"Uncle... what you call 'design standard', shouldn't it be based on the size of a dwarf?" Qi Tian guessed.
"Can't we use the stature of dwarves as a standard?" Joseph Cooper asked confidently, "You humans are slightly taller than dwarves, but this is not a very serious flaw. For example, you kid,
Fold your body in half and it’s almost as wide as me, so the space it takes up isn’t as big as mine!”
"Uncle! How can you compare like this..." Qi Tian couldn't laugh or cry.
Gao Fei also felt that having eight people crammed into the cabin was a bit cramped, but considering that Jiang Feng and Eve were forced to cling to his arms, hugging each other, he didn't complain.
"Uncle, this mecha doesn't run very fast. We can keep up with it on foot. Why is it necessary to squeeze into the cabin like a roast duck in a hanging stove?" Qi Tian asked angrily.
"What is 'Roast Duck in a Hanging Stove'? Your little brat's metaphor is wonderful!" the dwarf said without looking back, "As for why we have to take the war forged on the journey, you will know later."
The war warriors ran all the way, and within half an hour they arrived at a stone room located at the deepest part of King Olaf's tomb, which is the hall where the Holy Ax is enshrined.
"Sit tight, I'm going to rush in!"
Joseph Cooper suddenly moved a lever, controlled the war figurine and rushed towards the Holy Ax Hall. With a bang, he forced the door open.
"Uncle Joseph! Don't be so reckless!" Gao Fei quickly reminded the dwarf, "There is a swarm of Death Holy Beetles guarding the Holy Ax Hall. Breaking in by force is asking for death. This is what you specially marked on the tomb passage map.
matter!"
"I know, that's why I asked you to stay in the cabin and don't go out and run around! If you are surrounded by the Death Holy Beetle, you will be chewed to the bone in minutes!"
The dwarf cast a spell, and the bulkhead opposite the bridge glowed with magical light and gradually became transparent, like a glass wall.
Through this luminous transparent bulkhead, Gao Fei and others could clearly see the scene outside the cabin.
The interior layout of the Holy Ax Church is similar to King Olaf's palace.
A marble altar was built in the center of the hexagonal hall, and a huge ax with a dark golden luster was placed on the altar.
If you look closely, you will find that a hemispherical luminous shield is placed upside down on the altar, like a large translucent bowl, which must be a barrier to protect the holy axe.
Just when Gao Fei was concentrating on observing the Holy Ax, there was suddenly a rustling sound outside the cabin.
Turning his head to look at the place where the strange noise came from, he saw a red clay pot about half a person tall placed in the corner of the hall.
None of the six clay pots were sealed, as if they were disturbed by outsiders. Countless black beetles the size of an adult's thumb were swarming out of the pots and converging on the floor of the hall, like a wriggling black carpet!
When Gao Fei saw this scene, his scalp was numb and he had goosebumps all over his body.
After calming down for a while, I turned on the astrolabe to check the information on these death beetles.
Obviously, this is a swarming organism.
But unlike the mutant rat swarms and piranha swarms that Gao Fei had seen before, the death beetles also had "undead" characteristics.
These shiny black beetles were used as sacrifices as early as the day King Olaf was buried, fed special alchemy potions, and then sealed in clay pots with insect wax.
The beetle in the clay pot cannot breathe and will be suffocated to death soon. The soul cannot escape from the body. Under the combined action of magic and alchemical potions, it transforms into tiny undead creatures and forms a swarm, giving birth to the "Brood Will"
.
As time goes by, the insect wax sealing the pot breaks down on its own, and the insects in the pot become free again.
However, at this time, the insect swarm had transformed into something similar to an "earth-bound spirit" and could not stay away from the place where it was sacrificed, which was the underground tomb where the holy ax was stored.
Tens of thousands of dead sacred beetle ghosts gather together to form a super large cluster with 9 challenge levels, full of resentment towards living species. Any intruder will be ruthlessly besieged by them until the last trace of flesh and blood is eaten.
Eat clean.
In the past two hundred years of history, King Olaf's Tomb has been coveted by tomb robbery gangs many times. Among them, there are several strong teams that finally arrived at the Holy Ax Hall.
However, this was the end of their adventure. Except for a handful of lucky escapees, they were all chewed up cleanly by the death beetle swarm, with not even a single bone left.
Seeing the black swarm of insects sweeping over, crawling up the warforged's legs, and scurrying around on the cabin screen, except for Joseph Cooper, who remained calm, the other passengers in the cabin couldn't help but become nervous.
"Uncle, will beetles crawl in through the cracks in the cabin?" Jiang Feng asked worriedly.
"Haha! There are no gaps that can be drilled into the war figurines that have been precisely designed and manufactured by me. Even if they sink into the sea, not a drop of water will seep in!"
The dwarf stroked his beard and looked confident.
"If the cabin is completely sealed, how can we not feel suffocated after staying in it for so long?" Qi Tian asked puzzledly.
"Of course that's because there is an air supply device in the cabin, which can provide at least eight people with fresh air to breathe for eight hours a day." The dwarf replied with a smile.
"Uncle, you are so thoughtful!" Jiang Feng admired and praised.
"Haha! This is nothing, it's just a professional habit."
At this time, more and more beetles crawled onto the war figurines, unable to find any gaps to get into the cabin, and began to gnaw at the shells of the war figurines frantically, making a tooth-piercing rustling sound.
"The steel plate used to cast the shell of the war forged is very thick, so it shouldn't be bitten by beetles, right?" Gao Fei asked the dwarf.
"Well...it's not a big problem for the time being, but if we delay it for too long, some weak parts of the body, such as joints, may still be bitten by these crazy beetles."
The dwarf smiled and comforted the young man beside him.
"Don't worry, I have considered this situation a long time ago, so I asked you to help hunt the Green-footed Dragon Snake, use the Green-footed Dragon Snake's lungs as an energy storage pool, and install an offensive and defensive discharge device on the war figurines.
"
As he spoke, he found a button with a lightning icon on the bridge, pressed it, and then pushed up the blue lever next to the button.
There was a buzzing sound in the cabin, indicating that the high-voltage current had been turned on. Countless tiny electric snakes were scurrying on the surface of the metal shell of the war figurine. In an instant, all the beetles clinging to the shell were scorched and fell like raindrops.
"Wow! This move is so powerful!" After Qi Tian praised him, he looked uneasy: "Uncle, we won't be shocked, right?"
The dwarf looked back at him with a look of disgust on his face: "You're the only one who talks too much! The cabin is equipped with insulating partitions and has an anti-electricity barrier. You can rest assured that there will be no leakage of electricity!"
