Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 205 Accelerated Erosion, the Knight's Choice (4k)

Because the ritual was activated, the erosion of the abyss was accelerated.

Even if it was not the direct cause, this technique must have played an important role in some link.

In other words, perhaps by destroying this spell, the erosion of the abyss could be slowed down to its original level.

——Yuan Qingzhuo had reason to doubt this.

The conditions for activating this technique...

Yuan Qingzhuo once again looked towards the eastern part of the royal city where a huge explosion had occurred not long ago. Was it death? Was it a large amount of emotions? Or was it a change in the total amount of life in a space?
The reason seems unclear.

But no matter what, you definitely can't tell it just by looking at it.

Yuan Qingzhuo took the huge martial arts will perception circle back to himself, then condensed it and instantly probed into the ground.

Fifty meters, one hundred meters... five hundred meters...

Even though the consumption caused by using the will of martial arts to pass through a large amount of continuous solid matter would be unexpectedly large, the current loss was nothing to Yuan Qingzhuo.

At best, the extension speed will be slightly slowed down.

Not long after, Yuan Qingzhuo felt that his martial arts will was blocked by a familiar object.

Enchantment.

Yuan Qingzhuo used this place as the base point and began to transform his martial arts will into a thin film that spread out at a rapid speed.

Yuan Qingzhuo did not seek to find out the truth, but just wanted to use this method to estimate the scope of this technique.

Soon, he got an answer that was not really an answer.

It can be called an answer because the area covered by this barrier is currently slightly larger than the entire royal city.

But saying "it's not an answer".

This is because the barrier located a thousand meters underground is also slowly spreading in all directions.

Absorb the spiritual essence scattered in the heaven and earth, and then expand outwards instinctively.

Yuan Qingzhuo even suspected that there was someone in the barrier controlling the spell, otherwise how could a mere spell do such a thing.

——Although Flandel should be able to use this technique at will, one must know that it was tens of thousands of years ago when Mercury was about to fall into the abyss.

Yuan Qingzhuo, who had read about the development history of the cult's magic, knew that the cult's magic had gone through thousands of years of iteration. Even the simplest "Fireball Magic" had been updated tens of thousands of times by countless scholars and sorcerers.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Bai Tiejie would have been exhausted after casting a fireball spell - but now even a few-year-old child who can barely communicate with spiritual essence can easily create a small fireball.

Could the technique at that time still be able to do something like this...?
Could it be that when there were only two levels of the abyss, the prevailing saying was "the older, the stronger"?

eccentric.

Yuan Qingzhuo maintained his martial arts will in this way, and did not use it to destroy the barrier from a distance without alerting the enemy.

——After all, they were still a thousand meters away, and Yuan Qingzhuo was not completely sure that he could control this unprecedented technique.

Have some respect for the unknown.

This is the most basic truth.

So Yuan Qingzhuo rolled up his sleeves.

He planned to dive a thousand meters underground with his bare hands to see what was inside the barrier.

"The heaven and earth have undergone subtle changes."

Andshia, who was once again standing at the city gate, clearing out the invading species around the royal city that attempted to attack the refugees, also keenly noticed that some inexplicable changes had occurred after the explosion.

——However, those angels still had some conscience and promised him that they could resettle the residents of the city, otherwise he would not have the time to stand here.

"Heaven and earth? No, it doesn't seem to be..."

Andesia muttered with a strange look on his face. His golden hair had long been stained with black blood, and had clumped into clumps that partially blocked his vision.

However, he did not care at all, and just stabbed the gun out again, piercing the head of a suddenly appearing Core Casting Stage Erosion Species, and then the spiritual essence like the sun turned it into a piece of dust.

"——We are being eroded by the abyss? And the progress is accelerating?"

He was stunned for a moment, and finally realized the fact.

The previous erosion might be perceptible to Gemini or Rush, but for a paladin like Andesia who often jumped up and down in the depths of the abyss, it was nothing.

It was even louder than the snoring of my teammates when they were not asleep.

In fact, there is no such thing now - Andshia will not be corroded into a corrosive species even if he stays in this environment until his death. His soul is too tough and his resistance to corrosion is too high.

However, the strange feeling brought by the accelerating erosion of the abyss did not escape Andesia's perception.

——The previous explosion actually accelerated the erosion of the abyss.

What is the reason for this?
Andesia was puzzled.

Because he did not sense the spell that was thousands of meters away and separated by one or even countless layers of barriers.

This is normal, as Paladins are not specialized in perception.

Otherwise, what are we doing with remote intelligence personnel?
Hexagonal warriors are indeed good in all aspects, but the resources required to train them are more than six times the number of talents who excel in one aspect.

——People like Yuan Qingzhuo who can discover the moment a technique is activated are the ultimate freaks.

He was silent for a while and looked up at the sky.

Andesia knew that he had to find a way to isolate himself from the erosion of the abyss.

Or, once and for all...

Otherwise, even if he killed all these erosion species, ordinary civilians who had never come into contact with the extraordinary would be eroded by the abyss and turned into erosion species one after another.

He savored the deepening erosion.

We have to make a decision quickly.

"Get away from this damn place called the Royal City, collect two sets of chess pieces, and then leave this damn audition world."

Vicci briefly told his sister about his next plan. The "Compound Spell Eye" he had already placed in the royal city could clearly quantify the changes in the speed of abyss erosion.

Likewise, one can feel that this erosion is caused by a "spiritual change" without cause.

——This is almost like yelling in Vichi’s face, “This is caused by a magic technique you’ve never seen before!”

Vicci is actually quite interested in this unknown technique.

There is no accomplished sorcerer who is not curious about techniques he has never seen before - curiosity is a sorcerer's nature.

A hint of eagerness for knowledge appeared in his eyes, but it was extinguished when he saw the white-haired knight sitting on the branch beside him.

But now the abyss is eroding everyone equally - it will not show favoritism or reservations because of your identity or strength.

At the same time and in the same space, the amount of erosion that each individual has to endure is fixed.

The "same space" now should be the entire world.

It’s just that some people have strong souls, huge spiritual essence, and trained resistance, so ordinary abyss erosion has no effect on them.

——And he took Vina with him.

So I have to leave this damn audition world as soon as possible.

After all, the first level of the abyss can be said to be the place where the abyss erosion is the least.

"Vina, let's go."

He stood up, stretched out his wooden staff and knocked on the head of the white-haired knight on the branch.

Two thuds, dull and crisp.

The knight seemed to have heard nothing, and just calmly looked at the royal city under the dark clouds, and the refugees pouring into it like ants moving house.

"Where are you going?"

the knight asked.

coming.

Vicchi took a deep breath and explained, "Let's go to places with lots of erosion species. Killing them will also yield chess pieces. My goal is not high. I just want to get a set of chess pieces that are at least half refined for each of us."

Vina nodded slowly:

"Go kill monsters, get treasures, and then move on to the next round, right?"

Vicchi was surprised, but he didn't laugh, because he knew that there might be something else hidden behind it: "It's rare that you can understand what I mean."

"Naturally."

Vina jumped down from the branch, but her face seemed a little different from before.

If I said that I was as cold as a machine before, all my emotions were suppressed by the limiter.

Now it is as calm as the surface of a lake... Although there is still no expression, it always gives Vichi a gentle feeling.

This girl said yes?

The spell in Vic's palm flashed. He was ready to tie up Vina, but she jumped down and just asked, "Okay?"
Taking the wrong medicine?

"Really?"

"It's true."

Vicchi stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment.

My sister finally came to her senses and is no longer willing to save those ordinary people!
This is really a good thing...is it really a good thing?
Vicki suddenly fell silent.

Vina is different from herself. She is not a sorcerer who is indifferent to the lives of others.

She is a knight.

A knight who has sworn to follow the eight virtues.

The last proper knight of the now corrupt Lorshid.

Thinking of this, Vicky couldn't help but hesitate for a moment and asked again:

"Really leaving?"

"Brother, don't you want to leave?" Vina looked at him and said with a smile: "I already affirm you, why do you still ask for my opinion?"

"This……"

Vic actually didn't want to waste any more time.

But the Vina in front of him was really too abnormal.

Without giving Vicky a chance to say the next word, Vina spoke softly:
"If you don't want me to advance to Core Casting here, you can let me follow you to the wild to kill monsters and get treasures - I have no objection to this at all."

The air suddenly fell into silence.

After a moment, Vicky clenched the staff in his hand in astonishment:
"Casting core?"

——Didn’t you just have a small breakthrough after being beaten up by Randkiel in the palace?
He had asked Vina the same question a few hours ago, and Vina's answer at that time was that she had not found the "core" she wanted to cast.

The road ahead is confusing.

But now it’s found after only a few hours?

"Vina, if you want to go over, just say it directly. There's no need to beat around the bush here." Vicky suppressed his surprised look, frowned, and knocked the knight on the head with his hand: "Will my brother go against you again?"

Feeling the slight pain coming from the top of her head, Vina couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.

Laughed.

"Brother, this is not the first time you have gone against me... When I was on a mission outside, you spent a lot of money to get me to a safe place."

Vina smiled slyly: "I specifically asked to go to the red high-risk zone, but every time I was assigned to the green safe zone or to the new team as a babysitter due to unexpected circumstances."

Vic's expression couldn't help but freeze.

Then the knight raised his eyebrows:

"The coincidences that happen every time are not coincidences. I'm not some big idiot who swings swords and knives with muscles in his head."

Vicky's expression was stiff: "Vina, that is..."

"Stop it, brother."

Vina sighed, covered Vicky's mouth with her hand, and then said seriously with her eyes: "I am serious."

“I have found the core I want to cast. Now I just need to use actions and feedback to verify whether it is really what I want.”

The knight looked towards the royal city that was in imminent danger: "And now, that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of me."

"We are virtual beings now - it doesn't matter if we die because of this."

"But Vina, after seeing us withdraw from the audition stage, the parliament will..."

"So what about the Council? Am I no longer a knight after being kicked out of the Knights, or are you no longer a warlock after being kicked out of the Mage Tower?"

Vina said indifferently: "Even if we are driven out of Rolshid and despised by everyone there, what does it matter? Brother, you must understand that if we leave Rolshid, it is not our loss, but its loss."

"From the last millennium to now, we have been the brightest twin stars of Lorshid - and whether it can survive until the next millennium is still unknown."

For the first time, Vic witnessed his sister's extraordinary will.

"But it's impossible for you and my teachers to leave the country..."

"It's not a conflict."

The knight spoke slowly and carefully, "Brother, I just want to tell you that the opportunity to cast a core for me is very close. You can either enter the finals of the Martial God Festival and return home safely, or let me try to achieve the goal of casting a core here."

She said calmly:

"I leave this choice to you."

"It looks like you're really going to be able to cast your core soon, Vina... After removing the limiter, you're really speaking in a very different way."

Vicky lowered his eyes and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "How cunning of you to throw such an important decision to me at such a critical moment."

"How can this be called cunning?"

The knight already understood the answer, so she walked towards the direction of the royal city. She turned back and smiled brightly at the helpless boy:

"——It's just because you are my brother."

The royal city is one thousand meters underground.

Without causing too much damage to the earth, Yuan Qingzhuo "swam" to the front of the barrier like a fish.

He used his martial arts will to clear away the rock, and then looked at this layer of barrier, which was exactly the same as normal rock in terms of texture, hardness and quality.

"It's really amazing."

Yuan Qingzhuo couldn't help but admire - if his guess was correct, the thickness of this barrier should also be very thick. It was different from the current barriers. The current barriers were all a layer of high-strength film. It was strong, but after it was broken, you could see what was inside.

"I can only say that it is worthy of being stronger as it gets older."

In the darkness deep underground, Yuan Qingzhuo took a deep breath of non-existent air, then raised his fist towards the barrier of unknown thickness.

"Let me see what this ancient barrier is capable of."

(End of this chapter)