Chapter 19: The Underground Mausoleum
"Ready!"
"o There are 3 rings left, 2 rings, and the channeling positive energy has not been used. Complete! β
"The arrows are complete, and Tom's injuries don't affect the fight. Complete! β
"The injury is controlled, the throwing items are there, it's over!"
"Injury control, strong acid bottle remaining 2, over!"
"Injury control, 1 more than 1 evil slash, 6 medical kits, over!"
"Injury control zhì move recovery fù, over! Noodles go ahead and watch out for possible traps inside. Barrett, who was standing on the edge of the gap, began to make arrangements.
Noodle snapped an ok finger and pulled out a pathfinder stick, and was the first to enter the gap that had been smashed out of the anvil. That dexterous body is even a hummingbird shuttling among the flowers.
"Keep up." As soon as Barrett, who entered later, stepped in, he felt a sharp light in front of him, and a huge space appeared in front of him. Along the long staircase, the mermaids stepped deeper into the underground.
"What is this!" Barrett, due to his dark vision, was able to perceive the changes in the environment more fully than the others behind him.
If a scholar is here who is well-versed in the study of dungeon or architecture, it will be seen that the overall architectural style of this hidden space is not the same as the previous buildings in the corridor below. In other words, it is completely different from the architectural style of the entire Nohan kingdom after its establishment.
Of course, with Barrett's current knowledge of the mission, he naturally didn't know this, but he noticed the strange decorations on the walls on both sides of the passage. The buildings after the establishment of the Nohan state are characterized by heavy textures and do not like to be too fancy. Although the passage is dilapidated, the walls on both sides, on the pillars that are not ornamental or load-bearing, and even on the floor, there are all kinds of delicate and dense textured decorations, apparently made by skilled craftsmen.
Noodle, who was at the forefront, exclaimed, "It looks like we've got a relic of the Duchy before it was founded!" I just don't know what kind of harvest is hidden in this. β
It's clear that Noodle has seen the possible collection as something in his group's pockets. Barrett, on the other hand, is much more sensible: "It's really luck here. It's just that it has been 4oo years since the city was built, and the reason why it was built here in the first place was to make use of the old ruins. After all these years, it's hard to guarantee that we are still a group of visitors who have come here......"
"What's more, even if it is the first to enter, there is no certain amount of what can be left of hundreds of years ago! So it doesn't matter if there's a treasure hidden or not. Getting the town hall done is key. "Our pastor's lady is having trouble with this matter again.
During the previous short rest, several people were in place, and the direction of action again arose. The meaning of the parrot has been delayed just now, of course, it is best to give up further exploration of the secret door for the time being, and save enough time to complete the entrusted task as soon as possible.
However, most of the people in the team, including her sister Tao, are more concerned about the hidden gains that may be hidden behind the secret door. Several of the companions who had already made a concession before had all held their ground this time.
Even Bena, who was most closely associated with the parrots, was no longer on her side on this issue. After all, a considerable part of the purpose of everyone entering the game is to earn some credits to improve their real life, so of course they are particularly enthusiastic about things like treasures.
"Little parrot, don't start crow's beak now, okay! The next delivery is yours. Bena, who was in front of her, muttered in protest.
"Don't worry! From the large swarms of rats, you can know that even if this place has been visited before, it will still have a very good receipt. With that, Barrett carefully avoided the rat waste that was everywhere on the ground.
"The treasure of the rats?" The blood on the faces of the two girls went down a lot.
Mario, who was walking at the back, immediately seized the opportunity and said, "When the time comes, we men will be in charge of cleaning up, and we will never embarrass the two beautiful ladies." β
The tunnel that extends to the ground is very deep, and although the steps are made of bluestone, they still leave traces of time. Potholes are inevitable, and some of the roads are slightly damaged. Even under the double light of bulls' eye lanterns and torches, most of the people in the team still had to be careful about the stability of their feet.
The noodles that were the first to explore the way were the most difficult at this time, and since they were older buildings than the founding of the country, the traps in them may be different from the popular ones today.
As an excellent wanderer, Noodle dares to pat his chest and say that his mechanic level is among the best among the players. But it's only among the players, not to mention the masters who can't be seen for the time being in the real game background, even the veterans of the underground guilds everywhere are probably not comparable to him.
It may be fine to deal with the traps that may be encountered at this stage, but this unexpected antique can't help but be more careful. In case there is a chance to resurrect his group, maybe all of them will be explained here. Of course, because of his short stature, it is inconvenient to go up and down the stairs, and a certain halfling person will never admit it.
"Damn! was really preempted by others. "The noodles who reached the point of passage first roared like this. At the same time, it also made his teammates fall in love - being preempted by others naturally means that the wealth associated with this relic is basically impossible to store.
Although the dwarf behind Barrett didn't see the scene below, he instinctively watched out for the results of his halfling friend's probing: "What a bad luck!" I just don't know if those rats have left us anything. β
"This is actually a mausoleum?" After about 1o minutes of walking down the road, it was finally time to lift all the veils. What catches everyone's eye is a small group of mausoleums that have gone through an unknown number of years.
The entire burial chamber was also built along a T-shaped passageway, and countless burial chambers were excavated from the stone walls on both sides of the passage, and one or several stone coffins were placed in each burial chamber.
It's just that looking out from the light of the bull's-eye lantern, these stone coffins have already been rudely opened, and even the coffins inside have been destroyed and weathered.
More importantly, from the perspective of everyone, the corpses in the coffin were nowhere to be found, leaving only a layer of uneven dust and broken clay pots scattered indiscriminately throughout the tomb.
"The seniors cleaned up really clean! I guess I didn't even spare the clothes of the dead! Noodle angrily banged on the stone wall with his pathfinder stick.
Perhaps because of the anger with a few men, the parrot immediately refuted Noodle's complaints: "According to the period when this place was built, it is more likely that those clothes have weathered over the years!" But the burial goods in the crockpot must have been taken away. β
"Everyone, find out where the damn rat nests are. I don't want to be after the Chamber of Secrets. Aside from the little experience of fighting off the rats, there was nothing. As soon as the anvil thrust the fire into the card slot in his armor, he took the lead in the search. In fact, as a dwarf with dark vision, the light of the torch is not much different to him in the current environment. Holding torches is more about taking care of those who don't have such traits behind you.
As the people explored, this unknown catacombs soon appeared in front of everyone - the two corners of the T-shaped passage and the walls of the tomb at the junction were carved with various relief frescoes, most of which recorded the heroic deeds of the tomb owner before him - of course, how many of them were true, and how many of them were whitewashed by posterity, it is impossible to verify.
"This is a relief in the style of the old imperial period. Although the weathering is a bit strict, if there is a way to remove them completely and carry them out, they should still be able to sell for a little money. It's a pity, it's a pity......" Noodle stared at the meter-high relief in front of him, his expression as if Grandet had to pull money out of his purse.
Barrett, who was close behind, patted his companion on the shoulder, who was caressing the stone wall with his fingertips, "Hurry up and help find the valuable objects." Time has dragged on, and our pastor is going to lose his temper again. β
Noodle turned his head slightly awkwardly to look at the parrot's slightly frosty face, and then he could only withdraw his fingers and join the search.
"Click, click, click," suddenly came the sound of rock breaking above everyone's heads. Following the sound, it was revealed that it came from two sculptures on the stone platform above the relief.
The two sculptures resemble totems resembling humanoid heads, and Barrett and his party originally thought of them as abstract ornaments. But as the outermost rock layer began to fall, the statue seemed to begin to deform. A number of tendril-like objects were exposed from what had been hairy, and then a pair of bat-like wings appeared behind the sideburns of the statue's head.
Suddenly, the statue's eyes opened, revealing a pair of eyes glowing green, and at the same time, the head flew towards Barrett and his party, launching a swooping attack!
The chirping of "hiss-la-" echoed through the tomb, and the penetrating high-frequency sound waves vibrated and the "stone powder" on the relief fell to the ground.
Under this roar, an inexplicable sense of fear arose from the bottom of Barrett's heart, and at the same time, he felt his hands tremble, and he had a violent urge to turn and run away.
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