Chapter 81: The Mysterious Temple
"Rush through the street ahead, and we'll be there!" Blackbeard, who had emerged from the pile of demon corpses, looked left and right at the terrain, and suddenly shouted loudly. (For the latest chapter reading, please visit)
Objectively speaking, Blackbeard performed well along the way, not only did he not steal and cheat, but also fought bravely, and at the same time found a relatively safe path with his rich experience.
Although safety is only in a relative sense, it is true that they have not encountered such a large-scale siege as the sickleclaw demon along the way. The sporadic demons could not stop the Isttalon warriors, and with the assistance of Lolana, the warriors, including El, skyrocketed their lethality to the demons.
In fact, when it comes to familiarity with the underground environment, the kobold earth diviner is the most suitable staff officer, but that guy is usually a lazy uncle, and if there are not enough benefits, it is difficult to stimulate his initiative. And Lolana is much easier to talk about in this regard.
Although the eldest lady is usually mysterious and confusing, she is still relatively reliable at critical moments. Moreover, as an alchemist, Lolana herself expressed great interest in the ruins of the legendary ancient city-state. With the help of the knowledge and wisdom in her head, many times she can get twice the result with half the effort.
El looked up and looked in the direction Blackbeard was pointing, his eyes lit up. There are no other forks on either side of this street, which means that there will be no more monsters rushing down other streets to find their deaths. At the end of the street is a large gate that stands out in the darkness compared to the traces of the luxurious decoration of the surrounding buildings.
"A temple, perhaps?" Lorana guessed with some uncertainty as she heard El's simple description. With her eyesight, she couldn't see through the darkness, so naturally there was no way to draw conclusions. Hearing that the destination was ahead, the warriors' momentum also recovered a lot, and the speed under their feet increased again, and after disposing of the wave of harassing monsters around them, the whole team began to trot forward.
To El's surprise, the street was unusually quiet, and they went straight to the gate without any monsters hindering them. Blackbeard took the lead and broke in with all the familiarity of his approach, and seeing that he was unsuspected, the Isttalon warriors followed suit.
As Laura had guessed, although it was impossible to see the building from the outside due to the rocks, once inside, it was clear that the temple architecture was evident. Only religious buildings have large halls for worshippers to gather and pray at the entrance, as even those who are not very familiar with the temple are familiar with.
It is precisely because of the vastness of this hall that the surrounding space can be seen at a glance, and the light of the torches quickly dispels the darkness in the hall, and it also proves that there are indeed no traces of monster activity here. The soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, but at this time, another exclamation came from inside the team.
It was Lolana who exclaimed, and sometimes the more you know, the more ignorant you will find yourself, which is a problem that only smart people have. Lolana had guessed the building as it was, but when she entered the hall, she was surprised.
"Which shrine of the gods is this, and why isn't there a corresponding decoration and marking?" Rolana circled around with wide eyes, a look of surprise on her face. In the eyes of the eldest lady, this temple is simply a little too simple, except for the main structure, there is no valuable information at all, and it looks as clean as an unfinished toilet.
"Ahem...... Are you asking us untrustworthy people?" Eln coughed in embarrassment, and the faces of the warriors around him were unnatural. Because the northern region of Oakland has only been developed in the last few hundred years, it is sparsely populated and impoverished, and has little development value relative to the cost, so it has been ignored by the Cult of the Gods. Even in a military town like Eastalen, after hundreds of years of hard work, it has only been favored by a few non-mainstream gods such as Xerxes.
The northerners are mostly unbelievers and know little about the common sense of the cult of the gods, not because they deliberately blaspheme the gods, but because the servants of the gods simply do not look down on such frontier areas.
"No, according to historical records, the ancient city-state at that time was still a wild place, and there should not be a temple, otherwise the Sect of the Gods would not have allowed the power of demons to erupt from here...... And what is the matter with this temple? Could it be that the ancient people who had their brains in water wanted to build the temple first, and then invite the believers of the gods to settle in? Just kidding, there is no such reason......" Lolana walked back and forth a few times, and talked to herself for a long time, and the confusion on her face became more and more serious.
"What I don't understand more than that inconsequential question is - why is the treasure of the King of Thieves hidden in the temple?" El frowned, looking at Blackbeard who walked ahead. Although this hall is spacious, the area is not large, and when you shine with a torch just now, you can basically see the surrounding environment.
As Lolana wondered, the temple was cleaner than a dog's licked plate, not to mention the decoration, there were no tables, chairs, or pulpits, and the floor had not been resurfaced, and it looked even more rudimentary than the first-story ruins. He couldn't find any clues here that could be linked to the treasure.
At this moment, the robbers who followed behind also caught up, and even with the Istaron warriors opening the way in front, they looked a little miserable. The robbers did not have tower shields or heavy armor, and in the face of the attack of the monsters, they could only rely on the rudimentary weapons and equipment in their hands to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the monsters, and naturally suffered heavy casualties.
The robbers were also jealous of the equipment worn by the Istalon warriors, but Roger never asked El to borrow the equipment. If you add up the total weight of the equipment on the Isttalon warriors and the tower shield, I am afraid it will be more than one hundred and twenty catties. Let a robber with no formal training wear such an outfit, and he will not be able to go far to exhaust himself to death.
However, it is difficult to explain this reasoning to these robbers, who themselves are not educated, do not know the reason of trade-offs, and only know how to keep good things for themselves, without considering the actual utility at all.
El could clearly feel the greedy and fearful look in the eyes of some of the robbers, and he didn't bother to pay attention to such a self-aware look. If these bastards dared to make a bad idea and kill them with an axe, presumably Roger wouldn't mind.
The bandits' ranks had been shattered by the shock, and there was no formation at all, and it took five minutes after the first group of robbers hid in before Roger arrived with the men behind the palace.
Although there were no obvious injuries on the surface, El noticed that his face was blue, and he looked like he had suffered a lot of internal injuries, and even the fingers holding the knife were trembling slightly, as if he had experienced a vicious battle.
Roger also had a lot of powerful men around him, and before he set off, El alone found five masters at the peak of the bronze rank, but now there are only three and a half left. Thea, who was closely behind Roger, lost an arm and half of her body, and was barely able to walk with the tenacious vitality of the Earthwalker bloodline.
After entering the temple and finding that there was no danger, the tense expression on Thea's face relaxed, and she fell backwards. (Go read OM) (Jiangsu.com)