Chapter 7: The Ghost's Quest
"But a skeleton with such a high level of intelligence?"
Fortunately, Roger's ability to intuit crisis made him feel the danger the moment the stone door opened. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although he didn't know what it was, his instinct told him to dodge, and the reflex nerves brought by his high agility were very strong, so he took a step back, and he dodged the fatal blow of the big skeleton.
The little skeletons in the room also chased out, this big skeleton's intelligence is not low, in case he is blocked in the room, he will be miserable, so he has to continue to retreat.
Arriving at the outermost gate of the cemetery, the large skeleton that came out of the chase paused, as if he was a little afraid of the tunnel outside the cemetery.
"Good opportunity." Roger quickly closed the cemetery gate, the cemetery gate switch button was only on the outside, and it couldn't be opened inside, no matter how smart the skeleton was, it was useless.
After waiting for a few minutes, Roger took out a small bottle of holy water and opened the cemetery gate again, fortunately, it was empty, and the skeletons went back.
The stone door was not closed, the intelligence of this big skeleton was too high, and it was estimated that it would be discovered when the door was opened, so it would be better, Roger quietly walked inside.
The big skeleton and several small skeletons and zombies are in the third room.
This time, Roger gave priority to dealing with the big skeleton, and after a sneak attack from behind, the big skeleton fell down with a bang.
"Haha, it's just smarter, and the vitality is the same as that of a little skeleton."
Come to think of it, it's only 350 experience points, so it won't be so difficult. Holy water is an expensive item, and if you can't use it, you won't need it.
The rest of the little skeletons and zombies aren't a big deal.
After taking out all the undead and putting the quest items in the storage bag, Roger thought about it for a moment and continued to dig deeper.
Ordinary people don't take risks, and it is more difficult to get magic items, and Brad only has a magic short bow and two stealth cloaks in addition to the two storage bags that are necessary for professional adventurers.
The only equipment on Roger's body was a piece of leather armor and a delicate rapier, as well as ordinary weapons such as a short bow and a light crossbow.
Dwarves are masters of forging, and there will always be some treasures in their territory, and equipment is the foundation of strength, and this graveyard doesn't look like such a strong monster, and Roger plans to look for it again.
Roger then walked through a few more burial chambers, where he was given a few ancient dwarven coins and more gems, but no weapons or armor.
"There's something weird about it."
In front of Roger there was another stone door, but unlike the stone doors in the cemetery, this door was engraved with many runes, and it was even larger, similar to the gate at the entrance to the cemetery.
Could it be that there is another exit from the cemetery?
Roger was standing in front of the door, thinking, when he suddenly heard a voice in the chamber of the tomb, and then a shadow suddenly appeared on the stone door.
Immediately after, the shadow turned into a floating form, and Roger reflexively retreated.
The figure resembled, yes, a grayish-white cloud of smoke, and looked about as tall as a dwarf. It was strange that he appeared so suddenly at such a close distance from Roger, and he was not scared to death.
"Ghost, not like."
The smoke is very similar to the ghost, but the ghost has a soul fire, as long as the undead have a soul fire, and the smoke in front of it does not, and its whole form is very blurry.
But the smoke didn't seem to have any breath, it obviously didn't have any strength, and it didn't have any biological breath.
You must know that although the undead are undead, they also have a biological breath, which is brought by the soul fire, so it can also be said that the soul fire is the source of the power of the undead creatures, a kind of negative energy, formed by soul fragments that cannot go to the realm of the dead, and the positive energy of the real world.
"What the hell." Roger was scared into a cold sweat.
"Hello intruder, you really are hell." The smoke spoke.
Doesn't that sound like a joke?
It turned out to be a ghost, a talking ghost.
"Who are you?" Roger asked, staring at the ghost.
Many undead creatures are in great danger, they are monsters that can fight, and if they are hit, they will lose blood, and if they don't get it right, they will make people hang up.
And ghosts are not, because they have no combat power, and of course Roger can't do any physical attacks on ghosts, because ghosts are completely virtual bodies, 100% MISS, like in some supernatural movies, possessed or something, it's also unlikely.
As for how the ghosts were formed, Roger didn't know, and he wasn't interested in knowing, anyway, they were all pathetic souls who didn't go to the realm of the dead.
"I am me." It had been so long that the ghost had forgotten his name, so he replied.
"Well, you're a thinker."
Roger couldn't help but complain, since he was a ghost with no attack power, he was not afraid. It was normal for a ghost to appear in the graveyard, but Roger's playful instinct told him that there might be a quest, and the most common way to trigger a quest was to have a dialogue, so he asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?" ”
"Will you help me with things?" The ghost replied.
"It depends on the task...... Well, what's going on. ”
"My heart is gone, can you help me get it back?"
Ghosts still have hearts? Maybe it's the soul, we don't understand the logic of the ghosts. Roger asked, "How did your heart go away?" ”
"The enemy invaded our city, we could not resist it, I was seriously wounded, and fled to this cemetery, but here a very strange creature appeared, and it attacked me. I was too weak to resist, so I was captured by it, and my heart was taken away, so I could not rest in peace. ”
The ghost said.
"You go and defeat that creature, take my heart back to me, and I can give you a treasure."
"What treasure?"
"Elven magic armor, but you have to help me first."
"I'll help you, but can you give me more information? For example, what power does that creature have, and where is it? "Since there is a task, Roger will naturally take it first.
"Would you like to help me, that's great." Sure enough, as soon as the ghost said this, the mission information came out.
[Mission: Help the Dwarves Who Can't Rest in Peace]
[Description: You met a female dwarf who turned into a ghost, her soul was captured by a strange creature, she herself has no ability to fight it, and she does not dare to leave this tomb, she begs you to help her get back her own soul crystal]
[Objective: Give the Soul Crystal to the Dwarven Ghost]
[Reward: 1000 XP]
1000 experience tasks, a lot? Roger had a premonition of unease.
Through the task description, we know that the so-called heart is actually a soul crystal.
The dwarven ghost continued, "Out of this gate, there is a tunnel outside, and when you go out, there is a cliff bridge with a trap in the middle, and when you reach the end of the bridge, you need to jump down, and there is a large underground lake below, and after leaving the water, you go to the tunnel in the middle. ”
"The tunnel goes all the way up, and at the end is a burial chamber, and the creature is the Shadow, and there it is, it's confined by my seal and can't leave, but you have to be careful when dealing with it, the Shadow is smart."
Next, the dwarven ghost also talked about the power of the evil shadow, and the evil shadow was not only an imaginary shadow creature, but also an undead creature.
However, although the Evil Shadow is a very powerful shadow creature, it is a relatively low-level undead creature, and it should not be immune to the superness of the human priest.
And this dwarven ghost used to be the rune priest of the dwarf clan, although the dwarf clan also called the rune priest a priest, but unfortunately they are more like mages, outsiders also call them rune mages, mainly using fire magic and rune magic, the priest's unique means of dealing with the undead, they don't.
Shadow creatures will absorb energy, which in the game will show a decrease in level, and various attributes, especially strength, constitution, and intelligence, will also decrease until they are reduced to 0, and then the character hangs.
But now, Roger doesn't know, looking at the miserable appearance of this ghost, it is most likely that the life force has been absorbed, and then the whole soul has been devoured.
The information is almost understood, Roger thinks that hard resistance can't be defeated, but he still has a killer weapon, since the evil shadow is an undead creature, the holy water should be useful, and he decides to go over.
The door mechanism of this exit was next to it, Roger pressed the button, and the moment the stone door opened, a wave of heat suddenly rushed in outside, and the temperature in the gloomy and cold tomb seemed to increase.
The dwarven ghost was nowhere to be seen, and the environment outside was a dark area, and the ghost obviously didn't like this environment very much.
Outside is indeed a tunnel, and inside it is dark and deep, as if the devil's mouth is open.
With the ghost's reminder, Roger knew that crossing the tunnel was a cliff bridge, which was empty on both sides and would fall if he wasn't careful.
When he came to the middle of the bridge, he found a fracture, this is the trap that the ghost said, it is indeed dangerous in a dark place, and one will fall if he is not careful.
The break was only one meter, and Roger jumped over easily. Continue walking, and at the end of the cliff is a broken cliff.
It was deep below, Roger looked closely, only gray, he took out a torch and lit it, there was a reflection underneath, which was the refraction of light from the surface of the water.
What the ghost said about the lake below should be true, and Roger certainly wouldn't jump into it. He took out the rope and added the remaining 2 skill points to the rope technique.
It's not a difficult move, it's just a climb, and two levels should be fine.
While comforting himself, he looked for a place to tie the rope, and when he had finished it, he threw the rope down, and there was a clatter of things falling into the water below.
"It's a lake, indeed."
Reassuring himself again, he began to climb down.
The rope landed in the middle of the lake, and when he jumped into the water, he found that the water was so buoyant that he didn't sink and felt like he was lying on a sponge.
The water in the lake was still clean, and after washing his clothes and leather armor soiled by zombies, Roger swam to the shore.
According to the information provided by the dwarven ghost, Roger passed through the middle tunnel, which went all the way up and appeared to be heading to the shallow formation.
There were no monsters encountered on the way, and they reached the tomb without incident. When the door to the tomb was opened, Roger saw the shadow.