Gou is a dark elf in Warhammer

Chapter 267 117. Immersive Experience of the Witch King
"There must have been an earthquake here, or it must have been impacted by an extremely powerful magic." Malekith stopped in place and looked at the surrounding environment thoughtfully.

"Of course, during the Great Invasion, the Chaos Legion attacked these cities with powerful magic. For a long time, the Lizardmen were attacked by endless waves of Chaos until the Great Vortex was established." Dacius Seriously speaking, when it comes to this period of history, his attitude is correct.

When Dacius spoke, the ground creaked under his feet, as if he was crossing a huge swamp.

"Is there no patrol or guard stationed here in Zultek?" Dacius asked Chupa Keke next to him.

At this time, Chupa Keke also entered the state of fighting. He held the staff given to him by Daxus in his right hand, and the Zunshen Zongqi sword that Naika risked his life to obtain in his left hand, watching warily. around.He was a Skink Priest, not a Skink Oracle riding a cave dragon, and there was great danger for him here, a black panther lurking in the shadows could kill him.

"As far as I know, there are, although the number is very small, do we need to transfer them?" Chupa Keke turned his head back, and hissed in Elvish language with a message in his mouth.

"No, I'm just asking casually. After all, the protagonist of this adventure is..." Dacius said casually, and at the end he raised his head and pointed at Malekith's back.

Zultek doesn't have the little sun over Spikazuma. It was washed by the rainy season and showed signs of flooding, but fortunately it was not submerged for the time being.

"Looks like a flood?" Malekith asked as he trudged along, clearly thrown into the adventurous atmosphere.

"Yes, it's the rainy season in Lustria right now." Dacius nodded in response.

"Then let us pray that the ruins are not submerged." Malekith was still marching with difficulty as he spoke. He didn't ask Dacius what the so-called gift was, although he still didn't know what the gift was. What, but he knew it was definitely not gold and gems.

"Do you still remember Belsarius? It's just..." Dacius grabbed Chupa Coco, who was about to slip, and continued to chat.

"Yes, of course I know. I met that guy when I was in Azor Tarlarion. He has not only been to Lustria, he has been to many places in this world." Malekith did not look uncomfortable. Instead of being impatient, he said slowly.

"The city where he once met with the Slann magic priest is not far from here. Zultek is the city of ashes and the satellite city of Paphasco."

"Then we should move slowly and carefully, and try not to cause any commotion. Once we find the gold, take it and run!" Malekith nodded and said jokingly after hearing this.

"We are looking for a very special treasure! Believe me, this treasure is very meaningful to you!" Dacius was amused by Malekith, he laughed, and he said after laughing.

"Oh?"

The trio of two grotesques and one lizard walked through the streets of Zul'tek, through the undergrowth.

Malekith, who was walking in the front, kept chopping with the Destroyer, clearing a passage leading to the front from the dense bushes.

But Dacius easily walked behind, and had no intention of stepping forward to help Malekith.From time to time he joked with Chuppa Coco about stories that hadn't happened to him during this time.

Malekith stopped chopping suddenly, and stood there studying his surroundings.He thought it would be an excellent spot for an ambush, with the jungle and ruins of ancient buildings offering plenty of cover.The sound of the rain drowned out the sound of footsteps moving in the jungle, as well as the natural noises of the jungle itself.

There was also the screeching of birds, the chirping of monkeys, and of course this was secondary, and the roaring of large behemoths in search of prey.

The atmosphere around him unnerved Malekith in a way that few places in the world could have had on him.He's an elf, and he's used to staying in places that smell ancient, but this place belongs to the Lizardmen!
Malekith didn't like this place, he turned his head and gave Dacius a suspicious look.

Dacius stopped when he saw Malekith turn his head. He knew Malekith too well. He knew that Malekith was ill again. He spread his hands towards Malekith and shrugged. shrugged.

Malekith nodded and continued walking. He didn't think that Dacius would find some lizardmen to ambush him here. If Dacius wanted to do it, he might have done it yesterday.

Yesterday's three big toads were not something that Malekith could handle alone, and there were so many lizards and giant beasts with strong hand-to-hand strength. Although the destruction prophecy said that he would die at the hands of the warlock, but To put it bluntly, if there was a conflict yesterday, he wouldn't be able to run away. He didn't think the three big toads didn't have the ability to counter his teleportation spell.

Malekith turned his attention again to the surroundings. The place looked older than anywhere in Ulthuan, the buildings' strange geometries beyond his comprehension.He had seen human and dwarven structures before, and he could see that those structures were the product of an emotion, though he couldn't relate to it.

Malekith had spent a thousand years in Azor Tarlarion, the most unique of all elf colonies, with a mixture of elves and dwarves, but that was not the case here, what he saw yesterday Same goes for Pikazuma.

These buildings were created according to a very different system, beings with different ways of thinking.

There was a pattern here, but Malekith didn't know what.

Maybe it has something to do with the numbers, the Old Ones who built it were clearly obsessed with it.Malekith even counted the number of statues on the sides of each building, which he found seemed to fit some kind of numerical formula, which he suspected had to do with basic math, though he didn't know what the formula was, anyway It is more complicated than the digital representation that Dacius asked him to design before.

The trio make their way through the shadows of massive stone buildings, under the blinding light of huge, uniquely shaped head carvings that look like some bizarre mix of humans, elves and toads.Obviously this is not the lizard man, nor the three big toads that Malekith saw yesterday.The trio moved along the huge causeway, along the causeway and across the huge ponds, and in the murky waters of these ponds, there were strange and terrible things swimming, but the trio ignored it and continued on. go on.

"I see a gap there! I don't need shelter from the rain, but let's go in!" Malekith said, pointing to an entrance that appeared on the side of a collapsed step pyramid that the trio had just passed .

"Listen to you!" Dacius said, as he gradually got deeper into Zultek, he could already estimate the approximate location of the treasure, because he sensed the existence of the stone slab, but he didn't say anything, but cooperated with the horse The Adventures of Regis.

From Dacius's point of view, Malekith sat in the throne room of Naggarond all the year round, and when he finally came out once, Morathi did something, and in the future, the preparation process for the follow-up King's Landing Ulthuan plan will deepen. It is even more impossible for Malekith to come out. Malekith needs to stay in Naggarond to watch Morathi and those unreliable Drucci dignitaries.

Then since it was so hard to come out once, why did Dacius turn off Malekith's interest?Although he knew the outline of the plot and the ending of the plot, spoilers are not a good behavior. Wouldn't it be good to make this adventure a precious memory for Malekith?
Warm water rolled down the sides of the pyramid and poured over the entrance of the gate.But the water didn't slide all the way from the back of Dacius's neck to under his jacket, and Chupacoco had already applied the rain protection spell to him after teleporting here.

The deep passages smelt of mustiness, rotting leaves, and ancient damp.Fortunately, Malekith cast a light spell, illuminating the surrounding environment.

The huge, smooth stone was cold and wet, and in places infected with some kind of untouchable fungus.

"Is this kind of passage specially built for skinks or dwarves? Why is it so short?!" Malekith bent over and walked in the front, making complaints as he walked.

"It may be that the builders lack the ability to predict the future. They know that the arrival of you will definitely raise the top of this place." Dacius, who was walking behind, said jokingly.

After Dacius finished speaking, he turned his attention to the story carved on the wall. He lit his pipe, lit the remaining tobacco, and began to look at the wall that told a different story every other section.

Each stone is engraved with lizardman characters that Dacius can understand, and depicts some Schrödinger stories that he can understand but cannot understand.

Malekith didn't say anything more, and now his mind fell into a trance. Like last night, he was using his soul to touch this magical and strange country.He didn't need to carve a pentagram and mystical circle and all the runes associated with it into the dank ground.He's out of that category, and doesn't need these props to work his magic anymore.

Nor did Malekith need to say the right spells, make the right gestures, and bind the winds of magic to his will.He didn't say anything, and didn't do anything, a spell similar to the devil's eye was formed directly.

Once the spell took shape, Malekith closed his eyes.But he can still see, although he is now looking at it from the perspective of the magic eye he created, and he sees a completely different world than before.

The ruin was no longer a dark place lit by the flames of the sun or shrouded in the cold of the moon.

Here, Malekith saw the threads of magical winds flowing and the souls of creatures.The surrounding stones did not block his view, but something else did, and he saw a spell protecting and guarding the ancient ruins.

By force of will, Malekith moved the magic, and his perspective changed, passing through those walls, as if the walls were not there, and the spell rose into midair.But that's all, unless he has more space and more preparations to complete the spell, he can't keep his eyes too far away from him.He lifted the magic as high as he could, overlooking the flow of magical winds around him like a bird.

As Malekith had seen it yesterday, the ruined city itself gathered and radiated magical energy.He saw a network of pulsating spiritual veins under him.He knew what the purpose of the creation of this gigantic magical structure was, but now the network structure no longer worked.

Part of the network structure is gone, it's incomplete now, something went wrong.Malekith guessed that the entire city was like a giant rune, part of which had been destroyed by the destroyed buildings and the jungle that covered the city.

No matter what role this network structure used to have, the city is no longer able to serve as a node of the Lingmai network. What is currently functioning is only the remnants of that huge network structure.

As attractive as all this was, Malekith was not here to study ancient magic.He was looking for a specific object, and soon he saw a light flickering somewhere in the distance. He moved the magic as far as possible in that direction, and he found a magical mark made by an elf. This mark is very distinctive. .Standing out amidst all the Lizardman stuff is like a ruby ​​on velvet.

Malekith's heart that had not been beating for a long time began to beat wildly at this moment. He couldn't remember the last time it was like this. What he saw must be some kind of omen!Now all he has to do is head in that direction until he finds it!He dispelled the magic and turned to look at Dacius.

Dacius didn't say anything, but raised his eyebrows and looked at Malekith.

"I know where we should go. There may be some dangers on our way." Malekith knew that Dacius must know what it was, but he didn't wait to ask Dacius what it was, he said casually.

"Oh, that's right! Maybe things won't be easy, but fortunately you're here, isn't it? Let's continue." Dacius said pretendingly.

The trio, keep going.After walking for a while, a huge pyramid appeared in front of them, covering them like a mountain.It was the largest they had seen on Zul'tek so far, and it was in slightly better condition than the others.But that's all. To put it bluntly, this is a satellite city. No matter how big, eternal, and indestructible it is, it cannot compare with the ones they have seen.

The rain had stopped a bit at this point, but water was still dripping from the leaves as the trio pushed them away, and moisture ran down the faces of the humans like tears.

Dacius could now see hundreds of statues on each step of the pyramid ahead, but most of them were crushed.Either destroyed by the invasion, or earthquake, or fell into disrepair.But the main structure is completely intact, which is not surprising.Because the pyramids are built of stones, and each stone must weigh several tons, he knows how these pyramids are built.

At this moment, Malekith had another thought. He tried to imagine the scene of building this huge building in the scorching heat of the tropical jungle.It was hard for him to believe that group of big toads and lizards could build such a large-scale building.

Now that the Lizardman was lonely again, he was shocked to think that something similar might happen to his own people one day.Perhaps this has already begun, and the twilight of this world has come.He also thought of what Dacius had said to him, and he seemed to understand Dacius' urgency.

The trio began to walk up one of the pyramid's massive ramps, which had both steps and ramps, but it was easier to walk on the ramp, since the steps were at a distance that would have been out of place for Durucci.

Finally, the trio came to a large arched opening.

"Let's go in!"

Malekith paused to think, and after a moment he nodded, pointing to the arch.

A strange rotten smell rose from the entrance, stronger even than the jungle smell, like the stench of some undead.

It felt like Dacius had entered the mouth of a gigantic monster, one that could devour them.The pyramid has a supernatural and sinister feel to it, as if it were waiting for some great prey.It was the first time he saw such an evil pyramid in Lustria.

Chupa Keke also seemed to feel that there was something wrong with the pyramid under his feet, so he stopped and looked at Dacius beside him.

Dacius nodded to Chupa Keke, signaling that Chupa Keke can rest assured.

A ball of light appeared in front of Malekith, and after the ball of light appeared, it floated forward, floating around like a ray of light, illuminating the dark passage with dim but sufficient light.

"Are you ready?"

"No problem!" Dacius shrugged and said casually, and then he said with a smile, "However, this kind of spell makes it impossible for us to sneak in secretly."

"You know me! I can see in the dark!"

"That's fine."

The top of the passage was still very low, and Dacius had to bend down in some places, but Chupa Keke, who was walking bowed beside him, was fine.

"Follow me!" At a fork in the road, Malekith stood there and looked around and said.

"Ah~ We need to be very careful here! I think this pyramid is the center of this ruin, which means that we are entering the core area of ​​this ruin." Malekith, immersed in the adventure, said to himself Said.

Before Daxus could say anything, Malekith continued.

"With the presence of the holy Umak, we don't have to worry about attacks from the lizardmen, but I believe that before this ruin was abandoned, those giant clams... the Slann magic priests must have set some spells here to stop outsiders entry, and there are likely to be physical traps, plus there may be magical defenses, I think the next adventure will be very interesting!"

"Then what do you think we will face? Chaos demons? Rolling stones? Magic? Or strange runes that can spray out deadly poisonous clouds?" Dacius knew that Malekith, who was walking in front, was completely immersed in this adventure. , he said quite cooperatively.

"As you said, these temple cities are built on the nodes of the spiritual vein network to collect huge winds of magic. This pyramid is also the focus of the winds of magic." Malekith did not Paying no attention to what Dacius said, he continued.He paused and continued, "I think something polluted the wind of magic power and corrupted the darkness. This may be the reason why this place was abandoned."

"Yes, yes! During the Great Invasion, the power of the Chaos Demon polluted the hatching pool here, and that evil power is in the hatching pool." Chupa Keke took over the conversation and began to speak in broken Elvish with.

That's it, the trio kept talking while continuing to delve deeper.

The interior of the pyramid had been deliberately designed as a gigantic labyrinth, though Malekith wasn't bothered by the way the corridors were put together.He had already mastered the rules, but Dacius asked him how he did it without words.

"This may be built according to the magic usage principles of the Slann magic priests. Maybe I should find an opportunity to communicate with them in depth. Most of the buildings in these temple cities may be arranged according to the same pattern. You know that I don't need to Sleep, I walked in that pyramid all night yesterday."

When Dacius heard this, his heart skipped a beat, maybe it was a mistake for him to let Malekith come!It seemed that Malekith had to get out of here right away, so he should go back to where he was supposed to be, or he would have to be thrown out of the bag in a very short time.

"Why did you suddenly stop talking, Dacius? I know you have the same suspicion and suspicion as me! But I have already promised you! This is the last time I say that!" Malekith said with some annoyance, But he didn't stop, and he didn't look back, but continued to walk forward.

"Just like you once promised Grim Brindale?" Dacius didn't say it out loud, but was just thinking about it. He didn't hit people in the face, and he didn't expose people's faults. He estimated that he would have to say it before Fight Malekith in this narrow passage.

"No, it's just the engravings on the wall that attracted me. You know I can understand lizardman language."

"Heh!" Malekith snorted coldly, obviously he didn't believe what Dacius said, he continued, "We are very close! I feel a strong magic power ahead, get ready! Trap It might be waiting for us there!"

The trio walked for a while, until they came to the end blocked by a huge stone wall.

The hieroglyphs of the lizardmen were carved on the stone walls, and even Dacius could feel the magic in them.The stone walls are too heavy to be lifted by strength alone, and too thick to be broken even with a battering ram.But he didn't think he had come to a dead end under the leadership of Malekith, because he already felt the existence of the stone slab, just behind the stone wall!
"Damn it! Our target is behind this wall!" Malekith put down the supreme magic shield, and said after touching the stone wall with his iron hand.

A strange light flashed in Chupa Coco's eyes, which was keenly captured by Dacius who was standing beside Chupa Coco. He knew that Lord Mazdamurdi had been watching the trio of them.

Just when Chupa Keke was about to take a step forward, Dakuus grabbed his shoulder, and one of his feet stopped in mid-air for a long time. He turned his head and looked at Dakuus inexplicably. Dacius shook his head at him, signaling him not to move.

After Chupa Coco stopped there, Dacius leaned against the wall next to him, watching the next performance of Malekith in front of him.

Malekith paused in front of a stone wall whose mass and thickness did not bother him.What bothered him was the wind of magic in it, and the powerful wind of magic gathered here and flowed around him.The Wind of Magic has a strange taint, a taint that goes with the power of Chaos, and at the same time he cannot fully understand the magic principles of the Slann Magi, even though the steel hood allows him to catch the veins and threads of the Wind of Magic.

The winds of magic are changing here, adding some alien powers.Malekith wasn't sure what it was for, but he was sure something was going on.

Malekith focused his steel hood on the entire stone wall, the real world receding from his vision.Now he saw the whole world painted bright and vivid as the magical wind, and he had entered the realm of the magical wind.He could see the winds of magic flowing over the stone walls, twisting and intertwining.He knew very well that the lizardman writing on the stone wall was the switch of this stone wall, as long as he read the words, the stone wall would automatically open.

Malekith sensed the surrounding area again, he saw the strength of Chupa Keke, and saw Dacius leaning against the wall waiting for something, he knew that Dacius and the Skinlizard could easily open the door Stonewall, but he has his pride and he didn't let it!Once again, he was concentrating on studying the magic of the Slann magic priest, and he could see that as long as the wind of magic node was unlocked, the door would open!What made him hesitate a little was the wind energy of magic that flowed out from that Tao text.

Malekith looked at the magic wind again, wondering what would happen if he cut the connection to the magic wind?Maybe this whole convoluted spell is completely harmless?Maybe just to fulfill some sort of ritual function?Will some protection be triggered?Will some Chaos Demon be resurrected?He didn't know, and couldn't possibly know.This magic was so foreign to him that he seemed to understand and not understand.He knew that he was starting to become suspicious and suspicious again, and he thought of Dacius' relaxed look again. Perhaps opening the stone wall was a very simple matter, but he just thought a little too much.

Malekith hesitated for a moment, knowing that waiting was futile, and finally he chose to cast the spell roughly.

The stone wall began to shake after Malekith finished casting the spell. After a while, the stone wall slid sideways and disappeared into a recess. The lizardman perfectly combined magic and mechanical structure!
Malekith heard Dacius hold his breath the moment the stone wall opened, and took a step forward with his weapon drawn.But he ignored it and looked at the interior behind the stone wall.

There are human corpses lying everywhere in the room. The existence of magic prevents the decay of the corpses and makes the corpses look dry.

One of the corpses held a long sword in his hand, and the energy bursting out of the long sword had been sensed by Malekith's magic power and vision. He knew, knew, and was too familiar with this sword!This is the sword of his father, the first Phoenix King Aenarion!
"Yangyan Sword? Impossible! How could the Yangyan Sword be here!" Malekith lost his mind at this moment, he didn't even think about what would happen when the stone wall closed again after he entered, he ran directly to Yangyan The direction of the sword passed.

(End of this chapter)