維比拿起水杯一飲而盡,然而再多的冷水亦無助她把腦袋冷卻下來。416Please respect copyright.PENANAceJAi9vb0g
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「不可能,小艾你的想法實在太過瘋狂了!」416Please respect copyright.PENANAJJ81EsinxZ
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「可是這就是我們在競技場得出來的結論呀!」416Please respect copyright.PENANAHGCKYmgm4A
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維比似要把艾莉娜的說話打散般揮舞着手臂。作爲一名記者,即使多匪夷所思的事情也不會讓她感到錯愕,但現在艾莉娜從競技場調查得出的結論,卻是從各種意義上徹底超過了她的底線。416Please respect copyright.PENANAq7HHkKwE68
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「你說這本手札記載着羅倫茲・阿夫因嘗試使用暗魔石來取得勇者的能力?你知不知道這句話到底有多荒謬!」416Please respect copyright.PENANAJsiFucE7J7
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對於人類而言,勇者就是像救世主一般的存在。若果艾莉娜所言屬實,阿夫因手札能讓任何人都可以透過暗魔石獲得跟勇者同等力量,這將會是一件多麼可怕的事情!416Please respect copyright.PENANASiMaayKVir
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維比把視線投向莉絲和丹尼,希望作爲商會看板娘和情報販子的他們能給予不同的答案。豈料他們只是閉上雙眼,絲毫沒有反對和質疑艾莉娜的意思。416Please respect copyright.PENANAkQL2Ov5KzY
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「爲什麼阿夫因手札裡面不斷提到暗魔石?爲什麼羅倫茲・阿夫因一次又一次跑到競技場進行研究?難道你就沒想過是有人故意隱瞞了有關暗魔石的事情嗎?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAoQpygWmd6G
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艾莉娜以近乎咄咄逼人的語調逼近維比身邊。彷彿抓到了某個關鍵的她全身散發着一種鍥而不捨的光芒,續道:「聖域的祈禱文也曾提及過,世界被眾神的慈愛所包圍。若果把眾神的慈愛想像成一個讓人無法使用戰技的氣泡,而競技場的暗魔石就像是銀針般把這氣泡刺出了破洞。那麼……」416Please respect copyright.PENANAGUXnKB2YTg
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「等一下,小艾!祈禱文只是經文而已,怎可以按照字面的意思解讀?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAh3PotAAA8u
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「我從小就在聖域生活,所以很清楚經文都是有着重量的智慧結晶。倒是維比,你為什麼要堅決否定我這個推斷?你是不是在手札裡面看到了些什麼?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAxB5qFJRHrO
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維比沒料到艾莉娜會突如其來的反問,全身就像被針刺般抖動了一下。416Please respect copyright.PENANA5BbH01ub5I
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「果然如此呢。」莉絲見狀嘆一口氣道。416Please respect copyright.PENANAZ26VFowuHV
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「我早該把那見鬼的手札燒掉。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAXDAKbIMB3d
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維比見事情已經敗露,也就把阿夫因手札放在木檯上,翻開了其中一頁。416Please respect copyright.PENANAcJqNB86vk9
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只見這一頁上面寫著四個大字:「區域解鎖」。416Please respect copyright.PENANAUIFBfXhwgv
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「『區域解鎖』以小艾剛才的說話來解讀,就是『用銀針把包裹著世界的氣泡刺穿』。沒想到,羅倫茲・阿夫因花了十多年才研究出來的東西,你們竟然只花了一個晚上便得到了相同的結論。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAUOyfK1nYYQ
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「可是這結論終究也只是推斷而已。根本沒人知羅倫茲・阿夫因在街童虐殺事件中遇害之前,究竟有沒有成功製作出暗魔石。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAMomeUaZMcR
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「暗魔石性質奇特,顯然不是普通的天然魔石。我猜它跟冰魔石一樣,都是混合了兩種元素的複合魔石,即使透過聖域祈願也不容易獲得。」416Please respect copyright.PENANARJDtBvWMTI
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「既然這樣的話,究竟是誰用什麼方法把大量的暗魔石打造成競技場的擂台?這樣做的目的又是爲了什麼?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAxIBHcrndjA
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衆人說到這裡紛紛啞口無言,誰也無法給出一個明確的答案。416Please respect copyright.PENANATFL74uUjSR
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最後丹尼聳一聳肩,苦笑道:「也許只有勇者本人,才能回答這個問題吧。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAEhiTN4Jv73
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經過一夜折騰,他和莉絲都巴不得馬上返回房間好好休息,豈料艾莉娜這時候卻突然歪着腦袋問道:「其實....複合魔石是什麼?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAu1jHPYmqfV
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此言一出,就連一直安坐在旁的蕾恩也發出詫異的呼聲。艾莉娜見大家一副不能置信的神情,可愛地吐一下舌頭尷尬道:「我在上課的時候睡着了嘛!」416Please respect copyright.PENANAe1vCLal4fk
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「我收回前言,這傢伙只是憑運氣猜到羅倫茲・阿夫因花十多年才研究出來的成果而已。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAWfhJRXqRME
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維比搖頭苦笑,但還是把魔石的知識簡略地介紹了一下。416Please respect copyright.PENANAOpE5Qy4gTe
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根據她的解說,競技場世界的魔石主要由風、火、水、土、空這五種元素組成。當中「空元素」(Void),擁有改變元素本質的力量。例如冰魔石在字面上雖然有着「冰」的字眼,但實際上卻是由火元素和空元素結合,藉由空元素的魔力把火元素散發熱力的本質改變爲吸走熱量而已。416Please respect copyright.PENANAUleuB3SXT7
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「其實坊間絕大部份的魔石都是複合魔石。在我擔任記者的生涯當中,遇到純粹的魔石也只不過是幾次而已。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAhKbFJCd3XG
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「維比姐姐,那麼暗魔石呢?暗魔石又是用什麼元素組合出來的?」416Please respect copyright.PENANA1vpjKJ9rV3
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蕾恩這靈光一閃的提問,卻讓在場所有人意識到一個問題。416Please respect copyright.PENANAky5K60gx2w
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先前的討論,只不過藉由阿夫因手札印證了艾莉娜他們在競技場的調查結果而已。由於阿夫因手札是克里斯從領主府偷出來的,既然『區域解鎖』能被維比解讀出來,也就是說手札裡面記載的暗魔石製作方法亦早已落入領主手中!416Please respect copyright.PENANAz7N1dCSuYN
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「維比,赫澤爾頓這陣子發生的一切,都是跟暗魔石有關,對嗎?」416Please respect copyright.PENANARU2wuXjKmq
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艾莉娜抱着萬分之一的希望,可是卻看到維比黯然點頭。416Please respect copyright.PENANAWK0pnxe57D
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阿夫因手札再被翻開,來到猶如被塗鴉覆蓋般的一頁。416Please respect copyright.PENANAEcmJtUYCbX
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「領主在調查手札的時候沒有留下多少痕跡。不過在這一頁卻留下了不少註解。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAqcGJwagOYp
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衆人湊近來看,發現手札的右上角貼着一些翻譯便條,上面寫着「美達琳」(Magdalynn)、「欺騙」(Deceive)、「勇者」(Yūsha)等字眼,還有一個名爲「命元素」(Life Element)的詞彙。416Please respect copyright.PENANAhik7zOdXi1
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「羅倫茲・阿夫因在調查暗魔石的過程中,無意間發現了勇者和愛莎尼奇王國所隱瞞着,連王都圖書館也沒有記載的第六種元素 —— 『命元素』(Life Element)。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAW2PDas7vAu
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艾莉娜聞言愣了一下,然後駭然的道:「暗魔石,難道就是空和命兩種元素組合而成的複合魔石?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAUmOEBMBGGi
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話音剛落,一連串清脆的掌聲在本應無人的走廊中忽然響起。416Please respect copyright.PENANAoRaFGT10ZM
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啪啪啪啪————416Please respect copyright.PENANAz0fkEoXrE8
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「恭喜各位,你們終於完成了這道謎題。」416Please respect copyright.PENANA1zCN7LLcRD