Holy Mountain (Part 2)
Chapter 76:Holy Mountain (Part 2)
“Sisters, that is the Holy Mountain!We have found it!”
Hakala screamed and vented his joy.Many witches stood in the same place, shocked by the wonders in front of them, and some reacted, and wept with their companions around them.
He raised his eyebrows, “Is that really the holy mountain?”
“What’s wrong, what’s wrong?”The leaves asked in a low voice.She had the same question in her mind, and the city in the sky did not look like the ancient books, the golden light was shining and magnificent.Although the minarets are spectacular, they are all gray-black and dark even during the day.Not to mention the red mist that fills the city, which is as thick as blood.
“Something... crammed into those holes,” said the red-eyed voice, “I don’t see very well, but those things are not like gods...”
The leaves felt a layer of goosebumps floating around, and the farthest one to see in the meeting was the red-eyed, and her method made the leaves vaguely uneasy.Unfortunately, the lightning had followed the nightingale, otherwise she could fly closer to see.
“The sisters!“The Holy Mountain is right in sight,” cried the teacher, raising his hands, “and more hard, we will find eternity at once!”
At once, she urged the stone woman to carry her forward.The leaves wanted to go forward to dissuade, but opened their feet and took it back.She remembered the end of Wendy half a month ago, at such a time, I am afraid that any dissuasion will not make sense, do not see it in person, the teacher will not stop.
The group began to accelerate.After leaving the foot of the mountain, the snow unexpectedly decreased, and the surrounding temperature also rose.This is the forbidden place in the transmission, and it is also an area that humans cannot set foot in, and the leaves think, but they are now printing their footprints on this no-man's land.If the lightning were there, she would be happy, right?
Looking back, the mountains are rolling behind them, like an unsurpassed barrier.This makes the leaves wonder whether it is precisely because of the desperate mountains that the evil beast cannot directly enter the hinterland of the mainland, so that it is necessary to bypass the far north?
In any case, if you can really find the holy mountain, you don't have to wander, you are satisfied with it... She sighed gently, and the truth, when the nightingale told the camp what she had seen and heard in the camp, she was moved.When Wendy asked who wanted to leave with the Nightingale, she couldn’t help but take a step forward and give her name out loud.But until the end, she still failed to cross the threshold in her heart, and lost to the shadow left by her past.
Leaves, let yourself stop thinking about these things that have passed, keep up with the pace of the team, and walk in the yellow and white fields.
But strange things happen quickly, and no matter how fast they get, the city is always going backwards at the same pace as they are.One hour came down, and the sanctuary was still suspended in the clouds, neither growing nor shrinking, as if they had not moved at all.
“Master, please rest, the sisters are tired,” Shi said.During this period, she has changed several waves of people to carry the teacher, she is one of the longest to insist on time.
“No, how can you stop now?”Hakkar unthinkingly refused her advice, “This is the test of God, sisters, without a firm will, and will never reach the holy mountain!”You can’t stop, you have to go down until the gate of the Holy Mountain comes before our eyes!”
When the advice is ineffective, the group has to move forward.
However, the situation has not changed, in the way, the witches also encountered two waves of evil beasts, the second wave appeared two deformed mixed beasts, the weeds of the leaves could not persist for too long, a sister was caught off the neck by claws cut open, the blood sprinkled.
After solving these monsters, the people found that the sky was gradually darkening, and it was obviously the twilight time.The city was still ahead of them, but the outline became more blurred and seemed to be about to disappear.
According to past experience, they had to find a suitable place to camp to build a camp, but this place is completely different from the desperate mountains, looking at almost a flat, coupled with the evil beast that may be infested at any time, they can not spend the night in such a place.
“Teacher, let us withdraw to the foot of the mountain first!”Let the red eyes lead the way, the red peppers to light, and may not be able to return before midnight."
“No!”Hakala exclaimed, “It took us an afternoon to get here, and the road barely stopped.”Now everyone is physically exhausted, and it is impossible to keep the original speed back.Sisters, hold on a little longer, and find the Holy Mountain, and we will truly rest."
“Where is Sherry?”Someone pointed to the dead witch on the ground and asked.
"We don't have time to bury her," the teacher said, shaking her head, "and leave her here, for the earth will take her."
The leaves closed their eyes sadly, and another sister left, and if she was strong again, she would not have to die in this desolate land, not even a tombstone could not be left.
Just when the people were uncertain in order to advance or backward, the stone woman suddenly exclaimed: "Look at the sky, the city is gone!"
The leaves opened their eyes and looked up, only to see that the sky had turned gray and black, the clouds were hidden in the night, and the city disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Everyone stood still, and for a moment the silence was terrible.
A city that can never be close, the illusion of floating in the air, the sun disappears into the invisible when it sets... The leaves suddenly think of the adventure story told by the lightning, the fantasy realms that those seen in the sea.She trembled and whispered, “We’ve been cheated...” Soon, she shouted, “We’ve been cheated, it’s not a holy mountain at all!”“What we see is a mirage!”
“The mirage?”Hakkar turned back, his monstrous look, “What is that?”
“It is mentioned in the story of lightning that this phenomenon is often encountered on long voyages, but it is much rarer on land.What we see is an illusion, and the real city may be far away from us, or even, it may not be in front of us at all!”
At least, does it really exist?And it didn’t disappear?”
"This..." the leaves cluttered, "I don't know."
Just then, the red eye suddenly warned, "heart!Something is coming!”She stared at the left side of the group, her face very ugly.
“Another beast?”Chasing the wind makes an enemy posture, “How many?”
“No...” Chi Pu stepped back two steps, “I don’t know what it is...”
In the words, a dark shadow from far and near, with a lightning fast to cover the ears, straight to the eyes.Although she saw the light and shadow that struck, she could not hide—unlike the crossbow, it was too fast.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the shadow ran through the naked chest, flying her out, and even pinned it straight to the trunk behind her.
It was a spear.
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