548 Traps
Grom, who was tall and long-legged, stepped into the door of the showroom, and a loud and piercing noise suddenly rang in everyone's ears!
It was as if an invisible fist had been smashed on the eardrums, and everyone covered their ears and screamed!
"Noise Trap!"
Sycamore covered his ears and shouted, but no sound came out, or rather, his voice was directly overpowered by the noise!
In a hurry, Wutong released several [Silence Techniques] in a row but failed, with his high [Concentration] caste, he couldn't release spells in such an environment, so he could only endure the feeling of dizziness and nausea and vomiting, and quickly took out a [Silence Technique] scroll from the dimensional bag and tore it open!
As the [Silence] scroll was torn apart, a dim force field enveloped everyone, and suddenly from the extremely noisy environment into the extremely silent environment, everyone was a little unable to get used to it, as if the terrible noise was still echoing in their ears... In fact, the voice only exists in the memory of everyone.
After trying it, Sycamore found that everyone had fallen into a state of [deafness] and couldn't hear anything for a short time, but fortunately, as a mage, many times he didn't need to express his meaning through words, not to mention that Sycamore also had a pseudo-dragon demon pet with [telepathic] ability.
Through Schneider's transfer, Sycamore calmed down everyone who was still covering their ears and howling with their mouths wide open, anyway, within the effect of the Silence Technique, no matter how much they screamed, no one would hear them.
Although the spell blocked the terrible noise, it did not mean that it was eliminated, and if they did not find the source of the noise and eliminate it before the effect of the low-level silence disappeared, they would have to experience another terrible noise that directly acted on the soul.
Most of all, Sycamore couldn't be sure if the noise trap, which was still a warning, would attract any terrible guards or activate any chain of mechanisms.
In this showroom, the floor is covered with a thick layer of dust, a few inches deep, and a single foot is enough to stomp out a small mushroom cloud, and in the small showroom, there is a closet recessed into the rock wall on all four walls, and a fist-sized crystal ball is inlaid in the center of the closet.
Three of the crystal balls had dimmed and looked like they had lost their usefulness because of the passage of time, but the one in the closet on the wall facing the door of the showroom still shone with a soft pale blue glow, but it was clear that it was far less subdued than it looked!
Although it could not be heard, the other sentient abilities of the sycamore clearly felt that the source of the terrible noise was coming from the crystal ball, which was emitting high-frequency subtle vibrations, and the sound source caused by this vibration even made the dust on the ground dance.
A layer of dust a few inches thick was dancing, which made the ground look like a rough water, and the most terrifying thing was that with the vibration, the fluffy and delicate dust was expanding, becoming thick and loose, like a piece of dough that was rising and expanding, and when they first stepped into the showroom, the dust was only submerged, but in a few seconds, the dust layer was already up to their waists!
This is clearly not the original function of this arcane trap, just a little extra that time has added to it... No one would place a noise trap in their room for warning and spread a thick layer of dust on the floor!
But amazingly, the combination of dust and noise traps makes the otherwise harmless dust deadly: once the dust submerges them, then what awaits them will be suffocation!
In the environment of the Silence Technique, even if it is a sycamore, there is no way to cast a spell, and the language part of the spell is released, which belongs to the existence of the surname of the spirit of the word, and it is necessary to guide the arcane energy of the spell to change and produce effects through the syllable vibration of the secret spell!
Just when Sycamore realized this, the dust had "flooded" his neck, and in desperation, Sycamore could only order Saras: "Release the Wind Magic!" ”
At the same time as the Sycamore gave the order, the wind wall formed by a layer of wind was not strong, but it blew up from behind the Sycamore, although it stirred up a layer of dust that had overflowed the showroom, but blocked a large amount of dust that was flowing out of the showroom like smoke, and sealed the large amount of dust in the room like an invisible door.
It's not a wind-making technique, it's a wind-controlling technique, and it's clear that Sarath's knowledge of the wind made her not follow Wutong's wrong orders... What could be more terrible than a gust of wind when there is dust everywhere? So Sarath chose a softer way, blocking the door of the showroom with a wall of wind.
The dust kicked up caused a loud and silent cough, but at least it wasn't fatal.
The wind wall can block the dust, but it can't block the noise, Wutong's Silence Scroll is still a product he made when he practiced [Copy Scroll] on the Trial Island, the success rate of [Copy Scroll] is not high, plus the skill level is too low, the level of the Silence Technique sealed in the scroll is not as high as there, and the "Silence Force Field" that protects them can't last long, but Wutong can't cast spells now, releasing his current higher level of Silence.
And even if there was no silent force field, he couldn't successfully recite a complete secret spell when he was coughing violently, and Wutong found for the first time that the combination of noise traps and dust was so terrifying!
If this continues, once the mute field disappears, they will be attacked by that terrible sound again... Wutong would rather deafen himself than hear that terrible sound again, if he hadn't reacted quickly, it is likely that everyone would have fled in all directions to avoid the terrible noise, and stepped on some trap and hung up.
Sycamore couldn't find a solution to the dust for a while, the spilled dust had already spread too far in the passage, and with their speed, there was no way to run out of the noise attack range in a short period of time.
And the noise trap itself doesn't kill people, it just drives away creatures that try to get close to its area, and its purpose is to get you to escape... Who could be sure that at the same time as the noise sounded, the place where they had just walked and which had been cleared of traps by the wanderers would not reappear as new traps?
Such a simple principle, even he, a beginner little mage, understands it, Wutong doesn't believe that the person who set this trap will not understand, and turning around and fleeing this area at this time is the fastest way to send himself to death.
While warning his companions to resist the idea of escaping, the anxious Sycamore racked his brains and looked around, but unexpectedly saw that Infinite was coughing, and took out a water bladder and poured water into his throat, cleaning the dust attached to the respiratory tract and making his throat itch, and couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, Sycamore almost coughed up his lungs, and at the same time took out a water bladder from the dimensional bag, unscrewed the stopper and conveyed his thoughts to Saras: "Water! Ash! Wind! ”
Coughing eyes are about to shoot out, and now he really can't organize words and sentences that are easier to express the meaning, but fortunately, Sharasi, who has a heart with Wutong, immediately understood what he meant, and as Wutong squeezed the water bladder hard, a water arrow shot out, and a whirlwind wrapped the water in, spinning wildly!
"Water! More water! ”
While dancing and gesturing, Sycamore took out more water bladders and threw them at the feet of his friends, signaling them to follow him and pour out the water in the water bladder!
This kind of sheepskin water bladder used to carry water during adventure travel is sewn from the skin of a whole lamb, each of which can hold fifty gallons of water, and the sycamore with a large capacity of zero weight holding space is enough to make the vast majority of players dumbfounded in the preparation of logistics materials, in order to ensure that there is enough water in case of accidents, in the case of two priests in the team who can make water, he still carries a lot of sheepskin water bladders like this!
The so-called "accident" refers to the present, as soon as Sycamore threw out the water bladder, everyone understood what he meant, but the barbarians their actions were much rougher than Sycamore, and they picked up a water bladder and tore it violently and directly, so that the water inside poured out!
However, the clear water poured out of the skin has not yet landed, it has been swept up by the wind controlled by Saras, and it has been continuously sent into the wind wall that seals the door, and everyone just watched a small tornado with a large amount of water mist, like a vacuum cleaner, quickly absorbed the dust in the showroom, and turned into a conch-shaped "mud bucket" in the blink of an eye!
Seeing that the method worked, the overjoyed Sycamore directly released a pile of oak barrels that were half a person high from the dimensional bag, and didn't care whether it was ale or any other liquid inside, the barbarians picked up the axe and smashed the lid open, and under the control of Saras, the liquid in the oak barrel rose like a water dragon and joined the "cleaning" work!
Time for the Silence Technique was running out, and Sycamore saw that there was not much dust in the showroom, and reached out to point to the crystal ball inlaid in the wall of the showroom, Infinity and the hammer immediately smoked dust, and rushed in with bated breath behind Sycamore, and the others also hurriedly ran in, not even caring if they would step on the trap... If you don't follow, you can't do it, and if you leave the range of Silence Spell around Sycamore, they'll be bombarded with noise.
The two wanderers were in a hurry to tinker, but they couldn't get the crystal ball off the wall, and Grom on the side was in a hurry, reached out and pulled the two emaciated wanderers to the side, picked up his axe and slammed the crystal ball!
Everyone was taken aback by his reckless behavior, can arcane items be smashed casually? What should I do if it explodes?
However, the hardness of the crystal ball exceeded their imagination, and under Grom's violent chopping, the crystal ball was not damaged in the slightest, but the wall inlaid with it was directly cut down, and the crystal ball "gurgling" rolled down from the broken wall, and bounced on the ground and rolled into the corner.
The scene looked a little funny, but the scrambling crowd finally grabbed the crystal ball and handed it to Wutong, took the crystal ball, Wutong breathed a sigh of relief, and opened the dimensional bag, intending to throw it in and close it first, while subconsciously saying: "Shh~ It's okay..."
But as soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned, because although they have fallen into the state of [deafness] at present, the environment in which they can hear sound and those who can't hear sound is completely different, and the effect of the silence technique is to completely isolate the transmission of sound in the air, and all sounds are within the scope of the silence technique, and they will not even vibrate!
Everyone understands the principle of how sound is transmitted in the air, so everyone who felt the vibration produced by Sycamore when he spoke immediately reacted, and the effect of the silence technique had just disappeared, but they didn't hear the crystal ball continue to make noise!
Plucked out his ears, the dwarf invincible hammer said something, but everyone stared at each other, no one heard what he said, how loud the dwarf's voice was, everyone knew very well, and everyone didn't hear the sound like this, which means that they are all deaf!!
Everyone, that's called a great khan! This adventure has just begun, and everyone is collectively deaf!
But fortunately, deafness is not a terminal illness in the world of "Endless"... After all, it is not a strange thing to regenerate severed limbs and resurrect them in situ, and repairing the eardrum is too simple.
The Druid Flailing Eagle and Lingyue Frost Snow checked on everyone, shook their heads, and said that their healing abilities could not cure everyone's deafness for the time being, so they could only wait until they returned to the temple to find a high-ranking priest to recover.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I can't help grinning, now it's okay, become a group of "deaf swordsmen", although deafness does not affect action, but it has a great impact on perception and judgment, in this extremely dangerous underground spirit temple dungeon, this undoubtedly brings them greater danger... Even if the monster roared and rushed behind them, they wouldn't be able to hear it!
It is definitely not possible to interrupt the task and return, so you can only be more careful and pay attention to your surroundings at all times. 、
While the Eagle and the Frost Snow were checking on everyone, Sycamore began to study the crystal ball, which seemed to be just a part of the noise trap, and it lost its effect after it was separated from the runic circle engraved on the wall, but in Sycamore's hands, it did not lose its light, and still shimmered with a soft light blue shimmer.
If you look closely, you can see that the mysterious runes on the surface of the crystal ball are slowly moving with the change of light, and if you adjust the angle, you can even reflect a shadow on the wall next to it... It's like a projection installation!
However, Wutong can't decipher the meaning of these mysterious runes for the time being, so he can only put it away first, take it back and study it slowly.
Just when everyone was not paying attention, the huge body of the two-headed troll wizard with three days of life suddenly took three steps backwards and fell down with a bang, and dozens of iron arrows were densely inserted in front of him!
When everyone looked up in amazement, they saw Infinity and Hammer standing in front of a pedal with embarrassed faces, and as soon as they disarmed the noise trap, they began to perform their duties as wanderers, and began to search for other traps in this showroom.
Their ability is still worthy of praise, and sure enough, under the opposite wall, a pedal was found under the crystal ball that had lost its light, and a pedal that would activate the trap was found under it, but as soon as I started dismantling it, I don't know if it was wrong, or if the mechanism had gone wrong after too long, and as soon as the hand touched the mechanism, it was directly triggered.
The unlucky big wizard stood right in front of the bow and arrow trap for three days, and all the thirty-six iron arrows shot by the mechanism hit him in the chest and abdomen, and fortunately, he was standing behind the group, and the two-headed troll with a wide and thick body directly carried all the iron arrows for everyone!
The surprised crowd ran over to take a look, okay, the two-headed troll looked like a porcupine, and it felt like he couldn't die anymore, but everyone was about to mourn for him, this guy suddenly sat up with his eyes open, and everyone was startled, and Sycamore almost sat on the ground with his ass, which was too scary!
The two-headed troll who got up roared angrily at the two wanderers, and pulled out the arrows from his stomach one by one.
To be on the safe side, everyone exited the showroom, leaving the wanderers inside, waiting for them to make sure all the traps had been lifted before entering, not everyone was as resistant as the troll wizards.
Sure that there was no danger, Sycamore leaned over and observed the three crystal balls on the wall, they were embedded in the core of a rune circle on the wall, it seems to be the hub that drives the rune array, each rune circle is different, and the effect that should be able to cause is also different, with the idea of missing it, Sycamore used transcription to copy them, but unfortunately the one of the noise trap has been destroyed by the orc frenzy, so he simply didn't do anything, and asked him to help chisel the remaining three out of the wall.
The shelves in the showroom, as early as the noise trap sounded, had been instantly shattered, turned into dust, Shalasi's wind-making technique with clean water to remove the dust, but there was nothing left on the ground, it seems that the items originally placed on these shelves were either plundered by the barbarians of the Northland, or decayed into dust for a long time, and they only got four crystal balls and three replicas of the rune circle in vain.
It was half a cigarette in the substitute team, and the iron arrows that the troll wizard pulled out of his stomach were all over the place, and they were delicate arrows made of fine iron, and they cost hundreds of gold coins to buy them.
(To be continued)