Anduin fastened the last buckle of his armor tightly. He took a deep breath and put an almost full-face mask on his head. Looking at the birdcage in front of him, he breathed another sigh of relief and stretched out the gloves covering Iron Armor to push it away.
Harvey, the old Vrykul sitting next to Anduin, sat cross-legged on the dirty ground, silently watching Anduin pack up. This is the third day that Little Prince has been trapped here. To be precise, the outside world may not even have passed a day.
Old Vrykul didn't understand why he was so impatient... Even the rudest Vrykul, when thrown into this cage, would carefully prepare a set of tactics before attacking, not like Anduin.
After Little Prince got the news on the first day, he never asked for any news about Harvey. Then early this morning, although it is difficult to detect the change of time in this ghost place, it can still be detected through the biological clock sooner or later.
This is the biggest crisis for Shadowlands. Once your biological clock is disrupted, it will be difficult to keep time, and you may even have the illusion of being trapped for a lifetime.
And once this illusion occurs, the collapse of will is right in front of you.
"You know where you're going when you get out? Do you know how to leave?"
Harvey asked, "Do you have a complete plan?"
Anduin's fingers were already at the entrance of the birdcage. He glanced at Harvey and shook his head.
"I don't know, but I know, I can't stay here, I can't stay in a cage... I can't live as a prisoner."
"But at least you're still alive!"
Harvey suddenly became excited and ignored the barbs on the railing with both hands, letting the rusty barbs prick his fingers until blood flowed.
"It is not an honorable thing for Recklessness to die! It is meaningless! Do you think your Iron Armor can block Shadowlands's Rules Corrosion? Stupid, for fifteen minutes at most, your body will be exposed to the deadly air, and for another ten minutes, your blood will be filled with dirty gray wadding. Even if it is death, it is also the most Pain way to die!"
"And here, death is just Helya's game... you can't even see her face!"
Anduin looked back at Harvey, then turned around and took out a glass of water from Ring and handed it to him.
"If death is Helya's game... what about imprisonment? You thought you won, you survived, but in my opinion, you lost... and lost miserably."
Harvey took the water from Anduin. He looked at Great Door and pushed open the birdcage, letting the deadly mist pour into it. He shouted,
"What do you mean? Kid, tell me clearly! Kid! Kid? Are you still there?"
There was no response. Anduin had probably walked out of the birdcage. Harvey seemed to have lost all his strength and sat on the ground. He looked at the water in his hand that was already full of Gray fluff. He turned the bottle away and was about to drink it, but looking at the gray fluff in the water, he suddenly remembered the last look Anduin had seen at him.
That's... pity, and an indescribable contempt...
"Asshole!"
Harvey smashed the water glass in his hand on the railing in front of him, letting the water splash everywhere. He took a deep breath, recited a spell that he had not recited for a long time, and shrouded himself in a layer of absolutely not brilliant light. He took a deep breath, then pushed the birdcage in front of him with trembling hands, and walked out.
"Bastard brat!"
Harvey cursed, leaned down, looked for footprints on the ground, and then strode forward. The shield on his body collided with Mists's Shadowlands Rules. Fierce sparks bloomed from the outer layer of the shield. Harvey felt the long-lost pressure.
He has seen many compatriots enter Mists, but no one has ever come back alive.
He was feeling the pressure, and even had the idea of turning back. As long as he could go back to the birdcage, he could... at least survive, right?
But when he thought of Anduin's unbearable look, Harvey gritted his teeth and encouraged himself in his heart,
"Even if it's just for a few glasses of water and food for him, when you find him dying, you will despise him, huh!"
"Stupid brat!"
Harvey was cursing and looking for Mists that was full of corrosion from Rules. Among the Mists in front of him, Anduin was also in very bad condition.
As Harvey said, only by truly entering Mists, Little Prince can understand the horror of this Mists, the hissing sound is constantly flowing on Iron Armor on his body, that is Shadowlands's resistance to foreign objects, his mouth and nose were wrapped with a precious Enchanting cloth. This could ensure that he would not let this Mists enter his body when he was in Mists. But even through that layer of Purification, which operates increasingly obscurely Magic Circle, he could still smell the rusty smell coming from Iron Armor.
In 5 minutes at most, this set of Iron Armor will no longer be able to protect him. It's unimaginable that the armor handmade by Master Dwarves, a high-end product that can be sold for tens of thousands of gold coins on Black Market, can't even last ten minutes?
Anduin's heart began to beat. Just as Harvey said, he had no idea where to go out of Mists. He was very Recklessness, and he just wanted to get out of that predicament.
He knew, he knew what a cage meant.
Dick has told him that truth countless times with stories... What is even more vicious than the completely hopeless Despair is that there is a glimmer of a door of hope in Despair. When you push open that door with hope, what comes to you is the even more terrifying Despair!
In Anduin's opinion, that birdcage is Helya for these Vrykul The "door" left by Spirit is just waiting for someone to push it open. Harvey is probably the longest-lived Vrykul kidnapped in Shadowlands, but he is also very likely to be the first Vrykul to push open the second layer of Despair.
He very Pride told Anduin that never another Vrykul who believed in Odyn would succumb to Helya, but he did not realize that he was already accustomed to the protection of the birdcage and the treatment of his own prisoner... He was probably the first one to succumb.
The birdcage is protection, but it is also a weakening of the will. For Vrykul, the most important blessing the world has given them is will. Only a creature like Vrykul, who accepts death, can persevere in an extremely harsh environment like Shadowlands. Maybe Harvey is aware of this, maybe he is not aware of it.
But losing the will to make a desperate move can be said to be to survive, to come up with the most perfect solution, and to remain useful. But it is undeniable that once this kind of thought appears, it will be very difficult to pursue a death without regrets.
Vrykul None of the idiots were fooled, but Harvey, a rare smart person among Vrykul, almost fell for it.
Without Anduin, one can imagine the fate of Harvey.
But now...
"Pfft!"
After the last layer of Iron Armor was completely rusted, Little Prince felt the kind of flesh and blood corrosion Pain that Harvey said. He even had time to feel it, and the severe pain from his lungs made him fall to the dirty ground. In full awareness, the Enchanting cloth Purification Magic Circle has completely failed.
He inhaled the first puff of Mists, and the Holy Power and Rules in his body collided, and he was seriously injured.
This is Shadowlands... a place where not only the sky and the earth, but also the air are madly poisoning anyone who dares to approach it.
A place Living Being shouldn't be.
"Huh... huh... huh..."
Anduin struggled to cover his mouth and nose with his Holy Light, but the energy was lost too quickly!
Naaru's Shield's ring was still on his finger, but now he didn't dare to imagine using it. Just when Anduin was lying on his back on the dirty ground, his eyes became blurred. It was Mists Symptoms of invading the eye sockets, he seemed to see Varian, Valeera, Tiffin, and finally, he saw a big bald head with Fel Runes painted all over it.
Harvey!
This guy's Arcane Power shield has dissipated right now. This Vrykul old Mage is using his own body to resist Shadowlands's corrosion. He is very Pain. This can be seen from his face, as well as his bloodshot eyes.
"Ahem... Stupid kid, you are going to kill both of us."
Harvey smiled with difficulty, held Anduin in his arms, and stood up with difficulty. He looked back at the place where he came from, and saw that they were too far away from the birdcage, and they were forced to a dead end.
Vrykul Mage Randomly found a direction and rushed out. Since you have decided to leave, let's throw away the last trace of weakness.
"Wow~Wow"
The dirty sea water is full of filth. This is Ocean of Dark Green. In this Sea, except for the twisted creatures of Helya, there is no one at all. No other creature could survive, but when the staggering Harvey hugged Anduin and threw themselves on the rotten wooden board floating on the sea, they won a chance to survive temporarily.
The mist on the Sea still exists, but it is much thinner. Although it is still as painful as corroding flesh and blood, it can at least make these two poor guys feel better.
"Hahaha, hahaha!"
Harvey knelt on the wooden board, gesturing frantically towards the thick Mists that was getting further and further away. It was rude, and he shouted all kinds of rude sounds in his mouth, but Anduin, who had just recovered his breath, was not much better. The child was also kneeling on the ground, constantly making prayer gestures in his hands.
Little Prince is a sincere believer in Holy Light, but he has never been so sincere as he is now.
"Hahaha!"
Harvey patted Anduin on the shoulder hard, "You bastard! We escaped! Haha"
He is in a terrible state now, and the skin on his face has been corroded beyond recognition. In fact, he should really be grateful to Anduin. If Little Prince hadn't given him enough water and food to keep his Stamina strong, neither of them would have survived.
But even so, they used their last bit of strength to escape. Under the thick black clouds and black lightning in the sky, Harvey was lying on the disgusting wooden board that exuded a rotting smell. He looked at Anduin and asked in a low voice,
"Before, you said I lost, please make it clear."
Little Prince panted and weakly supported Truthguard and Oathkeeper, who had been carrying them on his back. Even in the most difficult times, he never gave up his weapons. He said, "That birdcage is very safe. It is the only safe shelter in this weird place, but you found the shelter.", are you still going to fight for your life? That is the door Helya gave you, old Harvey. You think you can live longer than your stubborn compatriots, but that is not luck, it is really not... It is just an illusion given to you by your weakened will. You cannot live like a prisoner forever. Once you accept your fate, your will will collapse."
Anduin glanced at old Vrykul,
"You will be the first to surrender Odyn Vrykul... You will be engraved on the pillar of shame. There is no soil for cowards to survive in this world, so we cannot become cowards."
"You actually called me a coward! You brat!"
Harvey laughed and stretched out his bloody hand, patted Anduin's shoulder. He sat up, and Anduin's two figures, one big and one small, endured the corrosion of Mists, looking at the endless filth Ocean, quiet... It's hard to believe that in such a desperate situation, they would actually feel quiet.
A few seconds later, Anduin asked,
"Where should we go next? Are we going to keep floating like this?"
Harvey curled his lips, this action made his wound throb, "Yes, just floating like this, no one I know can come here, and even if they come here, no one can tell us where to go... Maybe we will die here... But it doesn't matter, anyway, I..."
"Pah!"
Before Harvey finished speaking, a monster like Black Serpent jumped out from the sewage behind them. When the exhausted Harvey didn't react at all, in Anduin's wide eyes, it bit his shoulder, drew a gorgeous trajectory in the air, and dragged him into the filthy Sea.
The fishy water splashed all over Anduin's face. When he saw Harvey's face covered with Pain's face, he was holding the face of the strange snake. He was wrapped around the body by a snake-like monster and dragged into At that moment in the darkness of Dark Green, Anduin subconsciously held Oathkeeper and Truthguard. He watched Harvey disappear into the darkness, and he hesitated.
You might die if you jump like this... And even if you jump, you may not be able to save Harvey. He is exhausted. Do you want to...
Anduin was completely unaware that Oathkeeper and Truthguard in his hands were emitting a faint light, and seemed to be expecting... looking forward to...
"Plop"