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Chapter 207 Night Lich Attack!
Chapter 207 Night Lich Attack!
Ning Yuan walked over suspiciously. He followed the elder into a light curtain like water waves. After stepping in, he realized that there was a space the size of a container inside. As Saru pulled the switch, the container shook slightly, and there was a slight shock. The sense of weightlessness let Ning Yuan know that they were descending slowly at the moment.
This is... an elevator?Master Ning had a strange look on his face. He didn't expect the dwarves to have a lot of black technology... I'm afraid this group of little guys have played tricks on engineering.
"Guests please. Welcome to Hongjing Valley."
Saru made an inviting gesture, and the dwarven elevator door slowly opened, and all kinds of fresh faces came into view. They were sweating profusely, knocking on molds in front of the red fire, and some pushed small carts to transport ore.Everyone was so busy that they didn't even have much time to take a look at the human figure that suddenly appeared.
"This is the assembly line process used by our dwarf craftsmen to smelt metal minerals." Saru smiled and introduced: "His Royal Highness Luo Luo said that it was taught to her by an old friend of hers. As you can see, although the process is limited by various The constraints of these factors cannot be tightly meshed like gears, but it also greatly speeds up the efficiency of our work... You should be the old man that His Highness Luo Luo mentioned, right?"
Master Ning nodded thoughtfully. He had indeed talked about this with Luoluo. At that time, he just said it casually. He never thought that Miss Luoluo would actually bring this idea to the dwarves.
The natural artisan race meets the concept of greatly improving the efficiency of the process, and the fireworks produced by the collision are obviously very dazzling.
"What do you do to smelt these metal ores and molds?"
"The vast majority are secretly exchanging food and other resources with human forces, and a small part will be reserved for other uses..."
Before Saru finished speaking, a dwarf pushing a trolley suddenly collided with a trolley coming from the opposite side while running, and the two trolleys fell over with a bang.However, the strange thing is that the two didn't fight each other as expected, they just stood up and patted the dust on their bodies, and spat and cursed:
"It's unlucky...it's all Rhodes' fault!"
Master Ning slowly raised a question mark.
?
Saru seemed to see the doubts in Ning Yuan's heart, and explained with a dry cough: "Nowadays, most of the races gathered here are settled here because humans squeezed out their living space... like goblins and orcs who were killed. The race that is almost extinct will inevitably have a strong resentment towards that Master Rhodes of your human race..."
"After all, it is a mixed ethnic group that lives in large groups and small groups, and conflicts are inevitable, so it is not a bad thing to have a unified outlet for grievances..." Elder Saru continued: "Actually, our dwarves are still very fond of Master Rhodes. Respect…"
Before the words fell, a dwarf passing by not far away suddenly tripped over a stone under his feet, staggered forward a few steps, turned around and muttered: "Unlucky...it's all because of that despicable robber Rod!"
Master Ning:?
The co-author Master Rhodes is here to take the blame for you, right?
Saru's old face seemed to be unstoppable, he coughed twice and changed his words: "Actually, I personally respect Master Rhodes more..."
Master Ning looked at Elder Saru helplessly, and asked after a pause: "You said that the legendary card maker Rhodes indirectly caused the rise of the human race and the decline of other races...Why do you dwarves evaluate him? Is it a despicable robber?"
Um?By the way, did Xiaolongnv also sharply criticize Rhodes?And say he is some kind of despicable thief... Is there any connection between the two?
"This..." the dwarf elder Saru said helplessly: "I don't know much about that period of history. The records that have been handed down are vague about it. It's just word of mouth among the dwarves. Rhodes once visited the dwarves when he traveled to the mainland. In the kingdom of the dwarves, I secretly learned a certain skill of the dwarves at that time, and successfully used it in the invention and production of the crystal card..."
Master Ning was dumbfounded when he heard it, and thought that something that is not written in your history books can become the origin of all things by word of mouth?Don't you dwarves have the blood of Smecta?
But after thinking about it, the little dragon girl Osanna also has similar things in her evaluation of Master Rhodes. Could it be that Rhodes really borrowed some ideas and skills from their dragon and dwarves when they created the crystal card system?
This old almanac from more than 600 years ago has nothing to do with Ning Yuan's current situation, so he just thought about it briefly and immediately let it go.
"Let's go back to the original... You just said that Luoluo left me something?"
"Please come this way."
Saru brought Ning Yuan to a stone room, opened the door and stopped outside, and Ning Yuan walked forward with a strange expression, only to find that it seemed to be a girl's room after entering the stone room.
The decoration is simple, whether it is the bed or the placement of other items in the room, it seems familiar. Ning Yuan walked over and slowly touched the head of the bed, twirling his fingers, and found that it was spotless.
This is Miss Luoluo's room, and the layout of the room is almost exactly the same as that in Luoluo's space of Breath of the Falling Light.A moon-white phantom crystal card is placed on the table.
It was his handwriting.
Familiar memories flooded his mind, he remembered the conversations he had with Luo Luo in front of the bonfire, and Luo Luo asked him, "Is it possible to use your phantom crystal card to kill people with such a real illusion crystal card?"
At that time, Ning Yuan complained speechlessly that Miss Luoluo was full of thoughts about how to kill people, and she didn't have the burden of being an idol as a beautiful lady at all.However, when he turned around, he still made a phantom crystal card with a strong spiritual impact for her. If used properly, it could destroy the opponent mentally.
Why did Luoluo laugh then?It seems that I can't remember clearly... I just didn't expect that Miss Luoluo didn't really use that unique phantom crystal card to kill people, but kept it in a collection until today.
It really is falling.
A big rock in Ning Yuan's heart finally fell to the ground. Before that, he had been worried that she would be directly wiped out or swallowed by the evil consciousness of the Lich. Now that she knew that her soul was fine, there was still room for redemption.
"What else did she say to you?" Ning Yuan walked out of Luoluo's room with the phantom crystal card, and asked Elder Salu who was waiting outside the door: "Does she have anything to say to me. "
The dwarf elder Saru shook his head lightly: "His Highness Luoluo only said to bring you here to wait for her, and she didn't give anything special about the rest. She told you to wait patiently, and she will appear naturally when the time is right."
The classic riddler, this is really Miss Luoluo's demeanor.Master Ning said with a speechless face: "You mean... I will sleep here tonight?"
"If you think it's not good to sleep on His Highness's bed, I can make the floor bed for you here."
"..."
Tomorrow Miss Lich will come to ask him about his final decision... Whether to take Frostmourne or not... Can Luoluo really show up before this and explain everything to me?
Thinking of that pretty little loli face full of malice, Master Ning's heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Your highness Luoluo... when does he usually appear?"
When Saru heard this, his face turned pale. He seemed to know what Ning Yuan was thinking, and quickly dissuaded him: "Dear guest, please don't take the initiative to look for His Royal Highness Luo Luo... His Royal Highness Luo Luo is two people during the day and at night. There are different people, one is moody, vicious and brutal, and the other is the kind and gentle Highness Luoluo... If you are not sure about her state, you will probably die if you go there."
Sure enough, I guessed right... Luoluo and Miss Lich take turns controlling the body!
"I understand, I understand everything." Ning Yuan comforted him, "No, I promise I won't."
……
That night, Master Ning opened his eyes from the bed on time, his eyes were burning.
It is impossible not to go. Now that he knows that Miss Luoluo may regain control of her body at night, Ning Yuan has to seize this opportunity to meet her no matter what.
What's more, the little dragon girl Osanna and Su Xi haven't woken up yet, who knows what kind of magic the Lich unleashed on them... there is such a high level of sleeping magic?
I have to find a way to get rid of it, otherwise the two of them have been stuck in the space of the breath of the falling light, and they always feel like they have two pets.
It is known that the soul during the day is in the form of a lich, so it should be Luoluo's turn to say anything at night, right?
Just do it!Master Ning quietly slipped out of Luoluo's room, using the breath-holding and camouflage ability of the Falling Light's breath to make his own breath disappear.
In the Red Crystal Valley at night, the pace of smelting still did not stop, but the momentum was much smaller than during the day. Master Ning noticed that the ultimate goal of these smelting seemed to be purified energy crystals—the main raw material of energy cards. .
The dwarves need so many energy card raw materials... for what?Those semi-finished five-star crystal cards of His Royal Highness Luoluo?
He didn't think deeply about this issue, but secretly searched for Lord Lich's bedroom. Fortunately, the residence of Little Lich Lich was very convenient to find - a few dwarf warriors held their spears while trembling with fear. The guarded bedroom is definitely the location of the Lich.
If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs?Master Ning cheered himself up silently, and then went deep into Lord Lich's bedroom without hesitation.
The bedroom was extremely empty, and the faint dangerous aura reminded Ning Yuan that he was trying to attack a lich's residence at night.
Thinking about it, no one dared to be as brave as him in thousands of years.Thinking of this, a sense of pride suddenly surged in Master Ning's heart.
As expected of me!
Wait... If it wasn't for Ms. Luoluo, wouldn't there be a fight?Should I get a weapon or something?
So Master Hu Ning chose for a moment, and carried a thick stick to the depths of the bedroom, not for any other reason, but because this thing could give him a false sense of comfort.
Anyway, you can't beat it, so it's better to hold this strong momentum.
Of course, this stick refers to a stick in the traditional sense, not the stick he was born with to subdue demons.
witch!I want you to help me practice!
Different from Miss Luoluo's small bed, Lich Little Lolita seems to prefer a big bed. A little girl lay quietly on the big bed covered by a light veil, her eyes closed and her brows were picturesque. Master Ning walked carefully to the head of the bed After taking a look, I suddenly felt that this scene was so insignificant.
It doesn't matter, it's coming, you have to figure it out first!
He stretched out his hand, but stopped suddenly in mid-air. Miss Luoluo, who was sleeping peacefully like this, was like an angel, without the evil and cruelty of being a lich.The saying that beauty is justice is vividly expressed in Luoluo.Thinking about it, even if Ning Yuan was an assassin, he would not be willing to kill her after seeing this face.
Thinking of this, Master Ning laughed at himself mockingly. He remembered the time when he used to run around with little Luoli, and the two depended on each other for life. Until I met Su Xi and Luo Jiaer and the others...
A touch of tenderness slowly emerged from Ning Yuan's eyes, and he suddenly noticed that the pajamas on Miss Luo Luo's shoulders, who was not sleeping well, had slipped a little at some point, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to help her pull it up...
Wait... Could it be that she woke up suddenly when I helped Luo Luo pull up her pajamas?Then my night attack has come to this point, so I can't clean it up?
Thinking of this, Master Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stopped his reckless actions. It was obvious that little Lolita was fast asleep at the moment.
Do liches need sleep too?Isn't she still growing?
The nonsensical thoughts in his head were forcibly suppressed by Master Ning. He took a deep breath, summoned up the courage and pushed the little Lolita's body...
There was no response...Master Ning felt a little weird, so he pushed again in disbelief, but with a click, Miss Luoluo's head on the bed was pushed off by him.
Ning Yuan:? ? ?
Encountering such a terrifying thing in the middle of the night, even Master Ning was taken aback. He subconsciously took a few steps back, and soon bumped into a figure suspended in mid-air.
Still familiar with blood-red pupils, the lich little loli looked at him quietly in wide pajamas. The little loli who was lying on the bed had turned into a pile of animal bones at some point Skeleton undead.
With their eyes facing each other, Master Ning was silent, and so was Little Lich Lich.
The air on the field was once suffocating.
She looked at Ning Yuan who visited here late at night, then at the thick stick in his hand, tilted her head and slowly made a question mark:
?
"What are you doing?"
Master Ning calmly analyzed for a moment, then quietly said:
"Have you... ever seen pole dancing?"
Miss Lich:?
She thought for a while and raised her hand to grab it. Master Ning was dragged in front of her without any resistance. The close look made Ning Yuan feel palpitations. The lich's blood-colored eyes seemed to contain curiosity and weirdness. The emotions of contempt and disdain are so unpredictable that people can't even draw fan-shaped statistical charts.
"Have you... already considered the deal with me?"
(End of this chapter)
Ning Yuan walked over suspiciously. He followed the elder into a light curtain like water waves. After stepping in, he realized that there was a space the size of a container inside. As Saru pulled the switch, the container shook slightly, and there was a slight shock. The sense of weightlessness let Ning Yuan know that they were descending slowly at the moment.
This is... an elevator?Master Ning had a strange look on his face. He didn't expect the dwarves to have a lot of black technology... I'm afraid this group of little guys have played tricks on engineering.
"Guests please. Welcome to Hongjing Valley."
Saru made an inviting gesture, and the dwarven elevator door slowly opened, and all kinds of fresh faces came into view. They were sweating profusely, knocking on molds in front of the red fire, and some pushed small carts to transport ore.Everyone was so busy that they didn't even have much time to take a look at the human figure that suddenly appeared.
"This is the assembly line process used by our dwarf craftsmen to smelt metal minerals." Saru smiled and introduced: "His Royal Highness Luo Luo said that it was taught to her by an old friend of hers. As you can see, although the process is limited by various The constraints of these factors cannot be tightly meshed like gears, but it also greatly speeds up the efficiency of our work... You should be the old man that His Highness Luo Luo mentioned, right?"
Master Ning nodded thoughtfully. He had indeed talked about this with Luoluo. At that time, he just said it casually. He never thought that Miss Luoluo would actually bring this idea to the dwarves.
The natural artisan race meets the concept of greatly improving the efficiency of the process, and the fireworks produced by the collision are obviously very dazzling.
"What do you do to smelt these metal ores and molds?"
"The vast majority are secretly exchanging food and other resources with human forces, and a small part will be reserved for other uses..."
Before Saru finished speaking, a dwarf pushing a trolley suddenly collided with a trolley coming from the opposite side while running, and the two trolleys fell over with a bang.However, the strange thing is that the two didn't fight each other as expected, they just stood up and patted the dust on their bodies, and spat and cursed:
"It's unlucky...it's all Rhodes' fault!"
Master Ning slowly raised a question mark.
?
Saru seemed to see the doubts in Ning Yuan's heart, and explained with a dry cough: "Nowadays, most of the races gathered here are settled here because humans squeezed out their living space... like goblins and orcs who were killed. The race that is almost extinct will inevitably have a strong resentment towards that Master Rhodes of your human race..."
"After all, it is a mixed ethnic group that lives in large groups and small groups, and conflicts are inevitable, so it is not a bad thing to have a unified outlet for grievances..." Elder Saru continued: "Actually, our dwarves are still very fond of Master Rhodes. Respect…"
Before the words fell, a dwarf passing by not far away suddenly tripped over a stone under his feet, staggered forward a few steps, turned around and muttered: "Unlucky...it's all because of that despicable robber Rod!"
Master Ning:?
The co-author Master Rhodes is here to take the blame for you, right?
Saru's old face seemed to be unstoppable, he coughed twice and changed his words: "Actually, I personally respect Master Rhodes more..."
Master Ning looked at Elder Saru helplessly, and asked after a pause: "You said that the legendary card maker Rhodes indirectly caused the rise of the human race and the decline of other races...Why do you dwarves evaluate him? Is it a despicable robber?"
Um?By the way, did Xiaolongnv also sharply criticize Rhodes?And say he is some kind of despicable thief... Is there any connection between the two?
"This..." the dwarf elder Saru said helplessly: "I don't know much about that period of history. The records that have been handed down are vague about it. It's just word of mouth among the dwarves. Rhodes once visited the dwarves when he traveled to the mainland. In the kingdom of the dwarves, I secretly learned a certain skill of the dwarves at that time, and successfully used it in the invention and production of the crystal card..."
Master Ning was dumbfounded when he heard it, and thought that something that is not written in your history books can become the origin of all things by word of mouth?Don't you dwarves have the blood of Smecta?
But after thinking about it, the little dragon girl Osanna also has similar things in her evaluation of Master Rhodes. Could it be that Rhodes really borrowed some ideas and skills from their dragon and dwarves when they created the crystal card system?
This old almanac from more than 600 years ago has nothing to do with Ning Yuan's current situation, so he just thought about it briefly and immediately let it go.
"Let's go back to the original... You just said that Luoluo left me something?"
"Please come this way."
Saru brought Ning Yuan to a stone room, opened the door and stopped outside, and Ning Yuan walked forward with a strange expression, only to find that it seemed to be a girl's room after entering the stone room.
The decoration is simple, whether it is the bed or the placement of other items in the room, it seems familiar. Ning Yuan walked over and slowly touched the head of the bed, twirling his fingers, and found that it was spotless.
This is Miss Luoluo's room, and the layout of the room is almost exactly the same as that in Luoluo's space of Breath of the Falling Light.A moon-white phantom crystal card is placed on the table.
It was his handwriting.
Familiar memories flooded his mind, he remembered the conversations he had with Luo Luo in front of the bonfire, and Luo Luo asked him, "Is it possible to use your phantom crystal card to kill people with such a real illusion crystal card?"
At that time, Ning Yuan complained speechlessly that Miss Luoluo was full of thoughts about how to kill people, and she didn't have the burden of being an idol as a beautiful lady at all.However, when he turned around, he still made a phantom crystal card with a strong spiritual impact for her. If used properly, it could destroy the opponent mentally.
Why did Luoluo laugh then?It seems that I can't remember clearly... I just didn't expect that Miss Luoluo didn't really use that unique phantom crystal card to kill people, but kept it in a collection until today.
It really is falling.
A big rock in Ning Yuan's heart finally fell to the ground. Before that, he had been worried that she would be directly wiped out or swallowed by the evil consciousness of the Lich. Now that she knew that her soul was fine, there was still room for redemption.
"What else did she say to you?" Ning Yuan walked out of Luoluo's room with the phantom crystal card, and asked Elder Salu who was waiting outside the door: "Does she have anything to say to me. "
The dwarf elder Saru shook his head lightly: "His Highness Luoluo only said to bring you here to wait for her, and she didn't give anything special about the rest. She told you to wait patiently, and she will appear naturally when the time is right."
The classic riddler, this is really Miss Luoluo's demeanor.Master Ning said with a speechless face: "You mean... I will sleep here tonight?"
"If you think it's not good to sleep on His Highness's bed, I can make the floor bed for you here."
"..."
Tomorrow Miss Lich will come to ask him about his final decision... Whether to take Frostmourne or not... Can Luoluo really show up before this and explain everything to me?
Thinking of that pretty little loli face full of malice, Master Ning's heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Your highness Luoluo... when does he usually appear?"
When Saru heard this, his face turned pale. He seemed to know what Ning Yuan was thinking, and quickly dissuaded him: "Dear guest, please don't take the initiative to look for His Royal Highness Luo Luo... His Royal Highness Luo Luo is two people during the day and at night. There are different people, one is moody, vicious and brutal, and the other is the kind and gentle Highness Luoluo... If you are not sure about her state, you will probably die if you go there."
Sure enough, I guessed right... Luoluo and Miss Lich take turns controlling the body!
"I understand, I understand everything." Ning Yuan comforted him, "No, I promise I won't."
……
That night, Master Ning opened his eyes from the bed on time, his eyes were burning.
It is impossible not to go. Now that he knows that Miss Luoluo may regain control of her body at night, Ning Yuan has to seize this opportunity to meet her no matter what.
What's more, the little dragon girl Osanna and Su Xi haven't woken up yet, who knows what kind of magic the Lich unleashed on them... there is such a high level of sleeping magic?
I have to find a way to get rid of it, otherwise the two of them have been stuck in the space of the breath of the falling light, and they always feel like they have two pets.
It is known that the soul during the day is in the form of a lich, so it should be Luoluo's turn to say anything at night, right?
Just do it!Master Ning quietly slipped out of Luoluo's room, using the breath-holding and camouflage ability of the Falling Light's breath to make his own breath disappear.
In the Red Crystal Valley at night, the pace of smelting still did not stop, but the momentum was much smaller than during the day. Master Ning noticed that the ultimate goal of these smelting seemed to be purified energy crystals—the main raw material of energy cards. .
The dwarves need so many energy card raw materials... for what?Those semi-finished five-star crystal cards of His Royal Highness Luoluo?
He didn't think deeply about this issue, but secretly searched for Lord Lich's bedroom. Fortunately, the residence of Little Lich Lich was very convenient to find - a few dwarf warriors held their spears while trembling with fear. The guarded bedroom is definitely the location of the Lich.
If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs?Master Ning cheered himself up silently, and then went deep into Lord Lich's bedroom without hesitation.
The bedroom was extremely empty, and the faint dangerous aura reminded Ning Yuan that he was trying to attack a lich's residence at night.
Thinking about it, no one dared to be as brave as him in thousands of years.Thinking of this, a sense of pride suddenly surged in Master Ning's heart.
As expected of me!
Wait... If it wasn't for Ms. Luoluo, wouldn't there be a fight?Should I get a weapon or something?
So Master Hu Ning chose for a moment, and carried a thick stick to the depths of the bedroom, not for any other reason, but because this thing could give him a false sense of comfort.
Anyway, you can't beat it, so it's better to hold this strong momentum.
Of course, this stick refers to a stick in the traditional sense, not the stick he was born with to subdue demons.
witch!I want you to help me practice!
Different from Miss Luoluo's small bed, Lich Little Lolita seems to prefer a big bed. A little girl lay quietly on the big bed covered by a light veil, her eyes closed and her brows were picturesque. Master Ning walked carefully to the head of the bed After taking a look, I suddenly felt that this scene was so insignificant.
It doesn't matter, it's coming, you have to figure it out first!
He stretched out his hand, but stopped suddenly in mid-air. Miss Luoluo, who was sleeping peacefully like this, was like an angel, without the evil and cruelty of being a lich.The saying that beauty is justice is vividly expressed in Luoluo.Thinking about it, even if Ning Yuan was an assassin, he would not be willing to kill her after seeing this face.
Thinking of this, Master Ning laughed at himself mockingly. He remembered the time when he used to run around with little Luoli, and the two depended on each other for life. Until I met Su Xi and Luo Jiaer and the others...
A touch of tenderness slowly emerged from Ning Yuan's eyes, and he suddenly noticed that the pajamas on Miss Luo Luo's shoulders, who was not sleeping well, had slipped a little at some point, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to help her pull it up...
Wait... Could it be that she woke up suddenly when I helped Luo Luo pull up her pajamas?Then my night attack has come to this point, so I can't clean it up?
Thinking of this, Master Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stopped his reckless actions. It was obvious that little Lolita was fast asleep at the moment.
Do liches need sleep too?Isn't she still growing?
The nonsensical thoughts in his head were forcibly suppressed by Master Ning. He took a deep breath, summoned up the courage and pushed the little Lolita's body...
There was no response...Master Ning felt a little weird, so he pushed again in disbelief, but with a click, Miss Luoluo's head on the bed was pushed off by him.
Ning Yuan:? ? ?
Encountering such a terrifying thing in the middle of the night, even Master Ning was taken aback. He subconsciously took a few steps back, and soon bumped into a figure suspended in mid-air.
Still familiar with blood-red pupils, the lich little loli looked at him quietly in wide pajamas. The little loli who was lying on the bed had turned into a pile of animal bones at some point Skeleton undead.
With their eyes facing each other, Master Ning was silent, and so was Little Lich Lich.
The air on the field was once suffocating.
She looked at Ning Yuan who visited here late at night, then at the thick stick in his hand, tilted her head and slowly made a question mark:
?
"What are you doing?"
Master Ning calmly analyzed for a moment, then quietly said:
"Have you... ever seen pole dancing?"
Miss Lich:?
She thought for a while and raised her hand to grab it. Master Ning was dragged in front of her without any resistance. The close look made Ning Yuan feel palpitations. The lich's blood-colored eyes seemed to contain curiosity and weirdness. The emotions of contempt and disdain are so unpredictable that people can't even draw fan-shaped statistical charts.
"Have you... already considered the deal with me?"
(End of this chapter)
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