The Hall of Five (Part 2)
While the lich was hesitating, it realized that a small group of living beings were approaching the pedestal, and other adventurers were left in the ruins.
"Boss, there is an authenticity here!"
Not long after, an excited voice came from above.
"Light up, go and have a look."
"Wait, the air below is a little turbid, I'll release a cleaning technique first." The soft voice of the woman was not very obvious in the "cracking" sound of the flames burning one after another, but this did not affect Victor's hearing her speech. Next it made a request that shocked the three of them.
"It's not difficult to ask me to join your team. Give me command."
"The new entrant actually demands command power! We are lacking mages, not leaders! No matter how anxious we are, we will not agree to your request." Hawke immediately refused. Although their team did not clearly identify who the leader was, they did not allow a new entrant to take over the command power.
"Why did you suddenly change your mind?" the Ranger, who had always been silent, spoke.
"My identity is not suitable for swaggering everywhere." The black outer robe opened and the outfit inside showed. The appearance that had been hidden all the surprise of the three of them to varying degrees.
Her skin color is still pale without a trace of blood. Her height is similar to the possessed puppet corpse, but in terms of appearance, some have changed drastically. Unlike the variegated colors close to the Northland, Victor now has short golden hair and light blue pupils. Her facial features are evenly proportioned enough to use the word perfection. If the skin color is not too white, it seems to be a little flawed overall, she can be called a beautiful man.
In the still dark black clothing, Rena and others saw the blood-red Holy Emblem - a mark that only clergymen have.
The light prefers white, and only the evil ones like black.
Reina, Hawke and Du Nan looked at each other. Although they had already guessed that the other party was not a kind person, what they never expected was that the man who always thought was a wizard was actually a famous priest, oh... Correction, the evil priest.
"If there is no mage, the priest is also a good choice." Reina used this excuse to comfort herself and her companions. At least she had an advantage in dealing with the undead, and could also relieve poisoning and epidemics.
"You don't have much time to think. If you can't pay attention before counting from ten to one, I will give up the proposal just now." After saying that, Victor didn't care what the three people on the other side thought and started counting down: "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
"What should I do?" Reina looked at the rest of her companions.
"It's better to be the same..." Du Nan couldn't make any idea either.
Hawke nodded, and he could not think of any other way except to throw the coins.
Three silver coins bounced up and fell down, and the three people with solemn expressions opened their palms one by one. This time, there were still three fronts. They looked at Victor at the same time, and an indescribable emotion spread in their hearts.
Can this be regarded as a metaphor for the goddess of destiny?
"Once I leave the ruins, I will never have any connection with you. Asking for command is just to prevent people from doing anything randomly, which will cause some unnecessary trouble. In that case, not only will you die, but also delay my time." Putting the hood back, Victor approached Reina and others a few steps closer, and the people who were descending along the stairs also arrived at the hall at this time.
Unlike the group of mercenaries encountered in Bere Village, this group of people was fully armed, with standard weapons and silver-plated half-body armor, which showed that they were not ordinary mercenaries. Victor noticed that the three people by his side were all focused on the badges on the left chest of the later generations.
"You know each other?"
I hope it will not be an enemy, otherwise its joining will make no sense.
"The lord's private soldier...is the client who came to the Shadow Tower this time." Reina, who has a high likelihood of the lich, explained.
"Oh." Private soldier... It seems that the so-called searching magic is not simple, and I'm afraid there is some inside story. Victor's eyes were fixed on the woman protected by private soldiers, which was the reason why he suddenly chose to join the adventure - a priest.
I haven't used this skin for a long time, so I probably won't be recognized.
Just as he was thinking, a strong man who looked like a leader of a private soldier issued an expulsion order to the adventurer beside Dai Li.
Hawke turned his attention to Victor, waiting for his instructions. Since he wanted to command, take some convincing skills.
"Let's go." The lich took the lead to the stairs. When she passed by the female priest, her strong dead aura made her look a few more times. She noticed that the female priest showed a puzzled look, and the leader of the private soldier put his hand on the sword.
"No... just ordinary adventurers, let them go." The female priest stood in front of the leader. Based on her past few days of getting along, she could already guess what this guy who only knew how to kill was thinking in his head.
Raising his hand to stop his eagerly trying men, watching the four adventurers leave, the leader popped up a few words from his throat: "Remember your mission, Pastor Dora. If you let me down, the children who stayed in Bere are..." After saying that, his hand stroked against his neck, making a gesture that even a smart creature could understand.
The worried eyes of the female named Dora crossed the private soldiers' chief and projected onto the magic secret words that were faintly visible on the ground.
Hall of Five...No wonder those who took the risk so straightforward.
"I need four people." Pointing to the four corners of the hall, she gave an instruction: "Only in this way can the passage to other rooms be opened."
"I hope you don't play tricks, you should know that I have seven hostages on my hands." The leader slapped his high-high, and immediately several soldiers left the line and stood in the direction the female priest said.
Squatting down, Dora placed her hand on the place where Victor had touched before, and said softly: "Goddess of the earth, please listen to my prayer, and with your supreme divine power, break the seal that was confined to this evil land."
Click!
As the female priest finished speaking, the sound of some object rupture sounded in the air.
The leader drew his weapon and looked around carefully, without finding any abnormalities.
The whole hall was so quiet that there were only breathing sounds of varying lengths. Just when everyone thought there was no change, the stone bricks at the feet of the four soldiers standing in the corner suddenly cracked. They fell down before they could react, and screams sounded at the same time as the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
"I said not to play tricks!" Dora, who was holding up half-squatting posture, shouted in a fierce expression.
"This is the only way to enter the hall of five people of the evil wizard!" The female priest's answer made the leader slightly stagnate. He let go of his hand and sneered: "You really shouldn't be a priest. In terms of ruthlessness, you are no less than a robber. You can easily reimburse my four subordinates."
"Don't you also killed four unarmed villagers." Dora pursed her lips and stared back without showing any weakness.
Amid the rumbling and slight vibration, a dark passage appeared on the ground in the center of the hall, and several soldiers looked around and hurriedly retreated. The wind blowing from below was not only a chill that was cold to the bone, but also had a disgusting smell of rottenness.
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"You owe us an explanation."
As soon as he breathed the fresh air, Hawke exhaled the unhappiness in his heart.
"First of all, you are not opponents in terms of quantity. Even if your average combat ability exceeds that group of soldiers, you still cannot reverse your disadvantages. Don't you know the reason why you are outnumbered, so you cooperate with me, right?" Victor explained at Hawk's request.
"Okay, Hawk, don't worry about these trivial things." Dunan just wanted to know why Victor walked so simply that he didn't even have symbolic protests. The priest gave him a strong feeling that evil people usually like to cause trouble. He was worried just now whether he would have a conflict with private soldiers.
"The stone room below is a Hall of Five. Do you know what I mean." Victor didn't explain much, and only said these two sentences, the faces of the three changed at the same time. They knew what the Hall of Five was, and countless adventurers died in this famous religious institution.
"If you don't want to die in the boring trap, please follow my instructions in the next action." Victor continued to explain: "The priest belonged to the neutral camp Goddess of the Earth. Although he does not hate evil people like me as God of Light, he will not have a good impression of me."
"Is this why you suddenly changed your mind?" The taciturn Du Nan can always accurately find the core of the problem.
"Of course, I don't want to beware of two groups of people at the same time in an unknown area. And some institutions cannot be overcome by me alone. Proper cooperation is the best choice for smart people."
"Okay, smart man, should you explain what we should do now and chat until dawn?" Hawke didn't know why, but he hated the new priest, although the priest itself is a profession that is hard to hate.
"The chat time is over. It's time for everyone to cheer up and work." Victor lowered his head and looked down. It was almost time to calculate the time. The group of private soldiers should have successfully opened the passage of the five-person hall.
"I don't think they would be so stupid that they wouldn't send people to stay at the exit." After finally winning the title of the top five in this small county, Rena didn't want to give up easily. If she could go against the lord's private soldiers...
"That's my problem, don't worry." Victor's confident tone made the other three sigh at the same time after closing his wide long sleeves.
Sure enough, it was different if there was an evil guy in the team. In the past, they all chose to give in when they encountered such a thing.
"Since we're going to spend some time together, let's introduce each other. You can call me Reina." Although he showed no concern, the female thief still hoped to get the priest's name in this way. Maybe he was a celebrity.
"Dunan." A simple speech has always been the habit of the Ranger.
"My name is Hawke." The warrior almost completed the introduction with a nasal sound.
The lich turned his back and took the first step back.
“Victor.”
The low voice echoed in the empty space for a long time.
Chapter completed!