Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Temple of Mirak
The sky was slightly bright, the heavy snow was about to stop, and Zhang Lin, who was disturbed by the things in the night, didn't have the heart to go back to sleep again, so they simply set off directly and went to the Mirak Temple.
Although the residents of Ravenstone Town were basically controlled to run outside the town in the middle of the night to build altars, none of them left any sequelae such as sleepwalking, and the architectural style here, and the cultists' attacks were underground, so it did not have much impact.
And as the vice councilor of the Rydoran family said, his primary concern was the safety of the town, even if it no longer brought much benefit to his family.
Before they could get out of the town, they were confronted by a small group of Redoran guards battling a horde of Ash Monsters, and their valuable full-coverage plates made them capable of fighting against an enemy that could be deadly to ordinary warriors.
This monster, which is said to have emerged from volcanic ash and cooled lava after the eruption of the Red Mountain a hundred years ago, is one of the external threats that Ravenstone has always faced.
With the addition of Zhang Lin and the others, these invaders quickly turned into sand all over the ground, although their rock-like body defenses condensed by volcanic ash were very strong, but the red heart stone exposed on the chest was both the power source to drive their bodies and their Achilles heel.
"Thank you for your help, stranger, otherwise Bra might have to lie down and go back today." The captain of the Night Watch gratefully glanced at Hill, who was treating his teammates, and thanked Zhang Lin and the others.
The captain of the guards directly took out several rare ores and gems attached to the ashes from the ashes, and Zhang Lin did not postpone them, for the captain of the guards, the lives of his team members were more important than these things outside his body.
Mirak's temple is located in the north-central part of Southam Island, which is much higher than Ravenstone, so the climate is much harsher.
However, due to the blocking of the mountains, the ashes drifting from the direction of the Red Mountain were blocked, so many of the island's native animals took refuge in the colder north.
Due to Milak's betrayal of the Cult of the Dragons, the temple's surface buildings were almost completely in ruins. When the crowd reached the location of the temple, they could see the wooden scaffolding on the hillside that had not yet had time to be repaired.
Originally, it was thought that Mirak's control plan against the inhabitants of the island had been stopped, so there should be no one on the ruins of the temple, but Zhang Lin's arrival obviously alarmed the people in the ruins.
"Who are you?"
A woman with pale blonde braids stopped in front of them, and she seemed to be pulling the unconscious man to the fire.
Of course, not to burn people to death, but to avoid freezing to death on this icy hillside.
"We came to Southam from Skyrim to find Mirak's whereabouts." Zhang Lin spread his hands, indicating that there was no hostility on his side, "The controlled residents of Ravenstone Town have been liberated, but what is the situation here?" ”
The woman was wearing heavy plate armor, covered with traces of battle, and with the heavy axe in her hand, she was obviously not an ordinary person without combat effectiveness. After listening to Zhang Lin's words, she relaxed her vigilance slightly, but she did not take back her weapon for the time being.
"You don't look like the cultists or the robbers." The woman looked at the people, then smiled reluctantly, "It seems that you also know a lot of things, Mirak used a dark power to corrupt the sacred stones on the island of Southam and controlled the inhabitants of the island to build these structures for her. ”
"So we wanted to do something about it, because those cultists under Mirak, they attacked us." Zhang Lin continued to explain his intentions, "The situation of these compatriots of yours doesn't look good, do you need us to help?" ”
"Hmm...... I'm Freya from the village of Skar, and I don't mind if you're willing to help," Freya pondered for a moment before continuing, "As you can see, my compatriots have been under control for longer, so when the control is lifted, they are too weak to return to the village. ”
"Don't you have any other helpers?" Kashia asked.
"Almost all the people in the village have been controlled, including my father, the three shamans of Skar have almost exhausted their energy in order to maintain the barrier that protects the village, and few people can come out and bring the villagers back." Freya's voice was low, and it was clear that the situation was almost devastating for her village.
A huge mammoth was summoned by Ciel, and the villagers who had been carrying Freya for a long time were placed on the mammoth's back.
"Let's go." Ciel, who was sitting on the back of a mammoth, looked at Freya below and said.
"Good ......," Freya pulled up from her shock and sat down in front, "Take them to the Sersco Honey Hall at the foot of the mountain, where two of my companions will pick me up." ”
After the mammoth's figure disappeared into the snowstorm, the remaining three set their eyes on the entrance of the temple.
"Why don't we wait for Hill and start exploring this ancient temple?" Zhang Lin asked with a smile.
"Something is wrong." Serana frowned as she looked at the spiraling entrance of the temple, drew the dagger at her waist, and quickly condensed a cold ice pick in her other hand, "I seem to hear the sound of battle. ”
Zhang Lin and Kexia also quickly became vigilant, looking at the entrance of the temple with a serious face.
Only a few explosions were heard from below, followed by a rush of running.
I saw a cultist run out of the temple, half of his robe blackened by the flames, the other half covered in frost, and even his mask half shattered, but he didn't seem to care, but ran all the way up with the leather-wrapped thing in his hand.
"Milak has abandoned us, and now that this treasure is mine, none of you will try to snatch him!" The cultist shouted behind him, and when he turned around, he found the three Zhang Lin who were blocking in front of him.
"Are you going to snatch my baby too?" The cultist took a step back with what he was holding, his bloodshot eyes staring at them from the cracked mask.
"We don't rob you of anything, we just want to know, where did Milak go?" Zhang Lin motioned to the two girls beside him not to do anything first.
"I don't know, she's out of here anyway." The cultist shook his head, and then his face changed again, "No, you must be trying to rob my treasure......"
Before he could finish speaking, an ice pick pierced the cultist's chest.
"Looks like Milak isn't here." Looking at the fallen cultist, Kashia frowned.
"What is this?" Serana walked over to the cultist's corpse and was about to pull out what the other party was still holding in her arms when she was dead, and was about to uncover the leather wrapped outside.
"If I were you, I wouldn't touch this thing easily." An old black elf mage stepped aside.