Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 71 Archaeology of Relics
Damn, this Muradin is too reckless.
Murphy secretly complained in his heart, this guy usually hides in the camp, drinking and bragging all day long, and never moves. But when the fight starts, he doesn't care about anything else and rushes in faster than anyone else.
Although he hesitated for a moment, Murphy did not stop. What about the plot events? If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up... This statement may seem a bit problematic, but the truth is still the same.
With the King of the Hill as my strong supporter, what else do I have to worry about?
Just follow the plot points.
Thinking about it in his mind, he rushed in.
The scale of the ruins is quite large , but because it is covered with snow, it is not very eye-catching from the outside. However, once you enter the ruins, the intricate and huge interior space immediately makes Murphy cautious.
Hearing the sound of fighting coming from the passage ahead, Murphy followed the sound all the way down. Wherever he passed, he could see the bodies of snakemen being smashed by hammers or chopped by axes.
While touching the corpse, he checked the level of the monster.
The snakemen living here are obviously elite, and there are many who are above level 40. When Murphy led the soldiers into a hall inside the ruins, they saw that there were more than a dozen snakemen surrounding Muradin and fighting.
Muradin didn't know when he had put away his one-handed battle axe and war hammer, and took off the two-handed battle axe on his back.
Whirlwind!
His 1.2-meter-tall body spun in the hall like a top, leaving limbs flying and corpses strewn everywhere he passed.
Muradin Bronzebeard (The Mountain King): "Hahahaha. See, this is the power of the dwarves - for Khaz Modan!"
Murphy did not hesitate and immediately ordered the soldiers to set up a defense line near the door and use heavy crossbows and muskets to clear out the scattered snake people.
Although the snakemen were being beaten by Muradin, they were numerous after all, so the situation did not look that bad, and they had no intention of retreating for the time being. Especially when a snakeman elder priest surrounded by a group of snakeman phosphorus fire warlocks came out, excited hisses suddenly rang out around them.
Murphy was a little nervous at first, but when he took a closer look, he found that the snake-man elder priest was just a monster leader, and he immediately felt relieved.
Between elites and BOSSes, there is a special boss template, which is strictly speaking an elite monster. However, in some special occasions - such as in the current plot events, there is no BOSS to support the scene, the system will adjust the strongest unit in a group of monsters into a boss, with a certain health limit bonus, but essentially it is still an elite monster.
It seems that the real protagonist has not appeared yet, Murphy thought, and commanded the soldiers to start shooting at those snake-men phosphorus fire warlocks.
At once, crossbow arrows and bullets flew everywhere, and fireballs and venom danced everywhere.
Murphy also raised his shield to protect himself and the back row.
The fierce exchange of fire lasted only a few minutes. Most of the snake-men warlocks were shot dead by the expeditionary force with numerical advantage. Even the snake-men elders were shot to death. The formation of the snake-men warriors was directly broken by Muradin alone. As the last few remaining snake-men fled in a panic, the battle ended.
The expedition team also suffered certain losses. The snakeman warlock's phosphorus fireball was very powerful. Four dwarf musketeers and three kingdom crossbowmen were killed. The only remaining Alterac hunter was also dead. The hunting dog that lost its owner whimpered twice and was lured away by Haomiao Ruyan with a piece of wild boar jerky.
Muradin enjoyed the fight very much. "Hahahaha, Prince Aidan, you saw my heroic performance just now, right? Well, you fought well too. We may have a chance to compete with each other later. But now, let's take a good look at this ruins. There must be a lot of treasures here for us to dig up. Boys, cheer up and get ready to work."
Those dwarf excavators who could only watch the fun before can finally be put to use. One by one, they picked up their pickaxes, took out their explosives, and prepared to start "archaeology". This is the unique archaeological method of the dwarves, which is very simple and straightforward. When they encounter a door, they smash it; when they encounter a wall, they dig it; if they can't knock it open, they use explosives. In short, they have to get the treasure first.
Haomiao Ruyan kept shaking her head as she looked at these guys, but she was a true academic explorer. Not only did she have rich experience in exploration, being able to climb mountains and go down tombs, she also had a wealth of theoretical knowledge.
He immediately picked up a notebook and a magnifying glass and began to examine the murals around the hall.
For a while, everyone in the expedition team was so busy that they left Murphy aside.
Murphy was a little speechless, thinking that these people were really careless. He didn't think that the matter was over - the system didn't even indicate that the plot event was over.
Generally speaking, this kind of plot event will definitely have a big monster, or a plot reversal or something, something important to reveal, something to discover. The snakeman priest elder just now didn't even have a line, and he was obviously not a serious plot character. He was probably just an appetizer to warm up the audience. This plot event is called [Tongtian Peak Ruins Excavation Incident]. Since it mentions excavation, the real key point is probably underground.
He asked the dwarf for some explosives and took his soldiers to search the surrounding passages.
These ruins were obviously not built by the snake people, but judging by the way they are defending this place, it seems that something very important is buried here.
On both sides of the dilapidated passages of the ruins, holes dug by snakemen can often be seen. Murphy did not dare to go in and explore rashly, as most of these tunnels were very narrow and only suitable for snakemen to pass through.
Just throw a dwarf explosive into each passage and blow it down.
After searching several tunnels, no hidden rooms or secret passages were found.
The end of the tunnel was either blocked or collapsed, making it impossible to pass through .
After walking around a few times, I finally returned to the hall.
At this time, the dwarves had already dug up a lot of good things. They dug up a large number of "ancient artifacts" from some of the surrounding rooms, including a small number of gold and silver products inlaid with gems, sculptures and handicrafts with strange shapes, and even some gold, silver and copper coins, as well as some rusty weapons and armor, which seemed to be left behind by some adventurers who had been here in the past.
Soon the "ancient relics" were piled up in the hall, but Muradin was obviously not satisfied with this. He thought it would be easier to mine in the mountains than to deal with all this junk.
Dwarves have never lacked gold and silver. They hope to find some mysterious objects left over from ancient times, ancient written records, or ancient artifacts.
"I think I may have found something." Haomiao Ruyan said suddenly.
