Chapter 283: Memories of the Past (2)
After listening to the words of this female shadow, Ryan and Elendo's first thought was to remember the hydra that had been killed by them at the door of the temple before, but what appeared next in the hearts of the two people was deep suspicion, because what the female shadow said was very unreasonable, but Ryan and Alendor did not speak, and listened quietly.
Ryan and Allendo's calm expressions also made the female shadow feel a little strange, she thought that the two young people in front of her would be surprised, maybe they might immediately ask about the powerful creature, but she never thought that they were completely indifferent, is this because they are forced to calm down, or the strength of these two young people is so strong that there is no need to be afraid?
"I know my words may have aroused your suspicions," the female shadow seemed to be able to read the hearts of Ryan and Allendo, and she directly said the suspicions in Ryan's hearts to their faces, "I guess you think what I said is unreasonable and think that I am lying to you, or you only care about two things, how did this temple become the way it is, and what you have gained from your adventures here, right?"
Ryan shook his head slightly, and he spoke, "Actually, it's not what you think, we came to the Cursed Swamp mainly to find a lost item, although we don't know why the thief went to such great lengths to steal it and then ran here......"
"Cursed Swamp?"
"Yes, over the years, the former silent jungle has become a different place, full of miasma, and a large number of spiders, crocodiles, bipedal wyverns, all very uncomfortable things, and even killed a hydra while we were looking for a lost item. Ryan said slowly.
"Hydra?" the female shadow was startled, "You mean that kind of ancient demonic beast, a huge creature with nine heads?"
"Yes, it's in the lake outside the temple, oh, yes, I don't know what the hell is going on, but the temple is now sinking to the bottom of the lake. Ryan said, "What we're looking for is at the bottom of the lake outside the temple, and we've found it after killing the Hydra, but we've found it again, so we're going to come in and have a look." ”
"I see, that's the case......" The female shadow was silent, as if she fell into deep thought after listening to Ryan's words, and the expression on her face also changed many times in an instant, some suddenly realized, and some were unwilling, after a while, the female shadow spoke again: "I finally understand why it has been 200 years, and there has not been a single outsider who has entered here, so it is so, I think, there are not many people on the continent who can easily defeat Hydra now, right?"
Ryan nodded, his expression agreeing with the other's words, and the female shadow continued, "We Templars, although we have great power, but in a sense, this power does not belong to us entirely. A true Templar is not only good at melee combat, but also uses all kinds of magic, which can be regarded as a warrior of 'Demon and Martial Arts', we fight with the sharp weapons in our hands, we use the magic in our bodies to support, we release magic without even reciting incantations, so to speak, here we are the most powerful, there is no one. ”
"You say, here?" Ryan heard the implicit meaning of the other party's words, so he asked, and the female shadow also nodded and said, "That's right, this is the purpose of our defense of the Temple of the Apocalypse, because we can't leave here, and after leaving, we will lose most of our strength, and the remaining strength can't let us escape in the vast sea of skeletons, but it is better to use this place to hold on." ”
"My status is a little higher than that of ordinary Templars, probably similar to the difference between cardinals and bishops in the Church of Light, I am not good at combat, but I am responsible for presiding over the entire temple literature, so although I am a little higher in status, my combat ability is the worst among the entire Templars. ”
"After all these years of reminiscing, I can finally be sure that it was a full month after we had been surrounded by the Legion of the Undead, and the fighting had not stopped since the vanguard of the Legion of the Undead stepped into the Silent Jungle, but we didn't let the bones out there step in. The female shadow said this, and pointed to her feet, obviously saying that those undead legions did not enter the temple, her eyes revealed a proud look, and Ryan also admitted that this is a very remarkable thing, you must know that the kingdom of Dianis, one of the seven kingdoms back then, has always been famous for the wonderful cooperation of hoplites and earth magicians, but in the catastrophe 200 years ago, the 30,000 soldiers of the most elite king guard of the kingdom of Dianis faced with fifty times their own undead in the Valley of Sorrow After ten days of hard fighting, they were finally wiped out, composing a tragic scene, and they lost on the innate difference between humans and undead, and human beings will starve, fatigue, bleeding, death, and the undead do not eat or drink, and can fight continuously until they fall into a permanent slumber again.
Now Ryan heard from the female Templar that they were only 5,000 people back then, and that they could fight each other for a month, and it seemed that they had not fallen into disadvantage, which led to the dark ritual of the demigod Lich Cons, which was indeed a remarkable achievement.
The female shadow seems to be very emotional about Ryan's inner emotions, maybe she's pretty good at prophesying magic, right?she sighed and continued: " Actually, I don't know exactly what happened, because that night I sent it to the high priest after sorting out the information about the sacrifice in the temple, and then I went back here and fell asleep, but who knew that when I woke up again, I would become what I am now, my body, completely stop my command, and my soul has become such an immortal and immortal appearance......"
"Overnight, and without any warning at all?" Alendor interjected.
"It should be so, at least in the past 200 years, I have repeatedly recalled, and there is indeed no obvious change," said the female shadow, "If there must be a word, I probably have a little bit of vigilance in my heart, as if ...... It's as if I had a premonition that I was about to come to a catastrophe, but this premonition is usually not very accurate, and if I was good at this kind of prophecy theory, I wouldn't have to do the literature thing, but directly preside over the sacrificial affairs. ”
"Well, I see. Ryan nodded and said, "Do you need us to help you do something?"
A wry smile suddenly appeared on the female shadow's face, but it was more like a cruel smile when combined with her gloomy face: "I have been trapped in this small room for so many years, and I have found that my soul cannot leave my body too far, but I can't go back, and I don't know how I survived all these long years." If you could, please let me really sleep, okay? I just can't stand that loneliness. ”
"Then why don't you want us to help you get a new body, or regain your freedom, but to set you free?" asked Ryan, confused.
The female shadow sighed faintly, and after a long time spoke, "Maybe there is a way to make me free, but if I become an undead, I would rather die." In life, we fought to the death against those hateful creatures, and after death, we cannot give in to them. And...... Moreover, we are only meeting for the first time, will you help me unconditionally?"
When the female shadow said this, she shook her head slowly, and then continued: "If it were me, I might have refused, and I can't exchange anything with you at all, the most important thing in this temple is the seal located at the bottom, besides, for a powerful adventurer like you, I really don't know what to attract you." ”
"Then you can use some sleepy powerful creature to lure us, maybe we'll be fooled by greed?" Alendor stood beside Ryan and spoke, "Or make up a story, as long as it sounds vivid, maybe we'll help you." ”
"I ......" the female shadow's gray face suddenly appeared a little flush, and she held back for a long time before she said: "I won't ...... Yes, I don't know how to make deals with other people, what I need before just ask, someone in charge of this will solve it for me, and what others want me to do, as long as I can do it, I will do it unconditionally, we are like a family, I have lived here since I was sensible, and I have never left for many years, even if I am free, will I continue to live here?"
"I see. Ryan nodded slightly, then continued, "What's the matter with that sleeping creature?"
"It's not a secret, all of our Templar powers, so to speak, belong to a god, and a few years ago, this god sealed a terrible demon, and in order to prevent others from letting it out, he turned a mountain into a palace with his divine power on top of that seal, and then gave his power to some believers to take charge of guarding it, and that's it. ”
"The gods are afraid that you will not continue to guard the power you have, so they put some restrictions on it, such as losing it if you leave here?" Ryan added.
"No, it must not be like this, we must have stayed in the temple because our pious faith is not enough, so we can inherit the power given to us by the gods!" the female shadow shouted in a rapid tone, as if Ryan's words made her very uncomfortable, because it would change the image of the god in her mind to the bad side, which is the last thing that devout believers can tolerate.