In the direction that Brando was pointing at, a pale golden light beam formed by light tassels rose from the center of the valley and pierced through the clouds. As the color of the light beam was extremely faint, it almost blended in with the sky from a few miles away, so they did not notice it at all. Now, with the help of the green background of the valley, they could clearly see the existence of the light beam. Brando and Allium Japonicum looked at each other and instantly understood what it was. "The Rule Fragment —"
"I didn't expect that the Rule Fragment near Fatan City would also fall here," Allium Japonicum whispered excitedly. "Because the average player values the Knowledge Slate more than the Rule Fragment, only the big forces would care about this kind of thing, so very few people know the exact location of the first batch of Rule Fragments." What she meant was that they had hit the jackpot this time.
In the game, the Rule Fragment was almost useless to the individual player, but it was extremely important to the forces of one party. Its most basic function was to raise an artificial sun in the eternal night. Having it meant that one could build a completely independent country, because in the coming era, there would be refugees who were forced to live and seek refuge from you. It was the dream of ambitious people.
As the Count of Tónigel, Brando's importance to the Rule Fragment was self-evident. He originally planned to go to Mehotofen to look for the Rule Fragment, because he knew the exact location of one of the Rule Fragments there. He did not expect to be so lucky and get it without any effort.
The location where the War Slate fell was at the bottom of the valley. Between the dense oak forest stood clusters of white ruins. These buildings made of marble must have been majestic and magnificent palaces in the past. Now, only the broken walls remained in the dense forest, giving a glimpse of the past. Brando pushed away the clumps of aerial roots. All kinds of indescribable insects scattered from the disturbed tree trunks, making one's scalp tingle. However, Brando and Allium Japonicum did not care at all. The latter casually patted away a spider on her shoulder and looked at the two huge rocks that appeared after the dense aerial roots were separated. The two greenish-gray rocks were covered with mottled moss. Not far ahead, they overlapped each other like an arch. The bottom of the arch was dark and serene. An oak tree that had been growing for an unknown number of years was at the top of the rock. Its intricate roots hung down from the rock and firmly fixed the two rocks together.
The forest was silent. The five of them left the forest one by one and came to the two huge rocks. Allium Japonicum took out a rosin torch from his backpack and lit it up. The flickering flame immediately drew shadows of different depths on the uneven surface of the rocks. Two of the shadows formed a crisscrossed 'X' shape because someone had left two deep marks there.
She glanced there, took back the torch and replied, "Here it is."
She took the lead and walked into the dark and serene area. Brando looked around and then followed closely behind. Behind them was Hipamira, who was holding a shepherd's staff. As a devout believer of Mother Earth, of course, she could not expose the god's token all the time. It was usually wrapped in cloth and carried on her back. Mephistopheles seemed to like this dark environment very much. He narrowed his eyes slightly in comfort. Andrique, who was at the back, wrinkled her nose and looked reluctant. She lifted her skirt for fear of staining it with something dirty.
The flames moved forward with the sound of footsteps, and the darkness faded. Not long after, a wall reflected in front of them. Or rather, it was not a wall, but a thick stone arch. There were several symbols on the stone arch, all of which were ancient Cruz characters. From top to bottom, they represented sunshine, air, and life. These were the three powers of the Sun God, Perkin. Sir John Lorison was a devout believer of Perkin and could even be regarded as a saint. Therefore, his bones could be stored in the crypt of the Perkin Temple.
Allium Japonicum stopped in front of the door and fixed the torch on the torch rack next to the door. He turned to the others and said, "This is a magic door. It needs three believers of Perkin to inject magic into it to open it. We don't have any believers of the Sun God here, but Perkin is Martha's follower, so the priests of other follower gods can be substituted. Miss Hipamira, you can be one of them. The Count, Andrique, and Mephistopheles will be one of us. Fortunately, everyone here can cast magic. "
"What should I do, Miss Maynild?" Hipamira asked.
"All you need to do is place your hand on the door and chant the spell 'Magic Mark'." Brando replied. The so-called infusion of magic in the game was all about this. Magic Mark was the most basic magic in all schools of magic. It was not part of the circle, but every school of magic had this basic spell. This spell could be used to identify magic items (just to identify whether there was a magic reaction). Although the Magic Mark of each school of magic worked in the same way, their functions were almost the same.
"Group by group," Allium Japonicum reminded again, "Hipamira, you go first."
Miss Priestess nodded, stepped forward, put her hand on the door, and recited a spell. Not long after, the rune at the top of the door, which represented the sun, lit up, flashing a pale golden light in the dim light. Brando and Allium Japonicum looked at each other, and put their hands on the stone door together. When they injected magic, the blue air rune also lit up.
Last was Andrique and Mephistopheles. After the 'siblings' finished reciting the spell, the red Rune of Life lit up. The stone door creaked and shook, and then slowly sank to the ground. The dust on top of it fell straight down, and soon a dark space was revealed behind it. Before everyone could see clearly, suddenly a withered hand stretched out from the darkness and grabbed the stone door that was sinking. Behind it, two red flames lit up, and a skull with two red Soulfires in its eye sockets appeared.
The undead used the Soulfire to distinguish the strength of their souls. In Madara, most of the low-level undead, including the newly resurrected skeletons and zombies, had a pale, almost transparent Soulfire. As they gradually became stronger, the color of their Soulfire would change from light to dark, and finally become orange, red, blue, and even purple. The Soulfire in the eye sockets of the skeleton in front of them had turned dark red, indicating that it was at least at the level of the Skeleton Knight.
The Skeleton Knight and the Great Lich. When Brando escaped from Bucce, even one of them was enough to make him tremble in fear. But now, it was far from enough. It was just a skeleton that was at the peak of the Silver level. Before Brando could make a move, Mephistopheles suddenly pointed at it and said, "Eternal Death Domain!" The skeleton and the dozen skeletons behind it that were about to rush out suddenly froze. The red light in their eye sockets flashed slightly, and then they stood there motionless.
"Turn around," Mephistopheles said in a commanding tone. "Open a path!"
The skeletons turned around without hesitation and walked into the darkness. At this time, the stone door had completely sunk into the ground. Brando then saw that the skeletons were all covered in rusty armor. They were indeed the Skeleton Knight. He glanced at Mephistopheles. Mephistopheles' ability to control the undead did not come from the Knights of the Dead Moon, but it was the innate ability of a high-level undead creature. Of course, this ability was only effective on the weaker undead. Although the vampire had become much weaker after the reconstruction of the deck, it still had the strength of a lower Gold. It was more than enough to control a few skeletons that were at the peak of the Silver level.
"These undead have not been transformed for long." Allium Japonicum watched the skeletons leave and suddenly said, "It should be caused by the Mana Tide. Most of the corpses in this tomb were Perkin Knight and Saint when they were alive. They had a certain level of strength, so they could be transformed into such powerful undead."
Brendel nodded. Even though these skeletal knights were not a threat to them, there were already so many powerful undead at the entrance of the tomb. Who knew what was inside? It was like a dungeon. If the minions at the entrance were level thirty to fifty, then what were the levels of the elites in the dungeon, and what was the level of the BOSS? "Be careful," he said, "Mephistopheles, control the ribs and walk in front. Andrique, protect Hipamira. Senior … Miss Maynild, come to my side."
Among the five of them, Mephistopheles and Andrique were undead, so they had a natural layer of protection in places where the undead were abundant. Hipamira, as a Priestess, had the same problem as most of the other Priestesses. Although the priests of Gaia were more inclined towards fighting among the Priestesses, that was because there were many weak Priestesses. They were still far inferior to professional Knights, especially Knights of the Dead Moon, who were more inclined towards attacking. In terms of strength alone, Maynild was probably the weakest of the five. Although the female Knight was close to Elemental Awakening, she was good at swordsmanship, while Senior was good at magic. There was a big difference between them, and it was impossible for them to get used to it in a short time.
Sure enough, as Allium Japonicum expected, the storm caused by the Mana Tide in the Sea of Magic had profoundly changed this place. As the magic surrounding the elemental barrier began to become violent, the power of the Dead Moon had also been strengthened thousands of times. The first impact on the continent was that the magic that filled the whole world had become rich and dense, so a large number of animals and plants were attacked by magic and mutated into monsters. The same was true for corpses, and the chances of wild undead appearing had multiplied.
In a place like the tomb, where dark magic surrounded, the impact was even more obvious.
After entering the stone door, the first thing they saw was a long stone staircase that went deep into the ground. Then the five of them entered a dark and vast cellar. The walls, pillars, and ceiling of the cellar were carved in a style that vaguely resembled the ruins on the ground. It seemed to be a building of the same period, but the cellar was filled with a layer of white fog, and the air was full of the smell of decay. Allium Japonicum held a torch and walked through a cellar with a large number of coffins. The place where the torch's light shone was covered with thick cobwebs, and occasionally, fist-sized spiders could be seen flashing in the shadows of the stone slabs and wooden frames.
They were first greeted by a dozen Skeleton Knights, but most of them were controlled by Andrique in an instant. Then, the Vampire Twins ordered their Skeleton Knights to turn around and chop their own kind into pieces. As they went deeper into the cellar, they began to see undead like mummies and ghouls. Brando even met a Goblin Lord, which was a Gold-pinnacle undead creature. Its strength was not inferior to the Skeleton Lord Kabias that he had killed in Castle Abies. In the face of these powerful undead creatures, Andrique and the Mephistopheles' underlings were quickly wiped out. However, the Goblin Lord was pierced through by Brando's Halran Gaia and nailed to a pillar.
The Goblin Lord seemed to be a mini-boss. After it died, it left behind a dark crystal on the ground. Brando picked it up and looked at it with joy.
"It's this thing." Allium Japonicum's eyes lit up when he saw the crystal in Brando's hand.
"This is a Magic Crystal. It's very precious." Mephistopheles also praised, "I wonder what kind of magic was injected into it."
Brando raised the crystal under the light of the torch and nodded. This was indeed a Magic Crystal. In fact, it was also a kind of magic scroll, but it was made with the Soul Crystal of the Undead. As everyone knew, most monsters would leave behind magic crystals after they died, and the Undead were no exception. The crystals left behind by the Undead were Soul Crystals. The gray Soul Crystals were useless to most wizards and alchemists, but priests and Necromancers could use them. They could be used to store divine spells or to refine high-level Undead such as Specters.
The Soul Crystal that stored divine spells was a Magic Crystal. Its appearance was different from the gray of ordinary Soul Crystals, but it was black. Although the Magic Crystal's effect was similar to that of a scroll, it was more powerful. It could greatly increase the strength and penetration of the stored spells, increase the caster's level, and make it easier to activate. It did not need to be as complicated as using a scroll. This kind of thing was very precious even in Madara, because not many people knew how to make it, and the success rate was even lower. In addition, the Soul Crystal was a precious material for refining high-level Undead, so very few people would be so extravagant as to waste it to make this kind of one-time item.
Because of this reason, the divine spells stored in the Magic Crystal would generally be of a high level.
Brando quickly figured out what the Magic Crystal in his hand was through his' system '. "Soul Spike Magic Crystal."
"Ninth-circle divine spell!" Allium Japonicum was even more amazed. "Brando, you're lucky … No, this is not a divine spell." She suddenly realized. "This is Black Magic, Necromancy." Brando continued. Soul Spike was a very vicious Black Magic. It could bypass most magical defenses and directly attack a person's soul. The most powerful part of this spell was that even if the person's Will was strong enough to resist most of the magical effects, it would still leave a mark on the person's soul. As long as the person was slightly weakened, the Soul Spike would wait for the opportunity to launch a second attack, catching the person off guard. He subconsciously looked at the corpse of the Goblin Lord. Of course, the revenant here was not born out of thin air. It was transformed from the original corpse in the tomb. Judging from the strength of this revenant, the previous owner of this corpse should have been at least a Temple Knight.
Allium Japonicum had already reacted. She walked to the dead revenant and tore a piece of cloth from its rotting body. "This is the Holy Shroud. This person was at least a Saint when he was alive. Strange, Perkin's followers are the nemesis of the revenants. Why would they have a Soul Crystal with Black Magic?"
"Since this person is a follower of Perkin, and a saint at that, he must have fought with many undead in his lifetime. Perhaps this is a trophy from a necromancer he killed in his lifetime?" Hipamila pondered for a moment before replying.
It seemed that this was the only reason that made sense. Brando nodded and reluctantly accepted this explanation. However, he looked at the dark crystal in his hand and faintly felt that it was not very reliable. Would a Perkin's follower carry such an evil thing with him and bring it into his tomb? He temporarily put this thought aside. The path in the tomb had come to an end. There was a closed door behind the corpse of the Goblin Lord. He motioned Mephistopheles and Andrique to open the door. With a dull creak, a small circular hall appeared in front of the five of them.
A beam of sunlight shone from the top of the small hall. It was particularly eye-catching in the dark underground. Only then did they notice that there was a big hole in the arched ceiling of the small hall. It seemed that something had fallen from there and penetrated the ceiling. Brando immediately realized what had caused this scene. He looked around and found what he was looking for in the middle of the messy small hall.
It was a square metal plate that shone with a faint silver light. It moved up and down under the sunlight and rotated slightly in mid-air as if quietly waiting for its first owner to arrive.
The War Slate!
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