Chapter 39: Strange Locks
"Bang..."A sharp dark white tiger roaring sword slashed hard against the thick wall, but except for a few more white marks, there was no damage at all.
"Damn... I don't know what kind of material this is made of, how it doesn't have any effect. Several times in a row, Shangguan Yunlong kept attacking the walls of the cell with the Burning Sky Sword Qi, but it was useless, and at this time, he couldn't help but curse.
Since there was no existence of that green substance, for several days, Shangguan Yunlong's mood was generally not bad, and now the main thing was to see how to escape from this ghost place, but when he wanted to break through the walls of this cell, he found that these walls blessed with magic were much harder than he imagined. You must know that after awakening his own wood-based magic element by mistake because of that green substance, Shangguan Yunlong's strength has also been greatly improved, and now he is basically a low-level swordsman, and his strength under a full blow is a thousand catties.
Now Shangguan Yunlong only has to release his own trick - Sword Qi Magic Ball, but the space here is too small, and that thing is hugely powerful, if you don't know it, it will break yourself to pieces, and it's useless to think about it.
A beautiful figure appeared in the dimly lit cell.
"Brother Long........." Elsa's sweet voice came.
"Oh it's you!" just said hello casually, and Shangguan Yunlong stopped talking. After nearly a month of getting along, he found that this Elsa was indeed a kind-hearted girl, and it seemed that she really didn't know anything about this dragon hunting organization. I don't know why there is such an unworldly little Lori in this notorious dragon hunting organization.
"Brother Long, I've been looking for the key to open the magic lock of this cell door for the past two days. Elsa looked at Shangguan Yunlong who was speechless, although he didn't seem to appreciate his affection, but Elsa, who had made up her mind to save him, had been looking for an opportunity to help Shangguan Yunlong escape.
Searching all the rooms in the Robert family's house that she could enter, there was not a single key that could open the magic lock.
Later, I overheard my cousin, who was studying at the Academy of Magic, say that the magic lock was just something similar to an enchantment set up by a magician, so Elsa also carefully asked her cousin, who is now a senior magic apprentice, about the magic lock.
Her cousin told her that he had only listened to the teacher's casual remarks during class, and that the strength of the magic lock was determined by the level of the magician who performed the magic, and the more advanced the magician, the more difficult it was to open the magic lock.
"I've carefully studied the books on magic locks, and they say that magic locks don't have a key at all, and only the magician who made them knows how to open it, and of course magicians who are stronger than him can open it. Elsa, who finished speaking in one breath, also looked a little lost because she didn't help.
In the past, she thought that by stealing the key to the prison door, she could save Brother Long, but things were not as simple as she imagined, and looking at this lock without a key, she didn't know what to do.
"Something similar to a magic enchantment", Elsa's words reminded Shangguan Yunlong that he had never received any systematic education before, and he had no magic power, but he couldn't even release a lowest-level spell.
Elsa's words just now suddenly reminded him of the green object that can be mutated, that object used to have a very terrible skill before it became a wood demon core - devouring all energy, if the wood demon core in his heart now still has that kind of skill, then he can control it to absorb the magic elements on this magic lock, thinking of Shangguan Yunlong here can't help but be overjoyed.
Shangguan Yunlong, who was just about to start the experiment, forgot that Elsa was still in the cell, and looked up at this aggrieved little Lori, she still couldn't find a way to rescue Shangguan Yunlong and blamed herself.
"Thank you," Shangguan Yunlong said sincerely. If it weren't for the help of this little girl, with the little bit of magic knowledge she learned from Pavel and the general history of the mainland, she really couldn't see that this black lock that was not slippery and did not have a little magic fluctuation turned out to be a magic lock, no wonder she couldn't open it several times.
"Brother Long, what are you talking about? you say it again" Elsa, who still had a little tear in the corner of her eyes, looked at the man in front of her with a little disbelief, although she had known him for almost a month, but his attitude towards himself had always been cold, hard and good, and he actually said thank you to himself just now.
"Elsa, thank you... If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would be able to get out... I thank you for Pavel and Killing Heaven.........." Shangguan Yunlong's eyes were full of sincerity, and he couldn't see any artificiality.
"Brother Long, thank you... Although I don't know why Grandpa caught you... But I'll help you get out. Elsa's tears couldn't help but fall.
"Then do we still have a chance to become friends?" Although she didn't know about the Dragon Hunting Organization, she knew that her grandfather must have a lot to do with this organization, otherwise Shangguan Yunlong would not be locked up here.
"Yes, we will always be friends!" Shangguan Yunlong nodded heavily, although he had a common enmity with the Dragon Hunting Organization, he was not the kind of person who was killed with a stick.
"Really? You don't resent me for having anything to do with the organization that captured you. Elsa's eyes widened.
"Well, it will~ It was the dragon hunting organization that captured me... It's not you~ we'll still be friends. Looking at this beautiful and kind girl, Shangguan Yunlong couldn't help but sigh, why would she live in such an environment when she was pure and immaculate in nature.
"Brother Long, I'll leave first if there's nothing to do, I've been out long enough, and if I stay any longer, I may be discovered. Elsa said that before Shangguan Yunlong could speak, the person had already run out.
Back in her room, Elsa suddenly felt very disgusted with her current life, she had heard a little about the evil deeds of the Robert family, but at most she talked about it in front of her grandfather, but this time when he slowly came into contact with Shangguan Yunlong, she found that her family still had a lot of dirty deeds that no one knew.
The man she was obsessed with turned out to be a prisoner held by her grandfather, and after getting along for a while, there were many places on Shangguan Yunlong that attracted her. His persistence, his affection, his righteousness, although he does not say it, can be understood from his actions.
In order to save his loved ones, in order to save his brothers, he felt day and night. Such a man is a real man. Thinking of this, Elsa couldn't help but feel a little jealous, she was jealous of the woman named Pavel in Shangguan Yunlong's mouth, if she could make a man treat her like this, Elsa really hoped that it would be better if she was taken away.
"But that's impossible, since he doesn't like me, as long as I like him, it's enough, if you can't be a lover, it's also very good to be a confidant. Elsa muttered to herself.
in the dungeon. Shangguan Yunlong, who had just watched Elsa run out, couldn't wait to start the experiment to see if the wood demon core had the effect of devouring again, and now there was nothing more important than escaping to find Pavel and killing the sky.
The mind sank into the heart. The current sea of hearts is really colorful, the dark blue Burning Sky Sword Qi, the yellow earth-based magic elements plus the newly alienated wood-based magic elements, the entire Qi Sea is like a sea of colors.
Without caring about appreciating this beautiful color, Shangguan Yunlong directly entered the wood magic space, and the current space was much more substantial than when it had just been formed, and as soon as he entered this green ocean, Shangguan Yunlong felt indescribably comfortable all over his body.
Wood magic, commonly known as natural magic, is the most affinity of all magic, and it is also the only magic that can release healing magic, and it is realized that wood magic at its peak can not only use the power of nature to attack, but also be powerful enough to resurrect creatures.
Smelling a little damp natural breath, Shangguan Yunlong's brain at this time was extremely clear, I really don't know how the soul locking stone full of violent aura at the beginning could become such a natural and peaceful wood demon core now, this world is really mysterious.
Slowly approaching the wood demon core, the current magic core is not as large as when it was just formed, although the volume is not as obvious as that of the earth type demon core, but the green light emitted is much stronger.
"I don't know, is there still that devouring magic effect" Shangguan Yunlong thought to himself. The spiritual power controlled the little earth magic element that he had just brought along the way, and leaned towards the wood magic core. After the process of Shangguan Yunlong's continuous use of sword qi magic fusion power to assimilate the green substance last time, now in the sea of qi, the rejection of both sword qi and magic elements has been greatly reduced. As soon as the earth-based magic entered the wood-based space, although the surrounding green wood-based magic elements also had a little restlessness, they immediately calmed down under the influence of Shangguan Yunlong's spiritual power. The earth elemental that was pulling slowly approached the green wood core.
Shangguan Yunlong nervously looked at the reaction of the wood demon core, if there was no reaction, then he really didn't know what to do.
One... Two... Three...... Just when the earth element was close to the wood demon core, the wood demon core did not devour these yellow earth elements, but still hung quietly in mid-air as before, without devouring or mutating, as if it was not the earth element that came up, but the wood element that originally belonged to this space.
"Could it be, failed... It has lost its ability to devour. Shangguan Yunlong was disappointed for a while, just when he was about to withdraw those earth elements and think of other ways when he was done, he was surprised to find that the earth magic elements that he had been controlling with his spiritual power all along suddenly cut off contact with him.
Shangguan Yunlong hurriedly released his spiritual power to drag those earth elements back to his own space, and then he found that those yellow earth elements were tumbling up and down around the wood demon core, as if he was very happy, and after a closer look, Shangguan Yunlong felt that these earth elements seemed to be a little different from those in the earth space, and there was a little bit of green on the top of the earth yellow, and he really couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully.
Seeing all this, Shangguan Yunlong breathed a long sigh of relief, it turned out that since this guy was transformed into a wood-based demon core, its devouring effect had also been alienated, and the previous devouring full of violence had become so elegant, and even more perverted than before.
Recover from the realization. I'm in a really good mood right now. Shangguan Yunlong calculated, and it would be a month before he was arrested.
Without further ado, let's open the magic lock tonight.
Night fell. The inside of the cell was even darker, and with his extraordinary eyesight, Shangguan Yunlong successfully grabbed the magic lock on the cell door. Slowly stretching out his palm, a turquoise magic ball full of natural aura appeared, and suddenly the entire cell did not seem so lifeless.
"It's up to you whether you can escape this time. Looking at the wood element in his hand, Shangguan Yunlong said silently.
Raising his hand, he slowly pressed the turquoise wood element towards the magic lock, and beads of sweat slid down his forehead, not because of mana, but because of nervousness.
At this time, the originally dim and black magic lock suddenly emitted a burst of red light, and at this time, its true face appeared in front of Shangguan Yunlong, a dark red lock-like object, which was densely depicted with a complex magic array, and the red light obviously resisted the entry of the green wood element.
The red fire element, among all the spells recorded in the history of the continent, fire magic is red, thunder magic is blue, water magic is white, wind magic is cyan, wood magic is green, earth magic is yellow, and light magic and dark magic are silver-white and black respectively.
At this time, the temperature of the magic lock rose rapidly, and it seemed that the effect of the fire magic array was far beyond his expectations, what Shangguan Yunlong didn't know was that the earth element and wood element in his body were not very repulsive, so the wood demon core could easily absorb the earth element, and now this violent fire element, of course, it would not let you devour it easily.
Seeing the surging fire element, Shangguan Yunlong gritted his teeth and summoned all the wood elements in the wood space. A powerful aura came down the arm to the palm, and at this time, the wood element in the palm was so dense that even the entire arm turned into a crystal green.
In the face of this rich wood element, the furious fire element calmed down a little. Although the fire element is naturally effective in restraining the wood element, what is now in Shangguan Yunlong's hands is not an ordinary wood element, but a product of the combination of the metamorphosed soul locking stone and the sleeping wood magic element in Shangguan Yunlong's body, it not only has a violent devouring side, but also a natural and harmonious side.
In the dark cell, the fire element and the wood element are constantly fighting, and only a red and green light can be seen intertwined and rolling, and the walls of the cell will flicker red light for a while, and green light for a while, which looks extremely strange.
Beads of sweat dripped down his sideburns, and the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat, and now he didn't even have the time to wipe his sweat, and the fire element emitted a scorching breath, although it didn't pose any threat to himself, but the long-term baking also made Shangguan Yunlong feel particularly uncomfortable. Don't dare to be distracted at the most critical moment, this is not your own sea of qi, all wood elements need to be carefully controlled by mental power. And looking at the strength of this fire element, it is obvious that the level of the magician who made this magic lock is not low, and Shangguan Yunlong went all out.
"What kind of broken lock, it can't be opened for such a long time" Nearly two hours have passed, and Shangguan Yunlong, who has not yet found the actual effect, is not only angry. His own magic elements were about to run dry, and the lock had apparently not yet responded.
Just when Shangguan Yunlong was about to lose his hold, the magic array on the fire magic lock finally slowly loosened, and the green wood element began to slowly penetrate into the magic array, and some of the fire elements were not so repulsive.
As more and more wood-based elements entered the magic lock, the red, hot lock was slowly dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"I succeeded. "When the last bit of lock body melted, the fire magic array above also dissipated. Shangguan Yunlong, who slowly withdrew the wood element, did not escape in a hurry, but now that he went out, he didn't know how to go at all, and his mana was almost exhausted, so he might be caught back.
"When Elsa comes, I'll ask her to help me draw a map..."Shangguan Yunlong thought to himself.
"Pavel....Killing the Heavens......... Wait for me..."After getting familiar with the environment, you can find a place to hold Killing Heaven and Pavel, and at the critical moment, you must be calm, and the more urgent the matter, the more you must be calm. Otherwise, the more likely it is to make mistakes.
After wandering around the cell for a long time, he found an ordinary lock that was very similar to a magic lock and hung it on his cell door, and then he calmed down and began to meditate to restore the mana that had been overdrawn.
Tomorrow, the two "dumb" who delivered the meal can't find out that their locks are missing, and everything will only come to fruition when Elsa comes.
It has been five days since the mission was released in the Mercenary Guild, and Allen, who has been staying in Kabul City, is also a little anxious, although the mission released is the highest A-level task, and the bounty is as high as 100,000 dragon soul gold coins, five days have passed, and there is still no response.
The common currency on the Dragon Soul Continent is the Dragon Soul Gold Coins, one gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins. And the annual income of an ordinary family on the mainland is only about ten gold coins, so it can be seen that in order to find her son, this mother also spent a lot of money, 100,000 gold coins, which is really a huge amount of wealth, even if the average nobleman wants to take it out, only the wealthy dragon family can take it out.
When the mission was just released, it was only written that it would help find the nest of the dragon hunting organization, many people wanted to get this wealth, although some mercenaries had heard of any dragon hunting organization, but if they really looked for it, it was not so easy, although many people took this task, but none of them have handed in the task so far.
"Long'er, where the hell are you............ Mother is wrong... Mother shouldn't abandon you". In a hotel room in the city of Kabul. Allen, who had a sad face, gently called Shangguan Yunlong's name in the mirror. If he hadn't abandoned his son in the first place, he wouldn't have fallen into the hands of the Dragon Hunting Organization now.