63 Dragon Spirit
Tick, tick......
The sound of dripping water lurking in the darkness is endless, and the damp breath spreads in the dark space here, and the "beasts" hidden in it have been quietly dormant in the shadows for countless years, as if they are quietly waiting for the former owner to reappear.
Over the centuries, King's Landing above has been in flux, with civil strife, atrocities, rebellions, riots, assassinations, and ...... Countless events and events have been quietly unfolding in this huge city, but none of them have affected this long-forgotten place.
It's just that lately "it" seems to be a little "busy".
There was no distinction between day and night, and at one point, there was a sudden creaking sound in an unknown corner, which was the sound of an old wooden plank being lifted, and then a faint sound of footsteps appeared, and it was getting closer.
A flash of fire suddenly lit up, illuminating the dark and gloomy underground space, and exposing the "beast" in the dark to the visitors.
The bones were hideous, the oval eye sockets stared silently into the darkness, and the white and red body like jade made the person subconsciously touch, but when his palm was close, it shrank back violently.
"It's so hot......"
A slight exclamation followed.
Obviously a normal person has no problem to touch, why is he so hot to the touch?
The hot touch when touched was like a red-hot sword blank, and the sharpness revealed wild irritability.
Charles tried to persevere, but the pain that seemed to penetrate his soul made it impossible for him to hold on for long.
He stood silently in front of the monstrous mouth, and carefully examined it by the firelight, the neck bone behind the skull was as sharp as a jagged tooth, but most of the skeleton's body was hidden in the darkness, which was unrealistic.
"This thing must have been cool when it was alive." Muttering to himself, Charles finally had no choice but to walk to the next one with a torch.
However, it is the same as the problem that has been encountered.
There were nineteen keels here, the largest of which could not be touched, and the smallest one was touched in turn, and the smallest one was the same, which made Charles feel helpless.
He had thought of wrapping the bones around them to keep out the temperature; Yet the fiery heat that seemed to penetrate any matter was still the same, as if it reached the soul.
If you can't hold this thing, you can't take it out of this world, and if you can't take it out, you can't use it to make a profit......
Thinking about this question secretly, Charles had a little headache.
But before he could come up with a solution, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and another problem came to mind. "There is no way for the church, but what about the other spellcasters? Will there be a way? ”
Naturally, he thought of the precarious cheap "adopted sister" in the outside world, although he had "escaped" to another world at this time, the burden on his heart was still abnormally heavy, making him feel as if he was powerless to do anything.
This is a kind of helplessness against fate, and it is also a kind of sadness for the dead rabbit and fox who passed away around him.
Brother Woody promised to ask someone in the church for help, but he didn't say a word about the continuation of his life, Charles didn't ask in detail, but he asked the other monks when he went out, and only one result came - "No one in the church in Pita City can do this kind of thing." ”
He didn't think much of it at the time, because in his opinion, the church seemed to be the largest transcendent force in the entire city, but was that really the case?
If the church can't help it, can't anyone else really do it either?
Or is there no way to do it with light, what about the others?
So......
Looking at the little time he had left, Charles had already made up his mind.
So the young man leaned into this dark underground space, and after waiting for the time to arrive, his body was in a trance, and he reappeared, but his expression was already much more relaxed.
"There is a way, but it is very costly?"
"It's a lot of money for the caster, but for you as an employer, there's only one thing - money."
The words of the watch shop owner were plain and gratifying.
……
"I don't have any money, but I have it." Charles muttered to himself as he stared at the group of "beasts" drowning in the darkness in front of him, but then he frowned.
"Just how do I get it out?"
"Smashed?"
It didn't seem like a good idea, as he always felt that smashing the keel was a bit of a tyrannical thing, but at the moment there seemed to be no other option.
"There are nearly twenty of them right now, and it should be no problem to break one or two......" He suddenly laughed, comforting himself.
Anyway, he still doesn't know what this thing can do, why do you cherish this thing so much?
So he didn't hesitate any longer, and after climbing up and finding a pair of hammers and iron chisels, he began to exert himself on the smallest one.
However, just after he chiseled a crack in the ruddy dragon ribs in front of him with a hammer, a faint wail made him subconsciously stop what he was doing.
"There's a soul in this?"
Charles frowned.
"The soul of a dragon? What is it for? ”
Carefully looking at the gap he had knocked out, there seemed to be a faint gray mist in the crack of the bone shrouded in the torch, which made him hesitate to act at this time.
It's not that I'm soft-hearted or anything, but I feel that if this hammer goes down, I may lose a box of treasures......
Dragon Spirit? Dragon Soul? Dragon-natured?
Whatever was inside, it was obvious that this thing was definitely more precious than dragon bones, and if he broke them and sold them, the spirituality contained in them would definitely dissipate.
"Keep?"
"But if you don't break this, where can you get the keel?"
Frowning and thinking for a while, Charles suddenly thought of something.
"Who remember saying that the emperor of the previous dynasty loved the keel as a decoration? Could there be any of these in the Emperor's living room and in the area where he once lived? ”
Charles hadn't thought about it before, and since he had only been here for two days, he had never been anywhere but the Prime Minister's Tower and here, but now that he thought about it, he felt quite reasonable.
So he temporarily gave up the scarred skeleton of the skeleton and hurriedly left this dark world.
……
Under normal circumstances, the king's living place cannot be broken into casually, but now His Majesty the bald king Stannis is concentrating on arranging a defensive line in the area of the city wall, and has not returned here for a long time, and the Red Keep at his foot is basically under the jurisdiction of Stark.
Charles "applied" a pass from him, and entered the King's Meggor House without any problems.
Then, he saw a large number of hideous "animal bones" that were white and red.
Bedrooms, reception rooms, royal meetings, king's halls......
Hang on walls, domes, corridors, corners...... The skeletal decorations all over the surroundings simply made Charles secretly scold himself for being blind, it was all money, he hadn't even paid attention to it before?
So, with the help of the soldiers, Charles couldn't wait to start a big sweep - some people complained about it, but because of his reputation, they didn't dare to say anything more. Moreover, His Majesty does not like these exaggerated objects of the previous dynasty in the first place, and he will not care much about being "snatched up".
So eventually, Charles collected a lot of rotten things that seemed to others to be in the ranks of the unusable. Prima facie, although the "quality" looks a little worse, it is completely enough for him, and he is much richer, and he can't take it once.
"If you need it, there should be quite a few dragon's dens in the Rhaenys Hills in the city."
A knight who was assisting on the side proposed.
"Dragon's Lair?" When Charles heard this, he subconsciously thought of the strange situation that happened when he entered the city.
"The Dragon's Lair is where the Targaryen family used to keep dragons in captivity, and it has been abandoned for a long time now."
The knight said this, but Charles was busy selling the keel at this time, and he didn't have time to pay attention to anything else for the time being.
……
Following
The world in front of the door.
Charles, who had brought out a large bag of bones from A Song of Ice and Fire, came to the watch shop and hurriedly stepped through the door, and saw that in addition to the well-dressed old man, there was also a "black uncle" whom he had met once.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Seeing the approacher, the black uncle with small eyes grinned at Charles.
"Wait for me?" Charles couldn't help but look at the boss here, as if asking.
But before the old man could speak, the fellow named Eddie spoke again.
"I heard you need help, so I stayed here and waited for you for a while."
"Of course, I brought this by the way."
As he spoke, he placed a stack of pamphlets on the table.
"10 elemental crystals, change a set of matching secret texts, speaking of which, I seem to have lost a bit of a loss in this transaction."