Chapter 80: The Barren Temple
Today, Hu Bin and the others were lucky not to encounter a very tricky guy, so most of the gains of the numberers were only some ordinary materials, although Hu Bin didn't like it, but it was much more precious to Howard and a few others.
Seeing everyone happily talking about today's hunting situation around the campfire, Hu Bin took a sip of wine, but his mind was not the slightest excited.
As soon as he entered the periphery, he lost a lot of manpower, and he was broken up, and Fanta, who was considered his own group, stayed with Kane, and there were three outsiders on his side. Although he said that he didn't care, Hu Bin was still wary of the Swadia numberers, after all, they had been calculated by the numberers of Rhodok and Kujit, and with them, some of his own means could not be easily used. When he used the sword wind skill while hunting today, Hu Bin felt the watchful eye behind him, and needless to say, he knew that it was those numbered people. To say that Kane couldn't contact them, Hu Bin didn't believe it, and the situation of the two teams was actually under the indirect control of the two.
"Tomorrow is probably coming." Seeing the iron spoon on the copper plate trembling even more, Hu Bin asked everyone to rest and praise their spirits.
At noon the next day, Hu Bin and his entourage, who were on the way, converged with the team led by Kane, and it is estimated that only Lotte Fanta would think it was a coincidence. Although Fanta is not stupid, he is indeed very naïve, once he recognizes his companions, he will trust them, which is a very fatal weakness, but it makes it easy for Fanta to make friends, fate is such a thing, who can say.
In the past few days, Fanta has gradually accepted the addition of the Swadian numberers, and her vigilance has also decreased, and her contact with Hu Bin is full of excited descriptions of the cooperative hunting situation, and Hu Bin has not found Hu Bin's sideways to their team.
"That leopard was finally stunned by Uncle Ben, and finally ran away in disgrace, hahaha." Fanta was still talking about the day he was chased by wild beasts, and finally he found a big rock. Fanta circled around the stone, and finally stunned the leopard, giving up the idea of chasing after him.
"So, you spent an hour with that beast?" Howard said with a smile.
"Uncle Ben just saw that beast was too persistent, so he played with it." Fanta's heart was not beating and her face was not blushing, and she said that he was indeed a "talent" in this regard.
Hu Bin and Kane got together, and they didn't ask each other about their respective gains in the past few days.
"It's almost there, I really want to see it, is there anything to pay attention to?" Kane was the first to pick up the conversation.
"There are a lot of casualties on the periphery, it depends on luck, to be honest my luck is good, but I hate actions that rely on luck the most." Hu Bin was a little worried, his own strength was not much, and he also lost some of it in the jungle, although most of the losses were soldiers, but it also meant that they had less cannon fodder available.
There are still a small number of numberers who have followers, and although many numberers have survived the novice world, their experience has not been smooth, and they cannot get subordinates who can be judged as followers. Even if most of the people who get the retinue are only one or two, he is basically the only one with four retinues like Hu Bin, so a large part of the strength of the team has to be supplemented by soldiers. There are some things that rely only on numberers and a few followers that are not only dangerous but also more rewarding than valuable.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, on the copper plate in Hu Bin's hand, the spoon suddenly turned, and the team finally arrived at the location of this adventure mission.
If you look down from the top of the jungle, you will see that the streams scattered throughout the jungle are branches of the rivers, and the upstream of several rivers is the lake in front of Hu Bin and them. Springs to the south bring life to the lake, and a stone building stands on an island in the middle of the lake. From the outside, it seems that the building has been in a dilapidated state after a long period of time, and many of the wall columns have collapsed, but it can still be inferred that the building was gorgeous and exquisite before.
Because it was almost night, the team camped on the spot by the lake for a night's rest. The bridge connecting the island had broken down, and they were going to spend the day building rafts to cross to the island.
There are many fish swimming in the lake, and now they have joined the luxurious dinner of the numbered people, and the delicious taste of the grilled fish has whetted everyone's appetite, and after filling their stomachs, they can sleep beautifully, and feel that the fatigue of the past few days in the forest has been greatly reduced.
At noon the next day, thanks to the efforts of the power numberers, the bamboo raft, which was planned to take a day to complete, was launched ahead of schedule. A few of the numbered men were eager to try their hand at boating on the lake, but were pulled by their more cautious companions, and several soldiers were sent onto the lake.
Under the nervous gaze of the crowd, the soldiers clumsily paddled the raft slowly across the lake and then successfully reached the island. The undying numberers also let the soldiers walk around the island, and even swim in the water for a while. However, as if God was joking, everything was uneventful, much to the disappointment of the nervous numberers.
It's so weird that both Hu Bin and Kane believe that there must be danger on the island, but the next situation makes them have to admit that the island is basically safe, because the numberers have turned the small island upside down.
"Nothing has been found, it seems that there is only this building here, it looks like a temple, you don't see it like an altar." Kane was rewarded by his men, and there was nothing unusual on the island worth noting.
"It can't be that you're in the wrong place." Fanta said nonchalantly. "That copper plate is not a treasure map, so it can't be too accurate."
"Treasure map?" Kane and Hu Bin reacted, if they can't find it on the island, what about the island? The two of them looked at the altar-like stone pier.
"One, two, three, let's try again, it's loose." Gathering the efforts of several numbered people with high strength attributes, Hu Bin and the others opened the altar, and there was really something on the stone slab below, but it was too long and blurred.
One word, dig. The slate was lifted, and the power-numbered ones who had finished working as lumberjacks, carpenters, and porters turned to excavators, and the slate dug underneath inspired the laborers.
"Don't move, it's getting dark, get it out tomorrow morning." Hu Bin cautiously stopped everyone, and although there had been no accidents so far, he still felt that danger was approaching.
Another day passed, and the numberers gathered around the altar early in the morning and began to dig, eager to see what was hidden underground.
The unearthed thing is not too big, Hu Bin thought that there would be some entrance to the underground palace, but he didn't expect it to be just a large rectangular stone five meters long, three meters wide and two meters thick, with lines and patterns densely drawn on the top.
Everyone knew that this was the destination of the adventure mission, but the spatial identification did not respond to the stones at all. Lorraine looked at the patterns on them and said that they were neither words nor circles, they had no real meaning, they were just decorations, but there was some handwriting directly above them.
"Natural temple, what do you mean, did we dig up the signboard of this temple, no wonder there are bells and whistles." One of the numberers said disappointedly, expecting some treasure.
"Natural temple?" Hu Bin knew the significance of the Temple of Nature, because he could be regarded as a believer in the God of Nature.
The moon god Elune is also in charge of the nature priesthood, and Hu Bin, who is a half-moon elf, is of course her believer, and the moon elf, as the existence of the moon god's favored race, is a natural believer.
Although Hu Bin's belief is not pure, it is impossible for the moon god of the good order camp to punish him as an ant because of this, at most it is just to deduct some power from it. The orthodox Moon Elves can double their strength with the blessing of the moonlight and gain many buff traits, while Hu Bin simply adds some attributes.
However, Hu Bin still made up his mind, although this is just a deserted and abandoned temple, and the moon god Elune may not necessarily care about the affairs of this poor demon world, he is still unwilling to destroy the natural temple, which is the instinct in the bloodline.
"I withdrew from the action, I believe in the gods of nature and cannot commit blasphemous acts. As the initiator of the adventure, I know that I am not in a position to order you to abandon this adventure, but I will say that the harvest in the jungle has already been so great that we don't have to risk any more to continue. Hu Bin also secretly said that it was a pity, but since he knew that the temple belonged, he naturally would not continue, if he didn't know, it would be forgivable, if he knowingly committed it, he would leave a trace of the idea of betraying his faith, once he was detected by the moon god in the high demon world, the result of waiting for him can be imagined.
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