Chapter 133: The Source of Darkness
And the most fatal problem is.
Alka passed by from the side and judging from the looks of those two people, this magic mirror does have a long history.
But this is not a short time. It is only a short time relative to them and the whole world.
That is to say, no more than a few hundred years.
The problem is that the history of the past few thousand years has been recorded in detail, and there have been no major changes at all. Even the islands and seas have undergone drastic changes .
Not to mention that the historical records on the ship come from the Church of Our Lady, and are highly credible.
Alka had his suspicions at the time, but he really didn't know what era Lucilia lived from, so he didn't tell her about it.
He speculated that it was outside the marginal sea area, but there was no information recorded outside the marginal sea area. It was completely blank, as if it was deliberately hidden by someone.
There was no point in telling Lucelia, and it wouldn't help her know what era or place she came from.
And when meeting the mermaid Julia, especially when Alka sees the obvious trust between Lucelia and Julia.
He knew that the mystery of Lucelia's life was about to be solved.
Plus what Lucelia said at the time, and the information I got from Julia.
He was basically completely sure of his guess.
Although Lucelia didn't seem to think about this at the time, she didn't ask about it deliberately.
Julia is a living intelligent being. She has been sealed in the crystal for no more than 400 years, not to mention how long her life span is.
But what is certain is that she must have had some connection and communication with the race before Lucelia.
When he saw Lucelia, he was just pleasantly surprised, not shocked, which shows that there was still communication between the two races during their lifetime.
At this time, Lucilia finally spoke, and her voice was full of confusion.
"Well, when I was chatting with her just now, she did mention something about our race..."
At this point, she turned and looked at Alka.
"You know, neither me nor she is actually from here, or in other words, not from this world."
During her communication with Julia, Lucelia learned that Julia came from the place where she once was.
During the conversation, Julia casually mentioned some famous places that only existed when she was alive.
And looking at Julia's condition, it is obvious that she may not know that she is already in a completely different place from before.
The reason why Julia was sealed in the crystal was because she encountered a major crisis at a certain moment and had to use this method to ensure her survival.
From the moment she was sealed, she lost consciousness and only recovered some time ago.
This means that even she doesn't know how she got here.
This gave Lucelia hope, but also led her to despair.
As for Julia's six-spiral strength, it was not surprising to Lucelia.
After all, there is a meditation method in the place where they are, and it is not something rare.
With the help of meditation, rapid improvement of strength is inevitable.
It was only because she had spent so much time with Alka and the others that she clearly knew how exaggerated the things a six-helix could accomplish were.
I had only learned about these from books before, and there was no clear reference.
She now knew that her family was most likely still alive and her old friends were still around.
Her hometown when she was alive is still there, which makes her a little fascinated, and this evokes the homesickness hidden in her heart in the dark environment of the magic mirror.
I used to think that time was too long ago, and what I knew was gone, so I didn’t care about it or miss it.
Since it's gone, keeping the memory won't bring her any benefit, just bury it deep in your heart.
But now I know that it’s not because of the passage of time that it disappeared, but because it is too far away. But at least there is still a chance.
Her hometown is still there, and her relatives and friends may still be there.
This hidden emotion suddenly burst out, making Lucelia feel confused and a little helpless.
There is a huge conflict between inner hope and the powerlessness of reality.
Alka looked at the confusion and longing on Lucilia's beautiful face, as well as an expression of mixed emotions.
He can understand and even empathize accurately.
Because his situation might not be much better than Lucelia's.
The exaggerated changes in the environment, the joy of coming back to life, but also the regret that you may never be able to go back.
These were things that Alka had previously buried deep in his heart and tried not to let himself think about.
If Alka knew there was a way to return to his previous world, he would become confused in an instant.
But I will definitely work hard to meet that requirement.
That's why he can empathize with Lucelia now.
He said, "Want to go home?"
Hearing this, Lucilia turned her head and stared at him again , then shook her head helplessly.
“But I don’t know how to get back.”
"You are shocked by this sudden information. You should calm down and think carefully. Do you really not know?"
"What do you mean?" Lucilia's face was full of confusion.
She should know? How could she know?
Alka closed his eyes and spread out his hands. A thick, ancient book appeared in his hands.
It was the book that had been retrieved from the treasures buried in Sade's youth.
"Dreamland"
"The world described in this book does exist, doesn't it? You also said that there is a tradition of traveling to similar places in your hometown."
"As long as we go here, we can get information on how to get to your hometown."
Listening to Alka's words and looking at the book in his hand, Lucilia's already confused mind began to become clear. The sadness and confusion on her face gradually faded away, and turned into joy.
He reached out and held Alka's hands tightly.
A soft, cold palm pressed on the back of Alka's hand.
"Yes, there is such a method. Why didn't I think of it?"
As she spoke, Lucilia stared at Alka, her pupils full of hope.
Alka smiled at Lucelia's expression.
"I will go, and I will take you with me."
"Thanks."
…
After communicating with Lucelia in the dream, Lucelia's condition improved visibly.
Xia Daiti looked at the two-headed Gothic doll jumping around on the boat.
I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Alka.
"So what exactly did you talk to her about? Why is she even happier and more excited than before?"
Alka reached out and picked up Lucelia, who was standing on the edge of the boat and about to fall into the water as the boat moved, and put her on his shoulder.
Then he replied: "Some things she cares about are hard to talk about now. I will communicate with you after this matter is over."
Xiadaiti listened to Alka's answer, looked at him and nodded.
He really couldn't be distracted now. The most important thing was to rescue his father, leave the Dark Realm and reunite with the church.
This is the issue that should be addressed as a priority.
The ship fell into silence again.
Blending in with the surrounding black.
The Feiyan sailed at a very fast speed in the dark sea, leaving a trail of white water.
The sound of splashing water is the only bright spot in the darkness.
…
After sailing for several days, they finally reached the source of the dark outbreak. The journey was uneventful and they did not encounter any strange things.
In front of you is the core location of the entire dark realm, the starting point of the dark outbreak.
Alka leaned against the mast and looked at his surroundings.
The place could be described as completely dark. Alka temporarily turned off his dark vision.
It was almost pitch dark all around, and the only sound one could hear was the sound of ships sailing on the sea.
Without dark vision in this place, normal navigation might not be possible using only the lighting stone.
Because you can't see anything.
Alka tried to use the lighting stone to condense into a searchlight and shine it towards the distance.
However, such a light beam can only extend less than 5 meters before being completely swallowed up by the darkness.
You have to know that Alka used a searchlight made of several pieces of lighting stones, and the light mirror used many refractive surfaces.
The concentrated beam of light was already very dazzling, but it could still only illuminate a certain range.
And the dark elements surrounding them were so obvious, especially since they were already accustomed to the dark environment and could already detect the dark elements relatively easily.
At one point, Alka thought that he was wearing a black tights.
Because his soul attraction is stronger than that of others.
In such an environment, mental protection and dark vision must be almost completely permanent and cannot be switched at all.
And magic power is also continuously consumed, but it is only able to keep pace with the recovery speed.
The spiritual protection is constantly on the defensive.
"We're almost there. It's the island ahead."
Hearing Xia Daiti's words, everyone on the boat turned their eyes forward.
Through dark vision, they could see the outline of a small island not far away, which grew larger as they sailed.
The situation on the island gradually became clear.
"A sea monster is approaching, it's about to attack."
At this time, Julia, who was sitting at the bow, suddenly reminded everyone.
After hearing Julia's words, everyone became alert instantly.
As for why Julia was able to communicate with them normally , it was because in just a few days, Julia had learned their language through Lucelia.
For such a big guy who once reached the sixth spiral, which is the second stage, learning the language is not difficult at all.
As the words fell.
There was a sound of splashing water on the sea surface, and three huge black tentacles emerged from the sea.
Each one was larger than the ship they were on, and when they came together they smashed down on them.
"Sea beast that has been completely invaded by darkness, please let me relieve your suffering."
Julia stood up and raised her jade-like left hand, waving it gently.
I can feel the magic power surging.
A faint light appeared behind her, and a blurry halo like a halo emerged.
Huge bandages appeared from the halo and flew out one after another, bringing with them bursts of air-breaking sounds.
It is called a bandage , but in fact it is more like a white strip of cloth, which seems to be condensed from some kind of fluid.
The fluid inside was still flowing slowly, which was extremely conspicuous.
The flying cloth strips directly wrapped around the three tentacles in the air and tightened them.
A creaking and twisting sound came from above my head.
In just one or two seconds, the three tentacles were cut off where they were entangled, and the huge tentacles fell into the sea.
The smelly blood fell like rain.
Porro waved his hand instantly, and a semicircular water-blue cover flew into the air, completely blocking the smelly blood.
The flying ribbons entangled and turned into three drill-like objects, rushing towards the bottom of the sea.
All I could see was the sea surface ahead, boiling wildly, as if some huge object was struggling under the water.
All I could smell was a faint smell of blood coming from the sea.
"Go on, Xiadaiti."
The ship continued to sail.
This sea monster is just a warm-up for the upcoming destination.
Of course, without Julia, it might have been a war at a disadvantage.
Finally, we arrived at the capital island of the Wasdin Empire and looked at the ruins scattered all over it, as well as the various ship wreckages washed ashore in the port and the surrounding sea areas.
The ruins on the periphery can be clearly seen and are not a problem caused by the passage of time.
The damage to the buildings was obviously caused by the war. Alka also saw a lot of engineering equipment at the port, but these equipment had long since decayed.
There are also many skeleton remains scattered around the port.
It must have been cleaned up by church members who had visited the island before.
Alka and his men pushed the boat through the gaps and onto the beach.
There were various huge ship wreckages and some skeleton fragments piled up everywhere around.
Various weapons can be seen on the ground and in the sand, and rotten swords are everywhere.
There is no vegetation on the island. There are no vines, mosses, etc. It is just a large bare area.
Even the dark vision seemed to be affected in such a place.
Darkvision allows one to see in normal darkness as clearly as in daylight.
But now it seemed as if it had turned into dusk, making some distant environments slightly blurry and dim.
Alka turned his head and looked at Xia Daiti and said, "Xia Daiti, you will take the lead. The goal is to enable you to draw a more detailed map of this island."
Xia Daiti nodded, came to the front, and started marching on the island with everyone.
They crossed the harbor.
Carefully step over the corpses scattered under your feet and the various collapsed buildings around you .
There were still dark marks of burning on the buildings, and all the ruined buildings, even those that were intact, were cut off from the middle.
The direction of the fracture is completely consistent, and as long as a certain height is reached, everything will collapse.
It seems that when the explosion occurred, the energy here was extremely strong and destroyed all the buildings within a certain range.
Similar to a shock wave that cuts like a knife.
The ground is littered with all kinds of war relics. It seems that the Wasdin Empire was indeed at a critical moment of life and death at that time.
It is understandable that such a decision could be made, but although I understand it, I do not agree with it.
The Menichelle Alliance still believed that they had already secured victory, but who knew that they would be dragged down by the enemy and perish together with them.
This is war.
After passing the port, we saw a huge wall within a few hundred meters. The height of the wall was at least 10 meters. We could see the energy explosion at that time, which should have been on the wall.
Because all the buildings in the city that were beyond the city walls were destroyed.
There was a huge gap in the city wall in front of them, which should be the place where it was breached by Menicher's troops.
They walked into the gap.
It can be seen that only the area around the gap still has traces of war, and all the buildings inside collapsed due to the shock wave.
There were no remains of soldiers, only destroyed skeletons.
As they came in, the sound of bones colliding could be heard everywhere.
It seems that the church members who came here at that time did not clean it up, and of course it was impossible to clean it up.
The population here is innumerable.
"This skeleton is stronger than the ones outside, but only to a limited extent." Alka said after destroying several skeletons in front of him.
Perhaps because the dark energy here is stronger, it also affects the strength of these skeletons.
They kept vigilant as they cleared out the skeletons that had escaped along the way, and tried not to go into any buildings.
Based on their actions over the past six months, evil spirits generally move around inside buildings and rarely leave the room or building they are in.
Generally speaking, as long as you are out on the streets or in the wilderness, you will hardly encounter those evil spirits.
Only the power of evil spirits could pose a threat to them.
In this way, Xia Daiti was protected and allowed to conduct detailed surveys of the surrounding island environment.
They walked around the imperial palace in the center of the huge city, which had a portion of its height neatly cut off, but they did not dare to take even a single step inside.
This place is definitely the one with the most touches. Who knows if a bunch of evil spirits will come out to deal with them once they enter.
Therefore, their goal this time is to detect the map of the island and avoid everything else as much as possible.
In this way, except for the skeletons, they walked around the island safely and had a general understanding of the entire island.
Back to the port.
At this time, Xia Daiti was still holding a map in his hand, but the map was covered with stains and some signs of damage.
But in Xia Daiti's words, it can restore it based on what is available.
They obtained this map from a skeleton, and judging by where the skeleton was, it should be the invaders.
The map was made of some kind of leather, so it was in fairly good condition.
Based on the language identification above, it is most likely a map of the Menicher Capital Alliance.
If it is truly restored, they won't have to go around to the other side and they can get two maps.
