Chapter 170: The Cave of Quicksand
Arcelia's eyes opened slightly, and at first glance, she saw the anxiety under Lin's silent expression. The corners of her lips laboriously drew a smile, and she coughed twice.
"I'm fine," Arcelia struggled to sit up straight, "It's Arcelia's fault that worries the king. ”
Lin is a little angry, this female knight is really a practitioner of knightly principles, always silently suffering harm, but never taking credit. He inspected Arcelia's condition, and the blonde knight had been hit by a concussion from a height, and her health had been reduced by more than half. Luckily, she didn't have any abnormalities such as fractures, cracks, or serious injuries.
"Needless to say, you go back to the cards and rest. Lin pulled out his psychic card.
Arcelia said worriedly, "However, this place may be dangerous. Arcelia must stay and face the challenge with the king. ”
Lin shook his head and said undoubtedly, "Only when you return to your full strength, I will recruit you to fight." All you have to do now is get back to health as soon as possible. ”
Arcelia was just about to speak, when her expression suddenly changed, and she looked into the distance in confusion.
Their landing point is a desertified cavern, littered with coarse, warm grains of sand.
"What's wrong?" Lin asked.
"There is a very familiar feeling here, king...... It's the same feeling as the last time I found this armor. Arcelia gestured to the snow-white Dawn Breastplate that was wrapped around her.
The gloom in Lin's heart was swept away, and he was overjoyed: "Really, there are parts of the Dawn Armor here?" he stood up, lit the torch, and looked around in the flickering light of the fire.
It is a slender passage of sand that winds into the distance. It's amazing how the sand here seems to be alive, and it's flowing slowly, as if there's some kind of motivation driving it.
"You hurry back to the psychic card to rest," Lin decided, "I'll explore first, and I'll summon you out when you're back to your full strength." ”
Arcelia nodded silently, and she turned into a white light and disappeared into the psychic card.
When Lin stepped on the Heavenly Road Plateau, still in the Stone Steps Mountains, Arcelia had said that there was a sense of dawn armor in the west, but it only appeared vaguely for a moment. Convinced of Arcelia's claims, Lin began his journey to the west, all the way to the Celestial Path Mountains, the Storm Mountains.
Now, in the unknown crypt of the Luminous Canyon, he finally found traces of the parts of the Dawn Armor Suit, and his heart couldn't help but be excited.
Now a little more than half has passed since the time limit of three reality months, and Lin has only found a part of the Dawn Armor Suit.
If you fail to complete the mission after the expiration date, you will be punished by the will of God. And the punishment of the will of the Kingdom of God is likely to expel the psychic master from the Kingdom of God, and he will no longer be able to travel in the Kingdom of God to improve his level strength.
Moreover, each set part of the Dawn Armor can bring a considerable increase in Arcelia's strength. Lin faintly felt that when all the parts of the Dawn Armor set were collected, Arcelia would regain her power in her heyday, which was at least a Heroic Spirit-level existence.
Now with the news of the second set, the joy has temporarily diluted the fear of being in an unknown place.
"Elise," Lin said, turning back and staring at her coldly, "your purpose is to get me bitten to death by a colony of groupers, right?"
Elise lowered her head and said softly, "That's right. ”
"Then you can die. Lin walked straight to Elise and raised his right hand in the air.
Elise had seen Lin unleash the power of the "Thirty-Seven Styles, Mantis Slash", which was like a sharp blade, easily breaking through the enemy's defenses. With Elise's current suppressed strength, first, she can't dodge, and second, her physique can't pass the lethal judgment when she attacks the vital point of the "Mantis Slash".
"I might as well be dead as I am now. Elise's smile was desolate, and visions of the gnolls she had slain kept appearing in front of her eyes, and no matter how much she kicked and scolded, those visions still floated bloodily before her eyes.
Even, Elise had delusions, as if Iru's bloody head also appeared in her eyes, and then the heads of the gnolls changed, and the heads of Irea's father, the other two brothers, Ivan and Ize, alternately appeared.
"Lin, do you know why I want you to die?" said Elise with a feeble smile, "because you are in the same group as the surface people who killed my father and brother. You are my enemy, so I want you to die. ”
"Shut up. Lin was in a bad mood now, and with his perceptual ability, he knew the conversation between Elise and Ladoga, and he also knew that Elise had a grudge. He just didn't have time to defend himself, and Lin was going to communicate with Elise when he was engraving her to explain all this.
Knowing that Elise had a grudge, she still followed the route she had designated, and when she chose a fork in the left and right directions, she also followed Elise's instructions to take a shortcut. Lin is too confident in the passive effect of the "Tianyan Mark" [Wise].
"It turns out that the highest level of lying is to tell the truth, but not to tell the full truth. Lin silently thought that this was a lesson, and Lin found that he could not rely on the Tianyan mark to distinguish the truth of the aborigines' words in the future, but to figure out more and find out more about the missing information.
Like Elise's guidance before, the left passage can indeed lead to the entrance of the third floor, she is telling the truth, and the Tianyan Mark will not give a hint of "lies". But the danger on the way, the terrifying grouper ant colony, was hidden by her, so she succeeded in trapping Lin Yi.
"I won't die," Lin said categorically, "not even the grouper ant colony killed me." I'm sure I'll find a way out of this crypt. ”
Elise smiled sarcastically, "Do you know what this place is?"
After a pause, Elise said, "This is the most mysterious and terrifying place in the Luminous Canyon, and its name is the Cave of Quicksand. No one has ever escaped from the Cave of Quicksand alive, and the legends about the Cave of Quicksand have been passed down by word of mouth from survivors who witnessed their companions being swallowed up in the Cave of Sand. This sand cave is constantly moving, and its internal structure is constantly changing, so it is impossible to find an exit...... You see, when we fell, there was a hole in the top, which no longer exists. ”
Lin looked up, and in the dim light of the fire, he found that the sand wall above was flat, and the hole where they fell was gone.
Lin felt a pang in his heart, this swift orc female mage, was telling the truth.
Lin lowered his arm and looked around as he held the torch.
"What are you looking at, why don't you kill me?" asked Elise in surprise.
Lin didn't speak. He didn't know anything about the Cave of Quicksand, and if he killed Elise, he wouldn't even have the only one to understand.
Besides, Elise is also to avenge her father and brother, she just doesn't know that Lin, as a lone ranger, and those so-called psychics who wear cloth robes and exterminate the swift orcs are not a gang at all. For such a person, Lin couldn't raise much killing intent.
"Listen, Elise," Lin was silent for a moment, but decided to spread out and explain clearly, "You can believe or disbelieve what I'm going to say next, whatever you want." But if you really want revenge, listen to me. ”
Elise was a little stunned, and she looked up at Lin.
"There are two kinds of surface people, one is the aboriginal people who belong to this world, and the other is like me, human beings from another world, and we have a special title called psychic. ”
"It's you psychics, who killed my father and brother and wiped out the Orc tribe!" Elise gritted her teeth.
"Let me ask you, the gnolls and the swift orcs are both orcs, are you in the same group?" Lin asked.
Elise snorted, "Don't compare us to that filthy beast, now that we are feuding, I regret that I don't have a chance to destroy the old toothed clan!"
Lin said coldly: "Between psychicists, there is also a relationship between allies and enemies. I can tell you unequivocally that it was a large force among psychics who slaughtered your clan, and based on their black-clad features, it is likely to be my enemy, the Shadow Council!"
"Your ...... Enemies?" said Elise, with some disbelief.
"That's right," Lin said indifferently, "they killed my last relative, and now my greatest goal in trying to become stronger is to destroy the Shadow Council." ”
"I'm a lone psychic and haven't joined any forces," Lin continued, "so even if other psychics destroy the Swift Orc tribe, it has nothing to do with me." ”
Elise stared blankly at Lin, a deep sense of remorse welling up in her heart. She tried her best to suppress this remorseful emotion, and said with restraint: "How do I know if you are cheating on me. ”
"I've already said it, believe it or not," Lin walked over indifferently and stretched out his right hand, "but this is your only chance for revenge. Make a choice, trust me, reach out, and I'll take you out of here, looking for a chance to take revenge on the psychic who really destroyed your clan, and if you don't believe me, then you are here and waiting for death. ”
Looking at the thick palm stretched out by Lin, Elise was stunned for a while, and she felt for a while that there seemed to be only this palm left in heaven and earth.
Hold it, or give it up?
Elise closed her eyes and met Lin from the beginning, and the scenes flashed through her mind as if they were in a movie.
"I've never killed a woman, don't force me. ”
"You want to use me as a shield to help you resist the gnolls?"
"Carrying this orc on her back. If she dares to play any tricks, kill her. ”
"Arcelia, you hurry forward, I'll cut off!"
......
Elise finally opened her eyes. She trembled and stretched out her right hand and gently placed it on Lin's big hand.
With an exclamation, Elise flew up like a cloud, and then landed on Lin's broad and thick back.
Lin's big hand unceremoniously stepped back and held Elise's buttocks: "Tell me what you know about the Cave of Quicksand, and I'll determine the route of exploration." ”
Elise was paralyzed, she was wearing animal skin clothes on her upper body, her bulging breasts were tightly squeezed on Lin's back, and there was only one animal skin skirt on her lower body, Lin's big hands seemed to reveal infinite heat, and the thin animal skin skirt was useless.