Chapter 365: The Secret of the Temple
Ashwell's Grey Castle, the High Priest of Shar, has united the followers of Ciric, the Santarin Society, several Drow families on the surface and underground, creatures of the shadow plane, Yada Tanshur, the Lich Arokar, and many other forces and figures, and is planning a huge conspiracy against Mystra, and the details of the entire plan are known only to Esvel and a few of her cronies.
Although Ciric also wanted to kill Mystra, the sense of superiority and pride that came from somewhere did not allow him to be a mere participant and executor in this plan, so he secretly instructed his followers to inquire about the specific course of action, in an attempt to gain a greater voice and even dominance.
This is Muruxi's third-ring voter mission, which is on par with the task of finding a balance balance in terms of difficulty.
"Since you're a participant in this program, why do you want to help me?" That's where Sherlock wondered.
"This is to help you, but also to help me, this temple is just the tip of the iceberg of the whole plan, more secrets need to go to the base in Guangze to find, and in addition to destroying the temple, I can't think of a second way to get out of here and go to the big base as soon as possible."
Mu Ruxi said so, in fact, there are other ways, but the secret of this temple is a hidden mission, and sooner or later it will be revealed, so why give this reward to others.
Originally, if she hadn't met Sherlock, she would have done it herself, but now that someone has helped, the rewards are less, and the risks are reduced accordingly.
After dealing with the guards at the door, the two of them came to Finnble's room smoothly, and the key to the fence at the door of the secret passage had already been prepared.
Underneath the secret passage is a stone platform, surrounded by a bottomless, blackened pool, with a whirlpool on the surface of the water, as if there is a flow of water flowing in and out of the water.
To the left of the stone platform is the water prison, where all the sacrifices are held, waiting to be transported to the base deep in Guangze.
On the right is a hall with three rooms.
The first room was Sansal's, and in addition to the normal furniture, there were a few dusty old books and a few bottles of colorful liquids, which I don't have to say, whether they were useful or not.
The second room was known to be Fenbury's at first glance, and as soon as the door opened, a strong smell of rotting flesh came to the face.
The torture rack, the Iron Maiden, and many other torture instruments that Sherlock couldn't even name, were placed in this cold room.
Several headless corpses hung from several iron racks, some skinned from all of their bodies, and one that appeared to have all of its bones scraped off...... Several rats were lying on their stomachs and gnawing on the corpses.
And in a small wooden box in the corner, they turned out the identification of the corpses.
After collecting all the valuables, they entered a third room, which was owned by the temple's builder, Assas, though she rarely came from the base.
Unlike the first two, the interior of this room is very clean and tidy, everything is neatly arranged, a few letters, some drawings, and some strange props are too late to look at them, and they are also taken away.
After the looting is cleaned, the purpose of this operation is completed, but it is here, of course, to maximize the benefits, and the prisoners in the water prison next door are all living rewards.
On the other side of the stone platform, and after passing through a passageway, they came to a cold, damp and dimly lit room, with an underground river running through it in the middle of the room, and a boat parked on the bank.
"Who are you?" Eight guards had spotted two figures not far away.
"Master Finbre is going to bring the men himself, and you bring the rest to the ship." Mu Liuxi said commandingly, playing a fox and fake tiger character quite well.
The guards had seen the halfling beside Fenbrai and Pastor Sansar, and when they saw the two of them coming down together, they did not suspect it, and immediately pulled up the chains around them and pulled up the half-submerged cage.
This huge iron prison is divided into eight pieces, and a total of 5 NPCs are imprisoned, and the others are forgotten, but the only woman looks seven or eight points similar to the portrait of Miss Durandora on the bulletin board, and it should be her if nothing else.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Sherlock sat on the boat, and when the guards carried the NPC onto the boat, he set up the boat and left alone, as for Muruki, she had to stay to clean up the aftermath.
Halfway down the underground river, he found a suitable place to stop and walked ashore with the prisoner.
These 5 NPCs don't know how long they were tortured in the water prison, but it took him a full day to cook and heal before he took them back to Velon.
The rest of the matter is much simpler, with these witnesses and a few physical pieces in his hands, Sharpe and Consor investigate the temple of Mystra outside the city again, and finally discover the secret hidden inside. It's just that Fimbull and Sansar, who learned that the matter was exposed, had already left with people in advance.
After this battle, the temple did not disappear, but became a level 35 dungeon. Of course, that's another story.
The day after the affair, Sherlock and Squirrel were invited to Constantine's house.
This is a simple but dignified mansion, which always has a little more heritage than the gorgeous and luxurious manor on the side.
"Great adventurers, it is a contemptible honor for you to be here." A well-dressed middle-aged half-elf greeted him from the door, "I am really grateful for saving the little girl." ”
The half-elf Nils is the current head of the family of Constantine, and it can be said that he is spoiled to the sky for his daughter, so the reward given this time is also quite rich, but he will make appropriate adjustments according to the number of rewarders.
There are three options, the first is to gain the friendship of the Konstantin family, which is undoubtedly the most suitable for players and organizations that want to operate around Veron City, but neither Sherlock nor Squirrel intends to stay in this place for a long time.
The second is money or equipment items.
The third is a wish within one's ability.
Squirrel quickly decided, she chose a notebook that recorded a mysterious summoning ritual, the priest didn't have a magic pet, and all their hobbies were poured into the powerful summons of the contract.
Sherlock prefers the third option, but the limit is too broad, breaking the seal on the ice spirit and filling it with the energy of the flame crystal, Nils said that he could not do anything, and in the end he had to take a bottle of fifth-order potion.