Chapter 28
The treasure-hiding location of the orc robber Ruer is actually very secretive. It is located deep in the Ashes Forest, next to an open space where skeletons are nurtured.
In the ashes forest, some places are particularly prone to collect negative energy, so that no grass grows and is empty and flat. Under the flat ground, the flow of negative energy will slowly transfer various bones here, forming a huge pile of bones. Every night, it will turn into a large group of skeletons, silently absorbing negative energy in the open space and continuously strengthening.
This special terrain is called the "skeleton pile". When Sui Xiong first stepped onto the land, he had studied such a "skeleton pile".
The place where Ruhr used to hide treasures is located near a medium-sized "skeleton pile". No matter whether you look from the sky or look on the ground, you can't find any special place. Only by using positioning magic can you find this coordinate.
Positioning magic is a very special magic. It combines astrology and detection and divides a huge coordinate system for the vast earth, and each coordinate is a location. It is said that people have been studying the positioning magic that calculates "height", but it has not been successful yet.
This magic is a bit erratic and complicated to use, but it is very popular. One is very helpful when adventures in the wild, and you can quickly judge the location based on the map. The other is extremely useful when hiding treasures and is simply impeccable.
Before positioning magic inventions, treasure hiding must design some clear and distinctive features for their treasures that are not easy to notice. This is really a technical job. I don’t know how many people took the treasure map left by their predecessors and went through a lot of hardships to find the treasure, but found that they had been dug up by the adventurers who occasionally passed by. Some cramped and mean guys even left some traps in the treasure, making the master look bloody.
But since the invention of magic, treasure hiding has become much simpler. It can make the treasure hiding place unique. Even if a group of people search here for ten days and half a month, they can't see anything special. Only by knowing the exact coordinates of the treasure hiding place can you find the treasure.
Compared with the predecessors who want to fight against treasure hunters in later generations, the treasure hiding today is just as long as the treasure hiding is made secret enough and leave coordinates and excavation methods for their descendants, everything will be appropriate.
The same is true for the treasure of Blood Hand Ruhr. Its location is not even a little special. Even if it has the exact coordinates, when Gerald and the others come to the location shown in the coordinates, they are still a little confused.
"This place looks special. Even if there is a treasure, where is it hidden?" Palinzai carefully observed the surroundings, but could not find any trace of the treasure. She couldn't help but wonder, "Can the coordinates left by that guy are wrong, right?"
Of course, the coordinates are impossible to be wrong. When Ruer's soul fell into Sui Xiong's hands, it was like a book that could be read at any time without any hidden content. Sui Xiong had already told Gerald all about the information about this treasure, and even he knew exactly what was in the treasure. How could he get the coordinates wrong?
"The place is right here. You need to dig straight downwards. You can see a magical mechanism by digging about ten feet. Unlocking the mechanism requires Ruhr's own bloodline as a certificate, so you will be troubled by Renn at that time." Gerald said a little selectively about the information, "In short, let's start construction first."
Of course everyone had no objection to this, and the three of them were busy.
Gerald is extremely powerful and is the main force in digging. Rennes is experienced and can help with it. As for Palin, he can only be responsible for setting up the camp so that everyone can rest well at night.
In fact, according to Gerald's original intention, he would just come alone to search for treasure. He felt that even if he was not strong enough, he could still ask His Majesty Oscar for help, and it seemed that there was no need to ask others for help. But Sui Xiong didn't think so. He felt that Gerald looked very out of society now. If he didn't work hard to develop some interpersonal relationships, he would sooner or later become a secluded master who was "independent" and lived alone in a barren land like an overly powerful creature like a dragon. Not to mention the interactions between friends, he could not even see a ghost.
After all, humans are social creatures, so what fun is there to say about such creatures!
So he asked Gerald to bring Palin, who wanted to open his eyes, and used the reason "I'm very busy" to ask Gerald to find a helper who helped to dismantle the magic mechanism. In the final analysis, he just hopes that Gerald will communicate more with people and meet more friends.
In fact, he has been thinking about how to adjust Gerald's appearance for a while. The image of this bald guy (although he is not bald now) is so cool that he has no friends. Even if he doesn't consider the problem of friends, it's hard to find a partner for such a big guy!
There is not a joke on the earth that says that age, appearance, personality, or gender life and death cannot stop love. Only physical condition is a flaw. Gerald's aesthetic view must belong to the category of humans. It is impossible for him to like large creatures such as ogres or mountain giants. If you want to find a partner, you still have to make his size smaller again or give him the ability to become larger and smaller freely.
So since I had a beautiful sleep, Sui Xiong has been working hard to study this topic. At this moment, if someone flew to the sky and flew to the huge floating jellyfish, he could see a muscle on the jellyfish's back, which was constantly changing shape.
That was his experiment and researching free deformation methods.
Sui Xiong himself will deform, but his deformation speed is not fast, and this deformation still has certain risks. Apart from him, who is not afraid of death, others are afraid that they will not be able to use it. Judging from the magic system of the world he has come into contact with, there should be a better, fast and safe method of deformation.
There must be a solution, and it is only a matter of finding.
These days, when Gerald and the others were rushing to the road, Sui Xiong was concentrating on researching and trying to find this solution.
But this kind of result is destined to not be achieved soon. All he can do is to be patient and explore and ponder slowly.
When it was getting late, Gerald finally dug up the magic mechanism. It was a metal plate at least five feet square, carved with complex patterns, which looked dazzling. There was a drop-shaped groove in the center of the pattern, which penetrated the entire pattern through countless blood vessels.
The correct way to unlock this mechanism is to drip blood with the same bloodline as Ruer into the water droplet-shaped groove, and then the blood will flow along the veins into the magic circle. First, activate the bloodline identification array. If it can pass the bloodline identification, further activate the remaining magic circle, and finally unplug the mechanism and open the road to the treasure house. If it cannot pass the bloodline identification, the magic circle will fade. It takes one night to absorb the free negative energy to recover and can be used for the next identification.
However, Gerald certainly could not find Ruhr's bloodline, because when Sui Xiong found information in Ruhr's memory, the orc had already died, and the blood in the corpse had lost its vitality and could not pass the identification - any bloodline identification magic array only recognizes blood circulation, and the blood of the corpse is absolutely not recognized.
So when the magic circle was dug, what was left was the job of a high-level thief Rennes.
"It looks quite complicated, not an ordinary level." Rennes did not rush to do it. After observing it for a while, he exclaimed, "The person who arranged this magic mechanism is a good man. Not only is his skill in his hands, but his magic level is also not ordinary!"
"Generally speaking, such a magic mechanism requires a person who eats food (thief) and a person who eats food (mage). But this mechanism seems to be made by one person, which is very rare. To be honest, although the level of magic is not high, people who eat food generally cannot learn magic. It is amazing that they can reach such a level!"
"Then can you?" Gerald asked.
"It was no problem twenty years ago, but now it's not possible." Renn shook his head and said with a wry smile. "I learned some spells at that time. Basically, I can do the spells we can use in this industry. But decades are useless and abandoned."
"Can spells be abandoned?"
"Of course, there is no ability in this world that will not be abandoned. Why do many powerful adventurers, when they were exploring the world, could chop people with swords and cast spells when they picked up a stick, but later they often became simple warriors or mages? The key is that as their level becomes increasingly advanced, they need to consume more and more energy in one aspect, but on the other hand they are abandoned." Ren said, "But don't worry, although I can't make such a mechanism, cracking is still possible. After all,... destruction is always easier than construction."
After saying that, the old thief lowered his head and focused on cracking the mechanism. His movements were light and slow, and he could hardly tell what he was doing. After looking at it for a while, Gerald couldn't see any clues, so he had to shake his head and go back to help Palin.
It took longer than they expected to crack that mechanism and it was not completed until dark. So they stayed next to the treasure that day and waited for the next day before continuing to do it.
At night, Palin set up a magic circle around the camp that could cover up the perception of the skeletons. Although it was close to the dense army of skeletons, nothing happened and he slept peacefully.
The next day, the sun was very sunny, and after a night of sleep, Rennes was in good condition. He started to be busy after breakfast, and finally brought good news at noon.
"It's done!" He shouted in the pit, "Come here, this is actually a small teleportation array."
The three gathered into the pit and stood together according to his instructions. Then he activated the cracked magic mechanism, and a faint green light projected out and shone on them.
Accompanied by a slight dizziness, their eyes became dark and lit, and they had been teleported from the deep pit to a cave.
The cave was extremely dark, but you could see some golden things vaguely shining under the gems in the distance, much more than they had guessed in advance.
Chapter completed!