Pillars of Ita

Lin Qing looked towards the excavation site. Behind the snow-covered forest, the glacier seemed to be split in two. The sun was shining through the broken cliffs, and the ice surface seemed to be covered with a layer of light blue gauze.

A crowd gathered under the ice wall. As the excavation progressed, the outline of a ruin below began to emerge.

He admired the strange stone carvings, full of mystery and ancient beauty.

The architecture of the ancient country is always full of solemnity and ritual. The Xinsas snake people pursue hugeness and majesty. There seems to be a sight that travels through time between the silently rising boulders, looking down from a high place and overlooking everything; below is a long staircase, and the stone steps lead all the way to the huge temple above.

The frozen path had been broken through, the crowd cheered, and R walked in with a few people - soon, he received a message: "Found it." R's projection said on the other side of the crystal.

The stone wall behind him was pitch black and blurry, but one could vaguely see a spectacular mural of several people dying there with distorted appearances, as if they had twisted their heads with their hands, with blood gushing from all their orifices.

"We lost some personnel," R's voice was a little murky, "and there are some things from that era down here."

  His voice was interspersed with the intermittent description of the Bloody Night Demon Moon:

"One of the seven dynasties fell here. This is their last temple. The Abyss Sea spread here. They made their last resistance here, but failed. The throne here is related to the one under the Abyss Sea..."

"Which one?"

"Eternity (birth and death)."

"Have you found the prophecy?"

"Found it," R nodded affirmatively, "It's the same as on the seventh slab."

Lin Qing became more serious and asked, "Where is it?"

"Giant Tree Hill, Yasha Scar," R replied, "Below that..."

"The third slate..." Lin Qing sighed softly, "But the Giant Tree Hill is in chaos right now. Under the surface calm, all parties are planning something. I'm worried that there will be a big mess there. Do we need to make arrangements so early?"

"How are you recovering?" R asked.

"Half and half," Lin nodded, raised his hand and clenched it, "Our speculation is correct. This should be the military's secret. But what kind of secret is it? In the end, you still have to rely on yourself."

"Then let's go. X helped us register a guild and used forged information to enter the Adventurer's Association's network. Unless we investigate further, this identity will be enough for us to use for a while."

R put away the things at hand and took a last look back at the stone wall. The dark flames enveloped the seven kingdoms, and twelve stars shone together in one place - above the inky black abyss.

The ancient tower is no longer worth lingering in. They just use it as a temporary stopover to verify some things. After all, this was once the location of the Eternal Dynasty in the Seven Days Dynasty, and there are too many secrets buried under the ancient glacier.

But now everything is ready, and Stargate Port seems to have noticed this place. The uprising of the mountain people has bought them some time, but the Fenris-Elpahin Alliance has begun to enter this area, and the mountain people seem to trust those people quite a bit.

He knew that the Koreans were the ones giving the instructions. The little girl named Vikki had gained absolute authority after returning from the Continental League. The Guta people had already chosen their side, and they, together with the Three Principalities of the Scepter Coast, had chosen the elven princess.

The other five principalities chose the king's side.

In fact, all of this was caused by his favorite student. R couldn't help but shook his head. "Why, are you thinking about your precious student again?" Xueye Yaoyue turned around and looked at him. He was very silent and only showed such an expression when he was worried about something.

"No, don't worry too much, little Plover."

"You and F have really good taste," Xue Ye Yao Yue shook his head.

She first met that little guy two years ago. Who would have thought that in just a short period of time, he had grown so much. "After he came back from the mainland league, there was an uproar in the community. Some people spread rumors that he had fixed the game, but Luo Wei and Wei Yu both publicly stood up to speak for him—"

"Shui Wuming even directly criticized the Alliance in the community. The Alliance banned her main account, and she opened a small account. The Super Competitive League asked Elite to ask her to retract her comments, but Elite ignored her."

"Virus even stated directly that if the Super Sports League interfered with their affairs again, they would withdraw from the league. Later, the incident became so serious that the league had to shut down."

"But those people from Ragnarok, MTT and Mulan were probably banned by the guild. Some of them opened smurf accounts to speak up for your precious student in the community, and Hades and Odin turned a blind eye."

"Not to mention the Guta people. They were at odds with the Alliance to begin with. After returning to the Scepter Coast, Vikki joined the Fenris-Elpahin Front, which really pissed off the Alliance—"

"She has a high reputation in Guta, and the Guta people were planning to take sides anyway, so she immediately led three principalities that they had deeply infiltrated to switch sides."

She couldn't help but laugh when she thought about it. "The Alliance has been investing in the Prime Minister for many years. You can imagine how angry they are. Half of their grudge with your precious student is probably because of this."

"It's your own fault," R replied.

"Not entirely," Xueye Yaoyue asked, "Did you instruct Elite? You also taught Virus, how could she not take care of her little brother?"

R shook his head. "I didn't interfere with him. There's no need to. He's not a big problem in China. You underestimate him. But apart from the third division, we can't affect anything."

Xue Ye Yao Yue looked at him. If the Second Division had not defected, they would not have been like this - returning to Giant Tree Hill this time, there is more or less a score to be settled. They had seen it from the Turbid Realm that those people could not be relied upon.

She changed the subject, "...After the communication between the two worlds was interrupted, the community finally calmed down a lot. By the way, do you know what that rumor is about?"

"Old trick."

R replied, how could he not know, after all, they had experienced it once before, but rumors could not knock the little guy down, just as they could not knock him down head-on. He was his student, and he had already told him about the common tactics of those big clubs.

Just because it worked once doesn't mean it will work every time. The second Covenant Hill incident was a sign, but those people didn't learn a lesson. They might think that the defeat in the Turbid Realm was not enough, but he had a vague feeling that something was going to change.

……

Fang He felt the deck shaking beneath his feet, and his pencil rolled from one end of the drawing table to the other - the 'Santa Society' was a regular ship that traveled between Silver Chain Island and Giant Tree Hill, but there were not many passengers on this trip, and they had booked most of the guest rooms on the ship.

He and Sylvie were in a luxurious suite, a suite with a bedroom and a study. The living room was luxuriously furnished with everything, even the needs of alchemists were taken into consideration. There were some simple alchemical equipment and a desk in the workshop.

"Ed, can you check if the straps on your back are tied properly?"

The ship's officer's daughter wore a beige dress made of light cotton and fine silk. The upper part of the dress was tight, highlighting her slender waistline, and the petal-like neckline lifted her slender white neck, with dangling pearl earrings.

She turned around, lifted her skirt, and the hem of her petticoat was wavy with ruffles, and she was wearing a pair of beautiful riding boots.

The noble daughter held a sun hat in her other hand and turned her head. Her long golden hair was pressed down on the back of her head. Fang He raised his head and saw a dazzlingly white back. He almost had a nosebleed.

  Sylvie smiled slyly at him and winked:

"Help me tie it, honey."

Fang He had no choice but to put down the pen in his hand and help his ship officer to tidy up her clothes. The girl turned her head, stood on tiptoes, held his face and gently touched his lips.

She took a step back, lifted her skirt, and turned half a circle in front of Fang He. "Does it look good?"

Fang He was so fascinated that his heart beat faster. The ship officer's daughter usually wore clothes suitable for traveling and adventure, and rarely dressed up like a daughter of a noble family. He never thought that the daughter of the Albert family would be so charming.

In the living room, Alyssa was also putting on makeup. She was a little upset and pushed the decorative gauze on her gorgeous hair crown with her hands. The rich feathers and jewels made her slender neck hurt. "Do I have to wear this?"

"You are playing a lady of noble birth, the captain's cousin, Miss Alisa. Please be careful about your words and actions," Tracis carefully examined her attire from behind, occasionally adjusting the position of the gold jewels on her velvet dress with her hands. "We are just guards and mercenaries, and you have to stay with the captain and Miss Sylvie. This identity is necessary."

"How can I fight dressed like this?"

Miss Nightingale looked down at her bulky turquoise dress, like an overly decorated canary. However, the dress brought out her figure. This twin sister was also a beauty herself.

"Your dagger is tied to your thigh with a belt. You can reach it by lifting your skirt. I made a small device on the scabbard so you can pull it out without much effort."

"There is also a dagger hidden in your hair. As long as you don't fiddle with the feathers, it will be hard for others to find it. The dagger can be used in emergencies or thrown." Tracis continued, "Your Siren Construct is in the suitcase. The captain and I redesigned it so that it can be deployed quickly. You can also use it to quickly arm yourself."

Alisa bit her rosy lips.

Miss Ship Officer came out of the room, holding a few jewels in her hands. She smiled and asked Miss Fairy, who was sitting on the tea table and drinking tea, "Miss Tata, which one do you like better?"

Tata looked up at her, with some confusion in her eyes. She blinked slowly and replied softly, "They are all very beautiful, but I don't need them, Miss Sylvie."

"Why? Ms. Tata is an energy being, so maybe she can transform her body into clothes, right?"

"Yes," the fairy nodded gently, "but I prefer something simpler. Fairies like flowers and dewdrops, and the natural breath of wandering in the mountains."

"But I heard that in the mountains of Roshar, the fairy princesses also have their own costumes. They weave long skirts with moonlight, use dew as jewels, and weave hair crowns with flower petals." Sylvie smiled and looked at her. "Ed has never seen you like that. He must also want to see you in the past-"

The tiny fairy lady was stunned for a moment.

It takes three days to get from the Silver Chain Islands to Linoril, and the Santa Society has been sailing for two days and two nights. Not long after, Fang He heard Tianlan's unique loud voice yelling on the deck - we saw land!

He and others pushed the door open and walked out. It was just dawn, but the scenery before them was already spectacular beyond words—the towering trees left an outline on the horizon, like mountains piercing the sky, and the treetops looked like clouds.

The continent is not made up of land, but of rising roots. The silver roots are arranged side by side to form hills. Forests grow from them, converging into an emerald green carpet. Colorful water flows down from between the roots, forming silver waterfalls.

At the end of the root, there was a tiny port. White roofs shone in the morning light. Countless sails gathered in the harbor, as small as ants. The port gradually became more spectacular, and the silver roots around it arched up to form a mountain range.

That's how Hill of the Giant Trees got its name.

Towering trees take root in the sea of ​​clouds, their winding roots form continents, and their silver roots surge like waves, forming the spectacular sight of the Floating Cloud Hills. It is the wonder of the entire Ataria - and this is Linoril, Sanshak and the end of the Floating Cloud Hills.

"That's Silver Wind Harbor!"

Tianlan shouted happily.

No matter how much she hated to see the twelve-color irises, this was the place where she had lived for more than a year. The poet lady was dressed very simply—in the attire of a traveling poet, with wide sleeves and a tight craftsman skirt that made her breasts bulge and stand out;

she's back.

The poet had a lute hanging around her waist and a cloak draped over her back, just as she had been when she left here, an outfit she had not worn for more than two years.

Next to her, there was a box dressed as a strange man in a black robe. The gray-brown cloak wrapped his whole body tightly, leaving only one eye exposed - that golden eye, shining in the darkness.

That was the effect of dragon blood. Nicol Bolas made him drink the last drop of dragon blood in the Ring of Golden Flame. After that, the Ring of Golden Flame lost all its effect, and dense patterns grew on the boy's face, extending all the way to the bottom of his neck.

One of the left eyes also turned golden. The others were a little worried about this, but the box itself was very satisfied. It walked around all day holding layer upon layer of cloth strips. Underneath was the holy sword 'Black Steel' - or another name that belonged to it today.

Demonic Sword Gwendres.

Fortunately, he played a mercenary, and this outfit was not very conspicuous among the thousands of mercenaries.

Daliel was still wearing almost the same outfit. Fang He made a set of magic armor for her to replace the temple magic armor from the Night Sky Workshop. The Holy Tree Guardian was too eye-catching on the Hill of Giant Trees, and it was easy for people to associate it with her identity.

Jita didn't make any major changes. As long as she didn't show the magic book, she was just an ordinary spellcaster in the eyes of others. Cui Xisi helped her get a set of tarot cards so that she could pretend to be an astrologer. After all, astrologers would occasionally use a star chart - that thing looked a lot like a magic book.

Miss May also changed her clothes. She carried a kite shield instead of her original large shield, put the magic halberd on the boat, and used a cold iron half-sword instead. She also replaced the sun emblem on her armor with the emblem of a free knight.

Her identity is the leader of a mercenary group and a free knight. In fact, Oli also has free knights, but not as many as Ms. Maerlan.

"Miss May, there is no need to repeat the commandments before you draw your sword."

Tricia said to her.

"I know," May nodded with a blushing face, "I'm sorry, it was a reflex before."

"Forget it, I just wanted to scare off a drunkard," Tricia replied. "There aren't many people on the ship, so no one should be able to guess your identity. After all, some old-fashioned knights would do the same. But you are the Chosen One. If someone knows this, it won't be difficult to guess your identity—"

May nodded seriously.

Tianlan looked at Alyssa and Sylvie and the others and almost popped her eyes out. "Wow, Sister Alyssa?"

Fang He was also a little stunned - was this still the Miss Nightingale he knew? Elisa was dressed in a gorgeous dress, with a long skirt decorated with layers of ruffles and tassels like the tail feathers of a kingfisher. When she didn't speak, she had a noble temperament, like a daughter who walked out of a fairy tale.

But the illusion only lasted for a moment. Alyssa glared at Tianlan unhappily, her snow-white neck turning pink, which was unusual. "What are you looking at?"

"You should call the captain brother."

Tricia sighed and reminded.

Miss Nightingale would never call Fang He "brother" even if her teeth were about to break.

……

The port seemed to be right in front of them, the arched roots of the giant trees gave them an illusion, but in fact it was very far away - the sailboat sailed slowly for more than two hours before slowly entering the harbor, and there were more and more ships around - only then did people realize how prosperous Silver Wind Port was.

The densely packed buildings were built on the hillside, surrounding the entire harbor area. It was almost twice the size of Elpahin and not much different from Goland. The tall silver arches formed the unique landscape of the city. Fang He saw a silver tower -

That is the only trial tower in the city, the Spring Dawn Tower. Alongside it is the bell tower of the Emaya Grand Temple. Lady Nature is the common belief of almost all ethnic groups in Giant Tree Hill. Although there is an alliance of three goddesses, Roman and Mirella's beliefs are much less important here.

By the time they got closer to the port, the huge silver roots around them were no longer visible in their original appearance. They looked more like unique hills covered with forests, but Fang He could already see patches of silver-gray woodlands at a glance.

The silver frost has spread to the vicinity of the port, and the 'death plague' that is widespread in the Giant Tree Hill seems to be more serious than imagined, but what is more terrifying is that when the gray branches begin to spread to the sacred tree itself, that will be the end of the Giant Tree Hill.

It took another quarter of an hour for the boat to reach the pier. Since Fang He and his companions had booked the best-class tickets, they could disembark through the VIP channel. Daryl was responsible for leading the way and pretended to check the shore before signaling others to disembark.

Their entourage attracted a lot of attention, but when people's eyes fell on Fang He, they were relieved; the young man was wearing a dark brown dress coat, a tall hat, a black vest, and long pants. He carried a suitcase in one hand and always held a magic wand with gears in the other hand.

Behind him was a tall figure, the iron golem's semicircular head turned around, and an ochre light flickered in the crystal - this was the typical attire of a noble wizard, and it was unknown which ancient family it came from.

Some people recognized the identity of the square-headed plover Colin-Ishurian. Because only wizards from that ancient kingdom would carry suitcases, mostly with family things, and mottos engraved on the suitcases. Colin's wizard families are numerous, and some of them are not inferior to the imperial people.

Ordinary people dare not look any further. Wizards are not a rare profession in Attaria, but their status is at least comparable to that of alchemists. Wizards of noble birth are even more respected. They are often the top people in a country or region.

Next came the women.

Fang He walked down the escalator and reached out to help his "cousin", but Miss Nightingale did not let him touch her hand. She landed lightly on the ground, which made Cui Xisi roll her eyes. "Where is the energy you usually have to tease him?"

"Hmph," Miss Nightingale gritted her teeth, "None of your business."

Sylvie was very calm and placed her hand gently on his. She was originally playing the role of his fiancée - no, there was no need to play that role at all.

  A light figure descended from her shoulders. The fairy lady was wearing a rose-colored long skirt, crystal shoes, and a lotus-edged hat. Her emerald long hair was combed again, leaving two tassels and a ponytail.

As exquisite as a doll.

At that time she was no longer just his fairy lady, but Tata Thumb Morningstar, Her Royal Highness the Fairy Princess - she had almost forgotten this identity.

Fang He was stunned - although others should not be able to see her, Miss Long Hun did not need such an outfit.

"Miss Tata, you..."

"Mr. Knight," Miss Fairy's eyes were as calm as always, but her face was slightly red, "Does it look good?"

Fang He nodded his head like pounding garlic.

The ship officer's daughter smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, and she returned to her image of a foxy lady.

The crowd did not leave the dock directly. There were still many people on the pier. They were waiting for the ordinary passengers to leave. Although there was an Adventure Guild nearby, it would be difficult for them to show up there with their identities. They could go to the Craftsmen's Guild to have a look.

Cui Xisi still has the identity of a craftsman. In addition to the fairy information she registered, the Sacrament Guild also registered some other identities for them, including a Silver Star Craftsman and an apprentice crystal craftsman.

This identity is just right for me right now.

"Will the people from SOLID find out your multiple identities?" Fang He asked.

He saw information about the Sea Witch Mia scrolling on a crystal bulletin board not far away, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, there was no wanted information about them in Giant Tree Hill. It seemed that the elves were not interested in the Empire's request.

But this was only on the surface. Privately, the major guilds were definitely tracking down their whereabouts. Since they were chasing Mia, they would know that the Sea Witch was with them. Therefore, they could not easily reveal their identities.

Cui Xisi shook her head. "Some of the identities may be discovered, but I won't use them. I registered the identity information of the Silver Star craftsman myself, and the guild may not know it."

While the two were communicating, suddenly a huge roar was heard in the distance.

Everyone looked up in that direction, only to see a column of dust rising from the north of the port. Others couldn't help but look over there. Fang He couldn't help sweating profusely, and stammered, "Why are you looking at me?"

Just when he was wondering if he really had some kind of disastrous physique, Princess Lian Kuiya Alsana came down with two elf guards.

The crowd in the distance was being separated, and a group of guards entered the dock and stopped everyone, but they were not elves - they were probably the port guards, mostly humans, and there were also a few Paparars. Just when everyone didn't understand what was happening.

The elf girl spoke softly: "Don't worry, Mr. Ed, this has nothing to do with you, it's just that the city is clearing the ash branches-"

  ...That's...Gray Branch?

Fang He saw a gray branch spreading out from the building in the smoke and dust, and silver branches spreading out from the windows and terraces, spiraling upward to form a spire-like height, and then growing countless silver-gray branches and leaves.

If he hadn't known that it was the effect of 'Death by Apoptosis', he would have thought it was some kind of natural wonder. The silver giant tree looked magnificent, but it was still so tall at such a long distance. He estimated -

The gray branch grew tall in just a short moment.

The impact of the "death plague" is not only the death of trees, but more fatally, it causes the white trees to grow gray branches. The white trees are the land on which the people of Giant Tree Hill depend for their survival. When the gray trees grow, insects will be born from the branches of the white trees.

Those are the blight of the holy tree, the shadows of the forest, and various twisted creatures. More importantly, the White Tree is the holy tree of the elves. The elves are a race born from the White Tree, so the Gray Branch will also affect them -

"The Ash Branch has spread to Silverwind Harbor?" Fang He couldn't help but ask, "I heard that the Druid Council set up a sky barrier outside Silverwind Harbor. Could it be that the barrier has failed?"

Lian shook her head. "No, these are just part of what has seeped into the barrier. It was already like this when I left. You haven't seen the gray branches outside the barrier. We have no way to deal with them... and these thin buds are easy to cut off..."

"...Mr. Ed, please rest assured that the Adventurer's Association will deal with them soon."

The guards not far away began to divide the passengers into two groups and search them one by one. Fang He frowned when he saw this and couldn't help asking, "What are they searching for?"

Lian looked in that direction, also a little surprised, and shook her head slightly: "I don't know, there was no such link before I left."

"We can't stand the inspection," Fang He whispered, "We have to find a way to avoid it."

"I can use my identity to vouch for you."

But Elisa shook her head and said, "No, Your Highness, you have appeared with us in Saint Hugh's before. It would be easy for others to guess your identity. At least now, you cannot expose yourself."

Lian was stunned for a moment and was speechless.

This scene reminded Fang He of the time in Traveler's Rest. The military had investigated him in the same way then. However, he was lucky then, as there were no Dragon Worshipers to rescue him this time.

Maybe I could make some noise? Just as he was thinking this, a second roar suddenly came from not far away. This roar was much closer. Everyone watched helplessly as the Port Authority not far away collapsed.

A silver whip swung towards this direction and hit a sloop in the harbor, flipping it over - then, in the smoke and dust, a tall monster appeared, a tree man waving its tentacles.

However, everyone saw that the thing was almost as disgusting as the evil tree man, except that it was covered with a layer of silver-gray armor all over its body. Insects of all sizes were crawling up and down its trunk, and fell down as it moved.

"Change to cold iron arrows—"

A voice came from the smoke.

Then a rain of arrows came and landed on the tall tree man. The thing seemed to be strong on the outside but weak on the inside. The rain of silver arrows almost shot it back, and two spears holding ropes flew out from the mist and hit its torso.

The next moment, the rope straightened, pulling the tree man to the ground with a loud bang. Then, many elven guards and the Chosen Ones rushed out of the mist. They rushed up and climbed up the giant tree. In a few seconds, they cut it into two parts.

But after the giant tree died, it immediately withered and turned into ashes, and the silver insects on its body flapped their wings and flew towards the port.

"Chase them, don't let them escape!"

the voice from before shouted.

A male elf walked out of the mist and looked at the people on the dock - the ordinary passengers had already crawled on the ground in fear, and the ones who were still standing were almost all the Chosen Ones and a few bounty hunters from Silver Chain Island.

The elf looked at them and said, "All the Chosen Ones above the Apprentice level, please stand out. The Adventurer's Guild is urgently recruiting. Elite Gray Branches have appeared in the Linfeng District. I hand the mission over to you. You can form a team and go there."

A silver instruction appeared in Fang He's field of vision, but he took a quick glance and immediately pretended not to see it.

The same is true for most of the other members of the Seven Seas Brigade.

"Leave a group of people at the port to protect these innocent passengers," the elf said. He looked at the bounty hunters, "Are you from the Pure White Blade? Follow me!"

Several bounty hunters nodded.

The elf then noticed Fang He and his companions. He looked at Fang He's attire with some surprise and nodded to him respectfully. "Dear Mage, I'm sorry to let you see this. You can stay here until we finish dealing with this."

Fang Yu was startled. Even if he was a wizard, was it necessary for the other party to be so respectful? Although he was indeed a young nobleman who was disguised as a wizard family and had not experienced much of the world, it seemed that the elves of Silverwind Harbor did not need to be so friendly to the nobles of Corin-Ishurian?

But this doubt only lasted for a moment. He immediately realized that this was an opportunity to leave, so he took the initiative to step forward and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"You..." The elf guard was even more surprised, "You are willing to take action?... But I am not qualified to order you, my dear sir, the situation happened in Linfeng District, you can go there and take a look by yourself."

He didn't know where the confidence in Fang He came from, and he didn't ask any more questions, as if everything would be solved as soon as Fang He took action.

The elf looked around and said to the White Blade bounty hunters, "If you are not familiar with that place, you might as well team up with them. These gentlemen will be happy to accompany you, but please be sure to pay attention to your own safety."

Fang He was completely confused.

However, when he looked at the bounty hunters, he found that they were also confused. However, the elf who spoke seemed to be of a high status. After looking at each other, the bounty hunters actually nodded to him.

"Sir, if you are interested, we can escort you to that place. Thank you for your help to Silver Wind Harbor."

Fang He didn't dare to ask more questions. He just nodded silently and pretended to be an expert.

The Elf Guard asked again:

"Sir, do you want your women to stay here? I can have someone stay to look after them."

"No," Fang He shook his head. How could he let the Seven Seas Brigade separate? "I have the ability to protect them. Let them follow me, and everyone else can go about their own business." He originally intended to let those bounty hunters leave as well, but after thinking it over, he felt it was too suspicious, so he didn't say anything.

The Elf Guard nodded after hearing his words: "I was overthinking."

Fang He had a million question marks in his mind.

He always felt that he had countless questions to ask, but Lian Kuiya Alsana, who was most suitable to answer all of them, seemed to be unable to show up at the moment. He had to take it one step at a time, deceive these people first, and leave the port first.

The Elf Guard led the group away, and the bounty hunters came forward, put their hands on their chests and said to them: "Everyone, please come with us."

These people seemed to be indigenous people, not young at all, and looked to be experienced professional hunters. However, they were treated with great respect, and no one knew why.

But Fang He couldn't ask a single word, so he had to keep his mouth shut, nodded slightly with a stern face, and then followed the crowd towards the north of the Port Authority.

……

In the darkness, countless gray branches connecting the sky and the ground seemed to connect the entire underground space together. The girl looked in that direction with a pale face. Some silver insects kept crawling onto the ground from their silver whiskers.

They were like a huge army, clinging densely to the gray branches, with neither the beginning nor the end visible.

No one knows where these insects come from. Perhaps they come from the bottomless abyss. Some sand and gravel are falling from the pale tree roots and into the dark abyss below, and no echo is heard for a long time.

Leila looked there timidly.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but she reached out and gently touched her glasses - to the girl's chagrin, the glasses that Mr. Ed had repaired for her were now missing a corner, which was left over from a battle, but that was the last battle.

They defeated the kings on seven thrones, seven pyramids.

Although it was just an illusion on those thrones, the battles were so sinister that it was unimaginable—

"...Are the ruins here related to those gray branches?" She looked at the scene in the distance silently and couldn't help asking.

Alesha shook her head.

"There is a vision of a god down there," she answered, "who caused these gray branches to grow."

"Who is that?"

"I don't know," said the Dragon Queen, "Perhaps it was the lady of the withering death, or it could be fate, or something else."

There was one last pyramid left in the distance - the tallest and largest one.

It stood in the darkness, and countless gray branches seemed to want to spread towards it, but an invisible force twisted them into a ball, forming a wall that prevented them from getting close to the pyramid at all.

The girl could see a thin figure holding a magic wand, walking slowly towards the pyramid step by step - the stone path under the man's feet seemed to have no end.

The young man was just a tiny dot on top.

Leila asked again: "Mr. Luo Yu, is he okay..."

"Don't worry," the Dragon Queen's voice echoed in the darkness, sounding long, "That was a test from Xochitl, Lord of the Staff, Shipili, Lord of the Gem, and Cuauhtémoc, Lord of the Eagle. In the era of Sinsas, knowledge came from the bottomless abyss—"

"This is the final step. If he wants to help the little guy, he must master enough power;"

"You are tied to fate. In the future, you will face unimaginable enemies. I come from that world and know where they come from better than you do."

She looked up at the gray branches.

"The death shadow spreading from the dying world, after the starlight went out, the void was created, like a shadow under the sea, drowning our worlds one by one," Alessa said quietly, "No one can escape, we can only face it. It is the ashes of countless worlds, crazy, twisted, and filled with the resentment of each world, but it also contains the knowledge of countless worlds -"

"Only those who dare to face the abyss can be blessed by the crazy knowledge."

The witches said.

The earliest magic came from words.

The words on the stone slab came from the abyss.

...(End of chapter)