Lord of Arcane

Chapter 676 Exploring the Ruins Statue
Before, the image of Polk in Xia Duo's mind was an adventurer who sold fake goods, and at the same time had some experience in exploring the ruins, that's all. , I also want to send a plea to Xia Duo.

Even if it is driven by emotion, this kind of will is very shining.

Xia Duo likes subordinates who are affectionate the most. If the people can love their family, they can also love the territory and love him as a lord. Xia Duo thinks that he is not a strict lord, but he is worthy of the love of the people.

Of course, to put it darkly, emotional people are easier to control.

Facing Polk like this, Xia Duo's tone became a little more intimate, "Pork, I'm going to find Jabas, now tell me, what exactly did you encounter in the ruins?"

Hearing Xia Duo's words, Polk's will seemed to have received some kind of support, and even his speech became much coherent:
"My lord, it's a statue. I may have accidentally touched something at that time. Father Jabbs suddenly pushed me away. He turned himself into stone. I—— I crawled out of the ruins, but I couldn't climb out of the ruins." The crypt outside."

"Is your leg still feeling now?"

As he said that, Xia Duo tapped Polk's ankle with the back of the knife again, and Polk immediately replied: "Yes, but the pain overwhelms the perception, and it feels like a strand of hair brushing by."

"Doesn't the pain occur in the petrified area?"

"No, it's on the dividing line!"

Xia Duo thought about it, and then stood up.

That's about all that can be understood and what needs to be understood at present. Although Polk's thoughts are still clear now, Xia Duo doesn't want to ask any more questions. He motions to Layton to comfort Polk to sleep.

Then he walked out of the camp alone.

While waiting for Layton to comfort Polk to sleep, Xia Duo called Simon again, asked him some details about bringing Polk back, and then asked him to gather the team and prepare to go out.

After a while, Layton came out of the tent, "My lord, he has fallen asleep."

Xia Duo nodded, just as Simon's people were ready, so he said, "Go to that crypt with me!"

"Yes, my lord!"

……

When Xia Duo came under the big tree above the crypt, Jeff, the director of the Territory Development Department, also rushed over. Xia Duo saw him and immediately ordered:
"You came just in time, pay attention, when opening up, bypass the area near the crypt."

Xia Duo stretched out his hand to draw a circle around, and a changing projection flew out from his fingertips, quickly marking the boundary.

"Yes, Lord!"

"Go get busy, you are not needed here!"

"Yes!"

Jeff came and went in a hurry.

And Xia Duo started to detect spells before entering the crypt. Although he had gone down to the troll's lair before, but now there are relics below, it is impossible for Xia Duo to just rely on Polk and Simon's few words and ignore everything. Hastily went to check.

What's going on there, you have to see it with your own eyes, and magic gave him the best way to see it with your own eyes without going down there.

As the casting of the spell was completed, Xia Duo felt an extension option for his various senses, and he knew that it was the perception field created by the detection spell.

As soon as the perception field appeared, it was already in the troll's lair. Through it, Xia Duo "saw" some pictures in the troll's lair. Of course, in order to avoid hurting his nose, he chose to discard the smell information.

The troll's lair was not much different from what he had seen before, except that several branch caves were filled with mud, and the source of the mud was the part of the passage leading to the ruins.

Along the passage, Xia Duo moved the field of perception into the ruins until he "saw" a strange stone statue with outstretched hands, and he realized that he had entered the ruins.

It is very different from what he had expected before. The so-called relic is not a spacious underground building space, but a real relic buried in mud. Except for the narrow passage dug out by Jabas and his son, there are almost no other man-made relics. Traces are gone.

Seeing this, Xia Duo no longer wanted to download the ruins.

Not because they were worried about danger, but because there was only one underground passage dug out by Jabas and his son, and at the end of the passage was a completely petrified Jabas.

There is no way to go further, but a stone statue can be vaguely seen on the front "wall". The statue should be quite large at present, and only part of it is exposed.

Judging from the exposed part, the owner of the statue seems to be some kind of scale creature.

Reminiscing that he had obtained a mysterious clay tablet here, and the writing on the clay tablet was somewhat similar to the writing on the [Naishi Scroll], Xia Duo had a vague guess——

Perhaps the relics here are left by the creatures that once created the [Nather Scroll].

Seeing the statue of this scaly creature now, Xia Duo was a little more confident in his guess. This statue could not be the legendary creator race, the Sarukh witch!
……

The perception field created by the detection spell has its own magic vision, but Xia Duo did not see the stable magic aura around him, only the remnant of the magic aura that was triggered before and turned Jabas and his son into petrification.

It seems to be some kind of hidden trap, or some kind of mysterious and unknown magic item, or it may even be a phenomenon, a magical phenomenon caused by the abnormality of the magic net.

Which one is it? Xia Duo is temporarily unable to make a judgment, so he can only search for information as much as possible.

Judging from the petrified form of Jabbas, he should have discovered something at the time, turned around quickly and pushed Polk out, and then himself, including Polk's lower body, was petrified.

What Nabok said was that he touched something by mistake, and it should be the self-blaming words for surviving alone.

In front of Jabas, there is only the innermost "wall" that has not been dug out. Xia Duo moved the field of perception over, carefully observing the scale armor statue that has emerged from the "wall" .

If there is a trigger mechanism, it is most likely the scale statue.

In other places, Xia Duo really can't see anything unusual, but the scale armor statue is not a magic item, at least in Xia Duo's detection spell, it is not a magic item.

The best way now is to move Jabas out, find a way to de-petrify him, and ask him directly what happened.

Thinking in this way, Xia Duo released the perception field, and the senses and perspective returned to the ground again. He called Simon and ordered:
"Send someone down to move Jabas out. He's been petrified. Be careful when you move it, don't break it, so that you won't be troubled by any missing parts after he's lifted from the petrification."

Hearing that the petrification can still be lifted, Simon's expression was obviously much more relaxed. He responded loudly, and then arranged for his men to start taking action.

However, Xia Duo stopped him again and warned: "Be careful not to touch the innermost part of the passage."

"Yes!"

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(End of this chapter)