"Maybe we have to avoid direct contact." Kalin said casually, which was actually okay because he was a long-range shooter.
There are only some valuable medicines here in the base camp, and in addition there are some special products of the dwarves. But Karin did not find any high-level iron wall cards.
After purchasing, Alexander bought two amplifying rare items called Azure Lemon Curved Rings, a wrist guard for herself and a ring for Karin. After putting on the equipment, she went back to rest and recover her magic power.
Karin also put on new equipment. The thickness was not suitable. Fortunately, most magic equipment can be adjusted in size. Afterwards, he rested with the others. After seeing Zate and Alexander sleeping, he sat cross-legged at the door of his and Dinefel's tent and started
meditation.
The next day, before dawn, the four of them were still resting when they were called by a dwarf scout. "The clan leader asked you to gather and find the exact location of the breakthrough."
Alexander casually tied up her hair and opened the tent curtain. "Understood, where is the meeting place? We'll go there right away." She didn't take off her inner armor at all, put on her coat, arranged her equipment and started to assemble the team.
"Right away." Karin, who had been meditating with his legs crossed, moved his body, jumped up from the ground with a slight jump, and began to organize his equipment.
Zate, who had just woken up in a daze, slowly got up and packed up his equipment. The girl, nearly naked, got out of bed and put on some clothes. The sky was not bright yet, but it happened to be that the night could cover her private parts, so she finally put on her clothes
My own straw hat was no less natural than the black stockings worn by those noble ladies. When paired with the priest's uniform, it not only showed holiness but also reflected a hint of the girl's sexiness. After praying silently, I was ready to set off.
As for Dinefir, what kind of clothes can one expect to wear...
At this time, several teams gathered outside, half dwarves and half humans, totaling twenty-five people. They all have night vision or carry magic equipment that provides dark vision - it is not expensive in fact, but Alexander and the others did not buy it.
Karim also carried five torches.
The four of them followed the silent army towards the northern mountains of Ndigon, and soon they arrived at a blasted passage at the foot of the mountain. No one was guarding this place.
After entering the passage and moving downward for a short time, the exploration team entered an artificial underground tunnel.
The four of them didn't see any traces or noteworthy sounds in the underground tunnel, at least it was still quiet for now.
A fork in the road soon appeared, and the leader of the Manhan tribe asked everyone to explore the fork in the road separately, with each group taking one path.
Alexander walked first, relying on dark vision, and Karin, who had sensitive hearing, walked second. Zat was in the middle, and Dinefel kept the psionic sensory enhancement at the end.
Not long after, there was another fork in the road, and just like that, the last team separated. The four people were the last team to leave, and the patriarch and the two dwarves continued to move forward on the straightest road.
"These forks in the road are probably intended to disperse our forces, so proceed with caution," Alexander reminded.
"It does feel like it was done deliberately to distract our combat effectiveness." Zate was rereading again.
"The artificially created tunnels should not be made by corrupted creatures. Could they be believers or monsters themselves?" Karin was a little confused.
But Dinefel remained silent.
When the four of them reached the end, they found that it was a dead end. After getting rid of some humanoid skeletons, when they turned back, they heard the sound of fighting on the straight road that the patriarch and the others were walking on.
"Go over and take a look." Alexander quickly ran over and asked others to follow.
When the four people rushed over, about five minutes had passed. Including the patriarch, the three dwarves were seriously injured, and the bodies of some human cultists were lying on the ground. There was also a staircase that continued to go down.
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"The leader ran away." The clan leader breathed hard.
"Everyone, are you okay?" Zate sang a hymn in a low voice to prevent the injured dwarf from getting worse.
"Karin, Dinefir, let's chase first." Alexander reached out and pulled out an arrow.
"Don't worry about us. While you can still catch up, try to pick up this ax and lend it to you. You should be able to use it." The patriarch inserted the ax tightly in his hand into the gap in the floor tiles.
This battle ax is a magical weapon engraved with a large number of runes. There is a strange hole at the connection between the ax handle and the ax blade.
Alexander gritted his teeth and went over to see if he could pick it up... Her strength was just right, and she could feel the powerful thunder and lightning power contained in this weapon. "It works. Thank you. We will chase you right away, so be careful."
"Understood." Kalin opened the shield on his armguard, placed a flare next to Zate who was being treated, and followed up with his teammates.
After Zate performed the most basic treatment, he transformed into a large winter wolf and chased Alexander and the others.
Alexander put his bow on his back while chasing. "Follow up quickly."
The three of them moved forward and soon found a mountain of flesh. This monster, which was similar to Charlotte at that time, stood in front of them, but Alexander was now different and easily solved the monster. Moreover, the remnants of the monster turned into
A blood-colored crystal.
Then Zate followed, and the four people behind them killed some tentacled meat monsters that the cultists had sacrificed by inserting daggers into their stomachs. Although they could not pose much of a threat to Alexander today, they still needed to be vigilant.
After chasing after him, Alexander discovered that the corridor of the ruins seemed to be spiral. The passage had a certain arc to the right, and the height of the passage was getting lower and lower. There were many similar patterns on the walls. "Be careful and stay vigilant. There seems to be a temptation."
It's possible for us to go down." Alexander paid a little attention to the patterns while chasing.
"Yeah." Dinefel, who maintained enhanced senses, didn't feel anything was wrong, but he still started to pay attention.
Karin didn't reply. He needed to listen to the sounds coming from around him as quietly as possible.
At this time, a bloody light shone and overshadowed the torch in Carlin's hand. "Hmph... I've seen this trick before. It seems like I can settle the previous accounts." Alexander has now completely seen through the blood and red paint splattered on the wall.
The mural formed a psychological suggestion similar to hypnosis, but her will was very tenacious and she was not affected at all.
Continuing forward, I don’t know how many times I went around, and finally arrived at a strange spherical hall. A cult priest stood at the bottom of the spherical shape, stabbing himself in the stomach with a knife. As a result, the mechanism on the wall started to activate, and many small holes began to spray blood.
, injected into the lower half of the spherical hall.
"I knew I wouldn't catch up halfway..." Alexander muttered, holding the ax and advancing cautiously. After seeing the blood spurting, he frowned and began to observe whether it was time to run away.
"It looks like there is some trouble, if it can't be stopped." Dinefel has read some books on summoning rituals, which seem to have many similarities with sacrifices.
"Does it have area-of-effect capabilities?" Alexander asked.
"Leave it to me." Carlin was really reassuring.
Zate then began to sing in a low voice.
Kalin aimed his explosive shot at the edge of the blood pool, trying to evaporate the blood while penetrating the ground so that it could escape.
The sacrificial ceremony seemed to be interrupted by a violent explosion. The small amount of blood accumulated in the hemisphere boiled and rolled, turning into a mud monster-like creature with a certain female appearance but no lower body.
"Ordinary weapons may not work on it, be careful." Alexander cautiously approached and tried to chop two axes. The thunder that broke out was indeed powerful and powerful, but it did not have much effect on this huge evil creature of flesh and blood.
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The woman with only her upper body smiling sweetly smiled sweetly, stretched out her arms and hugged Alexander.
Alexander jumped back and the hug was in vain. The evil thing seemed a little angry and slapped Alexander, injuring Alexander.
And Carlin used two bursts of explosive shots, which seemed to be effective, but the size of this evil thing was too huge.
Denefel flew towards Alexandria and suppressed her injuries with psychic energy. Zate also switched to war song, and then used the bard's magic attack...but it had no effect.
"Damn it." Alexander threw away his ax and replaced it with a bow, shooting the most powerful frost arrow, but the lightning directly penetrated the body of the huge evil thing.
Immediately afterwards, the flesh-and-blood woman's arm extended toward Carlin and knocked him away. Then she turned to hug Dinefel, but fortunately, he flew away quickly and avoided it in advance.
When the four of them thought that the flesh-and-blood woman would continue to attack, she disappeared... and turned into a pool of real flesh and blood, which was still evaporating. Carlin's previous shot on the edge of the sphere created a large hole, and blood was flowing down
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Dinefir's brain suddenly gained a memory, which was an unknown school of whipping techniques and endless terrifying love. At the same time, a ritual being arranged appeared in Alexander's mind - the Elegant Messenger Holy Stone Summons
Divine curse.
The completion rate of this ritual has reached 90%. After all the self-sacrifice is completed, the incarnation of an evil god is about to arrive. "Um... this?" Alexander broke out in cold sweat, looking at the flesh and blood on the ground and the power of Dinefir.
Move between. "Are you okay?"
"I...seem to be okay, I just feel like I'm being loved by some crazy woman." Dynefil was not happy at all.
"Oh...are you okay?" Alexander slowly grabbed the heavy ax. "Then what is going on?"
"She... seemed to have given me an effect similar to God's protection, and then disappeared. But this protection was very strange, I can't say it was strange, it was just very subtle. Now I seem to be conveyed a strange message
According to the information, an evil god’s summoning ritual is being carried out here, and this ritual has been almost completely completed, leaving only the last bit of self-sacrifice.”
"The things that the cultist summoned with life can't just have this effect, don't be corroded." Carlin recalled the erosion situation he learned about before and couldn't help but worry.
"Although this is the case, we should go down as soon as possible to stop the ritual." Zate has now learned how to communicate with his mind!
There is no way to go forward, and there is a reserved passage under the hole that was punched through. You can climb down by grabbing a ladder full of blood. There is also a slightly larger, but also very strange-shaped hall below.
"What? Where is it? Down there?" Alexander looked closer to the entrance.
"I'm afraid so." Dinefel floated to the top of the passage.
"Then let's go down quickly." Zate said.
"Then come on, why are you standing there?" Alexander began to climb down.
Karin didn't say anything. After confirming that there was no other movement in this place, he entered last and followed slowly downwards.