Silent Crown: The Well of Guixu
In the middle of the night, it was raining in the sky.
On a dark street, a man in a coat stirred up a wind lantern.
The rain seems to be endless, falling on the man's long coat with a greedy chill, which is thorough.
The cold air frosted on the shell of the wind lantern, and the light was dim. This dim yellow light illuminates a few feet in front of him. Where the light is not bright, it is all dark in the rain.
The surrounding area was distorted by darkness and rain. Only when the thunder light flashed, could it illuminate the towering fortress behind him. On the fortress, the stone beast squatted on the dripping mouth, spitting out rainwater with green moss marks.
When the wind lantern is stirred up, it lights up the man's face.
He looks very old, with green eyes and a short white beard.
There is an abnormal breath in the air, because whether it is rain falling on the ground, electric lights gleaming in the clouds, or the low breathing of the old man, and the whole city, the same weirdness.
Because, there is no sound here!
In such a silent world, even the real sense of breathing and heartbeat is gradually stripped away. The fainthearted will not be afraid when they come here, because fear has long been frozen by this silence.
Gaius has been here many times, but every time he feels that this ruin-like city is assimilating himself, making himself indifferent, like walking dead.
——Even ghosts can't survive in this silence, right?
When he raised his head to breathe, he could feel that this abandoned city was full of invisible things. It was the'ether' scattered in the atmosphere and soil. The ether resonated with his lungs, and then all sounds were coldly Take away.
When he looked down, he could see the rain on the ground fluctuating with the ether. The ripples overlap, gorgeously like oriental silk. The ‘silk’ spread from under his feet and spread all the way to the dark streets.
This is a gorgeous prison.
The sound is swallowed by the barrier here, and the ether is sleeping here. Even the musicians who are through the sky can't communicate with the ether here-this is the dragon sleep barrier.
In the silence, Gaius suddenly raised his head, and he felt something approaching.
Because of the darkness.
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In the twisted rain curtain, the darkness is like an indeterminate living creature, struggling hard and dancing frantically...To escape, you must tear yourself apart and expel that thing out of your body.
So, the darkness is separated.
In this silence, rain and wind swept. The gray shadows walked out of the darkness. The gray color is like boiling lime, the sharp edges and corners of marble.
There were thirty-one when they left, and only nine were left when they returned. Their gray robes were almost covered with tragic blood. The man headed staggered, holding a slender thing in both hands. The thing was wrapped in a dirty white cloth, supporting his body without falling down.
When Gaius saw him, he couldn't help taking a step back.
Half of his face has been scorched, the wound has not healed yet, and it has been blistered by the rain. Water droplets fell from the side face, all with a faint blood color.
"Hain?"
He muttered in shock, but suddenly realized that he couldn't make a sound.
Hein twitched the corner of his mouth hard, as if laughing. This man was hailed as a face as handsome as a heavenly man, but now he was as ugly as the Asuras in hell.
Gaius didn’t have time to say anything, he turned around, seized the time, and pushed open the door of the fortress.
For a moment, he peeked behind Hein, cautiously.
Behind Hein, the grey-clothed monks stood silently, carrying a huge and heavy object on their shoulders, which was wrapped in layers of white cloth, only a sharp edge was exposed.
Gaius felt his eyes were tingling, and he dared not look any more.
The door closed silently, engulfing the trail of a group of people.
The light of thunder flashed through the clouds. On the fortress, the lion-headed stone beast on the dripping mouth stared at the sky, grinning like a sneer.
The deep wind blows from the darkness.
is like walking into the world of Hades.
They hovered downward, as if never ending.
The torch on the wall illuminates the long corridor, Gaius leads the way, and the heavy copper spoons sway around his waist, silently when they collide with each other.
As the key turns, the sixth door of black iron opens. Every time, Gaius could feel the friction between the bronze hub and the huge structure behind the door. The violent vibration seemed to rush into his body with the key, destroying his old bones completely.
Every time he took a step, he couldn't help but want to turn his head back to take a look at the thing behind Hein. The thing was calling for him, making him turn around quickly, look closely, and see what it looks like.
In that call, his mind was turbulent. The invisible palm pulled the soul in his body, urging softly:
"Turn around."
The voice said: "Turn around quickly."
looked at me.
look at me quickly.
——Look at me!
He shuddered all over, because the silent call screamed in his ear!
A palm was pressed on his shoulder, which calmed his confused heartbeat. He was awake, only feeling drenched in cold sweat.
Only now did he realize that he had been standing in front of the last door for a long time, immersed in some kind of secret temptation, unable to extricate himself.
That thing is magical!
Gaius looked back and smiled hard, Hein just retracted his palm and motioned for him to move on.
When the last key was inserted into the keyhole, Gaius felt tired and dying.
The three-meter-thick iron gate opened in the tremor. As the machine bracket twisted, the torch was lit and the darkness dissipated. The icy wind blowing from behind the door, with a pungent and scorching smell, made people dizzy.
But Gaius faintly breathed a sigh of relief, his mission is finally about to be completed, and their mission is the same.
He raised his head and looked at the inscription on the iron gate:
——The Well of the Ruins.
Behind that iron gate is the abyss.
In the darkness, light rises from the abyss, undulating, illuminating their pale faces.
In the Eastern legend, there is a whirlpool at the end of the ocean called Guixu. It is the embers left behind when the last world passed away, so it represents death. The dead stars and dead sea water fell from the whirlpool, fell into the endless darkness, and never returned.
There is only darkness in the Kegui Ruins, where is there such a light as if the world burned up?
In the dark abyss, there is a glowing glow.
As if silver and gold were melted, the hot copper juice and molten iron rolled in the cauldron, converging into a whirlpool, rolling endlessly, and the silvery white and cold light illuminates the faces of each of them.
After watching it for a long time, I feel dizzy and want to plunge into it and jump into the whirlpool.
This is the Well of Guixu, the end of the world, where all lives die.
Even the ether will be killed here.
Those elements with sacred powers are floating in the abyss, falling like ashes. But before they die, they will gather together, rushing through the air like boiling molten iron, turning into a whirlpool of pain.
Under the whirlpool is death.
"Finally here."
Gaius whispered silently, and looked back at Hein, only to see the shock and fear in Hein's pupils.
Because in the silence, there was a faint voice.
The faint sound is extremely subtle, but in this terrible silence, it is extremely clear. It whizzed, surging like a sea tide, and the sound diffused in the air, causing ripples.
Because on the shoulders of the grey-clothed monk, among the layers of shroud, that thing is...breathing!
Gaius and Hein’s faces solidified, and they turned their heads, only to see the last scene—in the scarred gray-robed monk, a man's body collapsed suddenly and fell to the ground.
was only swept by the ripples for a moment, and his face was shattered, and his body was scattered all over the ground, like gravel. There is no blood on the ground, because all the blood has merged into the sound of breathing!
Then, the breathing became violent like a tsunami!
collapse!
The screaming sound like the scraping of an iron plate rises from the lingering sound of breathing! That scream was so high-pitched and so tactful. While the eardrum is shattering, it makes people feel like singing.
Acura this world!
was only a faint tremor at first, but now it has turned into a roar!
Like a knife and axe, the scales of a dragon rub against each other, and when the stars fall, the earth breaks. The endless scream is spreading, it condenses into huge ripples, to break free from the layers of shackles and restraints on the body.
the drama burst out, and the air wave swept across.
——The Dragon Sleep enchantment, broken!
In the deep abyss under the well of the ruins, the light rolls.
The iron flow vortex bursts!
The hot, silvery fluid is boiling again! A huge amount of light spots rise from the lake surface like steam, accompanied by strong winds everywhere, rippling layers in the scream!
In front of this scream, the human body was lifted up like a fallen leaf and pressed against the wall. The lungs seemed to be stuffed with iron sand, unable to breathe. That kind of power presses people's bodies into the stone, making their flesh and blood become mud!
Then, layers of shroud shattered.
In the illusion that the world is spinning around, Gaius only felt that his brain was blank, but he finally saw what the thing looked like... it was a steel coffin!
On the cross-shaped steel coffin, layers of bound chains trembled in an uneasy earthquake, and fell apart with the loud noise of its landing. Iron and steel burned out in that kind of power!
The iron coffin was trembling, and the copper nails on the lid of the coffin popped out quickly. They were afraid of the monsters hidden in it and wanted to escape. Dense cracks emerged from above, spreading rapidly like living creatures.
The screaming sound is getting louder and louder!
screaming frantically, like the hand of a demon, patted the gray-clothed monks on the wall into muddy mud. But on Hein, the terrifying pressure was bounced off.
Because Hein raised his head, there was a golden fire in his eyes!
seemed to have divine power attached to his body. He broke free and crawled towards the iron coffin, incredibly fast-like falling into the abyss, like moths into the fire.
He chanted something in a low voice, his hands suddenly pressed on the iron coffin!
For a moment, the screaming disappeared.
A moment of silence is extremely long.
Immediately afterwards, the scream exploded thousands of times!
That terrible tremor turned into substance, and rushed up his body along his arm.
The skin of his arm was cracked from inch to inch, blood spurted out, but atomized in the twisted wind, but the blood gas got into the gap of the iron coffin and disappeared without a trace.
is the palm first, then the arm, and then half of the body. Hein's body was rapidly withering and shrivelling, and his life was about to be consumed by his blood! He turned back hard, looking at Gaius, his lips closed, trying to shout something.
Gaius was stunned.
He lowered his head and saw the slender package rolling down beside him. That was what Hein had brought back along the way, and with the shaking and tumbling, the shroud that had bound it untied, revealing the holy objects in it.
is like a long spear poured from pig iron, rough and wild, with a blunt blade, but it is stained with layers of blood. In the scream, its blade lit up, buzzed, and released a burning light.
The rays of light were fierce, cutting the shackles on Gaius' body.
With all his strength, he bent down and squeezed the spear.
For a moment, I felt infinite power pouring into my body, as well as courage. The terrifying roar disappeared, only the sound of my own heartbeat lingered in my ears, like rolling thunder.
The power of the gods filled his body, causing the blood to burn, and the heart almost burst, making him indulged in it, and wanted to release this power.
If there is iron in front, pierce the iron, if there is a dragon in front, it will penetrate the dragon, and if there is an enemy in front, let him be broken into pieces.
His consciousness is dominated by this power, he can't help standing up, taking seven steps forward, his steps are imprinted in the stone.
Now, he is standing in front of the enemy.
The iron coffin trembled endlessly.
He glared at the crack in the iron coffin, glared at the darkness in it, and clenched the spear in both hands, using all his strength and courage to stab it out!
There is a sound of bursting blisters.
just like an iron coffin, but a phantom, the spear easily penetrated the crack, pierced into the darkness, and then pierced out from the other end.
, like an illusion, he heard a scream like a dragon before he died.
screaming, the screaming stopped abruptly, and the dancing etheric light suddenly stopped, then it condensed, turned into a torrential rain, and returned to the abyss.
Silence swept over again, and the iron coffin fell into dead silence again.
The filling power disappeared, and Gaius staggered around, trying to lift Hyin on the ground.
This burly man has now withered into a baby. When touched, it shattered and turned into ashes. Only the head rolled to the ground, staring at Gaius with his shriveled eyes.
He is dead.
Gaius closed his eyes for him, turned and walked towards the iron coffin.
is like a mayfly shaking a big tree, this old man pushes the iron coffin hard, squeezing every bit of strength in the bones, bit by bit, pushing deeper.
Until the last strength is exhausted, push it into the boiling whirlpool of iron current!
The iron coffin fell, rolled in the air, and sank into the whirlpool silently.
The rough spear still penetrates the iron coffin deeply, as it sinks into death.
At the last moment, he saw the horror totem inscribed on the iron coffin.
It seems to have walked out of a nightmare. It has a brass face and a black iron body. It has three heads with traces of birds, beasts and people. It is huge and ferocious, with countless arms holding flames. , Frost, Plague, Knives, Axes, Water Bottles, Bones...
obviously doesn’t look like a human, but it looks so...beautiful!
is terrifyingly perfect.
This is a creation in mythology, the sinful son of God and Mother Earth, a demigod full of anger and power.
——A giant with a hundred arms.
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When Gaius walked out of the ruined city, he heard the sound of waves.
Perhaps staying in the silence for too long, even the sound of the waves makes people feel like a kind of salvation.
In the swaying cold rain, the carriage waited quietly in the dark. The man in the car waved to him, he froze for a moment, got into the car, and the carriage took him on the way back.
The inside of the car is very warm, with the smell of incense lingering, and the decoration is gorgeous.
It’s just that he still feels coldness lingering on him, unable to dispel it.
The person sitting across from him brought a hand stove to him. He felt a trace of precious warmth, but his face was still pale.
"Welcome back to the world."
The white-haired oriental man turned the light up to illuminate his face.
Like all oriental nobles, Bai Heng wore a silk robe, and the silver silk embroidered pattern was faintly revealed on the robe. That kind of tattoo with full majesty and arrogance, like a flame.
Besides white hair, Bai Heng looks very young, energetic, and has no wrinkles on his face. Only when he looked into his eyes did Gaius feel: This guy is really as old as himself.
"When did you come?" Gaius asked softly.
"Quickly followed, so there was no time to take a long look."
Bai Heng lowered his eyes, and the lingering fear remained: "Just looking at it, I feel that my mind is going to be lost. It's really desperate."
"There is nothing to despair."
Gaius whispered. He recalled Hein's face, recalled his withered head and shriveled eyeballs, and his expression dimmed: "From the beginning to the end, what we can do is not only'pay the price'?" "
"I'm just afraid that we can't pay the price." Bai Heng said softly, "I lost dozens of musicians, accompanied by the Dragon Slaying Spear, which was dubbed'St. George', just to deal with hundreds of people. The sleepy dreams of the arm giants. From the eyes of those monsters, it's ridiculous that human beings resist so much, right?
is like an ant, even death is worthless. "
Gaius was silent.
After a long time, he sighed softly: "Bai Heng, 20 years ago, when the'Silver Bane' destroyed the wolf city, I was in the city."
"Huh?" Bai Heng was taken aback.
"I was standing on the wall at the time, watching it come from a distance, the waves were overwhelming, with gorgeous neon, it was really...beautiful. So, rest assured, that magnificent destruction will It makes people feel that it is not a pity to be buried in it."
Bai Heng was stunned, and for a long time, he suddenly laughed softly: "Humans are really ridiculous. I don't feel so sorry to hear that we can die more beautifully."
"So, first worry about the problems while you are still alive."
Gaius closed his eyes and chanted the dogma softly:
"——Awe the ether."
Bai Heng was silent.
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The silence continued until the carriage stopped.
Outside the car is the port, and a sea boat is waiting to set sail in the rainy night.
Through the window, Gaius heard the sound of the waves. He had already left the scope of the Dragon Sleep enchantment, and his voice returned to this world.
staying in the silence for too long, even the noisy sound of the waves on weekdays feels redemption. Gaius couldn't help but glance back at the distance.
can be far away in the dark, I can't see anything.
"Then, don't pass this. His Majesty the Pope is still waiting for my report."
He got out of the car and looked back at the car: "Are you going back to the east too?"
"Yes, after all, I still have a very...arrogant majesty in my family." Bai Heng sighed: "If I'm not here, maybe something bad will happen, right?"
Gaius smiled: "It’s really hard to be a chaotic courtier, Bai Heng."
"It's the regent." Bai Heng corrected it seriously.
"Then, goodbye, Mr. Regent."
"Goodbye, Your Royal Highness."
The carriage door closed.
During the heavy rain, Gaius quietly stared at the man's carriage disappearing into the rain.
Amidst the sound of countless rain, he looked back into the darkness where the fortress was, as if he could hear the roar of the monster through countless layers of blockade.
"I really don't understand."
His eyes are deep: "Why are you monsters wandering around in the human world?"
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This year~IndoMTL.com~ There is a rare phenomenon of double moons in the sky. The pale moon and the blue moon hang high at the same time.
There have been six earthquakes on the ground. Some areas are still dry and some areas have been flooded. Some people claim that a black liquid that can burn has been found in the desert. Some people say that the continents are moving. Some people say that the earth is round. Others say that the ancestors of humans are monkeys.
These are all minutiae.
This year, the revolutionary army occupying the New World is still budding, and the natural disasters in the dark world are still raging.
Some countries borrow heavily from national debts that can never be repaid, and some places aggressively expand their legions. The war between nations for relics and ancient technology continues.
The Holy City is responsible for forgiving the sins committed by humans, and the nobles of the East are responsible for selling silk to the dead.
Everyone fights, kills, and seems to be very busy.
Few people have noticed that the dark age has ended for hundreds of years, and the fragile peace between mankind and natural disasters has been maintained for too long.
The world is still so huge, but it's a pity that most of it is hidden in the dark.
There are now nine of the twelve kingdoms left, occupying a small corner of the world with difficulty, and slowly and cautiously opening up the territory in an unknown direction.
Some people cast their sights on the other side of the ocean.
Because the wind brings the tide of a new era.