【26】Abyssal Tide (Temple)
The scene outside the cave was shocking, and everyone looked around to see that we were in a huge underground cavern with a pool of blue shimmering water, and on this lake there was a magnificent complex of ancient buildings. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The complex consists of two parts, the closest to us is a huge rectangular labyrinth of intricate stone walls, and behind this labyrinth is a magnificent temple, which looks dilapidated, but the carved balustrades of the Fei Pavilion still give a sense of its former glory. And what is even more amazing is that above this temple, there is a waterfall from the top of the cave directly into the center of the temple, and the surging water continues to flow into the temple, and then through the ditch around the temple into the lake, but it does not raise the water level of the lake in the cave, and the whole temple still stands peacefully on the glowing lake.
"Oh my God! What the hell is this place!!", "It's spectacular! Everyone sighed.
"I feel like these buildings are elves." At this time, the human paladin said.
Everyone looked at the elf druid, he nodded and said slowly: "This should be a temple built by the upper elves, which sank to the bottom of the sea because of the collapse of the Well of Eternity. ”
"I didn't expect that the elves had such superb construction skills so long ago, you guys are really amazing~" The graybeard dwarf mage sighed, the dwarf's construction technology is recognized by the world, and it can make them admire that it is definitely an extraordinary building.
"There's no time to say that, let's go, the nature protection that Tarindra has imposed on us is time-limited, and we must find Akumar before the magic wears off." Brute beard? Totem reminded.
"Well, the Minotaur is right, everyone hurry up, we have to go through the maze in front of us!" The elven druid agreed.
So we headed for the labyrinth of stone abandoned walls, Naga led the way by Jinji's mind control, and the entrance to the maze was not guarded by other Naga or any monster, and we easily entered the labyrinth, the ground of the maze was slightly lower than the surrounding lake, so the entire path of the labyrinth was submerged in the lake.
We followed the mind-controlled Naga through the labyrinth, and we didn't know where we were because the high walls on both sides of the road blocked our view, so we didn't know if the Naga was in the right direction.
We wandered around the labyrinth for a long time, and we saw that the waterfall that flowed down from the top of the cave had not changed much from us, and that the waterfall flowed directly into the center of the temple, indicating that we were not much closer to the temple.
The wounded Greybeard Dwarf couldn't sit still, and he said to Jinji, "Hey! Troll Priest: Is your mind control technique really good? Why does this Naga keep taking us around in circles? ”
When the warlocks and thieves heard him say this, they immediately dissatisfied: "What do you say, dwarf? If it weren't for the priest controlling that Naga, we wouldn't have gotten here! ”
"Then why can't it get out after going around for a long time now?"
"Is it because it doesn't know the way?" I said.
Brute beard? Totem stroked his beard and said, "I can't rule out this possibility, if that's the case, we have to make other preparations." He turned to the elf druid and said, "Elf, can you turn into an owl and fly into the air to see it?" ”
"Well, that's a good way to do it." The elf druid nodded, and then with a flash of green light, it turned into a snow-white owl, spread its wings over the high wall and flew into the air, it hovered in mid-air for a moment, and then let out a humming cry at us.
"The elf has found his way, everyone follows him~!" Brute beard? Totem said to us, "What about the Great Druid, this Naga?" Ginger asked.
"You continue to control it, let it follow us, it may be useful later!"
"Oh!"
So we began to follow the owl in the air, and we followed wherever it flew, and sure enough, soon the waterfall outside the high wall was much closer than before, and everyone was in a good mood and quickened their pace.
We were rushing through the water, and suddenly the owl in the air let out a sharp humming sound, and then I saw him immediately fly down and turn back into human form and say to everyone: "Everyone, be careful! There is a huge water elemental blocking in front of it. ”
"The water element? Is that what you're talking about?" The orange-haired gnome summons a humanoid monster made of water that is transparent all over.
"That's right! But it's much more water than yours~! "It's bigger than this wall!" exclaimed, "It's bigger than this wall!" He gestured.
"Be careful, you may have been summoned by Naga to guard this labyrinth." Brute beard? Totem said.
So we slowed down and picked up our weapons to fight, and sure enough, after turning a corner, a huge water elemental giant appeared in the middle of the road ahead, its size was the difference between a giant and a dwarf summoned by the dwarf mage before, I stood in front of it and it was not even a fifth of it, and it also glowed with a faint blue light, as if it was condensed by the glowing lake water under my feet.
As soon as the water elemental saw us, he swung a huge water fist at us, and everyone quickly dispersed to dodge, and the fierce water splashed in front of us, only to see that the rock floor of the labyrinth was immediately smashed to pieces, and the power of this water element was really beyond imagination.
"Damn! A summoned creature would dare to be so arrogant! The orange-haired dwarf mage immediately summoned a small water elemental and sent it towards the water elemental giant, but the water elemental giant slapped the small water elemental into a splash.
"Perrin, the water elemental you summoned can't do it! Look at me! The gray-bearded dwarf mage on the side said, and after speaking, he summoned another small element, but this water element didn't last long before it was smashed into a puddle of water.
The elven druids shouted at them, "Mage! This water elemental is made up of the condensation of the lake here, and the water of the lake here contains magical power, and your water elemental cannot compete with it!"
"Is this water magical?" We looked at the glowing blue water beneath our feet and wondered.
On the other side, orc warriors, thieves, and paladins had rushed forward to fight the water elemental giants in close quarters, and they slashed at the water elemental with their blades, but they did nothing real to the water elemental, except for bringing out a little splash.
We were forced to retreat by this water elemental giant, and the mages in the back row and I used sharp arrows and spells to shoot at the water elemental, except for the dwarf mage's ice arrows, which can leave a layer of frost on the water elemental, the skills and spells of other people are like stones sinking into the sea, and they have no effect.
"Great Druid, this water element is resistant to physical blows and demons, we can't handle him~!" What about the people of our tribe? Totem shouted.
"The elves are weird, what's going on??" Brute beard? Totem said to the elf druid.
“…… It may have the power of magic water...... "The elf druid said fearfully.
"Magic Water?!"
"The water on it and around it has magical fluctuations, kind of like ...... The water of the Well of Eternity. ”
"What? Didn't the well of your elves collapse a long time ago? The Graybeard Dwarf mage shouted.
"The Well of Eternity has collapsed, but it has not disappeared but has sunk into the Endless Sea, and it is likely that these Naga have absorbed the power of the well water and put it in this place."
"So what do we do??"
"We can't kill it, we can only trap it and get out of here." The elven druid shouted to the orange-haired gnome mage beside him, "Gnome! Can you cast a spell to freeze it! ”
"Huh? You want me to freeze such a big guy? ”
"Your ice magic still has a frost effect on it, as long as you can freeze it, we can get around it and move on!"
"Oh! Then I'll give it a try~"
So the rest of us hurriedly took cover for the dwarf mage, who raised his staff and chanted, "O ice elemental, please lend me the power of frost and ice, ice sealing!" ”
A snow-white frost spewed out from the dwarf mage's staff and squirted onto the body of the water elemental giant, and then the water on the water elemental's body quickly formed into layers of thin ice, and after a while, half of the water elemental's body was frozen behind the frost.
"Ah, I can only freeze half of it~" The dwarf mage said a little disappointed.
"Enough is enough! Let's get around it now and go to the other side! I'll turn into an owl and show you the way! After saying that, the elf druid on the side turned into a white owl and flew into the air.
The other nine of us passed past the frozen water elemental, and the water elemental's unfrozen body tried to punch us, but the frost stamped its movements, and its fist failed to hit us, and everyone safely bypassed it and ran across the road.
The elf-turned-owl guided us through the air, leading us through one complex intersection after another, and quickly approaching the end of the labyrinth, where we saw the waterfall at the top of the cave getting closer and closer, and a corner of the great temple began to emerge behind the high walls.
At this moment, there was a sudden scream in the air, and everyone hurriedly looked up, only to see a cold ice arrow shooting from outside the high wall, hitting the snow-white owl above us.