Chapter 157 "Apparition" Underground Finance Rusty (5000)

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In this twisted space, Sarui, who had reshaped his body, looked confused.

His old, strange face was extremely wrinkled, and his expression was as if he had eaten something unclean, staring at Dorn and Vulkan.

The two Primarchs were forced to lose their ability to move and fight because their minds were constantly impacted by dark magic and filthy whispers.

Even so, the brothers' eyes were still firm, without any wavering or hesitation, and they stared at Sarui not far away.

Boom——!

Suddenly, two hot, particularly dazzling, and shining golden lights fell from the sky, dispelling all the darkness and filth that harassed the two Primarchs with absolute power.

Not only that, the bodies of the two Primarchs actually burned with light golden flames.

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Seeing this scene, Sarui was completely stunned on the spot.

What's the situation with these two golden lights? !

Could it be the work of the Human Emperor far in the south? ?

And! They are just two immature babies, where do they have such strong will? ?

The most important thing is, do they really have no resentment towards the new emperor? ?

In fact, the wizard's goal from beginning to end was to corrupt the Primarch.

By sacrificing 600,000 residents in the east of the city, he lured the imperial guards who were already dissatisfied with "him" to form an alliance with the Primarch, and then really sacrificed thousands of elite soldiers including the commander of the imperial guards, and successfully tied up Dorn and Vulkan.

But Saruyi underestimated the loyalty of the Primarch to the new emperor, which made "him" fall into extreme self-doubt and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"You like to play tricks, die for me!!"

"Bewitched? Do you think bewitching can shake my hammer?!"

However, Dorn and Vulkan, who regained their freedom, didn't care what Saruyi thought at all. Now they only had one idea, that is, to cut the wizard in front of them in half and hammer them to death.

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Seeing the fierce attack of the two brothers, Sarui was actually terrified.

Escape!

This human wizard who was suspected to be bewitched and corrupted by Moyido knew that if he continued to stay in this twisted space, the only outcome would be "death".

And it was a death at the level of the soul.

So Sarui had no courage, let alone the confidence to face the anger of the Primarch, so he took out the teleportation scroll written in human blood without hesitation, and prepared to escape to the outside of the capital first.

However, the baron who led the city defense army at the time had prepared Dorn and Vulcan, and saw through Sarui's intention to take out the scroll at a glance, and with the tacit cooperation of the two brothers-

Chi--!

The Storm Giant Sword burning with golden flames directly cut off Sarui's arms.

Bang--!

The Frost Giant Hammer hit Sarui's body again.

With a "Puff!" sound, the corrupt wizard who was good at long-range spells and bewitching people was smashed like a watermelon hitting the ground.

Smelly black blood splattered outward, and the still wriggling intestines and soft internal organs scattered and fell.

With only the head, neck and half of the chest cavity left, Sarui first experienced a "rapid flight", then a "high-altitude fall", and finally collapsed not far in front of Dorne and Vulcan.

"My Lord, save me"

This time, Sarui, who suffered a serious injury, could no longer reshape his body, and could not stop breathing out, wanting "him" or its master Moyiduo to save it from life and death like the "appearance" of the human emperor.

Unfortunately, the last scene in its eyes was not from Moyiduo's "salvation", but in a trance, it witnessed the appearance of a giant covered in dazzling light.

Then, its life and even its soul were completely "plundered" and "devoured" by the giant.

From the perspective of Dorne and Vulcan, the fragments of Sarui's body were burned out by the golden flames and disappeared without a trace.

"Brother, do you think that our father helped us?" Dorn asked.

"Yes." Vulcan nodded in response, and looked around the twisted space where they were, and continued:

"The question now is how can we get out of here."

"Try to hit the ground with your hammer?" Dorn suggested casually.

"Okay." Vulcan believed it, picked up the frost hammer and hit the ground with all his strength -

Boom - boom - ! !

The moment before the hammer tip touched the ground, the twisted space began to tremble and collapse on its own initiative.

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Dorn turned his head to look at Vulcan with a confused look on his face, as if to say "I just said that, but I didn't expect you to really break it?".

"Not me."

Vulcan shrugged and shook the frost hammer in his hand, indicating that he withdrew his strength when he noticed the abnormality, and did not let the hammer tip actually touch the ground.

However, before the two of them could move away, the desert surface of the distorted space began to collapse downwards, dragging them into the "dark abyss" in an instant.

At the same time, on the central square side;

The distorted space was like a giant dark purple hemisphere, and it was directly buckled on the central square, and the internal situation could not be seen from the outside.

Moreover, the magic barrier covering the entire eastern area of ​​the city still existed, and it seemed that it had not dissipated due to the death of Salui.

As for Aoi, Soljan, and Pietro, they left the underground sewer when the change suddenly occurred and came to an alley on the surface to observe secretly.

Looking at the sphere with a height of 100 meters at the top, Soljan couldn't help but sighed: "Those two guys should be fine."

"Don't worry." As a veteran, Pietro remained calm.

On the other hand, Aoi, who should have been unusually cold, frowned at this moment.

Boom. Boom-! !

Suddenly!

The violent shaking of the earth made the three realize that a drastic change was about to break out, so they all held their weapons and prepared to fight.

However, the expected battle did not happen at all. Instead, the collapse of the distorted space caused the earth to shake violently several times, and then triggered a chain reaction.

It was like there was a large cavity deep underground, and the collapse of the distorted space caused the surface to bear an overload, causing the soil to sink rapidly around the central square.

"Run, man! Elves, you can do it yourself, anyway, you run faster than us!"

Seeing that their location was about to be affected by the subsidence, Soljan hurriedly pulled Pietro, who was nearby, to escape.

But before he could move, the subsidence had reached the alley entrance.

"Ahhh!!"

The weightlessness of stepping on air and the continuous free fall made Soljan, who was born with a fear of heights, scream and shout.

Finally, the darkness completely covered his vision, and his mouth, which was originally shouting, could not make any sound because of the soil.

Soljan tried to struggle, but his hands and legs had no strength at all, and the increasingly severe suffocation was gradually wearing away his thinking consciousness.

Just when he thought he was going to suffocate to death, someone seemed to be digging continuously, making the soil that was pressed on him loose.

But Soljan still couldn't resist the lack of consciousness caused by lack of oxygen, and fell into a deep "sleep".

I don't know how long it took...

"Hey! Friend, wake up!"

Vulcan's anxious voice echoed in his ears.

"Vulcan...you are dead too...?"

Soljan said confusedly.

Pa-pa-!

But immediately, Soljan felt someone slapping his cheek again.

Slowly opening his eyes, he saw Dorne, Aoi, Pietro, and Vulcan squatting beside him, "carefully" fanning him with his hands.

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Thoryang, who had completely recovered, suddenly turned over and stood up, feeling his whole body with both hands, and then looked at his comrades, saying in disbelief:

"I... am not dead?"

"More than not dead." Dorne looked around and said with a smile: "We also accidentally fell into the tomb of the first human emperor."

"It may be the tomb of the first human emperor, maybe." Aoi corrected.

Tomb?

Hearing this, Thoryang freed up his energy and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

What was presented in front of him was a suddenly bright underground world, and they were at the entrance of a magnificent underground palace.

Floating above, it was clear that the light magic released by Aoi lit up the surroundings, so that everyone did not need to grope in the dark.

Still a little confused, Solyang continued to observe the surrounding environment and followed his comrades into the palace, sighing:

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the depths of the maze under the capital. I didn't expect that you two guys went to kill the wizard and brought us to the legendary tomb."

"It seems that the prophecy is accurate." Aoi, who was walking in the front, explained:

"The capital maze is occupied by the empire because of the rare metal mithril, so the empire has the sole mining rights. Adventurers and free mercenaries have no chance to come here to explore."

"Outsiders have no chance, what about the empire?" Vulcan asked.

"There are many natural magic barriers deep in the maze. Unless there are high-level mages to help, the road to exploration will be difficult."

Aoi saw them passing through the main gate with stone pillars and entering the stone brick tunnel with a width and height of about seven meters, so he lowered his voice a little:

"And the high-level mages are considered strategic talents in the whole of Terra. After all, they can work together to release super-level magic. In addition, there are many undead monsters in the depths of the maze, so over time, there is no motivation to continue exploring."

"The main reason is that the annual output of mithril is enough to support the empire's fiscal expenditure..." Pietro added.

Because the veteran is in the frontier and is dissatisfied with the empire's direct troops, he is very sensitive to matters related to "money".

"The most unexpected, but most reasonable place is right under your feet." Vulkan suddenly realized after hearing everyone's explanation.

"Far away in the sky, close at hand." Dorn said the idiom mentioned by their father.

Next.

In order to avoid exposing themselves too much, the group chose to walk through the tunnel in silence, and Aoi, who was good at magic, provided light.

Leaving the tunnel.

They came to an open area.

To Aoi, Thorjan, and Pietro, this was just a hall with four human-shaped statues.

But to Dorn and Vulkan, this was like a super-small...relic base!

Those four human-shaped statues, weren't they the Astartes that their father had expected?

But before they completely figured out what was going on, the two primarchs did not show any surprise, nor did they reveal relevant information to their three comrades.

At this time.

They found that there seemed to be flashes of light at the entrance of another passage at the end of the hall?

The group continued to move forward silently, and soon passed by the statues, passed through the passage, and arrived at an underground space that was several times, or even dozens of times, more spacious than the previous collapsed area.

On the stone walls on both sides of the entrance and exit, there was a flame that seemed to never go out, and it provided a brilliant light source for the seemingly boundless...

"Ocean of Gold Coins" in front of everyone.

It was a real ocean of gold coins!

Countless gold coins stretched endlessly like mountains.

Moreover, there were also piles of mithril ingots and bricks, which complemented the randomly scattered and placed swords, armors and magic gems of various uses.

"This is simply a treasure trove..."

As a dwarf, Thor Yang naturally couldn't escape his nature of liking money and jewelry, and his eyes couldn't move away from the gold and silver mountains in front of him.

"This can buy the entire capital... No, it's enough to buy the entire empire..." Pietro muttered to himself as always.

"Brother, do you think that our discovery of this place will help relieve the financial pressure on my father and the company?"

"It should be, but the company is not short of money anyway."

Dorn and Vulkan were thinking about how to use this place to further enhance Atlas's strength.

"..." But Aoi always focused on fulfilling the prophecy.

She didn't think that the treasure in front of her could help the new emperor destroy Moyido once and for all.

Roar————!

When Aoi was about to remind her companions to continue searching, she heard a low dragon roar.

Whoosh——whoosh——!

Then they heard a rhythmic flapping of wings, which made everyone immediately alert.

"No way, do we really want to slay the dragon?" Thor Yang sighed habitually before the battle.

As soon as the voice fell.

A four-legged dragon covered with black scales and with a wingspan of more than 100 meters appeared in everyone's sight.

Whoosh—whoosh—!

The dragon flapped its wings more frequently, slowed down its speed, and landed on one of the golden mountains, looking down at the five people who broke in.

"..."

Seeing this, Dorn and Vulkan were considering whether to attack first.

After all, the dragons living in Terrala are good at using magic, and the dragon's breath is a basic trick mastered by every dragon.

If the opponent is hostile, the three comrades are likely to die on the spot, so they must seize the initiative.

But...

"Ah~ You two are the sons of the human emperor, right?" The dragon's question broke the original tension.

Then, without waiting for Dorn and Vulcan to answer, it said hurriedly:

"Forget it, forget it. There is no one else who can come here except the son of the emperor and their three companions. Wait, let me find the key to help the emperor bind Moyiduo...

Eh? Where is it... Look at my memory..."

While the dragon was speaking, it used its two pairs of forearms to keep digging between the gold mountains.

Dorn, Vulcan and others looked at each other. They were all ready to start a fierce dragon-slaying battle, but they never thought that the other party would not give them a chance at all, and directly provide help and fulfill the prophecy.

This...

I always feel uneasy if I don't fight or fight a battle.

"Ha! Found it!"

At this moment, the dragon pinched out a "rusty sword" and an "iron claw" from a pile of gold coins, and placed them in front of everyone with care.

"Uh..."

Looking at the rusty one-handed sword and five-fingered claws, Dorn was confused, but in order to avoid annoying the other party, he said tactfully:

"Thank you for your straightforwardness and assistance, may I know your name..."

"Name? I will never tell you my real name, kid, it's okay to tell your dad, but... you can call me Niron Hog."

The dragon who called himself Niron Hog ​​gently swung his forearm.

"Okay, Lord Niron Hog." Dorn pretended to be worried and continued to test: "We are trapped here. If you can help us return to the surface...

Or, if you can help us quickly go to Shahai Town in the southern continent, I would be very grateful!"

"Shahai Town? Kid, you don't think that the key items I brought you are fake, and then confront in front of your father, right? Huh?"

Niron Hog's tone was low, and he also pulled the distance between the two sides, so that Dorn and others could clearly feel its hot breathing.

"Haha, kid! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"

But the next second, Niren Hogg laughed again, turned around, and frankly exposed his back to everyone:

"Come up! Isn't it easy to take you to the south? It's just right for you to meet your father and take a swearing of allegiance... Hurry up."

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Three hours later.

The Shahai Town, thousands of kilometers away, has changed a lot. After continuous expansion and transformation by the Atlas Engineering Department and the dwarves, it has become a "semi" modern military town.

The various ethnic forces gathered here exceed 600,000, and Atlas has deployed more than 40,000 armed units, half of which are clones who are the main force.

At this moment, in the meeting hall of the Lord's Castle;

Sui Yang, wearing power armor, is reading the real-time dynamics of the entire Terra through the magic sand table and holographic screen.

However, when Dorne and Vulkan were ambushed, Sui Yang first heard his sons' cries and then felt that their minds were being tortured.

In this regard, Sui Yang naturally would not let the instigator, Sarui, off lightly and directly [plundered] and devoured him.

But after this episode, he was reminded that all his sons at this stage might be targeted by those who like to play with people's hearts.

Fortunately, Dorne and Vulcan's performance in fighting corruption gave Sui Yang a certain degree of confidence, believing that his education was indeed effective and there was no problem.

"Your Majesty."

At this time, the Elf Queen Tinas, who was standing not far to his right, flashed a dim silver light in her eyes, then slightly turned sideways, with a signature smile on her face, and reminded:

"As my clan predicted, your two descendants have successfully found the key item that can bind Moido."