Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 62: Return of the Dragon God
The dragon-slaying sword is still so domineering, with a black sword body, simple and elegant, and murderous aura. The shape of the door panel sword looks very attractive, but it's a pity that this thing requires 50 points of strength to lift it. Murphy is only level 1 now, with a strength of 11. Let alone lifting it, he can't even resist it.
There's no choice but to put it in my backpack and drool over it, and I'll come back to it after I upgrade its strength attribute.
50 points of strength is an astronomical figure for adventurers, but it is not a serious problem for heroes. When a hero is upgraded, he will be given five attribute points. If all attributes are added to strength, then he will have enough strength to hold the sword at level 11. Of course, if he does this, the other attributes will be seriously insufficient.
This kind of biased point addition is generally not very rational, which is why Murphy didn't want to keep the sword before. He originally planned to train a dual-sword hero, with balanced offense and defense, both strength and agility, and he could also switch to a shield to play the role of a tank when necessary.
Now that it’s like this, it feels a bit like making dumplings just for this dish of vinegar.
But the giant sword man is not bad either. Murphy has also thought it through. If he thinks about the plot, he must fight the BOSS. The giant sword man's killing ability is obviously stronger. As for survival, he can make up for some of the shortcomings with his own technology.
However, to be on the safe side, Murphy decided to level up a dozen or twenty levels first, and then get some equipment with increased attributes, so as to increase his life and physical strength, so that he would not have to take a long time to catch his breath after swinging a sword.
When the time comes, I will take the dragon-slaying sword and defeat the little black dragon in minutes.
The second item was the ancient dragon rock statue. Murphy took out the statue and looked at it carefully.
The simple statue looks ordinary, as if it is just an ordinary rough stone sculpture, not even exquisite.
Only the pair of dragon eyes seemed to be embedded with some kind of crystal.
However, Murphy knew that this simple appearance was just a disguise, or in other words, for a treasure of this level, its own value was completely unimportant.
What really matters is the hidden message.
Murphy read the item description carefully again.
【Ancient Dragon Rock Statue (Ancient Relic)
Plot Items: Unique.
Use: Decipher the mysterious text on the statue to trigger an origin storyline.
Item Description: A rock statue of an ancient dragon. Its exact age cannot be verified. The ancient dragon is the ancestor of the dragon race in dragon mythology and legend. It is said that in the dark era when the universe was just born, the immortal ancient dragon once ruled the world. However, the dragon god fell, the ancient dragon died, and all the legends have been lost in the long river of history.
There are four lines of inscriptions on the base of the statue, written in ancient dragon language. When Murphy was still the black dragon Morpheus, he had translated the text and knew what the four inscriptions said.
[Homeland of the Sky, the Sorrow of the Ancient Dragons, the End of Gods, the End of Dragon Feast]
However, since it is Prince Aidan who is to take on the task, it naturally needs to be reinterpreted.
So how do we understand this "interpretation"? Should we just read the above text?
Murphy thought about it and began to read to the statue.
"Homeland of the Sky, the death of the ancient dragons, the end of the gods, the demise of the dragon feast!"
However, the statue did not respond. Murphy could not help but frown. Isn't the way to trigger the task to interpret the text above? He has already read it out, what else do you want?
Does it need to be read out in ancient dragon language?
Oops, this is a bit troublesome.
When he was still Morpheus, he naturally knew the ancient dragon language, but now that he has changed his account, he naturally no longer has the skill of the ancient dragon language.
Can humans learn ancient dragon language?
I don't think there is such a precedent. Could it be that this thing is a quest item exclusive to the dragon clan? Only the dragon clan can trigger this quest?
If that's the case, then it's a disaster.
Should I go to Morpheus for cooperation? That bastard 's attitude towards me is a bit subtle. It's hard to say whether he will greet me in a friendly way or breathe dragon breath at me when we meet. Besides, what if he gets greedy for such a good thing?
Murphy knew Morpheus too well. After all, Morpheus's personality was given by him. He felt that this guy would most likely take action when the time came.
No! There must be some other way.
Murphy thought hard for a while, and suddenly an idea occurred to him. Language, to put it simply, is a kind of knowledge, consisting of pronunciation and writing. Dragon language is no exception. When he was a black dragon, he had repeatedly practiced dragon language and ancient dragon language. He still remembered some of the pronunciation and writing of ancient dragon language, especially the four lines of inscription above. When he saw it at that time, he remembered it very clearly. He recited it silently in his mind many times, and he still remembered it until now. Can't he just read it directly?
This game has such a high degree of freedom, there is no reason to set such restrictions.
Murphy carefully identified the ancient dragon language above. Dragon language is an alphabetic language created by giant dragons. Due to the physiological structure of dragon claws, all dragon letters are composed of three strokes and a dot, with a total of thirty-four letters. The difference between the ancient dragon language and the dragon language is not much. The biggest difference is that all prepositions related to tense are cancelled, as if the ancient dragons have no concept of time.
Each letter has a unique pronunciation, and when put together to form words, it is similar to pinyin. Because dragons' vocal organs are different from humans, dragon language sounds more sonorous, deep and heavy. This is the result of its physiological structure.
But humans can imitate it.
[Homeland of the Sky, the Sorrow of the Ancient Dragons, the End of Gods, the End of Dragon Feast]
stay, stay, stay!
Murphy recited the words so hard that his tongue almost became bent, and he managed to get the words out.
The statue's eyes flashed and then quickly dimmed, but Murphy was not in a hurry. He had obviously found the right direction, but his own dragon language might not be standard enough!
He chanted loudly, trying to lower the tone as much as possible. Almost all dragons are bass speakers, so this must be paid attention to. The more he chanted, the fluenter he became, and the whole room was filled with the echo of dragon language.
Finally, when he recited the secret words for the seventeenth time, the eyes of the ancient dragon statue in his hand suddenly lit up, and an invisible force of time instantly spread around. Murphy's eyes were dazed for a moment, and the next second everything around him stopped.
Then it quickly shattered and disintegrated, everything turned to dust, as if it had collapsed after thousands of years. When everything dissipated and faded away, he found himself standing in a ruined and ancient square of a city. The city seemed to be located above the sky, and the dark sky above his head seemed to be very close. A huge storm surrounded the city, and red lightning flashed in the storm, as if it had the power to tear everything apart.
The huge and towering buildings in the city have completely collapsed , but one can still see their past grandeur and sacredness. Regardless of their size or specifications, these buildings do not seem to be built for humans.
The square was surrounded by ruins and ancient traces. An extremely huge dragon stood in front of him. The dragon's body was like rock, with an ancient texture, like a stone statue that had stood for billions of years.
However, when Murphy looked at the rock dragon, the dragon slowly lowered its head. There was a golden hourglass-like pupil in its dark eyes, with a strange light flowing in it. This was the only biological feature of the rock dragon in front of him.
A feeling of vicissitudes comes over me.
It's the legendary ancient dragon! Murphy thought excitedly.
He heard a voice echoing in his mind.
"A mortal has come here? Have those self-depraved descendants perished? Humph, but it doesn't matter... In front of the eternal power, you are no different.
Tell me, human, do you want to gain eternal power, do you want to gain immortal life, do you want to find the lost power of the gods? Go and perform the Dragon Feast. The powers scattered all over the world are waiting for their masters. Go to the Dragon Feast, offer your sacrifice, and continue the unfinished ceremony..."
As the last note ended, the surrounding city began to disintegrate rapidly, the ground collapsed, the sky tore apart, Murphy seemed to be at the end of the universe, so shocked that he was completely speechless, the city turned to dust, and the surrounding scene disappeared.
Murphy was in a trance, and he found himself standing in the same place. Everything around him was the same as before, except that the eyes of the statue were emitting a golden light that seemed to be made of sand, passing through the wall of the room and pointing towards the northwest.
It seems that this light should be some kind of directional guide, and I just need to follow it.
【System prompt: Trigger the origin story mission [Dragon Feast Land], which is the starting mission of 'Game Origin Story: Return of the Dragon God'.
Warning: Completing the original storyline will have a profound impact on the game's worldview, and players can gain powerful power from the storyline.
However, this type of plot is somewhat dangerous, so players should be mentally prepared before carrying out the mission. 】
【Dragon Feast Land (Origin Story Mission)
Mission objective: Find the legendary dragon feast place.
Mission Reward: 500 plot points, unlock the next mission. 】
