The four adventurers stopped and looked at the river that cut the forest ahead.
Winter in the north is early, and the river has already started to freeze. Heisong didn't miss every opportunity to show his culture, and quickly pointed to the ice surface and said, "We can't just walk over it! Now the ice surface is not strong enough to bear the weight of the human body. This can be determined by observing the texture of the ice." judge… "
Rose Green sneered: "You don't need to say that? We already knew."
"That's right, you have lived like a savage in the mountains all your life, so you must have rich experience in this area."
"Then how did you learn the experience of surviving in the wild? Did you lose your way and fall into the water again and again?"
Odile waved her hand irritably, to stop the quarrel between the two naive ghosts, one red and one black: "Aren't you finished? Isn't it just a river? What's there to argue about? Everyone is a person who can cast spells, find a way to fly Isn't it okay to go in the past?"
Siegfried didn't say a word, and only talked to Odile in consciousness: "Are you sure? Should we cross the river?"
"We must cross the river," Odile replied silently, "You should also feel that Odette's breath is ahead."
"After crossing the Khiva River, there is the northern frost field that has no jurisdiction..."
"Are you worried about those frost plain barbarians? Or are you worried about the magic trap left by that Yriel?"
"No, I... I don't know what I'm worried about..." Sigfeld said. Following her breath, I walked from the gem forest to the riverside... Think about it... "
Odile also realized: "I see! You're right! We can feel Odette, so he should be able to sense us! If he stays in the frost, then we can't be in the Fesisit felt him, the distance is too far! He is also moving, and he deliberately keeps a distance from us... "
"It's very strange." Sig Fei walked to the river and observed the woods on the opposite side. "Could it be that she hasn't remembered her past memories, so she can't recognize us at all?"
Odile said, "It could be. It could also be that he's after something really important, so he can't stop looking for us."
"Or... she wants us to follow her?"
At this point in the communication, the two looked at each other and nodded.
The four of them floated up in their own ways and slowly flew across the Khiva River. The forest on the north bank of the river is more lush and dark, and the temperature is much lower than that on the south bank. Odile and Siegfried are not afraid of the cold. The warlock Rosey can manipulate the elements to keep himself warm. Only the black pine must rely on cotton coats and fur cloaks.
After arriving at the North Shore, the bickering Rossai and Heisong became quiet and well-behaved. There seems to be an invisible sense of coercion in the forest, which makes people feel in awe of everything around them from the bottom of their hearts.
Rosie Green tugged on Rasigafel's cloak: "It's not normal here..."
"What's wrong?" Siegfried asked.
"There are all kinds of alien elements floating here, mixed with the existing elements of our world, like a bowl of salad that has been stirred evenly. This is not in line with common sense."
"What do you think is abnormal?"
"Under normal circumstances, elements do not blend together naturally. Either fire evaporates water, or water extinguishes fire. Purgatory and God's Domain repel each other, and undead and light cannot coexist... If a large number of elements from different worlds are piled together, they are It won't merge naturally. It was like this when we were in the Luoyue Mountains. The purgatory element on your body floated in the entire mountain forest, very abrupt and powerful, just like oil and water don't mix.
"But it's different here... There are a lot of magical fluctuations here, there are spells left over from a long time ago, there are breaths left by creatures from other worlds, there are incomplete magical veins, there are powers such as God's Domain, Purgatory, and Undead... Of course, there are also powers from the world." There are normal common elements.
"I can feel everything, but I can't grasp any of them, because they are 'combed' very evenly and in an orderly manner, presenting an abnormal state of fusion. This state does not conform to the rules of the elements, only It could be man-made. What kind of person... or, what kind of creature can do this?"
Siegfried vaguely knew the answer—it was probably Odette's fault.
"Is there any harm in this state?" asked Siegfried.
Rosey said: "There is no harm to the human body, only good. We will become very comfortable and will not be harmed by any of the alien elements. But it may not be a good thing for the caster. For example, if the forest Dangerous alien creatures appear, someone awakens the undead on a large scale, the sudden appearance or disappearance of divine art veins... We have no way to detect it. Whether it is long-distance monitoring or personal inspection, it is difficult to detect, because magic Volatility is 'sorted out' as soon as it appears."
Siegfried frowned and imagined, and Rosey added, "Imagine a lake. You can throw things into it, swim in it, or the crocodiles in the lake come ashore... These actions will cause ripples or even waves, right? ? If this lake is always as smooth as a mirror, even if you throw a meteorite into it, there will be no waves. Is this normal?"
Siegfried looked at Odile again. This should be what Odette did, but they didn't understand what Odette's purpose was.
Heisong also heard this, and as a mage, he also understood how abnormal this situation was. He was a little scared, and wanted to suggest to Odile to turn around and return, what fun is there in this gloomy and silent forest? Even if he had the chance to see the burned white tower of the ice field, he didn't want to move on... But he didn't want to speak out, Odile was not afraid at all, how dare he look as cowardly as a mouse...
Just thinking about this, a light flashed into his eyes. He had the best eyesight among the four, and after a long distance and numerous trees, he found a piece of unfrozen water in front of him.
Rosey used lake water as an example, and it turned out that there was really a lake in front of him. Ogilia took out the map and found that it was the Mirror Ice Lake connected to the Khiva River. It is said that Jingbing Lake freezes earlier than the Khiva River. Now that the Khiva River has been covered with a thin layer of ice, Jingbing Lake is still sparkling.
She looked at Siegfried, who was also looking at her. They all feel it. Odette is just ahead.
They quickened their pace, and Luo Sai and Heisong who followed behind could hardly keep up with their pace. When he was about to walk out of the bushes by the lake, the black pine suddenly yelled.
"Stop! Don't go!" Seeing that there was no time, he simply raised his hand and cast a force field shield. The shield was so small that it could be bypassed completely, but it was enough to stop the two of them temporarily.
Odile turned around. Heisong held a blue turquoise pendulum in his hand, and the stone floated towards the lake water, producing small tremors continuously.
"Don't go there," Heisong said, "someone is casting a spell by the lake."
"We might know that person." After that, Odile walked around the force field shield and planned to move on.
"No! You don't know each other!" Heisong ran to catch up, "Have you seen this pendulum? It was made by my mentor. It can detect whether someone is casting necromancy magic nearby, and it can also Analyze the approximate composition of the spell. Now someone by the lake is casting a necromantic spell, and that spell is completely unknown to me!"
Odile frowned: "Necronomy?"
This is a bit strange. It is impossible for Odette to use necromantic powers.
Listening to their conversation, Rosey's expression became more and more tense. Black Pine detected that someone was casting a spell, but in Luo Sai's perception, the surrounding magic fluctuations were still very gentle. As a warlock, his elemental perception was almost deprived by this place.
Odile is not afraid of necromancy, she herself is made of the power of necromancy. She wanted to check, but Heisong held her arm tightly and refused to let go.
Siegfried looked at them helplessly: "Let me go and see. If there is any danger, at least I am much stronger than you."
He took a few steps back, recovered his gigantic griffin form in a burst of black mist, and jumped into the sky.
Not long after, the Griffin spun around happily and flew back: "It's really her!"
He even forgot to talk with his consciousness, but yelled out directly. Ogilia broke free from Heisong's hand, and ran towards the lake like a gust of wind. Heisong and Rosey looked at each other in blank dismay, and had no choice but to follow behind.
In the shallow water by the lake, stood a thin figure in a white robe.
Odile and Siegfried came to the man, but the man remained motionless, as if in a daydream.
Heisong, who was hiding by the big tree, couldn't help sighing: "How could such a small child run to the Jingbing Lake alone?"
Rosey looked at him strangely: "What child?"
"That's the one by the lake, look, he's an elf kid! How could he..."
"Are you blind?" Rose said, "That's clearly a hunchbacked old human lady."
"Are you kidding me? That's a kid..."
Their argument is not surprising.
Odile jumped at the silver-haired young man, wrapped her hands around his neck, and buried her face in his neck.
The abundant hair of the Siegfried Griffon gently rubbed against the two girls, expressing the joy of reunion after a long absence.
In Odile's eyes, Odette is a tall, thin young man with silver hair and snow skin; in the eyes of Siegfried, Odette is a young girl similar to Odiria; Odette is an underage elf child; Odette in Rosey's eyes is a gray-haired old human woman.
Everyone sees Odette differently. Moreover, Odile and Siegfried already knew and adapted to this.
After a while, Odette came back to her senses like waking up from a big dream: "Sigfried? Odile?"
His voice is very strange. It sounds like a man or a woman, not old or not, like gathering all the characteristics, but also like not having any characteristics.
"It's me!" Odile took his hand, "Now the three of us are together!"
Odette's face was turned to them, but her eyes moved unnaturally, as if chasing something no one else could see.
"I can feel that the master is back, and he is somewhere in this world..." Odette said in a trance, "Does he want you to find me, and let us find a thinner plane together?"
Odile nodded.
"Don't help him find it! At least not now!"
"Why?" Odile and Siegfried were taken aback.
Odette asked again: "Did he get the Chronicles and Carols back?"
Odile and Siegfried looked at him blankly. What chronicle carol set
Odette urged, "Answer me! Has he got the book back?"
"What...book?" Odile looked at Siegfried.
Siegfried tilted his head: "I don't know... Wait, I remember there is a book, it seems that Odette often carries it... What is it..."
Odette sighed: "I understand. After a long time, our memories are somewhat problematic... I guess the master is the same. Odile, Siegfried, I don't have time to answer all your questions. You have to remember Remember what I said - go back to the south bank of the Shiva River immediately, don't bring the master, and don't help him continue to find the plane. If he hasn't found the book, don't remind him, and don't Help him find it! Just pretend that this thing doesn't exist until I get out of bondage... "
"Restraint?" Siegfried lowered his body to observe Odette, "What restraint? Who restrained you?"
Odette said: "You all know that my current appearance is not my original face, my body is still sleeping somewhere in the frost... I can't change back to my original form, because my power has been taken away , and it continues to drain at this moment!"
Of the three of them, only Odile has a human appearance, and neither Siegfried nor Odette are human.
Just as Siegfried can be transformed into a red-haired man, Odette can be transformed into a human form for convenience. His incarnation method is quite special: he can incarnate into an indefinite number of humanoid creatures, it can be one, it can be three or five, it can be ten or more... All his incarnations have the same consciousness, the same a soul.
The more avatars there are, the more fixed each image is to others; the fewer avatars, the more others will see different images of that individual.
Siegfried asked: "Now you are just one of the transformations, so where is your body?"
Odette shook her head: "I don't know... My memory will be disconnected, and I can't even remember what I was doing ten minutes ago. In short, someone is using my power to split my soul. It's too weak, I can't resist... When the other party controls me, I can vaguely read his intentions, I don't have time to go into details, I can only tell you that he is also looking for Black Lake, he will use We and the owner…”
As he spoke, Odette's voice gradually weakened, and he returned to the trance state just now, the whole person was motionless, only his eyes were spinning around.
Siegfried looked at Ogilia: "Just now Heisong said that someone cast a necromantic spell by the lake, and it was a spell he didn't understand..."
Ogilia replied in consciousness: "Ojta's power is the power of the gods, and it is impossible for him to cast necromancy."
Just after saying this, the lake in front of her suddenly set off huge waves. A giant translucent shield emerged from under the water's surface, separating her from Odette.
Siegfried jumped into the air just in time, and he was surprised to see that the water behind Odette began to churn.
"Ogilia! Come ashore!" Heisong hid behind the big tree, and it was he who cast the spell and raised the shield. "Hurry up! Listen to me just once!"
Ogilia moved very quickly, and retreated to the shore like a flash of lightning. At the same time, the shield of the black pine was shattered, and the ice crystal-like fragments mixed with water droplets, and fell back to the lake, causing waves of spray.
Odette remained where she was, her eyes open, but apparently without self-awareness.
Several snake-like creatures of various sizes appeared on the lake behind him. Their bodies are like anacondas, with gray devil claws on their heads, and an eye with vertical pupils embedded in their palms.
Just now they jumped up from the water instantly, tearing apart the shield set up by the black pine. Now they are staring at all the living creatures on the shore, as if annoyed at the failure of the sneak attack.
The companions were all at a loss, but Heisong immediately understood what it was. He was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he took several deep breaths before calming down. When he looked back, the red vulture that had been hiding beside him was gone. This warlock must have sensed the danger, and he slipped away without a word!
Heisong took out a dragonfly made of straw rope, said a few words to its head, and raised it up into the sky.
The messenger dragonfly will find Mentor Burris and tell him what happened here in time. But Heisong didn't see it. When the dragonfly passed through the forest and flew over the Khiva River, a gray palm python jumped out of the water and crushed the dragonfly easily.