Chapter 184 The Builder of Candle Keep
Spirit World, Candle Keep.
As a portal opened, Xiao En and his party appeared outside Candle Keep.
Candlekeep is a very eye-catching landmark in the spiritual world, because it is located on the top of the towering dark mountains, and you can see the spire fortress of Candlekeep from a distance. The gray sky is shrouded in mist, and visibility in the Candlekeep area often does not exceed fifty meters. Even blessing spells are useless. The mist will only slowly dissipate when the dim sun rises.
“I’ve been to Candlekeep once, but it’s different from the one here.”
A thin figure frowned and stared at the fortress in the distance. He was carrying two heavy scimitars behind his back. The mist condensed on the scabbards, and the cold was overwhelming. Xiao En always suspected that the opponent's weapons were legendary. 'Ice Death'.
Ugly Monkey is also a member of this team. He has been promoted very quickly and has already touched the threshold of legend.
The most eye-catching thing in the team is the very tall and muscular butcher, like a little giant. Xiao En has not seen him for a long time, but when he meets an old friend, he doesn’t talk that much. It only takes one look to understand each other's meaning.
The Butcher took Benjamin into the inner earth world for hunting some time ago. After getting the news about Benjamin Tilian, Xiao En couldn't help but feel happy.
"Lord Xiao En."
"It's very, very dangerous here!" The Insect Queen was a little uneasy, and the tentacles on her forehead were trembling slightly.
Xiao En used spiritual communication to calm her down and said softly: "Don't be nervous, we won't go into the deepest part."
At the end of the team is Quin To, As a transcendent of the barbarian path, he is born illiterate, so he is not very interested in everything in Candlekeep. If a barbarian wants to learn mysterious knowledge, he has to pay double the price. He will suffer more from participating in this operation. The Inspiration of Holy Terra.
If there is no Butcher, Quin-To is the main tank in the team. The Barbarian is rough-skinned and thick-bodied, and has very tenacious vitality, higher than the life point of the dragon. However, after the Butcher joined, Quin-To became the kitchen knife output in the team. It is still possible for the Barbarian to kill people. After all, great strength can do wonders.
When the fury begins, no one will love it.
This time with the Butcher joining, Xiao En did not mobilize the members of the Natural Disaster Messenger Group. They had other tasks.
——Xiao En (law), Butcher (war), Ugly Monkey (thief), Bug Queen (healing), Quin-To (barbarian).
A standard five-person legendary team.
Theoretically, it would be much better to replace the Bug Queen with a Druid, and the Priest would be even better, but Xiao En is not that familiar with the Circle of Nature, and there is no suitable candidate for the time being. Fortunately, he signed a contract with the three fairies in the lake. If necessary, he can call them over to treat his injuries.
The butcher said solemnly: "Are the tickets ready?"
Xiao En nodded slightly and said: "It's ready. It took me a little effort."
The butcher nodded and stopped talking.
If Xiao En cannot get the admission ticket, the group of them will not be able to enter Candlekeep. After all, the guards outside cannot be defeated.
It is quiet around Candlekeep.
Creatures in the spirit world will not approach here easily. You only need to be careful of the activation spells that occasionally come out. Candlekeep has three entrances. Xiao En chose the outermost north door, which can lead to the storage of Candlekeep. rooms, reading rooms and libraries.
Nearly a thousand years have passed, and it has become increasingly difficult to open Candlekeep. Even Lady Hecate has to work hard to enter it.
Soon.
Two majestic and unusual statues appeared in front of the group of people. They stood about one hundred and twenty meters high. They held heavy giant swords and battle axes in their hands. One looked like a human warrior. , one looks like a dwarf defender, their huge eyes staring at the mountains in the distance.
——Stone Colossus Golem [Super Giant Construct] [Legendary Golem] [Magic Immunity] (Challenge Level 25)? !
——Iron Colossus Golem [Super Giant Construct] [Legendary Golem] [Magic Immunity] (Challenge Level 33)? !
Just arrived at the gate.
Xiao En felt the existence of the 'anti-magic force field'. These were Colossus structures from the Dark Age era. They were created by the Alchemy Path back then. Dozens of Destiny Legends teamed up with the demigods of the Alchemy Path to make them. There is a giant army of trolls guarding Candlekeep, the weakest of which has a challenge level of 25. It is very difficult to attack Candlekeep head-on. Because they can activate anti-magic fields and are immune to magic, you must rely on violent output to dismantle them.
“If we can transport them out, we can blast those evil things directly!” Quin-To exclaimed.
Xiao En said lightly: "There will be a day, as long as we can take back the Candle Keep."
Three entrances, a total of six legendary colossi, as well as the internal guardian candle The castle's diamond golem, supreme golem, dragon golem, etc., Candlekeep's golem army has almost gathered the power of an era.
If Xiao En brought the steel golem over, he would be small in front of them and could barely block a few rounds.
Ugly Monkey said softly: "If you want to deal with them in a frontal attack, I'm afraid you'll need a magic crystal pulse cannon."
"And it's best to have a focusing ring to extract the energy of the sun. ”
Unless the Death Raider is transferred over, ordinary star warships really don’t have much to do with it, because it is difficult to break through the defenses.
A heavy gate trembled slightly.
As the group approached the entrance of Candle Keep, an old human face appeared on the solid marble wall. It was a living sculpture (challenge level 15). It stared at Xiao En in front of it and said expressionlessly: "Alchemy Path What is the first criterion?"
Xiao En said lightly: "Equal exchange"
The old human face sculpture continued: "Exchange knowledge for your admission. Where is the coupon? "
Xiao En gently raised his palm, and five books appeared. The top one was printed with "Calculus". Most of them were knowledge from the earth, written by Xiao En. Go through your memories and compile them into a book. These are the tickets to enter Candlekeep.
Candlekeep is a unique space with its own realm of laws.
"Well...knowledge from another world!..."
The statue's human face and eyes seemed to be reading these books, with a hint of thirst for knowledge in its expression. Soon it said in a deep voice: "It's the candle There is no new knowledge collected in Candlekeep, you can enter Candlekeep.”
To enter Candlekeep, you must provide a book, and it must contain knowledge that Candlekeep does not have.
If you can't do this, you can only find a way to sneak in, but Candlekeep is protected by a powerful mystery lock, and sneaking in is no less difficult than a strong attack. The mysterious locks here not only prevent others from entering, but also prevent indescribable illusions from escaping. They can only come through special rituals, and their bodies have always been sealed inside Candlekeep. As for the strong attack, there is no need to say more. Just face the golem army guarding Candle Keep. If you can win, you can come and go as you please.
It was not difficult to enter Candlekeep at first, because at the end of the Dark Age, the threshold for entering Candlekeep was not as high as it is now.
But the problem is that as time goes by, more and more knowledge is stored in Candlekeep, and it becomes very difficult to enter it, because most of the currently known knowledge is included inside Candlekeep. Xiao En's spiritual library adopts part of the design concept of Candlekeep, exchanging knowledge for knowledge. "It's a bit like Candlekeep in the Faerun plane. If you want to enter Candlekeep, you must provide a new book." Ugly Monkey said lightly.
He now suspects that the person who originally built Candle Keep may be an alien soul from the Kingdom of Heaven, and may also be one of the administrators of Candle Keep.
A deep door opens.
The Butcher glanced at the others and walked directly to the front of the team. Quinn Tol was two steps behind. He put his palm on the weapon with a slightly nervous expression. Candlekeep's name had already spread throughout the weird country. , even the Legend of Destiny may fall into it. Xiao En stood in the middle of the team, protecting the Insect Queen behind him, because she is a healer, and more importantly, she is also Xiao En's top BUFF. With the blessing of the Fusion Technique, Xiao En's challenge level will skyrocket to 25 and above.
As for the ugly monkey, he can no longer be seen. As a transcendent of the shadow sequence, escaping into the shadow is as simple as breathing for him.
After passing through a high wall more than ten meters wide, Xiao En and his party saw a beautiful garden in front of them. The magic fountain in the distance was surrounded by a faint rainbow light, and many lush shrubs and grass were covered with They are trimmed to look like various animals. They exude a slight breath of life, but as long as they are not activated, you don't need to worry about them.
——Gardener Guard [Activated Plants] (Challenge Level 8+)!
——Living Statue [Construction] (Challenge Level 10+)!
“The air here is full of knowledge.” Xiao En murmured.
The entire garden covers an area of about one hundred acres. The interior of Candlekeep is larger than what is seen from the outside. In fact, it is equivalent to a demi-plane. After using the spell of folding space, the internal spatial pattern is the same. Expanding outward layer by layer.
This garden is paved with cobblestone paths, and there is an automatic sweeping broom not far away. Runes and spells are engraved on the surface, and the mysterious knowledge on it flows slightly.
——Activation Tool (Challenge Level 3)!
After discovering the traces of Xiao En and his party, the activated broom was suspended in mid-air, and the runes on it glowed with blood. In the next second, dozens of spikes attacked, Xiao En's face was expressionless. He opened the energy deflection force field, raised his hand gently, and arcane missiles completely shattered it.
"Activation Spell Detected!"
"Digesting!"
Xiao En's fingertips touched the remains of the broom, and several runes turned into a faint light and disappeared, being digested by the mysterious knowledge in his brain.
The ugly monkey's voice sounded, and he said in a solemn tone: "There is a row of statues in front of you."
"Be careful to avoid the gardener guards."
This clever man The rogues had already circled the area, and it was very easy for thieves to touch around without having to break in bit by bit like them.
Xiao En opened the spiritual network.
He glanced at the butcher on the side, and then said: "Clear the outer passage first and go to the storage room. Don't make too much noise in the battle."
"The whole castle here is full of noise. Activated. "
There are almost no living people along the way. Only at night will the ghosts of scholars appear. According to their different status during life, they are - volume guardian, administrator, and reader. singer, chanter, guide, etc.
On the side of the magic fountain, Xiao En and his group walked along the road and soon saw a row of majestic statues, about twelve meters high.
These statues have not been animated; most of them are sages from the Dark Ages.
The statue in the front row is an old human man wearing a gray robe, holding a staff and a volume in the other hand. He stares deeply into the distance with a solemn and worried expression. In the statue There is a row of characters engraved on the stone tablet below.
——Dossier Guardian-Gillian.
Xiao En has no impression of this name, but it seems that he may be one of the founders of Candlekeep. After the end of the Dark Age, the existence of many sages were erased. Only Candlekeep Only in this place can we see their names.
The ugly monkey's figure emerged from the shadows. He stared at the statue in front of him with a solemn expression, as if he knew the statue or the name engraved on it.
The butcher, who had been silent all the way, suddenly asked: "Do you know who Gillian is?"
The ugly monkey was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I know."
"He is a member of Candlekeep. A powerful mage who once held a high status in Candlekeep on the plane of Faerun."
Speaking of this.
The ugly monkey took a deep breath and said with a solemn expression: "In the era of the saint's catastrophe, he was the adoptive father of a certain murderer of the son of God, and died in the conspiracy of another murderer of the son of God."
What? !
Hearing what Ugly Monkey said, everyone else present could not help but express shock.
The adoptive father who killed the Son of God?
Xiao En stared at the statue in front of him and said slowly: "The soul of another world."
Ugly Monkey said softly: "I don't know much about the Saint's Catastrophe Period. , the name Gillian often appears in the historical secret volumes recording the killing of the Son of God.”
The group of people stayed at the statue for a moment and soon approached the storage room.
There are very few historical records about the sages of the Dark Age. Even Ms. Hecate may not know much. She can only confirm that many powerful alien spirits descended during that period. They Some were archmages in life, and some were even mythical creatures such as angels, demons, dragons, etc.
The adoptive father of the murderous son of God.
This identity alone is enough to make people feel a little uneasy. After Candlekeep was contaminated, no one knew how many indescribable illusions were born in it.
The battle along the way was not troublesome, and the activated items could not stop them.
However, these activation items cannot be completely killed, because they will be re-created after a while. Xiao En has collected a lot of activation spells along the way.
While passing through a corridor inscribed with countless ancient secret texts, Xiao En suddenly trembled. He seemed to see a deep darkness overlapping the space here, and a pair of eyes opened in the shadow curtain. It was very similar to the scene when he passed through the 'Soul Echo', except that he did not feel the aura of the great detective Mortilene, but saw an indescribable gray-robed figure in the dark curtain, mopping the floor from him. In his black robe, countless rune knowledge gathered into dark tentacles. As the dark curtain fluctuated, it seemed to be constantly changing in the three-dimensional and two-dimensional world.
This illusory figure stared at Xiao En. His deep eyes seemed to be looking directly into Xiao En's soul. The power of the Son of Slaughter was trembling slightly. I don't know why, in this indescribable shadow. After emerging, the Law of the Son of Slaughter in Xiao En's body was restless, as if awakened by some force.
A steady old sigh that seemed to span the long river of time sounded: "Chanem."
"You are finally here..."
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(PS: My wife’s grandfather is old. He passed away at the age of 88. He has to stay vigil tomorrow and take a day off. I originally kept a day’s archive, but the setting was wrong yesterday and I posted two Chapter. That’s all.)
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