Hollow Knight: Hallownest

Morong once again showed the shaman in front of him about the Vengeful Spirit and the Howling Ghost, and told her the purpose of her visit.

"You want to learn my magic? So that's it..."

The shaman looked at Mo Rong in front of him and pondered for a while. She was worried about having no labor force at the moment, so she could just ask him to do something.

"Okay, but you have to do me a favor."

Mo Rong nodded and asked:

"What's the deal?"

"When you came in, you saw a deep pit, right? The bottom was covered with crystal ore."

"Ah."

"I need the assistance of ore for my meditation, but there are a lot of flying bugs down there. I need you to help me get rid of them."

"Um, pardon me, but the spell you just used can't drive them away?"

"Well, you must have seen that the power of my spell will decrease as the distance increases. I have tried to kill them with spells before, but their partners did not dare to approach me after seeing it. "

After hearing this, Mo Rong patted his chest.

"Okay, I'll take care of this. Just wait here."

"No, I'll go down with you and collect some ore by the way."

Following the two of them, they set off from the other side and went downstairs.

"By the way, senior, my name is Mo Rong. I haven't asked you your name yet."

"Wu Jing."

The name was quite appropriate. Mo Rong looked at the crystal on her neck and asked:

"Senior, is this string of crystals hanging around your neck?"

"It's just an ordinary ore, but it's not ordinary at all. Are you interested?"

Mo Rong nodded, and Wu Jing signaled to wait until he finished his work and go up to talk to him.

After a while, Wu Jing stopped in front of a mine and pointed inside.

"Those bugs are all in there, don't let any of them go, they are all annoying things."

Mo Rong deeply agreed. Within two steps of walking into the mine, he encountered a crystal stinging mite, which he used to replenish his soul energy. He stepped over the worm and walked deeper.

There are not as many crystal hunters as expected, but each one is very smart. They only shoot crystals from a distance and never get close to Mo Rong. Moreover, they will run away if they chase them.

It took a long time to fight from one end of the mine to the other, and went back and forth several times to replenish energy from the stinging crystal mites, and finally killed all the bugs in the mine.

"Senior, it's done."

After exhaling, Wu Jing also looked into the mine. When he saw that there were indeed no insects, he picked up the mining pick and collected the ore.

Seeing this, Mo Rong also helped with bone nails and chopped down a lot of ore. Wu Jing didn't stop him when he saw this. The two of them worked hard for a while before returning to the top.

"Huh~, senior, why are you collecting so much ore?"

Wu Jing motioned to Mo Rong to sit aside, took out some ores and placed them in front of his eyes.

"Have you ever known about these ores before?"

Mo Rong shook his head. He didn't remember the use of these ores.

Wu Jing pointed to the lantern above his head.

"The lantern shell on your head is made of these things."

"Also, almost all the transparent things you can see in the kingdom are processed from the ores here."

"Is that so? It turns out they are raw materials for craft products."

Wu Jing shook his head.

"More than that, the bugs you saw when you went down just now will shoot crystals at you, right?"

"And bugs that can turn crystals into protruding spines."

Mo Rong reminded.

"Well, if I'm not wrong, they all became that way because of the ore here."

"The crystals here contain some unknown energy, but the effect can only be seen when they are accumulated together."

"Except for the piles of ores you can see, in fact even the air is full of their dust. Maybe you won't feel anything if you come into contact with it in the short term, but once you stay in this place for a long time, it will It will slowly emerge from your body."

"parasitic?"

Mo Rong thought for a while and said.

"That's pretty much what it means."

"Then senior, why did you..."

"You have also seen that the consequences of being affected by crystal stones are not only bad. I have lived here for so long, and I have also discovered some of them."

Wu Jing pointed to the necklace made of crystals around her neck.

"By meditating with these ores, you can easily absorb the souls floating in the air. This is why I need them."

"Crystal still has this effect?"

Mo Rong was a little surprised, but recalling the effect of the talisman of Deep Gathering in the game, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

"Oh, actually it's my turn to thank you. If you hadn't just come in and woke me up, I might have been in danger."

"Those crystals will not stop growing because of my meditation. If they are not cleaned regularly, they will swallow me sooner or later."

Mo Rong agreed but also felt a little ashamed. After all, he knew that the Wu Jing in front of him died because of these crystals in the game.

"But I just can't control it. The crystal seems to have magic power, but I don't want to give it up. It's really annoying..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. I'll teach you my magic. Just wait a moment and I'll get the staff."

After saying that, he got up and walked deeper into the residence.

Mo Rong looked at the ores on the ground and remembered Wu Jing's attack when he entered here before.

"its not right!"

Only then did he realize that the moves used by Wu Jing had not appeared in the game, and were very similar to the boss of Crystal Mountain in his impression.

Crystal Guard!

That's right! The guy who can shoot lasers from his hands.

Mo Rong was still stunned, but Wu Jing had already come out from his residence with a staff.

"Senior, how did you come up with this spell?"

"Oh, you ask this. When I took root here a long time ago, I saw a strange ore in the mountain peak. They can convert their stored energy into light beams and emit them. This is what inspired me."

"So I also call this spell, Soul Crystal Beam!"

"How about it? This is a good name."

Mo Rong gave a thumbs up, and saw the magic crystal staff shaking, and some of the ores under him shattered, turning into powder and combining with the condensed soul particles in the air to form a crystal-like spell crystal.

"Take it, I don't know when my nephew will come to visit me again, so that he can see the gadgets I researched."

"I believe he will come to see you one day."

Mo Rong was not dissatisfied. He jumped up and touched the magic crystal in the air. A familiar pain hit him. He did not faint this time, but lay on the ground unable to move.

"This feels really uncomfortable."

"It's good that you didn't faint. You must know that our clan's spells are very subtle, and most people can't bear it."

Mo Rong looked at Wu Jing on the side, thinking that since he couldn't move, he would talk to Wu Jing about the Crystal Mountain Peak.

"Senior, do you know how these crystals are formed?"

"How do I know this? It seems like this place has been like this since ancient times. I was still in the abyss at that time."

"But I would like to ask you, why is the aura of void matter on your body so strong?"

Wu Jing frowned and carefully observed Mo Rong on the ground. She had never seen anyone who was so deeply infected that he didn't lose his mind.

"I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a sports student."

"what?"

"Physical reasons, physical reasons."

Mo Rong smiled and Wu Jing didn't ask any more questions. After all, who could live from that time to now has no secrets.

"By the way, senior, do you know anything about the top of the mountain?"

During this trip, Mo Rong seemed to remember the radiant statue on the top of the mountain and the pale ore, which was indispensable for upgrading the bone nails.

Wu Jing shook his head.

"I've been to the top of the mountain, and it was desolate, with nothing there, just some glowing stones and statues standing on the edge of the cliff."

"I recognized that the statue was the ancient enemy of the abyss, but at that time I couldn't detect any breath on it, as if it was just an ordinary statue."

"Senior, have you seen the special stone under that statue?"

Wu Jing shook his head in denial.

"At that time, I just took a look from a distance and left. I didn't find any special stones."

After chatting with Wu Jing for a long time, Mo Rong recovered and stood up to say goodbye to her.

“If you’re going to the summit, I recommend you be prepared.”

"A while ago, I could feel a strong hostility on the mountain. Although it only lasted for a short period of time, I think it must have come from the top."

Mo Rong nodded. What Wu Jing was talking about should be around the time when Ida and the others were attacked.

"Don't worry, I will pay attention to it. You should also pay attention to your body. Don't be addicted to crystals again."

"I will."

......

At the top of Crystal Mountain, next to the huge statue.

"King, I can feel the aura you left behind. Are you back?"