2022-03-09

Chapter 3 Liliana

Liliana von Bergman lay on the dusty ground, two He stared blankly at the bats flying in the air.

As a student of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Offa in Blackwater Province, if she had come here in a more respectable way today, she would have been excited to dance in this hall.

A well-preserved ruin of the Kosian dynasty, from which unimaginable can unearth many lost documents. If she can show the findings here to the academic community, she may even be escorted all the way to the position of Associate Professor in the Academy’s Department of Archaeology.

But this relic brought in by lesser-demon as a reserve grain like now, the mentality is completely different.

The two lesser-demons with long limbs, huge heads and scrawny torsos were chewing meat in a sticky voice; she tried not to think about what meat it was; How to deal with her down.

“So when will this woman finally start eating?”

“Why do you only want to eat in your head? That’s all that’s left, and it’s gone after eating. We’re going to be here for a while.”

“Then, as long as it’s not lethal, it’s okay to have a few bites.”

“You are Are you an idiot? The first bite is always dedicated to Hungry Lady Camilla. If you bite it, can it still be used as a sacrifice?”

“It’s always impossible to keep a living person by your side. Right? What if we encounter any danger here and don’t notice her in time and let her run away? Wouldn’t that reveal the arrangement here?”

“Well… It’s the same reason, it’s good to make reserve grain as before, it is indeed a hidden danger to bring a living person around, you go and draw the rune of ceremony first.”

Between lesser-demon The conversation left Liliana’s heart full of despair.

At this moment, she is paralyzed, and even if she wants to ask for mercy, she will be speechless because her tongue is knotted. In this situation, she could do nothing but pray silently to the Seven Holy Spirit for a miracle to come.

One of the lesser-demons appeared in Liliana’s line of sight, and its skin seemed to be covered with mold, with signs of decay and festering everywhere. It opened its mouth, which took up half the size of its entire face, and stuck out a long forked tongue, licking her cheek.

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid… your soul will soon be reunited with your friends at Moon Realm. There you can ask them if they are in pain before you die, and you can How does it compare?”

Lesser-demon pointed at the leftover bones with a ceremony serrated dagger and said in a playful voice.

It was her companion exploring the ruins, who were attacked and killed by the two lesser-demons shortly after stepping into the ruins.

father, mother…help me…

Liliana closed her eyes in despair as she watched the dagger approaching her.

“Dah, dah. , da…”

At this time, a slight but very clear sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside the front door.

The hall fell into a dead silence.

Liliana opened her eyes suspiciously. At this moment, the lesser-demon with the dagger was half-kneeling beside her, exchanging glances with the lesser-demon who was drawing something on the ground with a charcoal pen.

It put its slender fingers next to its mouthparts, which could hardly be called mouths, made a “silence”, and then gently inserted the dagger back into its belt , slowly pulled out a short sword smeared with green venom.

The other lesser-demon, while the other lesser-demon put the charcoal pen lightly on the ground, whispered something, and a mass of flames quickly gathered in its palm, quickly transforming into a swirling Fireball .

The footsteps are getting closer and closer, and the two lesser-demons are staring at the corner outside the door, not daring to come out.

Liliana desperately tried to make some noises to remind the people who came outside, but unfortunately the effect of the paralysis technique was still remarkable, she couldn’t even move a finger.

With the sound of footsteps coming to the corner before entering the door, the lesser-demon who cast the spell raised his hand, and the Fireball swirling in his hand quickly launched it.

“bang!”

A violent fire flashed, and the huge explosion made the whole hall seem to be shaking for a while.

Liliana’s little hope of getting out of trouble was extinguished.

The two lesser-demons looked at the surging flames outside the door, and their guarded posture relaxed a little.

Things that are in line with Liliana’s sixteen years of common sense in life have come to an end, and then things have changed. From Liliana’s point of view, it can only be described as incredible.

Without warning, a silver white array appeared at the feet of the two lesser-demons. A strong whirlwind instantly swept up the dust in the entire room and blew the two lesser-demons to the ground. in midair.

It was also at the moment when they floated in the air, two sharp ice thorns extended diagonally from the ground that was originally empty, and precisely stabbed the two lesser-demon in the air. a penetration.

It all happened so suddenly that Liliana didn’t realize what was going on until the two lesser-demon corpses began to dissipate as black salt crystals.

The sound of heavy footsteps came from the opposite direction of the previous explosion, and she rolled her eyes to look.

And then she saw the man.

A man who seems to have come out of a legend, his body exudes the breath of ice and blood.

His face is slightly vicissitudes, his expression is a little gloomy, and ash-gray’s long hair is messy. Filled with magic power, his eyes shone with silver rays of light. His cheeks were slightly sunken, his beard sighed, and his skin was as pale as a layer of hoarfrost.

He was wearing a dark bone armor, the shape of the armor was twisted and tangled like flames, and sharp bone spurs extended from his wrists and elbows, as if growing from that person’s. Physically average. The entire suit of armor “breathes” the cold air as if it were alive. Numerous runes and totems are carved on the armor, and rays of light of ice blue and blood red flow alternately. These rays of light finally converge on a fist-sized black crystal in the center of the bone armor.

In his hand he holds a staff made of pure frost, with a scarlet orb mounted on its tip. The three breaths of flame, lightning, and frost are lingering around the blood-colored orb—those are three powerful spells that have completed their chant but have not been activated. The magic contained in it, she felt as if her soul was frozen just by looking at it.

The man first looked around, then slowly walked to about three steps away from Liliana.

“Is there…the only two of them here?”

The man asked, staring into her eyes.

The voice was low and hoarse, with an indescribable majesty.

Perhaps because she was too shocked, Liliana didn’t understand the meaning of the other party’s words for a while, she just asked dumbly.

“What two?”

After speaking, Liliana realized that she was able to speak normally, and that the paralysis technique she had used before had been released at some point.

“Are there only two lesser-demons here?”

The man asked again.

“Only…just the two of them!”

Liliana quickly replied.

The man looked around the hall again before speaking to her.

“I’ve unlocked the paralysis on your body, try to see if you can stand up by yourself.”

Liliana moved her hands and feet, which were almost unconscious, and tried to stand up. He got up, but couldn’t make up his mind at all.

Before she could speak, a green light flashed, and Liliana felt her limbs slowly begin to regain strength.

“Thank you…thank you…”

The man just waved his hand, then approached and asked.

“I need to confirm some things first, what time is it?”

“Twilight… Twilight moon twenty-four, or twenty-five? The past few days I It’s been controlled by paralysis, not quite clear how many days have passed.”

“No, I’m asking what year it is now.”

This question made Liliana heartbroken. shivered with cold , I wonder if this person is a heretic mage who has lived in seclusion for so long that he has forgotten the time?

Yes, there is only this possibility, otherwise, how could such a powerful mage be willing to succumb to such remote ruins.

The more Liliana thought about it, the more certain she felt, and then she couldn’t help feeling a little scared.

She heard that heretic mages were unable to use the magic of the Star Realm because they had broken the laws of the stars, so they would extract and torture the souls of others, using the pain and despair of their souls as fuel for their spells.

Looking at the other party’s eyes that glowed with silver light because of too much magic power, Liliana lowered her head to avoid the other party’s gaze, staring at her boots cautiously replied.

“Platinum Calendar 1886…”

“Hiss…”

I don’t know if it’s my own delusion, Liliana seems to hear the mage sucked in a cold breath. But when she raised her head again, the man still had the same gloomy expression as before.

“Is there a problem?”

“Let’s not talk about this… do you know where those two lesser-demons came from?”

Liliana replied.

“I don’t know…they attacked us after my archaeological team entered the ruins, but while mourning the mountain range a few days before that, the team’s scouts mentioned that It seemed like something was following us, but at the time we thought it was just a wild beast like a dire wolf…”

She said in a lower and lower voice.

And the man who was suspected to be a heretic mage looked thoughtful nodded after listening to her description.

“I probably get it. Sorry I need to know, is there anyone else alive in your archaeological team?”

This question made Liliana’s heart sink suddenly, and the previous The memories of being attacked flooded into my mind at once.

“There are sounds on it.”

“Where did they come from?”

“Will, The cover lady goes first!”

“Holy Spirit is up, that was the third rank spell just now!”

“They can see us and set the torch on fire!”

“Run!”

“No, please…”

“Lily, help me…it’s eating me…”

……

The voices of everyone in the archaeological team seemed to echo in his ears, Liliana bit her lip, and it took a long time to squeeze out two words from the depths of her throat.

“No.”

The emotions that had been temporarily suppressed due to fear and shock all exploded at this moment, she covered her face with her hands, and tears kept flowing from her eyes. Her fingers slipped.

“They’re all dead… they’ve all been eaten…”

After a long time, probably after she had enough of her emotions, the man put a hand on her. on her shoulders.

“Let’s go, let’s get this problem out of the way first.”

(end of this chapter)

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