Summoning the Holy Sword

The storm and thunder that the Spirit Bird released instantly suppressed the lizardmen’s wild and offensive attacks. At this time, Rhode immediately activated Shadow Flash and Thousand Shadows. In just a blink of an eye, he arrived at the high platform. The red sword in his hand flashed in the air and he attacked the lizardman before him with the Blade of Destruction. These lizards were not very intelligent, and the Spirit Bird’s sudden appearance was enough to make them panic. In addition, facing Rhode’s ambush, they felt extremely scared. Rhode’s Blade of Destruction actually had no effect on them, but upon seeing the sword attack, they immediately screamed in panic and scattered to the side, trying to avoid this attack. At this moment, these low-level animals began to get disorganized. They no longer cared about protecting the important figure that stood in the center and directly ran away.

Rhode flew past the lizardmen like a breeze.

He thought he might need more strength to get these annoying guys off, but he didn’t expect that these lizards were more incompetent than he thought. Of course, this was better. No one would want their enemy to be strong and smart, right?

When Rhode arrived before the lizardman with the magic stick, it was jumping to the ground while holding its stick. It waved its stick while twisting its “slender waist” as if performing a folk dance. Seeing Rhode’s appearance, the lizardman was clearly startled. It flicked its tail and was going to jump backward. However, how could Rhode miss such a good opportunity?

As the lizardman jumped down, Rhode swung his sword towards it. Seeing the sharp sword in front of it, the lizardman felt a chill. At the same time, it rolled back instinctively. This lizard man was really unscrupulous; it actually threw the stick at Rhode in order to save its life!

Rhode felt a little surprised as he saw this strange scene. He had never seen a boss who threw away their weapon in battle… Was it a trap? Anyway, this kind of question was meaningless to him. He dodged the stick and continued to thrust forward.

“Whoa!!”

However, the lizardman was quite lucky. It actually stumbled as it retreated, making it lose its balance. Once again, Rhode’s sword passed him by.

What the heck is this?

What about the cave? Where’s the five-meter-high cave?

Rhode was baffled, but it confirmed his speculation that these ruins had been excavated by the NPCs before the players. But… where did that cave come from?

In the game, the passage looked very well-made, so the players didn’t really feel strange. They only thought the platform was connected to the second layer of the ruins. But now it seemed really strange. Did those Ophenians dig a way out themselves? Wasn’t that illogical? They weren’t dwarves. Even dwarves, who were known as underground moles, needed a few years to dig a cave like that…

Rhode circling around the platform for half a day, wanting to find the hidden gear in here. But soon, he realized the problem and felt a little disappointed because the platform had been completely ruined by those lizards. It was really dirty despite still looking somewhat majestic and domineering from far away.

“Everyone, spread out and check the surroundings.”

Thinking until here, he quickly issued an order. When the mercenaries heard his orders, they quickly nodded and scattered around. At this time, Rhode looked at the dark passage not far away from him and used telepathy to communicate with Gillian. Ever since she manifested, their telepathy had been limited to the normal level. If Gillian had something to say to Rhode, Rhode would be able to sense her mental fluctuations, similar to a ringing phone. This was also one of the reasons why Rhode chose Gillian as his Core Card. He couldn’t stand her suddenly harassing him anytime and anywhere. Although she usually seemed quite clever and sensible, after interacting with her for some time, he could be sure that if he flirted with a woman or did something beyond that, Gillian would definitely jump out of nowhere and give him a surprise. Judging from her character, she would definitely do something like that.

Since he couldn’t find any access to the entrance, he decided to give up. He informed Gillian to let those people come in. Since he couldn’t find it himself, he wanted to see whether those Ophenians could find it or not. After all, players were only good at killing monsters and digging graves, not archaeological research…

Soon, the remaining mercenaries under Shauna and Gillian entered the podium.

The Ophenians, who saw the lizardmen corpses, clearly felt somewhat uncomfortable. Many of them frowned and showed their discontent, but were clever enough not to say much. At this moment, the grizzled old scholar came to Rhode’s side.

“This… Mr. Rhode. ”

“What’s the matter?”

“It’s like this. ” Facing Rhode’s inquiry, the old scholar hesitated repeatedly. At the same time, he looked at the angelic maiden who stood behind Rhode. The Ophenians thought angels held a special significance, but now was not the time for him to ask this question.

“This… I know it’s a bit presumptuous of me to ask, but… if I may, could you have your subordinates clean up the podium and put the tattered bodies … aside? Is it okay?”

Oh?

When he heard the old scholar’s request, Rhode tilted his eyebrows. Then, he withdrew his gaze and began to look at the platform surface for the first time.

In his opinion, this circular podium was just an ordinary ritual platform, carved with mysterious patterns and symbols. It seemed disorganized and not some kind of magical array. But since the old scholar actually made this kind of request, his real goal was …

“No problem. ”

Rhode did not think for too long and soon nodded in agreement with the old scholar’s proposal. After that, he waved at Shauna.

“Shauna, go tell the others to clean up the platform and everything, okay?”

“Here?”

Shauna was surprised upon hearing Rhode’s request. But soon, she nodded and turned around. Seeing this scene, the old scholar no longer said anything besides a word of thanks to Rhode, quickly going back to the crowd to start his own work.

However, that didn’t mean he had the leisure to rest.

Now, the most important thing was to figure out what happened to Lapis.