Although he agreed with what Dainsleib said, Su still noticed something. "Is this guy so depressed that he has become autistic? He just changed the subject and ended the Q&A session."

"Hush..." Paimon whispered, "Dain has helped us a lot and solved a lot of puzzles. Don't take the opportunity to hurt him."

To be honest, Dainsleb's attitude towards his sister is too obvious!

The hurt look in his eyes when his sister called him "my enemy" last time, and his autistic behavior after being criticized by Su this time, all conveyed that he actually has very rich and special feelings for his sister!

This guy treats his sister...

Kong's gaze almost turned into a sharp cone, piercing Dainsreb so much that he had to look away to avoid its sharp edge.

Dain waved his cloak and left first. "There is a faint fire and slight noise over there. I will go check it out."

Su snorted coldly. No matter how cool and calm you are, it can't hide the fact that you are running away in a panic!

A group of people walked along a narrow path along the mountain wall and entered the inverted city.

A group of Hill people who looked very thin and tired were holding torches and walking towards the depths of the ancient city ruins.

This group of Hilichurls were different from their counterparts in the wild who would charge up and attack humans with strange screams when they saw them. They were completely indifferent to the group of travelers and Dainsreb who were right in front of them. After entering the city, they felt like they were at home and just lay down in a corner to rest.

Paimon: "One of our missions is to investigate why so many Hilichurls entered the Stratum Abyss, but we didn't see many of them before. It turns out they have come to such a deep place. But why would the Hilichurls go to such a great length to come to such a far place?"

There is neither food nor water here, and there are long crystal spikes hanging above their heads that can dissipate the energy of the abyss. It must be very unsafe and uninhabitable for the hillbillies. Why would they come here?

Dain Insreb closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then took the initiative to answer: "Because the environment here can weaken the effect of the curse."

For hundreds of years, the pain brought by the curse imposed on Kanreya by the gods haunted him every day. But when he came here, his body felt a moment of respite.

This place is full of powerful temptations for the Kanreya people who have been transformed into monsters by the curse.

Even though he was as strong-willed as he was, for a few seconds he felt the urge to stay, to stay here.

Not to mention those fragile and low-level hill people.

Sora: "If this is an uninhabited place, it's good for the Hillichul people to gather here."

As monsters, the Hilichurls and humans do not intersect with each other, nor do they harm each other.

But this is Liyue’s largest mineral deposit, and we can’t give it to the Hilichurls to live here.

Dainsleb showed a rare trace of fatigue, "The Qiuqiu people were once the people of Kanreya."

The gods have placed a curse on the entire Kanreya, and pure-blooded Kanreyans are cursed with "immortality".

This curse trapped them in eternal pain, using time to wear down their bodies and souls, and would not stop even if they became empty shells.

The Hillichuls are the mixed-race people of Kanreya who were distorted by a curse.

"They wear masks and avoid their current appearance because they are afraid of their own reflections in the water. After all, compared with their memories, it is too ugly and too desperate."

"When those hillbillies realize that their end is approaching, they seem to instinctively seek a quiet and dark corner to bid farewell to the pain of hundreds of years. This place, which can weaken the effect of the curse, must be the best coffin for them."

“The Hilichurls... so pitiful..." Paimon frowned and looked very sad. These were once lovely creatures. "On our future adventures, how about..." let the Hilichurls go?

Sora was silent for a moment. "If they ignore humans like the Hillilchur people here and don't actively harm humans..."

He could let such a Hillil people go, but he also knew that there were very few such Hillil people.

"The Hilichurls outside will roar and rush over to fight when they see humans from afar. They will also rob ordinary caravans. They are no longer human." Su felt that the Hilichurls were already monsters. The part of them that was once human had long been twisted and broken in the pain of the curse.

"If they charge at me, I will give them a quick death to end hundreds of years of torture. This is my last act of kindness."

Dainsleb glanced at the girl who had a strong opinion of him, "It's surprising that we have the same opinion on this matter."

Su Lu showed an expression as if she had chewed some peppercorns and turned her head away, ignoring him.

The further we went, the more hillbillies we saw lying in the corners of the rooms. Their breath was weak, and one group even turned into a faint black mud in front of everyone's eyes. After a while, the black mud turned into black smoke and disappeared.

Paimon covered his mouth in surprise, "It turns out that part of the black mud we saw outside is..."

No wonder there were Hillicul mages dancing solemnly around such black mud, because it was a funeral.

"Enough of the small talk. Be alert." Dainsleb looked into the dark corridor. "Enemy attack."

A group of travelers in the same dark armor that they had seen before came out. When they saw a living person, they drew their weapons and rushed forward. The friction between their armors made a harsh noise, as if they were saying, "Run away."

After watching Su and Kong fight against the black armor for a while, Dainsleb pointed out the weak points of the armor. After trying what he said, Su and Kong quickly destroyed all the enemies.

Sora put away his sword and looked at Dainsleib, "You know too much about their moves and weaknesses..."

Dainsleb: "They were once the Knights of the Black Serpent, and were once part of the Kanreya Palace Guard."

The figures of the young people in his memory appeared before his eyes, but their young and energetic faces were blurry.

Paimon and Su looked at each other. The sister said that Dainsreb was the captain of the Kanreya Palace Guard, so weren't these his former subordinates?

No wonder I know their moves and weaknesses so well.

My former comrades-in-arms have been worn down into irrational monsters, blocking my path...

How miserable.

Sue felt that Dainsleb's expressionless face seemed to exude the smell of bitter melon.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like