1289 Knowledge 1 (1/2)
”If nobody has any other objections, we can leave now,” Blue Void said loudly from the front.
There were no sounds from below, indicating that everyone was pleased and satisfied with his arrangements. Blue Void then started dividing everyone into several groups and the respective tasks each group would be in charge with.
As protected ones, all the Contractors were surrounded in the middle. After all, their safety was directly linked to the existence of the summoned dragon race.
As a Wizard, even if it was a Level Nine Great Wizard, without any special physical attributes or equipment or casting a spell shield upon oneself, even a Level One Warrior could easily kill him. However, once the Wizards were well prepared, the power they could erupt would be way horrifying than an entire troop of Warriors.
Therefore, the safety of the Wizards was at the top of their list.
After everything was settled, the groups slowly walked out of the camp site. Warriors were scattered everywhere whereas Archers were at the inner layer with the Wizards and Contractors right in the middle.
Kevin was the one who stayed in the innermost, grouped together with a Contractor and a Level-Four Wizard whereas his daughter, due to special relationships, was arranged to be by his side.
The team slowly descended along a small stone ladder at the edge of the abyss, and soon disappeared into the darkness of the abyss.
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The mysterious snow mountain.
The pure white snow mountain and the azure lake were calm and peaceful, yet seemed remorselessly dead without any living creatures.
There was no sun over the blue lake, only white clouds that floated slowly but there was still a white light that was shining upon the surface below.
Whoosh!
A gigantic White Dragon glided across the lake, causing large ripples and waves.
The White Dragon had a slender snake neck and strong and powerful limbs, its slightly blue-ish wings on its back fluttered gently as if it had a weird yet natural frequency. It was well coordinated and natural.
Roar…
The White Dragon growled slowly as it darted in the direction of the snow mountain.
The instant it closed in the snow mountain, the White Dragon once again rushed and entered a translucent whirlpool, vanishing into thin air.
”You're here?”
Everything went black, Garen suddenly felt that he had fallen directly into the bottom of the abyss.
The translucent light source was right in front of him, shimmering in a faint white light as Ann's voice could be heard from inside.
”I came to fulfill the agreement.” Garen realized that he was standing in front of the light source, his mind calmed down.
”It seems that you're still trustworthy, and punctual,” Ann spoke lightly, ”my experiments are divided into two categories. The first one is the Soul Toxic Test. Please come with me.”
”?”
Garen did not understand how he was supposed to follow her. Ann's presence was clearly locked within the light source.
But very quickly, he soon understood what Ann meant.
Poof.
A beautiful lady wearing a black tunic skirt walked out slowly from the light source. Her hair was silky smooth and her skin even delicate than the best jade.
This was a perfect lady.
This was Garen's first thought when he saw Ann for the very first time. She was so perfect she did not even seem humane.
This kind of perfection was not just the perfection of Heaven and Earth, but the kind of perfection that no flaws could be found. Whether it was her temperament or her body, she was completely flawless in all aspects.
”Come with me,” the clear manly voice that came out from Ann's mouth instantly destroyed her perfect temperament.
Seeing that she just made a turn into the side of the mountain wall, Garen quickly followed.
As the both of them walked towards the mountain wall slowly, Ann explained in a hushed tone.
”Don't be surprised by my abnormality,” she glanced at Garen's confused face. ”Every hundred years, I'll switch genders and voices. For this coming hundred years, I'll have the body of a woman and the voice of a man. Then the next hundred years, the body of a man and the voice of a woman.”
”Uh…” Garen was a little speechless. It was still alright if Ann had the body of a woman and the voice of a man. If he just happened to meet Ann in the body of a man with the voice of a woman… that would be extremely hard for him to adjust to…
”Also, I'm not as what you think, sealed in this place.” Ann turned back and walked towards the stone wall. She reached out her hand and pressed on it lightly.
An arch door slowly and silently appeared on the stone wall, in the middle of the black door were two scarlet red bloodshot eyes.
Click.
The door opened, and Ann walked in.
Garen quickly followed.
Inside was a pitch black hollow space without a trace of light. But with the body of a White Dragon, Garen was born with the talent of Darkvision. Coupled with the faint, white light that was coming from the outside, he could vaguely make clear of his surroundings here.
A laboratory.
This was no doubt a laboratory.
Some unknown blood-stained creatures were bound onto the white experimental platform and in the corner were some wheat-like rings with blue, electric current flashing from time to time.
There were a lot of small grooves on one side of the wall with red candles placed in it. There were probably more than hundreds of them.
Swoosh.
All the hundred over red candles suddenly lit up and a bright yellow flame instantly illuminated the entire cave.
Ann walked to a corner where a lot of garbage and utensils were placed and searched around, finding a very sophisticated looking silver-white metal machine.
”Come here.”