Chapter 279 Statue of the Old God
It is normal for there to be secret rooms in ruins. Whether it is a ruin from the mythical age or a dungeon built by mages, everyone likes to build secret rooms. This has become a habit.
Many ruins that have been discovered for decades or hundreds of years have been searched by adventurers to the extent that even the floor tiles have been taken away, and there are still rumors of new secret rooms being discovered from time to time.
Aldai looked into the secret room, then raised her hand to hit a magic sphere that emitted cold light. When she saw that there was no roar of monsters in the secret room, she walked in.
The room was still very empty, with about less than twenty screens arranged in a semicircle.
At the end of the secret room stands a stone sculpture about four or five meters high.
Similar to most sculptures in ruins, the details have become blurred due to time, and only its more obvious features can be identified.
This is a sculpture of a man wearing a robe, a crown, and a scepter. The facial details are completely unclear, but you can see that the sculpture has a pair of huge curved horns on its head and a tail trailing behind its butt. The tail, but the fragile part of the tail had broken off and fell to the ground and shattered.
Looking closer, Aldai noticed that the robe did not cover the whole body. To be precise, it was not entirely a robe. A part of it was the wings extending from the back to the front, covering the chest like a cloak.
This is very similar to the statue of a demon, but the demon has no tail and wings.
"Is that a statue of our tiefling?"
"impossible."
"You're overthinking."
Before Aldai could say anything, Draeger and Perrin shattered Nemea's dream.
There are indeed similarities with tieflings, such as horns and tails, but tieflings have no wings.
In front of the statue is a stone altar, and the front of the altar seems to be carved with some kind of pattern.
Nemea regretfully reached out and wiped away the dust on the front of the altar, revealing the pattern on it.
"A pentagram? Doesn't this have something to do with the devil?"
"Don't look at me! Although I have blood from the lower planes, this is called discrimination!"
Demons or devils come from the lower planes, and their hybrids with mortals are tieflings.
Because demons and devils are too fucked up, tieflings are also very discriminated against in the mortal world, and Nemea is also very sensitive to this.
Aldai did not listen to the conversation of others. She carefully looked at the stone carving of the five-pointed star and discovered that there were three flame-like patterns in the center of the stone carving. They were very small and unclear, but they did exist.
Then she looked up at the statue standing behind the altar, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
In a daze, Aldai seemed to see the vague face of the stone statue suddenly change into Li Chengqi's appearance. This shocked Aldai and she unconsciously took half a step back.
Looking at it now, the face of the stone statue is still blurry, as if it was my own illusion.
But Aldai already had the answer in her mind.
This is the statue of the previous Demon King, and the five-pointed star is also his holy symbol.
This place was obviously built in secret. The individuals or organizations trying to destroy the existence of the Demon King and God were not aware of it, so it was preserved.
After thinking for a moment, Aldai turned back to the three people who were arguing about discrimination and said:
"Do you have any gods you believe in?"
When Perrin heard this, he grabbed his holy symbol. Does that mean, do you think I have no faith?
This is the same as saying to the maintenance master, what do you do?
But Aldai mainly asked Derger and Nemea, and the two looked at each other after hearing the words.
"When I was a child, my family believed in the Soul Forger, but I haven't prayed to him for almost a hundred years."
Moradin the Soulforger is the main god of the dwarves, and most dwarves believe in him.
But it's not absolute. Adventurers like Derger are generally too lazy to believe in a certain god. Compared with gods who may not necessarily provide help, the ax in their hand is more reliable.
"Neither do I. Just living is very strenuous, so I don't have any time."
Tieflings are very similar to demons, but that doesn't mean they will believe in demons.
Due to widespread discrimination, it is difficult for tieflings to find stable jobs. Most tieflings will join the ranks of adventurers, at least this job will not have racial requirements.
Aldai looked at Derger, shook her head, and then looked at Neemia. This time she said:
"Come here and kneel in front of the altar."
"Huh? What do you want me to do?"
"Try praying."
"Um...Is this really okay?"
Palin interrupted at this time:
"Praying to unknown gods is very dangerous." If it is a good god, it is fine, but if it encounters an evil god, it will be troublesome.
"It's not a big problem. This statue has lost its power. You can see how it has become decayed."
This is true.
Statues of gods are not so easy to destroy. This thing is actually equivalent to the camera of the gods in the mortal world, and is usually blessed by weak divine power.
On the other hand, since it has decayed, it means that the god represented by the statue has either forgotten the statue or has fallen.
Neemia didn't want to do such a risky thing, and felt that Aldai was using her as a guinea pig.
"You don't have to open your heart, you can just recite your wish silently in your heart. I guarantee that there will be no danger. Let's do this. I will give you an extra 10% of the profits from this adventure."
"real?"
As soon as he heard that there was money to be taken, Nemea immediately became interested.
This is all because I was afraid of being poor when I was young.
Following Alday's instructions, she knelt on one knee in front of the altar, clasped her thumbs with both hands close to the tip of her nose, closed her eyes at the same time, and silently said in her heart, "I want gold coins, lots and lots of gold coins."
——I am indeed afraid of poverty.
There was no reaction at first, and Aldai thought there might be something wrong with her guess.
But just a few seconds later, the statue suddenly lit up with a layer of golden light.
This layer of light formed a beam and hit Nemea who was kneeling in front of the altar, but it was not an attack and Nemea himself was not aware of it.
Immediately, a huge crack opened in the statue, and the four- to five-meter-tall statue quickly collapsed in front of everyone, eventually turning into a ball of rubble.
Nemea was awakened by the sound and took several steps back to avoid the scattered gravel and dust. Only then did she notice that she was covered with a layer of golden light, and the golden aura quickly dissipated and merged into the Nemean skin.
"What's that?"
Aldai did not answer, but asked:
"How do you feel?"
"I feel...I feel as if I am full of power."
This is an indescribable feeling, like waking up naturally after a long sleep, feeling inexplicably more energetic.
"You don't feel any discomfort, right?"
"Well, rather, it feels good."
"emmm..."
Looking Nemea up and down, Aldai said to the other two: "Turn around first, don't look back."
"Why?"
"Because I need to take off my clothes for inspection."
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Palin and Derger immediately turned around. Aldai waved his hand, and there seemed to be an extra layer of curtain in the air, making it difficult to see clearly.
Then she went straight to unbuttoning Neemia's clothes.
"Wait! Stop it! I'll take it off myself! Don't take off my pants!"
It’s no wonder that Viola often said that Aldai’s research spirit was fucked, and she didn’t care about anything once she encountered something she was interested in.
Since it was not cold yet, Nemea needed to be flexible as a wanderer, so she didn't wear much, so Aldee took off her clothes in just a few strokes, leaving her in her underwear.
Carefully observing the Tiefling's burgundy skin, his concentration made Neemia even wonder if Aldai was a crook.
However, Aldai was obviously not interested in Goji, and she soon discovered a mark that looked like a brand on Neemia's lower back.
A five-pointed star has three flame-like marks in the center.
Aldai stretched out her fingers and touched it a little, trying to confirm whether this thing existed from the beginning or whether it appeared because of the prayer just now.
But when Aldai's fingers touched it, the mark suddenly twisted, changing from a five-pointed star to a slightly open pattern of a hand.
That is Li Chengqi's holy symbol.
(End of chapter)