The door of the temple was ajar. After the three of them entered, they saw the twelve-sided hall. Although it was dilapidated due to years of disrepair, it was still magnificent. The ceiling that was nearly a hundred meters high made people feel like ants.
Small.
"Be careful!" Harley didn't understand architecture. He didn't see a window on the wall, but the hall was not dark at all. The setting sun shone in after several refractions, leaving streaks of orange-red light pillars.
, there is dust floating in it, like an elf.
Downton counted and found that there were a total of twelve thick stone pillars in the hall, extending from the ground to the dome. There were no connecting gaps and they were completely integrated.
"How on earth was this stone pillar made?" Looking at the murals carved on the stone pillar, Downton was shocked, but his attention was quickly attracted by the blood stains on the floor.
"The body must have been eaten, right?" Harley checked the degree of coagulation of the blood. It was less than a day old.
"Which door should we take?" Thiessen was not afraid of danger. He looked at the eight doors leading to other areas of the temple and couldn't wait to start exploring.
Harley looked at Downton, waiting for his decision. At some point, the two people already regarded him as the team leader.
"The second one from the left." Downton looked at the floor in front of the eight doors and chose the one with messy footprints.
According to the layout of many temples, generally speaking, the largest door in the middle should be the altar area leading to the core. It has the greatest value and naturally has the most people to choose it. Downton does not want to fight in a group with others.
"Someone must have gone into this, right? Even if there was loot, it was taken away." Thiessen was not useless, and he guessed Downton's intention.
"Not necessarily. If someone goes first, it also means that the traps and traps must have been stepped on." Downton focuses on safety. As for how much loot it can get, it depends on God's will.
The three of them tried their best to tread lightly, but it was too quiet in the temple. The footsteps could still be heard clearly, and occasionally some rustling sounds were heard, which was creepy.
As dusk passed and the sunset fell, Downton distributed luminous pearls to the two of them. The soft light was not as dazzling as the magic stone lantern. It was also not easy to attract attacks from monsters**.
"This map is wrong!" Downton compared the map given by the elder and found many mistakes.
"Sorry, I don't know about this either." Thiessen leaned his head, looked at it a few times, and quickly clarified with an embarrassed look on his face, "But the elder definitely didn't lie to you."
"Don't mind it." Downton didn't take it to heart at all. In fact, he didn't say anything. He didn't expect this map at all.
He took out the parchment and Shuting pen. Downton marked the route he had taken.
Time passed by, Downton and Harley had been focusing on checking the environment, and Thiessen was already agitated, frequently grabbing his hair.
As a giant, his patience is very limited. He would rather fight than be silent like this.
"Looking at the architectural style, it must have been built by giants." Harley noticed that no matter what items were used, they were all several sizes larger than those used by humans.
Downton didn't answer, because a scorpion silently scurried down from the shadow on the stone pillar and went straight to his head.
Zhi! Zhi!
Green spray of corrosive venom.
The moment the soul shield popped up, the liquid mass also appeared above Downton's head, unfolding into an umbrella shape, without wasting any, catching all the venom and then reflecting it.
Zira!
The doused Scorpion screamed. The chitin shell bubbled with blood amidst the corroding sound and melted away. The pain caused it to lose its balance and hit the ground.
"Look at me!"
Thiessen rushed over with a few big strides, and with one strike of his battle ax, he struck a giant seal.
boom!
Half of the scorpion's tail was cut off. Yellow body fluids splashed everywhere.
"As expected of a direct lineage of giants." Downton praised. It was also a giant's martial arts, and the power used by Thiessen was five times greater than his.
"It's so cool!" Thiessen burst out laughing, attacking so hard that the scorpion couldn't even lift its head, kept retreating, and screamed louder than the last.
Downton used the luminous pearl to illuminate and saw the entire Scorpion.
This is a scorpion that is larger than a rhinoceros. It is dark red all over and has fine stripes on its back. In addition to its front claws that can cut steel, its tail hook can not only spray venom, but can also easily pierce steel plates.
Thiessen dodged, so the tail hook poked big holes on the floor, filling the air with choking dust.
"Be careful, scorpions are social creatures!" As soon as Thiessen reminded them, more than a dozen scorpions quickly climbed down along the stone pillars, and while spraying venom to suppress them, they rushed towards their prey.
"Homer, give me the battle box!" Downton used a giant windmill to open a passage and retreated to the corner. "Thyssen, Harley, come back and rely on the corner to fight, otherwise you will be besieged from all sides."
"Harley, here's the hellfire!" Thiessen was about to throw the battle box he was carrying to Harley.
"Thank you, I don't have to." Harley was very stubborn and refused very simply. If it were an ordinary person, without Thyssen's humility, he would have wanted to take it away.
The elemental arm carried the battle box and placed it at Downton's feet, and he stepped on it.
The machine presses down, and the metal scales unfold, spread, and wrap around Downton's body.
"Get away!" Downton inserted his sword into the ground, swung his fists fiercely, and fired fire bombs one after another, knocking away the approaching Scorpions. After gaining time to arm himself, the scales spread to his shoulders and were immediately covered.
And down.
If the body moves erratically, it will affect the armor.
"Thyssen, don't be too presumptuous. Armed with armor, Homer, give Harley a set of order suits." After being armed, Downton went out again to buy time for his companions.
"Thank you!"
Harley is not hypocritical. The Scorpion is too powerful. Any delay may cause attrition or even the destruction of the team.
The interior of the temple is cool and dim, which is exactly the living environment that Scorpions like, so they lay eggs and build nests here. Their hunting operations usually take place in family units.
The first one to attack was the male patriarch, who was also the largest, and the others were his wives and children.
"Good equipment, perfect level!" After all, Harley is a Templar with an orthodox education. As soon as he put on the armor of Order, he realized the sacred power contained in it, especially after holding the sword and shield of Order, he felt even deeper.
.
Whoosh!
As Harley swung his sword, a white arc-shaped holy light shot out, killing a scorpion and spurting blood.
"Hey, why is the improvement brought about by him wearing Order so big?" Downton didn't know why.
"It's faith. As a half-hearted paladin like you, the goddess of justice will not favor you." Homer explained, "Harley is different. His faith is too devout, so he can fully activate the blessings on the order suit."
Sacred equipment like this has been baptized and blessed. The more religious and devout the believer is, the greater its power will be.
"Downton." Harley stopped talking.
"Take it if you want it." Downton guessed his friend's subtext.
"Thank you!" Downton's generosity moved Harley. As a Templar, he could not restrain his love for the Order suit. "Goddess above, please forgive my greed."
The bloody battle continued. The scorpion's claws and tail hooks kept slashing at the armor, but not even a hair on Downton's three men was hurt. There was no way, the equipment was too good.
"Thyssen, how many hellfire battle boxes do your tribe have?" Downton once again realized the importance of equipment. If he had been wearing ordinary armor, he would have been stabbed into a bloody gourd by a scorpion. How could he give up completely like now?
Defend and counterattack with all your strength.
"I don't know, but every family must have a set, because it is a must-have for us Krupp boys. When we grow up and grow taller, we will no longer use it and replace it with new equipment." Thyssen
Explanation: For Krupp, forging equipment is leisure and recreation, there is no such thing as fatigue, so they are most indispensable for armor and weapons.
"Help me discuss with the chief. We want to buy a hundred sets." Downton thought for a moment and found that the ghouls didn't need them. The ogres and abominations were too tall to wear them. "Forget it, buy them first."
If you save it, you'll probably resell it, but you won't get it anyway."
Downton thought of Schwarzenegger. The savage left for several months, saying he was looking for his companions, but he has yet to find a trace, and he doesn't know whether he ran away or was killed.
"No problem, if you exchange it for supplies from the Western Continent, you can definitely get it." Thyssen assured that many giants' children have grown up early, and the battle boxes are gathering dust if they are kept, so it is better to sell them.
"So easy?" Downton was stunned, and then he couldn't sit still, "Let's rush back today to make a deal."
"So urgent?"
"Of course, I don't want others to buy Hellfire first." Downton didn't like being in debt, so he originally planned to wait until Homer built a teleportation magic circle and brought back a large amount of supplies from the West before starting trade. Now it looks like
Come and plan ahead.
"What if someone reserved the battle box in advance?" Downton realized that he had made a mistake, but it didn't matter, there was still a chance to make up for it.
"Actually, you don't need to buy it. I'll go back and find my companions. If they agree to be your followers, they will definitely bring their own equipment."
Thyssen's words made Downton's eyes widen. If he could form a regiment of Krupp giants, his strength would increase dramatically, and he should have no problem dominating the entire Western Territory.
The Scorpions were helpless in front of the three powerful iron cans. After the leader was beheaded, they wisely chose to evacuate.
You're welcome, the grimoire, sucking out the remains of the soul.
Downton dug out the Scorpion's brain and internal organs and prepared to leave them to Jackson.
"Let's go!" Downton was about to leave, but just after taking a few steps, he heard several hurried shouts.
"Hurry up, they are in the chapel in front, don't let them escape."
Upon hearing this shout, the expressions of Downton and the other three people changed, and they rushed to the door in unison, wanting to leave, otherwise it would be bad if they were blocked. Unfortunately, they were still a step too late.
As soon as the three people rushed to the door, crossbow arrows shot over like a heavy rain, hitting the armor and emitting a dense sound of steel and copper.
If the equipment wasn't good enough, this wave of attacks would have been turned into a hornet's nest. (To be continued...)