Volume 1 Chapter 104 Breakout
Theoretically, there is no other exit or passage in the entire secret realm, otherwise I am sorry for the word 'secret' in the name, and it is impossible for Evan and Xiugoth to let themselves and Xiugoth run around.
However, Ivan had plenty of time to ask, so Thor decided to look for it, or take a walk.
After turning into the alleyway, Thor threw his dagger at Shogues.
This is also a kind of temptation, and Thor wants to see if there is any fighting spirit left in Xiugues, so that he can make a choice for the situation he will finally face today.
Hughes took the dagger, did not refuse, and did not stick it in his waist as usual. Just holding the dagger in his hand, the whole person still walked silently, and looking at him, Thor didn't want to force anything.
Soon, it didn't take much time for the entire secret realm to go all round.
Unexpectedly, in terms of size, the entire secret realm was pitifully small. Almost at the same time as he finished walking, Thor also completed the map of the entire secret realm in his mind.
The whole secret realm as a whole is a 'Shen' shape, the lower end of the Shen shape is the entrance and exit, and the upper end is the location of the altar. On both sides of the Shen shape, there is still space to extend to both sides, but it is a cliff-like landform, standing on the cliff to probe, there is a sense of abyss under the cliff that cannot see the bottom.
There was more than one magic puppet in the alleyway, and there were seven or eight in total, and it seemed that there had been a battle. Thor remembered that Shogues's original intelligence said that Ivan originally had more than a dozen mercenaries, but now there were only eight left, which seemed to be a loss.
After a turn, Thor and the others returned to the straight trunk in the middle, and finally made their way to the altar.
The whole altar is strange and simple.
The strange reason is that there is a square stone platform with two stone steps on each side on the ground, and a large six-pointed star magic array is painted on the stone platform, and an independent stone platform is raised in the center of the magic array.
On the high platform lies a coffin, the shape of the coffin is like a pointed diamond shape that has been cut off from the two sharp corners, and the surface of the coffin lid is divided into four trapezoids by a deep chiseled regular cross.
The simplicity is that there is only a stone platform, a coffin, and a stone wall-like screen behind the coffin on the altar, and nothing else. Those imaginary shrines, sacrificial offerings and the like are nothing.
Thor didn't think it was appropriate to call it an 'altar', and it was up to him to judge that it was a mausoleum or burial mound in a secret realm.
In the past experience of tomb robbing with Xiugus, he also encountered a similar pattern of raising a platform under the coffin. However, it is a spacious royal tomb buried deep in the ground, and there are armor racks around each stone platform to support four sets of armor with swords, which is very solemn.
However, I don't know if it was because a tomb robber swept through it first or for some other reason, but I didn't find any burial goods. Later, Thor found a golden chalice in the dark compartment of the wall, which was later replaced by Shogues with a golden eagle.
At this time, above the coffin in front of him, there was a rotating ring suspended out of thin air, without any external force, a very strange sight.
On closer inspection, the ring appears to be made of solid gold, and the whole thing looks like a delicate ring.
The inner ring is engraved with an unknown ancient inscription, and somewhere in the outer ring is inlaid with a shield-shaped sapphire, with a blunt-pointed shield at the top and a blunt tip at the bottom, and a leaf-like twist around the gem to form a frame and base that holds the gem in place.
The whole ring exudes an ancient mystery, and it is clear that this is the goal of this trip, and Thor has not touched it for the time being.
As for the screen behind the high platform, Thor looked up and suddenly felt a sense of intimacy rise in his heart.
On that screen, or stone wall, carved with the technique of an old man with a long beard and the appearance of a pharmacist in a robe, was busy in front of some refining tools. The reason for this kindness is that strictly speaking, Thor himself is half a pharmacist.
Maybe there was an elderly pharmacist sleeping in the coffin?
While Thor was observing the pattern on the screen, Shoggus beside him suddenly silently stretched out his hand to sweep it, and just held the floating ring in his hand.
"What are you doing?" Thor turned his head and glared at him angrily.
Shoggers didn't say anything, threw the ring at Thor with his hand, and then turned and walked away.
The moment Shogues took off the ring, the entire stone platform and screen instantly disintegrated into dust, and at the same time, Thor also felt the collapse of the entire secret realm.
It wasn't the kind of landslide that cracked in an instant, but very slowly, first there was a rumbling sensation from the ground, and sometimes broken stones fell from the top.
Throwing the ring into his coat pocket, Thor ran two steps to catch up with Surges.
"What the hell are you doing, I ask?" Thor grabbed Shoggus's coat.
Shogues still didn't respond, staring sideways at the ground.
The reason for Thor's anger was not because Shogues reached for the ring and caused the secret realm to collapse, after all, they had to come to this point after all.
The reason for his real anger was that the cautious thief Huggus was gone, and instead became the freak in front of him who no longer cared about life and death.
Even if they can escape Evan's group after that, unless Shogues ends his adventures forever and hides in the town, he will die in the wilderness sooner or later.
Looking at his self-defeating appearance, Thor's negative emotions rose again.
"Since you can't let go of it so much, how good it would be for you to die directly with Covier, you look at your half-dead appearance now, is it interesting to go on like this?" Thor roared angrily, and he didn't know how much else he could go.
After listening to Thor's words, Shugues raised his hand and wiped the dagger from his neck, bluffing Thor and hurriedly opening his hand.
"!" Thor punched Shogues in the side of the face, knocking him over the head.
"Covill died because of me, I killed her, why are you dissatisfied with me! Look at your rotten flesh-like appearance, like a soft snake, you are not as angry as a wild dog. Thor cursed and punched again.
This time, Xiugus finally reacted, his eyes were bloodshot like madness, and he also raised his hand and punched Thor back.
Yes, the blood had not yet dissipated, and a trace of bitterness and relief passed through Thor's eyes. He threw his fists again, trying to wake up Huggers completely.
This is the only time that the brothers have punched and kicked each other, and the two of them just tugged at each other's clothes, and you punched me and I punched each other.
Originally, it was two first-order physiques, but it turned out that obviously no one could help anyone, and in the end, with red noses and black circles, the two of them had nosebleeds and lay there like two dead dogs.
"Is it enough?" Thor asked, gasping for breath, feeling the turmoil on the ground beneath him.
"So be it!" Hughes gasped in reply.
Thor turned over and sat up, then he turned around and walked to the coffin that fell to the ground and lifted it violently, anyway, the secret realm had collapsed, and he was ready to lift the coffin to relieve the confusion in his heart.
I thought the coffin lid was heavy, but it didn't weigh much, and it was easily lifted, and the strange thing was that there were no imaginary rotten bones in the coffin, and there was nothing inside.
Thor's expectation was that if they took the ring, maybe something in the coffin would crawl out and hunt them down.
Since he didn't get an answer, Thor didn't bother anymore and walked back and dragged Shuggus off the ground.
"Well, can you still fight? Although I am your main enemy, strictly speaking Evan and his group are too, although they did not end up in person, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the masterminds. Even if we are going to die, we will always burst a few blood flowers of hatred. ”
Thor tried to provoke Shogues, but he wasn't wrong.
It's just the current situation, there are eight strong men guarding outside the secret area, and there is also a second-order town, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a desperate situation in adversity.
"And what are you going to do?" Shogues's dagger slashed in his hand, and his gaze seemed to return to its previous sharpness.
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In the grave keeper's hut, Evan and his men sat around the portal of the secret realm, each holding their own drinks.
"Two poor little imps, I don't know what they went through inside?" sighed one of his men.
"What if they can't get out?" asked one of his men, suddenly surprised.
"No, it's better that they can't get out than we can't. Evan shrugged his shoulders with a relaxed expression.
While chatting, the magic array in the center of the room suddenly fluctuated like a tug.
"It's coming. Ivan was the first to stand up, and everyone around him looked stunned.
With a strange tearing sound, the first to come out was a guy who was covered in black and swarthy, not dressed, but covered with skin color.
He seemed to have pounced out of the secret realm and pounced in front of the two men on the side of the vortex.
The two men subconsciously pressed the hilt of their swords, but did not draw their swords, because they intuitively felt that it seemed to be a dead man, and it looked like he was rotting and not breathing.
Then there was another tugging sound from the portal, and another rotting creature pounced and fell in front of Evan. But he's not dead, because he's talking.
"Uncharted...... Collapsed, help me, I'm ...... Cursed. Judging by the voice, it seemed to be Thor, and he stretched out his rotten hand as if to grab Ivan's leg, and Ivan frowned and subconsciously took a step back.
Looking at Thor's rotten face, it is not impossible to curse this kind of thing, but it should not be contagious like a disease, Ivan thought to himself.
"Damn, where's the ring? where is the ring?" Ivan snarled at Thor on the ground, he didn't care who was alive or dead.
Without waiting for Thor to reply, the entire portal suddenly converged inward, as if it were contracting itself. As if the air was compressed, the blue light condensed into a small mass and then suddenly expanded to the limit, suddenly exploding.
The turbulent air currents instantly blew everyone in the room to the ground.
"Damn!" one of his men cursed in the confusion.
Shogus, who was suspected of being a corpse on the ground, had taken advantage of the chaos at some point, and one of his subordinates reached out to stop him, but his wrist was scratched by a faint cold light, and he could only retract his hand.
"Stop him......" Evan snorted.
However, before Ivan could finish speaking, Thor on the ground raised his backhand, and in an instant, dust flew in the sky.
"Damn, be careful of poison!" one of his men exclaimed.
Everyone raised their hands to cover their mouths and noses, and Thor on the ground had already taken advantage of the subtle moment to roll and burst into the direction of the gate, and in a blink of an eye, he followed Xiugus who knocked down the gate to break through.
Looking at the chaos in front of him, Ivan smiled angrily with a dangerous and terrifying light in his eyes.