"Master, it's snowing. In her mind, Carrie whispered.

Snowflakes are falling. Ashruphat exhaled into the sky and saw his breath dissolve into a white mist and then dissipate into the air.

Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've seen snow. Sivania is located in the south, and although the winters are quite cold, there is no snow.

"I don't know if they returned safely. Ashruphat whispered to himself.

"Master, after pretending to be an elf for a long time, have you forgotten that you are not an elf?" asked Carrie in a half-joking tone.

"How so. I'm here to save Mimilu, and I'll never forget that. ”

Ashrufat spoke to Carrie as he climbed the hill ahead. That's pretty much it, he thought to himself. If the map is correct, climb over this hill...... You'll be able to see the ruins of the ancient portal.

Although Nagarus is barren, it has one good thing about it, that is, the whole is mainly plains, and there are few terrains such as hills and slopes. The land of Nagaros is hard and dry, not suitable for most crops, and even the hardy weeds and thorns cannot fully occupy the land. The Dark Elves don't even need to build special roads to drive their vehicles and mounts across the land.

"The snow is getting heavier. In her head, Carrie said. "If I'm not mistaken, when we get to the top of this hill, we can see where we want to go. ”

"Hmm. Ashrufat replied in a low voice. He was always on his toes as he moved forward. There were no footprints, feces, or anything like that on the entire hillside, suggesting that there should be no Dark Elves nearby.

From Grey Star Harbor, Ashrufat trekked alone for a full twenty years before arriving here. There was no dark elf who didn't know how to bother him along the way. Because Nagarus is a very barren land, the Dark Elves are highly urbanized and almost always concentrated along the coast. There are a number of cities in the interior, of course, but they are all purpose-built – digging for minerals, catching wild animals, or whatever. The Nagarus wilderness was so inhospitable that it was almost impossible to grow anything, so there were no villages and farms dotted with villages, farms, travelers, and caravans in the vast land. If it weren't for some mission, the Dark Elves wouldn't have had no time wandering around this barren and barren land. Eshurufat's actions didn't—at least he didn't—to get the attention of the dark elves.

The hill is not steep, so it doesn't take much effort to climb up. Ashruphat soon reached the top. He had already put on his own red blood armor, because Carrie believed that using the armor's color-changing ability would have a better concealment effect. At this time, the armor was grayish-black, blending in with the surroundings, and it was difficult to separate Eshurufat from the surrounding environment from a distant position.

Ahead was a very flat land, not even the slightest undulation. It's not so much that it's natural, it's more that it's artificially organized. The flat land was even more exaggerated than the rest of Nagalos - except for a few bare stone pillars, not a single grass was to be seen in the entire vicinity.

"That's the portal!" Carrie shouted with some excitement. Ashrufat looked at the stone pillars in the distance. It's so empty that there's nothing to hide. Still, Ashruphat took a moment to take a closer look around. He didn't want to make another basket while he was one step away from his goal.

"It looks like the Dark Elves don't have any troops nearby. Ashrufat withdrew his gaze and took a closer look at the ancient portal (or the stone pillars). The portal was a little different from the one he'd ever seen in terms of appearance - it should be said that the entire portal was only a few stone pillars, bare and towering in the middle of the earth.

"The Dark Elves probably don't have the means to activate this portal, so they won't have any troops here. In her mind, Carrie said. "Let's go over. ”

By the time Ashrufat reached the base of the mountain, the snowflakes had accumulated a layer on the ground, making his footprints very clear. He walked around the bare stone pillars a few times with some caution, carefully looking at these huge stone pillars, which were hugged by four or five people.

"Master, it looks like you're being careful. In her mind, Carrie said.

"I have a bad premonition. Ashruphat replied, and he carefully observed the surrounding stones, as well as the stone pillars that had been made in the unknown era.

"Don't be so careful, master!" said Carrie. "There shouldn't be any traps or defenses or anything like that. Even if there were, it would have been destroyed by the dark elves. ”

Carrie is right, in order to use the portal to invade the land of the Warrior Elves, the dark elves should have done a lot of experiments on the portal on Nagalos, and this portal must have been patronized. If there were any special defenses, they should have been destroyed by the Dark Elves

"Where's the chip?" Ashruphat asked Carrie after confirming that there were no signs of danger.

"It's ...... nearby," Carrie replied. "It's a ...... Portals with older specifications and models...... Its control chip should be in the ...... Master, I guess it should be on the ground...... The starfield gods have a meticulous record of this...... It's over there!"

Following Carrie's guidance, Ashrufat easily found a brick on the side of a stone pillar. Although it appears to be part of the surrounding flat ground, a closer look reveals that it is separate and embedded here. Ashruphat lifted the stone slab and saw a contraption underneath that he had never seen before. A chip — the same one that Wendini had in his head — was inside.

"This is it!" said Carrie excitedly. "The starfield gods didn't take it, we're really lucky. ”

Ashrufat carefully pulled the chip out of the socket.

"Master, this thing should still work, but let's test it first. Carrie suggested. "Put it in the palm of your hand. ”

Ashrufat did as he was told. I don't know what Carrie did, but he saw a faint yellow glow on the chip in his hand. But he waited quietly. There was nothing suspicious around, but he instinctively sensed danger.

"Programming erased finished!" came Carrie's happy voice in her head. "Master, no problem, we're ready to go home!"

Sure enough, am I too allergic?" said Ashrufat secretly in his heart. There was no danger, everything went as planned.

"Master, if you have any nostalgia for Nagalus, take a look at it now. In the back of her mind, Carrie made a narrow sound. "We're going to be out of sight, and we're not going to be here again for a long, long time!"

Ashrufat chuckled. I can finally go back...... Mimilu was finally saved......

"Prepare to activate the anchor!" Carrie said in her head. Then, the associated anchor points embedded in the Ashruphat armguards began to glow. "Master, because the space is far away, so it takes a little more than ten seconds, please pay attention. ”

"Yes," replied Ashrufat. He looked at the pillar again—Carrie had said that the portals had been made in an ancient time when they were not even recorded, and that it was unknown why their owners had built them. The gods of the star field discovered the portal, but did not make any changes to the portal, but simply recorded it. He took advantage of this most empty space and casually touched a stone pillar beside him, whether it was a feel or a visual inspection, these were just ordinary stones, not rare materials.

"Master, be careful!" Carrie suddenly let out a warning without warning.

Ashrufat immediately turned around, but it was too late. Green light came from afar, striking the glowing anchor on his armplate. In an instant, the mysterious jewel-like instrument let out a crisp popping sound. By the time Ashrufat came to his senses, only about a third of the anchors on his arm's armor remained, and all that was left was reduced to tiny fragments that scattered onto the surrounding ground and disappeared into the snow.

An unforeseen figure appeared not far from Ashrufat.

"Ylan!" Ashrufat couldn't help but let out a low cry.

He would never admit it. This is indeed Ylan, one of the gods of the Star Field, the goddess named Ylan. I had come to visit him in the Dark Castle before.

The goddess was wearing a white short-sleeved blouse with a pair of knee-length shorts of the same color. Between the clothes and the trousers was a wide belt that shimmered with metallic luster and seemed to be woven with wire. The whole dress is out of the world, as if it is a messenger from heaven. In her hand she held a round-tipped scepter with a gem glowing green. Ashruphat could see clearly that Ylang had destroyed his anchor with the green light emitted by the scepter just now.

"You're late, Duke Scarlet. Ylang smiled, but Ashruphat could sense that Ylang was completely different from the last time they met. Some kind of warrior's intuition told him that the goddess exuded a dangerous aura on her body at the moment, full of oppression. "I thought you would be here a month ago...... You kept me waiting for a month. In this desolate ghost place, this month is very difficult. ”

"The host...... I'm afraid this time it's ......" In her head, Carrie's voice sounded a little nervous. "A premeditated ambush. ”

"What's going on!, why is she here?" Ashrufat asked in his mind. At this moment, his eyes were not staring at Yilan, but at the chip in his hand. He knew that the anchor point of the Dao Dao was broken, and without the associated anchor point, even Carrie would not be able to teleport back directly! Now, even if Yilan disappeared immediately and let him go all the way back, Mimilu wouldn't be able to wait that long.

"Mimi-lur......" Ashruphat let out a roar in his heart like a wounded beast.

"Duke Scarlet, don't you think...... We don't know anything about your moves, do we?" said Ilan, laughing.