Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 75: Cursed Fate
After dividing the loot, the three men walked to the statue.
The huge dragon statue was carved from volcanic rock and looked very ancient. It was exactly the same as the ancient dragon rock statue in Murphy's hand, but it was even larger. Due to the dim light underground, the whole statue looked quite gloomy.
The statue is in a squatting posture, with one dragon claw on the ground and the other raised and placed on a huge stone plate standing next to the statue. The stone plate is as smooth as a mirror, and a circle of words is engraved on the edge of the stone plate in ancient dragon language.
Murphy carefully identified it and could vaguely discern the general meaning: [Enter this mirror, embark on the road of dragon feasting, and obtain the eternal and immortal power of the ancient dragon.]
Sure enough, we came to the right place! Murphy was delighted.
However, the dwarf and the elf did not recognize the ancient dragon language on the mirror, so they both looked for clues on the statue, and they actually found something.
Muradin Bronzebeard (King of the Hill): "Wait a minute, there seems to be something engraved on the bottom of the statue. This is a warning. It says, [Anyone who pursues the power of the dragon will be devoured by the power of the dragon and turned into an immortal monster. This is the fate of the cursed dragon eater.]"
Murphy looked at the ground and, sure enough, there was a line of words carved crookedly on the volcanic rock below the statue. It should have been carved by Flor with his spear. Perhaps it foreshadowed his fate when he was still a human. But what is the connection between the Dragon Slayer and the Dragon Eater?
And why is it written on the mirror that it is the power of the ancient dragon, but Flor said it is the power of the giant dragon? Is it a mistake in the game copywriting? Or does it really imply some fragmented key information?
Muradin Bronzebeard (The Hill King): "Damn it, I should have known better. This place is cursed. Let's get out of here, you two. This place gives me the chills."
Murphy turned a deaf ear to it. The fate of the Dragon Eater? He had found the right place. He observed the statue in front of him. It should be integrated with the mirror next to it. It said to enter the mirror. How to do it? It should be necessary to activate some kind of mechanism. Maybe he could try with the statue in his hand.
He just stretched out his hand to touch the mirror, and Muradin next to him said nervously again.
"Don't touch him, Aidan. Forget about it. You've got everything you wanted. Take your soldiers home. If there's anything I've learned from my years of exploration, the warnings left in ancient ruins like this usually have a reason."
Murphy turned around and looked at Muradin's nervous and concerned expression. He could tell that he really cared about his safety. Murphy was slightly moved. Even though the other party was just an NPC, it still felt good to be cared for by someone.
He couldn't bear to refuse this kindness, and didn't want to lower the favorability of important plot characters, so he nodded slightly, "You're right, let's get out of here."
Half an hour later, the group left the ruins and returned to the camp where they set out. There were less than a dozen people than the forty or so people who came with them, but they brought back many boxes of various sizes, filled with the spoils of this time.
The box was carried directly to the sledge, and the dwarves drove their goats out of the camp pen and hitched them to the sledge.
There is also a chocobo mixed in with the group of goats, which should be Haomiaoruyan's mount.
After successfully completing the archaeological work and exploration, Muradin was eager to leave.
"I'm going back to Alterac City. Where are you going?" Murphy asked.
"I'm going to stay in the Kingdom of Lordaeron for a while. King Terenas wants me to give his sons some combat training and discuss the ore trade. Then I'll go back to Ironforge to see if I can repair this spear."
Murphy nodded. He knew the background story of this part. Although Arthas was a paladin, he spent most of his childhood learning combat skills from Muradin. The two of them had a teacher-student and friend relationship. It seemed that the story of Muradin and Arthas was about to begin.
"Bon voyage Muradin."
"You too, Aidan. Be sure to come and have a drink with me when you pass by Ironforge next time."
"Haha, that's for sure."
Murphy nodded at Haomiao Ruyan again, "Do you want to go with Muradin?"
"Of course. By the way, this is for you." The elf girl handed Murphy a piece of parchment.
Murphy took a look and saw a passage written in the elegant language of the Upper Elven.
"This is?"
"My WeChat ID, don't you want to add me?" Haomiao Ruyan said with a wink and rode on her Chocobo.
Watching Muradin's team go away, Murphy looked at the parchment in his hand, and couldn't help but smile and shook his head. This girl is really interesting. Even a WeChat account has to be ritualistic, and she uses the Elvish language...tsk tsk tsk tsk.
After thinking about it, he stuffed the parchment into his backpack.
[System prompt: Complete the plot event [Excavation of the Skyreach Ruins]. In this event, Prince Aidan of Alterac and the adventure hero Muradin Bronzebeard excavated a mysterious ancient ruins together, discovered the secrets of the snake people, and killed the terrifying monsters lurking in it.
Thanks to the heroic battle of Prince Aidan and Muradin Bronzebeard, the snakemen tribe in the Skyreach ruins area suffered a heavy blow. As the monster worshipped by the snakemen, [Lava Earth Dragon Flor] was killed, the snakemen fled in large numbers, and the remaining snakemen became weaker and more alert.
Since the 'regional boss' of Tongtian Peak Ruins was permanently killed, the recommended adventure level of Tongtian Peak Ruins has been reduced from level 25-40 to level 20-30, the monster density in the area has been adjusted from 'high' to 'normal', and elite snakemen will no longer be refreshed.
Based on your performance in this event, you have received 855 plot points. This event has been recorded in the Sky Chronicles. You have received 100 reputation points, and your popularity in the Sky World has increased slightly. 】
It turns out that this is the mechanism for killing the BOSS in the plot.
Murphy sighed in his heart. He was pushed by others back then, but he didn't expect that he would be the one pushing others so soon. He didn't even realize it before he completed his first plot kill.
However, the plot points given are a bit too little, only 855 points, which is not enough to even upgrade to the next level.
It must be because of the team relationship with Muradin.
(The number of plot points required for advancement is 1,000 for each level upgrade for a bronze hero, 2,000 for a silver hero, 3,000 for a gold hero, and so on.)
He is now only 145 points away from advancing to the next level.
"Your Highness, are we going back too?" asked Rachidanan.
"No, let's go back to the ruins. There's something I want to find there."
On the way to the ruins again, we did not encounter any obstruction from the snakemen. Those snakemen seemed to be really scared and they didn't even dare to show their heads. The monsters in the game refresh every 24 hours. It seems that we don't have to worry about any danger at least today.
Back in the ruins hall, Murphy asked Razidanan to guard here with the remaining soldiers, and he went into the dungeon alone. No matter how reliable the players are, they are still not as reliable as NPCs, and Murphy doesn't want to expose his secrets.
Here we are!
Looking at the huge rock statue of an ancient dragon, Murphy was quite excited.
He went to the huge mirror and took his statuette out of his bag.
Immediately, the silver beams emitted from the small statue's eyes pointed towards the eyes of the huge statue in front of it.
The eyes of the huge statue slowly lit up, and two flames burned in the empty eye sockets.
The next second, the ancient dragon characters around the mirror lit up one by one. When a circle of all the characters lit up, some images suddenly appeared in the mirror.
It seemed to be the top of a mountain, with old, dilapidated stone steps and some huge, dark mountains. It was snowing on the mountain, and snowflakes kept falling...
Murphy stretched out his hand towards the mirror, and his hand went straight through the mirror. A chill made him subconsciously retract his hand, which was covered with snowflakes and melted snow water.
