Pillars of Ita

"Ms. Miya, why are you here?"

The wolf-like girl tilted her face to the side, reflecting the lightning in the sky, which overshadowed her original color, like a jade statue, a little cold. But there was a layer of fine fur on her face, and she shook her ears, which made her look cute.

She held the Star Dagger in reverse and turned to look at Fang He. Her silver eyes were deep, like a calm and peaceful pool, reflecting his appearance. "I will protect you."

"No, that's not what I'm asking..." Fang He coughed lightly. Miss Miya's straightforwardness was sometimes a little unbearable.

She didn't seem to care much about Sylvie, but this was exactly what made him embarrassed - he couldn't help but care about the feelings of the ship's officer, "Ms. Mia, this should be..."

"Oh, you mean this." Miya didn't care too much. She stretched out a hand to block Fang He - in Fang He's slightly surprised eyes, she looked in that direction warily, "Be careful, it's not dead yet."

She was looking at the place where the strange insect had fallen.

Countless skeletons there trembled, and the strange insect stood up as if nothing had happened. Although it was missing an arm, there was a deep cut on its shoulder where the bone could be seen, and green juice was oozing out of the wound.

It howled fiercely at the wolf girl, opened its three remaining arms, and raised its spear. Fang He blinked and saw the thing appear in front of Miya.

The physical strength of this thing is far beyond their level. If it opens the door of laws, it will be at the silver level.

However, the opponent has not yet demonstrated this ability. Instead, Miya slashed with the star dagger in her hand, weaving a silver haze in the space in front of them.

While the rays of light were still on the blade of her star dagger, the insect let out a strange cry, flew back over a distance of ten feet, and crashed into the pile of bones again with a "bang".

Smoke and dust are flying.

Then it knocked a path from another direction, but the wolf girl did the same thing, slashing horizontally with the star dagger in her hand. The silver haze also cut through the space, but this time it was farther, at a distance of nearly a hundred feet, and the strange insect screamed and flew back.

Fang He heard a roar. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should sympathize with the monster. However, everyone knew the title of the Sea Witch, but they didn't know what Mia's specific law domain was, and he was the same.

Miya's bizarre attack method surprised Fang He. Her ability to attack first after being struck later did not seem like ether, but rather some kind of spatial ability.

Mia noticed his gaze and turned around to explain to him, "Passing through the sea of ​​light and mobilizing the ether, it is also absorbing power. This is just a simple technique of using the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force."

She stretched out her hand to Fang He, her slender fingertips seemed to pass through a trickling stream, and silver light hung between her fingers like water. "You see, we are witches who have passed through the sea of ​​light. Aether is everywhere, like a sharp blade hidden in the invisible. If you experience it carefully, you can feel the traces of the blade."

"Ms. Miya," Fang He was a little anxious. Is this the time to say this?

Although the bug was covered in dirt, it was not fatally injured and was still watching closely. He couldn't help but remind it anxiously, "Please fight seriously."

The insect seemed to sense something as well and seized this fleeting opportunity. It stretched out a pair of membranous wings from its back and leaped over like an arrow.

But Miya seemed to have eyes on her back. She didn't even turn her head and lightly swept her hand in that direction as if she was chasing away a fly. But the insect seemed to understand what Miya said and deliberately felt the invisible flow of ether.

When the wolf-like girl attacked, it turned sideways, trying to avoid the blow.

But that's just its imagination.

The next moment, with a "bang", the insect's head flew high up, and its body flew out like a dead fly, and once again crashed into the pile of bones.

"It's okay," Miya looked at Fang He and replied.

She took her hand back and gently brushed her hair behind her shoulders. Then she thought of something and frowned, "Did Xiaobai say something bad about me to you?"

"What the hell is going on," Fang He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Miss Mia was sometimes smart and capable, but sometimes she was a little out of shape. She seemed to only care about the things she cared about, just like she was focused on completing her revenge.

He shook his head. "Bai Hua didn't tell me anything. But you haven't told me why you are here, Miss Miya."

"Oh," Mia responded softly, "I saw your consciousness sink into the sea of ​​light, so I followed."

"Wait, you mean this is Gwanghae?"

"Not entirely." The wolf girl folded her pointed ears and looked a little confused. "I see that other people can't enter here. There is an obstacle blocking them, but it's no problem for me to come in."

Could it be related to Miss Miya's Sea Witch ability? Fang He thought, and asked again: "Hasn't anyone else come in? Is everyone still outside?"

Mia nodded, "By the way, your Miss Dragon Soul could have come in. But her spirit was too exhausted. Forcing her way in here would have left irreversible damage to her soul. I left her there."

Fang He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, "Is Miss Tata okay?"

"She's fine," Mia replied calmly, "Don't worry, she'll be fine as long as I'm here."

Miss Mia is as confident as ever.

Fang He shook her head, but she seemed to have the ability. Not to mention her own skills, she was born in a former alliance and had been a genius of that generation since she came to prominence. She was not inferior to the current genius girl, and was even more famous.

Even now, she was only a few years older than the rest of them, but she was already a long-established dragon rider, who had been betrayed by her old master—or so she thought she had been, and had sworn vengeance on her former allies, who had reformed themselves into the Scions of Forlor.

Then this wolf-like girl really overcame all the obstacles and caused a big incident in Covenant Mountain.

I heard that the Descendants of Flor and the God Slayers are still having a headache because their plans were disrupted, and the major guilds are still working together to hunt down this Sea Witch, but she is still adventuring here with them as if nothing happened.

In order to complete her plan, she stabbed him in the back with the star dagger. Although the process caused him a lot of trouble, the result seemed to be just as she expected.

The only victim was actually Dawnstar. But Fang He knew that Miss Scarpe and Quirod had also told him about this privately, telling him not to feel guilty, because Dawnstar did not join Jeffreyt's Red Team because of Mia. They were mercenaries, and they would have carried out the mission that night regardless of whether the wolf girl was there or not, and then ran into the ambush set up by Silver Shadow in advance.

The ones who should be held responsible for this incident are Jeffreyt's Red Team, because they concealed the fact of the Dead Zone from all the mercenaries at the time, and that was the culprit that led to the demise of the Dawnstar.

Fang He looked in the direction of the mountain of corpses. The insect that had lost its head finally stopped standing up. The place returned to dead silence again, with only the rumbling sound of thunder and lightning.

Although that thing had no ability to fight back in front of Miya, Fang He still realized its terrifying nature. How many people in this world can survive several battles under the hands of a dragon knight?

Miya didn't hold back when she attacked.

That strange insect didn't seem to have any ability under the laws, but its physical strength alone had reached a level close to that of the silver rank. If there weren't many of them, it would be fine. But if it was a common monster in the gray domain like the Disaster Champion, it would be a bit too scary.

The good news is that there seems to have never been any information about similar monsters before. Even if this bug has appeared in Etaria, it should be a very rare occurrence.

"Ms. Miya, have you found a way to leave this place?" Fang He asked.

Mia held out her hand to him, "Hold my hand, I'll take you out."

Fang He suddenly asked: "So I just need to follow you and I can go out, right, Miss Miya?"

The wolf girl looked at her hand silently, with some regret in her eyes, but she still withdrew her hand and nodded, "Yeah."

……

Time was passing by in the cave. The young man in black leaned against the wall of the cave, not caring whether his wizard robe was stained with dust.

The dirty marks of dirt and sand were particularly eye-catching on the dark robe, and Tianlan rolled her eyes at the side. Finally, she couldn't help but remind him:
"Box, it's my turn to be on duty next week!"

"Oh," the young man pressed his hand on his magic sword, counting the blades on the scabbard, and raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You better be clean!"

Miss Poet yelled in anger.

Jita sat aside looking somewhat worried, turning a deaf ear to the argument between the two.

The naturalist lady's slender hand was placed on the cover of her magic book, but her mind was not on it at all. She didn't even notice that the huge frame of her glasses had slipped down her nose.

Melfina walked in from outside and couldn't help shaking her head when she saw her like this. The Elf Princess was experienced and could naturally see the thoughts of this love-struck girl. "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. I checked and no one was injured."

"…But is the captain okay?"

Jita looked up at him and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

The seal of the elves carries all kinds of dangers, and some of the powers that come from ancient laws are not even fully understood by her, but fortunately they have the bloodline of a true elven king here.

Melfina shook her head again, "He just fainted."

She looked at Fang He who was lying unconscious beside her, walked over gently, touched Fang He's forehead with her hand, frowned, then took out a pendant from her chest and pressed it on his heart.

She picked up Fang He's hand and covered the pendant with it. Seeing this, the Paparal people on the side couldn't help but say, "None of us were affected by the illusion, only he was."

"I remember if there was another person before we entered the cave," Melfina asked, "but after the fog spread, I couldn't find her."

"Is there?" The Paparar was startled. Of course he immediately thought of who it was, but he couldn't say it out loud. It would be fine if he got into trouble, but if he messed with the Sea Witch, he would be in trouble.

But once the topic was brought up, he had no way to refute that Fang Yu was the only one who fell into the illusion, and he was afraid to go deeper into the topic, so he had to avoid the subject.

Melfina knew very well that since the fog had spread, the missing person should be the Silver Level. She was just a little curious that such a young girl could be the core of the core of this team.

And she always felt that the other person looked familiar.

However, the Chosen and mortals were mostly similar in the eyes of the elves, so she did not delve into it and simply changed the subject, "The reason why the elves are called a magical race is because we are more adaptable to elements and ether."

"But Mr. Ed's ability to perceive the etheric world is far greater than ours. The moment the fog spread, I felt the movement of the etheric pulse, but he was the only one who entered that world."

"That world?" the Papara people couldn't help but ask.

"The Ether Realm, which the Lizardmen call the Sea of ​​Light," Melfina said. "In the legends of the elves, the foot of the sacred tree is the border with the Sea of ​​Light. There is an entrance there, which we call the 'Gray Forest.'"

"Legend has it that it is the entrance to the kingdom of the goddess Emaya. Sometimes her chosen ones will pass through that forest to meet her, but it is always through the means of spirit and will."

"But if not in a spiritual way, but in some other way..." The Elf Princess suddenly stopped.

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Jita asked worriedly, "What will happen then?"

"You will be lost in that world forever and will never come back," Melfina said after taking a look at the pendant. "But don't worry, Mr. Ed didn't step into the Gray Forest himself. This necklace is a secret treasure of the Elf King's Court. It can protect Mr. Ed's soul until he comes back."

"But that necklace must be very valuable, right?" Tianlan couldn't help but ask.

The elf princess shook her head, indicating that it was nothing, it was her private property and she could give it to anyone.

Jita looked straight at Fang He with a frown on her face. Her hand was stroking the title page of the Book of Life, as if she was thinking about whether there was any way in her two magic books that could solve this problem.

Marigold came over, squatted beside Miss Naturalist, patted her shoulder gently, and comforted her to relax.

"But doesn't Ed have elemental aptitude?"

Sylvie asked suddenly.

She was not too worried about Fang He's safety. It was because she knew that it was Gwanghae, and a witch with that title had already chased after her. Since she was there, there shouldn't be any big problems.

She suddenly felt that it was a good thing to have the wolf girl by his side. She smiled slightly, as if she thought of Fang He's embarrassment.

On the contrary, it's quite interesting.

"Yes," Tianlan also reacted, "Brother Captain does not have the etheric adaptability. He did not get the permission of the star gate to enter this world."

"I have certainly heard of that."

Melfina replied, she took back her hand that was pressing on Fang He's chest, "But there are exceptions to everything. Not having elemental aptitude does not necessarily mean not having ether aptitude."

"Ms. Melfina, are you talking about the attributeless ether?"

Alisa came in at this time and asked.

Melfina nodded. "Ms. Alisa should have sensed it as well. The fog that permeates the depths here is actually ether that is so dense that it is almost impossible to flow."

"——Attributeless ether."

The Elf Princess' silver-gray eyes looked at the shrewd and capable Miss Nightingale. When their eyes met, Alyssa shook her head and said, "I can't feel it, but someone told me the answer."

Luo Yu was walking out of the secret passage behind her.

"All the converging ether converges here and forms this scene here," Miss Nightingale replied, "but the interesting thing is that I have seen this fog before."

Under the red moon in St.

"The magic moon will increase the activity of the ether," Luo Yu thought for a moment and said, "That may be the reason why the gray fog appeared on the sky sea."

"But the strange convergence of ether is definitely not a natural phenomenon," he said, as if immersed in his own thoughts, "the pulse flow of the ether network..."

"Don't forget," Elisa added to the group, "Besides, there is also the Spirit Seal here, and the strange bug we saw earlier."

"Did you catch up with it?" asked the poet lady.

"It escaped," Alyssa shook her head. "The underground here is interconnected in all directions. I don't know which road leads to the depths of the heart of the sacred tree."

"What is that?" Melfina asked.

"I don't know," Elisa still shook her head. "I was just wondering, what are the elves doing here?"

"That's my question, too," Melfina expressed regret, "but the Holy Forest never told the Elven Court about this. So what's underneath?"

Alisa hesitated, "I don't know, I saw the holy water well you mentioned, and there were some...strange sights there."

The Elf Princess asked: "What did you see?"

Miss Nightingale raised her right hand, in the palm of her hand was a handful of soil. This was the center of the gray area, the soil was almost crystallized, but this handful of soil was as natural as new, and one could even see the roots of plants on it.

And in the center of the soil, there is a slightly trembling, emerald green new sprout, which is thrillingly extracting a hint of light yellow, as if the life of the whole world is endowed with that touch of new green.

Alyssa looked at everyone and answered slowly, "The Gray Region seems to be recovering, recovering naturally."

But Melfina's expression changed.

"No, throw it away."

The Elf Princess knocked the sprout out of Miss Nightingale's hand, stepped on it and crushed it. As if that was not enough, she drew her sword and cut it into two pieces.

She glanced at the dying buds, raised her head, and found that everyone was looking at her in astonishment. Melfina's hands were trembling slightly. She took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then said to everyone:
"Have you seen Gray Branch?"

Everyone nodded.

They had come all the way from Silver Wind Harbor. This was not the first time they had seen Gray Branch, and they had dealt with Gray Branch more than once. They were familiar with the twisted creatures in the gray realm, which were completely different from the products of nature.

“But the Blight Branches are completely different from the Gray Branches,” Melfina answered slowly. “Before they grow naturally, they look more like seedlings of the Holy White Tree.”

She looked at the remains of the new bud with some horror, "This is the disaster branch."

"what?"

Everyone was shocked. Luo Hao couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Melfina, are you telling the truth?"

"I have seen them with my own eyes," Melfina replied. "In Ninimare, someone tricked us into believing that the Gray Region was recovering naturally. The Ninimare Tree grew taller under such circumstances. When it suddenly revealed its true colors, many people died."

Her face was unusually pale. "Miss Elisa, are you saying that a new disaster branch is growing under the holy water well?"

Miss Nightingale's expression also changed. "Wait, Ms. Melfina, there are many more new sprouts like this underneath."

She turned around and tried to deal with the things below.

But Melfina stopped her and said, "Don't go. It's too late. No one has ever told us that a second disaster branch can be born in the Gray Region. We have to pass on this news."

Her expression had turned very serious. "Something must be wrong. Our plan did not anticipate such a situation..."

The image of Ninimer kept appearing in the Elf Princess' mind.

But Luo Yu suddenly said, "Wait, there's something else down there."

"A door," he said, as if he had finally figured out the reason, "that's why the etheric currents converge here."

“A new door has opened here.”

"Those things," the young man said, "are overflowing from the gray forest."

...(End of chapter)