Shameless Warlock

Chapter 168: Temple Looters

Ben Frank is a weirdo.

This guy is proud and arrogant, and you can get a glimpse of it from the arrogance of looking down on everyone when he comes out; but at the same time, in front of the people he approves, this guy seems to be a chatterbox, which makes people puzzled .

Xu Nan can keep up with his progress in the waters, and is also a "Ron's fan", so he can naturally get Ben's approval.

When tidying clothes by the pool, Ben talked a lot, and Xu Nan also roughly understood the origin and purpose of this guy.

Ben's occupation is not a grave robber, but a rare "temple looter"!

Yes, this is a legendary career. As one of the legendary advancements of the rogue, the Temple Raider is a legendary advancement that is almost broken. The reason is very simple, the general world is a world where gods can exert influence.

Even legendary rogues, who specialize in looting temples, are hunted to death by the gods.

People with similar hobbies, such as Qin Lele, would rather choose the advanced "Flying Thief" than the pre-profession of "Temple Raider". In fact, there is not much difference between the two, it can only be said that the temple looters have additional bonuses in resisting magic spells and excavating temples.

Temple Raiders aren't good at combat, but that's only relative.

Take Ben as an example. His total level has just reached level 21, and his basic occupation is quite solid. The temple looter at level 1 did not give him a strong combat power improvement, but he is still very good at facing the scum below the legend. can fight.

Perhaps it was because he had just been promoted to a legend, apart from his arrogance, Ben didn't have much airs, instead he talked to Xu Nan a lot...

"This guy is probably bored alone for too long?"

Xu Nan observed for a while, confirmed that Ben was not acting, and felt a little relieved.

If you accept the setting that Ron has fans, it would be pretty embarrassing to think about it.

Although Xu Nan is not the real descendant of Ron, but he has inherited his profession and blood, so he can be regarded as half of his descendants. Ron has fans at the level of temple looters, and Xu Nan is also honored.

As Ben said, this guy is a Tomb Raider Ron fan. Because of some coincidences, he came into contact with the tomb robbery industry since he was a child, and then learned the legend of the king of tomb robbers from his parents, and has been deeply attracted since then.

"I have excavated three Ron's tombs, but when I went there, they were all empty, as if they were preempted by someone."

"I followed all the way here from the southern continent, and finally locked the tomb of Frostwinter and the other two nearby ancient god tombs. This time I was lucky. It seems that the people who developed this place did not find this place. Look, this tomb passage It is very narrow, and it should be that no one has walked through it for thousands of years."

"Honestly, I'm really excited, I'm in Ron's great tomb now, damn it, I'm not dreaming!"

Ben gently stroked the cold building in the tomb passage, his expression fascinated as if he had taken medicine.

"What do you know about Ron?"

Xu Nan asked tentatively.

"Omniscient!" Ben exaggeratedly opened his arms, describing: "I'm his super super fan!"

"He is the pinnacle of tomb robbers, he specializes in attacking ancient gods, and he never misses."

"He likes to play tricks on the tombs of the gods. The rumored ninety-nine tombs of Ron are just a masterpiece of his whim. I guess he will bury himself in a more secret place. "

Xu Nan asked strangely, "Then why do you still want to explore the ancient god's tomb?"

Ben shook his head and said:

"Although I like Ron, I care more about his experiences and masterpieces."

"You should know that Ron's favorite thing to do is to move the remains of some ancient gods into his tomb. As time goes by, the developed miracles basically lose their archaeological significance. Many cultural relics have not been obtained. It is a very distressing thing to keep it properly."

"I was looking for Ron's tomb because of those cultural relics."

Xu Nan immediately stood in awe.

Are there comrades with such a high level of ideological consciousness in another world? In the name of a tomb robber, doing the job of a temple looter, but the purpose is to protect ancient cultural relics?

To be honest, Xu Nan would never believe it if it were someone else.

But Ben Frank's expression and tone did not seem to be pretending.

There are a large number of strange people in the general world, and it is understandable that there are one or two legendary professionals with higher ideological awareness.

The two walked along the tomb in a tacit understanding.

Since Ben regards himself as a colleague, Xu Nan can't directly expose it. Apart from talking nonsense, he simply shakes off some of Ron's secrets, which can be regarded as verifying his fan status.

As for casually singing a few words about Ron's deeds, it is naturally out of the question.

After going back and forth, Ben was even more sure of Xu Nan's fan status. The two hit it off. Coupled with Xu Nan's super high charm bonus, Ben Frank even wanted to put his most valuable [ Dodge Cloak] gave it to Xu Nan.

Xu Nan felt slightly apologetic, but also felt that the conversation with Ben was quite pleasant. This person only looks a little arrogant on the outside, but he is really comfortable to get along with.

Most importantly, the two have no direct conflict of interest.

Xu Nan came here for the councilor-level task, to complete the task of Paradise Lost, and by the way, get some oil and water from the grave of the ancestor and it's over.

As for Ben, it seems that he really came to archaeology in a serious manner.

This tomb passage is extremely narrow, except for a few glyphs on both sides, there are only thick spider webs left.

But even in this case, Ben can make accurate evaluation and analysis of the small details of the tomb passage, at least with Xu Nan's knowledge, there is no way to find the flaw.

"The stone for the tomb passage should have been brought by Ron from the tomb of the Lord of the Desert."

"I have seen this kind of pattern in a book related to theology. It is the trace left by the desert lord after using the sun flames to burn repeatedly."

"This kind of dog head is also a symbol commonly used by believers in the desert when they hold sacrifices, but it is relatively vague..."

With a magnifying glass and lighting fireworks, Ben studied a small pattern in the corner.

Xu Nan coughed, and I was really embarrassed to say that I had seen this pattern before, and it was one of the internal anti-counterfeiting marks of Lost Paradise.

Because of Ben's enthusiasm, the speed of the two people's progress was not fast. After a long time, they reached the end of the tomb passage.

"There is no way."

Ben took a deep breath: "This is similar to the previous tomb passage, Ron's favorite trick."

Xu Nan didn't make a sound. He didn't have rich experience in tomb robbery like Ben. It would be nice to be a quiet listener at this time. He believed that Ben, who had gone through three Ron graves, would find a way.

Sure enough, Ben groped up and down, and found a mechanism on a stone wall at the end of the tomb.

After opening the mechanism, there is a pair of sand paintings inside. It feels cool to the touch with your fingers, and you can draw some simple patterns.

"Is there a password?"

Xu Nan recalled what Ao Fei explained, and suddenly many symbols commonly used in Paradise Lost appeared in his mind.

But he still didn't rush to do it, but looked at Ben.

"Any ideas?" he asked.

Ben thought for a while: "Maybe it has something to do with the Lord of the Desert."

"Mr. Ron has always been a maverick, and every move has its own meaning. Since he used the stone of the Lord of the Desert to build the tomb passage, it is reasonable for the mechanism design to use the Lord of the Desert."

"Let me try it. Be careful. Although Mr. Ron is a great tomb robber, he is also an extremely cruel tomb owner. Many of my companions died in his tomb..."

Xu Nan nodded, first took a few steps back, and then covered her whole body with the magic carpet.

Ben was equally cautious. Although he was familiar with Ron's tomb, he was not sure whether his speculation was really correct.

The evasion cloak shook and wound up automatically, protecting most of Ben's body, leaving only one hand to repeatedly modify the sand drawing.

Soon, a lifelike dog head appeared.

Ben pressed down a stone in front of the sand painting with some trepidation, which roughly functioned as a button.

puff!

With a few muffled sounds, two life-disintegrating rays suddenly shot out from the flanks of the tomb passage, heading straight for Ben's position!

Fortunately, the dodging cloak blocked him, and Ben rolled nimbly, avoiding the terrifying punishment that would be a fatal blow to most people!

Zizizi.

The life-disintegration ray disappeared, but on Ben's cloak, there appeared two holes that were constantly corroding, about the width of a finger.

Seeing this scene, Rao hid far away, and Xu Nan felt a chill behind his back.

This is too cruel. Coming up is the life-disintegrating ray, which does not give the latecomers any way out!

Thanks to the fact that Ben Frank is a temple looter and has extremely high resistance to mechanism rays, he was safe and sound.

If it was Xu Nan, he would have to stumble.

"Fortunately, I'll try again."

Ben took it for granted, and after making some adjustments, he started painting on sand paintings again.

This time, he painted a fiery sun and a triangular stone pillar—this is the orthodox divine emblem of the Lord of the Desert!

Xu Nan suddenly noticed that there were only three stone buttons on the sand painting platform.

"This means that after three failures, the tomb passage will no longer open?"

"Or, will there be any additional punishment?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help becoming more vigilant.

Ben was also under a lot of pressure. No matter how he drew the last corner of the triangular stone pillar, he couldn't draw it properly. Later, he simply threw away the cloak and drew with both hands. With his dexterous hands, he drew the god's emblem of the Lord of the Desert to the standard Incomparable.

button pressed. Xu Nan's nerves tensed instantly.

Only this time, Ben's painting actually worked.

The sound of machinery came slowly, the heavy stone door was pushed open, and behind the narrow tomb passage, an extremely spacious tomb appeared!

There is no coffin or coffin in the center of the tomb, only a table-like platform.

Around the tomb, there are many antiques, gold and silver, dazzling.

Indeed, as Ben guessed, there are a lot of treasures from the ancient temple of the Lord of the Desert piled here. These things make Ben Frank unable to breathe, but he still maintains his sanity and does not move in the face of such treasures.

"According to past experience, the tomb is the most dangerous."

"There are countless sinister mechanisms buried on the floor here, and there are even infrared-sensing magic designs in the air. If you break in without authorization, even a slight change in your heartbeat may trigger a volcanic eruption..."

Ben Frank was obviously not only warning himself, but warning Xu Nan, he was afraid that this self-taught novice would accidentally detonate Ron's trap.

Then he will suffer accordingly.

It has to be said that Ron, as the king of tomb robbers, naturally knows the routines of tomb robbers. The various tombs he designed are basically aimed at tomb robbers. The more knowledgeable a person is, the faster he dies.

Of course, if ordinary people rush in rashly, they will end up dead without a whole body.

As soon as Xu Nan raised his foot, he was stopped by Ben sternly.

"Let me come." Ben said cautiously: "Although you are also a fan of Ron, but you know too little about him, let me find the way first."

Xu Nan opened his mouth, feeling puzzled, and couldn't say anything, so he just let Ben go first.

I have to say that temple looters are indeed a very distinctive profession.

The 20-step journey from the entrance of the tomb passage to the center of the tomb chamber took ten minutes to walk nine steps, but he had already been ambushed by more than 130 hidden weapons, curses and traps!

If it were another person, the soul could go to the world of the dead to report hundreds of times.

But Ben Frank is still tenaciously alive.

It's just that his evasion cloak is riddled with holes and cannot be seen at all.

He took off the dodging cloak with some pain, and faced the road ahead alone, showing a rare expression of hesitation.

There are too many traps in the tomb, who knows how Ron managed to pack so many traps into one room.

Ben had tried his best, but he was still about eleven steps away from that platform.

According to Ben, such platforms are often equipped with the main switch of the tomb mechanism. Only when the platform is taken down and the main switch is turned off can the entire tomb be considered relatively safe.

Xu Nan also asked if it was possible to use props to fly over, or use remote control to turn off the main switch.

Ben's answer is no.

If you fly over, you will be sieved by the ubiquitous life-disintegrating rays in mid-air; and remote control is not feasible, because the platform switches of each Ron's tomb are different, and some require very subtle subtleties. Fuck, if you are not careful, you will end up in pieces.

Tomb robbers are actually a high-risk industry.

"Why don't you try me instead?"

Seeing Ben's dilemma, Xu Nan suggested: "Since I have survived so many dangers, it means I am lucky. Maybe I can turn off the main switch at once?"

"no!"

Ben said decisively: "With me, a legendary tomb robber, how could I let a novice like you take risks?"

"If you step back further, it may be a little dangerous for a while, and I may not care about you."

Xu Nan sighed, but was also a little moved.

This guy is really a rare and moral grave robber.

Unfortunately, what he doesn't know is that Xu Nan is not a fan of Ron, but a real descendant of Ron!

Offee once told Xu Nan that as long as he entered the tomb, everything would be easy.

As long as you get some blood and smear it on the surface of the skin, the mechanism here will not attack you.

And when Ben was working hard just now, Xu Nan had already carefully tested it. He smeared blood on the palm of his hand, and then stepped on a few pieces of the floor that were obviously traps. Everything was safe and sound.

Xu Nan actually wanted to say that you can get out of the way and I can handle it myself, but on the one hand, he was afraid of hurting Ben's feelings, after all, this guy is so proud, on the other hand, he still wanted to keep his identity a secret.

Warlock Ron is not known to everyone.

What's more, with Ben's enthusiasm for Ron, God knows what he will do after learning that Xu Nan is a descendant of Ron.

Of course, Xu Nan couldn't do it just by looking at this adventure.

He hesitated for a moment, and simply took advantage of the moment when he was cowering and testing the mechanism in front of him, he suddenly accelerated and rushed over!

"What are you doing!"

Ben was shocked and angry.

When he regained consciousness, Xu Nan had already run to the edge of the platform!

The whole process was safe and sound.

He turned his head and shrugged: "I said I was lucky."

Ben Frank froze for a moment, showing a look of shock.

He looked at the tombs around him for a long while before he said:

"Could it be that all the agencies have been tested by me?"

In the next second, he boldly took a step forward.

Xu Nan's expression changed.

In an instant, two strange curses fell. Amidst Ben's wailing, Xu Nan rushed over and wiped some blood on the back of his hand.

"It's okay, it's okay!"