Chapter 4 The Temple of Darkness (4)
The hotel owner and the blood-colored mercenary captain also ran out in the crowd while chaotic. Apart from Moya, Sistale and the bard who were still lying on the ground, the only one left in the entire tavern was the vulgar old man in the corner.
The old man stood up and walked to Moya, picked up the bag full of yellow diamonds from the table, and weighed it in his hand; "This thing belongs to me."
"Do you think the information you know is enough for this generous reward?" Looking at the old man standing in front of him, Moya could see at a glance that he used the advanced spell "transformation". This is a spell that can change his body shape at will, exactly the same as the "transformation potion" in her War Priestly Discipline.
"Haha...if I don't even know, no one in this city will know." Rolling up his sleeves, the old man showed Moya the tattoo on his right arm - the dark two-headed snake twisted together at both ends.
Although some special professions such as thieves and assassins will use tattoos as a way to distinguish among companions, the tattoo images are extremely rough. Generally speaking, unions rarely use this simple badge as their exclusive heraldry, and there is no Dark Snake in known unions. However, prisoners from prisons will understand the meaning of the badge.
The Dark Snake is a two-headed demon snake unique to the Abyss Demon Realm. The dark attributes, the poisonous fangs of the two heads have petrified and paralyzed toxins respectively, and they move quickly and quickly. Although they are just low-level monsters, their cunning makes themselves an excellent hunter with the words "in the monsters of the same level".
Any death row prisoner who is extremely sinful will be stabbed with the badge of the Serpent of Darkness. Unless the light of the light of the light church is used, this magical imprint will never be eliminated for the rest of his life.
The two dark snakes represent the super criminals. The criminals with two dark snakes tattooed in the entire East Continent are concentrated in Grigg Prison. Of course, Moya herself also has an exact same tattoo, so after seeing the dark snake on the old man, she immediately thought of her prisoner whom she hadn't seen for a year.
"Mitarot, you're not seen for a year, you look terrible." At first she was just suspicious, but after seeing the tattoo on the old man's arm, Moya was very sure that this guy who used "transformation" was really her inmate.
"Hey, Maitarot, he?" The bard got up from the earthlings and looked at the thin old man in surprise.
No, he and Maitarou's figures do not match at all, how could they be the same person?
"Hehe, little guy, there is a spell in this world called 'changing technique', which can change a person's body shape and appearance at will. It is much stronger than the bad spell of 'appearance modification'." Looking at Eric, who looked surprised, and Maitaro, who changed his height and appearance, laughed proudly.
It took him a lot of money to buy this rare transformed spell scroll from a mage who is proficient in transforming spells. It was by this method that he avoided Mendel's investigation.
"Mendel just didn't expect you to stay in the city with a swagger, so he didn't catch you, the old fox." Knowing Maitaro's cunning personality, when he heard the bard say that Maitaro was still in the city, Moya was not worried at all that he would be caught by the duke.
"Even if he really falls into the trap set by him, before getting what he wants, that courageless bastard Mendel would never dare to kill me." When he thought of his current situation, Old Maitaro was so angry that he hated him.
He finally left Grig's annoying prison, but he had to be controlled by Mendel, the second-generation ancestor who was protected by his ancestors.
"What Mendel wants is the Night Shadow Scroll, right?"
"It's it. If I hadn't had this thing on my hand, he would have removed me when I returned to Kasin, so how could he have waited until now."
"Night Shadow Scroll? Is it the hand-thorns that the Master of the Saint gave you?" After examining the entire tavern, Sistaer asked about the scrolls that Moya and Maitaro had mentioned many times.
Before leaving, the chief of the priest asked Thorne to hand over several ancient hand-painted scrolls to Moya. Because the annotation is a common term for humans, Sistaer took a few more glances.
Night elves can also use human things?
Now I heard Moya talk about the scroll with the name of Night Shadow. Could it be... related to the Night Elf?
"It can be said that it has something to do with this trial." After finding a relatively complete chair to sit down, Moya explained to Sistaer the use of the Night Shadow Scroll.
During the period of Quansheng, the Night Elf built several temples in various places to worship the chaotic god of war - Haas.
These temples were once the test sites that the royal testers must go through. When the Night Elf Empire collapsed, the temple was also abandoned. Apart from the six abandoned Night Shadow Temples, the last remaining one is the Night Shadow Tower, which is still in use in the Night Capital.
The Night Shadow Scroll was painted by a thief who had successfully entered the temple hundreds of times. There are six copies in total, describing the structure of the internal building in very detailed detail. It indicates how to pass through the complex maze in the shortest time to reach the innermost temple.
Because there are amazing treasures buried in the temple, countless adventurers have poured into the maze one after another, but they all died in those ancient but still operating mechanisms. There are also creatures living in the dark, and they will also kill the humans who have entered their territory one by one.
For this night shadow temple in Xinji alone, there have been at least tens of thousands of deaths over the past thousand years.
It was like a bottomless swamp, even though I knew it was very dangerous, people tempted by the treasure were still willing to take the risk and try it out. Mercenaries, adventurers, thieves... batch after batch of humans did not come out again after entering the maze.
Especially a hundred years ago, after the warlike Emperor Su Tu of the Ming Su, led his troops into the city, this ancient ruin located outside the city of Kasin was not just the tomb of the adventurer, but also became one of the famous special missions of the Eastern Continent Mercenary Union.
Moreover, the difficulty has also been increased to the same level as the Black Magician. Although the bounty has been rising year by year, no mercenary group can win this mission that has been hanging high above the Mercenary Union for a hundred years.
Therefore, when Moya mentioned the Night Shadow Temple of the Night Elf, Charles, who specializes in selling information, couldn't help but change his face.
The shortcut to entering the maze is the legendary "Night Shadow Scroll". Four volumes of these six ancient scrolls have been found by the night elves, and the whereabouts of the other two volumes are still unknown.
Moya's hand was not a scroll that entered the temple of the Singji Kingdom. It was not until she met a minstrel in the woods outside the city that she suddenly remembered that her inmate Maitaro once mentioned that he had an extremely precious ancient scroll in his collection, which seemed to be the legendary "Night Shadow Scroll".
He accidentally obtained a hand-drawn artwork during an adventure, which was a scroll with a maze cracking method. It was because of this mysterious manuscript that he was hunted down everywhere by the Ming Su Empire and was eventually imprisoned in Grigg Prison.
"But... I still have doubts about the authenticity of his scroll." Because of using the Night Elf Word, Moya was not worried that Mataro would understand her conversation with Sistale.
"In other words, the scroll in the old man's hand may be one of the two scrolls of the will." After hearing Moya's explanation, Sistale immediately realized that Moya made a special trip to accompany the bard to find her inmate, not just a simple visit. It turned out that she had long guessed that the ancient scroll in Maitaro's hand might be one of the two missing scrolls.
"Well... according to my estimate, it is very likely. But this old ghost is like a fox. When he was arrested, the Ming Su Empire imprisoned him to Grigg Prison because he could not find the hiding place of the scroll. This guy would not give up the priceless treasure in his hand easily."
When the night priestess was talking to the elf knight, Eric leaned into Metaro and asked quietly, "Mr. Metaro, didn't you say you were going to escape from the city? Why do you still have to stay here? You also know the Duke's methods. After all, we are ordinary people, and if we don't have the powerful backing of the night elves, if we continue to stay..."
"Hehe... young man, this is where you have short-sighted eyes. Regardless of the relatives of Mendel's bastard, he is also a good dark mage himself. As long as I carry a magic scroll with a powerful seal close to the city gate, I will be sensed immediately. And there are wilderness nearby. Under the attack of monsters and pursuers, do I still have room for survival? Why not stay in the city and find another way. Look, isn't my old friend here?" Maitaro shook his head repeatedly. He is not a fool. If he really escapes from Kasin City, he will definitely die.
The city has a complex environment, and the dark pits and dirty underground waterways are well connected. Some of them are ways to avoid the searches of the Duke's subordinates. However, if he does not leave until the effect of the transformed scroll fails, he will also know what the outcome will be.
"Maitarot, instead of continuing to carry your treasured Night Shadow Reel with you, it's better to transfer it to me." Seeing that many people were approaching this tavern located on the corner of the street, Moya realized that new trouble was coming, and she had to find out the authenticity of the reel that Maitarot held immediately.
"This..." Seeing Sistale and Moya frowned at the same time, Maitaro, who had been observing the two of them, also understood that someone was coming.
"Let's do it. I can sell you the scroll, but you have to take me along. Just treat it as an adventure, and I want to see what the rumored adventurer cemetery looks like."
This old ghost wanted to use my identity to take him out of Kasin City... I thought it was so beautiful.
Moya naturally understood Maitaro's plan. The most troublesome thing he had at the moment was how to escape from the Duke's pursuit. If he walked with him, no matter how arrogant Mendel was, he would be afraid of his position as the high priest of the night elf.
At least in the city, he would not have a blatant conflict with me.
"Okay, I promise you the conditions. Give me the scroll first." He stretched out his hand and asked Mataro for the Night Shadow scroll.
"The thing is not on me now, I put it in a safe place. And before entering the temple, don't you want to hire a mercenary from the mercenary union? Even if you are a superior mage, you will never be able to deal with the hungry monsters in the maze alone." Maitaro suggested that Moya hire a mercenary before going to the temple.
"Hot? Let's solve the guys outside first before considering this issue." Sistaer pushed open the door of the tavern, and hundreds of mercenaries with weapons stood on the not-so-wide streets, all of them widened their fearful eyes. Abel, the blood-colored mercenary team who had just escaped, was suddenly in the line. It turned out that he was escaping to bring reinforcements.
Chapter completed!