However, Richard soon found a small, ornately furnished temple behind the altar, where the Zuka statue had also been destroyed, revealing a cracked wall behind the statue. Judging by the broken cracks, it can be seen that there is also a secret storage space inside. After detecting that there were no energy or magic fluctuations, Richard cautiously opened the door to the box. There was a small space behind the secret door, and inside was a tightly sealed copper bottle. The copper bottle is constantly overflowing with a strong breath of life. This breath of life is full of violent and powerful flavors. There were several troll words engraved on the brass bottle that Richard recognized: the blood of the Holy Spirit.

Is it the blood of the Holy Spirit?

Richard was surprised and delighted, this powerful blood has too many uses, and it is simply a treasure that can be encountered but not sought. If you wish, you can also sacrifice to the dragons of Eternity and Time.

Richard hurriedly called Quicksand, who carefully observed the copper bottle for a while, tested it with the power of time, and finally rummaged in the Book of Time for a long time before he said with certainty: "The blood of the Holy Spirit contained in this should be the blood of Zuka." This should be the second holy weapon of the Troll Empire! In the era of the Troll Empire, the high priest had to take the blood of the Holy Spirit to be able to communicate with the Holy Spirit and possess some of the Holy Spirit's powers. We are fortunate to have the luck of "Tieba Feng Xian Yi" that Zuka is obviously an extremely powerful being, and its body may have died, but this blood is still alive. ”

Richard suddenly thought of the creation of his unicorn, and immediately lowered his voice and said to the quicksand: "This bottle of Holy Spirit blood is very useful for the brood. ”

Quicksand nodded and said, "Indeed, the evolution of the brood requires all kinds of powerful creatures. I don't know what level of life Zuka is, but a spirit like this who has wisdom and can absorb faith should be no worse than a dragon. ”

Richard carefully collected the blood of the Holy Spirit. Although Jubwal's trip took great risks, especially the Overseer's soul spear that nearly killed him, it ended up being risky and rewarding. The finest maple amber alone is a huge fortune, and the two holy artifacts cannot be measured in gold coins. Although Richard lost nearly twenty elite-level fighters, it was completely worth the money. Twenty elites, the brood is produced in ten days.

However, Richard was still unsatisfied, and suddenly remembered that there was a third holy artifact. But all the warriors turned the temple upside down, and failed to find anything of value.

Quicksand checked the book of time for a long time, and then repeatedly studied the stone tablet rubbing, and found that the third holy artifact may be related to the great sacrifice. It is said to be an artifact that can carry the oracle and power of Zuka.

"Nothing to say, go to the sacrificial area!" Richard immediately decided. Two of the three holy weapons have already been obtained, and there is no reason to let go of the third one.

The sacrificial area is one level lower to the right of the temple, and the terrain here is even a few meters higher than the chieftaincy. On the innermost floor of the stone hall where the high priest lived, there was a stone table dedicated to the artifact. Quietly on top of it was a strange large piece of parchment, on which something was written in blood. It's just that due to the passage of time, the blood stains on this parchment have long since turned deep purple, close to black.

As soon as he saw this parchment, Richard immediately exclaimed: "The Book of Bearers!"

The parchment had an air of Richard's familiarity, and it was resonating with the two books he was carrying. There was no need to look for it, Richard knew that the fragment of the Book of Bearers was the Third Sacred Artifact of the Troll Empire! He strode over to the stone table, picked up the fragment of the Book of Bearers, and wanted to merge directly with the fragment in his hand. But Richard thought about it and called Quicksand over to see what the trolls had written on the scrap.

It took a few minutes for quicksand to decipher the contents of the broken page. It was the oracle of Zuka, and a message from the last generation of troll priests.

The oracle of Zuka is translated as follows:

"The river of life will dry up, and the capital of trolls will be reduced to rubble. Jubvar will die in the dry and be dusty, and will not be revived until the river of life flows again. The source of chaos, in the Pale Heights. ”

The Troll High Priest left behind something similar to a diary.

"Six of the seven rivers of life have disappeared. The last splash in the river appeared a month ago. We can only look at the cracked riverbed and pray now. But Zuka has long since disappeared, and it has abandoned us, or has it gone into the Pale Heights to find the source of the chaos, which is the land of the dwarves, and these little men are very difficult enemies to deal with. But all rivers of life originate in the Pale Highlands, and to figure out why they dried up, one must cross the realm of the dwarves. But the stubborn little men refused to give way, so I decided to put them all on spears for our warriors to eat.

The water level in the wells of Jubwal is rapidly declining, and we will soon run out of water to drink. It's imperative to fight the dwarves!

We will come back. ”

After reading the contents of the fragments, Richard finally saw the demise of the former troll empire. All the rivers dried up, the wells dried up, and Jubvar immediately became a dead zone. The trolls had to evacuate the waterless dead land, perhaps somewhere else, perhaps to the death of the Pale Heights. Eventually, Jubwal was dusty and in ruins by the erosion of time. The capital of trolls also became a legend.

However, there are still many mysteries in this place, such as why Zuka would have predicted Richard's arrival.

Quicksand wrote down the contents of the fragment in the Book of Time, and Richard put the fragment together with the fragment in his hand. After a strong surge of energy, the book in Richard's hand suddenly emitted a strong light, making everyone unable to open their eyes for a while. When the light had dissipated, the three fragments in Richard's hand had merged into one and had become a normal-sized book, with a bronze cover engraved with intricate patterns and a row of quicksand that could not be recognized. The book seemed to have more than a hundred pages, but no matter how much Richard turned it, he could only turn to three pages.

The third fragment, when fused, provides an additional mana slot for the bearer to store. The Book of Bearers can now store five spells with a maximum level of seven. However, all magic had to be infused by Richard himself in order to be effective. The current Book of Bearers can completely turn the outcome of a magic duel in terms of attributes.

Richard stayed in Jubvar for another two days and searched the Troll Capital thoroughly, but found nothing more valuable. If the brood is here, the altar can be devoured as well. Richard was so excited about the idea that he decided to find a time to bring the brood to Jubvar and clean up the troll capital once the plan was completed.

In the end, Richard packed up his booty and left Jubvar to return to the army stationed in the Bloodstained Lands. The army had completed its rest and continued its march to the northwest. After dealing with a few more small groups of horse bandits on the road, at the end of Richard's line of sight, a gray-white ribbon finally appeared.

That's the Pale Heights.

When the flat rocky terrain turns upwards under the hooves of the unicorn, the color of the earth quickly turns from brown-red to gray. If you look down from above, you can see that the red and pale worlds on the earth are clearly distinguished, and the boundary between the bloodstained land and the pale highlands is clearly marked. Even Richard had to sigh at the wonder of the world.

As soon as you step out of the bloodstained land, the heat in the air gradually disappears, and is replaced by a slight cold and dampness. As the terrain gradually rises, the chill in the wind becomes more and more obvious. When you walk to the second day in the pale land, you can see the snow that has not melted all year round on the mountain peaks in the distance.

The Pale Land is full of dense forests, and the forests are mainly coniferous forests, and the color of the leaves is also pale gray, almost exactly the same color as the rocks. Although the climate has turned cold, water can be found everywhere. With clean and abundant water, the army doesn't have to worry too much.

The gently undulating valley is a natural passageway. Walking along the avenue until noon the next day, Richard finally saw a rock fort unique to the dwarves on a hill. A rock fort is a fortress made of rock throughout, often six or seven meters high, and is divided into four or five levels, two of which are underground. The entrance is behind the rock fort, and you can go down to the basement level before you can climb to the top of the fort layer by floor. Each layer of the fort has a long, narrow hole from which the dwarves can shoot outward.

The appearance of a rock castle means that it has officially entered the realm of dwarves. Another meaning of the dwarves building a rock fort here is to declare the determination of this area that cannot be lost.

When Richard saw the rock castle, he first asked the unicorn to stop, and then kept looking at the rock castle, and for a moment it was a little hard to believe that he had really arrived in the country of the dwarves!

At the top of the rock fort poked a head with a heavy steel helmet, and shouted in a uniquely loud voice: "Humans, I see you! This is the land of the dwarves, you must get out of here at once! Otherwise, I will give you a taste of iron sand, so that you will remember your determination not to underestimate the fire beard!"

The dwarf roared in the lingua franca of humans, and it was obviously not the first time they had dealt with humans. But the nobles behind Richard suddenly burst into cheers!

It's really a dwarf! It's really a dwarf! It's really a dwarf! The rhapsodic man's daydream-like plan for a longitudinal line has really come true!

The aristocracy, especially those who had followed Richard through the First Vertical Line War, were also particularly excited at this moment. They cheered, roared, and hugged each other. I don't know who used the fighting spirit in the roar, so the generals and nobles followed suit, and some magicians even began to use the effect of magic amplification.