The dead branches in the fire burned slowly, making a crackling sound. The firelight illuminated the dim cave, and the light on everyone's face flickered.
Most people are seizing the time to meditate in order to restore their magic power to full.
After a long time, when everyone calmed down a little, low rustling sounds began to spread among the crowd. Sinaifa still hadn't come back yet, so everyone started talking in low voices.
"Can Lord Sennafer defeat the Goat Demon?"
"If it's just the Goat Demon, there shouldn't be any problem."
"But most of the day has passed, and Master Sinaifa hasn't come back yet. Why is that?"
The time did drag on for too long, causing people's hearts to start to wander. However, it was the apprentices who were discussing it before. In order to make the apprentices feel at ease, Maher replied:
"There are also differences in the strength of the Goat Demon. The Goat Demon that I saw before has almost reached the peak level of a first-level true knowledge wizard. In addition, with the bonus of the power of the abyss, he and Ms. Snaifa were in a stalemate.
The possibility is very high.”
After a pause, Maher continued: "It is actually very difficult to kill the Goat Demon. I estimate that Miss Sneffa is currently trying to get rid of the Goat Demon. With Miss Sneffa's strength, there will be no problem.
.”
Maher's determined tone made all the apprentices feel reassured.
At this time, Angel somewhat understood what Madeleine said before. The variables in the abyss were too great, so it was very difficult for the stronghold city to move.
Just imagine, if the stranded people in the Ember Earth Giant Rock also encountered an existence of the same level as the Goat Demon on the way to the Undead Street, it is estimated that those thousands of apprentices would be lucky to escape.
The atmosphere in the cave was silent and depressing. It seemed that the silence would continue, but was finally broken by a Frost Moon guard guarding the entrance of the cave.
This guard was an elemental wizard. He suddenly placed a rock and earth armor around himself. He looked into the entrance corridor in confusion, and after a while, he removed the armor.
His behavior made everyone a little confused.
"Cage, what's wrong?" Maher asked.
"Nothing, I just heard a strange sound. Later I used my mental power to investigate and found out that the wind was blowing outside, and the wind was pouring into the cave entrance, making that sound."
Although Cage explained his behavior, the apprentices present suppressed it for too long, and a sudden commotion broke the calm that was maintained on the surface.
Some people started to complain, some were cursing in a low voice, and some were crying silently.
Apprentices are far more worried about the future than formal wizards, so this negative emotion keeps growing, even if Maher wants to stop it, there is nothing he can do.
The official wizard is the old god, and he only occasionally whispers with his colleagues.
Angel felt the strong negative emotions in the cave, which made him feel more and more depressed. Madeline, who was sitting at the other end of the fire, saw this and said softly: "It's not good for you to be depressed too deep. You might as well
Let it out too?"
"Controlling your emotions is the basis of illusion. Even if you really need to relieve your emotions, there are many ways to vent them," Angel said calmly.
"for example?"
Angel: "For example, sleeping, chatting, reading a book, or listening to a musical."
"There is no musical here to listen to... Oh, no, I almost forgot, you are a music box wizard." Madeleine raised her eyebrows and said: "What? Are you going to play some music to soothe your mood?"
"I haven't reached the point where I need relief. Moreover, playing music here has no effect except deepening the fear." Angel looked around this dark underground cave. The place they could see was very limited.
The dark area that cannot be reached will automatically make people think of scary scenes. If you add another piece of music at this time, and the music will definitely echo due to the cramped space, I am afraid it will only be more scary.
"Well, if you can't listen to music, why don't I chat with you." Madeline smiled and said, "I see you are frowning all the time. Do you have any doubts?"
Angel hesitated for a moment and said: "I heard Captain Maher say before that there is an unspeakable terrifying crisis in the Hangu ruins. Where do you start talking about this?"
Madeleine shrugged: "I don't know about this. When I was an apprentice, I came here many times without encountering any danger. I still remember that someone from the Frost Moon Alliance did propose to use this place as a candidate for a stronghold city.
However, something seemed to happen later and nothing happened."
"As for what exactly happened, you have to ask the people inside Shuangyue."
Angel raised this question out of pure curiosity, so naturally he couldn't trouble Shuang Yue's people because of this matter, not to mention that he wasn't familiar with it either.
"When we flew all the way here before, I found that the ecological landscape here is much better than outside, but what's a little strange is that there don't seem to be any buildings here... Where is the ruins of this Hangu ruins?" Angel
He changed the topic and asked.
"I don't know either." Madeline recalled the time when she was wandering in the abyss. "Speaking of which, I visited the Hangu ruins and didn't find any so-called architectural ruins, so I asked people this question.
.However, no one knows.”
"Since there is no ruins, how did the name Hangu ruins come about?" Angel was curious.
"I heard that it was said by a half-blood demon a long time ago. It said that this place is called the Hangu Ruins, which is a sacred place for the abyss aborigines in the cold ancient period... The cold ancient period is the stratification of ancient times by the abyss aborigines.
An era one hundred thousand years ago." Madeline continued: "Later, the ancient wizard learned from other abyss tribes that the half-blood demon did not lie, and this place was indeed called Hangu Ruins, so the name was extended.
Come down."
Angel suddenly realized that perhaps there was indeed a hidden ruin here, but it had not been discovered yet.
"I heard it from my lord, half-blood demons can still communicate?"
"Many demons can communicate, but only if you are strong enough." After a pause, Madeline added: "However, demons are all cunning, and no demon will be biased towards humans. But half-blood demons
Among them, there are very few that are close to humans. For example, the establishment of the Street of the Undead is actually related to the help of some half-blood demons."
Half-blood demons are hybrids of abyss natives and demons. They are hated by natives and attacked by demons.
Therefore, in difficult situations, some half-blood demons began to prefer humans. However, these are only a minority after all.
Next, Angel and Madeline chatted about demons, the abyss, and stronghold cities in different realms. When the fire began to replenish the third batch of dead branches, there was finally movement from the cave entrance outside.
Shuang Yue's escort team first put on a vigilant posture. It wasn't until the shadow of Shuang Yue's flaming eyes appeared in the cave that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The person who came was none other than Sinaifa.
Snaffa's face looked a little pale, and Maher asked worriedly: "Miss Snaffa, are you okay?"
Sinaifa shook his head: "It consumes too much magic power. It will be fine after meditating for a while."
Maher: "How is that goat demon doing now?"
Mentioning the Goat Demon, Snaifa's eyes flashed with a fierce look: "With the addition of the power of the abyss, although its strength is not as strong as mine, it is not far away. Plus the abyss is its home field,
If I drag it down, I will probably be killed, so I can only think of ways to get rid of it. But it is chasing me closely, so I can only take a detour."
"A detour?" Maher recalled the area near the Demon Monastery. There seemed to be only one place where he could get rid of the Goat Demon.
A trace of surprise flashed in Maher's eyes: "Miss, are you going..."
Snaifa nodded helplessly: "I went to the Ice Valley to get rid of it."
When Snaffa mentioned the Ice Valley, except for the ignorant apprentices, all the other wizards frowned. The name of the Ice Valley was known to almost everyone in the circle of wizards who had been in the abyss. It was an absolutely forbidden place.
, not only because there is an abyss dragon with a weird temper there, but what makes people talk even more is the curse of Ice Valley.
If you step into the ice valley, you will inevitably be cursed.
Where this curse comes from, no one knows. Once you are cursed, it is not easy to undo it.
"The curse..." Maher hesitated for a moment and looked at Snaffa with worried eyes.
Sneifer opened her right shoulder, and a strange white emblem suddenly appeared in everyone's eyes. This emblem looked very artistic, of course, provided that you put aside the extremely strong power of the curse.
After showing the curse emblem, Snaffa pulled up his clothes: "This is the curse of frost chaos. I can no longer use the power of ice until it is lifted."
After Snaifa finished speaking, the wizards frowned even more.
Everyone knows that the reason why Sinaifa is powerful is that she can master the "opposing" powers of ice and flame at the same time. Now, the power of frost has been contained, and the flame cannot maintain balance, and her strength is probably less than one in ten.
Sinaifa's strength has been greatly reduced. If they encounter an existence similar to the Goat Demon in this situation, they will be extremely passive.
For a moment, the atmosphere that had been slightly relaxed after Snaffa's return became tense again.
Angel also learned some things about the curse of Ice Valley from Madeline. He frowned: "Is there no way to remove the curse of Ice Valley?"
"It is difficult to lift the curse of Ice Valley. This is a curse comparable to a third-level gnosis wizard. You either have to find the abyss dragon in Ice Valley, or you have to find a third-level gnosis wizard... And now the third-level gnosis wizard in the abyss
I'm afraid Monkey is the only one who has the highest level of true knowledge wizard." Madeline also had a trace of worry on her face.
"Abyss dragon?" Angel was stunned.
"There is an Abyss Dragon in Ice Valley. Part of the curse in Ice Valley was actually created by that Abyss Dragon, so it is almost impossible to find it to lift the curse."
"The only way now is to take it one step at a time. Pray that the rest of the journey will be smoother and that we won't encounter powerful enemies like the Goat Demon Man again."