Chapter 1221: Labyrinth Treasure (21)

"That's it," the phantom nodded. "Actually, I also revealed a little bit of the contents on the slate to others, but they couldn't understand it at all, especially the high priest."

"That's right!" I immediately remembered the evil god hiding in the ground, "Do you remember, there was such a priest ......?"

"Really?" After listening to my story, the phantom was also surprised, "Hide underground and accept the power of faith of those underground creatures?" Which one exactly? ”

"I don't have any more specific information about him," I said, "yes, there are some remnants of patterns......

I pulled out a few patterns of suspected rune symbols in the ruins, including the wall carvings that Xipiyu had collected when he was a demonized eye demon and controlled that group of underground races.

"It's a little familiar......," said the Phantom, "well, it's the crest of a couple of guys, but I can't remember it if it's too low." ”

"If you can't think of it, forget it, I'm not an important person in God." I said, "This guy is a bit stupid, even if he might be trying to get revenge on you." ”

"Who knows if he thinks so?" The phantom said, "Even if it is, he has embarked on a path that does not work, or, as you said, he will be killed by the heroic spirits sent down by the gods, and even if he becomes a god, he will only be a god of a group of filthy creatures living underground, and he will only be exterminated by other gods, and when the time comes, will he not fall and die?" ”

"But he's a minotaur." I said, "It's a shame." ”

"What about the Minotaurs? If you do it wrong, you deserve it! Phantom said.

"You are all of the same era, but he has long disappeared from people's hearts, and you are still alive." I say.

"Don't keep mentioning this," the Phantom shook his head, "go ahead, I know there's a lot more you want to ask." ”

"Okay," I nodded, "next question ......"

The conversation lasted for three hours, which was also his limit.

In the last half hour, his body began to dim, and his voice became quieter and quieter.

"So be it!" He finally said, "The last question is about that evil god, you listen! ”

I felt a pang of sorrow in my heart, but I still kept my spirits up.

"At that time, there were four gods who were gods of the earth, and Mother Earth was just one of them," his voice became smaller and lower, and his tone became faster and faster, "Mother Earth Goddess's original name was Terra, and the other three were Lilith, Gaia, and Gab, and it was Gaia ...... who killed Mother Mother Goddess Terra."

At this point, his voice was completely inaudible, and his figure became almost transparent.

The honeycomb hall began to crumble, and the room shook, the stone walls peeling off and dust falling from the ceiling.

The translucent apparition suddenly smiled and waved at me.

I suddenly felt uncomfortable in my eyes, as if sand had entered my eyes, so I rubbed it.

Tears flowed out.

At the same time, there was a burst of white light in front of me.

I returned to the core room of the island labyrinth.

White-eyed Madrudin and Priest Bona, as well as the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, were waiting for me in place.

All that counts, I've been away for five or six hours.

"You're back!" Maderuding said in surprise.

"Ah, what's wrong with you, crying?" Priest Bona, however, noticed something else.

"No, I'm just, blinded by the dust." I shook my head, a mixture of sadness and doubt in my head.

"Treasure...... Got it? Maderudin asked.

"Hmm......" I replied absentmindedly, and asked Leo again, "Isn't Gaia the god of the earth born from the earth elemental plane?" And, according to Olympus, Gaia was killed by Mother Earth? ”

"That's the unreliability of the narrative." Leo said, "Do you remember the classic Rashomon? ”

He is talking about a well-known literary work in the eastern island country of China, which tells the story of different people who have different narratives about a case for their own positions, resulting in confusing facts and nowhere to find the truth.

"You mean, among the Olympus and the Minotaurs, someone is lying?" I was even more puzzled.

One of them is a giant mountain spawn creature, and the other is my ancestor, so there is no need to lie to me, right?

"It's not that they're sincerely lying to you," said Leo, "it's just that one of them is too weak, the other is just a demigod, and the two are not of the same era, so I have reason to suspect that the so-called evil god, that is, that Gaia, is also replaced, and the real evil god is not called that name." ”

"Well, that makes sense, it's like the story of a pony crossing the river." I said, "But now is not the time to unravel the truth." ”

"Finish the work first, go back and slowly sort out the materials, and count the receipts." Leo said, "You're quite impressed by the story of the pony crossing the river!" ”

"You're impressed, I've spoken more than once." I say.

"Really?" "There are so many things I say that I can't even remember." ”

Looking at Maderudin's inquiring and eager expression, I said: "The treasure is actually on the coast, this is just a teleportation station, I have obtained all the treasures, the treasure room has collapsed, if you want to find out the news, you only need to pay attention to it, there is a small earthquake in the east of the Minotaur land, under the mouth of the Thunder River, which was caused by the destruction of the treasure room." ”

The two looked at each other, apparently believing most of them.

"What? Would you like to get a little bit? Leo smirked.

Priest Bona hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Excellency Bihon, have you found a staff inlaid with pearls and pearls of the night, and the top decorated with fish scales?" ”

I picked up the pendant and turned my gaze into it.

"Like, there's such a thing." I say.

The eyes of the two lit up, and Maderudin hurriedly said, "That, can we exchange it with you?" Don't worry, we don't want to share the treasure with you, it's just that this staff has a special meaning for us, and we can exchange it for something more valuable. ”

I took out the staff that was not very straight, the material was a bit like coral, the decorative part was very similar to a hawksbill turtle, and it was inlaid with a lot of jewels, and even the shrimp soldiers and crab generals were stunned.

The staff's increase in mana is actually not large, it may be closer to the scepter in terms of function, and it seems to be a few years old - the "freshness" effect of the treasure room is actually not bad, most of the gold and silver jewelry are still in the state of two thousand years ago, and the old marks on this staff only show that it has been used for a long time before it was put into the treasury.

"Swap? "It's not a problem," I laughed, "you know, I don't lack wealth now, I only lack knowledge, and knowledge can never be satisfied." ”

After a moment between the two of them, the priest Bona explained honestly: "This is the staff of a high priest at that time, and it is also a scepter that can summon divine warriors, after being taken away by the Minotaur the Great, for a long time, the priests' command of the divine warriors was not very smooth, although, later, we have solved this problem and re-gathered our combat power to fight with the Kraken, but the significance of this scepter is still very long-term and important." ”

"I guess it has something to do with the gods, right?" I say.

"Yes," Madrudin explained, "but God could have found it himself, but God gave the task to the priests who followed, so that in the two or three hundred years after the labyrinth was built, we often sent people to explore and came into contact with treasure hunters from the land, but unfortunately, no one succeeded." ”

"By the way," I said, "weren't there any minotaurs among the later treasure hunters?" ”

"Like, I haven't heard of ......," said Madrudin.

"Even if it's a human and an elf, in order to open the treasure, it's okay to catch a minotaur directly, anyway, there are many descendants of the Minotaur the Great." I say.

"Then I don't know, there are very few orcs anyway." Maderudin recalled again, and finally shook his head, "Besides, this is also a record of nearly two thousand years, it is inevitable that mistakes will be made, and besides, you have already obtained the treasure, haven't you?" ”

"All right," I said, "the staff is yours." ”

The two of them were full of surprise.

"Hehe, you think it's so easy to get?" Leo smirked.

Then, I handed the staff over, "Let's go, there's nothing left to be nostalgic about, but, at least, no one on land will know about it except for you sea races. ”

"We'll keep it a secret!" Priestess Bona took the staff and assured in a loud voice, "This matter, even among the merfolk, is considered a secret. ”

"This thing is out, can it still be saved?" I asked.

"We won't make it public, we'll just keep it as a treasure." Maderudin said.

"Actually, we made a fake," Priest Bona held the staff in his hand, confident and not afraid of leaking more, "for two thousand years, we have been using the fake to confuse the commoners, and now that the real thing has returned, this lie does not need to be maintained any longer." ”

Speaking of which, I am reminded of the remains of Beamon in the square of the Temple of Animo, in which the commoners will continue to be blinded, to continue to worship, to continue to offer sacrifices.

"It's time to leave." I took a breath, the air here is not muddy, the ventilation system is doing well, if it weren't for the sea, I would really like to turn this place into a secret base, just like the wasteland plane and the boulder forest plane.

Naturally, the two of them would not object to my decision, and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals obeyed their orders, so we set off for home.

The way back wasn't difficult, but when I got back from the treasure room, it seemed that the mechanism had stopped working, and the route of the maze had been completely fixed, so we followed the same path back to the entrance to the maze.