Chapter 115: Schurek and the North Tower
"Don't forget, Cornier's poisonous miasma is confusing, don't forget, Cornier's flames blind you, don't forget, Cornier's roar can shatter your heart. ”
- Desert Elf proverb
Cut off the "dotted line" linked to the Soul Binding Crystal with a silver blade, and cut off the connection with an unknown existence Although the Soul Binding Crystal still retains the ability to communicate with the heart, it has lost its demagogic specialty.
It's like a server without a firewall, and the Soul Binding Crystal is powerless to resist under the invasion of Quis's psychic abilities. It only took a moment for the information recorded inside it to be read by the young blue dragon.
Similar to the results of previous guesses, the Soulbinder Crystal, which can subtly distort the minds of others, and the map scroll that Hajar Otto of Salem obtained before, which recorded the Soulbind Mage's laboratory, are all the backhands left by the Soulbind Mage in order to be reborn smoothly. Its purpose is to attract more people to explore the ruins of the Soul Binding Tower, and then harvest the soul power of these people through other reserved means, so as to complete the integration of the Soul Binding Mage's "Beast Body", "Beast Heart" and "Beast Nature", so that he can be reincarnated as a "beast life".
It's just that it was probably due to the "disconnection" in advance, even if Quisi did not hesitate to use his psychic ability to crack it at the cost of destroying the "hard disk" of the soul binding crystal, he still failed to find some clues related to "beastliness".
In desperation, the young blue dragon had no choice but to gather his team members to make the information available to the public, and then study whether to continue the exploration journey of finding the "Soul Binding Mage Laboratory".
Thanks to Snead's healing spell and the ogre's high-quality potions, it didn't take long for Bradch, the desert elf who had been stabbed in the chest by Harkonnen, to recover. When he had finished listening to what Quis had to say, he looked at the campfire without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
In the early morning of the next day, the former powerhouse of Salem extinguished the fire with sand, and after getting up and praying to the rising sun, he personally dissected Harkonnen's body and removed the heart of the beasts that had fused with it. Leave the spell creation developed by this Salem spirit to Quis to repay the others for saving him.
After taking his leave, Bradch picked up the remains of his Harkonnen, wrapped in a skin that had been peeled from the Blazing Beastmon's body, and left first, returning him to Salem for cremation.
And the rest of the people, after deliberating, felt that there was nothing to say about the matter. The so-called possible trap is nothing more than a conspiracy of a soulbinding mage who has not died. There are even lichs in this team, can you still be afraid of ghosts?
Ogre Blue, who always had an idea, finally shouted "dig the grave, dig the grave, touch the gold and steal the treasure" proposal was unanimously approved. And because the owner of this "tomb" is dead and will still plague the world, even the holy warrior Jensen has not spoken out to stop the idea of this "tomb robbery".
It's just that the dragon body of the brown dragon Kusilian is too big to be carried by space equipment. Therefore, after taking out its heart and brain marrow, Quis came forward to send a note to the chief of the Elves of Sashan, ordering him to send someone to temporarily guard the body of the brown dragon, waiting for them to come back for the next treatment. The aged King of Sasam, who had known the identity of Quis last night, naturally did not dare to disobey the dragon's orders, and he repeatedly promised to take his own warriors to personally guard the body of the brown dragon.
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According to the information provided by the Soul Binding Crystal, starting from the Oasis of the Royal Court of the Sashan Tribe, it traveled more than 800 miles to the west. Climbing over a mountain rarely seen in the desert, a vast volcanic field appeared in front of the Queth team.
The Desert Elves call this place "Kernir", which means "the land of the poisonous miasma". There are many underground volcanoes in the area, and the mountain they climbed before was the product of ancient volcanic eruptions and lava accumulations. Although most of these volcanoes are no longer active, the strong smell of sulfur wafting from the ground and permeating the air here still makes everyone feel like they are back in Avinath, the first layer of Bato.
After searching for a long time, Quest took out the Soul Binding Crystal, which had become cloudy due to destructive analysis, and projected the map information stored inside. After carefully comparing the topographical features drawn on the map, he pointed to the isthmus not far away and said confirmatively, "That soulbinding mage named Shurek and his research laboratory, the North Tower, should be buried deep in the cracks of this isthmus. ”
"Shurric and Northtower" is the name of the Soulbind mage and his research laboratory stored in the Soulbinder Crystal, which reminds Quest of the story of the two little mice he once watched.
"He's a ground mouse. The young blue dragon couldn't help but complain as he stood on the edge of the isthmus and looked down.
In the multiverse, mages have "house attributes", and generally speaking, they do have a preference for choosing this kind of tower-type building with both residential and office attributes as their nest.
However, when most of the mages in their normal minds and aesthetics are building the mage tower, as long as the conditions allow, they will choose to build it tall and grand.
It is not uncommon for a person like Shurek to build a mage tower in the middle of the isthmus, but it can also be regarded as a unique taste. For spellcasters, unique taste often means a distorted mind.
According to the map, the entrance to the "North Tower" should be about a thousand feet below the isthmus, which is indeed a challenge for the average person to climb such a long distance down the smooth cliff face. However, fortunately, there are many members in the Quis team who can cast spells, and a "group feather fall technique" is naturally not a problem. The only problem was that many parts of the isthmus were so narrow during the descent that the three ogre brothers had to be subjected to a "shrinking spell" before they could pass through.
As the depth increased, the sulfur-smelling miasma in the air became more and more intense, and Quest and Snead were fortunate to say that the three brothers Jensen and Ogre had used the "pig-nosed" gas masks they had previously issued in the Acid Mist Canyon Plane to continue their journey.
When everyone descended to the predetermined position, a protruding rock protruded from the side of the isthmus, and a cave with traces of artificially excavated buildings appeared at the place where the rock was connected to the gorge wall. Quest stepped into the cavern first, inserting the Soulbinder into an inconspicuous rock hollow - this was the correct way to open the entrance to the North Tower, as revealed by the Soulbinder under the psychic ability.
Unlike most "tomb robbing" genres, there are no traps such as "cold arrows" or "quicksand" that are triggered after opening this door. Everyone pushed open this weighty rock gate carved out of granite, and when they entered it, they realized that the situation inside was very different from what they had imagined.
First of all, the corridor was much more spacious than expected, and the height was also very amazing, at least after the ogre brothers lifted the shrinking spell, the unusually tall ogre Naru was able to stand up straight. By the standards of this corridor, Quest estimated that a young blue dragon would be able to walk leisurely here. Of course, it would not be so easy for the larger dragon to get through this passage.
According to the information in the Soul Binding Crystal, the brown dragon corresponding to the "beast body" in the body, mind, sex, and life was already an adult when it escaped from here, which means that it did not escape from the Soul Binding Mage's research laboratory from this main path. Otherwise, the walls of this corridor will definitely show signs of widening. ”
Quest thought to himself.
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