Something's wrong with my undead

"Now I can basically confirm that this is the Temple of Mother Earth in Deathclaw Mountain!"

After some searching, Ian said with certainty.

After discovering the first skull that served as an energy node, the four of them continued to destroy the scene condensed by the death energy, and then determined the location of the node based on the slight differences in its recovery speed.

Without exception, all the nodes are the rune skulls of this "ancestor human".

Below the skull were densely packed corpse fragments, but they were all rotten, and it was obvious that only the residue was left after being squeezed out.

The death energy squeezed out of them is absorbed by the Rune Skull and then becomes the raw material for maintaining the illusion.

According to Veronica, this is different from all the rune languages ​​and shadow spells that the Shadow Temple currently possesses, and it is obviously a spell system from the era of the Mad King.

In addition, Ian made an unexpected discovery——

When they dispersed the gray fog and destroyed the night sky above their heads, they saw an even taller dome.

At first he was not sure, but as they found a boundary of the temple and discovered the worn murals on the wall, he was certain that this was undoubtedly the Temple of Mother Earth.

However, all the furnishings inside the hall were destroyed, and it was as empty as an underground square.

"Is the temple at Deathclaw Mountain alone this big?"

Tillemans was puzzled.

Judging from the scope of current exploration, the entire temple can be placed in the crater as the "hat" of Mount Protokolai. It is almost the size of a small town.

And they didn't see even a single load-bearing column.

Perhaps seeing her confusion, Ian proudly said, "The temple is blessed by the Mother Goddess. The anti-gravity structure in the dome makes it very light, so the temple does not need load-bearing columns. The same is true for Sky City. If we didn't need walls as partitions, the city that once floated on the top of the mountain wouldn't even have a wall."

"But now it's sunk into the mountains."

Tielemans said: "In addition, I have another guess. There is a powerful nature spirit in the Protocle Mountain where Venus is. If you regard your mother goddess as a greater nature spirit, then this "swallowing" can be regarded as a kind of revenge - because you are too eager for her power.

"Or maybe it's a passive penalty - the more gravity you ask for, the stronger the gravity from under your feet will be."

Ian opened his mouth.

This made so much sense that he didn't know how to refute it.

"I sometimes doubt that the cleansing you received in McCalla was incomplete."

He complained: "If I were another high-ranking member of the Shining Gold Alliance, I would have probably taken out my staff and prepared to duel with you by now."

"I didn't stop you from guessing that our god, the incarnation of wind, is also a powerful nature spirit. His favorite thing to do every day is to take away the words spoken by others when passing by their mouths, and then deliver them to the ears of the next person."

Tielemans said nonchalantly, "From Ventus to Nibla, to the Withered Scar and Macara, I have seen and heard too many nature spirits, so what about you? Don't you have anything there?"

She looked at everyone.

"The undead are abundant in the north." Veronica replied: "Are you interested?"

"Not interested." The elf waved his hands quickly.

Ian was stunned.

There seemed to be a flash of inspiration in my mind.

There are indeed "nature spirits" in the Mother Goddess's temple -

Urumont.

"Uru" means "mountain" in the Dwarven language, so Urumont is the son of the mountains.

According to legend, it is the child of Mother Earth.

The core "Urun" in its body is the heart of the mountain mentioned by the elves.

But Urun was never found in the dwarven territory, let alone any trace of the eldest son of the Mother Goddess.

However, one thousand seven hundred years ago, sixteen colossi of Urune "walked" back to the Sky City by themselves, which was regarded as a miracle at the time.

Because no matter how hard the totemists studied, they could not find Urun in the bodies of these colossi, and they couldn't even understand the runes on the surface of the bodies, let alone rashly take them apart for research.

As a result, the colossus was transported to various places in the Sky City and displayed as a wonder.

However, just now, Ian suddenly realized that the runes on the colossus were most likely from here...

In other words, they left this temple one thousand seven hundred years ago and went to the Sky City on their own initiative.

So the question is, he discovered the ruins of Deathclaw Mountain just a year ago and dug a hole to let the death energy leak out.

If calculated based on the "depth" at that time, the temple should have sunk for a thousand years.

But there was no temple on Deathclaw Mountain one thousand seven hundred years ago, otherwise they would have been able to discover the origin of the colossus.

In other words, this temple sank a long time ago and was stuck by something!

Underground Palace!?

"The underground palace is down there!"

Ian spoke excitedly: "The Mad King's palace must be underneath! It's not that he occupied and transformed the temple, but the temple sank into Deathclaw Mountain and collided with his underground palace, and then got stuck! Heine and his skeleton must be underneath too!"

Several people were stunned, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"The question is how to dig it out?" Olaf asked. "Who knows how thick it is underneath."

Veronica shook her head and said, "No need to dig it up. If it is two layers, there must be a special structure below to connect to the Soul Furnace Array above, otherwise it will lose its meaning as a 'portal'.

“From the spell levels we have observed so far, the Mad King’s power is not too far beyond ours. In other words, the thickness of his spells cannot be penetrated by our perception, and neither can his spell structure.

"Then there must be a secret passage blocked by a 'plug'... I have a way to find it."

"What are you waiting for!" Olaf asked anxiously.

"But we have to use up the soul defense barrier." Veronica said, "Although those spells that create illusions seem to be ineffective on us, there may still be other soul interference. Once we give up the barrier, it means we are completely exposed in the underground palace. Do we want to take this risk?"

The four of them pondered for a moment, but finally nodded.

"it is good."

Veronica no longer hesitated and completely dispersed the soul defense barrier around everyone.

The white light first scattered into a ball, then gathered and flowed in a fixed direction.

"Here!"

The four of them quickly chased after him.

Soon, they were submerged in the gray fog.

Twisted and wriggling phantoms kept appearing all around. No matter who it was, as long as they looked at it or sensed it, it would change, as if it was capturing the mind of the owner of the gaze and transforming it into what he was thinking.

However, for these four people, they had already closed their minds, so the gray fog could not be captured and could only change randomly.

"If we continue to waste our energy destroying this gray fog, I'm afraid we'll be drained of it and have to stay there."

Looking at the increasingly thick gray fog, Ian was shocked.

"Why does this light guide us?" asked Tillemans curiously.

"The Mad King has connections with the underworld, so his soul must have been polluted. The main material of this enchantment fire is Macara's elemental material, which has an innate tendency to purify this kind of pollution."

Veronica explained with a serious expression, "The good news is that it will lead us to the target that needs to be purified. The bad news is that we may have to face a crazy soul... At this point, I would not be surprised even if the Mad King himself guards the entrance to the underground palace."

Everyone realized the seriousness of the problem, so they cheered up and prepared to face this final battle.

Not long after, the white light stopped and started spinning in place.

At this time, the four of them had no time to pay attention to it...

The gray fog in front of them was gradually dissipating, revealing the damp cave walls and the faint sound of water.

This seems familiar...

No, this looks familiar!

Because at the last moment before being pulled into the illusion, they saw this scene.

“Are we at the entrance??”

Ian couldn't believe it: "We actually came out??"

“This is impossible… How could the entrance to the underground palace be here—what did I find!?”

As soon as Veronica released her perception, she was shocked by her own discovery!

She quickly moved forward, and the three followed.

Then they saw five skeletons sitting against the wall of the cave.

They seemed to have fallen asleep against the wall, their heads drooping and their souls dimming.

The white light that was spinning in place seemed to have found its target, approached rapidly, and then split into five parts and drilled into their soul fire.

Ian was suddenly shocked: "Could it be... Could it be that they are contaminated?"

The aunt shook her head: "No, their soul fire is still very pure, and there is no dead air on their bodies... In other words, they became like this the first time they entered the cave."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became somewhat subtle.

So, the strange people and strange things in dreams...

"What should we do then?" Olaf looked at Ian: "Should we go back to find that kid?"

Ian gritted his teeth and said, "Go back! But wake up these skeletons first, or wait until they wake up, and then go down together!"

...

In the spiritual space, time goes back to when the five people solved other people’s dreams.

They searched the huge space thoroughly but didn't find anything. They didn't know how to leave, so they just got together and played cards out of boredom.

Yes, playing cards.

Da Huang used his memory to restore a set of playing cards, but before he had finished shuffling them, Mr. Sa replaced them with mahjong.

"Hit this! This is interesting!"

Da Huang: "Damn, I don't know how to play mahjong..."

President Sa: "Is there such a good thing? Then there are exactly four of us!"

Da Huang: "??? You are a dog, right? Can't I learn?"

Mr. Sa: "Then you can create a chess and card room, and we can sit inside and play. You can watch four people's cards at the same time, and you will learn quickly."

Teacher Xia: "I agree with President Sa."

Catching sheep: "+1."

Wei Dian Yuan: "You are such beasts! Mr. Yu, learn well, I will let you fight a few times later!"

rhubarb:"……"

He had no choice but to turn it into a chess and card room and let his brothers sit in and play mahjong.

However, before the first round was over, the topic spread out.

Teacher Xia: "Who do you think is the best among the NPCs in AGE who get together to play mahjong?"

Zhuayang: "That depends on the rules. If perception and cheating are prohibited, and even the shuffling of cards is done in a black box, without the possibility of card memorization, then Savia will definitely win."

Wei Dian Yuan: "Why is it a code staff? Because it can write code?"

Zhuoyang: "What else? One or two times there may be a luck factor, but as the number of rounds increases, the advantage of AI will only grow."

Wei Dian Yuan: "Then wait a moment."

He took out the code staff and began to cast a spell on the blocks on it.

Catching the Sheep: "Fuck, are you serious???"

Wei Dian Yuan: "Who knows when I can touch the code staff? Let's enjoy it first."

He recited the rules of mahjong in full and then slammed his staff into the table.

"Law: Sparrow Secret!"

Two hands were outlined with black squares, and they began to play mahjong.

After a few rounds, the other three were all confused by the code stick. No matter how it hit, it would get something!

Wei Dianyuan: "Hahaha, I just want to ask you whether you accept it or not!"

Mr. Sa: “No, it’s not cheating, is it?”

Wei Dian Yuan: "It certainly won't cheat! I didn't teach it!"

Teacher Xia: "Are the simulation and feedback so real? Then I have an idea..."

Catching sheep: "What's the idea?"

"Tell me, if the bad woman has her back to me, Brother Yang gives me a blessing of faith, Brother Wei gives her a blinding curse, and Da Huang gives her a deadly arrow, can I steal her chain of forgiveness?"

Several people were stunned at first, and then they had the same idea -

That’s nothing, just do it!

Although they don't know the true nature of the chief priestess Nice, some big guys on the forum have speculated on her possible model.

So they just need to build a model like this, and it doesn't even matter what it looks like.

Soon, a scarecrow-like doll was made.

Although it looks like a scarecrow, it has all the attributes of Nikis.

First of all, it is a ninth-level warlock (actually only eighth level because the Mad King lacks imagination).

Then - God's Blessing, High-Speed ​​Divine Word, Spell Protection, Shadow Protection, Divine Grace, Faith Protection, Soul Barrier...

More than twenty buffs were applied.

The more buffs you set, the farther Teacher Xia’s dream becomes.

But this doesn’t matter at all. What matters is that they changed their minds in the process and optimized the gameplay!

Cyber ​​cricket fighting!

Soon, the half-built "Nikis" was erased and replaced by a decent human being.

Warrior Brother Arthur!

He is fixed at level 6, with all of Mackala's buffs.

And his opponent is Gawain, the Sun Knight bathing in the sun!

This Gawain wasn't just the Gawain who had been tanned and purified in Macara, he also retained the special abilities he had before purification.

Likewise, he was pinned at level six.

They have long wanted to know the outcome of the passionate clash between the two well-known ruthless men of McCalla!

Especially the life and death battle!

In the end, who is more awesome, the warrior with infinite endurance who becomes more courageous with each battle, or the sun knight who stands tall under the sun?

"It's done, let's fight!"

After giving the two puppets the order to attack each other, Zhuoyang turned around and rode away on his glorious warhorse, leaving the stage to the two.

Two burly muscular men ran separately, and then collided with each other as hard as a volcano hitting the earth!

boom!

There was a loud bang and a wave of air, and then both of them stepped back and knelt on one knee.

After waiting for a while, they still didn't get up.

Wei Dian Yuan: "What's going on? This shouldn't happen. Is it stuck?"

Da Huang: "I guess we may have oversimplified the problem... Having only detailed attribute parameters and combat instructions is like building a model without binding actions and not having enough triggers... This is not a problem that can be solved by just pushing it. They need their own AI."

Zhuoyang: "That's not right. How come the AI ​​of the Code Staff can play Mahjong?"

Wei Dian Yuan: "Well, let me be honest, I was the one operating the system just now, just teasing you. Your attention was all on the staff, and you didn't notice that I was secretly using my perception to look at the cards."

Da Huang: "You are really not a human being!!!"

Just when everyone was condemning Wei Dianyuan, the two muscular men suddenly moved.

Not only did they move, but their aura began to expand!

President Sa: "Damn, the model is rebelling?"

Wei Dianyuan: "No, I've never seen this thing before. Fuck, is there something weird going on?"

Teacher Xia: "What? Is there a monster?"

The four people who were idle and sick suddenly became excited.

Opposite them, "Warrior Brother Arthur" showed a cruel smile:

“Finally, I found the opportunity... Thank you for giving me this perfect body.

"I will suck back all the energy you stole! You shameless thieves!"