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After a long silence, Xiuge finally stood up. He turned around and carefully looked at the abandoned vehicle he was leaning on, and then returned to the front of the gate.

After some thinking before, Xiuge’s condition has recovered a lot at this moment, and his restless mental ocean has finally calmed down at this moment, but under the seemingly calm sea, there is still a turbulent undercurrent.

Those ominous signs, many faint clues that corroborate each other, and those fragmentary afterimages of the past that Xiuge glimpsed, all point to a terrifying truth that makes people feel frightened and helpless.

This place, this special building like a mountain, and everything inside this building… No matter which angle you look at, they all seem to be inextricably linked to the “ordinary world” that Shuge is most familiar with and misses the most. association.

Xiuge naturally knows his hometown very well.

He knew very well that in that world, there were too few things that could truly allow people who used different languages, held different concepts, and belonged to different ethnic groups and countries to cooperate closely.

In this regard, it has a high degree of similarity with Van En.

“Human beings cannot understand each other.”

This sentence always appears in one form or another in Shuge’s hometown, and whenever he talks about this sentence, a slightly helpless and playful expression will always appear on Shuge’s face.

However, now, as the scene and situation have changed, the true weight behind this sentence has begun to increase further.

From the individual to the collective, from the collective to the society, and then more complex concepts that are difficult to describe are extended based on this… The contradictions and deviations that exist in it, the pursuit of different goals and ideals, and the decisions that originate from different concepts and ideas .

Elements such as these form invisible or tangible towering walls that isolate the creatures that coexist in the same space from each other.

In such a situation, it is very difficult to maintain restraint and avoid resorting to force as much as possible. And if you want to carry out in-depth cooperation without distinction on such a basis, the resistance is even more conceivable.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Xiuge feels shocked and painful by the pictures that appear in the long-lasting illusion.

Azifu, who had been carefully studying the door in front of him, ended his perception of the door. Like countless times in the past, his magic perception did not bring any new discoveries. Apart from being vaguely aware of the things inside the door, Aziv Beyond the magic power that operates strictly according to specific rules, he can no longer go any further. No matter how he compresses his magic power, there is no way to avoid that invisible barrier.

Either it’s because this door uses some extremely special material, or it’s because of the magic circuit itself.

In short, Azifona’s attempt to use existing magic knowledge to break through this obstacle once again failed.

However, Azifu himself had already adapted and got used to this kind of failure, so he did not show any disappointment. He just calmly looked at Xiuge who came to him: “It seems , you seem to have figured out something? How about it, is it something that can be shared?”

“Um……”

Xiuge nodded slightly. He raised his finger and pointed at the top of the gate: “Those traces on the gate are actually the remnants of writings. I recognize some of them… In that writing, they called this place For the ‘last line of defence’.”

“oh?”

The look of surprise showed in Azifu’s green bean-like eyes. He turned around quickly, and his rickety body seemed to straighten up two points: “The last line of defense? I’m afraid this is not a good name…it is called A place with this kind of name often turns out to be what the namer intended…”

“As things stand right now, that’s certainly the case.”

As Xiuge said that, he stretched his palm forward, and his fingers lightly swept over the tragic traces left in the long battle.

For the gate itself, the actual damage caused by the Dark Abyss creations can be said to be minimal. However, to this day, Xiuge can still feel the chilling cold atmosphere inside these dents and scratches.

In this world, the shadow of the Dark Abyss Palace is just like the ruins themselves, a nearly eternal existence. Even after that, the hounds and other minions of the Dark Abyss Palace did not visit this place again, but the things they left behind The marks are like slogans full of terror, warning and threatening any possible latecomers.

However, Shuge would never back down because of such a threat.

In Azifu’s extremely surprised gaze, a pitch-black carapace quickly emerged from Xiuge’s palm. Then, he lightly stretched his palm forward, pressing it against the surging pitch-black fog. inside.

If the same action were performed by other creatures, it would naturally be extremely dangerous. However, this rich mist of the dark abyss has long become something close to food for Xiuge. Therefore, under Xiuge’s Under the instruction, the Charron carapace attached to his palm immediately began to suck and devour these dark auras.

However, in just a few seconds, the color entrenched in the cracks was swept away, and the metallic color of the door itself was revealed again.

“Huh?”

As a sufficiently senior magic scholar, Azifu is very keen on changes in magic power. He almost immediately noticed the changes brought about by Xiuge’s move – as the mist of the dark abyss disappeared, from here on The magic power fluctuations transmitted from inside the metal gate seemed to have become much clearer.

Shuge breathed a sigh of relief. He retracted his palm and looked up at the damage marks all over the door. He said, “It seems that these traces of power left by the attackers are not just to erase the traces of the ruins.” Written records or slogans… They also know that they have no way to break through this door, so they also hope to use this method to cut off the possibility of latecomers entering.”

“Rough and effective.”

Azifu nodded and agreed: “The nature of the magic in the dark abyss is like this. It is disordered, violent and difficult to control. It seems that the attackers had a very clear idea at the time. They hoped to use the traces they left behind to destroy everything. Possibly cover up the clues hidden behind the door…”

“Have you ever tried to clean up these marks in the past?”

“Of course I tried, but how could it be so easy?”

Azifu grinned, and a hint of helplessness appeared on the rat man’s face: “In the entire tribe, there are only a few priests who have the ability to clean up these traces, and the concentration of magic power in these traces is too high, so using normal This method can easily cause unnecessary damage.”

Xiuge squinted his eyes. He carefully examined the astonishing amount of damage on the surface of the door. After careful calculation for a while, he said, “I am going to clean up these marks. This may cause some noise. You Better to take cover.”

“Are you going to do it yourself?”

Azifu looked at Xiuge with a sad face: “Although the number of priests in the tribe is not too many, if they are all summoned, they should still be able to help a lot.”

However, before he finished speaking, Xiuge had already pressed both hands on the door at the same time. Immediately afterwards, extremely strong shadows of magic emerged from near Xiuge’s body, and they continued like waves. Rolling, the pure magic light and shadow intersect with the dark dark fog, looking weird and pure.

“Tsk…young people just like to be anxious.”

Azifu complained in his mouth, but the speed on his feet was extremely fast. He turned around and slipped away a long distance, and then shouted to the rat warriors waiting in the distance, and hung a small bone Falling over: “Go…inform all the nearby tribesmen to stay away from here. Also, ask the priests to come over and tell them as quickly as possible that the messengers of the Mother Goddess and I need their help.” !”

Hearing this, the rat warrior immediately became extremely serious. It took the token from the prophet with both claws, then mounted one of the giant rats pulling the cart and ran wildly along the way.

On the other side, Xiuge has begun the work of “purifying” the entire door.

Xiuge’s “purification” strategy is actually very simple. He does not plan to use those troublesome and complicated magic rituals to peel off these dangerous remaining traces one by one, but plans to use the most direct method to make them disappear completely.

This method is “eating”.

Just like when we faced the endless group of descendants of the Dark Abyss in Salem City, we extracted, crushed, and torn their power into pieces, and fed them as food to all the creations residing in the metal discs!

The visual effects brought about by this strategy are naturally extremely shocking, even terrifying.

Azifu, who was standing in the distance, couldn’t help but take two steps back, because he saw many different shadows emerging from the turbulent fog behind Xiuge.

The first is the tentacles, countless tentacles.

These translucent tentacles, which are directly condensed from the deep mist, are like plant roots that are growing at an accelerated rate. They spread out in all directions from behind Xiuge. They can’t wait to climb up the door and follow the path. Climbing upwards along its surface, exploring the cracks left by the Dark Abyss Hounds. After successfully touching the target in the cracks, the roots of fate that shimmer with psychedelic colors appear one after another. They are in the Touch of Charron. Under the cover of the fire, groups of three or two fixed themselves near the cracks and began to carefully absorb the nutrients inside.

Immediately afterwards, the running rat, regarded as a sacred symbol by the rat people, jumped out. The horns on its head emitted a strange light, and its eyes projected a rich look of hunger. Beside it, Countless magical rat swarms continued to proliferate, and with the roar of the running rat, the rat swarm immediately climbed up along the road “built” by Charron’s Touch.

After the rats, two other figures that Azifu couldn’t help but shrink his neck to avoid gradually appeared.

Appearing on the left side of Xiuge was a human figure made of shadows. Azifu recognized it as a waiter from the Dark Abyss Palace, but this waiter looked a little different. It did not stand sluggishly in the same place. Instead, it bowed very politely in the direction of Xiuge. When it raised its head again, it actually had the exact same body shape and appearance as Xiuge.

What appeared on the right side of Shuge was a palace hound with a somewhat different appearance. Azifu saw that the hound’s back clearly had strange limbs that only the Dark Abyss spiders had, and now it was bathed in rich magic power. The hound is stretching its body to its heart’s content, and the limbs behind it are also swaying and shaking.

The behavior of the messenger and the hound in the mirror was slightly more tame. The former did not choose to “eat”, but followed his master. He also put his hands on the door and began to help Xiuge speed up the “purification” process. , the latter disappeared out of thin air, and then appeared next to the largest crack in the gate, and began to enjoy the nutrients inside it.

This scene made Azifu swallow his saliva.

He suddenly began to feel afraid.

Shuge’s first impression on Azifu was very good and reliable, so Azifu almost never doubted whether he had a deeper identity.

In the final analysis, creations such as Charron’s Touch and Stampede Rats are ultimately derived from the former gods of Van Grace. Controlling them requires only the study of corresponding lost magic and rituals. However, the Mirrorbringer and the Palace Hound are different. Aziv It has never been heard that there is an existence other than Dark Abyss that can control and command these two.

In other words, the only ones with the ability and conditions to directly control these minions of the Dark Abyss Palace are those twisted beings in the palace.

However, now, the power shown by Shuge has made Aziv no longer think of stopping him. After all, it seems that each of the monsters summoned by Shuge has the ability to tear himself into pieces on the spot. What he can do All he could do was stay where he was and continue to watch.

Xiuge didn’t pay much attention to Azifu’s thoughts at this time. As the “filth” attached to the door continued to decrease, the magic fluctuations from inside the door began to gradually become clearer, and when the largest After all the fog in the rift was swallowed up by the palace hound, the clarity of the magic fluctuations has reached its peak.

“Buzz!”

A dull sound suddenly sounded, and the ground shook.

Just like the silt blocking the river channel was cleared instantly, a large amount of magic power passed through those magic circuits that had been “dry” for a long time in an instant. In an instant, this powerful force surged throughout the gate, and in their Under the influence, even Xiuge’s spiritual ocean fell into a brief stagnation.