Chapter 1278: The Monster-Opening Maniac (I won’t buy the Old Touhou DLC)
After preliminary excavation of this ruins, Brian did know some about the history of this ruins. It once belonged to a troll tribe called the Bonebreaker Clan in the Troll Empire 10,000 years ago. At that time, they were beaten by the High Elf Kingdom and fled here, and then settled down.
However, one day, a group of mysterious people descended from the sky and occupied the Holy Land of the Broken Bone Clan. The latter naturally tried to expel the group of invaders, but instead they were killed by the invaders. The survivors were also treated as slaves by these invaders and began to transform their holy land. Although the invaders communicated in a language that the trolls could not understand, one of the trolls was smarter and secretly learned a little bit about these invaders. language.
According to what the troll overheard, the invaders seemed to have stolen something and were being hunted to avoid being pursued. They decided to hide the thing on this planet first and block its signal. In this way, the pursuer cannot be found, and they will leave here first, wait for the pursuer to leave, and then secretly return to take away the things.
The reason why the Troll Holy Land was chosen seems to be because there is some kind of energy here that can shield and interfere with the signal sent by that thing.
Of course, the trolls were not willing to be enslaved like this, and they also made their own plans...
This information was like manna from heaven to Brian, so he decisively issued the order.
Keep digging!
The dwarves were naturally good at digging holes. After digging for a whole day, they finally dug out this collapsed passage.
What appeared in front of them was a vast void.
Judging from the surrounding decoration style, it is obvious that this place belongs to the troll, but the most eye-catching thing is what looks like a metal box located in the center of the entire hall. It is placed on a strangely shaped base, just like this. suspended in mid-air.
Around the hall, several skeletons can be seen. Because they were so old, these skeletons have almost weathered, leaving only some traces. But even so, the scene in front of him still made Brian's eyes shine.
"Oh, come and take a look, this must be the troll."
Walking to the corpse, Brian identified it and quickly came to the conclusion that the trolls were not difficult to identify. Their height and elephant-like tusks were the most obvious features.
Most of the corpses here belong to trolls, but some of the corpses are very strange. They are short in stature and look about the same height as dwarves. Their heads are more like mice. They are wearing strange and tattered clothes that cannot be seen. Obviously, judging from their appearance, they should be the group of "outsiders" mentioned in the troll records.
"Now it seems obvious."
As an experienced archaeologist, Brian just walked around the hall and almost restored the situation at that time.
"Those outsiders were performing rituals. At this moment, the trolls suddenly launched an attack on the outsiders. These outsiders did not react immediately, maybe because they were focused on the ritual, or maybe they didn't. Thinking that the troll dared to resist, all in all, the troll's sneak attack had an effect."
Having said this, Brian paused for a moment as he looked at the corpse in front of him.
"However, the outsiders were too powerful, and many trolls also died here. Perhaps realizing that they could not completely defeat the opponent, the troll shaman triggered an explosion, completely burying the passage here, and killed them. Buried.
"So will this outsider die alone in the corner in the end?"
Another dwarf looked curiously at a lone corpse sitting in the corner. He sat cross-legged there. He didn't look like he had been killed. He was completely different from the other skeletons lying on the ground. If you look closely, it does seem that the outsiders won in the end, but were sealed here and unable to get out, and eventually died of being trapped alive.
Of course, this tragedy that happened 10,000 years ago is meaningless now. What is meaningful is...
"So, that's the transcription device."
Staring at the metal cube suspended on the platform, Brian's eyes shone and he walked over eagerly. Although he doesn't know what this transcription device is, it must be a good thing that allows outsiders to travel all the way to Azeroth to hide it!
As for what good thing it is, just take it back and study it to find out!
"Is this good?"
Seeing Brian reaching out his hand towards the weird metal cube, another dwarf next to him put forward his own opinion.
"Isn't it said that once this thing is taken out, it will attract the attention of some terrible beings? In order to hide it, those outsiders did not even bring it back to their own world. Do we really want to open it?"
"It's not a big problem. After all, ten thousand years have passed. Even if there was someone who paid attention to this thing at that time, after so long, I'm afraid there has been no news from the other party."
As he spoke, Brian rubbed his hands.
"In any case, it is only possible after all, but the ancient relics in front of us are real! We cannot give up our goal for the sake of that illusory threat!"
Of course, Brian's words were very upright, but he was still very cautious in his actions. As an archaeological expert who has been excavating ruins all year round, Brian certainly knows what kind of traps or alarms usually come with such things. So he quickly measured it using various methods.
The result made Brian somewhat relieved. Perhaps it was because the ceremony did not end smoothly. There was only one alarm device, and its energy had been almost exhausted over the long years. The reason why this thing is still suspended here is entirely due to the magic power collected by this device.
After confirming that there was no danger, Brian reached out without hesitation, grabbed the metal cube, and took it down. "——————!"
However, just when Brian took the metal cube, a burst of bright light suddenly erupted from the surface of the metal cube. The others were frightened and hurriedly retreated to find cover - fortunately, the bright light only appeared for a moment and then disappeared.
"Huh..."
At this time, Brian, who was holding the metal cube, breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at his companions.
"How's it going? You see what I said is right, hahaha... Hurry, let's go back to the camp immediately and study what this thing is!"
Just as Brian excitedly returned to the archaeological camp with the transcription device, Duanmuhuai also received a report from Lumière.
"Unknown signal reaction found in Azeroth?"
Duanmu Huai frowned when he heard Lumière's report.
"Immediately send someone to investigate and find out what the signal is..."
However, at this moment, Aikote also spoke hurriedly.
"Report to uncle, there is an abnormal biological reaction that is rapidly approaching this galaxy!"
"Abnormal biological reaction? Damn, it couldn't be the Tyranid swarm!"
Duanmuhuai was shocked when he heard this report.
"All fleets prepare for battle immediately!
The moment Duanmuhuai finished speaking, a hissing, hovering giant beast suddenly appeared from the void. It looked almost as big as the battleship of the Inquisition, with a snake-like head and body, and on both sides of its body, there were crystal clear wings like insects.
"Aether Dragon? Why does this thing appear here?"
Duanmu Huai couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this monster.
In the starry sky game, there are countless powerful and terrifying creatures in the universe, generally called Leviathan or star beasts.
The Leviathan-level creatures in the game are almost equivalent to world BOSSs. Their characteristics are their huge size, ferocious firepower, and extremely strong attacks.
Players have encountered many Leviathan creatures, including ether dragons, star eaters, planar nightmares, ghosts, void evil, hatching spirits, etc.
These Leviathan creatures are so powerful that they can destroy a planet casually, but they are very rare, and their renewal depends purely on chance. Duanmu Huai has not been seen a few times in the game, and in reality - he is even less interested in it. He will not just idle around and cause trouble for these guys. Besides, the Milky Way is so big, who knows where these world BOSSs are. In Duanmu Huai’s opinion, if you encounter them, just destroy them. If you don’t encounter them, then you won’t encounter them. What else can you do?
But what Duanmu Huai didn't expect was that instead of asking for trouble, the other party actually came to his door?
At the same time, a dull, loud, murderous voice, accompanied by the dragon's roar, echoed in everyone's minds.
"Despicable little thieves, how dare you steal my transcriber! I'm going to eat all of you little troublemakers!"
"What is a transcription device? Could it have something to do with the strange signal just now..."
Duanmu Huai was not a fool. Here, Lumière reported that there was an unknown signal reaction in Azeroth, and over there, the ether dragon came to kill him. If he said that the two had nothing to do with each other, he would not believe it even if he was killed.
But no matter what, the other party is knocking on the door. How can the Tribunal tolerate this?
Just kidding, of course not!
"The plan remains unchanged, Lumière, you send a group of people to the place where the signal occurred to see what happened. Over here...Ecott, come on! Turn on the void shield and fight directly! ”
As the world BOSS, the Ether Dragon is certainly not that easy to fight, but that is for players. Duanmu Huai is the God of Destruction at the moment, and he also has a being like Revatier who specializes in chanting to add buffs to battleships. The strength of the Inquisition's fleet is no less than that of this etheric dragon.
Soon, the two sides were directly facing each other and fighting together!