Shadow Covenant

Chapter 94 "The Ring of Thor"

It has to be said that even if it is boring when browsing other people's privacy, there will be a lot of anticipation.

Woody continued to flip to the next page.

"Damn it! When I was preparing the supplies, a group of drows came out of nowhere and attacked the Black Talin, my God! The flames spread in the city, and the slaves fled dead. I saw Geer's body , his father was the slave chief of Black Talin, he also died, and his throat was pierced by an arrow shaft. I like his fiery red beard the most. However, although those dark-skinned drow found me, But I have a stone ring, they can't catch me, haha! It's really interesting to watch them panic in the rock wall..."

"Although I failed to bring back the supplies, relying on my previous accumulation, after spending the lives of ten slaves, I still found the ruins of the old black tower forest in the underground lake, the solid, thick and towering stone houses, and the pit where the slaves were raised. It turned out that half of it was covered by the sand brought by the waterfall, I said why can't I find it, and I also found a god emblem with a broken arrow, Durag, you must be guiding me."

The slaves of the gray dwarves are consumables for the gray dwarves themselves, and the gray dwarves rarely torture their slaves to please themselves, because the way the gray dwarves appreciate the use of slaves most is to make them work hard until they die.

Woody turned to the next page with great interest.

The first line is the words of Saluman's extreme pride and excitement.

"Dulag! I succeeded! With the accumulation of knowledge I have accumulated over the past ten years, and the judgment of the location of the ruins in the water, I have found the location to go to the temple of Durag, and soon I will be able to save those who have fallen into the fire of crime. The clansmen among them are gone! Wait for me! Heitalin!"

In the diary, Seluman led the team to successfully enter the passage to the Temple of Dugra, but the passage was hidden in a collapsed cave in a waterfall, and it took him several days to clean up the gravel and clean up A series of institutions on the road are really hard work.

But within a few pages, Saluman's exasperated text appeared.

"Damn, when I opened the gate of the temple according to the method two centuries ago, what I saw was not a towering and solemn statue, but a strong fishy smell, like a tauren's lair full of sex! No! Someone destroyed this temple ! This place has become a den of monsters! Who can tell me how it became like this!"

"Dulag! What should I do!"

The aggravated exclamation mark expresses Seluman's anger and confusion after finding the goal. That day ended in the month of bacteria awakening (April) in 793 of the dark calendar.

The diary at the back was blank, and it was not until the last page that there was a line of handwriting written in blood. The tone was very calm, as if he had accepted the ending.

"It can't get in, but I can't escape either."

"Dead, they are all dead! Punishment! This must be His punishment for disobedient people! It must be!"

"May my soul..."

The handwriting came to an abrupt end, and the diary also ended when Saluman’s last prayer was interrupted, and his life was also shattered.

Woody looked at the already red and black blood stains on the yellowed parchment, and remained silent.

He distills useful information in the diary.

First of all, except that the Underdark does exist under Palermo, and it's now owned by the drow.

Secondly, the passage connects the Underdark region, and the exit should be behind the waterfall called the Underground Lake, and the downstream of the lake is the Black Tower Forest, the former city of the gray dwarves.

If it's just the first two that Woody doesn't intend to go down, after all, the Black Talin has been destroyed by drow, and going there is useless except for sightseeing.

But Seluman's reliance in the diary, the stone ring obtained from a slave, made Woody a little moved.

And not surprisingly, although the final ownership of the ring was not mentioned in the diary, it should have been used by Saluman to prevent the shark lizard beast from escaping into the passage.

After all, according to the description in the diary, that strange object has a lot to do with the Thor stone monster walking through the ground.

Of course, these are just his conjectures.

Whether it is correct or not, we can only go down and find out.

……

"You continue to exercise here first. If you can't hold on, take a rest. I'll go to the dock area."

It was still morning, and Woody briefly explained to the monk girl who was exercising, and then went to the pier area not far from the beach.

In fact, besides exercising her body, the most important thing about Leapfrog is to let her concentrate on it. When her body is overdrawn and exhausted, meditating will get twice the result with half the effort.

Soon, Woody came to the livestock market in the dock area.

I bought a few young pigs from there. Generally, some sailors will raise such creatures on board to facilitate the supplement of raw meat.

Woody took them all to the beach, and under Angelina's suspicious gaze, they drove them one by one into the cave leading to the straight passage leading to the shark lizard.

Angelina dragged her exhausted body to think about it, Woody thought for a moment, but didn't stop, and went back to the shark lizard beast's lair together with her.

There was nothing to hide from what was described in the diary, and when Angelina heard that there might be the remains of the gray dwarf in the passage, she was immediately overjoyed.

After all, the higher the income of Woody's adventure this time, the less guilt she would feel in her heart.

Today Woody restored her severed hand, and it would be a lie to say that she was not moved.

Therefore, seeing Woody gain something is also from the heart.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Prevent other magic barriers, traps, and chain mechanisms that may be triggered at the door."

Although in the diary, Saluman and said that most of the organs in the passage have been cleaned up by them, and some of them have already lost their function due to disrepair, but for the sake of caution, Woody still chose the safest method.

That is to let the piglet take the risk instead of him.

Several young pigs weighing about seventy or eighty catties were tied up with ropes, and then Woody slapped their buttocks with the handle of a stick. Soon, the frightened young pigs began to be driven by Woody intentionally. , plunged headlong into the temple passage that Woody had opened to the Underdark.

The snoring of the young pig soon resounded throughout the cave, and Woody felt the pulling force brought by the rope in his hand, and when the pig in the distance was running unharmed in the hall, he carefully stepped into this cave for the first time. In the underground passage supported by prisms, the height of three meters made Woody almost feel that he could touch the ceiling above his head with a slight jump.

However, this did not prevent Woody from searching carefully near the entrance of the passage.

Soon, he found a stone ring that almost assimilated with the rock in the crack of the wall where the corpse stayed.

It's more like a large ring than a girdle.

Woody squatted down, and with a little force on his hand, he took off the ring that had been placed in the rock wall for an unknown period of time.

Wipe away the thick dust that has accumulated on the collar, revealing the original brass color.

Generally, this kind of jewelry is used to help restrain the dwarf's beard, and it is not uncommon to create this type of magical wonder.

Woodie didn't hesitate to use the detection that came with the panel.

It didn't take long for the attributes of this ring to be displayed in Woody's eyes.

—— "Second-order magical object "Sol's Ring""

——"Item effect: The wearer of the ring has a +2 resistance bonus to the saving throw of psionic and psionic powers, and can cast stone walking 3/3 times a day."

——"Hey, you must remember that the effect of the stone walking technique can only last for 1 hour, don't play in the soil, and be careful of those spellcasters who have the ability to prohibit magic, although I really want to see you The look on your face when you're buried alive! - "Guide to Using Ornaments" by the duergar craftsman Koch."

……

Sure enough, it was this equipment. Woody was somewhat expected when he saw the data in front of him. He had already deduced the possible strange item from Seluman's diary, but the ashen face that really got him couldn't help but surfaced. A hint of joy.

Because only the ring made of the core of Thor's stone monster has the effect of placing solidified rocks and resisting spiritual energy. Woody, who has ventured underground, is no stranger. He has owned this ring more than once.

And also fought many times with the raw material of the ring.

——"Thor Stone Monster"

The Thor stone monster is similar to the shark lizard, an underground creature that lives in rocks. Like the shark lizard, it is one of the common underground troubles in the mouths of many mine owners and underground adventurers.

However, compared to the latter, the Thor stone monster is more picky eater, it is not interested in any meat products, it only likes precious metals or ores, so they will rarely attack the traveler unless he is carrying it A favorite precious metal and ore.

They look like a big round rock as a whole, if you ignore the three legs it has on the bottom and the three hands on it.

Of course, if you look at it from the front, there is a high probability that you can only see one or two hands and feet, because the body of the Thor stone monster will be divided into three semicircles evenly by the three hands.And the center of the body opened a huge mouth like a mountain cavity above the hand, and inside it was full of counterclockwise sharp blades.Below the mouth, in the middle of the two hands, each has a wise eyeball.

And these three eyeballs also ensure that the Thor stone monster can always achieve all-round protection when facing an attack, and there is no possibility of being attacked by surprise.

In the mouth of the players, this kind of characteristic specialty is generally referred to as.

—— "Global Vision"

It can observe the scene in all directions, and when searching and reconnaissance, this can bring a +4 observation bonus, and the "detection guard" of ordinary mages has the same effect.

The effect of the ring "Stone Walk" comes from the innate spell-like ability of the Thor stone monster.

——"Melt into stone."

The magical ability to completely integrate one's body into mud and soft rocks is different from the "Stone-Molding Mud" spell brought by the stone-shaping gloves.

The way to advance underground is not by digging, but by merging into the soil like a shark lizard or an earth monster.

"Stone Walk" has the same effect, except that metal and artificial objects cannot move freely and will be blocked.The subject can swim underground as easily as it can swim in the ocean.And no passages or caves will be left behind.

Therefore, the Thor Stone Monster in the ground rarely advances to the druid profession, because once it advances, its animal companions cannot follow it into the soil...

"With it, you can explore a little more like before."

Woody quickly put the ring that was originally used to bind the dwarf's beard on the thumb of his right hand, and at the same time whispered the dwarf language engraved on the ring.

Immediately afterwards, the familiar feeling flooded into his mind again. Woody felt the ground change. His feet sank into the mud, but it was not sticky.It's like a swimming pool whose depth can be adjusted by him at will.

He stepped out his right leg into the ground in front of him, as if there were steps under his feet. Soon, only his head was left on the ground, which scared the monk girl beside him enough, thinking that Woody was dragged down by something Halfway through, he settled down after seeing his calm face.

"I'll go ahead and have a look, you wait for me here."

After Woody informed Angelina, he controlled his body and walked deep into the soil.

When the whole body is immersed in the soil, Woody is naturally unable to observe the surroundings, but the stone walking technique will give the subject the ability to perceive vibrations, the strength depends on Woody's perception attributes, and now he can detect the vibration of the baby on the top of his head The landing point of the pig's wandering and moving in the passage is as clear as someone touching a certain part of his body.

He continued to walk forward, the stone walking technique allowed him to breathe in the mud, and soon the landing point on the top of his head gradually faded away in his perception. Woody's perception was that he could perceive everything except some ore obstacles around him that could not pass through. less than.

However, he had already had this kind of experience in his previous life, so when he was surrounded by soil in all directions, his fingers had already determined the direction of the exit at the other end according to the passage diagram in the diary. However, if you don't move your fingers, it will become his most steadfast "compass".

Along with the long and boring journey through the land, Woody quickly sensed the dense water points washing on the surface of the soil and the reduction of the thickness of the soil ahead.

"It should be the end. This should be the waterfall and the underground lake mentioned in the diary."

Sensing the position of the passage exit, Woody controlled his body to rise up.

Soon, vision was restored, and at the same time, the touch of the skin was restored, and he felt the moist water dripping onto his face.

Struggling out of the mud, Woody closed Thor's ring again in dwarf language before he concentrated on looking at the environment in front of him.

Through the gap of the falling water, he could see a huge pond in front of him, which was smaller than what he saw in the black market, but it was also very large, the size of several football fields.

But just when Woody was trying to find a way out of here, he seemed to see something moving slowly above the surface of the deep pool, as if it was hunting.

Woody fixed his eyes and found that it was a shark.

On the shark's fin, there is a white spot.

This is……

"White tip shark?"

Woody was a little dumbfounded, and his perception told him that the whitetip shark not far in front of him was the same one he had released before.

In other words, the source of water from this deep pool... is that huge lake in the black market?

　...I feel like my credit has been overdrawn...I dare not speak, but fortunately I didn't ask for a monthly ticket or a reward...Sure enough, I still have self-knowledge...QAQ
　　
　
(End of this chapter)