CH.245 Guardian Spirit
Although it is a good building stone, it has gone through thousands of years of wind and frost, and the gray-black tower body also has many mottled traces. Tang Ke stood below the tower, and couldn't help but glance up a few times, and there was an invisible pressure coming from the huge and majestic tower.
After learning all the truth about the sea of clouds from Dadarian, Donk revisited the tower at the suggestion of Dadarian. The round-trip journey is not short, and after such a toss, it is already afternoon.
Dadarian was used to this tower, and no matter how majestic it was, he didn't have any special feelings, so his attitude was much calmer than that of Donk. As he walked, he said, "There are quite a few enchantments in this hidden sword tower, and each of them is set up in front of the door. The barrier at this entrance is called the 'Power Barrier', and it can only be entered if you have reached a certain level of physical strength. But for you and me, getting through here is a piece of cake. ”
As the two approached, the entrance to the tower was large enough for eight horses to pass side by side, and it was seven yards high, which was very wide. Mr. Donk noticed a black groove in the stone door frame, reminiscent of a device like a security scanner.
Sure enough, as soon as the two of them approached the gate, the black groove moved, inspiring a layer of yellow pale light. This should be the so-called power barrier. Dadarian swaggered in, unhindered.
Tang Ke then went in, and when his skin touched the power enchantment, it seemed to touch a layer of cool water, and there was no uncomfortable feeling, it was quite cool. The feeling was only fleeting, and he entered the antechamber of the Hidden Sword Tower.
The antechamber still follows the simple and rugged style of the tower, surrounded by towering stone columns, but there are only a few uneven folds on the stone pillars, and there are no superfluous carvings. The huge space was empty, and there was basically nothing left except for the stone pillars.
It's just that directly in front of the passage entrance, there is a pile of rotten iron. Donk took a closer look, and it turned out that the rotten iron pile was some armor parts, including helmets, bracers, hand armor and cuirass, all of which were available, and they happened to be a complete set.
"There is also an enchantment at the entrance in front of this, which is called the 'Victory Enchantment', and you have to defeat the 'Guardian Spirit' in front of you to enter. Shall I deal with him first, or will you come first? Dadarian then asked lightly.
Donk didn't answer, and continued walking, and when he reached a certain range, the pile of rotten iron on the ground moved.
The Iron Boots stood up first, as if glued to a magnet, followed by calf armor, knee armor, thigh armor...... In a very short time, the original rotten iron pile turned into a tall iron-clad warrior, and in the empty eye sockets of the helmet, there was a blue ghostly fire. He swung his sword a few times and took a very standard bull position, silently waiting for the intruder to come forward and take his death.
Donk first used the investigative technique.
Name: None.
Profession: Swordsman (First Order) Race: Guardian Spirit (a kind of undead, the mind is empty, only knows how to guard something important, divided into two types: naturally formed and artificially made, if some people have a very strong idea of guarding something after death, they have a certain chance of turning into a guardian spirit, artificially created guardian spirits, generally the masterpiece of the necromancer, the necromancer makes guardian spirits to protect their treasures or to guard the gate) Title: None.
Special surname: Undead. Loyal Guardian (Guarding something important with absolute loyalty, unless the body is destroyed, he will never get out of the way of half a step, willpower +2) Death red dot (there are red dot marks on his head, neck and chest, as long as he is hit, he will admit defeat, this is the "setting" of the necromancer) Physical attack: ★★★★ Physical strength: ★★★ Equipment 1: Inheritance - Regeneration armor (made of special "recycled metal", if it is damaged, the metal will slowly make up for the damage according to its original appearance, Defense +4) Strongest Skill: Triple Slash (Do your best to perform three consecutive slashes that are selfless, simple sword skills can sometimes achieve unexpected results, combat power +2, physical strength -1), basic swordsmanship, sword skill combo.
Language: None.
Physical condition: None.
Affiliation: None.
Bounty amount: 0 gold.
After Tang Ke knew this, he said, "I'll come first." After he finished speaking, he drew his scimitar, and without even using the second knife, he rushed over with a single knife. He was full of confidence in this battle, this iron man was just a first-order swordsman.
"Be careful to hit the red dot on his body, only then can it be judged victory." Dadarian reminded leisurely in the back.
The ghostly fire in the eye socket of the guardian spirit lit up, and he unleashed a stabbing blow at the intruder, despite his heavy body, but his movements were as light as a human swordsman.
Of course, this lightness is only relatively speaking, and in Tang Ke's eyes, the three-legged cat movement of the guardian spirit is as slow as slow motion. He didn't even use any sword skills, but as soon as he walked, he slashed the red dot on the guardian spirit's chest, which was only the size of a fingernail, and it was still very difficult to hit.
Donk floated to the mouth of the passage, where the barrier was activated. He thought he had won this way, but when he turned around, the guardian spirit also turned around and killed him without fear. On the shining silver breastplate of the guardian spirit, there were still traces left by the knife just now.
"It's not enough to just slash, this guardian spirit on the first floor has to cut at least two or three times. Those guardian spirits upstairs need to be cut more often. Daddarian reminded.
Tang Ke was not disrupted by this little variable, he bent down and flashed a horizontal slash from the guardian spirit, and when he got up, he took advantage of the situation to use the "Meiting Raindrop" sword technique, and the tip of the sword stabbed out like raindrops, and in just an instant, it stabbed the red dots on the guardian spirit's body as many as five or six times.
As soon as the ghost fire in the guardian spirit helmet was extinguished, the metal parts of the body fell to the ground with a crackle, and there was no movement.
The "Victory Enchantment" not far behind Donk automatically changed color, from pale red to pale yellow, acquiescing to Donk's eligibility to enter. Tang Ke glanced at the pile of rotten iron on the ground, and found that the broken parts were slowly reuniting, which was very magical, if he could take off this armor, it would be a good set of armor. His pirate predatory mindset is back in motion.
But on second thought, if it could be taken away so easily, how could the people of Caiyun Village let go of this treasure? I guess if you pick it up, you won't be able to take it out of the barrier. He figured this out, and didn't ask much, but just stood there quietly, waiting for Daddarian to come in.
As soon as Daddarian approached here, the pile of rotten iron stood up again, and it seemed that everyone who wanted to pass through here would have to fight the tin man. After Dadarian approached, his expression suddenly became extremely hideous, and his eyes showed a fierce light, as if he regarded the Tin Man as a real person, and wanted to fill his heart with a killing method.
A few flashes of swords flashed, and the Tin Man's helmet was completely cut off, flying into the distance, and the red dot on his chest was cut alive. If it weren't the Tin Man who was cut down, but a real person, the scene would have been very miserable.
The Tin Man lost his helmet, revealing his own undead, who looked like a blue flame, but with no temperature and lifelessness. Dadarian also hit the red dot many times, and there was no need for the guardian spirit to exist, and the ghostly fire body dissipated in an instant, and a set of armor was reduced to a pile of rotten iron again. Then something surprising happened, the mutilated helmet that flew to the side actually moved towards the pile of rotten iron on its own, and it was not slow, as if an invisible hand was pulling it.
Tang Ke raised his eyebrows and said, "Can it be restored after being cut like this?" ”
Dadarian slashed the rotten iron pile in all directions with a few swings of his sword, and he replied with a wicked smile: "I like to come here to relieve his boredom when I am fine, and after chopping it up, he will be back to his original state in a short time." ”
"It's a bad taste." Donk smiled and shook his head.
The people of Caiyun Village have great reverence for anything in the Hidden Sword Tower, and no one except Dadarian would commit such a blasphemous act.
The two of them walked through the passage to another hall, which was the first floor in the true sense of the word, and the space was large enough to accommodate hundreds of people for a banquet. There are three doors and a staircase. The staircase leads to the second floor, and the three doors represent different rooms.
Showroom. Library. Cultivation room. There are three rooms in total, and the name of the room is clearly engraved on the plaque above the room. Although it was written from 3,000 years ago, it was the predecessor of the lingua franca of the Light Alliance, and the differences were so small that Donk could easily recognize them.
"Although it's all some rags, it's still shocking when you see it for the first time, so let's open your eyes." Dadarian walked to the door of the showroom.
"Is there still an enchantment here?" Donk asked.
"No, no. As long as you can defeat the guardian spirits on each floor, you will be able to freely enter the three rooms on this level. However, if you mess around, you will still be blocked by the enchantment. For example, in this showroom, everyone can only take one sword when they get here, and if they take a second one, they will be stopped by the enchantment. As for the library, the rules are even more strict, not a single book is allowed to be taken at all, only to be read inside. ”
The two walked side by side to the door of the showroom, and the stone door automatically opened horizontally.
Donk stepped forward, and he was greeted by blades all over the place, which were stuck in the stone ground, and more than two thousand blades glowed brightly in the light of the lights on the wall. Looking at the abundance of swords, Donk felt like he was in the middle of a battlefield. He understood what the shock was just now, firstly, it made people feel that Atoris had a lot of collections and magnificence, and secondly, the swordsman could vaguely feel a resonance when he stood in front of so many swords, as if he heard the inner voice of these swords. He involuntarily walked forward, stepping among the jungles of swords. He used several investigative techniques, peeking at the quality of these swords, most of which were ordinary-grade, and a few were fine-grade.
The ordinary grade sword has already corroded, and the surface is rusty, like an old man in his last years. These swords were somewhat pitiful because they were forged and destroyed and were not used by swordsmen.
A small number of high-quality swords barely remained in their original appearance, and only needed to be polished and still used.
Donk walked to the middle of the sword grove, there were several pitch-black scars on the ground, and the sword stuck here should have been pulled by the previous person. He casually pulled out a long sword and looked at the breath of time on the blade.
"It's all, I advise you not to move, you might as well kill it. That's where really good swords come in. Dadarian didn't follow up, leaning against the door frame and said.
Although there were many swords here, they were all mortal, and Tang Ke became more interested in the upper showroom, inserted the sword in his hand, and walked out of the room.
"The situation in the library is similar to that of the exhibition room, there are only introductory sword skills and cultivation methods on the first floor, but the cultivation room is worth taking you to see. The cultivation room on the first floor is not only useful for first-order swordsmen, swordsmen of any stage can cultivate here. Daddarian said as he walked towards the training room.
"What's in the training room?" Donk asked.
"The cultivation room on each floor is different, and there is a strange gravity in the cultivation room on the first floor, and after people enter it, they will feel extremely difficult even when they take a step, so if you practice sword in it, it is very good for exercising physical strength. And this gravity will vary from person to person, the more physical strength of the person, after entering, the greater the gravity will be felt. Dadarian activated the door to this cultivation room, but instead of entering, he continued, "Just take a look inside, I'm going to take you a few more floors up there, so you know what to expect." Starting tomorrow, we will do the formal cultivation again. There is no need to delay here today. ”
Tang Keyiyan didn't go in, just stood at the door and took a look, the space inside was still very large, but there was nothing special about it, it seemed that only when he went in could he feel the so-called gravity.
Then, the two of them walked up the stairs to the antechamber on the second floor, where, like the first floor, there was another Tin Man guard, and he was much stronger than the Tin Man on the first floor. Donk and Dadarian easily defeated the guardian spirits on the second floor, and entered the main hall on the second floor, where there were still only three rooms, just like the previous level.
"From this level, if you're lucky, you'll be able to find a slightly better blade, but it's still not enough for you. Therefore, there is no need to go to the showroom and library on this floor, just go to the cultivation room alone and take a look. ”
Tang Ke felt that the days had been long, and there was no need to rush for a while, so he didn't look at the two rooms, and went straight to the cultivation room, looking inside, only to find that it was pitch black inside, and there was no light source at all.
"If it's this cultivation room, if you don't go in and experience it, it'll be a bit troublesome just to explain." Dadarian changed his mind, "You can go in with me and feel it." Be vigilant, it's a bit dangerous. Even I don't dare to be careless. ”