If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that there was such a majestic temple hidden on such a sparsely populated ice field with a harsh climate: eighteen huge icicles more than fifty paces high stood proudly between the canyons like eighteen ice giants, forming a circle. Between every two icicles, the entire surface of ice and snow is paved straight down from the top, forming a wall of crystal ice that fills the cold light. On the outside of these walls, dozens of layers of dense ice edges are hung. Countless sharp ice edges presented a surging posture, pointing at the ground calmly, like a waterfall falling straight down from the endless sky, and was completely frozen the moment it hit the ground. Once the Tianhe thaws, this solidified torrent seems to be pouring down at any time, crushing and shattering this long-standing frozen soil; But at the same time, they prefer to never waver or fall, trying to maintain an indescribable majesty and sacredness forever.

You can't simply say: the temple called the "Temple of the Rainbow of the Ares of War" is a majestic building – and the simple word "majestic" pales in the face of its grandeur and awe-inspiring majesty. The temple is surrounded by tall ice walls, leaving only two entrances opposite each other on the north and south sides. Directly above the two walls where the intersection remains, two majestic statues have been carved out of solid ice. At the southern end, near us, a heavily armored human with a shield and an elf with a bow and a floppy feathered hat clasped hands and smiled sincerely; Far to the north, an undead with a battle axe and shield and a demon wielding a hammer in both hands stood on their backs, all with their mouths wide open and their eyes wide open, in a posture of screaming and fighting. Each of these four majestic sculptures is at least thirty paces high and weighs at least tens of thousands of pounds, and the wild storm that rushes on the plateau has deeply etched the traces of the passage of time on these four colossal statues, and they are like witnesses to the vicissitudes of life, through the endless flow of time, casting a scrutinizing gaze from ancient times, standing on the top of the world and looking into the future.

I can't imagine who would have moved these majestic colossias to such high rooftops in the first place, and how those amazing guys had managed to do it. Aside from miracles, I can't think of a second reason for me to accept.

Compared to the majesty of the entire ice wall and the majesty of the four colossas, the only two entrances to this temple are pitiful. The rough and simple doorway and the size of the wall are very discordant, and it is very reminiscent of the temporary passage for cats and dogs in the courtyard wall. And when you are really in it, you can really feel the height and breadth of this road: the whole passage is wide enough for six stagecoaches to pass side by side without any cramps, and it is difficult to touch the roof of the passage even if three or four minotaurs stand there head on top of each other. If this passage is really just a dog hole in the wall, then the pedestrians who walk through it are like ants waddling in the dog hole, and they will only feel more and more small.

What's even more shocking is that the passage into the temple is hundreds of paces long, and the walls on both sides of the passage are all crystal clear and incomparably solid ice. You know, the length of this corridor is equivalent to the thickness of an entire wall. The hundred-pace-thick walls, all frozen from a single block of ice, meant that it took enough water to build the temple to fill a huge lake - I couldn't even find the right words to describe the spectacle, and my heart was entangled in the four exclamatory words "incredible."

The architect of this magnificent temple seemed to think that our jaws were not wide enough, and as we walked through the corridor and actually entered the temple, he finally unveiled the most beautiful side of the temple and succeeded in shattering the notion of the word "magnificent" in our minds.

The entire temple was covered by an incomparably large ice dome. The sunlight shone on the ice, spreading along the frozen texture of the ice, and the strange brilliance instantly covered the entire ice surface, and also illuminated the entire hall brilliantly, and even the huge ice wall with a cold cold color was reflected in the warm color. The light was repeatedly projected through the ice, and the brilliant colors that gathered in the pale sunlight were peeled away layer by layer, and a rainbow bridge was crossed along the curved dome, frozen in the air like a substance, never dissipating.

Now we know why this magnificent structure covered in layers of frost is called the "Temple of the Rainbow of the God of War".

Compared to the magnificence of the temple's architectural structure, its interior furnishings are a little too simple. Inside the empty temple, only in the center was a chest-high circular ring. The ring was not very large, only about thirty steps in diameter, and like the basic structure of the entire building, this ring was also made of a single piece of hard steel frozen ice. However, even in such a sturdy ring, it is covered with all kinds of deep scratches and chips - just look at these shocking marks and you can fully imagine the terrible battles that took place in the ring.

"Ah, it's finally here......" Fei Yin sighed expectantly as she looked at the empty ring, and then she turned to us and said, "...... Hurry up and rest, and if there's any gear that's suitable for heads-up, change it as soon as possible, and I'll sign up when you're all in shape. ”

My companions immediately took out all sorts of restorative foods and munched on them, and it was only then that I suddenly realized something important: I had been busy tracking down Wagner's tracks, and I had only joined Fei Yin's team on the way. All I know is that they're here together to complete a very important guild mission, but I don't know anything about the mission itself.

I can't blame myself for being too careless about the future of the guild: it's unlikely that anyone who knows the end of the world is coming will be paying attention to what they are going to do after the end, right?

"That...... ......"I hesitated, raised my right hand, and asked with a confused expression, "...... Our mission ...... What the hell is it? ”

As far as I can remember, almost all the tasks in this world that must be completed as a team require us to travel long distances to the mountains, and then dive headlong into a pile of monsters more than cow hair in some inexplicable cave or fortress, spill our heads, spill blood, impassioned, and selflessly slash and be chopped, and most likely end up with a huge, ugly, slow-moving, but amazingly powerful attack - and most importantly, a desperately long blood tank - the big guy comes out, and the mission is not complete until he is hacked to death. And the more important and difficult the mission, the more monsters will be on the way, and the longer the blood groove of the big guy will be at the end - this seems to be one of the many rules in this world.

I've never seen a more spectacular man-made landscape than this temple, but I've never seen a worse mission location than this one: in this empty hall, there are no small monsters with a huge population base, and no big monsters with strong health indexes. No enemies, no XP, no quest items...... Overall, it's an unattractive "three-no" task – I can't imagine what kind of task can be accomplished under such rudimentary conditions.

But soon, the mission description presented by Fei Yin cleared my doubts:

"The Arena of the Gods": In the mountains of the Corkra Mountains, the Ridge of the World, there is a temple of legendary warriors, the "Temple of the Rainbow of the God of War". Curious gods sometimes descend here to admire the warriors of the Nether in battle. Brave men who come together, find this temple and show the bravery of a warrior before the gods, please the gods with nine victories, and the gods will bestow rich gifts on you and your companions.

This quest requires five participants to work in the same guild, and they will be engaged in one-on-one battles with opponents from opposing factions. In order to show their devotion and reverence for the gods, the warriors who went to the stage to fight in a duel would not be able to use any potions, and all they could rely on was the weapons in their hands and the courage in their hearts. There are two ways to win, one is to completely defeat the opponent and become unable to continue fighting; The other is to knock your opponent out of the ring with your skills. The winning side in each duel will remain in the ring to take on the next opponent's challenge, regardless of how much health they have left. Until all the warriors on one side are defeated, or a member of the team quits halfway, it will be considered defeated.

The opportunity to perform martial duels under the gaze of the gods, to prove one's bravery and piety by defeating one's opponents, and to add a divine splendor to one's martial arts in the majestic gaze of the gods, as a warrior, this is simply the supreme glory that you have dreamed of for a lifetime. And now, when this glorious moment was about to come, the great happiness stirred up in my heart a generous pride of devotion and reverence, and I longed to devote my limited life to the infinite service of the gods.

But the gods are merciful, and they love the pious and valiant warriors so much that they will not let them die for their own pleasure. Therefore, none of the duelists who are defeated in the ring will actually die, and when they have the last point of health left, they will completely lose the ability to fight and be judged a defeat by the gods.

How fortunate it is to not have the opportunity to shed the last drop of blood in this battle of the most sacred honors, to dedicate one's life to the glorious throne of God, and to bear the most solemn divine radiance with one's humble soul...... Uh, I mean sorry...... Ahh

Hey, you don't have to show that skeptical face, how can you question my piety like that? It's a huge insult to my personality, and I'm really sorry - and of course, it's not bad news that I don't have to die in vain because of an exhibition game that entertains the gods.

Although I would like to tell you that my fellow friends have the same lofty beliefs and ideals as I do, and they have traveled long distances with me to overcome many hardships and dangers to come here just to dedicate honor to God, I honestly cannot fool myself with such nonsense. What really drove them to this ice-frozen continent of death, cold, loneliness and despair was the great reward that the gods would bestow on the victors:

No matter how many duels you lose, once you have won nine battles, the gods will recognize your bravery and tenacity and express satisfaction with the piety you have shown. In recognition of all you have done, the gods will grant you a "Certificate of Glory of the Chosen Knights", and any adventurous guild that obtains this certificate can exchange a fief from the temple and build their own guild headquarters on the fief, where guild members can improve their skills faster and enjoy greater price discounts on the purchase and sale of medicines and equipment.

In particular, even if you have fought hard many times, suffered the humiliation of many defeats, won nine victories after repeated bloody battles, and finally received a certificate of honor bestowed by the gods, the temple will not give you a piece of land in the middle of the city for nothing. If your guild wants to get its own guild headquarters, you must first "donate" 100,000 gold coins.

To put it bluntly, the honorary certificate of the gods' reward is nothing more than a high-level real estate purchase certificate, and the ultimate goal is to let a large amount of gold coins flow into the pocket of the "Darimoth Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.", which is always holding back its energy to put you in a tube of blood - although I don't understand what this means, it sounds like Fei Yin has a point.

"These damn profiteers!" Speaking of this, Fei Yin glared at a pair of angry eyes and spat fiercely - it seems to me that she did this not only out of strong indignation against profiteers, but also out of deep jealousy of these profiteers and a strong desire to become such profiteers.

"One hundred thousand?!" This huge astronomical number that I had never seen before scared me out, "Or gold coins?!" Grown, do we have that much money? ”

"What do you think?" Fei Yin glared at me with great annoyance, "I borrowed hundreds of gold coins from the guild one by one, but I didn't come back for a week or two, and I couldn't form a gold group for three days, so I finally formed one, and as a result, the group was wiped out six times in one night...... Poor ghosts, rookies, black hands...... Why does it seem that all the idiots and scum in the whole server have crowded into our guild? 100,000 gold coins? Even if you chop all of you up and sell the meat, it's not worth the price......"

As she spoke, she looked up and down the Yangtze River Delta, which was squatting not far away, and I thought what she meant: If all of our guild members grow into half-orcs and shadow thieves, the price of selling meat should be enough—maybe there will be some surplus.

The Yangtze River Delta probably didn't hear what Fei Yin was saying. Under the gaze of the elder, he patted his belly shyly, and a wry smile appeared on his face—he didn't know that his bloated figure was obviously worth twice as much in Fei Yin's eyes at the moment.

"That'...... How much money are we missing? The wild goose came over and asked with concern.

"Counting the guild's public funds, plus the private money I have saved, there are already more than 94,000, if I have another 5,000 gold coins, it will be enough......" Fei Yin shook her head in frustration.

"Originally?" I sensitively discovered this word that symbolizes the past tense. It stands to reason that after such a long adventure, we should be able to fill this quantitative gap with the gains along the way. So, I asked expectantly:

"And now?"

“…… More than eight thousand left...... "The grown-up's voice was as low as a newborn cat—I've never seen her so ashamed."

"How so?" The geese screamed in disbelief, "Why is it getting worse and worse?" ”

"You dead woman, you are embarrassed to ask me......" Fei Yin simply glanced at Yan Zhen in annoyance, and then took out a dozen potions from her backpack in frustration...... Do you think these things are given away by the system for free? Our level is not very high, and we don't necessarily have to lose many games to win nine games, and when we quit with all our health, we can't just sit back for ten minutes and wait for our health to fully recover, right? Then these potions will come in handy. As a result, I didn't expect that the group of monsters on the road was so difficult to fight, and your life potions were not enough. Originally, I thought this would be a good opportunity, if you could each buy two more bottles, the guild would lose less. A bottle of potion only charges you 10 more silver coins, and it's not much more expensive, it's better than dying and starting over, but I didn't expect your little white rabbit to jump out and make trouble......"

The more the elder spoke, the more indignant he became, and he stretched out two little white hands angrily and affectionately, rubbing the face of the wild goose back and forth to express his dissatisfaction with this good female companion. The geese giggled coquettishly, and pouted under the ravages of Fei Yin's clutches to defend their pets:

"How can I make trouble, my rabbit has made a great contribution......"

I couldn't agree more with the Wild Goose Formation, that amazing little white rabbit did us a great credit - at least it managed to save my already shy money bag from the hands of the elder who was even more greedy than the dragon, and I will never forget it.

No matter how bad the methods of oppressing the toiling masses are, I can't help but feel a little guilty about the elders who single-handedly support the entire guild's finances. In retrospect, it seems that I have never been very active in the guild's various profitable undertakings, and my alchemy practice seems to have been making a huge contribution to the guild's money. Listening to what Fei Yin meant, it seems that there are not a few guild members like me who lack the spirit of collectivism and are too lazy to engage in productive labor. For many Skywaders, guild members like us, who don't create much value for their labor and don't have much to do in guild battles, seem to be suited to only two honorable jobs: one is herding cattle and the other is paddling—I don't know why they say that......

In short, such a free and casual adventure guild actually has a balance in the public account - this kind of appalling thing may only be born in the hands of Fei Yin.

"Lord......" I said to Fei Yin deeply with admiration and admiration in my heart, "...... I'm only now deeply aware that you're really hard......"

In the face of my heartfelt sigh, Miss Fei Yin also seemed to be a little emotional. The corners of her eyes were shining brightly, her right hand held my hand tightly, and her left hand picked up a stack of life elixirs and placed them on my hand preciously:

"If you know that I'm so hard...... Just buy two bottles......"

Me: "......"