Chapter 189: Troll's Crypt
[You accepted the quest 'Absorb Troll Remains.'] 】
[You have obtained the 'Troll Shrine'.] 】
Mu You clicked on the text of the 'shrine' and took it out to look at it.
The so-called 'Troll Shrine' is actually a metal urn, with a large number of mystical patterns carved on the surface, as well as two rows of relief reliefs of troll skulls in total.
At this moment, the eyes of all skeletons are gray, which means that there are no troll ashes in the shrine yet, and in terms of quantity, for every troll corpse absorbed, a skeleton should light up.
When the skull is all lit, it means that it has been filled with ashes.
As soon as the spirit shrine was opened, it immediately exuded an extremely cold aura, enveloping Mu You's whole body.
Mu You estimated that this was the breath of a troll, as long as this thing was held in his hand, he should not be attacked by the ghosts in the cave if he entered the cave.
Mu You immediately manipulated the character to return to Xiaoya's treehouse and rode a donkey to the previous troll cave.
Mu You had already tried before, and if he put the dark teleportation array in other places in the Elven Forest, it would be dismantled by the elves passing by, and the elves really didn't like this kind of thing with a dark atmosphere.
There was no way, Mu You had to transfer from Xiaoya every time.
In the process of hurrying, he opened the world channel of the forum by the way, and posted two trading posts on the trading interface: one was to collect more than 200 sunflowers, and then hang the high-grade 'iron crystal nail mallet' and 'mud boots' that he had seized as a reward, with an entry of 'negotiable'.
The sunflower itself is not expensive, the value of one plant will not exceed a year's lifespan, and two fine-grade props should be enough to redeem.
But the problem is that this thing is a specialty of the corresponding Astral Spirit City in Africa, and there are few closed beta players in Africa, and the level is generally relatively low. What's more, now that the 'Arcane Tower' is in full server mission, Fools are generally unable to enter the city, making it even more difficult to obtain this kind of material that only grows in a specific city.
Mu You didn't expect to reach a deal anytime soon, so he hung up and tried his luck first.
As for the other task of capturing the 'Abyss Wyvern' alive, this is even more difficult, and a single player may not be able to do it anyway, probably only a whole team of skilled God players will have a chance to act together.
Mu You also did his best to hang up a post on this task, but he didn't dare to mention the specific reward at all, and only said that he intended to talk about it in detail.
After the game character arrives at the mouth of the cave, Mu You sends the shrine into the game, and then clicks 'Enter the cave'.
[You enter the cold and damp Troll Cave, where the Troll Clan has buried their corpses since ancient times, and countless beast bones are piled up at your feet. 】
[With the ability of night vision, you can see clearly in the cave where you can't see your fingers.] You see the wraiths of countless trolls, hovering around you, scrutinizing you unkindly. 】
[Fortunately, the shrine in your hand makes you exude the aura of a troll. The spirits didn't attack you, and vanished past you in turn. You're safe. 】
It seems that invisibility doesn't work for these wraiths, who still see through him with his cloak of invisibility.
Fortunately, as long as the shrine is in hand, the ghost will not actively attack.
After the first hurdle, it is much easier to do, and a large number of resentful spirits are concentrated at the mouth of the cave, just like the existence of the gatekeeper god, and there are many fewer resentful spirits inside.
Mu You continued to explore deeper into the cavern, but soon he realized that he had underestimated how well the trolls were defending the tomb.
After walking along the narrow dirt path for thirty meters, you enter a wide underground tunnel area. 】
[The tunnel is made of moss-covered smooth boulders, seven or eight meters wide, and the stone walls on both sides are covered with extinguished torches. Every fifty meters or so in the tunnel, there is a troll's grave. Countless tunnels wind their way underground, creating a complex and intertwined underground labyrinth. 】
[A three-way intersection appears in front of you.] In the left, middle and right directions, you can see a faint tomb, and you decide to go to the ...... first]
"Left!"
At the familiar three-way intersection, Mu You chose one casually to see.
[You walk to the tunnel on the left.] 】
[You feel you bump into an invisible figure, green skin revealing in front of you, it turns out to be a stealthy troll assassin!] 】
[The Troll Assassin immediately saw through your disguise, and immediately roared angrily, and launched an attack on you with a dagger in hand.] 】
[You easily counter-killed the Troll Assassin, but your actions also disturbed the other ghosts and patrolling trolls in the cave.] 】
[Countless ghosts rushed towards you, and you were quickly killed in place......]
"Backtrack, backtrack!"
Mu You decisively pressed the pocket watch. It turns out that there are not only ghost guards in the cave, but also a large number of living troll patrols, and the troll shrine can fool the ghosts, but it has little effect on the living.
Moreover, I don't know why these trolls like stealth so much, and they have to sneak on their own territory, so the text will not give hints at all, and you can only know if you bump into them......
[Time passes, you return to the three-way intersection, this time, you choose ......]
Mu You chose 'right', but he didn't rush over directly, but waited for the character to walk to the right for two seconds, clicked on the 'Arcane Missile', and explored the road.
[The missile smashes out, following a zigzag trajectory that knocks out a troll scout hidden near the wall on the right.] 】
"Sure enough!"
Mu You pressed the pocket watch again, withdrew the figure to the intersection just now, walked to the last middle lane, and released the missile again.
Fortunately, this time I didn't hit anything again.
[The Arcane Missile travels around you several times, but does not find any targets, until it runs out of energy and disappears automatically.] 】
[You walk into the middle tunnel with peace of mind.] 】
[You found a 'Troll Spearman's grave', placing the shrine on the grave will automatically absorb the remains in the tomb, is it immediately absorbed?] 】
"No!"
What the mission needs is the remains of the 'High Troll', which is obviously just an ordinary soldier, and Mu You himself is reluctant, after all, there are only twenty pits in the urn, and the remains collected are still as advanced as possible.
Next, Mu You began to continue to use his pocket watch and the path-finding ability of the missile to continue to push deeper into the crypt.
This catacomb is much larger than expected, and the inside is like a labyrinth of graves, and there is a tomb every few tens of meters, but most of them are the graves of ordinary trolls, and none of the high-level ones have been seen so far.
This is where the map comes in.
Mu You drew a map on paper while exploring the way, which was somewhat similar to the process of exploring Anning Village, but this crypt was much larger than Anning Village, resulting in an extremely complex map, like a coiled spider web.
Also, not all roads are passable. The distribution of troll patrols in the crypt was not regular at all, and Mu You had just explored for less than half an hour before he encountered a situation where all three roads were blocked by trolls.
[Time passes, and you return to the fork in the road. Now that you've learned that the three paths ahead are guarded by more than two trolls, do you want to go back and take a different path? 】
"No."
Mu You chose to refuse, he had almost explored the path in front of him, and he would have to come back sooner or later.
What's more, the security of this place has suddenly become so tight, maybe there are high-level tombs.
He waited where he was for a while, going out every ten minutes to throw a missile to test, hitting the troll and going back and waiting.
After waiting for nearly forty minutes, finally, this time the missile hit nothing.
Mu You's eyes lit up, and sure enough, these patrolmen didn't always stay in one place and didn't move.
Hurriedly walked in this direction.
[You go deep into the tunnel and find a tomb that is noticeably taller than the others. Judging by the rudimentary epitaph, this is supposed to be the tomb of the chief of some troll tribe. 】
The hierarchy within the troll clan is not as clear as that of humans, but the common identities of basic chieftain, priest, and elder are common to every tribe, and these identities are considered high-level trolls.
And this tomb is actually buried with a chieftain, representing the supreme leader of a tribe, and he must be eligible!
[You placed the shrine flat on the top of the tomb, and the bottom of the shrine automatically spread out runes, connecting into a magic array, wrapping the entire tomb. Under the operation of the magic array, the energy of the remaining corpses inside the tomb was continuously extracted and poured into the inside of the shrine......]
[Absorbing the corpses, it is expected to be completed in 118 seconds......]
Mu You's eyelids jumped, he didn't expect it to take as long as two minutes to absorb a corpse...... He couldn't move during this time, so he couldn't have just been spotted by a passing troll, right?
Mu You waited anxiously.
As a result, I was really afraid of anything, and when I saw the countdown go to the last twenty seconds, a new text suddenly popped up.
[A patrolling troll scout passes by and senses movement.] 】
[The Troll Scout discovers your murderous act of stealing corpses, and is furious, attacking you, and shouting for help. 】
You temporarily repelled the Troll Scout. and fought with other trolls who came to reinforce ......]
Mu You knew that this fight would definitely die again, and now he was only looking forward to the countdown to be completed quickly, at least let him get this ashes before he died, and don't run in vain.
He hurriedly used all the magic and means that he could use on the panel, delaying death as long as possible.
Fortunately, this operation was still effective, and in the end, it was successfully delayed to the countdown to zero.
[The Shrine absorbs the energy in the tomb and contains a troll corpse, filling progress (1/20).] 】
[You were strangled by countless troll undead who were driven in, lifespan -1.] 】
[Detected that you have bound a teleportation mark, will you be revived at the teleportation point?] 】
"Yes."
Of course, Mu You chose to teleport back to the cabin, he is now exposed, and he will continue to stay in the tomb, and he will only be constantly attacked by ghosts.
(End of chapter)