The misty lake that I saw from afar when I came was set as my first target, and this treasure of feng shui at the source of the river was bound to be encamped by a large number of oathbreakers. When it comes to the study of sacrifices, the oathbreakers are certainly better than I am.

"Stop! Which one of your lords are you? ”

A few oathbreakers watched over the ferry, and the arrival of an unfamiliar face caused them to draw their weapons and put them on alert - fortunately I got a staghorn fur hat to put on in order to follow the local customs, so that they didn't get into a fight with me without saying a word.

After a moment of silence, I asked faintly, "Have you heard of King Maidnaki?" ”

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Sure enough, judging from the reactions of several of them, this news is bound to cause an uproar in their village.

Mednach owes me a lot of money, and I've been working tirelessly to promote his comeback these days. However, I don't know what the effect of the advertisement will be, and the oathbreakers are clearly divided into two factions when they hear the news, one of which is still obsessed with him, and the other is no longer intended to obey him.

But the differences between the two factions did not affect me. I asked for a dinghy from them, and I paddled towards the peak in the middle of the lake.

Surrounded by the Great Lakes on the outside, and surrounded by the dangers of the mountains, such an easily defended and difficult fortress is a tyrannical thing in the hands of the short-sighted oathbreakers. If the oathbreakers had worked hard for hundreds of years on this foundation, even if they could not become a strong party now, they would not be crushed by the Nord lords in the barren mountains and mountains.

What is the reason for the poverty and weakness of the indigenous people of Ruichi? The oppression of the alien Nords? Deformed social structures? King Didra and the Raven Devil Woman secretly make evil? I guess it's hard for me to come up with an objective answer, because the group of oathbreakers is so far away from me that I don't know anything about what they do.

The fabricated status of the "Envoy of Madnaqi" made the elders of the oathbreakers courteous to me, and I was soon given the right to move freely in the village and to ask questions freely.

"So, you mean you found the temple of the Corrupt Lady?"

"Yes, but there is still silence in the temple, and I think I should offer a sacrifice that will please the Corrupt Lady in order to qualify for communion with the Goddess. Do you have any advice for me? ”

"Sacrifice ......" The Elder of the Oathbreaker pondered for a moment and gave an answer that was useless to me, "Everyone knows that the Corrupt Lady and Akai are mortal enemies, and you can go to Marcus City and capture Akai's priests. ”

"Uh...... Of course I understand this, but King Mednaqi has just escaped from prison not long ago, and the city of Marcas is now very heavily guarded, and I can't do it if I want to take a big living person here. Anyway, you should be very experienced with sacrifices, can you give me some other clues? ”

The elder of the oathbreaker spread his hands to show that he could not help, "The believers of the Corrupt Lady are not sure what kind of sacrifice to use, and we laymen are not qualified to point fingers. Otherwise, I'd suggest you go ashore from the northeast and go to the Red Eagle City Fortress on the other side and ask for it, there is no one better at Rich. ”

"Thank you!" I bowed and thanked him, taking his suggestion to heart.

"Wait," the Oath Apostler Elder suddenly stopped me as I was leaving, "Speaking of clues about the temple and the sacrifices, we have one here, I don't know if you can see anything from it." ”

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Led by the Elder of the Oathbreakers, I reached deep into the core of the island. The interior of the mountain has a wide space and many relics of exquisite workmanship.

The main body is stone rather than metal, and contains no traces of mechanization, apparently not from the hands of dwarves; Looking at it more closely, their style is luxurious and atmospheric, which is also very different from the roughness of the Nords.

"The ruins existed before our tribe settled here. We suspect that this is the temple of some god, but no one has been able to unlock the secrets hidden inside the temple over the years. ”

Walking in the empty mountain, you can experience the feeling of sitting in the well and watching the sky when you look up, and you don't know whether all this is naturally formed or artificially opened. Standing in front of us is a high cliff about 20 meters high, which is impossible to climb on three sides, but from the stone pillars and statues seen along the way, it is obvious that there is a cave on the high cliff.

They said they were giving me clues, but in fact, the idea of the Oath Avoidant Elder was probably that he wanted me to help them unlock the secrets here. Then I took one of them as a sacrifice and took it away, and the rest was their own.

It doesn't matter, it's barely a win-win deal, and I have no reason to object to it. It's just that the Oathbreaker has lived here for so many years and has not been able to figure out the secret, how can I be sure that I will surpass my predecessors?

The Elder of the Oathbreakers led me to a platform at the foot of the cliff and explained to me, "Based on our observations, this may be the key to opening the temple. ”

Nine bowl-sized stone columns form a circle on the platform, one end protruding from the ground to rotate, and the other end buried deep in the ground to connect to other mechanical components. Each cylinder is carved with nine patterns in circular order. The motifs are a little blurry because of their age, but they are enough to distinguish them in the eyes of professionals - they are nine animals derived from the totemic culture of the ancient Arunds, dragons, snakes, eagles, bears, whales, wolves, owls, foxes, and moths.

It dawned on me that it was a combination lock. Nine to the ninth power, nearly 400 million permutations and combinations, even if the oathbreakers try another era, they can't try the right answer, let alone change me. I looked around the pillars for a moment, twisting them all to the dragon's position in boredom, tapping and stomping on the platform at random, and turning to leave.

At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the stone walls on both sides of the high cliff. When I looked back, I saw that the surface of the stone walls on both sides had fallen off, and the stone slabs had been stacked on top of each other, creating a row of stairs to climb.

I was completely stunned by such an unbelievable situation. Could it be that the password is nine dragons? Is it really okay for the builder of the temple to keep the factory settings unchanged like this? Or do they think that the password will look high-end and high-end if it is set to nine dragons? What makes me even more puzzled is that if it is really a virtual password like nine dragons, why did the oathbreaker never try it?

In response to my question, the Elder of the Oathbreakers innocently replied, "We can't tell what is carved into the pillars......

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Thanks to the book friend Feng Light S Burning Finger for the reward, thank the book friend for the reward of the arrogant Grim Reaper and the five-star evaluation vote, the author will continue to work hard!