Chapter 131: Life in the Crystal (5000 words)
A blue gradient card was thrown directly into the house by Arka .
Milky white flames shot out of Xia Daiti's hands and burned on Arka's body.
The special effect brought by the Holy Flame made Arka's body quickly warm up.
The divine element, as well as the essence of the flames, made the chill on the body, and even the frost frozen on the skin, fade quickly.
Cleared Alka's ailments.
After recovering, he directly stepped back and came to the side of the two.
However, apart from the faint green flames that had just flickered, there were no evil spirits in the entire building.
It was as if the flames they had just seen, and the attacks they had received, were entirely tactile.
It is clear that their enemies are invisible.
This is the first time that Arka has encountered an evil spirit that can sneak attack, and due to the special structure of the evil spirit, they really can't really prevent it.
It can even be said that it is impossible to prevent it.
But because of the aberration of the soul, few of these evil spirits have completely normal brains.
You can't expect this kind of already crazy enemy to sneak up on them.
Being able to stealthily on the way to attack them can already be said to be highly intelligent.
"These damn evil spirits just like to sneak around." Poloro looked around, finding no trace of the enemy, and couldn't help but curse.
What he hates the most is the ability of these evil spirits to become invisible, and unless these evil spirits engage him in close combat, it is difficult for him to find traces of invisible evil spirits.
Every time it was an enemy, who had already approached him, or even attacked him, before he could detect and react.
As a result, he had to take a few hits each time to catch the enemy, which made him very unhappy.
"There's the stairs!"
Arka listened to Lucilia's words and immediately told the two of them where the evil spirit was.
Another aqua blue card flew out, followed by the blue water blade that Porollo threw out.
The blue card flew out, crossed an arc to the target location, and immediately exploded, and one after another water-blue chains ejected, binding the invisible evil spirit.
With the binding, the form of the evil spirit was immediately revealed, and he was greeted by a water blade slashing across his body.
Cut off his bevel with a single sword.
The water knife also severed two of the chains by the way, and the evil spirit that was cut by the knife screamed in pain, but it was not destroyed.
Shows great tenacity.
The evil spirits encountered before can almost be declared dead under such an attack.
The evil spirit broke free from the chain of water and disappeared into thin air.
"Alka, be careful, there's another one, on the left!"
Hearing Lucilia's voice, Arka immediately conveyed the information to the two of them, and then pulled a safe distance on the right side of his foot.
The blue card that he threw in first happened to be not far from the evil spirit that suddenly appeared.
With Alka's control, it exploded directly, and the same aqua blue chain flew away through the air.
However, due to the distance this time, only three of the five chains shot out tied up the enemy, and the other two were visibly dodged.
As the enemy's figure was revealed, Xia Daiti stomped on the spot, his body was like a silver bullet flying out, and his five-fingered fist smashed directly into the evil spirit's body.
She also knew that Lucilia could see the enemy's whereabouts.
So if there are two enemies, she has to attack first, so that Arka can see the whole picture and provide location information.
After all, inside the building, some of Arka's powerful attacks can't be used very well.
But other means will not be affected.
There's no way, the existence of being invisible is so disgusting.
Fortunately, although Xia Daiti had only just advanced to the second helix, the power she used was somewhat restrained by these ordinary evil spirits.
The bandage of the fist glowing with holy light was fiercely imprinted on the body of the evil spirit, like a red-hot soldering iron.
With a slight squeak, wisps of green smoke burned.
A card appeared in Alka's hand again, but it was not thrown out immediately, but was slightly stunned for a moment.
The red card in his hand turned blue again, and he threw it out.
"Bororo, under the chandelier to your left."
Hearing this, Bororo went into action, and although he didn't see anything, the water rushed under his feet.
The blue card took the lead and slid through an arc to explode, this time exploding at close range, causing all the chains to completely trap the enemy.
With the battle indoors, Arka did not dare to use the red card at all.
A powerful flame that could set the entire house on fire and even injure your teammates.
That's not going to help.
As for the silver cards, they are extremely limited for these spirit creatures.
The rolling water made Poloro's actions teleport to the evil spirit.
The huge figure stood in front of the evil spirit, and its huge hands were held directly forward, firmly grasping the evil spirit in front of him. The mouth of the blood basin was opened, and the upper and lower sharp teeth were stained with scarlet light.
Frost kept spreading upwards from his hands, and the demonic body's body was radiating energy to hurt him, but it didn't affect his mouth.
With a hard bite, the enemy is bitten off directly from the position of the chest part.
The enemy's soul directly turned into dark green smoke and dissipated.
The change in the circumstances of the battle allowed Borolo to do what he had vowed not to do again.
The reaction from the last time came up again.
"Gott~"
He retched hard, but it was just an inevitable instinct. Without stopping long, he threw his hands to the right.
The two water whips immediately wrapped around the evil spirit that was fighting Xia Daiti.
The evil spirit, which had just broken free from its restraints for a short time, was immediately entangled again. This time it was entangled by Bororo himself, not to mention breaking free, and even his entire body was being dragged away.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the holy flames in Xia Daiti's hands burned, and silver ripples passed down his arms to his fists.
The flame was lit, spiraling along the silver ripples, and imprinted on the souls of the enemy with the swing of the fist.
The spiral of the flame rotates together with the spirits of the enemies, incinerating them through it.
With a piercing scream, the evil spirit turned into green smoke and disappeared into the air like a small whirlwind.
You can even smell a faint smell of burnt paste in the air.
The two evil spirits in the room were quickly eliminated with the tacit cooperation of the three of them.
It was only then that Poloro controlled his water flow and began to remove the frost from his hands.
The frost could be seen, and even if it was removed, it left scars on his hands.
Fortunately, even if the enemy was two evil spirits, with the cooperation of the three of them, they did not cause them much damage.
After all, they haven't fought much else in the past six months, so they beat the evil spirits and want to vomit.
As long as the evil spirit deformity becomes alien enough, there is hardly much difference between one helix and two helix.
"There are two double helix touchers in this place, what the hell is hidden underneath?"
Bororo couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Arka looked at him, thought for a moment and explained, "This place is obviously the governor's palace of this island, and it is not surprising that such an important person has two double helixes to protect it. β
"Escort? So how important is this person, such an important person, does he still need the protection of others? β
What strange logic is this?
Arka didn't answer much, but turned his head to look at Xia Daiti next to him: "Scan it and see if there is any room to hide." β
Hearing this, Xia Daiti nodded, and the silver ripples began to pass out in circles from under her feet.
These transmitted silver ripples carefully probed the entire building, including the underground.
By detecting the information sent back, Xia Daiti constructed a concrete model of the entire building in his mind.
"There's a lot of hidden space, but the biggest one is at our feet, where there's a basement."
Since the whole building is not solid, there are a lot of rooms. Therefore, the ripples that are passed out are easy to build where there is a channel.
There was no need for Lucilia to sink in to explore, and the two followed Shadetti all the way to the second floor, turning a few small corners, and then arriving at an extremely large bedroom.
On the bed in the bedroom lay several skeletons, rotting along with the huge bed and the surrounding buildings.
Judging by the magnificence of the room, the bones on the bed, there is a high probability that the governor is among them.
Xia Daiti came to the side of the room, knocked on the wall in front of him, and said, "This should be the entrance to the basement." β
Arka walked over and knocked on it, and then looked at it twice, 400 years have passed since this mechanism built into the interior of the house, and it is very likely that there are various problems and cannot be used.
A silver card appeared directly in his hand, and with the infusion of magic power, a faint shimmer appeared on the edge, exuding a cold glow.
Holding the cards, he began to cut along the edge of the wall in front of him, and soon a rectangular door frame was cut out by Alka.
The rubble caved out the entrance to the passage inside, and there was a staircase that descended diagonally to the basement below.
A faint fragrance mixed with the salty humidity of the sea water is transmitted.
The two vigilantly began to walk down the stairs.
Polo, who was tall in the rear, sighed helplessly as he watched the movements of the two.
Curled up as much as he could, he finally squeezed into the tunnel, bent over and bent his legs down little by little.
Wrap yourself directly into a ball.
The three of them made their way to the basement and walked in through the passageway.
There is no dull smell in it, but the fragrance and the salty and moist smell of the sea, which has been around for 400 years.
In addition, it is not far from the perimeter of the island, and even if there is a passage, there should be no such atmosphere.
Several people looked at the basement in front of them, which was not hiding anything at all, but was divided into several rooms.
Two rooms looked like they were supposed to be habitable, and one or two were full of books, though they were rotting and tattered.
The other room seems to be a workshop where some kind of work is being made, and some tools can be seen.
The three of them wandered around for a while, but they didn't find anything of value here.
At this time, Xia Daiti frowned, and the silver ripples once again passed from under her feet.
"There's space down there, and this basement is just a faΓ§ade, or rather an entrance."
With that, she led the two of them directly to the back of the basement, where there was a stone door, slightly revealing a gap.
Arka stepped up and pushed hard along the gap, revealing a tunnel that had apparently been dug by hand, in front of the trio.
The tunnel was excavated very large, four or five meters high, and it seems that it was not just for the convenience of individuals.
There must still be something to be hauled down.
As the tunnel was opened, it was as if the sound of the tide of the sea was coming from afar.
The fragrance and the salty and moist taste of the sea water instantly become rich inside.
It is almost certain that there must be a cavern below that connects to the sea below the island, and it is likely that it is an underground river.
It is very likely that this basement, or the Doge's palace above it, was deliberately built because of the cavern below.
Since the size of the tunnel did not make it difficult for Bororo to move, he went directly to the front of the two and made a way for them.
After all, he has rough skin and thick flesh, and his physique is strong and tall.
Follow the stone path under your feet, and the lanterns on both sides that have long been extinguished, and walk in a spiral below.
During the operation, he also encountered several corpses at the mouth of the tunnel and got up to attack them.
There are still a lot of people living in this underground area, but there are no evil spirits and bones in the basement to stop them.
When the three of them came to the end of the passage, and were able to enter at a corner, a faint glimmer of light shone in from the outside, reflecting on the stone wall at the end.
Looking at this faint flickering light, the three of them looked at each other.
This light is clearly not a natural occurrence, and it has been hundreds of years.
What is this Governor hiding from behind him with so much effort into this kind of thing?
The three of them went from being vigilant to being able to attack at any time, maintaining a good formation and slowly touching the past.
Then he jerked out of the hole around the corner.
They weren't greeted by any powerful characters, but a few dry bones that were slowly rising from the ground.
Bororo walked up and kicked one by one, kicking the bones that hadn't fully stood up to pieces.
Then the three of them saw what the light was in front of them.
For a while, I couldn't help but stand in place.
This is a huge karst cave, and it can be seen that although there are artificial traces around it, it must have been natural.
An underground river crosses it, and the sound of water flowing.
At the source is a huge pool of water, which occupies more than half of the entire cave.
It was the huge transparent blue crystal that floated above the pool that glowed.
What shocked them was not the transparent crystal, but the contents of the transparent crystal.
It was a beautiful woman, with a delicate and mature face with a seductive face, and a seductive figure, dressed in an unusually cool body, and covered by two beautiful shells on her chest.
A necklace made of pearls passed through her neck, but hanging was a quaint key.
The long aqua blue hair also covers his body, which makes it even more attractive.
Her hands were on her arms with her slightly curled lower body.
It was a fish-like tail, and you could even see through the crystal, and the crystal clear scales on the fish's tail looked like diamonds had been cut and attached to it.
Yes, this is a mermaid that only appears in stories, legends.
She was silent, motionless, sealed in the crystal.
Alka, who came back to his senses, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Bororo next to him, and even Xia Daiti made the same move.
It's hard not to associate fish and merfolk with each other, and maybe there is some connection between the two races.
Bororo watched the movements of the two.
"Damn, I don't know, I've only heard of this in legendary stories, just like you.
There is no special connection between the mermaid and the mermaid, and even we think that the mermaid is a fictional existence. β
Seeing that Bororo had not recovered from the shock, the two nodded in disbelief and turned their heads again.
"So is this thing real or fake?" Bororo asked, looking at the two of them.
He really didn't know anything about this kind of thing.
After all, this mermaid is sealed in crystal, who knows if she's real or not, what if it's some kind of magic item?
In the past six months, he has seen all kinds of strange things about human beings, but sometimes there are very useful magic items.
Arka looked at the huge crystal in front of him, and the sealed inside like a sleeping mermaid.
It was this crystal that was marked as a treasure, and it was surrounded by a blue border.
A semi-circular platform, built from the shore and extending all the way to the bottom of the crystal, was nothing more than a wooden structure, so it had long since decayed and was full of cracks.
It's easy to collapse when you walk up.
The other half of the cave was covered with all sorts of decaying utensils, covered with vines and moss.
However, Arka only shook his head at Bororo's words.
He didn't know if this thing was real or fake, so he thought about it and said, "Let's go over and have a look?" β
"Won't there be a problem?" Xia Daiti couldn't help but say, it's better to put safety first.
"It's alright, do you see the platform down there? It's purpose-built, and it seems like this is the place to study this thing. β
"They've definitely touched this crystal, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem."
The main thing is that Alka has to touch it, and only then will the blue dot mark on the map show that he has gained.
With that information, he will be able to expand more, and he will be able to know the specific name of this thing, and maybe he will be able to get some speculation about the information.
After saying that, Arka walked towards the platform, although the platform was a little rotten and cracked, but it didn't seem to have much problem carrying him.
Stepping onto the platform, Arka stretched out a finger and gently touched the crystal floating in mid-air.
This sealed crystal is only half a meter away from the surface of the water.
(End of chapter)