The Orc Bandit Ruhr's treasure hiding place was actually very secretive. It was located in the depths of the Ashes Forest, next to an open space where skeletons were bred.
In the Ashes Forest, some places were particularly easy to gather negative energy, so that there was no grass growing, and it was an empty flat land. And under the flat land, the flow of negative energy would slowly transfer all kinds of bones here, forming a huge pile of bones. Every night, it would become a large group of skeletons, silently absorbing the negative energy in the open space, and constantly strengthening.
This special terrain was called a "pile of skeletons." When Sui Xiong first set foot on the land, he had studied such a "pile of skeletons."
The place that Ruhr used to hide his treasure was located near a medium-sized "pile of skeletons." No matter looking from the sky or looking from the ground, there was nothing special about it. Only by using positioning magic could the coordinates be found.
Positioning magic was a very special kind of magic. It combined astrology and detection, and divided a huge coordinate system for the vast land, and each coordinate was a place. It was said that some people had been studying positioning magic that also calculated the "height", but so far it had not been successful.
This magic was a bit unorthodox, and it was a bit complicated to use, but it was very popular. On the one hand, it was very helpful when adventuring in the wild, and one could quickly judge the direction according to the map. On the other hand, it was extremely useful when hiding treasure, and it was almost impeccable.
Before the invention of positioning magic, the treasure collectors had to design some clear and distinct features for their treasure, but it was not easy to be noticed by others. This was really a technical job. Many people took the treasure map left by their predecessors, and went through all kinds of hardships to find the treasure, only to find that the treasure had been dug away by adventurers who occasionally passed by. Some narrow-minded and mean guys would even leave some traps in the treasure, and the owner of the treasure would be badly hurt.
But since the invention of positioning magic, it was much easier to hide the treasure. You could make the location of the treasure have no special features. Even if a group of people looked for it for ten days or half a month, they would not find anything special. Only by knowing the exact coordinates of the location of the treasure could you find the treasure.
Compared with the predecessors who had to fight with the future treasure hunters, the current treasure collectors only needed to make the treasure hidden enough, and then leave the coordinates and digging methods for their descendants, and everything would be fine.
The same was true of Bloody Hand Ruhr's treasure. There was nothing special about its location. Even if they had the exact coordinates, when Gerrard and others arrived at the place indicated by the coordinates, they were still at a loss.
"This place doesn't look special at all. Even if there is a treasure, where would it be hidden?" Palin carefully observed the surroundings, but he could not find any trace of treasure. He could not help but be a little suspicious. "Could it be that the coordinates left by that guy are wrong?"
Of course, the coordinates couldn't be wrong. Ruhr's soul fell into Sui Xiong's hands, which was like a book that could be read at any time without any hidden information. Sui Xiong had already told Gerrard all the information about this treasure, and he even knew clearly what was in the treasure. How could he have gotten the coordinates wrong?
"This is the place. You just have to dig down in a straight line. After digging for about ten feet, you will see a magic gear. Ruhr's own blood is needed to unlock the mechanism, so we'll have to trouble Ryan then. "Gerrard said some of the information selectively." Anyway, let's get to work first. "
Of course, no one had any objections to this, and the three of them got busy.
Gerrard was very strong, and he was the main force in digging. Ryan was very experienced, and he could help with this. As for Palin, he could only be responsible for arranging the camp so that everyone could have a good rest at night.
In fact, according to Gerrard's original intention, it was better to come here alone to find the treasure. He felt that even if he was not strong enough, he could still ask Oscar for help. It seemed that there was no need to ask for help from others. But Sui Xiong did not think so. He felt that Gerrard's current appearance was very out of touch with society. If he did not work hard to develop some interpersonal relationships, sooner or later he would become a reclusive master who was "isolated from the world". Like overly powerful creatures such as giant dragons, they would live alone in the barren land. Not to mention friends, they could not even see a ghost.
After all, human beings were social creatures, and there was no fun in such creatures!
So he asked Gerrard to take Palin, who wanted to follow and broaden his horizons, and asked Gerrard to find helpers to help dismantle the magic gear with the excuse of "I'm very busy". After all, he just wanted Gerrard to communicate more with people and make more friends.
In fact, he had been thinking about how to readjust Gerrard's appearance during this time. This bald guy (although he was not bald now) was so cool that he had no friends. Even if he did not consider the problem of friends, it would be difficult for him to find a girlfriend with such a big body!
There was a witty saying on the earth that age, appearance, income, character, and even gender, life and death could not stop love, and only physique could stop love. Gerrard's aesthetic standards definitely belonged to the category of human beings, and it was impossible for him to like large creatures such as ogres or mountain giants. If he wanted to find a girlfriend, he had to make his body smaller again, or give him the ability to freely change his size.
So since he had a good sleep, Sui Xiong had been working hard on this topic. At this moment, if someone flew to the sky and flew to the huge floating jellyfish, he would see that there was a muscle on the back of the jellyfish that was constantly changing its shape.
That was him doing experiments to study the means of free transformation.
Sui Xiong himself could transform, but his transformation speed was not fast, and there was a certain risk in this kind of transformation. Except for him, who was not afraid of death, others might not be able to use it. From the magic system of this world that he had come into contact with, there should be a better, fast and reliable way of transformation.
There must be a way, but he just needed to find it.
These days, when Gerrard and others were on their way, Sui Xiong was concentrating on studying, trying to find this way.
But this kind of immediate result was destined not to be achieved soon. What he could do was to be patient, explore and think about it slowly.
When it was getting dark, Gerrard finally dug out the magic gear. It was a metal plate that was at least five feet square, and it was engraved with complicated patterns that looked dazzling to the eye. In the center of the pattern, there was a drop-shaped groove, through which countless vein-like veins ran through the whole pattern.
The correct way to unlock this gear was to drip the blood of someone with the same bloodline as Ruhr into the drop-shaped groove, and then the blood would flow along the veins into the magic circle. First, the bloodline identification circle would be activated. If the bloodline identification could be passed, the rest of the circle would be further activated, and finally the gear would be unlocked and the road to the treasure house would be opened. If the bloodline identification could not be passed, the circle would be dim, and it would take a night to absorb the free negative energy to recover, and then it would be ready for the next identification.
However, Gerrard definitely could not take out Ruhr's bloodline, because when Sui Xiong found the information in Ruhr's memory, the orc had already died hard, and the blood in the corpse had lost its vitality, so it could not be identified. Any bloodline identification circle would only recognize living blood, and the blood of a dead body would never be recognized.
So when the magic circle was dug out, the rest was the work of Ryan, the senior thief.
"It looks quite complicated, and it's not an ordinary level." Ryan was not in a hurry to start. He carefully observed for a while, and then praised, "The person who set up this magic gear is not only skillful, but also has a high level of magic!"
"Generally speaking, such a magic gear needs the cooperation of a thief who makes a living with his hands and a sorcerer who makes a living with his brains. But this gear seems to be made by one person, which is very rare. To be honest, although the level of magic is not high, it is really amazing that people like us, who make a living with our hands, can reach such a level! "
"Can you do it?" Gerrard asked.
"Twenty years ago, I could, but now I can't." Ryan shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "At that time, I learned some magic. Basically, I know all the magic that is useful in our line. But I haven't used it for decades, and it has been wasted. "
"Magic can be wasted?"
"Of course, there is no skill in this world that will not be wasted. Why do many powerful adventurers, when they were wandering in Jianghu in the past, could also pick up a sword to cut people, and pick up a staff to cast magic, but later they often become simple warriors or sorcerers? The key is that as their level gets higher and higher, they need to spend more and more energy in one aspect, and as a result, they are wasted in another aspect. " Ryan said, "But don't worry, although I can't make such a gear, I can still crack it. After all … it is always easier to destroy than to build. "
After saying this, the old thief lowered his head and concentrated on cracking the gear. His movements were light and slow, and it was almost impossible to see what he was doing. Gerrard watched for a while, but he really could not find any clue, so he shook his head and went back to help Palin.
It took longer than they expected to crack the gear, and they still could not finish it until it was dark. So they stayed next to the treasure that day, and waited for the next day to continue.
At night, Palin set up a magic circle around the camp that could hide the skeletons' perception. Although they were close to the dense army of skeletons, nothing happened, and they slept peacefully.
The next day, the sun was very good, and Ryan was in a good state after a good night's sleep. After breakfast, he began to busy himself, and at noon, he finally brought good news.
"It's done!" He said loudly in the deep pit, "Come here, this is a small transmission circle."
The three gathered in the pit and stood together according to his instructions. Then he activated the cracked magic gear, and a faint green light was projected and shone on them.
With a slight sense of dizziness, their eyes darkened and brightened, and they had been transmitted from the deep pit to a cave.
The cave was extremely dark, but they could vaguely see some golden things shining under the light of gems in the distance, and the number was far more than they had expected.
This was the treasure of the Orc Bandit "Bloody Hand" Ruhr, which was the wealth accumulated by the bandit group that had ravaged the four northwestern towns for several years.
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