Chapter 51: The Soul Candle
The entrance to the underground palace is deep in the cemetery, it is an ordinary-looking tomb, but at this moment, the stone slab used to seal the tombstone has been lifted. There is no coffin in the tomb of the pen &www.biquge.info amp; fun & pavilion, and in the deep pit where the coffin was originally stored, there is a stone staircase passage less than a zhang wide that winds deep into the ground. Xu Fei glanced at the deep stone steps, took out a few oil lamps and distributed them to a few guards, and then wanted to enter to see what was going on, but was stopped by the accompanying captain of the guards.
"Let me go ahead, Sir."
Of course, it is impossible for him to let Xu Fei be this pioneer, Xu Fei is a distinguished guest who is highly respectful to their lords, if this guy has three longs and two shorts, their group of people will probably have to accompany the funeral.
"Okay, then you take this with you first."
Xu Fei didn't insist, the captain of the guard was a real high-level warrior, whether it was combat power or combat experience, Xu Fei was far from being able to match him, and it was naturally much more suitable for him to open the way than for Xu Fei to come himself. However, just in case, Xu Fei still took out an Anqi's summoning fruit and handed it to him, after all, this is the place where the demon is sealed, since it is something that needs to be sealed, the strength is naturally not weak, otherwise why not just kill it, but just seal it?
The captain of the guard did not refuse, and immediately summoned a guardian angel for himself after receiving the summoning fruit. Naturally, he would not be as ignorant as Xu Fei, demons were said to be not creatures of the world, they were evil and powerful, and possessed many incredible abilities. They are demagogic and well-versed in all kinds of curses, they spread disease and plague, and if they are not prepared, even the most powerful warriors can be easily brought down by them.
"Hall, Ken, Griffiths, you come with me, and after the others are broken, Mr. Rosente, you go in the middle." The captain of the guard said to Xu Fei after arranging his men.
Xu Fei nodded and acquiesced to the captain's arrangement, so the group of mermaids rushed in, slowly going deep into the ground along the winding stone steps. The road was not too long, and it took less than ten minutes for the group to come to the end, and when Xu Fei and the others walked out of the road, they were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.
"Fuck...... It's really a palace......" Xu Fei muttered.
It turned out that at the end of the corridor was a wide hall, and what was unreasonable was that although this hall was underground, Xu Fei and the others did not feel the slightest suffocation here.
It is said to be a hall, but in fact it is more like a spacious corridor, on both sides of the hall are two rows of tall carved doorways, the inside of the doorway is set with a mirror background, and the edges are inlaid with flowers and wood ornaments made of unknown metal, giving people a feeling of extraordinary beauty. In each of these openings is a stone platform with beautiful workmanship and lifelike reliefs. Looking at the shape of this stone platform, they should be used to store things, but at the moment the stone platform is empty.
On the dome of the hall, there are dozens of gorgeous crystal chandeliers, and the candles in the chandelier are burning vigorously at the moment, but what makes people feel uncomfortable is that the candle flame of the candle actually presents a faint blue color. In this lightless environment, the environment reflected by such firelight looks extremely eerie.
"There's been a fight here, they should go in that direction." After observing the traces of the fight in the hall for a while, the captain pointed to the door on the left hand side at the end and said to Xu Fei.
"Then let's go that way too." Xu Fei glanced at the shocking claw marks on the wall, took out a long sword, and said.
"Stay in formation."
The captain gave a word to the team members behind him, and then carefully led everyone slowly towards the gate.
"Wait!"
After the group walked out of a distance, Xu Fei suddenly spoke.
"There's something behind the door." Xu Feidao.
"Something?" The captain repeated in confusion.
"Hmm." After Xu Fei answered, he took out a short dagger with a gorgeous style, and then said to the dagger in the puzzled eyes of everyone: "You go in and take a look." Then he raised his hand and threw the dagger towards the door.
What is surprising is that the dagger did not land after being thrown, and after flying into the gate, it made a turn out of thin air in mid-air, and magically circled the top of the gate.
Immediately afterward, everyone heard a sharp scream, accompanied by a fishy smell, and something fell from the top of the door with a 'plop'.
"What's that?" Xu Fei asked.
"A little devil." The captain cautiously stepped forward to investigate, then turned his head and replied.
The little devil convulsed non-stop after landing, and it was obvious that the sneak attack of the old ghost had hurt it a lot. Xu Fei stepped forward to watch curiously, and found that this little demon turned out to be an ugly creature the size of a child of only five or six years old. Its body resembles a humanoid, but it has a large set of bat wings on its back, its body is a little thin, its pale complexion is extremely ugly, and the blood flowing from the wound emits a disgusting stench.
"Be careful, it's saliva...... Poisonous ......" Seeing that Xu Fei was getting closer and closer to the little devil, the captain hurriedly reminded him, but at this time it was already too late.
No one thought that this cunning little devil would pretend to be overwhelmed and trick Xu Fei into approaching it before attacking him. Fortunately, Xu Fei was guarded by Wangcai, seeing that the other party was sprayed with a puddle of saliva, Wangcai let out a loud roar, and a violent whirlwind quickly formed, rolling up those saliva and then rushing straight to the little devil. The little devil couldn't dodge it, and was immediately swept into it by the small tornado.
"Holy shit! So insidious. Xu Fei secretly rejoiced.
"Evil creatures are very cunning, everyone be careful." The captain reminded everyone.
"Captain Solan also has research on evil creatures?" Xu Fei asked curiously.
"Hehe, a few years ago, there was a demon warlock in Nandolin, I participated in that siege and suppression, and this wound was captured by Yakun summoned by him." Captain Solan lifted the corner of his shirt, pointed to a scar on his back and waist, and said to Xu Fei.
For a soldier like Solan, it is still relatively rare for a wound to scar after being injured, and it is much easier for the army to invite a priest than a mercenary group or an adventure group. Especially in the case of such an action as encircling and suppressing demon warlocks, when you encounter such a thing, even if you don't go to the Temple of Light, as long as people hear about it, they will stick it upside down. In this case, if you are injured, you may be injured at the same time as the priest's healing technique is already there, and if you can still leave such a terrifying scar after receiving the healing technique, there is only one explanation left, that is, the effect of the healing technique is weakened by the dark energy left on the wound.
With Solan's experience, Xu Fei didn't dare to hold it up, seeing that the little devil was thrown off by the saliva tornado for a long time and still didn't die, he hurriedly asked Solan to go up and mend the knife.
After killing the little devil, Xu Fei and the others planned to move on, but at this time, the old ghost in the dagger suddenly came out and said, "Master, those candles smell delicious...... Hehe, can you let me eat some? ”
"Candle flame delicious?" Xu Fei felt a little incredible, so he waved his hand at the old ghost, signaling it to be casual.
The old ghost was overjoyed, and then broke away from the dagger and flew towards the ceiling.
"Ahh Delicious! ”
In front of a crystal lamp, the old ghost took a deep breath on a candle, so everyone saw that the flame of the candle shook sharply, and after a sharp scream, the candle burned half in an instant.
The old ghost closed his eyes and looked very happy, and at the same time, Xu Fei was also surprised to find that its body, which had become a little illusory due to the control of the dagger's flight, had become much more condensed after this breath. However, just as the old ghost was about to continue to enjoy its delicious taste, the half of the candle went out, and almost at the same time, the crystal lamps in the hall went out one after another, as if someone had turned off the switch in a panic.
Xu Fei couldn't help but laugh dumbly, seeing this, he had already guessed the 'identity' of this candle. Soul candles, the so-called soul candles, are a kind of candles made of the soul of a certain creature as the main material, this kind of candle is very durable, and can also set its light and extinguish conditions, is the favorite lighting tool of necromancers.
Necromancers are still human beings after all, and they are not afraid of light all year round, but because their identity is not accepted by ordinary people. Of course, the prolonged exposure of sunlight still has a little effect on them, and they don't like the feeling of warmth, so neither daylight nor ordinary fire light is loved by them. The Soul Candle does not heat up when it glows, and its hue is different from that of ordinary fire, so it has poor illumination for ordinary people, but it is not a problem for necromancers, who are proficient in night vision and only need one starlight, which is enough to make their vision look like daylight.
It is not surprising that the soul candle can nourish the old ghost Xu Fei, and it was mentioned in the necromancer's notes that devouring the same kind is a shortcut for the ghost to improve its strength. The soul candle is based on the soul of a living being, in essence, it is similar to a ghost, the old ghost sucked a small half in one go, it is normal to be supplemented, if you suck a few more, maybe you can still grow your ability.
"Shall we continue to chase Sir Jr?" Solan obviously didn't see the coveted look on Xu Fei's face, and after lighting the oil lamp in his hand again, he immediately asked Xu Fei for the next course of action.
"Uh...... Right! The old ghost came down quickly and left. ”
Solan's reminder made Xu Fei wake up to the fact that they came here to save people, when can't the chandelier be dismantled, and the soul candle is not a valuable thing, so he doesn't have to worry about being taken away by others when he puts it here, he can wait until he saves people and then come back and slowly dismantle it.