Chapter 108: The Broken Temple

With the number of breaths, Aldrich estimated that he would rest for about half an hour, and his mental and physical strength returned to his peak again, he got up and lifted the zombie axe, and the members of the adventure team all looked at him in unison.

"Mandy, come with me to explore the swamps. ”

The wanderer stood silently and came to Wesley's side, carrying the undead knight's round shield on his back, a skull-ribbed dagger in his hand, and a few spare handfuls pinned to his belt.

Thorin watched the two of them leave, and looked back at the limp Cell, all he saw was a helpless smile, his fists clenched, rusty iron gloves creaking with a tiresome cacophony of cacophony.

Leaving the ruined realm of the castle, Mandy couldn't help but ask, "Wesley, which direction are we exploring?"

Aldrich pointed to the low bushes, "The plants are phototropic, and the branches and foliage on the south side grow luxuriantly, if experience is not wrong, this direction is south!"

With that, he adjusted his pace and walked towards the south, where the wanderer preferred a decisive leader, and without saying a word, he followed, and used his nimble and agile skills to explore past Wesley.

The mud swamps gradually became more numerous, and the meadows of the water were almost everywhere, and the thick hard ground was replaced by the soft dirt, and even the experienced Mandy sometimes felt that it was difficult to get bogged down, and if he was not careful, he would be held back by the seemingly safe but actually extremely deceitful trap, but fortunately there were reliable Wesley Knights, who were always able to lend a helping hand when it mattered.

The two supported each other as they drifted away, the ruins of the castle turned into grey-green dirt bags in sight, and they overcame untold odds to reach the heart of the swamp, an unexpected valley in front of them, with a strange building at the lowest point, resembling a temple of some kind of inhuman creature.

Seeing the extremely familiar silhouette, Aldrich could still see its original appearance, although it was destroyed by the passing years and allowed to be weathered by time, and his heart sank: "The Pyramid of the Aztecs, the altar of blood sacrifice!"

A gentle breeze blew, and sure enough, the smell of blood was disgusting, and Aldrich was puzzled to realize that the smell was so fresh and strong, it was probably not the ruins of an ancient castle, but it was still in operation.

Mandy suddenly noticed something, closed his mouth tacitly, and lightly touched "Wesley" with his elbow, and following his gaze, Aldrich saw two "old men" with ricketies working together, carrying otters with wooden sticks that writhed from time to time, and walked from one end of the valley to the temple.

With the discerning eyes of a raven, Aldrich gazed closely: where were the old and frail old men, but two adult gnolls, their steel needle-like manes supple over their backs, their jaws whiskered with thick body hair, their sexes uncontrollably undistinguishable, and the otters that writhed from time to time, it was clear that their bodies trembled uncontrollably from the blows to their heads.

As if aware of Aldrich's gaze, the two gnolls paused in unison, raising their heads in tacit agreement to look around to the left and right, and occasionally twitching their noses in an attempt to sniff out the signs in the passing wind.

But before they could react, the knight lay down with bated breath and pressed Mandy to the ground, knowing that Wesley would not come into close contact with the mud for no reason, and the wanderer complied without resistance.

The Victory Maiden in charge of the luck always favored Aldrich, and the two downwind were not noticed by the gnolls with a keen sense of smell, and the bushes in the swamp area also blocked their deliberate search in time.

The unnoticed gnolls grunted to each other and continued to carry the otters to the temple altar, though the rest of the journey became much more cautious and less unscrupulous than usual.

Ascending the stairs to the top of the temple, the jackal, who untied the otter with his limbs bound to the altar and wore a necklace made of the teeth of various beasts under his neck, pulled out a short knife from the scabbard tied to his belt, skillfully stabbed into the neck of the victim, and with a strong horizontal stroke, he cut open its open arteries, and the blood of the canopy continued to gush out, and fell like a waterfall into the sacrificial basin containing the blood animal.

Steaming blood poured down the invisible pipes into the temple, and the gnolls seemed to hear the belch of satisfaction and couldn't help but exclaim with joy, then tearing the blood-drained victim to pieces.

Seeing the scene of flesh and blood, Aldrich's face was a little ugly, and he frowned and thought about the details, as for the wanderer Mandy only glanced at it curiously, and couldn't help but vomit, obviously frightened by the evil appearance of the jackal.

The dull sound spread far away in the quiet valley, and the gnolls at the temple altar apparently heard it, staring in the direction where the two were hiding.

"Woo!" the two gnolls threw down the remains of the otter, craned their necks and howled, and raced down the smooth steps on either side of the staircase, heading in the direction of Aldrich and Mandy.

The wanderer glanced apologetically at "Wesley", and in the face of the approaching gnolls, he resolutely took off the round shield on his back, what else could Aldrich say, holding the zombie axe in both hands and preparing for battle.

Mandy, who was in the mood of atonement, condescendingly threw rib daggers one after another, but the jackal who hit the head immediately pulled out a chain hammer, easily knocking out the hidden weapon of the sneak attack, the corners of his mouth grinned excitedly, and there were still a few bloody strands of flesh between his white teeth.

Aldrich snorted, holding the zombie axe in both hands and holding it high above his head, waiting for the gnolls to rush carelessly, and then slashing down with all his strength.

The arrogant gnoll blocked it with a hammer as usual, but it was a pity that the all-out knight was not Mandy's petty fight, and its conceit was instantly crushed by Aldrich, even if its feet stood firmly like nails, as if the force of a bull's collision still knocked it back.

"Human!" (jackal) "The arm was so sore that he couldn't even hold the chain hammer and landed on the ground, and the brave poacher cowered and didn't dare to approach.

"Undead!" (Jackal) "The watcher with the necklace of beast teeth around his neck, the priest of the Green Valley Temple, saw the zombie axe falling in a dark red rust, so close that it could smell the decay of the cemetery.

Aldrich didn't know what the other party was saying, but the anger of the jackal could still be heard from the emotions in his words, and he put down the zombie axe, and immediately condensed two pumpkin missiles with his hands together.

"Nature Magic! The watchman hurriedly turned and fled, but it was a little too slow, and two self-tracking pumpkin missiles were scrambled to its back, and the thick mane burned to ash in an instant, revealing deep bone-visible blast wounds, and the blackened flesh exuded a sickening aroma of ripeness.

The howls of their companions were incessant, and the gnolls whimpered in pain, their strength multiplied by anger and hatred, and their soft manes stood on end. The watcher, noticing that his companion was showing signs of metamorphosis, did not hesitate to remove the beast's tooth necklace and bestow the blessing of its weapon, Wildness.

I saw an ordinary style chain hammer, and two white bone chains suddenly extended from the joint, connected with two dry beast heads, one symbolizing the ferocious wolf, and the other symbolizing the cunning mountain fox, with a black crown of thorns in the forehead, giving them the ability to activate as if they were alive, and constantly roaring and leaping towards Aldrich.

The Gnoll Poacher was almost dragged away by the three-headed chain hammer, instead of harnessing this extraordinary weapon, and in the wild run, he approached once again to smash his own strange human, and the dark red rust zombie axe was raised high, and the chain hammer suddenly jumped upward, and even the Gnoll Poacher could only follow and jump, and then dived to attack.

"Look for death!" Aldrich leaned back with his hands, and the zombie axe was rounded and slashed upward, "clanging", and the iron hammer cracked and shattered with a blow. At the same time, the wolf head and the mountain fox head separated left and right in tacit understanding, and continued to pounce on the old humans with moves.

"Click...... Click!" The fragile skin of the armor blocked the attack of the two activated hammerheads, and Aldrich did not retreat, but turned in a semicircle, and slashed at the slender waist of the gnoll with the zombie axe.

If this time is not lost, the poachers who only have animal fur as armor will be severely disabled if they do not die. At the critical moment, the activated hammerhead can only abandon the target to save the only intact jackal, the wolf bites the axe handle and reverses the force, and the mountain fox returns to the poacher, sticking to its waist and preparing to resist with a hard skull.

"Crack!" The Zombie Axe unexpectedly missed, not only did it not kill the Gnoll, but also allowed it to avoid the doom of severing it.

The Wanderer, who had previously been unable to intervene, saw that "Wesley" had pinned down the gnolls and rushed down the slope in an attempt to reap the lives of the Temple Watcher, who was dying and had been battered by a pumpkin missile.

Its identity and status are more important, the activated three-headed chain hammer of the wild blessing immediately manipulated the jackal poacher to chase Mandy, Aldrich even though he knew that the wanderer was selfish and did not cooperate with him to solve the jackal who obtained the extraordinary weapon, but now is not the time to care, so he also rushed down.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, and behind the yellow finch there is the hunter! Mandy heard the whistling wind behind him, realized that he was being hunted by the jackals, and did not care about the dying watchman on the ground, so he jumped over, but did not stop, but rushed directly to the temple in the distance.

The activated three-headed chain mace immediately stopped, and the Gnoll poacher could not hold it anymore and stumbled in disarray, but it quickly rose to its feet and turned to face Aldrich as he approached with his axe.

The rejuvenating chain hammer exposed its weakness, and Aldrich had no reason not to use it, and he swung the zombie axe a few times and threw it at the temple watchman lying on the ground. The wolf and the mountain fox have a clear division of labor, the former takes the initiative to block, the latter is responsible for guarding, and the jackal poachers involved in the ground did not stand firm and almost lay on the ground.

Aldrich was on the right foot, and his target was always on the poacher who was in good health. Stared at like a prey, the sense of crisis rose sharply, and it had to give up the activation chain hammer, and the two claws staggered to take the initiative, Aldrich squatted and slid to dodge, and suddenly supported the ground with one hand, and kicked hard with both legs, right in the slender waist of the jackal poacher.

"Wow!" With the help of the momentum of the downhill slope and the poke of the legs, the poacher who was hit hard by the poacher burst his internal organs and vomited blood, rolled on the ground a few times and then slid down the slope, fortunately the jackal was extremely vigorous, but the serious injury was not fatal, but just struggling to get up, Aldrich, who was rushing to the front, jumped behind it, stretched out his hands to grab the vicious head, and twisted it hard.

With a "click", the neck was broken, even the jackal could not bear it, the poacher had no air intake, and its vitality slowly passed.

Now it's the turn of the Temple Watcher!Aldrich turned his head to stare at the gnoll lying on the ground, the open exploding wound on his back, and the blurred flesh and blood constantly wriggling, obviously not a normal phenomenon.

The Activation Chain Hammer barely fends off the Zombie Axe, but once they lose their user, they become languishing, forcibly dragging the rusty axe to the Temple Watcher's side, baring their teeth and roaring at Aldrich like two mad dogs.

After a moment of stalemate, the gnolll poacher's blood tank bottomed out, and a yellow-brown mist rose from the well-preserved corpse and slammed into Aldrich's body.

Suddenly, the fresh corpse made the bone fragments that had fallen from the graveyard ghost faintly hot, and Aldrich moved and took it out and smashed it at the poacher's corpse.

"Shhh...... Roar!" the dead man roared, and the dead gnolls staggered to their feet, their thick fur falling down one after another, and their muscles dissolving and falling off at an accelerated rate, revealing the bloodshot bones within.

"I see, a strange thing that evokes the spirits of the dead!"

The system's prompt came as scheduled, and in the skill bar, the scarlet blood flame condensed into a banner, and the pale phosphorus fire continued to converge, gathering into a skull, Aldrich was very surprised, and thought: "Bring your own skills, and force you to learn." ”

"Spiritualism, Elementary, Summoning Skeleton Minions from Corpses Killed at Their Own Hands to Obey Simple Commands, Has a Chance of Fail......"