This isn't a souls-like game at all.

It was obvious that the old man was really worried about the two of them, which was why he asked to retreat after encountering a strong enemy.

From his complaints, we can also tell that this is probably not the first time he has done something similar.

Bodies buried in the swamp? They must be other members of the Order of the Dragon who attempted to join the cult.

After putting the puppet's body into the four-dimensional chrysanthemum, the three of them continued to move forward in the drizzle.

Aidan was not too surprised by the sudden disappearance of the puppet. He just sighed and said, "Magic is so convenient."

It seemed he mistook this for magic.

Passing by the ninth rest stop which had been completely reduced to ruins, there was no spacious mountain road in front of us. Instead, there were all kinds of rugged terrains and even stairs built on an almost vertical rock wall.

"Fortunately, there is this hook."

Thanks to the magnetic hook Alice made for him, the way up the mountain was not difficult to walk.

He only needed to go up and down a few times to bring the two of them to the resting place above.

One trip was for Alice, the other for Aidan.

The old man couldn't help but complain about this.

"Sirius, why don't you just make me another one? It's just right for you two to spend some quality time together, and it saves Oscar from having to carry an old man like me back and forth. Isn't that a hassle?"

"No, that won't do." Alice shook her head and refused. "It's a bit of a hassle, but the things I give away must be unique. If there are too many, it won't be novel anymore."

Aidan felt very uncomfortable hearing this.

Damn, these two young people are showing their affection to me?

But when he thought about how the other party had lifted the hypnosis from him, and how Ye Yiyi had defeated the sensing puppet without any injury, the old man shut his mouth obediently again.

In fact, the trouble was not that troublesome. At least when he saw Oscar flying up and down, he not only did not find it troublesome at all, but also had a silly smile on his face all the time!

Damn, is this thing really that fun?

The old man couldn't help thinking in his heart, No, after I go back, I must ask those scholars to imitate one!

We have already replicated the dragon armor, so what’s a mere hook?

"Fuck! This thing feels so good to use! It feels so good!"

After climbing up for nearly a hundred meters, Ye Yiyi and Alice were expressing their experience in a natural windbreak cave that was concave inward.

"The pulling force can be adjusted a bit, and the hook retraction speed is a little slow." Alice nodded, holding the wrist cuff in one hand and poking it with the glowing dagger in the other.

Aidan was a little confused by this scene. How could poking the wrist cuff with a dagger be considered an adjustment?

But this might be someone else's secret, so he wisely didn't ask.

After the adjustment, Alice put the wristband on Ye Yiyi personally.

"Try again."

"it is good."

Ye Yiyi looked at the adjusted wristband, then walked to the entrance of the cave, put his arms around the girl's waist, and Alice naturally put her arms around his neck.

With the old man rolling his eyes, Ye Yiyi flicked the magnetic hook lock toward the rock wall above again and ascended into the sky with the girl.

"Bringing her means holding her, and bringing me means carrying me?"

Aidan took out his pipe in frustration, took two puffs, exhaled a puff of smoke helplessly, and finally couldn't help sighing.

"What kind of world is this? Can't we respect the elderly a little more?"

After a while, Ye Yiyi came down from above, carrying the helpless Aidan upwards.

No one cared about the old man's little tricks. Ye Yiyi only felt that with the hook, even his travel speed became faster.

It took an entire afternoon to get from the base of the mountain to the top, but it took less than an hour to get from the middle of the mountain to the top.

After passing the dark clouds and reaching a vast sea of ​​clouds, the group finally reached the top of the mountain with the help of a magnetic hook.

"finally reached."

The top of the mountain is a wide flat area, and even without a lamp, there is bright light illuminating the place.

Ye Yiyi glanced at the wet hem of his windbreaker, then turned his head to look at the vast sea of ​​clouds that seemed endless below the cliff.

"Look up and look at the sky."

Ye Yiyi looked up at Alice's voice, which was trying hard to suppress her surprise.

A brilliant river of stars stretches across the sky, standing horizontally above the dark night.

"What a magnificent sight! I think I know why the magician's tower was built here."

Ye Yiyi sighed, then lowered his head and looked at the lonely tower standing tall in the distance.

The target of his trip, the ownerless magician's tower, was right before his eyes.

"Is that the Magician's Tower?"

Aidan stared over and couldn't help but sigh.

"I've seen it many times in the city, but I never thought I'd actually have the chance to come up and take a look."

"Don't rush over." Ye Yiyi grabbed Aidan who was walking towards the lonely tower.

"What's wrong?" The old man looked back in confusion.

"Based on my previous experience exploring the Magician's Tower, this place is usually guarded by powerful enemies."

"Strong enemy?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and suddenly his eyes widened.

"Wasn't the previous one a strong enemy?"

"There's no need to make a fuss."

Alice held the dagger in reverse, took the melting sword from Ye Yiyi and put it behind her back, looking around vigilantly.

"Didn't those people go to so much trouble to arm the mountain, just to prevent people from finding the tower?

"A mere puppet, at best a gatekeeper, not even a tower defender."

"Sirius is right, the strength of that puppet is really average." Ye Yiyi also agreed.

"generally……"

Aidan was completely speechless.

That level is only average. So what level of enemies do you usually fight? Flying dragons?

"Here it comes! Look above!"

The alert Alice was the first to notice the abnormality.

Ye Yiyi looked up and found something wrong in the sea of ​​stars.

A blue light, brighter than any other star, suddenly flickered.

But he soon realized something was wrong, and the dragon armor on his body suddenly closed, and he roared loudly.

“Alice!

"What? Who?"

Before Aidan could react, he saw Sirius holding the dagger upside down and stabbing it hard into the ground.

The earth trembled and a high stone wall rose up, which quickly closed together, blocking the three people behind it.

Before the stone wall closed, Ye Yiyi saw the blue star falling from the sky and landing heavily not far in front of him.

"boom!!"

A violent vibration accompanied by flames came together, but was completely blocked by the stone wall in front of the three people.

"Woo~~~"

A long and deep voice came from outside the stone wall. Alice waved the dagger with a grim face and shattered the stone wall in front of her.

“It’s actually this thing!”

"What is this?" Aidan put down his hands that were blocking his body, and after seeing the deep blue color clearly, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"This is really... a surprise."

Ye Yiyi watched with a forced smile as the simplified light curtain flew in front of him, leaving a long groove.

"Woo~~~"

Along with the long sound, a mournful hymn sounded in my ears.

The huge dark blue jellyfish, wrapped in brilliant starlight and floating in the air, pointed its gracefully waving tentacles high into the sky.

As the groove was filled with bright red blood, six large characters appeared on it.

【Stars · Indigo Lighthouse】

Chapter 274 Star Hunting

"Indigo Lighthouse?"

His eyes swept across the name on the health bar, Ye Yiyi raised his head, and then looked at the creature floating in the air not far away.

Judging from its appearance, it was a giant jellyfish over twenty meters long.

Its body is a dark blue that is almost translucent, but there is a conspicuous orange-red organ in the center of the umbrella.

As the deep blue umbrella slowly rhythmically moved, the jellyfish's body also floated towards the sky. The deep blue pulse light fell along its tentacles, eventually turning into mist and merging into the nebula.

A brilliant nebula surrounds it, and countless glittering tentacles hang down from its umbrella, floating in the air, like stars floating in the nebula.

Aidan couldn't help but admire the posture and movements that seemed to be wandering in the nebula.

"It's so beautiful..."

"The more beautiful it is, the more dangerous it is. If you underestimate it, you may lose your life." Alice stared at the jellyfish intently and said coldly.

“…” Ye Yiyi stared at the creature that had not yet launched an attack, feeling a little confused.

Putting aside why jellyfish fell from the sky, he was more confused about why this giant jellyfish was called a "star"?

Could it be that all the stars floating in the sky are this kind of thing?

"And the name Indigo Lighthouse. While the blue exterior and orange core do resemble a lighthouse, naming it based solely on appearance is too superficial. There must be more to it than meets the eye."

As he was thinking, the descriptions of several items suddenly flashed through his mind like lightning.

He took out a heavy black iron threaded arrow from behind him thoughtfully and glanced at the item introduction.

【Royal Guards Arrow】

Item Description: Hard and heavy black iron threaded arrow

The flight distance is short, but the power is strong.

Can only be shot with a longbow.

It is said that these are the White Feather Knights of the Royal Guard.

A weapon used for star hunting.

In addition, a hymn I obtained before, the one with a very childish name [Earth, give me strength], also mentioned similar information.

—One of the hymns used during the Star Hunt War. It is said that they were ancient knights with a long and profound heritage, but with the fall of the stars, the knights and their heritage were wiped from the earth.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the star hunter mentioned in the item description should refer to this 'star'."

"...But is this thing really the guardian of the Mage Tower?"

Ye Yiyi suddenly heard Aidan ask a question in confusion.

The old man clenched the halberd in his hand, frowning, "Then why doesn't it attack us?"

"Because it's a lighthouse, a lighthouse has no offensive power and will not actively launch an attack."

Alice subconsciously lowered her voice, as if she was afraid of waking up the quietly floating, "peaceful" jellyfish.

"Have you ever seen a lighthouse at sea? Imagine a lonely ship sailing on the sea on a dark and stormy night, struggling in the surging waves, sailing blindly in despair and helplessness, praying that the ship can survive this dark night..."

"Are you a poet?" Aidan complained with a strange expression.