The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 204 Nightmare Pyramid

"You mean the nightmare artifact?"

Richard couldn't help but break the bone-breaking narrative.

The nightmare artifact is something that even three-ring wizards would covet. How could the news of such a treasure be revealed to a group of "mercenaries"?
Unless these mercenaries can't spread the news.

Bones nodded, "It is indeed the nightmare artifact that the bartender described, and our group has also seen that thing."

"You guys still saw it?"

"Yes." Bone's voice was somewhat bitter, "If we hadn't seen that artifact, how could we have fallen to this point."

Richard nodded: "Go on."

……

Upon hearing the news about the nightmare artifact, everyone present was shocked.

These people are not young anymore, and they have heard of the term nightmare artifact to some extent.

This kind of thing, which is at the lowest level and is mastered by the Nightmare Knight, instantly aroused the greed in the hearts of several nightmare creatures.

The nightmare creatures in the lawless land were a group of daring people. Although they felt something was wrong with this obviously bait-like news, they all hoped for the best.

What if he got hold of the nightmare artifact?

When Bone heard the news, he was still neither sad nor happy. He was not interested in the Nightmare Artifact and just wanted to live a stable and peaceful life.

The demon bartender poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Everyone, I have told you the information. The rest is up to you. If you come back alive, I will waive his bill for ten years."

After that, the bartender drank it all in one gulp.

Based on the information provided by the bartender, the few of them quickly found the abandoned nightmare territory.

Nightmare territory generally refers to the projection of the material world's biological gathering area into the nightmare world, but the creatures in the material world will migrate for various reasons. The wizarding world is so large that there are too many places suitable for human habitation.

Therefore, a city that was once populous may very likely become a dead city within a few hundred years for some reason.

This kind of territory is called the abandoned nightmare territory by nightmare creatures.

When a nightmare lord encounters this situation, he will either go to the wilderness to find a new territory, or start a territory war to seize the territory of other lords.

The lord mentioned in this mission was the unlucky guy who went to seize the territory but was beaten back to his hometown.

After finding the place, several people began to conduct reconnaissance before the mission.

To be able to survive to the level of the Great Nightmare in the Lawless Land, even if you are a brainless idiot, some necessary operations should have become conditioned reflexes.

From a distance, this territory that was once dragged into the nightmare realm looked very dilapidated, and various brick and stone buildings looked dilapidated. Ivy and spider webs could be seen everywhere among the broken walls.

A crow flew out of the scarecrow and flew over the territory, seemingly without any problems.

But after a few minutes, the scarecrow's crow suddenly started spinning in place.

"There is a spatial anomaly in this territory," Scarecrow said, "My crow is stuck in a spatial loop."

Everyone nodded and began to explore the territory using their own methods.

Bones' method of exploration is to use nightmare power to condense a crow that looks like a scarecrow.

"Huh? You are a crow too?" The Scarecrow glanced at Bones. He was not familiar with Bones and didn't quite understand Bones' methods.

Bones nodded, "Mine is different from yours."

The Crow of Bones is actually an imitation of Richard, who had the soul projection of Ulysses standing on his shoulder at the time, and used Ulysses to conduct investigations.

This affects the bones deeply.

The reconnaissance lasted for nearly a week. The periphery of this abandoned territory was explored by several nightmares using exploration methods, and various spatial anomalies were marked.

But in the inner city area of ​​the territory, everyone's detection methods failed as soon as they entered, so no intelligence was obtained.

Faced with this situation, the few of them had no choice but to bite the bullet and enter the territory, exploring the inner city of the territory with their physical bodies.

Walking around the abandoned territory was like walking through a ghost town. The dilapidated houses looked very strange because they had been infected by nightmare power and nightmare rules for many years. It seemed that there were strange monsters hiding behind the empty windows and in the shadows of the doors.

This weird atmosphere should have made people feel uneasy, but those who entered the territory were all nightmare creatures, so the atmosphere was like going home for the New Year.

"The nightmare realm has deeply eroded this land. Don't enter the house casually. Be careful not to be killed by the remaining nightmare rules." The Mist Coachman suddenly spoke.

Among these nightmare creatures, this old guy is the oldest, the strongest, and the most knowledgeable.

He rarely makes mistakes when he speaks.

Everyone nodded and then cautiously approached the inner city.

As soon as they entered the inner city, everyone suddenly felt a deep-seated fear.

In the inner city, the erosion of the nightmare realm is much greater than that in the outer city. It is like a small nightmare realm.

The buildings here are relatively intact, but they give people the feeling that they are like disguised monsters, waiting for their prey to fall into their trap at any time.

"Hiss, this money is so hard to make." said a nightmare creature.

This nightmare creature is dressed in attire similar to that of a priest, but its appearance is even more terrifying than that of the demon bartender. Its voice is sometimes gentle and loud, and sometimes sharp and hoarse.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was some movement in the room next to him.

I saw dark shadows walking out of the house and heading straight towards the talking nightmare creature.

The other nightmare creatures saw this scene and shut their mouths tightly. Talking might be a violation of the rules.

Facing these shadows, the priest's body suddenly expanded to more than three meters tall, and his muscles looked terrifying. He was radiant with holy light, as if a god had descended to earth, but his face became even more hideous.

bang bang bang...

The priest kept smashing the black shadows, but the houses on the street seemed to have hidden a monster spawner. Without a torch, the black shadows would continue to spawn.

Several other nightmare creatures watched from the side for a long time, until the end of the battle.

This battle can provide them with very important intelligence.

Finally, the priest was climbed over by the shadows, pulled to the ground, and then dragged little by little into the nearest house.

During this period, no nightmare creature helped him.

……

"Can't speak? Interesting." Richard looked at the surrounding environment. He was now in the ruins of a building, but judging from the feeling the surrounding environment gave Richard, he should still be in the inner city.

"Then how can we talk in this place?"

Bone shook his head: "Boss, this territory is just infected by the nightmare realm, it is not a real nightmare realm. Therefore, it is normal that some rules can take effect in some places and fail in others."

"Oh?" Richard looked at the bones with interest. "Did you come up with this yourself?"

Bone shook his head honestly: "This is what the Mist Coachman said. He is an old man and knows a lot of things."

Richard was a little disappointed, then asked Bone to continue.

"Skip the unimportant parts and tell me how I found the nightmare artifact and how I ended up in this situation."

……

The remaining few people experienced many strange situations in the inner city, and two of them were killed.

After nearly twelve days of exploration, on the thirteenth day, they finally arrived at the core of the territory - a huge square.

There is a statue in the center of the square. The face of this statue is not that of a human. The hideous face and twisted limbs all show that this is the sculpture of the nightmare lord from that year.

But even if it was just a statue, the pressure it exuded made several nightmare creatures feel suffocated, regardless of whether they had a respiratory system or not.

On the chest of the statue, a palm-sized small pyramid is suspended in the air, and nightmare power emerges from it from time to time, which looks extremely mysterious.

"Is this the nightmare artifact?"

A pig-headed man who looked like a stitched monster spoke.

As the most experienced of the nightmare creatures, the Mist Driver took a closer look at the black pyramid, and the flames in his eye sockets became more vigorous than usual.

"It should be. But..."

Before the Misty Coachman could finish his words, a ghostly nightmare creature rushed forward.

When the other nightmare creatures who were thinking about the nightmare artifact saw him like this, they immediately followed the ghost. Only the Mist Coachman and Bones remained unmoved.

The Misty Coachman looked at the nightmare creatures trying to fight for the nightmare artifact, picked up a pipe and took two puffs, then continued his unfinished words.

"…This thing is now activated. Whoever touches it will be in trouble."

After saying that, the black pyramid suddenly burst into a black light, and the entire Nightmare Territory was shocked.

When the Misty Coachman saw this scene, his expression suddenly became nervous.

The movement of the pyramid was bigger than he thought.

Under this black light, all the nightmare creatures fighting for the pyramid were shattered by the black light. Only the Bones and the Mist Coachman who did not move survived because they were on the edge of the square.

But before they could be happy.

After the black light disappeared, the space in the territory began to change.

Bone only felt the surrounding environment change suddenly, and the next moment he arrived at the current place.

Along with it, there appeared nightmare creatures walking out of the ruins of the buildings.

Some of these creatures were members of the exploration team that were shattered by the black light, while others were nightmare creatures that Bones had never seen before.

When these nightmare creatures saw the bones, they started attacking without saying a word.

Although Bone had armor to protect him and a refined golden sword, which was a powerful weapon for beating weak opponents, two fists were no match for four hands. Facing more than ten opponents, he was eventually defeated and seriously injured.

What happened next was that Richard woke up and started killing everyone.

……

After listening to Bones' story, Richard said thoughtfully:

"It seems that this black pyramid is the hub for controlling the territory, and it involves the rules of space... Wait a moment."

As soon as Richard finished speaking, his body went limp and Gutou rushed over to support him.

Not long after, Richard regained consciousness, and a black crow appeared on his shoulder.

"Gah, this is the guy who took your clone away? How come he seems to be growing faster than you?"

(End of this chapter)