Noita saw the celestial armor that the association promised. This was a chain mail made by celestial craftsmen. It had the same excellent defensive power as heavy chain mail, but it was incredibly light and fitted the body. It seemed that even if it was worn under clothes, no trace of armor could be seen.

Celestial beings possess an artistic sensitivity that rivals that of the elves, and this characteristic is also reflected in their works.

Noita touched the armor and agreed to the deal.

"Wait for my good news. I'll rescue the person after a while."

"I wish you the best."

After leaving the Gate City, Noita changed into the Heavenly Armor, which was indeed light, as if he was just wearing light armor and did not affect his daily activities.

After putting on her equipment, Noita told Miaoyin Bird where she was going.

The bird was a little worried about Noita's future: "I heard that the drow elves are very playful. If you were captured, wouldn't it be..."

Miaoyin Bird couldn't bear to finish the second half, as it seemed to have seen the scene of Noita's evil/fall.

Noita said angrily, "Are you hoping that I will be captured?"

"of course not!"

"Then hope for something good from me, and don't think about what will happen if I'm captured."

When she was at the first level, she could compete with most second-level monsters. Now that she has been promoted to the second level, she can mobilize magic power, and her endurance and burst have been greatly improved. She can even finish off ordinary second-level monsters with a wave of her hand.

Miaoyin Bird smiled awkwardly.

Noita didn't bother to pay attention to her. He debugged the signal base for a while, and a folded piece split out of the triangular base supporting the core.

The folded piece is a tracker that can locate the position of the communicator, making it easier for Noita to find the adventurer.

Before leaving, Noita went to the Gate City to count the supplies and confirm that they could cope with various emergencies. Only then did he let the Miaoyin Bird teleport him to the edge of the secret realm.

The secret realm is clearly divided, with volcanic rock and fertile soil, two completely different environments, sticking close to one line and allowing you to cross it with just a light step.

Noita thought about it and bought a resurrection scroll from the Gate City. If the "Magic Boots" who sent the rescue signal was dead, he could use the resurrection spell to help him win the resurrection match.

Now that he was fully prepared, Noita stepped out of the secret realm and took the first step on his journey.

Chapter 174: Shadow City

As she stepped out of the border of the Swan Territory secret realm, the volcanic ash mixed with dry and painful air immediately attacked the girl's relatively fragile respiratory system.

The gray and toxic dust is a natural danger more deadly than the cold winter wind. Even if it just touches the skin, it will penetrate into the body through the mucous membranes, flow through various organs with the blood, and bring equal death to the living.

The surface of the bluish-white robe that Noita wore on the outermost layer glowed faintly, and a layer of light film filtered out harmful substances, preventing them from crossing the line.

This is the life-sustaining robe that Noita specially made while waiting to advance, taking into account the dangers of the secret realm.

The maker is a wizard from an association, who was introduced by Luhua. The robe is of excellent quality, and the life-sustaining bubble effect it carries can provide all-day endurance. In order to customize the robe, Noita spent more than four thousand gold coins, but with the gold mine in the secret realm as a backing, she is not short of money.

The volcanic smoke and dust seriously affected the visibility, and the guidance of the folding piece was very abstract. Its screen was too small, with only a little light moving on the surface of the folding piece. Noita could only confirm the approximate position of the magic boots based on the direction of the light, and could not even know the distance between the other party and himself.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Noita arrived at the border of the volcanic secret realm and headed towards another secret realm. The fresh and pleasant air replaced the poisonous dust, but Noita's mood was still heavy.

The direction of the light spot on the fragment has not changed. I wonder how many secret realms I have to go through before I can reach the magic boots.

There is no other way but to move forward.

Halfway through, Noita, feeling that the road ahead was endless, bought a flying magic carpet from Mencheng for transportation.

Although the speed of the magic carpet is not as fast as Noita's full-speed running, it is much faster than the running speed of an ordinary person. Noita sits on the magic carpet, practicing skills and reviewing secrets all day long. From time to time, he glances at the direction of the folding piece, and adjusts the flying direction of the magic carpet if the direction is off.

It flew like this for a long time. More than twenty days had passed in Noita's subjective feeling, and four days had passed in the material world. Then the fragment suddenly vibrated, startling Noita who was studying seriously.

Only then did the magic carpet fly into another secret realm.

Noita put the magic carpet into the dimensional bag and landed on the ground with the wind.

She looked back at the boundary of the secret realm, took a few steps back and crossed the dividing line. The folded piece did not react at all. She took a step forward and entered the secret realm, and the folded piece vibrated with a buzzing sound.

Noita flew over more than ten secret realms along the way, including both small and medium-sized secret realms, with different levels of danger and safety, but the one in front of him was the first secret realm that could touch the fold and make it vibrate.

The magic boots are probably here.

The lighting in this secret place is acceptable, but in the distance there are dark trees everywhere. The black forest stretches out its branches and leaves, blocking the sunlight from above and eliminating the cold sunlight. From a distance, it looks like a dark iceberg under the deep sea.

Noita recognized it.

The scientific name of the blackwood is the Whisperwood. This magical plant, which was accidentally cultivated during the war, has a natural canopy dome. When connected together, it looks like a dark cloud covering the sky. It is a specialty of the Leng Plain, and only the Leng Plain can have such a lush Whisperwood forest.

This is a corner of Lengyuan.

This is not good. Lengyuan is much more difficult to deal with than the Underdark.

Noita thought with some worry.

She originally thought that the magic boots were in the Underdark. After all, the Underdark had the most drow and was their base camp. However, she forgot that there were also many drow in Lengyuan.

Some drow families, defeated in power struggles, fled the Underdark and formed alliances with the Dark Princes of Leng, becoming members of the Shadow Court and gaining control of a city. However, a bloody civil war later erupted between the drow and some vampires, ultimately resulting in the vampires' victory and the gradual decline of the drow.

Is this the time for Drow Wings?

Noita guessed and walked towards the Whispering Forest. As she moved, she called out the shadow fairy who had been hiding in the shadows, asking her to share some of Shadow Sunflower's power with her.

This fairy with a low presence has lived with Yingkui for a long time and knows how to guide Yingkui's power.

The little goblin nodded in confusion, and after chattering with Yingkui for a while, Yingkui moved its tentacles, and a thin shadow attached to Noita's body, adding a sense of reflection of the world to her.

The Lengyuan people have some communication with the creatures in the reflection of the world. They always have more respect and tolerance for the shadow creatures. Noita can better integrate into this place after being infected with the breath of Shadow Sunflower, and will not be harassed for no reason like ordinary humans.

Later, Noita adjusted his appearance, making his features become ordinary, the overall tone of his body darker, and his long black hair turned gray, making him more in line with the image of someone who trades with creatures in the reflection of the world.

She kept this mission in mind: she was here to save people, not to kill them.

After making all the preparations, Noita disguised herself as a traveler and walked towards the Whispering Woods with a slightly tired look.

The further we walked into the woods, the weaker the sunlight became.

When we got to the trees, the environment was already dark as dusk.

Outside the woods, Noita looked up at the ancient trees that were far taller than her, wiped her eyes, and slowly walked into the shadows.

In the shade of the tree canopy, a pair of white eyes without pupils saw through the darkness and stopped coldly on Noita, observing her actions.

This is a drow ranger on his routine patrol.

The drow ranger's eyesight is better than that of an eagle, so he is assigned to serve as a sentinel in the forest to observe visitors and search for potential enemies.

The drow ranger who was observing Noita didn't notice anything unusual, so he quickly looked away and left.

There's nothing wrong with this guy, look elsewhere.

Noticing the disappearance of the observing sight, Noita's tense muscles relaxed slightly. If anything unusual was discovered, she would have no choice but to ask the drow's body to go to the Gate City for a talk.

After passing the first level safely, there wasn't much danger next time. She relaxed and even her pace became slightly lighter, like a traveler looking forward to seeing the city.

Deep in the dark forest, as black as crow feathers, the tip of the ancient city slowly emerges with the footsteps of visitors. The dark city walls, 20 meters wide and 20 meters high, are hidden under the treetops. They are majestic and unshakable, like a crawling hungry tiger, giving tourists who have just walked out of the forest a sudden shock.

This is the hidden place in the forest, the City of Shadows, the first city of the drow in the cold plains - the City of Wild Dreams.

Noita paused and walked towards the city gate.

"Hey, identification."

The human guards stopped Noita and checked his identity. However, the people of Lengyuan did not have any official identity. Since ancient times, Lengyuan was a place where fugitives, refugees and people who could not survive came.

No one here needs identification, and no identification will be kept. All the guards ask for is a toll.

Noita took out five silver coins and handed them to the guard, two for tolls and three for bribes.

After receiving the bribe, the guard decisively let him go.

Noita entered the Wild Dream City smoothly, and with light steps, he found a dimly lit hotel. The hotel owner was a human. He silently opened a room for Noita, collected the money first, and then handed over the key without asking any further questions.

It was just a narrow room, lit by a kerosene lamp. Despite being wiped vigorously, the smell of blood still lingered between the wood on the walls, desk, and chairs, and a few dried bloodstains had not been carefully wiped away.

There were some cracks on the corners of the chair, and it was obvious that it had been used as a murder weapon. However, there were murders every day in Huangmeng City, and a murder in an inn was nothing special.

The magic street lamps outside the hotel cast a cold light to illuminate the road. Vampires strolled gracefully on the tree-lined avenue, enjoying the joy of traveling during the day.

The dark green canopy of the Hierophant tree weakens the power of sunlight, making vampires untroubled by the sun. Therefore, even in the daytime, you can see vampires showing off their power and privileges.

Chapter 175 Return

The girl's eyes flashed across the street like a dragonfly skimming the water. Without taking a second look at the strolling drow elves and vampires, she closed the window and refused to let in the dim light of the magic street lamps.

The kerosene lamp lit up dimly, and Noita pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve. The direction of the light spot was clearly visible, moving inside the piece as Noita walked, pointing unwaveringly in one direction.

This was good news, and it made Noita certain that he was not far from the magic boots.

If the distance from the target is too far, the light spot will not respond well even if it moves dozens of meters. Only when the distance is close will the light spot become sensitive.

The next thing to confirm is where Magic Boots is, what condition he is in, and how to rescue him if he is detained.

The location of the place was easy to confirm. Noita stayed in the hotel for a day and placed the folded piece on the table. After a day, the light spot did not move at all and pointed in one direction unwaveringly.

A healthy living person would not remain motionless for a whole day. The firm direction of the light spot just proves that the magic boots are in poor condition.

Either their movements are restricted or they unfortunately pass away.

Noita hoped it was the latter, which would make things much more convenient for her.

There are many spies in Huangmeng City. They are the spies of the top leaders and are used to monitor the public. Under their surveillance, it is not a good idea to go out casually.

For those without status in the city, even walking aimlessly is a sin.

Noita needs to find a way to get a map to confirm what buildings are in the direction of the light spot, so as to circle the location where the magic boots are most likely to be.

And she happened to know a place where maps would definitely be sold - the black market.

With the outline of a plan in mind, Noita spread out the bedding, pulled out a strand of hair and threw it on the quilt, pretending that she had rested in bed.

After doing all this, she locked the door and left the hotel.

The outside world was dim and silent, with the skylight weakened by the treetops and the dim street lights providing a faint brightness to the city.

There are actually quite a few pedestrians on the road, but they are just hurrying through the streets on their way to workshops or other places of work. Only the pedestrians themselves know whether they are city workers or drow spies. If pedestrians don't want to get into trouble, they must avoid talking on the street to avoid being misinterpreted.

Noita wasn't actually familiar with the past of Wild Dream City, but fortunately, the drow's arrival on the surface and their shared city with the vampires wasn't that long ago, a mere four hundred years in real time. While this period might seem like an eternity to mortals, it was only half a lifetime for immortals like elves. For some ancient forces, a century was a fleeting moment.

There are actually many gray forces in Huangmeng City that are outside the management of the drow, and they remain standing despite many storms.

The underground black market in the north is one of them. Even after four hundred years, it still provides various services to the residents of the city and visitors from all over the world.

Without any hesitation, Noita ran towards the black market. Soon, she arrived at a deserted square in Huangmeng City.

The outer perimeter of the square was covered in rust, with collapsed walls and broken tiles, blocking the road ahead.

It seems that there is no way to go, but in fact it is a desolate scene created deliberately. There is a road leading directly to the underground of the square among the rubble, which is covered by illusion to prevent unauthorized people from entering by mistake.

The concealing illusion is quite advanced and can deceive the five senses. It is difficult to find the way forward by simply groping and testing. However, Noita had previously asked for the golden antlers from the alchemy team's warehouse. This natural treasure that can open doors is naturally able to restrain concealing spells.

When the golden antlers were taken out, a pile of stones not far away began to tremble. As they got a little closer to the pile of stones, they wisely parted, revealing an old door frame that seemed to be embedded in the ground. As the antlers got closer, the door suddenly opened, revealing a dimly lit path leading downwards.

This is the long road to the black market.

Noita folded up his antlers and went underground.

At the end of the quiet road, a door stands. Above the stone door is a bat relief, which symbolizes the identity of the black market owner, the offspring of the Scarlet Moon, the blood seeker from the dark night - the vampire.

Ever since the drow took over the Dream City, the open and covert struggles between the vampires and the drow have never stopped. The conflicts have been accumulating, but there has been a lack of an opportunity for them to break out.

Noita came to the stone gate, and the bat's eyes lit up. It glanced at Noita and let her in.

The relief is a guardian beast used to identify the enemy's breath. As long as the visitor is not a sacred person like a paladin, he will have a smooth journey. If a paladin knocks on the door, someone will come to ask about his purpose. He will be allowed to go to certain areas as long as it does not harm the interests of the black market.

"Don't be afraid of anyone who comes, but remember not to hurt anyone."

This is a motto engraved on the stone gate, which shows the rules of the black market and does not allow harm to each other.

Walking into the black market, a tranquil atmosphere enveloped Noita. Shops were neatly arranged, and the people walking around were peculiarly dressed, mostly neatly groomed. Their behavior was natural and normal, their faces obscured by mist or veils. Vampire guards patrolled regularly, their crimson eyes often scanning those who acted out of character, intimidating them with their gaze.

Wearing a white scarf, Noita walked through the shop area and arrived at the designated individual free trade zone, where most of the stalls were set up by itinerant merchants and individuals who could not afford to rent shops.

Naturally, the people who hang around here can sell more shady things, including maps.

Noita went to great lengths to buy a hand-drawn map from a group of daring brokers. No one knew who drew it, but it had many secret places in Huangmeng City drawn on it, including this black market, in great detail.

Because of his generosity, the broker also tentatively asked Noita if he needed a city defense map.

Anyone who claims they can sell city defense maps is either well-connected or an official solicitor. Either way, it's troublesome and can easily backfire.

Noita, who just wanted to be taken away quietly, refused decisively and disappeared.

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