Chapter 289: The Soul of Communism Sucks Monsters
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Behind the wide chasm is a magnificent wall.
Although it was dilapidated, and the walls were mottled by the collapse of masonry, one could imagine its original grandeur from the ten-foot-high base and the corridor that extended inward, especially the huge door on which it was installed, the human-shaped carvings on both sides had weathered, but the rough iron teeth at the lower end of the thirty-foot suspension gate were enough to make everyone who approached him look up and hold their breath slightly.
However, as everyone's attention was focused on the wall, Edward's gaze shifted slightly.
The geological structure here has obviously reached below the mantle - the deep groove of sulfur gas and flame clouds makes human beings pause their gaze for a moment, and the wide gap in the field of vision gradually narrows, and finally becomes a faintly flowing dark red bottom, about a few miles from the ground, but the faint heat is already a little sweaty, and the pungent stench is even stronger, and it is disgusting. However, the dark red flame color was still dazzling in the mist......
Eighty percent of the energy contained in the magma is something that can be directly absorbed by earth elemental creatures, as long as you build a teleportation array here, then it shouldn't take too much time to recharge it.
Stepping across the stone bridge that faintly emanated with magical ripples, Edward thought.
However, when the group walked over the abyss, the long and wide black bridge, and stepped into the giant arch, the space around them suddenly changed—in the subtle flow of air, regardless of temperature. Still the smell, it seems that it has recovered to its normal Cheng dù, Edward twitched, and could even smell a certain kind of sea breeze in the air......
Obviously, it was some of the magic devices in this ancient ruins that were doing a great job.
If you can make your own territory look like this...... For a moment, humanity couldn't help but think so.
Of course. With the magic of magic, no matter what kind of place it is, it can be transformed into a comfortable environment. Legend has it that the ancient Arcanists could even directly carve out a half-plane with nothing, and then create air, light, and water sources in it. To become a comfortable place to live, Burgundy, which is located on the surface, does not need to be so difficult if it wants to be renovated.
But even so, it is a big project that requires the joint efforts of several ** divisions, and it has to pay enough and sky-high costs...... Edward himself went to build gradually, even if it took decades to gradually accumulate strength, contacts and funds, but he might not be able to achieve his wish.
It's just that the interior of the city is not flattering.
The streets are completely paved with uniform-sized gray strips of stone, flanked by flat-roofed houses. It is constructed of a mixture of earth and stone. Even though it has been weathered for thousands of years, it can still be seen that it is covered with traces of intricately carved patterns.
They were originally taverns, inns or shops, or whatever, but now. but they have all become the dwelling place of living things...... Barbarian-like creatures carved out of the middle of the area, and occasionally a few goblins screamed and ran away from the street, followed by a few lizardmen in hot pursuit, seemingly vying for some food, while a few ogres and trolls sat around the fire not far away. Stirring the thick green soup in a large cauldron.
When a group of people walked by, the surrounding qiē seemed to be quiet, and goblins, lizardmen, or other things with eyes were staring at this group of beings walking by in a big way—or, a human wandering in a city with a strange attraction was no less than a human swaggering through a city on the surface of the earth......
Here, after all, humans are foreign bodies.
"This ...... Wouldn't the spirit-sucking monsters manage the city?" The strange gaze around the half-elf couldn't help but shrink his neck, and he complained in a low voice: "Even if these guys are slaves, they should manage it, right?"
"That's right, miss, since these are only their slaves, and they are the lowest of them, they are naturally in no mood to pay attention...... Like us, they'll isolate an uptown, and they'll be pretty much the same over there. The male Drow spoke.
There was no clear distinction between the upper and lower districts, and after a few alleys, the streets in front of them became empty - ogres, monsters, or noisy goblins did not go beyond the confines of this street, as if there was an invisible wall there.
"A spellcaster and his five followers, asking to be granted permission to enter the city. ”
Stopping at the entrance of the street, the Spirit Sucker, known as the Star Seeker, spoke, not knowing who he was reporting to, and after a moment, he tilted his head slightly, then turned around and made a gesture of invitation to the crowd: "Okay, you can enter the city." Within four hourglasses, you can stay in the city. ”
"That's it?" This simple process made everyone stunned for a moment. And Miss Lisa, who was surprised, finally couldn't help but speak.
"Yes. ”
"That's it?"
"Yes. ”
"Isn't there some duel ritual to enter the city?"
"Duels to the death are not customary, they only apply to unfamiliar beings. If you have made a certain contribution to the city, you can skip this step. ”
"What kind of contribution? have we contributed?" Edward frowned, feeling that this statement was a bit far-fetched.
"You saved my life, and that's enough to contribute. After a pause, the Spirit Sucker spoke, "Although you are numerous, you do not pose a threat, so there are some things that can be skipped. ”
"Is that okay? I thought they ......," Druid Famini muttered under his breath, "Is this still one of those notorious spirit-sucking monsters......?"
"Psics are more evil and dangerous, aren't they?"
The Psion Monster named Starseeker suddenly spoke, "Actually, it's just that some of you humans say so, and so do everyone—those who haven't actually seen the Psivalist. But remember, legends are such things. It is inevitable that what the ears hear is not necessarily true, and sometimes even what the eyes see is not necessarily true, let alone the so-called evil and dangerous Cheng Dù and the extent of the description of the spirit sucking monsters."
After a pause, he looked around at the crowd with silver eyes. "Most of them haven't even seen the appearance of the spirit sucking monster with their own eyes, but in order to make others listen to their words. It's natural to exaggerate and describe something horrible, if you've been to the lower realms. Or just know that neither the devil nor the devil is so outrageous. Those so-called bloody things are nothing more than rumors imagined by the cowardly. ”
These words, calm and low, like all their language classes without emotional injection, made most of them nod slightly.
Makes some sense, doesn't it?
Or yes.
But the human in the lead, just lowered his gaze noncommittally.
Edward had never had such an optimistic mood for the Spirit Suckers, and in fact, there weren't many people who could still be optimistic when a group of man-eating monsters roamed around. Moreover, he would not be fooled by the appearances - the ruins of the city, which had been well restored in this part of the city, had almost been restored to more than seventy percent of its appearance, but the wide street ahead was deserted as far as the eye could see. Only a few drows or gray dwarves hurried by, and they didn't even see a single spirit sucking monster, even according to the records in the book, the number of spirit sucking monsters was generally controlled to about three hundred in a city, but this was too few.
If it weren't for the fact that these spirit-absorbing monsters were born with otaku attributes...... Obviously, the undead seem to have had a lot of impact.
A little thought. Suddenly it stopped.
Edward turned his head suddenly, staring at the figure walking slowly in the distance!
The surrounding spiritual power field seemed to be violently stirred, disturbed, and turned into a mess!
This slow-coming spirit sucking monster with its hands on its back was obviously unusual.
He was a head taller than ordinary psionic monsters, about nine feet taller, the skin on his body was purple-red, and there was also a layer of grease-like mucus attached to it, shimmering in the dark red lava firelight, and on the huge head, the smooth eye bubbles were filled with silver light, and four tentacles more than two feet long swayed gently on his chin. It's like crawling. But on this jaw there were two thicker, long whiskers covered with suction cups, which hung down almost to the knees, like the long hair of an elder, which made him look more and more majestic and noble, and his temperament was extraordinary.
Or rather, it is even more terrifying.
A super spirit absorbing monster with six tentacles is a great existence like a demigod for ordinary spirit absorbing monsters...... In fact, their strength is almost certainly demigod-level - such psionic monsters are born with several times more talent than ordinary psionic monsters in various abilities, including the understanding and application of psionic energy, and a few decades are enough time for them to cross the wall of truth and touch the eternal sea.
That is a level that can change everything with its own strength, and can even distort reality, which is almost the same as the ** master.
Not to mention that there are a lot of super spirit absorbing monsters, and they are also highly accomplished mages...... They call it the Arcane Spiritual Double Cultivation, and they complement each other, so that one plus one is far greater than two, and a simple ordinary spellcaster or manifest person will not be more difficult to deal with than an ant in their eyes.
However, Edward's heart was not terrified when he stared at the strange face—or rather, he must have gotten used to this psionic coercion, because the creature in front of him looked a bit like Katzerjek, the inflatable creature version of the Thinker.
It's still cooked.
"Carnziback, Elder Bo. The self-proclaimed Star Seeker's Spirit Sucker opened his mouth and bowed his head respectfully.
Everyone was silent, and there was a momentary pause in the space, but the slight wave of turbulent spiritual lines around Edward made it clear to Edward that the Spirit Sucker was engaged in a series of spiritual exchanges with the Soul Eater, but it was a pity that he couldn't show his ability to reveal the flaws, otherwise he could eavesdrop on what kind of collusion the other party was making.
"Since you don't need to pass the guò test anymore, then according to the rules, the next step is trading time, and I think that's what you're here for. The Soul Eater spoke, of course, using telepathy directly into the creature's mind, which made people feel a slight chill in their hearts: "But I have the right of first refusal for your transactions, so please take out your trading items." ”
Edward frowned, he didn't expect these guys to have such rules. It is not a trading principle of market liberalization.
"Blue mushroom powder?"
The Elder of the Spirit Sucking Monster raised a tentacle and rolled the small bottle in front of his eyes from the human's hand: "The value of this kind of thing is not very large, although it is rare, it is not a renewable resource, if you can provide the spores or mycelium of the blue mushroom, we may be able to make some viable trade, this ...... Well. About thirty servings, a little too little for me to offer you more. Or a drow or two? You can choose from the eighty we have, but none of them have much magical ability. ”
Edward gritted his teeth secretly.
This damn weird price tag is really ruthless...... Thirty servings of such blue mushroom powder. Find a mage on the surface at any time, and I'm afraid you can exchange it for at least seventy or eighty thousand gold coins or something equivalent...... After all, it's something that can improve intelligence. When I got to this old octopus, I picked and gave it to the two Drow, of course, the two Drow slave girls were indeed worth about this amount when they were thrown to the surface, but if they wanted slave girls, with their own identity, there would naturally be a lot of priestesses from failed families to get, and they would still need to exchange with you, the old octopus?
What he needed was all kinds of spirit crystals and psionic supplies. Psionic information, these things, but you can never find them on the surface, but they are nothing to the spirit absorbing monsters...... But the biggest problem is that humans don't want to spit out their intentions directly. Otherwise, this dead octopus would be sorry for his big head if he didn't sit on the ground.
"The dosage is not a problem, if you can provide what I am interested in, then I can give you the finished product of blue mushroom powder in batches and in large quantities. "I thought about it. He said: "Bakaran or Sanis, of course, if you need it, I have a small amount of finished Silent tea. ”
Bakaran and Thanis are of little help to mages, but they are good narcotics to use on warriors, allowing them to ignore pain and be more sensitive, as far as side effects are concerned...... The attitude of the spirit sucking monster towards slaves is a consumable, and there is not much difference in the lifespan of ten or twenty years, anyway, it is often replaced before it is used.
"We don't need these things. ”
The Eater of Souls' answer sent a chill down Edward's heart. However, his next words seemed to have a bit of a twist: "Of course, the so-called transaction does not have to be such a thing. ”
"I'm not going to sell slaves. ”
"No, slaves are such inferior goods, and my interest is not very great at the moment. The four tentacles of the Eater of Souls squirmed: "Human, if you don't know our rules, then you should at least do your best to gather some information beforehand, bluffing may not necessarily bring you a more favorable situation." ”
"We can also accept the trade of knowledge. After a pause, he said, "Anyone can be paid with the knowledge we don't have." ”
"What kind of knowledge?"
"Any knowledge, your history, hearsay, surface conditions, changes in geography, wars or whatever, some new potion recipes, or even special weather conditions can be used as a valuable item. We assess the value of knowledge and reward it accordingly. A qiē is based on the value of the information you can provide. ”
"Is that okay?"
"You won't understand, as part of the law, no matter how small the knowledge, as long as you connect it, one day you will be able to glimpse the ultimate mystery of the multiverse, and grasp and even create the only law......" The Eater of Souls said leisurely.
"The world is only a constituent body of will and appearance, and only the law is the link that binds them...... Really?" said Edward suddenly. Interrupted the Eater of Souls' tirade. also made his gaze stop on the human for a moment.
"So, what about the recent changes in Hanseatic Tilon?" said the human.
The Spider Queen ordered the Drow to begin their assault on the surface...... We already know this. The details are not clear, but the details are not important. The Eater of Souls shook its tentacles, "There is no need to trade in what has already been learned, and we are not particularly interested in this kind of news, unless you can provide us with a definite explanation of the Spider's behavior, as well as sufficient evidence to justify the explanation." In addition, the change of regime or war that occurs on the surface of the earth is of little significance to us, and can only be used to extend the survival time of at most one hourglass scale. ”
Edward's brow furrowed.
Does this guy really know what is going on in Hansa Tyren? Could it be that the connection between the psionic monsters and the mastermind tells them this?
No&...... Psionic monsters tend to turn their personal hatred into racial hatred, so if that really happened to be the case, they must have been besieged by the psionic energy by now.
So what's going on?
Edward looked up, staring at the silver eyes of the Eater of Souls.
The answer seems obvious...... But it was not so easy, his eyes swept away, and Edward shook his head slightly-now, around everyone's body, there is a magic circle to protect against evil, this is not a high-level magic technique, but it has an excellent resistance effect for the spirit control spell.
But obviously, this thing doesn't mean much in front of a Eater of Souls - in this way, some news and other things may not be used as bargaining chips.
Fortunately, I kept my will all the time. Otherwise, you might just leave.
"I have some tips on how to make magical items...... But I'm going to see what you do."
"There is no need, because we do not have the ridiculous so-called freedom of thought and personal will like yours, as long as the master of the flame is in existence, for us, knowledge is a shared wealth, tell me, or give it to other spirits, the result is the same, as for the types of items, you can rest assured that what I will offer you is all that you can find in this city. We don't have the will, and it's boring to waste our time and intelligence on sorting through objects. ”
Edward couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth, he didn't expect that these spirit-sucking monsters turned out to be **...... (To be continued......)
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