Chapter 40 (The Unknown Monster I)
The skeleton is very old, at least 8,000 years old, judging by the degree of decay and carbonization. That is, the early days of the first evil god coming, the period when the elves and the evil gods clashed. However, at the speed of time in this room, in this ruins, it is very likely that this skeleton is even older than the world of "Redis".
Of course, it's impossible...
According to the guide Hull, he had brought people into the ruins many times, and the difference in time, only this time. It had never been like this before, and otherwise, he wouldn't have continued to do this work.
Since the difference in time has only started now, then this may be the remains of the elves of the first evil god elf period.
Judging from the clothes and armor on its body, its status must have been very high at that time! At least it was also a nobleman of the elf race, or a very important minister. It is supposed to be the elf who was taken hostage shortly after the conflict.
However, it is a pity that its people did not save it, but allowed it to be tortured to death now.
After a careful search of the skeleton's body, they found a very well-preserved scroll at the skeleton's waist. It was written in elven script, and Deklaas couldn't read it at all.
The elven language is divided into three kinds, just like their race, and Deklaas only knows a little bit of the language and writing of the moonlight elves. And the text on this scroll is obviously the same as the text in the Temple of the Goddess of the Sun in the Forest of Hedihus, the text of the Solar Elves.
This kind of daylight elf is a very rare elf, even in the Yuesen Kingdom, there are not many. It can even be said that in the Moon Forest Kingdom, the elves who can write the words of the Sunlight Elves, except for those who are scarce in number, are probably less than a hundred!!
In addition to this incomprehensible scroll, a very strange gem was discovered along with the scroll that Deklaas could not understand.
This gem is quite bizarre, it presents an extremely difficult sight, it is divided into two parts, its outer layer is a transparent gem like glass, but its transparency is not as high as that of glass. And its interior, which is the most bizarre part of this gem, is a raging flame!!
In the midst of this strange gem, a reddish flame burned. Such a spectacle, don't want the Wesker brothers and sisters and Hull, even Deklaas, who is an alchemist, has seen it!!
If the two mercenaries of Quederi were still here, they would probably be tempted by this gem and would not hesitate to kill them in order to possess this strange gem alone!!
Don't think that the two of them don't dare, you must know that the mercenaries are composed of some lawbreakers who no longer discipline and like to kill people and set fires!
However, no matter how precious this gem is, Deklaas and the others will not be desperate like a mercenary. At least now they haven't fled the ruins, and there is no need to give up the chance to live for a gem.
Two hours later, the five of them searched the room and the previous room again. But there was still no clue to leave, not even a small ant hole. Hull and Wesker couldn't help but be a little disheartened, but Deklaas was the same as if nothing had happened above.
In fact, leaving the ruins is not a difficult task for the Deklas couple, as long as Deklaas's mana is restored to a certain level, he can use spatial magic to teleport himself and Mecina out of this room together.
But for now, he just needs to get some rest. But this is the case, but the three of them mistakenly think that there is nothing they can do. However, it is worth mentioning that even so, none of the five of them went upstairs.
In fact, from the skeleton, you can see if there is a way out of this staircase. If so, then why didn't it take the stairs to leave??Why did it die here??The answer is simple, it came down from the top of the stairs!!The little hole that was enlarged by the crowd was actually dug by it to escape. It's a pity that before it succeeded, it was killed by something, or starved to death from exhaustion.
No matter which possible way to die, it means that the top of the stairs is very dangerous!!
After more than ten minutes, just when Deklaas's mana had recovered somewhat, something suddenly fell from the top of the spiral staircase and smashed heavily on the ancient skeleton!!
When the dust stirred up by the fall of the heavy object cleared, everyone found that the thing that fell from above was actually the upper body of the old mercenary!! and at this time, they saw that his eyes were so wide, as if they had seen something extremely terrible above!!The body was full of marks of the bite of the creatures above!!Even the sturdy leather armor had turned into tattered and rotten leather!!
The danger above the stairs is self-evident.
“... Let's go... Let's go back to our previous room... Don't stay here any longer..."Deklaas glanced at the three worms in the room, excited by the smell of blood on the corpses of the old mercenaries, and asked everyone to go back to the previous room.
Hearing this, Messna immediately picked up Deklaas and walked towards the room before. Seeing this, Hull and Wesker brothers and sisters also hurriedly followed, so as not to encounter any danger.
Just as they were leaving the staircase-covered room, another heavy object fell heavily on the staircase, stirring up dust once more. It's just that this time, it made those three worms rush up frantically, desperately devouring the upper body of the old mercenary and the heavy object that had just fallen!!
"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
As the three worms frantically gnawed, a very thick and low roar came from the top of the stairs into the ears of the five Deklaas. The Wesker brothers and sisters, who had no experience in distress, were suddenly too scared to move!!
“... Retreat to the passage..."
As soon as they heard the ethereal, eerie, cold, and emotionless voice unique to Deklaas's skeleton, everyone immediately retreated into the passage from which they came. There are no entrances or exits to this place now, but this is a very good place to fight monsters. Because there is no place to hide from monsters here!!
Of course, here, the five of them have no place to dodge. However, judging from the wounds on the corpse of the old mercenary, that monster does not know any magic!!Moreover, this place can also allow Deklaas, who has not recovered much mana, to cast a spatial transfer and move him and Messena out of the room!!