Chapter 130: The Underground Labyrinth
In the middle of the night, the royal palace of Crete was silent, and at night in such an era of underdeveloped productivity, even the kings did not have much to enjoy except sleeping. In front of a large bronze door somewhere in the palace, two guards yawned laxly, not taking their guard duties to heart. It's no wonder that they weren't vigilant, in the days of King Minos, the entrance to the labyrinth that held the Minotaur was the top priority of the palace guards, and in order to prevent the monster from escaping from the dungeon, there were no less than two teams of elite guards guarding it at all times.
But when Theseus entered the labyrinth and killed the minotaur, the importance of this place was greatly reduced, and the current king Idomonius only gestured to send a few men to guard the gate, after all, the unfathomable labyrinth leading below was not the treasure house of the palace. Originally, there were still four people guarding here, but because Idomonius had gone to Troy half a year ago to transfer most of the warriors in the city, even the palace had become empty, so naturally it was impossible to continue to put the precious guard force in such an inconsequential place.
"It's another boring night."
One of the guards muttered discontentedly, this worthless work made him feel very bored and bored, and he turned his head to look at his companion, who was already half-asleep with his eyelids already shrugged, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of sleepiness in his heart.
Lazily opening his mouth and yawning, the guard suddenly felt that the fog under the moonlight was much thicker, and he couldn't help but mutter, "It's foggy again, it's good, so that the steward who won't be inspected will see us lazy from afar." ”
Crete is an island after all, and although the city of Knossos is in the middle of the island rather than on the coast, it is inevitable to encounter this kind of foggy night every once in a while, so it is not surprising that the sudden white fog guards are not at all, but if anyone passes by at this time, they will find that this sudden white fog only covers this small area.
"But it's really foggy today!"
The guard reached out and grabbed the mist that was slowly fluttering like a white veil in front of him, naturally he grabbed a void, but he felt that these white mist seemed to be constantly changing, outlining a fascinating and mysterious image in his eyes, looking at it but finding nothing, he was sleepy in a trance, and he heard the loud snoring of his companion in his ears, and he couldn't help but feel indignant in his heart, and his eyelids became heavy, and he immediately entered a sweet sleep.
The white mist like smoke quickly squirmed and condensed towards the center, and Ye Ye's figure quietly emerged from the night as if he was controlling the mist, with a touch of joy on his face: "Cloud Concealment Technique, I see, the important thing is this hidden word." ”
Although it was only half a month to obtain the sea divinity, Ye Ye's understanding of the cloud concealment technique has improved by leaps and bounds, and he finally mastered the essence of this spell, using the fog to hide and absorb the hidden qi, not just the blinding method of using the white mist to obstruct the vision as before, but to integrate his own breath with the summoned fog, completely turning the area occupied by the fog into his own domain, making the mist become the eyes and hands and feet of the caster, causing an omniscient and omnipresent effect. Although it is limited to the level, this cloud concealment technique cannot really turn the caster's body into mist, but it can bring a lot of bonuses to the caster's concealment, stealth, body technique, etc., and Ye Ye Ye has a feeling of controlling the wind as he pleases when he tries it.
Not only that, with his dexterous control of the Cloud Concealment Technique, Ye Ye no longer needed to hypnotize the enemy through face-to-face means such as eyes and gestures at this time, and he could use the [Suggestion Technique] just by using the white mist as a medium, and these two guards with mediocre and unsuspecting strength were so easily attacked.
"So, the famous Minos Labyrinth, I hope you can surprise me!"
Staring at the two bronze doors tightly closed in front of him, Ye Ye proudly pushed them open and strode into the tunnel of the black hole.
The Minos Labyrinth was built underneath the palace, and although the stone stairs leading to the bottom were equipped with oil lamps and other lighting equipment, because this place had been abandoned for decades, it had long been dilapidated and destroyed, and even Ye Ye's keen eyes could not see in this environment without the slightest light source, only feeling that it was pitch black in front of him. So Ye Ye simply closed his eyes and relied entirely on the system scanning to move forward, even the heavy maze stone walls could not stop the work of the scanning module, and the surrounding large maze terrain was all reflected in his mind.
"Ha, in this way, even the Minos Labyrinth is not a problem at all."
Known for its intricacies and intricacies, this Minoan labyrinth of twists and turns, with its many intersecting aisles, is said to dazzle anyone who enters and eventually lose their way and die in it. At the beginning, Theseus relied on a ball of thread to get out of the labyrinth, but Ye Ye entered it without any preparation at this time, relying on the scanning function of the system. He can scan the terrain of the nearby area into his mind at any time, Ye Ye is like playing a game and opening a real-time map, and the structure of the entire maze becomes a two-dimensional maze map on paper for him, which is as clear as a two-dimensional maze map on paper, not only can he grasp his position at all times, but also record the path he has walked, so he doesn't have to be afraid of getting lost at all.
What's more, Ye Ye may not necessarily need to obediently follow the "right path".
Stepping to the nearest wall, Ye Ye, who had closed his eyes tightly, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the smooth and cold stone outer wall, and pressed it with his empty palm, and suddenly a small crater appeared on the wall with debris splashing.
Ye Ye sighed softly, his left foot took half a step back, and the force under his foot rushed to the shoulder blade and gathered his strength in his palm, and he suddenly struck out with a palm, only to hear a bang, and the large and small cracks on the stone wall stretched out in all directions, spreading most of the wall like a huge spider web, but it still maintained its general shape.
"It's such a hard stone, no wonder it can trap a monster like the Minotaur."
With a sigh of admiration, Ye Ye's body spun half a circle violently, stomped his feet, his whole body was steaming, and his elbow slammed into the center of the spider's web like an iron spear, and suddenly the smoke and dust were filled, and the hard and heavy stone wall finally collapsed half of it as if it had been hit by a battering ram, revealing another passage behind the wall.
"It's a bit too hard to bite, just use it occasionally, and I'm not in a hurry anyway."
Ye Ye estimated the power consumed, shook his head, and honestly walked according to the map.
Time passed little by little, Ye Ye patiently searched slowly in the dark labyrinth, three points of energy on the information fed back by the system scan, seven points of attention used to analyze the sea divinity in the body, even though he had completely absorbed the divinity of the cyclops, but his understanding of this high power was only superficial, and he needed more time to dig out the mystery.
Although the dungeon was very silent, in the information fed back to Ye Ye's mind, he found that this place was not as deserted as it seemed, large and small insects were all over the surrounding soil, rock walls, and palace roofs, obviously this dark and cool huge crypt had become a paradise for these pervasive little creatures.
Fortunately, in this world, most of the so-called monsters are monsters with flesh and blood and origins, and monsters like those condensed by resentment or bred by yin qi or old age are very rare, so even if the environment of this dungeon that has been abandoned for a long time is a little terrifying, Ye Ye, who is dedicated to dual purposes, is not afraid of encountering enemies here.
Just as Ye Ye was absent-mindedly moving forward at random, something that suddenly appeared in the feedback information of the system made him feel refreshed, and he sped up his pace and rushed not far ahead.
It was a huge bronze statue entrenched in the hall, if it weren't for the astonishing size of this labyrinth, it would not be able to place such a huge statue at all, it was even bigger than the cyclops Ye had seen before, like a human form, with limbs and facial features, but there was no sign of life.
Ye Ye was vigilant in his heart, and slowly paced forward, although the fine-tuning of his posture seemed to be relaxed, he was actually able to react in the first time. But when he reached the foot of the bronze statue, the statue remained unresponsive, as if it were just an ornament.
Fortunately, it doesn't look like a golem guarding the dungeon.
Ye Ye breathed a sigh of relief, just by looking at the size of the body, he knew the combat power of this big guy, he didn't want to face this bronze lump in the underground labyrinth, otherwise if he accidentally collapsed this place, it would be all over.
"Strange, how can there be such a thing in the Minos Labyrinth, which is not mentioned in any information?"
Ye Ye, who was full of puzzlement, tentatively flicked his fingers at the bronze statue, and suddenly a dull and thick sound like a buzzing bell and drum echoed in the hall, but the bronze statue still did not move.
"It doesn't seem dangerous."
Ye Ye closed his eyes and quickly searched for the relevant information in his mind, trying to find clues, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly high-fived: "This guy, it can't be the bronze giant Talos, right?" ”
The Bronze Giant Talos is different from today's humans, he is the third generation of bronze humans after gold and silver, and since the great flood of Zeus, this powerful and cruel human race has been extinct, and only a few remain in the human world. After Zeus had plundered Europa to Crete, he ordered the bronze giant Talos to guard his lover on the island, and it was not until the heroes of the Argos, who had successfully captured the Golden Fleece, returned that the invulnerable giant was killed by the accompanying witch Medea.
It's just that Ye Ye didn't expect that he didn't know which generation of the Cretan king actually placed the corpse of this bronze giant in the Minos Labyrinth, so that he couldn't recognize this giant with obvious characteristics for a while.
"Ha, the last remnants of the Bronze Age, after all, also perished at the hands of the humans of the Heroic Age?"
Ye Ye sighed in his mouth, but he saw the shadow of a knife in his hand, and the cold light quickly tore through the air and slashed towards the corpse of the bronze giant.