Chapter 280: The Land of Trials
The sudden sound next to him made everyone vigilant and leaned together to look to the side.
It was a floating triangle. The triangular body has a beige stone appearance, and the body is covered with a white cloth robe that looks like a robe.
The robe looked a little clean, but the marks on it already showed how long the robe had been there.
The hem of the cloth robe has been worn and tattered into strips and droops down haphazardly.
The size of the entire triangle is probably the size of a human head.
It was from this floating triangle that the sound came out.
"Oh, don't be nervous, I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?"
Although the expression of the stone triangle could not be seen, everyone could feel his humanity.
"I'm the guide, or guide, here, at least I was."
"What about you? Are you here for the trial? ”
They obviously couldn't understand the words that came, but when they came into their minds, they could automatically understand what he wanted to say.
It doesn't seem to be a matter of language, but of the magic that comes with speaking.
But the current situation clearly does not care about this.
Arka looked at the floating triangle in front of him and listened to his words, and it seemed that there was no malicious intent.
But they remain vigilant.
The magic has already poured out of the palm of the hand, ready to be activated at any time.
After thinking about it, he explained, "We just discovered this island while sailing on the sea, so come up and check it out, after all, that tower is very conspicuous, isn't it?" ”
"Oh, yes, yes, since they've all come to this island, do you want to participate in the trial?"
What's going on with this thing, three sentences are not far from the trial.
"What is the trial?" Jason asked.
Hearing that everyone was finally curious about what the trial was, the triangle immediately explained excitedly.
"See that tower? That is the venue of the trial, enter the tower and climb up, and after passing, the trial is completed. ”
"How? Well understood, right. ”
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the stone tower.
"There's got to be a reward, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain? Jason said.
When he said this, the triangle instantly fell silent.
“…… Well...... Maybe you can get ...... Valuable experience? ”
It was obvious that his words were lacking in breath, and then he clearly gave up.
"Well, what reward is there in this ruins in this broken age? Not even the glory is gone. ”
He babbled, saying things he didn't understand.
The crowd looked at each other.
Lucilia suddenly said beside her, "I'm very interested in the history of this ruin, if you don't mind, can you tell us about it?" ”
"Oh, of course, of course." The triangle seems to have regained its passion.
"But this doesn't seem to be a good place to chat, come with me, there's a better room here."
As he spoke, the triangle walked towards a white house building not far away.
The building is indeed much better than the surrounding buildings, with only some superficial defects, and there is no problem with the overall structure.
The crowd looked at each other and decided to follow.
After following the triangle for a short while, I came to the outside of the house.
Walk through the broken gate and come inside.
At this time, there was a living room inside, and some of the furniture in the living room seemed to be in good condition.
Although it can be seen from some traces that the furniture has been around for a long time.
But at least it's clean, which means it's always cleaned.
A feather sweep formed by the faint blue light swept away the dust that was not present on the seats.
Invite everyone to sit down.
"There is no tea available to serve you now, I hope you will forgive me."
"Out of the way, out of the way."
"It's really unseemly to let the Divine Descendants be guests in such a humble place."
He said with some frustration.
Hearing what he said, it was obvious that he had seen Alka's identity.
From the very first time I met him, he made it clear.
Arka looked at his companion.
There was confusion in his eyes: Am I so obvious?
Everyone shook their heads silently, indicating that they couldn't see it anyway.
After all, this is a ruin from 10,000 years ago, a ruin before the Divine War.
Some special means can also be understood.
"Since you are so interested, it is up to me, the messenger and guide, to tell you the history of the Land of Trials."
Looking at a floating triangle and talking about it in white makes people feel a little strange.
"This is a place of trial, a place of neutrality outside the various factions and city-states. Established by God, the Enterprising, the Being-Giving is a trial for all beings who desire to make progress and to make them go further. ”
"From us have been born the leaders of countless forces, the founders of countless city-states. As well as a large number of famous oracles, and even surrogates.
There have even been people who have ascended to the gods! Ten thousand years ago, there were beings all the time who wanted to come here to the trial of promotion. ”
"It's a pity...... Even if we remain neutral, we will not be spared from the Divine War, where even the world is destroyed. ”
Speaking of this, he could clearly feel that the triangle's mood had become a little low, and then he recovered and said to everyone.
"Although the gods are gone, and the Land of Trials is damaged, the only remaining Tower of Trials remains intact."
"Maybe your former ancestors also began to look forward to the future from here, and don't you want to re-embark on the path of your ancestors?"
At this point, he began to encourage them to go to the trial again.
Arka directly pretended not to hear and asked, "I saw that there were traces of other people coming, and they didn't go to the trial?" ”
"You said that those people before, although this area has become an island, there are still people like you who come to the island from time to time."
"Some are willing to go to trial, while others just want to find valuable items in the ruins.
Some even want to destroy the stone tower, which is really unreasonable. ”
"Doesn't anyone want a trial? Impossible. Jason said in amazement.
He wanted to give it a try, and none of the people who had ever been there wanted to try it.
It doesn't make sense.
"Of course there are people who have tried, but just failed. Or don't have that qualification. ”
"Still need qualifications?" The Arka has some strange taste.
So why don't they need to live up to them all the time?
"Of course you need to, it's too strong, it's too weak, after all, there's only one tower left here.
All the Towers of Trials are forged by the enterprising themselves, how can mortal beings be able to disobey them. ”
Oh, I see, that means their current strength is just within the range of being able to conduct trials.
"Is there anyone else on this island now besides us?" Julia asked suddenly.
"Of course."
There really is.
Then why didn't they find the ship when they went around in circles?
Arka couldn't help but think strangely.
"There's a short man, but he doesn't know any manners, and he's been here for a long time."
"How many times have I told you, I'm short because of my race, you uninformed broken stone."
There was a hint of calmness in the loud voice, but no one saw the figure talking.
Only to hear the triangle say: "Don't care, that impolite dwarf can hear someone say bad things about him from a long distance, he is not here at all." ”
"You're waiting for you to break this broken stone, I'm going to smash you today."
The voice came again.
Then there was a rumbling sound outside.
The crowd immediately became vigilant.
Walked out of the hall and came outside through the broken door.
I saw dust rise in the distance, and a figure passed through the ruins and quickly came to them.
It was a short uncle in a brown adventure outfit with a big red nose.
He has short gray-black hair and a very well-groomed beard.
It's almost exactly the same as the dwarves in Arka's memory.
"He's really short." Jason whispered in everyone's ears.
"Damn human, I can hear you."
The bearded dwarf jumped and roared.
Hearing that bad things were said behind his back and being discovered, Jason hurriedly apologized.
But the man just roared, and didn't show much anger, as if he had long been used to it.
"You people in this place really don't know."
Julia had been frowning and staring at the dwarf since she saw him.
"What's wrong? Does he have any problems? Xia Daiti asked beside him.
Julia's expression was clearly wrong.
Hearing this, she said, "He and the world ...... In the wrong box. ”
At this time, everyone looked at the dwarf in front of them, and the dwarf also carefully observed Arka and the others.
"You're a ...... Dwarf? Alka looked at him with some uncertain questions.
It's too similar to the people in the entertainment works he remembers.
Short stature, beard, etc.
Hearing Alka's words, the dwarf's eyes lit up and he walked over quickly, looking at Arka who was speaking.
"You're different, you're very different friend. You are the first person in this hellish place to be called my race, did you know my own race before? There was some excitement in his words.
"Well, no, just know something like that."
"yes, but it doesn't matter, it's good enough for you to call me a good friend."
In the face of Arka's ability to call him race, he was very happy, and even unusually self-familiar, and regarded Alka as a friend.
Arka just smiled, without much explanation, he couldn't say that he knew about it from some of the previous entertainments.
Mainly in the previous fantasy entertainment works, the dwarf race is too well-known, just like the elves.
I didn't expect to see it in this world, it's really strange.
Arka thought there was no such race in the world.
Sure enough, he lives in the boundless sea.
Wait a minute......
Arka suddenly thought of something strange, the triangle didn't know the dwarves.
It's weird.
The triangle was an object that existed before the Divine War, as he knew from what he had just said.
Then it is impossible for him not to know the dwarf race.
Unless the race is newly born after the world was broken and glued together.
But that's obviously not quite right either.
And the man's words just now were also strange.
You are this place.
Obviously, this is not the island, but the entire endless sea.
Hiss...... This thought seems to reveal something terrible.
Arka couldn't help but be terrified.
If the dwarf had been living in the Infinite Sea, he wouldn't have said that Arka was the only one who called his name.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.
Is it out of place here......
He looked at the dwarf and suddenly said, "You're not from this world, are you?" ”
"Of course not." The dwarf looked at Arka with strange eyes, and then asked, "What's so strange about you being able to call out my race?" Isn't that stated in the messages you saw? ”
Sorry, there is no such thing.
Arka complained, but was even more surprised in his heart.
He actually saw a being who did not belong to this world.
And so it was admitted.
It's not just Alka, but they are obviously much more surprised than Arka.
They don't understand that people who don't belong to this world, so how did he come to this place?
Facing the surprised Arka and the others.
The dwarf in front of him was a little strange.
"You are so surprised to know that I am not from this world."
He thought for a moment: "Aren't you the legendary people of the Four Gods Sea?" ”
It was exposed again, and it was seen by a man who did not belong to this world.
Is it so obvious?
Alka thought with some incomprehension.
"Isn't the legend too exaggerated? I remember that there were a lot of people from the Sea of the Four Gods in the Infinite Sea. Simon couldn't help but complain next to him.
It makes them look like they're coming from somewhere.
"You don't understand, I've been here for more than 50 years, and you're the first person I've seen from the Four Gods Sea, and I've only known about it from other people's mouths before."
The dwarf said with some excitement.
As he spoke, he raised his hand and shook Alka's hand.
"Acquaintance, my name is Harvey Copperhammer, and there are no other dwarves here, just call me Copperhammer. I am a scholar of different civilizations. ”
"Fortunately, just call me Alka."
Jason and the others also briefly introduced themselves.
But scholars of different civilizations, this sounds a little too lofty.
Arka couldn't help but think.
If that's what it sounds like it.
As soon as he wanted to ask, Lucilia was on Alka's shoulder and couldn't wait to ask, "What do you mean by a scholar of another civilization, is it a scholar who studies other civilizations?" ”
"Haha, of course, it's amazing." The brass hammer was obviously a little happy, and seemed to be very proud of his profession.
"Then you must know a lot about other civilizations? Have you been to other worlds? Lucilia said with some excitement.
That's other worlds, knowledge that I've never known.
Lucilia didn't know that there were other worlds like this.
Not only Lucilia, but other people, including Arka, were curious.
Other World ...... So is it possible......
Arka couldn't help but diverge his thoughts, and there was an inexplicable touch in his heart.
"Haha, of course, I've been to a lot of worlds."
"Tell me about it." Lucilia said impatiently.
"No problem, if you want to understand, of course it's no problem, but correspondingly, please tell me about the Four Gods Sea later."
With that, the copper hammer swaggered into the hall of the house.
"Hey, you rude fellow, I didn't invite you in." The triangle said next to it.
"Don't be so old-fashioned as a rotten stone, I'm not old-fashioned as a dwarf, don't care about these details."
The crowd followed suit and sat in their seats.
Looking at the curious eyes of everyone, the copper hammer was obviously very useful.
He cleared his throat and began to speak.
"Let me tell you about some special and interesting worlds.
It's too complicated, and you obviously don't understand it very well. ”
As he spoke, he stood on the bench and raised his hand.
The magic is drawn into a three-dimensional shape.
A patch of blue light is densely packed with tiny dots.
Some dots are spherical, while others are of various shapes.
"These small dots are the world, and this space is the astral plane, the world that envelops the world."
"I've been to an island where there is no land, not even an ocean.
It's pretty similar to yours here, except that the sea has been replaced by the sky. ”
"You mean to say that all the islands there float in the sky?" Simon Q&A.
"That's right, everything there is floating in the heavenly world, it's very interesting."
"Uh-huh!"
Everyone nodded, and it was interesting to listen to.
"The people there have wings on their backs, like angels, you know?"
Arka nodded, but everyone except Arka shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.
Looking at Arka who nodded, everyone looked at him.
The copper hammer waved his hand absently and said, "Okay, if you don't know, forget it, you just need to be the one who grows wings." ”
"Later, after my research and archaeological discovery, the world was actually formed by the corpse of an Origin Titan and an elemental interface, which is why it became like that."
"Origin Titan?"
"Element interface?"
The crowd questioned.
"Don't you even know that?" The brass hammer was a little surprised.
Then he thought of something and knocked on his head, as if he was a little annoyed that he would ask such a question.
"Yes, your world is like this, how can you understand it." He said to himself.
Organized the language and looked at the crowd to explain.
"Just think of the Origin Titan as a god, a god of gods, the first god of this astral plane."
"The elemental interface can be imagined as a world with only a single magic attribute."
It can only be said that he is worthy of walking in various worlds and studying the civilizations of various worlds.
There is erudition that does not match the appearance.
It is simple and easy to understand, so that everyone can understand what he wants to express.
Although the expression may not be very accurate, the general meaning can still be easily understood.
(End of chapter)