"A shortcut to the top of the mountain?"
Mu You was delighted. Now, he no longer had to climb several kilometers from the foot of the misty mountain. He had to pass through the dangerous misty area on the way. It was dangerous and slow to enter the tomb directly. Shortcuts are much more convenient.
Mu You made sure to go up and check the situation first.
But at the same time, he also held his pocket watch to avoid any danger.
[You climb all the way up the stone chimney. You are climbing. You are expected to arrive in ten minutes...]
The one-thousand-meter-high pipe seemed to be difficult to climb, so Mu You waited patiently for ten minutes.
[After a difficult climb, you finally reach the chimney exit! 】
[You crawl out from the exit and appear on a patch of snow. What appears before your eyes is a world covered with ice and snow. The vast white snowy mountaintops are connected in the distance. It is hard to see clearly. The strong wind is roaring with ice and frost. The strong low temperature sweeps over you instantly, causing you to enter a serious state. In hypothermia, your health will drop at a rate of 5% per second...]
"Damn, so scary?"
Mu You's eyelids twitched when he saw it, and he hurriedly pressed his pocket watch.
It seems that this top of the mountain is not something you can climb casually. You must at least prepare the means to protect yourself from the cold. Otherwise, you will be frozen to death in less than 20 seconds after going out. It is really outrageous.
We can only put this aside until we prepare the tools to prevent the cold later.
[Time passes and you return to the chimney. 】
[After seeing the extreme environment on the top of the misty mountain, you know that there is no hope of exploration now, so you return to the secret room along the same route...]
After another ten minutes of waiting, the character returned to the secret room.
Mu You controlled the character to leave the secret room and prepared to leave through the teleportation array.
However, due to the rush to come up just now, the six corridors below were all hurriedly passed by.
Considering the chimney passage that had just been searched in the secret room, in order to avoid missing any treasures, Mu You carefully searched the entire tomb before leaving.
——In the end, he actually found something!
[You return to the main hall at the bottom of the tomb, and when you are about to leave, you suddenly feel a faint shout ringing in your head. This voice is vague and very weak. Your feeling tells you that it seems to be a voice asking for help. Are you looking for the source of the sound? 】
Help?
Mu You was stunned. Aren't all the creatures in the hall torn apart by shadow ghosts? Are there any left alive?
After thinking for a while, Mu You clicked 'Search for Source'.
[You followed the sound and searched all the way. Finally, you found a pile of gravel at the entrance of one of the corridors. These stones seemed to be fragments of some kind of statue, and the call for help came from these stones. 】
[You search around the area and collect all similar stones. From the appearance of these stones, you can vaguely see the prototype of a gargoyle. 】
[Gargoyle: This is a magical creature that can transform between life and stone. When it is injured or dies, it will enter a petrified state and quickly repair itself until it is resurrected. A gargoyle has no concept of lifespan, because it will never truly die. Even if it is broken into pieces, it can be resurrected immediately as long as it is reassembled into a stone carving.
[You obtained 'Gargoyle Remains Rubble'*17. Take it out? 】
"It's a gargoyle!"
Mu You was stunned. When I got the vampire skin before, the existence of this gargoyle was mentioned in the game description. For many years, it has been helping its master to transport blood and keep his body incorruptible. It can be regarded as loyal.
It seems that this gargoyle was also broken into stones by the shadow ghost, but I didn't expect that it didn't die...
Mu You clicked on the text 'Gargoyle Remains'.
A pile of stone remains appeared on the ground in front of him at any time.
It was only seventeen pieces, and it was not completely broken. Mu You spliced it together a little, and quickly assembled it into a complete gargoyle statue on the table.
However, the size of this gargoyle is much smaller than expected. It is about the same size as a gargoyle. It looks like a miniature version of a Western dragon, especially its head, which has a silly look and a dark color. Reminds him of the Night Fury from "How to Train Your Dragon."
As soon as the splicing was completed, there was a faint vibration in the stone, as if something was struggling to break out of its shell.
Mu You immediately took a step back and held the wand in his hand.
He was still not sure what state the gargoyle would be in after it was resurrected. If it was a wild monster, it might launch a direct attack, so it would be a good idea to take precautions.
The stone statue trembled more and more violently. Finally, after a burst of turbid air emerged, the entire stone statue suddenly started to move, flapping its wings and flying in the air.
Mu You saw it clearly. The moment the stone statue moved, the color of its body deepened slightly. It was no longer made of stone, but turned into real biological skin.
After the gargoyle was resurrected, it still seemed a little weak. After flapping its wings a few times, it lost strength. It fell back on the table and moved quickly towards Mu You with its short legs.
Mu You was a little wary at first, but he didn't expect that after the gargoyle approached, not only did it not attack, but it rubbed its head against his hand very affectionately.
Mu You was taken aback for a moment and then somewhat reacted.
Could this be because he is still wearing vampire skin, so the gargoyle regards him as its former master?
Mu You looked at the gargoyle at hand and used the omniscient crystal to check its attributes.
"A newly resurrected gargoyle is in a familiar state bound to the vampire's skin. After hunting the creature, it absorbs its blood and converts it into one blood in the body. Up to five bloods can exist at the same time. The gargoyle can convert one blood every day The blood energy is sent into the master's body, helping the vampire suppress the curse effect of 'blood thirst', and at the same time adding one year to the master's life."
So that’s it!
Mu You's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he said how could such a powerful character like a vampire not even have a basic lifespan task? It turned out that the task was bound to this gargoyle!
By relying on the gargoyle to transfer a piece of blood to him every day, it can not only suppress his curse, but also increase his lifespan, killing two birds with one stone!
At this time, the gargoyle seemed to feel the blood-thirsty curse taking place in Mu You's body. It suddenly flapped its wings, landed on his shoulders, and sent him a stream of stored blood energy.
Mu You suddenly felt that the coldness in his body disappeared without a trace, and instead turned into a warm current flowing through his body, which was very comfortable.
It can only be said that fortunately he did more research before leaving. This gargoyle was so useful that it directly helped him resolve a curse effect.
However, this gargoyle seems to be only bound to the vampire skin. If he usually changes to the vampire skin, I wonder if it will recognize its owner...
Thinking of this, Mu You took the gargoyle off his shoulders, placed it on the table, gently pressed the wings on its back with his hands, and then tried to remove the vampire skin to observe the gargoyle's reaction.
As a result, the gargoyle still didn't attack him, but just glanced at him suspiciously, as if wondering why the master's image suddenly changed. However, after confirming that the smell had not changed, it quickly began to rub Mu You's palm affectionately again.
Mu You felt completely relieved now, opened the space in his backpack, and let it fly into the backpack.
This gargoyle has no attributes such as level or attack power. Like Coke, it is a non-combat domestic familiar. It is a bit dangerous to let it go hunting, so just keep it in your backpack.
There are many small animals surviving on the new mountain range that appeared in the backpack, enough for it to hunt and replenish its health.
