Walking from the Yongdao to the inside of the north tower, although everyone was brave and daring, they were also a little more careful. However, it seems that the information that Quest "squeezed" from the Soulbinder Crystal is indeed very complete, and the traps set by the Soulbinder Mage named "Shuric" are all recorded by him. Often, it is only necessary to place the Soul Binding Crystal as a key into some recesses in an inconspicuous corner as a "map" to re-lock the opened mechanism.

Something seems to be wrong? Quiss, who was in the middle of the line, suddenly remembered something. He remembered that when Brach came to ransom Harkonnen, the son of the captured chieftain, he described Hajar Otto's encounter here as follows: "The quest was almost completely wiped out after only a short advance, and it was only stopped by some low-level synths."

The "map" that the desert elves gave to themselves as ransom at that time should have been one of the conspiracy methods of the soulbinder mage Shuric, and the information recorded on it was no different from the map stored in the soulbinder crystal.

Since he and the others were on the same path as the previous Salem exploration team, the corpses of those elven warriors who were slaughtered by the synthesizer should be scattered in this corridor at this time. But up to now, Quest and his companions have not encountered the corpse of a desert elf.

Could it be that they were all eaten by synths? So why are those synths gone? Moreover, yesterday Palu and Sneijder dissected the Shadowmons and discovered that their digestive organs resemble a biological internal combustion engine. Although these synthetic beasts will bite flesh and blood during combat, they can only replenish their energy by ingesting black oil.

The Shadow Beast is actually a modification of the Salem Elves based on the synthetics encountered here, and it is very likely that the synths here also have digestive organs similar to biological internal combustion engines. In other words, they don't eat meat, and it's likely that the remains of those members of the Salem Expedition team disappeared for some other reason.

Thinking of this, Quis couldn't help but become alert. Ever since he entered the North Tower of Soulbinding Mage Shuric, he has always had a slight feeling of being spied on under the prompting of his psychic ability, but he can't clearly perceive where this peep is coming from.

Informed everyone of their doubts and the premonition of being spied on, and everyone stopped. Quest knew that if he wanted to continue exploring the ruin, he would have to plan ahead and not fully trust the information he had received from the Soulbinding Crystal.

Since that Shuric had arranged so many follow-up hands for his reincarnation before he died, there was no reason why he wouldn't have set up some countermeasures in the Soul Binding Crystal to deal with someone like the young Blue Dragon who "brute-forced" in order to obtain information. Therefore, at this time, they could not follow the steps recorded on the Soul Binding Crystal and go through the obstacles of the trap to receive the "inheritance" of the Soul Binding Mage.

When Quest decides to abandon the technical "touch the blonde mound" and prepare to directly carry out the violent "moving of mountains", the half-lich with rich experience in "dragon hunting" stops his employer.

"Mr. Quest, please be uneasy," Snead made a hand-waving motion as he manipulated the mechanical prosthetic, and then used a spell to summon a Thor Stone Monster from the Earth Elemental Plane, "We need to take the initiative to get some information before we can make plans." ”

Thor Stonecubes are earth-elemental plane protists who speak the Turkish language. Their appearance is easily recognizable: they look like they are heavy, they have a large mouth covered with fangs on the top of their heads, three stout short legs, three arms with three sharp claws, and three large eyelid eyes that can be seen in all directions. They are naturally able to swim between stones and soil like fish in water, leaving no caves or other traces behind them as they pass through layers of earth or rock, and they use this ability to mine precious metals and gems in the native plane for food. There are also spellcasters who invent a spell called "Thor Stone Walk" based on this strange ability.

"When you have a gem in your pocket, a hungry Thor is a useful Thor Stone," the steampunk half-lich said to the crowd before communicating with the summoned Thor Stone in a sticky syllable native language: "Two sapphire clusters as an advance payment, search and record the structure of the cave here, find out if there are any traps, and give you three sapphire clusters as the final payment when you come back and tell me." ”

There are various gems and precious metals in the earth of the earth elemental plane, but some gems such as crystals, which are not particularly expensive in the main matter plane, are not very common. Hand the two sapphire clusters to the Thor Stone, which catches them with a clawed palm and throws them into the maws that grow above their heads. After a "crunching" chew, the Thor Stone makes a "moo" sound similar to that of a calf—a sign that it is satisfied with the food and is thanking its generous summoner. The greedy Thor Stone Monster was instantly captured by Sneiard's snacks, and immediately escaped into the rocks of the corridor wall after accepting the mission - these guys won't get lost in the dirt and rocks, and as long as the rest of the Quest team stays where they are, it can be retrieved quickly after completing the mission.

The waiting time was a long time for any living being, and Ques and the others had to pass the time by small talk. Ogre Blue leaned against the wall, pulled out some snacks and asked as he ate, "Why did the desert elf named Brach have to bring that bad boy's body back for cremation, bury it in the sand or make the deceased one with himself like we did?"

"Cremation is not a custom unique to desert elves, but ordinary desert elves can't enjoy this kind of treatment after death," only the young blue dragon was more familiar with the customs and customs of this place, so he replied: "The desert elves are very special because the flame comes from the eternal blazing sun hanging high in the sky. Due to the belief that a foul corpse could defile the sacred flames, ordinary desert elves are not allowed to be cremated after death. Only the noblest chiefs of the tribe and the high priests of the voice like Brache are qualified to use cremation after death......"

The steampunk half-lich was once a member of the elven race, but it was just a drow elf living in the dark region of Morsobre. When he listened to Quest's account of the desert elves' custom of worshipping the blazing sun and respecting the flames, he said he couldn't understand: "Oh my God, there are still elves who will envy the tyranny of the sun! before I became a lich......

His words came to an abrupt end, and when he mentioned the word "lich", Snead suddenly thought of a possibility: "The lich reincarnation will have a life box, so although this soulbinding mage Shuric is not using the reincarnation technology he developed, is it possible that there are similar strange things in this North Tower?"

This question attracted everyone's attention, and Quis took out the Soul Binding Crystal and rubbed it a few times, and suddenly had some speculations about the unknown existence that had been cut off by him and connected to this spar by his own hands.

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