For thousands of years, no matter how much the aliens hate these witchers, and whether or not these witchers are truly "noble", there is at least one thing that must be certain: these night watchmen have in fact protected human civilization and ensured that fragile humanity survived the darkest ages in history.Even if this historical significance is not considered, just thinking about the consequences of those crazy elder orders once they break out of Colpers, Hao Ren cannot allow this ice fortress to fall.Led by several Demon Hunter Masters, Hao Ren and his party walked through the depths of the Ice Fortress.With the millennia of ice beneath their feet, the clearest sky on the planet above them, and the wind whistling in their ears from time to time, the heavily armed black-clad hunters quietly stood guard at every post.A wonderful feeling came over him, and Hao Ren felt that he was standing on a watchtower, nailed to the North Pole, nailed through the thick ice sheet, nailed through thousands of years of history, nailed through all the races and cultures of the planet.The age of mythology was ended by it, the magical civilization was also ended by it, and human civilization grew up under its watch, and countless hunters in the dark night stood in this place and quietly watched the whole world......
Yet the average person knows nothing about all this.Lily was still in good spirits in the cold wind, or she was more energetic than anyone else since she came to the North Pole, and the husky girl ran around Hao Ren with great interest, enjoying the feeling of the cold wind and exclaiming, "It's so kind, it's so kind......
It felt like home.But then again, this place is harsh enough for the average person. ”"It's the same with witchers," Shirohuo smiled seekingly, "I've never felt comfortable with my hometown.It's dry and cold, except for ice and ice, and you can't see a single color when you go out every day, and the only food you can eat is fish and seals, and the rest of the food has to be transported from the interior with great effort.Life on the ice fields was very boring, training, patrolling, day in and day out, so when I was very young, my biggest dream was to become a hunter, and although this was a very low class, even young hunters could have the opportunity to travel the world - unfortunately I detected ancestral blood in me, so I trained twenty years more than the average witcher.To put it this way......
I'm envious of young hunters born outside the Arctic. ”"You were born here, huh?"
Lily glanced at Bai Huo in a little surprise, "I thought you were sent to the headquarters because you had to receive an elite education, and that's how it was in the movies."
Anyway, your parents are also in this castle?
”"It's been many years since they died," Bai Huo said lightly, "when I was very young. ”The atmosphere was a little awkward all of a sudden, because what everyone instantly thought of was the endless war between the demon hunters and the aliens for countless generations, and Hao Ren pulled the corners of his mouth unnaturally: "Yes......
When you're at war with aliens. ”"Ah no," Bai Huo saw that everyone was a little misunderstood, and quickly waved his hand, "My mother is sick, my dad is addicted to potions and goes to find a volcano duel......"
As soon as her words fell, the scene was quiet, and the atmosphere was instantly colder than the big ice field outside, and Rao is Lily's incredible reflex arc was also a little unresponsive.Normal people must think that she is the kind of girl who suffers from bitterness and hatred and bears her fate, the kind where both parents died and the whole family died at the hands of demons, but who would have thought that her father died from drug addiction......
Girl, why don't you play your cards according to common sense?
Bai Huo didn't feel the atmosphere any different, and one person continued: "It's a long time ago, and I don't have a deep impression of them......
It was always the mentor who brought me up.Why don't you speak?
”Vivien opened her mouth: "......
Nothing, feel your background......
It's a bit different from what I imagined.I thought you were going to shake off a string of family feuds, and the witchers in my impression are all in this style. ”"Are all the witchers in your mind bitter and hateful?"
Bai Huo shrugged, "We also have our own lives, we have relatives and friends, we have seven emotions and six desires, we have hobbies and personalities, and 'hunting' is not all we have.My tutor loves chess, I love reading comics, do you think that's incredible?
”Vivien said lightly: "How many demon hunters have thought that the 'demons' you hunted are actually similar. ”The topic was a little stiff all of a sudden, but before the atmosphere turned bad, Master Ksuzov, who was leading the way for everyone, suddenly coughed lightly twice: "Now that the overall situation is important, this kind of inconsequential private conversation should be put aside a little." ”If it were Vivian's usual habit, she would definitely have to say a few words in return if she let a "junior" teach her like this, but this time she just waved her hand indifferently and nodded lightly to Bai Huo: "There is no malice." ”Bai Huo lowered his eyes: "Me too." ”Hao Ren, who watched all this, had some subtle emotion in his heart.There was no essential difference between the witchers and the aliens, and even the aliens from Halletta were also distant relatives of the witchers, but the 10,000-year-long strife completely severed the connection between them, and even the contradictions between the aliens were deeper than the contradictions between them.I don't know when the witchers no longer even regard the aliens as spiritual creatures with the same feelings, but rudely refer to them as "prey", and the aliens don't care at all whether the witchers have seven emotions or six desires, but only regard them as a plague of disasters in the extreme.This absurd contradiction and separation will eventually produce an even more absurd result, that is, when a witcher talks about his family life, an alien can feel incredible.Even though they know that this is normal from common sense, they cannot emotionally believe that the other person is the same flesh and blood creature as themselves.This absurd fragmentation......
When will it really end?
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the voice of Master Ksuzov: "Ahead is the Tower of Stars.The gate is closed, and the situation on the opposite side is not optimistic. ”Hao Ren immediately woke up from his contemplation and looked forward with great curiosity.All the way he had been wondering where the Starry Tower was—there was no obvious tower in the middle from the exterior of the Ice Fortress, but according to White Fire's description, it was a magnificent facility, and there was no reason why he couldn't see it on the streets.After seeing the situation in front of him, Hao Ren finally knew why he couldn't see the "tower" outside the fortress.A huge pit appeared in front of everyone's eyes!
The diameter of the crater is 100 meters, and its shape is a regular circle, extending like a shaft to the center of the earth.A chaotic darkness shrouded the shaft, and the depths of it were filled with a thick fog, as if there was another heaven and earth.A wide staircase that rotates downwards and a series of intricate bracing and dividing structures are arranged on the pit wall, which is supposed to be the path to the lower level and the rest stop.Around this shaft is the largest square in the ice fortress, where countless heavily armed witchers are stationed, and patrolling warriors can be seen everywhere, which is really heavily guarded.This is the Tower of the Stars.“…… Didn't you say it was a tower?
”Hao Ren stared at it for a long time, feeling deceived, "This thing is a pit!"
”"This is the Tower of Stars," Bai Huo nodded expressionlessly, "it extends downwards into the Arctic Ocean, but at some stage, it will 'go up' and pierce into the spatial entrance to Colpers. ”"Normally, we call this thing a well ......," Nangong Sanba's mouth twitched, "Are you sure that this is not the original construction, and the drawings were reversed?"
”"You talk a lot of nonsense," Nangong May's tail twitched on her brother's head, "In the eyes of us people in the sea, this thing is a tower!"
”"Don't worry about the tower first," Hao Ren waved his hand and turned his head to look at Bai Huo, "Can you open the gate now?"
”"Now?"
Bai Huo was a little surprised, "Don't you wait for the big army?"
They arrived quickly. ”Hao Ren nodded: "Don't wait, I want to take a look at the situation on the other side first." ”Bai Huo asked the old hunter beside him, "Master Ksuzov, is it convenient to open the door now?"
”Ksuzov placed his hand on the icicle beside him, which shimmered and made a faint chirp.After a moment, the old hunter exhaled, "Go in." ”As the old hunter's voice fell, the strange chaos inside the "tower" of the stars suddenly vanished like a phantom, and the thick fog in the depths of the crater also thinned.A passage appeared.
(To be continued.) )