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The treasure hiding place of the orc bandit Ruel is actually very secret. It is located deep in the Ash Forest, next to an open space where skeletons are bred.

In the Ash Forest, some places are particularly prone to the gathering of negative energy, so that no grass grows, and there is an empty flat land. Under the flat land, the flow of negative energy will slowly transfer various skeletons here, forming a huge pile of bones. Every night, they will become a large group of skeletons, silently absorbing negative energy in the open space and constantly strengthening.

This special terrain is called a "skeleton pile". When Sui Xiong first set foot on land, he once studied such a "skeleton pile".

The place where Ruel hid the treasure is located near a medium-sized "skeleton pile". Whether looking from the sky or on the ground, there is nothing special. Only by using positioning magic can the coordinates be found.

Positioning magic is a very special magic. It combines astrology and detection to divide the vast land into a huge coordinate system, and each coordinate is a location. It is said that some people have been studying the positioning magic that takes "height" into account, but it has not been successful so far.

This magic is a bit unconventional and complicated to use, but it is very popular. First, it is very helpful when adventuring in the wild, and you can quickly determine the direction by comparing the map. Second, it is extremely useful when hiding treasures, and it is simply impeccable.

Before the invention of positioning magic, treasure hunters had to design some clear and distinct features for their treasures that were not easy to be noticed. This is really a technical job. I don’t know how many people took the treasure map left by their predecessors and went through untold hardships to find the treasure, but found that it had already been dug up by adventurers who occasionally passed by. Some mean guys would even leave some traps in the treasure, pitting the owner with blood on his face.

But since the invention of positioning magic, hiding treasures has become much simpler. You can make the treasure hiding place featureless, even if a group of people look for it here for ten days and half a month, they can't see anything special. Only by knowing the exact coordinates of the treasure hiding place can you find the treasure.

Compared to the predecessors who had to compete with future treasure hunters, the treasure hunters of today only need to keep the treasure secret enough and leave the coordinates and excavation methods for their descendants, and everything will be fine.

The same is true for the treasure of Bloody Hand Ruhl. There is nothing special about its location. Even if they have the exact coordinates, when Gerard and his team came to the location indicated by the coordinates, they were a little confused.

"This place doesn't look special at all. Even if there is a treasure, where is it hidden?" Palin carefully observed the surroundings, but could not find any trace of the treasure. He couldn't help but doubt, "Could it be that the coordinates left by that guy are wrong?"

The coordinates cannot be wrong. Ruhl's soul fell into Sui Xiong's hands, which is equivalent to becoming a book that can be read at any time without any hidden things. Sui Xiong had already told Gerard all the information about this treasure, and he even knew exactly what was in the treasure. How could he get the coordinates wrong?

"That's right, we need to dig straight down. After digging about ten feet, we can see a magic mechanism. To unlock the mechanism, we need Ruel's bloodline as proof, so we'll have to trouble Ryan." Gerard selectively told some of the information, "Anyway, let's get started."

Everyone had no objection to this, and the three of them got busy.

Gerald is extremely powerful and is the main force in digging. Ryan is experienced and can help. As for Palin, he can only be responsible for setting up the camp so that everyone can have a good rest at night.

In fact, according to Gerard's original intention, he came alone to search for treasure. He felt that even if he was not strong enough, he could still ask His Majesty Oscar for help, and it seemed that there was no need to ask others for help. But Sui Xiong didn't think so. He felt that Gerard's current appearance was already very out of touch with society. If he didn't work hard to develop some interpersonal relationships, he would sooner or later become a hermit master who was "isolated from the world and independent", like overly powerful creatures such as dragons, living alone in a desolate place, not to mention friends, even ghosts would not be seen at ordinary times.

After all, humans are social creatures. What fun is there in such creatures!

So he asked Gerald to bring Palin, who wanted to broaden his horizons, and used the excuse of "I'm busy" to let Gerald find helpers to dismantle the magic mechanism. In the final analysis, he just wanted Gerald to communicate more with people and make more friends.

In fact, he has been thinking about how to adjust Gerald's appearance during this period. This bald guy (although he is not bald now) is so cool that he has no friends. Even if you don't consider the issue of friends, it's hard to find a partner with such a big body!

Isn't there a witty saying on Earth that age, appearance, income, personality, and even gender, life and death can't prevent love, only physique is a flaw. Gerald's aesthetics must belong to the human category. It is impossible for him to like large creatures such as ogres or mountain giants. If he wants to find a partner, he still needs to make his size smaller again, or let him have the ability to freely grow or shrink.

So since he had a good sleep, Sui Xiong has been working hard on this topic. If someone flies high up in the sky and flies over the huge floating jellyfish, they can see a muscle on the jellyfish's back that is constantly changing its shape.

That's him experimenting with the means of free deformation.

Sui Xiong himself can transform, but his transformation speed is not very fast, and this transformation still has certain risks. Except for him, who is not afraid of death, others may not be able to use it. Judging from the spell systems in this world that he came into contact with, there should be a better, fast and reliable way to transform.

There must be a way, it just needs to be found.

In the past few days, while Gerald and the others were on their way, Sui Xiong was studying intently, trying to find this solution.

But this kind of situation is destined not to yield results quickly. All he can do is to be patient and explore and ponder slowly.

When it was getting late, Gerald finally dug out the magic mechanism. It was a metal plate at least five feet square, with intricate patterns carved on it that looked dazzling. In the center of the pattern, there is a drop-shaped groove, which runs through the entire pattern through countless veins like blood vessels.

The correct way to unlock this mechanism is to drop blood with the same bloodline as Ruhr into the drop-shaped groove, and then the blood will flow along the veins into the magic circle. First activate the bloodline identification magic circle. If you can pass the bloodline identification, Then further activate the remaining magic circle, finally unlock the mechanism, and open the way to the treasure house. And if it fails to pass the bloodline appraisal, the magic circle will dim, and it will take a night to absorb the free negative energy before it can recover and be available for the next appraisal.

However, Gerald would definitely not be able to get out the Ruhr bloodline, because when Sui Xiong found the information in Ruhr's memory, the orc had already died hard, and the blood in the corpse had lost its vitality and could not pass the appraisal. ——Any bloodline identification circle will only recognize living blood, and will never recognize the blood of dead bodies.

So after digging out the magic circle, the rest is the work of Ren, a senior thief.

"It looks quite complicated, not average." Ren didn't rush to take action. He observed carefully for a while and praised, "The person who arranged this magic mechanism is a good hand. Not only is his skills superb, but his magic level is also extraordinary. !”

"Generally speaking, such a magic mechanism requires the cooperation of a man who feeds his hands (thief) and a man who feeds his head (mage). But this mechanism seems to be made by one person, which is very rare. To be honest , although the level of this magic is not high, but those of us who live on our hands generally cannot learn magic. It is really surprising that we can reach such a level!"

"Can you do that?" Gerald asked.

"It was okay twenty years ago, but not now." Ren shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I learned some spells at that time. Basically, I know all the spells that are useful in our industry. But it hasn't been used in decades. , deserted.”

"Can spells be wasted?"

"Of course, no skill in this world will be wasted. Why are there many powerful adventurers who could cut people with swords and cast spells with sticks when they were wandering around the world, but later they often became simple warriors or mages? What? The key is that as the level becomes higher and higher, more and more energy needs to be expended in one aspect, and as a result, the other aspect will be wasted. "But don't worry, I can't make such a mechanism." But it’s still possible to crack. After all... it’s always easier to destroy than to build.”

After the old thief finished speaking, he lowered his head and concentrated on cracking the mechanism. His movements were so light and slow that it was almost impossible to tell what he was doing. Gerald looked at it for a while, but he really couldn't see any clue, so he had to shake his head and go back to help Palin.

It took longer than they expected to crack the mechanism, and it was not completed until dark. So they stayed next to the treasure that day and waited until the next day to continue their work.

At night, Palin arranged a magic circle around the camp that could obscure the skeletons' consciousness. Although he was very close to the dense army of skeletons, nothing happened and he slept peacefully.

The sun was very bright the next day, and Renne was in good condition after a good night's sleep. After breakfast, we started to get busy, and finally brought good news at noon.

"It's done!" He shouted in the pit, "Come here, everyone, this is actually a small teleportation circle."

The three gathered in the pit and stood together as he instructed. Then he activated the cracked magic mechanism, and a faint green light was projected out, shining on them.

Accompanied by a slight feeling of dizziness, their vision dimmed and then brightened, and they had been teleported from the pit to a cave.

The cave was extremely dark, but they could see some faintly golden things in the distance shining under the light of gems. The number was far more than they had guessed in advance.

This is the treasure hidden by the orc thief "Bloodhand" Ruhl. It is the wealth accumulated by the band of thieves who have been ravaging the four towns in the northwest for several years.

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