The spellcasting team brought good news, but Fiona and Phoenix looked at the snow-capped peak on the side as if they were facing a great enemy.
There, a young man in an elegant dark golden dress appeared out of nowhere. His cold dark golden vertical pupils, like those of a reptile, were looking down indifferently at the people on the plain.
Marquis Draka, a ninth-order ultimate being, his appearance made the air seem to solidify a little.
But when everyone was nervous, a black-robed figure with an aura like that of an ordinary person, but with a hint of elusive illusion, appeared above everyone and faced Marquis Draka from a distance.
Seeing this figure appear, Fiona's peripheral vision vaguely swept over a seemingly ordinary sixth-level follower behind her.
After she had reported to His Majesty the Man in the Mirror, the other party had directly arranged for a clone to follow her, but it did not seem that he would reveal his identity on his own initiative. No one knew why.
The silent confrontation between the two strong men lasted for several seconds, as if an invisible battle had taken place during this moment. In the end, the figure of Marquis Draka disappeared into the air like a gust of wind, leaving no trace.
The black-robed shadow in the sky also dissipated, but a faint breath of destiny enveloped the surroundings, as if demonstrating the sovereignty of this place.
"Okay, let's go explore."
At the same time, after receiving the message from Avis, Fiona calmed herself down, waved her hand gently, and led everyone into the ruins.
In the outside world, due to the huge phenomenon that could not be concealed, the news of the emergence of a powerful relic in the Pale Plain quickly spread. However, the aura of destiny left by Anvis here was clearly warning the coveters from the outside world that this was his territory.
As they were preparing a secret plan, the marquises of the Glorious Alliance did not want to continue to provoke him for the time being, and simply acquiesced that the ruins belonged to Anvis.
Although the marquises of the Glorious Alliance had some ideas about this relic, considering Anvis's strength and the secret plan he was preparing, they chose to give in temporarily. After all, it was not a wise move to provoke him at this time.
The reason why Marquis Draka left silently was precisely because of this reason.
As for the other scattered professionals below level nine, Avis didn't care. If they could gain something and leave safely, that would be their luck.
For Avis, the discovery of this base was a complete surprise. This also explains how the alliance of the four major families was able to survive tenaciously despite being surrounded by wolves.
This is the foundation accumulated over thousands of years. Even if the family is almost extinct, the members who escaped can still make a comeback with this priceless information.
After entering the base, everyone went straight to the core area on the bottom floor.
Although the internal defense array was still operating, without anyone in charge, the self-operating protection system was unable to prevent Fiona and her group from passing through.
Soon, everyone arrived at the core of the base, in front of a huge door made of pale ice.
The door of the laboratory slowly opened, revealing the complex and mysterious structure inside. The walls were inlaid with countless glowing runes, which flickered like stars, interweaving into complex and mysterious patterns.
And in the center of the laboratory, a huge magic circle was emitting a faint light.
When Fiona, Phoenix and others walked into the laboratory, their attention was immediately attracted by a huge object in the center of the magic circle.
It was a huge humanoid statue covered with thick pale frost and made entirely of lead-gray metal. Even when lying on the ground, its height reached nearly ten meters, like a mountain giant in mythology and legends. From everyone's current perspective, only its upper body could be seen, with a pale crystal core embedded in its chest, emitting strange and unpredictable fluctuations.
Just as everyone was marveling at the majesty and mystery of the colossus, a great but weak spiritual force suddenly emerged from the direction of the colossus. A rustling whisper echoed in everyone's hearts, as if it was a call from a distant time and space.
"You... have violated... the agreement... Vetheram."
The whispers were not in any known language, but everyone could instinctively understand the meaning contained in the spiritual fluctuations. This was a communication that transcended language, a direct dialogue between the mind and the soul.
"Excuse me, what agreement did we break?"
Fiona shrank her neck unconsciously and instinctively wanted to look behind her, but suddenly remembered that she was the team leader now, so she plucked up her courage and asked in a polite tone.
"Life... soul... every cycle of cold and heat... I provide the power... you provide the sacrifice."
"Well, if you are talking about the ancient magic empire Vetheram, it perished more than two thousand years ago."
In connection with the spiritual fluctuations of 'Veseram' and the background of this relic, Fiona seemed to understand something vaguely.
"Veseram...destroyed?"
After hearing the girl's words, his mental fluctuations fell silent for a moment, as if he was digesting the result.
"Who are you? Where are you talking to us?"
At this moment, Phoenix beside Fiona suddenly spoke.
"I... Itaphos... The Lord of Pale Frost... The core of the Colossus... It is the projection of my power... The bridge that communicates with this world."
The mental fluctuations resounded again, unexpectedly straightforward, or it could be said that it had no concept of concealment, and there was no need to hide its identity in front of these short-lived species.
After several more rounds of conversation, everyone figured out its relationship with this base.
The power of the Winter Colossus comes from the power of Itaphos that was stolen by the ancient magic empire.
It came to the main material world by accident, and then fought a great battle with the ancient magic empire which had unified the entire Yar continent and was in its heyday, and was eventually trapped here.
Because this world is shrouded in some astonishingly large distorted isolation force field and there are strange missing rules, it is unable to sense the coordinates of the starry sky, nor can it use its own innate abilities to leave. It can only choose to cooperate with the short-lived species on this land and provide part of its own power in exchange for the sacrifices needed to maintain its own existence.
In order to reduce consumption, Itafus's body has already fallen into a deep sleep.
With the demise of the Veseram Empire, this agreement was lost in the long river of history.
Everything Itafos said made Avis, who had been listening, think deeply, and he vaguely grasped some clues.
Although he had sealed many beings with the old secret scriptures before, this was the first time he encountered an extraterritorial being with whom he could communicate normally.
The other party clearly stated that it came from deep space outside the domain, and from its perspective, this world was a strange area wrapped in a huge isolation force field. The outside of this super-giant isolation force field was hidden in the distortion of space and was almost impossible to detect unless observed from a very close distance.
It was as if the whole world was deliberately hidden.
"What accident brought you here, Your Excellency?"
Ignoring the strange looks that the people around him gave to this "Level 6", Avis took the initiative to speak.
"Dark space... powerful existence... hunting... hiding... survival."
Itafos was brief and to the point.
In order to escape being hunted down, he accidentally fell into this world. Although he was trapped for thousands of years, he successfully avoided the pursuers from the outside world.
But, did he really escape?
With a strange look in his eyes, Avis fell silent again.
As a former super ninth-order being, it would sooner or later discover the crisis facing this world.
At the same time, he noticed a detail: the fate of Phoenix Enoch, who was following Fiona, had quietly changed at this moment.
After receiving strong external support, something called ambition began to grow in Phoenix's heart again. (End of this chapter)
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