Chapter 23: Sword and the Girl

At this point, the plan is completed.

Just before, when Rorona and others were fighting the Straw Hat Bandits, there was such a deliberately lowered sound in the dark corner where no one noticed... No one noticed it.

He discarded the gargoyle fragments held in his hand, and Luke turned around and walked towards the deepest part of the ruins.

Luke is a thief who specializes in tomb robbers, but he is different from ordinary accomplices. As a relative profession of assassins, the thief also has the ability to stealth, but he does not specialize in this as the assassin. However, Luke completely subverts this point. It can be said that in addition to practicing the skills of dismantling various mechanisms, he is used to proficient in stealth skills.

It is difficult for a person to live in this world of power, but it is also easy, because... if there is no spear that can assassinate the enemy, then it would be better to have a shield!

It is precisely because I am very weak in strength that I learn this skill that can keep myself safe.

Since they are just a tool for Luffy and the others to detect traps, they will not restrict their actions too much. They also discovered Rorona and the others during the exploration process, so they can naturally let the two teams meet. In this way, Luffy and the others will be dragged down and they will have the opportunity to reach the deepest part of the ruins alone.

As for whether the two teams will fight after they meet, Luke didn't consider it at all. Luffy's purpose is not to let any guy who will affect his purpose live. Perhaps in the end, he will be the target they want to kill, right?

However, once we entered the hall, the traps were less unexpected, which disrupted Luke's calculations. He originally planned to throw them away in the trap area to achieve the purpose of destroying them, forget it... it was the same. Now no one can stop me from walking! Luke thought so, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

I'm such a genius...

As for which side will win in the end? Who knows, the team that saved himself in the forest was no weaker than Luffy and the others. The demon warrior who could use invisible attacks was an example. According to the theory that birds of a feather flocked, his teammates would not go there.

But no matter what their final result is, the person who can reach the place where there may be magical artifacts is the one who can first arrive. Next, just take away the things and leave before they arrive. Luke speeded up.

Not only Luffy and the others have their own battles, but Luke also has...

Race against time!

After reaching the end at the fastest speed, Luke was already breathing a little. Although the thief is also a profession for practicing Dou Qi, he does not have excellent physical conditions.

There is only a huge door at the end. Apart from the huge one, the only special thing is that the door panel is also painted with murals that describe the God of Magic as the surrounding walls, and the patterns on the door are connected to the lines of the mural on the wall, which looks like the door is integrated with the wall next to it.

"Is it here..." Luke pressed his hand on the door and looked at the pattern on it - this was his occupational disease.

For tomb robbers, anything may become a triggering danger and bringing death. It can be an ordinary lamp holder placed on the wall or just a slightly sunken floor tiles. Sometimes, even if the footsteps are louder, it will become a condition to start the mechanism!

The pattern on the door tells the story of how the God of Miracle relies on his strange abilities to play with enemies, or trigger various chaotic legends. As the participant or the manipulator, he is the guy who can only do such things, and has never done anything that makes Him shine!

Did he just show off his abilities and painted patterns? He wasted time for such boring things... Luke had no intention of continuing to watch and pushed open the huge door hard.

The scene inside is similar to other halls passing by, but it is much larger, and the ordinary statues placed in all directions have been replaced by six huge human-shaped statues - the six apostles of the legendary god of magic.

Luke couldn't help but have the idea of ​​what kind of combat effectiveness would be if such a huge statue turned into a gargoyle.

He shook his head and drove away his thoughts. He didn't want what he was thinking to come true at this time. Located in the center of the hall was a huge red crystal. According to Luke's habit, he would definitely consider how feasible it would be to sell off the crystal for money, but he did not do so at this time.

Because he found what he was looking for under that huge crystal - a long sword.

The size of an ordinary long sword is designed to be held by one hand and both hands. This is not uncommon. The only characteristic is that the shape of this sword is larger than that of a general long sword. At the same time, it is not made of metal, but it looks like the horny skin of a reptile, with scales on it. There are even a few tiny red blood vessels crawling on it at the blade close to the thigh. In short, it gives people a very strange feeling.

This is what I am looking for? Luke walked in unconsciously.

There are indeed magical weapons here, but they don’t look like a decent weapon no matter how you look at it. But that’s right. The gods worshipped here are not just gods, so it’s normal that the artifacts are not decent. Luke went to that weapon.

Luke stopped when he was about to touch the long sword handle of the strange, like the skin of some kind of crawling creature.

He was hesitating whether to pull out this strange weapon. Although it would undoubtedly be valuable, the weird weapon brought from here alone could be priced at a high price, but what needs to be considered is the consequences of pulling out him. As a tomb robber, he knew very well that any small movement could lose his life without understanding it, and the weapon itself was already weird enough!

But it won't work if you don't take it away! My purpose was to come here is to this, but I retreat when it's within reach? There's no such stupid thing!

Want money or die? Luke faces such a contradictory choice.

And just as Luke was hesitating, the hall, which was originally silent, made another sound...

I was imprisoned for ten thousand years...

He was expelled from his hometown again...

Now, you dare to break into my world...

You are... seeking death!

The place where the sound came... was the strange long sword less than thirty centimeters from his right hand that stretched out!

It was obviously just a weapon, but it made a sound of speaking...

"What are you still hesitating about! Pull out me and I will give you strength! Isn't this obvious? Is your mind soy milk or milk?" The sword began to scream, and the sword body even trembled slightly, but it was impossible to take off the stone steps inserted under the blade.

He screamed without any manners, but this change made Luke withdraw his extended wrist.

"Why should I take my hand back? Isn't it normal for Lei Wanting to speak as Alicia's partner? Come on, grab your hand on the hilt of the sword and I will give you unparalleled power!" The sword continued to scream, and the sword body shaking even more violently, as if there were signs of leaving the stone steps below at any time.

However, after a few dozen seconds, the sword in front of him did not break free from the sign of the stone steps under the sword body. Luke began to calm down: In other words, although this sword was very arrogant, can't he do anything now?

The person in front of him turned a blind eye to his words, which made the sword's scream even more crazy: "Pull out me quickly, or a monster will appear and tear you apart!"

The sword has changed from the temptation at the beginning to the threat.

Just as Luke was thinking about something, another sound came from the hall.

"Why don't you do it as Lei Wanting said? Take away the magical artifacts here. Isn't this the purpose of you guys coming here?"

The direction where the sound came was right above Luke, the huge red crystal...

After Luke moved his gaze up, he met a pair of indifferent pupils. Although the crystals on the outer body were also red, the specific color of these pupils could not be distinguished, Luke did feel the same red color at the moment when his gaze was opposite.

A girl with a delicate face looks like she is about twenty years old, without a trace, and her whole body is curled up in a huge red crystal. In this case, only her pupils and mouth can be moved, and she can't even turn her head down, but this expressionless gaze can only make people feel even colder.

"For the first time I met, my name is Alicia..." The girl frozen in the huge crystal looked at Luke with emotionless eyes: "The one below is Lei Wanting. Sorry, has it scared you?"

Since he immediately noticed this special weapon called Lei Wanting, Luke did not even observe the surroundings carefully, so he had always ignored the existence of the girl, so the girl's sudden speech surprised him even more.

"No...no." Luke said subconsciously without thinking at all.

"Is this true? Why don't you consider its suggestions?" The girl led the topic back to its original route.

The other party's direct conversation made Luke not know how to answer.

"You're here just now, and I heard it even in a crystal with such a strong sound insulation effect, and my heart beats so fast. Is there anyone chasing you?" The girl named Alicia continued, although there was still no expression on her face, but Luke could feel her understanding?

"You are also an adventurer who comes here to find treasures? Why don't you take them away if you find a treasure that suits your imagination? Isn't this effort going all the way through the way in vain? And don't you be curious about what kind of power Lei Wanting has? Perhaps the people chasing you behind will not be as good as your finger after pulling it out..." The girl's words brought some meaning for the first time, but Luke was still attracted by the content in the words and did not pay attention to this point.

The words that pierced Luke's heart and completely hit the contradictions in the center, just like the devil's low murmur, driving him to move his eyes to the hilt of Lei Wanting's sword again...
Chapter completed!