In the past, Pork's image in Sha Duo's mind was that of an adventurer selling fake goods, and he also had some experience in exploring ruins, that's all. However, while he was suffering tremendous pain, he still thought about his adoptive father, and even overcame it.
Even though I am in pain, I also want to make a plea to Xia Duo.
Even if it is driven by emotion, this kind of will is very shining.
Xia Duo likes subordinates who value affection the most. If the people in the territory love their families, they will naturally love the territory and love him as the lord. Xia Duo considers himself not a harsh lord and is worthy of the love of the people in the territory.
Of course, to put it darker, emotional people are easier to control.
Faced with such Pork, Shado's tone became more friendly, "Pork, I will go find Jabbas. Now tell me, what exactly did you encounter in the ruins?"
After hearing Xia Duo's words, Pork's will seemed to have received some kind of support, and he even spoke more coherently:
"Sir, it's a statue. Maybe I accidentally touched something at that time. Father Jabas suddenly pushed me away. He completely turned into stone. I - I crawled out of the ruins, but I couldn't.
The crypt outside."
"Do you still have feeling in your legs now?"
Saying that, Sha Duo tapped Pork's ankle with the back of the knife. Pork immediately replied: "Yes, but the pain suppressed the perception. It felt like a hair brushing against it."
"The pain doesn't occur in the petrified area?"
"No, it's on the dividing line!"
Xia Duo was thoughtful and then stood up.
That's about all that can be understood and needs to be understood at the moment. Although Pork's thinking is still quite clear, Shado no longer wants to ask any more questions. He motioned to Leiden to put Pork to sleep.
Then he walked out of the camp alone.
While waiting for Layton to put Pok to sleep, Shado called Simon again and asked him about some details about bringing Pok back, and then asked him to gather the team and prepare to go out.
After a while, Layton walked out of the tent, "Sir, he has fallen asleep."
Xia Duo nodded, and Simon's people happened to be ready, so he said: "Come with me to the crypt to have a look!"
"Yes, sir!"
…
When Xia Duo came to the big tree above the crypt, Jeff, the director of the Territory Development Department, also rushed over. When Xia Duo saw it, he immediately ordered:
"You're here at the right time. Please be careful and avoid the area near the crypt when you open up."
Xia Duo stretched out his hand and drew a circle around it, and a changing projection flew out from his fingertips, quickly marking the boundary.
"Yes, Lord Lord!"
"Go and do your work, we don't need you here!"
"yes!"
Jeff came and went in a hurry.
And Sha Duo started to detect spells before entering the cave. Although he had been to the troll lair before, but now there were ruins below, Sha Duo couldn't just rely on a few words from Pork and Simon and ignore everything.
I rushed to check it out.
He had to see with his own eyes what was going on there, and magic gave him the best way to see with his own eyes without going there.
As the spell casting was completed, Xia Duo felt that an extension option appeared in his various senses. He knew that it was the perception field created by the detection spell.
The perception field was already in the troll's lair as soon as it appeared. Through it, Xia Duo "saw" some scenes of the troll's lair. Of course, in order to avoid hurting his nose, he chose to discard the smell information.
The troll lair was not much different from what he had seen before, except that several branch caves were filled with soil, and the source of the soil was the part of the passage leading to the ruins.
Following the passage, Xia Duo moved his perception field into the ruins until he "saw" a strange stone statue with hands stretched out, and he realized that he had entered the ruins.
It was very different from what he had expected. The so-called ruins were not a spacious underground building space, but real ruins buried in the soil. Except for the narrow passage dug out by Jabas and his son, there were almost no other artificial ruins.
There are traces.
Seeing this, Xia Duo no longer wanted to leave the ruins.
It's not because he's worried about danger or anything, but because there is only one tunnel dug by Jabas and his son underground, and at the end of the tunnel is Jabas, who has been completely petrified.
There is no road further forward, but a stone statue can be vaguely seen on the "wall" in front. The size of the statue should be quite large at present, and only part of it is currently exposed.
Judging from the exposed part, the owner of the statue seems to be some kind of scaly creature.
Recalling that he once obtained a mysterious clay tablet here, and the words on the clay tablet were somewhat similar to the words on the [Naise Scroll], Xia Duo had a vague guess——
Perhaps the ruins here are left behind by the creature that once created the [Scroll of Resistance].
Now that he saw the statue of this scale-armored creature, Xia Duo became more confident in his guess. Could this statue be the legendary creator race, the Saluk witch?
…
The perception field created by the scrying spell has its own magical vision, but Shado did not see a stable magical aura around him, only the remnants of the magical aura that was triggered before and petrified Jabas and his son.
It seems to be some kind of hidden trap, or some kind of mysterious and unknown magic item, or it may even be a phenomenon, a magical phenomenon caused by anomalies in the magic network.
Which one it was, Xia Duo couldn't decide for the time being, so he could only search for as much information as possible first.
Judging from the petrified form of Jabas, he must have discovered something at that time, quickly turned around and pushed Pok out, and then he and Pok's lower body were petrified.
What Bok said was that he accidentally touched something, and it should be the words of self-blame for surviving alone.
In front of Jabas, there was only the innermost "wall" of the passage that had not yet been dug. Shado moved his perception field over and carefully observed the scale statue that had appeared from the "wall"
.
If there is really any triggering mechanism, then the most likely one is this scale statue.
Elsewhere, Xia Duo really couldn't see anything unusual, except that the scale statue was not a magic item, at least according to Xia Duo's detection spell, it was not a magic item.
The best way now is to move Jabbas out, find a way to remove him from petrification, and directly ask him what happened.
Thinking like this, Xia Duo released his perception field, senses, and perspective and returned to the ground again. He called Simon and ordered:
"Send someone down to move Jabas out. He is petrified. Be careful not to damage it when moving. Otherwise, he will be missing any parts after he is de-petrified and cause trouble to you."
Hearing that petrification could still be lifted, Simon's expression became much more relaxed. He responded loudly, and then arranged for his men to take action.
However, Xia Duo stopped him again and warned: "Be careful not to touch the innermost part of the passage."