Chapter 888: A Promise
I don't know how long it was, maybe hours, maybe just a few minutes, but this terrifying and desperate spell finally stopped. Brooke doesn't have much of an idea of how his party survived, and the only thing he remembers about the uncle, who was almost driven mad by the threat of death, was that he prayed to the creator god in the deep cold around him, as if even the campfire was about to freeze to keep warm from the cold, and by the time he came back to his senses, it was all over.
Brooke and the others were very lucky, they were on the edge of the battlefield, there were a few mountains nearby that were not too high, and they found a cave in time - of course, this cave has an owner, but after making the owner who was angry because of the dream was awakened into a bearskin blanket for warmth, the uncle and they did not have any trouble again.
Several of the stronger warriors, including Brooke, braved the bitterly cold wind and snow to retrieve a lot of firewood, and everyone immediately gathered around the lit campfire, silently hoping that this earth-shattering spell would end soon.
Brooke lost count of how many times he had added firewood to the campfire, but when he unconsciously reached out for the firewood again and grabbed it, the uncle finally woke up from his stupor.
"Hey, wake up!" Brooke hurriedly shouted to the team members who were also dazed like himself, after all, it was dangerous to accidentally fall asleep in such a situation, "Didn't I tell you before that you must never sleep!?"
"Ah, sir. Good morning. A member of the public-faced team replied in a daze.
"Good morning, your sister. This kind of warm scene like the hero and heroine in the galgame waking up from a nap and greeting each other with a smile on their faces!?We have been attacked by a forbidden spell spell at the map cannon level, yes!" Brooke, who couldn't cry or laugh, was so crazy that he couldn't wait to immediately lift the blanket wrapped around him, stand up, and walk over to give the other party's head a few paper fans, but the cold air around him that penetrated deep into the bone marrow made the uncle decisively choose to give up.
Perhaps there is something very magical and uncanny about the daily life of Zollivan, and the members of the adventure party then come to their senses - okay, sorry. They were actually only woken up by Brooke's loud voice - as representatives of the younger generation, Pirka and Marilyn naturally quickly regained consciousness.
Then, comedy oh no, tragedy just happened.
Although these two people usually have some bumps and bumps and nonsense, and they don't officially admit it, they can be regarded as having a certain sense of communication, and occasionally subconsciously show great intimacy.
For example, now. Due to the low ambient temperature. Everyone gathered around each other to keep warm, and Pirka and Marilyn hugged each other unconsciouslyβthe girls even got into each other's arms.
He slapped Pirka in the face, then indifferently pushed the other party away and used his poisonous tongue trick to trigger a happy daily life that everyone liked to see, which everyone originally thought Marilyn would do. But her reaction was seriously unexpected, and she gorgeously displayed a super-cosmic invincible flashbang that shone so brightly that it could almost blind any hardened kryptonite dog's eye.
"Babble, babbleββ!!" The magician girl let out a terrible scream, scrambling to push Pirka away, who hadn't figured out what was going on, "and secretly hugged me and rubbed me without permission." You shameless and nasty pervert, pervert, big bastard!"
This is Marilyn? This is the Marilyn who has always been calm and indifferent in the face of Pirka's various off-line lines, and can behave a little hypocritically without a score and flirtatation? Everyone looked at the unbelievable scene in front of them. They all showed shocked and surprised expressions.
"Don't make a fuss, aren't you too cold?" Because the wrapped blanket was messed up, and all the precious heat stored in it was emitted, Pirka couldn't help but shiver in the cold air that pierced the bone marrow in an instant, and hurriedly grabbed Marilyn and forcibly hugged her into his arms again, "Besides, who would have the heart to rub oil in this situation?"
After glancing with a look of contempt at Piercana's right hand, which was trying to struggle but not looking a little hesitant but looking a little hesitant, Brooke, who didn't bother to care about the little mandarin ducks, began to look at the hole.
Then the uncle's whole person was instantly frightened.
Some of the stone walls around the entrance to the cave had turned into some kind of crystallization, as if it had been strongly eroded by the latter. The crystals are predominantly black, but they are translucent. Inside, there were deep, silvery glows that looked like starry skies in the middle of the night, and a few crystals protruded in spikes. Although the surface is not flat, it unexpectedly gives a very smooth feeling.
There is absolutely no such strange crystal in nature, but only as far as Brooke could see through the entrance of the cave, the earth and trees outside the cave were already covered with such crystals, and it was so black that it could not be seen at a glance, and it was so oppressive that it was almost out of breath.
"Spells, have you stopped?"
The howling winds were no longer howling, the snow was no longer flying, the thick clouds of the sky had dissipated, and the golden rays of the sun had once again covered the land. However, this is not the end of the story.
Although the weather is clear, the temperature has not risen. The black crystals that spread all over the mountains reflect the brilliant colors of the sun in the sunlight, which is beautiful and chilling at the same time.
Brooke wrapped the blanket tightly and gritted his teeth and stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave, stretched out his hand and touched the crystal, but quickly retracted like an electric shock at the moment of contact, and gasped with a shocked face and retreated: "This crystal, it contains quite a thick energy of darkness and death! A slight touch will cause serious erosion to the body, and it must be protected with a fighting spirit or magic shield to ensure safety." β
"Hey, hey, chief, it's not a joke. Pirka didn't bother to tease Marilyn who had forgotten to disguise herself because she was panicked, "The whole ground outside is covered with that kind of thing." So how are we going to get out?"
"Take out the crystal ball, I'll see if I can get in touch with Queen Bixia and ask her to find a way to send someone to rescue us......," Brooke said with a wry smile on his face, turning around. "But don't expect too much, because in addition to this strange crystallization all over the ground, there are demonic armies roaming around here. Rather than sending expensive fighters to extremely dangerous areas to rescue us ordinary people, giving up and leaving us to fend for ourselves is the best choice for those in power. β
"Well, all in all, it's better to report the situation to Queen Bixia, and we'll talk about the rescue later. Even if she did give up on us, I wouldn't blame her, because she was a king after all. Pirka shrugged nonchalantly as he flipped the crystal ball out. "Chief, don't stand at the entrance of the cave. I don't know if there's radiation yet. β
Brooke nodded and walked back, quickly connecting to the comms.
"Uncle. Are you all okay?" Alysia appeared in the video soon after getting the news, and unceremoniously squeezed the poison island Tsuneko who was in charge of answering the communication to the side (the purple-haired royal sister couldn't help but have a black line on her head for a while), "I thought you had already received the lunch box after not being contacted for so long." β
"Ahh Brooke smirked and shook his head. "That's right. You just said, 'For so long,' could it be that this spell lasted for a long time? an hour, or a few hours?"
"It's been a whole day, you real immortal Xiaoqiang!" The angry and funny Alicia tugged at her hair a little frantically and said, "Although it is a marginal position, after all, you have also survived the continuous attack of forbidden spells for a whole day, you are actually a saint warrior who defected from Athena's door, right?"
"We were lucky enough to find a cave in time......"
The beautiful blonde girl showed a sudden realization when she heard this: "I see, that's it." So uncle. What's going on on site?"
After Brooke told Alicia about the crystal, Mei Mei said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Queen Bixia. Due to severe restrictions on movement. We can't go out to reconnoiter and learn about the Ming army and the demons, so that's all we have at the moment. β
"It's okay, there's no way around it. Alicia instructed as she handed the description of the crystallization she had just recorded to the poison island beside her, "The preserved historical documents have very limited records of this spell cast by the demons in the Land of Despair, and it is impossible to refer to it at all. Senior Sister Poison Island, you give this to Little Ace and let her see what type of dark spell this is. Uncle Brooke, you've worked hard. β
"No, it's nothing. Brooke hesitated for a moment before he couldn't help but speak, "Queen Bixia, now we are trapped in the cave by that black crystal, and we can't go out at all. Not to mention that the temperature is very low, even the firewood for the fire is used up, and there is not a lot of food and fresh water that I carry with me, so I ...... Can you send someone to get us out?"
"Got it, you wait there and don't move. Alicia nodded solemnly at her uncle, "I'll arrange it." β
Although it was a verbal promise, it is still two to say whether the rescue will be dispatched, maybe that promise is just a spiritual lifesaver given by the little queen. Brooke looked calm, bowing slightly, waiting for Alicia to cut off contact.
"Everything that needs to be done has been done, and we just have to wait now. Brooke wrapped himself in a blanket and looked at the team and said, "It's as bad as I told Queen Bixia just now, but hopefully the crystals on the outside will dissipate sooner rather than laterβhaving said that, they're clearly a product of magic, and they won't be dissolved by nature for a while." Before Queen Bixia's rescue arrived, everyone tried to conserve their physical strength, and did not use food and water casually. Got it?"
"Understood. Everyone replied in unison, but it sounded random and weak.
Apparently everyone, including Brooke, had no hope for the so-called rescue.
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After losing contact with the Adventure Squad yesterday, Alicia instructed her troops to speed up to the battlefield, finally encountering and crushing the demon's defenses in the afternoon. Crushing, of course. It was only a group of low-level monsters that were responsible for blocking it, and it was the King Tiger Tank Force under the command of Renhausen who took the lead in the charge on the Alliance's side, and it was not enough to describe it when they were hung up and whipped. Only crushing is the most appropriate word.
However, these curious crawls that had been crushed into mosaics all over the ground managed to slow down the worried little queen's advance - the troops had already entered the demon-occupied area, and it was impossible to march in such a hurry.
And the huge figure of the triceratops dinosaur can be seen faintly near the horizon, even though it is the size of a bookcase.
After steadily advancing and breaking through the resistance of the miscellaneous soldiers, Alicia stationed her troops at a safe distance that would not immediately enter the battle with the demon army.
Can't go any further unless the blonde girl finds a way to get rid of the little monster first. But for now, it's impossible for an elite army to break through the enemy and forcibly take out the opponent's Super MT and then dash without taking a cloud with them, even if Alicia invites the god Hetshetier out. If Icarus were here, the little queen might give it a try. But now seeing that a certain natural girl named Michelle was in Elijah's head with an extremely happy expression, the embarrassed Alicia knew that Cytil would not show up for the time being.
Not only that, but the opponent's army is much stronger than the alliance's 30,000 armed civilians. A frontal attack is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
Is it possible to find a way to stab the chrysanthemum again? Before Alicia could make up her mind, she received a call from Uncle Brooke.
Although Imrith has powerful dark energy that can destroy the world, she will only apply it instinctively, if you ask the little girl to create a magic circle of dark spells or create a new dark spell or something. That's definitely a strong man's difficulty.
Therefore, to the tearful and apologetic baby sister that nothing can be deduced about the black crystal zuihou. Alicia wasn't surprised.
"Alright, alright, little Ace. The blonde girl rubbed her sister's round little head and said with a smile, "Everyone knows that you have not systematically studied dark spells, let alone have any knowledge of them, and I will give you the information just to try my luck in a hurry." Since we don't know what this crystal is, forget it, anyway, we just need to know that it can't be touched like a tiger's butt. β
The little girl was so comfortable that she made a sweet whining sound, which looked very cute, but this time it didn't lead Alicia to take her straight into her arms and rub it hardβLi Huayin, who suddenly came out of the stab, was going to do so. However, she was immediately electrocuted by the blonde girl and rolled into Jebutan's arms to show off welfare.
Alicia pinched the hair in her ear and muttered for a long time, and then suddenly said in a shocking voice: "Sophia, the command here will be handed over to you for the time being." Amazu and I first bypassed the demon army that was blocked out of the valley and went to the front to rescue Uncle Brooke and them. β
The pink princess was not surprised by this, and indifferently half-covered her face with a folding fan and said, "Haode, go and come back quickly." β
"Please wait a minute!" Poison Island Tsuneko next to him immediately spoke out to stop him, "Queen Bixia, this is really too dangerous, and you don't need to go there yourself, right?" What's more, according to Brooke's report, the place where the Ming army and the demon fought has all been covered by that kind of crystallization and become a place of death in the true sense, even if the night is a dragon, it can't resist the erosion of dark energy of that scale. And the other side is just a group of adventurers, not even soldiers in the regular army, I don't think it's worth putting the powerful Ayaya in danger in order to save them! In this case, it is most appropriate to abandon them. β
"Don't tell me what I have. Who would have thought that Elysia's pretty face would suddenly darken, and her powerful aura and gloomy expression shocked the purple-haired royal sister who was trying to persuade couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, "This has nothing to do with the high-sounding reasons such as I am the queen, uncle, their low status is not worth saving, and they need to preserve their combat power before the decisive battle, and it doesn't matter at all!"
"So, ...... you?"
The expression on Alicia's face softened a little, but she still frowned and said solemnly: "Because in the previous contact, I promised my uncle that I would definitely save them." If you have promised others, you must do your best to complete it, this is the most basic principle, right!As for the erosion of dark energy, don't worry, I can use the sacred realm for protection. Therefore, since I have enough Liliang in my hands, Uncle They are still alive now, and the possibility of bypassing the demon army to rescue them is not completely zero, then I absolutely have to go. Sister Poison Island, I know you're concerned about my safety, xiexie. But it's my promise to them, so let me try to get it done. β
The purple-haired royal sister silently half-knelt in front of the little queen, stroked her chest with her right hand and said, "Understood, my bixia." At the very least, though, please bring a bodyguard with you, and at least have one to take care of you. β
Doing this is actually tantamount to recommending herself, but she obviously underestimated the blonde girl in front of her. I saw that Alicia gorgeously ignored her loyal subordinates, and decisively turned her head and raised her hand to point at a black-haired boy who had been shot in the knee innocently.
"Then Ilya, you can come with me!" (To be continued......)