novellk Chapter 1512: Surprise and Uncovered Mystery
Chapter 1512: Surprise and Uncovered Mystery
"The entire huge city has completely disappeared?"
Deep in the empty underground space, Jasmine, who was following closely beside Lei Xiao, also saw this unbelievable situation and asked with her eyes wide open: "How is this possible?"
The other powerful men who arrived one after another were all filled with surprise and could not believe their eyes.
The huge city that sat like a giant in the vast area has completely disappeared.
"Could it be that Guanwang City has been completely destroyed by the Eclipse?"
Broy was lifted up by a tattered fourth-level alchemical puppet and said tremblingly.
"Even if it was destroyed, there should be ruins. How come there is not even a brick to be seen?"
Jasmine rubbed her starry eyes, continued to look at the empty ground and said, "It's as if the entire huge city has been teleported away."
"There is no trace of any illusion. Could it be that the entire city has really been teleported away?"
Looking at the empty underground space, Erza, who was also an elf, was filled with astonishment and asked, "Sir Jasmine, is this possible?"
"If it was before I was teleported here with you, in my worldview, this would indeed be an impossible thing."
Although Erza was a dark elf, Jasmine still had no reservations about this little friend. She said helplessly, "But after coming here with your lord, even the gods who have been away from all races for a long time have appeared. How can anything be impossible?"
Listening to Jasmine's words, Lei Xiao's brows furrowed even more.
She was right. This possibility could not be ignored. It was not only the prompt sound that could do it, but some lords who had the talent to move cities could also do it.
But the current situation can completely rule out this possibility.
"Look carefully. There are no signs of a battle with Eclipse here. There's not even a trace of burnt black."
Lei Xiao's solemn voice sounded, prompting: "Even if the entire Guanwang City was really teleported away, where did the traces of the previous battlefield go?"
Hearing the sound, Jasmine and Erza reacted after observing the flat ground around them.
Just as Lei Xiao said, even if the entire city was teleported away, where would the traces of the battlefield go?
You know, it wasn’t just our group that resisted two attacks of “Eclipse” after we arrived here, but there were two other groups of heroes before that.
It is no exaggeration to say that after a series of attacks by the "Eclipse" army, the area around Guanwang City was already full of potholes and traces of magic explosions, so how come this place is intact?
If the entire city was really teleported away, then where did these traces of the siege go?
"Your Majesty, not only in this area, but also in other areas where the city was originally located, there are no traces of battlefields, not even any building foundations, and no remnants of other infrastructure such as drainage systems."
Gray Old Man, who had gone to investigate the surroundings, led his team back and saluted Lei Xiao, saying, "To be more precise, the ground in this area is extremely flat, and there are no traces at all."
"Ah? Even if the city was teleported away, there should be corresponding clues left behind."
Jasmine rubbed her messy long hair and said with a confused and frantic look, "What on earth is going on?"
Around Jasmine, the other experts all frowned, looking puzzled.
I have to say, all of this is really too unbelievable, it's as if Guanwang City has never existed here.
"It seems that there is only one answer left, and that is that Guanwang City has never really existed here."
Lei Xiao's voice rang out and reached everyone's ears.
"Human boy, what are you talking about? How is it possible that Guanwang City has never existed?"
Jasmine had rubbed her hair until it looked like a chirping oriole's nest. She asked in confusion, "Then where is the huge city we were in before? Where were we teleported to the underground fortress from?"
"It's not that Watch City never existed, it's that Watch City never existed here."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and explained to everyone: "In other words, the real Guanwang City is still there, but the place where we are has never had a Guanwang City!"
"But we have walked the route from the underground fortress to here many times, so there is no way we can make a mistake. This is definitely where the Watchtower City should have existed!"
Listening to Lei Xiao's confusing words, Jasmine, whose mind was already confused, became even more confused, and blurted out: "How is it possible that it has never existed in this place?"
Listening to Jasmine's question, the other experts all cast puzzled looks at Lei Xiao, and it was obvious that they did not react either.
"Your Excellency is right. Watchtower City has never existed here."
Xuan Ji, in the form of an elf, sat on Lei Xiao's shoulder, frowning as she said, "To be more precise, this underground area is not a place we've been to before!"
"what?!"
This time, even Erza reacted and blurted out, "If this is an unfamiliar area, does the Lord mean that the fortress we just came to is not the one we are familiar with?"
"That's right. Whether it's the strange fortress just now or this underground space, they are all part of the opponent's trap. We underestimated Eclipse's calculations."
Lei Xiao took a deep breath and said affirmatively: "From the moment we were teleported to the strange fortress just now, we had a preconceived notion that the fortress was the fortress next to Guanwang City. In fact, we had already completely fallen into the trap set by the opponent at that time."
"Human boy, are you saying that the other party built a fake fortress that is exactly the same as the real one?"
Jasmine finally came to her senses and said, "No wonder we have been wondering how they were able to take control of the entire fortress so quietly. It turns out that it wasn't a real fortress at all!"
As soon as Jasmine said this, even Chaoyan, Xiaohuan and others who had been unable to exert any strength and could only do nothing reacted.
With the powerful strength of "Eclipse" that swept across all races, it is indeed not a difficult task to build a fortress or even an entire underground space that is lifelike.
Needless to say, the fortress only requires the preparation of resources and a large number of building blueprints, and the underground space is even easier. Although the area is huge, for a certain number of earth magicians, there is no essential difference between it and digging a hole.
The most important thing is that the other party doesn't even need to work on the details, as long as the overall appearance is 80% to 90% similar. Because we have only been here for a short time and are not very familiar with the environment, plus there are always parasites around, so it is difficult to notice the subtle differences.
If you think about it this way, the reason why the other side didn't attack for so many days, in addition to gathering more troops, is probably to secretly build this lifelike area.
"Jasmine, do you remember the vague spatial energy fluctuations you mentioned before you were teleported here from Guanwang City?"
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and said, "It seems that this is a sign that the opponent is plotting something in the dark."
"Human boy, are you saying that the strange spatial fluctuations that I sensed at that time were the signal that the opponent quietly changed the destination of the portal?!"
After Lei Xiao's reminder, Jasmine almost jumped up on the spot, and suddenly realized: "You are right. When I was checking the teleportation array just now, I also felt a familiar special aura, but I couldn't remember where I had encountered it. Now that I think about it, it is exactly the same as the energy fluctuation before the teleportation!"
"So, the other party temporarily changed the direction of the teleportation array before we stepped into it, and then restored it after we arrived here?"
Gray Old Man's face was full of solemnity, and he suddenly said, "No wonder we were the only ones teleported here, and there was no sign of other reinforcements. Your Majesty is right, this is indeed a trap set specifically for us. In this way, all the mysteries are solved!"
"Sorry, human boy, I wish I had noticed the problem with the teleportation array in advance."
After all the mysteries were solved, Jasmine bowed her head to Lei Xiao and said with a guilty look on her face: "It's all my fault for being too slow to react."
"There's no need to do this. Who would have thought that the other party would go to such great lengths to deal with us?"
Lei Xiao gently patted Jasmine's shoulder, smiled helplessly and said, "It seems that our understanding of the opponent "Eclipse" is too limited."
Thinking about it carefully, this was indeed the first time that we had a head-on confrontation with "Eclipse". Originally, I thought this was just a battle to defend the city, and at most I would just linger between the Watching City and the Fortress. I didn't expect that the other side would be so big and directly trapped my group in another place.
Now that everything is clear, the most urgent thing is how to return to the original underground space.
"Human boy, it seems that the only way for us to return is to use the teleportation array in the center of the fortress!"
Jasmine reacted extremely quickly this time and spoke to Lei Xiao.
"Do you have a way to return quickly?"
Lei Xiao's eyes lit up and he asked quickly.
"I didn't have any at first, but at this point, I can't care so much."
Jasmine nodded heavily and said seriously, "I have also left a teleportation node in the center of the fortress. Let's go!"
As Jasmine finished her words, a gray light flickered around the group of people, and in a flash, they reappeared on the parade ground in the center of the fortress.
However, when everyone's vision cleared again, they discovered that the teleportation array that had been intact had been completely destroyed, and the magic crystals standing around it had all shattered and scattered all over the ground.
Seeing this scene, just when everyone was frowning, a sharp and teasing voice suddenly sounded not far away: "Hahaha, a bunch of stupid ants, you just realized now that this fortress and this underground space are cages built for you? It's a pity that it's too late!"
The fake "Fanny" and "Chris" appeared around us with a group of parasites. The fake "Chris" had a distorted face and sneered, "While you were running around, Guanwang City had already been breached by our army!"
Sure enough, as the opponent finished speaking, a prompt sound suddenly rang in Lei Xiao's ears.
[Hint: The west gate of Guanwang City has been breached. ]
【Hint: The "Eclipse" army has invaded Guanwang City. 】
[Tip: Currently, the loss rate of Guanwang City is 87%. If the rate drops to 20% or the central temple is breached, it will be considered a defense failure. ]
[Tip: Once the defense fails, you will be left here forever. ]
[Reminder: Dear Lord Lei Xiao, you don't have much time left. ]
"I know my situation without you telling me."
Listening to this series of prompts, Lei Xiao did not hesitate at all and first looked at the two impostors who were laughing unscrupulously.
No matter what, we have to eliminate these two strongest guys first, otherwise they will never give us a chance to find a way back.
"Xuanji, strengthen Xiaojie. Xiaojie, imprison these two imposters!"
As the command in Lei Xiao's mind sounded, the two stone elves who were ready to go cooperated closely, and a dark gray confinement barrier suddenly emerged out of thin air and quickly gathered towards the opponent.
"It's not that easy to trap us!"
The two impostors were obviously well prepared. They rushed out like a gust of wind towards the gap in the barrier that had not yet closed.
"I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
Just as the two were about to escape from the gap, Jasmine's space shackles suddenly appeared, causing the space to distort and deform, directly imprisoning the two in place.
"You think you can trap two Half-Step Seventh Rank people like me with just a space shackle?"
The fake "Fanny" sneered, and together with the fake "Chris", magical power surged around them, and they continued to struggle against the shackles.
As the two struggled like mad beasts, although Jasmine gritted her teeth and tried her best to hold on, she still fell into a disadvantage in an instant, and the spatial shackles began to loosen.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Jie's absolute confinement barrier closed completely like a giant net, trapping the two of them on the spot.
Under the dual constraints of the absolute confinement barrier and the space shackles, even if the two struggled desperately, it was all in vain this time and they could only roar madly on the spot.
At the same time, the offensive of Lei Xiao and his group was overwhelming with tremendous momentum.
boom! boom! boom!
Accompanied by a series of deafening bombardments, the two impostors who were tied to the spot were already weak and no longer as unbridled as before.
Seeing this, the other parasites naturally would not stand by and watch all this happen, and they all rushed over with roars, while our other [God's Stone] holders had already activated new extinction array scrolls.
Although a single scroll cannot cover as much as an open magic circle and can only cover a smaller area, it is enough to curb the opponent's offensive!
"Okay, let's end this."
Lei Xiao, who had regained his strength from Xuan Ji, was filled with magical energy, which caused a purple glow that shone all over the sky, and he attacked his opponent. (End of this chapter)