Chapter 15: The History of Orc Civilization
They were so engrossed in the clues in the orc mural that they didn't notice at all, and several pairs of eyes were staring at them in the darkness not far away. A few very slight voices were exchanging: "It seems that yes, they know the secret here from Lord Wang. "What now, it could be dangerous to go deeper." "So many people who explore either run into the trap or get lost. We can't miss this opportunity, you guys make a mark and go back to report to Lord Yu, and I'll keep an eye on them. "Yes!"
Passing through the passage down, they found that the air had become much more turbid, and just when He Ming began to worry about whether they would be able to persist in this expedition, Tao Han cast a spell that made it much easier for them, and the Taoist natural spell was indeed magical.
When He Ming and the others continued to walk, they found that what they had stepped into was no longer the damp dirt on it, but a delicately carved stone room! This technique is difficult to do now, but when everyone is sure that everyone is shocked, the new content of the mural appears in front of them, and there is no more distraction content like that. They saw that a huge gap began to appear among the orcs, with a few strong orcs taking up most of the supplies, while most of the weaker orcs could only get a pitiful fraction, some kneeling and begging, and some falling behind.
Just as they were carefully reading the mural, they heard a commotion, and following the sound, two well-protected orc skeletons in armor and armed with large axes in the darkness staggered to their feet and moved towards them. These skeletons are well-armed and impressive, but they don't look as imposing as the orc warriors we saw last time.
The defense is intact, and it is impossible to attack the weakness of their joints. He Ming made preparations for a hard battle, and approached one with his sword in hand. saw Marriott swaggering over, jumped up, and shouted: "Ha! "One attack and kill directly slashed at the skeleton warrior.
Because the era is too old, the skeleton warrior who seems to be well-protected is not strong over there, and Marriott's momentum directly chops it with half of its weapon. As it burned flames to repair itself, Marriott unceremoniously continued a few times to let it burn itself to ashes.
The one He Ming dealt with was not as indestructible as he imagined, and it was easy to cut through the shiny armor by attacking and assassinating, and the armor and weapons on its body would also be repaired by that strange flame.
"It seems that the long weathering and natural attrition will also weaken these skeletons, and they are much more fragile than the newly transformed orc skeletons in the upper layer." After the four of them beat up the skeleton, they analyzed.
Then they looked at the mural and followed the trail again, this time with the weak orcs attacking the mighty orcs, who were tall and strong, but meaningless in numbers. Behind the mural is the half-orcs who have successfully turned over, and the content of the previous mural has reappeared.
They moved on, and at last the purpose of the trip was getting closer and closer: the new leaders pointed to the sky, they held most of the resources, and they ascribed it all to Providence, and all the orcs under their leadership performed all kinds of rituals, sacrifices, sacrifices were fruits, animals, and even orcs. All this made them very uncomfortable, although it was a half-orc story, but they were immersed in it, and they were also deeply infected.
Continuing along the frescoes, the new frescoes began to make their hairs stand on end, and as the various sacrifices progressed, they were answered: a drop of water flew out of the sacrifice, and the faces of the orcs who appeared to be of the highest status were painted, and then the orcs of higher status were painted dark. He Ming couldn't help but look at each other: "The origin of the half-beast warrior?" ”
The road was quiet and scary, and even Marriott's face was a little pale, but there was no reason to leave like this after coming here, they could only continue to move forward, and the content of the next mural began to change the style of painting: under the command of those dark-colored orcs, all kinds of orcs improved tools, made furnaces, cast equipment and tools, built altars, and polished stone chambers. It is simply possible to surpass the current human technology!
The half-orcs led by him were fully armed, and they were more sophisticated than the half-beast warriors He Ming saw at that time, and many of the half-orcs who worked often fell down after doing it. Powerful orcs use the so-called providence to occupy resources, and they really attract demons under the pretense of providential rituals and sacrifices.
He Ming didn't know what would happen if he continued to move forward, but the purpose of this operation was basically achieved, no matter what the reason, this evil consciousness would not take the lives of the orcs seriously, whether it was the end of civilization due to the overdrawing of their power, or other reasons, as long as these were told to Lord Wang, the history of the orcs could basically be connected.
In order not to deteriorate, he gestured to his teammates and decided to go back the way he came, who knew that it didn't matter if he didn't look back, he only walked a few steps back and heard all kinds of strange sounds. Then a group of big scary bats flew from nowhere, He Ming's eyes and hands were quick, and he swung his sword a few times to make the bats not fly directly towards them, and the others were also ready for battle, these bats were as if they were intelligent and found that the attack could not be beneficial, so they scattered and flew away.
The four of them walked a few more steps back and forth when they heard a dense creaking sound, and then a terrible human scream! It's a myriad of orc skeletons! No matter how bold he was, this scene was not a joke, and the mage lit a big fireball and threw it over, illuminating the corridor in front of him.
They saw two skeletons in full armor and scythes in front of them, and behind them were many terrifying skeletons with double axes, and when the fireball flew over, an axe was also thrown in this direction.
He Ming struck the axe with a sword, and Ling Feng and the flying axe intersected and made a clanging metal collision sound, and now there was no turning back. Without hesitation, they turned around and continued to run in the direction the mural pointed, and strangely, the sound of bones rubbing behind them stopped as soon as they turned around.
Marriott blushed and said, "I heard that someone was following us here." And we don't know what's being controlled here, so there's no way back for us. ”
Yan Yi said: "No wonder there has been no news of this being found here for so long, even if someone walks here, they can't go back and tell others." ”
He Ming said: "It's all here, just keep going." I think it's quite interesting, you see that you can be a ghost after figuring out the situation in the end, isn't it better than being confused? ”
Although I didn't know that He Ming was a guy who was more curious than everything, but seeing He Ming's appearance of seeing death as home, the others were also inspired and said, "Yes!" Even if you die, you have to be a ghost! Let's move on! ”
The next two stone chambers found along the way are more and more ornate and gorgeous. But the murals don't mean much, and the darkening orcs force the other orcs to make and build, carve and polish, as if they are creating something grandiose. He Ming: They were a little confused, they had never seen anything so paved and built on this mural, and the only thing they had seen was some weapons and armor. Then they walked through a passage again and came to a special place.
At a glance, it is almost suspicious that it is the gate of hell, and there is a heavy stone door in the middle, tightly sealed, and there are two unknown creature statues on both sides of the door, and the chest should be an everlasting lamp, which still illuminates the daylight nearby. There is a delicately carved stone wall here, and there is no other way to go. In addition to the remaining murals, the entire wall is beautifully decorated. There was a huge lever in the middle of the ground, and it was completely unrecognizable from any of the previous orc architectural styles.
Once they had arrived, they didn't have much to think about, and first looked at the contents of the final mural: first the overseer had turned into a dark skeleton and commanded the orcs to work, and instead of the orc overseer, a huge altar was clearly taking shape.
This is where the plot takes a big turn: a glowing orc in gorgeous clothes smashes the altar and grabs the ubiquitous drop of water into his mouth. Then the orc showed a pained expression, and then the remaining orcs under its command built the stone chamber, and the shining orc was imprisoned in a huge sarcophagus along with the drop of water.
He Ming analyzed: "In this way, this orc is their last king, and it has sealed itself and the demon in this tomb. The other orcs fled with the weapons and equipment they had made, but they didn't keep the technology the demons had brought with them, or rather, the demons just forced them to work and didn't really pass them on the techniques. It was only recently, when the technological gap with ours was getting wider and wider, that they thought of it in an attempt to reclaim a lost civilization. But I don't want to get civilization and be cursed by that evil demon again. ”
Yan Yi's opinion is different: "I think they should have betrayed the evil demon and already cursed, and in the end, pinning their hopes on the evil guy will not get a good result." ”
Tao Han saw these people discussing this casually, and couldn't help but say: "I understand the truth, but I can't go back, what are you going to do next?" ”
Marriott saw that these people were not afraid to reach this point, and he didn't feel arrogant, and laughed: "There is no way back, then we have to move forward, and we have to find out what happens!" As he spoke, he went up and broke the lever, but he had a lot of strength to spare him, and there was no movement at all.
He Ming also smiled: "This thing should be designed according to the strength of the half-orcs, come together!" After saying that, he came up and worked hard, and the four of them came over together and sweated and didn't react. He Ming looked nearby and found that there was something wrong on the ground, and there were a few small pits that were not regular. Let Tao Han and Yan Yi step on a pit by themselves, and they also stepped on one, and sure enough, there was some movement in the organ. At this time, Marriott went to break the mechanism again, only to see that he clenched his teeth, and he used all his strength to eat, and finally pulled the lever down, and with a bang, the stone door fell down, and he could walk in.