Just as Shade expected, as he retreated, the body of the third treasure box opened, revealing the scarlet tongue inside. Before the box lifted to reveal the slender legs and arms underneath, thunderbolts of lightning penetrated directly.
It fell into the open gap of the box.
"Mimics", monsters that appear due to the sublimation of greedy desires, are not real alien creatures, but are variations of items such as "treasure boxes" due to concepts.
Therefore, even if this secret room has not been opened for tens of thousands of years since it was sealed, the normal boxes inside may have turned into Mimic Monsters. In particular, Shade also admitted that he was indeed greedy when he saw these three boxes.
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It is very unfortunate that different Mimic Monsters have different behavioral habits. This is the third one that Shade has encountered. Although [Mimic Monsters] are classified as clerical level, they are actually based on the preciousness of the treasures they contain.
As well as its age, the upper limit of this thing's power is actually quite high.
Although the one Shade encountered this time did not show characteristics such as "blocking roads" or "throwing bait", it was definitely not just a clerical grade.
The thunder gun was successfully thrown into the "mouth" of the monster that stood upright, but the thunder did not explode because the black red tongue popped out and actually pushed the thunder gun towards Shade:
"Can it rebound attacks? Night Seal!"
The ink-colored shield silently absorbed the silver-white thunder gun, and when the shield disappeared, the monster with two-meter-long legs like a dead branch had already strode in front of Shade. As his tongue flicked, two
His hand grabbed Shade's neck directly.
"Body of Courage!"
Shade didn't mean to dodge, but took a deep breath and his whole body suddenly expanded until his height was exactly the same as the upright treasure box.
Then the monster's hand changed from trying to strangle his neck to hugging Shade's body. It suddenly tried to pick up Shade and stuff it into its mouth to eat, but Shade's feet had just left the ground.
Then he fell back again.
Both sides of the enemy were very surprised. The Mimic didn't understand why this human being was so powerful. Shade was surprised how the Mimic was so powerful this time.
The lid of the box opened wide again, and the black-red bacon-like tongue shot towards Shade's throat. Shade then grabbed the tongue with his left hand, and then reappeared in his raised right hand.
The huge thunder gun penetrated completely into the monster's mouth this time.
The thunder gun that exploded in the narrow space even hit the caster Shad. Fortunately, the "rebound attack" method mastered by the Mimic this time seemed to rely on its tongue, so the tongue was caught by Shad.
While it was still alive, the thunder gun successfully penetrated its body.
"Oh~"
After a long wailing sound, the tall monster turned into gray-white sand and quickly sprinkled the ground. Shade's body also returned to normal size. Although it seemed that winning was easy, that was because Shade had changed.
The queen's strength just overwhelmed it.
For an agile monster like "Mimic Monster" whose most attacks are only physical means and whose body resistance is extremely high, once its own strength cannot match it, things will become quite troublesome.
The box turned into gravel, and the original contents were buried in the gravel.
Shade bent down and rummaged around expectantly. As expected, he did not find the "Immanence of All Things" card that he was thinking about. Instead, he first found a strange silver metal sign. The sign was not in a regular shape, but looked like a treasure chest.
Xia De was really shocked. After being killed, a "mimic monster" has a very low probability of condensing its "greedy" concept into an entity, thus generating a "greedy brand", which is Xia De.
This is what De is holding in his hand.
As a relic derivative, its rating is the same as that of the Mimic itself, which is also a clerical level. The negative characteristic is that it greatly enhances the wearer's own greed, while the positive characteristic is that when encountering a scenario of "probability of obtaining something", such as
"Killing Mimics has a probability of obtaining Greedy Brand". Wearing this silver medal will increase the probability of obtaining items.
Because this kind of relic derivative does not need to be worn close to the body for a long time, it can be worn on the body when needed, so its negative characteristics can be avoided to a certain extent. This also makes this kind of relic derivative extremely valuable.
But compared to its practical value, people value its collection value more. After all, if Shade remembers correctly, the total of all existing [Greed Brands] will not exceed 30 yuan:
"Do I really have this kind of luck?"
Then he thought of a rather serious problem:
"Wait a minute, [Greed Brand] isn't something that was originally in this box, is it?"
The "she" in his ear laughed again, but fortunately, Shade guessed wrong.
He bent down and quickly searched in the pile of sand, and then he found something new. But it was not the Wanxiang Impermanence card, nor was it a glass-shaped "time fragment", but a very familiar emerald green leaf:
"[Youthless Leaf]?"
This touch did not trigger [Ancient Voice], which probably means that this secret room was established in the Second Era, but two items from the First Era were put into it.
Shade looked at the leaf suspiciously, his first reaction was disappointment, but then he thought that the leaf was more than just a leaf:
"There will be power and information here?"
He then raised his head skillfully and put this brand new leaf in front of his eyes. As the golden light traces flowed along the veins of the leaf, a piece of information appeared in Shade's mind out of thin air.
This information points to an ancient ritual "Proof of Time", which is to find a giant tree in the forest and dig a pool of water under the tree. Hold the "Eternal Youth Leaf" in your mouth and carry an item such as a clock or an hourglass.
Wait for the time-related items to jump into the pool.
Resurface from the water ten minutes later, and then leave your name on the tree. In this way, the ceremony is completed, as long as the name on the tree is not destroyed afterwards, and you carry the pocket watch or hourglass as a "time symbol"
Proof", then those who complete the ritual will not enter other times due to accidents.
Of course, if you don't have the "Eternal Youth Leaf", you can also make a magical item called "Time Cicada" through alchemy. This magical item can also play a role similar to the "Eternal Youth Leaf" in this ritual.
Its function is just based on the information obtained by Shade. This kind of magical item is expensive and requires the power of a god related to time to make it.
"Avoid entering other times? With this ritual, others will be able to come to Vista Grove with confidence."
He thought this, and then pulled the pile of sand doubtfully:
"That's all? No more?"
The seeds that can grow tree holes, the crown that symbolizes the elf kingship, and the rituals that can prevent being affected by the power of the tree hole are of course very good, but Shade has worked hard to unlock the secrets of the "Temple of Time".
Not for this.
"Where are the 'time fragments' that lift the time curse? Where are the clues related to the Chosen One Ritual? Couldn't this be the Chosen One Ritual?"
Of course, the ritual of the chosen one is not that simple. Even the simplest ritual of Iluna's "Hanging Sacrifice" in exchange for power and knowledge is much more complicated than this.
But there was really nothing else in the pile of sand. When the confused Shade stood up, he didn't know whether he should be happy with the harvest or disappointed that he didn't find what he was looking for.
But he did not leave immediately, because outsiders knew from the many stories he had read in the past that there might be a secret room inside the secret room. The "Temple of Time" in the forest has a hidden passage behind the secret room, which is a good example.
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Then the life ring appeared, and the spiritual light of the [Time and Space] spiritual rune illuminated the surrounding walls. Shade originally just wanted to give it a try, but he did not expect that under the spiritual light, something actually appeared on the wall facing the staircase.
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But this time it was not that a hidden passage was revealed, but a small square hidden grid appeared on the wall. Although the [Time and Space] spirit rune was still used, Shade felt that it was time rather than time that played a role this time.
The power of space.
There is no need to solve the puzzle this time. There is a wooden key floating in the secret compartment. This is of course a time key that Shade is familiar with, so Shade is even more puzzled:
"What does this mean? And why is the color of this key so dark?"
Thinking in his mind, he stretched out his hand to grab the key, but suddenly there was a sound of wind behind him, and Shade turned around subconsciously. As his body turned, the yellow moonlight sword appeared in his hand and swept across, and after a ding~,
The moonlight sword was shattered by the pointer tied to his hair.
And in the sky full of orange light, the brass pointer continued to pierce Shade's face unabated, but he turned his head and dodged it. Then the pointer touched the time key in the secret compartment behind Shade.
, when the two came into contact, the key was tightly adsorbed on the pointer.
Just when the hair wanted to pull the pointer and the key back, Shade's hand grabbed the woman's hair first. In a flash of silver moonlight, the tough hair had been cut off.
Shade stretched out his hand to grab the pointer and key with the whispering elements, but they disappeared out of thin air before his eyes.
He looked up at the stairs. He looked like he was in his forties. His long, naturally curved black hair was braided into thirteen bunches. The lower end of each bunch of hanging hair was tied with a twelve-ring metal clock pointer "clock".
"The craftsman" has held the pointer and the key.
Her left eye, which resembled a glass bead with a dial inside, shone slightly, and she found the scene where the secret room was completely underground ten minutes ago: