Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 76: Dragon Feast and the Mysterious Voice
This is a portal! Murphy thought to himself and walked in.
After passing through the mirror, the scene in front of my eyes suddenly became bright. The originally dark lava cave instantly turned into the top of a huge mountain. The temperature also instantly changed from the scorching hot underground cave to the extremely cold snow mountain peak.
What Haomiao Ruyan said was right, the temperature here must be at least 40 to 50 degrees Celsius.
Even though Murphy had the blood of a Highlander, he could still feel the biting cold. Fortunately, he had already changed into the North Wind Knight suit. If he had still been shirtless, he would probably have started losing blood by now.
The sky was covered with dark clouds and surrounded by storms. At this time, he was so close to the storm that he could clearly hear the sharp whistling in the storm. The flashing lightning and the roar were clearly audible and shocking.
Standing here, he deeply felt the enormous power of heaven and earth, and the blood of the God of Storms in his body began to become slightly restless.
He tried to calm himself down and looked around carefully.
He was on a raised platform below the mountain. Behind him was also a dragon-shaped stone sculpture and a stone mirror. It seemed that this thing was two-way.
Murphy put away the statuette, and the image in the mirror immediately disappeared.
He walked up along the stone steps that meandered around the peak. When he went around the ridge in front of him, he saw a horrifying scene: a huge dragon wing hanging down from the top of the mountain, blocking the way ahead.
Murphy walked around and looked at the dragon corpse lying on the mountain. It was a red dragon with a wingspan of more than 30 meters, a standard adult dragon. It had obviously been dead for many years, and the corpse had been slightly weathered, but due to the cold weather at the top of the mountain and the cover of snow, the corpse was still well preserved.
Murphy didn't know what this meant. He continued to move upwards and soon saw the second dragon corpse, followed by the third, and the fourth...
The corpses of more than a dozen giant dragons are scattered among the rocks on the top of Tongtian Peak, including all kinds of dragons.
When he climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw an even more shocking scene: a huge dragon corpse with a wingspan of over 130 meters was pierced by a blade-like rock peak and hung on the top of a side peak of similar height next to the main peak.
The dragon's wings hung down from the mountain peak, presenting an indescribable posture of suffering. Due to the distance, it was impossible to see the color of the dragon clearly, but with such a large body, even if it was not an ancient dragon, it was at least an ancient dragon. I don't know why it was found here, and what killed such a powerful creature?
He tried hard to divert his eyes away from the dragon corpse. At this moment, he had reached the end of the stairs.
When he stepped onto the last stone step, Murphy found that he had arrived at the summit of Tongtian Peak. It was a flat rock platform, and not far away was the mountain where the huge dragon corpse was stuck.
In the middle of the platform there is a uniquely shaped round stone table, engraved with ancient dragon language. The meaning is too profound for Murphy to decipher. These words make the round table more sacred, like an altar. Next to the stone table lies a dragon corpse, covered in thick snow. Its body surrounds the stone table, almost connected from head to tail, showing a protective posture towards the altar-like stone table.
He walked slowly towards the round table. The ancient and strange scene before him made him feel both excited and awed.
The moment he stepped onto the platform, the system's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
[System prompt: You have successfully arrived at the Dragon Feast Land. You have completed the first step of [Original Plot: Return of the Dragon God]. You have obtained 500 plot points, and your rank has been upgraded to Bronze Level 2.]
Success... Murphy didn't feel too excited or happy. He could feel that his exploration of this mission was just the beginning.
When Murphy got closer, he suddenly realized that it didn't seem to be a dragon corpse, because the dragon was made entirely of rock, and with its ritualistic shape, it looked more like a decorative stone sculpture.
But maybe it's an ancient dragon? After all, aren't ancient dragons also made of stone?
He kicked it hard, but no health bar appeared. Well, it was indeed a stone sculpture.
Murphy opened the map and took a look. The name of this place is - Dragon Feast Ceremony Hall. Could it be the dragon clan's restaurant?
But why can a meal be so tragic? Are they fighting over food? The table is so small, how can so many dragons fit?
Just as Murphy was guessing wildly——
Mysterious voice: "Hehehe, finally... after hundreds of years of waiting, a new visitor has arrived here. Tell me, mortal, are you here for the power of the dragon?"
The voice seemed to come from the wind, like someone whispering nearby. Murphy was not very nervous. Normally, he would not encounter a BOSS battle in such a situation. It was more like a connection plot of the mission. Usually, these weird guys were important NPCs who assigned missions, and often had extremely deep backgrounds.
"Who's talking?" he shouted, trying to put on a nervous and excited expression. In fact, it was not difficult. Although he knew the routines of the game very well, the immersive atmosphere made his voice tremble involuntarily.
A mysterious voice: "I am the ancient undead wandering here, I am the guardian bound by the ancient dragon's oath, I am the guide of the Dragon Feast Road, I am the loyal servant of the Dragon God Amahamut -"
Ghosts? Unfortunately, I don't have the skill to detect the undead.
Mysterious voice: "Mortal, you haven't answered my question yet. Are you here for the power of the dragon?"
"I came here to obtain the [Power of Ancient Dragon]." Murphy said, biting his words.
The power of ancient dragons and the power of giant dragons seem to be only one word different, but Murphy feels that they are definitely not the same thing.
Mysterious voice: "Haha, I see. Then perform the Dragon Feast and devour the dragon's power and turn it into your own power.]
[System prompt: Trigger the plot quest [Road to the Dragon Feast], which is the second step of [Original Plot: Return of the Dragon God].]
Hmm? The quest line that triggered it actually talks about the power of a giant dragon. Is there really no difference between the power of a giant dragon and the power of an ancient dragon? Is it just a typo?
He opened the task list and looked at the task description.
【Road to the Dragon Feast (Origin Story Mission)
Mission objective: Perform the Dragon Feast, embark on the road of pursuing the power of the dragon, and gain the power of the dragon.
Mission Reward: 1,000 plot points, unlock a free BOSS template, and start the next mission. 】
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. 】
Murphy breathed a sigh of relief. He was talking about the power of ancient dragons, but the task he received was still to obtain the power of giant dragons. It seemed that it was just a mistake in the description of the copywriter.
However, the warning at the end made him a little alert. When he accepted the first round of the task, he had already noticed that there was a special warning after the task description.
Saying that there might be danger or something like that.
At first he didn't pay much attention to it, but after a little thought, he found something was wrong.
Sky World is a game, and when you complete tasks in the game, you are basically likely to encounter danger. To put it in an exaggerated way, even going to the toilet might involve a few battles.
So, it's obviously unnecessary to specifically mention danger, so why does this task say so? "But this type of task has a certain degree of danger." What exactly does this danger refer to?
If it were someone else, they might not think too much about it, but after experiencing what happened with Morpheus, Murphy couldn't help but have all kinds of speculations in his mind. Could it be that this danger would manifest itself in reality?
But I don’t know how it will be manifested?
Mysterious voice: "Why, are you afraid, the one who pursues the power of the dragon?"
Aidan (Northern Wind Knight): "I saw Forlor down there. He was once a human, right? He came here to chase the power of the dragon like me, but ended up becoming a monster.
Did he also gain the power of the dragon here? But he doesn't look like a dragon. That kind of monster is not what I want?"
A mysterious voice said, "Flour is a weakling, and a weakling cannot harness the power of a dragon. The acquisition of any power requires risk and price. Dragons are dangerous and beautiful creatures. Isn't it worth the risk to gain the power of a dragon?"
"Can you be more specific about what the risks are?"
How can he dare to make a choice if the pros and cons are not explained clearly to him?
Mysterious voice: "After performing the Dragon Feast Ceremony, you will absorb the dragon soul and gain a portion of the dragon's power. As you continue to accumulate this power, you will eventually transform into a dragon.
However, controlling the power of a dragon requires a strong mind. That powerful force is not something that a weak person can control. Those who cannot control this power and cannot cope with their own changes will lose themselves in fear and lose their reason in anger, becoming brainless beasts, monsters that only remember killing and eating.
Those who can successfully harness the power of a dragon can become real dragons. However, it should be noted that changes in the body may also change the mind of the soul. Once they get used to the power of a dragon, they will forget their human identity, or they may deliberately not want to remember it. After all, what is there to be nostalgic about in that tiny body, that fragile shell, and those weak limbs?
Only the truly strong can ignore the size and strength of their bodies, see through the true meaning of power, be neither human nor dragon, but both human and dragon, and embark on the true path to the pinnacle of power..."
Murphy finally understood.
There are three results of performing the Dragon Feast ritual.
The first is failure, and turning into a mad monster, just like Flor, who lost his mind halfway through his transformation into a dragon and became a so-called lava earth dragon, which can neither fly nor has intelligence, and only knows how to kill. The hero template is directly converted into a boss template, and it is still a very rubbish boss.
The second way is to succeed, turn into a dragon, gain the power of the dragon, and become addicted to the power of the dragon, but lose the ability to change back to human form. It is estimated that the hero template will be directly converted into a boss template, but it is a dragon, so it is not too bad.
The third one is a great success, which is to turn into a giant dragon, and at the same time be able to change back into human form at any time.
This should be the best result, which is equivalent to the player having the power of a hero and at the same time having an additional BOSS form that can be switched at any time.
It is somewhat similar to a dragon transforming into a human form, the difference is that it is very simple for a dragon to transform into a human form. After all, dragons are so powerful and humans are so weak.
But it is not so easy to transform from a human into a dragon.
