Chapter 37 The Secret of the Thaumaturge
In the gloomy cemetery, most of the trees have already died, and the decaying tombstones and coffins are covered with bottomless cracks of land. Whenever a living person approaches the cracks, a steady stream of dead people crawl out of it.
After the Chaos Meteor hit the cemetery, it penetrated the stone slabs on the surface of the mausoleum and fell all the way to the bottom of the underground palace where King Asan was buried, awakening all the dead.
After entering the underground palace, the endless undead immediately brought great pressure to the three of them.
The strong chest and abdomen keep rising and falling, trying their best to absorb oxygen to maintain the needs of combat.
The strong weapon began to roll the blade. It had already chopped over the skeleton with an axe, but another bone turned around and stood up with a sword.
The only good news is that after the meteor penetrates the tomb, the oxygen content in the underground palace is no longer a problem.
The three people fighting were covered with decayed blood and salty sweat. Leoke and Kolidor's exposed limbs were chopped and injured by the undead warriors because they were not equipped with armor.
Facing the enemy like a mountain of corpses and bones, these two burly barbarians fought to the last bit of strength. When they were exhausted several times due to their endurance and were unable to resist the blocking, they were immediately chopped to the ground by the undead who swarmed up.
Fortunately, Chen Yaogang was wearing a suit of armor and a set of savage rushing to fly the monsters, which could drag them back to a safe place. Otherwise, there would be a ghost for these two barbarians to go out alive - they really were just a coward who was not afraid of being cowardly. When they got angry, they would rush up and chop up no matter how much injuries they had on their bodies.
However, after getting to know Chen Yaogang, Leoke and Koliduo gradually began to get used to the unsweet but effective potion bottle. After all, as long as they can kill monsters, they can replenish continuously. After one sip of the medicine, they can heal quickly after a while. The simple skin and flesh injuries can even heal. These two men even fell in love with this monster-cutting rhythm.
As long as you can keep fighting and watch one difficult and powerful enemy after another fall under your feet, these barbarians are happier than during the Chinese New Year.
Unfortunately, the reckless man could not solve the equipment problem. In such a high-intensity battle, Chen Yaogang's armor weapon durability continued to decline.
When Chen Yaogang was crazy about monster shooting and ascending to level 21, Leoke and Koliduo finally exhausted their energy and fell to the ground to breathe. Fortunately, Chen Yaogang was experienced and quickly used a coffin and stone slab to separate a secure room, lit a bonfire and camped for rest.
And beyond Chen Yaogang's expectations: the monsters in the underground palace are much richer than the zombies in the wild.
Chen Yaogang, who originally thought that he would have to return to the city after exhausting supplies, found that the monster produced a large amount of magic equipment, collected all the equipment and decomposed and screened out useful enchantment materials during rest. Although he had not been together with Leoke and Kolido for a long time, these two barbarians could treat him honestly, and Chen Yaogang was also willing to work hard to build equipment for them.
The barbarians have very simple ideas: fight hard, have great strength, are big, and treat their brothers with loyalty, then you are the boss.
Compared to those intriguing men and women, not to mention some of the aesthetic habits of barbarians, barbarians on the battlefield are the best friends to get along with.
Leoke and Kolido sat next to the sleeping bag and ate the broth. They watched Chen Yaogang go to the side mysteriously and start fiddling with their weapons. They realized that Chen Yaogang not only behaved strangely, but even fought, but also had extremely strong energy and could exhaust the enemy to death.
Of course, Leoke and Kolido did not know that Chen Yaogang could upgrade and recover. So when they saw Chen Yaogang drink the potion and turn back to chop monsters, they were immediately impressed by this strange barbarian compatriot and could only sigh that they still needed to continue to temper.
After this wave, the two barbarians and Chen Yaogang became much more familiar. Leoke patted his arm and smiled and said, "Huh... the ancestors are here. I have never experienced such a fierce and protracted battle. It feels so good that my body is sweating and my muscles are swelling and painful!"
"And I feel...my inner potential seems to have been stimulated. As long as I continue to fight like this, I will become stronger. When I was young, I felt this way every time I became stronger. I didn't expect that many years have passed, and I, who have never been able to make progress, can still experience the feeling of becoming stronger again."
Kolido smiled hoarsely and said, "So too, I should have listened to Chen's advice. Controlling the frequency of the war cry is really helpful for breathing and exerting force. Since my father was busy guarding the fortress, few people would give me some advice on combat. Thank you very much for teaching me so many skills."
【Ding, Leoke, Kolido has reached the -friendly - level of independent reputation for you! Meeting more allies will surely bring more benefits to your adventures!】
Chen Yaogang nodded and agreed, but his spirit was completely focused on the enchantment.
This cannot be said that Chen Yaogang is cold-blooded, but because in the game world, he has heard too many sluts and complaints from various minions. In addition, the database of independent minion quotations is not too big, and there are only a few sentences coming and going. Over time, players have become accustomed to it and listen to it as a pleasure to relieve boredom.
It takes energy to filter equipment attributes, decompose and extract valuable entries, and choose a top-quality base material with enchantment value from a bunch of garbage weapons.
When Chen Yaogang enchanted Leoke's long-handled weapon executioner's sword and the double-held battle axe that Keli Duo likes to use, they asked them to throw away the eliminated old weapons and replace them with brand new two-suffix enchantment weapons to fight. When they go back, Kou Na helps to create a better base material, Chen Yaogang can consider buying some enchantment materials and making more gold-level equipment.
Chen Yaogang dismantled all the useless garbage equipment and counted the dropped spoils. He actually saved up 3 gold and stones, as well as a large number of enchantment and transformation stones.
When he returns this wave, Chen Yaogang can buy some enchantment materials and make a simple set of gold armor sets to arm himself with the highest efficiency of using the gold and stones.
As Chen Yaogang finished his tossing, outside the quiet secret room, only the dead were moaning unconsciously...
Chen Yaogang lay on the sleeping bag, closing his eyes to rest. Although he had upgraded and recovered his energy, he still had to make sufficient preparations in the face of King Asan.
The only thing that made Chen Yaogang unhappy was that there was no reaction from other living people in the underground palace because it made such a big noise, which was indeed beyond his expectations.
According to game experience, those Heratim's death scholars should have tried to seek support after they found someone breaking into the underground palace. The three barbarians almost cut through the monsters on the first floor of the underground palace, but they didn't respond. Could it be that the world line has changed and those Heratim's scholars are already dead?
"Although the combat effectiveness is not good, the knowledge of scholars Heratim is very useful..."
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I don’t know the day and night in the underground palace, but in this gloomy and weird broken place, I will easily feel chills after sleeping for too long.
Chen Yaogang and the other two were full of energy and rushed to the second floor of the underground palace again. Although there were some elite monsters on the road, Chen Yaogang knew that there was a secret passage of the mechanism that could lead directly to the top of the cemetery, far from the point where he needed to hand over the teleportation scroll to escape and save his life.
However, Heratim's scholars have indeed come to these places.
After entering the third floor of the underground palace, Chen Yaogang immediately discovered the schoolbags scattered at the door and the blood on the ground. The skeletons were bloodless, and old corpses could not have blood. After discovering the traces, Chen Yaogang immediately turned on the tiger soul form and used his developed sense of smell to track scholars.
Opening his backpack and taking out the manuscript of Heratim Scholars, Chen Yaogang also found someone in vigorous fonts writing the scholars' expedition investigation: "A month ago, Daphne and I walked through the Convent of the Heart-Eye Monastery and came to the Western Territory of the Lion Empire, the destruction of the ancient tragic kingdom, to investigate the clues of whether the magic gems exist."
"The kind nuns of the Convent of Heart-Eyes received us and led us to accept the gaze of the Heart of the Full-Sight. Ah, the Heart of the Full-Sight is indeed an ancient artifact. Many talented mages in the organization could not imitate such objects in their entire lives. It is a blessing to be able to experience its magic closely, but what I have not yet thought clearly is that although the Heart of the Full-Sight can interpret the thoughts and intentions of any creature, it turns a blind eye to the words written in the book..."
"Ah, I still haven't understood the working principle of that magical artifact. I searched for the knowledge I learned throughout my life, but couldn't find any language to trust it. Perhaps the rest of the pages of the Elder's Secret Hall were not continuation. The human ancestors of the ancient times might have been as powerful as gods! But why did such powerful ancestors leave nothing in the end? Where are their remains, and why can't we find similarities with them in humans?"
"With many questions and research topics, Daphne and I came to Roger Watch. I know that these Roger mercenaries were originally migrated by ancient Amazon tribes. Although they abandoned the custom of their ancestors hating the opposite sex, their ancestors were still matriarchal society. Well, I don't look very popular, but with the pass of Heratim, they still allowed me to dine and stay in the fortress. Oh my God, the one-eyed boss actually disliked me, the old man, and it made me feel embarrassed."
"However, the path to seeking knowledge is hard, and Daphne loves to explore ancient secrets just like me. With her help, the woman who watches Roger tells us the location of the ruins of the Kingdom of Tragedy, and we decided to set out to the ancient tomb of King Atan to investigate this short-lived legend of magic in the world..."
Chen Yaogang sniffed his nose. The bloody smell in the air was not strong, but was mixed with the fragrance of plants. It seems that Heratim's scholars used some means to cover up the smell on their bodies, so they were able to sneak into the depths of the underground palace.
I found that most of the contents in the manuscript were knowledge and experience. Chen Yaogang could only quickly skip those thoughtful words and turn them to the back to see the conclusion.
"It's amazing that we explored ancient artifacts in the underground palace. In a secret report, we found that King Adan left other clues before his death!... After taking out the gems, King Adan seemed to suddenly wake up. On his dying day, he told the ministers and relatives who were finally staying by his side. He said that the thriller was a terrifying liar. All these thriller gems were 'living monsters'. They were temporarily in a seed dormant because they were not adapted to the power of this world!"
"It is hard to imagine that this manic tyrant will reveal his biggest secret before his death."
"But I began to doubt the authenticity of this matter. Because what I couldn't understand most was that the thriller who seduced King Adan to fall and created a crown for King Adan actually appeared on the battlefield and attacked, summoned a flying rock, and let the gems on the crown pierce the king's mind. Why did the thriller do that? Is King Adan right? Those gems are actually just eager to get seeds of the flesh, and they are just eager to get a breeding ground for growth and germination?"
"No, in fact, no one except King Adan had time to see the appearance of the sneak attacker. Among the surviving ministers and prisoners of war, no one could prove that King Adan was not because of his brain damage. Since then, all the magical gems have disappeared. After the rise of magical practice, this short-lived legend of magical arts was quickly forgotten by ordinary people. But Heratim is an organization that explores the world and the truth, and we will definitely find the truth!"
Chen Yaogang turned a few more pages, skipped the boring documents in academic reports, and found that the emotions of scholars who wrote these words had undergone drastic changes.
"Oh my God, our great God of Magic! What are those meteors! They easily destroyed the guard barrier of the tomb and penetrated into the depths of the underground palace! The melting parts of the meteors continued to grow crystal-like substances, and a large-scale crystallization occurred at the bottom of the underground palace. I don't know what would happen if they were stabbed by those crystals, but I seemed to see a cluster of crystal thorns falling into the coffin of King Asan."
"This is really bad. The road we came was scrapped because of a landslide! And I must have heard the movements of the dead. My old bones would not make that noise. What kind of evil power is hidden by these meteors? Daphne and I didn't even have time to escape from here, and we found that all the dead were blasphemed by evil!"
"This happened so suddenly. The unforeseeable attack left us trapped in the depths of the underground palace. We tried to escape, but the ubiquitous undead blocked the way. We tried to cast spells to escape, but we found that the ethernet became extremely unstable, and the teleportation array and teleportation nodes were all destroyed."
"The adventure rations we carried with us were still sufficient. Daphne and I had a very small appetite and could hide in the underground palace for a month. But I heard the sound of dragging the machete outside the door. It must have been the meteor that awakened all the dead and caused the ancient generals who died in the battlefield to transform."
Chapter completed!