How are you getting older?
This is what the newly emerged Jingmu clan said to Cassata.
Literally, he seemed to be "sentimental" or "wondering" why Cassata suddenly grew old.
However, the deeper meaning is interesting.
First of all, he must know Cassata. In other words, the "old friend" Cassata whispered to him at the beginning should be this one.
Old friend means old acquaintance or old friend. Generally it refers to friends who have known each other for many years. Cassata has become a member of the Elders House six hundred years ago, and the natural lifespan of the Jingmu clan is generally seven hundred to seven hundred.
A thousand years old. Cassata has obviously reached the end of his lifespan. His old friend is most likely several hundred years old?
But this crystal-eyed man with a single earring looks more like a young man than an old man. This is one of the doubts.
Also, since Cassata has reached the end of his lifespan, it is natural for his appearance to "age" without any external intervention.
In other words, at his current age, Cassata should have looked old.
Considering this, what the Jingmu clan wearing a single earring said is very interesting.
Combined with his previous speculations, he seemed to not understand why his "old friend" Cassata suddenly became so senile.
It was as if he had been asleep for too long, or had been isolated from the world for too long. He was in a utopia where time was frozen, and he was completely unaware of the passing of time in the outside world.
At this point, there is a lot of room for wild imagination.
Where was he before this? Why did he not know how time flies? Why did his old friends grow old but he remained young?
And... why does his appearance require a ritual? And the location of this ceremony was chosen at the ring fortress where people should come and go?
To further speculate, did the ceremony choose the ring fort, or was it that the Jingmu clan built the ring fort originally to serve the ceremony? If it is the latter, it would be terrifying to think about it.
You must know that the internal structure of Crystal City is composed of ring forts connected in series.
While Angel was meditating, Luigi on the side received a new message: "Gleipnir reproduced the appearance of the crystal-eyed clan just now by means of mirror reflection."
The so-called mirror reflection is to present the image in the form of a mirror.
"Gleipnir's original intention was to determine the identity of this Jingmu clan through Farda's identification. But unfortunately, Farda did not know this person, and she had not even seen him at all.
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"In Fada's own words, it's——"
"He has a very distinctive appearance, especially his pair of long elf-like ears, which are extremely rare among the Crystal Eyes tribe. But it's strange that I haven't seen him in Crystal City."
What Fada said actually means is: his appearance is very recognizable and he has extremely rare long ears. He should be the subject of heated discussion among the Jingmu tribe. In other words, he can become a famous figure in the gossip world.
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But Fada had never seen such a unique existence in Crystal City, which made her very confused.
Fada was confused, but her words confirmed Angel's suspicion.
This Crystal-Eyed Clan who manifested through an unknown ritual may have been "isolated" from the world for a long time. It has been so long that when he sees Cassata, he always wonders why the other person is getting older. It has been so long that Fada is in Crystal City.
People who have been together for nearly four hundred years have never seen each other's appearance.
Angel expressed his guess.
Lapras raised his eyebrows and said nothing; Luigi remained silent... It's not that Luigi thought of anything, it was simply because he was communicating with Graipnir through mind synchronization.
Half a minute later, Luigi said: "Your guess is correct. However, there is obviously a phenomenon of chaotic time on his body, and what this chaotic phenomenon manifests in him is: time stops passing, or time stops flowing.
The flow of time slows down. And being isolated from the world does not cause chaos, so there should be a deeper secret here."
"Gleipnir has already made a guess, and this guess may be the core piece of the 'jigsaw puzzle' she is looking for."
Luigi paused: "Wait a moment, the answer should come out soon."
In Siluda's study, if nothing unexpected happens, the remaining puzzle pieces are hidden. When all the puzzle pieces are put together, that's the moment the secret is revealed.
Even though Gleipnir actually already had a guess, she still had to find the remaining puzzle pieces and find important evidence to support her guess.
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While waiting for Gleipnir to find the puzzle piece, Angel and others set out on their way to the siege party again.
The passages they took before were basically bleak. The only advantage was that there was only one path. There would be no forks in the road. All they had to do was keep moving forward and they would always reach the end.
Now, the first half of this passage was the same as before, but as they moved forward, not only did the passage become wider and wider, the light became brighter and brighter, and there were even forks in the road.
However, although there are forks in the road, there are road signs at each intersection to ensure that you will not get lost.
As for why this situation suddenly occurred, according to Luigi's explanation, the main station of the siege party is getting closer and closer, and the various passages will merge. After all, if there is no merger, wouldn't the main station of the siege party be full of passages?
Sieve or sieve?
And hundreds of channels will eventually merge into ten main channels.
They should be walking on one of the ten main passages now.
So, will we meet people coming out of other passages later? Angel thought as he looked at the forks in the road that kept appearing.
Before the thought came to an end, Angel heard the sound of "thumb, thump, thump".
The source of the sound came from a fork in the road ahead.
"Is someone coming?" Angel whispered.
Luigi nodded: "It's hard to say whether they are 'human' or not. Although there are many humanoid races in the Sun Mirror Region, the dominant ones are non-human races."
For example, mirror dragons are not humanoid.
However, this loud "thump thump thump" sound was obviously not made by the mirror dragon.
This sound was different from the footsteps in Angel's memory. From an auditory perspective, it sounded a bit like... the sound of a blind stick.
When a blind man holds a stick and touches the ground with its tip, the sound it makes is so crisp.
However, the sound now is only the sound of the blind cane hitting the ground, and there is no sound of the blind man's feet. Therefore, it may not be the blind cane.
While Angel was guessing silently, the sound got closer and closer, and finally, 'he' walked out of the crystal-like fork in the road.
The moment 'him' appeared, Angel was obviously stunned for a second, because the other person's appearance looked so much like a wood spirit.
To be precise, he is a "stick man" transformed by the wood spirit.
However, this one is even stronger and taller than the "stick man" and can be called an enlarged version of the stick man, or a "bamboo pole man".
Literally means "bamboo pole".
His body is a pitch-black stick, like a fire stick or a black iron bamboo pole. His hands are also slender poles, one by one, and his legs...well, there are no clear legs, that one
The stick is straight from head to toe.
Therefore, what he calls "walking" is actually jumping and jumping, and the stick falls to the ground, so the sound it makes is so similar to a blind stick.
Although his body is made of a black stick and he has no clear legs, he does have facial features.
After he came out of the fork in the road, he obviously noticed Angel and others behind him. He turned around and looked back, so Angel saw his face.
Similarly, he has no so-called head, and his face is also on a straight stick. He can't see his nose, his mouth is split, and a row of shining fangs can be seen. His eyes are inverted crescents with scarlet insides.
A piece of it, giving people a sinister and treacherous feeling.
When the bamboo pole man saw Angel and the others, his crooked scarlet eyes flickered, as if he wanted to get closer.
However, before he could make any move, he saw Laplace's indifferent eyes.
Laplace didn't say anything, just stared at him lightly.
That look in his eyes...was as contemptuous as ever.
Being stared at by such eyes, according to his character, he should be angry, but this time, he didn't feel a trace of anger. His emotions were frozen by an inexplicable coldness.
Although he didn't understand why, he already understood that these people were not easy to mess with.
He was silent for a moment, showed what he thought was a kind smile to Angel and others, and then disappeared the next second.
He did not disappear out of thin air. Angel could feel that his power was somewhat similar to that of the Cantor wizard. His so-called disappearance was actually blending into the darkness and leaving quickly along the darkness.
However, compared to the ability of Wizard Canter, the fluctuations on his body are much more obvious. At least when Wizard Canter merges into the darkness, Angel cannot sense his existence. As for this one, the fluctuations are separated by
Barriers can be found.
But I have to say that although the fluctuations on his body were large, they were quite fast.
To be continued...