Pillars of Ita

Two sailboats were the first to break through the clouds, followed by more floating ships. They emerged from behind the cloud wall one by one, just like a flock of migratory birds in the storm, densely packed and arranged in the entire sky.

Behind it, a huge fleet appeared.

The shimmering silver flags danced in the fierce wind and rain. Issa was wearing a raincoat and was looking at the hidden horizon through the flags with two swords intertwined, or rather, it was the shadow of a giant floating island, with its tall peaks hidden behind the wind and rain.

The rain poured down, hanging from the sails woven with wind-weaving threads and the masts of magic wood, and formed a stream on the deck.

Issa watched the water droplets hanging from her soaked long hair, and the intertwined lightning lit up the entire fleet from time to time, shuttled through the clouds, and made a rumbling roar. The electric light reflected on the face of the adjutant on the side, and the latter said: "Your Excellency Isa, someone arrived before us."

"who is it?"

"It's not clear yet," the adjutant reported neatly: "We intercepted the signal left by the other party."

"They are from Prometheus." 'Grey Eagle' Rudene had already checked the beacon and was returning from behind the deck. He looked at the two people and said. This tall Indian-born warrior had an indifferent expression on his face, as if he was joking: "It's Minmir. Only he has the ability to sniff out the enemy through the wind element and leave such traces."

"Sniffing? Who are they chasing?" Issa noticed something keenly. "I heard that those people were tracking the obelisk recently. The people from the Seven Seas Brigade played a trick on them in Campa. They chased each other to The storm is coming from the outer sea? Minmil has landed on the island, so the people from the Seven Seas Brigade are also on the island?"

"There are such rumors in the guild recently," Rudne stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, as if grabbing a handful of water on his eyelashes. He looked in the direction of the island through the rain screen and smiled: "But it's not just them, we were also deceived. The higher authorities are also sending troops and generals to search for the whereabouts of the people in the Seven Seas Brigade."

"This has nothing to do with us, that is not our mission." Issa shook his head and frowned, "But why did the people from the Seven Seas Brigade go to the island at this time? Could it be that the news they spread out of deception is true? Is there an obelisk on this island? Or is their purpose the same as ours?”

"It's not such a coincidence, Issa."

"No," Isa shook his head again, "You can think that, but I don't. Don't forget that there may be information about William and Jade Ram hidden in that valley. I suddenly thought of a possibility. , Their exaggerated performance in that valley must be to cover up more important information, and those unnoticed details are often the truth, Rudene, guess what that is?"

"I don't know." Rudene shrugged, "But if they want to compete with us, there may be some trouble. Putting Minmir aside, the Seven Seas Brigade has two combat capabilities similar to those of the Pseudo Dragon Knights. , although we still don’t know which level the other party belongs to, but it must be at least the Silver level. The only good news is that we are backed by the empire’s fleet. We hope that the people in the Court of Swords and the Governor can be more reliable. Bar."

Issa glanced at him and said to the adjutant: "Go and call Duol. I have something to ask him."

The wind and rain are like darkness.

It has never rained so heavily on the island, and even the sky has become dark. The storm clouds gathering above Kukai are no longer content to be confined to the sea, but are gradually approaching the island. The dark clouds make even the sky dark. During the day, the sky is also as dark as ink.

But this level of bad weather is not another layer of cover for the Seven Seas Traveler. On the contrary, the Naga family is even more at home in such weather. The group finally encountered the obstruction of these dark creatures during the last transportation. .

After a big battle, almost everyone who was selected was injured - only the people on the Seven Seas Traveler were better. Luo Hao, who had been fighting on the front line, was slightly injured.

But this is not because he is not too careful, but because Luo Hao's level is lower than others, and he is not like Tian Lan who can sit back and cheer for everyone.

However, this battle convinced the selectors on the island. The fighting power shown by the Seven Seas Brigade completely convinced them that this was an elite team from the top of the rankings - one that was rarely seen in the first world on weekdays. The kind that can't be touched.

As for whether it comes from the Twelve-Colored Iris, it is not that important. Anyway, the little princess of the Twelve-Colored Iris is with them. Even though Miss Poet is far less famous than her brother Halsey, apart from Ian and his group, there are also Many selectors from the second division recognized her.

Fang Yu could understand the psychology of these people. After all, he himself was a member of the star-chasers not long ago. When he saw Ms. Ming, Odin and Chen Xi, he was not much better than these people.

It should be said that although the average level of the Seven Seas Brigade is just above the passing line of level 30, there are many "talented strangers" in the team. The combat power displayed by him, Box, Siesta and others basically far exceeds their own. Level one stage.

Darier and Miss Mei are not low-level themselves. On average, they are at least as good as the second-tier troupe on the rankings.

In fact, the battle between Fengsha Mountain and AOA, Enigma and Falcon Group is enough to prove this point. The Seven Seas Brigade is currently soaring on the rankings, attracting the attention of many people.

Despite the fact that many of the top teams in the past are all gathered in the first world, in fact, until the big guild returns from the second world, teams like AOA and Enigma will not usually be active in Aitaria.

The first world is called the large novice zone, and it is not without reason.

The Seven Seas Traveler descended from the wind and rain. It first lowered the ladder and steps to let the chosen ones disembark one by one. This was almost the last batch. They were originally sent out to help protect the indigenous people who had no fighting ability. And in fact, it came in handy.

Although the last sudden battle was tragic, no selector chose to retreat during the battle, and some were defeated or even sacrificed. However, these selectors from different competition regions did not care much, and instead showed fearless spirit.

The resurrected people had already come out of the temple first, standing on the trestle like normal people, watching the Seven Seas Traveler docking. The injured people who got off the ship also turned around and waved to everyone on the ship:

"Mr. Captain, the battle with you is very exciting! Long live the third division! Long live the second division! Long live the fourth division!"

People cheered in unison.

There are people from almost all competition regions on the Seven Seas Traveler.

Fang Plover, Box, Alyssa and Jita are all selected from the third division, while Mei, Papalar and Tianlan are all from the second division. Miss Knight herself is Lotao's ancient knight, plus Shangdalil himself is a player in the fourth division, but he just traveled to the second division.

Only Cui Xisi's face was a little dark.

But there is nothing that can be done. The chosen ones who stayed here have already asked for help from the community in the first division, but so far no help has been received. The current situation on the island, the invading Naga, and the empire may still be together. related.

If not, why is the Empire so indifferent to Campa and the Storm Islands?

People are inevitably full of complaints.

Fang Plover looked at this scene and breathed a sigh of relief. They not only had Storm and Naga as enemies on this island, but also Minmir and his party who were following them, those people from Prometheus - through Alisa After checking in the community, they finally figured out who the opponent behind it was.

According to the prompts from the goddess Odessa, the other party may have already taken action on the island, and there may not be much time left for them.

What's more, fighting with these people really made Fang Plover admire him.

He experienced battles with Nagas and these cold-blooded huntresses. Even Luo Hao found it difficult to deal with them, let alone these selectors whose average level was not much different from that of Ian's group.

But although the chosen ones cherished the starlight, they had no worries. The fearless style they showed in the battle even shocked the Nagas for a while. In fact, if these selectors hadn't worked together, it would have taken a lot of effort for the Seven Seas Brigade to face the attack of an entire clan.

Even pay a greater price.

There are not many islanders and natives left on the Seven Seas Traveler. After all, this is the last trip. Those who have the conditions and ability have either returned to the valley on foot, or fled to a closer shelter and were taken away by the Seven Seas Traveler. It was sent back during previous shipments.

The only ones left were the old, weak, sick and disabled with little ability to escape, or women, children and children. The number of these people was not large, and most of them were close to the farthest settlement and sought refuge nearby.

Some of these people who failed to escape were killed or kidnapped by Naga, and Fang Plover could only express his helplessness. After all, those things happened before they landed on the island, and he had no way to take the Seven Seas Traveler there. Snatch people back.

Fortunately, among the people who were rescued were Danielle's parents and her sister.

The girl who was blind in one eye was pleasantly surprised to be reunited with her still-fearful family. She turned around again and saw Fang Plover in the crowd.

Danielle pulled her sister and walked over with the girl.

She took advantage of Fang Plover not paying attention and wanted to kiss him.

Fang Yu was startled and didn't react yet - but Sylvide beside him had already pulled out his gun and stopped the little wild cat that came from nowhere with a smile.

"You two, please stop."

The islander girl looked at her calmly: "I am here to thank the captain. I am not a threat to him."

"No," Sylvide said with a smile, "I'm just worried that you are a threat to me."

The islander girl blinked her eyes innocently, a little surprised.

But her sister reacted, blushed and said: "Thank you, Mr. Ariel, for bringing back my parents and me. Danielle and I are here to thank you. The goddess said that the dark clouds will one day Disperse, the warm wind will bring good luck, I wish you good luck forever, just like picking up a shell on the beach, there are sparkling pearls in the shell——

She took out something and handed it to Fang Plover. Fang Yu lowered his head and looked at the light blue crystal in his hand, and asked, "Is this your gift?"

Danielle nodded.

Fang Yu originally thought that it was the same unknown shiny pebble that the girl picked up from Kukai. Out of courtesy, he planned to put it away. Anyway, there is still plenty of room in the ship's collection cabinet to record what they saw and heard along the way.

But the unintentional glance before he put away the crystal suddenly shocked Fang Plover. The tree-like extending pattern in the light blue crystal is full of patterns. It is by no means a natural product, but a man-made thing——

Ordinary people may only see the patterns because they are naturally formed crystal marks or cracks in the crystal. -

But he himself has done deep research on magic crystals, and of course he is aware of the pivotal position that 'crystals' play in mortal alchemy. It can be said that from the moment the mortal magic skills were born, magic crystals have been present throughout.

Mortals carve crystals to carry magic power, and even use them as the core of magic furnaces, lighting equipment, and communication devices to synesthetize with constructs, serve as the core of resonance, and also use it to transmit information.

In essence, all uses of crystals are a kind of information carrying. The magic circle is etched inside the crystal in a certain way, and through the crystal's own special resonance with ether and magic, it can produce some special magical effect.

So that mortals can take advantage of it.

But the way of entering information is completely different from the crystal in front of you. Fang Plover's first reaction was that it was a product of ancient alchemy, but he immediately denied that the Numelin elves rarely used crystals.

Their own elemental adaptability allows them to use magic on their own without resorting to external objects. The alchemy they created only needs to use those ancient runes to create things out of thin air. He himself has studied the art of creation, so he naturally knows what ancient alchemy should be like.

And this crystal is naturally not the product of Green or the Shadow People. He has also seen the Magic Skills of the Shadow People. The kind of crystal that leaves only pitch black after extracting the starlight is naturally incompatible with the one in front of him.

Moreover, he didn't feel any other dark aura from this crystal at all.

Fang Yu's heart moved, and he immediately held the crystal in his magic glove. A magic circle emerged from his palm and overlapped with the crystal. The lark on the side turned around and saw this scene, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

She showed a rare expression of surprise - it was multiple parallels, but she had never heard of any alchemist who could weave a star array out of thin air without the help of a planetary furnace. An idea suddenly flashed in her mind.

But Fang Yu didn't care about all this at all. His mind was completely connected to the crystal, sinking into the world of shining stars, like tiny dust floating under the vast starry sky, looking up at the magnificent scene. .

This is……

The starlight reflected in his eyes reflected the extreme shock in Fang Plover's eyes. He opened his mouth slightly and almost whispered:

"how can that be……?"

Yes, the light path connecting the stars is the final answer to the question given to him by Shana and R.

The Complete Chapter of Keys.

If the stars had a language, they reflected the lingering whisper in his ears and told him the secret of the surplus technique.

The light paths are connected to each other, composing the road to the end, as if every door is opened, and the truth is clearly stated after that.

Fang Yu never expected that he would see the complete "Key Chapter" in the crystal in the hand of an indigenous girl.

Of course, that's not the whole answer, it's more like a certain part - but even that part, he can't do it.

His margin skills have made great progress after undergoing the transformation of the closed loop device and the research on the star device, but at most they will fail after twelve or thirteen instructions.

That had to be in the Key Chapter. He had to simulate the closed loop device first, simulate the capabilities of part of the star device, and then push his construct to break through the level in that virtual space, but he could only achieve four goals. One-fifth to one-fifth.

And further on, it is not a point that can be reached by simply stacking the amount. The computing power has seriously exceeded the threshold. What's more, if he can't reach it even with his level of computing power, let alone others?

He really couldn't think of anyone in the world who could unlock the key chapter. He asked Shana and R about it, but nothing came of it, but there was no reply.

However, Shana once told him that this was the most cutting-edge field in the second world. Even five years ago, it should not be advanced to anywhere now. Because once the surplus skill is broken through, it means that alchemy will usher in a major innovation.

The empire is just a step further on this basis, using incomplete research on the star devices to get to this point. Fang Plover simply cannot imagine what kind of changes the complete 'Chapter of Keys' will bring.

All in all, it won't be the calm situation it is now.

And the key chapter he sees now is more like a question that has been completed. The shining light paths connecting each other are proof of the answer.

It's just that this question is just a fragment of it, and the person who answered the question doesn't seem to have told subsequent people how to answer it. He can only see the 'appearance' of the answer, but lacks a glimpse of its complete form and process.

But this fragment at least shows one thing.

Fang Yu raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him, "Danielle, and this lady, can you tell me where this crystal comes from?"

He closed his eyes for only a moment, and when he opened them again, his scorching eyes startled the older girl, but she quickly calmed down, thought for a moment and asked: "This crystal, is it useful to you?" Is it worth it, Mr. Allier?"

"Call me Ed," Fang Plover said, "You should know that I am an alchemist. I see that you are no strangers to this profession. There is some information hidden in this crystal, and we can say that it is for this reason that we are here. On this island.”

"There are actually not many of these crystals on the island," Danielle said, "My sister's one should have come from that thing, but..."

"That thing?" Fang Plover asked.

"A ruins," Danielle nodded, "That's what the Ariels call it. That place is in the Crystal Valley, but it has been captured by Naga."

Fang Yu suddenly remembered something, "Is that our last destination?"

The older girl nodded. "Originally yes, Captain Ed, originally you didn't know the situation there, but others have brought back the news that everyone there is dead, and the Nagas looted the place. Now there is no value in going there. ."

"No," Fang Plover shook his head.

His heart was pounding. It had been almost half a year since Shana handed him the Key Chapter. During this period, he had made almost no progress. Before that, he had never encountered anything like this when doing the other party's questions. matter.

Whether it is the Star Device or the Surplus Technique, as long as one of the two achieves a breakthrough, the Combat Craftsman can be freed from the arduous operations. A type of construct with its own will that can execute the Combat Craftsman's orders. Dress up.

That means something.

it goes without saying.

Everyone knows that the biggest factor that restricts combat craftsmen, and even the alchemy of mortals, is computing power. Once this restriction is broken through, the alchemy of mortals will usher in earth-shaking changes.

Not to mention, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be some connection between the Star Device and the Chapter of Keys. This crystal must not have appeared here suddenly. Behind it, there must be something between Adni's father and that person. The Great Alchemist is inextricably linked.

They came to this island not just to find this secret, so they couldn't ignore this clue anyway.

Fang Plover looked up at the dark sky, then turned back to Sylvide and said: "There is no need to wait for tomorrow morning. We will set off immediately and go to that place overnight. The Nagas have just been repulsed, and it will be impossible to organize them for a while. This is our best chance to start the next offensive attack.”

"Where's the goddess?" Sylvide asked.

"Let's talk about it when we get back," Fang Yu said. "Didn't she leave us some time?" Before he finished speaking, his heart suddenly moved slightly.

A hint of surprise appeared on his brows, and Fang Yu suddenly noticed that a certain 'cocoon' in the world of his consciousness moved.

The little girl unexpectedly woke up and connected with him in the spiritual world.

... (end of this chapter)