Chapter 135

The boundary manager's cabin only has one and a half floors in total, but both the lower space and the sloping roof attic above are empty.

The entire wooden house was not even painted inside and outside, and it completely maintained its original style. There were no ornaments, only simple tables and chairs, and nothing else.

The only thing that can be praised is probably that the windows are still well installed.

There is no way. Although it is a cabin where managers live, the managers who have adjusted and maintained the barrier throughout the generations will leave this place as soon as their work is finished and will not stay here longer.

Because the existence of the Golden Land is too twisted... at least for magicians.

After all, such a vast area was turned into gold by magic, but there was no magic power.

As a magician, it is difficult to restrain the strong sense of disobedience, which makes me feel very uncomfortable, and there is a feeling that common sense is being violated.

If I had to use a metaphor, it would probably be the kind of person whose girlfriend seems to be a pretty girl, but is actually a real person... With normal sexual habits, I would probably be depressed for a while.

But ordinary people can't see the Golden Land at all.

Because this huge barrier has a layer of cognitive barrier magic attached to it, normal people would unconsciously ignore its existence.

Otherwise, even if they are just similar objects, people who accidentally pass by will be aroused to have a greedy desire for gold, and they will continue to harass the barrier.

"Girls, let's sleep upstairs. Duncan and I will stay here first... Let's go take a look inside the barrier? By the way, what's the situation in the Golden Land now?"

With just two more glances at the Golden Country, Ash simply began to allocate them. Then, driven by curiosity, he wanted to enter the Golden Country to take a look, and unconsciously looked at Duncan at the end.

Duncan did not hide anything, and said bluntly: "I don't know yet. The advance team died too quickly, and no valuable information was passed back at all."

"...Good guy, do you still want to go in under this situation?" The too straightforward answer made him twitch the corner of his mouth slightly, and he almost threw this guy out of the room.

However, Duncan also has his own persistence, and is strangely sure of his own safety and Mahat's actions:

"It's okay. If it were me... I would probably still be able to get in."

"Is it because you are his disciple?"

"Yes."

Even though almost no one can come out alive, and even if they can come out, they are released to demonstrate and let others not disturb them, but Duncan seems to be really confident.

But this strange certainty made Ash couldn't help complaining: "...Are you planning to have a relationship with the demons?"

"I know it's stupid, but I'm not in the same situation as those people, and Mahat wears a dominator stone ring on his hand and is ordered not to harm the people of Viize."

"...But in fact, isn't the entire city fortress dominating stone ring finished? The bracelet has no effect at all. In this case, if you think you are special, aren't you just talking about feelings?"

Although Ash's rebuttal was reasonable, when these words came out of his mouth, the expressions of Fulilian and Feilun became quite strange.

I didn't think it was anything in the past, but now...after knowing that he is actually a demon, it's hard not to think this is weird.

As if he still remembered something, he quietly pulled him by the corner of his clothes, pulled him out of the house, and carefully asked in his ear:

"Master Ash, do you know that demon named Mahat?"

"....Is that considered acquaintance?"

"Then he won't attack you, right?"

"Well, we are all of the same race, can we talk...?"

Facing the girl's worried inquiry, Ash inadvertently looked away, unable to say that they had actually fought each other since they met.

After all, if Philon was too worried, wouldn't he stop him from entering the Golden Land?

"Then if you go in with Sir Duncan, there won't be any danger, right?"

"It's okay. He will even take special care of the humans he knows. As a member of the same race, it is naturally impossible for him to be more hostile."

"real?"

"Of course!"

He happily stretched out his hand, put his arm around Feilun's shoulders, and ruffled her hair just like that, which made Feilun embarrassed, so he didn't ask anything else for the time being.

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It is too dangerous to enter the Golden Land, at least the golden statues of warriors and magicians standing near the barrier are enough to illustrate this point.

Therefore, although Philan was a little worried, he still had no intention of following up, and Fulilian also had no intention of following up... After all, at this time when the situation was unclear, they accidentally encountered Mahat, they said It may become a hindrance.

But at the edge of the barrier, looking at a team of adventurers turned into gold, Fearon couldn't help but ask:

"These people are no longer within the boundaries of the Golden Land. Why doesn't anyone come to save them? For example, using the goddess's magic? I remember that can't relieve various abnormal conditions?"

"Because the goddess's magic cannot have any effect on the golden transformation." Fulilian, who was following her farewell, just glanced at it and said without thinking: "If it can be lifted, then this place will not be like this now, and the empire will not be like this. It’s impossible to bear the pain and give up on this city.”

"It seems so... Right! Where is the magic-sealing stone?" Philen suddenly remembered something, and asked as if he had discovered a new continent: "Doesn't that thing make all magic ineffective? This is also the effect created by magic. If it is the magic-sealing stone..."

"That's the conventional sense, but this is not magic in the conventional sense. Didn't I just say that? That is the pinnacle of magic that humans can never reach. It is not within the scope that can be measured by common sense. It is a domain that belongs exclusively to the great demons."

"... Even the magic-sealing stone doesn't work?"

"Again, if it could resist gold, it wouldn't be like this here. Wouldn't it be possible to suppress the expanding gold range by simply scattering a circle of magic-sealing stones?" Fulilian was helpless He reached out and knocked on the outside of the barrier. The man who was turned into a golden statue... and was about to draw his sword to fight, calmly narrated:

"And in the long war with the Demon King's army, countless heroes in the northern countries alone were turned into gold, but hundreds of years have passed, and no one has been saved until today, and everyone is still sleeping in gold."

"That is to say... the magic seal stone can't work on this kind of magic at all?"

"Yes, the limit of the magic seal stone is probably the limit of humans, and it's hard to say how the warriors are, but the magicians who can beat the opponent should be Celia or Ash." But even for Celia, in addition to winning by overwhelming magic power, Fulilian really doesn't have any good strategies.

In terms of a single magic attainment, Celia is definitely not comparable to the Great Demon Clan, but Celia has too many magics and overwhelming magic power.

It can even be said that Celia, who can live from the mythological era to this era, should have some special magic to avoid being invalidated by the magic seal stone.

At least the limit of the magic-sealing stone is there, and even Aura's obedience magic from the Great Demon Clan cannot be invalidated.

"Speaking of which, if this is the case..." The Great Demon Clan has unique and very extraordinary magic, then what is Ash's magic? Philen couldn't help thinking of this, and cast a curious gaze at Ash, but couldn't ask directly because there were outsiders.

But Ash didn't intend to say that in fact... his gravity magic can still work in that mine.

Humans can't develop the magic-sealing mine, that's just a matter for humans, his magic can directly break the interference and act on the magic-sealing stone,

but he wanted to eliminate the possible threats inside, so he pretended that he couldn't use magic either... In fact, he just wanted to take them for a walk.

Otherwise, there are many ways to leave the deep pit, and there is no need to walk through the mine honestly.

"Master Ash, why are you looking away?" He looked away inexplicably when facing his gaze, causing Philen, who was familiar with him, to squint his eyes immediately.

"Ah~ Duncan!" He changed the subject without even looking at Fern, and touched Duncan's head: "How do you maintain your hair? You can still have so much left!"

"What? Are you worried about hair loss?" The sudden head-touching and strange questions made Duncan a little confused, and Ash was also confused by his question, but now he could only bite the bullet and admit:

"Huh? Well, actually I have a friend who cares about this very much."

"Then when I go back, I will tell you the secret recipe for hair care... But I'll leave it to you later."

"Okay! Now let's go without further ado~!"

As he said this, he pushed Duncan and went in as he opened the barrier.

But just by turning his head, he saw Fern and Flinlillian looking at him with a look in their eyes, as if something was not right.

Through the changes in Philen's lips, it was as if he was saying: When you come back, explain it to me, what is your purpose?

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The Golden Country Great Barrier has many functions, cognitive impairment is just the most basic, and the range is too large and the effect is not very strong, it is difficult for a warrior with a little level to deceive.

Because this barrier is basically strengthening the ability to isolate the demons, even if there is no administrator to open a hole, humans occasionally have the opportunity to get in.

However, even so, the Magic Association did not deliberately strengthen the ability to isolate humans.

After all, they have no obligation to take care of those guys who don't care about their lives... Although this sounds a bit cruel, human life is really worthless in this world.

Walking on the golden forest road, Ash admired the golden wonders of the forest and the statues of adventurers who broke into the barrier, and said without turning his head:

"Be careful, in this golden country, you will die if you are careless."

"... Although you are right, I am the manager, and this is my hometown, shouldn't I say this?"

"That's right." He nodded silently, but suddenly stopped halfway.

"What's wrong?" Duncan thought he had discovered something, and instinctively raised his vigilance, took out his wand and took a fighting stance.

But he just looked ahead silently, showing a thoughtful expression: "Speaking of which... where should this road go?"

"What...? You, you don't know the way?" Duncan was dumbfounded, with a tone of disbelief in his voice.

"This is my third time here, and this is my first time walking on the ground. After all... the forests all look exactly the same, how could I know the way?"

"Then why are you walking in front???"

"Unconsciously."

"........"

Duncan fell silent due to the overly casual answer.

"What's wrong? You don't know it either?"

"........Go this way, by the way, I will walk in front later, please follow me carefully."

Duncan sighed, feeling somewhat uneasy about this trip, but he gave up talking at this time and walked in front silently.

The two continued to move forward, but the silence around them became more and more palpitating. It seemed that there were only their footsteps and breathing sounds between the vast world.

There were no insects chirping, no birds calling, no long cries of wild animals and all human sounds.

The whole world seemed to be enveloped by the magic of turning everything into gold, and fell into an eternal sleep. Duncan felt a chill in his back that was difficult to control in this overly quiet environment.

And when the two came to the open city gate, they also directly witnessed the bloody and spectacular "golden bamboo forest" in the square at the city gate.

To be precise, it was actually a series of upward golden spikes that pierced the abdomens of countless intruders, and they just hung there in the posture of being pierced.

There were magicians and warriors in this group of people. Everyone's face was filled with fear before death, and their eyes also revealed deep despair.

Just seeing these people's lifelike expressions of fear and their current fate was enough to make people stay away.

Judging from Mahat's strength, these people were obviously brought here specifically to scare people.

".... Mahat's taste is really bad." Ash patted the golden pillar beside him.

"Indeed... it's really a bad taste."

"But this can reduce casualties, and it can be considered a kind act to some extent. After all, even if most people stupidly break in, they will probably be scared and turn around and run away when they see those things."

"That's true... Let's not enter the city, just go around the side."

Duncan didn't intend to cause trouble for himself. Although he also wanted to take a look at this city where he had lived for many years, their current goal was their hometown... and his wife's tomb.

Therefore, before being discovered, he immediately turned around with Ash and left the city again.

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In fact, when they came in, they were already discovered by Mahat... Although the scope of the entire Golden Country far exceeds the size of a city.

But Mahat's detection ability is extremely accurate and extremely broad, and can even directly cover the entire area including the city.

Even a magician like Fulilian would find it difficult to escape his detection... Therefore, if it was Duncan, no matter how hard he tried to hide, he would not be able to escape.

So leaving the city can only be regarded as avoiding excitement.

Although the lifelike golden statues of a large number of residents near the entrance of the city directly freeze everything at the moment before the disaster, and no one noticed any changes, it made Ash feel like he was in a giant wax museum, and he wanted to go in and watch for a while.

After leaving the city fortress again and bypassing the edge, the two flew for a long distance before they saw an ordinary village.

There was an ordinary fence at the intersection, and the flowers and plants inside were not special at all. The only special thing was that everything was turned into gold.

But compared to the situation in the fortress city, there was no one here... It was obviously the same as Duncan said, this had only spread in recent years.

It was just under the shadow of the tragedy that the residents of all the surrounding villages had long gone, and no one had the courage to live next to the big demons, resulting in the lack of golden statues here.

As Ash looked around curiously, he suddenly heard Duncan muttering to himself, "Nothing has changed."

"What?"

"...Nothing has changed."

"Huh? Haven't you been back for a long time?" Ash responded in confusion.

"...But even though half a century has passed, the memories I left with my wife have not changed at all, and everything remains the same as it was at the beginning." Duncan gently stroked the bench on the roadside that had witnessed countless changes over the years, and unknowingly... the old voice trembled with sobs:

"Laketilei's health has not been very good... so we often sit on this chair together to take a nap, or after the rain, immerse ourselves in the street scene after the heavy rain. When the weather is good, we will also be in a daze here together and taste the lunch boxes she made by hand... "

"It's obviously been half a century??"

"Even though half a century has passed, at least now, here... I can still clearly recall her smile, her warmth, and the taste of tomatoes that I hated the most at that time... All of these, all of them, have not faded in my mind at all... Why... I now understand that only the memories with her... "