Chapter 55: The Treasure Gate (I)
Water elemental, plant elemental, metal elemental, the longsword in the deep pool is a combination of the three elements, plus the ubiquitous rock elemental, or the always-on wind elemental, or the light elemental that will rise tomorrow morning, no matter what the fourth elemental is, this place is a perfect recreation of the Prophecy Land,
Jonah raised his staff high, pouring all his spirit into the illuminating star array, and the light at the top of Siracina suddenly flourished, as if a new sun had risen from the spine of the worm, and the astrologer apprentice himself did not expect that this hastily made star array could be so powerful, he had to close his eyes, even under the cover of his eyelids, the vision was still extremely bright,
"Danny, Hannah. He shouted to the top of the ridge, "Here I am, I've found the burial place of the Sand Thief King's legacy, come quickly." ”
"Don't scream, don't scream, dim your torches and blind my dog's eyes, cargo friend......" Danny's grumbling came from overhead, and Jonah put down his staff in surprise, lowered the input of the illumination array, and opened his eyes,
Danny Stewart's head appeared on top of the twenty-yard rock wall, and the boy of the Stewart family rubbed his eyes and looked down at his friend in disbelief: "How did you go down, my God, is that a spring, and a cherry blossom?" ”
Jonah was embarrassed to reply, "Get down," and he muttered, "It's gentle, it's coming down slowly...... What about others. ”
"Later, I'm closer to you. Danny waved his hand, "Don't move, let's find our way." ”
In a short time, the Stuart siblings and the Tantuha guide climbed down the path where Jonah had fallen, and three torches dripping with animal fat were stuck in the crevices of the rocks, reflecting the brilliant lights of the small stone lawn, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, Danny couldn't wait to drop his backpack and run to the waterhole, kneeling down at the water's edge, burying his whole face in the cold water and cooing and drinking.
"Don't, don't drink. Jonah hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it, but it was too late, "...... said in "Geographical Estimation of the Western Continent", the clearer the water source, the more likely it is to contain highly poisonous, and there is not even a small fish in this pool of water, is it cautious, test it with a test strip and then say wow......"
"It's okay, brother, he's our test strip. Hannah walked up to him, "His life is more tenacious than a desert cockroach, and no poison can kill him." ”
Danny raised his head with a bang, shook the drops of water on his short blonde hair, and said excitedly: "What a sweet spring water, this is really a gift from the Lord God Luta, a miracle, sister, come and take a sip." ”
"It's important to find Dad's legacy. Stuart's contemporary head of the house calmly replied,
"Hahahaha, I've found the key to the treasure. "You must not have noticed that there is a long sword hidden under the spring, and by pulling out the hilt, you can open the door to the treasure, and watch quietly, mortals, and I will reveal all the secrets of the dead ghost father." ”
As soon as the words fell, he took off his robe and boots, plunged into the waterhole with a thud, stretched out his hand to grasp the hilt of the ancient long sword, and pulled it upwards with all his might, and the blade of the long sword was all inserted into the rock at the bottom of the pool, and it did not look too easy to pull out.
"Don't, don't pull it out. Jonah waved his hand hurriedly, too, too late, of course," ...... It has been written in knight novels that when you find a treasure, you must not open it rashly, the ancient nobles will set up a mechanism in the treasure location, and the treasure collector will be killed by a vicious mechanism if he is not careful. ”
Hannah raised her gun, "Everyone, stand back." ”
Hannah, Jonah, and the native guide all stepped back, and Jonah reacted, "Ah, we're safe, doesn't it matter Danny?" ”
"He's fine. Hannah replied briefly, "He can't die." ”
Danny surfaced, took a long breath of fresh air, and wiped the water from his face: "This spring is not deep, I can't see where the water is seeping from, but the sword is too tight, I'll try again, if it doesn't work, Hannah, you can help, with your brute force help, the chance of success will be much greater." ”
The current head of Stuart's family flew up and kicked a piece of gravel at his brother's head, but Danny rolled over like a fish and disappeared under the water again.
"Why does he know how to swim, is there a place in the desert where he can learn to swim. Jonah asked weakly,
"Before we came to the Southern Continent, we were educated in swimming, fencing, equestrianism, and etiquette. Hannah said in a deep voice, as if she didn't want to talk about it again,
The guide of Tantuha stood aside, her expression a little strange, she was wrapped in the blue fabric of her body, the feathers on her head were constantly trembling in the night wind, Jonah glanced at her, and the native woman looked away, not looking at him,
"I think this guide is a bit odd......" said the astrologer's apprentice, and Danny came out of the water again, gasping and saying, "No, it's too tight, give me a crowbar." ”
Hannah immediately opened the huge rucksack, pulled out a metal crowbar, and threw it over, "This time it will work." Reaching for the crowbar, Danny shook his fist and let out a loud roar and sank to the bottom,
"Don't, don't pry. The astrologer apprentice, who was always an afterthought, jumped up and said anxiously, "...... Mr. Koshawar told me that many subtle mechanisms work by means of an accurate fit between components, and that once this fit is changed, the mechanism may be permanently destroyed and will no longer work, and we need to find the right way to open the treasure, not brute force. ”
"What you say is true. This passage caught Hannah's attention,
"It's true. Jonah nodded vigorously,
The contemporary owner of Stewart raised his gun to the waterhole, adjusted the steam pressure, and "sneered...... Bang. In the loud sound of gunfire, "Lame Henry's prosthetic" shot a hot white line, and the bullet stabbed into the water at a very low angle, bouncing off the still water like a pinball, and popping into the opposite rock wall, leaving a small hole in white smoke,
The violent shaking of the water immediately forced Danny out of the water, and he crawled out of the pool in embarrassment, and said angrily: "What are you doing, I drank several sips of water, wouldn't it be too bad to drown like this?" ”
"Don't use brute force. Hannah lowered the muzzle of the gun for a long time: "Look for the mechanism, if it doesn't work, change people." ”
"Hmph, you don't need tools to open the door to the treasure. Danny patted his chest and dropped the crowbar, and dived into the pool again.
Half an hour later, Jonah pulled Danny, whose lips were black, out of the pool, don't look at the weather in early May, the night temperature in the desert is still very cool, the water temperature is estimated to be around four or five degrees, plus the northeast wind blows, the person's body temperature is lost too quickly, if it weren't for the astrologer's apprentice's sharp eyes to find Danny's limbs stiff like a big spider slowly floating on the water, quickly dropped his staff and ran over to rescue, but I was afraid that the sailor who had not succeeded in the division would be confessed in a pool of clear springs,
Dragged the boy of the Stuart family to the dry stone floor, untied his soaked clothes, rubbed his chest vigorously with a dry towel, this is a rescue skill learned from Toba in Cherry Wata, Jonah took a blanket to cover him, rubbed it vigorously until the skin on his chest turned red, and then slapped him a few times from side to side, Danny woke up slowly: "Oh, is it dawn, what are you going to have for breakfast,...... Cargo friend, why am I not wearing clothes,...... Ah, have you done anything shameful to me? ”
Jonah took a step back with a black line on his head: "The water temperature is too low, you fainted, and you didn't find any clues." ”
Danny Stewart smacked his lips, shuddered, lifted the blanket to check his panties, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, my chastity is still there...... If you are a poor and weak guy like you, you might as well leave it to Edward......"
"Clues, clues. The astrologer's apprentice pretended not to understand his sloquery, reminding,
"Oh. Danny's eyes lit up, "A very beautiful long sword, it should be an antique, it will definitely be sold for a lot of money on the black market, just look at the pink diamond on the hilt of the sword, it is bigger than the diamond in the crown of King Esaibaink of Tocharism...... I tried for a long time, the insert is too tight, I really can't pick it off, and you don't let me use a crowbar, and then I bit it with my teeth for a long time, and I almost broke my front teeth."
"I'm asking for clues, the legacy of the King of the Sand Pirates. Wordlessly, Jonah reminded again,
"No, the sword was stuck in the rock at the bottom of the pool, and the incision was very smooth, and there were no gaps. Danny finally remembered what was going on, and shook his wet hair: "There are no secret doors, no traps, and the bottom of the waterhole is indeed a natural rock. ”
The astrologer apprentice frowned,
"I'll go down and see, and if I'm not dead, I'll pick up my gun and keep my eyes on it, sailor. With this command, there was a small splash of water in the deep pool, and the bright red cloak spread out on the ground like a blooming flower, on which were placed two guns, one long and one short, and the Tantuha guide stood by and guarded the torches, and looked at the two men,
"Don't bite your teeth, it doesn't work, I tried. Danny sat up and shouted, patting Jonah on the shoulder, "You take the short gun, I use the long gun, and the man has to take the responsibility of the man." ”
Jonah said that they had been in the same boat for so many days, and you only dared to be a man when Hannah was not there, but he still honestly walked over and picked up the white cherry blossoms of summer, checked the trigger and the safety, and stuck the magic pistol on his belt,
Wrapped in a blanket like a big bug, Danny staggered over, bent down to pick up his spear, and stared into the deep pool, "Do you know how to use a gun?" Suddenly he asked,
"Well, I probably know, in principle, it's no different from an attack array, except that there is a barrel to locate the energy rays, which is more accurate than manual aiming. Jonah scratched his head, "Just turn on the safety and pull the trigger, right?" ”