Chapter 857 Lord of Pale Frost
The caster team brought good news, but Fiona and Phoenix looked at the snow peak on one side as if they were facing a great enemy.
There, a young man in a luxurious dark golden dress appeared at some point, and his cold dark golden vertical pupils, like reptiles, were looking down at the people on the plain indifferently.
Marquis Draka, a ninth-order extreme existence, his appearance made the air seem to solidify a little.
But when everyone was nervous, a black-robed figure with an aura like an ordinary person, but with a hint of elusive illusion, appeared above everyone, facing Marquis Draka from a distance.
Seeing this figure appear, Fiona's peripheral vision vaguely swept over a seemingly ordinary sixth-order follower behind her.
After she reported to His Majesty the Man in the Mirror, the other party directly arranged a clone to follow her, but it seemed that he did not take the initiative to reveal his identity. I don't know why.
The silent confrontation between the two strong men lasted for several seconds, as if an invisible confrontation was carried out in this moment. Finally, the figure of Marquis Draka dissipated in the air like a gust of wind, leaving no trace.
The black robe phantom in the sky also dissipated, but there was a faint breath of destiny shrouding the surroundings, as if to show the sovereignty of this place.
"Okay, let's go in and explore."
At the same time, after receiving the message from Avis, Fiona calmed down, waved her hand gently, and led everyone into the ruins.
In the outside world, due to the huge vision that could not be concealed, the news that a powerful ruin had been born in the Pale Plain quickly spread. But the breath of destiny left by Avis here is clearly warning the outside covetous people that this is his territory.
Because they are preparing a secret plan, the marquises of the Glory Alliance do not want to continue to provoke him for the time being, and simply acquiesce that the ruins belong to Avis.
Although the marquises of the Glory Alliance have some ideas about this ruins, considering Avis's strength and the secret plan they are preparing, they temporarily choose to give in. After all, it is not a wise move to provoke him at this time.
Marquis Draka left silently before, precisely for this reason.
As for the other scattered professionals below the ninth level, Avis didn't care. If they could gain something and leave safely, it would be their luck.
For Avis, discovering this base was a complete surprise, which also explained how the four major family alliances could survive tenaciously in the future when surrounded by wolves.
This is the foundation accumulated over thousands of years. Even if the family is almost extinct, the members who escaped can still make a comeback with these priceless information.
After entering the base, everyone went straight to the core area of the bottom floor.
Although the internal defense array is still running, the self-operating protection system cannot resist the passage of Fiona and her group without anyone in charge.
Soon, everyone arrived at the core of the base, in front of a huge door made of pale ice.
The door of the laboratory slowly opened, revealing the complex and mysterious structure inside. The walls were inlaid with countless glowing runes, which flickered like stars, interweaving into complex and mysterious patterns.
In the center of the laboratory, a huge magic circle was emitting a faint light.
After Fiona, Phoenix and others walked into the laboratory, their eyes were immediately attracted by a huge object in the center of the magic circle.
It was a huge humanoid statue covered with thick pale frost. It was made of a lead-gray metal. Even lying on the ground, it was nearly ten meters tall, like a mountain giant in mythology. From the current perspective, everyone could only see its upper body.
A pale crystal core was embedded in its chest, emitting strange and unpredictable fluctuations.
Just as everyone was amazed at the majesty and mystery of the statue, a grand but weak spiritual power suddenly emerged from the direction of the statue. The whispering sound echoed in everyone's heart, as if it was a call from a distant time and space.
"You... violated... the agreement... Veseram."
The whispering sound was not in any known language, but everyone could instinctively understand the meaning contained in the spiritual fluctuations. This is a communication beyond language, a direct dialogue between spirit and soul.
"Excuse me, what agreement have we violated?"
Fiona instinctively wanted to look behind her after shrinking her neck unconsciously, but suddenly remembered that she was the leader now, so she plucked up her courage and asked politely.
"Life...soul...every time the cold and heat cycle...I provide power...you provide sacrifices."
"Well, if you are talking about the ancient magic empire Veseram, it has perished more than two thousand years ago."
In connection with the 'Veseram' in the mental fluctuations and the background of this relic, Fiona seemed to understand something vaguely.
"Veseram... perished?"
Hearing the girl's words, the mental fluctuations fell into silence for a while, as if digesting this result.
"Who are you? Where are you talking to us?"
At this time, Phoenix beside Fiona suddenly spoke.
"I... Itaphos... Lord of the Pale Frost... The core of the Colossus... It is the projection of my power... The bridge to communicate with this world."
The mental fluctuations echoed again, unexpectedly straightforward, or it had no concept of concealment, and there was no need to hide its identity in front of these short-lived species.
After several rounds of conversation, everyone also figured out its relationship with this base.
The power source of the Winter Colossus comes from the power of Itafoss stolen by the ancient magic empire.
It descended into the main material world by accident, and then fought a war with the ancient magic empire that unified the entire Yar continent at that time and was in its heyday, and was finally trapped here.
Because this world is shrouded by a huge and astonishingly distorted isolation force field, and there are strange rules missing, it cannot sense the coordinates of the starry sky, nor can it use its own innate abilities to leave. It can only choose to cooperate with the short-lived species on this land, providing part of its own power in exchange for the sacrifices needed to maintain its existence.
In order to reduce consumption, Itafoss's body has long fallen into a deep sleep.
And with the demise of the Veseram Empire, this agreement has also been lost in the long river of history.
Everything Itafoss said made Avis, who had been listening, thoughtful and vaguely grasped some clues.
Although he had sealed a lot of things with the old secret scriptures before, it was the first time he encountered an extraterritorial existence that could communicate normally.
The other party clearly stated that it came from the deep space outside the domain, and from its perspective, this world is a strange area wrapped by a huge isolation force field. The outside of this super-giant isolation force field is also hidden in the distortion of space, and it is almost unnoticeable if not observed very closely.
It is as if the whole world is deliberately hidden.
"What accident has brought you here, sir?"
Ignoring the strange eyes of the people around him who cast on him, a "sixth-level", Avis took the initiative to speak.
"Dark deep space... powerful existence... hunting... hiding... survival."
In this regard, Itafus was concise.
In order to escape the pursuit, he fell into this world by mistake. Although he was trapped for thousands of years, he also successfully avoided the outside pursuers.
However, did he really escape?
With a strange look in his eyes, Avis fell silent again.
As a former super-ninth-level existence, it will sooner or later discover the crisis facing this world.
At the same time, he noticed a detail that the fate of Phoenix Enoch, who was following Fiona, had quietly changed at this moment.
After receiving strong external support, something called ambition began to grow in Phoenix's heart again. (End of this chapter)