Chapter 880 Fantasy
Dilapidated ruins.
The glory and solemnity of the past are gone, broken corridors, collapsed fortresses, dead courtyards, everything is as if even the air has become dead silent.
"What''s going on?"
Girl-Anisfia opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked around. She knew clearly that she was dreaming. But Anisfia has never done such a clear dream that even makes people feel real and not like a dream. The palace in my memory is so dilapidated and ruined, as if everything has been destroyed.
"Father? Mother? Duke of Grands? Is anyone here?"
Ainisfia looked around and called out, but there was no response at all. Even her voice seemed to gradually disappear into the depths of the broken corridor, and fell into silence again.
"Is anyone?"
At this moment, Anisfia became panicked. She ran forward with all her might, but even the sound of her footsteps disappeared into the shadow of the darkness. The garden outside the corridor is also dry, and Anisfia has never seen such a palace before, as if not only the palace, but also the entire world has been destroyed.
What exactly happened?
Ainice Fia walked through the corridor and came to the hall, but there was no one here. At this moment, the girl gradually began to panic in her heart. She shouted loudly, hoping to get even a little response - no matter what it was, it was better than being the only one.
But there is still nothing.
“Bang———!”
The girl pushed open the hall, rushed out of the palace, looked outside, and then she stood there blankly.
In front of her, under the steps, the originally lively and prosperous royal city has also become ruins at this moment. It''s like this city, this country, this world has been completely destroyed and forgotten, and there is no life except her.
"Why...what exactly happened?"
Ainisfia stumbled back and sat directly on the ground, looking at the ruins in front of her uneasy.
"What''s wrong with the Kingdom of Paretia? Why did the royal city become like this?"
At this time, Anisfia''s mind was blank. She looked at the royal city in front of her in a daze. Her head, which was usually clever, had no idea at all at this moment.
“Dong…Dong…”
However, at this moment, the heavy footsteps suddenly rang out.
"Why?"
Hearing the footsteps coming from behind, Anisfia gasped. The other party''s pace was slow, but also calm. Every step he took would make the ground tremble slightly.
Gradually, the footsteps were getting closer and closer - and then stopped behind Anisfia.
“…………”
Ainisfia swallowed, instinctively warning her not to turn around and see what was standing behind her. But by some reason, Anisfia turned her head and looked behind her.
Then, she saw an extremely tall steel armor standing behind her. Its helmet emitted a dark red glow, and she stared at the girl in front of her coldly, as if a beast was staring at her prey.
"Wait, what are you?!"
At this moment, Anisfia jumped up in horror, trying to distance herself from the terrifying existence in front of her. However, at this moment, a scene that she could not imagine happened.
"Bang."
The hand armor of the steel armor suddenly decomposed and cracked, and the part that originally wrapped around the fingers fell to the ground. At the same time, the steel warrior''s helmet also split. Then, dozens of tentacles rushed out of it, wrapping around the girl''s limbs and body like a python.
“Ah———!”
Feeling the cold touch, Ainisfia screamed immediately. The tentacles were covered with slippery mucus, and they just wriggled on Ainisfia''s body. They slowly walked up the girl''s slender waist, crossed the mountain, passed through the deep gullies, and continued along the neck of Anisfia.
"No, no, don''t come here... don''t... woo!"
Feeling the wet touch on her skin, Anisfia looked pale, shook her head desperately, and shouted to try to resist. However, at this moment, a tentacle suddenly rushed out of the pitch-black helmet and drilled into Anisfia''s wide open mouth, blocking Anisfia''s shouting. At the same time, a biting chill came from the air, making Anisfia tremble all over.
“Woo…Woo…!”
The girl twisted her body desperately, trying to break free from the tentacles that bound her. However, the slippery tentacles, like eels, were not moved at all, but slowly passed through the surface of her fair skin like a snail. The sticky mucus, which exudes a disgusting smell, dripping from it, spreading like water drops.
“———!”
Ainisfia''s body trembled suddenly, but before she could come back to her senses, something even more unimaginable happened - the tentacles surrounding Ainisfia''s body began to gradually pull back, and then under Ainisfia''s horrified gaze, the huge armor cracked a gap in the middle, and then slowly opened to both sides like a door, showing the hidden interior to the girl in front of her.
Empty.
Yes, the armor in front of me gives people a feeling of being more like a torture instrument that only appears in some legend. Anisfia also recalled that in memory, she had read a similar description. In the iron barrel like a coffin, there were countless sharp sharp thorns on the inside. As long as the person was stuffed in and locked up, those sharp thorns would penetrate the body of the tortured person...
As if she had verified Ainisfia''s conjecture, as she became closer to the armor, Ainisfia gradually saw that something seemed to be hidden in the dark shadow inside the armor.
But soon, she saw it clearly.
They were a group of tentacles as small as fluff. They covered the inner side of the armor, floating like seaweed shaking with the floating sea water, constantly floating.
Then, as if I sensed the arrival of Anisfia, these tentacles gradually grew longer and began to stretch towards Anisfia, slowly pulling her into the interior of the armor.
“Woo———!”
The girl didn''t even have time to scream. The next moment, the dark steel armor closed heavily, completely swallowing it up.
“Wooah———!”
Ainisfia suddenly opened her eyes and screamed. She raised her head in surprise and looked around. At the same time, a red-haired maid also hurriedly ran in.
"What happened? Lord Ainice Fia? What''s wrong with you?"
Facing the maid''s inquiry, Ainisfia looked around blankly.
"I seemed to have a nightmare..."
"Nightmare? What kind of nightmare?"
"this………"
Ainice Fia frowned, thought carefully, and then shook her head.
"I can''t remember it anymore, oh... I can''t even remember what kind of dream it is now..."
“That’s how…”
Hearing Anisfia''s answer, the red-haired maid breathed a sigh of relief, then she glanced at Anisfia and stood up.
"I''ll help you get a glass of water, Lord Ainsfia."
"Well, okay, I''m in trouble..."
I don’t know if it was because of a nightmare, but at this moment, Anisfia felt hot all over and sweat all over. She breathed a long sigh and nodded. With the permission of Anisfia, the maid hurriedly turned around and went to prepare a drink for Anisfia.
And at this moment, the girl lowered her head, but couldn''t help but be stunned.
"Why?"
Under the candlelight, the girl saw a strange trace of something entangled in her wrist. This made her scream, and at this moment, the red-haired maid holding the cup also came to Ainisefia''s side again.
"What''s wrong?"
"No, I just..."
After taking the cup handed over by the maid, Ainisfia looked at her wrist again.
There... nothing left.
Did you see it wrong just now?
Soon, the night passed.
“Huh……”
When Duanmuhuai walked out of the room, she stretched her waist comfortably.
“Good morning, big brother.”
Looking at Duanmu Huai and Aojisi walking out, Zhen Jiling also greeted the two.
“How did you sleep last night?”
"It''s pretty good, I seem to have a good dream."
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai moved his body and neck.
"By the way, how is your situation?"
"Ah, I did investigate some things. Just like the big brother, you said, there are some problems within this country..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai''s inquiry, she became serious immediately. Then she came to Duanmuhuai and told Duanmuhuai about what she had found about the situation in the Kingdom of Paretia.
After listening to the clever narration, Duanmu Huai''s expression became much more serious.
"So, what do you mean is that the royal family and nobles of this country have signed contracts with something called magic elves and used magic?"
"Yes."
"Um………"
Hearing the clever answer, Duanmuhuai reached out to knock on the table and started thinking. Generally speaking, Duanmu Huai is wary of non-realistic things like magic elves. As it turns out, if a thing does not live in a real plane, then 80% will be a monster in subspace.
The legend of the royal family of the Paretia Kingdom signed a contract with the nobles and magic elves to use magic, which made Duanmu Huai think of the records of those psychics seeking more powerful power to join the demons in the sub-space...
Not to mention that this is inherited by blood, so it is very likely that the royal families and nobles of the Paretia Kingdom are descendants of the psychics.
As for the appearance of subspace creatures, Duanmu Huai doesn''t care at all. In fact, many planetary civilizations are like this, such as some barbarians'' wolf souls, animal spirits, or local mountain gods. According to the standards of the Inquisition, they are all subspace demons, and they will be killed.
So the magic elves may be faithful in the Kingdom of Paretia, but once Duanmu Huai discovers that these magic elves are subspace demons, he will take action.
Um? But why can''t Princess Anisfia sign a contract with the magic elves to use the elf magic?
Is she an invisible person? But when I came into contact with him, Duanmu Huai did not feel the feeling of being invisible from her. She actually has magic power... In theory, it seems that there is no problem to learn the human magic system?
Or is there another mystery?
"No matter how you look at it, it seems that there are quite a lot of internal problems in this country now."
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai shook his head and sighed.
In short, it seems that we can only take one step at a time.
As for the specific situation - let’s analyze and solve the problem in detail.
(This chapter ends)