Chapter 42: Quickly Transmigrate! Strategies for the Viking Son of Fortune (Twenty-three)
The biting cold wind cut into my face like a knife, making every step extremely difficult.
Fengzi followed Zeus closely, his heart filled with fear and expectation of the unknown.
They passed through the snowy valley and crossed the rugged mountain road and finally arrived at the temple.
The temple stands on the top of the mountain, as if isolated from the world. Mysterious runes are carved on the ancient stone pillars, which look even more solemn and majestic against the backdrop of the snow.
This is the ancient ruins of this land where Chaos, the God of Creation, is enshrined. The wind and snow seem to have stopped here, with only the sound of heavy breathing echoing in the ears.
"We're here."
Zeus' voice sounded particularly clear on the empty mountaintop. He pushed open the heavy stone door, and an ancient breath blew over his face.
The interior of the temple is more spacious than imagined, and the high dome is dotted with stars, as if you are in the vast universe.
There was nothing on the central altar, with only the faint flickering candlelight illuminating the ancient murals on the surrounding walls.
"Is this the temple?" Feng Zi looked around, his heart filled with awe.
Zeus frowned slightly, his eyes falling on a figure in front of the altar.
The man was wearing gorgeous golden armor and a feather crown. He was facing away from them and seemed to be holding something in his hand. When he heard the sound, he slowly turned around with a smug smile on his face.
"Ryan!" Feng Ziang exclaimed in surprise.
Ryan raised the golden horn in his hand. It was the legendary artifact - the horn of the storm. It could summon the power of the storm!
"Are you surprised? My dear friends." He smiled contemptuously, "I have said it before, only I am worthy of it!"
"I already have a divine weapon in my hand. Can you steal it?"
"What makes you say that?" Zeus took a step forward and stared at Ryan with cold eyes.
"Just because my mother is the queen of this land!" Ron's voice suddenly became sharp, "What qualifications do you commoners have to compete with me for the artifact?"
"The artifact belongs to everyone, it is not your private property!" Feng Ziang retorted without showing any weakness.
"How naive!" Ryan snorted coldly, "You don't understand anything at all! Only when you have power can you get everything!"
"Once I gain its power, the entire Viking world will bow down before me!"
"You're dreaming!" Zeus clenched the dagger in his hand, his eyes filled with anger.
"Dream, life is like a dream, it's good to live in a dream forever, let those people live in a dream"
"Only you guys?"
Ryan glanced at them with disdain. "You want to stop me too?"
His expression suddenly changed, and he pointed in the direction of the altar and shouted, "Look there!"
Feng Ziang and Zeus subconsciously followed his gaze and saw that several strange runes suddenly appeared on the ground around the altar, emitting a faint light...
Feng Ziang and Zeus's eyes fell on the ground around the altar, and saw that several complex and delicate runes had appeared on the originally flat stone slabs at some point, emitting a faint green light, which was weird and mysterious.
"Zeus, you are too stupid. You can't become a king if you are tied down by your children's love affairs. You have to shoulder the whole world but you are so petty."
"What is this?" Feng Ziang had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"It looks like some kind of ancient magic circle."
Zeus squatted down and carefully observed the runes. "It should be a mechanism used to protect the artifact."
"A mechanism? Hahaha, you guys think you can crack it?"
Ryan laughed disdainfully, "I advise you to surrender obediently, and I can consider sparing your lives!"
Zeus ignored Ron's shouting. He stood up and said to Feng Ziang, "Let's split up and see if we can find a way to crack it."
Feng Ziang nodded, and the two began to search the temple carefully.
There are many murals carved on the walls of the temple, which seem to be telling ancient stories.
Relying on his knowledge of Viking history, Zeus interpreted the information on the murals, looking for clues related to the agency.
Feng Ziang, with his modern logical thinking, analyzed the relationships between the runes, trying to find a way to crack them.
Ryan, on the other hand, had no independent thinking ability at all. Facing the complicated mechanism, he could do nothing but worry.
He paced restlessly, urging Feng Ziang and Zeus from time to time: "Hurry up! What are you dawdling for?"
As time passed, the atmosphere in the temple became increasingly tense.
Finally, Zeus found a record about the temple guardians in the murals, which described how the guardians controlled the mechanism.
Feng Ziang also found the key to crack the rune - a special arrangement order.
"I know what to do!"
Zeus and Feng Ziang shouted almost at the same time. They exchanged glances, and each saw the joy and hope in the other's eyes.
"What are you talking about?"
When Ryan saw their excited expressions, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
However, Feng Ziang and Zeus ignored him. They began to try to crack the mechanism according to the clues they found.
Following the instructions on the mural, Zeus inserted the dagger in his hand into a groove on the altar, while Feng Ziang stepped on the runes on the ground in a specific order...
"Stop it! Don't move!"
Ryan panicked when he saw what they were doing. He rushed forward and tried to stop them, but it was too late...
The moment Zeus inserted the dagger into the groove, the runes around the altar glowed brightly and a low humming sound echoed in the temple.
Feng Ziang held his breath and stepped on each rune accurately according to the order he had deduced in his mind.
As the last rune was activated, the temple began to tremble slightly, and cracks could be seen spreading in the dome above the altar.
“Success!”
Feng Ziang shouted in surprise, but before he finished his words, something strange happened.
Ryan, who was standing by, saw the mechanism about to be opened and forgot his previous ridicule towards Feng Ziang and Zeus.
He rushed forward and pushed Feng Ziang away, trying to grab the artifact first.
"Get out of here! The Moon of Honesty is mine!"
"Are you crazy?!"
Zeus was quick to act and grabbed Feng Ziang who was pushed to the ground, and looked at Ryan in shock and anger.
Ryan turned a deaf ear to Zeus' roar. He pulled hard at the dagger on the altar, trying to pull it out.
However, the dagger seemed to be restrained by some force and did not move.
"Damn it! Why can't I pull it out?!"
Ryan cursed angrily and pulled at the dagger even more frantically.
"Stop! You will destroy this place!" Fengzi stood up with his head held high and shouted anxiously.
However, Ryan was so obsessed with greed that he refused to listen to any advice.
He tried again and again to draw out the dagger. The altar shook more and more violently, and the cracks in the dome grew larger and larger, threatening to collapse at any moment.
"Boom——"
With a loud bang, the dome of the temple finally could not withstand the pressure, and large chunks of rubble began to fall down.
“Run!”
Zeus picked up Feng Ziang and rushed towards the exit of the temple.
Feng Ziang looked back and saw Ryan still standing there, pulling at the dagger desperately, completely unaware of the danger that was approaching.
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