Chapter 40: Dungeon Entrance
"You asked me to come over, just to let me see this?" The egret pointed to the door, confused. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"It's not just this door, you look at the wall first."
The kite's head tilted, and the egret looked to the sides, just as she had felt when she first walked into the lobby of the castle. It always amazes her!
"Mural?!" The entire corridor is covered with frescoes, leading from the entrance to the door at the end.
The paintings on the walls are not the ancient Chinese murals she imagined, or the murals similar to Dunhuang, but the style of painting is more like the ancient murals of Europe.
The egret walked back to the entrance and saw that the murals on the two walls depicted many thinly dressed humans, holding cold weapons such as spears and short swords, fighting against foreign enemies; Others carry torches and walk in groups in one direction. Unexpectedly, these foreign enemies are not human, they all have a tiger's back, a bull's head and a horse's face, with sharp claws and fangs, and look more like demons and monsters.
The frescoes look ancient, but the signs of wear and tear are not very large. The entire wall is almost painted with fiery battles, battles between humans and monsters.
Huh?? Why do I look at these "non-human" monsters and I can't help but think of the bestial Chris I just saw at the grave? Egret thought to herself.
Not to mention, it's quite similar.
The egret walked all the way, looked at both sides carefully, thought that there would be some clues, and finally came to a conclusion.
They're just ordinary murals!
The blue kite stood at the door, watching her walk up and down the corridor, and finally came over with a look of affirmation, with a hint of complaint.
"It's just a mural, what's so strange?" The egret didn't see anything worth noting, and thought it was a bit of a fuss for the blue kite to call him over.
"Then you can take a look at this door." The blue kite didn't say anything else, and knocked on the door with her finger.
Compared to the mural just now, the door has attracted a lot of attention from the egret.
There is no carved pattern on the outside, a simple black iron door with two handles on it, and the most eye-catching thing is the lock in the middle of the door.
Somewhat...... Well, high-tech.
I thought that the door could be opened by inserting a keyhole and turning it, and I made a very delicate lock.
A raised disc has a small keyhole in the center and a small annular groove on the left and right of the hole.
The disc was not like an iron gate, it was carved with strange runes, round and round.
"This ......," the egret said to the kite, stroking the disc with his fingers.
"Special, huh?"
The egret nodded, and then wondered: "These two grooves should be used to put ring-shaped things." It is also the condition required to open this door. ”
"And, the key."
Rings? Key? Egret really thinks she's been lucky since she entered the game, and this time, she really has both of those things on her.
Spell Pair Ring and "Strange Cave" key.
Now they are in the castle, and it doesn't look like there is a cave, but she still wants to try it, after all, it is a key, and if there is a hole, she must try it.
Seeing her take out a few things, the green kite was a little surprised, and she would never have thought that there would be such an item on the egret's body that met the conditions for unlocking.
The egret shook the key in his hand and said excitedly, "I happen to have one, but I don't know if it's okay, try it." ”
She put one of the rings on one side, and the key slowly entered the keyhole, completely embedded in it! That's half the battle. She held her breath and spun, still with a little hope that the door would open.
As the key turns, time passes very slowly.
Finally, there was a "click-" sound.
The door is open!?
The body of the green kite involuntarily leaned forward, and the ink pupils also flashed with excitement, and it was successful!?
"Crunch-" The big iron gate was pushed open, and a row of black lines hung over the egret's head.
"It's a cave." Egret shame, this is just a basement, a woolen cave!
The green kite didn't know why, and looked at her strangely.
She didn't bother to explain some of the strange names and settings in the game, pulled out the key and threw it to him and walked down, and the green kite caught it and realized that she was just muttering something, and looked at her somewhat depressed back funny, and followed him in.
Behind the iron gate is a dark hole, with stone steps on the ground and the familiar darkness around it, and there is no wind blowing up underneath, so there is no exit below.
The two of them walked down one after the other, the same routine as in the ancient castle, and the candles next to them would light up one by one as they walked.
After walking for a long time, I still didn't reach the bottom, and no one knew where the stairs under my feet led, but what human beings were most afraid of was the fear of the unknown, but this person's general illness didn't seem to apply to them.
"Could it be a bottomless pit down there?" The blue kite guessed very poorly.
"Crow's beak! Don't talk nonsense! ”
"But we've been gone for a long time."
"It's coming soon!"
One thing the two of them say, and I will reply. Egret listened to the people behind him, saying things that were not at all like what he would say, and the originally long road felt a little more atmospheric.
Finally, the emperor pays off! They finally made their way to the bottom, leaving the long, boring staircase and entering a large enclosed space.
"Oh my God!" The egret cried out in surprise at the sight.
An indifferent person like the green kite actually showed a very surprised expression at this moment, and his cold eyes were full of disbelief.
What a big portal! Reaching to the top of the space, it glows. The space is a semicircle, with walls covered in reliefs, and a large stone statue on each side of the portal.
On the left is a sculpture of an ancient Chinese woman, with her eyes closed and her head slightly bowed, holding a flute in her hand and putting it under her mouth, as if she was playing, and her hair fluttering is also vividly carved; On the right is a bearded Roman gladiator, wearing armor and holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand in the air, with his mouth wide open as if he were roaring.
"The maker is so generous." Egret took a complete look at the underground space and said, "Just now in another room, the layout of the scene is also amazing. ”
"But why is there a portal here?"
"Here's the entrance to the dungeon." A woman's voice unexpectedly sounded behind them, "I didn't expect my uncle to put you in the castle, and I didn't expect you to open that door." ”
The egret turned her head and found that the woman who spoke looked exactly like the sculpture, she was wearing a light green gauze dress, her black hair was casually draped, and she was standing quietly. The Chinese-style NPCs and European-style buildings merge together to create an eerie sense of harmony.
"We're offended, are you?" What NPCs. The egret was actually tempted to ask.
"Ahh ~ I am Xizi, the lord of Death Valley, and I am also the gatekeeper of the entrance to the Chinese dungeon. Xizi said with a smile, her voice was as warm as water, which was probably the image of a typical ancient Chinese woman.