Amber turned and walked briskly into the depths of the outpost. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Lily took a few breaths, picked up the greatsword from the ground, and followed the other party's footsteps. Yuffie raised her hand and opened the way for them with a soft glow.

The situation in the depths of the outpost is not much different from that on the outer edge. Due to the impact of the scream and the recovering breeze, the wreckage of wood, which had been a strip, had turned into a messy gray-black splinter that was less than the size of a palm. The scattered skeletons were the same as the one Lily had touched, a mess of barely recognizable human form.

The Erna woman walked through the clearing of the outpost and walked into a mass of wreckage. It seems to have been a large building, and objects not made of wood still remain in the vicinity, such as swords, iron arrowheads, rivets on inlaid leather armor, terracotta-fired water tanks, and wellheads made of stone bricks. There were still many coins of all kinds scattered on the ground, and Lily picked up one that was stained with dirt and wiped it with her hand, and the coin regained its lustrous gold and engraved on it with a mature and elegant female face of Elna.

"That's Her Majesty the Queen, pretty, isn't it?" Amberly patted the mercenary on the shoulder, baring her white teeth at her, "This is it, it's up to me!" ”

Lily stared suspiciously at Amberly's every move—she crouched down cautiously, groping her hands in the air, muttering something in her mouth. After a few moments, she stood up and changed positions, repeating the same action again.

After a few minutes, she seemed to have finally chosen a spot, put her hands in front of her mouth in the shape of a trumpet, and inhaled hard.

"Kim-ahem, I mean, Mo-Di-Lo-La-! Hurry up, get up, get up, get up, get up, ”

Lily blinked, and saw a blurry shadow growing out of thin air on the ground. The shadows quickly solidified, like black figures painted on the ground. Then it slowly bulged, pulling out its limbs, body, back, and skull.

It was a huge canine with a pitch-black body. The soft white light of magic reflected its body, but it did not reflect in any way, so that it looked like a silhouette from the side. Its eyes are half-open and half-closed, and it does not give people a sense of ferocity at all, but only feels docile and amiable.

Lily reached over and stroked its back, discovering that it also had soft fur, which was slightly cool to the touch and then warm. It glanced at the mercenary, opened its mouth and yawned.

Then it curled up and disappeared again in a burst of light.

In her place was another Erna woman. She stood quietly with her eyes closed, her long, silky silver hair hanging down her shoulders, leather armor, and two sheathed scimitars hanging from her waist. What caught the eye was her ornament - instead of the usual acorn, a necklace with several gold coins hanging around her neck. Her hair ornament is adorned with round, smooth pearls, while on her white wrists, she wears two strings of crystal clear gemstones that sparkle in the soft light.

She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, yawned again, and slowly opened them. Her gaze was unfocused at first, but was soon drawn to the golden glimmer on the ground. She seemed to subconsciously crouch down, picked up a gold coin, and held it in the palm of her hand to play with it.

Lily wanted to say something, but Yufie, who had come up at some point, patted her and made a silent gesture. She pursed her lips and continued to look at the two people in the distance.

The girl who was called the gold coin - or Modillora let go of her hand and let the coin roll to the ground, and then she finally looked up and focused her eyes on Amber's face.

"Ann ......" because she hadn't spoken for a long time, her voice was a little hoarse, "Sister Amberly...... You're finally here. She paused for a moment, "But, except for me...... Everyone...... It's all gone. ”

Amberly stroked the girl's hair and patted her gently on the back, giving her a gentle and slightly sad smile.

"You're doing a great job, Mora." She called the girl's nickname and comforted her, "You survived through your gifts to convey the situation to me, and the rest of the kingdom. So—" Amberly's voice suddenly became vibrant, "tell us! What kind of truth do you see with your sharp eyes!? ”

Modillora burst out laughing. She raised her hand and rubbed her nose, then nodded to Amberly.

"It was still morning, and somehow it suddenly got dark. Aklea and Kyro went out to check on the situation, but never returned. Each of us took up arms and prepared to fight, but there was no sign of the enemy at all......" she choked up, so she gasped and tried to calm her voice down, "One by one, the people around us fell for unknown reasons, like Brother Lanlor, Sister Alkais, and Little Bello. Uncle Gilnas and I decided to escape from here to report the news, but when we reached the edge of the outpost, we found nothing but impenetrable darkness in front of us. ”

She kept her mouth shut, as if thinking about how to describe it, "Uncle Gilnas rushed there first, and then ...... Suddenly, he fell, and his body quickly became shriveled and blackened...... Just stopped breathing like that. I tried to touch the darkness, but I was robbed of most of my strength in an instant, and I managed to escape......"

"So you left a clue, turned into a shadow creature, and hid in the shadows, waiting for us, or rather, reinforcements from the Elna." Yuffie took over, her tone full of admiration and appreciation, "There are many attacks that can affect the spiritual realm from the material realm, but it is difficult to hurt a shadow...... He is truly a messenger of nature. ”

"So what the hell is going on?" Lily frowned, "It doesn't sound like the guy we killed just now, what the hell happened here before?" ”

The pink girl didn't answer immediately. She paced back and forth through the wreckage of the house, stopping from time to time to check the ground or what was left behind. After a while, she returned to the crowd, a rusty dagger in her hand.

"Modilola, do you remember the specific time when you entered the film industry?" She asked.

"Probably...... It's the middle of the spring month. We have just planted green barley, and we were planning to plant a few more ...... of jujube trees in a few days."

"That is, almost half a year ago." Yuffie glanced around and said calmly, "I guess I know what's going on." ”

Lily raised an eyebrow. She instinctively felt that what the girl was going to say next was very important. Lynn, Alphonse, and even Grace and Ruth gathered around, but of course, the latter two were just habitually following the blonde girl. Bell didn't seem to have recovered from his previous 'scare', and staggered to the extent of the light, and sat down.

"The concentration of magic when it was attacked here was much higher than it is now. After destroying this place, the magic gradually spread into the forest, causing an anomalous scene in the vicinity. She showed off the rusty weapon in her hand, "This dagger is coated with protective grease and won't rust so quickly in the current environment." Therefore, it should be the high concentration of magic in the past, which has accelerated the corrosion rate of iron metal. ”

"As for the monster we struck......" the pink girl sighed, "maybe it's just a bunch of wraiths that can't be rested." ”

"What does that mean?"

Yuffie's expression became serious. She looked around and slowly spoke her conclusions.

"This shows that the attack on the outpost was man-made. And the purpose - remember where we met Amberly? That's not something that can be caused by simple mana diffusion, and attacking the outpost is probably to delay the time when everything is discovered and reported. She glanced at Amber and sighed softly, "And since 'that person' has calculated this, then maybe 'he' also expects someone to come here to investigate at this time-"

"In other words, what 'he' wanted to accomplish is probably already ...... Or it will be done soon. ”