Cataclysm King

Chapter 330 Tomb Protector

Ji Xun took out the yellowed piece of tissue paper.

There are only some landmarks, mountains and terrain drawn like graffiti on the paper, and a crossed coordinate point.

This is the reward drawn from the previous "Valen City Rebel Camp".

Moreover, the special items produced in the S-level difficulty dimension are definitely not ordinary.

Ji Xun had previously suspected that it was the tomb of Augustus.

Now it seems that it is not the case.

At least it's not the tomb of Talon's last emperor, "Mad King" Alduin.

But the coordinates on this map pointed to the depths of the Loon Highlands.

Now that it is confirmed that the Rune Highlands are the location of the tombs of the Talon royal family, what else can be found in this place?
Ji Xun felt that even if it wasn't the ancestral mausoleum mentioned by Chujiu, there was a high probability that it had some direct relationship.

Now that we have come to the Rune Highlands, we have to look at what the map is pointing to.

Ji Xun also specially observed Nan Jing, the successor of the high priest, and looked at her blank look, obviously not knowing.

But now the strength of the three of them as a team is completely sufficient.

"If there are such dense undead monsters, there should be a top undead warlock who once used the 'Undead Scourge'. I'm afraid there was a fierce battle on the Rune Highlands back then, and I don't know who took action."

"This should be what happened after our Xinhuo team went to the Eastern Wasteland. There is no record at all in the classics passed down by the palace."

Such top card masters are obsessed with things, which is definitely unusual.

Chujiu looked at the map, his expression also lost in thought: "You mean, there must be clues about the ancestral tomb of Augustus here?"

Ji Xun became more and more interested in that period of Talon history.

There are a large number of undead monsters in the Rune Highlands. The deeper you go, the higher the level of the undead monsters.

"Ah."

Ji Xun guessed that the places marked on the map might be impossible for outsiders to return to.

When Ji was looking for someone in the past, he might have to carefully consider the risks of exploration.

He has gathered enough information.

"Xiaonan, do you know how the Talon Dynasty collapsed? And how did the "Mad King" Alduin die? "

"I don't know~ My mother never told me. It's just that it was said that several outer gods awakened, and then the empire collapsed. Sister Chujiu, what about you?"

The three of them didn't dare to walk too fast.

As the excavation of the Old World deepens, the history that was submerged in dust gradually emerges.

Chujiu nodded: "Yes."

The most important thing is Chujiu's bloodline.

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But this is not necessarily the case for the ninth day of the lunar month.

She also felt a familiar sense of tacit understanding lingering in her heart.

Moreover, this is an intelligence blind spot, and Ji Xun doesn't know what he will encounter.

Master Jamil was a top card maker thousands of years ago. He was able to create a master key to unlock slave collars, which is evident from his spell skills.

It was a smooth journey.

This could be a "special pass".

He added: "But you may have to go and see what it is specifically to confirm."

After eating, the three of them took a short rest and set off.

When Nan Jing heard this, he blinked and became interested immediately: "Okay~"

His previous role as an intelligence dealer was not just to get into the trial team of the Royal Academy.

After saying that, she tilted her head and asked, "Sister Chujiu, what do you think?"

"I think this matter has something to do with Xiaonan's ancestors. After all, it was your ancestor who killed the Angel of Protection."

Chujiu can fight back and forth with the seventh-level new king Arthur, and he is already qualified to go deep in this highland; not to mention there is a Miss Meathead who has mysterious methods.

This is to prepare for going to the coordinates on the map.

"How do I know the arrangements of my ancestors? My mother didn't tell me clearly, she always let me understand more by myself."

Just like the previous mausoleum, the tomb anti-theft ban targets outsiders and will not harm the blood descendants of Augustus.

The three of them walked and chatted along the way.

"I don't know for sure. But judging from the current situation, Talon's collapse may not only be due to the outer gods, but also the decay of the royal power. I worked with the Dragon Rebel Army before and talked about that period of history. They said The collapse of Talon was directly related to "Mad King" Alduin's stupidity and cruelty. Otherwise, he would not have gone to the imperial tomb to destroy the coffin to prevent his resurrection."

In her eyes, it's rare for good friends to get together and take adventures together, which is something worth looking forward to.

They are all trustworthy old friends. Ji Xun said directly without leaving a trace: "The coordinates are one hundred and seventy kilometers northeast, but the information around that coordinate is currently blank. The adventurers from the Southern Continent are there. Some high-level undead monsters were discovered outside."

Fortunately, there was Nanjing's five-eyed civet. This disaster's super spiritual sense allowed the three of them to avoid those dangerous areas.

From glory to collapse, in his eyes, this is the fate of a dynasty where countless personal fate lines converge.

A "world" of this size makes people feel very addictive just by deducing it.

It just so happened that there was a descendant of the royal family here, as well as a direct lineage of the high priest.

They know too much about the secrets of history that others cannot possibly know.

But unfortunately, the two of them had an illegitimate daughter, and neither of them received the complete high priest inheritance.

They also don’t know much about that period of history.

In the end, Ji Xun pieced together some fragmentary information and deduced the general collapse of the dynasty.

The three of them walked for more than a hundred kilometers for most of the day.

Although the map is crude, fortunately the key landmark locations are accurately described.

Ji Xun and the others finally approached the coordinates pointed to on the map.

As we walked, we were surrounded by a tall forest filled with dense fog.

The branches were bare and as black as ink, looking like a monster with teeth and claws in the thick fog.

The vegetation on the Rune Highlands has been polluted by the aura of the undead all year round, and it is basically so lifeless.

The three of them were not surprised.

This place is already very close to that coordinate, and Ji Xun doesn't dare to be careless.

He guessed that even if it was not an ancestral spirit, it must be somewhere special.

So pay attention to your surroundings along the way.

Fortunately, the perception of the three of them is very sharp, and Miss Ballhead's psychic object allows them to avoid the danger that most adventure groups are likely to be wiped out.

But even with all the care, something went wrong.

While walking, Ji Xun discovered a problem and stopped.

Chujiu saw him stop, and immediately realized something, and asked alertly: "What's wrong?"

Nan Jing was a little belatedly aware of it. He looked around with his big, smart eyes and found nothing unusual.

There are no monsters and no pollution.

I didn't notice any difference from the previous journey at all.

Ji Xun's eyes showed contemplation and he said calmly: "We are lost."

"be lost?"

Chujiu and Nanjing were both slightly surprised by this statement.

The three of them are all of high rank, so it stands to reason that they would never make such a stupid mistake as getting lost during the adventure.

What's more, they thought about it and found no problems. It was normal all the way.

But since it was Ji Xun who said it, the two women also looked at it seriously.

But if they just get lost, it's not a big trouble for them.

Nan Jing turned his head to look at Ji Xun and asked curiously: "How did you find out?"

"The flat stone next to your left foot is what I placed before. We have never gone back, but this stone has appeared repeatedly. In other words, there is either a space problem and we are back to the previous place; Or our perception is interfered with."

Ji Xun was also very strange, and he definitely didn't go the wrong way in terms of senses.

Since the Luen Highlands had been determined to be the location of Augustus's imperial mausoleum, he did not dare to be careless from beginning to end.

Along the way, he kept counting his steps to calculate the distance, and also used various reference objects to determine the direction.

It even takes into account that the subjective consciousness is disturbed by some mysterious factors, so there are physical marks along the way.

Theoretically, it is absolutely impossible to get lost.

But the facts are right in front of us.

I tried several methods, but I still got tricked.

My senses didn't notice anything unusual, but a small stone mark made things weird.

But his tone was calm, after all, this was a good thing in a sense.

The mysterious power that can affect the perception of three people at the same time has an absolutely high legal level.

This means that they have found the right place.

Hearing what Ji Xun said, Chujiu's expression did not change at all. He looked around with cold eyes, sensing something.

Originally I was lost and the atmosphere was a little serious.

But at this time, Nan Jing's voice sounded a beat slower: "Stone, where is it?"

The ball-headed lady instinctively lowered her head to see which mark Ji Xun mentioned.

But I glanced around and still didn't see it.

I was stunned for a moment, and then I realized something.

She took half a step back and saw the stone under her feet.

When Ji Xun saw this scene, his eyebrows moved slightly, as if he was smiling.

This ball-headed lady's breasts were so proud that they blocked her view just now. She looked down and didn't see the stone at her toes.

Even Chujiu, who had a cold expression, had a faint smile on his lips at this moment.

Nan Jing looked at the strange looks between the two of them, and a blush instantly spread on her pretty face. In panic, she explained in a superfluous way: "I just didn't notice it just now."

Ji Xun couldn't help but chuckle after all.

He actually discovered it when they reunited in the tent at the Wailing Valley Camp.

Nan Jing's figure was plumper than last time, her waist was still slender, but her breasts were becoming more and more majestic.

He was already upright, youthful and romantic at his age, and his figure was like a pomelo in autumn. As time went by, he gradually gained a bit of maturity.

But her whole body exudes a pure aura unique to girls.

This contrast gives this ball-headed lady a unique cuteness. Hearing this, Nan Jing also knew why he was laughing. He cast a resentful look and whispered in a low voice: "Mr. Ji Xun, you are making fun of me~"

Ji Xun smiled and shook his head.

Not an outsider, he raised his eyebrows and glanced again, and said truthfully: "It's pretty good. Xiaonan is getting more and more beautiful."

"what?"

In the past, when they first met, Nan Jing would not have dared to say this.

But now I have experienced many life and death adventures, and I have long since died.

Besides, she could also hear that Ji Xun was really praising herself.

Not only was the atmosphere not awkward, but it had the warmth and joy that only close friends can have.

Hearing this, the ball-headed lady's eyes suddenly lost all resentment, and she tilted her little head and stared at Ji Xun's expression seriously.

Then he grinned.

Lidou sunk slightly, revealing her cute little tiger teeth, and she responded playfully: "Thank you for the compliment~"

Ji Xun smiled and said nothing.

On the side, there was also a rare hint of softness in Chujiu's sharp crystal eyes.

The serious atmosphere of being lost was diluted by Nan Jing's few words.

But after coming back to their senses, the three of them also had to solve the dilemma in front of them.

After observing, there was no danger, so they continued walking.

Ji Xun already knew the principles of various mazes very well.

Now that he has accumulated a lot of knowledge, coupled with his super deduction ability, ordinary mazes do not pose a threat to him at all.

Besides, there is enough food in the storage ring that it is impossible to die from sleepiness.

In his opinion, the danger was never the maze itself, but other problems.

It seems like it's back to the time in "Cemetery Maze". Chujiu and Nanjing are obviously stronger, but they are very patient and act as Ji Xun's followers.

With such two powerful partners, Ji Xun also focused on solving the problem of getting lost.

Various marks were left along the way.

Try various solutions.

This walk lasted nearly half an hour.

The three of them were worried that the monster hadn't appeared, so they kept wandering around in the dense foggy forest.

Suddenly, Ji Xun stopped again: "It's strange that it's an irregular cycle?"

After walking around for a few times, he also confirmed some patterns.

That means there is no pattern.

The area of ​​​​this forest is far less large than the maze of the Great Cemetery, and there are no traces of any artificial mechanisms.

So it’s not a “moving maze”.

How?
What's even more weird is that the three of them tried all kinds of methods and failed to notice what mysterious force interfered with their perception.

This is what Ji Xun is most confused about.

Theoretically, it is absolutely impossible for such an irregular maze to exist in a limited space.

At least he wouldn't be able to find any clues at all.

Either there is something wrong with the space laws in the forest.

Or human intervention?

Ji Xun deduced the two most reasonable situations.

His intuition led him to prefer the latter.

That is, there is some kind of "mysterious will" in this forest.

It artificially changed some paths, making the forest maze "irregular" and inducing Ji Xun and the others to get lost.

The purpose is not to trap and kill them, but to prevent them from approaching the area with coordinates on the map.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun's expression became slightly weird.

How does it feel like
A boring prank by some "ancient will" to have some fun in his long life?

Hey, that’s right!

An idea flashed in Ji Xun's mind.

No living people have come to this Rune Highlands for thousands of years. If they have been trapped for too long, there may not be some undead souls who are not mentally normal.

"Is it some neutral undead?"

Ji Xun went to the secret realm of Xia Mucheng.

There are many high-level undead there who have been trapped in the time loop for thousands of years, and most of them are neutral.

No malice intended, just entrapment.

Maybe that's the case.

Ji Xun stopped to think. Chujiu and Nan Jing did not disturb him and stood beside him quietly.

Seeing the sudden relief on his expression, Miss Ballhead finally spoke: "Mr. Ji Xun, did you find something?"

She didn't panic at all.

If you get trapped, at worst you can go to the underworld, you can always get out.

Ji Xun expressed his guess: "It's not the maze that traps us. It may be some 'ancient will'."

He wasn't sure what it was either.

Everything has spirituality, ancient relics, dead spirits, and even conscious flowers and plants.

Upon hearing this, Chujiu and Nan Jing understood something on their expressions, and immediately became alert.

Unexpectedly, Ji Xun suddenly spoke: "Senior, we are adventurers. We followed the treasure map to come here. No offense intended."

Thinking that the will was neutral, he tried to communicate.

Ben also told the truth. Only in case the other party is interested in communicating can we follow up.

But after saying these words, there was no movement at all.

There was still deathly silence all around.

Ji Xun frowned slightly.

There are only two outcomes.

Or maybe I guessed wrong.

Either the "ancient will" doesn't want to pay attention to it.

When Ji Xun thought of this, another thought flashed through his mind. He looked at Chujiu beside him and suggested: "Chujiu, why don't you show off your demonic power?"

Chujiu understood it tacitly and nodded: "Yes."

She also guessed that whether this labyrinth was a restriction or something else, it was most likely left by Augustus' ancestors.

Your own bloodline identity may be the only key.

As she spoke, her expression suddenly became stern, and behind her, a figure of an ice and snow demon wearing a crown appeared.

At the same time, the overbearing cold air spread throughout the forest.

[Q of Diamonds - White Queen] is one of the two exclusive extraordinary sequences passed down by the Augustus royal family for countless years.

Ji Xun thought that three thousand years had passed. The "ancient will" didn't know people, so it should know this professional ability.

The truth was exactly what he thought.

That will came faster than expected!
Just at the moment when the demon god's phantom appeared on Chujiu, a hoarse soft cry rang out.

Ji Xunyi rejoiced: "It really does!"

It was just a guess.

Now that it is confirmed that the "ancient will" really exists, the current situation suddenly becomes complicated.

Nan Jing and Chu Jiu beside them also looked cautious.

Just then, in the dark forest, a rickety figure slowly walked out of the mist.

"people?"

Ji Xun was also slightly surprised.

In other words, creatures in human form.

The old woman in front of her looked like a living corpse crawling out of a grave.

The black and gray robe on his body has long been in tatters, and there is a deadwood crutch standing on it. His exposed skin is pale and withered, looking like it is on the verge of decay, and his eyes are as dim and green as a ghoul.

But when she raised her head and looked at Chujiu, a trace of life appeared.

Sometimes not.

Ji Xun calmly observed the mysterious old woman who suddenly appeared.

It looks like a dead spirit, but it seems to be a living person, with no "qi" in it at all.

The old woman looked at the phantom of the demon behind Chujiu, and then at Nan Jing, who was carrying a large scroll behind her and was already in battle mode. She stared blankly for a moment before she seemed to remember something and murmured to herself: "Master Nan's inheritance Oh, it seems like it’s been too long. It’s been a long, long time.”

Upon hearing this, the three of them all looked startled.

Did this person recognize that Nan Jing was a descendant of the high priest line?

He didn't feel hostility for the first time, and Ji Xun's heart dropped.

The most important thing is that no matter what kind of existence the old woman is in front of her, she has the thinking of a normal person and should be able to communicate.

Just when Ji Xun was thinking about how to speak, something unexpected happened.

The old woman stood there in confusion for a moment, and her memory seemed to be restored intermittently.

She looked at Chujiu again, with a touch of solemnity and humble respect on her face.

Then she let go of the crutch in her hand, straightened her tattered clothes, and knelt down solemnly under the astonished gazes of Ji Xun and the others: "I am the guardian of the ancestral mausoleum. I pay homage to Your Majesty. "

This is an ancient palace ritual!

Ji Xun and the others were stunned by this scene.

Being bowed down by a being who didn't know how strong he was and how many years he had lived, Chujiu was also stunned on the spot, even a little at a loss.

The kneeling ceremony has been abolished since the collapse of the Oran Dynasty more than two hundred years ago.

Even for a knight, the highest courtesy is to kneel down on one knee.

However, the old woman in front of her made a very elegant kneeling ceremony towards her.

(End of this chapter)