"Enemy? Monster?" Wright puzzled, staring cautiously at the head not far away in front of him with his pure black eyes.
Although the tone in his mouth was not severe and rapid, he was even a little scared by the weirdness in front of him.
But as a former member of the Imperial Guard, Wright, who is now a Legion [Warrior], instinctively draws out the "Mad Bear" pistol at his waist with his muscle memory, holds the gun smoothly with his left hand, untie the safety with his right hand, and pulls it on the trigger.
Immediately afterwards, he bowed slightly, stepped on the ground that was cold, reflecting the sky like a mirror, which reflected the orange and gold intertwined with the sky. He slowly moved forward along the arc, gradually approaching the strange head.
Until... the head retracted the flesh-colored tentacles covered with sunken patches, closed the scarlet eyes, and only the light green one was revealed. With a light sound from his mouth, a brief and rapid beast-like "snoring" sound, it actually made a human voice!
"Someone... is here? I... so... happy, so happy... hahahahahahaha."
Bang!
The rapid explosion interrupted the head's self-intoxication.
The bullet cut through the orange space and "touched" the top of the head in a nearly straight path. After irregularly cutting off a few wriggling hair, a small explosion occurred not far behind its head.
"Hmph, don't be so impulsive, young man." The head snorted coldly in a tone that seemed to be experienced in the world, with a twisted smile, and the stinky liquid intertwined with a scorching and scarlet red flowing down the broken hair:
"For thousands of years, you have been the first human to hide from the yellow sand and sneak into the 'Scarlet Moon Arena'. Now, the light of the sunset has not yet disappeared, and the glory of the waning moon is still wandering. In the short and warm atmosphere, don't you want to talk to me?"
"Talk?" Wright took a defensive step back half a step, stood up straight, his right hand trembled slightly and held the gun tightly. The muzzle was facing vertically down, thinking for two seconds, and then asked:
"In what capacity to talk about? Enemies? Or collaborators?"
He didn't know the identity of the monster in front of him, and there was no information in his mind that could correspond to it.
But this head released limited kindness after all, and he decided to collect as much information as possible in an unfamiliar environment based on the prompts in the "Safety Code".
And talking is one of the best ways.
"I said..." The head made a young voice like a similar age to Wright, between mature and tender, with a little ethereal voice:
"The sunset has not yet come, and the Feiyue needs to come. In the time of light, we are friends, and we all believe in the 'Goddess of Light', but after the Feiyue comes, we will become enemies. At that time, I will accept the power of the 'Lord of Night' and the 'Ball of Desire', lose my wisdom, release evil spirits, and become a monster."
"This is the principle set by the Creator, not transferred by the will of any creature, and of course, it is not subject to magic."
"So, we are friends for a quarter of an hour?" Wright smiled bitterly.
After all, in his impression, the beautiful, brilliant, soft, and hopeful sunset lasts for a moment at most.
"Maybe, time is very fast for you, but it is a torment for me. The time of day is extremely short, and the long night will eventually accompany you and me. My body will transform as needed, but there is only one strongest body."
"Please introduce yourself. I don't have a name, only a code name, 'k-r01', you can call me 'old k'. I'm the [Disgraver] who touched the [Sacrificer] just one step away."
"[Disfierce]? This word is a bit familiar to me. But what I am curious about is why the upper class of [Disfierce] is [Sacrificer]?" Wright puzzled and subconsciously scratched his hair.
"Sure enough, time has changed." Lao K sighed and looked up at the orange sky that gradually dissipated, and said melancholy:
"I remember that a thousand years ago when I was trapped here, it was about the middle of the Steam Age... By the way, these concepts of time were told by the mechanical boy in his dream some time ago."
"By the way, it is an era of magic and technology withering. People will ignore the general knowledge they should have mastered in order to survive. I remember when I was still free, I took the "Ice-Road Line" from the Iceland Empire to Kabashima City of the Flame Empire."
"At that time, I borrowed a book called "The Relationship between Middle-level Careers and Upper-level Careers" from the Imperial Library. It clearly describes the relationship between 16 sequence groups and upper-level occupations, including the upper-level occupations corresponding to middle-level occupations and the promotion relationship."
"It is mentioned that [Disfierce] is often exposed to filth and sin, and is eroded by long-term corruption, but it can keep the brain clear, so it has the ability to change all kinds of strange forms. However, [Disfierce] cannot generate new species out of thin air. What we can do is to splice and combine them on known structures."
Hearing this, Wright blurted out:
"Sewing monsters? Plagiarize... Grab... No, refer to the excellent parts of other species, gather together to gain more powerful power?"
"That's the case." Head nodded slightly and said:
"But this is cost-free. After all, references are creatures that have long been dead. However, as the sequel card '1: Sacrifice' says, 'The strong warrior raised his proud head and sacrificed his life for the light of the oracle'. When we must abandon our powerful power, use light to dispel darkness and holiness to wash away sins, we will be promoted to [Sacrifice]."
"As the name suggests, the [Sacrificer] sacrifices his own blood, body, spirit, and even soul for exponential power. However, if you are not careful, you will still be swept by the filth of the period of being the [Sacrificer] and briefly become an animal."
"No wonder... Ivan turned into a wolf. I always thought it was the Empire experiment that transformed into that appearance. Maybe he himself didn't know it was a side effect of the [Sacrificer]." Wright muttered.
"So..." The sound of the head suddenly became louder, and he twisted hard on the spot, as if he wanted to get rid of the shackles of some kind of terrifying force.
After struggling for a few seconds, he continued to tell:
"By the way... this 'Fei Moon Arena' does not actually belong to the Western Land, and of course it does not belong to the East. It is another ectopic plane independent of the world, or as the name of Cruised scientists, it is 'extradimensional space'. However, because the 'Daughter of Mechanical Yuan' sleeps here, its entrance is fixed here."
"I'm very curious, Lao K, why are you trapped here? It seems that your magic source order is not low." Wright said curiously, lifting up his sleeves, revealing his wrist emitting a rich golden light.
"'Spy Bracelet'? Boy, you're not simple. This item is the token of Sophia, the favorite princess of Ivan Twenty-second. But it's also true that times have changed, the Cruzde Empire has been destroyed, and the palace objects will naturally spread to the people. But..." The dim face of the head showed an indescribable expression, and said:
"It is said that a man who can get the recognition of bracelets will become Princess Sophia's husband. Unfortunately, Sophia lived for a full 95 years old and could not wait for her relationship. By the way, the information on the bracelet's instructions is correct. I, bathed in the sunset, have the strength of rank 4: hope. I am trapped here because of 'desire'."
"'Desire'? Seven Sins..." Wright guessed in a low voice.
"That's right. During the Fire Empire, I was plotted by the little emperor of the "sad" who believed in Western Land culture. In the cold and wet underground palace shining with moonlight, I was bound to a jade-carved coffin."
"The little emperor forced the seven nuns of Xilu to cast a 'holy curse' on me, trying to expel me to the ruins of the dragon clan, and find and bring back the dragon clan boy who will play a vital role in the 'longqing'."
"The nuns surged with water, the earth, the darkness, and the strong winds were the power of the magic source, surrounding me with the dim colors of seven. They ignited the 'incense' in Eastern religions that played a role in communicating with gods, and in a discordant prayer recited in the Fire Empire language, I was wrongly teleported here."
"What after?" Wright listened with relish, as if he was listening to a myth.
"I was imprisoned here after that. Although the 'Daughter of Mechanism' woke up several times over the past thousand years, even though she told me a lot of stories about gods and machinery, she encouraged me to persevere as much as possible and wait for the arrival of the [Order], and then she could break the cage and go to the 'land of light'. But endless loneliness wrapped me up and made me suffer all the time."
"I know, [Order] is the rarest and rarest category of the sixteen upper class professions. It appeared among the dragon clans in the first era, the Fire Empire in the second era, and Ivan Twenty-second in the third era was [Order], but one existence appeared in a thousand years, where is it now?"
Looking at the sad face of old k, from his words, Wright suddenly realized that if he wanted to walk out of the "Fei Moon Arena" and arrive at the area where "Vita Water" was located, the key was himself, the [Order]!
Thinking of this, Letterton felt dizzy.
He suddenly felt as if he was on the top of a towering incandescent ice field, with some lack of oxygen.
After taking a deep breath, he slapped his left hand hard on his chest that was dull and blocked, staring at Lao K and said solemnly:
"I am the [orderer]."
"You?" Old K looked down at Wright in disbelief, frowned, and sniffed his scent briefly and quickly with his nose.
Immediately, his brows stretched down as if they were ironed, and then the corners of his mouth opened, revealing the two sharp tiger teeth like wild beasts and four flesh-colored tentacles inside, saying in a somewhat vague language:
"The smell of the red magic source power is impossible to be wrong. It tastes the same as the "Daughter of Mechanism", and the taste that makes people surrender. I found it, I found it!"
Old K shouted excitedly.
Immediately afterwards, his head twisted and struggled, causing crimson ripples on the surrounding ground.
Wright raised his pistol again and looked to the ground.
He suddenly realized that the central area of ​​the arena wrapped in 12 towering stone pillars looked like a "free" pool for Lao K, and for him and the wind, it was a solid and down-to-earth "land".
In just half a minute, Lao K's body gradually became calm from struggle and began to slowly "float" like a elevator.
Then, a body as pure as a young man appeared before Wright, a body as pure as a slight cloth.
Lao K's head still maintained a strange and weird appearance. His height was similar to Wright, his body was as gray as bones, and there was a faint scar across his chest and abdomen.
His strong and plump muscles are like a [warrior] who has been working out all year round, and his body is covered with tattoos made of red lines.
Trying to interpret, Wright generally saw the double-headed eagle pattern, and the "crystal waning moon" pattern next to the sandmon who fell to the ground in the "Blood Light" castle hall.
But in addition, Lao K's body also has several parts that do not belong to humans. A layer of "armor" as potholes and dry as tree bark can be seen on his back. The privacy part is wrapped by countless twisted branches. His feet are light blue in the skin, like a fish.
Immediately afterwards, the two of them continued to talk in the increasingly large but dim orange sunset.
Several white doves representing peace, glided past the center of the arena with a few withered and yellow branches, and stayed in the stands and turned into several skeletons.
Chapter completed!