Ancient God Library

2022-05-14

Chapter 158 Pattern Altar

In Romon After the exploration of the ancient tomb came to an impasse, he accidentally discovered the contents of a slate inside the tent, which provided new information.

This tablet is in a pile of them, and it would simply not have been found if Romon hadn’t accidentally glanced at it.

The above is also very simple.

It mainly records that the owner of the tomb had a fanatical pursuit of the giant dragon and wanted to become a “Dragonborn”. This is the guy who can use the power of Dragon Clan with a human body. Such people are called Dragonborn. Of course, the tomb owner didn’t succeed in the end, but in the end he came up with many strange things.

And these weird things were put into his tomb by him and buried with him.

Romon suddenly thought of the huge creature under the cliff. The opponent should be the monster created by the owner of the ancient tomb.

The most important piece of information on this slate is that there are many entrances to the ancient tomb, but after entering the ancient tomb, there is only one road that can reach the real bottom, and there are various dangers in other places.

And at the bottom of the ancient tomb, there is the giant dragon that he has collected all his life, and all the treasures are recorded on the stone slabs in the tomb.

But Romon has seen these slates, and there is simply no record of this.

Franka has also seen this slate, but he just glanced at it roughly and found that there was no mysterious knowledge recorded on it, so he threw it aside, probably even the content behind it. Did not look.

Obviously, in the face of this strange record of unknown authenticity, he was even more interested in the extraordinary knowledge recorded on other slates.

After all, time is limited, and his work tasks are very heavy.

Romon looked over the slate and found that it didn’t look like a fake.

He was about to go to investigate tonight, but there was a loud noise from the front, Darryl walked into the tent excitedly, “The stone gate is open, the stone gate of the tomb has finally been opened. , the mining team allows us to follow up together!”

Having been here for so long, everyone is tacitly curious about the ancient tomb.

Ferranka was a little moved, he put down the work in his hand, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes: “Then it seems that the mining team does not intend to continue to hide and tuck, and wants to let us Are you here to be cannon fodder? Hmph, go take a look.”

A few people walked out of the tent.

In front of the big stone gate of the ancient tomb, a large group of people have gathered, and all departments have come together. at a glance.

Romon saw this scene and quietly took a few steps back to the back of the crowd.

The guy named Yasuo from the mining team was explaining the situation to the people around him.

Romon also listened to a general idea, the main meaning is that they have opened the stone gate, in order to prove to everyone that the previous danger was not caused by them, so they invited everyone over to see what happened.

But after entering, you need to follow the arrangement and don’t mess around.

Those who can become awakened are also a bit proud and arrogant. Although I didn’t say anything when I heard this request, I was also secretly unhappy.

Romon didn’t respond.

He followed the large army and slowly walked into the dark corridor. The environment here is completely different from the other side. The mining team did not use the method of entering from the old world, but destroyed the stone gate by violent means. The advantage of this is that it does not have to be so troublesome to enter and exit. lead to other changes in the tomb.

The guys on the mining team must be aware of this, but they must have their own considerations.

A kerosene lantern lights up.

Romon observed that the rock walls all around were also carved with the same carvings as many villains, but the strange thing was that the style of these villains was completely different from what he saw from the other side.

“This is an ancient tomb left over from the chaotic era. The records on both sides should be the life of the tomb owner who fought against all sides in the chaotic era. The tomb owner should have been a general before his life.” Yasuo explained to everyone.

He is the leader of the mining department of the investigation bureau and presided over the overall situation of the scene.

He walked at the forefront alone, explaining the environment in front of him from time to time, until a group of people came to a large concave pit, and then stopped.

This pothole is huge and exudes a foul smell.

Everyone looked closer.

There are countless corpses piled up in the pits. These corpses have been air-dried, but the flesh on their bodies has not completely rotted, but has become something similar to a mummy. These rickety, monster-like mummies were stacked on top of each other, filling the bottom of the pit with no gaps.

When everyone saw this scene, their expressions were very wonderful.

After being shriveled and weathered, the stacked bodies in the pit are smaller than normal. It is roughly estimated that there are at least a thousand bodies inside.

These guys were either killed by the owner of the tomb and buried with them, or they performed some kind of special ceremony for sacrifice.

In addition to these corpses, in the middle of the pit, there is a beautifully built altar with many strange and delicate patterns.

The altar is made of obsidian.

There are very few ore in nature, and the degree of solidity is extremely high. Even diamond stone can’t leave any traces on it. Each piece is a good material for casting the altar and forging weapons. Everyone looked at the huge altar with a hint of shock in their eyes.

It is now certain that a large sacrifice must have been held here.

An awakened who accompanied him to study the corpse soon discovered another strange problem.

“These corpses are not human! Although the skeletons are very similar to humans, they are completely different from humans in many details. You see, the caudal vertebrae of these corpses has a small protruding place, very Hidden, but you can see if you look.

They’re behind the caudal vertebrae, and there’s a skeleton, kind of like a tail.”

The guy explained in a low voice.

When everyone walked in and took a look, they also found something wrong. It is indeed somewhat different from the human body. Their bone density and volume are larger than those of the ordinary person. Except for the part where the caudal vertebrae stands out, There are also minor discrepancies in other parts.

They are tailed, bipedal walking humanoids that are larger than humans.

And what Romon immediately thought of was the legendary half-dragon human.

Half-dragon human is different from Dragon Clan, there may be a trace of thin Dragon Clan Bloodline in the body, coupled with the tyranny of Dragon Clan Bloodline, it is very common for the body to be affected and changed. Half-dragon human is like this. The short-lived species formed by the tyranny and tyranny of Dragon Clan Bloodline are completely different from Dragon Clan and Dragonborn.

It’s just so many half-dragon human sacrifices.

What does the guy who used to sacrifice here want to do?

“They all seem to be sacrifices?” At this time, someone finally couldn’t help but ask.

There are experts in the mining team, but in the face of inquiries, these experts are not very clear, they can only approach this altar and observe the pattern carvings on it.

After watching it for a long time, the experts didn’t hold back.

Romon found that the patterns on the altar were familiar, and then suddenly remembered that these patterns had appeared on the slate!

Although not all patterns are present, most slates have a small portion.

“These patterns are the order in which the slates are arranged! Equivalent to an alternative code, if you arrange the text on hundreds of slates in sequence according to the patterns on the altar, you can decipher the inside of the slate. Hidden information.” Romon’s thoughts turned sharply, and he figured out the problem in an instant.

A tinge of excitement rose in his heart.

In this way, maybe there is a solution to my task.

Romon didn’t take the initiative to mention it and waited to see what happened.

But Yasuo also thought of something, and walked to Ferranka in two steps, “Mr. Ferranka, have you found anything? During this time, you have been sorting out those excavated from the ancient tomb. Data and literature, there should be some discoveries, right?”

At this time, the drawbacks of division of labor and cooperation were revealed.

Ferranka still hated this guy’s arrogant appearance a few days ago, and he didn’t have a good face towards him, “Mr. Yasuo, we did not find anything in the collection and sorting work over there. Although the above records There are some extraordinary techniques, but I can’t show them to you until I take them back to the bureau to judge the danger. The only thing I can be sure of is that there is no mention of anything related to the altar in those documents.”

Indeed, there is no record of the altar in those documents.

On those slates, planks and hides, all kinds of strange things are recorded, some places are fuzzy, and there are very few really useful parts.

Ferranka never imagined that the incomplete and fragmented patterns on the slate, if combined, would be the patterns on the altar.

It’s not his fault either.

If it wasn’t for Romon’s extraordinary memory, he wouldn’t have seen it.

This not only requires a very high memory, but also reads these slates and has enough geometric figure association ability.

If Romon hadn’t seen the hints on that slate before, he wouldn’t have thought of this.

Yasuo was hit by a soft nail and could only swallow this breath. After finding no abnormality, he gave up this strange altar and led the crowd forward.

Crossing the altar here, a cliff suddenly appeared in front. A narrow stone bridge stood on the cliff, connecting the two sides of the separation.

Because it was so dark, it was simply impossible to see what was on the other side of the river.

But everyone was very excited.

But at this time, a huge, dull footstep sounded slowly under the cliff, and the dull breathing sounded like a drum, resounding in the dark and silent space.

Everyone held their breath for a moment.

Romon raised his eyes, the monster actually appeared under the cliff here! This means that the two cliffs are connected, and the monster has been patrolling under the cliff.

“Go, this thing is not weak, retreat first!” Yasuo stepped on his foot and stepped back quickly, and the rest of the people had already found out that something was wrong and quickly retreated.

However, when Romon heard Yasuo’s stupid judgment, he only felt that this guy was really not joking?

This is a person who leads the mining team, can you make a judgment?

In this situation, the most correct way should be to keep everyone quiet, and wait until the monster leaves completely before everyone can leave. Otherwise, once the monster’s attention is drawn, it will only cause more casualties.

But those guys are already on the move.

This movement immediately caught the attention of the monster under the cliff, and Romon could see clearly that the monster was indeed covered with corpses by the faint firelight.

Numerous corpses were entangled by vines and flew up from the bottom of the cliff, like a life-threatening evil spirit, rushing towards everyone around.

These corpses are not only impervious to sword and spear, but also immune to most psychic powers, all strong as an ox, except for the third rank awakened who can deal with these corpses safely, the Second Rank awakened fully resists All extremely difficult, surrounded by perils by these corpses.

Soon the person who died in the first place appeared.

It was a First Rank awakened, it looked like a civilian, his hands were twisted off by a dry old corpse, his neck was twisted into a twist, and there was no breath. After he was killed, several vines stretched up from the bottom of the cliff, wrapped around his body and pulled him down.

The thrill of the death of a companion.

Everyone couldn’t care about other things at all, and quickly backed away. It’s just that these corpses are so terrifying, who knows what the body looks like.

Run!

Everyone used various means to quickly get away from this strange cliff, and they didn’t even have the chance to step on the stone bridge to the other side, so they were forced back.

And because Romon was well prepared, when the corpses flew up, he had already started to retreat, so he was not hurt at the moment.

“Trouble, it seems that even if this group of people rush in together, don’t even think about rushing through the blockade of the monster in a short time. It is obviously the Guardian of the ancient tomb.”

Romon originally wanted to follow the army and explore the tomb together. You can explore this ancient tomb into bits and pieces by messing with the water and touching the fish.

The result didn’t expect, and the same goes for these people, who were blocked at the door by that mysterious monster.

It shouldn’t be in this situation for too long.

The investigation bureau’s real means have not been used yet, and the monsters will not stop them for too much time.

Romon thought about it, and quickly walked back to the big tent to find those patterned slates.

Whether it’s slate, wood, or even inferior animal skins, they’ve all been classified by Ferranka.

He recalled the patterns he saw on the altar before, and spliced them together according to his memory. It wasn’t an easy task, and Romon was able to do it with the help of shorthand.

These twisted cuneiform characters, one after the other in a special order, actually form a complete sentence:

“I have pursued the traces of the giant dragon for more than 300 years and have tried countless methods. , trying to steal the bloodline power of the giant dragon. In the end, it just created countless half-dragon human, deformed dragon species, and even no creatures that lived for two years. Just when I was about to give up, a man who claimed to be extremely cruel to Dragon Clan The Moth monk I knew appeared, and he taught me a way, although bloody and cruel, but worth a try. This may be the only chance in my life, and I must seize the hard-won opportunity.”

(end of this chapter)