Act 36 To the Elements? (Superior)

"Brando, where are we going?"

The metal parts of the two war horses clattered and rattled, and they walked through the forest one after the other. The female knight on the horseback held the reins tightly with one hand, and turned her head to look at the surrounding scenery with some worry. The still forest is like an oil painting, with refreshing greenery oozing from the depths of the background, the sunlight passing through the canopy, like a curtain of light, scattered on the ground of dead leaves.

There is no sound in the forest, only the rustling of horses' hooves stepping on dead leaves, and the sound of metal collisions, which makes people hairy.

Freya's face was a little pale. Although she was only slightly injured by Laurenna, she was fine after being treated by Meria. However, the long journey on horseback after losing blood still made her a little overwhelmed.

"Tired?" Brando looked back at her and asked with concern.

"No, but...but it's getting dark, and if you go any further, you won't be able to return to Safflund." Freya said in a worried tone, she didn't know why Brando suddenly called He went with her to Safflund, and went deep into the Grahal Mountains.

——A little further on is the Black Forest.

"It's okay," Brando smiled on the horseback, and didn't seem to care: "When it gets dark, we can camp in the wild. With me here, are you still worried?"

But Freya's face turned red immediately: "But, but, we only have one tent."

Brando liked the appearance of the future Valkyrie, so he was not in a hurry to answer, and only laughed when the latter glared at her fiercely: "Actually, I lied to you, and I will be here soon."

Freya breathed a sigh of relief, and then realized that she had been teased. She took a deep breath, and finally resisted the urge to punch the smirking face with her fist—but she saw that the latter had already tightened the reins, let out a soft panting, and the sitting horse followed suit. stop. Brando carefully looked at the surrounding environment, as if confirming something. Then he turned over and got off the horse with a 'wow', and walked forward slowly while holding the sword hilt and dragging the cloak.

See Brando like this. Freya also had to put away her original angry look, and was a little curious. She saw him stepping on dead leaves rustlingly to a tree - she naturally didn't recognize the scientific names of those trees on the labels in the thick documents of scholars, but these giant trees with dark trunks were in Eru Because it is commonly known as the ghost tree by the mountain people, she still knows it. "Brando, what are you... looking at?"

Brando looked up at the ebony tree. He was very familiar with these tree species, as if seeing him again after many years of absence, there was a touch of intimacy. He was silently thinking about something. About everything about the past, some can't remember clearly, but the memory is still like shining fragments, occasionally flashing in his thoughts, like picking up shells in the sand.

Then he looked away,

Find the gray-white giant rock not far away in the place in memory. This huge rock is like a giant egg inserted obliquely into the ground. His eyes followed the uneven surface of the rock, stopping every time he went up. After the third time, he saw the rift in the shape of a forked star.

Then he replied: "It's nothing, we're here, Freya."

"Are you there?" Freya couldn't help raising her head and looked around. Halfway through the afternoon, the light in the forest became more and more gray, and she only saw a dark green canopy. The twisted tree branches, the empty space formed by the intertwined and tangled roots - from this angle, the forest looks more like a semi-enclosed cave, with staggered tunnels extending in all directions.

Unlike other places in Tonigal, the black coniferous forests that are common in Golan-Elsen and Randner are rare in the Haragher Mountains, but covered with large evergreen broad-leaved forests, as if there is a mysterious The magic here nourishes this ancient forest underground.

"What is this place?"

"This should be the border of the Black Forest in this direction," Brando said, taking a few steps forward, pushing aside a large area of ​​bushes. He found that it was almost the top of the mountain, looking east from here. The black ridges in the clouds and mist run from south to north. Like the backs of several looming giant dragons. He stretched out his hands and put his five fingers together to point in that direction, and said, "To the east. It's Eversong Forest. You should have heard of it, right?"

"The mountains of Chablis?" Freya asked curiously. The mountains of Chablis are a famous landmark in the southern border of Arouin. The beautiful Yongsong Forest has always been a place that travelers yearn for, so even in Butch, she has heard of it for a long time.

"Well," Brando nodded, "but to be precise, it should be the junction of Tothankad Forest and Eversong Forest. The Fang Fortress is located in that direction. It is the southern border of Aruin."

After speaking, he stared in that direction and remained silent. Surrounded by clouds and mist is the vast land of mountains and fields, and the black forest is distributed among them. It is the most rare scenic spot for explorers-any player will have lofty ambitions in front of such a scene-just like a sailor conquering the magnificent sea Same.

"But why are we here?... Boo, what are you going to do, Brando?" The knight girl felt a little baffled, she didn't understand why Brando brought her to this deserted place alone, but she saw Brando suddenly took off his cloak, took off his coat and walked back to her. He couldn't help being startled, and the armored hand subconsciously clicked on the hilt of the sword, staring at him nervously.

Brando stopped, and he looked at the future Valkyrie inexplicably: "What are you thinking?"

"You, you, why are you taking off your clothes?"

"Of course I'm going to climb down from here, where are you going?" Brando replied angrily: "I'm so unworthy of your trust, come and help me get my clothes and wait for me here, idiot. "

Freya's face turned as red as blood, she lowered her head, as if she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get under. However, upon hearing Brando's request, our Valkyrie dawdled for a long time before untying all kinds of leather buckles from the horse's back and climbing down. If she dismounted at this speed in the academy, it is estimated that her riding skills Exams will be scored negatively. Then he took the coat from Brando with trembling hands.

"...Where are you going?" She held a dress in her hands and asked cautiously like a clumsy maid.

"You'll find out later."

Brando replied. Then she looked up and saw him walking aside, pulling out the rope from the bag on the horse, and tied it to the previous 'ghost tree'. She saw him let go of the rope little by little, and slowly walked towards the edge of the mountain wall over there, then glanced down, and threw the second half of the rope down.

"Brando, what's down there?" The Valkyrie was taken aback for a moment, and finally realized what Brando was going to do.

Brando looked up at her in that direction. Putting his finger on his lips, he shook his head at the girl from the Butch countryside, and then he grabbed the rope with one hand and jumped down suddenly——

"careful!"

Freya couldn't help but let out a low cry.

But the shout seemed to be dragged farther and farther away in Brando's ears. The bitter cold wind on the cliff made him squint his eyes, and after he finally distinguished the scene in front of him I felt that the clouds and mists under the cliff were approaching me at once, just like the illusion of approaching the water surface when diving.

Then with a cry, he felt himself falling into the clouds. Brando quickly grabbed some ropes, with his gold-level strength. Naturally, he didn't need to climb down the rope little by little, but the last time he came to this place was at least ten years ago, and it had been nearly a hundred years in the game. He was afraid that he might remember the wrong location, so he brought the rope just to be on the safe side.

After all, he can't soar in the sky before he really has the elements of enlightenment.

Brando stared at the mountain wall. In just a few seconds, a platform protruding from the bushes passed by his sight. He reacted very quickly, his palms tightened, and the rope in his hand immediately collapsed with a 'bang'—the strong reaction force made him dangle in mid-air, and there was a scorching smell on the rope, but Bu Lando didn't feel anything strange in his hands.

The physical fitness of the golden rank has already exceeded the range that normal people can imagine.

He raised his head and looked up, the location of the platform was not much different from what he remembered, it was more than ten meters away from him. But this distance is almost non-existent to him. Brando gently swayed the rope close to the mountain wall, then grabbed the jagged rocks and climbed up like a monkey.

The bushy platform was almost exactly the same as he remembered, and Brando looked around. The rock protruding from the mountainside was about half the size of a basketball court. But in fact it was much wider, but the dense trees and vines blocked most of his sight. He walked carefully in one direction according to his memory, and then tore away the thick and intertwined vines.

With a clatter, accompanied by the sound of mud rolling down, Brando didn't use much strength to tear away the dead branches and leaves. Sure enough, a conical stone slab was exposed underneath. The slab was almost as tall as he was. It was two people wide, and resembled the statue of wisdom commonly found in forests everywhere (1). But what is drawn on it is not the image of Missokai, the weaver of magic and storms, but a black moon.

The Moon of Disappearance, Aruin's seventh moon. This dark moon will never be observed in astronomical phenomena, but it actually existed in history.

Brando didn't say a word, he cleaned up the vines on the platform one by one, and then revealed another eleven similar steles below. On each stele, there is a round of moon, which in turn represents the source of fate and magic flowing above the sky of Eruin.

This place is the Temple of Destiny.

Or the place where the players call the job transfer office.

Brando has checked the information. These stele arrays were built by peoples older than the Miners in the past. The purpose of their construction seems to be to stabilize the original Martha's Tiamat law. In the past, such stele formations existed in many places, but they were all built in extremely secret places.

Like this one in Tonigel, it was built on the border of the Black Forest in Mount Grahal, and it has been buried for many years. However, when Brando went to these places in the game, these stone formations had already been cleaned up by the previous players, so he wouldn't waste so much time on them like today.

He carefully looked at the thin veins on the ground in the center of the stele array, then raised his head, his eyes extended along them to the center of the platform. These rune lines and veins with metallic light made him feel very familiar, and they were very similar to the energy transmission circles he had seen underground in Valhalla, as if they were created by a civilization.

This doubt flashed in Brando's mind. Then he put his mind away and walked towards the center of the platform. Although these stone formations in Warnd contained various secrets, they only had one function in the game.

That is to allow players to receive their own elemental civilization tasks.