A subjugated princess will never die a vagabond

"Wait a minute." Before entering, Orgov stopped the three of them and said, "The enemy is insidious and cunning, and this is their home field. Let me prepare a spell. We can't give them any chance to cast it."

He took out a blue solvent, a sheepskin scroll, a few bright and clean willow leaves, warm dust and other materials from his pocket, and used a charcoal pen dipped in the solvent to draw the half-arc method of electric whip extension on the ground. Arrange the materials one by one, walk counterclockwise twice and clockwise twice, and recite the mantra silently.

After a few minutes, the materials converged into characteristics under the inexplicable force, the lines drawn by the solvent melted into the scroll, and the complex graphics and texts were written on it, blooming with light.

Orgov said seriously: "The explosion radius of this spell is 50 meters. I will use my skills to cast it into the center of the altar. We will rush in together ten seconds after the explosion. Don't give those bastards any chance to breathe!"

"Your injury?"

"I have limited mobility, but I can release spells to sweep the formation for you."

Ya asked, "What about your teammates?"

Orgov lowered his head bitterly: "Only I am left alive."

"My condolences." Yati patted his shoulder and didn't say any more.

The stairs leading to the underground are as long as the Temple of Mercy in the city that never sleeps. Orgov scraped the wall with a charcoal pencil, lighting up a dim light. After a while, they came to an underground hall, and the bronze door in front was carved with textures. The twisted metal statue is slightly open from the middle, like the mouth of some unknown beast.

There was an ugly chanting sound from inside, and Olgov clenched his fists, nodded solemnly to the three of them, and said in a low voice, "Get ready."

Behind the door, more than a dozen skinny monsters were praying around the altar. Two blood-soaked humans smiled excitedly and contentedly as they kept stroking their smooth, firm flesh shells. Adhering to the head shell, the skinny monster lay on it, and the souls of the two interacted under the mysterious ritual.

When the leprosy monster pulled out its brain and injected something, it fell to the ground with a "sigh" sound, its eyes crawled back, staring at the blurred human figure in front of it, as if it felt familiar.

"Hey, wow Kuta Utamata!" The skinny sore monster screamed, it wanted to say something, it made a really disgusting sound, it wanted to wave its arms, but what it lifted was slippery and sore tentacles.

"Rumble--"

Orgov pushed the door open a wider gap, and he stood in, while the leprosy monsters by the altar looked at him.

One of the monsters in a luxurious robe dragged out a lot of slime, it controlled the darkness, sometimes emerged, sometimes turned into projections on the walls, spider-like eyes, octopus-like head shell, human body, jellyfish-like whiskers Elongated and shrunk, slowly creeping away with a huge sense of oppression, making the whole space uncertain.

"Evil!!!"

Orgov was trembling all over, and he chanted the spell that activated the scroll, venting all his anger and hatred.The sheepskin scroll unfolded with his gestures, and in an instant, the chain light of the thunderbolt bloomed, and there was a thunderous sound in the sky, and the sudden refinement was like a judgment made by God.

The pupils of the scab monster suddenly narrowed, and the intense white light drew an arc, cutting off the space visually, causing it to fall into a state of temporary blindness.Aware of the crisis of life and death, it chanted and chanted the ancient language like crazy, and a dozen beards formed seals in the air, but the speed of the flesh and blood body could not keep up with the impact of the electric light and the explosion, and the arc light suddenly released!

"Mata!!!!!!"

Amidst the screams of the monsters, the high temperature instantly cooked their flesh, and the vesicles exploded with a crackling sound, and the disgusting pus immediately evaporated as soon as it was splashed.

Olgov waved [mysterious hand] and pushed himself out of the door with a gust of wind: "Stay away from the door!"

Cloris manipulated the coffin poison to dodge, and Yati hid in the black shadow pillar he summoned, and pulled Orgov past him, barely avoiding the arc that burst out from the crack in the door.

White light lingered on the door, and it took a few seconds for it to dissipate.

Cloris asked, "This is?"

Olgov coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, and smiled weakly: "It's a pity that some of the bottom-of-the-box skills were prepared in a hurry, and the effect of the spell was not maximized."

Several people stood outside the door for another 3 minutes, waiting for most of the evaporated pus from those skinny monsters to dissipate, and then went in.

The hall was full of charred corpses, and all the flesh and blood were already cooked through. The carbonized body surfaces of some skinny monsters burst out with oily luster, and filled the nose with a pungent stench.

Cloris didn't pay attention to those treasures immediately, but instead thought: "Tsk, I don't know if Sleepy Bear will eat these things."

Yati's calm eyes lit up, and he showed a smile: "It seems that our decision is correct now. If this building is blown up, I'm afraid there will be no time to dig the ruins."

"Raysa!" Orgov coughed up blood, he stumbled and fell down and got up again, shouting towards the altar with a trembling voice, he staggered up the steps, he picked up a scorched corpse on the ground and cried bitterly, "My brother , please forgive me, I have to do this..."

"Gu, lululu..."

Amidst the crying, there was a sound of foam spouting from under the altar. Everyone turned their heads to see that the magic robe monster was not completely dead. , spitting blood foam in the mouth, unable to speak.

"You bastard," Orgov stood up staggeringly, picked up a sharp-ended sacrificial staff on the ground, and furiously walked towards the monster in robes, "I want you to pay for Reza's blood!!!"

The magic robe monster waved its tentacles and wanted to resist. Orgov used all his strength to enchant the staff with his right palm, and the pure light wrapped around the tip of the staff——

"Puff!"

A green flower blooms.

"Die, die, die, die!"

Orgov stabbed the magic robe monster again and again, the latter couldn't even move in the severe pain, and could only allow the muscles to twist and convulse under the instinctive reflex.

"Go to hell! Uh..."

Suddenly, Olgov's feet went limp, and he suddenly felt his world spinning. His vision became darker, and he immediately fell down.

Cloris hurriedly checked, and said: "He was too active, his anger was overwhelming, he didn't use the spiritual vein symbol to suppress the pollution, and the wound was torn, which caused him to faint... It's not a big problem, I'll give him another dose The medicine will be fine."

"I heard that Reza is his half-brother, so grief is unavoidable," Yati sighed, "It's fine."

"Ati, little girl!" The one-horned lizard's call came from outside the door, followed by Brito, "What happened? Damn it, this garbage smells like a latrine..."

417. Distribution of benefits

After all the leprosy monsters were dead, no one could misplace the space of this ancient mage guild. Under all kinds of violent movements, Jin Xu quickly led his team members to find the secret room.

The dazzling array of treasures immediately freed the explorers from the depression of being attacked by their companions and killing them with their own hands. Everyone in the Golden Beard Expedition Group was ecstatic, and all fatigue disappeared.

"210 six kilograms of mithril, sixteen kilograms of red gold, Mingsha, Zhaoyueyan, Quguang logs...all are extremely rare or even extinct magic materials, and there are also some miraculous objects, potions and alchemy tools," Jin said. You must ask your subordinates to take the fainted Orgov down to take good care of them, and talk to Brito, "Brito, without your team members, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to deal with these monsters easily, so according to the previous agreement, you First, choose [-]% from the strange objects and alchemy instruments, Mithril, red gold and rare materials are also divided into [-]% and [-]%; as for those common materials and jewelry, after they are shipped out, we will allocate [-]% according to the market price."

The prices of items such as strange objects and alchemy instruments fluctuate greatly, and an accurate judgment can only be made after expert identification. Brito chooses [-]%, and the value may add up to be greater than the rest, or all of them may be shabby. Let Brito choose first, and the latter actually has an advantage.As for the boxes of common materials and jewelry, these properties are also of great value, but considering that the Big Hugging Bear expedition team has only a few people, even if Sleepy Bear is added up, they can’t take a few pieces with them. According to the agreement, the Golden Beard Expedition Group responsible for transportation will take the lead.

Furthermore, including the poison in the coffin, the Big Bear Expedition team had eight people and one bear, which added up to almost one-tenth of the Golden Beard Expedition Group. This distribution was considered fair.

Even if everyone on Brito's team could be called an elite, it wouldn't be of much use if the treasures they got were unlucky.

"Captain Goldbeard," Cloris apologized from the side, "I need to explain something to you. Due to some external force, I killed one of your team members by mistake."

The dwarf waved his hand: "Those monsters can control people's hearts. We also encountered three rebel teams and strangers before. The life of an explorer is always full of various accidents. As long as you don't mean it, it doesn't matter... Of course, the theory You need to pay compensation for such a manslaughter, but you also rescued Orgov, my captain is better than ten team members, so..."

Jin Xu's reaction was within the girl's expectation.Those explorers smile brighter than chrysanthemums in front of money, how can they care about the casualties of their companions?Most explorers are already accustomed to casualties. Unless it is a brotherhood like Orgov and Reza, or comrades and partners in a small circle, no one will be sad for the death of members of other teams, or even thank luck Goddess, the guy who made them pennies less.

As for strange objects and alchemy artifacts, Brito tried his best to pick the smallest ones, perhaps because of the negative curse of the spiritual artifacts, there are no similar items here.

"Is there anything Miss Ke wants in here?" Brito and Cloris asked standing in front of a pile of treasures, "I know Miss Ke doesn't like vulgar money, but there will always be mysterious items inside. Some of them have features that interest you... This time you have helped me a lot, so I should take the lead. After those materials are converted into cash, I will also transfer the money to your account at the explorer bank. Anyway, please don’t Decline." He emphasized, "Every member of the Big Bear Expedition Team is a teammate worthy of entrusting their lives, not the kind of selfish villain who monopolizes treasure."

"Well, it's up to you," Cloris accepted "reluctantly", she picked up an old tome with a tin cover at random, and said, "That's it."

This book was tested by Jinxu's explorers before. I thought it was an ordinary book, but it couldn't be torn, burned, or soaked in water. Therefore, it is classified as a strange object, and its effect is unknown.

"As expected of Miss Ke, the scholarly demeanor is admirable," Brito praised, then looked at his daughter, and admonished, "Pofia, you should follow Miss Ke as an example, Gilges once praised your spells Aptitude, but you always like to explore, which is dangerous and not as promising as the great magician, alas..."

"Father!" Bophia, who is in her twenties, is still being compared with other children by her own father, especially the kind of noble lady she doesn't like very much. It's hard not to be embarrassed.

Mages do not need to cast spells through their own mysterious characteristics, but through rituals and natural laws to perceive and guide the external world.This places extremely high demands on inspiration.

The hard indicators of a great magician are a tough soul and strong mental power, which makes it easier for them to perceive various signs during the casting process, and also facilitates communication with different forces.

In contemporary mage evaluations, level 1 is a magic apprentice, which is commonly found in major workshops and factories. The limit that people can reach by studying hard. This kind of mage usually has achievements in one or two fields, and has no energy to study spells outside the field; when the talent reaches a certain level, the mage will have a deeper understanding of the existence of mysterious characteristics. Perception, that is, what Wojty called the perception domain - mages can more accurately discover the essence of each spell and the conditions required for it to work, and can avoid the cost and risk of many trial and error, just like colleagues have to use a magnifying glass When observing, they have already entered the realm of the microscope with the naked eye, and they can get twice the result with half the effort in learning, thus entering a higher level.

The great thing about magic is that even ordinary people without any talent can use them.However, in the same ritual, mages can summon and enslave demons, but ordinary people will fail because of a misplacement of one or two lines, irregular use of materials, and incompatibility with the right time and place—or sacrifice themselves.

The perception domains of different extraordinary people are also different. Because of [Dream Walker], Cloris can clearly capture dreams and consciousness, and because of [Touch of the Void] is very sensitive to external hostility, but like Wolsey can perceive When it came to "Fate", she couldn't do it when she saw Guantuo's operation of entwining bad luck. At best, she could only detect a little bit of strangeness.

Cloris sat on the steps of the altar, opened the book of unknown script, part of it was the cuneiform script she saw in the fountain square, and part of it was a variety of letters, the more you turned back, even older characters appeared. Primitive, purely pictorial hieroglyphs.

She flipped through hundreds of pages, but found that she couldn't find the end. Even if she opened the last page directly, a new page would float out after opening, but the whole book didn't seem to thicken. "Clorice!" Naina came down from the stairs and waved to her, "The dwarf uncle with the golden beard said he would camp here for a day, do you want to come and cook together?"

"Who are you talking about, uncle, you stupid... elf!" The dwarf was hesitating to speak behind, knocking on the scapegoat, and then said, "I am not yet 30 years old, sir!"

"immediately!"

After confirming that there was no obvious curse, Cloris simply put it in the ring of the void, patted her buttocks and stood up.

"Huh?" The girl suddenly looked to the corner.

The corpses of monsters were piled up there, and the corpses of humans were carried out to be burned and put in urns, but there was one thing Cloris cared about.

That is, the soul-returning ritual of those leprosy monsters will transfer their souls into human bodies. In this way, are the burned corpses human beings or monsters?

It's a pity that those leprosy monsters were originally ancient mages, and they did a good job of protecting the soul. It seems that because of this, Cloris didn't find any useful memory remnants.

"Clorice!" Naina urged again.

"I'm coming!"

The girl took one last look at the unburned robe, turned around and walked out the door.

418. Enlightenment

1 gram of mithril is equivalent to 1 star yuan. Even if you have to pay customs duties to [Watch Outpost], Hongye Base, Gu Lingting and other parties when you return, more than 200 kilograms of mithril can still earn more than [-] yuan for the expedition team.

The prices of mithril and red gold are the most stable. If it is ordinary jewelry, how much can be sold depends on marketing; as for mysterious items, due to variables such as the type of characteristics and buyer demand, the price fluctuates greatly-the same strange item, for Most people may only be worth a few hundred stars, but for those who are in urgent need, the price can be increased several times.

Although it can be packaged and sold to the explorer guild all at once, but... the guild is not a good kind. Experienced appraisal experts are proficient in many professional skills such as deception, low prices, and crazy kickbacks. There is no standard price for this kind of thing, only people In order to maximize the profit.

The current harvest was a complete surprise. No one of the explorers expected that the first area they explored would be the accumulation of an ancient mage guild.As an uncultivated virgin land, the Nightfall Plateau is more attractive to explorers than the explorers' fear of death.

Teams [-] and [-] of the Golden Beard Expedition Team are responsible for transporting the harvest back to the camp on the Suspension Terrace. The Big Bear Expedition Team also sent Bophia, Mirmo and Sleepy Bear. This will take about three round trips. This decadent guild camps.

At the same time, due to the sacrifice of several members of the three teams and the serious injury of the captain Olgov, the reserve team members stationed at the suspension platform will enter the ruins of Area 48 to supplement the losses.

Brito placed the resting point on the clock tower on the left, and several people sat around the bonfire. Naina was cooking a pot of fragrant soup, adding anti-radiation pills, magic to boost physical strength and spirit Potions and spices that work like vitamin tablets.

Cloris climbed to the top of the tower with the soup. Here she has an excellent view, and she can see the creeping shadows and things about to move in the distance. Nearby, the windows on the fourth floor of the guild reveal a warm orange light. , There was a faint noise of joy.

The one-horned lizard was on guard, taking care of each other with several scouts from the Golden Beard Expedition Group on the vault of the guild. Not long after, Yati leaped among the black pillars and landed on the wall.

Cloris handed over the soup and asked, "[Yezhu]?"

Yati nodded: "Yes, [Night Pillar] is the symbol of my spiritual vein, and the main skill is [Night Assassin]."

[Night Pillar] is the symbol of the Church of the Night, and its upper position is the symbol of the divine spirit vein [Land of Lightless]. In the dark deep world, this set of symbols and skills is indeed very cost-effective.

Cloris jokingly said, "Then you must be afraid of light, and die just like me."

Yati didn't mind mentioning the weakness, but just shrugged without saying a word.

Without any information, Cloris didn't ask any further questions. It's extremely impolite to inquire into such a thing, so the girl was the first to speak out about her "weakness" of "fear" of light.

But so far, even strong light can only make Cloris' sense of touch more sensitive, and she will sew a leather cover on the surface of the skin that is covered by [Phantom]. If people of the same level really expect to use this trick Plotting against her will most likely lead to a big defeat.

"In fact, light can't illuminate [Night Pillar], so..." Yati finally said, "I like light, and long-term darkness will swallow my perception."

"..." Cloris nodded, and then pointed to the lit window of the guild, where Goldbeard and Brito were sitting, "What are they discussing?"

"Discuss when to return." Yati's tense formulaic smile finally revealed a touch of relief, "The previous income is at least worth the hard work of our whole team for a year."

"But Brito wants to do it once and for all. After this time, he hopes that Bophia can live a good life, so these benefits are not enough for us," Wei Lun said, "Besides, Luca shouldn't be useless. die."

Cloris asked curiously, "Do you want to continue exploring too? Waylon, do you really need money, or do you want to avenge Luca?"

"Hiss, hiss," the one-horned lizard laughed, with bloodthirsty and fighting intent in its crimson eyes, "I just want to keep challenging myself to the limit, and finally kill everyone I want to kill."

Well, a violent one.

Back inside the clock tower, Cloris sat down next to Naina: "How do you feel, explorer?"

The elf continued to stir the thick soup, and the dried mushroom slices swelled during the stirring. She thought for a while and said, "It's just walking and walking all day long, which is different from what I imagined."

"What do you imagine?"

"Explore dangerous places and fight monsters!" Naina said, "The night plateau is too dark to see anything clearly. Although I can perceive the environment through the flow of wind, my eyes can only see it illuminated by fire." A small part of it...Of course, the ruins here are still very shocking to me, and I can see something different," she served the soup, scooped the delicious shiitake mushrooms to the girl, and continued, "Also, Bophia Miss told me a lot of knowledge about adventure, such as before entering a potentially dangerous environment, use some substitutes to try traps, which is the same as stealing... uh, it's the same."

In addition, there are also some things that make Naina dissatisfied, such as the explorers' disregard for the lives of their companions, the pathological pursuit of wealth, and the uneven quality of people who make some people not polite... The elf didn't tell Cloris about this, Firstly, there are worse gangsters in Paradise than this, and secondly, she doesn't want to judge her teammates.

Moreover, the quality of the Golden Beard Expedition Group has already been considered the best in the industry. During this period of time, from Gulingting to Hong Ye to [Watching Outpost], Naina has realized through the understanding and inquiries of all parties that, What scumbag creatures most explorers are.

There are various cases about explorers plundering, slave trading, and extermination of indigenous people in the far distance, and there is the provocateur who didn't know good or bad in Passido.

The more she came into contact with the outside world, the more Naina felt a terrifying sense of powerlessness.It was only after she left Gringting Court that she realized for the first time that compared with those laborers who work twelve hours a day, there are slaves who are more humble, miserable, and have no human rights.

Naina believes that as long as Vilumeka takes over as the president of Tianshu, Gulingting will be on the right path.But what about outside the Ancient Lingting Court and the Sea of ​​Floating Stars?

People are like animals, but everyone is used to it.When the slave trader beheaded a citizen of the Sea of ​​Floating Stars who was probably abducted and trafficked, even Cloris was indifferent. This caused Naina's cognition to have a strong dislocation, and the reality and the world she understood were split in two. , half in the abyss, half in hell, no heaven in sight.

Naina is committed to helping more people live a better life, but she does not believe in her own abilities, but pins her grand future on the great.For example, Vilumeka, if it weren't for the wanderer who adopted her, the elf would never have the courage to be a grand thief. Just thinking of confronting so many terrifying existences is enough to make her despair.

Naina is not afraid, but, when there is no one to guide her, she can't see any way out. No matter how she resists, she will only rot in the mud in the end.

The elf hopes that Cloris can tell her that the world will be better.But sometimes, the girl shows a cold aura to everything that happens outside, as if the commonplace inhuman things should be the underlying logic of the world, which makes Naina unable to guess what Cloris is thinking. The thought is buried in the bottom of my heart.

"Nana, I know that there is a huge gap between the world outside the ancient spirit court and your ideal." Cloris seemed to see Naina's sullen thoughts, and Cloris sat closer, with the bonfire reflecting on their faces, "but these It’s not up to you, so you can focus on the present moment first. In my hometown, a philosopher said this: If you want to make the whole world a smooth path under your feet, you must first govern your country well, and Before governing your own country well, you must first learn to make your family harmonious and your team well organized."

"It's so complicated..." Naina found that she couldn't do anything.

"Because all of this requires a premise," said Cloris, "the perfection of virtue and force, and first of all," she took Naina's hand and placed it on her heart, "awareness of one's own Sincerely."