unreliable adventure

The mercury arches are one after the other, and the slender silver columns reflect the light like a kaleidoscope, decorating the former church like a maze.Wayne tugged at the corner of my robe: "Be careful, there's something wrong with the spirit here."

Nothing is right in this shabby house.

"Holy light should be kind and warm," Wayne continued announcing his great discovery: "It's completely different here. There is light everywhere, but a chill is born in my heart."

I don't know if I can explain it clearly in a few words, try to say: "Light and shadow are one. If you ask a shadow artist, such as Glinda, she will tell you that there are only light elements in the world, and the so-called shadow elements are not does not exist."

Glinda shrugged noncommittally.

I went on to say: "Shadowman casts shadows by dispelling or pulling away the light elements. The light elements here are distorted, and they only know how to gather and seek, so that they are no different from the shadow itself."

Wayne tried to summon a small ball of light in his palm, and I interrupted him hastily: "Don't cast spells, the empty light element will drain all your energy."

Suddenly Glinda pushed me hard, and the group of people flashed into the shadow of an altar.Countless fine mercury needles shot out in the direction of the strong light, and disappeared after sinking into the wall.Maybe it touched some mechanism just now.

"Fortunately, there is Glinda," Wayne said panting, "You must have a solution. You were the one who started the plague, and now you only need to..."

Glinda's face froze, darker than the depths of the shadows.

I said for Glinda: "It was the evil deeds of the Knights that started the plague." Besides, it is easy to start a fire, but it is another matter to extinguish a wildfire.

Glinda made a silent gesture again, but I didn't have time to react, and suddenly I saw the surrounding lights blazing, and we lost the shadow to hide in.On the previously huge and empty altar, there is clearly a shining throne.A golden figure that I am familiar with sits in it.

"Roland."

"Xiao Hei, I miss you very much."

"Oh, want to stab me again?"

During the long time in the tomb, I imagined countless reunion scenarios.I clearly know that Roland is a vicious but weak dude, I can defeat him, and I can change the big mistakes I made.And at this moment, everything became uncertain again. "Oh, do you want to stab me again?" I wanted to swallow those words, like a stupid lover who has been abandoned.

It was a little difficult for me to move under the pressure of the strong light.I glanced back and Glinda had disappeared into the shadows somewhere, good.

"Xiao Hei, don't do this, it was an accident." Roland was still sitting on the throne of light.

I silently summoned an answering bug to fly to Francis' ear, saying that I would go up and say a few words to Roland, and if you have the opportunity, just do it directly and leave me alone.Francis fights do not rely on the strength of the elements, so far it seems that he may be the one with the best chance.

Probably annoyed at my silence.Roland stood up abruptly, and stood in front of me in a flash. His long blond hair was windless and automatic: "It is obvious that you failed me first. If you agreed to be my attendant, I would not be injured, nor would I become what I am now. What a look. If you had stayed with me and stopped me before I made a mistake, maybe I wouldn't have done those, extreme, things, and everything might have been different. But you're standing here now, like a sanctimonious Like my hero, as if everything was my fault!"

"It seems that you are the great hero sung everywhere in that epic." I strode forward, passed through Roland's phantom, and said to the empty throne: "Tell me, what do you want."

I know that Roland is used to asking, and he took it for granted.

"I want everything back on track and I want to make up for the mistakes I made!"

"What do you want me to do?"

"I know, I just knew, Xiao Hei will definitely come back to me. I can't do this alone, and I need your help." The throne spread out and turned into a light curtain full of runes: "Look , I plan to revive my teammates from back then and rebuild the Crusaders!"

I checked the logic of the rune carefully, and a question seemed to be clear: "What you resurrected is just a skeleton without will."

"That's better, isn't it? A group of comrades who will never betray me, we will fight to the death with the queen of the dead, and eliminate the threat of the kingdom of the dead!"

"So you gather the light energy of the entire Northland here, in order to revive your Bone Crusade."

"Not only that, but I have a greater plan." The runes changed on the light curtain: "It will be a costumed purification ceremony, the holy light will go deep into the earth, the holy light will fill the sky, and the holy light will be endless." everywhere."

"One, you plan to destroy the entire Northland."

"Necessary sacrifice. I will mourn the innocent victims, but they will understand. I have noble reasons. I will cleanse the undead of filth. I will cleanse us of the mistakes we made."

"I'm an undead, and in a way so are you."

"Isn't it a good destination for two exhausted veterans to end here together amidst the brilliant fireworks?" Roland wrapped his arms around my shoulders from behind, and the originally cold light seemed to be tainted with warmth again. Like warm air blowing behind the ears.

"No! Don't promise him!" Wayne took a heavy step forward, and his iron boots slammed on the floor with a clang: "One mistake cannot correct another mistake, Xiao Hei..."

Suddenly, there was a gust of sword wind in my ear, and I instinctively ducked away, and Francis' battle cry followed.

Fool!If you want to cut it, you can also cut down the throne of light. What's the use of cutting it on the phantom?The giant sword crossed Roland's light and shadow, and there was no hindrance. Francis couldn't hold back and rolled forward.Roland appeared behind him again, lightly touching his shoulder with his fingers, and the mercury rose from Francis' feet to his throat, making him unable to move.

I chanted the spell quickly, and the light element quickly pulled away my power, but as long as I was fast enough, there was no chance - the torrent of light pressure fell from the sky, knocked me to the ground, and knelt on the empty throne Before.

"Don't get excited, I won't hurt Xiao Hei's children, I just want to share a little secret with the great poet Francis."

"Don't trust him!" I gasped. "The Light Elemental will take advantage of your inner guilt."

"Xiao Hei should tell your little friend that the Holy Light never lies." Roland leaned close to Francis' ear and whispered, "The innocent giant you killed has another name, Oscar Wilde. "

"Fake!" Francis yelled.

"Really? Listen to your heart. The lonely giant guarded his frozen garden until a reckless human climbed over his walls, the birds began to sing, and the peach blossoms finally bloomed. "Giant's Garden" .”

"Why should I trust you?" Francis' voice was much softer.

"You see, the two giants kneeling at the door of the church. In order to perform the purification ceremony, I extracted their light and obtained a memory bank at the same time. Wilde loved many people, and human beings are not too much compared to the eternal life of Titans. Life and death. The sad giant exiled himself, freezing his last lovers in time, trying to find a way to share eternal life—until a band of adventurers slew him for ten gold pieces."

Air gushes from Francis' chest, at first a growl of resentment, then drags on into a feeble moan.The quicksilver faded, but the brave free folk remained motionless.