107-108 (A)
"Alright, you're done!"
After subduing the green smoker, Ernie grinned and clapped her little hands. He handed the glass ball to Elrens as if he were offering a treasure. The evil dragon took a closer look, and saw that the originally transparent glass ball now seemed to have a gray mist writhing inside, and if you looked closely, you would find that it was quite similar to the blue smoke monster just now.
"You—You're trapped somewhere, let me out!" suddenly made a sound from the glass ball, which sounded like the green smoke monster.
Elrens smiled and ignored it, then turned to Oni and asked, "What kind of magic item is this?" ”
"Fun, isn't it?hehe!" Lori said with a flattering smile, "This is the 'Gamergee Pearl', which can provide a temporary shelter for all bodyless souls, and is the favorite high-level magic weapon of necromancers!
When Cleo next to her heard this, she couldn't help muttering in her heart: Why does this girl think about pleasing men all day long at a young age, and does she really regard Elrens as her husband?
The dragon shook his head and was about to speak, but he heard the Blue Smoke Monster shout again: "Hey, what are you trapping me here, so that I will disappear, my soul cannot be left for too long from the Slab of Milos!"
"Isn't that easy? Let's cut it down and take it back. With that, Antea immediately led several of his apprentices to continue the unfinished cutting work.
However, when he turned around and saw the magic apprentice who had fallen under the stone slab and had long since lost his life, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, remembering the well-behaved and lively appearance of the students in the past, and the old scholar felt very uncomfortable. This time to explore the ruins, Antya brought five students to participate, but I didn't expect that one of them would already die while still on the ground! More dangers are still underground, could this indicate that this excavation work will be difficult and dangerous?
It wasn't long before a piece of the Milos slate was cut off, and Lori placed the shard in her magical little bag. The group continued on their way, and soon came to the center of the ancient temple, where they saw a wide square with several rows of Stonehenge in the middle. Under the stone formation, a wide black tunnel was clearly in front of everyone's eyes.
A group of Athenian knights were guarding here idlely, and when they saw Oni and the others appearing in the temple, they hurriedly ran over and saluted them: "Your Highness Oni, Your Excellency Antea, it's so late, why are you still here." ”
The old scholar nodded to them: "We are going to explore the ruins at night, so you should hurry up and prepare." ”
"But......" Several knights looked at each other a few times, and they all hesitated and said, "Night is the time when monsters are most active, will there be any danger in entering now?"
The old scholar pondered for a moment, "What you said is right, but if you want to say something dangerous, there will be at any time. This time we're just following the route we've already excavated, so if we're careful, we shouldn't have any problems. ”
When the knights heard him say this, they nodded in agreement, turned around and began to prepare
The underground remains of the temple occupy a very large area, and the area that has been excavated so far is estimated to be less than one-tenth of the total. In this vast and dark area that is damp and cold, there are many prehistoric monsters. Some of the monsters are hungry, lurking in the corners waiting for their prey to pass by. The other part is long dead, but the soul still lingers here with a grudge against the living.
In addition, there are countless poisonous plants and ancient magic traps, which are difficult to guard against. But since the Athenians discovered it many years ago, they have spared no effort in excavation, paying a lot of casualties and reaping the rewards. In just 50 years, it has developed into one of the world's largest magical industrial centers!
Late at night soon came, and everyone was ready. In order to ensure safety, the knights prepared several puppets in the best condition for the crowd and began to enter the underground ruins of the temple.
Designed specifically for the exploration of the ruins, the first heavy puppet was piloted by three more experienced apprentices, it was quite large and heavy, with heavy adamantite armor on its body, and its two front claws were a magic shield on one side and an excavator on the other, perfect for opening the way. The puppet in the middle is piloted by Elrens, Cleo, and Oni, and is equally hard armored, but smaller and more flexible, and holds a greatsword in its claws, which is suitable for melee combat. Zuihou is a puppet piloted by the veteran scholar Antya with two new apprentices, the smallest and lightest, holding a huge arrowless magic bow for long-range support.
Three puppets streamed down the passage, and after a while they were underground.
Illuminated by the glow of the magic searchlight, Elrens quickly saw what was happening in front of him. It is a huge karst cave with intricate topography, many stalactites towering like a forest, and the rock walls of the cave roof are constantly seeping dripping with moist water vapor, dripping to the bottom of the cave to form a black underground lake. The lake is covered with all kinds of dark moss, and some four-legged amphibian monster fish jump between the moss and the lake.
As the group moved forward, Oni introduced to Elrenth, "In this underground ruins, there are hundreds of underground caves of this size that we have excavated alone, and the one in front of us is called the 'Three-Eyed Monster Lizard' cave because we were attacked by that monster many years ago when we first started excavating here, and several people died. ”
Elrence smiled: "The three-eyed monster lizard is the monster that likes to attack outsiders who enter the underground the most, and I have encountered a few in the dragon's lair before, the attack power is average, and the taste is good!"
Oni smiled and continued, "The lake in the narration is called 'Endless Lake' because it is very large, and the proven ones are dozens of kilometers long, connecting several large karst caves. Don't look like it's shallow, but there's a dark pool in it, and if you're not careful, you'll fall into it......"
"Is there anything special about this three-eyed lizard cave?" Cleo asked curiously, cautiously observing the darkness around him.
Oni shook her head regretfully: "This place has been developed for several years, except for the initial encounter with some thrills and the discovery of a small number of magical relics of low value, nothing special has been found, let's stop here and move forward quickly." ”
Cleo nodded regretfully