The barren and barren mountains are covered with a complex of buildings made of black lava.
The monotonous colors and the surrounding bare mountains gave this building complex a dead air.
Even if you just look at it from a distance, you can see that this is definitely an abandoned building.
There are collapsed and broken stones everywhere, the mottled walls are covered with cracked lines, and all the painted buildings are obscured by the drifting volcanic ash.
The gondola hovered in the sky for a moment, and after confirming that it sensed no danger, Angel and others jumped down.
The building complex is built from the mountainside to the top of the mountain. If compared with the city of the Golden Bird Empire, this building area is estimated to be the size of an ordinary town.
After a close encounter, just as they had seen before, it was dilapidated, vicissitudes of life, and dead.
Because the fire element in the air was very active, the young fire demon Grewu quickly covered most of this area with the help of these jumping flames.
"There are no signs of life, but there are many skeletons." Grewu said as he led Angel to a long winding street leading to the top of the mountain.
This street covered with volcanic ash is full of skeletons, with different postures and different ways of death. Some died with their heads grabbing the ground, some had skulls collapsed, and some had separated bones...
There was a skeleton near Angel, and even the entire back was in a state of shattering, as if it had fallen from the sky and been broken.
"The time of death is not the same. This one died at least five hundred years ago, but this one may have been around two hundred years." Popota pointed at the two skeletons in front of him that seemed to be close together. If
They were not separated, and they were even thought to be close friends who died at the same time.
"They are basically the aborigines of the abyss, and only a very small part are demons... No, the bones of half-blood demons." Grewu also added.
Because Angel didn't know enough about the abyss, he didn't see many superficial clues.
But as a traditional aristocrat, appreciation of art is compulsory, and architectural art is also a subject. The architectural style here is obviously different from the architecture of Castlevania. It is full of arcs and reliefs. These reliefs rarely involve religious significance and are basically
They are all decorative patterns of life.
In terms of sophistication, although it is not as good as human countries, it is far more sophisticated than Castlevania!
Moreover, the buildings here are very small, and the doors are similar to those of ordinary humans.
Therefore, various signs can indicate that before it was abandoned, this place was probably the town of the aborigines of the Abyss.
"If this is the place where the aboriginal people of the abyss live, why are the bones here so strange? Not to mention the different ways of death, and the time of death are also different... It seems that they died from other places and were then
It’s the same as moving here.”
Because these skeletons have been dead for so long, many clues have been wiped out. It is difficult to determine whether this is the first scene of death.
"Have you found any information records about this place?" Angel asked.
Grave said: "Some carvings say that this place is called Manotan. However, I have never heard of this name. As for other clues, there are no other clues."
"It seems that even if an artificial structure is discovered, there is still nothing gained." Bobota sighed, how could he leave if he could not determine the location?
Angel thought for a moment: "It's not that there is no gain at all. At least it is certain that this place should have been the area of the aboriginal people of the abyss."
After a pause, Angel looked at Grave and asked, "I remember reading in a book before that the aborigines of the abyss basically live on the surface of the abyss?"
Grewu nodded: "Yes, there are some powerful aboriginal people. They occasionally appear in the inner layer, but I have never heard of building an aboriginal settlement in the inner layer... Moreover, according to
According to the records of the Ningyuan Treaty, the residence of the aboriginal people is basically restricted to the surface of the abyss, or even the most superficial area."
"Treaty of Ningyuan?"
"The main content of the treaty drafted by the Ning Abyss Demonic Eye is the offensive and defensive restrictions between demons and aboriginal people in the abyss. However, few demons will abide by it..." Grewu explained.
"It's the Ning Yuan Demonic Eye again, he's quite free." The one who spoke was Bobota, because the Lord of the Profound wanted to seize the power of the Ning Yuan Demonic Eye. Regarding some of the deeds of the Ning Yuan Demonic Eye, Bobota was quite concerned about it.
Have some understanding.
Grewu rolled his eyes at Bobota and looked at Angel: "Shopkeeper, you asked about the gathering place of the aboriginal people, do you mean that this should be the surface of the abyss?"
Angel nodded.
"This is very possible, but I know very little about the surface of the abyss. Lord Orussia may know something, but it has not awakened yet."
"It's okay, just keep walking. Maybe you'll find something later."
Since he didn't get many clues here, Angel didn't continue to wander, but drove the gondola and continued heading southeast.
Perhaps it was because we had entered a "formerly civilized area". During the rest of the journey, we did not encounter volcanoes or lava, but were basically rolling mountains or endless wilderness.
"I always feel a little strange about the skeletons in that town. Would it be too troublesome if outsiders moved them there? If outsiders didn't move them, could it be that they appeared there on their own?" Popota wondered.
road.
Bobota’s doubts are destined to be answered by no one.
Time passed, and half an hour later, they saw a second town built around the hill.
However, like the Manotan I encountered for the first time before, this small town named Shoitan is also abandoned and covered with a large number of skeletons.
As for other clues, there are still no clues.
Next, they encountered several abandoned aboriginal gathering places, but they were basically the same as before. The only difference was the type of bones.
Among them, what surprised them the most was that they saw human skeletons.
And there's more than one.
After judging the bone quality, these human skeletons may not have been too high in strength during their lifetime. Most of the bones do not contain energy properties, which means that they were probably middle- and low-level apprentices during their lifetime. Of course, they may also be mortals.
However, the probability of a mortal appearing in the abyss is extremely small.
One thing can be judged from this, this is definitely somewhere on the surface of the abyss.
Because mid-level and low-level apprentices cannot go to the inner layer, and even rarely go to the second layer of the abyss. Basically, they all hang out on the surface of the abyss.
In other words, this may be an attached space on the outermost surface of the abyss, or a void continent?
When Angel was guessing like this, they saw another abandoned city.
Perhaps due to the naughty curiosity of a child, Greve was the most active in exploring. Angel had no expectations for these cities. Anyway, even if he found the name of the city, he didn't know where it was.
However, this time Grewu brought a surprise.
A white skeleton covered in tattered wizard robes lay in front of Angel.
This is what Grewu found from this city called "Gistan".
"There are some human skeletons inside, but this skeleton has an iconic emblem on it. I thought you might recognize it, so I brought it out." Grewu pointed to the side of the wizard's robe, where there was a very unique emblem.
Signet.
A golden witch flower.
Witch flower is a kind of alchemical magic material. It looks like a rose, and its color is indeed black and red. It looks like a charming witch. The potions and fragrances based on it basically have the effect of correcting the skin. Some
The witch's flower is indispensable as a medicine to maintain your appearance. Because it is sought after by witches, and the majority of people who use witch's flower are women, it is called the "witch's" flower.
Angel knew the witch flower, but he had never heard of the organization that used the golden witch flower as its emblem.
Angel turned his attention to Bobota. Bobota had been in the wizarding world longer than him. Maybe he would have discovered something.
Bobota looked at the emblem for a long time and said uncertainly: "I seem to have seen this emblem somewhere. It seems to be the mark of a wizard organization... However, it doesn't seem to be from the wizarding world of the Southern Region."
"It's not a wizarding organization in the Southern Wizarding World?" Angel looked at Bobota: "Are you sure?"
Bobota shook his head, "I just have an impression, but I can't be sure."
Angel frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Grewu: "Are there any abyss natives in other phase faces?"
Grewu nodded: "Yes, but just like the Barren Surface, according to the Treaty of Ningyuan, these aborigines basically live on the surface of the abyss."
Angel rubbed his brows: "If there are aborigines in other phases, then we must have arrived in other phases, right?"
Bobota didn't know what the so-called phase face was, and looked at Angel with confusion.
Angel briefly explained the pattern of the abyss, and then looked at Grave, hoping to get the answer from the demon noble.
Grave hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "Probably not. If you want to go to other phase faces, the only way is basically the phase gate. And the phase gates are all guarded by demon lords, so they should still be on the barren side.
.”
If he didn't go to other phases, then could the skeleton in front of him come from other phases?
But, how did he cross the phase plane and come here?
Angel finally figured it out and could only continue on the road with doubts.
This time, they flew for nearly an hour before they saw the new building complex again. Grewu was excited to explore as before, while Angel frowned and looked at the town in the wilderness.
.
This was not the largest building complex they encountered, but it gave Angel a strange and strange feeling.
"What's wrong with you?" Popota looked at Angel in confusion.
Angel looked towards the edge of the wasteland in the rain: "I just vaguely feel that the feeling of calling is getting closer... Maybe, it is in this wasteland."
…
"Shopkeeper! I found two bodies!"
While Angel was silently feeling that "calling", Grave's voice suddenly came.
Angel didn't take it seriously at first, but soon, Grave's second voice came over: "It's a fresh corpse! And it's human!"
Upon hearing this, Angel and Bobota looked at each other and flew off the boat without hesitation.