Chapter 1503 Stone Pile

In the second after the mysterious silver-haired girl named Morning Star disappeared, the whole world returned to normal.

The wind in the forest began to flow again, and the occluded breath environment returned to perception again. The light and shadow flickered in the dense forest, and it returned to the shadow state that was approaching dusk but not completely dark. Surrounded by vigilance, these engrossed soldiers seemed to have never left from the beginning to the end, and they still maintained the position and posture they were in at the last moment in Maggie's memory, and no one noticed anything strange in the forest.

The great adventurer Mordir was standing in front of Maggie, weaving a mysterious and complex array of runes in his hands, as if he had just reached the final step of the memory extraction technique.

However, in the next second, Modil, who should have been unaware, blinked suddenly, and then the rune array in his hand suddenly changed its layout, and the memory extraction technique that was almost formed was abruptly reversed by the legendary magician It became a kind of mental protection spell. Maggie felt that the magic power in the air was agitated and gathered at a frightening frequency, and was forcibly suppressed and reshaped by a powerful force. Her spirit was instantly protected by layers of protection. , At the moment when her thinking was sluggish, she heard Modil's voice directly in her mind: "What's going on? I just felt that there is another consciousness in your mind... But I don't seem to have caught the intruder."

At this moment, Maggie deeply realized what kind of powerful legendary spellcaster this seemingly harmless and always cheerful old man in front of her was, and the words "" appeared in her mind for less than a hundredth of a second. Consciousness injection" failed to escape the old man's perception, and the other party even built layers of defenses in his mind the moment he noticed the vision - this even ignored her own powerful magic resistance as a dragonborn And mental strength!

No wonder the girl named "Morning Star" came and went in such a hurry, it seemed that even if she stayed for a moment longer, Mordir would be able to draw out her mental projection and imprison her!

Fortunately, everything was a false alarm. Maggie quickly collected herself and responded in her mind: "Don't worry, I'm fine. The unexpected guest has already left."

Immediately afterwards, she blinked to show that her control over her body was as usual, and her consciousness and body were in the same state. After Modil was slightly relieved, she explained: "There was indeed an 'intruder' just now. , I'm not sure whether the other party has invaded my memory or interfered with my perception...Mr. Mordill, I need to organize my thoughts a little bit."

Under the eyes of Modil who became serious in an instant, Maggie quickly sorted out her thoughts and organized her words. She recalled the whole process of the "communication" just now, and sorted out all the suspicious and important details. She tells her own experience—from the emergence of Mordir guiding her memory, to the arrival of the mysterious figure, the surrounding environment fell into a vision, and then to the departure of the unexpected guest, and she woke up suddenly.

The whole narration process didn’t last long, but Modil became more and more frightened as he listened to it, and even the ranger soldiers who were on alert nearby were also affected—these were the elite of the elite, from training to equipment. Then there are soldiers with impeccable combat experience, but they don't know anything about what happened just now. Although this is indeed beyond the coping ability of ordinary soldiers, it is enough to make them frightened.

"She claims to be a senior operator of the Shadow Affairs Section of the Military Intelligence Bureau? And she also clearly mentioned the name 'Director Amber'?" Modil stared. Bizarre things can be counted on the fingers in his experience, "Are you sure you read it right? That emblem really belongs to the Military Intelligence Bureau?"

"I confirm that the emblem is correct—and the issue of the emblem is actually secondary. The important thing is that if the other party lies about this kind of issue, it really doesn't make sense," Maggie frowned. Although she returned to the real world, she At this moment, the confusion in her thoughts did not decrease but increased, "She has very obvious inhuman traits...skin color,

The color of her pupils, her breath, these things can't be hidden, and she doesn't look like she intends to hide them. If she really wants to make up an identity for herself, it's better than saying that she is an officer of the Military Intelligence Bureau...

Speaking of this, she frowned, and her tone was a little uncertain: "And I don't know if it's an illusion, when she mentioned the name 'Senior Operator', she seemed to really show a kind of pride, just like this The identity is not only real, but also honorable...Mr. Mordill, you haven’t heard of this ‘Shadow Affairs Section’, have you?”

"Of course I haven't heard of it, how can I know something that you don't even know," Modil spread his hands, his face full of helplessness, "It's not like you don't know about my situation, I am at most the Grand Consul of Victoria now I'm afraid I don't know as much about the affairs of the upper echelons of the empire as the clerks in the government affairs hall."

What the old man said was the truth, Maggie knew it of course, she could only shake her head: "The girl who called herself 'Morning Star' gave me a very weird feeling, and I have seen many strange races in this world. Even Ms. Till, who would suddenly flow out of the faucet, and Mr. Nicholas, who rolled down the slope after catching a cold, but it was the first time for me to feel the 'breath' that was not human, or even seemed to belong to the real world. I feel it. There are many seemingly contradictory and weird things in what she said... I even think she is pretending to be mysterious, but the information she revealed is very important."

"Indeed, even if she is pretending to be mysterious, she is also pretending to be mysterious when she mentions Ms. Ye... After getting in touch with the ancient gods, a little bit of superstitiousness in her speech is not a big deal," Mo said. Dill pinched the beard on his chin, his eyes gradually became serious, "Anyway, everything that happened today must be reported to the imperial capital, and His Majesty Gawain must know about it...especially the 'oral message' that Morningstar asked you to pass on."

"Do you really want to deliver this message?" Maggie seemed a little unnecessarily worried, "The origin of the morning star is a mystery, and its purpose is unknown. The message she wants to deliver comes from an even more mysterious ancient god. In this 'message' There may be some kind of 'element' that we mortals cannot perceive... You know, the power of gods can even be hidden in words and cognition..."

"...That has to be passed on," Modil thought for a while, with a firm tone, "On the one hand, I don't think it is necessary for Ms. Ye to throw a trap in this way at this time, after all, all the clues prove that He is a A sober and friendly righteous god, and he was clearly on our side during the battle of Tarash; on the other hand, even if there is power in these words and cognition, I don't think His Majesty Gawain will be affected by it ... He is Gawain Cecil, the god of death cannot take him away, the evil god cannot defeat him, the god of war died under his gunfire, I heard that even the real body of the dragon god has no effect on him—Ye How much power can a lady pack into a single sentence?"

The old mage's evaluation of Gao Wen carried a strong and undisguised impression of reverence, but anyone who knew the great adventurer knew that he had always regarded the pioneering hero as an idol, Maggie said Of course it was not surprising, she just nodded, approved of the old man's judgment, and then said: "Then shall we continue to explore the 'rock pile' four kilometers away as planned?"

"...Continue," Mordir thought for a while, nodded and said, "We need to find a safe place to spend the night before the sun goes down. It is better to have open terrain near the stone pile than to be deep in the dense forest full of shadows."

"Understood," Maggie nodded immediately, and then turned her head to greet the ranger soldiers who were guarding nearby, "Go ahead—be careful to avoid areas with unusually heavy shadows on the road, and don't stay under the tree canopy for a long time. Report any abnormal perception immediately ."valley

When operating on Violet Island, which is full of shadow power, many things must be considered in the special and weird environment here. When operating personnel, try to avoid too strong shadows as much as possible, and do not let your body stay in one place for a long time. Covered by tree canopies, even when camping, you have to find a way to avoid forest areas. It is best to camp on open ground where starlight can shine-although the faint starlight cannot dispel the darkness, at least where the starlight shines, the "shadow" More or less the power will subside a little.

This is the experience summed up by Modil, Maggie and others along the way.

Ms. Ye is not hostile to the real world, and there are no traps and beasts that prey on people on this island. However, the ubiquitous shadow environment itself is a danger to mortals, although there is no evidence to prove that in the dense forest The shadows can "eat people", but when passing through areas with strong shadows a few times before, soldiers who were accidentally shrouded in shadows for a long time felt inexplicable "watching" or "traction" coming from the shadows. The soldier's report made the whole team move more cautiously.

But this caution will not overly affect the speed of the team—well-trained special combat soldiers are already fast in the dense forest, and Maggie, the humanoid dragon, and Mordir, the legendary mage, are violently opening the way in front of them. The whole team moved at an extremely fast speed, and before the sun set and before the deep night fell, they arrived at the predetermined location, the edge of a clearing in the forest.

Under the rich evening light, a large flat open space appeared in the shadowy forest as if someone had dug it out of thin air, and a pile of strange totem-like objects seemed to be carved out of a large number of precisely The "stone pile" formed by piled up stone pillars stands quietly in the center of this open space. The stone pile is about tens of meters high, and hundreds of stone pillars are piled up into a cone shape, presenting a kind of The two cultural styles are completely different, but mysterious and ancient "architectural" style.

This is unquestionably an artifact.

On the ground around the stone pile, soft white sand is spread all over, and almost the entire open space is covered by this white sand, which is clearly different from the black soil in the forest not far away. This white sand made Modil unable to help It reminded him of the endless desert in the Kingdom of Shadow God—but he didn't feel the extraordinary aura from the dust under his feet, nor did he feel the divine power from the stone pile in front of him.

"This is the 'strange boulder' mentioned by the reconnaissance plane..." Maggie raised her head, carefully watching the large stone pile in the center of the open space, "Sure enough...it is a man-made object. This is what you saw with the eyes of the magician before ?”

"That's right," Mordir nodded slightly, and slowly walked forward as he spoke, "This kind of stone piles are distributed in the forest, and may even be distributed on the entire Violet Island...they are closely related to each other. They are far away, the distribution seems irregular, and there is only bare open space around the stone piles, but I always feel...they are connected with the Violet Kingdom that has completely disappeared."

When using the Mage's Eye (heavy armor type) to scout the depths of the island before, Modir discovered this kind of randomly distributed boulder "buildings" in the forest area. At that time, he became curious about these weird things. It's a pity that the mage's eye is a summoning object with limited functions after all, and it is difficult to perform delicate and complicated exploration tasks, so he didn't figure out what the origin of this thing was in the end. He could only judge it from the appearance—— Now, he finally had the opportunity to investigate in detail.

"Explore the surrounding environment and set the trigger warning rune," Maggie ordered the following rangers, "contact the rear command and say that we are going to set up camp at point 3."

After the soldier took the order, she followed up with the great adventurer who was walking towards the stone pile, and asked in a low voice while looking at the stone pile, "What do you think this thing is for?"

"It looks like some kind of magic device...a magic device with an unheard-of style," Modil said of his first impression, "I've never seen this kind of thing, but it feels a little strange to me. Familiar... I don't mean their appearance, I mean their 'smell', as if I've worked with it, but I don't remember it at all."

"You feel familiar, but you don't have the corresponding memory..." Maggie was thoughtful. She knew that this great adventurer had a problem of incomplete memory. This kind of "feel familiar but can't recall" is not the first time It happened again, but this time she suddenly had other thoughts, "Your familiarity...could it come from the 'other side'?"

"The other side... you mean 'another me'?" Modil was taken aback. He once mentioned to Victoria that he talked with "Wild" in a dream. At that time, the dragonborn lady was also present. So it's not surprising that the other party thinks of this place, and when the other party reminds him, his thoughts can't help but shift to this side, "It's really hard to say..."

While talking, he sighed a little: "Thinking about it carefully, as I get closer to the center of Violet Island, I seem to be getting closer to the 'boundary'... I have often had some strange dreams in the past two days. I see some life related to myself, but I can't remember it at all, and I don't feel real. Maybe, I and the 'other me' are already very close, so that our memories are gradually interpenetrating..."

"...Is there any problem with this?" Maggie looked at the big adventurer with a little worry, "Maybe you should..."

"What should it be? Should we stop?" Modil laughed, "Victoria also tried to persuade me, but even she couldn't persuade her.

"Don't worry, Maggie, I know what I'm doing——I'm uncovering a new secret. I like to uncover all kinds of secrets in my life, but this is the first time I've revealed it to myself. It’s an experience that not everyone can have.”

While speaking, he waved his hand and strolled to the edge of the huge rock pile: "Come on, as the first group of explorers to visit here, we should focus on the things in front of us, such as studying this thing to the end... ...this thing is glowing!"