Volume 1: The Lost El Dorado Chapter 29: The Strange Melting Gold Table
Although Daddy Ghost hasn't been away for a long time, I don't know why in the end, all that remains in Carl's mind is his sinister smile and unruly behavior. America's Dead Daddy is like a stranger, and Carl is like listening to a stranger's story. When the dead ghost daddy in his memory coincided with the image of the dead ghost daddy in the sky of Amerigo, Carl felt that the person Amerigo was talking about was the dead ghost dad who brought him a happy childhood.
"Forty-five years ago, a special event occurred in the history of the Mercenary Society. Because of the dissolution of a mercenary group, the mercenary king who was supposed to be elected that year was postponed for a year, and the name of that mercenary group was called the 'Dragon Lance' mercenary group, and one of its members was named Barnack, I don't know if it was Lord Amerigo, which Lord Barnack you were talking about!" Chris, who had been listening, suddenly spoke.
"That's right, it's Lord Barnack. In that year, it was also because the mercenary group led by Barnack was suddenly disbanded, resulting in the death of one of the mercenary king candidates, so the mercenary king election was forced to be postponed for a year. Colin gave Carl a deep look, and then said to Amerigo, "Lord Barnack, let's talk about it when you have time." Now it's time to go to Rongjintai to get down to business! It's not good to keep procrastinating here. β
"Colin, you're still so impatient, it doesn't hurt you to know some of the stories of your predecessors. Amerigo was the first to stand up, "The murals here have been collected. It's time to get out. Andre, who was standing behind Amerigo, nodded slightly to Amerigo, and then took out a transparent white cloth as thin as a cicada's wings from the spatial ring. AndrΓ© stood under the mural with the white cloth in his hand, and the mural, which was painted with unknown paint, shimmered with colorful light, and then the white cloth also shone at the same time. As the light faded, the paint on the mural disappeared completely. The murals that record the history of the dwarves are perfectly replicated on white cloth.
After doing all this, the eight of them left the stone chamber and advanced towards the Dwarven King's Roarer's dissolving platform against the demon dragon.
Perhaps because they were in a hurry, Carl and the others were in a hurry, and even if they encountered some treasures on the way, they ignored them. Therefore, it quickly reached the periphery of the melting gold platform.
At the time when the city of Kuskes was prosperous, the Golden Terrace was the largest and highest place in the city of Kuskes as a place where the dwarves forged metal, and was located on the halfway point of Mount Andervillema.
After crouching down to examine the footprints on the ground, Varys returned to Amerigo's side and nodded to him. "Now that your men are here, let them come out and tell us what is going on with the Jintai now. Amerigo said to Colin the Bloody Hand, the leader of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment, who was standing next to him.
But Colin didn't seem to hear Amerigo's words, and instead frowned at Chris, who was standing next to him, and Chris was sweating profusely with a purple-black crystal in his hand. "Why, can't you get in touch?" said Colin in a mischievous tone.
"Yes, Captain. So far nothing has happened. β
"It seems that it is not quiet here. β
After Colin snorted coldly, he turned to Amerigo and said, "Amerigo, do you have any special news about the Jintai Melting. At the moment, there is no news of my men, and it is believed that something has killed them all. β
"As a place for dwarves to smelt metal, I haven't heard of anything special about it. Could it be that your men have already found the Stormhammer? It must have been the fallen Stormhammer who killed your men?" Amerigo didn't know what happened to Colin's men on the Gold Melting Table, after all, the Dwarven Kingdom was closed to the outside world, and the Explorers' Guild was able to know so much about the reason why they usually paid more attention to the excavation of ruins and the gathering of information.
Carl looked at the scattered stones at the entrance of the melting gold platform and seemed to remember something, but it was very vague, "The shape of these stones is very familiar, it seems that I have seen it somewhere." It seems to be ......" "Forget it, let's enter the Rongjin Terrace first." Anyway, it is already a fallen artifact without the blessing of the divine power of the main god of the dwarves, and I believe that with our strength, it should not be a problem to take it down. Just as Carl remembered something and was about to say something, Colin interrupted Carl. β
Amerigo glanced at Carl, but didn't say anything, just nodded. Then the eight of them rushed in and entered the dissolving gold platform where the stones were scattered.
The gravel on the ground on the passage to the gold melting platform made Carl not walk fast, and this speed allowed Carl to observe his surroundings carefully.
It is worthy of being a place where dwarves smelt metal, and before they really enter the inside of the melting platform, they have already seen the furnaces distributed in the passages and mountains. Although it has not been lit for thousands of years, the ruins alone can tell what it was like for these furnaces to be ignited.
"Why did you say the dragon Alexianco attacked Cusques City?" asked Carl as he walked beside him. "I guess it's just because the time was a coincidence!" Veria said softly.
"I remember that the destruction of Cusquez City occurred at the end of Ragnarok, right?" said Karl after a moment's thought.
"Well, that's right. The main historians of the main plane now believe that the dragon Alexianco attacked the city of Kuskes only because he wanted to weaken the belief of the main dwarf god Muradin, so that the abyss could win the battle against Heavenly Mountain. After all, in that era, the dwarven god system was a super-large god system second only to the elven god system. β
Amerigo, who heard Carl's conversation with Vilia, said with a smile: "These are just the speculations of those historians, after all, time is far away, and the gods will not answer our doubts, so we have never known the real motive of the demon dragon." β
"Alright, stop your boring history tuition. There was a case ahead. Colin's left arm, who was at the forefront, had begun to haunt the power of the gods, and Ser Wacole and Chris, who were following him, had already drawn their weapons.
"The enemy should be right in front. I've already asked a hint of blood in the air. Colin turned his head and sneered, "The Stormhammer is something I have to get, so I don't want anyone to have anything else in mind in my fight." In the same way, someone should take out his golden compass. β
"Colin, your temper should have changed, and as soon as something happens, your temper starts to get irritable. Amerigo stopped Carl, who wanted to take out the golden compass, "Now that the previous situation is clear, it's not too late to take it out." β
"Hmph. β
Colin snorted coldly and continued ahead first, followed by the crowd following closely. In front of them, the wide passage became larger, and on the passage, dwarven statues of different shapes began to appear.
When Carl saw the statues, he instantly remembered what those pieces of rubble he had just seen were. "Vilia, do you remember that there is a special existence among the dwarves?" Veria looked at the dwarf statues around her, and said uncertainly, "Do you mean the dwarf heroic spirit?"
"That's right, it's a dwarven heroic spirit similar to the beast spirit priest of the orc race. β
"However, as a heroic warrior who guards the race, shouldn't the statue of the dwarven heroic spirit be well preserved? How can it be placed here so casually? If the stone statue is destroyed, will all these dwarven heroic spirits soon die? As a race that pays the most attention to honor and racial duty, the dwarven race should not make such a low-level mistake!"
Although the surrounding stone statues did look very similar to the statues of the dwarven heroic spirits that Carl had said, Vilia still couldn't believe it.
"Carl is right. These statues should be enough, but the dwarven heroic spirits in them should have returned to Muradin's arms with the loss of time. Amerigo picked up a stone and looked at it, "This is obsidian specifically for the Dwarven Immortal Statue, and it can only be found in the depths of the volcano." The dwarves believed that this fusion of fire and earth was the best place for dwarven warriors. β
"Brooke, what's wrong with you?" Just as Carl and Amerigo were discussing something about the dwarven Heroic Spirit, Chris's exclamation suddenly came from the front, and Colin's cheers stopped, "Chris, come back, the Brooke in front of you is no longer the Brooke you are familiar with." β
"What kind of monster are you, did you kill those of my men?" Colin raised his left hand, and the rich power of the ghost god had formed a sweet purple ball of energy in the palm of his hand. "Heh, since you don't want to answer, then I'll call you until you make it clear. Seeing that 'Brooke' didn't respond to him at all, and still approached him in a strange walking posture, Colin didn't talk any more nonsense with him, and after throwing the energy ball in his left hand directly at 'Brooke', Colin, whose whole body was shrouded in the power of ghosts and gods, pounced directly at 'Brooke'.
Carl, who arrived later, saw Colin fighting with his own men, and asked curiously, "What's going on?" "We don't know very well. As soon as 'Brooke' appeared, the captain said that the man was not 'Brooke', and then attacked 'Brooke'. Chris told Carl what had just happened.
Watching as 'Brooke', who was stiff and slow to react, was attacked by Colin and did not fall behind, everyone noticed the abnormality. "Looks like there's an enemy we don't know about. Seeing this, Amerigo said in a deep voice.
"My lord, could it be a necromancer? Brooke's movements were clearly dead, and now they were being controlled. Varys stared at Brooke for a moment before turning to Amerigo.
"It shouldn't be a necromancer, the smell of death here is not strong, and there is no material worthy of a necromancer here. I'm more worried about whether it's the fallen Stormhammer. Amerigo's expression was a little solemn, "It seems that this Stormhammer is far more difficult to deal with than we thought. β
"Boom" While the people behind were talking, Colin, who was fighting in front, directly tore Brooke's body into pieces with a ghostly claw. "You guys don't stand there. Then some of them were busy. β
Shake off the minced meat on his body, Colin looked at the members of the Grey Water Mercenary Regiment who had slowly surrounded him, his movements were stiff, and his expressions were dull, Colin no longer had a smile on his face, if his subordinates were not as skilled as others and were killed, Colin had no opinion, after all, he was incompetent, and he deserved to be killed. But after death, the corpse is still used and ruined, so be prepared to accept the wrath of the bloody hand Colin.
As the leader of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment, Colin was able to obtain the nickname of Bloody Hand, not only because the power of the ghosts and gods in his body would dye his left arm red when it exploded, but more importantly, after each battle, Colin's arms would be soaked in blood and turned blood-red, and the Bloody Hand was an affirmation of his strength.
The members of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment who came to the ruins of Cuscox City this time were basically transferred from Sir Wacole's First Brigade, and now all the companions who get along with each other day and night are dead here, and the corpses are still used as tools, and the endless anger has stained Sir Wacole's eyes red.
Before Colin could rush forward, Sir Wacoll in the rear had already shouted angrily, and rushed towards his former 'companion' with a one-handed sword in hand.
Karl saw that Chris was also holding a staff to support Ser Wacole, so he said to Velia beside him, "Let's go too." β
"Hmm. With a soft hum, Vilia took Erin Loth from behind her and held it in her hand, and pulled it into an arrow aimed at Sir Wacole's strange teammates.
"Ding" shot forward with a glowing arrow, Carl's figure also disappeared in place, and the next second appeared on the side of the body of a member of the Grey Water Mercenary Regiment, the dagger in his hand waved lightly, and the member of the Grey Water Mercenary Regiment who was originally active suddenly became sluggish, and then his head had fallen to the ground.
After cleanly eliminating an enemy, Karl's figure vanished again, and when he reappeared, the head of another enemy was grounded.
Karl's side attacked quickly, and Colin's side was even more ferocious, Colin's consciousness affected by the power of ghosts and gods had become violent, and every corpse of the 'Greywater Mercenary Regiment' who was attacked by him was miserable, almost inhuman, and those 'Greywater Mercenary Regiment Members' who fell under Sir Wacole and Chris were slightly better.
When the last 'Greywater Mercenary Regiment' fell to his leader, all enemies had been wiped out. Looking at the corpses on the ground, Sir Wacole did not show a trace of excitement, and his eyes were full of pain. Chris was slightly better and didn't have much emotion, after all, he was only temporarily transferred to the squad.
"You...... Guys...... All...... Should...... Die!"
"It's not good, the head of the regiment's ghost and god power is about to go berserk again!" Chris, who was just about to step forward to see why these corpses were going crazy again, was keenly aware of Colin's changes, and hurriedly grabbed Sir Wacole, who was still immersed in grief, "Hurry up, Wacole!"
Although Chris reacted in time, Colin was faster, and in an instant, the blood claws that had already arrived in front of Chris and exuded a strong ghostly power had shrouded the heads of Chris and Sir Wacole.
Just when Chris and Sir Wacole were desperate, Amerigo's figure appeared in front of them, "Colin, it's time for you to calm down. The vortex of this rich spatial power sucked away the scattered power of the ghosts and gods, and Amerigo single-handedly blocked Colin's bloody claws.
Colin, whose power of the ghosts and gods had decreased slightly, slowly returned to his original mental state. Looking at the blood clots all over the ground, Colin sighed in his heart, "Amerigo, thank you just now." If it weren't for you, even if I had obtained the Stormhammer and purified the power of the demons and gods in my body, I would not have been able to forgive what I had done. Colin bowed deeply to Amerigo, then turned to bow to the stunned Sir Wacole and Chris.
"Colin, it seems that your ghost power has eroded your spirit far more than I thought. β
"I thought it would take a few years to get to where we are. Maybe it's because I abuse the power of the demons too much on a regular basis, and every time I use it with all my might, I use the possibility of falling into a rage. With a wave of his hand, Colin covered the flesh and blood with the power of the ghosts and gods. Watching the flesh and blood pieces being burned, under the light of the fire, Colin couldn't see any expression.
"Varys, did you find anything?" asked Amerigo to Varys, who had been crouching on the ground.
When Karl and the others joined the battle just now, Varys and Andrei were not idle, since these corpses were resurrected by someone who commanded them, then the behind-the-scenes commander must be nearby. Once they find the mastermind, they can find the lost Stormhammer in peace.
"Why, haven't you found anything?" Amerigo asked, seeing that Varys was still fiddling with the magic circle on the ground. As a guild of explorers who often explore ruins and tombs, they have accumulated a lot of experience in their long adventures. The magic circle that Xiang Varys is fiddling with is the result of the accumulated experience of the Explorers' Guild.
This magic circle, called "Dead Scouting", is similar to the magic used by adventurers on a daily basis, malicious detection, and can be seen as an enlarged and enhanced version of the magic circle applied to the puppet scout. Not only can the "Dead Scout" detect people or objects that are unleashing malicious intent in the vicinity, but it can also give a rough indication of the location of enemies, and not only can this magic release a simple shield to protect the user when danger is coming.
Just now, Varys didn't use the "Dead Scout" directly, not only because of the suddenness of the incident, but more importantly, the "Scout of the Dead" takes a certain amount of time to arrange, and Amerigo and they underestimate the enemies here, thinking that there is only one fallen storm hammer.
"My lord, there was no response. Within a hundred meters of us, there is no life activity, and no person or thing has any ill will towards us. Varys replied, shaking his head.
"It seems that the things of your Explorers' Guild are not very good!" Colin squinted slightly, staring at the void figure that appeared in front of him, the power of the ghost and god exploded again, far better than any before, it seems that the strength of the enemy that appeared has made Colin no longer care about the impact of the power of the ghost and god on his body.
Carl and Vilia also spotted the void figure that appeared not far away, and it was also like a great enemy. The Slashing Sword and Erin Looth are ready to strike.