Chapter 272 Gargoyle
Qi Tian stopped and thought for a moment, then said: "Actually, there is a way to forcefully attack these six types of abnormal monsters, which is to use the thieves' special ability 'Ghost Strike'. However, at my current level, I can use it up to 9 times a day." "Ghost Strike' is not enough to deal with these gargoyles."
"In fact, we don't have to fight the gargoyles at all."
Gao Fei patted the tomb path scroll in his hand.
"When Uncle Joseph gave me the map, he also taught me a mantra. After reciting the mantra, we will not only be protected from the attack of the gargoyles, but we can also control the gargoyles to open a shortcut to the interior of the royal tomb."
"Ah! Is there such a good thing? Brother Fei, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief and put the dagger back into its scabbard.
Gao Fei asked his companions to stay where they were, and walked alone to the closed door of the tomb. He raised his hand to press the bronze door while chanting the spell taught by the dwarf uncle.
In response to his call, the bronze door began to vibrate with magic power, buzzing and trembling, as if it was resonating with the obscure spell he was chanting.
As Jiang Feng and others watched nervously, the 12 rock pillars arranged symmetrically around Olaf's Great Pyramid also began to glow with magical power.
The gargoyles squatting on the pillars seemed to be awakened by some mysterious power. They stood up one after another, vibrated their obsidian wings, and flew down from the tall pillars.
Two of the gargoyles pounced on Gao Fei, grabbed one of his arms respectively, and dragged him into the air, flying straight to the top of the Great Pyramid.
When Sister Eve saw this scene, she couldn't help but become anxious and planned to cast a spell to attack the gargoyle that kidnapped Goofy.
Jiang Feng looked at the system prompts and looked surprised. He quickly stopped Eve and reassured her not to mess around.
"Don't worry, the gargoyles are not hostile!"
Eve barely restrained her uneasiness and stared at the figure that was gradually blurring in mid-air.
The two gargoyles acted as porters, carrying Gao Fei to the top of the Great Pyramid a hundred meters above the ground, and then placed him on the top platform of the tower.
Qi Tian squinted his eyes and looked at the top of the tower. He was relieved after confirming that Gao Fei had landed safely.
At this time, two more gargoyles flew over.
Qi Tian quickly waved to them: "I come first, I come first!"
The gargoyles looked at him coldly, then responded to his call and descended from the sky. Just like they did to Gao Fei just now, they grabbed one of his arms and dragged him into the air.
Immediately afterwards, another pair of gargoyles came to act as porters.
This time Jiang Feng took the initiative and raised his arms so that the gargoyle could drag her into the sky.
In fact, she could use "Riding Wind Step" to fly directly to the top of the pyramid, but since she had a ride, why waste her energy and fly on her own.
Soon after Qi Tian and Jiang Feng climbed to the top of the tower, the gargoyles sent Eve, Al, Wushi and Muning up as well.
The four parapets around the top of the pyramid each have three crenellations.
The twelve gargoyles that completed the transportation mission landed from the sky, each squatting on a crenel, and transformed into stone sculptures again.
When all twelve crenels were filled with gargoyles, Gao Fei and others immediately felt the ground beneath their feet shaking slightly.
Looking down, complex luminous runes appeared on the top platform of the tower, like many weird geometric figures, which together formed a magic circle.
Just when they were at a loss, a strong golden light suddenly appeared from the magic circle under their feet, forcing them to close their eyes, and then they felt dizzy...
When they regained consciousness, Gao Fei and others were surprised to find that they had been teleported into a dark stone room. The faintly glowing teleportation circle under their feet was the only light source inside the stone room.
"Based on my professional experience..." Qi Tian looked around, his eyes particularly bright in the darkness, "This should be the inside of the Great Pyramid."
"You guessed it."
Gao Fei unfolded the tomb passage map and pointed to the location marked with a red circle on the map for everyone to see.
"We are here. Remember this stone room. When we come back, we will still need the magic circle in the room. It can transport us directly outside King Olaf's Tomb."
"Great, we already have a retreat, which direction should we explore next?" Qi Tian asked excitedly.
"After exiting the stone chamber, there is a three-way intersection. The one on the left is the road recommended by Uncle Joseph." Gao Fei said.
"As long as we follow the recommended route on the map, we can avoid traps and monsters, enter King Olaf's palace smoothly, and get the sacred axe?" Qi Tian asked.
"You're overthinking! If it's really that simple, what do you, a thief, have to do?" Gao Fei rolled his eyes at him angrily, "The tomb passage map can only provide a shortcut, but it cannot guarantee the safety of this trip. Let's follow it. If you go along the route recommended by Uncle Joseph, you will encounter fewer traps and monsters than other routes, but it will never be without risk."
Gao Fei put away the map of the tomb passage, looked up at the only exit of the stone chamber, took a deep breath, and solemnly said to his companions:
"From here on, we can only rely on ourselves."
After walking out of the stone chamber where the teleportation array was located, the light in the tomb passage immediately dimmed.
Goofy wears the "Dawn Horn Helmet" presented by Joseph Cooper, and his vision is strengthened by the helmet and is not affected by the natural darkness.
The companions behind him, except for Jiang Feng, Qi Tian and Mu Ning, did not have "dark vision".
Goofy took out the "Floating Ball" from the storage bag, and the remote-controlled crystal ball flew into the air, emitting a soft light to provide illumination for his companions.
Qi Tian glanced at the glowing crystal ball, squeezed past Gao Fei, walked at the front of the team, and was responsible for exploring the way.
When he left the illuminated area of the "floating ball", his body quietly merged into the shadow, like a drop of water merging into the sea, disappearing from everyone's sight without a trace.
Gao Fei knew that this was the thief's professional ability "stealth expert" at work - out of the strong light, it would automatically become invisible.
Qi Tian's thief not only hid his body, but also did not make even the slightest footsteps when walking. If Gao Fei had not turned on the "Teammate Visible" option on the game settings page, even he would not have been able to figure out where Qi Tian was hiding.
Following the guidance of the map, everyone turned into the tomb passage on the left side of the fork in the road. In front of them was a straight corridor with weathered bone fragments scattered on the floor, as if to show the fate of the tomb robbers.
The corridor was about 20 meters long, with a closed stone door at the end.
On both sides of the stone gate, there were two stove-like devices, each with a fire basin made of polished rocks placed neatly.
Qi Tian walked to one of the fire basins to investigate, and then sniffed the sticky liquid in the fire basin. He turned back and said to Gao Fei: "The stone basin contains whale oil and cotton thread wicks. Lighting the wicks can activate the hidden mechanism in the corridor. It is not clear what will happen after the mechanism is activated."
