Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

The Rorsted Islands are vast and sparsely populated. Some mountains and primeval forests have little development value and are inaccessible. Over time, they have become the activities of the rebels and even military bases.

Most of them were over-exploited, leading to the deterioration of the ecological environment, but because the colonization time was short, there were no signs of it.

Led by "Lucky" Robinson, the two of Joyce came to an empty place.

Sunday, clear and sunny.

There is a barren mountain in front of me, the grayish-yellow earth color is mixed with a little green vegetation, which cannot conceal its barren nature at all.

"Is this the location of the treasure you said?"

Joyce asked, standing at the foot of the mountain and looking over it, it doesn't look like a place with treasures, not to mention that this mountain has obviously been mined...

"It's absolutely true." Robinson said exaggeratedly while wearing a cloak for some reason, "How dare I lie to you!"

"Why, didn't you find a way to avoid the curse?" Joyce asked deliberately.

Robinson smiled dryly: "I believe in your promise, you will return the blood to me after the expedition is over."

"As long as you don't play tricks..." Joyce commented and said, "Let's go, let's go."

After large-scale mining, the mountains have long been riddled with holes, and there is still a spacious and practical road under the feet, and the surroundings are full of desolation and dead silence.

"Bring the compass."

Walking to the entrance of a mine with a height of more than two meters, Robinson broke the silent atmosphere.

Joyce took out the compass and handed it to the other party, and asked curiously:

"The treasure is hidden in this mine?"

Could it be that the miners didn't notice it during the mining process?

Robinson got the compass and moved it a few times quickly. It seemed unknown, but soon, the "spoon needle" on the compass began to rotate.

"That's right!" He cheered, and instead of answering immediately, he greeted and said, "You'll know when you go in, follow me closely."

As he spoke, he held the compass in his hand and walked into the dark mine.

Joyce followed closely, and found that the pointer on the compass was turning irregularly, always pointing in different directions, while Robinson didn't know how to tell the right way, and turned left and right, looking confident.

As he walked, he explained: "Once, I stumbled into this mine by mistake, and found that I was lost. In the end, I was lucky enough to find an underground palace."

"There was an agate peacock guarding the gate of the underground palace. Out of caution, I left without further exploration."

"However, when I came in for the second time, I was surprised to find that I couldn't find the entrance to the underground palace!"

"Looking through a lot of ancient books, and after careful and detailed research, I finally found a clue. This underground palace was built in the Quaternary Epoch, and it was hidden underground for an unknown number of years... Then I found the compass by following the clues, and the following You will understand the matter."

The Fourth Epoch...Joyce listened to the other party's narration, and at the same time thought to himself, there are countless powerful people in the Fourth Epoch, true gods walk on the earth, and kings of angels have their own schemes. It can be called the most chaotic situation in human history. Era.

"Have you reached a conclusion from your research results, who is the owner of this underground palace?" Joyce asked... If it is Amon, I will turn around and leave now.

Robinson stared at the compass, turned and walked to the right fork, and said with a little excitement:

"I think this place is related to the god of death... You have also personally felt the outer maze, which has existed for so many years and has not been discovered. Don't you think it is very similar to the sea of ​​​​rage?"

It is too much to compare with the violent sea, it was formed only after the fall of the "Reaper beyond sequence zero"... Joyce retorted in his heart, recalling the history he knew well, in the Fourth Epoch, the Reaper ruled the southern continent, and the Seven Gods occupied the northern On the mainland, after the outbreak of the "Pale Disaster", the god of death fell...

But this maze doesn't look dangerous. Even Robinson of Sequence Seven was able to leave safely with "luck", it seems that his personality is not high...

"We're here." Robinson let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

An irregular hole was exposed on the ground in front of the two of them. It was dark but did not affect Joyce's observation. The hole was not deep, and there were simple and neat stone slabs underneath.

"This... is the entrance to the underground palace?" Joyce asked, frowning.

"Uh, no..." Robinson said awkwardly, "This is the place where I accidentally collapsed and fell down last time. It's not the real entrance to the underground palace."

"You go down first," Joyce said.

"Okay." Robinson agreed briskly, then jumped up, unloaded twice on the stone wall, and landed smoothly.

Joyce followed closely behind, the stone slabs under his feet conveyed a slight coolness, and there were a lot of gravel and dust in the middle of the road, proving that what Robinson said was true.

After reaching the bottom, the pointer on the compass no longer shakes, but points forward fixedly, because there is only one road.

"Let's go, the real entrance to the underground palace is in front, and the agate peacock is also there."

Robinson said: "That bird can use a kind of black flame, which can ignite spirituality and is difficult to extinguish. More importantly, it can fly, and likes to attack its prey in mid-air..."

Joyce nodded secretly, and suggested:

"I need your help. In return, I will return your blood and hair to you after the hunt is successful."

"real?"

Robinson stopped suddenly, and looked at the other party with questioning eyes.

"Of course." Joyce said affirmatively, and then took out a necklace:

"This is the 'Nightmare Necklace'. It can pull people into a dream without a sound. It has a miraculous effect on flexible creatures. The side effect is that you have to sleep for a whole day after using it. You can verify it by divination."

Another magical item, how rich is this guy! It seems that luck is not as good as reincarnation!

Robinson sighed sadly, and then raised his own questions:

"Why don't you use it yourself?"

"That's my reason." Joyce didn't want to explain further, and said flatly:

"You can choose to accept it or not, I just need the hunt to be completed successfully."

"I have no reason to refuse." Robinson took the "Nightmare Necklace".

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The agate peacock is an extraordinary creature that is very good at camouflage. Under normal light, its feathers look like colorful and crystal-clear agate, but once the surrounding environment changes, it will change the color of its feathers, blending itself into it, and finding the right place. Opportunity, suddenly launched an attack on the prey.

Just like now...

Joyce and Robinson walked together on the cobblestone road until they saw a clearing with a stone door in the middle.

Suddenly, there was a hot feeling from the sky above the head. It was a mass of black flames that blended with the surrounding darkness, making it hard to guard against.

But the two of them had already been prepared and jumped away from each other.

In the next second, the agate peacock hidden in mid-air showed its trace.

Robinson on the right took out his revolver, but rushed forward with a stride, as if he was going to use a gun for melee combat.

The agate peacock showed a humanized look of disdain, gently waved its wings, and fanned out the flames again, easily burning the enemies in front of it.