CHAPTER XXVIII
The location of the orc bandit Ruhl's treasure is actually very secretive, located deep in the ash forest, next to a clearing where skeletons are brought. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the ash forest, there are some places where it is particularly easy to collect negative energy, so that there is no grass and no grass, and the land is empty. And underneath the flat ground, the flow of negative energy will slowly transfer all kinds of bones here, forming a huge pile of bones. Every night, it will turn into a large group of skeletons, silently absorbing negative energy in the clearing, and constantly strengthening.
This special terrain is called the "Skeleton Pile", and when Sui Xiong first set foot on land, he had studied such a "Skeleton Pile".
The place where the Ruhr used to hide the treasure was located near a medium-sized "skull pile", and it was impossible to find anything special from the sky or on the ground, and the only way to find this coordinate was to use positioning magic.
Location magic is a special kind of magic that combines astrology and detection to create a vast coordinate system for the vast land, each of which is a location. It is said that there has been research on positioning magic that takes "height" into account, but so far it has not been successful.
It's a bit off-the-beaten-path and complicated to use, but it's very popular. One is extremely helpful when adventuring in the wilderness, allowing you to quickly determine your location against the map, and the other is extremely useful when hiding treasures, which is simply impeccable.
Before locating a magical invention, the treasure collector must design some clear and distinctive features for his treasure that are not easily noticed. This is really a technical job, I don't know how many people take the treasure map left by their predecessors, and go through a lot of hard work to find the treasure, but they find that they have already been dug up by the occasional passing adventurers, and some of the narrow and mean guys will even leave some traps in the treasure, which will make the owner bleed.
But since the invention of location magic, hiding treasure has become much simpler. You can make the treasure location featureless, even if a group of people look for it here for ten days and half a month, they can't see anything special. The treasure can only be found if you know the exact coordinates of the treasure location.
Compared to the predecessors who had to fight with the treasure hunters of later generations, the current treasure collectors only need to make the treasure secret enough, and then leave the coordinates and excavation methods for their descendants, and everything will be in order.
The same is true of the Bloody Hand Rull's treasure, where it is located is not even the slightest bit special, and even if it has the exact coordinates, Gerald and the others were a little dazed when they arrived at the location indicated by the coordinates.
"This place doesn't look special at all, even if there is a treasure, where is it hidden?" Parin Tsai carefully observed the surroundings, but could not find a trace of the treasure, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious, "Could it be that the coordinates left by that guy are wrong?"
Of course, the coordinates can't be wrong, and when Luer's soul falls into Sui Xiong's hands, it's like becoming a book that can be flipped through at any time without any hiding. Sui Xiong had already told Gerald all the information about this treasure, and he even knew exactly what was in the treasure. How can you get the coordinates wrong?
"That's right, you need to dig straight down, about ten feet or so, and you can see a magic mechanism. Unraveling the mechanism requires Ruhl's own bloodline as proof, so Wren will be in trouble when the time comes. Gerald selectively said some of the information, "Anyway, let's get to work first." ”
Of course, everyone had no opinion on this, and the three of them got busy.
Gerald is powerful and a major force in the excavation. Wren has a lot of experience and can help out. As for Parin, he can only be responsible for setting up the camp so that everyone can have a good rest at night.
In fact, according to Gerald's original intention, it is good to come alone to hunt for treasure. He felt that even if his strength alone was insufficient, he could still ask His Majesty Oscar for help, and it seemed that he didn't need to ask others for help. But Sui Xiong didn't think so, he felt that Gerald's current appearance was very detached from society, and if he didn't work hard to develop some interpersonal relationships, sooner or later he would become a "posthumous and independent" reclusive master, like an overly powerful creature such as a dragon, living alone in a barren land, not to mention friends, and not even a ghost shadow could be seen.
Humans are, after all, social creatures, and what fun is there in such creatures!
So he asked Gerald to bring Palin, who wanted to open his eyes, and used the excuse of "I'm busy" to ask Gerald to find a helper to help dismantle the magic mechanism. At the end of the day, I just want Gerrard to communicate with people more and make more friends.
In fact, he had been thinking about how to reshape Gerrard's appearance during this time. The image of this bald guy (although he is not bald now) is so cool that he has no friends, even if he doesn't consider the problem of friends, he is such a big man, and it is difficult to find a partner!
Isn't there a witty saying on the earth, saying that age, appearance, income, personality, and even gender, life and death, etc., can't stop love, only the physique is a hard injury. Gerald's aesthetic must be human, and he can't like big creatures like ogres or mountain giants, and if he wants to find a partner, he has to make his size smaller again, or give him the ability to grow and shrink freely.
So since he slept beautifully, Sui Xiong has been working this subject. At this moment, if someone flies high in the air and flies on the huge floating jellyfish, you can see that there is a muscle on the jellyfish's back, which is constantly changing shape.
That's him experimenting, researching the means of free morphing.
Sui Xiong himself can deform, but the speed of his transformation is not fast, and this transformation still has a certain risk, except for him, who is not afraid of death, others are only afraid that they will not be able to use it. From the spell system of this world he came into contact with, there should be a better, quicker, and more secure way to transform.
There must be a solution, it is just to be found.
In the past few days, when Gerald and the others were on their way, Sui Xiong was concentrating on research, trying to find this way.
But this kind of immediate is not destined to get results soon, all he can do is to be patient, slowly explore and scrutinize.
It was getting late, and Gerald finally dug up the magic trap. It was a metal plate at least five feet square, carved with intricate patterns that looked dazzling. In the center of the pattern, there is a drop-shaped groove that runs through countless veins, like blood vessels.
The correct way to unlock this mechanism is to drop the blood of the same bloodline as Ruhr into the drop-shaped groove, and then the blood will flow along the veins into the magic circle, first activating the bloodline identification circle, and if you can pass the bloodline identification, you will further activate the remaining circle, and finally unlock the mechanism and open the way to the treasure vault. And if it can't pass the bloodline identification, the magic circle will be dimmed, and it will take a night to absorb the free negative energy before it can recover and be used for the next identification.
However, Gerald would definitely not be able to take out the bloodline of Luer, because when Sui Xiong found the information in Luer's memory, the orc had already died hard, and the blood in the corpse had lost its vitality and could not pass the identification - any bloodline identification circle only recognized the living blood, and the blood of the dead corpse was absolutely not recognized.
So when the circle is dug up, the rest is the work of Ren, a high-level thief.
"It looks complicated, not average. Wren didn't rush to make a move, he carefully observed it for a while, and sighed in admiration, "The person who arranged this magic mechanism is a good hand, not only is his skill exquisite, but his magic level is not ordinary!"
"Generally speaking, such a magic mechanism requires the cooperation of a hand-eater (thief) and a brain-eater (mage). But this mechanism seems to be done by one person, which is rare. To be honest, although the level of this magic is not high, we who eat food generally can't learn magic, and it is really surprising that we can reach such a level!"
"Are you okay then?" asked Gerald.
"Twenty years ago it was fine, but not now. Wren shook his head and said with a wry smile, "At that time, I learned some spells, and I basically knew all the spells that we could use in this industry. But it was useless for decades and was deserted. ”
"Can spells be wasted?"
"Of course, there is no skill in this world that will not be wasted. Why is it that many powerful adventurers, when they were roaming the rivers and lakes, also picked up a sword to cut people, picked up a staff to cast spells, but later they often became simple warriors or mages? The key is that as the level becomes more and more advanced, more and more energy needs to be consumed in one aspect, and the other side is wasted. "But don't worry, I can't make such a mechanism, but I can still crack it." After all...... It's always easier to destroy than to build. ”
After the old thief finished speaking, he lowered his head and concentrated on cracking the mechanism. His movements were light and slow, barely discerning what he was doing. Gerald looked at it for a while, but couldn't see the slightest clue, so he shook his head and went back to help Parin.
It took longer than they expected to crack the mechanism, and it wasn't possible to complete it until dark. So they stayed next to the treasure that day and waited for the next day.
During the night, Parin set up a magic circle around the camp that would obscure the skeletons' senses. Although it was close to the dense army of skeletons, nothing happened, and he slept peacefully.
The next day the sun was good, and after a good night's sleep, Rennes was in good shape. After breakfast, I started to get busy, and finally at noon came the good news.
"It's done!" he cried out in the pit, "come here, it's a small teleportation circle." ”
The three gathered into the pit and stood together as he instructed. Then he activated the cracked magic mechanism, and a faint green light was projected and shone on them.
With a slight feeling of dizziness, their eyes darkened, and they had been transported from the pit to a cave.
The cavern was unusually dark, but something faintly golden in the distance could be seen glittering in the light of the gems, far more than they had guessed beforehand.
This is the treasure of the orc thief "Bloody Hand" Ruhr, the wealth accumulated by the thieves who have ravaged the four towns in the northwest for several years.