Chapter 27: Malik's Shadow (3)
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After a night's rest in Riverdale, the team was on the road early the next morning.
Sherman, disguised as an old man, covered himself with a gray traveler's cloak, revealing only a pair of gloomy eyes, and led the mercenaries straight to the ancient tomb in the hills north of Riverdale.
The corpse of the necromancer had been cleaned of the pool of blood, and the tomb did not even leave the stench of corpses, like an empty tomb that had been abandoned for many years.
Sherman fumbled around the wall for a while, and actually opened a secret door. This is a hidden single room, with only one skeleton, although it has not completely decayed, but it has shrunk so badly that it is no longer visible to itself.
Even after a distance, Link was still ...... from the corpse To be precise, I felt an extremely faint demonic spirit from the scripture book held in the corpse's hand, which was not formed at all, and only some vague particles remained, which could be dispersed by the wind.
The mercenaries whispered, thinking that there was a treasure on the hidden corpse. Sherman carefully picked up the scriptures, and Link squinted, and the emblem of the Church of Dawn could be faintly seen from the peeling cover.
Putting the item symbolizing the sun on the corpse is the most common burial item for the six people inside, and this one is nothing, and when Sherman opened the scripture, Link was surprised that the interior had been hollowed out, and the things placed in the square groove were gone, the size of the letter in the necromancer's space bag.
"Bump!!"
The scripture was slammed to the ground by Sherman, who walked out of the chamber with a gloomy face and ordered the mercenaries to continue along the hill to the northwest.
Claude, the warrior who was the temporary captain, asked the client on behalf of the others: "If you continue to walk, you will be at the boundary of the Pillar of Earth." ”
"I'm not spending a lot of money to gather you people for an outing. There was a definite threat in his hoarse voice.
For the sake of money, Claude finally chose to remain silent. The team hit the road again, this time without the same ease as before, and everyone was more or less nervous on their faces.
"Could that empty book be a holy relic?" Paine's low voice was unconcealed with worry, "Are we going to have to run for nothing? This is my first guild assignment." ”
Before Link could figure out how to answer, Yuan Ye compared the size of the groove inside the scripture, "This shape and size...... Like a letter?"
The two of them glared at him at the same time, the former completely felt that he was making trouble, and the latter was surprised that Yuan Ye was once again wronged.
Not again...... Link felt an extraordinary gaze, it was Sherman's squire, why did he keep staring at me?
"Hey~ He's looking at you again, you really don't know each other?" Paine, who was an assassin, also felt the young man's gaze, although it was only for a few seconds, it was enough for a keen assassin.
"I'm sure I've never seen him before, with this knife-like look...... Huh?" Link stopped suddenly, the adjective 'knife-like' making him understand why he felt both strange and familiar to the boy.
"Do you remember our first team mission? ”
"How is that possible!" Paine subconsciously denied.
"It can't be wrong, it's him. As if sensing that he was talking about himself, the boy's eyes fell on Link again, the more sure he was.
"Well......" Paine was not so sure of Link's infection.
In the wizarding world, a single spell can completely change appearance, voice, and even gender, so if he really is the old man, what is the purpose of following Sherman?
As the party gets closer to the Guardian and moves more slowly, the rangers and thieves are busy clearing traps, and Link, who has infiltrated as a 'mountain dweller', instructs him on how to avoid the druid's patrol path. Under Sherman's guidance, the team came to an abandoned wooden house hidden by rubble and dead trees, and his cloak seemed to have some kind of light in it.
Claude was the first to go down with a sword in one hand and a lit torch in the other. The pitch-black passage kept sloping, I don't know how deep it had been dug, there was a smell of dust in the air, and the mercenaries were all silent, no one spoke, only light and heavy footsteps echoed.
At the end of the passage was an iron door, and Sherman crossed over to Claude and reached out to fumble around the door, which slowly opened, revealing a large space. The tables and chairs and broken dishes were unrealistically inhabited, the walls and floors were littered with dark brown stains, the color of dried blood, and several corridors leading from the hall into darker, uncharted areas.
In the place close to the border, there is such a large underground structure. Anyone can tell that there was a terrible battle here, and what is even more strange is that there are no corpses. Say it's been cleaned up, why is there so much blood left?
Sherman lifted his cloak and held a glittering crystal ball in his hand: "Here's what I'm looking for, a gold coin engraved with the emblem of Malik, the god of shadows, and everything else belongs to you." ”
The mercenaries looked at each other and walked away, silver cutlery and candlesticks littered the floor, and the mercenaries quickly forgot what had happened to them and took everything they thought was valuable.
Paine was bent on finding the relic, and before Sherman could say that, he took a torch and went into the nearest passage. The hall echoed with the cheers of someone picking up something good, and Yuan Ye couldn't bear it anymore, so he said hello to Link and joined the ranks of the search.
Link stood still, his attention drawn to the golden light that drifted through the air. Destiny Spirits, and there are surprisingly large numbers, compared to the previous two times, this time there are a lot of them.
Looking left and right to make sure no one was staring at him, he pulled his legs and walked towards the corner where the elves had gathered.
Oozing out of the walls, the secret door?
He fumbled around the wall as Sherman squeaked, and the wall retracted backwards, revealing a small room filled with several large wooden boxes, the floor full of gold and silver coins, and on top of this pile of treasures lay a man, a white skeleton, to speak. Although the clothes have faded due to the erosion of time, it can still be seen that they were also sewn meticulously back then, and the most peculiar thing is that the fate spirit turned out to be the old leather boots from the corpse on the feet, both the style and the color are extremely incompatible with the clothes on the body.
Link stretched out his hand and grabbed it, but the goblins were not absorbed as quickly as the previous two times, they were still floating in the air, and there was no wind to automatic. Now that this situation did not allow him to think slowly, Link made a quick decision, and made a reversal with the old boots on his feet, and before he could stand up, someone appeared to open the secret door.
Walking in was a burly man, ignoring the coins on the ground, he went straight to the large wooden box, smashed the lock with an axe, and it was full of necklaces, rings, and other ornaments inlaid with pearls and gemstones.
Seeing that the big mercenary with money eyes open haha, he smashed open several other wooden boxes in 6 consecutive ways.
Link got up slowly, and was about to leave the secret room while the man was bored, when he was squeezed back by the crowd that rushed in as soon as he reached the door. The noise quickly drew a shout from Sherman, who let everyone stop what they were doing.
Sherman stared at the mercenaries coldly, the crystal ball had been shattered, "I said before, you are not allowed to touch the gold coin engraved with Malik's holy emblem, whoever took it and handed it over." ”
Link calmly retreated to the end of the crowd, no matter what type of gold Malik's relics were, it wouldn't be the boots he wore on his feet.
The contents of the treasure room are enough for many people to eat and drink well for a lifetime, and the mercenaries who are interested in wealth can ignore Sherman's threats and stuff money into their own bodies.
Bang -
A large fireball rose in the crowded room, blasting away the mercenaries closest to Sherman, until they fell to the pile of coins without breath, and everyone came to their senses, it turned out that the client was a mage! The mercenaries drew their weapons one after another, and for a moment there was only a heavy pant in the secret room.
Paine, who was a little ahead of the position, squeezed his eyes at Link, and he squinted to see that Yuan Ye was two meters behind him, separated by several mercenaries.
Want to get your hands dirty?
Paine's mouth was like this.
Link shook his head slowly, he was resistant to killing, and so was Yuan Ye. Let's take a closer look...... By the way, Sherman's squire is not there, so be careful.
"I'm not interested in these possessions, all I want is Malik's relics. Sherman's hoarse voice said word by word, "Whoever takes it and hands it over, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless." ”
A mercenary took out the coin he had just stuffed from his bosom and threw it on the ground, he didn't want to give up his life for money.
Sherman glanced at it, let go of the secret door that he had blocked, and the sweaty mercenary slowly walked through Guò, and then ran out quickly. Seeing that he was safe and sound, a few more people abandoned the coins on their bodies and slipped out, but there were still a few diehards who were unwilling to give up the money they had received.
Link tried to get closer to Sherman, and he raised his hand in a gesture of surrender, indicating that he didn't take anything as he approached. Just as Link was only a few steps away from Sherman, the young squire suddenly raised his two-handed heavy sword and slashed at Sherman.
With a "dang" sound, the heavy sword slashed into the air, and Sherman instantly moved to the corner of the wall, with no surprise on his face.
"Get out of the way, I don't have time to play with you right now. He made a grasping motion with his left hand, and a crystal staff appeared out of thin air, and with a single breath, a burst of flame erupted from the tip of the staff, blocking the boy from the secret room.
Paine seized the opportunity to leap out of the shadows, and the six combos that had been shown to Link swooped down on Sherman's unsuspecting back.
Sparks flew, and the assassin's sneak attack failed, being blocked by the mage's invisible shield. Before Paine could retreat, a blade of wind followed, and although he had tightened the muscles in his abdomen, a deep cut was made.
Yuan Ye stretched out his hand to help, but touched the blood on his hand, looked down and saw that Paine's intestines were exposed, he tried to stuff it back, but his hand trembled badly.
Link crouched down and assisted Paine in stuffing his intestines back into his abdomen, and in Yuan Ye's stunned eyes, the healing technique healed the bloody wound.
"Actually using magic on the border of the Pillar of Earth, forgetting who you are, Lord Sherman. Link drew his weapon and shouted.
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