Chapter 156: The Phantom's Buried Secret
At the entrance of Phelps College, the three former classes of friends met. Bella Kent, the president of Class 3, is the girl who is super serious about everything.
"Why, is it necessary to be so surprised, or do you mean that you don't welcome me?" asked Bella in a disgruntled tone with her hands on her waist.
"I didn't ...... Not...... No. Charlie and Angus stammered in response.
"Jerry?"
"Aha! I was just a little surprised, I didn't think you'd come back to school to see it. ”
"What's so strange about that?"
"Yes, yes!" Angus and Charlie said, "they are both old husbands and wives, and what is so strange that they are all the same in thought and action!"
"You!" Jerry and Bella blushed and yelled in unison.
"Hahaha!" the two uneasy idlers let out a laugh. It's rare to have such a bright and joyful smile in the chaos of troubled times, and I really wish time could stop here.
In the past, several friends from the third class met unexpectedly at the school gate, but Ruinong was missing. That was of course, because he went to the Phantom Palace alone.
Rinon crawled through the Phantom Palace with his tired and scarred body, wondering if he would ever make it out of it alive.
After defeating the Bone Dragon and the Dark Knight, Ronon lay on the ground unconscious for a long, long time, and when he awoke from his slumber again, he felt as if he were an empty shell without a soul, and he was in vain. He couldn't move, couldn't think, couldn't do anything, and lay motionless until the Nightmare picked him up and dragged him back to the Phantom Palace, or he would have to spend the night outside.
"Dude, are you lying outside like this and catching a cold easily?" The nightmare itself was also very sad, although it absorbed a lot of soul energy and repaired the wounds on its body, it was still very weak.
Rinon stared blankly at the ceiling, he could hear and understand the nightmare's words, but he couldn't speak, he didn't even have the strength to move his lips.
"I don't think we're going back today. Nightmare looked around and said, "This place is a little broken, a little old, and the ground is full of dust, and it will come down for this dangerous night." Well, while there's no difference between day and night in the Phantom Palace, my biological clock tells me exactly how night it is. As she spoke, Nightmare lifted its hind hooves and kicked through a rotten wooden door.
"Good luck, it looks like it's a dressing room. Hey, there's a lot of cotton fabric from ancient times, why don't you try one?", said Nightmare, shaking his head at the wood-like Rinon and saying, "You're going to give me a reaction? If I continue to talk to myself like this, I will be mistaken as mentally ill." ”
At this moment, the nightmare did not forget to be humorous, but unfortunately the current Ruinong is unable to complain. (Reader F: Since he can't complain, I'll complain!!Nima!Can he still react in his current state of Renong?Nima!Why hasn't the cotton cloth of the ancient century rotted?Nima!How can there be anyone in the Phantom Palace?If there is no one, even if you say it to yourself for a day, you won't be considered mentally ill!Author: Is this a roaring body or a complaint?......
"Ahh......h It smiled and continued, "I hope the owners of these clothes don't come to me for trouble." As soon as the words of the nightmare fell, a burst of ethereal voices came from all directions of the palace.
"You...... Finally back. I...... Feel your presence. ”
"You...... You...... Are you a human or a ghost?I know that I broke your thousand-year-old clothes, and you are very angry, but I definitely did not mean to, don't hold a grudge!" Nightmare's purple pupils suddenly shone brightly.
"You...... Still asleep. The voice ignored the nightmare and continued.
Damn, I couldn't find the source of that sound at all, and I couldn't sense the slightest fluctuation of telekinesis or fighting spirit...... It sounds a bit like a woman's voice. Is this voice ...... The Phantom Queen's nightmare heart suddenly came up with a terrible answer.
"Only moonshine...... It awakens the silent soul. As soon as the voice was spoken, the entire Phantom Palace roared and began to tremble.
"Hey, I'm just going to break your clothes, but you don't have to be angry and bring this building down, do you?"
The brick walls of the palace began to shift, revealing a gray sky, and the gray clouds that hung over the sky spread out, revealing a bright moon.
"You...... The power of the force awakened me. ”
"Hmm, who woke you up??" Nightmare pretended to be stunned, the purple glow in its eyes became brighter and brighter, and its powerful telekinesis swept through the entire Phantom Palace, but still found nothing.
"I ...... Summon the moonlight and awaken the silent Heroic Spirit!" An ethereal voice fell, and the moonlight fell from the sky, converging into a bundle and falling on Ruinon's body.
It's hot...... Ryanon, whose mind went blank, finally had his first idea. The Stamoko emblem on his left arm scorched Rinon's skin like a red-hot iron, tingling and burning sensations that irritated his fragile nerves. The next moment, a cold feeling flowed into his body through the clan emblem along Ruinon's arm, and the majestic source power instantly filled his body. Like a long drought and a rainstorm, Ruinong greedily absorbed.
After a while, Ruinon felt that his body was getting lighter and lighter, and he actually floated. He was horrified to find that he couldn't control his body, what was going on?, he asked himself in confusion. He can't speak, walk, or even control his body. No, it's not me. Rainon was shocked to find him lying on the dusty ground of the Phantom Palace, this is the legendary out-of-body experience?
Just when Renon was puzzled, he saw a dark mist of shadows drifting in front of him, and a rancid smell with a cold smell came to his face. "Light blue like ice, white as frost, shaped like dewdrops, transformed into glass ......" the shadow black mist said something that shocked Ruinon. This is the account of the Tears of Frost in that worn-out manuscript of the wandering poet.
Who are you? Rinon wanted to ask, but he couldn't.
"I am the Phantom Empress in the mouth of your humans. The Cloak of Nothingness brings a familiar aura, and it tells me that the descendants of the Starmoko family are coming. ”
Sure enough, the Phantom Palace is inextricably linked to the Stamoko family, and news of the legendary artifact will definitely be found here. Ruinon thought to himself.
"You...... There is his breath on his body. I can feel it, his soul sleeps in the depths of your soul. ”
His soul? What does it mean, that it sleeps in the depths of my soul? Does it mean a trembling voice?
"Following an ancient convention and fulfilling the contract of the Stamoko, the Broken Soul Stone ...... is hereby granted to the worthy heirs of the Stamoko family" (Soul Stone: A natural rare magic crystal, usually hexagonal cone or granular solid, pure translucent with a vitreous luster. Soul Stones absorb soul energy and store souls. Soul Stones that have not absorbed soul energy are white and translucent, and once charged, they will take on a cyan color. )
What is this?Ryan Nong looked at the black mist suspiciously.
A gust of wind blew, and the cloak of nothingness fell from the sky, and in the cloak was a translucent crystal stone that shimmered with cyan light.
"Wow, look, what is this? what's going on here?" called Nightmare dumbfounded. It couldn't comprehend what was happening in front of it, because the nightmare in the realm of reality couldn't detect Ronon and the Phantom Empress in a state of soul, and naturally couldn't hear their conversations. Curious, it stepped forward to touch it, but couldn't get closer, because an invisible wall was blocking it one meter from the soul stone. "What kind of magic is it, what kind of barrier? let alone cracking, you can't even sense it. Nightmare muttered discontentedly.
The Nightmare saw all the actions in Rinon's eyes, and his heart was full of all kinds of doubts, why can't the Nightmare see us?
"It's a communication in a state of the soul, so outsiders can't perceive it. It's time to tell you that Frost Tears are falling. ”
As soon as he heard the news about frost and the like, Ruinon immediately cheered up.
"In fact, as early as around 800 B.C., people from the Stamoko family came to the Phantom Palace for refuge. As a forgotten corner of the World Realm, the World Continent sealed by the Holy See is undoubtedly the safest here. In the year 500 B.C., Conrad Stamoko, the hero of the House of Stamoko, came here the night before he went to Mt. Ajadis to challenge the god of creation, and gave me something. ”
Is that the legendary Frost Tear?, Rinon asked in his heart.
"No, it's not the Frost Tear, it's the shattered Soul Stone in front of you. The black mist rolled up and continued, "Before that there was a wandering nomadic poet who had strayed into the Phantom Palace for some time, who had lived and studied with the descendants of the Starmoko family, and who was both excited and scared when he learned the truth about the worldly realm. The excitement was his desire to know the truth, and his fear was due to the fear of the unknown world and the Holy See. ”
Well, this is evident from the manuscript he left behind. Rainon nodded in agreement, but what does all this have to do with Frost Tears?
"Konrad Stamoko gave him two important tasks. If something happens to him, his faithful servant will entrust him with one object, and that is the Tears of Frost. Take it away and hide in the most remote corners of the world. At the same time, he was asked to use poetry to tell the true history, heroic deeds, and continue the flame of truth on the way of travel. The name of the wandering poet was Eli Issat. ”
Since he has hidden the Tears of Frost in the corners of the world, where shall I go to find them?and is he still alive in this world after all this time, and is there any descendant to continue his mission?"
"You don't have to worry, because there is a soul stone, and this soul stone can guide you on the path to seek the artifact. Just as Conrad feared, he knew that something might happen to him. That's right, the creator god is invincible, and Conrad is defeated, and he is defeated without any power to fight back. ”
Creation God...... Powerful unimaginable. Renon sighed in his heart, even Conrad, who was as strong as the strongest in the history of the Starmoko family, was beaten and had no power to fight back, what could I do?
"This was originally a complete soul stone, but it was broken into seven pieces, which were hidden in different places. Only by finding them and fusing them will you know the whereabouts of Frost Tears. In front of you is the first crystal, and the remaining six are located in:
The land of the dwarves, the summit of Matankin, under the throne, the eye of the god of war.
The elven world, the queen's scepter, above fate, the ageless face.
The forest of darkness, the hole of dead branches, the light of shadows, endlessly.
The majesty of the dragon, the source of the deep core, within the boulder, the billowing lava.
The home of the republic, the height of the temple, the desire of the people, the book, the teaching, the rites and music.
The ambition of the Holy See, the desire of the king, the imprisonment of heaven and earth, the boundless vastness. ”
The kingdom of the dwarves is Lombbaton, and the elven realm refers to Birchni, is the Dark Forest the majesty of the Black Forest, and dragons...... Lava, is it the Qunlong Canyon? What kind of place is the House of the Republic? The ambition of the Holy See, is it in the hands of the Holy See that the last piece is in the hands of the Holy See?" Renon thought to himself.
"As you think! These words are actually not difficult to understand, it can be said to be quite straightforward, as long as you go to the place yourself, you can know the whereabouts of the soul stone. This is a message left by the wandering poet Isart, which contains information about the location of the soul crystal. "As for the House of the Republic, it refers to the only non-absolute monarchy in Middle-earth. ”
It seems like a long journey, and it's full of dangers. Renon looked at the Soul Stone on the ground and thought, "By the way, can you tell Frost Tears what it is?"
"When you find it, you'll understand. This is not only a treasure hunt, but also an experience, a prerequisite for becoming the great magician in the history of the Starmoko family, and an indispensable prerequisite for you to fulfill your promise. Rinon Stamoko, you are a gifted magician, hurry up and hit the road! fulfill your promise and fulfill your dreams. As the Phantom Empress spoke, Rainon felt a powerful suction force coming from under his feet, pulling him back into his body.
After a moment of dizziness, Renon felt as if he had had a long, long dream, and he let out a snort: "Hmm...... Not. ”
"Are you awake?" asked Nightmare, "do you know what just happened?" Oh my God, you won't believe it! The sky was falling apart, and the mountains and rivers were shaking......
"I believe it, because it's the Phantom Empress. ”
"What?"
Ignoring the nightmare, Rainon picked up the Cloak of Nothingness and the Soul Stone from the ground and said, "It's time to go home, I really don't know how the war is going." ”
"Wait...... You haven't explained to me what happened here, when did you see the Phantom Empress, and what happened to the soul crystal in your hand...... Hey, don't ignore me!"
"I'll tell you on the way. After saying that, Ruinon walked out without looking back.
"Hey, wait, are you okay?, you can walk on your own, it looks like you're all healed......" Nightmare chattered as she walked.