34. The identity of the old dwarf (the fifth change on the shelves)
"And what about Elivan?
After the sea snake heard that there was nothing wrong with Putini, he immediately sighed, but then he remembered the most important purpose of this trip, but as soon as this question came out, he saw a trace of embarrassment on the face of the "Putini" opposite, he pointed to the dark stream next to him that was still "surging", and asked in a low voice,
"The Dark Domain is a ninth-order illusion that has been lost for thousands of years, it has no offensive power, the only thing that is characterized by its solidity is that it is strong, and it can reflect the deepest image of the human heart and transform it into some kind of monster between fantasy and reality, in the past few decades, countless people have strayed here, but at most, it is to turn this pool of water into a small town, it is already a great character, but now..."
"Putini" glanced at the strange "Land of the Dead" with some emotion, and sighed, "As soon as this friend of yours came into contact with the Dark Realm, this pool of water became like this! I took a general look at at at least three symbols of death that had never been recorded, the Ice Crown, the Black Tower, and the Blood Raven; if I hadn't known your details, I would have almost thought that Cranvo himself had arrived." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½β
"You mean, it was Elevenn who made this place look like this?" the sea serpent stood up, and the "Eleven" in his arms dissipated before it could fall to the ground, apparently, the real Elevenn had been transferred somewhere else.
"No, you haven't understood what I mean!"
A hoarse voice came from the other side of the two people, the sea snake glanced over there, and then looked back at the stunned "Putini", who had sunk into the stream of darkness as if it had melted, and the mysterious man who had been talking to him also revealed his true face, which was a... Well, one, gnomes!
Yes, a dwarf mage with a long white beard, a shorter body and more rickety, a meniscus staff taller than himself, wearing a blue robe, and a wide black pointed hat covering his face, and judging by the style of the robe, he was at least a great mage.
At this time, the sea snake's face immediately turned cold, as a wild mage with successful cultivation, his resentment and hatred for the orthodox mages had long become instinctive, and it had nothing to do with whether he was a companion or not.
However, the dwarf mage was obviously not very interested in the sea snake, he snorted coldly, raised his head to look at the sea snake that had turned his face away, walked slowly to the edge of the limit of the dark stream with his staff, and carefully tapped the dark and translucent stream with the staff, and the moment the staff touched the black liquid, the god of death summoned by the "Putini" he pretended to be just now appeared again, but this time it was not as calm as last time.
The Grim Reaper raised the scythe, let out bursts of hoarse laughter, and the fluttering figure disappeared in place, and when it reappeared, the blade of the Soul Scythe in his hand had already been attached to the neck of the old dwarf mage, and with only a slight force, this old dwarf who had lived for an unknown amount of time would be gone.
But it couldn't move, and the sea snake standing on the side saw this scene, and his eyes widened suddenly, that dwarf! Unexpectedly, he calculated the farthest distance to be attacked in an instant! The god of death, its current position is the limit of movement!
"Who the hell are you?"
The sea snake couldn't help but ask.
"I, I'm just an unlucky traveler, I want to take advantage of the opportunity to take a vacation to explore this mysterious tower of haters, but I didn't expect to encounter the Dark Domain, a psychic magic circle that had been lost in the Second Age, and what I didn't expect was that I would meet a young man with three or more death symbols, and the worst thing is that the young man was poisoned and unconscious, he couldn't control his mind, and those death symbols spread to reality through the power of the Dark Domain. β
The old dwarf mage touched his beard with a look of amazement, "Don't you understand? One of the few geniuses among the wild mages, we are trapped! You, me, and the three human girls, the strange donkey named Murphy, and your reckless pirate friend are trapped by the nightmare of the unconscious young man by the master here! β
"Can't you break it?"
The sea snake asked, while dancing the handprint, it seemed that he wanted to release a spell experiment, but as soon as the element fluctuations started, the four gods of death instantly appeared in the place closest to the boundary of the dark stream from the sea snake, and it didn't feel good to be pointed at by the four dead soul scythes, and sensing the mysterious aura coming from the four gods, the sea snake still obediently dispersed the elemental power in his hand.
"As I said earlier, the only two characteristics of the Dark Realm are extremely rare and rare psychic illusions and solidity."
The old dwarf said coldly, "Do you think it's still sturdy in the general sense of the word, and I'll tell you the truth, the only material you need to make this thing is a keel!" It's not that those lizards now, but the keel of the real dragon that has sealed the Dragon Island since the Third Age, and is absolutely immune to magic below the six rings, unless the skin that cannot be harmed by divine weapons, the mysterious dragon might, the unpredictable dragon magic, and the wings that can soar over the astral plane, unless two guys above the arcanist bombard inside and outside at the same time, it is impossible to break the limit of solidity. β
"What the hell is this place, and what is the Tower of the Abomination?"
The sea snake felt that his brain was a mess of porridge, but he still reluctantly thought for more than ten seconds and continued to ask.
The dwarf mage, on the other hand, looked up at the starry sky that had been covered in darkness, and a trace of yearning flashed in his eyes like a storm sea, and replied in an emotional tone peculiar to the old man,
"This is a place forgotten by history, where the wreckage of the greatest magical shrine of the Second Age fell, where the "Gulf Massacre" took place, its name has long been forgotten by time, since an old friend of mine discovered it decades ago, it has been called the Tower of the Hateful, hating the world, hating itself, hating everything that happened, that's where its name comes from. β
The two people who hated each other were talking, and they saw that the limit of the dark stream suddenly spread outward, and on the other side, there was also the scream of the girl and the frightened scream of the donkey Murphy, the dwarf mage's brows furrowed tightly, and he grabbed the sea snake that was too late to react with one hand, and then the staff was tapped, and the pale green light shone around the two of them, and the next moment, the figures of the two disappeared in place, and then, the stream of darkness like a stream flooded the place where they were standing.
Just when the trapped people were saving themselves from each other due to the expansion of the dark stream, on the tower in the center of the dark domain, the unconscious Elivan was lying on a stone platform, and around this stone platform, there was a complex circle of six-pointed stars, and the inky light of this circle accompanied Elivan's breathing, turning on and out, as if it was absorbing something from his body.
On the opposite side of the stone platform, on a throne hidden in the shadows, a white-haired old man in a strange dress sat there indifferently, in front of him was a round mirror composed of flowing water, everything that happened in the dark domain was presented in it, when he saw the dwarf old man appear, the old man who couldn't see his face clearly snorted coldly, and when he saw that the skyrocketing dark stream deliberately avoided Wendy, who had just woken up, he snorted coldly again, obviously extremely dissatisfied.
But even so, he looked at Elivan without a trace of anger, as if he had seen the most precious treasure, a short letter was placed in his hand, it was the identification that Blackmane had just sent to Elevan, but in the old man's opinion, this kind of thing was as meaningless as the sect that Blackmane had organized.
"The insight into the elements is so deep, is it the inheritance of antiquity? This method of casting spells was originally to improve one's own strength by deepening one's understanding of the elements? Tsk tsk, parts of the body have been crystallized due to direct contact with the elements for a long time, and it seems that this method of casting is very harmful to the human body, so it doesn't look like an ancient inheritance. β
The old man stepped down from the throne, stretched out his left hand into the air, and a black cane decorated with feathers and statues appeared in his hand, he turned around the circle twice with his cane, and seemed to be able to see with the naked eye the elemental fluctuations around Elivan that had been extremely weak, and after a few glances, he almost understood the source of the strange power in Elivan's body, so he touched his chin and said to the unconscious Elivan with interest,
"Today, I use your will and power to deduce this dark realm and explore the structure and limits of the lost psychic illusion, so although it is painful, please continue to sleep. But I, Rodnal, never owe anyone a favor, you need to deduce the essence of the elements, right? Very well, I'll make an exception for you today. β
As he spoke, the old man casually swiped his two fingers in the air, and a black spatial crack appeared beside him, if this scene was seen by the sea snake, he was afraid that he would be directly scared to death, and he could rely on his body to cut through the space, either he was a sword master who practiced martial arts to the extreme, or an arcane master who was familiar with space spells to the extreme, it was obvious that judging from the middle-aged man's dress and the decoration of his room, he was the latter.
The old man named Rodnal cautiously took out a small bottle of extremely strict potion that was sealed from the space gap that had been torn open, and then looked at Elivan, as if he was distinguishing the elemental fluctuations in his body, and finally took out another bottle of almost identical potion, and then waved his hand to close the spatial rift.
"Tsk, this is a truly good thing, the last gift left by the merciful ancestors to the remnants. β
Rodnal looked at the black vial in his hand with a nostalgic tone and eyes, and then laughed, casually smashing the vial on the wall next to him, and the black and blue liquid that flowed out of it jumped up and down in his hand, like an active elf.
"Go, go!
An old man with a cane smiled and raised his hand, and two drops of liquid drew two brilliant lines in the air, and finally landed accurately on Elivan's heart, and then like ink melted into water, it seeped down from Elivan's skin and disappeared again.
At the same time, in the circle outside the tower, the surging stream of darkness suddenly stopped, and the black-robed Grim Reaper of Sea Serpent and Putini, who were besieging Wendy and the others, disappeared in an instant, just as they appeared, reintegrating into the rapidly retreating stream of darkness.
Putini, who fell to the ground, got up and touched his neck with his hand that was almost cut off by the dancing Soul Scythe just now, his fingertips were red, obviously, if he was unfortunately slashed by the scythe just now, then Putini would probably have returned to Cranvo's arms at this time.
"What's going on?"
The staggering sea serpent propped up the ground with one hand, and looked up at the old gnome mage who had saved everyone from the siege of a dozen Grim Reapers, with a few finger clicks just now, and the latter still didn't care about anything, but when his eyes swept over Wendy, who was curiously playing with the dark stream under his feet without causing the slightest change, a smile of unknown meaning flashed in the old dwarf's eyes hidden under the pointed hat.
"What's wrong? hehe, the circle has changed."
The dwarf mage pointed to the square with his slender meniscus staff, which had been enveloped in white fog in an instant, and whispered, "That friend of yours seems to have regained his senses, so the illusion of his mind no longer attacks us blindly, but in a different way. β
"Elavon is awake? Doesn't that mean we're not in danger?"
Putini happily brandished his waist knife and touched the sweat on his forehead, looking at this guy, it seems that the current Elivan is purely crazy, look at the things he just made, it is simply terrifying.
"Wake up, hmph, early!"
The old dwarf mage walked step by step towards the center of the mist-covered plaza with his staff, and replied casually, "Your friend has just regained a trace of his senses, and the retreat of the dark stream is only for the next more ferocious attack, and now he is like a beast guarding the territory, don't provoke him, understand?"
"What about you? Where are you going?"
Putini shouted loudly, but the old dwarf mage just glanced at him with disdain, and walked into the fog without paying attention, but the moment he came into contact with the mist, a terrible roar came from the depths of the square, and then the biting cold wind rushed towards the old dwarf from all directions, "pop" , The old dwarf's meniscus staff lightly touched the ground, and three yellow quicksand whirlpools appeared beside him, which also seemed to be a strange shield spell, but it also seemed to provoke Elivan, so the white fog in the area shook, and the dwarf mage disappeared, but before he disappeared, he still left his advice to the panicked people.
"Stay with that girl honestly, the little brother named Elivan still has a trace of instinctive attachment to her in his heart, so those monsters will not take the initiative to attack her, but this instinctive attachment has a limit, and any active hostility may break it, so if I were you, I would tie up that stupid and rude pirate first, lest his stupidity lead you into the abyss!"
As soon as the old dwarf's words fell, the despised Putini jumped up from the ground and yelled at the place where the dwarf mage had disappeared, only to be pulled back by the quick-eyed sea serpent the moment he inadvertently approached the mist.
"What are you doing!"
Putini asked behind him a little confused, but the sea snake didn't answer him, but Wendy, who had been staying with the donkey, walked quickly in front of the two of them, stretched out her hands to block the front,
"Don't come here!"
Wendy, whose whole body was trembling, shouted loudly in a screaming voice.
"Da-da-da-da. β
A crisp sound of horses' hooves appeared in the mist, and then a heavily armed knight riding a black war horse appeared in front of them, the black war horse's eyes burned with soul flames, and the whole body was full of eerie white bones except for the armor, and the four hooves were wrapped in a pale blue frost light.
And the knight riding on this death horse is even more terrifying, his whole body is wrapped in purple-black plate armor, the hideous steel glove holds the reins of the war horse in one hand, and in the other hand holds a rune giant sword with red and dark green light, every swing can leave a light mark in the weapon, and every time the seven runes engraved on the sword are lit up, it can also make everyone's heartbeat almost double, especially when the horn-shaped giant helmet worn by the death knight turned to the few people who were looking at him, the two faint blue flexible flames under the giant helmet could make everyone in his sight shudderγ
"Wendy, come back! Oh my God!"
Cliff, who was impaled through the abdomen during the fight with the Shadowless Grim Reaper just now, waved the bone staff in his hand and tried to pull Wendy back from standing in front of the three-meter-tall death knight, but was hugged by her sister Dax, who was not injured but had been trembling all the time.
"Don't forget where we are! Cliff, those monsters that Elivan made up won't attack her! Calm down, don't make things worse! Oh my God, it's terrible!"
And the sea snake, who was also solemn, also had cold sweat on his forehead, and he had already discovered that in this strange second era remnant of the psychic illusion array, everyone's emotions seemed to be magnified several times!
And himself, the surging tension in his body seems to have made him return to the apprentice days in Tibet, just now at the moment when the blade of death came, he was almost nervous and couldn't even use the spell, if it weren't for the fact that Cliff, who was rushing around with his head, happened to rush in front of him to help him block the blow, and now the sea snake will be seriously injured if he doesn't die, in fact, the most significant change is Cliff's sister Dax, the lady who originally dared to fight the god of death head-on will now throw away her staff because of the cowardice from the bottom of her heart, and fall to her sister's side tremblingly, like a frightened little animal.
Putini is reckless, the sea snake itself is nervous, Dax is cowardly, Cliff is chaotic, Wendy... Wendy is brave! Yes, she is also affected, but she is the only one who is positively inspired, and it seems that Wendy's position is really extremely important in Eleven's heart, even if she is unconscious, she is still trying her best to take care of her!
"By the way, what the old dwarf said before he disappeared! He's not just mocking Putini, he's reminding us!"
The sea snake's heart lit up suddenly, gritted his teeth, and simply let go of the struggling and roaring Putini in his arms, who brandished his waist knife as soon as he got out of trouble, and ran towards Wendy, but the sea snake standing behind him held the staff in both hands and slammed it on the back of his head, and Putini immediately rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.
"Stand back! Back off! in the name of Eliven Mogedin!"
Wendy, whose legs were trembling, stretched out his hands at this time and took a tentative step, but the giant sword in the hand of the death knight swung and forced Wendy back to the same place, but there was no other movement, just looked at the nervous woman in front of him with the eyes of soul fire, and the death horse under his crotch also made a series of snorts, and after half a minute of confrontation between one person and one ghost, the death knight simply and neatly put the rune giant sword behind him, holding the reins of the horse with both hands and shaking it vigorously, his tall figure retreated into the fog so quickly.
"Whew..."
Seeing that the enemy finally retreated, Wendy, who was sweating profusely, suddenly weakened her feet, and knelt on the ground, and several people who had survived the catastrophe stared at each other, and in the face of this extremely strange illusion circle under her feet, she could no longer have the slightest idea of resisting.
At this time, on the other side of the square, the old dwarf who didn't know how to pass through the dangerous fog walked slowly to the front of the dark tower with a magic staff, and behind him, the corpses that were exactly the same as the death knight just now were almost covered with the ground, and there was even a lich wearing a broken robe, and the existence of a golden law chain wrapped around the body of white bones, this was a completely defeated necromantic army, and the people who defeated them were naturally self-evident.
"Rodnal Marphas, the famous astrologer of the Abyss, won't you come out to meet your old friend, is this your hospitality?"
The old dwarf shouted loudly into the darkened tower, his hoarse tone full of sarcasm and displeasure.
As soon as the old dwarf's words fell, the white-haired old man who was carefully observing the changes in Elivan's body at the top of the tower frowned, and as soon as the cane in his hand hit the ground, his body disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already standing not far from the old dwarf, and the cold wind blowing from the dark domain scattered his black trench coat and white hair, which made the old man's face already covered with frost, and it seemed that Mr. Rodnar was also extremely unkind to this uninvited villain.
"Go back to your Tower of the Stars and Moon!Will Mana, I've seen all the Dark Realm circles I treasured, aren't you satisfied with my hospitality? Or are you living enough to fight me on my turf?"
"You're finally willing to come out, my junior brother. β
The old dwarf nodded with satisfaction, he let go of the hand holding the staff, but the meniscus staff stood strangely in place, without the slightest tilt, and then the old dwarf took off his excessively wide wizard pointed hat, put it in his hand and pinched it, then looked up at Rodinall, who looked impatiently, and asked with a chuckle,
"Some time ago, the seal of the Sleep of Volshas in the depths of the Endless Sea was broken, did you or your mad believers do it?"
"No, the reappearance of the Kraken has nothing to do with Darkness, to be precise, we're just giving a simple hint to the real madmen. β
Rodnal's face also became smiling, as if the guests who were eager to drive away directly a moment ago became friendly at this moment, but hearing his words, the last trace of joy on the old dwarf's face for a long time reunited disappeared, and he asked with a serious face,
"In the name of Anakin Sorens, tell me honestly, did the last lost Ring of the Gods fall into the hands of the Council of Destruction?"
Hearing the name that had been dusted in his memory, Rodnar's face suddenly changed, and the dark currents around the circle were also under his anger, completely surrounding the old dwarf, but the next moment, the old man let out a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and the dark stream gushing like a beast returned to the mist again,
"Don't mention that name in front of me!Will, you're doing something dangerous, if you still want to go back to the Tower of the Star and Moon to be your Arcanist, don't provoke me again!"
Oh my God, this unremarkable old dwarf is an arcane master, a power that stands at the top of the world. (To be continued.) )