468 Glittering Pond 2 (1/2)
Chapter 468: Glittering Pond 2
The sky was suddenly filled with hawks’ cries.
More than ten Giant Hawks with faintly glowing yellow eyes slowly descended from the sky.
Their sharp claws were carrying a black horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
The carriage was the size of a small house, and it was unusually wide and neat.
Bang!
A dull noise rang out, and the carriage landed on the ground. Its four wheels shook, then rolled on the ground for a moment, before being obstructed by a few protruding stones on the floor, and ceasing all movement.
A crashing sound could be heard as the carriage door was pulled from left to right, finally opening before two figures jumped out.
Garen looked at the Lava Ball that cast the surroundings of the valley in a fiery glow, while a look of admiration appeared on his face subconsciously.
”Looks like this place has been arranged pretty well.”
”There are a lot of monster nests in the vicinity, so we have no choice but to be alert at all times. However, there will be slightly more of the crystals for consumption here,” said Skyharp, nodding. ”Let’s go.”
Garen nodded, clapping his hands lightly. The Giant Hawk pulled the carriage immediately, and flew upwards again, before flying towards the road.
He took big steps towards the Giant Lava Ball, and after a few strides, he had quickly crossed a distance of more than ten meters.
Garen walked directly towards the Giant Lava Ball, before colliding into it harshly.
Whoosh!
After the soft noise rang out, his entire body suddenly entered the Lava Ball.
This sequence arrangement was extremely natural, as Garen had only felt a faint gust of hot air throughout his surroundings, very mildly, as he felt that his body had only become slightly warmer.
A sea of red appeared before his eyes, and he realized that he had already entered the interior of the Giant Lava Ball.
In front of him was a cylindrical passage, and the bottom of the walls were completely made up of lava that was still rolling around continuously, emitting terrifying heat and red light.
The passage extended towards the front continuously, and Garen found himself walking on the passageway unconsciously, while Skyharp followed behind him closely.
Both of them seemed to have an invisible protective layer that separated them from direct contact with the lava, and made walking through the passageway as simple as taking a normal walk, without any differences at all.
Garen happily looked at the lava wall surrounding him, unconsciously nodding his head slightly.
”This Tactical Formation is not bad, worthy of Master Calingan. A simple arrangement that was enough to integrate the local environmental requirements and allow man-made work to meld into nature.”
He outstretched his hand to touch the right wall surface, and red lava stuck on his hand, releasing endless puffs of white smoke.
”Master Calingan excelled at Heirloom research, this was the work of one of his old friends, and this lava is not actually real, but merely an illusion,” Skyharp explained. ”After these passages, Glittering Pond will be right inside.”
Garen nodded.
Both of them sped up their footsteps, and continued walking down the middle of the lava passage.
They passed through many turnings, and soon, the black exit finally appeared in front of them.
Garen’s toes stepped on the ground lightly, before he dashed out of the passage all of a sudden.
Before his eyes was a sea of purple and red.
His eyes quickly got used to the constantly changing light rays, and as Garen stood at the exit of the lava passage, and looked at the scenery before him.
Between the valley, the entire floor had been submerged by purple-red colored streams, forming a purple-red lake. It looked like a large purple-red mirror, and the lake reflected the night time moonlight, forming purple-red halos, even dyeing the night sky in red as well.
The reflection of the purple-red moonlight shook in the water, causing the large black silhouettes that were swimming in the water to be faintly seen.
The lava passage was at the bank of the purple-red river, and at their ends stood the stone walls of the valley.
Initially, at the entry point of the valley, there was a large circular depression in the ground, and now it was filled with water, forming a large circular purple-red lake.
The purple-red water inside the lake flowed slowly and silently.
Garen walked towards the side of the lake and crouched down, before outstretching his hands and cupping some water.
Strangely enough, when he cupped the purple-red lake water, it suddenly turned into normal clear water, and was incomparably clear.
The cool lake water dripped out between his fingers slowly, and flowed back into the lake.
Garen stood up, looked at the deep part of the lake from afar, faintly noticing a small isle there.
”Hold on for awhile, the garrison in this area will come and meet us soon, since we have yet to release our arrival instructions,” Skyharp said behind him quietly.
Garen nodded.
Both of them waited quietly, but before half a minute had passed, two little ferries floated towards them slowly on both sides of the surface of the lake. On the black ferry stood three Totem Users and soldiers in black wooden armor.
The ferry docked beside the bank quickly, and the soldiers hurriedly disembarked onto the bank, bending on single knees on the ground in front of the two people.
”Welcome Palace Master and Elder!” Their voices were unusually orderly, an obvious sign that this was due to prior training.
While they spoke, dark clouds floated up from the lake suddenly, quickly forming a human figure that landed beside the bank.