Volume 1: The Second Coming (Remastered) Chapter 29: The Legacy of the Great Sorcerer (3)
The entrance to the mausoleum looked like an ordinary mountain cave, but when Yu Bin walked in, he found that the entire entrance was covered in illusion, and the internal passage was a standard vaulted passage.
Under the light of the torches, you can see that there are many traces of magic traps left on the two walls of the corridor, and the burning of the flames and the corrosion of the venom make the cave walls appear slightly potholes, but this does not affect its solidity at all.
After about a few hundred meters along the road, there is a stone gate, and behind the slightly open gate is a spiraling staircase, which seems to have been hollowed out by the great wizard Griman to make the entire belly of the mountain the location of the mausoleum.
The long spiraling staircase is easy to give people a sense of confusion in space and time, Yu Bin feels that he has been going down for dozens of minutes, but in Maltan's perception, it is only about ten minutes, and the identical stone walls and stairs obviously mislead Yu Bin's perception.
At the end of the staircase was an empty hall with broken bones and rubble in the shape of undead soldiers and gargoyles, and at the bottom of the hall were three identical stone doors.
Maltan did not hesitate to choose the one in the middle, Yu Bin also silently followed behind him, after walking through another long road, what appeared in front of Yu Bin was a nearly ten meters high, the whole body made of obsidian tombstone, Yu Bin's memory, this is one of the more common tomb organs before the Second Age, when the mausoleum owner decides to completely seal the tomb, the solid tombstone will completely seal the road to the main tomb. This kind of tombstone is also known as the broken dragon stone in reality.
The surface of the smooth tomb stone is engraved with several rows of large characters written in ancient Elven language.
"This is the resting place of the great wizard Griman, and anyone who disturbs this tranquility will face the wrath of the frost and the earth!"
The vast majority of lichs mainly practice death witchcraft, and at the same time have a high attainment in frost and soul spells, and are not good at fire, earth and wind and other plastic spells, and the reason why Griman is called the legendary lich and won the title of the great wizard is that this lich who was active in the early second era is not only proficient in death and soul spells, but also very good at earth and frost, two plastic spells, and his original "earth freeze" It has caused the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of human troops being directly frozen to death. At the same time, Griman is also one of the founders of the Undead Witchcraft Society, and many necromancers have embarked on the path of using plastic energy spells, greatly enriching the undead spell system and breaking the magical architecture dominated by death witchcraft.
And the most puzzling thing is that the Grand Sorcerer Griman has spent a lot of energy and cost since the middle of the Second Age, arranging countless tombs throughout the continent of Entagre, and falling into eternal sleep after the completion of the tombs, which is simply inconceivable for a lich. You know, as long as the life box is alive, the lich can be immortal forever, and this terrifying undead creature was once considered the closest thing to a god.
This is why countless people have been tirelessly searching for the sleeping place of the Great Wizard, hoping to uncover the secrets of Griman's sleep and obtain the inheritance of the Great Wizard.
"Oh! What a great power! It's so wonderful, so powerful! As if fascinated, Maltan threw himself in front of the huge obsidian, his withered palm caressing the smooth surface of the tombstone, "Yes, there must be no mistake, this is the real sleeping place of the Great Sorcerer Gryman!" ”
"That's great! So, isn't it time for you to make good on your contract? Yu Bin clasped his hands and coldly watched Maltan jump up and down like crazy, "I have taken you to Griman's sleeping place according to the contents of the contract, so you must pay one-third of all your property as my reward!" ”
Maltan turned his head, and the blue light that emanated from his eyes undoubtedly showed how violently the soul fire of this corpse witch was burning: "You are right, but according to the content of the contract, only after I have successfully obtained Griman's inheritance, your task will be completely completed, and I will pay you!" ”
Yu Bin shrugged: "Okay! So from here, I don't think I have to go with you anymore! You don't want to have an outsider present while you accept the legacy, Maltan! ”
"A wise decision!" Maltan had already intended this, according to the exploration reality of the summon, there were two full tombstones of the same thickness after this tombstone, such strict protection measures undoubtedly proved that this was the real mausoleum of Griman, and the thought of having such an unknown friend or foe around him when he accepted the inheritance made Maltan feel uncomfortable. If it weren't for the constraints of the contract, he would have found a way to solve this humble reptile halfway through.
Yu Bin walked to the corner against the wall and said, "Then I'll wait here!" ”
Seeing that Yu Bin really didn't seem to have the intention of going deeper, Maltan was finally a little relieved, and he summoned several strong demons again, driving them to destroy the tombstone, obsidian is a high-grade stone with spell resistance, such a huge obsidian is even enough to block the spatial teleportation within a certain distance, so Maltan can only choose the stupidest way to move on.
Nearly half an hour later, the obsidian nearly two meters thick finally opened an entrance under the strong corrosive solution and violent destruction, and as Maltan walked in, he glanced at Yu Bin slightly, his eyes flashing with a cold light.
"When I get the Grimman legacy, your soul will be my first toy!" Maltan said secretly, stepping into the open hole.
In that contract, Maltan had already laid the groundwork, and he deliberately referred to himself by the name of Maltan Golden Coffin instead of Maltan Normen in the contract, which meant that all the effects of the contract would be applied to Maltan Golden Coffin, and this name was only used to refer to Maltan as a corpse witch, not as a human being.
This meant that even if Maltan succeeded in obtaining the inheritance, he would only have to pay one-third of the wealth he had accumulated as the Corpse Witch Martan Golden Coffin, and compared to all her treasures, the wealth he had accumulated after becoming an undead spirit would only be a small part, and even if he lost a third, he would not be distressed.
What's more, with the character of a miser like Martan, how could he obediently give his property to Yu Bin! Even if it was only a small part of all his possessions. Martan had already made a plan, once he obtained the inheritance, he had enough power to create a life box, and even if he broke the contract, the punishment of the will to die would also command the fall on Maltan as a corpse witch, and the soul in the life box with the name of Maltan Normen could still be resurrected safely, so as to completely get rid of the constraints of the contract, and then he could easily pinch the little reptile in the palm of his hand and dispose of it at will.
He'd make the little guy understand that it's not easy to make a deal with the great Lord Martan!
After using the same method to pass through the three tombstones, what appeared in front of Maltan was an incomparably empty ground, and the summoned demon raised the torch in his hand, and the fire light illuminated part of the space, making Maltan deeply feel the supreme power of the legendary existence.
In the middle of this huge mercury lake, a towering obsidian temple stands there, with thick stone pillars supporting a towering cone-shaped stone roof, and the whole hall is composed of two parts, one large and one small, resembling a flattened T-shape.
On the surface of the wide mercury lake, you can see the ups and downs of the flame humanoid from time to time, which is the elemental creature summoned from the fire element space, for the undead, the flame is second only to the power of light and the threat of life force, and the heat on the fire elemental is also used to heat the entire mercury lake, ensuring that it does not solidify.
For any life race, mercury is a dangerous substance, it is one of the few mineral toxins in nature, due to its special type, it is not even possible to use antidotes to relieve the poison caused by mercury, in addition, mercury has poor thermal conductivity, good electrical conductivity, and has a very obvious advantage in defending against fire and thunder attribute spell attacks.
Therefore, the production of mercury in nature is not much, and the cost of refining mercury is very large, and the ability to use such a huge amount of mercury as a defense measure for the mausoleum shows the power and power of the great wizard Griman during his lifetime.
After spending a lot of rare props and magic scrolls again, Maltan finally stepped on the ground of the main hall, the dark hall automatically lit the magic torch as the visitors stepped in, the interior of the hall with a height of more than thirty meters was arranged magnificently, precious stones and gold could only be used to decorate the ground, the huge frescoes carved on the four walls were completely made of pure elements, and a towering statue stood in the depths of the hall, vividly depicting the image of Gryman.
Just when Maltan was slightly distracted, two dark blue soul bodies floated down from the ceiling of the main hall, and in Maltan's perception, the soul fluctuations emanating from these two soul bodies were comparable to those hero-level existences.
"Intruders?"
"Intruder!"
The two souls asked and answered, apparently guards left behind by Griman.
"Wait! I'm not an intruder! The despicable Martan Golden Coffin has been searching for the reason for Lord Griman's slumber, hoping that one day the Great Being will once again lead the revival of the undead! Now that I've finally found my slumbering place, allow me to meet Master Griman! Martin said as he crouched down in submission, his left hand, which was not holding the staff, crept into his robe.
"In that case, offer the sacrifice at once!"
"The sacrifice is your soul!"
The two soul bodies instantly changed their faces and roared and pounced on Maltan.
At the moment when Maltan stepped into the tombstone, Yu Bin's originally closed eyes opened a slit slightly, and he could feel the smug taste on Maltan's body, as if everything had been incorporated into his palm. This made the corners of Yu Bin's mouth pull out a slight sneer.
The trap set by Maltan in the contract was seen by Yu Bin from the beginning, but he did not stop it, let alone modify the contract, because this contract was exactly what he was expecting. Whether it was in the name of Maltan Normen or in the name of Maltan Golden Coffin, it didn't make a difference to Bin, his purpose from the beginning was in the skill of Maltan's soul touch.
As for one-third of the property in the contract, Yu Bin naturally has other ways to deal with it.
Players who have obtained the Griman Legacy in their previous lives have not disclosed the traps and traps of this mausoleum in detail, but they still reveal a lot of useful information, the most important of which is that in the main chamber in the deepest part of the mausoleum, Griman has left behind two soul clones, and anyone who tries to seize the Griman Legacy will be attacked by them, and if he fails, his soul will become the firewood to resurrect Grimman.
Yu Bin didn't know how the player in his previous life finally obtained Griman's inheritance, but compared to the player who can still be resurrected after death, Maltan, a native of the world of Entagre, is obviously much more vulnerable, once defeated in the battle, Martin will die because the soul fire is devoured, and the contract will naturally be completed, because whether it is Maltan Normen or Maltan Golden Coffin, they no longer exist in this world, and the contract naturally ceases to exist. In this way, Yu Bin is equivalent to using a temporarily unusable treasure map to obtain the skill of soul touch (pseudo), and also using Maltan's financial resources to eliminate the trap of the mausoleum.
Of course, Yu Bin also took into account the possibility that Maltan had a lot of luck and successfully obtained the inheritance. For this result, Yu Bin does not have any burden, Maltan's success also means the establishment of the contract, Yu Bin's responsibilities and obligations in the contract have been completed, and the pressure of the entire contract will be transferred to Maltan's body, and when the time comes, Maltan will either find a way to deceive the will to die and erase the contract, or he can only obediently give one-third of his property to Yu Bin, no matter which choice, there is no loss for Bin.
He waited for hours until there was a palpable tremor coming out of the mausoleum, and the impact that could almost shake the entire mountain immediately made Yu Bin realize what had happened, there was no doubt that Maltan had found the main burial chamber.
"Good luck, Lord Maltan! Hope we can meet again! Yu Bin got up from the ground, turned around and ran towards the exit of the mausoleum, he was not in the habit of staying here to offer blessings to the victors, whether Martan won or lost, the next development of events was not something he could interfere with.
Passing through the corridor, climbing the stairs, and walking out of the gate, a glimmer of morning glow had appeared in the sky, and the tremor from the mountain under his feet slowly subsided, and finally calmed down.
"I don't know what happened to that guy! I hope that the next time I come to collect his body, those equipment will not be too badly damaged! Yu Bin imagined the tragic situation of Maltan in the mausoleum, and at the same time moved in the direction of Naxxramas, Tomaltan's blessing, and now Yu Bin still has some high-grade potions for backup, which is enough for Yu Bin to travel through this nearly 100-kilometer journey and reach Naxxramas safely.
No one thought that Yu Bin would be so deeply entangled with this guy from now on, if Yu Bin could predict everything that would happen in the future, I don't know if he would choose to give up this plan.