Chapter 14 The Disappearing Temple (2)
Toti, who was already a little noisy, saw the black dragon gradually shrinking like a magic trick, and finally disappeared into the circle with light, and then he was silent. Then, he was brought into Merri by Moya and Sistale.
I remember that this white city seemed to be called Meili.
When he was young, Totti came with his father. The streets were almost unchanged. There were crowds of people passing by and many creatures that looked like Qiqi. People were selling their goods. Compared with the always deserted village of Zia, the contrast was too great.
Totti, who had been looking around, suddenly remembered her situation until she was taken to the large room of the "Desert Traveler" hotel. The knight who kidnapped him sat in a soft leather chair with his eyes closed, while another short white-skinned woman looked at her with a gentle face. There were several plates of delicious snacks on the table in front of her.
"Your name is... Totty, right?"
"Yeah." Nodded in fear, and his desire for hunger made Totti look at the delicate little dots that made him slander.
"I originally wanted to ask your father some questions, but he has passed away. If so, I have to ask you..." Seeing that the boy's eyes were always looking at the snacks in front of him, Moya understood intently: "Are you very hungry? I have food here, but if you want to eat, you have to answer my questions."
"good……"
Although she was just a child in her early teens, Totti already knew the other party’s purpose. Her meaning was obvious, and she wouldn’t eat without answering the questions.
"The first question, do you know where the temple entrance in the swamp is?"
"I don't know, my father hasn't mentioned it."
"Very good, I'll change it. I've heard of an ancient temple that has been abandoned in the swamp. Is this the case?"
"I know this. I heard from the old man in the village that it used to be a very beautiful valley, but later a change occurred that caused the ground to fall, and eventually became today's swamp. There was a rumor before that there was an island full of gems and gold coins in the swamp. Many people went to the swamp to look for it, but they finally found nothing. Has anyone found the legendary island at all?"
A small island where gold coins and gems are piled up?
"I'm not looking for some treasure, but a very ancient temple." Pressing the beating temples, Moya tried his best to explain his problem again.
"Didn't you go and find treasures? Haven't you heard the ancient song circulating in Luso? It mentions the temple and treasures."
"Ballad?" was still talking to Toti so that he could reveal some important news that he might get from his father. Moya was asked by the boy's sudden question. She asked Sistale on the side with her eyes, who shook her head and said she was not clear.
"Now, Totti, we came from a very far place. I don't know the songs circulating here, can you tell me?"
He took the plate handed over by Moya and ate, Toti talked about a legend that had been circulating in the Lusso area for a long time.
"Well... I heard a poet wandering into our village before, and I only remember some of the clips. What is the 'ancient and evil temple', the 'black king guards the gate to trial', and the 'those who have no seal but try to steal treasures will be destroyed by the flames of destruction'."
"What else?" Moya was unable to connect the three sentences with vague words and thoughtless clips.
"Not yet, I only remember these three paragraphs."
"No progress?" In order to avoid the boys' understanding of their views, Sistaer deliberately used the white elf language that few people in the East Continent are familiar with.
"No, although it is not very useful information, it is still a bit rewarding. For example, this ancient evil can be understood as Shacili, the evil god of one of the Dark Lord Gods. As for the black king, it seems to be a guardian or spell, guarding the gate of trial. As for the seal, it is simple. The dark tribe has seals of their respective gods, which means that if they are not the dark tribe, they will be destroyed." On weekdays, Moya is the identity of the half-elf Eve as a cover-up. She will not reveal her original identity until it is necessary. But judging from the passages told by Toti, this evil temple seems to have to be the identity of the Dark tribe to enter.
In order not to expose your feet or be discovered when encountering a white elves, Moyat uses disguise magic to cover the surface of his body with simple forest magic, and even the white elves cannot distinguish the authenticity. But in this way, the evil temple is very likely or impossible to enter. It seems that it must be changed to its original appearance after entering the outer area of the swamp.
"What should he do?" pointed at Totti, who was busy eating voraciously. Sistaer didn't want to take a burden to the swamp, where there were many ferocious beasts and monsters, and he had no time to take care of the little ghost head.
"Leave it to Lord Reis for the time being. I don't want the news of us looking for the temple to be exposed." He stood up and put on a false smile. Moya decided to throw Totti to Bilfit, and he would handle it properly. As for her current task, she is to find a temple located somewhere in the Everglades.
"Come to Totti, I'll take you to another place."
The boy who was eating and walking did not know that he had embarked on a path of fate that was completely opposite to his original fate.
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"You want to register for an adventurer?"
Harry looked at the thin girl in front of him, and was a little incredible. Although her sharp ears had already seen her elf blood, her too pale skin and a thin body that would fly as soon as the wind blows were associated with skilled adventurers in any case. If such a body goes to a dangerous area outside, it will definitely not be able to deal with dangers at any time.
"Yes, I want to hone my knowledge. As we all know, this area is very dangerous." Moya simply expressed his purpose in smirking that had been practiced in two months.
"With that gentleman protection, Miss, you no longer need any bodyguards." After a glance, Harry determined the origin of the young man standing in the shadow of the door. As a member of the adventure union, how could he not know the meaning of the Golden Rose.
"This is what I insisted on myself."
"Okay, please show your relevant career certificate." Seeing that the half-elf girl insisted on insisting, Harry didn't say anything more. Anyway, there was such a bodyguard, so you had to worry about her.
Looking at the three documents of different colors in his hand, Harry had to reexamine the weak girl. It was hard to imagine that she also had two professions as a demon archer.
"No problem."
"No, no..." He took out a brand new certificate from the drawer, and Harry stamped the magic seal of the Adventure Union on the homepage - another adventurer was born.
"These are also these...you can choose according to your own abilities. Adventure unions are different from mercenaries, and there is no exact level limit when taking on tasks. You can choose the type you like, but you must not exceed your ability, which will not be good for you." Pointing at the official statements covered on the wall, Harry introduced mechanically.
After her eyes were shuttled back and forth on the dense task table on the left wall, Moya did not find a suitable one. Just as she was about to turn around to look at the task table on the other wall, a string of bright red characters came into her eyes.
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Collect all adventurers and mercenaries in the city. If you can find the relics of the ancestors lost in the evil temple - Snorskfen's Sword, you will be rewarded with 10,000 knots (Mingsu gold coins), and there is also a valid exemption for crime.
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The Temple of Evil? Isn’t that the ancient temple that the little ghost mentioned?
"May I ask..." Moya, who pointed to the special red mission and demonstrated his true appearance with magic, hoped to get the address of the temple.
"Do you mean the temple that will disappear? It is located in the Great Worm. Legend has it that it often moves, and many adventurers either cannot find it or come back. Whenever the swamp is frozen particularly, a large number of adventurers and mercenaries will start to carry out this suicide-like action." Shaking his head, Harry warned with kindness; "Miss, I advise you to give up. The legend about this temple has been here for thousands of years, but no one has ever actually entered it."
"No, I'm going to do this."
After revealing the red official statement, Moya and Sistale left the adventure union.
Alas... Another one who died." Sighed, Harry took up the pen formulaicly and wrote on the thick task book.
[Eve Miria, the average adventurer, accepts special mission: ‘Snowlskoffen’.]
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"Haaaa!!"
The orc Crulu used a giant axe of half a man to split a troll into two halves. The splattered blood of the splattered made his entire upper body turn red, but it didn't care at all. Crulu, who likes blood, likes to hear the bones broken and blood splattering on his body.
Deputy Commander Pat, who had long been accustomed to the strange behavior of the members of the group, also cut down a ground worm trying to attack with his skillful sword technique.
"Sius, there are too many monsters in this ghost place, we must have a rest."
"Okay, there is a small mound over there, we can hide there temporarily." The leader of the regiment, Sius, who was fighting on the front line, also knew that his members needed rest.
They have been fighting constantly since the evening. Although they still have enough energy, the deeper they go into the swamp, the more they need to preserve their physical strength.
As the swamp deepened, the number of monsters began to gradually decrease, but, relatively speaking, their levels became higher and higher, becoming more difficult to deal with.
The Blood Mercenary Group originally planned to enter Merry, but soon encountered the other two teams scattered, and they brought exciting news: There was an abandoned temple in the swamp, with many treasures hidden in it.
At the beginning, Sius, who was a little skeptical, decided to go and see after seeing a large number of adventurers and colleagues heading eastward. If the legend was true, then they would no longer have to continue licking blood after eating these treasures, and bought a house in Merri and enjoyed a normal life.
After discussion, everyone agreed to go to the swamp to take a look.
Since the half-speed team members all have small riding earth dragons, their speed is much faster than other adventurers and humans. However, after entering the swamp, it happened to be dark. At this time, the appearance of a large number of nighttime beasts and monsters discouraged some timid guys, while some of the abilities continued to move forward, such as another team of stronger mercenaries, Xunlang, was hiding under another mound near the Blood Mercenary.
Both sides also observe each other during rest to determine the strength of their opponents.
Unfortunately, the two team leaders had to regret to find that the other party's strength was not inferior to their own team, and if they fought hard, there would be no benefit.
Before the brief peace could last long, the earth began to tremble. More than twenty trolls rushed past the clearing ground between the two teams of mercenaries. Behind the trolls there were other monsters and beasts living in the swamp areas. Obviously, they were all panic and seemed to be driven or frightened.
"What's going on?"
"Isn't there any more powerful monster coming out?"
Two black shadows floated in such conversations. Although it was night now, with the help of the ice surface reflecting the moonlight, people still saw the dark night rose on the black robe that showed their identity.
"The head is the night elves."
"Xuus..." Pat frowned, and he didn't know whether he should say it was lucky or unfortunate when he met the night elves in such a desolate place.
"I know!" Sius knew that Pat wanted him to restrain his subordinates, and he mistakenly stepped forward to provoke because the opponent only had people. The combat effectiveness of the night elves was not determined by quantity.
"Listen, we are here to find treasures. Don't make trouble. Unless you don't want to get stuck in Luso, otherwise don't provoke those terrifying killers." After whispering orders to all the subordinates, Seus turned around and looked and stopped... No, to be precise, it should be the two night elves who stopped moving forward and floating.
They were tall and short, floating at a height of one elbow above the ground. Except for three and one rose emblem marked on their black robes, because of the hood and darkness, no one could see clearly what they looked under their cloak.
In addition to the old mercenaries who have been used to and adventurers who have lived near Merri for many years, some others are a little dull, including the Bloody Mercenary Group from the Northern Continent. Although the Northern Continent also has branches of night elves, most of them ride war wolves. This is the first time that many bloody members have seen the Night elves floating in the air.
"What do they say?"
"It's too dark, I can't see clearly, and they use sign language. Sorry, I'm not proficient in Night Elf Language, especially their sign language is a code language that is more difficult to understand than language." This time, even Pat, who is proficient in multi-language language, could not do anything about it. The sign language of the night Elf never leaked out. Even a Japanese language scholar who is proficient in Night Elf Language does not understand the special code language they use to connect in the dark.
Without paying attention to anyone, the two night elves set off again after a brief conversation. Most of the monsters retreated in fear. A few of them rushed forward turned into scattered fragments and fell to the ground after a fiery red afterimage.
"You really didn't hear anything?" Looking at his friend, Seus could not believe it. Pat, who was a mixed-blooded elf in the midnight night, really didn't understand at all.
"I didn't hear much, they mentioned the temple, and we still..."
"No, I won't go back. So what about the night elves? The Blood Mercenary Group and I won't retreat because of this difficulty!!" Without listening to Pat's persuasion, the Blood Mercenary Group Commander pulled out his scimitar from the frozen soil; "Let's go and follow the night elves in front of us."
As soon as the blood color drove out, the Xunlang mercenaries behind him followed him on the road.
"Chief, those outsiders seem to target the two night elves in front of them."
"Don't worry about them, as long as we stick it behind us, it's better to pick up some residue than nothing. Listen to mine, follow the night elves in front of you to find the legendary temple that disappeared."
Many adventurers with similar attitudes followed the two mercenary groups.
"Don't it matter, let so many people follow?"
"Don't worry, although it's a bit annoying. But if you encounter a guardian beast or have a trap, these people are the best shields..."
Chapter completed!