$1293 Temple 1

Maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, maybe more.

The large pile of sand crystals piled up in front of them made the girls Becky and Crystal stunned for a long time after they came out. Then they slowly approached, and then they pounced on them as if they were about to take a sand bath.

And Raymond, who also felt incredible, squatted down and picked up a handful of sand crystals, brought them to his eyes for careful observation, and let them fall from his fingers.

Saliman, who was startled by the girls Becky and Crystal, seemed to be extremely afraid of existences like them. There was unconcealable fear and panic in his single eye.

But as Raymond began to examine the sand crystals in his hands, he discovered that the energy concentration and purity contained in these sand crystals were far inferior to the sand crystals previously collected from the body of the one-eyed sand man.

It's as if the sand crystal in front of you only has the shape and color of sand crystal, but its effect is much weakened.

But when Raymond made his preliminary judgment, Crystal emerged from the pile of sand crystals in front of him with a disappointed look on his face. He gave him a fierce look and then returned to the rusty place angrily. badge.

The girl Becky who followed him out of the pile of sand crystals, with a confused look on his face, held a sand crystal between the fingertips of his left hand and presented it to Raymond.

Raymond, who took the sand crystal for detailed inspection, discovered that the sand crystal given by the girl Becky was previously obtained from the body of the one-eyed sand man, and its energy concentration was nearly a hundred times higher than the sand crystal in front of him. difference.

The palm-sized girl Becky looked at the pile of sand crystals piled in front of her and sighed in disappointment, but when she saw the huge Shaliman and the few one-eyed sandmen that it had just created. His eyes lit up, and he pointed at the one-eyed sand people and asked if he could collect sand crystals from their bodies!

Although these one-eyed sand men were created by Saliman, it was very inappropriate to act like this in front of them.

So after asking the girl Becky to wait. He took the sand crystal in his hand and spoke to Saliman. "These are the sand crystals in the bodies of some one-eyed sand people encountered outside the Tarigan Desert. Although these piles look similar, their effects are very different, so can you mold what you just created? Send me one for inspection?”

Saliman immediately agreed without even thinking about it. However, although the number of sand crystals that the girl Becky obtained from the One-Eyed Sand Man was as high as dozens, they were almost the same as those piled in front of her. They seemed crystal clear and extremely gorgeous. . But it is only in form.

The very disappointed girl Becky lost interest in the pile of sand crystals, but after she noticed Saliman's flickering and evasive expression, she appeared beside it in a flash. Saliman, who was caught off guard, was so frightened that he burrowed into the yellow sand and hid. Then he returned to Raymond's side speechlessly, jumped on his shoulder and stopped moving with his lips pursed.

Raymond didn't know why Saliman was afraid of the girl Becky, but he had a guess about the difference in the composition of the two sand crystals. But I feel that there are many reasons that need further verification. So after collecting these 'inferior' sand crystals, he called out Saliman who had escaped into the yellow sand.

Facing Saliman who was eager to leave here, Raymond asked about all the details of its life here and the situation of the ancient wizard who left it here.

Saliman, who was extremely afraid of the girl Becky, did not dare to approach Raymond again, but after confirming that the girl Becky was not hostile, he shrank his body and led Raymond towards his lair.

Because it doesn't know everything that happened before it became sane. So after living here in confusion for many years, Saliman realized that he was living in a huge prison.

"After I found out that I was imprisoned, I started to leave the temple for a long time to find a way out, but I was never able to break through the barrier and get out, so I started to create ordinary one-eyed sand people and put my hope on them. …”

After saying this, Saliman became angry in vain. He turned his head and swung his right fist, crushing the newly created one-eyed sandmen following him, turning them into ordinary grains of sand and blending into the yellow. In the sand.

Such a scene made the girl Becky sitting on his shoulder stunned for a moment, and then she appeared near the crushed one-eyed sand man. However, the sand crystals in the shattered one-eyed sand man had already been integrated into it. It cannot be found in the environment at all.

But Raymond's attention was attracted by the 'temple' that Saliman mentioned, and he asked for details.

But Saliman, who became extremely depressed, did not explain in detail, but speeded up and took Raymond to the temple.

This temple should be located in the center of the Tarigan Desert, but after it was opened by Saliman, Raymond was greatly disappointed.

This temple hidden inside a sand dune could only be regarded as a small sand cave if its main material was not made of blue stone slabs!

But at the entrance of this temple, there is the word "temple" written in ancient Torres script. After pushing open the thick stone door and entering inside, you can see that the length and width in front of you are only a few meters, but the height is three meters. There was a patio-like space of more than ten meters, but Raymond felt an indescribable feeling of depression.

But Saliman, who entered the inner corner, sat directly on the clean stone slab, looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "It was here when I gained my sanity, but it wasn't until I understood the meaning of these runes that my strength increased, that I opened the originally closed door and walked out..."

Raymond, who raised his head along with Saliman, discovered that there was an extremely complicated talisman array carved on the ceiling, and there was a logo that looked like a clan emblem on the edge of the talisman array.

Raymond soon frowned as he released his senses to explore the 'temple' which was less than fifty square meters.

Because in the seemingly empty room, the four walls are engraved with a large number of ancient Thorisian words and various runes, and one can also sense that there are obscure but continuous operations around him. Energy surges.

The extremely weak energy surge was difficult to detect, but after Raymond sensed this energy surge, he couldn't help but start exploring, trying to find the trajectory and source of this energy surge.

But Saliman, who was sitting slumped on the ground, actually shouted after noticing his behavior. "Don't! Don't try to explore the trajectory of the energy surge..."

It's just that the speed of Raymond's sensory exploration is much faster than the speed of Saliman's words. Before it finished speaking, Raymond had already figured out the trajectory of this energy and found its source. It turned out to be That talisman formation on the ceiling!

Raymond raised his head and stared at the extremely complicated talisman array on the ceiling, trying to find out the reason, but he immediately felt a trembling talisman appear in the talisman array, and only heard the girl Becky's voice in his ears. He screamed, and then he found that the talisman array painted on the ceiling was distorted and deformed in his sight, and his sight was blurred in vain!

After being stunned for a moment, Raymond calmed down, but the girl Becky sitting on his shoulder had turned into a streak of smoke and disappeared into the storage ring.

But Saliman, who was sitting on the floor in the corner, jumped up and appeared above Raymond, as if he wanted to cut off the line of sight between him and the talisman array, instantly causing its body to stretch and spread out. Ping, pressed his limbs against the wall as if it were a sand shield to completely block his sight, and shouted at him in fear with his face down. "Get out! Get out! There's going to be trouble soon!"

Raymond, who had never heard Saliman say such a change before, couldn't help but turn his attention to the thick stone door, but as if some kind of restriction was triggered, the thick stone door that was originally extremely difficult to push was quietly moving. close!

Raymond, who had no time to leave, did not move. When the last light in the gap between the stone door disappeared, inexplicable darkness suddenly descended... (To be continued...)