First Test

The snowfield we are in is surrounded by the Arreat Mountains. According to my precise calculations as a mathematician, the altitude should be about seven or eight thousand meters.

Fortunately, in the past half month, we have already become accustomed to the snowy mountain environment of 10,000 meters high. When we come here, we feel that we can breathe easier. [bsp; It is probably the barrier protection set up by King Arthur. Although it is a flat and open plain area than the frozen tundra, there are no monsters here. At least, the three of us did not see a single monster along the way.

This is probably one of the reasons why Alto 1iya put away the artifact suit without any scruples, so that I don’t have to transform. Without putting on the artifact suit, Alto 1iya’s strength is only around the mid-level in the pseudo-realm. In the second world of Harrogath, if you are an ordinary adventurer, this kind of strength is definitely enough. Even in front of Baal's Throne of Destruction, you can walk around a few times and leave a sentence: After visiting here, your elegant body And retreat.

But compared to Alto 1i Ya's trouble-attracting physique, the pseudo-realm intermediate level is far from enough.

It's even worse for me. If I don't transform, if I don't rely on Xiaoxue and the others, I may not be able to defeat the pseudo-domain level monsters.

The sadness of the body.

From the foot of the mountain to the destination, according to the map, there is still some distance, but there are no monsters blocking the way, and there are no uphills and downhills. The terrain of 11 square meters made our group's speed increase more than ten times.

If it weren't for Altoia's respect for King Arthur and the Twelve Knights, her determination to reach the destination one step at a time and accept the test, plus the first test she mentioned, I don't know where to start counting our group. In terms of overall strength, I really want to summon Xiaoxue and the others to ride on a ghost wolf and reach their destination in a matter of minutes.

It was another day's journey on foot. Because I had been there several times, Altoiya had a good grasp of time. After resting in place for a night, when we woke up the next day, we were already less than twenty miles away from our destination. Enough to meet King Arthur's first test with full spirit.

"We've arrived."

As we walked, Altoiya suddenly stopped and turned back to us.

"Huh?"

I'm also wondering. According to the distance we've traveled, we should be able to see our destination clearly even if we haven't arrived yet, but why...

Why can't I see anything?

In addition to the vast snow-white plains, or the vast snow-white plains, where is the entrance? This is King Arthur's test. Even if a castle is not built here, the large gate across from the huge 100-meter-wide moat is inlaid with gems, with the seven characters "Trial Ground of the Elf King", then there should at least be a person. The breathtaking large space door is hundreds of meters high and tens of meters wide. It is made of fine steel and weighs tens of thousands of tons. The left door is engraved with a magnificent relief of the Holy Angel, and the right door is engraved with a strange and gloomy demon destroying the world. Picture, this is right.

Then, we heard Altoia telling us that we had arrived at our destination.

It’s a scam, it’s too far from what I imagined.

Even if the princess of a country pointed to the front and told me that her home was right in front, I thought I could see a simple and magnificent castle, but unexpectedly I was taken to a mud cave and saw a wet haystack sitting on it. Above, the old king wears a straw ring on his head and clothes that don't cover his body.

,"Where?"

I looked around and saw

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Out of sight, I couldn't see anything except the snow, mountains and sky. Could it be that the imaginary castle could only be seen by Altoiya? I also plan to dig out the gems inlaid on the top of the door, hun! !

, "Well... let me see..." Altoiya was also looking around with me, but she obviously had a clear direction. After a while, the light stopped somewhere, strode up, and stepped on it. , then squatted down and began to peel away the snow above.

Could it be that she was looking for an ant dong? I thought about it with some sarcasm, but I still followed the footsteps of the queen's wife, got together, and started digging together.

The skills we gained from digging in ice caves during this period came in handy. With our quick movements, a full meter of snow was quickly accumulated on the ground, and the stone surface gradually emerged.

The stone floor could be an altar or something?

This time I guessed it right. With the help of Jieluka and I, in a short while, a stone circular altar covering an area of ​​about ten square meters came out on the snow.

It is said to be an altar, but it is actually quite simple. It is made of some square stone slabs, slightly protruding from the ground about a finger high. The magic circle on it is very simple. In addition to being flat, even if I want to praise it, the entire altar cannot be praised. I know what words to look for, but even after hundreds of thousands of years, I can't find any sense of ancient history and vicissitudes of life.

In the center of the altar, a stone pillar with a diameter of half a meter and a foot high protrudes. In the center of the stone pillar, there is a long and neat gap, which seems to correspond to some kind of key switch. This is the entire altar.

"Fan, Jessica, are you ready?" Altoiya asked us, standing beside the stone pillar in the center of the altar.

, "No problem, wait anytime, you'd better tell me what will happen after opening this altar." I, a witch, thought of the possibility of King Arthur being evil and unscrupulous, and quickly stopped, I was full of confidence just now. answer.

, "I'm not sure about this either. The way to enter the previous twelve tests is different each time. It's probably based on the random test.

"Altoiya shook his head.

"There's no problem..."

I am speechless and far away. Boss King Arthur, what kind of room are you trying to make? There is not even an entrance for people to live in.

"Then let's go out."

Altoiya took a deep breath, pulled out the invisible sword of victory, and glanced at Jeluka and me one by one with a confident smile.

"There will be no problem this time."

I smiled back, and Jieluka bent down slightly and saluted, her eyes showing rare seriousness and confidence.

With a crisp sound of "clang", Altoiya turned around and without hesitation thrust the sword of victory in his hand into the gap in the center of the stone pillar. It was neither big nor small, and the invisible blade was just like that. Like a key" completely fell into the gap for more than a foot length.

Then, Altoiya held the hilt of the sword and twisted it slightly. Following Altoiya's movements, the stone pillar rotated ninety degrees, making a roar and embedding movement somewhere.

After completing a series of actions, Altoiya immediately pulled out the sword of victory, and the three of them looked around to see what changes had occurred.

"It seems like there's nothing... Wow!!!!"

Before I could finish my words, a dark hole suddenly cracked under my feet on the solid altar stone. "I was caught off guard and fell.

From the corner of my eye, the moment I fell, a dark hole also opened under the feet of Altoiya and Jelka, and they fell together with me.

Even Jielu Ka, who possesses advanced strength in the pseudo-realm, couldn't react and fell down. There must be something weird about the cave that suddenly appeared from under his feet.

The unknown tunnel seemed to be connected to another space. It was pitch black, and I could only feel my body falling downwards. After the initial shock, I calmed down.

Anyway, it’s impossible to throw us to death at the entrance.

Sure enough, after the body fell for a few seconds, a faint light of fire came from below. With my keen eyesight, I found that I was about to hit the ground. I quickly turned over, adjusted my posture, and did a difficulty level. A 6 in the air.

Perfect! !

Putting one knee and two hands on the ground to buffer the momentum of my fall, I patted my cloak and stood up in an unusually calm and relaxed manner.

Before my knees were straightened, there was a dull thud from the side. When I looked back, I saw that it was Altoiya, who was also holding the knee in a graceful posture, and his eyes immediately turned towards me.

Judging from the situation, the tunnel that appeared under our feet did not separate the three of us. Well, where is the dirty joke shinv?

As soon as this thought came to my mind, the black shadow of Congtianerjiang smashed me to the ground.

"Safe 6."

Jieluka stood up from the ground, patted her clothes calmly, and made a victory gesture.

"Ann your sister!!"

Lying on the ground in a large font, I turned my head and shouted loudly at Jieluka who looked as if nothing had happened.

This guy, obviously the strongest among the three of them, just landed on me and almost broke my fragile waist. It was definitely intentional, you bastard! ! !

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty King Ji." It seemed that he noticed me at this time, Jieluka apologized calmly.

"Do you think I will forgive you if you say I'm sorry?"

I wish I could transform into Godzilla, spit out a mouthful of fire from the tip of my tongue, and say with bared teeth and claws.

"Your Highness must have heard wrong. I didn't say sorry, so please forgive me."

"That's weird, and the attitude is even worse. I will never forgive you!!"

"Ahem."

Altoiya coughed lightly at the side, and her smile under the dim firelight became more gentle.

"This is not the first time I want to say that the relationship between Jieluka and Fan is really good."

"Is this happening? We were clearly quarreling just now." I thought to myself that something was wrong, turned back to face Altoiya, laughed, and entered the mode of pretending to be stupid.

"I'm not sure either. Grandpa Lyman said that sometimes quarrels are also a sign of good feelings. I didn't really understand this sentence before, but after seeing Fan and Jieluka, I suddenly agreed."

Elder Lehman, don’t teach Altoiya these little common sense that are not important to the king. Aren’t there many other things that can be taught and must be taught? !

I laughed so hard that I was sweating profusely.

"Let's take a look around first. We seem to have arrived at the first test point." One of Wu's unique skills is to change the subject without leaving any trace.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, they attracted everyone's attention, even I thought it should be so.

The three of them began to investigate around.

What should I say here? It's a bit like the environment in Lu Gaoyin's ancient tomb. Above and below the walls, there are square passages made of unknown stones. The two walls are neatly lined with dim magic lamps, extending into the darkness of the passage. at.

The only suspicious thing is that this straight passage is not flat, but inclined, with a downward slope of about 30 degrees.

I tried punching the wall and kicking it." The shock and pain from my hands and feet made me realize that the Mi Palace Killer couldn't do anything here.

"Hey, is there a stone monument here?"

Jieluka seemed to see something over there, and asked us to come over and take a look.

Looking at what she pointed at, there was indeed an abrupt stone monument, as conspicuous as the starting line in this empty closed passage.

There are four simple words written on the stone tablet.

1 What is love? 1

The font is fine and neat, as if it was written by a woman, and there is a faint momentum flowing out of every horizontal stroke...

I don’t quite know how to describe it, but if I had to say it, it would be “very Alto Elegant.”

Could it be from the pen of King Arthur? It is very possible, and probably only her, that the words she wrote can still make people feel the momentum in them after hundreds of thousands of years.

What is love?

What does King Arthur want to ask, but "If the superficial knowledge of elves I usually learned from Jieluka and the others remembers correctly, King Arthur has indeed never been married, and has never heard of the existence of lovers.

In that era, it seemed that no man could be worthy of the dazzling King Arthur. Of course, this is also a common view. What if King Arthur just likes men with petite looks?

Off topic, King Arthur wrote this sentence, it is indeed understandable from her glorious life, but "Why do you want to be an official here?"

In this case, what exactly did King Arthur want to tell her heir in the first test?

It seems that maybe we can find out if we continue walking.

Altoiya also came over, but he didn't look at the words on the stone tablet seriously. I cast a suspicious look on it. Is this the autograph left by the king you respect?

"I've seen it. Although the content of each test is different," the stone tablet will always appear. "

Altoiya explained, and for some reason, I seemed to hear a hint of helplessness and wavering in her mouth.

Although I really want to ask if such a stone tablet will appear again in the next test, and what is the content on it, I have solved the dilemma in my heart at this time, but judging from Altoiya's look, I guess I will ask, and it will be okay. The topic will be changed very abruptly.

Suspicious, very suspicious.

"What to do next?"

"It's easy to find the stone tablet. Just press it and the first test will come."

Altoiya pointed to the bottom of the stone tablet and took a closer look. It was indeed written in very small characters that if you press it, the test will appear.

What a shame, writing such important words in such an inconspicuous place! What if you don’t notice?

I secretly despised King Arthur. As mentioned above, I stretched out my hand on the stone tablet and pressed it hard.

Well, the ting was so strong that it wasn't even crushed.

The stone tablet shook, made a roaring sound, and slowly sank.

"Something's wrong."

At first we thought it was the movement caused by the sinking of the stone monument, but as the movement grew louder and louder, we finally discovered that the entire passage was shaking violently and making louder and louder rumbling sounds, as if something huge was moving rapidly.

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From just now, I have always felt that the inclined slope is a bit suspicious. Could it be that as a time traveler, I have more useless knowledge in my head than others, but it comes in handy at this time. What comes to mind, I His expression suddenly changed, and he had no time to explain. He held Altoiya with one hand and Jeluka with the other, and ran down the slope desperately.

"How……"

The two girls who were forcibly dragged and running had not figured out what was going on. They were about to ask, but the corner of their eyes fell into the dim depth of the passage behind them, and their expressions changed accordingly.

On the uphill slope of the passage behind us, a huge sphere that blocked the passage so much that even a rabbit could not get through it was rolling towards us with a rumbling momentum that could crush everything.

As expected, you bitch! ! !

"We can try to crush it."

The huge sphere rolled over and there was no way to avoid it. This situation did not seem to frighten Jieluka. After all, if we were ordinary people, we would indeed be desperate, but the three of us are the best among adventurers. Let alone a giant ball rolling over, even if a hill presses down, it may not be able to crush it to death.

Therefore, after keeping up with me, it is reasonable for Jieluka to make such a suggestion.

"Let's forget it. I always feel that the current situation will not be resolved by us so easily." I replied while carefully maintaining my control.

"Sixth sense or seventh sense?"

Jieluka tilted her head and looked at me, and suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question.

And I always feel that the meaning of this question is very disrespectful.

"The sixth sense." I glared at her angrily.

"oh."

He seemed to accept my statement immediately. What if my answer was the seventh sense? What would she do? I really mind it, mind this pornographic joke and its unpleasant attitude, you bastard!

"What you said is right. His Majesty King Arthur's test shouldn't be that simple." Altoiya also agreed with my statement. In the blink of an eye, a dagger in her hand flicked back and turned into a thorn of white light. Towards the rolling boulder behind me.

"Although it's just a casual throw." But with Altoia's strength, if the ball rolling over is just an ordinary stone, then the flying dagger should be able to smash it, and further "If it is an iron ball, the dagger You can also chā in.

The three eyes followed the master's footsteps and fell firmly on the dagger. The moment they came into contact with the giant ball, there was a sudden crisp sound. The giant ball was not shattered, but the dagger was inexplicable. 's disappeared.

The three of them looked away and glanced at each other, and they could all see two words in their pupils.

Run away.

Among the three, Jieluka, who is an advanced example of the pseudo-realm, is very fast, but not a few points faster than Altoiya.

Although my current strength is the weakest among the three, because of the spiritual connection, I have enjoyed the agility point bonus from the little fox. Even if I don't wear equipment, my agility points are close to the strength point. I am armed with a ten-level Quange. Assassins may not be able to catch up with me in terms of agility.

In other words, "Although I am the weakest, my speed is no slower than Altoia's." The three of them ran. Except for Jieluka who slowed down a little, there was no delay.

But the giant ball is also strange. When I added it just now, I noticed that when we added it, it also increased. When our speed reached a limit value, the speed of the giant ball no longer changed, as if it was conscious, and it was not tight. Slowly bite the back of the butt to tease us.

How can a giant ball tolerate you?

I was angry. Anyway, now that the test has begun, the transformation should have nothing to do with it.

Just watch my Hell Fighting Bear transformation and try how hard this giant ball is!

"Gam!!!"

Oh oh oh, my whole body is full of power... Huh?

When I came back to my senses, Jessica and Altoia were staring at me with strange eyes.

I also look at myself.

The Hell Fighting Bear's voice came out, but it didn't change.

It was like I was in my original dazed state and screamed like a fool. I was so ashamed. No wonder the two of them stared at me with such eyes.

"Fan, ting is so cute."

Altoiya gently turned her face to the other side and what she said was like an arrow piercing my heart, making me cover my chest with blood dripping from my chest.

As for the pornographic jokes, Shinv has a look that says, "You are a hopeless beast prince if you don't forget to act cute at this time."

Being cute has nothing to do with the Beast Prince! !

I lifted the coffee table from my heart, but this time I was waiting!

"No, I didn't mean it. I can't change my body." I tried to use the transformation again, and suddenly found that there was no reaction at all.

"I can't put my gear on either."

Altoiya seemed to realize something was wrong, tried it, and blurted out.

, “Can’t even put on the equipment?”

I was shocked. If I couldn't put on the artifact suit, Altoia's strength would drop by more than 90%.

"I can't put them on either." Jieluka frowned.

Not good, very bad.

I tried summoning Xiaoxue, but it didn't work. I tried changing the equipment again. It actually works!

, "I can change the equipment, but...,

…”

He made a gesture of gnashing his teeth, always feeling that this abnormal situation occurred because his equipment was despised.

Needless to say, Alto1iya's two sets of artifact suits, Jieluka's twelve knights inheritance suit are also artifact suits, but I seemed to hear some ridicule in my ears, saying, "Just the equipment on your body, No matter how you change it, your strength won't improve much, so it doesn't matter."

Damn it, just wait and see. One day I will pick up the bug sword in the warehouse and poke a big hole in this place! !

"I thought I could pull off some tricks, but I didn't expect His Majesty King Arthur to even do this. He is indeed the first person to build the Elf Empire, and I will never lose to her."

Altoiya was surprised, but not too surprised, but there was an inexplicable brilliance in his eyes.

Compared with Altoia's full of energy, I feel a little more uneasy in my heart. Transformation is my biggest support. Now that I can't use it, even though I know that King Arthur's test will not kill anyone, I still feel panic in my heart. breed.

"Fan, don't worry."

The softness and warmth of Altoiya's palms spread even more aggressively as she squeezed her little hands tightly.

, "Fan always wants to protect, but how about trying to rely on other people occasionally?"

A smile as bright and moving as the sun, extremely contagious, just like a drop of water falling on a lake as flat as a mirror, causing ripples, and the gentleness and confidence contained in it, with the wrinkles

o Wen continues to spread into everyone's heart.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I've relied on you enough."

Infected by Altoiya's smile, I couldn't help but smile. If it weren't for the unsightly giant ball rolling behind me, threatening us to keep running. At this time, I really wanted to reach out and touch that golden ball. He gently wiped his bangs, and then kissed Altoiya's forehead.

If it weren't for the existence of these girls, I wouldn't even have the motivation to survive in the Dark Continent. Wouldn't it be a lot to rely on?

Therefore, we really can no longer be willful.

"It doesn't matter, such a small thing can't trouble me." Even if I try to show off, I still have to show a confident smile to show Altoiya.

, "Really? Although it's nice to see Fan cheer up, it's also a bit regretful. I really want to enjoy Fan's dependence." Altoya blinked, with a smile on his lips, and a rare trace of girlishness appeared in his face. Playfulness.

This fleeting style, the huge contrast of beauty, was so cute that I almost had a nosebleed.

In this world, the most lethal weapon to oneself is indeed cute, but the girls around him all have such weapons, and they are the most high-end and most lethal models.

Unknowingly, the hands held tightly by Altoiya became tighter.

This feeling of fighting side by side and overcoming difficulties is really good. I feel that even without spiritual connection, I can feel Alto 1iya's soul from the palm of my hand.

o moved.

Oh oh oh, we can’t forget the dirty jokes shinv. Although he doesn’t dare to be jealous of his first master, Alto1i, he is extremely arrogant towards me, his second master. If he neglects her, he will soon be retaliated against. .

I tightly grasped Jieluka's little hand on the other side. It felt like a strong grip like a bird in its nest, and I snickered secretly in my heart.

What an idiot shinv who is afraid of being left out.

"The exit is just ahead."

Suddenly, a white dot lit up in the straight and bottomless passage. After confirming that we had walked out of the exit, we all felt inexplicably happy.

The giant ball behind me always lags behind more than ten meters away at a leisurely pace, making a rumbling sound. Sometimes it suddenly increases, and just as it is about to rub my butt, it suddenly slows down again, as if it is conscious.

The sense of oppression brought by this pursuit is particularly strong. Now that I see the exit, how can I not cheer with joy.

With a few whooshing sounds, we didn't even have time to take a look at what was below, so we desperately jumped out towards the bright exit.

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