Holding the golden bat he had just caught from the air in his hand, Arthur was hiding in a dark corner, trying to decipher the information on it.
The bat had a small oval lead disk embedded in its belly, and Alicia left an encrypted message on it. Not only that, there is another kind of neat handwriting on the other side of the lead plate, which seems to be the flight path carved by the bat after entering Raleye.
According to the information on the lead plate, Arthur not only knew the time Alicia opened the door, but also the direction of the entrance.
So next... After putting away the bat, Arthur chose a more open place. He closed his eyes, and his soul seemed to transform into an illusory falcon, flying away in the direction from which the bat came.
He first saw the edge of the large city of Raleye and saw a river of steaming green clouds surrounding the entire city. He then leaped over a native fungal forest, and then a tundra that hid countless dangers and was dotted with strange things...
Finally, he saw a deserted city similar to the great city of R'lyeh.
There is a noisy energy in the deserted city, which is so strong that the "Falcon" cannot fly into it. Before the vision disappeared, Arthur saw a sinister waxy yellow flashing in the deserted city...
Extremely ominous color and smell. A threat no less than the offspring of the evil god has taken root there.
But Arthur knew very little about the crisis lurking ahead.
Finally, he began to face the choice that seemed a little unwise before - to get back Clark Stella's notebook.
"Not only to fulfill Stella's long-cherished wish, after getting that notebook, I can also grasp the situation in the tundra and the deserted city. In this way, this escape journey will be much safer..."
It seems that fate has shaped this path.
Arthur Merlin did not hesitate any longer. He began to recall and plan to find the legendary notebook.
In order to retrieve the notebook, four expedition teams were officially organized by the Explorers. Of these four expeditions, only two successfully returned. Although both returned in vain, the two returning expeditions brought back valuable information.
Their failed attempts were like steps towards their goal. It is precisely because of the information collected previously that Arthur Merlin now has the conditions to complete this task.
He closed his eyes and carefully recalled the information brought back by the expedition team.
"The river surrounding R'lyeh is filled with green silt and foul-smelling humus. This green river was called the 'Swamp River Surrounding the City' by the forerunners.
"In the middle of the Marsh River to the west, there stands a big bare tree. For some evil reason, there are many corpses hanging on the tree, including many explorers...
"The body of Clark Stella is among them. The long hair on the mask Enkidu is hanging down due to moisture, and it is covered with mold...
"The old cowhide backpack is still slung on his body. Through perception, he knows that the notebook with inestimable value is still in that bag.
“The expedition team tried to approach the tree and untie the hanging body, but something mixed with river water and silt suddenly emerged from the originally calm swamp river...
"That thing was very scary! It furiously attacked anyone who dared to approach the tree. The expedition team had to choose to retreat after losing two explorers..."
Arthur opened his eyes. This was all the information he had - Clark Stella's body and notebook were hanging on the trees in the river to the west, and something in the marshy river surrounding the city seemed to be guarding its "trophies"...
The swamp river surrounding the city...things mixed with river water and silt...attack people...
Arthur thought about everything.
"The Swamp River surrounds the entire Raleye, and the evil spirits hiding in it will be activated by invasion and escape... That guy is very strong and should be the outer guard of Raleye.
“Although I don’t know its name, it should be at the level of a descendant of the evil god.
"If you have a direct conflict with the Marsh River Guard, even if you can defeat it, the movement and energy that will spread out will probably lead to many terrifying things...
"If you want to get the notebook, you must distract it and try to complete everything quietly."
With this thought, a golden object floated out from the invisible stomach pouch.
It was a small piece of nugget gold, in the shape of a drop. The break makes it look like it was separated from some larger piece of gold.
Arthur Merlin held the small piece of raw gold and whispered:
"He could smell the smell of gold in the sand. So the three people trudged across mountains and rivers, deep into the yellow sand. The gold drove them deep into the wasteland, ignoring the advice of the locals and entering the abandoned mine. Finally, they found the piece of land that looked like A piece of gold the size of a small mountain...
"Barbarossa is its name, which means the emperor in gold. Every mortal who meets the emperor will be confused and confused. The bold gold thieves announced their great achievements and imagined how to enjoy this mountain of wealth in the future. But they didn't realize that the natural textures on Barbarossa formed lines of ominous cipher text...
"The cipher text declared that the gold belonged to a powerful evil spirit. The three people may have discovered something, but they still ignored the warning; they made a huge mistake by taking the gold as their own."
"In the end, in order to repay the crime of privately possessing Barbarossa, the gold thieves had to serve the evil spirits to this day.
"The hunter who can smell gold has only a handful of bones left and is still climbing over the mountain made of gold..."
The texture of the gold nugget shimmers slightly purple. Among the smoke and dust, three people came.
"Arthur, I don't like the tone when you tell this story..." Undead Gunner Wood's voice was like a chimney with thick smoke, "This is... a tragic story, you shouldn't use such a relaxed tone. .”
"Wood, no offense intended. I'm just happy to see my old friend."
"But I don't. The fucking jobs you give are always the dirtiest." Wood remembered that he had fired at the Filthy Angel, and also dealt with the Corpse Witch that had been gathering dust in the ancient city for thousands of years. Although he will no longer experience death, he can still feel pain.
This time Arthur hired more than just Wood. Behind Wood, a woman in a red dress holding a spear, her face obscured by a hat. There was also a silent man dressed all in black, with only a pair of pale eyes visible.
"Ruth in the Red Dress" and "Black Tombstone" Paxson. These three people formed the once famous "Wood Gold Stealing Group".
Wood stretched out his hand, and half of the gold nugget in Arthur's hand was cut off out of thin air. Obviously, he and Wood have seen each other less than once.
"Tell me." The boots that exposed the shins hit the ground, and black smoke flowed thickly in the eye sockets of the skull. "What are you going to do this time?"
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After everything was ready, Arthur came to the tree in the river.
The sight before him was beyond Arthur's imagination. The Swamp River is very wide, with a distance of about fifteen meters from the other side. The thick green river water flows at an extremely slow speed. Rather than calling it a river, it is better to think of it as a slow-moving swamp.
A mossy island protrudes from the water, and the tree in the river is on that small island.
Arthur had seen a maple tree that was three hundred years old, and the one in front of him was similar in size. The strange branches were twisted and branched, and the whole tree was sickly pale, as if it were the skeleton of some giant thing.
There are many ropes hanging on the pale tree trunks, some of which are empty, and some of which are tied to obscure corpses.
There are no leaves on the tree, but from a distance it is full of birds.
Arthur, who was hiding in the shadow of the building, opened his eyes and raised his wrist to look at his watch. The second hand hit the number 12, and then hit the next scale. In the distance, the gold stealing group tried to cross the river from a little north...
Arthur's plan is simple and direct. He wants the gold thieves to act as R'lyeh's invaders in order to attract the attention of the powerful guard in the Swamp River. He turned into a shadow and went to get Stella's notebook.
Even if there are multiple descendant-level things in the river, they can still share the pressure he will face.
A little further north, Wood was the first to plunge into the viscous water.
The undead gunner couldn't frown, but he still felt his forehead and heart tightening. "It doesn't feel good," he said.
