Chapter 538 Stonewell City
"Well, that's really pitiful."
After listening to Edgar's self-narration, Yufei really didn't know what to say, so she just gave a formulaic comforting remark.
People's emotions are not the same.
Obviously, it was a very unlucky thing for Edgar, but after hearing it, she just wanted to laugh.
No, you can't laugh, Yufei. If you laugh, some of my good qualities will be lost forever.
Finally, Yuffie turned his back to Edgar, his shoulders twitched a few times, and when he turned back, he had regained his composure and asked:
"Have you made any progress in your research? If there is any progress, it means all the hard work has not been in vain."
These were the words that Japar had once used to encourage her, but now they seemed to be full of preaching, which could easily arouse the rebellious psychology among today's young people.
However, when this sentence came out, Edgar's face became even uglier, and he spoke word by word.
“Nothing was gained at all.”
That’s right, absolutely no gain!
He didn't even know whether to call what he had just experienced "research" or "torture". All he brought back was the crystal cluster in his waist bag that he was going to send to his teacher!
By the way, the body he is using now is made of magic props, and his real body is currently hanging up at the blessing place of the Selia Crystal Tunnel.
Seeing this, people stopped asking about the details of his adventures in the magic town of Ceria, fearing that the more they asked, the more sad they would be, so it was better to out of sight out of mind.
"Then, let's go to Stonewell City." Isa bravely broke the stiff atmosphere.
"Yeah." Edgar nodded heavily and followed silently at the end of the team. It seemed that he had suffered quite a blow.
The episode he brought did not dampen people's interest in entering Stonewell City. The closer they got to this rather large city, the stronger the atmosphere of impending storm people could feel, and they looked forward to what kind of adventure experience they could have here, and of course, what kind of gains they could gain.
"The door is closed. Is there any way to open it?"
The main gate of Stonewell City connected to the bridge was closed by a heavy iron gate, and there was no way to get through, but the side door was still open.
"Ah, the classic arrangement of opening the small door instead of the big one." As the only person present with extensive experience in adventuring in the Sen dungeon, Yufei was delighted when she saw this arrangement.
The main door is the door that won't open!
She immediately realized that the small door was the correct path. Perhaps if she walked around in Stonewell City for a while, she would come across the mechanism to open the big iron gate.
What is this design called in the guides written by adventurers? I think it's called "taking a shortcut."
What's more, even if the big iron gate could be opened, she would not go in. As for the reason?
Even standing here, she could see with her naked eyes through the many gaps in the iron gate that there were five crossbows bigger than beds aimed at this side, and the exiled soldiers covered in red cloth were fiddling with these things all the time.
Once adventurers dare to step into the range of the main gate, what awaits them will be the merciless shooting of several crossbows. Most people would probably die on the spot if hit by one bullet.
"Hey, come here, please."
Just when people were about to leave, an old and somewhat obscene voice came from the small door next to it. The sound alone naturally made people feel a little disgusted, which was quite magical.
The adventurers glanced at each other and walked into the side door. A skinny man with a shackle-like thing around his neck stood there with a flattering and obscene smile on his face.
"You are the Faded Ones, right? I am the gatekeeper here. You can call me Gotok," the gatekeeper rubbed his hands and said, "You want to enter the city, right? Then I advise you not to go in through the main gate. There is a group of highly skilled soldiers blocking the way."
He pointed to the wall opposite the side door, where there was a big hole, vaguely revealing the outline of a path.
"Let's go in through this path. The soldiers don't know this path. We should be able to invade the city undetected."
No one had expected that someone claiming to be a security guard would come to help them.
But if you think about it carefully, what the other party said seems to be of no use, because the hole is there, and they will definitely leave when they see it.
Edgar observed the afterimage in front of him. He now had a natural hostility towards everything about Sean, so he asked suspiciously, "Why are you so kind? What's your plan?"
Seeing this, the guard waved his hands and said, "I just have a good impression of faded people like you. I hope you can succeed in what you want to do."
No one would believe this. It would have been fine if he didn't explain it, but this explanation made people feel that something was wrong.
Seeing that people's suspicion of him was growing, the guard had no choice but to speak frankly:
"Because the city lord Greg insulted me, oppressed me, and forced me to participate in that disgusting limb grafting. I hope someone can bring justice to me!"
He said this with indignation.
Although I still have some doubts, what kind of evil can a mere afterimage do?
Vann asked some questions about the path leading to the hole out of concern. With his continuous questioning, he even successfully found out what needed attention.
From this point of view, everyone seems to understand the reason why a gatekeeper is placed here in the Sion dungeon. It may be to remind everyone. With the reminder, the difficulty may be reduced, just like the Roger summoning symbol in front of the gate of the Omen Demon.
Oh, when I thought about it this way, I suddenly felt that the Sean Dungeon became more intimate and cute.
Just as people were ready to leave with satisfaction, Edgar suddenly stopped, looked back at the guard, and said:
"Wait, you're the security guard."
"What, what happened?"
"Can you open the gate? I want to go through the gate."
After these words were spoken, not only the guard Gotok was shocked, but even Yufei and the others stared at him with wide eyes.
"Are you serious? Let's not talk about whether this thing can be opened or not. Aren't there a bunch of crossbows bigger than beds guarding the main door?" Yufei said, and suddenly realized, "Are you trying to go invisibly?"
Edgar nodded heavily.
"I want to restore the dignity of my invisibility magic."
If his invisibility magic failed in the magic circle Seria because the magicians there were proficient in invisibility and were able to see through him, then there was no clear indication in Stonewell City that there was any magic expert who could see through invisibility.
If his invisibility magic still doesn't work here, then he should stop being a magician and might as well just die!
"Of course I can help you shout to open the door, but are you sure?" The guard looked at him as if he was looking for death.
Edgar nodded without question.
"Okay, then I'll help you open the door," the guard said, shaking his head and spreading his hands. "If a person is determined to die, then there's really no way to stop him. Hey, open the door!"
"Boom boom"
Along with his shouts, the big iron gate that blocked the adventurers was actually opened automatically, like a giant beast slowly opening its bloody mouth.
A whistling, chilly wind blew out from the passage, and just getting close to it made people feel cold all over.
"Be careful." Out of humanitarianism, Yufei still gave a reminder.
“I know what I’m doing.”
Edgar looked at the scene after the big iron gate opened, his eyes flickering. In front of him was a wide tunnel leading to the inner city. Torches were neatly arranged on the walls of the tunnel, but even though the light of the torches illuminated the place, it could not dispel the gloomy atmosphere.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but it seems that the colors of the arranged torches are a little different, and the colors of the torches at the back are obviously brighter.
Several crossbows were lined up at the end of the tunnel, with the crossbow arrows flashing with cold light aimed at here, and every inch of the tunnel was filled with corpses hit by arrows. This arrangement was probably something the soldiers wanted to use to show off their achievements.
There were even spots of light flashing on these corpses. They were actually using the light spots to lure people over. How despicable.
Edgar had a calm expression, and methodically cast various invisibility spells on himself. Finally, he put on the invisible cloak that he had kept in the bottom of the box, took a deep breath, and rushed into the tunnel resolutely with confidence in his magic and pride in being a magician.
Stepping over the corpses and passing by the spots of light, he moved forward towards the end of the tunnel!
People were all worried for him. If he could really rush over like this, then maybe he could save everyone a lot of time!
In the blink of an eye, Edgar had already rushed halfway, but the exile soldiers still had no reaction!
Everyone showed expectant expressions.
Could it be?
“Crack—”
The voice of the Grim Reaper sounded.
The crossbow arrows shot out in an instant, and at this moment Edgar rushed right in their faces.
So he ate the damage like a glutton.
"ah!"
He screamed and his body flew backwards due to the huge impact force. The entire tunnel was shot to pieces by a large number of arrows, and even some of the torches on the wall fell off.
"How, how is it possible?"
Edgar's eyes were red. Why did his invisibility magic, which he was so proud of, encounter so many setbacks in one day? Why could a mere soldier see through him?
He is unwilling to accept this! And what is the principle behind this?
“Crack—”
Seeing the soldiers setting up the second crossbow, Edgar still couldn't understand why this happened.
At this moment, the torch that was shot down from the wall rolled to his hand, and the moment it touched him, he actually saw the introduction.
Sentinel Torch
[The torches given to the guardians of the Golden Tree. The flames have performed special prayers and can see the assassins who are hiding.]
[The Golden Tree and the King of Blessing are on guard──to prevent the conspiracy night from happening again.]
It's actually a torch that can break the invisibility magic! ?
Edgar was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. It wasn't just the sentry torch that made him angry.
Moreover, this thing was only placed in the second half of the tunnel!
The first half turned out to be ordinary torches, no wonder the soldiers didn't react at first.
This is to lure the invisible magician in to kill him!
“Bang, bang, bang—”
The sound of the crossbow arrow shooting came again, and Edgar's consciousness was completely interrupted in anger.
Not long after, he came back to life in a trance and heard Isa's voice.
"It's alright, let's take the small road."
Veins suddenly popped up on his forehead and he stood up, leaning on his magic wand.
"No."
He stared at the city gate, and the gem inlaid on the magic wand flashed dangerously.
"I'm going to blow this place upside down today!"
(End of this chapter)
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