Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 364 Self-cultivation of elves

The pioneering army scouts waved their hands excitedly, eagerly watching the respected lord, the chief of staff Mountbatten, the master of spiritual songs, and several other high-ranking people in the territory, hurrying along the narrow mountain road.

However, what puzzled this young man born and bred in the Land of Soulbreaker was that, for some reason, the expression of the master of spiritual songs seemed a little unhappy, and the lord seemed a little more gloomy than before——Chief of Staff Mountbatten still had a calm demeanor, but the expression between his brows But there is a little bit...

……perturbed?
"Have you found the entrance to the secret passage?" Xia Houyan asked at the top of his voice before he got close.

"Yes! Your lord, it's on the other side of the mountain wall!" The young scout didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly replied with a salute.

"Good job." Xia Houyan patted the scout on the shoulder, and then led Xiao En, Alice, and Spiritual Song Master to the jagged gray-white mountain wall to the east.

Before the mountain wall, a lot of people had already gathered in shadows, probably the first to arrive here, the vanguards and scouts of the front team of the expeditionary force - the death knight Juan Clemente who was in charge of leading the team was also there, and at this moment With his gauntlet covered with ghostly metal, he knocked on the rock.

"How to say?" Xia Houyan held the command knife at his waist and greeted Clement.

Seeing the boss coming, the death knight immediately stood at attention:
"Lord Lord...Look, this thing is a bit weird..."

In fact, without Clement foolishly mentioning it, Xia Houyan had already noticed the abnormality of the stone wall in front of him.

This stone wall is part of the unknown small mountain east of Jack Crow Peak in the Dusty Mountain System. Its rough rock section also maintains the unique gray-black color of this continental spine;

However, right in the middle of the stone wall, there is a mysterious and complex circular rune pattern, exuding a faint light yellow fluorescence.

The brilliance of this rune pattern is not dazzling, even a little dim. Even if it is separated by tens of meters, travelers who climb the mountain may not be able to notice its existence.

Obviously, before the lord arrived, the former members of the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army had already conducted scientific research on this rune:
In addition to the Pioneering Army pioneers standing in a circle beside the stone wall to watch the excitement, there are also a few elf mages from the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group", who are gesticulating and scribbling at the runes on the stone wall with the strange small objects they carry. It's measuring with their magic Geiger counter.

"This place is so hard to find!" Clement touched his helmet and complained to the lord, "If it weren't for your 'Master Ner'zhul' guiding us, we would not have found it. It turns out that under the snow on the mountain wall, There is still such a large piece of rune magic circle hidden!"

"Oh?" Xia Houyan raised his eyebrows and looked at Kaedwen beside him... Ah no, Master Ner'zhul.

This "orc necromancer" carefully crafted by Shuangfengling was standing aside with his neck hunched under the watchful eyes of two burly pioneer soldiers.

From under his frost-covered pitch-black hood, the voice, distorted by a foley conch, sounds hoarse and indistinct, very Darth Vader and very Lich King:
"Y, Lord Igor... This is the exit of our 'Hammer of Purgatory' entering the Soul Breaker... This rune circle seems to be activated to open the secret passage, but at that time these things were done by the military. The shaman in the middle is here to do it, I...I won't..."

"Dear Mr. Lich King, you are an iron waste." Xia Houyan laughed, and gave Master Ner'zhul a kind bear hug, "Fortunately, I not only revived you, a 'Hammer of Purgatory' Member, I have already learned the secret text to open the passage from a respectable orc officer..."

"Master Ner'zhul" responded with a complimenting sneer.

Xia Houyan left the orc leading the way and turned to the elf mages who were studying the runes in front of the stone wall.

"Well, did you find anything?" he asked.

Different from the humble attitude of "Master Ner'zhul", the elf magician seemed very excited:
"My lord! This... this rune circle is amazing! The way this rune is depicted is completely different from the human and demon theory on the modern Haiwen continent, and it is even worse than the elf empire 1000 years ago. Be ancient! I... I have never seen such an ancient rune inscription in my life!"

Older than the ancient elf empire?Xia Houyan was stunned for a moment, but Calvino Master Lingong who was behind couldn't wait to take a step forward and took the lead.

"Let me see!" The spiritual master pushed away the elf magician who was blocking the way, and rushed to the front of the stone wall magic circle.

Under the emotional agitation, the master of spiritual song used a little too much force, and the unlucky elf mage was almost shoved and fell to the ground.

The lord and the pioneer scouts on the side could only look at each other and smile wryly:

The old guys in their magician industry are really not so enthusiastic about archaeology and scientific research...

——Of course, when the above criticism was made, a guy who unfortunately didn't get a diploma from the school city didn't think of himself as a magician at all.

And Calvino, the master of spiritual songs, just stared at the runes on the stone wall for three seconds, then took a breath, and let out a loud exclamation that attracted everyone's attention:
"Mother Goddess! This... this rune circle must be the remains of those lost dark elf tribes in the Barren Era!"

Dark Elf?Hearing this racial name, Xia Houyan felt very familiar:

Because the authors of those erotic novels collected by Master Laurie seem to be particularly fond of arranging a female character of this race in the book for the protagonist to enjoy—or to enjoy the protagonist...

But what made Xia Houyan even more puzzled was that the dark elves should be a race that had long been annihilated in the long history of the Haven Continent—the extinction of this elf subspecies even occurred as early as the founding of the Empire, and the anti-humanoid trend swept across the country. Before!

As early as the heyday of the great elf empire, the dark elves had already disappeared and turned into the dust of history!
There are even historical studies that pointed out that the reason why the dark elves died out was because of their misbehavior and chaotic relationships, which led to the contempt of the elf mother god. It can also be seen from this that the authors of later generations of yellow books draw their materials. generally.

Today, "Dark Elf" is almost a name that only appears in literary works, and even the appearance rate in pornographic books is declining year by year...

... But the master of spiritual songs said that the rune circle on the stone wall of the Dust Mountain Range and at the entrance of the secret road through the mountain was actually written by the dark elves?

Once again, Xia Houyan lamented how many secrets this ancient land in the southern wilderness has hidden from the world.

The lord is reminiscing about the past, but the master of spiritual songs is like a madman. While pressing his hand on the rune circle on the stone wall, tracing the direction of the rune lines with his fingertips, he is muttering something, probably speaking some nonsense elf language .

Master Laurie snorted disdainfully from the sidelines, obviously not interested in the fanaticism of the elves.

Xia Houyan, on the other hand, patiently stared at the Spiritual Song Master for a long time, seeing that he showed no signs of regaining his composure, he couldn't help it anymore, stretched out his hands to the Spiritual Song Master's eyes, and patted hard.

The spiritual song master just woke up like a dream, turned his head to look at the lord in a daze, and opened his mouth.

"This... This is indeed the magic circle drawn by the ancient dark elves... It can't be wrong..." The state of the elf magician at the moment, as if his brain is engaged in a promotional activity, giving a 500% discount to the IQ, "... ...According to the attenuation degree of the magic wave of this rune circle, its history should be about 2000 years...but...but as early as the heyday of the ancient elf empire, a full [-] years ago, the dark elves should have been extinct Ah..."

"So, there were dark elves who drew this rune circle 500 years ago, and even built this secret road behind the circle?" Sean Mountbatten blinked, "Maybe 2000 years ago , the dark elves are not dead, and there may be some left..."

The master of spiritual songs desperately shook his head, muttering some elf bird language that no one could understand.

It was the lord who stood up and stopped the debate:

"There is only one way to find out the truth of history - that is to go into the secret passage and see for yourself! Get out of the way, everyone, the main skill is to read the secret text to open the door!"

"Wait..." the spiritual master shouted, "In order to confirm the situation, I must ask - what is the secret word to open the door that you extracted from the mouth of the Purgatory Hammer officer?"

"It's just a piece of hymn written in the ancient Aeolian runes, the theme is to praise the goddess." Xia Houyan shrugged, "It's no wonder they rely on shaman priests to open the door—there are almost only shaman battle songs in the modern federal territory. It still retains the voice of the ancient Aeolian rune, if ordinary people really don't know how to read this hymn... Fortunately, I was lucky. At that time, I pulled a 'Hammer of Purgatory' officer who had been a shaman apprentice to stand up. That's how the secret script came out..."

"Writing hymns in Aeolian ancient runic script instead of ancient elf language... This is indeed the style of dark elves." The master of spiritual songs smiled bitterly, "Please read this passage as the 'secret text to open the door' for us." Hymns?"

Xia Houyan rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth and recited the syllables of the ancient Aeolian runes:
"King of Roses, Queen of Diamonds, our beloved Elven Mother Goddess... Your sons and daughters sing praises to you here, please open your door, give us sweet springs, abundant fruits, and eternal joy... ..."

For some reason, the Spiritual Master's expression suddenly looked awkward.

"How should I put it..." The elf magister smacked his lips and said with a sad face, "The secret passage you read made me more convinced of my judgment-this secret road through the mountain is indeed a The handwriting of the dark elf tribe in ancient times..."

"Ah? Why?" Xia Houyan was a little confused, "Isn't this just an ordinary elf hymn? Apart from using the ancient Aeolian language, is there anything related to the dark elves?"

"Uh..." the spiritual master carefully considered his words, "this hymn is a bit different from ordinary elf hymns... let's just put it this way—you've probably heard of the dark elves, and their life style is similar to that of men and women. The relationship...somewhat inappropriate. You may wish to take a closer look at this hymn used to open the door... You don't think that the words "door" and "oasis" in the poem refer to the real "door" ' and 'Oasis', but there is no special metaphorical meaning?"

Xia Houyan was dumbfounded, and Alice on the side lowered her head in embarrassment.

"I like this race." Master Laurie said bluntly.

Calvino Master of Spiritual Song gave the old bum a hard look, shook his head and said with a wry smile:
"In any case, this secret road through the mountain should be inseparably related to the dark elves... Then please recite... er... the secret text... and open the tunnel for us."

Xia Houyan murmured in response, and walked to the stone wall.

He routinely chanted "One thing to say, Simon Adrian is a handsome man", and then he formally recited the "Elf Hymn" used to open the door.

There are dozens of lines in this hymn, and the words and sentences can be regarded as the combination of algae and thoughts, the beauty of a thousand sleeps, the beauty of embroidery, and the sadness of strings, and it can be regarded as a masterpiece of both simplicity and beauty;

It's just that, after being reminded by Master Lingge, after everyone knew that this was essentially a little yellow poem...

...Some words and sentences seem a bit unsettling.

Xia Houyan had the cheek to read the hymn to the end, but among the onlookers, Alice ran away early without looking back, and the elf mages of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" were even more red-faced and angry-eyed , I can't wait to completely expel the dark elves who insulted the mother god from the elf gate wall.

Following the last hymn (describing how the elves "offer a tide of joy" to the elf mother god), the lord chanted meaningfully, and the rune circle on the stone wall was like a dying person exhaling his last breath Like, a lifeless flash of magic erupted.

Immediately afterwards, the seemingly complete mountain broke from the middle with a loud noise and separated to the two sides, revealing the dark and deep secret cave hidden behind the stone wall.

To Xia Houyan's delight, the cave was four or five meters high, enough to accommodate the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army to enter on horseback so that they could quickly pass through the mountain - but he had already expected this point, after all, the "Purgatory Road" back then Hammer" division, still dragging the huge flesh and blood ballista components.

The master of spiritual songs stretched out his hand, caressing the magic runes on the separated stone wall with some regret:

"The age of this rune circle is too long, and its magic power is almost exhausted... I am afraid that if we open and close the secret door two or three times, the magic relics left by the dark elves will completely disintegrate and dissipate. However, our modern magicians, Don't know how to recharge the works of the dark elves..."

"Some things are destined to disappear in the clouds of history..." The lord seemed more open-minded, "After all, I don't want to recite this stupid dark elf hymn a second time..."

"You really have to read it a second time." Master Laurie crossed his arms and said, "When we go out from the other side of the mountain, I have to trouble you to open the door..."

Xia Houyan said in his heart that his chief mage has lived to such an old age and has not been beaten to death. It is really a magical miracle of the gods...

(End of this chapter)