Bishop Osiris squinted his eyes, and slowly swept his eyes across the extraordinary beings present. He stayed on Griffith's face for a while, as if he was waiting for something.
His secret explains Senator Milovan Neville's connection to the South.
There are many forces who come here to pursue power. As the prince of Beyelan, it is expected that Commodus came here to search for the essence of the ancient gods.
"There are many legends about the southern world. I have heard another version." Jeremiah shook his head. "The holy object worshiped by trolls is called the 'Eternal Staircase'. The local language is kulama a, which means eternal life and path. It It is an indescribable thing between plants and animals that haunts the lost ruins called Zudia. It is very ancient. Its curly and ugly tentacles secrete sinful and crazy mucus all the time.
"The foolish trolls collected these evil secretions, revered them as the 'blood of the ancestors', and let their kings drink it."
The topic attracted the Beyonders who were resting nearby. There is no confidentiality level for this mysterious story, and the Extraordinaries present are all Sequence 7s who have been ordered to perform the mission, so no one feels that they should avoid it.
Amber sat down next to Griffith and listened with her eyes wide open as the two extraordinary beings told stories. As a huntress, her occult knowledge is no less extraordinary than those here.
"The ancient civilization possesses more than one sacred object," Amber said. "We mobilized so many forces to come to this dangerous place just to find the ancient secrets before the regicide and prevent the evil from awakening."
The Juggernaut nodded: "My friends in the Senate Staff also told me that the purpose of the Kingslayer's coming here is to find clues to strengthen himself from the mystery of the troll king selection, and then dominate them.
"The civilization here has indeed declined, but there is no shortage of fierce warriors. In ancient times, the trolls made a contract with some unspeakable ancient evil spirits. They hid in the wilderness abyss on the border, waiting for the opportunity.
"The ancient eggs mentioned by the Bishop may be used to hatch such evil things."
Seeing that the Juggernaut's opinions began to move closer to him, Bishop Osiris turned his attention to Professor Lordes and wanted to hear what he had to say.
However, the extraordinary wizard was noncommittal. His deep gaze stayed in the darkness of the ruins. It seemed that he was more wary of what kind of danger would emerge from the ruins in front of him than the distant abyss monsters in Mo Lake.
The clown was still like a wooden man, motionless.
Everyone was talking around the campfire, and the Extraordinaries talked about their own opinions.
In Griffith's view, when these people didn't turn against each other and take action, they were no different from ordinary friendly forces. In addition to the possible risk of encirclement and suppression, Griffith also felt that something was not quite right, but it was difficult to sum it up for the moment.
Perhaps it was Bishop Osiris's identity as a spy that inevitably made him suspicious. There is a hidden layer of information in the Bishop's story - Senator Milovan Neville is surrounded by a group of comrades who share the secrets left by the Old Gods.
During the incident in Heura Town on Neopolis Island, Griffith already knew that the high-level sealed object "Call of the Ancestor" was the projection of the life fabric of the virtual realm in reality, and was an extraordinary characteristic of the path to the undead.
The Stairway to Eternity is also a sacred object of the path to the undead.
After Commodus left Bijalan, he came to this remote wilderness with an army loyal to him, and joined forces with the trolls. His purpose was probably to find the power left by the god of the undead in reality, and use it to Against other God's Hands.
If what Osiris said is true, the group of people around Senator Milovan Neville are also exploring the power of the thread of life in the virtual world. They have been planning it many years ago, and they are probably the behind-the-scenes controllers of the "Deathrattle Order".
Will these two forces unite?
During the Naira and Neferty incident in Odessa, Griffith discovered in Professor Julian's records that in order to avoid the price of the Breath of the End, Joffrin Lentilus and Wesker De... Count Crozier found the power of the undead god in the south.
During the Battle of Verona, he further learned the secrets of the Insius family. If the previous Count Crozier had made some attempt, some kind of experiment with Insius, then Aaron, the darling of the Arcane Council, would be the savior who was prophesied to bring balance to the light and darkness of psychic energy. What will be the secret of...
While Griffith was thinking, Bishop Osiris suddenly remembered something again and said to Lordes:
"Master Wizard, do you know where to find the troll's ancient gold coins?"
"Um?"
"I heard that some particularly precious gold coins were once used by trolls to offer sacrifices to their gods. The gold that had been placed in the temple for a long time was contaminated with the breath of the ancient gods, and its physical form changed, and the boundary between reality and illusion also changed. Becoming a model lake can even echo the sublime power.”
"You mean it's used to guide the way?" Jerenmia immediately reacted, "I've heard of these things. Many years ago, the Southern Legion plundered some troll temples, and the lost ancient gold coins were scattered to the black market in the south. , causing a lot of trouble. If we have this kind of ancient gold coin in our hands, we may be able to reveal the way to the Stairway to Eternity and the Ancient Egg."
"I just said it was possible," the bishop said. "There is Valkyrie in the advance team. Shangfeng may have made the arrangement based on this consideration. She has dealt with these evil things in the pasha.
"If we can get some, we might be able to find something the Kingslayer is interested in sooner."
Lourdes made no comment. As a high-level wizard and scholar, he seems to have more confidence in intelligence and his own reconnaissance methods.
But Griffith is different.
During the battle in Hepu Town, he seized a strange gold coin from Rebecca, a cultist girl whose identity was unknown.
This gold coin is punched out of an irregular circle by a less sophisticated craftsmanship, engraved with spheres and radial lines, with a ferocious skull in the center. This implies that the death cult's alien currency allows Rebecca to transform into the undead under the moonlight.
The gold coins had been carefully kept by Griffith, and he naturally took them with him during this southern operation.
Bishop Osiris's words moved him somewhat.
If this gold coin can really lead the way to the Troll Relic, Griffith's next actions will undoubtedly be greatly facilitated.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the camp, but it quickly calmed down. The assault scouts who had taken a break were in position quickly and formed a formation to fight.
However, what came was not any danger, but a reconnaissance team led by two extraordinary people who returned to the camp after exploring the road from the front.
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They were carrying a long white object, and when they walked in, they saw that it was a human being wrapped in white silk.
This man was no longer breathing, and he was obviously dressed like a spell caster. He even held the wand tightly in his hand.
The Extraordinary who returned from the reconnaissance was a ranger and reported to the Extraordinary commanders who arrived:
"The identity was verified as a Sequence Seven spell caster who was part of the advance team. We found him on the road ahead, lying flat on the ground, with all the bones and internal organs in his body melted away."
As he spoke, he gently pushed the poor caster, and saw that the entire torso was shaking like a water bag in the silk sac, and the skin and flesh seemed to be broken at any time.
This terrifying scene immediately made people feel frightened, and many people turned their heads away, unable to look directly.
Amber first checked as a professional investigator:
“His equipment was consumed a lot and he suffered multiple injuries all over his body.
"His body will be completely liquefied in less than an hour or so. We have to be careful. Spider demons that use this method to hunt are common. A spider demon that can hunt sequence seven can weave a huge nest, regardless of raising it. Their descendants."
After confirming that there were no traps, Griffith also joined the inspection.
Erza's advance team entered the ruins from another entrance, quite far away from here. The caster who was killed should have traveled a long distance after the advance team collapsed and tried to escape through the entrance and exit of the lake. It can be seen from this that he is an experienced and decisive veteran. He has even approached the commando camp, but unfortunately he fell at the last step.
After searching for a while, Griffith found a simple map on kraft paper from the spellcaster.
The starting point of the map is the entrance of the river in the valley. After sailing for a period of time, a broken ship appears on the map. It must be that Alandel's battleship ran aground there.
Then, the advance team advanced underground and came to an extremely vast underground space. It was clearly drawn on the vellum. Surrounded by towering edge rock walls and tunnels was a vast forest, swamp and lake, and it was also marked with skulls.
These skull marks are undoubtedly very dangerous places. However, in the center of the map, a huge building was outlined. There is some kind of ferocious object painted on the building, imitating Huhu, and there is a line of small words written next to it——
"We are cursed"
The spell caster who made the map also ran all the way after that, passing through long potholes and countless forked roads, and finally arrived here.
"It seems that the legend is true!" Bishop Osiris sighed, "There is another world below the crater..."
Lourdes, who had been silent until now, suddenly became energetic. He seemed to have found a clue to his destination and no longer had to fumble in the dark.
"Good, this will save us a lot of time. Let's all take a three-hour break and then move on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Griffith heard a strange cry coming from the darkness in the distance, like a child crying or a consumptive patient sighing, followed by several strange laughs. All kinds of weird things come and go, shrill and urgent, which makes people's hair stand on end.
The sound came from far away and approached the camp from all directions.
