Chapter 401 Temple
"Now I believe your words." After communicating with the golden dragon, Brian nonchalantly leaned against the stone wall with his arms folded, and conveyed to the Holy Emblem through his mind:< br>
“What are you going to do now, Mr. Seth? There are more than ten thousand of these half-human, half-snake monsters, and it’s quite troublesome to kill them.”
“You said there is an easier way. A way?" He said the ultimate goal.
Although to him, this ancient city of Saluk witches and scorpions does not pose any fatal threat, but who doesn’t want to save trouble?
"It's indeed troublesome. But I don't plan to use force to force it."
The old voice of Seth's clone paused and said: "I plan to let you disguise yourself as this monster, and then sneak into the temple Go and confirm the location of the Miser Energy Core. If you find it, kill the snake priest in the temple, and then take the thing out. "Disguised as this kind of monster?" Brian kicked. He kicked the corpse on the ground and asked curiously:
"Can it be done? Even if it can be done, can these monsters just watch us move things away? This is a complete Myser energy The core, both in terms of weight and volume, is beyond imagination.”
“Besides, there are snake-men’s chosen ones in this city, and they can be easily detected if they want to disguise themselves as snake-men.” He made a final addition.
"Hmph, for you, you can't escape the detection of the snake people's chosen people with just the transformation magic of mortals, but in front of the great snake of creation, the poisonous snake Marshak is simply not enough." Seth's clone He snorted disdainfully and said confidently:
"You can just use the "Transformation", and then I will use my few remaining divine powers to help you avoid the detection of the snake people's electors, and also use You understand and speak the language of the race you are pretending to be. After finding the Myser Energy Core, I can also use the "shrinking technique" to shrink it and let you put it into a special magic dimensional bag and take it away. "
Brian thought for a while and said: "Then let's decide like this.
Then he explained to the Ethiopian lizard chief next to him: "Let's separate here. I will pretend to be a snake man and blend in, while you will be responsible for attracting the snake people outside. Attention, let them not focus on the outside instead of inside, okay?”
During the walk, the lizard chief had already figured out how to hide within the snake people through Orem? The location of the ancient city was told to him.
Therefore, even if he is alone, there will be no problem.
"No problem, Sir Brian." The Acebi Lizard chief was obviously relieved about Brian's arrangement. Obviously, he was still very afraid of the snake people.
"However, after entering the Snake Man Temple, you must obey my instructions for the time being and never do anything casually."
Just as he was about to prepare for action, Seth's clone suddenly raised this weird question His request, "This is my only condition, is it okay?"
"Okay, then..." Brian thought about it and agreed to his request: "Please start."
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After a while, he transformed into a snake man through magic.
However, what depressed him was that the ability to use the muscles on the tail to open and close the scales to move forward and backward freely was a unique instinct of the snake people.
Although the magic transformation spell can transform the subject's appearance into exactly the same as that of a snake-man, for people who have always been accustomed to walking on two feet, they suddenly have to switch to walking on their tail, both physically and psychologically. The discomfort will be very intense.
Even Brian felt quite awkward because he could not adapt to this sudden change.
If he were thrown into the pile of snakes right now, any snake would be able to recognize him immediately without any effort at all. He is a fake.
Fortunately, there is still some time to buffer. As a legendary professional, it is naturally easy for him to learn to walk.
After paying the price of falling several times in a row, Brian finally learned to walk like a snake man.
Now he has a tail and arms covered with scales, as well as a pair of orange pupils and a forked snake tongue.
The clothes he is wearing have also been adjusted accordingly with the change in appearance. They were originally made of very ordinary fabrics, but now they have become the style of leather armor worn by the snake patrols.
Then Brian picked up the refined scimitar left by the unlucky ghosts from the floor and inserted it into his waist. He picked up the specially processed trident and swam side by side out of the alley where he was hiding. Walk towards the ruins of Salukda holding a torch.
The city was built hundreds of centuries ago and was once home to tens of thousands of residents. The once prosperous city now looks like ruins, devastation, deserted and empty. It is hard to believe that this place still exists today. There are still intelligent races living there.
However, not long after entering the ruins, Brian stopped moving forward.
He saw several venomous snakes swimming silently out of the cracks in the surrounding walls, and then they transformed from ignorant beasts into ferocious half-human, half-snake monsters.
This is one of the snake-man's unique talents. It is similar to the magical transformation he just performed, but it can only be limited to switching between the two states of poisonous snake and snake-man.
"Quentin, are you back?" "His", the tallest snake patrol leader, stuck out his tongue and greeted Brian.
Even his companions who were facing each other day and night could not find any flaws in his vivid magic transformation. He asked casually: "Where are Gamul and Dani? Why are you alone?"
" Stone...basilisks! Lots of petrified lizards! At least seven...seven or eight!"
Brian's tone showed appropriate fear and fear.
Then he stretched out his trident and showed it to the snake patrol leader, and stammered: "We saw it when we were patrolling... in the south. They suddenly jumped out and killed Gamul and Dani. Everything... turned into stone. I fought hard to escape."
"Seven or eight petrified lizards?" Starting from the middle of the spear handle, the metal part was completely replaced by gray-white stone. Trident, the snake patrol captain suddenly became nervous.
In fact, this is because Brian deliberately used the petrification technique. Only in this way can his lies be more true. However, it is obvious that the snake people in front of him do not have the ability to distinguish the truth from the lies.
The patrol leader cursed loudly: "Damn it, where did they come from? South? Where in the south?"
"They appeared all at once near the tunnel outside the city. There was no warning at all." Brian threw out the answer he had prepared in advance.
This is not impossible, because he has already checked the surrounding environment and found that there are still space cracks and many spider web-like passages in this underground world that is thousands of meters away from the surface and connected to the Dark Area. .
The appearance of basilisks is a very common thing among snake people.
Sensing the seriousness of the situation, the patrol leader immediately took out a magic whistle from his pocket and blew it hard.
Special ripples that could only be heard by people with scales spread from all directions. Within two or three minutes, fully armed snake soldiers appeared everywhere in the ruins.
Obviously they were well-trained and were by no means an ordinary mob. After seeing five or six snake priests also appearing, Brian secretly became vigilant.
The patrol leader pulled out his mithril scimitar with all his strength, held the shield in place, and loudly ordered:
"Soldiers from the seventh to tenth squads come out with me, and the rest of the squads Stay on guard and be careful. Bertha, take Quentin to the temple immediately and report this to the high priest."
In a moment, the entire snake tribe became busy.
Brian was also led by a snake man named Bertha and walked towards the temple together. But what surprised him was that this snake man was obviously different from other snake men. So much so that even Seth's clone hidden in the Holy Emblem couldn't help but say "Eh".
You must know that the snake people are mainly divided into three classes.
The purebred snake-people with the lowest status, the middle-class mixed-race snake-people, and the demonic snake-people who are the rulers.
The closer their appearance is to their reptilian ancestors, the higher their status and power will be.
Brian had already seen this from book records.
In fact, he now looks like a hybrid snake-man.
Furthermore, Brian also knew for sure that purebred snakes and demonic snakes were exactly this, the two extremes of the race. The former looked very close to humans, retaining only a few snake-like characteristics. The latter, on the other hand, often looks like a big python except for its head or arms.
But Brian never thought that Bertha, who was named by the snake patrol captain and led him and himself to the temple to report to the high priest, would be so heartwarming. of a woman.
Brian saw a pair of amber eyes first.
They are extremely clear, extremely charming, extremely pure, clear and calm, cunning and agile.
As the eyes wander, there are coquettishness, teasing, and tolerance, indescribably ever-changing. However, hidden under this passionate temptation, is the cold and dark death, patient, keen, and vicious. .
Because after all, these are still the eyes of a poisonous snake, not a docile pet.
Her delicate and smooth skin is not fair, but a healthy light brown. Her neck and shoulders are soft and graceful, her chest is full and strong, her thighs are round, slender and elastic, but her feet and ankles are so fragile and soft.
But the most attractive thing is her slender and soft waist.
Such a slender yet boneless waist can make a woman truly as flexible as a snake when serving a man, bringing the ultimate enjoyment.
But her beauty is by no means weak, but wild.
There was some unsatisfied hunger and hatred hidden between her brows.
Although this almost crazy feeling was well hidden, it could not be hidden from Brian. When the four eyes met directly in the air, he was instantly aware of it.
Brian withdrew his gaze from the snake girl, hissed and stuck out his tongue like a snake, and said, "Why are you still dazed? Take me there quickly."
He knows the snake society. The hierarchical system in China is clear and strict. Those at the top can order those below them at will without being polite at all.
If you are polite, it will arouse suspicion.
The eyes that looked hazy due to previous contact with Brian were instantly hidden from sight.
Bertha raised her hand and brushed her blue hair, which was tied into a ponytail and hung behind her head, like the blue sky on a clear sky. She then made a 'please' gesture and walked towards the depths of the ruins first. .
"Bertha, what are you doing here?"
When they arrived at the gate of the Snake Man Temple, the two guards stretched out their tridents and formed a 'cross' shape with each other, blocking the progress of the Snake Man girl. The tone of the question was extremely harsh.
"The third patrol team was infested by monsters during the patrol, and all the troops except this soldier were wiped out. Captain Conor has already led the soldiers there, and he ordered me to bring the survivors to the temple. Accept the instructions from the high priest."
Bertha answered briefly and crisply, with a cold look on her face, and did not react at all to the guard's obviously difficult tone.
Brian noticed that her voice was not as sharp as ordinary snake people, but rather hoarse and low, full of magnetic charm, and her voice was extremely beautiful.
"This snake girl is interesting." The voice of Seth's clone echoed in Brian's mind:
"Maybe I can try to take her under my command and ask her to help me replace this snake kingdom. Later If you do it, don't kill her."
"Just be happy," Brian replied perfunctorily.
"Okay, you two can go in."
The guards retracted their weapons to make way, and warned: "Lower your heads in front of the God of Serpents, and remember to keep Humility, the high priest and other priests are very busy.”
Entering the door is a huge palace.
This place is different from the outside. Everywhere is bright and full of torches, illuminating the surrounding area as if it were daytime.
In the middle, there is a huge stone pillar with a radius of more than three meters, supporting the entire hall as if it were standing upright.
The front half of the stone pillar is carved into a lifelike statue of a poisonous snake.
Countless precious gems are inlaid during the period, making them appear jewel-like and extravagant.
There are all kinds of colorful venomous snakes entangled everywhere in the hall. They can't help but squirm and dance. It's a spectacular sight, but the unique fishy smell of the snakes is also nauseating.
Among the group of snakes, suddenly several sturdy figures stood tall and straight, with evil looks shining in their bright eyes. From the outside, except for their huge bodies, they were actually no different from ordinary pythons. .
Bertha knelt down on one knee, and Brian quickly followed the snake girl's movements and saluted.
"High Priest Abun, Priest Isuxis, Priest Lisbon, Priest Sara. Sorry to disturb you." Bertha stared down at the floor under her body without even raising her head, and spoke. Tell the incident from beginning to end.
The matter is not complicated, just a few words and it will be over.
Standing tall among the snakes, he was the strongest, and his head still retained some human appearance, but was already full of wrinkles. After listening to the words with an expressionless face, he turned to the name Brian again. The person involved confirmed what had happened, then nodded slowly and said:
"The basilisk? I understand. It is indeed a dangerous monster that is difficult for the patrol to deal with. Captain Conall and his It should be very difficult for ordinary soldiers, right, Priest Lisbon? "
The giant green snake with its tail wrapped around the pillar and two snake tentacles on each side of its body swam forward and agreed. : "High Priest Abun, I'm here, do you need me to go support the patrol?"
"Yes. When dealing with basilisks, it is most appropriate for you to take action. If possible, try your best. Don't kill them but capture them alive." High Priest Abne demanded in his unclear voice:
"Although they are creatures from the Dark Territory and have low intelligence, they are also basilisks after all. One of the noble scaly folk, with the right to occupy a place in Salukda.”
"I understand, High Priest. On the premise of ensuring the safety of the patrol members, I will try my best to capture these basilisks and tame them." Priest Lisbon lowered his head and saluted High Priest Abne.
He untied his tail from the stone pillar and quickly swam out of the hall.
The High Priest Abun swung his tail, turned to look at Brian and praised:
"You did a good job in being able to escape safely from the basilisk attack. Starting from tomorrow, you guys No need to go on patrol, just join the temple guard team. Is there any problem?”
“No problem, of course there is no problem.” Brian saluted and thanked the demon snake priests.
In fact, this was an unexpected good harvest, which facilitated his mission of finding the Miser Energy Core.
The High Priest Aboun seemed to be tired. He waved his tail and calmly ordered them to step back. Then he moved his snake body, which was as thick as a water tank, with some difficulty, and climbed up. Lying down in the most comfortable position on the bluestone altar in front of the giant snake statue.
"Exit for now, I already feel that the Mysel energy core is deep in the temple." Seth's clone reminded.
Brian nodded slightly, glanced at a small door in the corner of the wall, and respectfully stepped back with the snake girl at the same time, and kept this posture as he stepped out of the temple.
"Help me invite that snake girl." After walking out of the temple, Seth's clone said again, "I have something to say to her."
"What are you talking about?" Brian frowned and asked directly, "It's already this time, do you still need to be secretive?"
"Okay." Seth's clone said truthfully:
< br>"I detected the power of the Saluk witch in this snake girl's body. I suspect that she has inadvertently absorbed the power of several Saluk witches that once slept in this city. If this is true, , not only can I make her my chosen one, but I can also help you get the secret energy core hidden in the temple.”
(End of this chapter)