Chapter 130: The gift of the gods, real estate subscription certificate
If I had not witnessed it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that such a majestic temple was hidden on such a sparsely populated ice field with a harsh climate: eighteen huge icicles more than fifty steps high, like eighteen ice and snow The giant stands proudly between the canyons, forming a circle. Between every two icicles, the entire surface of ice and snow spread straight down from the top, forming walls of crystal ice filled with cold light. On the outside of these walls, there are dozens of layers of densely packed ice edges. Countless sharp ice edges showed a surging posture, pointing to the ground solemnly, like a waterfall falling straight from the endless sky, and was completely frozen the moment it hit the ground. Once the Tianhe River thaws, this solidified torrent seems likely to pour down violently at any time, crushing and shattering this eternal frozen soil; but at the same time, they seem to never waver or fall, trying to push a piece of land into pieces. This indescribable majesty and holiness will remain forever.
You can¡¯t simply say: This temple called the ¡°Rainbow Temple of War¡± is a majestic building ¨C in front of its majestic momentum and awe-inspiring solemnity, the simple word ¡°majestic¡± seems so pale. The temple is surrounded by tall ice walls, leaving only two opposite entrances on the north and south sides. Directly above the two walls with the intersections, two majestic statues were carved out of solid ice. At the southern end close to us, a human wearing heavy armor and holding a shield and an elf carrying a long bow and wearing a soft feather hat held hands with a sincere smile on their faces; while in the north farther away from us, On the side, an undead holding a battle ax and a shield and a demon wielding a long-handled warhammer stood on the back. They all had their mouths wide open and their eyes wide open, posing as if they were shouting and fighting fiercely. Each of these four majestic sculptures is at least thirty steps high and weighs at least tens of thousands of pounds. The wild storm rushing on the plateau has deeply etched the traces of the passage of time on these four giant statues. They are like witnesses who have experienced vicissitudes of life. Through the endless flow of time, they cast a scrutinizing gaze from ancient times, standing on the top of the world and looking into the future.
I can¡¯t imagine who would have moved these majestic colossi to such high roofs, and how those amazing guys did it. Apart from miracles, I can't think of any other reason why I would accept it.
"Compared to the majesty of the entire ice wall and the majesty of the four giant statues, the only two entrances to this temple are really small and pitiful. The rough and simple door opening is very inconsistent with the size of the wall. It is easily reminiscent of the special passage temporarily dug on the courtyard wall for cats and dogs to pass. And when you are really in it, you can truly feel the tallness and width of this corridor: the width of the entire passage is enough for six stage carriages to pass side by side without being cramped, even if there are three or four tauren with their heads and feet on top of each other. It was difficult to touch the ceiling of the passage even while standing there. If this passage is really just a dog hole in the wall, then the pedestrians walking through it will be like ants staggering in the dog hole, and they will only feel their own insignificance more and more.
What¡¯s even more shocking is that the passage into the temple is actually hundreds of steps long, and the walls on both sides of the passage are all made of crystal clear and extremely solid ice. You know, the length of this corridor is equivalent to the thickness of the entire wall. The walls are hundreds of steps thick, all made of solid ice. This means that the water used to build this temple is enough to fill a huge lake - I can't even find the right words to describe this magnificence. The sight of the scene filled my heart with the words "incredible".
The designer who built this magnificent temple seemed to think that our jaws were not open enough. When we walked through the corridor and truly entered the interior of the temple, he finally revealed the most beautiful side of this temple and successfully opened our minds. The concept of the word "magnificent" was shattered.
The sky above the entire temple is covered by an extremely huge ice dome. The sun shines on the ice and spreads along the frozen texture inside the ice. The strange brilliance instantly fills the entire ice surface and illuminates the entire hall brilliantly. Even the huge ice wall that is so cold is reflected. Full of warm colors. The light is projected repeatedly between the ice layers, and the various gorgeous colors gathered in the pale sunlight are peeled off layer by layer, crossing a rainbow bridge along the curved dome, and solidifying in the sky like a substance, never ending dissipate.
Now we know why this magnificent building covered with layers of frost is called the "Rainbow Temple of War".
Compared to the magnificent architectural structure of this temple, its interior furnishings are a bit too simple. Inside the empty temple, there was only a chest-high circular arena in the center. The arena is not very big, with a diameter of only about thirty steps. Like the basic structure of the entire building, this arena is also made of a solid block of hard steel ice. However? Such a solid arena is still covered with all kinds of deep scratches and gaps - just looking at these shocking marks, you can fully imagine the tragic things that happened in this arena. fighting.
"Ah, we're finally here" Looking at the empty arena, Fei Yin sighed expectantly, and then she turned to us and said, "take the time to rest, and change as soon as possible if there is equipment suitable for a duel." Come on, I will sign up when your status is full."
My friends immediately took out all kinds of food to restore their strength and munched on it, but it was only then that I suddenly realized something important: I had been busy tracking down Wagner's traces, and I temporarily joined Fei Yin's group on the way. Team. I only knew that they came here together to complete a very important guild task, but they knew nothing about the task itself.
You can¡¯t really blame me for being too careless about the future of the guild: when anyone knows that the end of the world is coming, it is unlikely that they will pay attention to what they will do after the end of the world, right?
"Um Mr. President" I raised my right hand hesitantly and asked with a confused look on my face, "what is our mission exactly?"
In my mind, almost all missions in the world that must be completed by a team require us to travel long distances to the mountains and then plunge into a pile of monsters with more hair than cows in some inexplicable cave or fortress. Throwing heads and blood, impassionedly and selflessly slashing and being slashed, and eventually a big guy will probably appear who is huge, ugly, slow-moving, but has amazing attack power - and most importantly, the health tank is hopelessly long. , the mission is not completed until he is hacked to death. And the more important and difficult the mission, the more monsters there will be on the way, and the longer the blood tank of the big guy at the end will be - this seems to be one of the many rules that prevail in this world.
I have never seen a more spectacular man-made landscape than this temple, but equally, I have never seen a worse mission location than here: in this empty hall, there are neither small monsters with a huge population base nor There is no big monster with a strong health index. There are no enemies, no experience points, and no quest items Overall, this is an unattractive "three noes" quest - I really can't imagine what kind of quest can be completed under such crude conditions. .
But soon, the mission statement presented by Fei Yin cleared up my doubts:
"The martial arts arena of the gods": In the high mountains of the Kokra Mountains, the spine of the world, there is a legendary temple for warriors - the "Rainbow Temple of War God". Curious gods sometimes come here to admire the bravery of the warriors from the lower world. The brave warriors who come together will find this temple, show their bravery as warriors in front of the gods, and please the gods with nine victories. The gods will give you and your companions rich gifts.
This task requires five participants to work in the same guild. They will engage in one-on-one battles with opponents from opposing camps. In order to express their piety and awe to the gods, the warriors who take the stage to duel will not be able to use any medicine. All they rely on are the weapons in their hands and the courage in their hearts. There are two ways to win. One is to completely defeat the opponent and be unable to continue fighting; the other is to knock the opponent off the ring through your skills. The winner of each duel will remain in the ring to face the challenge of the next opponent, regardless of how much health they have left. Until all the warriors on one side are defeated or a member of the team withdraws midway, the battle will be judged as a defeat.
Having the opportunity to perform a martial arts duel under the gaze of the gods, to prove one's bravery and piety by defeating the opponent, and to add a sacred brilliance to one's martial arts in the majestic eyes of the gods. As a warrior, this is simply a wonderful experience. The supreme glory that I have dreamed of all my life. But now, this glorious moment is about to come, and the great happiness suddenly stirs up the generous pride of dedication and piety in my heart, making me wish I could devote my limited life to unlimited service to the gods.
But the gods are benevolent. They love those pious and heroic warriors very much, so they will not let them die in vain just to please themselves. Therefore, duelists who are defeated in the ring will not really die. When their health points are left to the last point, they will completely lose their ability to fight and be judged as failed by the gods.
There is no chance to shed the last drop of blood in this most sacred battle of honor, to dedicate his life in front of the glorious throne, to bear the most solemn sacred glory with his humble soul, as a man who worships gods and has firm faith. A devout believer, this is such a fortunateer, I mean regretfulthing.
Hey, don¡¯t look that suspicious. How can you question my piety like that? This is simply a huge insult to my character, and I really feel sorry for it - of course.?It's not bad news that we won't have to die in vain just because of an exhibition match to entertain the gods.
Although I also want to tell you that these partners around me also have the same lofty beliefs and ideals as me. They traveled long distances with me and overcame many difficulties and obstacles to come here just to dedicate their honor to God. But to be honest, I can¡¯t even fool myself with this nonsense. What really drives them to travel thousands of miles and brave hardships to board this frozen continent full of death, cold, loneliness and despair is the generous reward that the gods will bestow on the winner:
No matter how many duels you fail, once you win nine, the gods will recognize your bravery and tenacity and be satisfied with your piety. In recognition of all you have done, the gods will give you a "Proof of Glory of the Chosen Knights". Any adventure guild that obtains this certificate can exchange a fief from the temple and build a fief on it. Build your own guild headquarters, where guild members can improve their skills faster and enjoy greater price discounts in buying and selling medicines and equipment.
What needs to be pointed out in particular is that even if you go through a series of hard battles, suffer the humiliation of many defeats, win nine victories after bloody battles, and finally obtain the honorary certificate given by the gods, the temple will not give up a piece of downtown in vain. The land in the land is given to you. If your guild wants to get its own guild headquarters, it must first "donate" 100,000 gold coins.
To put it bluntly, the certificate of honor given by the gods is nothing more than a high-level real estate subscription certificate. The ultimate goal is just to let a lot of gold coins flow into the person who is always full of energy and gives you a tube of blood. "Daremos Real Estate Development Co., Ltd." - Although I don't understand what this means, it sounds like what Fei Yin said makes sense.
"These damn profiteers!" At this point, Fei Yin glared with a pair of angry eyes and cursed fiercely - in my opinion, she did this not only out of strong indignation against the profiteers, but also out of strong indignation against the profiteers. Or out of deep jealousy of these profiteers and a strong desire to become such profiteers.
"One hundred thousand?!" This huge astronomical figure I had never seen before scared me. "Or gold coins?! Sir, do we have that much money?"
"What do you think?" Fei Yin glared at me angrily, "Everyone borrowed hundreds of gold coins from the guild, but they didn't come back for a week or two. After three days of forming, they still couldn't form a gold group. It was so hard. We formed a group, but the group was wiped out six times in one night Paupers, rookies, gangsters Why do all the idiots and scum in the server seem to have crowded into our guild? One hundred thousand gold coins? Even if I cut you all off. It¡¯s not even worth the price if it¡¯s broken into pieces and sold as meat¡¡±
As she said that, she looked maliciously up and down at the Yangtze River Delta squatting not far away. I think what she meant was: If all the members of our guild grew up to the size of a half-orc shadow thief, the price of selling meat would be That should be enough - maybe there will be some left over.
Yangjia probably didn¡¯t hear what Fei Yin was saying. Under the gaze of the president, he shyly patted his belly with a coy smile on his face - he didn't know yet that his bloated figure had clearly doubled in value in Fei Yin's eyes.
"Then how much money do we have left?" Yan Zhen came over and asked with concern.
"Including the guild's public funds and the private money I saved, there are already more than ninety-four thousand. If I have another five thousand gold coins, it will be enough" Fei Yin shook her head in frustration.
¡°Originally?¡± I sensitively discovered this word that symbolizes the past tense. Logically speaking, after such a long adventure, what we gained along the way should be able to fill this quantitative gap. So, I asked hopefully:
"what about now?"
"There's still more than eight thousand left" The president's voice was as small as a newborn cat - I have never seen her look so ashamed.
"How could this happen?" Yan Zhen exclaimed in disbelief, "Why does it get worse and worse?"
"You damn woman, you actually have the nerve to ask me" Fei Yin looked at Yan Zhen in anger, and then took out a dozen potions from her backpack in depression, " you think these things are all Did the system give it to you for free? Our level is not very high. We don¡¯t necessarily have to lose many games to win nine games. When we exit with all our health points, we can¡¯t just sit there for ten minutes and wait for our health to be fully restored. Right? These potions will come in handy then. In the end, I didn¡¯t expect that the monsters on the road were so difficult to fight, and you didn¡¯t even have enough life potions. Originally, I thought this was a good opportunity. If each of you If you can buy two more bottles, the guild will lose one less?. I only charge you 10 more silver coins for a bottle of potion, and it¡¯s not much more expensive. It¡¯s more cost-effective than dying and starting over, but I didn¡¯t expect that little white rabbit of yours to actually jump out and cause trouble"
The President became more and more angry as he spoke. He stretched out his two small white hands angrily and affectionately, and rubbed Yan Zhen's face back and forth to express his dissatisfaction with this good female companion. Yanzhen giggled and pouted to defend his pet under Fei Yin's clutches:
"Doing (this) can't be considered as causing trouble, my rabbit Tsa Taka has made great achievements"
I completely agree with Yan Zhen's opinion. That magical little white rabbit has indeed made great contributions to us - at least it successfully saved my already very shy baby from the hands of the president who is more greedy than the dragon. Money bag, I will never forget this kindness.
No matter how bad the means of oppressing the working people are, I still feel a little guilty for the president who single-handedly supports the entire guild's finances. Looking back, it seems that I have never actively participated in the various profit-making undertakings of the guild, and the alchemy I have practiced seems to have been making a huge contribution to the guild by burning money. And listening to what Fei Yin said, it seems that there are not many guild members like me who lack the spirit of collectivism and are lazy to engage in productive labor. For many space-related people, guild members like us who don¡¯t create much labor value and can¡¯t contribute much in guild battles seem to be only suitable for two glorious jobs: one is herding cattle, and the other is herding cattle. The other is paddling - I don't know why they say that
¡°In short, such a free and undisciplined adventuring guild actually still has a balance in the public account-such an appalling thing can only happen in the hands of Fei Yin.
"President" I said to Fei Yin deeply with admiration and admiration in my heart, "only now do I understand how difficult it is for you"
Facing my heartfelt sigh, Miss Feiyin seemed a little emotional. There was a crystal luster hanging from the corners of her eyes. She held my hand tightly with her right hand. She picked up a stack of life potions with her left hand and placed it carefully in my hand:
"Since you know how difficult it is for me just buy two bottles"