mesbooks Chapter 1549 Listening and Doubts
Chapter 1549 Listening and Doubts
"Oh?"
In the spacious corridor of the giant castle, looking at Lila's pleading eyes, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Stone Giant Chief, please go ahead."
Before stepping into this huge city, Lei Xiao had actually anticipated that the other party must have something on his mind, otherwise he would not have been so eager to ask him and his group to come here first.
"To be honest, Your Majesty, a month ago at midnight, a magical ground eruption occurred near this royal court. Although it did not directly touch the surface of the earth, the energy aftermath that surged out directly formed a sunken rift, almost completely destroying everything above it."
Lila took a deep breath and said to Lei Xiao bluntly, "I still remember clearly that night when the entire royal court was shaking. The momentum was quite impressive."
After Lila finished speaking, Kayla and Peyton also nodded, both of them looked frightened. At that time, they thought that it was a half-Titan who was attacking them with some tricks.
It was a dark and windy night. After the magic veins erupted, they were the first to lead the stone giant soldiers to the scene. They saw with their own eyes that the originally flat ground seemed to be torn apart by a pair of invisible giant hands, like a bottomless abyss.
"Fortunately, there is no village of stone giants there, and I and others dispersed the people around immediately, so there was no loss of life."
Lila frowned more and more as she spoke: "But I'm sure Your Majesty also knows that the explosion of the magic veins is more than just a earth-shattering roar."
"The Stone Giant Chieftain said 'Eclipse', right?"
Lei Xiao immediately understood what the other party meant and nodded slightly.
After learning that the root cause of the catastrophe was the "Eclipse", he specially collected a lot of information about the explosion of magical earth veins, and also asked in detail Jasmine, a forest elf, and Erza and Therese, who were dark elves.
Both the forest elves and the dark elves are first-rate forces standing at the top of all races. Even though the dark elves have declined in recent years and are even considered to have fallen from the altar of first-rate forces, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Their knowledge and foundation are by no means comparable to that of ordinary second-rate forces, otherwise they would not have always been able to compete with the light elves.
Although Erza and Therese were far from being heavyweights among the dark elves and the information they possessed was extremely limited, they were still of great help to him.
Through the descriptions of the three people, he has learned that as long as the explosion of the magic veins is larger than a certain scale, "eclipse" will almost always occur, and causing changes in the landform is one of the most notable characteristics.
"As expected of His Majesty the Human Race, your knowledge is far beyond that of ordinary monarchs."
Lila nodded heavily, first confirming Lei Xiao's guess, and then continued: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, due to the long-term competition with the semi-titans, our stone giants have used almost all their resources on the duel. They don't even have the fifth-level [God's Stone], and have no ability to resist the "Erosion" at all."
"After all, since the blank era, the number of magical leylines erupting in the Stone Giant's territory has been relatively limited, and such a large-scale eruption is even rarer."
Lila sighed helplessly and said, "Therefore, all I can do is to learn as much as possible about the Eclipse and the God's Stone."
After Lila finished speaking, Kayla and Payton also shook their heads helplessly.
The patriarch was right. You know, the [God's Stone] needs to recognize its master, so most of the [God's Stone] that occasionally appear in the Shadow Market are damaged and have fallen into a dormant state.
The few that were ownerless were extremely valuable; even those at the fifth tier were priced at ten pieces of sixth tier equipment, which was clearly beyond their means.
In addition, they have heard that by collecting the "Relics of the Old Contract" which is the "Key to Truth", and then finding the "Gate of Truth" and passing the challenge, they can also obtain the "Stone of God", and they have also worked towards this.
However, although there are a large number of "Keys to Truth" on the market, it is difficult to discern the secrets among them. In addition, I heard that only the holder of the "God's Stone" can find the "Door of Truth" more accurately, so after several efforts, I still returned in vain.
Looking at Lila and the others shaking their heads and sighing helplessly, Jasmine couldn't help but slightly raise her eyebrows.
As a forest elf with a certain status in the tribe, she clearly understood that in the early days after the blank era and even until now, almost all the first-rate forces have sent elite teams to secretly search for the "Key to Truth" and the "Gate of Truth", even to the point of openly fighting for them.
Although there is a reason of listening to divine revelation among them, it is more of a contest between powerful forces. Because of this, most of the easily found "Doors of Truth" in the outer realms have already been opened. How could they leave any chance for second-rate forces such as the Stone Giants?
As for the [God's Stone] that occasionally appears on the market, most of them are found by chance by some lucky guys, and most of them eventually fall into the hands of first-rate forces.
Thinking this in her heart, Jasmine looked at Lei Xiao unconsciously again.
Of course, there is an exception, and that is the human emperor. Although the [God's Stone] he possesses is far inferior to any first-rate force, looking at the entire outside world, he can be considered to have some wealth.
Thinking of this, Jasmine cleared her throat, put her hands on her hips and said, "After all, you just want His Majesty to help you get rid of the "Erosion", which is exactly what we are good at!"
After experiencing a hard battle in Guanwang City, and with the magic stone weapon given by Lei Xiao, this girl now feels that she is an expert in fighting against "Eclipse".
"Mr. Pink Hood's words are indeed reassuring, but things are not that simple."
Lila's fair face revealed an increasingly helpless smile, and she shook her head and said, "It's not just the Eclipse that's giving us a headache, but also a mysterious city that appeared with the Eclipse."
"A mysterious city that appeared with the Eclipse?"
Hearing this, a hint of curiosity immediately appeared on Lei Xiao's face, and he nodded to signal the other party to continue.
Although he had learned a lot about the explosion of magical earth veins and the "Eclipse", he had never heard of the mysterious city that appeared with the "Eclipse".
"To be honest, Your Majesty, after evacuating the people around us, we immediately went to the sudden rift to assess the situation. Although we do not have the ability to resist the "Eclipse", we have some means to trap the opponent, which is enough to curb the actions of the "Eclipse" at least in a short period of time."
Lila opened a reception room in the castle corridor, bowed slightly, and invited Lei Xiao and others in, while continuing: "When we arrived at the deepest part of the rift valley, we found that there was a large city that we had never seen before."
"What surprised us even more was that the city was actually fighting against Eclipse!"
Lila's beautiful eyes were a little blurry, and she was obviously recalling the scene at that time: "We were surprised and wanted to go further to check the situation, but we were stopped by an unknown barrier. After trying for a long time without success, we had no choice but to return."
"Is there such a thing?"
Jasmine's delicate face hidden in the pink hood was full of surprise. She said thoughtfully, "It is impossible for a city to appear through the magical leyline. So, the city has always been there?"
"I think so too. It was the appearance of the rift that allowed us to discover the city that was originally hidden underground."
Lila nodded heavily, confirming Jasmine's guess.
"What kind of city is that?"
The curiosity on Jasmine's face became more intense, and she asked again.
"We can only be sure that it is not a city of stone giants or half-titans, because the scale is different. It is of normal size."
Lila first gave up the top seat in the room to Lei Xiao, and then responded: "The light in that city is extremely limited, and we are blocked outside the barrier and cannot cast lighting spells. Even the night vision spell has lost its effect, so we can't figure out the other party's identity."
"Not only that, they even told us to get out, saying that this was their territory!"
Kayla looked annoyed and echoed something without any context.
"Your Majesty, this is what happened."
Lila took over the conversation again and added: "After discovering the sudden unknown city, we turned back the next day and were still blocked outside the barrier. This time, the city was not fighting with the "Eclipse", but a dull old voice came out, saying that we had entered their territory and asked us to... leave quickly."
Hearing what Lila said, Lei Xiao couldn't help but look at Fei'er and other strong men on our side, and they all saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.
Although Lila's words were more tactful, it was not difficult to know from her overall description that the place was not far from the royal court and was obviously the heartland of the stone giants, so there was no possibility of any other forces there.
Therefore, whether it is the origin of the unknown city or its ability to fight against "Eclipse", it is undoubtedly a very curious place.
"Then what happened?"
Lei Xiao sat down at the top seat and looked at Lila who was bringing snacks.
"To answer your Majesty, that place is too close to the royal court after all. We will not watch such uncertain factors appear."
Lila placed several plates of exquisite pastries in front of Lei Xiao and responded, "However, no matter what means we used, even if we assembled the strongest five-level legions to attack together, we could not shake the barrier at all. Fortunately, the other side ignored us, otherwise a fierce battle would have broken out."
As she spoke, beads of cold sweat broke out on Lila's fair forehead.
The most crucial thing is that they don’t even know the other party’s true identity, let alone the other party’s specific strength. Acting so rashly under such circumstances is obviously extremely inappropriate now.
But then again, the other party's position is very close to here. How can this feeling of having something stuck in the throat not make people unable to sleep or eat?
"Without any help, we only sent a dozen legions to station there and built several temporary fortresses to monitor the enemy's every move at all times."
Lila gathered her thoughts and said to Lei Xiao with her eyebrows lowered: "Until today, we still have no way to deal with the other party, so we told His Majesty everything."
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for us stone giants!"
After saying that, Lila and the other two bowed respectfully to Lei Xiao and said in unison.
"Don't worry, now that I know about this, I won't sit idly by."
Lei Xiao looked at the three people with expectant eyes and nodded slightly.
However, although he said so on the surface, Lei Xiao had no confidence at all in his heart.
You know, this is a mysterious city that even the stone giants of the second-rate forces can't do anything to. And I have just stepped into the threshold of the second-rate force and don't have enough confidence at all.
But what is certain is that if he can help Lila and others solve this trouble, it will also be a good opportunity for him to gain a higher reputation among the Stone Giants.
"Then again, if I go there and still can't break through the opponent's barrier, that would be really embarrassing."
Lei Xiao smiled helplessly in his heart, and then he remembered something and asked Lila: "Since we have found traces of the Eclipse, have the destroyers of the Eclipse ever appeared? Have they broken through the opponent's barrier? Or have they come into contact with the mysterious city?"
"Your Majesty, we have also thought of this, but we have not found any trace of the Eclipse Exterminator."
Lila shook her head and responded, "I just know that after the initial eruption of the magic veins, that area erupted many times in small scales, and it was the mysterious city that blocked the "eclipse". There has never been any sign of intervention by the "eclipse" destroyer."
"It's strange. That group of unscrupulous 'Erosion' destroyers even walked across the territory of the first-rate forces without paying any attention to that place?"
Jasmine's voice was full of confusion, and she said puzzledly: "This is unheard of."
"We also find it very strange, but we can be sure that the Eclipse destroyers must have discovered that place. After all, they left traces at the junction of us and the stone giant not long ago."
Lila nodded, confusion also appearing in her beautiful eyes.
Based on similar situations in previous times, the "Eclipse" destroyers arrived at the scene as soon as possible and resolved all the "Eclipses".
The only difference this time is the sudden unknown city.
"Could it be that even the Eclipse destroyer can't break that barrier?"
Jasmine puffed up her cheeks, pondered for a moment, and tilted her head.
"Unless that barrier is stronger than the first-rate force standing at the top of all races."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, then stood up from his seat and said, "Whatever we say here is just our guess. Let's go to the scene and investigate. Maybe we can soon crack the secret of that unknown city." (End of this chapter)