Purgatory Artist-Chapter 226: Identification

"How did you find out that there was something wrong with him?" Norton asked.

"His injury was very light, it didn't affect his movement at all, I didn't know why he was lying on the stretcher." Liu Ping said.

"So you paid attention?" Norton asked.

"Yes." Liu Ping said.

"It was too dangerous, just a little bit more ..." Norton sighed.

Behind him, another card user clenched his teeth and said: "Colin and Fota were spies — — looks like it was their doing that caused our shelter to fall into the hands of the monsters."

Someone continued: "So many of our companions were consumed by the monsters!"

"Our Sanctuary has also been destroyed."

Everyone was silent.

On the caravan, the bodies of the two spies were lying together.

The two spies could no longer wake up, and could no longer bear the anger of everyone.

A card user suddenly jumped onto the caravan, took out a card from the card book, and solemnly stuffed it into Colin's pocket.

"What are you doing?" Norton asked.

"Aren't the two monsters coming? Let them have a taste of my wrath, they've destroyed everything I had. "the card user declared.

Another card user jumped onto the caravan, and stuffed a card into Colin's pocket.

"This is my revenge." he said.

The card users all took out their cards, and stuffed them into the pockets of the two corpses.

After everything was done.

Norton clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and loudly said:

"We need to speed up and leave this place immediately, after all, the two monsters already know that we are in Grey Stone Forest, they are quickly rushing over."

"Everyone, get on your horses, we need to move quickly!" he shouted.

Liu Ping took out his mount card, and lightly threw it out.

Bang — —

A warhorse appeared in front of him.

He jumped onto the horse, and looked back, only to see the card users already on various mounts.

"Let's go!" Norton declared.

The path filled with fog became a lot wider, allowing the card users to move forward in an orderly manner.

The entire team's speed instantly increased.

About 15 minutes later.

The path in front of them began to extend downwards, but the mountains on both sides continued to rise, forming a continuous valley.

Liu Ping stopped his horse at the intersection and looked down.

This place seemed to be a cliff, but thinking back to the dried-up river, it was completely possible to imagine that this place was a waterfall many years ago.

At the bottom of the cliff was a vast and dry land.

The surface of the ground was densely covered with holes that led underground. At first glance, it looked like a huge beehive.

A line of burning words quickly appeared before Liu Ping's eyes:

[You discovered the Long Wind Canyon]

[This is a canyon filled with Catacombs. It leads in all directions, just like a maze]

[Through this exploration, you've gained 5% experience (bonus from the title of Naturalist)]

"Over there." Norton said.

Liu Ping looked in the direction he was pointing.

Beside the Catacombs stood a man wearing a flying bird mask.

The man was riding a two-horned, eight-legged mount. He raised the wooden staff in his hand towards Norton.

"Everyone, jump." Norton said.

Everyone put away their cards and jumped down the cliff, landing in front of the man.

"Norton right?"

The man wearing the flying bird mask said.

"It's me, sir." Norton replied.

"We've received your distress signal and are willing to accept you, but each of you will have to go through strict screening to prevent spies from infiltrating our Mech city." the man said.

He nodded to everyone: "This is for the sake of everyone's safety, I hope you can understand."

Everyone quickly returned the gesture.

— — -After what happened just now, no one objected.

The man wearing the flying bird mask was a bit surprised, then smiled: "Very well, you're all reasonable people, you've left a very good impression on me. Now, please step forward one by one, receive a card from me, then jump into the cave behind — — -"

"If there's no problem with your identity, you can directly reach Mech city from the cave."

"Please hurry, I can sense danger approaching."

Without hesitation, everyone stepped forward one by one and received a card from him.

Liu Ping also received a card.

The card was blank, but a line of small words soon appeared:

"On the left, the third cave, jump down."

... What kind of screening mechanism is this?

Liu Ping was a bit confused, but he saw that quite a few Card users had already found the corresponding cave.

They all jumped down and disappeared from Liu Ping's sight.

Alright.

Then I'll jump with them.

Liu Ping silently walked to the third cave on the left.

"You're in this cave?" Norton asked.

"Yes, you too?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes."

"Then let's jump together."

"Alright."

The two of them jumped down together.

The world spun.

Their surroundings shook.

Liu Ping could feel his feet touching the ground.

He looked around, only to see that this was a long tunnel, on both sides of the wall, there was a burning torch every 30 meters to illuminate the path.

Norton's voice came: "Let's go, this is Mech city's screening method, if we want to join them, we should respect them and follow the procedure."

"You don't seem to be worried at all." Liu Ping asked.

While talking, the two of them walked along the tunnel.

Norton smiled, "Didn't you notice that there's only the two of us in this cave?"

"Why is that?" Liu Ping asked.

"My card tome is' Hidden Path ', other than fighting, I have the ability to bring everyone out of danger, do you think Mech city needs someone like me?" Norton said.

"What about me?"

"You're a healer, no matter what your card tome is, as a healer, you'll be popular anywhere."

"... I see."

The ventilation of the path was good, and it was very flat.

The two of them walked for a few hundred meters, and a table appeared in front of them.

On the table, there were two envelopes.

One of the envelopes was written "Norton", the other "Liu Ping".

Norton glanced at it and understood what was going on.

"This is our new identity."

He took his envelope, tore it open, and took out a card from it.

"... We've only walked for a short distance, and Mech city has already completed the screening, and even arranged our identities?" Liu Ping was surprised.

"Liu Ping, what level are you?" Norton didn't answer his question.

"Level 9."

"Soon to reach level 10, level 10 is the first node — — after that, every time you level up, you'll be able to witness the power of the Mystics, and constantly be amazed at how vast and endless the Laws of Eternal Night are."

Saying so, he showed the card in front of Liu Ping.

Lines of text appeared on the card:

[Name: Norton]

[Level: 18]

[Personal Profession: Artist]

[Card Set: Nature]

[Card Tome: Hidden Path (Space Element)]

[Title: Hand of Layout]

[— — We've already heard of your name, and sincerely welcome you to join Mech city, please provide this card with 1 Soul Points, it will transport you to Mech city's city hall]

Liu Ping's expression changed, asking: "This is all your personal information, why are you showing it to me?"

Norton answered: "Space Element card tomesare very rare, so my information is already known to everyone. Even if you don't look at it, you'll find out about me sooner or later — — but you, as a healer, shouldn't be able to fight, so don't expose yourself to others."

He waved the card, then continued: "I'll wait for you in Mech City."

At the very next moment.

A hand appeared from the card, grabbed Norton, entered the card, and disappeared without a trace.

Liu Ping was the only one left in the hallway.

He picked up the envelope on the table and opened it. Sure enough, there was a card inside.

On the card were the following words:

[Name: Liu Ping]

[Level: 9]

[Personal Profession: Knight]

[Card Set: Joy]

[Card Book: Puppet of Death (Death Element)]

[Title: Naturalist]

[Keepsake: Emblem of the Eternal Night Ancient Tree, Crown of Holy Knight]

[As an explanation of our first contact, please be assured that this identification will not reveal your personal information, only the Sequence of Mech city will know of your information]

[— — The Spirit of the Eternal Night Ancient Tree has proven that you are trustworthy, while the Crown of the Holy Knight you carry has also manifested your inheritance. We welcome you, venerable healer]

[Furthermore: Please provide 1 Soul Point]

Liu Ping was surprised.

The Eternal Night Ancient Tree Emblem came from the Spirit of the Eternal Night Ancient Tree, while the Crown of the Holy Knight was borrowed from Yana.

These two items were more than enough to make Mech city feel reassured.

Liu Ping was about to provide it with Soul Points when he suddenly remembered something and put the card back on the table.

"There's no need to rush ... there's still one more thing to do."

He muttered.

...

Grey Stone Forest.

A dried-up riverbed.

On top of a caravan. Colin and Fota opened their eyes at the same time.

Colin glanced at Fota and spoke in a low voice: "Liu Ping, these two are both Card users over level 10, if we take them with us, they might be able to help us a lot".

Fota casually drew a card from his chest.

There was a bunch of black round bombs drawn on the card, and there was a small clock beside it that kept ticking.

He then took out another card.

On the card, under an hourglass, there were many magic flying daggers.

— — -They were all triggered trap cards.

Fota put the card back into his chest and spoke: "It's fine, Lilith, all the Card users here have seen them die with their own eyes, once they reappear, not only will Mech city find trouble with me, even those Card users from before will be able to guess that I have a Card Tome of Death, not to mention — — -"

"My thoughts are the same as everyone else's."

While the two of them were talking, a sharp screech could be heard from the sky.

An extremely tall woman flew down from the sky.

She was holding a basket with one hand, which was filled with colorful fruits, while her other hand was holding a pale white bone blade.

"Where are they?"

The woman asked with a stern voice.

Fota spoke solemnly: "My lady, we're the Ant Queen's people."

Colin followed up: "That's right, she hasn't arrived yet, so we don't dare to answer without permission."

The woman's expression was grim as she scoffed: "I think you want to die — —"

At the very next moment.

Another figure descended from the sky and spoke with a rough voice: "I'm here, speak."

Colin and Fota looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"Please take a look!" Colin stood up.

They immediately took off their clothes.

Countless cards were hanging from their robes, emitting a blinding light — — -

"Are you surprised? Are you surprised?" Fota asked with a simple and honest smile.

FWOOOMMM!!!!

The ground shook intensely, flames shot all the way to the sky, the intense wind uprooted all the trees along the way.

On this day.

The dried up riverbed called 'Grey Stone Forest' had permanently disappeared from the map.