The passage leading to the seal is in the cave under the cliff, but not everyone has to go in, and some people must be left waiting outside to prevent their backs from being attacked.
Miss Aurora and Granny Cassandra must go in, only they understand the seals left by the witch emperors. Among the remaining people, the two high-ring sorceresses and the four middle-ring sorceresses stayed outside, and Xia De also stayed outside.
This is what he asked for, after all, he doesn't understand the power of witches. While there is time, and the nearby evil spirits have been cleaned up, it is better to collect the corpse grass, Hadoran and black resentful girl flowers that Mr. Cops wants to buy.
Such plants were more common in the mountains than Shad's route when he entered the city in the narrow space last time. If the narrow space weren't so dangerous, this place would be full of gold pounds.
So the group temporarily separated, and the big witches led most of them into the cave under the cliff. The six sorceresses who stayed on the cliff were all followers of Grandma Cassandra, so naturally they all knew about Shad.
When Xia De said that he was going to take a look around, the brown-haired middle-aged eight-ring warlock immediately said that he could go with him.
"No, I'm just going to collect some plants."
Xia De shook the sword in his hand:
"It won't go very far. If there is danger, I can escape myself."
In view of Xia De's performance along the way, they did not stop him.
The amount of the three materials purchased by Mr. Copps is very large, and the corpse grass alone costs 200 pounds (about 90.72kg). Shade's [Toy Making] actually has an effect on spell-casting materials, but the effect is very poor. He collected some corpse grass and tried it, and found that he could turn them into toys, but casting the spell consumed a lot of spirit, three times that of ordinary matter of the same volume.
As for the Ming Tuola, which Mr. Copps offered at a higher price, it would cost more to turn it into a small toy. A 20-pound black resentment flower can only be transformed from a plant into a toy of the same size, and it cannot even be shrunk down.
"Although the resentment flower is large in size, one flower is equal to two mias. The price of corpse grass is 3 pounds 7 shillings per pound, and the price of Ming Tuolan is 13 pounds 15 shillings and 5 pence per pound. Even if it becomes the most Even a light stuffed toy is surprisingly heavy. Hmm..."
He brought a [God's Gift Box] just to hold the plants. In addition to weekly gifts and holding relics, this box can also keep plants fresh. This is not a commendable feature, as most relics of container classes have a similar effect. According to research, this is the influence of the whisper element.
"Collect more resentful girl flowers, and less corpse grass."
After thinking about the plan, he left the bare cliff and entered the forest alone.
The black forest is extremely terrifying. The scorched trees and gray vines are like weird plants that can only appear after the end of the world. The power of death erodes everything around. Even though he has barely adapted to this place, Shade still feels uncomfortable all over. .
"I don't know what's going on inside the boundary of my house. A ceremony must be held to seal it tonight!"
In order to prevent accidents for himself, Xia De was very cautious not to go too far. It took an hour to fill up the [God's Gift Box] on his back. Although this has not yet reached the purchase limit of Mr. Cops, Xia De knows how to be content and happy, so he turned and returned to the cliff.
The six female sorceresses were still waiting there. After seeing Xia De come back, they were relieved to see that he was fine.
Miss Aurora and Granny Cassandra still didn't come back. Xia De and the sorceresses waited for another hour, but seeing that there was still no news, he proposed to go down and have a look. No one here can restrict his freedom, so Shade eventually left despite objections.
The outsider can't fly yet, he can only climb down the black cliff along the rope. The entrance of the material world needs parchment to open, and the special power of the witch is needed in the narrow space, so Xia De shined with the [Witch's Light] spirit rune, and saw the dark hole.
The cliff cave in reality is already very dark and terrifying, and this passage in the narrow room seems to lead directly to the bottom of the bottomless abyss.
There is power exerted by the Witch Emperor of the fifth era in this passage, and no light can be produced in it to illuminate the eyes. Even Shade's "Light Art" can only produce a glimmer of light the size of a grain of rice. Fortunately, after the action of [Dark Realm], he has a certain degree of dark vision, and the thick fog of the outside world does not exist here , so there is no need to worry about falling in this passage.
The more you walk inward, the more you can feel the howling wind blowing from the front. When he first entered the tunnel, the wind only brought a little coolness, but if he continued walking, the breath of death cut his skin like a knife.
After walking for a full 20 minutes, they left the passage and came to the platform on the side of the large hollow in the mountain belly. In reality, a Balrog was sealed here, and the bridge connecting the platforms on both sides was broken. But here, a bridge built of dense white bones connects the two sides of the large void.
Those white bones seem to be suspended in the air, at least with Shad's understanding of mechanics, it is impossible to analyze their stress from a purely materialistic perspective.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, but in reality, there is a bonfire in front of the bridge corresponding to the seal of the Balrog. But after getting closer, it was discovered that the bonfire had only been lit not long ago, and it should have been left by Miss Aurora and her party. The bonfire was quite vigorous, and one could feel the warmth after approaching it, and even the physical strength and spirit, which had almost completely stagnated, recovered slowly under the firelight.
"The preparations are really sufficient."
After a short rest, Xia De walked around the bonfire and stepped onto the bridge of bones.
Stepping on it lightly, I immediately felt that the whole bridge was shaking. Then, the sudden strange dizziness made Xia De almost fall to the side without standing still:
He covered his head, only feeling that the sky was turning and the earth was turning, only he didn't turn.
[There is a cursed power on this bridge. 】
"It's a simple curse that throws people off balance, but it's really malevolent in this scenario."
Just thinking about how deep the abyss under the bridge was, Xia De felt cold sweat break out on his back.
After barely recovering, he took out the extract of weathervane bluegrass and dabbed it on the tip of his tongue, intending to leave the bridge in dozens of steps by [Ragley's Jump]. But this thaumaturgy has failed. Space movement is actually prohibited on this weird bone bridge, and the effect is very similar to Shade's [Spatial Stability Halo].
"Although he is extravagant and lustful, the Witch Emperor is worthy of being a Witch Emperor."
He could only continue to walk forward against the stern black wind, trembling with fear every time he took a step. But before the vertigo was over, another abnormality occurred on the bridge.
The viscous and weird liquid penetrated from the bottom of the bridge, through the gaps in the bones, and onto the bridge deck. Those shapeless weird liquids are like some kind of strange creatures. Accompanied by whispering elements, they gather together to form a weird appearance that is about the size of a person and keeps shaking.
The appearance of this monster is particularly terrifying. On the surface of the wriggling body, each and every small granulation keeps trembling. And between the granulations, white pimple-like particles that keep growing, popping, and growing again.
The severe dizziness coupled with the appearance of this thing in front of him made it hard for Xia De to bear the feeling of wanting to vomit:
"Humanoid relic? What the **** is this?"
With a light swipe of his right hand in the air, a bright streak of light flew forward silently parallel to the bridge deck, and smoothly cut the liquid creature's body. But this is useless at all, the opponent's body can be deformed and combined at will, and an extra wound is not a problem for it at all.
"How did Miss Aurora and the others get there just now?"
He raised the [Night Watchman] in his hand, but put it down immediately. The wriggling monster was shaking its body and walking slowly towards Xia De at this time, and the wet and slippery sound was particularly obvious in the extremely quiet large hollow in the mountainside. Xia De could even imagine that once the two sides fought in close combat, the opponent would attach the mucus from his body to his body until he was completely "swallowed" into his body.
"Why would the witch emperors use this kind of weapon? I always thought they only liked beautiful and expensive things."
Taking a step back cautiously, pointing fingers forward:
"Flianna's Witch's Light."
The power belonging to the witch bloomed at the fingertips, and in the golden light, the liquid monster's footsteps stopped suddenly, and the surface of its body was slowly melting. But judging from the melting speed, even if Xia De consumed all of his spirits, he still wouldn't be able to destroy him.
The sound of clattering resounded on the bridge, and the dark chains of great sin poured out from Shade's sleeve, and then easily bound the enemy's ankles, or were actively absorbed into the body by the opponent.
The power of sin polluted those liquids, but the most important thing is that the confinement effect of [Great Sin Chains] began to exert its power. Although [Chain of Great Sin] does not have a strong effect on the relic, it does make it difficult for the opponent to move temporarily.
Throwing the frog's leg off the bridge, Xia De bent slightly and ran a few steps forward, then jumped up suddenly:
"ha!"
Excellent physical fitness combined with the power of the spell allowed him to pass over the head of the liquid monster. Maintain the effect of the chain, and run to the other side of the bridge as soon as possible.
The bridge deck was shaking violently with the footsteps, and when Xia De finally stepped out of the bridge deck and came to the platform on the other side of the big hole, the dizziness disappeared almost immediately. Looking back, the end of the [Great Sin Chain] was lying on the bridge, and there was no trace of the terrible monster just now on the bridge.
"Illusion?"
[It's not an illusion, the traces of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com's abnormal whispering elements haven't disappeared. 】
"It's really amazing."
Leaving the bridge deck just now, the light that had been suppressed since entering the mountainside finally returned to normal. The light of the silver moon spread around, and Xia De swayed his fingers to the left and right, and found a stone tablet on the side of the cave that continued to walk inward.
Looking closer, the inscription is written in the language of the Fifth Era, and it was probably left by the ruler of Weedon, the Witch Emperor Violet Marshall:
[A dead end ahead. 】
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