Battle of the Twin Cities: The Ninth Councilor

Chapter 168 The Petrified Strange Skull

"Is it finally over?"

The flat yellow sand was undulating, and a few figures in a state of distress emerged from below.

With lingering fear in his heart, Marcos wiped off the blood on his face that was scraped by violent sand because he didn't fully cover it: "Is everyone alright?"

"fine."

Craig got up, patted the sand on his body, and rubbed his back, feeling a little relieved.

Fortunately, the supplies are still there and have not been blown away by the storm.

Without these supplies, they could only waste the time of traveling so far before going back to the market.

"Where's Talia?"

Wei looked left and right, there were only three of them, and the guide Talia was nowhere to be seen.

"here……"

Thalia's voice came from under a place of sand: "Dug me out, I can't breathe!"

"..."

Marcus and the others were silent for a short time. Who was full of confidence when facing the desert before, but now they are buried by the yellow sand and cannot get out?
After activating the Atlas Gauntlet, the three of them worked together, and it didn't take long for Talia to be pulled out from under the sand.

"call……"

Thalia saw the sun again, lying powerlessly on the hot sand, breathing in fresh air, and patted her chest: "It's great, I almost thought I was going to die..."

At this time, the fragility of the magician is reflected. Compared with the heroes who rely on their own strength, the lack of exercise of the magician is much weaker.

Not to mention that Thalia is still very young now, and may not even be an adult.

"Before you learn how to use magic freely, you should improve yourself first." Marcus couldn't help but make a suggestion: "Otherwise you won't be so lucky next time."

Thalia lay on the ground, raised her eyelids weakly, and gave him a blank look: "I have lived in Shurima for 16 years, and today is the first time I have encountered a sandstorm head-on. As long as I don't run into you in the future, I should not have any trouble." time."

"..." Marcus pondered for two seconds: "Could it be that your 16 years of bad luck have all accumulated and exploded today, and we are actually the ones who were implicated?"

Talia: "???"

Listen, is what you are talking about human?

"Look, I'll smooth it out for you..." Marcus said nonsense seriously: "We set off for half a day with calm weather, why didn't the sandstorm come sooner or later, and it came just when you mentioned it? You And you said you're not a crow's mouth?"

"what???"

Thalia was confused all over the world, what kind of shocking speech is this?

Almost made me laugh out loud.

If you hadn't hired me, I would still be sleeping in the camel bell market, enjoying the warm sunshine at noon!
"Don't let me meet you next time, I think I'm going against your luck." Talia said weakly, too lazy to refute.

"Well, this journey is over, and we won't come to the desert in a short time, you can put your heart in your stomach." Seeing her appearance, Marcus couldn't start for a while, and said to Clegg : "Take out the water bottle, let's add some water, and continue on our way after resting."

"Okay." Craig nodded, took a half-full water bottle from behind and handed it to Marcus, then paused, squatted down in front of Talia, gently raised her head, and fed her water.

Marcus drank the water from the kettle slowly, and suddenly felt that the air around him was a little sour, as if someone ate a lemon next to him.

"Marcus, look at this."

Wei came back from not far away, holding a gray object in her hand, and threw it on the sand in front of Marcus.

After rolling a few times, several hollows were revealed in the gray and gray, which was a skull!
It's just that the color of this skull is very weird, it's not as black as a weathered mummy, but has a stone-like color as a whole.

"This is……"

He looked at it for a moment, and a thought flashed through his mind: "Where did you find it?"

"Over there." Wei pointed behind him: "The direction of the sandstorm blowing past, I guess it was this kind of ghost that smashed our protective shield before."

Craig came back after feeding Talia water: "What is this? A sculpture that was smashed?"

He stepped on the skull and rolled it a few times, his expression gradually became serious: "No, this seems to be a real skull, but why is it made of stone?"

"Stone skull?"

Listening to the conversation of several people, Thalia remembered a story circulating in the desert: "That thing is nothing to make a fuss about. It is said that the Shurima Dynasty had countless powerful warriors, called Ascenders."

"The Ascenders possess all kinds of powerful powers, and one of them can turn the enemy into stone through visual contact, which is very terrifying."

"I don't know how many petrified sculptures were buried in the desert. After years of wind and sand erosion, some of them became fragmented and scattered throughout the desert in the wind and sand."

"The one in front of you should be one of them."

"But the Ascenders have long since died, there is nothing to be afraid of, don't worry."

do not worry?

Marcus looked pensive, tried hard to recall the background stories of the heroes, and finally found a goal.

The Serpent's Embrace - Cassiopeia Kekao!
In my memory, Cassiopeia was originally the youngest daughter of the Noxus general "Du Kecao", who fell into a trap while exploring the lost ancient tomb of a certain Ascendant, and finally became a snake-tailed image.

Since then, she has acquired unimaginably powerful powers. In addition to deadly poison, she can use eye contact to turn opponents into stone statues.

It is generally the same as what Thalia described.

Could this skull be the work of Cassiopeia?

Marcus thought about it carefully, and denied the idea.

Although Camille's life trajectory was quite different from what he remembered, it caught him off guard.

However, Cassiopeia's life story clearly marked the time when she became a snake-tailed image, after Swain overthrew the current Noxus leader Brown Darkwill.

And now, the Noxus Empire army is still fighting on the Ionia continent, and Brown Darkwill is still the Grand Commander.

About a month later, after the Battle of Upright ended and the Trifali Council came to power to take over Noxus, Cassiopeia, under her mother's instigation, would enter the continent of Shurima in search of the legendary power.

Today, Cassiopeia is still an ordinary human girl, not yet transformed into a hero character.

That is to say, the skull in front of him really has nothing to do with Cassiopeia.

Marcus was a little relieved, but also a little disappointed.

I can't get in touch with Cassiopeia in a short time, and those five skills can't be unlocked temporarily.

A group of four rested and set off again.

After walking a certain distance, Talia said fortunately: "Fortunately, there was only a sandstorm just now. If we were attacked by sand worms at the same time, it would be very bad for us."

I am special!
You can shut up!
Marcus raised his hand to cover her mouth a step slower, and the yellow sand rose into the sky not far from them, forming a sand column.

Talia was confused: "(⊙_⊙)?"

(End of this chapter)