Throne Steps

After nearly two and a half days of journey, Saenz and Li Chen finally arrived at the destination of the journey - a lake that popped up suddenly.

After seeing the lake with his own eyes, Li Chen felt more and more that his previous speculation would become a reality.Because what the team leader said is true, this is a lake that is too big to see the other side, and there is a mooring in the middle of the lake that should be less than ten meters in diameter.The berth is only a little higher than the lake surface, which is about the level that the lake can be submerged by a heavy rain; but the weeds on the berth grow very high, reaching about a person's waist when viewed from a distance; The small tree, which is less than one meter tall, leans on the edge of the mooring, with thin branches and two or three leaves. It seems that it will not live long.

Li Chen squinted his eyes and stared at it for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "What about him?"

"Maybe he squatted down." The team leader stood beside him and replied, "He often squats in the grass, but rarely stands up, and he doesn't know what he is doing."

...Probably planning how to reap the lives of these people by the lake.

Saenz also looked in the direction of the port: "How many days has he been up there? Is there a regular time to show up?"

"We can't share information with other forces here, but according to calculations, let's say eight days less." The team leader replied, "There is no fixed time or duration of appearance, but usually it is a few seconds to nearly 10 Minutes vary."

"Move the camp to the back first and then look at it." Saenz said so, but he saw Li Chen walking straight to the lake, then squatted down, and slowly stretched his hands into the lake.

Seeing his solemn appearance, the team leader couldn't help feeling a little nervous because he didn't know what happened or what was about to happen.Saenz followed: "What?"

Li Chen put his hands in the lake for a long time, as if someone who is familiar with the sea is measuring the ocean current with his hands, his expression is very focused.However, when Saenz was about to ask again, he suddenly stretched out both hands to wash them, and then stood up.

"I have a hunch."

Saenz: "Huh?"

Li Chen looked towards the park in the middle of the lake: "It's just intuition, wait with me for a while."

His tone was so calm that the squad leader who heard it clearly by the side was stunned for two seconds, not knowing where to start to be confused.But before the team leader's doubts appeared on his face, Saenz waved his hand and asked the team leader to go back to the camp not far away to inform everyone to move back.

Saenz continued to stand beside Li Chen: "So, what will happen? You have a rough guess, right?"

"If I can figure it out, why don't I keep it in my heart?" Li Chen glanced at him, and then turned his gaze back to the front, "I just vaguely feel... ah, here we come."

Saenz turned his head, but there was still nothing on the ground in the middle of the lake except weeds and a small tree with a crooked neck... "Huh?"

"It's him."

Li Chen looked at the figure that suddenly emerged from the grass, it was a little dark, and he couldn't see it clearly.But Li Chen knew that it was him.

After nearly 40 years, we will meet again.

"He's looking at me."

Saenz was squinting his eyes, turned his face to look at Li Chen, and said helplessly: "It's so far away, how do you know he's looking at you? Maybe it's his back."

"I just know." Li Chen looked at the black figure, as if looking at him from a distance, "After all, I have the 'shackles' left by him."

There seemed to be a touch of nostalgia in his tone, and Saenz narrowed his eyes: "Such words are really unpleasant, why didn't I know that damn thing can also make you feel telepathic?"

"It's not telepathy, if I have to say it, it's 'gut feeling'." Li Chen smiled, "He...knows I'm coming."

"Very good, I hope that after the metal circle is untied, you will no longer have such a tacit understanding." Saenz looked at the berth in the middle of the lake again, "Then, can you use your 'gut feeling' to ask him, he intends to When will something new come out?...Ah, he's hiding again?"

Li Chen smiled, and looked back from the berth where the figure disappeared: "Soon."

Saenz raised his eyebrows: "He 'said' that?"

"No, I think so." Li Chen turned around and walked towards the camp, "Let's go, didn't you say you want to move the camp?"

Saenz glanced at the direction of Bodi again, smiled as well, and then turned his feet to follow Li Chen.

"That depends on your intuition, Great Prophet..."

Saenz's camp moved back a little, which naturally attracted the attention of other people around him.But firstly, because their total number is the smallest, and secondly, there seems to be no change in the movement on the ground in the middle of the lake.So those people observed cautiously for a long time, and soon gave up exploring the reason why this small group moved the camp back.

On the morning of the third day after arriving at the lake, Lichen and Saenz were still eating breakfast by the bonfire with boiling water, when the team members who were in charge of taking turns to observe the lake suddenly ran over to report.

"Not right!"

The young man of the strong man rushed to Saenz with a anxious look on his face: "That man has been standing for a long time! I was on shift before dawn and before dawn, and I watched him stand when it was getting dark. I got up and haven’t moved much until now! I’ve never been in such a situation before!”

Saenz frowned and said, "How did those other people react?"

"The royal family's army and the mercenary group on the other side of His Majesty's Highness are all gathering towards the lake." The team leader who had gone to pick them up quickly walked over to the side, speaking very fast, "I'm afraid they think that the person on the ground in the middle of the lake There has to be action."

Saenz stuffed the rest of the dry food in one gulp, clapped his hands and stood up, and Li Chen quickly finished the dry food in his hand in two or three bites.While handing them water, the team leader asked, "What should we do? Are we heading towards the lake too?"

"No." Li Chen made a sound, but because the dry food in his mouth hadn't been swallowed, the pronunciation was very unclear, "Huansu..."

Saenz interrupted him: "You eat before talking, drink two sips of water."

Li Chen hurriedly swallowed his dry food and drank water, and then said: "Let everyone pack up their things quickly, and then stand by at the camp. I'll go to the lake to take a look."

Saenz seemed to understand what he was thinking: "No, it's too dangerous. If something happens, your speed..."

"Aren't you going with me?" Li Chen glanced at him, "Let's go without delay."

Saenz was helpless, but there was no other better way, so he had to give the order as Li Chen said, and then ordered two strong and fast runners to go to the lake with him.

After they left, the people in the camp also moved.While packing up their things, they asked the team leader who came to convey the order: "Why are you retreating again? I see that other people are heading towards the lake, but we are retreating further and further away. Will we miss something?"

"If you are told to retreat, you should retreat quickly. What are you talking about?" The team leader patted the other party on the back, "I see that the expressions of those two are not quite right. I'm afraid it's nothing wrong to squeeze to the lakeside at this time. Good thing."

"I think so too." Another team member came over and interjected, "Those two must have a plan, otherwise how could they bring us so few people here, it's not enough for those heavily armed guys to clean up in one round."

"I said, although our number is a little less, don't you want others to destroy your prestige?" The captain also slapped him on the back, "Do more and talk less!"

"I'm packing up..." The team member moved the tent quickly, but was hit in the face by the raised tent cloth, "Oh! Why is it so windy all of a sudden!"

"Strange, I have been stationed here for ten days, and this is the first time I have encountered such a strong wind..." A premonition suddenly rose in the captain's heart, and he frowned, "Everyone, move faster!"

The strong wind blew over Li Chen's cheeks, and he was suddenly taken aback when he was walking fast, and stopped at a place about ten steps away from the lake.

Saenz next to him stopped: "What?"

"This wind...is not right!" Li Chen turned his head left and right, but he saw nothing except the scene of the wind blowing the weeds and bushes.He walked quickly towards the lake again, and on the mooring in the middle of the lake, the black figure was indeed fixed there.

The black cloak flapped in the wind.

"Look over there!" Saenz pointed to the lake on the left a few hundred meters away, "there are more and more people, we can't stay here anymore, otherwise we don't have to wait for the necromancer to do something, those people will Get your hands on us first."

Li Chen looked at the crowd and squinted his eyes: "The wind is so strong, and they are still scrambling to squeeze towards the lake. They really don't want to die fast enough."

"It's better to worry about yourself instead of talking about others." Saenz finally couldn't help but grabbed his wrist, turned and walked back, "I asked people to evacuate the camp to a nearby hill, where we should If you can see what's going on here, hurry up!"

Li Chen didn't struggle, followed Saenz's footsteps, and rarely let go of his hand.The two people following behind looked at each other and followed as if they saw nothing.

The strong wind was blowing from behind them, as if pushing them forward, Li Chen said as he walked, "Do you know, when I said goodbye to ... decades ago, I was also in this strong wind."

With a movement of Saenz's hand, he changed from grasping the wrist to holding hands, and then asked without turning his head, "What do you want to say?"

"I want to say that this gust of wind is stronger than that at that time. I'm afraid he is working on a big project." Li Chen paused, and suddenly said, "... hold me!"

"what?"

Li Chen didn't answer anymore, he followed Saenz and walked forward, but turned his head to look around.Saenz's speed is actually very fast. He was taken aback by Li Chen's wholeheartedly relying on himself to move forward, and said sharply: "Look at the road!"

Li Chen suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the right: "Over there, here we come!"

Saenz and the two players following him looked in the direction of his finger, but saw nothing special. Saenz frowned and said, "What's coming?"

"...Magic formation, or in other words, a fatal formation." Li Chen looked away, and trotted Saenz, "Go, I know where the edge is!"

There was a strong wind, and a magical path of light that was difficult for others to see was moving firmly around the lake in a complicated and clear route.

It seems that God is using a light pen to slowly draw a complicated pattern.

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