Chapter 365: The Evil God's Plot
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"Emperor"'s refusal was so blunt that Alger was somewhat surprised. Although he had no intention of becoming a so-called "helper," he also didn't plan to refuse.
Instead, he intended to respond in a way that neither agreed nor refused.
However, considering his strength, Alger always positioned himself as a guide, a second-in-command, during this expedition.
Therefore, although he didn't agree with "Emperor"'s approach, he didn't voice any objections.
The old and solemn voice didn't seem to expect that Hobert would refuse so thoroughly.
After a long while, he asked, "Child, don't you know how much disaster the arrival of an evil god will bring to this world?"
"It is because I know that I refuse," Hobert said, "I noticed just now, the scepter and ring in your hand, which reminded me of the murals I saw in the temple before.
"I also noticed that on these skeletons in front of us, there are also two rings of the same style as the one on your hand. If my spirituality is not a problem, judging from the Beyonder characteristics around them, the two elves wearing the rings were both Sequence 5 before their death.
"In terms of strength, I think this kind of ring should be similar to the symbol of leadership among the elves.
"And the scepter in your hand represents the power symbol of the highest leader."
The old voice said, "You guessed right, this ring has a symbolic meaning you can hardly imagine.
"But what does this have to do with refusing my request?"
"It has a lot to do with it!" Hobert said, squatting down and saying to Alger, "For example, this Beyonder characteristic of the elves. You are a Beyonder of the 'Sailor' pathway. Feel it, is this an Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 5?"
Alger was slightly stunned, but immediately showed the shrewdness of an old hand. He took the Beyonder characteristic handed over by Hobert, held it in his hand, and pretended to feel it, saying, "Yes, it is an Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 5."
After speaking, he smoothly put the Beyonder characteristic into his pocket, the whole movement was exceptionally smooth.
Hobert, who was squatting on the ground, continued, "Look, how exquisite this ring is, how beautiful this pendant is, all of which are showing his distinctiveness in identity."
While saying this, he smoothly put the ring and pendant into his pocket, the movements were equally smooth.
"Most importantly, before he died, his face was facing the outside of the cave." Hobert seemed to be trying to divert the attention of the old voice, and immediately pointed out the key point:
"This shows that he didn't die in the process of preparing to kill you, but rather died while trying to escape outside the cave.
"Associating it with the last mural in the temple, what you said about not allowing your body to have any closed places should be about creating a container for the arrival of the evil god in the astral world, that is not a sacrifice.
"And after countless experiments on the elves on this island, all of which ended in failure, you, the leader of the elves, a saint, tried to become a container for the evil god.
"Perhaps because of your demigod physique, the experiment of creating a container for the evil god was finally successful!
"But at the same time as the success, the evil power descended, causing all the leaders of the elves in this cave to lose control and die!"
"Child, has your thinking always been so abnormal?" The voice seemed to be amused, "If the evil god has already arrived, it will trigger a catastrophe in the North and South continents! The key is that you, who are so close to me, would have died long ago!"
Hobert said seriously, "That's because the priests and the elves outside the cave realized that they had made a big mistake.
"So they and the priests sacrificed their lives to their mortal enemy, the 'Lord of Storms,' allowing the 'Lord of Storms' to immediately descend and seal you in this cave, in this body.
"Although I belong to a different race from them, I think they are very respectable people!
"If I'm not mistaken, as long as this body is destroyed, you will descend again, right? Lord Evil God!"
In fact, the reason why Hobert initially suspected that there was something wrong with this corpse was the corpse itself.
In the cave outside, it was full of mummified corpses. If there was a skeleton among them, Hobert would definitely suspect that there was something wrong with the skeleton.
Similarly, the cave inside was full of skeletons, and there was only one corpse without any signs of decay, then it must have a big problem!
Hobert therefore became suspicious, and then launched some series of deductions and associations.
The cave fell into silence, and Hobert slowly raised his hand and placed it on Alger's shoulder.
In fact, the reason why he said so much just now, first was to naturally pick up certain spoils, and second was to disrupt the other party's attention.
When Hobert realized that there was something wrong with the corpse in front of him, he knew that this matter could not be resolved peacefully today. Whether he refused or agreed, the other party could not easily let them go.
Evil gods would not be satisfied with some ambiguous answers.
Rather than answering according to the other party's intentions, it would be better to simply "overturn the table"!
Of course, Hobert would take such a risk, which was inseparable from his "travel" ability.
The corpse suddenly raised its withered arm holding the scepter, "The elves have a saying: Too smart people tend to die early."
Hobert felt that the entire cave seemed to be filled with electricity, and he quickly used "Travel" to escape.
But the space in front of him and Alger had just become illusory, and immediately returned to normal.
The solemn voice said, "No one can escape from here!"
Lightning and thunder suddenly flashed in the wide cave, and lightning bolts fell from the top of the cave.
Hobert and Alger quickly separated to avoid them. Alger's balance ability allowed him to make acrobatic-like movements to avoid the dense lightning.
"Distort!"
Hobert could only use "Distort" to dodge repeatedly. If he really couldn't dodge, he had to use "Paper Figure Substitute."
Even so, he was still struck by lightning, his hair and sweat standing on end, and his whole body was pitch black.
Even if Hobert had the blessing of the "Zombie Spoon" and the strong physique of the "Baron of Corruption," he was still paralyzed by the electricity and his movements were stiff.
And Alger's "Sapphire Scepter" showed a huge effect at this time. Even if he couldn't avoid it, he could use the "Scepter" to slightly deflect the lightning.
Fortunately, both of them were old hands. In the process of avoiding the lightning, they had already approached the exit.
Hobert, who had been struck by lightning, scrambled and stumbled, and fled into the cave in a mess.
Alger was not much better. Even if he was not struck by lightning, the hair on his body stood up, and there were many charred marks on his clothes.
Hobert looked back and saw that the corpse had appeared behind them.
The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys floating around the headless corpse were all in full view, and even a strange fishy smell could be smelled.
It's just that this corpse could not leave the cave inside. Seeing the two of them escape, its somewhat withered head showed an angry expression, and its brain was moving around in its skull in anger.
Hobert and Alger didn't dare to stay and hurried out.
But after walking a few steps, a hurricane blew in front of them.
Whoosh~
The hurricane was terrifying, and the two of them quickly fell against the wall to reduce the area of contact with the wind.
Hobert's two hands were like steel claws, clasping the cracks in the stone, so as not to be blown back by the wind.
Alger did not have such great strength, nor did his body have such great strength. He was blown back again and again, and was about to be caught by the headless corpse.
Hobert quickly stretched out a leg for Alger to grab.
But the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it was not a solution to continue like this. The two of them would be blown back into the cave sooner or later.
Hobert's mind raced, and he suddenly thought of the "Cursed Jade" he had taken out of the "Nation of Disorder" a few days ago.
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