Chapter 440: Underground Maze (IV)

Under Annie's shield blow, the formation of the corpse witches was immediately disrupted, and if they were replaced by necromancers or lichs, then they might have a chance to fight back. But these magical creatures with only basic intelligence behave quite differently from them. In the midst of the chaos, the witches also became hesitant, and they scattered in panic, trying to escape from Anne's whirlwind. But at this time, Rod's figure had already appeared behind another corpse witch.

"Boom!"

Greyhill stabbed silently from behind, easily piercing the skull of the corpse witch, and seeing his companion being attacked, the other corpse witch facing Rhodes immediately opened its mouth, and soon, the turbulent waves of magic converged into a strong shock wave and shot forward, rushing towards Rhodes.

Although this corpse witch reacted very quickly, the flaws of the undead with low IQ were also exposed at this time——— it did not care about the companions in front of Rhodes at all, and because of this, the object that should have been rescued by it became the first victim of the magic shockwave, and after the roaring fluctuations passed, the corpse witch that was originally suspended in mid-air was only half of its body, and the department above the chest completely disappeared in the magic wave. The initiator didn't care at all about what happened to his companion, on the contrary, it tilted its head curiously, and couldn't figure out why it didn't see Rod.

And at this moment, the two crosses formed an X-shaped light, flashing in front of the corpse witch.

When Rhodes landed on the ground again, the corpse of the corpse witch fell from the sky and fell to the ground.

It's over.

Standing at the top of the high platform, Rod took the time to look below him, where there was no trace of the ghouls, replaced by a mass of charred black marks, Seven Lovers stood leisurely in the corridor in the middle of the hall, slowly walked towards the high platform, and noticed Rod's gaze. The fox-eared girl proudly stretched out a hand and waved at him.

"Master, everything is OK, no problem."

"Boom!"

Just then, there was a heavy thud from the other side, and Rhodes looked up and saw Anne rolling on the ground and getting up underneath her. That poor corpse witch has been completely reduced to meaningless scum. Seeing Rod looking at her, Anne also showed a bright smile.

"Captain, Anne has also done it?"

"Well done."

Rhodes glanced around, although it was said that the strength of the corpse witch was not as good as that of the necromancer, but against three in one go, it could be seen that Annie's reaction in battle was quite good. Although Rhodes knows all about the tricks of the corpse witch. However, he did not tell Anne the details, only mentioned it vaguely, in order to test how far the girl could play in this situation. Now it seems that Anne's performance is quite qualified. This will be very helpful for the rest of the battle, and thinking of this, Rhodes withdrew his gaze and looked at the box in front of him.

It was a square, silvery-white contraption that looked as if it was made of silver. It was carved with an intricate pattern that looked like a part of some kind of magic circle, and the emerald green gems were set on it, but it did not have the luster of ordinary magic gems. On the contrary, it looks rather bleak.

Could it be that the amount of power in it has been depleted?

Thinking of this, Rhodes couldn't help but reach out, picked up the device, and then looked carefully at the magic gem on it, no wonder Rhodes had such questions. In the game, after all. The most basic way to judge the power of a magic gem is to look at the magic it contains, generally speaking. The more brilliant and dazzling, the more abundant the force. The same goes for props, devices, and weapons inlaid with magic gems. In terms of value, a longsword with enough magic gems can sell for thousands of gold coins, but if the magic gems on the sword lose their power, then the longsword can only sell for dozens of gold coins. After learning the art of alchemy repair, players in the production system could take risks or buy those crippled magic items from NPCs, and then repair them and sell them back to earn the difference. It's just that because alchemy repair itself is also a chance problem, and soon this method spread, causing many people to follow the trend and learn, so that the price of crippled magic items on the market is also rising all the way, plus the number of magic items after repair has increased, becoming more and more saturated, and the price reduction has also led to a decline in profits, so in the future, this is no longer much money for production players.

Gossip, at least in Rhodes' experience, the current magic device is simply a scrap, and there is no way to use it if it is not repaired and replaced with magic gems to replenish the magic power, but ............ Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help frowning, the strategy didn't say that this device needed to be repaired? If there is a requirement in this regard, it should not be deliberately abandoned when writing the strategy. What's more, even if the original author forgets to write it, there should be players to supplement it below, right? But there is no such description in my memory, so what is it............... Thinking of this, Rhodes couldn't help but hesitate, if this magic item really needs to be repaired before it can be used, then it would be a big mistake for him not to bring Labis, after all, repairing magic items is not something that any craftsman can do, not to mention that there is still a chance problem, and as Labis, who has completely mastered the alchemy of Belchems, it is naturally the best choice for her to repair this device. But it doesn't seem realistic to go back and bring her back now............

"Master?"

At this time, the voice of Seven Loves brought Rodra back to reality, and Rod was slightly stunned, and then frowned, only then did he realize that the originally dim magic device in his hand, I don't know when, suddenly emitted a faint, bright magical light.

"It's ..............."

Rod didn't finish his words, because at this time, with the high platform as the center, suddenly dazzling white light appeared from the cracks in the floor, and soon, the entire hall was shrouded in this light, and at the same time, Rod felt a strange sense of levitation, as if even the space around him began to distort.........

"Oops. Annie, Seven Loves, be careful! It's a space shift!! ”

"Huh?"

"No problem, master."

Hearing Rod's reminder, Anne looked around with wide eyes curiously, while Seven Love showed as calm and calm as ever, and the fox-eared girl didn't seem to care about the scene in front of her. Or maybe she was already prepared. It's just that Rod didn't see the expression of Qiai, because at this time, the dazzling white light had already occupied his sight, completely enveloping it in the light...............

What Rod felt when he opened his eyes again. It's a cool breeze that fills the smell of the earth.

"I don't remember the damn guide saying that if you get this shit, you'll be teleported..............."

Rhodes pressed his forehead and grumbled as he stood up and looked to both sides. Soon, he saw Anne, who was half-crouching beside him, shaking her head, looking like she was asleep and not waking up, and Seven Love, who was standing quietly on the other side, the elemental lord was obviously used to this level of spatial teleportation, she just closed her eyes. With her hands in front of you, she stood there like a lady. It wasn't until Rod stood up that Seven Love opened his eyes and looked at his master with a hint of a smile.

"Master, how's it going? Feels good, right? ”

"It's really uncomfortable, I regret that I didn't take motion sickness medicine in advance."

Rod stood up and stomped his feet on the ground hard, barely dispelling the dizzy feeling, and then. Rod looked up. Look at the space in front of you. Unlike the underground hall they were in before, now Rhodes could clearly see the shining stars in the sky. and the light bands unique to the Dragon Soul of Light. The bright full moon hung in the air, and as far as the eye could see, you could see the grassland in the distance, waist-deep grass rolling like waves under the night breeze. And not far in front of Rod's eyes, this place is not strange to Rod, although he has only been here a few times, but for Rod, this is a place that he remembers. Looking down, he could see that at his feet, a complete circular stone slab circle was lying quietly in the hollow deep in the middle of the grassland.

"I wonder how that hell place can have this thing, it turns out that it's for this..............."

"Uh............ Meow ............"

Rod looked at the slate circle under his feet, and couldn't help muttering, and at this time, Anne also stood up, but unlike Seven Love and Rod, the girl had obviously never experienced this kind of spatial teleportation, she staggered to her feet, squinted her eyes, and swayed left and right as if she was drunk. He made an indecipherable sound as he shook himself before leaning on Rod's shoulder. And it was only at this time that Anne opened her eyes curiously and looked at the man beside her.

"Uh............ Head? Where are we............ What a disgusting feeling......... What just happened......"

"Spatial teleportation, we've left the underground labyrinth. And where we are now........."

Saying this, Rhodes raised his head and looked at the grassland in front of him. In front of him, there were broken stone pillars and collapsed ruins. But incredible, this kind of scenery, which obviously looks extremely dilapidated, gives people an unusually strange atmosphere under the moonlight at this moment.

"It's a relic of the Casta Plateau."

Remains of the Custer Plateau.

No one knows where it really came from, and the same is true for Rhodes, who is a player, who knows that it was once a huge city with a high level of civilization. But then the city sank into the depths of the earth for some reason, becoming a complete underground city. That was a long time ago, at the beginning, it was just an accident that Rhodes and his team strayed into this dungeon, they accidentally found this stone circle placed on the grassland, and according to the player's experience, there must be something near such a strange thing on the grassland, so after searching around, the players found the entrance to the underground ruins, and then entered it. Although it encountered unexpected obstacles, with Starlight's strength at the time, he still pushed it back, and finally cleaned up the relic copy with ease. Because of this, Rhodes doesn't know the history of this place very well, but he only knows from the descriptions of players who have gone through the quest process to clear the dungeon on the Internet that this place should have been a city with very advanced magic skills a long time ago, and then it was due to a large-scale magic experiment that went wrong. The whole city was plunged into the ground. And because of the suddenness of the incident, most of the people in the city were not able to escape. The underground labyrinthine burial chamber that Rhodes had entered before seemed to have been founded by the people who had fled from that city, who had been lurking in the City of Eagles and working tirelessly to bring the city back to light. But unfortunately, after hundreds of years, they still have not been able to achieve their goals. In the end, he fell into a permanent sleep.

After destroying the necromancer and clearing the customs, Rhodes and the others were also very puzzled. Because things like slate circles are generally used for teleportation. At first, they thought it was a passage to enter the dungeon, so they studied it for a long time, but they couldn't get any results. After entering the dungeon, they thought it might be the circle that teleported them back to the surface after the dungeon was cleared, but it turned out that they had guessed wrong again. This made everyone quite puzzled, and now it seems. The circle was clearly used to teleport to the ruins through the halls of the burial chamber.

Although it was an accident for Rhodes to be teleported directly to the gate of the ruins, he was not too panicked, originally Rhodes's plan was to set off for the ruins of the Custer Plateau the next day after getting the device, but now it is good, even the time for carriages and horses is left, for Rhodes, this is naturally a good choice.

"Let's go."

Rod lowered his head, glanced around in the moonlight, and walked forward. And Anne and Seven Love followed behind him. Seven Love was better, but Anne didn't seem to be able to get rid of the dizziness of spatial teleportation, she covered her forehead and muttered something in a low voice, while walking behind the trail with her own steps.

As the three of them walked slowly, the soft grass gradually turned into a hard stone road. After so many years of baptism, the originally smooth and smooth stone slab has now been separated and broken, and the bright green grass blades have grown tenaciously from the cracks in the stone slabs. It looks like a vibrant scene.

But with the advance of the trio. Soon, the scenery in front of me changed.

"Huh?"

Anne opened her eyes curiously. Gaze at the scene in front of you.

The moon is still hanging high in the sky, nothing has changed, the night wind is still cold, and the surrounding grassland still exudes a faint rustling sound, but I don't know what the road is about, Anne suddenly found that her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of light gray, and the whole world was a gray and dull scene, the original bright colors were now dim, even the seven loves and Rhodes around her were the same, both of them looked as if they had lost their original brilliance, lifeless as dead people.

"Commander!?"

Seeing this scene, Anne couldn't help but be startled, she hurriedly reached out and grabbed Rod's arm.

"Huh?"

Anne grabbed her arm, Rod was also involuntarily stunned, he hurriedly turned his head to look at Anne, but Anne's expression at the moment was a little embarrassed, she hurriedly withdrew her hand and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. Could it be that something is wrong with her eyes?

"Don't worry, Annie."

Just when Anne was a little flustered, Rod seemed to see through what she was thinking, reached out and gently patted Anne on the shoulder.

"We are now within the range of that necromancer's power, and this place has been completely enveloped by the aura of death, so you can see such a scene, take it easy, use your elemental power, and be able to dispel the aura of death."

"What a!!"

Hearing Rod's answer, Anne's heart was put back in her stomach, and then she closed her eyes, and began to use her elemental power according to Rod's instructions, and soon, the power of the wind element completely wrapped Anne in the blink of an eye, and when she opened her eyes again, the gray color in front of her eyes finally dissipated, and the vivid color returned to her eyes.

"Hoo ..............."

It was only at this time that the girl breathed a sigh of relief, she really couldn't accept that kind of gray world, which made the lively Anne feel very depressed. Although Anne has not fought underground, even in the gloomy and drowsy underworld realm, under the light of fire, at least this world realm is still bright and dazzling. However, the world world that was occupied in Anne's eyes just now was dead and dilapidated——— as if they had been abandoned by the entire world world.

"Huh?"

And at this time, Rod suddenly slowed down in confusion.

What unfolded in front of them at this moment was a huge cavern, which was like a monster's huge mouth, quietly open, waiting for the prey to enter it on its own. This is the entrance to the ruins of the Karst Plateau, however, it is not the same as the memory of Rhodes. In Rod's memory, there should have been necromantic soldiers in charge of guarding this place, but right now, the entrance to the entire cave was deserted and unusually quiet, except for the broken walls and collapsed stone pillars, only a pile of white bones scattered on the ground.

Scattered on the ground?

Rod crouched down and picked up the white bone that had fallen at his feet, and then, his face changed slightly. Because he saw clearly visible scars from these white bones——— which were the marks left by the sword, and judging from the signs it remained, it should not be too long!

Did someone get ahead of them into the ruins of the Custer Plateau?

Thinking of this, Rod's heart sank, he hurriedly stood up, watched the entrance vigilantly, and his brain began to spin rapidly. The ruins of the Custer Plateau are five-star mercenary missions, and no one except the guild has this qualification. In other words, according to common sense, it can only be people from the mercenary guild who appear here. But Battle had already denied that they would go to the ruins of the Custer Plateau to complete this five-star mission, and in terms of Battle's character, he was not the kind of person who could lie, and he would do the same thing behind the other. So, what's going on here? Who else would come to the ruins of the Custer Plateau?

Thinking of this, Rod no longer hesitated, he threw away the white bone in his hand and stood up.

"Let's go!"