Shadow Covenant

"Are you ok?"

"Are you ok?"

It has been half a century since the two met again, but the condition of each other is no longer what it used to be, and the words they asked were all in unison.

Ruiya is still young and beautiful. Under the influence of the Kingdom of God, she is even younger than when she disappeared, as if she had returned to the way Kaverman first saw her when he was in Yellowstone Town. She was smart and cunning, wearing a A woven garland broke into his field of vision like a deer in the forest, but he...

Kafferman couldn't help but look down at the wrinkled hands that were piled up layer after layer. His mood was indescribable. This was the first time he was afraid of seeing his own age, so he couldn't help stepping back half a step, hiding his body in the After leaving the crowd, but before he could react, a figure rushed towards his chest like a baby swallow returning to its nest.

The body collided with the body, and he subconsciously hugged it, but the moment he hugged it, his hands bounced away instantly as if they were electrocuted.

He felt the slender and cold body!
This is not a dream, but a reality.

His wife... is really still alive, and time has not left any traces on her body at all. On the contrary, he himself has aged a lot.

This is the first time that he loathes his own body. The loose skin, brown spots, and bent body all tell that he is old.

Except for Woody, the others looked at the embrace of the two in shock. After all, although they knew that the main purpose of the old man Kaverman was to find his wife who disappeared 50 years ago, most of them didn't know what he thought. They didn't have any expectations. After all, it seemed to them that most people had died long ago, and they could only find a few relics at most. But what they didn't expect was that they could meet each other in this mysterious plane.

Of course, apart from being shocked, he was more happy for Kaverman.

"Let's save some space."

Woody smiled and offered a suggestion.

The others naturally didn't listen to the couple's heartfelt thoughts, and they all followed Woody to leave.

On the way, Cecil couldn't help asking.

"You already knew she was alive?"

"Are you waiting for her here on purpose?"

It’s no wonder that Cecil imagined this way. After all, he was like a prophet along the way, predicting everything. It’s normal to predict this matter.

Woody smiled and shook his head after hearing this.

"Do you think I'm a god? Everything can be counted."

The past life is naturally the biggest secret. Woody doesn't want to reveal that he can predict the future when it is not necessary. In this way, if any legendary mage who wants to notice notices it, the trouble will not be avoided.

"Oh, too."

Cecil snorted, and felt ridiculous for his own thoughts. Originally, at the beginning, he said that there might be traces of his wife in the plane there, and he didn't say that she must be alive. It is also extremely reasonable to find the demiplane that appears here.

"But she looks really young, and she won't age in the Kingdom of God. This seems to be a painful thing for both parties."

Donnie looked around curiously, although the inheritance of the dragon told her that under the blessing of the platinum dragon god Bahamut, all the dragons in Paradise Mountain will reap happiness and happiness, piled up into mountains of gold coins, and they can't take it. The endless delicacies and the unrestrained life made it look forward to. Seeing the age difference between the two human beings, Doni sighed a little.

"Donnie, you have to know that with age, some things are difficult to be purely happy. Most of them are joyful with pain."

Woody looked at it and felt it. He didn't think it was a painful thing for the two of them. Maybe it would be uncomfortable at first because of their age, but for the rest of the time, it would be happiness that can be met but not sought after. .

Sure enough, the two seemed to have talked a lot, and they embraced each other not long after. Compared with the first awkward embrace, this time, it was more natural and intimate, and it was no longer a bit cramped.

The two held hands and came in front of Woody and the others. Kaverman first gave Woody the highest salute of the ranger. This kind of etiquette was only used when he faced the World Tree Seed. It is almost the same as the current one, the same passion, the same joy.

"Thank you! Woody, you let me meet my wife when I was about to die in my grave."

He squeezed Ruiya's hand, looked down at the pretty figure standing beside him, with a constant smile on his face.

"I also thank you. I just said that it was Barukalya who heard my heart and sent my husband to my eyes. I didn't expect it to be you, a great young adventurer. .”

Her eyes were also full of gratitude, as if she had thought of something, she said again.

"I heard that the purpose of your coming here is to enter the temple, is it to worship Barukalya?"

Woody glanced at Kafferman. It seemed that he had already told her just now, so he shook his head without hiding it.

"Not entering the temple, but outside the temple. We were trapped in the Golden River Valley by the mysteries made by the temple. We can't leave now, so we hope to enter the temple to close it."

Seeing a trace of worry on Ruiya's face, Woody caught her emotion and asked proactively.

"Did something happen inside the temple?"

he said tentatively.

"need my help?"

Rhea shook her head quickly.

"No, no, if you want to enter the temple, I can take you in. Anyway, the priest didn't say that outsiders are not allowed to enter, but..."

She said that there was obviously some hesitation here, but she finally said. ,

"Master Sacrifice seems to be busy with something now, you may be in danger."

She exhorted earnestly.

"He may be in a bad state of mind now. Many of his colleagues in the temple have been taken by him to sacrifice to Barukalya. Before..."

Ruiya glanced at the spirit of nature who was independent from the crowd. As a servant of the temple, she naturally recognized this as an outsider who often came here, and every time she would bring a group of people who looked similar to him. young people.

Woody seemed to see her concerns and explained with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, he is not the one who came here before."

"Isn't it? But they look exactly the same."

Ruiya didn't know that he was the current lord of the Golden River Valley. She only knew that every time he brought people, they were sacrificed to the supreme Balukalya. Although she didn't like living sacrifices, after all, Rucarya's proverbs never ask people to give it living humans, but only ask believers to distribute a portion of the food to him after harvesting.

She obviously has a deep prejudice against this guy who may be his heir, after all, she has also heard with her own ears that in order to gain power, he did not hesitate to use humans infected with the curse to please Barukalya, or sacrifice favor.

"Ruiya, it's different. I have witnessed all this with my own eyes. What you see in front of you is actually the avatar of the lord of the Golden River Valley."

"Avatar? Aren't you still alone?"

Woody gestured to Kafferman, and he pulled up Rhea knowingly, and began to tell him about the experience along the way before meeting her.

Ruiya's gaze at the Spirit of Nature also changed from resistance to pity.

"What an infatuated guy."

"..."

Even Kaverman could not have imagined that what touched her the most was actually the spirit of nature presenting a bouquet of flowers to his master.

"All in all, that's the general story, so we need your help now."

In the original plot, without Kaverman, Ruiya took the initiative to issue a commission, hoping that players could investigate the truth in the temple, and in this process, the mission of the Lost Temple started after Ruiya died.

But this time, there is no need to do so.

Ever since he knew that this dungeon had a nightmare difficulty, Woody didn't plan to clear the level according to the original plan. He just wanted to complete the sublimation of his soul through the ascension ceremony, and then let the spirit of nature help to lift the fog, and then left this area. land.

The increase in the difficulty of nightmares means an increase in variables, which is undoubtedly not a huge risk for the adventure team that can meet the challenge difficulty of the dungeon.

……

"Then you all come with me. A few days ago, the priests sealed off all the internal entrances of the temple. I have a special method to keep them from being alarmed."

Ruiya smiled and said in a low voice.

"I discovered this secretly not long ago, and the priests didn't even know about it."

After hearing this, Woody thought to himself, maybe it was Balukalya, the Feathered Serpent God, who told her, otherwise, as a normal servant, how would he think of dealing with the priest.

Of course, on the surface, his expression remained unchanged, and he nodded slightly.

"Then I will trouble you, Miss Ruiya."

"It's okay, since you are Kaverman's friend and brought him to my eyes, it's all right."

Ruiya's eyes were full of gratitude, without any displeasure.

Soon, under the star-like positive energy singularity dotted the road ahead, Woody and others followed Ruiya and began to rush towards the location of the obelisk. This time, even the weak mage Sisi Er, also sped up her pace a little, and has already pinched a few strange things in her hands, ready to release them at any time. She is still quite afraid of the dead magic area.

A few minutes later, the forest gradually disappeared, replaced by neat pavements paved with marble, and there was a statue of Feathered Serpent hovering above a column in the center of the intersection.

When everyone found this place, they were unable to move forward as Woody said. An invisible barrier hindered them, like a transparent wall in the air. ,

As a servant of the gods, Ruiya easily entered the outer perimeter of the temple. Seeing the eyes of everyone looking over, she didn't say much. She stood directly under the statue of the Feathered Serpent God, stroked its tail gently, and then looked at everyone's eyes. Suddenly, the petrified Feathered Serpent came to life, easily broke free from the shackles of the cylinder, and then neighed softly into the sky, and several pieces of colorful feathers fell from the sky one after another.

And Ruiya picked them up one by one, handed the feathers to everyone, and said.

"Take it, with it, you can enter the temple."

Sure enough, when the feathers were in hand, the air wall that originally hindered them seemed to not exist.

Everyone was overjoyed, and the spirit of nature held the colorful feathers and watched them over and over again. He felt that it was filled with energy that made him comfortable, and Cecil felt a little curious about the divine power inside. Only Woody looked at the feathers in his hands. Feather was born in a daze.

"what happened?"

Cecil saw something wrong with Woody's expression, and thought he had something to worry about.

"It's okay, I thought of something very important."

Woody looked up at the statue of Feathered Serpent that circled back to the cylinder, touched the soft and comfortable feather in his hand, and murmured.

"It seems that everything inside the temple is under the gaze of this god."

Seeing this, Woody couldn't understand that the so-called guesses and assumptions in the previous life forum were basically wrong.

He was not asleep at all, otherwise, he would never have displayed his divine power at this time. You must know that the current background is that the wall of faith is on the verge of collapse.

All the kingdom temples in Asenland began to use celebrations to please the gods in order to re-establish contact. The reason why the year of the previous life was called the golden year was that besides the opening of trade, there was another reason It is after the gods lose their response and ignore mortals, their believers will intensify their huge festival celebrations and appear to be more prosperous.

And at this time, no matter what kind of god it is, it will save the little divine power that it has left, after all, use a little less, let alone give a god attendant, his power in this way.

Thinking of this, Woody seriously bowed to the Feathered Serpent in front of him to show his respect.

Ruiya also saw Woody's behavior, with a flash of appreciation in her eyes, she said to him.

"Balukarya will bless you, traveler."

"Now take us to the square where the three pointed stones are placed."

Woody forwarded the location that the spirit of nature told him to Ruiya, and Ruiya, who had lived here for a long time, naturally knew where it was, and subconsciously replied.

"Is it the Chongsheng District? There just happen to be three pointed stone steles there, not far from here, let me take you there."

Naturally, everyone had no objection. They followed Ruiya and soon entered through the edge of the square with the Feathered Serpent sculpture. Dense buildings and blocks appeared in everyone's field of vision, which also caused the sound of everyone's footsteps to be heard between the walls. It echoed back and forth, crisp and long, but Ruiya said that no one lived outside the temple, and everyone was not surprised by this phenomenon. After all, since entering this plane, the only living creature they saw was the one in front of them. woman.

Just when everyone was about to go, Cecil frowned slightly.

"My magic guard has detected that there are creatures rushing towards us."

After entering the temple, Cecil arranged a series of protective measures in order to avoid the situation where the dead magic area would cause the inability to cast spells.