The long night was like day for the Wood Elves, but for Akasha, it represented endless fear.
The moment she fell into the abyss, she clearly saw the giant snake's mouth spitting out orange flames. The scorching heat even made her hair slightly curl. Fortunately, she only fell for about two seconds before she touched the ground.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound reverberated in her ears. Her body felt like it was falling apart, but it was not as terrible as the pain that penetrated into her bones. Akasha reached out her hand and found that there were pieces of … paper under her.
She raised her head and saw that the giant snake's head was trying to drill into the cracks, but after failing several times, it finally gave up and swam away. When its huge body twisted, the stone slabs shook again. Dust and gravel fell from the cracks, causing Akasha to raise her hand to cover her head. She only dared to put it down after a long time.
After the other party left, for some reason, the cracks on the stone slabs returned to their original state, almost completely blocking the already weak starlight.
Gradually, the surroundings fell into silence. All sounds in her ears seemed to be blocked, and endless darkness enveloped her.
Although she had escaped from the mouth of this terrible magical beast, Akasha did not feel the slightest bit relieved, because she could not be sure whether she was safe or not. After releasing a healing spell to eliminate the pain, Akasha stood up and tried her best to open her eyes wide, but she could not see anything.
She tentatively raised her hand and released a weak "Holy Light Spell" to illuminate the surroundings. When she saw her surroundings clearly, Akasha was shocked by everything in front of her.
The first thing that came into view was the half a meter thick paper shredded under her feet. Because of the years of rain, it had now decayed like mud.
She raised her head, and with the weak light, she saw more than a hundred skeletal corpses in the stone room, which made Akasha feel cold all over …
The hall with an area of more than 500 square meters was like a palace. The four walls were smooth and there was no exit. The floor was full of collapsed bookshelves, shredded paper, and all kinds of corpses.
A sealed stone room appeared in front of Akasha, the first intruder in 718 years.
There were a total of 130 corpses on the ground, completely surrounding Akasha. They had decayed into a grayish-black color, but for some reason, there was still some skin on their skulls, and their ferocious expressions were still preserved even after hundreds of years. Akasha looked at the faces of the corpses. She could vaguely hear the sounds of fighting from hundreds of years ago echoing in the stone room …
Her lips trembled as she frantically tried to find an exit. However, after spending half an hour to confirm that there was no way out of the surrounding walls and that she couldn't climb out of the crack above her head, the hope in her heart was slowly nibbled away by the hopeless situation before her …
Although she had experienced life and death battles and was not afraid of those miserable corpses, it did not mean that she could withstand the fear of despair …
The space was so silent that it made her feel suffocated, the magical beasts lying in wait in the darkness, and nearly a hundred corpses — Akasha, who was not even 23 years old, stared blankly at everything in front of her. The strength in her body seemed to be gradually sucked out by the cold air. She shook her head and murmured, "Why is it like this … Why is it like this …"
The strong will that supported her to "walk out of the forest" was finally completely destroyed by a series of blows. Shock, fatigue, hunger, mana overdraft, and anemia brought about weakness that made Akasha unable to hold on any longer. After the third fruitless search for the exit, Akasha's will to live finally completely collapsed …
When the illumination effect of the "Holy Light Spell" slowly disappeared, Akasha sat down on the ground.
"Who … Who can help me …"
In the midst of sobbing, Akasha closed her eyes like a helpless little girl. The faint cry for help echoed in the stone room, it was abnormally desolate.
*****
The next day.
The sky above the Silent Forest was covered by dark clouds. Without sunlight, the air became cold and bone-piercingly cold.
The "Blood Shield Mercenary Group" that had split into two groups had already finished their mission preparations. The leader, Kevin, leisurely led nearly forty people towards Erza Village, while the remaining ten mercenaries had already arrived at the edge of the "Wagra Ruins".
The route had already been explored and cleared. The ten mercenaries, led by the deputy leader, all led the horses that had been prepared in advance and looked at the still silent ruins a hundred meters away.
"Have you brought the things? Then prepare — "
The deputy leader stuffed the magic communication scroll that was used to notify Kevin and stood up to give the order, but the words were stuck in his throat. He frowned and looked to both sides.
The surroundings seemed a little too quiet …
Some doubts quietly flashed in his mind, but he immediately remembered that the giant snake was an existence that could cause a beast tide. The silence of the forest was probably due to the presence of the pressure that it maintained after waking up.
The last trace of doubt disappeared. The deputy leader gave the order to start the "guidance". Everyone got on their horses and took out an exquisite metal box. In unison, a thumb-sized Magic Crystal was embedded into the groove at the top of the box.
The reason why Snake King Sakya was awakened from his slumber and released such a strong pressure was because of this "Viper Cross" device that was specially used to search for high-level Magical Beasts. The magic formation carved inside the box would release a magic wave that was unbearable to Magical Beasts. Once it was within a hundred meters, any Magical Beast would be enraged and chase relentlessly!
At this time, the deputy leader gradually led the team closer to the ruins. The warhorses hesitated because of the pressure from the Snake King Sakya, but they had no choice but to move forward under the urging of the mercenaries. The tense atmosphere made the air stagnate. Although they all looked very calm, the hands of the mercenaries that were holding onto the reins were already soaked in sweat.
A hundred meters, eighty meters, seventy meters …
"Boom!"
When they were sixty meters away, a muffled sound came from the ruins in the distance. Then, a large cloud of dust suddenly floated up from the ruins —
"Run!"
In order to not make any mistakes in the guidance mission, the deputy leader personally led the team. Therefore, the mercenaries did not dare to slack off. They turned their horses around and began to run along the pre-planned route. They also got into formation in the shortest amount of time possible …
In the ruins at the back, the Snake King Sakya's body suddenly rushed out from the dust. Its huge head was slightly raised. At this time, without any hesitation, it directly stared at the mercenaries with its huge gray eyes. Hissing sounds came from its stinky mouth, and it did not hide its anger at all!
When its body separated from the ruins, its astonishing length of more than thirty meters could be seen. However, its body that weighed several tons was not slow at all under full pursuit. In the blink of an eye, it had leaped tens of meters and closed in on the mercenaries who had not run at full speed.
However, when the deputy leader led the mercenaries past the initial acceleration stage, the giant snake that was chasing crazily behind them could no longer close in. Although it was still chasing them, its speed had decreased a lot.
"It's just a stupid beast. There's nothing to be afraid of!"
A mercenary beside the deputy leader shouted. His originally nervous companions laughed out loud, and the reins in their hands seemed to become more elegant.
"After this mission, the leader will be rewarded handsomely! Everyone, don't let your guard down — damn it! Quickly hide! "
The deputy leader said as he looked back. However, when he saw Sakya suddenly raise its head, his expression immediately changed. He shouted for the mercenaries to hide …
"Boom —"
The flames suddenly lit up the gloomy forest. As a high-rank fire-attribute magical beast, Sakya's simple breath was able to reach nearly 30 meters away. The mercenary closest to it was a few seconds late in dodging and was immediately enveloped by the flames. In an instant, he and his horse became a raging torch, screaming as they fell to the ground …
Then, he was directly crushed into meat paste by Sakya's body.
Such an unforeseen event sent a chill down the spines of the mercenaries who had just run a short distance away. It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads in an instant. All of them tensed up and ran forward at full speed. Once they accelerated, the Snake King Sakya's flame breath would be useless, but it still pursued them angrily.
"In the end, it's just a snake …"
The deputy leader let out a sigh of relief in his heart. However, just when he thought that everything was going smoothly, he heard a muffled sound and turned his head in confusion …
"Puff!"
The mercenary who was just shouting that Sakya was a beast fell straight off his horse. There was an arrow in his chest!
Why is there an arrow here? Who would attack us!?
Before he could figure out the answer to this question, he felt something swaying in front of him. He immediately ducked and dodged, narrowly dodging a long arrow.
"Someone is attacking!"
"Enemy attack! Beware of hidden arrows! "
The remaining mercenaries shouted. However, just as they were distracted, the Snake King Sakya, who was chasing them closely, directly used its flame breath to turn another unlucky person into a torch.
The deputy leader was shocked. He raised his head, but he couldn't find the person who shot the arrow at all.
He was ambushed!
He gritted his teeth and looked back at the Snake King Sakya. However, he took out the magic scroll used to notify Kevin and tore the seal on it …
*****
Let's go back a few minutes.
When the mercenaries of the Blood Shield Mercenary Group were just about to advance towards the ruins, Roddy had been silently watching everything in front of him.
After using the "Concealment Spell", he stood on the tree trunk and almost merged with the bark and dead leaves beside him. From dawn until now, he had been waiting nearby for three hours.
Roddy's plan was actually very simple. Since this group of mercenaries was willing to lure the Snake King Sakya away, he was completely happy to see it happen. This was definitely a great help to him. He didn't need to personally deal with the snake. He only needed to take the opportunity to enter the ruins to find the inheritance of the "witcher" … As for the mercenaries who ran far away, there was naturally a "surprise" prepared by the Wood Elves waiting for them.
There was a rumbling sound as the Snake King, Sakya, rushed out of the ruins as expected. As he was far away, Rody had a more intuitive understanding of Sakya's size. However, Sakya's ash-gray eyes and hesitant movements when he ran also made Rody understand that Sakya was a blind snake.
However, these things didn't have much to do with him. According to his and Village Chief Bruce's plan, this snake would need at least ten minutes to come and go after it was lured out. If he wanted to complete the mission, he had to find clues within ten minutes.
Roddy didn't have full confidence in these things, but the opportunity was right in front of him. He had no reason to retreat. Seeing that the ten mercenaries and the Snake King Sakya had left the ruins and entered the forest, he jumped down from the tree trunk and ran towards the ruins with the [Ice Crystal Spike].
He remembered that when he did the [Ranger] advancement mission, Mentor Natha had set a goal for him to kill three Level 15 beasts by himself within the specified time. This mission was simple and straightforward, but the [Lone Ranger in the Dark] mission didn't give any specific hints. Roddy couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After all, he didn't know if this IMBA advancement mission would be difficult enough for him to handle.
However, after just a few steps, he, who had one foot in the ruins of Wagra, suddenly realized that everything in front of him had changed.
In front of him was originally a dilapidated stone road, overgrown with weeds. The surrounding buildings were dilapidated and emitted an aura of vicissitudes. Occasionally, there was a sturdy wall, but it was covered with mottled cracks and creepers.
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