Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 451 Is the road ahead blocked?

Nevi flew in the front to lead the way. The darkness was full of dormant shadows, which were baring their fangs and claws in the mangroves, attacking all living things around them indiscriminately. Most of them were swamp monsters with relatively low intelligence. The fire and blood brought by the war aroused the primitive wildness in their bodies, and their brains dominated by panic were unable to make rational judgments, causing them to make the only instinctive choice in the chaos, which was to fight.

Angry roars and shrill wails rose and fell, as if echoing in every corner of the darkness, mixed with the roar of artillery fire. The magic knights of the Balance of Order did not care whether these aliens were killing each other or trying to resist, they were all enemies to be destroyed. They raised their cold guns and moved forward together with the silent steel beasts beside them. The heavy tracks rolled over the dirty muddy water, leaving hideous and neat tracks in the soft sand pits. Every round of artillery fire fired from the barrels of guns and cannons would interweave into a dazzling light net in the night, easily crushing rocks and piercing tree trunks, not to mention those fragile flesh and blood bodies.

The group had tried their best to avoid the most intense areas of the fighting, but from time to time, some of the escapees from the bombardment escaped from the blockade of the cult and ran into this group of suspicious guys. They had long been blinded by fear and madness, and would attack anyone who dared to block their escape.

But Neviel was more ruthless than they imagined. Every shadow that flashed in the dark night would be hit mercilessly by her. The bat wings behind her spread out, and the ends were bent upwards and connected together, as if forming the shape of a full moon. Blood-red blades of light flew out from the full moon, sweeping towards the shadows like sweeping across the black water. After a moment of ripples, the aliens that blocked the way were all cut into small pieces of meat without exception. They didn't even have time to wail, and their entire bodies were shattered, with no intact part.

These bloody remains were scattered in the cold swamp, and were gradually swallowed up by the heavy mud and sand. However, when Ling Ge and others passed by, they seemed to be able to see one or two scattered eyeballs, ugly heads with terrified faces, half of the forearm bones, and even pieces of flesh that could not be distinguished from which parts were floating on the water, which was shocking. The strong smell of blood irritated the nasal mucosa, and the bleak mist was like a vulture eating carrion, enveloping the broken limbs and flesh on the water, as if dissolving them and then swallowing them into its stomach.

Seeing such a bloody scene for the first time, the faces of the outsiders turned pale. The timid Shemi even lay on Metien's head, covering his eyes tightly, not daring to open them. Only Leticia was indifferent to the scene, even lacking a look of disgust. She just followed her grandmother closely, and at the same time did not forget to turn back and remind her: "Metien, there is a stone here, be careful."

"Yeah...yeah." The pink-haired little girl nodded and gave a very forced smile.

After running wildly in this direction for about half an hour, they gradually moved away from the center of the battle, away from the continuous sound of artillery fire and the tragic sound of fighting, and came to the periphery of the Virtual Root Swamp, a relatively quiet area that seemed to have not been affected by the war. Fortunately, they did not encounter too many magic knights from the cult along the way, but they ran into a steam chariot with a wild and ferocious shape. At that time, the opponent had turned the muzzle and aimed at this group of suspicious people who suddenly appeared, but Nevi'er was one step faster than them. She appeared in front of the muzzle of the steam chariot in a flash, and with brute force, she twisted the steel-cast barrel toward the sky, as easily as bending a water pipe. No one could tell that such a brutal power was hidden in her slender body. Then, taking advantage of the gap when the steam chariot exploded and self-destructed, she led everyone to escape from the dangerous area and was not caught up by the people from the cult.

Others just thought she was reliable, and Leticia was even more proud of it, with a proud and complacent look, but Ling Ge felt strange. Nevile was so powerful, which meant that if she wanted to escape from the Forloze Castle, she could do so at any time, right? Why didn't she do that? Or...

"This is the 'Blockade Stand' of the cult. As for what it is used for, I think you should know it from the name." Nevile's thin eyebrows were slightly raised like two sharp swords: "They actually used the 'Blockade Stand' to surround the entire Virtual Root Swamp. It seems that those guys really want to catch all the aliens in the swamp in one fell swoop."

Nevile suddenly stopped.

This is why the battle in the Void Root Swamp was in full swing, but the outside world was silent. The "Ether Optical Standpoint" has the dual functions of physical blockade and visual blockade. Generally speaking, it is also an important tool for the cult to conceal the existence of the mysterious world from ordinary people.

Lingge had no intention of exploring the details of such private conversations. He looked up and saw that in the sky about a hundred meters above the ground, deep in the thick fog, this dark blue crystal wall seemed to have reached its end and no longer extended upwards. So he asked, "Can we fly over there?"

"No." Nevi'er shook her head: "The cult alliance will not leave such an obvious loophole. If I'm not mistaken, above the "blocking position", there should be an "ether optical position". That thing is even more troublesome because in addition to the blocking function, it can also be used to create camouflage."

So everyone stopped too. No one asked why she stopped suddenly, because they had all seen the dark blue crystal wall that blocked the way ahead, like an insurmountable natural moat. It was located at the edge of the swamp, extending to both sides, spreading endlessly, as if covering the entire swamp. It looked illusory, and even through the cracks in the crystal wall, you could vaguely see the shadowy scenery outside, knowing that as long as you cross this wall, you can escape. However, when you press your hand on the sharp diamond-shaped blue crystals, you will find that they are actually harder than steel. Swords and knives cannot leave any marks on them, and the bombardment of artillery fire may only add a few insignificant marks to it.

A height of one hundred meters is like an insurmountable chasm for normal people, but for the Dark Night Vampires it is just a low wall that they can easily fly over.

There was only teasing and sarcasm in her tone, without any sympathy.

"What should we do?" Alice scratched her hair. "Can't we just force our way through?"

It’s not that simple… Ling Ge wanted to say this, but Nevile actually nodded: “Okay.”

"Eh?" "Both positions are products of high-energy magic. Although the structure is more complex and sophisticated, it is essentially no different from the common magic circles in the mysterious world. They can be cracked in the same way as the magic circle. One is to analyze its structure and try to remove its core, just like picking a lock, but I can't do it. Generally speaking, only the most bored magicians will study such messed up things; the other method is to break it by force. As long as a large amount of magic is input into it, the internal and external magic structures will be unbalanced, and an exit can be temporarily torn open in the position. But the problem with doing this is that it makes a lot of noise. The magicians of the cult are not fools. They can quickly locate the area where the problem occurs by reversely tracing the source of the magic imbalance in the position. In other words, we will be exposed."

At this point, she looked at Linge deeply and said, "Or we have another choice, which is to find a place to hide and wait for the battle in the swamp to end and the cult to lift its position before leaving."

"No." Ling Ge said without hesitation: "That's too dangerous."

"At least it's safer than exposing our location to the combined Order."

"That's my hunch."

"Premonition?" Nevill suddenly remembered something: "Wait, are you a magician of the priest path?"

"kindness."

"Ok."

She believed this because the priest's favor magic [Premonition] was indeed a magical thing. In a sense, it was equivalent to a weakened version of prophecy.

"It looks like we only have one way to go." Nevi'er said, "I will break the crystal wall and create an exit. Then we must leave here immediately. If we move quickly enough, we may be able to escape their search area before the cult reacts."

"Run to the northeast." Ling Ge hesitated for a moment and said, "There is our...vehicle there. It is a floating island in the sky. We can escape from the air. The armed forces deployed by the cult in the sky should be relatively weak."

At least, those airships will definitely not be able to catch up with the sky island controlled by Yieta.

"Floating island in the sky?" Nevill glanced at Lingge and said thoughtfully, "It seems that you have more secrets than I thought, outsider."

But now was not the time to dwell on such matters, so she turned her head without waiting for Ling'er's answer, reached out from her large and intricate lace sleeves and took out a beautiful, gorgeous, star-shaped crystal dagger, and said without looking back, "Get ready, everyone. Once I open the exit, you must run immediately and flee to the northeast as fast as possible. Leticia, you go first."

She did not hide her selfishness of favoring her relatives, but this was human nature and there was nothing wrong with it. Everyone acquiesced. Leticia whispered to her good friend, "Metien, follow me. I will take you with me."

Regardless of how the girls negotiated privately, Neviel pulled back the sleeve of her left hand, revealing a smooth white wrist, then held the star-shaped crystal dagger in her other hand and slashed it lightly and gracefully across the wrist. The sharp dagger immediately cut a wound on the skin, and bright red blood flowed out.

The faint and fragrant scent of blood floated faintly in the air.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)