Chapter 181 Harvest
"Rumble..."
The entire Bullingdon Stone City seemed to be shaking slightly, just like the aftershocks after a severe earthquake. There was no very obvious shaking, but This kind of vibration is real.
Moreover, it was still coming from deep underground at a stable frequency. It felt like a heartbeat, full of rhythm.
The young dwarf mage Lusa Baiyan felt the slight vibration from the ground and murmured in an inaudible voice:
"Have they really completely eliminated the 'Oremok Disaster'?"
At this moment, she had already arrived at a secret cave full of stalagmites and stalactite pillars guided by the mage lord of Mokou Town. .
In the center of the cave is a circle of huge stone pillars that are older than Bullingdon Stone itself.
Once upon a time, the sages of the Stone Heart Garden told her that this stone circle was actually built by a group of ancient Gray stone people to worship Entemoc, the prince of the earth element.
Hundreds of years ago, her people summoned the incarnation of the Prince of the Earth Element to help them defend themselves against foreign enemies.
As the mage lord of Mokou Town said, when Lusha found this secret cave and stepped into it, she immediately felt the earth element energy generated when she was summoned.
Thinking of this, she immediately knelt down on the ground, took out the holy water and incense, and began to interpret the subtle changes caused by the vibrations under the foundation, using theosophy to ask for the answer to what she wanted.
Xiao Xiao smoke filled the cave, gradually intertwined with the earth element energy that filled the period. As the young dwarf mage murmured obscure spells, she saw an ancient path in a trance. underground tunnel.
This bottomless tunnel gradually emitted a soft light, illuminating the road ahead for her. She gradually went deeper along the moss-covered stone steps, and the tunnel behind her continued to advance with her. And collapsed.
I don’t know how long it took.
When the young dwarf mage opened her eyes that were as bright as black gemstones, a look of shock and disbelief appeared on her delicate face like a porcelain doll.
“Unexpectedly, this mage lord not only solved the 'Oremoc Disaster', but also eliminated the evil incarnation of the Prince of Earth Elements hidden deep in the mines."
< br>The dwarf mage took a deep breath and already knew what he should do next.
She waved her little hand gently, and a cute and cute cave-dwelling badger ran over from the shadow of the stalactite pillar, humming and rolling back and forth on the ground to act coquettishly at her.
"Go and bring everyone in Stoneheart Garden here." The dwarf mage reached out and stroked the cave-dwelling badger's head and said to it softly.
The cave-dwelling badger nodded naively and disappeared into an afterimage.
The dwarf mage quickly came to the center of the stone formation, took out the ritual materials that the mage lord of Mokou Town specially told her to prepare, and quickly walked on the ground according to the awakening ritual array taught to her by the other party. engraving.
After all preparations were completed, she knelt on the ground, cleared her throat, and read out an obscure ancient syllable:
"This is to become one with the underdark. The reason, the method. Look, we are the dwarves of the earth, the souls of the earth belong to us, the pain of the earth belongs to us, and the rhythm of the earth belongs to us, we sing its songs and weep for its beauty. . To our relatives on the surface, we are the descendants of the underground. This is why..."
"Rumble..."
A faint trembling sound spread throughout the cave, and the awakening ritual array arranged by the dwarf mage also vibrated, suddenly bursting out with an earthy yellow light.
In an instant, a large stone that was fifteen meters high and seemed to be alive appeared from the magic circle. If you look closely, you can see that it also has a pair of deep red and black eyes, a mouth and rough... Arms and legs.
"Who woke me up?" The sound made by the living stone was like a rumbling sound like a rolling boulder from a mountain.
"I am Lusa Baiyan, the mage of Stoneheart Court." The young dwarf mage suppressed his inner excitement and said loudly to it, "Lord Entemok, Bullingdon Stone City needs you. ”
“Lusa Baiyan of Shixinxianting?”
A trace of clarity returned to the giant eyes of the earth element prince Entemoc, and his voice echoed in the cave:
“Hundreds of years ago, the patriarch of the Baiyan family was just a newly born eldest daughter. Then At that time, I woke up once because of the invasion of the mind flayers to help you fight against foreign enemies. According to the ancient covenant, from now on, I will not interfere in any affairs of the underground dwarfs... But, seeing as you will destroy my mortal enemy Orei. For the sake of Merck's expulsion."
"Now, I will give you Stoneheart Spellcasters the ability to summon the Gray Stone. However, I hope this is the last awakening, and I will not. Let any creature disturb my sleep for the third time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, sounds like the collapse of a mountain echoed throughout the cave.
One by one, the Gray Stonemen from the earth elemental plane were successfully transferred to the main material plane through the link of the megalithic array.
The young dwarf mage looked overjoyed and knelt down deeply on the ground, bidding farewell to the incarnation of the Prince of Earth Elements who continued to sleep.
Meanwhile, in the other direction of Bullingdon Stone.
According to Brian's instructions, the leaders of the underground gnomes, the Diggers, led a group of priests to clear out the underground monsters while trudging forward in the grid-distributed tunnels.
The difficult adventure will eventually end. When they killed the last purple worm, they finally arrived at the Red Jade Temple of Shagouzhen Earthcaller.
On this pedestal formed by two stalagmites, a collapsed wall surrounds the entire temple, and two dilapidated doors are vaguely visible, one on the ground and the other on the wall. Up on the upper terrace, the door panels hung precariously on twisted hinges.
At this moment, a glowing hazy body appeared, as if it had been waiting for a long time to welcome their arrival.
If you look carefully, you can see that in the hazy light is a short and thin underground dwarf.
Its face, as pale as paper, was filled with incomparable piety, not full of malice and hatred like other ghosts.
"The Earth Caller already knows your purpose of coming." The ethereal voice of the dwarf ghost echoed in the hearts of everyone.
Hearing this, the Dixie couple and the priests behind them immediately understood that what the mage lord of Mokou Town said was indeed true.
While they were grateful to the lord in their hearts, they also knelt on the ground and listened to the god's teachings.
"Shagouzhen Earthcaller is the Lord of the Burrow, and is also the god of death responsible for overseeing funeral ceremonies and the dead. The compassionate Lord of the Burrow will appease the souls of every dead dwarf in Bullingdon Stone City."< br>
The ethereal voice of the dwarf ghost seemed to echo throughout Bullingdon Stone City.
“The earth is the heart and soul of the forgotten race. The children of Garr are nurtured by the earth and emerge from its embrace. They are on its surface, in its tunnels, and in its embrace. Dwelling and living in its cave... also wrapped in the silent shroud of Shagouzhen Earthcaller, resting in death..."
Along with the eulogies came from the mouth of the dwarf ghost. , little by little divine brilliance emerged, and its hazy and luminous spirit gradually floated high into the sky until it disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, with deep sadness, many ghosts wander alone in the tunnels and ruins of Bullingdon Stone.
As if receiving a common command, they all suddenly froze, their eyes full of resentment and hatred gradually became dull and blurred, and finally regained their clarity and knelt down in the direction of the 'Red Jade' temple. Disappear into thin air.
A ghost is the soul of a living creature after death, which is bound to a specific place, creature or object that is of great significance to its life.
They are driven by evil or hatred and refuse to rest in peace. It is extremely difficult for this group of returnees to clean up the thousands of ghosts who died tragically at the hands of drow in Bullingdon Stone City.
Now, under the guidance of Brian, the leader of the underground gnomes has easily completed this arduous task.
While they were praising the Lord of the Cave, Sha Gouzhen, the Caller of the Earth, they also felt grateful to this mage lord from Mokou Town.
After sending the ghost away respectfully, Duobao·Zhou took out a soul crystal with a sad expression and reluctantly threw it high into the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a cluster of small sparks floated out from the broken soul crystal, dancing like fireflies above the glowing ruins.
The golden firelight outlines a beautiful dwarf girl. She is wearing a pair of exquisite shoes, a beautiful pink top and a linen apron.
She seemed to come alive in an instant, covering her mouth with her little hands and giggling. It was a smile filled with the brilliance of life.
This sweet smile stood out in the dark, deep and depressing underworld.
Duobao Digger seemed to really hear the laughter of his child who died tragically at the hands of the drow. He subconsciously looked at the child's mother. Through his blurred vision, he discovered that his child My wife was also crying, but her eyes were full of love and reluctance.
The golden light shattered and dissipated in the air.
The leaders of the underground gnomes, the Diggers and the priests behind them, walked heavily towards the long-collapsed 'Red Jade' temple.
Although the threat posed by these ghosts transformed by their own people has been resolved, these group of underground gnomes still have a long way to go compared to rebuilding the entire Bullingdon Stone City.
In a dark room.
Brian carefully took out the heavy stone. Since he had set up a foothold in advance in a room in Bullingdon Stone City, he came here after taking Helister to use the teleportation spell to escape from the collapsed mine vein.
However, what surprised him was that Helist seemed to have consumed too much spiritual energy due to fighting the incarnation of the Prince of the Earth Element, and had to temporarily enter Shenming. status and restore tired mental strength.
Of course, this is just Helister’s unilateral statement.
In his opinion, the reason why she was in this situation was definitely because she deliberately restrained her violent psychic power in order to get herself killed.
This is actually the same as the truth that it is difficult to recover when water is poured out.
Just like himself, letting him release a powerful fireball is easy and enjoyable for him, but if he is forced to reduce the power of the exploding fireball, he It is simply impossible to do it. At most, it can be suppressed through other spells.
It can be seen from this how powerful Helister's control over psychic power is.
Since the other party didn't want to mention it, he naturally wouldn't ask.
He no longer thought about it, held the heavy stone in his palm, and checked its properties:
Earth element crystal +5
Type: Rare object
Quality: Golden·Legend
(Explanation: This is an elemental crystal that has been infused with a trace of the original power of the earth element by the evil earth element prince Oremok. Through decades of centuries of absorption of the spirituality of the earth's veins, it has become It is endowed with the power of the powerful earth element)
Note: From the moment you take away this treasure, you have been targeted by the Prince of the Earth Element. This evil prince from the Earth Element Plane will take it back from you at all costs.
Effect: Unknown
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If the quality of a fifth-level legendary treasure is improved, it can reach the level of a second-class artifact.
Looking at the properties of the earth element crystal, Brian had a smile on his face.
Although he couldn't even judge the effects of this treasure, it didn't affect him from playing its role.
As for being targeted by the evil earth elemental prince, he actually didn't care at all.
After all, as princes or lords of the four elemental planes, their limitations are greater than those of the demon lords of the Abyss and the demon kings of Baator Hell.
It can be seen from the fact that the other party sneaked into Bullingdon Stone Castle.
And the most important thing is that these earth element princes cannot develop their own followers in the material world like devils and demons.
In the gray dwarf's royal city of Aldus, he even dared to snatch the dragon egg of Graz'zt, one of the three demon lords, so how could he be afraid of him.
Although the demon prince's revenge is like a gust of wind, it comes and goes quickly.
But ever since he killed Graz'zt's servant in Mokou Town, the other party seemed to have disappeared.
Obviously, there is nothing that can be done against him for a while.
Not even a demon prince dares to wander around in the material world, let alone the prince of the earth element.
After obtaining the earth element crystal, he had completely assembled the main materials for building the wizard tower.
As the saying goes, tall buildings rise from the ground. The real role of this spar, which contains the original power of the earth element, is to lay a solid foundation for the wizard tower. Even when a floating city is built in the future, it can still emit it. its true role.
After all, the power of the earth element itself represents defense and stability, which is naturally indispensable for the Wizard Tower.
And Brian can also use the power of this earth elemental crystal to raise magic bats in captivity. Perhaps he can also dig up the Kalinda magic stone like the earth elemental prince Oremok and let it continue to absorb it. Strength, improve quality.
Thinking of this, Brian suddenly realized that this plan could really be implemented.
Because the Prince of Earth Element did upgrade the quality of this Earth Element Crystal to a second-class artifact in the following few years.
"It seems that after the wizard tower is built, we must study this treasure carefully." Brian whispered to himself and put away the earth element crystal again.
For him, this adventure was the most valuable treasure he had ever obtained in his life, and he even gained hundreds of thousands in experience points.
In addition to the Kalinda magic stone and earth element crystals, he also obtained many earth crystal nuclei from the bodies of the earth element creatures he killed.
The crystal core of earth, also called elemental essence, is the core of earth element creatures. They are crystals formed by the high concentration of earth element energy and accumulation over time.
Its main function is not only used to make equipment of the earth element series, or as a casting material to summon earth element creatures, but it is also a key item for making golems.
Because the crystals contain a tiny spark of life, they do not contain any memory, personality, or history, similar to a pure power that they use to initiate and obey, as long as they are bound In the constructed body, one can perfectly obey the will of the golem maker. Among the core materials for making constructed creatures, it is a higher-end crystal than soul crystal.
In addition to the low-quality earth crystal cores that Brian obtained this time, there were also two earth elemental elders and three giant earth elementals killed by Helister.
The earth crystal core of the earth elemental elder can be directly used to make the legendary creature adamantine golem and mithril golem, while the giant earth elemental is a steel golem that is slightly lower than the former.
In other words, as long as he has sufficient resources, he can use these materials to create powerful wizard tower guards.
"This is my first time fighting a god-like being in the world of Toril." At this moment, Helister's sudden words interrupted his meditation.
Brian came back to his senses. He knew that even if he didn't look back, he could guess that the other party had appeared behind him at some point.
After all, he has long been used to her coming and going without a trace.
"Are you okay?" He looked back at Helister and found that she was stretching out her hands to adjust her appearance. A trace of blood appeared on her originally pale and paper-like face, and her clear beautiful eyes changed again. Gotta brighten up.
Seeing this, he knew that the sentence he asked was more like nonsense.
However, seeing that she was okay made him secretly relieved.
"It's okay." Heliste shook her head slightly, brushed back her long hair hanging on her face, and sighed in a soft tone, "Divine power and divine-like power are indeed the powers closest to their origin."
Faced with this topic, Brian chose to remain silent.
The fundamental reason why mortal spellcasters, no matter how powerful they are, are not considered a threat in the eyes of the gods is the divine and divine-like power they control.
This is the power of law that is closest to the origin of the world. It is equivalent to the gods being the administrators of the group, while the casters are just ordinary members.
The two are not even comparable. At most, they can only deal with their clones that have descended into the material world.
"In the previous battle, I carefully recalled the spell "Mayoufu Micro Meteor" you released. "Herister sat on the chair next to Brian and said to him:
"So, I plan to study this spell to understand why even divine creatures are not immune to its damage. "
"You shouldn't be trying to develop the same spiritual power. "Brian met her gaze and instantly understood the myriad implications.
"That's right. ”
"You have had a day's rest." Brian thought for a moment and said: "The underground dwarf has also completed the task I assigned. The most important thing for us right now is to get rid of the Pudding King living in the deepest part of the city."
< br>"Of course I know." Helene nodded, stretched out her slender fingers and elegantly stroked a strand of long hair hanging down her face behind her ear, and said softly:
"I can make myself Your consciousness enters your spiritual consciousness. You only need to practice this spell once in your mind, and I can completely imprint it into your memory."
"That's it," Brian said suddenly. He said, "No problem, I will try my best to cooperate with you."
Herister nodded slightly, and when she held Brian's hand, her jade-white cheeks quietly turned a little bright red.
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(End of this chapter)