Chapter 38: The Chamber of Secrets
In the end, Mochi failed to get out of the killing range of the Dance of Death, and [the old iPhone] saved Moqi's life at a critical moment.
Mo Qi glanced at the tragic situation of corpses all over the island with palpitations, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This 'orange card portal' really can't be used indiscriminately!" β
Drinking the primary healing potion, Moqi was surprised to find that it was already the last bottle. It seems that in addition to leveling up recently, I also need to collect some Tranquility Flowers and Silver Leaf Grass.
Mochi waited for his health to slowly recover, and after making sure that his summon was gone, Moqi swam back to Fenris Island. In the aftermath of a massacre, the island was filled with a terrible smell of deathβthe wild fish near the shore floated on the water, the dead frogs on the stones had huge bulging bellies, and the wolves and bears were even more miserable......
"Iniquity!" Once again, Mochi regretted his reckless actions. But as a voracious player, he quickly overcame his remorse.
Mo Qi comforted himself and said, "In life, you still have to look ahead." You can't live in regret forever! After saying this, he took out the stone dagger he had asked for from the fish-man village, and chose a giant bear that fell on his back.
He pressed his left hand on the heart of the giant bear, and was about to do it, but found that the bear's hair was like catkins stuck to the bear's skin, and it would fall off when he touched it. It seems that these giant bears really died of great fear......
Because the tools were so rudimentary, Mochi wasted a lot of time gathering the heart needed for the mission. When Moqi appeared in front of the fish-man instructor covered in blood, Wuluer was also taken aback.
"Done so quickly?" Wuluer asked in disbelief.
"Is that fast? It's a hassle to dig out the heart, and I'm not a professional murderer, can you discuss it, next time I can change the part that is good to collect......" Mochi complained.
Hearing Mo Qi complain like this, Wu Luer didn't know how to answer. He could only crouch down and pretend to examine the hearts of these huge beasts. Uruer's original plan was to frustrate the skinny fish-man by assigning him tasks that he would certainly not be able to accomplish, who would have thought that this man named Moqi would really bring him a fresh beast heart.
Rao is Wulu'er himself is not sure that he can kill so many giant bears and wolves in such a short period of time. How did this skinny fish-man do it? Wuluer really couldn't figure it out.
"Wait, these cracks are ......" Urur noticed a strange crack in the hearts of these beasts, he had never seen anything like this before. The appearance of these cracks shows that these beasts must have suffered inhuman torture before they died.
What kind of cruelty did he use to kill these beasts? Wuluer didn't dare to imagine it at all. He glanced up at Mochi, the skinny fish-man covered in blood, like a demon from hell.
Wrong...... It is not possible to draw conclusions so early. Maybe it's just a coincidence. As far as Uruel knew, there was a group of werewolves living on Fenris Island, perhaps the werewolves killed the beasts, and he just found the corpses and took out the hearts.
It must be so!
Thinking of this, Uluer decided to set up another problem for Moqi. If he really killed these beasts, maybe he might have brought back "that thing".
"Well done...... But that's not enough, you have to do one more thing to prove your strength before I can admit your strength. Wu Lu'er feigned disdain and tossed the giant bear heart in her hand aside, then stood up and spoke.
"And proof?" Mo Qi almost jumped when he heard Wu Lu'er's words, collecting animal hearts was already the bloodiest memory of his life, and this fish-man instructor even asked him to prove it.
Moqi asked with trepidation, "Won't it be another bloody collection mission?" β
Wulu'er shook her head and said, "Don't worry, this mission will not be bloody." β
Moqi received the quest prompt again-
Mission Name: [Chamber of Secrets in the Castle]
Mission Description: As you may have noticed, there is a castle on the island of Fenris that he is known as Fenris Castle, and there is a secret room in the southwest tower of Fenris Castle. Your mission is simply to bring the contents of the Chamber of Secrets.
Reward: 1900 XP, 5 Silver.
"It's a simple yarn! It's obviously another death mission! Mochi shouted inwardly. He had an impression that Fenris Castle was basically full of werewolves from the Alliance. The castle was heavily guarded, and Mochi wasn't sure if he would be able to retrieve it.
"Forget it, accept it." Mochi decided to go to the castle first to see what was going on, and if he couldn't do it, he would give up. His level experience has reached Lv8, 391/5400, and his gold count has reached 34 silver and 70 bronze. By completing the mission on Dawn Island, he has gained a lot of experience and money now, and even if he gives up now, he won't feel particularly disadvantaged.
Mochi went to clean up first, and after a simple meal of lake fresh food, he decided to set off for Fenris Island.
"Is it really okay to go alone?" Anvena said with some concern.
"Don't worry. It's okay. Mo Qi said that it didn't matter, but in his heart he said that it didn't matter, there would be ghosts.
But Anvena is a person who naturally lacks a sense of crisis, has not experienced an existential crisis, and naturally does not know the seriousness of acting cautiously, and taking her with her is not conducive to infiltrating the castle.
Of course, Mochi wasn't completely unprepared. He had a rough idea of his route and what he should do if he encountered danger. The Big Black Speaker isn't a combat-ready card, but it can work wonders when you escape.
What's more, he also has a life-saving trick - "summon the leader in case of danger".
Once everything was ready, Mochi set off for Fenris Island. The route he had chosen was to sneak in from the east, and he vaguely remembered that there was a hole in the southeast corner of Fenris Castle, and that the hole was not far from the shore of the lake, which was good news for Moch, who was a fishman.
"I hope I can sneak in." Mochi prayed in his heart after jumping into the lake.
Just as Mochi was heading for Fenris Island again.
In the Forsaken Command in the Silverpine Forest, Grand Executive Murtus has also noticed an anomaly in Lake Lordamere - the Forsaken Air Force Sunset Squadron has been missing for nearly twenty-four hours, and the scouts scheduled on the shores of the Shining Lake have also sent word that a large red pillar of light has appeared in the northern part of Fenris Island earlier today.
"What do you think?" Murtus cast a questioning glance at his staff.
"I think it's Herni Mareb and his wolf cubs, who always have a penchant for small tricks." A staff officer said.
The opinion of this staff officer was shared by the majority of the people, and of course there were different voices.
A young officer, who had just joined the staff corps, said: "But we also have to think about other possibilities, don't we?" According to what I said, there are still evil finned fishmen living on Dawn Island, and the Air Force lost contact near Dawn Island, shouldn't the first suspicion be those fishmen? β
"Hahaha! You want to say those fishmen shoot down the Sunset squadron? Come on, those guys don't care about anything but clams, what do you think they used to shoot down the Sunset squadron? Clam anti-aircraft guns? β
The young staff officer chose to shut his mouth at the sound of everyone's ridicule.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Mortus's words brought the laughter in the command to an abrupt end. Considering the recent escalation of the conflict between the Queen and Jean-Greymane over the Broken Isles, and with all the information, Mortus came to the conclusion that the Coalition may have a new military operation in the near future, and that the remnants of Gilneys may retaliate against the Forsaken in the Silverpine Forest.
As for other possibilities, such as the island's Evil Finfish people initiating a retaliation against the Forsaken Air Force. A seasoned commander like Mortus simply did not take this possibility to heart. As a full-fledged commander, he always had to think about the more likely strategic options. Only young officers who suffer from gains and losses in one city and one pool like a risky plan.
Murtus thought for a moment and ordered his subordinates: "First of all, suspend the plague bomb experiment project on Dawn Island to reduce unnecessary air force losses. β
Shanna Twyan, a senior pharmacist of the Royal Society of Apothecaries, wanted to object, but chose to remain silent under Mortus's cold gaze.
"Secondly, change the defense measures of Lake Mirlaudan. Since the enemy has some kind of weapon power that we do not know, we must avoid being attacked by the opponent before we know the enemy's true strength...... That is, the guards near the abandoned pier retreated as a whole. β
"Third, strengthen the defenses between the northern shore of Lordamere and the Undercity. It is strictly forbidden for all garrison troops to land on the island in the middle of the lake without permission, so as to prevent our troops from being consumed by the enemy, and at the same time, the island of dawn and the evil finfish people must be used as early warning signs, and all wind and grass on the island must be closely monitored. β
"Yes!" A group of officers commanded.
"For Queen Sylvanas. We must defend the Silver Pine Forest. Murtus glanced at the map, which seemed to be the best defense plan at this stage. Of course, it's not flawless either - if the real enemy is the Evilfinned Fish-Man, his conservative defense strategy invisibly lets the Fish-Man move...... But that possibility was too small, and after much thought, Mortus rejected it.