Chapter 173: The Secret of the Red Eagle

A long sword engraved with red runes plunged into the stone trough, and a narrow stone door rumbled up.

Su Jing carried the dragon bone giant axe and took the lead in walking into the cave hidden in this crypt.

This is the real burial place of the Red Eagle King of Ruichi found by following that map. From the outside, it was just an ordinary crypt in the mountains, and unlike the Pale Lady's crypt with at least a landmark entrance, from the outside, this place was not significantly different from the beast's dwelling, it was probably just cleaner.

After walking about twenty or thirty meters inside, you can see an old, dusty altar. Su Jing brushed the dust away, revealing a slot on it. Looks like it's just enough to hold a sword......

"Old-fashioned." Su Jing commented.

He pulled "Red Eagle Fury" from his waist and stabbed it at the socket. The passage of time has not changed much of this institution. The magic sword went straight to the bottom of the mechanism without hindrance, as if it had generated some kind of energy, and the ancient half-magic mechanism had activated.

"It's like a dwarven technique. If there are a large number of dwarven relics in the Ruichi region, then the Brightons of that time may have learned a lot from them. Su Jing observed with interest the operation of the mechanism, he called up the Demon Hunter Worm and switched to the psionic vision, with the cooperation of the perspective function of his left eye, he could clearly see the flow of energy hidden in the stone wall.

Driven by the mechanism of the ancient relics, a stone gate creaked up. Inside it appears to be a wide burial chamber. Su Jing was just about to reach out to pull out the magic sword that was still embedded in the mechanism, when his hand suddenly hung above the mechanism. He silently observed the flow of energy through the walls. began to ponder.

"What's wrong?" Sadako Yamamura stepped forward and pulled the pale blade from her waist.

"Nothing. I'm just thinking about a small question......" Su Jing cupped his chin with his fist and fell into a long test. "I'm just thinking that in the legend of the Oathbreaker, there will be such a thing as 'the Red Eagle King will wake up again and lead his people to continue the unfinished business'......"

“………… Is there something wrong? Sadako Yamamura felt inexplicable.

"Obviously, there's only one sitting on the throne here...... Corpse. I'm sure as soon as we walk in, he'll turn into a corpse and turn into a ghoul or something like that, because that's how it's set up in the game, and I don't think there's much difference in this world. But. There is no need to explain in the game, we can complete the task by fighting monsters, and then get the bonus items and leave. But in this world where everything has become real...... There must be a reason for it...... What exactly is that reason? According to the legend, it is a powerful ghoul who only knows how to kill, and if he is simply cursed, then it ......"

Su Jing stopped suddenly, and then he knocked his head.

"Curse! Ah, of course...... I'm so stupid. ”

“…… Can you explain it to me? Sadako Yamamura was a little overwhelmed.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you listen to it or not, it's just an idea of this boss. Do you remember how the Red Eagle King got his hands on this magic sword in that book of the lost myths of Skyrim? Su Jing grabbed Sadako Yamamura's shoulders with both hands. Asked with a smile.

The long-haired woman thought about it for two seconds, then remembered.

"He made a deal with a witch. Then he got the magic sword and became ruthless and murderous in the battle that followed......"

"I made a deal with a witch, and that's it." Su Jing hugged Sadako Yamamura. Kissed her the cheek, "If we were to compare this myth to the religious myths of our planet, what similar examples could you think of?" Make a deal with the devil! Of course, the concept of this world may be different from ours. But the screenwriter who built this story, this world world. He is still an earthling who is deeply immersed in the culture of the earth. The root of this world is still a game of our world world. I'm sure the person who wrote this story must have referred to myths on Earth...... Other words. I think this task can be interpreted......"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and he reached out and turned into a dragon bone axe, and began to chop through the heavy stone wall.

"Question: According to legend, the witch suspected to be the Raven Ghost Woman gave the Red Eagle King this magic sword, what did they want? Answer: His soul. The soul of a king. Question: In the story of the Red Eagle King, does it indicate where the Red Eagle King's soul ends? Answer: Yes. At the end of his life, his eyes cleared again. If we assume that this is not an artistic rhetoric, but a record of what really happened at the time, it proves that the soul of the Red Eagle King was most liberated after the worst. Question: What is the origin of ghouls in Skyrim Province? Answer: The more common theory is that they were the Gnoods who betrayed the dragons during the reign of the Ancient Dragon Worship and were cursed to become ghouls guarding the tombs. But in terms of the principle of manufacture, I guess it's the evil thoughts that remain in the body, considering that the ghoul Olaf one-eyed in that game is both a powerful ghoul with a will, and also appears at the end of the game at the Valhalla of Songgard, then refer to the theology of this world. The dead souls were divided into two parts, one went to their destination, and the other remained in the mortal nature of the earth...... Became a ghoul. ”

It took him some time to cut down several large rocks and prop them up underneath the machine-sized stone door.

"If that witch did not receive the Holy Spirit of the Red Eagle King, but only the mortal nature of this corpse...... Then the authenticity of the story is very debatable. I've been thinking about the question: who made up this story of the Red Eagle King? It lures the apostanders to search for the remains of the Red Eagle and then enter the grave of the ghouls...... And the sword must be left on the altar......"

Su Jing stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword on the altar, and the stone door fell with a bang, but it was blocked by the huge stone block under the door. With a magic sword in one hand, he stooped into the tomb and walked straight to the sleeping heavily armored zombie on the throne.

It didn't move.

That is, only when the sword was stuck in the altar. You'll wake up, won't you? Su Jing patted the ancient corpse's cheek with the blade of the long sword. The function of that altar is actually to guide the soul inside. Back to the corpse...... Right. The soul of the true Red Eagle King resides in this long sword, which is why this sword is called 'Red Eagle Fury'...... Its unquenchable flame comes from the soul of this angry soul within, who never ceases to fight...... And the real purpose of this legend that attracts people to their deaths is to ......"

Su Jing looked at the other long sword held in the hand of the Red Eagle King's corpse that was not much different from the "Red Eagle Fury" in his hand now, and carefully discerned the runes on it. The weapon in the king's hand has a similar pattern to the Red Eagle's Fury, and it looks more delicate and complicated. In addition to the approximate fire enchantment, there is also this additional enchantment......

"I'm familiar with this pattern, I saw it from her enchantment data when I was working with Cuie the other day...... The effect is soul absorption...... Although it looks a little deformed. The real purpose of this place is to extract the soul energy of those people, the soul of the Red Eagle King himself. Or strengthen this long sword that houses part of the king's soul......"

"So...... After knowing this, what should we do? Sadako Yamamura came in through the hole. Gazing nervously at the ghoul sitting on the throne.

"Don't do it." Su Jing shrugged his shoulders, "Even if we know this, we still have to follow the instructions of the mission." Plug the sword back in, then awaken the ghoul, kill him, and purify the longsword. This is the most helpless point, we know that the Tao may be able to use the information, but we still have to follow the original route...... I don't like that feeling. ”

Su Jing thought for a while, and always felt that he seemed to have ignored some clues. Although his actions remain the same. Drill out of the burial chamber and reinsert the Red Hawk's Fury back into the stone trough. Then he walked back to the burial chamber, where Sadako Yamamura had already stepped aside, and the ghoul Maharaja was guarding her hostess. The corpse of the Red Eagle King began to rattle. Then he stood up from his throne.

This top-tier ghoul has the strength of the Maharaja, and its strength is not diminished compared to its lifetime, but is strengthened by necromancy. Plus a body that is not afraid of pain. Ghoul warriors are often more difficult to deal with than they were in their lifetime.

Su Jing carried the dragon bone battle axe and stepped forward step by step. It came to it with the momentum of completely suppressing the opponent. It was then that he thought of a third option that might be hidden in this mission—independent of keeping the Red Eagle's Fury. Or the third way to purify the longsword and turn it into another weapon called the Red Eagle Buster. Damn, this game of heaven obviously gave him a clue, and he just passed by it......

"Sorry to borrow your guy."

Su Jing's battle axe and the Red Eagle King's long sword intertwined, and the weapons of both sides slammed together, rubbing a series of sparks. To Su Jing's surprise, he thought that his brute strength was enough to suppress this guy, but this high-ranking ghoul actually had the strength to compete with his eighty percent strength...... Too underestimating these guys.

Su Jing's battle axe slid all the way down, and he let go of the battle axe with one hand and held the opponent's sword-holding wrist.

"Cut off its hands."

“………… Uh, talking to me? Sadako Yamamura was originally going to stand aside and watch the play all the time, because Su Jing had been putting on a posture of "I'm going to fight it alone", so she also stood by and watched her boyfriend show his might alone......

"Quick, cut off its hands! Then Sadako, you exit and go outside, ready to pull out that sword. Su Jing gritted his teeth and suppressed the other party's powerful force, and the ghouls who were choked by his wrists looked at him with empty eyes, and the mouth where most of the teeth were lost opened. Fortunately, this is not a Nord, according to ancient legends, it is supposed to be a Brighton man, and does not have the strength of a dragon's roar......

Beside her, Sadako Yamamura's ghoul Maharaja raised his two-handed heavy sword high and slashed down with a single sword. The hard wrists of the Red Eagle King's corpse were split in two like firewood by the powerful blow, and the long sword held in its hands fell to the ground with a choked sound. Su Jing picked up the long sword, and then plunged it into the chest of the ghoul who was staggering backwards, and then stirred it with one hand, completely crushing its heart. As the soul-absorbing circle on this long sword was activated, the two forces were simultaneously pulling at the powerful energy that existed in the Red Eagle King's body.

"Pull out that sword!!"

"Oh...... I know it! ”

Sadako Yamamura, who had just exited the tomb, heard the order and quickly pulled out the magic sword that was still stuck in the altar with both hands.

Losing one of the pulls, all the energy poured into the sword in Su Jing's hand.

"This is the true sword of the Red Eagle with an unquenchable flame...... The sword of the Red Eagle, which has all the power of both swords. All these years, it remained in the hands of its owner, and the long sword on the outside ...... It's just a replica, a key to the trap, a decoy to attract the victims......"

Su Jing waved the long sword in his hand, and the magic sword that absorbed all the energy shimmered and shone, shining with a restrained golden-red luster.

[Adventurer Su Jing completes part of the "Lost Legends" side quest. Earn a 4-star item card. Heart of the Red Eagle. 】

"Four-star ......" Su Jing looked at the pale blade in Sadako Yamamura's hand, "It seems that the props in this quest can all be strengthened to four-star strength by themselves in some way, and if you find the right method, they are all powerful props that can be compared to the Gordo Talisman." It's a pity that we didn't think of this and killed the Pale Lady directly......"

"I'm sorry......" Sadako Yamamura turned her head to the side and whispered, "I was too willful to destroy that soul ......"

"It's okay." Su Jing pouted, "Anyway, props of this level, if you have them, they are good, and if you don't, they won't have much impact......"

".................." Sadako Yamamura's expression seemed to mean something, but she swallowed it back into her stomach after the last moment.

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When exiting the tomb, Su Jing and Sadako Yamamura stood side by side in the sunshine of Skyrim Province. He sniffled suddenly, and the atmosphere in the air seemed something unusual. It's an instinctive omen. After strengthening the psychic aspect, the adventurer will have a faint sense of his future fate. Sadako Yamamura's sense in this regard should be stronger than herself. He turned his head to look at his female companion beside him, whose face seemed a little unnatural.

“…… Next, it's time for me to go back to the East. Sadako, do you want to continue to follow the line of the Mage Academy, or do you collect Gordo's talisman and choose for yourself. ”

"Ah Jing, are you tired of me?" Sadako Yamamura said in a joking tone.

"Why, I just think...... According to the difficulty of the task here, most of us can do it alone, so it's a little bit like two people doing it together...... Uh, not very efficient? Let's split up. ”

"Well, then, as you said, I'll continue to look for the Gordor's Amulet here, and you go back to the Storm Cloak and do what you're supposed to do."

"If there's any danger, summon me with a psychic link and I'll come at full speed, understand?"

"I know what I do." Sadako Yamamura smiled, "You will always come to my rescue, just like before." (To be continued......)