rune hunter

Chapter 239 Seal of the Center of the Earth
Why did Lucius appear here?This is a question worthy of study.Of course, the point of the question is not why he appeared, but why now?His sudden appearance was a surprise to everyone present.

El and Laurana followed Lucius all the way to the inner city, and then accelerated their movement to the final destination, which was the lord's castle. They happened to see the dissolution of the parliament, and then followed along.According to Laurana's calculations, at the current speed of action of Lucius and his knights, it will take at least three to ten minutes to approach the castle.

There is no doubt that this is also the time calculated in the speaker's mind, which is why he hurried here to urge the demon church to speed up the progress.Although Lucius walked slowly, it was because he wanted to gain popularity as much as possible on this road of return, and it was also a demonstration to the parliament.The slower he walked, the greater the psychological pressure on the parliamentary side.

For the strong return of Lucius, the Speaker has long been mentally prepared, but what he did not expect was that when he was trying to make a last-ditch attempt with the idea of ​​killing the fish, Lucius would suddenly appear here .Where did he come from?How did you get here?If he appears here, what is the situation on the ground now?
These complicated questions came up all at once, and even if the speaker was not surprised by his cunning, he couldn't help feeling dizzy at this moment.In any case, in terms of the results, the fact that Lucius was able to get here meant that his final plan also fell short.

The speaker's face was pale, but Lucius' expression didn't seem surprised at all. He looked at the demon cultist standing beside the speaker, suddenly with a bright smile on his face, he stepped forward and said, "Look at this Who is this, isn't this the generous and generous Lord Kemal? Uh...with all due respect, your current image is really surprising."

"I salute you, Master Lucius the Dragon Slayer. As you can see, this is my true identity." Kemal stroked his tattooed bald head and smiled: "I am very strange, no Do you know how you passed through the warning magic we set up in the secret passage?"

"Although Mr. Speaker is unwilling to admit it, I am still the legal heir of this castle after all. It is not surprising that I know more about the secrets hidden in this castle." Lucius said with a smile, but his eyes turned to the magic circle Right in the middle of the towering stone tower, his face gradually became serious.

"In order to protect this seal in the center of the earth, my grandfather built a castle here and established the city-state of Demient... But today, Mr. Speaker, you are colluding with the demon sect here. What is your intention? Could it be that you Have you forgotten the oath made by our ancestors so quickly?"

Looking away, Lucius pointed at the speaker and reprimanded him sternly.

Following his words, everyone's attention was involuntarily shifted to the stone tower, especially the bystanders who did not belong to this world, and they were even more energetic.

Seal of the center of the earth, what is this thing?Back then, the pioneer knight Caseros built the castle on the hollow rock formation. It turned out that it was not a brain-dead work on a whim, but also had another purpose?

"It turns out that this is the seal of the Seal of the Center of the Earth... No wonder, this makes sense!" Laurana showed an excited look on her face, and she couldn't help but almost screamed. El quickly covered her mouth, asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Explain briefly!"

"The legend about the seal of the center of the earth comes from the sixth volume of the epic of the gods in ancient times." Laurana clapped El's hand away and explained patiently in a low voice.

"After the cruel ancient war ended, the gods reached an agreement to establish a kingdom of God in the sky and stay away from the world. Human civilization finally got the chance to multiply and develop, but at this time, the mortal world has been torn apart by the flames of war and is on the verge of collapse. The Earth Phoenix Iris Ann retrieved a rock from the dark moon, divided it into 12 yuan slabs, and placed them on the twelve leylines, and used the power of the dark moon to re-suppress the order of the earth, so it was again Call it the seal of the center of the earth."

"The law of order in the mortal world has been re-established, the earth has become the most stable foundation of the main material plane, and human civilization has embarked on a journey of rapid development since then. This 12 yuan stone tablet comes from the dark moon, so it can naturally show the essence of the dark moon Power—that is absolute order. As long as these slabs remain suppressed in the depths of the earth, hell, which represents the law of chaos, will never be able to corrode the mortal world."

"Although I still don't quite understand it, I still think it's a very powerful thing, right?" El nodded. He had already developed a good habit of ignoring Laurana's explanation, and now he doesn't have time to study it carefully. Seeing that the two sides over there were about to start fighting, he keenly grasped the point of the problem——

"What do those guys with bald tattoos want?"

"That's the members of the Demon Sect. They definitely want to use the seal of the core of the earth. Every seal of the core of the earth suppresses the weakest connection point of the law of order on this land. If the seal of the core of the earth is taken away Seal, the law of order here will immediately collapse, and then attract the attention of hell demons—this is the real reason for the destruction of the city-state of Demient!"

Although Laurana spoke seriously, she gradually developed a standard commercial smile on her face, showing cute little canine teeth. Whenever the eldest lady showed such an expression, she was usually thinking about deceitful plans in her heart .Al knew this all too well, and would automatically move a few steps away to save himself from the same fate.

"It turns out that there is such a secret hidden behind Diminte, which is really interesting. The dark moon itself is the origin of time and space, so it is based on the dark moon's seal of the earth's center, and has the ability to record the coordinates of time and space. It's not surprising. This means that the person who got the seal of the center of the earth turned out to be the thief king Adrian, so he was able to create such a huge illusion in the mirror..."

Laurana was still talking to herself with glowing eyes, and before her eyes, the Demon Cult and Lucius' Knights finally fought.The irrevocable speaker raised his staff and shouted: "You are seeking your own death!" Then Lucius raised his sword and shouted: "Destroy these demon lackeys!" rushed up.

The followers of the Demon Cult who stayed here to draw the magic circle were basically weak spellcasters. If they were rushed to the front by the knights, they would have no fighting power at all.Fortunately, the magic circle under their feet had already been prepared, and the post-work that Kemal referred to was only out of prudence, and it was obviously inappropriate to persist in this situation.The enemies have already rushed in front of him, and there is no more choice.

Kemal slammed the staff in his hand on the ground, and the demon cultists distributed in the magic circle raised their staffs and chanted loudly at the same time, a transparent magic shield rose rapidly from the edge of the magic circle, gathering in mid-air into a hemisphere.A knight rushing to the front brandished his epee and slashed down hard. The blade penetrated nearly [-] centimeters into the magic shield, and then bounced back suddenly, sending this tall, burly knight who weighed more than two hundred catties directly into the air. out.

"Don't stop attacking continuously! This kind of magic shield must have a limit!" Lucius was not anxious because of the temporary blockage, and gave orders in an orderly manner.His prestige in the army is indeed not low, the knights only hesitated for a moment, and then continued to attack without hesitation.

Seeing the playfulness in Lucius' eyes, Kemal's face darkened. He raised his hand to send out a second signal, and the demon cultists immediately pulled out half of their hands and started to activate the magic circle on the ground.Under their chanting in unison, the lines and symbols of the magic circle gradually began to emit distorted light.

This is a battle of bets. If Lucius' knight breaks the magic shield first, then the demon cultist will be slaughtered.But if the demon cultists are allowed to activate the magic circle first, the situation will naturally fall to their side.Both sides seem to have confidence in their own strength, and the situation on the field suddenly fell into a stalemate.

El hid in the dark and silently watched the offensive and defensive postures of both sides, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the wild intuition in his body was sending out warnings, which meant that there was some kind of dangerous factor that he was ignoring.El settled down to observe carefully, and immediately discovered the problem.

Blackbeard, who was originally following behind the Speaker, unexpectedly disappeared at some point.

Where did Blackbeard go?El subconsciously looked towards the stone tower in the center of the magic circle.According to Laurana's previous deduction, the seal of the center of the earth is likely to be hidden there.With Blackbeard's nature as a robber, would he run away to steal treasure?
Bandit temperament?The word that flashed across his mind suddenly set off alarms in El's heart. The reason why he knew something about the robbers in the Brown Earth Hills was that he would occasionally play this profession, so he had a more accurate grasp of the robbers' psychology.Generally speaking, if you encounter this situation yourself, what will you do?

El suddenly stood up, took out the Dragon Tooth Bow with his backhand, and carefully looked around with the bow and arrow.Sure enough, as he expected, he saw Black Beard sneaking towards him close to the wall at a glance.

Although El and Laurana deliberately concealed their whereabouts, they followed Blackbeard into the secret passage after all. Of course, it was impossible for Blackbeard's cunning to detect it, but they just pretended not to know it.

When Blackbeard realizes that the key to this plot is concentrated in the Seal of the Center of the Earth, he immediately has the idea of ​​winning the treasure.Of course, he would not be afraid of these puppets around him who only obeyed the script. The only ones who could really threaten him were the two flies following behind.With Blackbeard's personality, of course he had to clean up his back first.

When El looked this way, Blackbeard immediately realized that he had been exposed.He snorted coldly, and the muscles of his whole body tensed instantly. Holding a scimitar in each hand, he suddenly burst out of the dark shadows and stabbed at El, the defenseless girl behind him.

　Pass by and leave a ticket~~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)