Chapter 196 The Old King of Shadow
At dusk, the black tower appeared again in front of Lake and Polo.
Not far away, the two guards of the Sadi soldiers were still observing the surroundings in the outpost they built. The patterns on their breastplate were flashing in dusk.
But if Laike and Polo sneaked out, the soldiers would not be able to find their traces at all.
"So, how do we go back to that...shadow capital?"
Lake caressed the exterior wall of the tower without doors and windows, but what he bought was still those hard stone bricks, "Waiting for dusk?"
The sunset sank into the ground inch by inch, dark, overwhelming.
The skylight also seems a bit obscure.
But Lake and Polo blinked, and the abandoned capital not far away still did not become complete.
"What did we do to get to that city last time?"
"Last time?"
Lake thought for a while, "In a house, light a fire?"
A pile of fire...
Poluo thought for a while and looked at the two gauze flutes guarding under the tower.
What are their effects on the magic circle patterns on the breastplate of the two yarn flutes?
Poluo observed carefully, but found that the shadows under the feet of the gauze flute guarding were becoming more blurry than during the day, presenting a faint scattered outline.
shadow?
Thinking of this, Lake and Polo quietly retreated and found a bonfire lit in a small room not far from the tower.
In a room without other light sources, the shadows are dragged long, and the light and dark boundaries are clear at the junction of the shadows.
It's like...a door formed by a shadow.
"Sure enough, there are some different things."
Poluo stared at the light and dark boundary. The magical perception made him feel that something in this world was becoming different.
But, it's still a little bit short.
Poluo remembered the shadow magic that Princess Marin used in the Shadow Capital. The feeling of shadow flooding herself like a tide...
Yes, use magic to imitate this feeling!
This is not too difficult. When the two worlds overlap and boundaries are blurred, even if they do nothing, they may fall into the shadow capital. What Poluo needs to do is to increase this probability.
"Lack, close your eyes first."
Poluo reminded Lek, the next moment, a magic light flashed in his eyes and blew gently towards the beating bonfire-
"Furo!"
The next moment, the shadow jumped suddenly under the influence of the flames.
When I opened my eyes again, the dilapidated room in the world had been replaced by the intact room of the Shadow King.
Sure enough, I'm back!
Lec and Poluo looked at each other. Just like last time, the speed of entering the Shadow Capital was much faster than returning to the present world. Perhaps it was the reason for this capital itself?
They left the room and walked straight through the palace, and walked again to the deepest black tower.
"Huh? I've seen you, Miss, haven't you just been here a few days ago?"
The guards of Shadow Saudi Kingdom looked at Lake and widened their eyes.
"Yes, I shouldn't have disturbed you rashly, but it's really important. I have to ask Your Highness the Princess for help. Please help me convey it to Your Highness."
"Well, it's so rare. Someone can come to the Shadow King to ask for a meeting..."
The guard muttered to himself, then laughed, "But we all know the demise of the Kingdom of Wither, thank you.
Wait for a moment, and I will inform Your Highness now. Your Highness will be very happy to see you again. ”
In the shadow capital, within the tower, Princess Marlene sat on the throne.
She blinked, revealing some surprise:
"You mean, now, the ruler of the Sadi Kingdom is my fiancé? And... delaying you, and not agreeing to form an alliance?"
"So can..."
Lake said earnestly, "Help us?"
Later, Laike told Princess Marin about the ministers and Prince Peter in the new Sadi capital.
Princess Marlene fell into silence when she heard this. She turned her head and said that although there was a window in the room, there was nothing outside the window, or in other words, there was no scenery outside the window, only a flowing shadow.
After a long time, she looked at Lake again and whispered:
"As Shadi, the only person who is still alive, maybe, I should indeed go out and lead a wandering kingdom, but..."
Her lips trembled, "I don't know what I should do. After all, I actually don't understand those politics at all. I always listen to many people, which makes me wonder what they really want-
When I was young, my father did not teach me those things. I was like an ordinary girl. I yearned for love. A prince from a foreign country was... that one, Prince Peter.
He is handsome and good at speaking. ”
Listening to Princess Marlene's words, Lac Leuker recalled that although the Prince Peter had some inexplicable arrogance, as princes, most of their appearances would not be mediocre in this world.
"But later, my father, he sent me to this high tower without doors and windows, allowing me to master these powers-this is the secret of our family.
But, my father and grandfather... there have been many generations of people who have not mastered this kind of power until I, I have this kind of talent. ”
Princess Marlene said as she stretched out her slender white fingers and swam in the air.
The shadows under her feet spiraled up like swimming snakes, and they formed a blurry shadow along the movements of Princess Marlene's fingertips.
"In the dark tower, I finally arrived here after several years, this world is located under the present world.
In my opinion, these vague shadows are clearer than this world. ”
Princess Marlene let go of her hand and let the raised shadow return to the ground.
She took a deep breath, looked at Lake, and said slowly:
"In the shadow, my ancestors taught me a lot of things. I don't know if I really have the potential to become a king, nor do I know if I am really ready to change something."
She stretched out a hand to Lake, her fair white hand contrasting with the shadow, with a little unreal beauty.
"Who am I? A girl who knows nothing? A forgotten princess?
I have been closed in the shadow for a long time. During these seven years, my understanding of the outside world has stopped at the people who have missed it from the outside world...
You came here and wanted me to make a decision and help. ”
Princess Marlene looked at Lake and said seriously:
"I won't make any decisions hastily, so, can I see your shadow? It always follows you, and has seen a lot of things... something more real."
"Shadow?"
Lake was stunned for a moment.
"It's like a magic, it doesn't hurt."
Princess Marlene explained, “I just look—that’s all.”
Lac Legal thought, she could feel that the "Princess Princess" in front of her did not have any malice, and she did not even have the arrogance of an ordinary princess, just like an ordinary girl.
"Okay, I believe in you too."
Lac Lega thought, and reached out his hand, holding Princess Marlene's palm, which was very cold, as if it was pinched on an ice sculpture, with a smooth and delicate touch.
"Thank you."
Princess Marlene whispered, and the next moment, part of the shadow under Lake was suspended from the ground, and then Princess Marlene began to be covered with shadows - or in other words, her body, clothes and body, from this moment, transformed like a shadow.
The surrounding bedrooms also began to twist and dissipate, and all directions turned into complete darkness.
There is no light at all.
But in such a space, Lake and Polo found that they had seen something clearly with some help from Princess Marlene.
The same shadow, that shadow from Lake.
The shadows began to spread, and Lake saw the shadows of himself and many people in those shadows, above the flying flagship above the Goethe Capital.
King Wither was talking, his voice seemed a little dull, but he could still hear what he meant.
Afterwards, Lake waved the Star Killing Sword and stabbed King Wither's neck.
Then, the shadow dissipates.
Lake looked in the middle of the room, Princess Marlene looked at the dissipated shadow of King Wither, and she fell into silence, the shadow that formed her body, even trembling slightly.
She waved her hand again, and some shadows flowed along her hand, forming some other pictures.
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Above it, the shadow of the flying ship flew past the blurry city, and then the city began to collapse and destroy...
"Thank you."
Princess Marlene's voice seemed a little weak, she whispered, raising her hand to dispel the shadows, and another scene changed rapidly in front of her eyes again, and it was the capital of the Xinshadi Kingdom.
In the palace, Prince Peter sat on the high throne and whispered something.
Princess Marlene pulled Prince Peter closer to her shadow and pointed her fingers, as if she wanted to see the details of Prince Peter from the simple shadow.
But in the end, she took back her hand.
All the shadows disappeared, and it was still that room, Princess Marlene's bedroom.
"Thank you, I... saw it, from the shadow of the present world."
Princess Marlene nodded, and there was a hint of thought in her eyes, as if she was recalling something that had been long.
"I don't know if Prince Peter still remembers me, but..."
Princess Marlene's eyes were settled, "I will help you. I think your Goethe kingdom is right. We must use our strength to protect more people and stop every ambitionist who initiates invasion.
However, if I want to leave here, I still can't do it with my strength. ”
"Do you need our help?"
After hearing this, Lake opened his eyes wide and asked, "Do you need magic or something?"
"My power comes first from my ancestors. I need his help to help me return to reality from the shadows."
"Your...ancestor? He is still alive?"
"Yes, he is not a human, or, I don't know how long he has lived in the Shadow World, but he told me that he was also the king of the Sadi Kingdom."
Princess Marlene said, the surrounding environment began to collapse, and the situation in the bedroom began to disappear—
No, not only that, after the disappearing shadow, Lake saw the outline of something else, just like the real inside the black tower, just like the gauze flute king outside.
The curved walls are stacked by bricks and stones.
There is no gap, which can reveal the light from the outside world, it is small and restrained - there is only one bed, nothing else, nothing that can be used to light up the darkness.
Like a cell, an eternal cell.
"Here..."
"If it comes to real time, I have been here for seven years."
Princess Marlene said, and she raised her head and looked upwards, "This ceremony is very simple. It has no magical magic. It just locks me in this tower without doors and windows. The shadows are only shadows.
It was a kind of torture, and I couldn't see anything. Even the only air outlet was on the top of a tower hundreds of meters. The special design made no light shine inside. ”
Lake listened to Princess Marlene's words and did not describe it more carefully, but even so, she could still feel the extreme chill.
Alone, in the darkness?
Cold and dead silent.
"But after that, suddenly one day, I could see the world after the shadows, from ancient times to the present, the oldest savor kingdom, the city hidden in the shadows."
"Is the oldest city the Sadi royal capital?"
"No, the capital of Shadi is born because of me, but at that time, what I saw was the legend that every Shadi person would hear in his childhood -
That story deep in the dream. ”
Then, in the tide of shadows that seemed like drowning, Lec and Polo saw that the shadows appeared again in outlines - a world that ordinary people could not see at all.
Even they only saw blurry shadows.
"You can see those things through my eyes."
Princess Marlene said, and after that, Lake and Polo felt a shadow and wrapped around their bodies. At the same time, they also saw more things-
The details in those shadows began to appear, and there were also some colors.
But Poluo knew that perhaps the shadow itself was the essence of this city, which was more pure than the previous Shadow Gauldian King Capital.
It is also a city, and the structure and style of the city are extremely ancient.
On the streets of the city, there are many figures walking back and forth. They only have shadows, but they also have many human characteristics. Their clothes are also in the style of the Shadi people.
"In the story of Sadi, there was once a king who ruled the Sadi Kingdom from a small country to a prosperous and powerful country. He seemed to know everyone's secrets, whether it was an enemy country or the lord of his own country-
But in his later years, he disappeared with the royal city at that time, and no one knew where that city was going.
And now, you can see it with your own eyes. ”
Princess Marlene said, without taking a step, the city with shadows quickly surged, as if there were two completely opposite laws here and here.
"This is the real shadow capital."
No, not only that...
The moment Poluo entered this city, he felt an invisible oppression, as if he was stared at by a pair of eyes, and this invisible vision came from the depths of the shadows from all directions.
The owner of this city discovered several people at the moment of entering.
This is not moving towards the center of the city, but shadows from all directions locking the positions of Lake and the others, and then the next moment—
At the same speed as light, Lake and Polo had almost no time to react and were already in an ancient palace.
At this moment, Poluo also saw the master in sight.
He sat on the top seat of the palace, looking like a young man, wearing a gorgeous king's dress and a cloak, and a golden crown on his head—
But most importantly, this "King of Shadows" is completely different from the human-shaped shadows I saw before.
Without the help of Princess Marlene's eyes, you can also see his body.
That is a more solid reality than the shadow.
It's like a completely real human body.
And at the feet of the Shadow King, there is also a complete shadow.
(This chapter ends)