Chapter Twenty-Six: Darkness
/newmessage.php?tosys=1&title="Hearts Hunt Thrones."
Chapter Errors/Click here to report
The sounds around him have become thinner, and even the whispering of the wind has now stopped. (The fastest update speed is in Aishang Novel Network biquge.info) Only the footsteps of two people spread far away on the stone slabs on the road, echoing with subtle cascading light sounds.
The white fog gradually dissipated, causing the street to spread forward in front of you, and some intricate carved pillars or walls began to appear around the sight, even though the originally smooth surface has been corroded by the ancient history and countless pits, but still make everyone who carefully observes them feel the majesty of silence. In particular, some of them were either etched or poured on them, and they were no longer meaningless ancient characters, but simple runes and spell bytes, and the smell of magic in the air seemed to be strong all at once.
But more things are hidden in the darkness, only the shadows dance into dancing fragments at the end of the line of sight, like monsters ready to move, and whispers that ring in the ears at any time, become a lingering haze in the heart.
There was a powerful force in that subtle thud - like a kind of heart, no, even worse, it should be an instruction or even an order, although there were no words, but it wrapped the two of them and let them go all the way.
Edward's eyes narrowed, and he focused his gaze on the blurry darkness beyond the glow of the Illuminating Staff. Most of those symbols here are beyond the scope of his knowledge. And in an ancient magical city, you may never imagine what kind of existence you will encounter in the next moment, just like the white dragon just now.
Therefore, hunters must be extra careful not to fall into a possible magical trap. And his other hand held the sword tightly, so that the dragon's blood stained on the blade could dry up quickly - legend has it that the crystallization of dragon's blood can turn mortal iron into an indestructible blade, even if the statement may be a bit exaggerated, but now a life-saving straw like this, there is still an advantage to one more.
In fact, there are now more than 10,000 little alpacas rushing through Edward's heart.
The corpse of the giant dragon is undoubtedly a genuine treasure mountain, even in a remote city, at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins can be exchanged back, but now except for the dragon blood filled with his water bladder, knocking out two dagger-sized fangs, and digging out a pair of dragon eyes, he has no way to move this treasure mountain again- The tenacity of the dragon's skin was beyond imagination, Edward cut it for a long time with the broken sword of the paladin, and only extended an existing opening by less than half a foot, barely able to pull his own sword out of the dragon's intestines, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to take away a piece of dragon skin...... Not to mention getting this whole dragon corpse out of this damn underground labyrinth!
The temples on both sides throbbed slightly. Edward shook his head, knowing that it was a side effect of the loss of blood - although the paladin's magic healed his wounds, and even continued the fractures between his ribs, there was no way to fill the blood. Not even the most advanced potions can do this, only high-level rejuvenating spells can do it.
And the Paladin, who had been almost disemboweled, was probably in a worse state than Edward—she walked silently, but her path involuntarily turned to one side.
If you don't think of a way, the two of you may be lured by that voice to beware of something. So after thinking about it, Edward decided to say something to lighten the mood a little.
"Speaking of which, I don't know your name yet. Arryn, I guess it's not your real name, is it?"
“...... A name is nothing more than a symbol. It is enough to be called conveniently. ”
"Hey, can the Holy Warrior deceive others?"
“...... You can call me Elena. This is my last name. ”
"Then Elena. ”
"Huh?"
“...... Never mind. ”
Either because he didn't wear a helmet, or because he had survived the difficult times together, the paladin's answer was much softer, but unfortunately the conversation was not much more relaxing, because in just a few words, the wide bluestone road had come to an end—the end of the vision, the dim light of the lighting rod outlining the outline of a tall building, and the magnificent walls completely blocking the entire street.
Edward frowned, his eyes swept over the wall, which was more than fifty feet tall and even hidden in the mist, but found no mullions, only a lone door that was more than eight feet high. The quaint pattern on the door has been worn away by the passage of time, but it still seems that you can still feel the delicate effort given by the maker.
There don't seem to be any traps, not even locked at all. But Edward watched cautiously for a while before trying to step forward. Just as they got a little closer, the doorknob suddenly clicked softly, and then slowly opened with a slight creaking and rubbing sound!
Edward's heart skipped a heavy beat. I wanted to retreat, but it was too late...... When the iron door opened with a slight creak, the darkness gushed out!
As the huge door opened, a large mass of formless and insubstantial shadows poured out like a tide, and the figure of the human being was annihilated like a living thing!
Fully trained cave bears all have a pair of night vision eyes, which can accurately distinguish the terrain, vegetation, people and animals under the condition that ordinary people's eyes are black. Edward was no exception - but that was conditional, and the so-called night vision eye was nothing more than the ability to see in the moonlight and starlight. In the darkness of the true lightlessness, he could see nothing.
Moreover, it was not just the shadows that came to the face now because of the lack of light, but the terrible chill that had made the surrounding light disappear without a trace—as if it were an illusion, and the whole ground seemed to be like a shaking blanket, and it was like a stormy ocean, and it was about to swallow up a qiē with a sharp scream and roar. It makes people feel like they are in eternal darkness both in space and in time!
The faint glow of the rod of light was extinguished, and the dark viscosity was like a living thing, a wriggling, smooth soft body. Stretching to every inch of his body, the hunter couldn't help but tense the muscles of his whole body, and even let out a muffled snort!
But the darkness comes and goes as fast as it goes.
A ray of white light lit up from the center of darkness, swaying and scattering unrelentingly, like a ray of light in hell. Wrapping the two of them together, it spread outward like a soft luster emanating from the paladin's body. So the raging darkness split in two like a curtain that had been lifted!
The ensuing sight was shocking—Edward and Elena were already standing side by side in the middle of a delicate room. The door was a dozen feet behind him, but the two of them looked at each other and made sure they hadn't moved half a step!
"It's amazing. ”
After settling down and carefully observing his surroundings, Edward couldn't help but sigh.
The room behind the door is not big, but it is so beautiful and luxurious...... Magical stars hung from the ceiling, the surrounding rock walls were covered with intricately carved black wood wainscoting, the floor was covered with a thick white pile of blankets, the gold-trimmed desk was decorated with amethysts that provided the only light to the room, and a bookshelf with a variety of books, some of which had shiny runes floating on the spine.
But what attracted Edward even more was the wide desk that was close at hand—in the center of the table, on a delicate crystal pedestal, a twinkling point of light.
It was a nicely decorated little thing.
It looks like a bent ring of silver metal branches. Stems, leaves, calyxes, and stems are readily available...... In the center of the petals, a beautiful original gemstone is inlaid with a faint light. It's just that although it is beautifully made, Edward's arcane vision can't see any aura in this thing—
But it must have had some kind of magic attached to it, for the moment the hunter approached and took it in his hand, a cold glow shimmered on it.
The thick and terrible darkness is rolling in again!
Edward was shocked, and he wanted to let go at the first moment...... But he suddenly found that he seemed to be unable to move!
The joints of his hands and feet, his waist and hips, and even his neck seemed to have lost control, and he couldn't even close his eyes, only to watch the rolling darkness stretch out in his vision, finally making up for the last glimmer of light. Dark, dark...... The darkness is so frightening, and even more terrifying is the silence that follows it. The sensations in the body are constantly fading.
Between heaven and earth, there seems to be only a lonely soul left, and time seems to be infinitely extended in this instant......
After a long time.
Did it take a few seconds, or thousands of years?
A little light bloomed in the boundless darkness, and it gradually wriggled and elongated, as if it were revealing its form as it approached.
It was like a branch with branches and flowers, but it only exuded a cold light color that did not carry life, but each branch and leaf had a lifelike appearance and exquisite texture, almost surpassing the remnants of what Edward remembered as ingenious history......
Pure gold with a jet-black sheen, Mithril with a soft glow, and many other unknown precious metals of various colors, as well as diamonds, zircons, opals, pearls—on each of the inlaid leaves, you can see the same kind of gemstones, which sparkle and make the whole branch linger in an indescribable gorgeous luster.
But what is even more noticeable is the strange flickering that lingers around this luster...... It was a flickering rune, a wedge-shaped, a pile of dots, a slender and rough line, and even a variety of three-dimensional squares...... They lingered around the flower branches like stars, spiraling and turning, forming nine illusory spiral arms, brilliant like a deformed river system......
Then, a voice, became louder.
Aishang Novel Network would like to thank all book friends for their support biquge.info