"Will you educate children?" said the blue-haired maid with a wry smile.

"It's okay, let's learn slowly, now that Miss Betty has limited mobility, we have to take care of these two lively children. She put away the frames without lenses, "First of all, we need to stop them from fighting!"

......

Jessica dodged the beast's pounce and jumped onto her companion's shield with a graceful turn, leaping higher into the air with her strength.

The two warriors stepped forward and entangled the monster, the corners of her mouth slightly outlined into a smile, and she smiled into a world of self that no one could detect.

The head of the regiment can increase her, and she feels strong now.

The warriors skillfully entangled the pitch-black beasts, and the mage's attacks were useless, but they were enough to attract attention.

Learn the rumored attack of the regimental commander. Step on the transparent barrier and take out the dagger, the glistening spike downward, and then drop gracefully.

The dagger silently stabbed into the beast's head, and Jessica, still smiling, showed her figure and pulled the dagger out as everyone watched.

The beast staggered, and the warriors began to put the finishing touches. She stepped back onto the ground and took out her handkerchief to wipe the blood from her dagger.

Looking up at the small audience, she sighed slightly.

This is completely different from what those predecessors said, what about the cheers?

She looked up at the sky she was already in, thinking about the history of those adventurers who had made a contract with the city, and a bold idea slowly came to her mind.

When will the head of the regiment come home?