Living Gold

Some wooden stakes were brought in to serve as stools, and the consul's men sat in a circle.

Fei Leng spoke first and got straight to the point: "Five years ago, when we left the East Continent and headed for the West Continent of humans, 'Mother' had already begun to breed a very scary monster. In my opinion, this is a more terrifying existence than the King. In the past two years, she has tried to speed up this process, so she has been hunting humans."

Rexia acted as a translator between them.

Gnu's huge body looked like a little giant when he sat down. He sighed and said, "We have been trying to cross the city wall, cross the ocean, and find a new continent. I even set up an investigation team at a huge cost, but no one returned alive every time. The demons would appear from time to time and abduct some people. We really want to know where they came from and want to find their lair and destroy them, but who can think of... Alas..."

Alex could sense at a glance the levels of these people. King Gnu was a fifth-level knight. Princess Montolia had some magical potential, but her current magic level was at most a third-level wizard. In the underground city, among all the people who had lived on the island, the highest level was Elither, a sixth-level knight.

There is a shortage of magic power on the Human Slave Island, and it is not easy to break through to level six. He is still so young, which shows that his qualifications should be very high.

But that wasn't what surprised Alex.

He had indeed never seen these four people when he visited the island before.

The only person he saw was not there either.

Alex kept all this to himself and said, "It's not your fault."

Elither clenched the sword at her waist and said through gritted teeth: "If it weren't for Lord Fei Leng, all these people wouldn't be saved. How could humans be so weak in the face of these monsters?"

Alex: "We call them demons."

Montoria looked at Fei Leng.

Fei Leng waved his hands and said, "I don't care, you can call me whatever you want." He sneered again, looked at Elizabeth and said, "And don't forget, it was me who threw your king into that group and had him torn to pieces."

Alex looked at them.

Elither smiled bitterly: "We have never blamed you for this. If you hadn't done this, he would have used innocent people and knights as bait to cushion his back. Such a despicable person is no longer worthy of being our king."

Alex put the pieces together and explained it.

When Alex first landed, he encountered a stubborn national leader who was extremely difficult to communicate with, and the language barrier made it difficult for him to help.

Later, the knight guarding the city was not seen again, and he was probably betrayed by the king.

When the demons broke through the wall and invaded, the king did the same dirty thing. Things got back on track only after he was beheaded by Alex.

As for the other three, they were probably killed in the battle. The incident happened suddenly, and the troops Alex brought at the time could not take care of three battlefields in three countries.

In the end, not many people were rescued.

In this respect, Fei Leng did much better than him.

Alex gave Fei Leng a smile.

Fei Leng looked at him smiling at her, turned her head away unnaturally and continued: "Anyway, since the human allies have arrived, let's move these people first. The supplies here are almost exhausted, and there are only so many planting areas up there."

Alex nodded and said, "Well, our people will take care of it."

Elena asked: "You were originally a subordinate of the devil. You have been here for so many years. You should be more familiar with the situation here, right? Can you tell us about it?"

Fei Leng nodded and said, "All the kings have been dispatched. Liexia told me that you have dealt with them all. During this period, the 'mother' has been nurturing a new king fetus. In other words, the five remaining knights on the continent are the biggest obstacle. Their strength is one level stronger than the king. The more troublesome thing is that they will cooperate, so we can't let them cooperate."

Alex asked, "You mean to kill them first and then kill the royal fetus?"

Elena also asked: "Why not kill the mother tree first? If she dies, the baby won't be able to be born."

Fei Leng shook her head: "You got the order wrong. 'Mother' is entrenched on the earth. She cannot fight. The five knights and the birth of the fetus are all for her own protection. If her body is threatened, she will directly let the fetus fall to the ground. And we must kill him before the fetus falls to the ground, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Alex thought for a moment, frowning.

Montoria knocked his trembling brother unconscious and asked quietly: "We are having a hard time dealing with a large demon. How can we destroy the king you mentioned?"

Fei Leng said bluntly: "You don't have to participate in the battle. Staying here is just a burden."

Montoria was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Elizabeth said unwillingly: "I should be able to fight. Let me fight with you!"

Fei Leng looked at Alex: "What do you think?"

Alex looked into Elizabeth's eyes, which were filled with determination.

Elena looked back and forth at the two of them and felt that this person was a bit like Alex.

Of course, there is no resemblance in appearance, but the integrity and courage in his temperament are just like Alex when he was young.

No, he is still very young now...

Elena thought her intuition was wrong and frowned awkwardly.

Alex said to him in a declarative tone: "Your magic is of the light attribute."

Elizabeth couldn't help but blurt out: "How do you know?"

Alex smiled: "Because I am the same." He turned to Fei Leng and answered him: "We stipulate that anyone above level 5 can participate in the battle, and he has reached this level."

After hearing the translation, Elisabeth was not happy, but asked in confusion: "Level 5? My rating is level 5 with you?"

He was already a top knight on this island, and he could feel that the knights in front of him were much stronger than him, but he had no clearer idea of ​​this.

And according to them, level five is the minimum requirement for joining the team, which means that none of the people they brought in were below this level.

Alex smiled softly: "The goddess originally limited humans to level eight, but for some reason, this limit may be disappearing."

Elena pointed at Alex and said, "For reference, this guy is level 10. I'm level 8, and you're about level 6."

Elizabeth was speechless and her face turned pale.

He felt that the glory he once took pride in was insignificant in front of these people.

And what Fei Leng said was indeed true. They were indeed a burden.

Alex looked at his expression and said, "You can choose to quit."

Elizabeth reflexively said, *“No.”

After a pause, he said it again seriously, his eyes not changing much: "No, I want to fight."

*"I will give you all my strength, even if it's just a tiny bit. Please!"

Alex smiled, not surprisingly, "Okay."

Elena looked at the other king: "What about you?"

Hearing this, Genu shook his head and said, "I know my own limitations. I am willing to retreat to the rear to protect my people. I have already let them down."

Alex said calmly: "It's not shameful to want to survive."

The three of them were silent for a while, and the look in their eyes when they looked at Alex changed slightly.

Fei Leng brought the topic back to strategy. He said, "According to current observations, the royal embryo has not yet hatched, but the flower embryo is close to maturity. I don't know what will fall out of it, but the aura is already terrifying."

"Before killing it, we must quickly kill the five knights guarding nearby. We must first kill Knight Shuiyan. Her ability is too terrifying. As long as she is there, even if they only have one breath left, they can directly restore to their original state."

Elena: "What is she?"

Fei Leng: “…”

Alex remembered her, the one who was like a mother, holding the demon cub in her arms and was only responsible for feeding the demon cub.

The five great knights guard the area around the mother tree all year round, each of them performing their own duties.

Shuiyan is not responsible for killing, but only for nurturing. She raises the demon children born from the flower womb until they can survive independently.

She's hard to kill, not in a physical sense, but in a psychological sense.

Alex couldn't get past this level, it was Elena who did it last time.

Alex said: "You can kill him, using the insulated stone weapon."

Elena: “Yes.”

They killed her the same way last time. Although she has the terrifying ability to instantly restore her body, the Insulation Stone is a weapon that restrains the demons. As long as she is pierced by the Insulation Stone weapon, she will die.

Fei Leng said: "Then you have to pay attention to two points."

"What?"

"First, we must confirm her complete death."

"Do I need you to remind me of this?" Elena sneered.

"Second, don't get close to her when you kill her."

"………What did you say?" Elena suspected that she had heard wrongly.

Alex wasn't too surprised.

Fei Leng said indifferently: "The island we are on now happens to be out of Ruo Jin's sight, so Rui Jun chose this island for the experiment, but when we reach the shore of the strait, it will be within his sight."

Ruojin is another knight of the mother tree. He has excellent eyesight and senses and can see things beyond Ji Zeduo.

Elena asked suspiciously, "Then how do you observe the information?"

Fei Leng: "I have Kate, he has very good eyes and ears."

Elena suddenly realized: "Ah, another strange person."

Did he disturb the strange people's nest?

翡冷繼續說自己的知道的信息：“戴蒙，有數個和他本體實力相同的分身，格洛，要小心他的幻境。梅古.....我就不清楚了，自從他自己砍掉他的那對翅膀，他就再也沒有起來過，他就守在母樹身下，只有在母樹本體遇到危險的時候才會起來。”

而魔族的母樹至今沒有遇到過致命的威脅。

艾利克斯道：“無妨。”

就像那些魔王，他能殺掉他們一次，就能殺掉他們第二次，更何況，現在的他有更多可靠的戰友。

翡冷：“至于王胎，目前，一切都是未知的。”

艾列娜道：“我讓歐格斯特去燒了它。”

*“歐格斯特？”蒙托利亞怔住了。

艾列娜：“就是我的龍。”

“龍？！”伊萊瑟與蒙托利亞對視一眼。

“你們怎麽了？”面對兩人的一驚一乍，艾列娜疑惑地挑眉。

蒙托利亞張嘴又合攏，她道：“你們先說完，我......之後帶你們去一個地方。”

接着他們商讨了一番戰鬥相關的細節。

最後的決定是迅速的，他們打算兩天後行動，因為越拖長時間，越容易發生變故。

出地下城的時候，蒙托利亞和伊萊瑟如願以償地見到了龍，兩人眼中都閃耀着異彩。

歐格斯特似乎都懶得動一下眼皮，在安然地休息。

格努負責組織人群遷移，艾利克斯留下了大部隊引導他們。

而艾利克斯和艾列娜則跟着伊萊瑟和蒙托利亞則朝着另一個方向而去。

兩人帶路走到了一個更加偏僻的地方。

山谷低窪地，曾為河谷的幹涸陰濕之地。

在繞過一個山體間狹窄的坎坷甬道，他們看見了藏在山崖裏的一座神殿廟宇。

非常古老的廟，艾利克斯在西大陸很少見這樣古老的遺跡，它們大多數也都在戰争中被損壞了。

艾利克斯和艾列娜都沒急着問，伊萊瑟擦燃了火把，引着幾人進去。

翡冷和列霞也是第一次來這裏，有些好奇地巡視。

锵！

伊萊瑟停頓了一下步伐。

其他人的視線全部瞬間集中在他的腰間。

伊萊瑟按了一會兒抖動的劍，看向身後，嘆了口氣道：“算了，你出來吧，反正等會兒也會說的。”

他的話音剛落下，他的劍脫離了劍鞘，以及主人的手，飛了出去。

*“我感覺到了！同類！是我的同類！”

那泛着淡金色光彩的劍上裂開了一條縫隙，發出了清脆的童聲。

艾利克斯：“…………”

吃劍應聲而出：“誰在叫你爺爺！誰？！”

伊萊瑟張大了嘴：“……………”

翡冷：“…………”

列霞：“……………”

艾列娜：“……………啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈！”

一群人和兩把劍的沉默無言和艾列娜放肆回蕩的笑聲形成了慘烈對比。

艾列娜：“嗯？你們怎麽都這樣？不好笑嘛？哈哈哈哈哈哈？”

艾利克斯扶着額頭，第一次覺得好像這個世界出了什麽問題。

“老子是天上地下獨一無二的弑神劍！這世界上怎麽可能有和我一樣能夠說話的劍！簡直胡扯！”

*“可是我生來就是能說話呀！”

兩把劍在空中交錯，雖然用的語言不一樣，卻神奇地能正常溝通。

艾利克斯看着同樣一臉無奈頭疼的伊萊瑟，道：“或許你知道他們的來源？”

伊萊瑟點點頭：*“對，我們繼續往前吧，我想就在這附近了。”

他們又走了一段距離。

兩把劍吵吵嚷嚷倒是驅散了這座古老石窟神殿的陰森凄冷之氣。

伊萊瑟笑道：*“小金鍛造出來的時間還不久，而且他沒見過其他和他一樣能說話的劍，所以一時有些激動。”

艾利克斯道：“沒事，吃劍這麽多年也沒見過別的能說話的劍，他在犟嘴上很有功夫，實際上很喜歡他的。”

艾列娜：“什麽什麽！你叫他什麽？”

吃劍：“住嘴！不準再用那個白癡的稱呼！老子名字是弑神劍！！”

艾利克斯道：“你不覺得這個名字很好玩嗎？”

艾列娜：“你取的？”

“不，是應。”

“沒想到他還挺有命名的天賦的嘛！”

小金笑嘻嘻地道：*“我喜歡我主人給我取的名字！”

“主什麽人？不過就是侍劍的奴仆罷了！你身為有智慧能說話的神器，怎麽可以輕易對一個人類獻出忠誠？”

如果芳汀在此，白眼必然會翻上天去。

*“可是我喜歡我的主人！吃劍爺爺你不是嗎？！”小金在空中轉了三四圈。

“.......喂，我是比你年長幾百歲，但是不要這麽叫！要叫大前輩！”

伊萊瑟擡起了火把：*“就是這裏。”

牆上被火光照映，一些古老的壁畫出現被橙黃的光暈染，出現在視野中。

色澤很陳舊，多虧了此地的犄角旮旯和通風性，大部分都保存完好。

壁畫上是簡單的人、景、物，石壁上的畫面連串蔓延至深處，似乎形成了一個故事。

伊萊瑟介紹起了這個故事：*“這是考古時發現的東西，我們神殿的人根據神殿內部保留的古老石板文字解讀出了這些壁畫的含義。”

艾利克斯問：“和這兩把劍會說話有關？”

*“對。”

伊萊瑟開始了他的講述。

在遙遠的時代，小矮人開始開采礦石，打造金器鐵器的時代，他們發現采礦場的礦石總是不知為何消失了一部分，于是他們派人蹲守，希望現場抓住小偷。

結果，他們在夜晚抓住了一只形狀類似野豬的野獸，它渾身金燦燦的，皮毛是赤金色的，眼珠子是金色的，蹄子也是透明的淡金色，他逃得特別快，但是一旦被抓住就原地裝死，沒有半點攻擊力，被直接逮走了。

當時的矮人們稱呼它為噬金獸。

當然不僅僅因為它喜歡吞吃金礦，他幾乎吃任何金屬礦石，但是比起普通色澤的礦石，他更喜歡吃金色的礦石，其中還有金色的魔石，就是光屬性的魔石，這是他最喜歡吃的東西。

有一部分矮人把它當做祥瑞的聖獸，另一些則認為它是偷財的怪獸。

但最終，這只珍惜的奇獸在人類族群的戰争中被戳死了。

他并沒有什麽強大的生命力，死得很快，但人們很快發現他的生命以另一種形式存活了下來。

因為噬金獸吃了太多的礦石和魔石，它死後身體并沒有被分解，而是化作了一灘金水，接近液體的流體狀金子，沒有溫度，但是流動的礦石，而且它能在不借助外力的情況下四處游走，雖然不會說話，但是，很明顯，這東西是活的。

矮人們又驚奇又驚恐。

他們稱它為活金。

後來一個矮人想出了法子，他們把他放在了最冷的洞窟給他冰凍，果然在超級低溫下，活金變成了固态。

多年後，他取了一小塊活金打造出了一把劍，那把劍以吸血和能開口說人話著稱，被當時強大的騎士争相搶奪，後來，不知何時，這把劍遺失了，不知所蹤。

關于活金的記錄也就到此為止。

吃劍難以置信地戳了戳壁畫：“這是我？！畫得這麽醜？！”

艾利克斯：“你不記得了？”

“誰記得這麽久遠的事情啊？我只記得當時和很多強大的生物戰鬥了，後來就來到了人類的城市，不斷換人，但是沒有一個人類能聽到我的聲音了。”

小金按耐不住自己的興奮，飛了上去：*“到我了！”

伊萊瑟笑着伸手握住它：*“小金是我小時候，我爺爺拜托他好朋友鑄造出來的劍，原材就是從活金上自然脫落的一塊，當時這些故事也剛剛解讀出來，劍鑄成後，就只有我能聽見他的聲音，于是他就黏上了我，我們算是一起長大的，但是他還是像個孩子一樣，或許對于劍來說，他這個年紀還很小。”

“那是因為你是這個島嶼上唯一一個光屬性的騎士，不選你還能選誰？”吃劍拉長了嘴的縫隙。

伊萊瑟道：*“我們進去吧，活金就封存在裏面。”

艾列娜道：“我還以為這東西會封存得更好一些？你們就這樣保存貴重的東西？”

伊萊瑟道：*“除了光屬性的騎士幾乎無法用這東西。”

艾利克斯問道：“巫師呢？”

蒙托利亞道：*“這個島上能夠稍微運用一點魔力的就只有我，我也是聽翡冷大人說才知道，還有巫師這樣一個職業，還有……咒語之類的東西……”

她沒有女神的咒語，還能夠運用魔力，使用一定的魔法已經很了不起了。

艾利克斯和艾列娜對視一眼，均無奈地搖了搖頭。

依照這個地方的發展程度，自然也不可能有成熟的魔導技術。

他們繼續深入。

蒙托利亞也拿起了一個火把。

她将火光貼近一側。

*“這上面描繪了許多歷史上曾經存在的場景。比如………是的，就是這個………”

艾列娜看過去，壁畫上畫的正是龍。

A dragon that is larger than the dragons that now inhabit Dragon Canyon, and has a purer color and shape.

*“It is recorded here that there used to be many dragons on the continent. They were one of the most ferocious overlords on the continent, but there was a good bond between them and humans. In fact, they just disdained to eat humans. They preferred to prey on the meat of large animals, but humans arbitrarily regarded them as their patron saints and even worshipped them. Dragons have a long life and powerful strength, and they have a natural mission, which is to protect this world and the continent they live in. However, when the disaster occurred, even the dragons were reduced to fleeing... We originally thought... that the disaster had passed, and the remaining demons were only scattered... But who would have thought... that this was just the beginning..."

Montolia looked unhappy and was unable to continue.

When she first learned the truth, she couldn't let it go for a long time.

No one could immediately accept such an absurd fact.

The wall was originally built to protect people, but in the end it became a tool to imprison people.

They were just livestock kept on the island by the demons to be slaughtered.

"What's so scary? I've already killed hundreds of thousands of them!" Chijian snorted coldly.

Xiao Jin: "Wow! Senior is so awesome!!! I also helped my master kill some demons!!"

Elena murmured: "Could it be that..."

She thought of Auguste.

His injuries and his psychological shadow.

She asked, "Is Auguste a word in your language?"

Montolia nodded: * "Yes. It means a date that does not exist, or after the end of the world."

Elizabeth said: *"So we were surprised that you actually brought a dragon and named it in our language."

Elena pressed her temples.

It turned out that Auguste escaped from the East Continent and came to the West Continent during that time.

From this perspective, most of the dragons in Feilong Canyon seem to have fled here, but most of them have reproduced and thrived in the canyon, forming sub-species populations.

As they talked, they had already walked into the main hall of the temple, where the living gold was sealed in a huge block of ice.

Montolia stretched out her hand, and the ice melted with difficulty under her magic, revealing a small piece of live gold. Once the ice melted, the live gold immediately flowed and dripped down.

Montolia quickly froze the gap again.

The dripping piece of living gold moved "panic" on the ground, leaving behind a shadow of gold. It quickly found its direction and tried to escape from the temple hall.

Montolia stretched out her hand again, frowning as if she was concentrating on controlling it. Finally, under the effect of her magic, the living gold floated up.

But struggling desperately.

Cold sweat broke out on Montoria's cheeks.

Elizabeth took a transparent box from the side and quickly locked the piece of living gold inside.

Alex had seen the material that made up this box before; it was Fairy Wings, a type of magic stone used to make mirrors.

However, the one in front of me is very rough and the color is extremely cloudy.

The live gold was spinning in the box, but it couldn't get out. The lid was tightly closed, and the live gold couldn't get out.

Montolia added another layer of frost to the lid of the box.

The activity of Huo Jin immediately slowed down, and he looked rather pitiful.

Xiao Jin said happily: "Am I going to have a sister?!"

Elena said with a smile: "Do you have male and female swords?"

"Of course!" Chijian and Xiaojin blurted out at the same time.

Fei Leng asked: "Do you want to use this to make a new sword?"

Elizabeth said: "That's not necessary. I want to try to use this to strengthen our two swords, especially the sword eater. He has been through too many years."

Chi Jian heard this and shouted, "It's still a long way from my death!"

Alex nodded and said, "Okay."

Elena came over: "Where's mine?"

Alex: "You still need a weapon? I always thought you fought with bare hands."

Elena: "Haha, that's funny. You can joke, too. You're the one who destroyed my sword the most. Even if I'm not a light attribute, I still need a weapon that's strong enough, right?"

Eliaser and Montolia quickly produced another pile of gold.

Only then did Elena smile with satisfaction.