Otome's Law of Ascension

Chapter 86

Licia stopped the carriage.

"Are you going to Babalich?" The horse neighed with hooves lifted before it stopped.

Licia nodded. "yes."

Dimitri bent down and stretched out his right palm, on which lay a golden dragon scale. "Take it with you."

Licia had completely calmed down from the girl's heart just now, she was only thinking that this piece of golden dragon scale must be a good thing, maybe it's something to save her life.

Continuing to think about love affairs will consume energy, and it will keep her in a state of self-movement and intoxication, thus missing a lot of good things.

So Licia decided to accept the dragon scale. "thanks."

Dimitri nodded.He seemed to want to say something, but finally swallowed it, and he just gave Licia a deep look.

Then he turned the horse's head and left slowly.

Licia saw a six-pointed star flying towards her from above Dimitri's head. It was extraordinarily bright at night. Licia didn't know if it would have been different if the star had arrived earlier.

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After two days of running around, they finally arrived at the city of Ajid, which is the closest to the Bridge of Jihad.

Ajid village is far away from Beihe River and Duohe River. Although it is very close to the Eye of the Dead Sea, there is very little rainfall.

So it was very dry, the sky was full of wind and sand, and the sky was yellow.

Licia touched her stomach that had been tortured by dry food these days, and proposed to have a bowl of hot soup before going to the bridge.

"Of course." Teacher Ke Lier finally closed the book, took off her glasses, and jumped out of the car.

However, there is only one tavern in the village. From the door of the tavern, one can vaguely see the Jihad Bridge ahead.

"Beef stewed with potatoes." Licia ordered a dish, and the store served Licia a bowl of mush from a pot so thick that no ingredients could be seen.

Licia took a sip and it was very, very salty and dry, not really soup at all.

The brown bread that came with it was hard to chew.

I had to order another pot of crude tea to eat a little bit.

"It seems that the desire to have a good meal before going to the bridge can't be satisfied." Licia was barely full.

The boss, wearing a woolen vest, came forward to clean up the table for Licia and the others, just in time to hear her exclamation.

"Are you going to the Barbarici area?" The boss didn't care at all about Licia saying that the food he made was unpalatable, maybe he himself knew that it was really unpalatable.

Ke Lier nodded, since she got off the carriage, she turned off the power of heraldry and became normal.

"I think it's strange to say it." The boss put the soup bowl, spoon, and bread basket into the big basin and picked it up. "It's been five days since I saw anyone come down from the Bridge of Jihad."

Licia and Teacher Keri looked at each other.

"Sir, how is it usually?" Licia asked.

She unconsciously touched whether Selene and Dirk were still on her body.

"Usually, although there are not many people, there are always one or two people coming here every day." The boss wiped the table twice with the towel on his shoulder, and grabbed a silver coin on the table.

"There was no one for five days, and it felt a little bit wrong." Licia said.

Ke Lier put two pieces of black bread in the bag and nodded. "There may be something wrong with the bridge, be careful when you get on the bridge."

Licia didn't intend to give up at all, and since Teacher Ke Lier said so, Licia has no reason to back down.

"The result of divination is that this trip will go well for us." Licia comforted herself.

But Lier didn't seem to care at all. She changed into a pair of hard-soled shoes, and then threw away the pair of soft shoes she wore on the carriage.

Licia had been wearing leggings, a suede apron, and a dark windbreaker leather waistcoat.

"Have a good rest in the carriage tonight." Teacher Ke Lier hasn't slept for two days. "Then we are ready to go to the bridge, you pack your bags."

Licia picked up her heavy schoolbag, put on her hat, and fastened the straps.

He and Ke Lier walked towards the bridge step by step.

The outline of the Jihad Bridge became clearer and clearer, and the air became humid in an instant, and the whistling cold wind made Licia's face ache.

A huge sculpture of a war horse at the head of the bridge is becoming more and more clear.

The sculpture of the horse comes to life, as if it will be running towards you the next moment.

"Is there supposed to be a knight on this statue?" It was the first time for Licia to observe so closely.

It was only seen in the pictures of travel notes before.

This time, looking at it from a close distance, I was not as tall as a horse's calf, and I felt extremely shocked.

"Indeed, you can see that there are still stones on the stirrup that haven't been completely broken, obviously someone had it before." Ke Lier also looked at the tall horse like Licia.

"People who have been to Barbarici said that the horse is the black knight." Lier tied a piece of cloth on her face.

Licia nodded, she didn't think so, she was sure, because she was too familiar with the bit and stirrup, the pattern and style were exactly the same as the undead horse of the black knight she summoned.

The closer Licia got, the hotter the brand on her neck became. It was probably because they sensed the statue and the bridge of jihad in the Eye of the Dead Sea.

The moment she stepped on the bridge, the cold wind mixed with water vapor became more piercing, and Licia felt that a thin layer of ice had formed on her clothes.

"It's cold," she said.

But Teacher Ke Lier has already activated the power of heraldry, the power of the ring of Palaka, allowing her to complete her own affairs regardless of any negative factors.

Licia didn't cry anymore, she was already ten steps behind Teacher Ke Lier, so she quickly ran a few steps to catch up.

The bridge deck is very wide and is paved with iron chains and wooden boards. The road just on the bridge is easy to walk, because the wooden boards are relatively intact.

But it cost less than 50 yuan to walk out, and you can already see the exposed iron chains.

"Mr. Ke Lier, when you came here, was the Holy War Bridge destroyed like this?" Licia asked.

"Most of the boards were destroyed during the jihad, but when I came, they didn't seem so weak." Lier demonstrated stepping on a wooden board that looked a little wet.

With just a little force, the board suddenly lost its bearing capacity and turned into wisps of sawdust that kept falling down.

Licia couldn't help but look down at the sea water.

The fog in the strait covers the original appearance of the sea surface, giving people a feeling of bottomless bottom.

"Don't look." Teacher Ke Lier took a step forward. She seemed to adapt to Licia's pace and slowed down a little. "Don't look at the sea, or you will jump involuntarily."

Licia glanced back at the sculpture of the horse, which seemed to have changed its orientation from the bridge.

Originally seen from the bridge, it should be facing its back, but in fact, it seems that the horse's body has moved sideways at about 45 degrees.

"Be careful where you step! Don't step on boards that are obviously different in color from the surrounding ones!" Ke Lier reminded Licia loudly.

She accidentally stepped on a rotten board because she looked back at the statue, but she quickly reacted and retracted her foot, and the board had already been crushed by her and fell into the sea.

"It's a good thing there is no one else, otherwise people like you would have to squeeze you down." Ke Lier walked to a place with stone slabs and stopped.

"So why hasn't anyone been on the bridge these days?"

Teacher Keri shrugged. "Maybe it's not cost-effective to go to the bridge now. Soon, because of the fear of the Ring of Laka, the restlessness of the Great Dharma Circle will affect the entire Barbaric region."

Later, along the way, Ke Lier hardly spoke much.

This also affected Licia, she is also a person who will not be half-hearted after entering the state.

So the walking speed of the two began to gradually increase, and Licia jumped more skillfully on the wooden board.

Until two hours later, the bridge deck shook slightly, and the sparseness of the planks became more and more serious.

And because the fog is getting thicker and thicker, they sometimes have to take a few steps back to find a way to walk again.

"What is this?" Licia asked, pointing to a white mass on the side of the bridge. "Why do I feel like a corpse?"

Keri took a look. "Don't feel it, it's just a corpse."

If you take a step closer, you can see the hair of the corpse.

"Why did you die here?" And it seemed that he died not long ago.

This made both Ke Lier and Licia start to be alert.

"There is no danger on the bridge. This person should have been killed." Licia said that she had read a lot of information about bridges and the Dafa Circle before she came.

Ke Lier also nodded, she took out a little medicine powder and sprinkled it on the corpse.

Licia saw that the powder turned into a rough outline of a human body in the air. It ran desperately for a few steps away from Barbarici, and then fell to the bridge as if it had been shot by an arrow.

"It didn't take more than two days to die, shot to death by an arrow." Ke Lier said.

Licia took out Selene, which was slightly hot and glowing silver.

"This is your new weapon?" Lier hadn't seen Licia take it out yet.

It was too bright, and it got brighter now that Licia was nervous.

Licia waved the ring to temporarily drive away some of the fog.

The sight ahead was even more terrifying.

The exposed bridge chains are strewn with dead bodies, none of which appear to have been dead for long.

"No wonder no one can come back. Is there something on the bridge?" Licia stepped in front of Coril.

"Teacher Ke Lier, I'll go ahead." In any case, Licia's coat of arms must be more powerful than Ke Lier's.

The fog has begun to gather again, and the road that cannot be seen will become more dangerous.

Licia could only keep waving the weapon in her hand.

"Teacher, why don't you go back first, and I'll go by myself." The further you walked, the more corpses there were, and Licia could feel the danger.

But she wasn't afraid herself, she was just afraid that she would be fine by herself, but it would be difficult to keep Ke Lier.

"Stop talking nonsense and keep going. The more this is the case, the more it means that there is something in the Barbarych area." Ke Lier's eyes ignited desire instead. As a potion master, the fear of the unknown also means that there will be new things. opportunities arise.

Licia nodded and fixed the backpack tighter. If something is dropped at this time, it may never be found again.

She suddenly felt a chill on her scalp, as if a gust of wind rushed past her head.

Looking up, a mass of black rags was spread out, and the thin strips of cloth were hanging in the air, slowly turning into a person wearing a robe, and it was wearing a hood, and the face under the hood was only A mouth with gums and white teeth could be seen, and it carried a scythe and began to circle above Lycia and Corila.

"Who?" Licia almost greeted his mother in a friendly manner. After all, the death-like thing shuttling through the fog was too visually impactful.

Fortunately, she controlled herself and didn't panic and fell into the sea.

But Lier was different, her body was trembling slightly all the time, Lizia confirmed that she was too excited and not too scared.

The Grim Reaper with the sickle on his back didn't answer Licia's question, but raised the sickle in his hand.

"Dang!" The sickle was blocked by Selene.

Licia had difficulty stepping on the wooden board with one foot, but the other could only step on the iron chain.

She pushed the scythe away as hard as she could.

The moment the 'Reaper' was pushed away, it turned into a cloud of mist and appeared behind Licia.

The speed was too fast, Licia had to stabilize her figure, and there was no time to turn around.

Thanks to Ke Lier's reaction, she sprinkled a handful of burning powder.

But the raging flames also ignited part of the planks, so they had to run a few more steps in the direction of Barbarici.

Lycia found a board to rest on and stopped.

Coril was standing on another stone slab to the side.

"Be careful." Keri just found out a new potion with combat power from her bag.

'Reaper' waved the sickle again, and chopped towards Lizia's neck.

It seemed to be targeting Lycia.

The sound of cold weapons clashing could be heard incessantly, on the bridge deck covered in white mist.

Lycia was unfazed, every muscle in her seemed to know how to fight.

'Reaper' seemed to give up, stopped waving its scythe, and floated to a height of about three meters from Licia.

Selene has shown a stronger silver light in the battle, and the halo makes it look like a round of silver flames.

Licia kept shooting Selene's wind blade at the 'Reaper', occasionally cutting off a small piece of cloth, but it almost always avoided it.

The sickle is slowly changing.

Lycia saw it transform into a bow.

This is what causes the death of the furthest escape.

Licia was ready.

She thought she only had to block one arrow, but she found that ten arrows were heading towards her at the same time.

Lycia crouched low, dodging the first round.

Before standing up again, the second round came again.

Lycia swung the silver Selene ring to spin it at high speed.

The arrows flying towards Licia were pushed away by the wind blade before they could reach them.

Because the battle went smoothly, Licia almost forgot that the god of death would teleport.

When she came back to her senses.

'Reaper' was already behind her, stretched out a pair of hands that had no skin but flesh and fascia, and pushed hard towards her back.

(End of this chapter)