Chapter 10: Strangling the Golem
In Raven's impression, although Karin had learned the art of stealth, it was for hunting, not for assassin routes: "I am operating stealthily this time, not for you." β
Pursing her lips, Karin didn't refute in the end, but just asked, "You must at least tell me the location, and I will pick you up if there is a situation." β
Orion's daughter had seen blood after all, and with Karin's character, she wouldn't be willing to stay in the rear after regaining her strength.
After hesitating, Raven told her: "There is a small wooden house on the stone bridge east of the town, 200 meters north of the river. That's where I'm headed. You can hide in the grass downwind of the cabin. The order for the eclipse was issued, and all the hotels in this town would soon be searched, and it would be very troublesome for us to pack up and leave without a free civil card. β
The Free Civil Certificate is the so-called Certificate of No Criminal Record. Anyway, as long as you can afford the money, even if you are a demon, any city sheriff will issue you this free citizen card.
It's a hilarious paradox. But the whole continent recognizes this. If people feel that you can afford to pay for the certificate, then at least it proves that you are not the lowest thief or gangster.
The two set off and came to the vicinity of the cabin, where Karin was hiding in the grass, and Raven quietly sneaked into the cabin.
As soon as he entered, Raven scolded his mother.
Raven's memory is correct, this is indeed the place where the Black Eclipse Church is running.
The situation in front of him was skewed by his memory.
Serious deviations!
Originally, he expected that there would be at most two people guarding here, and after listening outside the wooden house for a long time without feeling the smell of people, and observing by the window for a long time, there was nothing strange in the hall, just a lot of miscellaneous things, some broken cabinets, old ropes, so he touched in.
As soon as you come in, you get hit.
The moment he stepped into the hall, a pile of ropes on the ground that seemed to have been unused for a long time suddenly moved.
The thick hemp ropes were tumbling and surging, like a large number of snakes in a snake's nest winding and entangled with each other, and they circled at high speed to form arms, ankles, calves, and thighs, which were instantly coiled into a human-like shape. The creature stood almost as tall as two Raven, its face only roughly outlined as a human face, and two pure white energy balls burning at the eye level.
Caught off guard, Raven instantly understood what this thing was - Nima's was the Strangling Golem!
Also known as the Rope Golem, the Strangulation Golem will disguise itself as a pile of old ropes and collapse in place to ambush intruders when not activated. The smallest strangled golem in the game also has 450 HP, and the challenge level is as high as 52, which means that you need at least the middle of the silver level to beat this thing. And use the right way, because this thing is almost physically immune!
Thousands of grass and mud horses were running wild in Raven's heart! Why are you so dark!? I actually ran into this thing in the beginner's area!
You can't beat it!
Run? He has already entered the pit, and within a radius of ten meters is the world of strangling golems. Don't even think about it unless you have more than 100 Intuitive Evasion and Escape skills!
At this critical moment, Raven's mind raced, trying to remember everything about the strangled golem:
The world of Ultron was once home to a powerful human empire, Nelas, which at its peak had hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory. Within its borders, civilization and knowledge flourished, including the study of magic. Warlocks and Technicians began to make progress in the study of constructs, especially Trap Golems with autonomy.
Three centuries later, King Ioshir III began to fund the Imperial Society of Technicians, an independent body of skilled craftsmen selected by the king but not subject to them. He set them the goal of creating a highly adaptable creationβan artificial creature that could be sentient without imprisoning immortal spirits or elemental beings. It is best for such a creature to be able to accomplish its mission on its own and to be able to learn from it.
Iohir's son, Elidir, succeeded to the throne after his father's death, and the technicians had not yet been able to complete their work. The constant turmoil in the wilderness of the empire made the purpose of the work to serve the war. He needed soldiers, not just the ideal Constructed Golem.
In order to accomplish this, Illidil used the king's power to order more alchemists and soul warlocks to devote themselves to this research.
In order to accomplish their goal as soon as possible, these warlocks did not hesitate to imprint their knowledge of mechanism science into their blood and soul, and thus the mechanism warlock was born as a new branch of warlocks.
Under the guidance of the Trap Warlocks, the Imperial Technician Guild soon completed the first Creation Furnace, and the first mass-produced Trap Golem was created purely for use in warfare. But Illider's demands caused a split in the association. Some dreamers want to create a construct imagined by the late old King Illisir. The Trap Warlocks left the Guild with a group of Technicians, taking with them copies of the technology used to create the Trap Golems.
In any case, Ilidir had a vision for preparing for war. The Empire of Naelas soon found itself in a massive war against the humanoids and demons of the Savages. The king allowed the nobles to be exempted from the obligation to fight for the empire, as long as they could afford to make the authorities who would take their place.
The treasury of the Naylas Empire supported the construction of more constructed soldiers. Throughout the Empire, even the rebellious Warlocks and Technicians are using their creative crucibles to create golems of all kinds to win wars.
There is no doubt that the Golem, which does not fear death or injury, plays an extremely important role in the confrontation. Relying on them, the Nehras Empire won the victory. But after the death of the king and his heirs, as well as several of its most influential leaders, the empire quickly collapsed, plunging into a vortex of factional strife and territorial disputes. The Creation Forge was sometimes used by some of the lesser nobles for very unorthodox purposes. The remaining golems were drafted into new armies, enslaved, or left to fend for themselves.
A few decades later, regional wars subsided as trade shrank and local nobility consolidated. The Naelas Empire eventually split into a number of independent states divided by a narrow wilderness. Even so, there were a few Golems that survived, though the wisest ones had been nearly lost in the battle.
Thousands of years later, the Empire of Naylas no longer exists, and there are still a handful of Creation Furnaces at work in some corner of the world that are constantly producing new Golems. The descendants of the Imperial Technician Guild are still using the old titles, producing new Trap Golems and selling them to the military, nobles, and all other forces that can afford it, through black market merchants.
Defensive trap golems are the most common, and these golems that can only accept simple commands can be more disgusting when used in the right place than a dragon blocking the road.
If this were a mass-produced golem that only believed in death, Raven would be dead. If it's a high-intelligence version of the golem, then there may be a glimmer of life.
No matter!
Give it a go! If you can't, die!
Seeing that the golem was about to strike, Ray shouted from his memory in the long-extinct Nelas language of the ancient Neras Empire, "Assomidu, Toronka!" It was to the effect of "Don't shoot!" Own! βγ And in order to bluff the strangled golem, Raven also added a superior tone auxiliary that is unique to the warlock in his discourse.
The strangulation golem really stopped, and the energy mass in the eye area flickered.
Suddenly, a piece of rope twisted around its body, strung together into a string of Nelas script, to the effect of, "Who are you?" I can't sense the permission to pass on you? β
"Ding!" The system prompt sounds.
"You've launched a skill show! At this moment, you are possessed by the actor, and depending on your performance, you will get death or chance. β
"You've launched a skill bluff! You make a non-magical hint to the Strangled Golem, disguised as the Black Eclipse faction. β
"Because you have the specialty skill of persuader, the other party is 20% less suspicious of you."
After decisively activating the skill, Raven continued to speak in the Neras language: "I am Raven, the envoy sent by His Majesty Lucian da Zakar, the great and supreme Black Dragon King. Due to the perfidy of Woking, the goddess of wealth, who launched a despicable sneak attack on our Black Eclipse Holy Cult, our cultists were slaughtered, and our priest's life was threatened, so I was sent to the Black Dragon Secret Passage to meet the chief priest, Lord Fakarin. Due to the urgency of the situation, I did not bring the token for a while. β
Raven told everything he remembered about Black Eclipse. If there are no accidents, the names of the black dragon and the sacrifice should be matched.
After saying this, there will be a prompt from the system over there.
"The Strangled Golem Rope believes you. Thanks to your erudition and perfect Neras, you have managed to deceive an opponent who is far superior to you. Your acting skills have been greatly improved, and your skill level is now 45. Your Deception skill has been greatly improved, and your skill level is now 33. β
As soon as the hint came out, Raven's little liver that was about to fly out also shrank back, and there was so much cold sweat on his back just now that it could rain.
The huge head of the strangled golem nodded, and the long rope twisted into a text: "Understood, you are indeed an envoy sent by your master." I'll add a pass for you. I also received a notice from Mistress Rudy before an hourglass that he had just entered the tunnel with Mistress Fakarin and his entourage, and you can choose to wait for him here or enter the tunnel to meet him. β
It's a dilemma. The Strangled Golem is quite intelligent, and if Raven had ambushed the Black Eclipse Church in the tunnels as originally planned, he would not have been able to get out of this area. If you come out with a dagger stained with the blood of the Black Eclipse Sacrifice, you will definitely be attacked by the Strangled Golem. Leaving the entrance of the Golden City, he may run into a mercenary group chasing and killing the sacrifice, which means danger and trouble.
If he didn't go inside, Raven wouldn't be able to ambush a group of enemies who were going crazy to escape for their lives in the open terrain.
What to do?