Advent of the Archmage Chapter 522: Rune of the Gravekeeper and Blood (1/4)
When it came out of MI3, it was already dark, and Link took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. It was already 6:20 in the afternoon.
Linke remembered that at this time, Greenstone was still lively, but now, almost no one is on the street. The wind blew across the streets, crying ‘wow’, the city was full of people, but it was like a ghost.
The impact of the recent plague on Greenstone has been very significant.
Linke and Celine first returned to the timber warehouse where King Lane and others were hiding, briefly introduced the situation, and then he and Celine went on their journey south.
The cemetery in the south of the city is near the garden area south of Greenstone, a long way from the old town. Link blessed the two with an invisible magic, and walked in stealth all the way.
When you reach the garden area, the street becomes quieter. The upper quarters of the city lived in the garden area. They were well-informed and had sufficient economic strength. At this time, they basically escaped.
As I walked along, Link found that many of the houses here were empty. Even if there were occasionally lights, only one or two oil lamps were lit. One or two of the old servants were looking after the beautiful host. Garden villa.
Because there is no one, the street lights on both sides of the street are no longer lit. Walking all the way, the whole street is black-holeed, just like a giant monster with an open mouth waiting for people to throw themselves into the net.
Xilin whispered: "I can feel that there is a huge danger here ... we seem to have been caught by a beast."
She has two guns in her hand.
Linke held on the hilt of the Wrath of the Dragon King with one hand, and he continued to input dragon power into it while maintaining full body alertness.
He wasn't afraid of any beast, he just worried that this beast was the **** pet of the Agatha snake man. It ’s true that Link is not afraid, but here is in the city of Griston, anxious to the other side, the entire city may be affected by the aftermath of power, that is a disaster.
Linke doesn't want any violent clashes with his opponents in the city.
Walking a few hundred meters further, the sky became darker. There are many old trees in the garden area, the trees are densely shaded, and there is a faint white mist. There was a cold chill straight into the bone gap.
"The situation is very wrong." Link said softly: "In this air, I don't feel any destructive power, but there are many secretive dark breaths."
This breath is very thin. Ordinary priests ca n’t find it, and may not even cause a magical reaction. Celine beside Linke does n’t have any feeling. Even Link, it ’s just a hint of nothingness .
But when there is a dark breath, it means there is a dark power to intervene.
There are two dark forces in the north, one is the dark elves, and the other is the demons that are scattered. The demons have migrated from the plane, and they are basically fighters. These people are unlikely to do such dark and secretive things, so the biggest suspect is the dark elves.
Xilin's brain turned extremely fast, she whispered, "Did you say that the Dark Elves will join forces with the Agatha Snake Man?"
Linke nodded: "If the Dark Elves have some ambitions, they will join forces with the Agatha Snake Man."
In fact, they have joined forces, and this is recorded on the scroll of Mage Ethanise, but the scroll's record is biased and updated to the scroll of Greenstone's incident half a month ago. No, so Link had no way of knowing what was going on inside Greenstone.
At this time, the gate of the cemetery has appeared in front.
Because the people who buried them are very important, the cemetery was built with particular care.
On both sides of the gate are two five-meter-high, half-meter-thick stone pillars. The entrance is a carved hollow iron gate. Not far behind the iron gate is a small square. In the center of the small square is the sacred sleeper of the shining Lord Ala Grian's stone sculpture is a long candlestick with a requisition lamp on the table.
Because everyone is running out and lacking maintenance, most of these requisition lights are off, leaving only a few faint green beans.
The fog in the cemetery is getting denser, the temperature is getting lower, the muscles are soaking, the wind here has basically stopped, there is no noise, and the cemetery is very quiet.
Xilin has been living in the energetic scorched earth this year. When she first came across such a ghost, she was very uncomfortable. She quietly took a few steps towards Link.
"Go, let's go in." Link whispered softly, he felt the delicate dark breath in the air, and walked all the way to the depths of the cemetery.
After walking more than fifty meters, Celine pointed to a small cottage on the side of the road and said, "Look, there seems to be light there, it seems to be the residence of the gravekeeper."
Linke looked back and turned to look through the fog. Sure enough, he saw a small house with dim lights coming out from the house.
"Let's go and see."
If they are gravekeepers, they will surely get more clues. Any clues are crucial before facing the unknown.
The cottage is not far away. At 30 meters away, the door of the cottage is closed. Although there is light, there is no sound coming from the room.
Let's get closer. When Link's ears move, he hears a strange breathing sound. This sound is very slow, much lower than the breathing rate of ordinary people, and there is a trembling sound like breathing. It has thick sputum that can't be changed.
Linke already knows: "There are people in the house, but they have been infected by the plague."
"Ah?" Celine has been hearing about the plague, but has not seen anyone infected by the plague. She swallowed a bit nervously and asked, "Are we going to see it?"
"Of course, look no further."
Linke used the mage's hand to open the small door of the wooden house and pushed open the door. A squeak sounded. There was a scent of carrion in the door.
Following ‘嗷 ~’ a strange, strange sound, a figure rushed towards Link.
Mage's Hand!
This gravekeeper has been completely infected, but his power is very weak, but level 1 warrior level, Link only lifts his body with the magic of the master's hand, and then slammed in. The room, no matter how the gravekeepers struggled.
Into the room, Link's idea moved again: the dark cage!
This is a level 3 little magic that Link learns in his free time. It only needs 10 dragon power. It is very convenient for the weak.
A buzzer sounded, a silvery chain rang out of thin air, and a few clicks, ‘click ~ click’, entangled the infected person ’s body and bound him to the ground.
Then the two men started to look around.
First of all, this gravekeeper wears a priest's robe, which should be the lowest member of the shining temple. The flesh and blood on his body has begun to fester, but there are no tapeworms in the wound. He looks like a whole A skeleton wearing a rotten flesh coat.
Xilin didn't want to look more at a glance. She kept covering her nose. The rancid smell was too strong.
Linke used another small blast technique to change the air in the cabin, and the odor decreased a lot. Then he started to look at the cabin.
The light source in the wooden house is a magic lamp, and at the corner of the wooden house is a small desk with some writing tools on it, and a note.
This made Link's eyes light, and he walked over and let go of his notes.
After watching for a while, he realized that this is a diary, which should be written by the gravekeeper. He recorded in great detail what happened in the graveyard recently. At the same time, he also recorded his physical changes. It was not written until 7 days ago.
This gravekeeper should be trained in formal records. What he records is very objective. Even if there is a change in his own body, he tries to avoid personal emotions and records the most intuitive details.
Linke looked at it seriously, and Celine came up to see.
The most valuable is a diary 9 days ago.
‘There are a few naughty little guys playing hide-and-seek today. These guys are really not educated. They actually hid the deceased behind the tombstone of the deceased. I did n’t watch them for a while and they were lost. . . . . . After a while, I saw these children running out again. They were running fast, and one child was still crying. They seemed to be scared by something. I was curious and walked over to take a look. I saw a lot of runes engraved with blood on the tombstone inside the cemetery. When I walked over, I felt a shock all over my body. It felt as if my bones had been stung by a wasp. I couldn't stand the pain. I was very sad. Scared and afraid to watch again, I fell ill after running back to the house. . . . . . Something evil must have entered my body. ’
Behind this diary, the grave-keeper also draws three runes with his own memory.
Linke's eyes narrowed suddenly: "It's a blood rune commonly used by dark elves, and it really is that they are playing tricks!"
He also looked at the next two diaries. The diary remembers that it ’s messy. It shows that the priest ’s mental state is very bad. He recorded his physical changes little by little. Although messy, he was very specific. .
After reading it, Link frowned: "According to this description, this is basically the same as Level 3 Necromancer 'Undead Ray', but there is no breath of power inside these people's bodies. This magic must have undergone some improvement. Go , Let's go and see those blood runes. "
Putting away the notebook, Lin Ke was about to turn around, and the warning sign in his heart popped up. At the same time, he heard some wind coming from the window. It seemed to be something like a crossbow. One sword cut away.
‘嗤’ A black-red tongue covered with corrosive mucus was severed by Link and dropped on the desk.
This tongue is not dead, it keeps beating, the mucus flutters everywhere, where it touches, it will make a sound of "发出", and it will erode a large hole.
At the same time, a sharp scream came from the window, which sounded like the scream of a woman who was holding her neck. The sound kept going away. In the white mist, a dark shadow could be seen flying away. go with.
Linke immediately said to Celine: "Go, catch up, this is Hell's summoned beast Zamp, there must be a summoner near here!"
Zomba is a phase beast. He is the most stealthy, and the most terrible attack means is its venom and piercing tongue. It is very scary to ordinary soldiers, but to Link, the little witch sees the big witch. Dragon. (To be continued.)