Arcane Linguist

Chapter 425 Soul Gem and Mysterious Dragon

Sinvela, Southwest, Great Desert.

"How come you are so good that you end up in a ghost place like this?"

Green Dragon Trina couldn't help but complain.

What appeared in front of her at this moment was a long stretch of yellow sand.

Countless sand dunes undulate like waves, and under the scorching sun, every grain of sand is emitting steam.

The gentle breeze did not bring any coolness, but only more heat.

Above this furnace-like desert, there is a blue sky, and the sun hangs high, emitting a desperate light.

As a green dragon who loves forests, she does not like this kind of environment. Even though the dragon's physique is fully capable of withstanding the high temperature brought by the sun, she still instinctively wants to escape.

Roland said: "I know it's hard for you, but for the sake of the treasure, you'd better endure it."

"Spatial perception"...

Those outsiders who take advantage of the crisis have no idea of ​​cherishing and protecting cultural heritage. If they find an opportunity, they will try their best to take away all the benefits they can get.

"Secret Mark", "Object Location Technique", "Teleport Anchor"...

Professor Anglando and others did not participate in this topic, but were measuring and exploring from the sidelines.

Roland said: "I, Roland, never lie."

Roland said vaguely: "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly if I ask you to make such a trip.

But after the rebels killed him and his descendants, they fought continuously and failed to find the hidden treasures.

Trina said: "I'm not interested in history at all. I just want to know how much gold and silver treasures I can get if they are found inside?"

Adventurers from all major planes will come after hearing the news, like hyenas looking for food everywhere.

That was Professor Onlando and his students at the Royal Academy of Magic.

Sure enough, some pyramid-like building complexes appeared in the field of vision.

As a ninth-level archmage who is proficient in all types of magic and possesses pseudo-artifacts such as "Antonia's Magic Book", there are many spells to choose from.

At this time, Corolla, Aurelio and others from Catria Island also started to get busy.

After hearing these words, Trina gradually calmed down.

It's just that he was stingy, and most of the looted gold and silver treasures and various magic materials were included in his treasury, causing everyone to betray their relatives.

"This is an obvious thing. The arcane community has long had a public opinion, but it has always been difficult to determine the location of his real tomb.

They have long been eroded by wind and sand, taking on the appearance of sand dunes, appearing somewhat blurry against the backdrop of hot air.

During this cooperation, quite a few local people with lofty ideals called for the protection of cultural relics and actively promoted the proposal of rescue excavation.

"It is rumored that the king once cooperated with the devil and conquered many countries one after another, almost leading to the unification of Sinvera.

"Echo Wave"......

Roland also took out "Antonia's Magic Book" and began to cast spells.

Because they worry that after the surrounding areas are completely conquered by demons, it will be difficult to effectively manage them for decades or hundreds of years.

In this case, it is better to dig up the valuable things first and keep them properly.

Is there really a lost ancient civilization in the world of Sinvera? "

They cast some spells to explore underground space, and soon reported excitedly: "There is a lot of space inside, it is indeed the ruins of an underground city!"

Roland said this and glanced at the people walking in front of the team.

In addition, everyone else also performs their duties and fulfills their mission.

No matter how bad it is, I will give you enough business trip subsidies and high temperature subsidies. "

But this time, the demonic invasion made some ancient documents come to light, and relevant clues gradually began to surface. "

This may also involve the policy of uniting those adventurers to jointly fight against the devil, which is not easy to crack down on.

"Let me see."

It was not until thousands of years later that the magic circle failed and caused celestial phenomena that this secret was gradually exposed. "

Roland stepped forward, cast an "Eagle Eye Technique" blessed by super magic skills on himself, and stood on the sand dune to take a look.

However, based on the information he had learned before, Roland concluded that it was not a mirage, but something real.

"Look, is that a mirage in front of you, or is it a real mausoleum?"

A hint of heartbeat appeared on the beautiful face of Trina's transformation elf, and then she frowned: "Are you trying to trick me?"

"You guy... Speaking of which, what happened to the Great Court King in the desert you mentioned?

Suddenly, Professor Anglando and others walking in front greeted him in surprise.

"Okay, let's start working!"

Sure enough, after everyone rushed there quickly, they discovered some ancient ruins.

The part he is now responsible for is the safety and return of the entire team. This is the top priority and cannot be taken lightly.

"Understanding the Legend"...

Professor Orlando cast a level 6 prophecy spell.

The effect of this spell is to detect the legends related to a person or an area.

He meditated quietly for a while, as if under the action of the digestion spell, the mana resonance directly poured the relevant information into his consciousness.

Then he said: "It is indeed here!

I felt a sense of resentment from the martyrs. In order to keep the secret of his wealth, the King of Great Court had his loyal guards kill tens of thousands of craftsmen.

There may be many dead guards inside..."

"Then it seems that the several suspicious holes we discovered before are burial pits where the dead are buried."

"I drew the map of the exploration just now, and everyone can refer to it in detail to figure out which route is better."

Carolla and others participated in the discussion.

Roland heard this and thought, if the experts and professors from Blue Star in the previous life came over, they would shout that this is unscientific.

However, archeology in the magical world always involves dealing with various undead creatures.

This kind of thing is simply too common.

At this time, the wanderers in the team found a good one. It was not the main entrance of the mausoleum, but a deep pit created by changes in the terrain not far to the south.

Entering through this deep pit, you will come to the vicinity of the burial pit.

This place looks dangerous at first glance, but there is a path leading to the main room, which can avoid dangerous areas and save more than half of the trip.

After that, everyone moved forward, with some bloody figurines, zombies and other miscellaneous monsters appearing intermittently. If an ordinary team arrived, it might cause a lot of trouble and even cause casualties.

But in the team, there are only two high-level mages, as well as high-level melee masters such as dragons and tribal warriors.

There is no suspense, everyone encounters the enemy and kills the enemy, and directly walks over.

The journey was long and winding, but not very dangerous, and finally we arrived at the area where the main tomb was located.

This is the interior of a stone building covered with large-scale murals. Roland and others cast their gaze upward at first glance, observing the totems and words full of ancient charm.

Those things composed of simple lines are full of simplicity unique to ancient ancestors.

At that time, the art of painting had not yet matured, various perspective relationships, and the proportions of the human body had not yet been mastered. The ancient ancestors created works with reverence and belief in the gods. The murals in the entire tomb can be roughly divided into three themes.

The first is hunting and resting. The ancient ancestors lived a life of eating raw materials and drinking blood here. During this period, they already knew how to make fire by drilling wood, and various bonfire parties and roasted food appeared.

The second is war. Human beings have been killing each other since the tribal period. This is commonplace and common to all major civilizations.

The third is prayer and sacrifice, which is the influence of some divine creatures in the ancient period of Sinvela civilization.

Some species with bird heads and human bodies appeared among them, which made Professor Orlando and others very happy when they saw them.

"I didn't expect that the bird-headed god worshiped by the previous dynasty has been circulated since the period of King Da Ting.

Judging from current knowledge, it may be some divine creature that has lived for thousands of years, but has never been able to ignite the divine fire. "

"It's possible that he is just the descendant of a certain god left here, and his bloodline is no longer enough to become a god."

"But from this point of view, early humans probably obtained the knowledge of civilization from this god, and it was he who educated the world..."

With the vastness of the magical universe, the different levels of world civilization development vary across the major planes. It is common for "aliens", dragons, divine beings, legendary powerful men, etc. to educate a place and bring the fire of civilization.

This may also involve some mysteries of the road to becoming a god.

However, they had just finished saying this when they saw the totem on the other side depicting the scene of people worshiping the devil and killing the bird-headed god.

The demons cut off the head of the bird-headed god, then transformed into his appearance and accepted offerings.

The discussion between Professor Orlando and others came to an abrupt end, and they all looked a little embarrassed.

"It turns out that Sinvila's cultivators have been killed long ago, and the subsequent civilization is a secondary civilization, and there are even devils hiding in it to collect faith."

Roland glanced at Anglando and others who were silent, and said quietly.

"These are just murals, and they must be supported by written records and physical evidence."

Professor Orlando said with a bit of embarrassment.

It turns out there are actually some words on the wall.

It was an ancient text similar to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, with typical pictorial characteristics and pictographic meaning.

Everyone roughly judged that many of these ancient texts were passed down to later generations and developed into the source of common texts in many historical periods.

But there are also a small part that have not been passed down at all. I don’t know whether they were eliminated during the natural evolution process or because of other reasons.

Without Roland's instructions, the following mages had already started rubbing patterns and taking photos as souvenirs.

For people like them, graphic materials are far more valuable than ordinary cultural relics.

Trina pushed open the stone door of a nearby ear room.

"I smell gold!"

What appeared in front of her was a small room filled with gold coins and gems. The protective circle inside had long been eroded by the power of the passage of time and could no longer function.

Trina's eyes shone, she couldn't help but cheered, and her whole body jumped in.

Roland just looked at her briefly and ignored her.

The level 4 prophecy spell "Wealth Hunting Smell" he cast on himself told him that these gold coins and gems were only a small part of it.

There are multiple ear chambers nearby, all of which contain the same amount of wealth.

Judging from the specifications of this tomb, as well as ancient funeral culture and fixed rituals, the really important things will not be in these places, but will be placed in the main coffin.

After all, the green dragon suffered from its lack of knowledge and immediately ran to collect the gold, silver and jewelry.

Little did they know, Roland had already called Tata Li to open the coffin.

Naturally there is no need to light candles or anything like that.

Roland applied a "Xingtian Fighting Will" to Tatali and went straight to it.

As a result, as soon as the coffin lid was opened, a hollow corpse monster stood up from inside.

The originally gorgeous robes on his body had turned into shabby strips of cloth, and the scepter in his hand had long since decayed and broken. Only the gem on the tip of the scepter fell to the ground with a clatter.

In the blink of an eye, Tata Li knocked down the hollow corpse monster and smashed his head to pieces with an axe.

"Be careful, this might be the Great Court King himself!"

Professor Orlando couldn't help but tremble and greeted quickly.

Corpse monsters transformed by ancient celebrities...

It’s considered an important cultural relic, right?

"This old boy seems to be planning to arrange a method of resurrection? Looking at the layout of the tomb and the changes inside the coffin, they are all aimed at resurrection from the dead.

Maybe he made a deal with the devil, but was deceived..."

Roland has read many books and has a wide range of knowledge. He can guess it almost at a glance.

It was impossible for him to know the specific process clearly.

However, throughout the ages, princes, generals and prime ministers have carried out lavish burials in order to continue to enjoy themselves after death, or even regain a new life.

That's just what those people do.

But for some reason, Roland always felt that there was still something unfinished.

I had used prophecy spells to predict before, so it shouldn't be so simple to completely find out the truth.

At this moment, Roland suddenly felt something strange around him.

After a little exploration: "There seems to be something hidden here!"

It turned out that what had just fallen back into the sarcophagus was an extremely precious "soul gem", which had the function of entrusting the soul and achieving immortality in disguise.

This ancient king of the world of Sinvila got this treasure from nowhere and wanted to use it to plan an extraordinary miracle of resurrection from the dead!

But this kind of thing cannot be 100% successful. It can even be said that failure is the norm.

His dynasty was completely destroyed not long after his death. The loyal subordinates and blood descendants who were supposed to come here to help complete the ceremony had already gone their separate ways, leaving him alone to lie alone for thousands of years. Completely indifferent.

"The soul gem, this is a good thing. There are probably more secrets hidden in it!"

Professor Orlando came over to check it out, with a look of surprise on his face.

"The soul gem that has been used by others can no longer be used, but it can still be used just to read consciousness.

If the spirits inside have not completely dissipated, some important memories may be left behind. "

Roland nodded and said, "I hope we are lucky enough to read something useful."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding murals seemed to have mutated.

Under the illumination of the magic light source, a previously undiscovered stone slab emerged.

Green Dragon Trina seemed alert and looked over.

Others also looked at it in surprise, as a vivid and expressive pattern was outlined with simple lines.

That's...a dragon-shaped pattern!

"This is……"

Roland frowned and looked at the other person, feeling that with his own knowledge, he could not identify the other person's identity and race.

Just when he had such an idea, everyone suddenly exclaimed.

But above the pattern, ripples like water waves rippled.

The dragon gradually turned into reality and came to life!
(End of this chapter)