Akasha did not bring the cloak with her when she escaped.
The evening wind in October was already hard to suppress the cold. She put on the thin linen clothes and hugged her shoulders as she walked while shivering. If it wasn't because of the beast tide that cleared many areas of vicious beasts, she would have already become food for countless vicious beasts. But whether it was because her luck was "too bad" or "too good", Akasha, who only had the idea of "looking for a camp", actually entered the depths of the forest unimpeded.
Halfway through, in order to not let her clothes be soaked in blood due to the "whipping punishment", Akasha had no choice but to take off her clothes in the forest. Like before, she endured the pain brought by the vicious curse with her naked body.
When Akasha forcefully used the healing spell to heal herself and stood up, her vision turned black and she almost fell to the ground. The side effects of hunger, fatigue and anemia had already caused her to have slight dizziness and tinnitus. Coupled with the ravaging of the cold wind, even her originally pale lips had turned greenish gray.
Her body could not hold on any longer. Whether it was her energy, physical strength or magic power, they were all close to being exhausted. But Akasha did not give up the hope of escaping. The conviction in her heart that she had just recently strengthened made her unwilling to die in the forest.
But she did not know whether it was luck or misfortune, when she gritted her teeth and walked in the darkness for nearly four to five kilometers, she suddenly discovered that the front suddenly opened up. In front of her was an open space, and in the center of the open space was a building that she had never seen before.
Akasha was overjoyed. She thought that she had found a village or camp, but when she got closer, she frowned because she found that there was only an uninhabited ruin in front of her.
Strangely shaped stone buildings stood in the center of the open space. From afar, they looked like giant beasts hibernating in the darkness.
The weak Akasha walked towards the ruins. The edge of the open space was less than a hundred meters away from the ruins. It did not take long for her to reach the edge of the ruins. Raising her head, Akasha looked at the dark stone houses. She felt a chill in her heart. She raised her hand and used the "Holy Light Spell" to look around. She found some unknown words written on the stone pillars. In some places, there were broken sculptures. The figures on the sculptures had pointy ears and slender figures.
"The ruins of the elves …"
Akasha muttered to herself, but then she suddenly heard the sound of something falling. She looked down and found that the ground under her feet was not solid ground, but a huge slab of stone that was pieced together. In the middle of these stone slabs, there was a fist-sized, bottomless crack. When the pebbles fell into the crack, there was no sound of them hitting the ground. It seemed that there was another space underneath, and it was very deep.
The surroundings were abnormally quiet, and there was not even the sound of insects or birds. Akasha always felt that this place was full of strangeness, and she was not curious to find out what was down there. After thinking for a while, she stepped forward and wanted to leave. But just as he took two or three steps, he suddenly heard a "rumbling" sound …
The sudden sound was accompanied by the violent shaking of the ground. The magnitude was comparable to an earthquake. Akasha staggered and almost fell to the ground. She quickly reached out and hugged the stone pillar beside her. When the shaking gradually disappeared, she turned around and looked behind the sound.
Then, she covered her mouth abruptly, forcibly suppressing her scream in her throat.
Akasha swore that the thing in front of her … was definitely the most terrifying creature she had ever seen in her life!
In the ruins, a giant snake was slowly poking its head out and slithering towards Akasha's direction. This giant snake's head was like a dragon's, and there were two short horns on its scale-covered head. Its triangular head was more than one and a half meters wide, as if it could directly swallow a person when it opened its mouth!
Its thick snake body was covered by the complex ruins as it moved forward, and it was impossible to see how long it was. But when its heavy body moved forward, it constantly knocked down the stones and walls of the ruins. Its swaying body seemed to have an inexplicable magic power, causing the ground to shake. That terrifying aura was also gradually released as it raised its head …
This … what the hell is this?!
Akasha was dumbfounded. She never thought that she would intrude into the territory of such a terrifying creature. Her body was originally extremely exhausted. At this time, because of the attack of fear, she wanted to escape, but it was extremely difficult for her to even move her legs. However, Akasha had experienced many battles after all. She tried to calm herself down … When she looked carefully, she found that the creature in front of her did not seem to be directly charging at her.
The snake's eyes, which were about the size of a human head, stared straight, but there was no pupil at all. Instead, it was as if it was covered with a layer of dust …
It was blind?
Akasha's heart suddenly moved. She held her breath and quickly glanced around: On one side was the ruins, on the other side was the forest a hundred meters away. In front of her was the giant snake, and behind her was a swaying road …
The giant snake was frantically flicking its tongue. Snakes did not have noses and only used their tongues to distinguish the smell in the air. Although Akasha did not understand the reason behind it, looking at the posture of the other party, it should be able to roughly determine her position. She thought of this and immediately gritted her teeth, turned around, and ran along the edge of the ruins towards the most complicated stone buildings!
Running to the open space would definitely be difficult to escape death. At this time, the only judgment Akasha could make was to use these complex buildings to delay the time when the other party caught up to her. Of course, she was not just simply running. At this time, although Akasha's magic power and physical strength were almost exhausted, her brain was not slow. She raised her hand and released the lowest level of "Holy Light Punishment" at a statue beside the giant snake …
"Pa!"
Because the power was too small, the statue of "High Elf King" Abaddon only emitted a little smoke. However, the crisp sound made the giant snake suddenly turn its head. Without saying anything, it accelerated and crashed into the statue. "Crash!" The statue was directly smashed into pieces!
When Akasha saw that her diversion method actually worked, she immediately let out a sigh of relief in her heart and turned around to run!
At this time, she did not care where the giant snake came from or why it was blind. She just kept throwing out the divine spells in her hands, one after another, misleading the direction of the giant snake's advance. Meanwhile, she frantically ran along the edge of the ruins towards the forest. There was only one thought left in her mind – Don't chase me, don't chase me …
But unexpectedly, after being misled twice in a row, the giant snake immediately realized that it was a trap. It turned its head and actually directly rushed towards Akasha … Even if it was blind, this giant snake's brain was not stupid at all!
And once it was activated, its attack could only be described as "crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood". The stone buildings in the process of twisting and charging had no resistance at all, and with a crackling sound, a large part of them collapsed!
Akasha looked back, and her originally pale face was completely pale. This was because no matter how she released the divine spells in her hands, the giant snake seemed to have locked onto her and rushed straight towards her. She had originally pulled a distance of more than 30 meters away from the giant snake, but in the blink of an eye, it had closed to about 10 meters. Seeing that it was about to catch up with her in less than two seconds, Akasha suddenly lost her footing and fell to the ground with a cry of surprise!
It was not because her legs were weak. Akasha, who had fallen, endured the pain and looked down, only to find that the cracks on the stone slabs on the ground had gradually widened due to the continuous shaking. She had not noticed a gap of about half a meter, and now her whole leg had sunk into it. And this was not the end. As the giant snake approached without stopping, the stone slabs that were clamping Akasha's right leg shook even more violently, and once again the gap widened, causing her whole body to sink into it!
What's going on!?
In a panic, Akasha used both hands to grab onto the stone slabs on both sides. At this time, her body was only above the ground from her chest. But even so, Akasha found that her feet that had fallen into the gap still could not reach the ground below. The pitch-black gap under her was like an abyss that was eager to swallow her, causing her to instinctively feel fear …
But when she raised her head, the giant snake in her field of vision had already opened its mouth. Its blade-like teeth and a fishy smell assaulted her face …
In the choice of being "bitten to death" or "falling to death", Akasha did not hesitate to let go of her hand.
Even if I die, I don't want to be eaten!
This was the only thought in Akasha's mind before she fell into the abyss.
*****
"Snake King Sakya? A magical beast that has lived for 700 years? "
Roddy showed a stunned expression and mumbled, "Even Dragons may not necessarily live that long …"
"Sir Roddy actually knows about the lifespan of Dragons?"
Inside the tree hollow of the village chief, Roddy was discussing his advancement mission with the old elf. This old elf had almost collapsed after the battle, but after resting for a few hours, his complexion had mostly recovered.
However, Roddy really did not expect that the magical beast that Brody mentioned would actually be a snake with a lifespan of more than 700 years. In his impression, such a creature had never existed in the Silent Forest!
What was even more strange was that … this snake seemed to be related to his mission.
"It's all hearsay from the bards. I don't know how long Dragons can live, either."
"I don't know if it's a coincidence, but the lifespan of Dragons is indeed less than 500 years." Brody did not continue on this topic. Instead, he took out the letter that Roddy had Hugo pass to him and read with a serious expression, "… Dukal's immortal will guards Wagra City. Sakya's mission is not over. The last heir will be born from fresh blood … The cursed one walks alone in the darkness."
"These words do not mention anything else?"
Roddy asked with a frown. His gaze shifted slightly, and he called out the mission panel to check the progress.
"Wagra City is a city of High Elves. It was destroyed in a war 700 years ago." Brody raised his gaze and looked at Roddy. "The Wood Elves are the descendants and branch of the High Elves. Nowadays, very few people remember such a history."
Roddy frowned as if recalling something. He muttered to himself, "700 years ago … The defense of Wagra City … You should be talking about the last battle that the High Elves fought against the Beastmen, right? After that battle, the High Elf royal family was completely wiped out. There were no pure-blooded descendants left. "
"You know about it?"
Brody was so shocked that his mouth could fit an egg. Just as he was about to say something, Roddy suddenly waved his hand. With a strange expression, he said, "That's not important. I want to know … where is this Wagra City?"
He could not suppress the excitement in his voice. The mission panel before him had been updated with the next and final step — A Lone Ranger in the Dark.
Mission Hint: Find the inheritance of the last Witcher, Ducal, in the ruins of Wagra City.
At this stage of the mission, what kind of profession a Witcher was could be guessed from the description of the mission.
"As an extremely rare profession among the High Elves, the existence of Witchers is almost unknown. And the last time this profession appeared before people's eyes was 718 years ago in the 'War to Defend Wagra'. A witcher named Ducal and his magical pet, the Snake King Sakya, fought the invaders until the last moment. "
The information revealed in this passage almost made Roddy cry out in excitement. According to the description, a Witcher could have a "magical beast" as a pet!
And in the past Earth Splitter, a Ranger's pet could only be a "beast"!
The difference of a single word was like the difference between clouds and mud!
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