Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 7 Homecoming

Rhodes sat on the throne and fell downwards. He received a reminder that the task had been completed while he was still in midair.

The speed at which the throne fell was not very fast. It frightened Rhodes at the beginning, but the subsequent speed became a constant speed. It felt similar to the elevator before crossing. It should be controlled by some kind of magic mechanism.

After more than ten seconds, the throne was stopped by the steel cable attached to the bottom of the throne.

Under the traction of the steel cable, the throne turned upside down, and Rhodes fell directly on his face.

Fortunately, the throne was not very high from the ground in the end, only about half a meter.

Rhode rubbed his face and sat up from the ground, he was a little dazed just now.

When he looked up, he found that Baron and others were looking at him.

"Didn't you go back? Why are you here again?" Baron sat on the ground and asked panting.

"I lost my way when I went back. I entered the tomb of a Gu Nord and ended up here." Rhodes said as he began to observe the surrounding situation.

"It's fine as long as you're fine." Baron nodded.

Beside Baron, Otto, a merchant from the Kingdom of Fish, was lying on the ground covered in charred black. His body was divided into two parts from the middle, and only a little bit of flesh remained.

Not far away, "Warhammer" Hammer was lying on the ground, clenching his teeth, his chest heaving violently. There was a huge wound on his thigh, and "Viper" Weber was squatting on the ground to help him scrape off the wound. Carrion and stop bleeding.

There were still many mutilated corpses and weapons on the floor of the room, and Rhodes found the head of "Quick Hand" Sam among the wreckage.

Seeing such a bloody and tragic scene for the first time, Rhode's stomach felt a little uncomfortable.

"What happened here?" Rhodes asked while holding back his nausea.

"Don't mention it, that Otto is really a bastard. He is not a businessman at all. He didn't come to us to get back the goods and revenge the robbers. Any commission of ten gold coins per person is a lie." Baron said.

"What is that for?" Rhodes asked again.

"He's an evil necromancer who tricked us into his lair to turn us into his experimental material," Baron said.

"Then why choose adventurers like us? Isn't it easier to deal with ordinary civilians?" Rhodes was puzzled.

"No one cares about adventurers like us who die outside, and if those citizens with family and friends go missing, many people will look for them. And the Necromancer said that he needs some powerful humans to do research, especially It's Baron's kind of special ability." Weber stood up and explained after helping "Warhammer" bandage the wound, with an unconcealable sadness on his face.

"You don't know what thrilling thing we just experienced. More than fifty powerful ghouls were controlled by that bastard and besieged us from all directions, and the weapons of those ghouls were even coated with poison. Hammer took a hit , The part that was cut started to rot. But with my strong strength, I turned the tide and split that bastard in half with an ax at the last critical moment." Baron boasted to Rhodes with joy.

Rhodes just counted roughly, and there are definitely no more than thirty ghouls on the ground, but they are indeed very powerful to survive this kind of scene.

Ghouls are strong or weak according to their strength in life. The ones Rhodes encountered before were weak, but those who fought with Baron and the others seemed to be much stronger.

"The scene at the time was indeed very dangerous, but if the necromancer hadn't lost his mind in the end and took out his dagger to join the battle group, we might all be dead. It's just a pity for Sam, he is a good boy, I promised him Father will take good care of him," Weber said.

Rhodes didn't expect that Weber looked sinister and liked to put poison on his weapons, but he was actually a good person.

He said that the necromancer's brain suddenly went bad, did he pick up the "Wise Men's Calamity" and was no longer affected by it, so its effect was transferred to the necromancer, which indirectly saved them.But then again, to whom is the effect of "Bane of the Wise" transferred?

"You guys go away, I feel like I can't go on anymore, don't worry about me anymore, I don't want to drag you down anymore. After I die, remember to tell the hostess of the flower shop that I love her and tell her not to wait for me." "Warhammer" Hamer said weakly while lying on the ground.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't it just that the thigh was cut with a knife, and the blood vessel was not injured, and didn't I detoxify you? Didn't the hostess of the flower shop get married a long time ago? When did you wait? You?" Weber said angrily.

It seems that the effect of "Bane of the Wise" should be transferred to Hammer, should I explain it to them?But after explaining it, I don’t know how to remove this effect, so let’s forget about it.

"Can you get out, Webber?" Baron asked.

"Not yet. That stone gate requires a certain kind of magic to control the switch. The necromancer is dead, and we are not very proficient in magic." Weber replied.

The door to the outside of this room was blocked by a stone, and the walls were surrounded by solid rock walls.

"I know a way to go out, follow me." Rhodes said.

The initial entrance to the tomb just now was blocked by a row of iron railings, and he couldn't cut off the iron railings. Baron's strength should be fine, so Rhodes decided to take them out there for a try.

After Rhodes finished speaking, he climbed up along the iron chain pulling the throne. The iron chain was so thick that it should be able to support so many people climbing up at the same time.

Baron picked up Hamer who had fallen to the ground, and followed Rhodes up.

"Viper" Weber took out a piece of cloth to wrap Sam's head and put it in his clothes. Then he carried Hammer's hammer and climbed up the iron chain.

Climbing up tens of meters vertically along an iron cable was simply impossible for Rhodes before crossing.Now he's just a little out of breath after crawling all at once.

And Baron, who climbed up with a strong man weighing more than 200 kilograms on his back, didn't even breathe.

"I didn't expect that there was a tomb on the necromancer's head, and he didn't even find it. How should we go now." Baron said to Rhodes.

"Come with me." Rhodes said.

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After a few 10 minutes, Rhodes led the crowd to the iron railing that blocked him before.

"Cut this off and we'll be able to get out," Rhodes said.

"Stand back." Baron said, picking up his giant ax and walking forward.

Baron swung the ax sideways vigorously, and there was a loud noise when the ax hit the railing.Rhodes quickly covered his ears.

Baron tried his best to leave only a trace on the railing, but the blade of his giant steel ax broke off.

"Trouble, this railing is made of ebony rock. If we don't find another exit, we may be trapped here." Baron said seriously.

Reluctantly, Rhode stepped forward and took out the "Wise Man's Calamity" and chopped it at the railing.

Before the "Wise Men's Calamity" was cut on the railing, the railing automatically retracted to the ground.

Rhodes felt a slap on the back of the head, and turned around to find that it was Baron.

"Are you kidding me on purpose?" Baron said angrily.

"I got this sword in this tomb, and I didn't know it would happen," Rhodes explained.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go back, Hammer needs a better environment to rest," Weber said.

Baron didn't continue to reprimand Rhodes, he carried Hamer on his back and walked out.

Not long after, they saw a caravan passing by as soon as they reached the main road. They had seven or eight carriages and more than a dozen caravan guards.

"Hey! Brother! Can you give us a ride?" Baron yelled.

It was getting dark now, and when the people in the caravan heard such a roar from the side of the road, at first they thought it was robbers who were about to rob.

Baron pushed Rhodes out and asked him to go with him to communicate with other people. Generally, Baron would take Rhodes with him when he needed help, because Rhodes was good-looking, and Baron himself knew that he was easy to deal with. scare people.

"One of our companions is injured. We want to return to Icestone City quickly. I hope you can take us for a ride, and we can pay you." Baron said.

The representative of the caravan faction was a Nord with a big beard, he nodded and said, "We don't need you to pay us, we just want to make friends with you, and I'll arrange it for you now. "

Soon, Rhodes and Baron were placed on an open ox cart.

"I'm sorry, we have a lot of goods and there is no extra space. I feel sorry for you to settle here. If you have anything to do, you can find me in the second car at the front. My name is Daniel." The bearded man said the Nord.

"No, no, thank you very much. It is enough for us to sit down and go back. I will treat you to a drink when we arrive in Icestone City. My name is Baron. Nice to meet you." Baron said.

"Well, I'll wait for you to invite me." Daniel laughed loudly, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." After speaking, Daniel left.

Rhode noticed that there was a luxurious carriage in the caravan, which was somewhat out of place with the other convertibles.

"It's really strange since there are still caravans operating at night in winter, Rhodes, do you think we have forgotten something?" Baron asked.

"Maybe it's because it's close to the city. The people in this caravan decided to go a little longer and spend the night in the city. Did you check the Necromancer for anything valuable?" Rhodes thought for a while.

"Forget it, come back next time you have a chance." After speaking, Baron snored.

It was a long day, and Baron also reminded Rhodes that he had completed the task but hadn't drawn the lottery yet.

Rhodes opened the system panel to start the lottery draw, and an operation interface that only he could see appeared in front of him.

The lottery draw is carried out using a turntable. There are many types of rewards on the turntable. Martial arts only take up a small amount of space. It seems that martial arts are still difficult to obtain through the lottery by completing tasks, but the system is relatively conscientious, at least there is no thank you for your patronage.

Rhodes pressed the lottery draw button, and then the pointer of the turntable began to spin. After five exciting seconds, the turntable finally stopped at the column of pills.

The system finally rewarded Rhodes with a bottle of medicine called Advanced Golden Sore Medicine...

High-grade gold sore medicine: the effect is much better than ordinary gold sore medicine. One bottle can be used for three treatments.

Rhode stared at the description of the advanced golden sore medicine for a while, but he didn't make it clear how good the effect was. It seemed that he could only know after using it later.

It has not been a week since Rhodes received the mission last time, and Rhodes could not receive new missions either. He decided to be a salted fish for a few days after returning and take a good rest for a few days.

However, thinking about his combat effectiveness, he still decided not to be a salted fish. He would take more beatings when he went back, and increase the level of his iron shirt so that he would feel more secure in his next adventure.

Wait, why am I continuing to be an adventurer?
Why not retire to farm, raise pigs, maybe get rich by farming, and eventually the rich will spend their lives in luxury.

Let's take these as a small goal first, and then decide after I earn enough money to buy land and pigs.

Also, what is the purpose of the owner of the tomb and his friend who wants to enter the tomb all the way north?
Rhodes fell asleep after thinking about it...

(End of this chapter)