Chapter Eighty-Three: Secret Room Recruitment

"This is it. Kusai said, standing in the tunnel, looking at the stone wall in front of him.

Zero stood behind Kusse and looked left and right at both ends of the tunnel, and then at the exact same tunnel wall as the surroundings, and with a slight sense of telekinesis, he detected a secret passage behind the stone wall.

"It's so hidden. Zero spoke.

Kusse raised his hand and touched the stone wall in front of him, and pressed his palm down on a raised stone block on the stone wall, which recessed downward to reveal the mechanism hidden behind it. Zero could see in the faint light of the fire that it was a groove of regular shape. Kusai took off the waist tag hanging from his waist and embedded it in the groove, and poured fighting energy into it, and the sound of the mechanism turning came from the stone wall.

Zero watched as the stone wall in front of him trembled and raised a cloud of dust, the stone wall slowly rose upward, and an upward staircase appeared in front of him, and it was a dark tunnel.

Kuse stepped up the stairs with his torch in hand, Zero hunched behind him. The two of them walked for a moment until they came to the end, and Cousse made his way up the last staircase, and when he looked up, he saw a light in his eyes.

A huge stone chamber appeared in front of Zero's eyes, and the roof of the stone chamber was inlaid with various colorful magic cores to form a huge and complicated magic array. There are many holes carved into the walls of the stone chamber, and various weapons of different sizes and shapes are placed in the holes, and the entrance of the cave is sealed by light curtains of different colors, which makes people look dizzying. Attached to the walls were a number of altars, each with a weapon, and the "Broken Army" that Uncle Cunley had forged not long ago was prominently listed.

What is even more amazing is the scene in the center of the stone room, the statue of the three-headed and six-armed god Shura is placed in the center, the facial expression of the statue is not angry and self-threatening, the eyes are closed, and the third eye on the forehead is replaced by a blood-red demon core, flashing with a strange red light. The statue is clad in battle armor, and its six arms hold six swords of different shapes in different positions.

Around the idol, there are eighteen altars, each of which houses a weapon, and the most amazing thing is the way in which the eighteen weapons are sealed.

Each weapon was sealed in a different way, some were inserted in a pile of flint and the flames burned on the altar, some were buried in the yellow sand with only the handle of the weapon exposed, some were soaked in clear water and emitted a faint blue glow, some were placed on the altar inlaid with many large and small thunder cores, and the slightest arc of lightning danced on the weapon, and some were sealed in a large block of ice......

"That's what it is...... Eighteen Saint Martial ......" Zero's gaze kept wandering between these altars, and his heart was full of admiration for the dwarven clan's casting skills.

Just as Zero was amazed, Kusse stood in front of one of the altars and lifted the seal from it, reaching out and pulling out the slender straight knife from above. Zero felt a cold wind blowing in his face, and the temperature in the stone chamber dropped several degrees in an instant, and Zero watched as Kusse skillfully swung a few knife flowers in front of him with a long knife in his hand, and the ice blue streamer poured out along the blade, as if a beautiful horse was dancing in front of him.

Kusse held the long knife across his chest, and Zero was able to see the knife in his hand. The blade is slender and translucent, and it is engraved with elegant knife patterns. This is a simple and beautiful knife, but the overall look gives people a cold sense of killing.

Kusse noticed Zero's gaze, and he turned his face to a smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "Snow Shattering Knife - Pei Xiao, old man, I forged a clumsy work when I was young. ”

"Wow-" Zero nodded and applauded. He then gave a thumbs up to Kusse and said, "Grandpa Kusse, this knife looks longer than any of you, so why don't you let it come?"

"Tsk......" Kusse's face sank suddenly when he heard Zero's words. He put his knife in his other hand and turned his back to Zero and said, "You kid, do you want me to try the knife with you? ”

"I'm sorry......" Zero smiled bitterly and took a half step back, "I'm not very good at talking, forgive me, forgive me, hehe......"

Kusai snorted and put Pei Xiao into the scabbard, then said to Zero, "What are you doing in a daze? ”

"Good ......," Zero Ying walked over to Couse, "uh...... How do you collect it?"

"Don't you have a storage ring? Cousse said angrily.

"Hey~ You always trust me so much? let me take it all, aren't you afraid that I will leave after collecting the rolls?" asked with a smile.

Kusse glared at Zero as he unsealed it, and said, "I'll definitely cut off your hand before you roll up and leave." ”

Zero pursed his lips and was speechless for a while, he had long heard that the dwarves would cut off the hands of the betrayers, looking at Kusai's expression, I am afraid that it is not as simple as cutting off one hand.

Kusai pulled out a spear that had been unsealed and handed it to Zero, Zero took it and opened the storage ring and stuffed it in, Kusai asked Zero, "How many weapons can you put in the storage space of your ring?"

"To be honest, there are a lot of miscellaneous things in it, but these eighteen holy martial arts can still be loaded, and there should be some other weapons, but they definitely can't take all of them out here. Zero replied.

"It's enough to be able to take away eighteen holy weapons, eighteen holy weapons are enough to deal with those goblins, and among them, only the goblin leader is a little difficult to deal with, because it has a saint-level staff that our clan lost in the early years, and it is nothing more than the Flame Lord Sword......" Kusai said as he unsealed it.

After hearing this, Zero looked around and asked Kusse, "Speaking of staffs, Grandpa Kusse, why are most of the weapons displayed here for warriors? There are so few staffs for mages......

"Those magic staffs were forged by the ancestors before they were exiled to this big forest, and the dwarven clan at that time was still a famous clan on the continent, so naturally all kinds of weapons were cast. Later, the Ju tribe was exiled here, and there were no outsiders to ask for weapons, and the dwarves had few people who were good at using magic, so there were gradually few people casting such things as magic staffs, and everyone was more interested in casting weapons for warriors. Kuse replied as he handed Zero the weapon in his hand.

"Oh oh......" Zero took the weapon and put it in the storage ring, "The Flame Master Sword forged by the patriarch's grandfather is not stored here, right? ”

"That's right," Kusai replied with a nod, "the Flame Lord is a true sword, and it's too heavy to be stored in the same place as other weapons. The patriarch was reluctant to destroy the weapon he had worked so hard to cast, so the patriarch set up a seal in another stone chamber to seal the Yan Lord alone, and in order to prevent outsiders from coveting the Eighteen Holy Martial Arts and breaking into the Tibetan Arsenal, he placed the imitations of the Eighteen Holy Martial Arts in the stone room where the Yan Lord was sealed. ”

"Imitation?" asked Zero.

"That's right, they are all ordinary weapons with the same appearance as the Eighteen Saint Martial Arts, and their quality has reached the treasure level at most. Cousse replied.

"That means that those goblins also got one Flame Lord Sword, and the other eighteen were all fake Saint Martial Arts, and then they thought they had obtained the real Eighteen Saint Martial Arts. Zero had an admiring look on his face.

Cousey turned his face to look at Zero, the corners of his mouth hooked up a scheming smile, Zero looked at his eyes and laughed, grinning and praising "Wonderful~".

"Put all these weapons away, there are other secret passages that lead to the village study, and the goblins have coincidentally locked all the women and children there. When it gets dark, we'll save the women and children, then we'll figure out how to get the weapons to the men, and finally we'll settle the scores with the goblins. Cousse said, his eyes lit up with a fire of war.

"By the way," said Kusse, turning to Zero, "you can pick up a handy weapon to use here." ”

"Oh, is that really possible?" asked Zero in surprise.

"Well, there's a tough battle to be fought next, and it's a matter of life and death for the dwarves. Zero, the key to winning this battle depends on you. Cousey said, staring into Zero's eyes.

"Hi...... What are you talking about......" Zero scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm a soy sauce fighter, and when the fight really starts, it's good that I can save my life." ”

"Wow, you're humble at the moment of life and death, where is your usual poor mouth?" said Kusai as he glared at Zero as he handed the last of his holy martial arts.

Zero Hehe smiled and put the weapon away, and then said, "Then I'm welcome, pick a weapon for self-defense." ”

Zero turned around and looked up at the dazzling array of weapons on the wall in front of him, and was dazzled for a moment, not knowing which one to choose.

Zero didn't cultivate Dou Qi, so he couldn't exert any power with most of the weapons here. As for the staff, he is a nin-based mage and does not resonate with any elements at all, and the staff is basically an auxiliary elemental mage, which is convenient for him to cast magic more efficiently, although there are also wands that assist nin-thinking mages, but Zero doesn't like to cast spells with the help of a wand.

"Hurry up and pick, we'll have to start acting when it's dark. Cousse urged.

"Oh, right now. Zero replied with a nod.

Suddenly, Zero noticed a pair of daggers placed in an inconspicuous corner, compared to the other various weapons and colorful sealing light curtains, these daggers looked unremarkable, even the enchantment light curtain that sealed it had no brilliance, only a faint white shimmer.

Zero stepped forward to take a closer look at the pair of daggers, and saw that they looked rather quaint, with only a few decorative knife patterns carved on them, and no elaborate enchanted inscriptions like other weapons. The dagger is not big or small, the workmanship is very exquisite, the dagger blade looks extremely sharp, the tip of the dagger exudes a little cold, and it is really a pair of sharp weapons from the hands of masters.

Kusse stepped forward to glance at the pair of daggers, which Zero had been staring at for a long time, and said to him with a smile: "You kid has a good eye, and you have taken a fancy to the 'bones' of that old fellow of Taru. This is his mountain-sealing work, pouring a lifetime of skill, although the grade is only a spiritual weapon, but it is also caused by his deliberate non-enchantment, if fully enchanted, this pair of daggers can definitely reach the list of holy weapons. ”

"It's 'bone', but why not enchant?" asked Zero.

"You'll know when you use it, this pair of daggers has hidden secrets, and it's not just a spiritual weapon. Cousey said to Zero.

"So strong, then I'm going to have it!" Zero said firmly, looking at the "thorough" in front of him.

"Decided, don't pick a staff or something, you're a magician. Cousse asked him.

"It's decided, it's going to be it, I'm not interested in staffs, so that people who are not good at magic want to use their staffs to help cast spells, I'm going to play with knives~" Zero said to Cousse with a grin.

Kusse nodded, patted Zero on the shoulder, and stepped forward to break the seal, and Zero reached out and took the dagger along with the leather sheath

Zero held the dagger to the light source and looked at the cold glow reflected from its dagger blade, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Let's go, let's go get everyone out. With that, Kusai turned and walked towards the secret passage.

Hearing Cousse's words, Zero inserted two daggers into their leather sheaths and hung them on their belts, and stepped along.