The Vampire Governor knew that the forerunners under his command had approached the Dark Valley. He was supposed to go to join them now and give them tasks as a guiding NPC to enter the "new map". However, he accidentally saw the ancient imprint of the Goatman tribe.
Later, Murphy changed his mind.
Theoretically speaking, the area before entering the Black Flame Pass cannot really be regarded as the new map of the "Black Disaster DLC" called Dark Mountain. The area where players are currently located is still a "safe zone", and they are searching for the Dark Valley.
The side quest is the last step to leave Novice Village.
As a stylish mainline NPC, I must be patient and can only appear suddenly when they need it most to give them a small surprise!
So after Murphy thought for a moment, he decisively continued his "explorer" career.
He released Reifnor to monitor the situation on the barren surface and the dark valley, while he searched for the activities of the goat people in Baphomet Canyon and began to search for the legendary underground palace.
Although it was Murphy's first time to come to this desolate new area, he didn't want to wander around like a headless fly like a newbie. That would be too inferior, so he decisively called for "foreign aid" to help him open up the unknown.
map.
The rift in the astral realm quietly opened under the influence of the Vientiane Device. With a low roar of "Ouch", George, the lone wolf in the astral realm who became more and more ferocious, was summoned from the mountain forest of the ancestral forest to Mo with the pace of recovering from a serious injury.
Fei's feet.
The poor guy was expelled by the wolves and did not dare to return to the star world, so he could only imitate the beasts in the material world and find his own den in the wilderness.
The good news is that George, who has become the alpha wolf, relied on his strong physical fitness to not only easily fight off the largest group of forest wolves in the ancestral forest and rob their lair, but also made himself a comfortable nest.
Several female wolves "warm the bed" for themselves.
The bad news is that there are still many "beast codes" that it needs to learn to live in the material world.
As an astral creature, George cannot stay in the material world for a long time, which will make it weak due to energy erosion from different planes. But now that it has an entity, it can try to reproduce its own "unique" in Transia.
"Wolves".
This mixture of astral creatures and beasts of the material world will give George's descendants more savage strength and more powerful talents than ordinary wolves, and can also add a little surprise to Transia's too monotonous "monster lineage."
Murphy also plans to create some "ghost beast" legends in the territory to attract hunter players.
And as a qualified master, Murphy has also asked Mannis the Endless to find a remote but safe area in the star realm where there is no threat from the silver wolf pack. George only needs to survive this difficult period.
Return to the Star Realm and form its own wolf pack.
Although 60% of the wolves in the astral world belong to the command of Silver Wolf Kherson, with such a prosperous group, you can always find some "natural rebels" to take advantage of.
George has actually been in a bad mood recently, feeling quite desolate as a young wolf leaving home. However, with Murphy's comfort and guidance, and being beaten by Reifno all day long, the wolf gradually accepted that he was in a bad state now.
situation and try to improve it.
"Come, fulfill your duties as a beast."
Murphy pointed to the desolate land around him and said to George, who was sniffing left and right:
"Find the entrance to the underground palace of these goatmen! Maybe you can start a hunt to change your mood. The Endless One is already helping you find a new territory. You must be prepared to formally resist Kherson's tyranny!"
"Ouch"
George let out a low neigh.
The injured eye left a terrible scar on its face. As the scar healed, the scar left behind was not ugly. At least in Murphy's opinion, it gave his astral wolf a touch of "story flavor"
.
However, George would scold him in the dialect of the astral wolves, and he could still understand it.
After all, he was given the gift of "beast language" by Avalon. An angry Murphy kicked George on the butt and cursed:
"What do you mean I've caused trouble? You bastard, why didn't you say this when you relied on me to eat all kinds of good food to increase your strength? Now you're in trouble and you blame me? Can you figure it out yourself?
Your master and I were also implicated by that bastard Mannis, okay?
Who knew that guy's popularity in the star world would be so bad!
Okay, stop complaining and start looking for things! The second lord of the Blood Alliance Knights is still waiting for me to come over to discuss business, and I can’t stay here for too long.”
"Bloody George" let out another dirty neigh, fulfilling his duties as a "search dog" honestly. The astral wolf's sense of smell is indeed very useful. According to the smell left by the Goatman, he quickly led Murphy to Ba.
Running on the red wilderness of Fengte Valley.
The vampire spread his wings and followed his dog toward the southwest in the desolate night. At the same time, he connected to Tris's frequency band through the quantum communication of the Creator Armor on his body, and transmitted what he had just discovered.
He told his most trusted "think tank girlfriend".
At this moment, Cuisi, who was still busy in the alchemy room improving the formula of "Winning Wine", was preparing the potion quickly and casually responded:
"Oh, Goatmen, those are a strange bunch.
I have been to their territory before. Although I have never been to the underground palace in Baphomet Canyon, I know that the goat people have an underground city in the ancient mountains between the Mirror Lake in the Dark Mountains and the Gray Desert.
That deeply hidden city is called the 'Vidia Abyss City', which is the name of the ancestors in the Goat People's self-recognition, and they call it the 'King of Curses' in awe.
Almost one-third of the goatmen in the Dark Mountains live in that giant underground city. The remaining goatmen are either exiled losers or rebels who want to make a career on their own.
If you have the chance, you must go to Abyss City to experience the "traditional arts" of the goat people. Those guys have completed sacrifice as an art. By the way, the gladiatorial arena played by the shadow elves was inspired by the goat people.
Woolen cloth.
Those barbarians would throw other captured lives together with the warriors among them into the altar arena, and sacrifice the blood and bones of the dead to their ancestors.
The proper cult style was an eye-opener for me who was still young at the time.”
Tris chattered and shared with Murphy what she had seen when she visited the Goatman city. To Murphy's relief, there was no "interesting detail" in this story about Tris being chased by the Goatman.
Or maybe Tris was indeed beaten, but she carefully concealed these embarrassing details.
Murphy was very satisfied. After Tris finished talking about her "glorious past", he asked:
"Let's not talk about the main city of the Goatmen in the Dark Mountains. Have you noticed the words they use when you go there before? Those are the runes of the Creator. I will not mistake them! I think the Goatmen may also be created by the Creator.'
Biological weapons' or something.
Just like the jackals."
"No, although the Goatmen's civilization is evil and disintegrated, their level of civilization is obviously much higher than that of the Jackals, and they have many legends about the 'Dark Ages'. Although it sounds outrageous, I once regarded these stories as
References for theological studies.
I found that these stories were interconnected."
Tris explained very academically:
"Although it is not ruled out that the ancestors of the goat people are a group of talkative women who are very good at bragging and weaving their own imaginary stories perfectly, I am more inclined to believe that the goat people were once a civilized race. They have their own complete historical heritage, but
Then something happened that I don't know about, which caused their civilization to collapse in a short period of time, turning them into the ghostly appearance they are now.
As for the ancient runes you mentioned.
Meaningless!
Because the Goatmen themselves don't know those ancient texts.
They just use it as part of an evil ritual, but if you can recognize the runes, you might be able to piece together the Goatman's past.
I still remember that there is a small organization called the "Dark Roots" established by the goat-men elders in Abyss City. They have also been looking for the true origin of the goat-men and the truth about the dramatic changes in history. If you can find any clues, then in Abyss City
The goatmen slave owners will be very willing to communicate with you.
The goatmen outside are a group of unorganized and undisciplined barbarians, but the goatmen in Abyss City still have a slightly barbaric but methodical way of hospitality. They have many good goods, especially their dark secrets.
A treasure trove of literature!
Hey, let me tell you, that is a really interesting place. It contains the extremely cool set of dark robes and a set of legendary weapons of the King of Curses. I almost coughed if I didn't say these boring things.
It's an old story.
In short, I think they have maintained the last dignity of civilization.
They themselves think so too.
If I remember correctly, there is a small hidden stronghold of the 'Dark Roots' near Hungry Mountain, where they sent sentries to monitor the evil tribesmen who were exiled to Baphomet Canyon.
When you find something, you can just go there and look for them."
"Yeah, good, I really can't live without you, Tris."
Murphy got the information he needed. He laughed and said:
"Wait for my good news. You know that there is a small group of our young players who are very interested in the history of the continent. I guess they will like the series of exploration missions given by the organization "Dark Roots".
But before they set off, I have to go to the underground palace in Baphomet Canyon to at least determine the strength of the monsters here so that they can be prepared."
"You have to be careful."
When Tris heard this, she reminded:
"Although I was pressed for time and too lazy to go back, so I didn't look for the underground palace in Baphoon Canyon, but the elder of the Dark Roots, Kazite Deathheart, warned me that the Baphoon Underground Palace is the civilization of the goat people.
Legacy and the Dark Tomb'.
It kept telling me that there were ancient evil secrets hidden in the underground palace.
It is also said that the underground palace will swallow all unwelcome outsiders. Those self-proclaimed civilized goatmen will never go near there. They regard it as an ominous place. Moreover, the area of the underground palace is larger than that of Abyss City.
It's a real maze!
If the goat people themselves don’t know what’s hidden inside, then I think you have to be very careful when you enter and don’t go too deep.”
"Okay, I'll pay attention."
Murphy responded and stopped disturbing Tris's experiment.
He looked down from the air and saw that George had killed several savage goatmen in the rocks below who were trying to sneak attack. It neighed to tell Murphy that it had smelled the rotten smell coming from the underground palace.
The entrance is nearby.
"I wish this hellish place was a real maze full of secrets, and the more goat-man thugs in it, the better."
Murphy flapped his blood wings and landed on the ground. He held the staff sword and the molten sword on his waist, and thought in his mind:
"Any mature game should have a similar 'maze' gameplay. This will become the best way for my little players to kill time. The most important thing is if the 'Dark Roots' can be used for this kind of exploration."
If I pay for it, I can set it as a classic daily or weekly task.
And if this underground palace is big enough, then a dedicated dungeon area can be created!
When my warriors emerge from the filthy swamp, they also need a step-by-step advanced monster spawning area. In addition to the main line of "Black Disaster", it is perfect to use the story line of half-elves and goatmen as an exploration branch of the Dark Mountains.
Already.
The best guidance is not to force them to go where and how much to kill, but to inspire their desire to explore. Driven by 'love' and 'curiosity', they can eventually help me restore the past in the Dark Mountains.
"
Murphy looked back in the direction of Black Flame Pass.
He narrowed his eyes.
"What happened in the mysterious Eden area? How were the Dark Mountains formed? The predecessors of the seven vampire clans and the mystery of the Holy Blood Land. What is the relationship between this seemingly cursed land and the legend of the Creator?
ah."
The Vampire Governor landed firmly on the ground with a cool spin.
Amidst George's murderous roar, he drew his weapon and looked at the goat-man thugs rushing out of the ground in front of him. He noticed that these guys had strange runes painted in blood on their furry hearts.
"Look, my curiosity has been fully aroused, come on! Let me see the history hidden under the fog!"
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"Look what I saw? A half-elf! The proud blood of the Moon Elf flows in his body. How did you have the courage to step into the territory of the Shadow Elf?"
At the entrance cave of the dark valley, a sarcastic voice sounded from the other side. Along with the sound of dense footsteps, Mrs. Adele and her three followers were soon surrounded by a group of fully armed half-elves.
The vampire intelligence officer was in no hurry to resist, her expressionless face flashed with disgust.
Because she felt that there were several real shadow elves hidden among these half-elves. They were hiding in the darkness and peering at her. This strange combination made Adele's impression of her "hometown" suddenly become bad.
stand up.
These idiots!
The fathers tried their best to escape from the shadow elves' arena and gain freedom. However, only sixty years later, the descendants of those brave men once again colluded with the shadow elves. It seems that the blood of the shadow elves in their bodies really carries with them
A touch of natural depravity!
Fortunately, she is only a quarter of the elf blood, so she will not be bewitched by the shadow elf.
Behind Adele, Lumina was confused when she was called. She looked at the tall figure walking out of the darkness in front of her. The latter was also a half-elf, but her elf features were much stronger than Mrs. Adele's.
.
Slenderer than humans, her light posture when walking, her pointed ears and eyes that glow in the dark all represent her lineage.
Lumina didn't know why this guy was so resistant to her, but that didn't stop the half-elf bard from feeling joyful when he saw so many elves in front of him.
This is the first time she has seen an elf settlement in the game!
Although they are just a group of half-elves, for her, this is indeed a place where people can feel happy and relaxed.
If reputation is opened here, Lumina will definitely be the first to push it to the level of adoration!
"Adele"
The figure approaching from the shadows did not care what Lumina was thinking. She stopped a few steps away from Mrs. Adele and said in a voice full of nostalgia and doubt:
"I thought you were dead a long time ago. It's such a joy to see your childhood friends again. Although you have become a vampire, Shadow Valley is still your home. We exiles don't care about blood.
But as the current leader of Dark Valley, I must ask clearly before accepting you, are you going home this time? Or do you have other ideas?"
"Lisa."
Mrs. Adele saw clearly that the face of the woman in front of her was very similar to Mrs. Bernice, and her long-blurred memories seemed to become vivid again, especially the strange blue-gray hair of the other person, which made her remember
A few have happy memories from my childhood.
She sighed and said:
"I really want to tell you that I am simply going home, but we have all grown up, and childlike words cannot conceal the reality. I have brought with me the will of my master and the goodwill of Transia.
The black disaster is coming!
It is dangerous for you to continue to stay here. I hope you can abandon the valley and move to Transia to start a new life. I will also take over the Dark Valley and build it into the front line against the Black Disaster."
There were whispers in the darkness before him.
It was the half-elves whispering to each other, and the leader named Lisa sneered at it.
She replied:
"Then you can go, Adele, my childhood friend. It's good for us to stay here, especially after the last bloodline of the Medjeva family joined us, the defense power of the Dark Valley has been greatly enhanced.
We are indeed no match for the Black Disaster, but we can also close our valley and not get involved.
That's your outsider's trouble, not ours.
But I won't be so heartless and let the returning tourists come back with disappointment. You can at least visit the place where you grew up and pay homage to your mother's grave.
Come with me, Adele.
You can spend the night in the valley tonight, but you must leave early tomorrow morning. You have brought malice from the outside world, and that is not what the Dark Valley needs."
After saying that, Lisa turned around and left quickly. The half-elves who followed her obeyed her and made way for the four girls in the darkness.
The three young players looked at Adele, and the Dark Baroness waved her hand, gesturing for them to follow.
She didn't say much to the half-elves around her because now was not the time.
Adele frowned. She was not disappointed with Lisa's attitude. People who have been closed off for too long have no good impressions of the outside world. The rejection was already in her expectation and was not a disappointment. This really made Adele feel confused.
It's these shadow elves who are mixed with the half-elves.
Before launching her own action, she must understand the stories of these shadow elves.
She had a hunch that this truth was absolutely important to her and Mr. Murphy's career!
