The fire continued to squirm little by little under the moonlight, until Grandma Siam Nod suddenly spoke:
"About to arrive."
As a result, the steps of the few people unconsciously speeded up, because the moonlight was getting brighter and brighter, so even from a long distance, Shade could already see the huge worm lying in the sea of sand.
From a distance, it looks as tall as a raised sand dune. But when you get closer, you can see that more than half of the sandworm's body has been buried in the sand.
Shade doesn't know whether this thing is dead or not, but it looks very similar to the doomsday monster that was transformed from the sealed body of Professor Drake in [Calamity Cards: Gravel Worm].
Even though the thing was motionless now, just looking at the size of the insect's body made people subconsciously feel fear. As the group got closer and closer in silence, Shade also saw the front of the huge insect's body. It was indeed a
A pale head like a giant.
The chin of the head was buried in the gravel floating with silver light, and inside the open mouth was a stone door that fit perfectly with the mouth, as if the mouth was forcibly opened by the door. Fortunately, the head was full of lifeless energy.
The two eyes were closed. If the eyes were open, even if it was certain that the thing was dead, Shade would never come close.
The appearance of the giant worm obviously frightened the others, but under the leadership of Shade, everyone continued to move forward slowly until they came to the head of the worm.
Miss Knight and Miss Sandel didn't dare to look up at all, and Shade tried not to look at the head, but directly put his hand on the other person's cold and pale face.
【died.】
"She" gave very clear investigation results, and now Xia De finally felt relieved.
So he took out a large number of gold rings and a gold crown from the supplies he brought with him - these were found by Granny Siam Nord and the others from the ruins. After throwing the precious metals to the ground, there was a pop~
The flames lit up, and then the blazing bonfire illuminated the warm and comfortable camp.
Probably because Shade used a lot of precious metals this time, the quality of the camp was also very high. The burning bonfire provided warmth for everyone on this cold night. Five soft small mats were placed around the bonfire, and more
On the outside are two single-person tents nailed to the sand.
A circle of not very high but very thick wooden stakes surrounds the camp. Two ropes up and down wrap around all the wooden stakes in turn, leaving only the entrance and exit of the camp, which can be regarded as delineating the boundaries of the camp.
The tired people found a place to rest in a tacit understanding, and Miss Knight could easily sit down even if she was wearing armor. She took off her helmet, and her pale face appeared in front of the unusual
Under the moonlight.
Even if she is just an ordinary person, she has experienced so many things in this desert without dying. Her own resistance to this strange light is basically the same as that of an ordinary ring warlock. Five people surrounded the bonfire, crackling and popping.
The flames pulled their shadows in different directions.
Little Mia probably felt the light, so she stuck her head out from between Shade's buttons again. The appearance of the furry cat head appearing on Shade's chest was a bit ridiculous, but this time Shade did not push it back.
After resting for a while, Xia De, who was in a hurry, was the first to help Shamian stand up:
"I don't know how long the dark night can last. Let's move quickly. You continue to rest here, and I will try to open the door first."
So Grandma Siam nodded to Shade, Miss Meister just smiled, while Miss Knight and the mermaid girl were still recovering their states.
The camp that Shade set up was right in front of the head, on the edge of the shadow cast by the huge head due to the moonlight, so it only took him a few steps to reach the door. The insect corpse contained
The strange and twisted mental disturbance even made Sha De feel dizzy.
He confirmed that the pattern on the ancient stone door was roughly the same as what Miss Sandel described, and then he took out the prepared "key" to open the door.
"Earth - a figurine from Vanessa."
The cat-shaped clay statue had just appeared, and as expected, little Mia screamed in dissatisfaction. But before it tried to stretch out its claws, the small statue was pressed against the door by Shade.
The small clay statue was then silently "swallowed" by the stone door, and a quarter of the strange lines on the door were lit up.
"Moon - Flawless Moonstone, Light - Broken Ancient Sacred Emblem."
The next two items were "swallowed" by the door without any surprise, so three-quarters of the pattern on the door was lit up, leaving only the items symbolizing the "sun".
Shade originally prepared little Mia, but now that the door is actually devouring the symbol, he doesn't dare to let little Mia go through:
"What if the doorknob swallows little Mia too?"
But now that he has come so far, Shade cannot give up the mission casually, so he lowered his head and glanced at the cat:
"If I pull out some of your cat hairs, Mia, will you have any objections?"
He was about to take action, but the cat, which seemed to understand Shade's words, immediately started struggling, obviously not very willing to contribute its beautiful hair.
It was probably really a little angry this time, and even spat out a few small, non-threatening sparks at Shade, and then Shade casually swatted the sparks away.
Sparks fluttered in the cold night wind towards the stone door in the mouth of the huge head. When it came into contact with the surface of the stone door, it was absorbed like the three symbols just now.
As a result, all the lines on the door lit up, temporarily interrupting Shade and little Mia's "playing".
One person and one cat turned to look, and saw that in the brighter light, the stone door slowly rose, as if it was taken into the flesh of the upper jaw of the huge head. And another slender stone tablet rose from below.
, then the beautiful carvings emerge:
[In the 358th year of the Fifth Era, the second Earth Witch of this era sealed the desert worm here.]
[After the seal is opened, the seal can be reactivated by activating the stone tablet. Do not enter or leave the worm body without permission.]
[This dangerous creature is not recorded in the data. Wherever it goes, it is transformed into irreversible desert terrain. After teaming up with colleagues to kill it, it still contains unprocessable pollution sources in its belly. In order to prevent leakage
, specially sealed.]
[Behind the door is a dangerous place. If the pollution effect weakens after thousands of years, you can try to enter it to destroy the source of the pollution. If there is no earth witch accompanying you, please do not perform this dangerous operation. If you force entry for any reason, at least five people are required
Peers.]
The following records a ritual that requires five people to perform together to temporarily isolate the weird influence in the insect body.
The great witch who lived in the early fifth era did not leave her specific name, but the other party was undoubtedly a demigod. It was just the writing she left on the stone tablet, which seemed to be carved with a sword or knife. Now
Shade, who was also proficient in swordsmanship, still felt a sting on his skin as if he was being pressed against the tip of a sword.
He tried to reach out and touch the stone tablet, but unfortunately he did not get the reminder of "obtaining the witch's reverberation".
After stuffing little Mia into his chest again, Shade looked at the scene behind the stone monument. There was the inside of the giant worm's body, but it looked more like the entrance of a cave. What was inside the dark passage?
It can't be seen that Shade didn't feel too strong a polluting force.
He tried to walk around the stone monument and took a step inward. After feeling it for a while, he stepped back:
"It is very similar to the power of the worms I saw at the end of the world, but it is not exactly the same. At least at the entrance, the impact is not great. Could it be that thousands of years have really erased the power of the corpse, or maybe the sun
The abnormal light dissolves its own ability?"
He did not try to go deep into the worm alone, but returned to the camp outside the door. His companions had already seen that the door was successfully opened, and Shade explained to them the content on the stone tablet:
"I suspect that when the Earth Witch fought with this insect, the compass fragments she carried were swallowed by it. Of course, there are other possibilities. But now it seems that we have to enter the belly of this insect no matter what.
Take a look inside.”
"The stone tablet says that five people are required to travel together?"
Miss Sandel asked hesitantly:
"Although there are indeed five of us, Miss Knight"
"The ceremony is very simple. Among the five people, only three are actually needed to maintain the ceremony, and the other two are to collect the symbols of the other two corners of the pentagram. In fact, four people can also do it, but in this way, the third
Four people have to bear more pressure."
"I'll go with you."
Miss Knight, who was holding her helmet, said proactively. Everyone had guessed that she would choose this way, so Shade pointed to Granny Siam Nord and Miss Meister:
"Then the three of us are responsible for maintaining the ceremony. Miss Sandel, you and Miss Knight can just follow us. If we really can't hold on, we will withdraw. Unfortunately, the seal only opens an entrance. The outer skin of the insect we
It can’t be broken, otherwise it might be more convenient for us to enter directly from the tail of the insect.”
"We don't understand the ancient witch's seal, so we should follow the normal process. Then set off now, don't waste time."
The old elf who had rested said to the people around the fire:
"This ceremony requires five people, and we happen to have five people. I never believe in coincidences in this world, and this is really the end of the journey. No matter how many of us can go out with the 'Heart of the Oasis'
, this is our destiny. So, no matter what happens in the future, the most important thing is to remember to bring out the 'Heart of the Oasis'."
"Mother-in-law, don't say that."
The sentimental mermaid girl said that she knew that what Grandma Siam Nod meant was that there might be sacrifices.
The old elf shook his head, and everyone stood up from the fire and set off towards the hole in the "giant's" head.