The moment Brando moved, he felt a few obscure black lines of law seeping into his surroundings. These lines of law seeped into the Temporal Precepts woven by the Elapsing Needle, causing the silver Temporal Precepts to begin to disintegrate, and instantly slowing down the accelerated passage of time. These Lines of Law gave people a very strange feeling, and their expression was very strange.
The precepts they spoke of were clearly not as violent and impulsive as Modesty and Malthus' superior Fire Elemental Precepts — the Golden Flames, but with a chilling sharpness, like an assassin's dagger dipped in poison.
Brando almost immediately determined that this was a precept related to death. This was the precept of the Dragon Queen Gwendolyn. Death and Golden Flames were the two most important elements of a black dragon. The latter was more common among dragons, while the former mainly came from the bloodline of the Seven Dragons King, which indirectly proved Gwendolyn's identity.
But the key was that he did not expect Gwendolyn's Elemental Power to have grown to such a level. If Modesty was unconsciously affecting the Elapsing Needle's time domain, then the dragon queen was actively interfering. Under the interference of the few black lines of laws, the Elapsing Needle's effect was almost halved — within this region, Gwendolyn's law
In this area, Gwendolyn's Elemental Precepts clearly had the upper hand. Although she had not become the only ruler, she was suppressing the other elements and precepts, preventing them from fully functioning.
That was terrifying enough.
The Elapsing Needle was a genuine sub-divine artifact. The so-called divine artifacts and sub-divine artifacts were naturally sacred objects created by the hands of the gods. Even if incomplete, it was still a domain that ordinary people could not touch.
Gwendolyn's power was close to the peak of the Sage Realm, and there were signs that she was about to step into the world with a complete body. This discovery made Brendel's heart skip a beat. This lady was definitely the most terrifying enemy he had ever met since he came to this world. Even the revived Milos did not possess such terrifying power. That was if his divine power was not included.
Speaking of which, in the history of The Amber Sword, even if the timeline was pushed back half a century, the players might not have seen an existence of Gwendolyn's level.
Damn it, this is a version change.
Brando cursed in his heart.
Fortunately, the Elapsed Needle still had half of its effect left.
Brando could feel Modesty and Gwendolyn flying behind him. He did not need to think to know that they were flying towards him. He felt something tighten around his ankle. Black smoke suddenly rose from the humus of the forest. The black smoke formed into countless arms and grabbed at his ankle. It was Dark Binding. Black magic. Gwendolyn was indeed an expert in necromancy.
It was known that dragons were highly skilled in magic and were not inferior to the Bugas. However, due to their proficiency in melee combat and spitting fire, few people realized that dragons were also excellent sorcerers.
But the Dragon Queen did not expect that the pair of black arms formed by her spell to grab Brendel's ankles, but before they could even get close, they let out a scream and strangely disappeared on their own.
"Don't use magic on him. Magic is ineffective against him!" Seeing this, Modesty hurriedly reminded.
With Brando's current level of willpower, even the Dragon Queen's spell would not be able to do anything to him. In fact, what he was really afraid of, other than magic containing divine power, were the legendary super tenth-circle spells that only appeared occasionally. However, the casting time of those tenth-circle spells was too long and tedious, and could not be used at such a juncture. And Modesty had obviously already experienced it before.
Randolf was very powerful. When she was chasing Brendel away earlier, she had tried to cast a few spells, but none of them worked. That was why she had to remind Gwendolyn about it.
Gwendolyn was slightly taken aback. The Dragon Queen obviously thought that she was going to win.
Gwendolyn's slight delay allowed Brando to rush to the entrance to the underground world of Jorgendy Ridge. As he expected, the entrance was a huge sinkhole. However, unlike the usual topography, the bottom of the sinkhole was a vertical cave that was carved by nature. The cave was almost straight.
Going down, it was dark and deep, giving off the feeling that this passage would lead straight to the depths of hell in Wohnde's legends.
The Roman's hand was held by Brando, and she could not help but gulp at the sight. "Are we going down?" She asked reluctantly, which was rare.
"More or less." As Brando said so, he had already jumped into the huge sinkhole. After all, Modesty and Gwendolyn did not give him much time, and more importantly, his EXP was still burning.
As he jumped, the three ladies, including the elf, Chiyara, and Siunie, screamed. Although logic told them that Brando was definitely not jumping into the sinkhole to commit suicide, the feeling of falling rapidly in the pitch-black darkness was definitely too exhilarating. The few of them could feel the whistling of the wind around them, and the scenery around them became blurry.
Gradually, from bright to dark, it became very blurry, but they could still feel that they were falling very fast, because the wind was blowing so hard that they couldn't open their eyes.
Chiyara's voice had almost changed because of the airflow into her mouth. She asked loudly in the wind, "What's down there?!"
Brando lowered his head and saw that the darkness below had reappeared with specks of light. It felt like looking up at the starry sky, but at this moment, the starry sky appeared under his feet. It was a very strange feeling. He knew that those were plants that could shine in the dark — moss, ferns, or some kind of glowing fungus. As long as one went deep into the ground, such plants were not uncommon.
In Jorgendy Ridge, there were even whole forests of glowing plants.
However, the glowing plants below were obviously not a forest. It would be too shabby to call them shrubs because they were not in the Jorgendy Ridge.
"Big Beehive."
Brando only said three words to Chiyara. His voice turned into a strange whimper along with the sound of the wind.
At this time, there was a slight darkness above his head, and two dragons had appeared at the entrance of the passage. Brando felt that Modesty and Gwendolyn's Lines of Precepts had been tightly surrounding him. At least within such a short distance, the two dragons would never lose sight of him. But he looked at the Elapsed Needle again. The Elapsed Needle had been on for nearly half a minute.
In addition to the previous waste, the EXP he had lost in such a short time was almost enough to beat the Frostborn Guard back to its original state.
Suddenly, something flashed in front of his eyes.
Brando looked up and found that they had just fallen through a long and narrow pass — this was the place. The long and narrow crack was still there. Brando knew about it because Marqilian's Hand had once killed a wyvern here by using the terrain. This guild was a rather famous player organization in Cruz, and they had become famous because of it.
In this battle, when most players were still below level 30, through the use of reasonable tactics and terrain, they were able to kill a boss that should not have been killed in that era. The spoils of war from that battle laid their foundation in the early stages of the game.
And compared to the unlucky wyvern, Modesty and Gwendolyn were much bigger.
There was no way they could pass through that crack.
Of course, he wasn't naive enough to think that he could trap two Dragons to death with a single crack. The Margaline's Hand was used to deal with Wyverns who didn't have any brains, and it had failed several times before it lured them into a trap. With the Dragons' intelligence, it would be a joke if they were really trapped by a single crack. Brando only hoped for one thing.
That was, in the Big Beehive, Modesty and Gwendolyn would never be able to move in their dragon form again.
The Big Beehive was the only passage connecting the underground world of Jorgendy Ridge and the surface world. The sky here was not as wide as the surface world, and it was even more spacious than the huge underground cavern in Jorgendy Ridge. It was some narrow, maze-like beehive-like caverns, similar to the underground karst terrain in Brando's original world, but different from the karst terrain.
Unlike the water-soluble topography, the formation of the big hive came from the endless flow of magic wind in the underground world. These underground hot winds originated from the scorching hell. On the surface, it looked like just some underground trade winds with magical colors, but in fact, it represented the erosion of the Sea of Magic on the world of Vaunte from the west to the top.
It was absolutely impossible for a dragon the size of a small mountain to move freely in the terrain formed by erosion.
In the form of a human, the strength of a dragon was greatly suppressed. Although its combat strength was basically unaffected, its mobility and perception of the surrounding environment were significantly reduced. It was just like a human transforming into another animal. Most of the time, it would take a long time to adapt. In fact, as long as it wasn't necessary to enter the human world, adult dragons were rarely willing to transform into humans.
Only the young dragons who roamed the mortal world would often appear in human form. This was mostly for the purpose of self-protection.
Brando looked up and saw the black light flashing on Modesty and Gwendolyn. One of them turned into a human woman wearing a black dress with long black hair that reached her waist. Her eyes were beautiful gold, and she looked very much like a Miirna. As for Gwendolyn's human form, it was very strange. She also turned into a human with long black hair.
She was a lady with long hair, but her hair was tied up, and her forehead was embedded with a beautiful purple crystal. If it was not for the different color of the crystal, it would be the same as Échis' Heart of Calamity that was inserted into Ko Hua's forehead.
If it was not for Brando's strong perception, he would not have noticed the crystal from such a distance. He immediately realized that this was the true appearance of her dragon horn.
Brando also knew that there was another person in history who had such a purple crystal.
It was a very famous witch.
The Witch Empress' assistant, Ailufei.
Could these two people be the same person? Or was the Witch Empress' assistant actually a dragon? Brando immediately shook his head. The Dragon Queen Gwendolyn was a typical dragon born in the last era before the Great Sacred War. She was only slightly older than Aloz, and in the era of the Sacred War, she should be a young dragon like Aloz. It was impossible for her to become the Witch Empress' assistant. This thought in his mind.
Just as the thought flashed through his mind, silver Lines of Law surrounded him, and the momentum of their descent suddenly slowed down.
This was one of the basic abilities of a powerhouse after Elemental Activation.
Flight.
The elapsed needle was still spinning slowly, but Brando did not intend to burn the last bit of Frost Soil Guard's EXP and completely destroy this profession. He decisively flew a distance into the Beehive and directly turned off the elapsed needle. At this moment, the strange terrain below the Beehive that was riddled with holes finally appeared in front of his eyes. At the same time, after the time acceleration had stopped, Gwendolyn, who was behind him.
Modesty and Gwendolyn instantly sped up and crossed the pass in the blink of an eye. When their eyes scanned below, they instantly found Brando.
Brando looked back at the two dragons and plunged into the Beehive. Below was one of the legendary scariest mazes in the whole of Wohnde. Every year, countless confident explorers would lose their way inside and be lost forever. There was no lack of well-known powerhouses among them. Not to mention these natives, even players would get lost and die inside.
There were countless of them, and it was important to know that players had the map provided by the system.
Of course, that completely three-dimensional map was just slightly dizzying.
In general, once one entered the Beehive, the probability of getting lost was relatively high, no matter if one was a dragon or a human. There were generally only a few fixed passageways from the underground of Jorgendy Ridge to the surface world. This was a shortcut that countless people found in the Beehive at the cost of their lives. Ordinary people would not dare to open up another passageway at will.
But now, what Brando had to do was to quickly get lost inside.
Of course, he had to get the two dragon ladies lost as well.
If he got lost, he would just set the coordinates of the Buga people's teleportation gate on the spot, and then let The Shire summon him back, and let the druids open the teleportation gate to pull Chiyara and the others back. And once the two dragon ladies got lost, it would be difficult for them to find their way out in a short time. That was his real purpose. Otherwise, even if he returned to the main group now, Modesty and Gwendolyn would be able to find him in the blink of an eye. Then, wouldn't all his previous efforts be in vain?
The only question now was whether Gwendolyn and Modesty would give him the opportunity to do so.
As soon as Brando entered the Beehive, he immediately felt that the range of his perception had become narrower. First of all, this was a psychological factor of people in a narrow space. Second, after losing the open field of vision, one's perception of one's surroundings would indeed be greatly reduced. But he did not panic, because he knew that this limitation was even more unbearable for Modesty and Gwendolyn. Dragons were known for their eyesight, which was also a common characteristic of most flying creatures. Most of the time, they were used to using their eyesight to search for enemies. Although the Lines of Law could also be used to sense enemies, the range of the Lines of Law's perception had also become much closer underground after penetrating the rock layer.
In a situation where both sides had become blind, the situation was definitely more favorable for the one who was hiding.
But there were exceptions.
Just like now, although Brando had already led Kiyara and the others into those strange underground holes, he could still feel Gwendolyn's aura of Law surrounding him like maggots in a tarsal bone. Her aura was even getting closer, which meant that he was not out of her surveillance range at all. If not for the complex underground terrain, he would have been caught by her long ago.
That was the big problem. Although Brando knew that the Seven Pole Dragon King was very good at foresight, he did not expect her descendant to be so outstanding in this field. It was really a miscalculation.
Now, it seemed that there was no way to escape.
He could only think of another way to buy time.
This was not a problem for Brando. Since he had chosen this escape route, he would definitely not only arrange for one escape route. As a veteran Player, this was a basic quality. When Brando sensed that Gwendolyn's aura was almost within reach, he immediately reached out to greet Kiyara and the others. There was a fork in the road ahead, so he decisively took out a cloak from the Dimensional Space and covered everyone under it.
The little elf could not help but cry out in surprise when she saw the cloak. "A little elf's cloak!"
But when she saw everyone staring at her in shock and anger, she realized that it was not the time to speak. She quickly replied in a small voice, feeling wronged. "I … I saw wrongly."
Kiyara glared at her, but the speaker did not mean it. Brando asked curiously in a low voice, "You have a cloak similar to this one?"
The little elf nodded at once.
Brando could not help but take a long look at the little loli. His cloak was the cloak of the Giant King, and it was certainly not the only cloak in the world of Wohnde that could completely hide one's aura.
In fact, there was another cloak. It was a gift from the Dragon King Bahamut to the mortals — the Dragon King's Cloak.
If Brando remembered correctly, that cloak was in Eltaran.
His gaze suddenly fell on a small brooch on the little elf's chest.
"What are you looking at?" Kiyara noticed Brando's expression and asked in a low voice, somewhat puzzled.
Gwendolyn and Modesty were not close yet. Brando hesitated for a moment before answering, "Have you heard of the Emblem of Nature Affinity?"
"Of course, the Seal of the Earth, the token of the Great Sage Eltaran. How could I not have heard of it?" Kiyara suddenly closed her mouth and looked at the brooch on the little elf's chest in shock. "No way …"
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