Shadow monk of online game

Chapter 223 City of the Abyss
Veteran Kendall was preparing to ambush the retreating undead army in Mustang Town, but Lu Buping suddenly appeared, which disrupted his plan. As a result, his army was exposed and was flanked by the undead army on both sides, causing heavy casualties.

Old Ken broke through and escaped. In the chaos, no one cared about the unimportant roles of An Li and Black Hand, and the two regained their freedom.But at this time, Lu Ping and Mo Shi were already on their way to the city of the abyss, they couldn't catch up, so they decided to wait for Lu Ping in the highland city first.

Lu Ping followed Mo Shi and flew northward until he arrived at Roland, the largest ground city in Diya—the city of the abyss is not on the ground.There are high-level soul magic guilds and low-level dark magic guilds in Roland City. There is a chance to buy high-level magic books. Lu Ping originally wanted to go shopping, but Mo Shi said that people who have not joined the guild cannot buy them. , Lu Ping had no choice but to give up, entered the city for a while, so that he could use the gate of time and space to come over in the future, and immediately set off on the road.

When entering the city, Lu Ping saw many NPCs of Diya, all of them were flesh and blood people. Only then did he know that the territory of Diya is not full of undead.

"Why are there still living people living here?" Lu Ping asked Mo Shi in surprise.

"Uh... In fact, I am also a living person. I just transformed into the form of a dead spirit in order to get closer to the dark power. It is a different way of life." Mo Shi shrugged pretending to be relaxed.

Can you count as a living person like this?Lu Ping couldn't help asking the question that he had been puzzled for a long time: "May I ask, do you still have consciousness without flesh and blood? Do you need to eat? Also, do you need women?"

"Quack..." Firebird laughed strangely, "Of course not, they only have magic in their hearts!"

Mo Shi said: "Yes, we are a group of people who completely give up other enjoyments for magic, and pursue supreme power and eternal life. Isn't this the ultimate ideal of life?"

Lu Ping asked: "So only high-level people are eligible to become necromancers?"

Mo Shi said: "Not all of them are like this. The purpose of transforming into the state of necromancy is to better learn dark magic. Very few people are born geniuses in learning dark magic, and they can reach the master level without transformation. Due to illness, old age, serious injury, etc., they have to be converted into zombies and vampires to live. So the undead are not terrible, as I said just now, they are just another way of life."

Lu Ping suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Archibald, who had been the king of the undead and the leader of the wizard guild, was not an undead, because Archibald was a rare magical genius once in a century!

Mo Shi went on to say: "People who live at the top always need servants to serve them, so they created or summoned a large number of low-level skeletons and zombies as coolies, so outsiders called us all undead, and Diya became a country of undead. gone."

Lu Ping nodded: "It's really a magical place."

Firebird suddenly said in that old-fashioned tone: "This is a cursed place. Except for the residents who originally lived here, no foreign creatures can stay here for a long time, otherwise they will either die or be transformed by darkness. See It looks like a living person is actually similar to a dead spirit, and they are selfish, cruel, and indifferent by nature, and their humanity is extinct, this is the real reason why it is called the kingdom of the dead!"

Mo Shi seemed a little angry, wasn't he pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey for his inhumanity?But it seemed unseemly to argue with a bird on this issue, so he refrained himself from attacking, and only laughed grimly a few times.

Diya is already open to players, but Lu Ping didn't see any players along the way. The main reason is that the monsters here are of high level, and most people can't bear it.There are also patrolling monsters like the Harpy, who will surely die if they encounter them, so the explorers only circle around the edge of Erasia and Tula Leon, and no one dares to go deep.

Continued to fly northward for most of the day, stopped for a short rest, and started on the road again. After flying for a whole day, it was not until the sun was about to set that it approached the city of the abyss.

What appeared in front of Lu Ping was a super-giant "tiankeng", which was hundreds of kilometers wide and five or six kilometers deep. The appearance of such a deep giant pit on this extremely high-altitude highland seemed very abrupt.

"Is the city of the abyss below here?" Lu Ping turned his head and asked Mo Shi.

"Yes."

Looking down, the bottom of the deep pit was shrouded in pitch-black mist, and he couldn't see anything. Lu Ping couldn't help asking: "Why is it so dark down there? I can't see any cities!"

Mo Shi said proudly: "This is a dark sky formed by an advanced magic device. Even a hurricane can't blow it away. Outsiders can't see the situation below, but they will be attacked by our guards when they get close. Since the opening of the city, it has never been captured by outsiders."

Huo Niao said strangely again: "It has never been captured by outsiders, but it is often captured by our own people, rebellion in the nest!"

Mo Shi belonged to the kind of cultivated and deep person, so he pretended not to hear it, and continued: "Actually, the city of the abyss is not on the ground, and the town cannot be seen even when the dark sky spreads out. All the buildings are extremely deep underground. Let's go, don't leave me and run around, there are many invisible dangers here, and there are many murderous demons, they will not be ashamed of killing a person by mistake."

Lu Ping fully agreed, even if Mo Shi didn't tell him, he would know that this is not a place where you can just wander around.

With Mo Shi walking with them, no one stopped them on the road, and there were almost no people in sight. It really didn't look like a place where a prosperous country is located.

Going down through a thick layer of black mist, to the bottom of the tiankeng, it is still a desolate place, except for the bones, there is not even a green leaf on the ground, and there is no moving thing to see.It was getting late, and with the black mist like a curtain, it looked even darker below, gloomy and terrifying.

Mo Shi led the way a little ahead and flew towards a huge crack that looked like a canyon. You can only see it when you go below. There is a huge black hole on the cliff below the crack. This is the entrance to the city of abyss.

"This hole is actually a portal. After entering, it will be teleported to the Hall of Hell, the real entrance of the city of the abyss, through which you can reach different areas. You cannot fly in the Hall of Hell, and you cannot use the gates of towns, gates of time and space, There are magics such as space-time beacons, and there are many guards..." Mo Shi turned his head and explained to Lu Ping, "Let's go to the wizard's guild first, maybe the king is there too."

Lu Ping nodded: "Where are the four old lords of Harmondale? Since I'm here, I must pay them a visit and report to them."

The first purpose of Lu Ping's coming here is to rescue the four old lords, let alone whether they can be rescued, a meeting is necessary, because only they can move the golden puppets in the secret room.

Mo Shi said: "They are the king's most trusted assistants. In fact, I don't know what tasks they are performing. Maybe you can make this request to His Majesty the King."

Lu Ping believed that he was telling the truth, but he was even more worried. The undead seemed to have entered a strange circle. The most trusted people either usurped the throne or were killed. The four old lords were the most trusted people of the king. Sentenced to death?In this way, who would dare to work for the king?
Putting away the Firebird, Lu Ping followed Mo Shi into the extremely dark cave. It was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers.Lu Ping was worried about bumping into the stone wall, and when he stepped forward, he felt his body floating slightly, and his eyes suddenly became much brighter. Although it was still very dim, he could already see shadows within tens of meters.

It’s okay if I didn’t see it, but when I suddenly saw the scene in front of me, Lu Ping was so scared that he jumped up and down... He was in a huge hall, surrounded by vampire counts, ghosts, ghosts, and dark knights , There are eight thousand if there is no ten thousand, some are within his reach, where are all the monsters staring at him, can you not be afraid?

Not only that, there were many towering stone pillars in the hall, and a necromancer stood on each of them, staring at Lu Ping vigilantly, ready to attack at any time.Although Mo Shi said that there were guards, he did not expect so many people. If the enemy came in, he would be attacked countless times before he saw what was in front of him. No matter how strong the defense is, no matter how thick the blood is, it cannot withstand so many people attack simultaneously.

The Hall of Hell is a hall that can send any enemy into hell!
Lu Ping felt a little heavy. Almost no one could force his way in, and of course no one could escape. It would be impossible to save the four old lords from this place!
Mo Shi took the lead and walked forward, and the other two necromancers followed behind Lu Ping, which gave Lu Ping a sense of security, otherwise, if any guard touched him if he didn't like it, it would be called injustice if he died.

Passing through the hall of hell is another portal, and after passing the portal, we finally reach the real city of the abyss.

Before, Lu Ping thought that a city full of dead spirits would be similar to a tomb, but now the towering and gorgeous buildings appeared in front of his eyes, with elegant shapes and exquisite patterns, comparable to the noble mansions of the Griffin Empire.But the buildings here are mainly gray and black, which makes people feel cold, dark and lifeless.

This city is so big that you can't see the edge at a glance, and it is quite lively with people coming and going.Looking up, you can't see the top at all, and there are countless tiny stars shining, just like looking up at the moonless starry sky from the ground.

Most of the people walking on the road were skeletons, zombies, vampires, necromancers and other undead. There were also a few people with flesh and blood, but all of them were expressionless, and they walked past Lu Ping without even looking at him.Sure enough, as Huo Niao said, people here are extremely indifferent, and the living are just like the dead. Relatively speaking, Mo Shi is already a very enthusiastic person.

After walking along the street for a while, I entered a long passage, passed through a portal, and finally arrived at the mysterious wizard's guild.

This is a more majestic and gorgeous building complex. There is a large square on the front. Walk up the hundred-step long stone staircase. There is a huge skull on the top of the gate, and a circle of purple light revolves endlessly around the skull—this is a wizard. The logo of the guild is also the national emblem of Diya.

There were four necromancers standing at the door, Mo Shi stepped forward and said a few words to them, and then a necromancer ran in to report first.

It didn't take long for the necromancer to come out: "The president is in the Twilight Castle, if you want to see him, please go to the Twilight Castle; if you have any questions, you can ask the acting president Sander Grand Lich, he is in the lobby right now inside."

Mo Shi didn't say thank you, and walked inside with Lu Ping, and no one came to check them all the way in.In fact, the entire city of the abyss is the same, tight on the outside and loose on the inside, because no foreign enemies can pass through the hall of hell, and the guards have become vases.

Not far away is the hall, with almost no decorations, and three skeleton faces in robes stand there.The name of the skull face on both sides is purple, and the position is probably lower; the name of the skull face in the middle is golden, it is the acting president, the great lich Shande.

"Hello, lord of Harmondale, welcome to your presence." Sander greeted elegantly and enthusiastically.

Lu Ping didn't expect him to be so polite, he was a little surprised, and hurriedly said: "Respected Great Lich Shande, it's a great honor to meet you."

Sander said: "I already know about how you met Terrence. You removed a factor of instability for us, so we owe you a favor. The wizard guild needs a newcomer with potential like you to join us." , Unfortunately, you are not a real wizard..."

Lu Pingdao: "I can learn dark magic, and I have already learned some basic magic."

"But you are not a wizard, but a monk. Although I admire you very much, I can't break the rules and accept you into the club."

Lu Ping didn't come here for this, so it's fine if he can't get it, and he didn't take it too seriously. Just as he was about to ask about Huo Niao, Shan De said: "But I can award you the medal of honorary member, get A chance to solve problems for the guild and allow you to buy dark magic below master level in all wizard guild shops."

So you can accept missions and buy books in the Dark Magic Guild?Lu Ping was overjoyed. He never expected that he would get such benefits by killing Terrence by mistake. He wanted to buy a dark magic book even in his dreams!

Shan De took out a medal with a skull and a purple halo and handed it to Lu Ping. Lu Ping pressed it and saw that it still had attributes.

[Wizard Medal]: This is a medal issued by the Dark Magic Guild, which represents a very high honor. The person who owns this medal is awarded the title of honorary member of the Dark Magic Guild and enjoys some member benefits.

"Haha, thank you, President!" Lu Ping sincerely wanted to thank him. Dark magic books are too difficult to get, and there is no place to buy them if they have money. Now that this problem has finally been solved, he can't wait to run to the store immediately.

"A question about your pet..."

It was only then that Lu Ping remembered the main reason why he came here, and hurriedly called out the fire bird.

When all the liches and necromancers saw the firebird that was glowing green all over, they immediately rolled their big eyes, and there were constant sounds of surprise, and there were many voices from behind.Lu Ping looked back and saw that many necromancers had come to the hall at some point, at least a dozen or so.

It is impossible for so many people to come in at the same time without making a sound. The only possibility is that they have long been standing here incognito!

Lu Ping couldn't help wiping off a cold sweat. He saw the guards were lax just now, and he had the idea of ​​leading the sheep and the dog. Anything he got from here was a high-end product. He didn't expect so many people in the hall to look at him!

Seeing so many people staring at it, Firebird also felt very uncomfortable: "What are you looking at, what are you looking at, haven't you seen such a handsome bird like me?"

The wizards were even more astonished, it really was a different bird!
(End of this chapter)