Hunter x Hunter: The Ubiquitous Dragon Life

"Jin, Lulu girl, why did you say that just now?" As soon as Will entered the room, he was puzzled and asked.

"Don't you find it strange what they said before? And you saw the situation in the lobby just now. It's very abnormal. I suspect that Matthew and the others have been manipulated."

Jin walked to his bed, opened the luggage that had fallen here, and quickly checked to see if there was anything missing.

Cellulu nodded: "I didn't dare to guess at random just now, but Aveya is really a little strange. I think it seems that Aveya was the one who held my foot before."

"What? No, but•••, are they being controlled?"

Will was taken aback. Although his reaction was a little slow and his observation was not careful enough, after listening to the two of them, he also felt that Matthew and the others had behaved differently before. He looked at Jin with no idea and asked.

"Then what shall we do?"

"The food is gone." Jin didn't answer, just frowned and said suddenly.

"What?" Will hadn't caught up to the rhythm.

"Gone?" Cellulu had a bad feeling.

"Well, the drinking water and dry food in my luggage are gone, Lulu, Will, how about you?" Jin asked.

"Ah, O, let's see, hey, mine is gone too, what happened?" Will rummaged through his luggage in a daze, and then also exclaimed.

"I'm still here, so no one has a chance to take it." Cellulu nervously checked, and then she sighed in relief and smiled.

"It seems that some people don't want us to eat our own food. Why? Starve us to death? Or do they want to force us to eat the food here? Matthew and the others are not right after dinner."

Jin touched his chin, analyzed, and then his eyes flashed.

"We can't delay any longer. Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion to find out. If Matthew and the others are all right, that's fine. If there is any problem, I think we should be able to see them soon."

as an enemy!

Cellulu and Will nodded solemnly, and the three waited for another ten minutes. After hearing that there was no movement outside, Jin opened the door and looked out of the corridor. When no one was there, he waved for the two to follow.

We got out of the hotel without a hitch, and no one stopped me. For some reason, Cellulu only thought that everyone else was either asleep or not, but secretly hoping it was the former. Will held his breath and listened intently. Yes, but his face gradually became depressed. Except for the three of them, there was no extra breathing in the whole hotel. He looked at Jin, and seeing that he seemed to have discovered it, he became more and more unhappy. The three of them had heavy thoughts, Going straight to the city lord's mansion, Will has been able to confirm that the city is really empty. Although the moon is empty now, the surrounding buildings are also very new, only the popularity, but it can't be fabricated.

The three held turpentine torches, stood on the high platform in the west of the city, and looked forward. In the night, the woods around the castle were pale and white with the moonlight. The silhouette on the ground also kept twisting, like some unknown monster, struggling to come out. At the end, a huge castle stood silently, gloomy and gloomy, only when the wind passed, the doors and windows above the castle made people fall. The creaking of the teeth, the sound, monotonous and boring, but for nothing, it gave people a kind of eerie feeling.

Looking at each other, Jin stretched out a hand, and with a squeak, the door was opened a crack, a chilly wind passed by in an instant, paused, and then, without hesitation, he pushed the whole door open. Opened, the three walked in, and looked at the city lord's mansion with the torches in their hands.

Different from the gloomy and depressing appearance on the outside, the interior is magnificent, majestic and soft. The high dome and the surrounding huge polygonal columns are engraved with elegant and simple patterns. The large-scale stained glass windows of the barrel arch are simple in color, but in yellow and green, but the patterns are bright. Under the projection of the moonlight, it exudes a faint halo. The surrounding furniture also pays more attention to materials rather than decoration. A beautifully handcrafted jacquard rug runs all the way up the stairs and extends in all directions.

"what?"

Cellulo was still admiring the interior decoration, but she heard Will's giggling sound, which seemed to be extremely surprised. She turned her head to look, and saw him looking around, looking like she didn't quite understand.

"What's wrong? Will? What did you find?" King asked.

"Ah, no, I just think this place is so old." Will scratched his head.

"Old? This place looks very new?" Cellulu blinked and looked around for unknown reasons.

"No, I'm not saying things are old or new, I'm talking about this•••" Wil paused, as if trying to find words to describe: "Well, by the way, this style is very old, like the kind of building from a long time ago ."

"A long time ago?" Jin didn't understand.

"Yeah, it's like a house in the ancient times. Now the noble castle is beautifully decorated. I have had the opportunity to visit the castles of nobles and lords a few times before. They have all caught up with the craftsmanship of the goblins."

Will seemed to be reminiscing there with some envy, and then he made a gesture and continued:

"Here, it looks like the glory period of the gods mentioned in our orc book."

"Is it the style of the ancient times?" Jin pondered for a while before asking, "Could it not be a castle where humans live, but other races, so the legacy of the ancient times is preserved."

Will shook his head vigorously: "No, the human race, the sub-god race, and the demon race live in similar directions. The goblins don't live in castles, the orcs like to live in caves, and other races don't live like this."

Jin nodded and glanced around again, but knowing this, it didn't help the current situation, so he didn't dwell on this issue, he said.

"Forget it, there's nothing to see in the underground city, let's find a way."

Cellulu and Will were about to nod their heads in agreement, when suddenly, there was a ding ~ choking sound, and a crisp sound suddenly came from the silent room.

Jin raised his head sensitively, the sound came from upstairs. "Go, go up and have a look."

He took the first step and ran towards the stairs, with Celluloid following closely behind him.

"Looks like it's in the tower on the top floor." Will provided more precise directions.

They ran up layer by layer until they reached the third floor. After passing a corner, the three of them saw a faint moonlight coming in from the window. At the end of the long corridor, a vague shadow turned its back to them. , stood at the door of the tower.

"Lulu, you follow me, be careful." Jin said in a low voice, blocking Cellulu behind him, and then calmly pressing the hilt of the sword behind him, step by step, cautiously, Lean over slowly.

Cellulu nodded, holding her breath, she carefully pressed against Jin, and slowly leaned in. Will also pulled out his axe, clasped his hands, and stared at the front cautiously, not forgetting the rear of the hall.

One step, two steps, three steps.

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Suddenly, a long, piercing scream pierced the silence, and there was a sudden commotion in front of him. Jin pulled out the big sword behind him with his backhand, and ran over quickly.

A bright white light lit up in front of the eyes, like mercury pouring down the ground, full of brilliance, like a small spring sun, warm and warm, but like the summer sun, fierce and fierce, there is something, in this white light, rapidly. ablation.

Less than ten steps away, Jin felt that the white light came from a long sword of a knight, and was held by a tall man in black knight armor. As for what he killed, Jin did not see clearly.

Seemingly noticing the movement behind him, the man turned his head. Half of his face was hidden in the darkness, and half of his face was exposed to the sword light. His red hair was flamboyant. In the light, it was as gorgeous and bright as the sunset, but in the dark, it was like blood. Thick and black, the facial features are evil and charming, the phoenix eyes are slender, and under the straight bridge of the nose are thin lips that indicate ruthlessness and indifference. The gray pupils are indifferent and cold.

He was very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but Jin's footsteps stopped slightly, not ignoring this unusual sense of familiarity that rose in an instant,

"you•••"

"Uncle, huh? Why is it ••••, it is •••"

Cellulu also chased after him, and when she saw the man, she was also surprised in a flash, and blurted out, but the blank memory made her unable to say anything immediately, so she could only stare at him blankly.

"Do you know him?" Will asked bluntly when he saw the two people's expressions of deja vu.

There seemed to be a trace of surprise in the man's eyes, but immediately, it turned into the same confusion as them, his slender pupils narrowed slightly, he glanced at them up and down, his lips slightly opened, as if he wanted to say something, but No sound came out.

"What do you want to say?" Jin asked quickly.

The voice fell, a vision suddenly appeared, and without warning, the man's figure suddenly blurred, and inch by inch melted into the darkness. Jin immediately reached out and grabbed it, but the speed of the melt seemed clear and slow, but it was unbelievably fast. Jin finally caught only a cloud of air, but Jin still noticed, and before disappearing, he turned his head and kept his eyes on the locked tower.

"Who was that person just now? It doesn't seem like the armor he saw through is from Gorse, but it's very familiar. Where have I seen this person?" Jin put down his hand and muttered to himself.

Cellulu said in surprise: "Uncle also thinks he has seen him? Me too."

"Lulu too? A collective illusion?" Jin guessed.

But it was immediately denied by Will. "No, I feel like I've never seen him before, but he and that woman seem to appear in white light, and then suddenly disappear."

"Doesn't Will feel it? Well, it's really strange." Jin couldn't understand, "However, seeing that he was beheading those monsters just now, he should be with the woman, it would be great if he could find them both. , they should know something."

Touching his chin, Kim drew his attention back again.

"Before the man disappeared, he was looking at the tower. Is there any mystery in it?"

"Let's go in and have a look." Will said, he had already stepped up and twisted the big copper lock on the door.

"Wait, Will, be careful there's something inside." Seeing Will's careless appearance, Jin quickly reminded him, and the man also stood by the door, clenching the heavy sword in his hand, ready to attack at any time.

Under Will's brute force, the copper lock sent out a weak smack, and then fell off. Will slammed the door open, and then the whole person flashed to the side. After a while, there was no movement inside. The three men walked in vigilantly.

The inside of the tower is empty. The only thing worth noting is that in the middle, there is a standing bracket, which supports a dim red magic crystal. With this magic crystal as the center, from the wall, the ground to the ceiling, the entire The room is covered with strange lines and patterns, and the lines are drawn with unknown materials, and a few places are still shimmering with a faint blue darkness.

"What is this? It looks like a magic circle." Jin glanced around, observed for a moment, and wondered.

"Yeah, I also think it's like a magic circle drawn by a magician, but I don't know what it's used for." Will agreed.

"It doesn't look like a magic circle." Cellulu stared at the lines for a long time, but suddenly came up with a sentence. She seemed to think that she was too arbitrary, and added hesitantly.

"At least it's not a small magic circle. No matter how the magic circle changes, the basic structure is a circle, and the patterns here are messy and cannot form a circle. In addition, the red magic crystal is obviously the source of the magic supply for this circle. It's just that this magic crystal is so dim, it should have been supported for a long time. Once the energy is exhausted, this part of the formation will be abolished, but I don't know what the whole formation is like? However, if no one manipulates it , then this is not a magic array, but an engraved array."

"Engraving array? I seem to have heard of it." Jin was still thinking. Will has already answered with a look of surprise.

"Is it the engraving array drawn by the engraver?"

After a pause, he showed an embarrassed smile and said, "Actually, I have never understood the difference between a magic array and a marking array."

Celluloid said without hesitation:

"Of course there is a difference, just like a magician can be an engraver, but an engraver is not necessarily a magician, because the magic circle is mainly supported by human magic, so the magic circle is usually very small, because The larger the magic circle, the greater the need for individual magic control and magic power. Of course, it requires a lot of spiritual power, but the engraving and inscription master is different. As long as the spiritual power is strong enough, the magic power to maintain the operation of the array, He can use magic materials to draw graphics, and then add a magic source as an eye, just like the red magic crystal, he can support a marking array. As long as the layout is good, the marking array can last for a long time, but Magic circles are not good, once there are fewer people, the magic circles will be ineffective, besides, magic circles are usually used by magicians to attack auxiliary means, but the types and uses of engraving arrays are much wider."

"Also, magic circles usually don't pay much attention to drawing materials, just ordinary ink, because the key lies in the magician's own magic control, but these graphics, aren't some parts of them shining with a blue luster? If you read it correctly , This should be drawn with the ink made by Youlan Chenxingsha. It has a very strong ability to avoid magic. This is an excellent drawing material in the world of engraving and inscription. It's just that the array here is invalid. Youlan Chen Xingsha's power is almost exhausted."

After speaking without stopping, Cellulu was stunned for a moment, and then frowned in a tangled manner. Jin and Will were also stunned for a while, Will praised frankly with admiration on his face.

"Girl Lulu, you're amazing. You know these things so well."

Jin looked at Cellulu's expression, but knew that she was obviously worried about why she knew, and he quickly asked:

"Lulu, can you see what this array is for?"

As soon as Jin's question came out, it also interrupted Cellulu's painful search for the bottom line, but she couldn't answer this question, Cellulu shook her head.

"No, just looking at this, I can't see what the array does, these lines are just a low-level magic power amplification device.

The three studied for a while, but couldn't find any clues, so they had to leave the tower, searched for a while on the first floor, and found a staircase going down. Looking at the passage that was spiraling towards the ground, Jin took the torch and walked on the ground. At the front, Celluloid was in the middle. After Will broke, the three of them cautiously explored downwards, circling all the way down. When the last section of steps disappeared, and after turning a corner, an empty corridor appeared in front of them, with a corridor on both sides. A warehouse separated by a door, no matter how far away, there are several fork roads and detours, which cover the entire space like cobwebs.

"This is the basement of the City Lord's Mansion. Turn three intersections in front of you, and turn two more turns to the left. This is where we woke up before. Only those places on this floor are suspicious. The others are either empty rooms or Some things have gone mouldy and deteriorated, and you can't see what they were originally."

Jin said, and took a torch to take pictures of the rooms on both sides. Through some hidden doors, you can see that the interior is empty.

"Yeah, I smashed several doors, and I don't know how long they have been locked. When I opened the door, there was that dust and that choking smell~" Will's hairy face was wrinkled, his mouth seemed He also pooh-pooh a few times as if recalling.

"Hehe, Will, it's hard for you, it's very uncomfortable."

Cellulu chuckled softly and gave Will a sympathetic look before suggesting:

"Then let's go to the place where you came out before, maybe we can find some clues about the woman you mentioned and the man who just disappeared."

"Well, you can just stay in the corridor then." Jin hesitated before nodding in agreement, just adding one sentence.

The cellar of the City Lord's Mansion is gloomy and wide, only the torches in his hands are flickering, and the dim light divides the passage into sections of mottled black and white light and shadow space. The sound of footsteps stomping, drifting around, with faint echoes.

Celluloid was a little lost in such an environment, and Jin affirmed the sound, breaking the almost frozen air.

"It's around here, where the woman appeared. We were left there before."

Jin first gestured near the corridor, then pointed to a warehouse on his right with an open door, and said:

"However, we have looked at several rooms around here and found nothing noteworthy."

Cellulu took advantage of the situation to look at it. Because of the dim light, she didn't look carefully inside, but there seemed to be some white, white, red and red bits and pieces on the ground. Remembering what Jin said before, Cellulu's face turned pale, and she quickly suppressed her head. The imagination in the middle, looked away, and said after a while.

"Uncle, have you seen the hallway and the floor and walls of the room? Since there is an array of engravings where the man appeared just now, maybe there is also here."

Jin just remembered this possibility, but he really didn't pay attention to it just now, so he had to search carefully again. This time, the things he had neglected were also revealed. The four walls of the room and corridor here are actually covered with messy lines. It's just that because the distribution is too wide and the time is old, those lines are either worn, or covered with moss, or damaged, and they are not connected together, so it is not a conscientious person, and can only be mistaken for the damage and traces left by disrepair.

Now that we have found the right place, the next source of magic power is also under the rough judgment of Cellulu. Will and Jin are hit and miss, and they are found in the inner partition of a warehouse wall. However, looking at it. In front of this hidden cyan magic crystal that was so deeply hidden and the same dim light, Cellulu had a vague sense of trouble.

"The magic crystal just now was red, so it is of the fire element, but this cyan one is of the wind element, depending on the color and size, these magic crystals should be very high-level magic crystals, and the usual engraving array only uses one. It’s too wasteful, but two different series of high-level magic crystals are used together here, and if the lines here are roughly the same, it’s just a low-level element agglomeration device, such a simple engraving array, must be used. With such a high-level magic crystal, what is the core array here, what kind of magic crystal should be used to satisfy and support this engraved array, and what is its purpose?"

Jin and Will's faces gradually became solemn. So far, visions have been discovered one by one, but none of the mysteries have been uncovered. They only felt trapped in a fog, and the more they explored, the more confused they became.

After a moment, Jin Cai broke the silence: "Let's go, let's go and see the lower floors."

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There should be another chapter in the future, depending on the progress of my writing.