Chapter 51 Chapter 51 You are not a human being, right?
Su Cheng: “…………”
When did they come here?
It would have been difficult for them if they had been following her all the time. They could not help but laugh after watching her climbing and descending the mountain in such a miserable state.
Of course, it is also possible that I laughed and didn't hear it.
"So," Su Cheng coughed dryly, his eyes flickering between the two men, "Do you want to go into the ruins and take a look?"
"If you get trapped inside, it will be very troublesome."
Camus said in a deep voice.
His steel-blue eyes seemed particularly deep in the night shadows, and his gaze held her tightly. "Only if you two can get in."
Sasha rolled her eyes at him. "What's so difficult about that place? Just say you want to go."
"Actually," Su Cheng said, slowly moving back. "Even if we can't get in, it's nice to look outside. After all, this place is in the direction we're heading—"
The Blood Mage pressed her shoulders and said, "I don't think our previous conversation is over yet."
"No way," Su Cheng said in disbelief, "How can you be so childish?"
Does he really care about her answer!
Su Cheng turned his gaze to the group leader.
Kai looked less aggressive.
"If you don't have an answer, don't be hard on yourself—"
He paused for a moment, his beautiful golden eyes shrouded in shadows, yet a gentle smile still lingered. "Although I'm a little curious, too."
His voice was low and his tone was a little softer, even with an illusion of being coquettish.
Su Cheng: “…”
Apart from those weird training programs, Kai rarely made any requests to her. Most of the time he seemed to be accommodating others.
So once he showed this kind of attitude, it would be hard for her to refuse.
"If we assume something is wrong," Su Cheng stammered, "common sense tells us that vampires are usually the oldest—"
Sasha sneered heavily.
Although he didn't look angry at all, he even had a gloating look on his face. "I suggest you forget about common sense."
Su Cheng: "...Then you are the youngest, because you often act unreasonably. Then the leader should be older? Because he is more emotionally stable."
The three men were silent for a few seconds.
"So," Camus began slowly, "I'm emotionally unstable."
Su Cheng looked at him for two seconds, "The captain would never say such words in such a tone like you do."
Camus: “…”
The blond man turned and walked away.
Su Cheng: "Look, look! This is not something a stable person would do!"
The blood mage paused, "Aren't you going to Mithros? This is the direction you should be heading!"
Su Cheng: “…”
Su Cheng turned his head and spread his hands, mouthing silently: "I said -"
Kai seemed to want to laugh, but still waved at her and pointed at his temples.
Su Cheng suddenly remembered the blood mage's ability. Even without using his eyes, he could feel the various movements of nearby creatures.
She couldn't help but put down her hand.
"Ha," Sasha said sarcastically, "Even so, I'm still the most unreasonable one."
Su Cheng rolled his eyes at him.
How dare you say that! You're the one who caused all this!
Then the vampire also walked ahead of her.
Su Cheng lagged behind a little, with only Kai walking side by side with her. The team leader seemed to be in a good mood, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
"Wait a minute," Su Cheng suddenly whispered, "You've forgotten your past. Do you actually not know how old you are?"
"Um?"
Kai also lowered his voice, although this action meant nothing to the other two.
"You're right," he said, his lips curled up slightly, "but seriously, maybe I'm a little older than them... a little, um."
Su Cheng couldn't help but feel a little curious, but since he himself couldn't remember, she couldn't ask him how old he was.
They continued forward until they arrived directly below the floating ruins.
This is a huge deep pit that stretches for dozens of miles.
The edges of the pit were jagged, as if some brutal force had dug out a piece of flesh from the earth.
The rock walls have a strange glassy texture, as if they had been subjected to high temperatures, and the soil contains hardened stones and strange wrinkles.
The lush green vegetation comes to an abrupt end at the edge of the pit, forming a sharp dividing line.
There are normal shrubs and weeds on the outside, but only charred soil inside.
The pit was shrouded in a layer of sticky darkness, swallowing up any moonlight that fell into it.
Su Cheng squatted down and took a look. "...Is this the power of magic?"
"yes."
Sasha squatted beside her, tapping the hardened earth and stone with his dagger, making a crisp clash.
"It's still human magic—at least it was still human back then."
The floating ruins, which were the same size as the pit, were quietly hanging above their heads, like dark clouds covering the sky, almost obscuring the entire night sky.
It's hard to imagine that this could be done by human power.
The remains of the city itself were frozen in mid-air in an illogical posture.
Broken bridges, collapsed bell towers, tilted houses, and flying planks and bricks - all were frozen in the moment of destruction.
Su Cheng took some time to figure out the location of the city gate, or rather, the gate closest to him.
"Call the wind spirit in my name..."
She sang softly, word by word.
"Here they gather into feathers, lifting me to the edge of the sky..."
The pale blue wind elf rushed over with laughter, circling and dancing at the feet, forming a translucent cyclone.
Her figure began to rise slowly.
This is the wind floating technique.
It is the most commonly used third-level wind magic, which can slowly raise the caster's height.
As their proficiency in magic increases, some people are also able to move horizontally or diagonally.
In principle, the lifting height depends on the duration of the magic, and the time depends on the magic limit of the caster.
——So this spell is also somewhat dangerous. If you run out of magic power at high altitude, you may fall to your death.
But no one with a brain would do such a thing.
However, due to its limited speed, this magic is not very practical in combat.
Su Cheng had actually always been unsure of his own magic level. Environmental factors played a role during the entrance exam, but it was different now.
While chanting slowly aloud, she successfully released a third-level magic.
Just with this, you can pass the junior magician assessment.
Her mood continued to rise in a cheerful mood.
The city of Miseros is quite large and has four gates in the east, south, west and north. Each gate has been destroyed, and the surrounding city walls have collapsed into ruins.
In the air outside the ruins, there are some scattered stones, which look like the remains of an arch bridge. They are of different sizes and hanging sporadically around.
Su Cheng withdrew the magic, landed on one of the stones, then added a wind step and jumped lightly among the floating stones.
They are very close to each other, the farthest is only two or three meters away. With the help of magic, it is easy to jump to them.
A strong wind whistled past, lifting up her clothes.
The thick night fog enveloped the foot of the mountain, hiding the vast deep pit. She looked down and felt that the area below was like a man-eating abyss.
Su Cheng's legs felt a little weak.
Fortunately it has arrived.
This was probably the west gate of the city. The heavy bronze door had broken into pieces, with broken hinges wrapped around the eagle statue on the door. There were a few blurry letters below the statue.
"...Montagne," Su Cheng read uncertainly, "Is this another way of writing 'Miselos'? It's quite different, isn't it?"
"No," Sasha's voice rasped lazily, "this is obviously the lord's family, dear."
Su Cheng took a few steps forward, and the broken road began to tremble slightly. An old and mottled altar rose from the ground.
She stopped in fear, and after a few seconds she looked at the bronze altar.
The quadrilateral altar is about two meters square, with walls covered with intricate spells and an animal statue at each corner.
A lion with its head held high, a coiled snake, a bear with its claws waving, and an eagle with its wings folded.
An obscure inscription is engraved on the base of each statue, and a white polygonal prism stone hovers above the altar.
Su Cheng narrowed his eyes and took a look. "Is this a spirit vein stone?"
"Yes, the Heart of Elements," Sasha tilted his head, "a high-quality material used by elemental mages to make staves—"
The characteristic of spirit vein stone is that it is compatible with all attributes. Any elemental mage can use this stone as wand material.
Therefore it is also called the Heart of the Elements.
The vampire raised his chin slightly, "Do you recognize this?"
Su Cheng stared at the altar. "Four Symbols Formation?"
"Hmm? That's quite a lot of knowledge. Few people know that nowadays," Sasha raised an eyebrow approvingly, "Then go ahead and give it a try."
Su Cheng: “…”
She actually saw it in a storybook about those favored by God.
Su Cheng couldn't help but look at the team leader.
He had also read those books, so he naturally knew the truth, but he had no intention of exposing her. He just gave her an encouraging look.
Camus had come up at some point and stood in the distance with his arms folded, staring at the altar with a frown, wondering what he was thinking.
The ruins were very quiet. The raging gale in the sky stopped here. The surroundings were quiet, with only the sound of their steady and long breathing.
Su Cheng raised his hand and touched the crystal.
A strange power surged into the fingertips, then flowed through the body, washing over like an invisible wave.
Two lines of glowing white cursive characters appeared in the air, with beautiful hairpins flying in the air, and the handwriting was sharp and elegant.
“Fools follow the rules; wise men face the truth.”
"Choose - solve all the puzzles, or just one and face the real challenge?"
Su Cheng carefully read the two sentences several times.
The Four Symbols Formation is a testing method from ancient magic academies.
The test subjects' control over the four elemental spirits is tested. They often have to manipulate spirits of different attributes successively or simultaneously in a short period of time.
However, there are some problems with the basic spells of this magic array. Once the participants are not strong enough, the entire magic array will become very unstable and some people will die as a result.
Later, it was changed to another method.
Generally speaking, the four elements represented by the Four Symbols are not presented directly, but may be metaphorically expressed in other ways.
This was probably the habit of ancient magicians.
Su Cheng had read some books and knew some common metaphors. "As for animals, the lion is fire, the snake is water, the bear is earth, and the eagle is wind. Only mages of the four elements of fire, water, earth, and wind can pass the test. I don't have the resonance talent for water and earth, so I can only crack part of it. What's the real challenge?"
Then he thought again, "That's not right. I'm here to explore, so why am I asking questions here? That lady said earlier that people from the Vatican couldn't enter. She can't be discouraged by this, right?"
Sasha was admiring the Montagne family's eagle emblem sculpture from a distance. Camus was already sitting on the broken bridge reading a book, and only Kay was still standing by.
Kai: "You just touched it. It should have detected you and determined that you do not have the power of the light god system in your body."
This refers to the power of the clergy, blessed by the God of Light.
Su Cheng suddenly realized, "Wait, do you want to try it?"
He smiled. "If you want me to go in too, I'll follow you after you pass."
Su Cheng understood, "So only those who pass the test can enter the city. Wait, are you also an elemental resonator?"
"Well," the black-haired man nodded slightly, "That's the principle. If you don't want to follow the rules, there are ways—"
He paused, as if about to reach for the hilt of the sword behind him, but stopped short before he could touch it. "I rarely use elemental magic, but I do know a little."
Su Cheng didn't ask any more questions, "Then let me try it first."
Kai looked at the eager little girl in front of him and nodded silently.
Su Cheng first went to look at the inscription on the lion's base.
"The coldest wisdom kindles the hottest fire."
Su Cheng: “…”
broken.
Su Cheng: "I'm actually not very good at solving puzzles. You might understand this kind of thing at a glance, but I don't really understand its meaning."
A dark shadow loomed over him, and the tall swordsman leaned closer, looked down at the line of text, then stood up.
Kai: “I don’t understand either.”
Su Cheng: "Aren't you really trying to comfort me?"
He shook his head slightly, "I just think it shouldn't be possible to ignite it directly with fire magic."
Su Cheng thought the same thing. "From the literal meaning, should we use ice or water magic first?"
She then looked at the inscription on the snake statue: "The wise are like water, they conquer without fighting."
Su Cheng was full of questions. "Why not use water magic here on the snake, but on the lion statue?"
She went to look at the questions about the bear and the eagle again.
Standing on immovable ground.
Dancing in the storm.
Su Cheng: “…………”
Lin Yun can always rely on the old man with the bracelet when she encounters similar things, and the one among her teammates who seems to be the best at solving puzzles is probably still angry with her.
Su Cheng released the Wind Summoning.
A breeze flowed from her fingertips, and the light blue wind blew towards the eagle statue.
The dark bronze statue shook violently, and the wind element was sucked into it. The eagle seemed to be injected with vitality and suddenly flapped its wings and took off.
Its body suddenly grew in size in the air, and in an instant its wingspan exceeded five meters. Its wings flapped, stirring up a strong wind, and blue-purple lightning flowed between its feathers.
Magic barriers also appeared around her at the same time, trapping her, the bronze eagle and the altar in the same space.
Su Cheng quickly mastered the Wind Steps and used all the wind magic he could think of.
The wind elves around her screamed and laughed at the same time, and the air currents crisscrossed and swirled in the air, forming layers of wind vortexes.
They formed a strange-looking barrier, blocking the strong and violent wind blowing in their faces.
Dazzling lightning roared towards them.
Su Cheng dodged to the side in a panic.
If it weren't for the support of fighting spirit, he would have been pierced through the heart and burned.
...dance?
Even though she was not sure what the sentence meant, she knew it was definitely not literal. The so-called dancing could be a symbol or a result.
—What moves does she need to make to look like she’s dancing?
What could that be?
Blue-purple lightning spears flashing with electric sparks shot out one after another.
Su Cheng rolled and crawled to hide, and also had to be wary of the wind. After all, the wind seemed very strong, and if it blew, it might blow her onto the barrier.
Then his brains flew out.
She kept fleeing in the strong wind and thunder, and suddenly found herself getting farther and farther away from the altar, while the distance between her and the eagle seemed to be constant.
As long as you move backward, it will move forward.
Su Cheng tried to dodge back, but its attack frequency began to increase, and it was getting closer and closer to the altar.
It seemed to have to be at a distance from her - perhaps ten meters or so, it seemed.
She rolled over, panting, and the electric sparks that exploded at her feet burned her coat, leaving charred marks.
Su Cheng stood up and rushed towards the altar.
At this time, the altar was right between her and the bronze eagle statue.
The lightning spear whistled and landed on the white crystal.
Millions of blue and purple light stars exploded in the sky, then fell down and were absorbed by the Heart of Elements.
The white crystal began to emit a faint blue-purple light.
The bronze eagle folded its wings and landed back on the altar.
Su Cheng exhaled and sat down beside the altar, gasping for breath.
A white light rose above the altar again.
"The storm has answered your call—"
"To continue listening to the hum of the earth, the roar of the fire, the whisper of the water?
"Or should I face the truer 'me'?"
When she saw the last sentence, a tall figure flashed before her eyes as if by illusion.
Su Cheng really wanted to rest for a while, but she knew that this magic array was not controlled by a real person, but by runes and magic power.
Therefore, it will proceed according to the established process. Many times, if you don’t make a timely choice, it may be wasted and you will have to start over.
Although she knew the rules of the wind, there was no guarantee that she would change the subject if she tried again.
The white words became dimmer and dimmer.
Su Cheng quickly jumped up, "I choose the second one, come on!"
The next second, the other three statues collapsed completely, and black mist filled the sky above the altar, swallowing her up in an instant.
“…Your courage is commendable.”
A deep and beautiful male voice sounded in the darkness.
"May your sword be as sharp as your will."
Su Cheng: “?”
Su Cheng: "Sword?"
She began to fall.
The moment the black fog dissipated, the crisp sound of boots tapping on stone bricks was heard.
Su Cheng opened his eyes and found himself standing in the center of a circular duel arena. The ground was made of obsidian with silver edges, and fine and complex runes were shining. There were broken arches standing around it.
Above the cracked dome hung a blood-red crescent moon.
On the other side of the duel arena, a tall figure walked out slowly.
He had his frosty silver hair tied up high, and wore a black and silver half-armor robe. A dark red cloak hung from under the shoulder armor with eagle carvings.
This man was very tall, and his figure was very oppressive, but he did not appear clumsy when moving. He was like some kind of elegant predator, quietly sizing up its prey.
At his waist hung an unsheathed rapier, its scabbard wrapped with chain-like runes.
When Su Cheng saw the face clearly, he couldn't help but gasp.
The man had a handsome and sharp appearance. Beneath the shadow of his brow bone were a pair of eyes that were neither blue nor green, like crushed turquoise falling into a frozen lake in deep winter.
He had a straight nose, superior facial bone structure, thin lips with a habitual hint of sarcasm, and a slightly raised jaw with sharp lines.
The silver-haired man stopped five steps away, holding the hilt with one hand, "Choose your weapon."
As he finished speaking, the ground in the middle of the duel arena cracked and a row of weapon racks slowly rose up.
- Long swords, short daggers, scimitars, long and short battle axes, spears, hammers, etc., as well as various rare outer weapons, and a rapier similar to the one on his waist.
Su Cheng: “…”
No matter what I do, I won’t be able to use it.
"Or," the silver-haired man loosened his fingers slightly, "you're more used to using your fists? I don't mind."
Su Cheng sighed, "I thought I came here to duel with magic. Can I choose magic? Do you have a staff? Although I haven't used it yet, the elemental mage's staff all have amplification effects-"
The silver-haired man looked at her unmoved.
Su Cheng: “…”
Silver-haired man: "..."
Su Cheng: "You're not a real person, right? You can only respond to certain answers and choices? Otherwise, you're just standing there?"
The silver-haired man still didn't move.
good.
It is indeed an NPC.
Su Cheng suddenly relaxed.
Speaking of NPCs——
Many players should have done one thing in the game, that is, to get in front of those beautiful NPCs and take screenshots and stickers.
Su Cheng walked over slowly.
As expected, the silver-haired man stood there without moving.
She couldn't help but grow bolder and got closer to look at the other person.
The silver-haired man had a lean physique, with excellent waist-to-leg proportions. The metal belt created sharp and narrow lines, and the outline of his thighs was faintly visible between the forks of his robe.
He held the hilt of the sword with one hand, and his posture had an indescribable dignity and grace.
The broad and thick chest supported the fine steel armor, and the sleeves covered with arm armor were full of muscles, and powerful strength was dormant in every part of him.
"...You're not human anyway, right?"
Su Cheng raised his head.
In fact, she already felt that she was unable to use magic.
So the place where I am now should be some kind of illusion, and the people here are all created by magic.
And she wasn't going to do anything particularly bad.
Su Cheng raised his hand boldly.
Just as her fingertips were about to touch the man's breastplate, her wrist bone was suddenly grabbed by the cold gauntlet.
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