Chapter 274
Nothing happened; the spirit did not appear.
“……”
Ottofis was still a cultural donkey! Unwilling to accept this, Ye Bai's expression grew complex as she tossed the paper figure along with the key over.
Still, nothing happened.
Finally, Ye Bai took a deep breath, placed the paper figure beside the scroll, and walked over alone.
In the next moment, a flicker of shadow danced across the sculpture, and the spirit trembled as it lifted its cloak.
“……!”
Ye Bai felt as if struck by lightning; in that instant, her emotions mirrored those of Felix, who had once received guidance from Ottofis.
What? Was she really the only one here with knowledge?
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It must be that the spirit's recognition was based not on the knowledge in its mind, but on its system identity.
Ye Bai forced herself to accept this, selectively forgetting that she also held the title of a top scholar in history.
The spirit beneath the cloak appeared to be a boy, though its features were soft and androgynous. Its size was reduced to a tenth of a normal figure, resembling an elemental sprite, but lacking the corresponding elemental power and signature wings.
【Spirit???】
Level: 10
Health: 500/50
Skills: Invisibility, Levitation
Weakness: Brain
Under identification, Ye Bai saw that the spirit's level and health were extremely fragile, and aside from its abilities to evade and fly, it seemed to have lost all the knowledge-based powers that the spirit race should possess.
Previously, the paper figure had mentioned that the spirits were cursed by a fear of knowledge, which led to their own knowledge being reviled, resulting in the drastic changes to their abilities and forms.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai recalled what the Elf Queen had said about the history of the divine realm—the invasion of the Abyss began with the civil war between the two great human duchies, triggered by an anomaly within the spirit race. Was this anomaly the curse of knowledge that had befallen the spirits, causing a rift with the human duchies that had once befriended them?
But who had cursed them?
Ye Bai was organizing her thoughts, pondering how to communicate most effectively with the spirit before her.
After revealing itself, the spirit cautiously glanced at Ye Bai, then its gaze immediately fell upon the life branch in her hand.
“Ugh…”
The spirit seemed to want to say something to Ye Bai, but its expression quickly shifted to one of urgency, a restlessness that conveyed a desire to express something but lacking the means to do so.
Ye Bai was momentarily taken aback, but then she understood the reason, and a wave of sadness washed over her.
Under normal circumstances, the knowledgeable spirits could communicate freely with any race, as they understood all languages. But now, it seemed the spirit before her could barely remember its own language.
Yet, through the spirit's gestures, Ye Bai grasped what it was trying to convey.
She extended the life branch forward, and the spirit did not shy away; instead, it reached out with its tiny hands, touching the leaves.
At the moment of contact, a burst of light erupted.
Ye Bai felt the life branch tremble violently in her hand, its contained power catalyzed in some way. The light projected forth, cleaving the space and forming a brand new passage.
A passage leading straight to the sky appeared before Ye Bai. At the end of the passage, she saw a door quietly suspended there, behind which lay an unknown chaos.
Without needing any explanation, Ye Bai knew that beyond that door was the treasury of the God King.
At the same time, within the light, the spirit's form began to fade and dissolve.
Just as Ye Bai pulled back, she caught a glimpse of relief and contentment on the spirit's face. It seemed that at that moment, the curse of fear of knowledge had been lifted, and she heard the spirit regain its ability to speak:
“Please…”
But she only had time to hear those two words before the spirit's form vanished, seemingly becoming part of the passage itself.
So the spirit before her was the third key, and after this encounter, the life branch lost its leaves, transforming into a mere twig.
“……”
Ye Bai took a deep breath, suppressing the surge of shock, sorrow, and confusion, and stepped onto the passage.
However, just as she was about to set foot on the passage, accompanied by the familiar sound of the answering wall shattering, over fifty figures, carrying more than a dozen wooden boxes, suddenly descended upon the square.
These were all elite beings above the third tier—half were Light Knights, a few were cloaked sorcerers, and nearly half were Death Knights, among them was Kodos, a demigod-level powerhouse.
Even after suffering heavy casualties in the previous maze, the army of Saint Roli Fortress had broken through with their most elite forces, arriving at the core area just a step behind Ye Bai.
“Clang!”
At that moment, the wooden boxes shattered simultaneously, and a deathly aura spread from within, coalescing into a massive black shadow hovering above the troops. The shadow revealed a withered, twisted face, its gaze locking onto Ye Bai, and it rasped:
“Indeed, it’s the Death Artifact, right on her.”
【Lich King???】
Level: 1??
Health: ??????/????????
Skills: Servant Resurrection, ?????, ????
Weakness: ???
It was actually a god-level Lich King!
Ye Bai quickly scanned the string of question marks, then accelerated, stepping onto the passage without hesitation.
If the Lich she had encountered in the Dragonborn Dungeon had been this one, even without the Death Codex, it could have successfully transformed the undead dragon.
Clearly, it was pursuing the Death Codex. With the main quest so close at hand, Ye Bai would be crazy to turn back now; her figure instantly vanished into the passage of light.
“Hehe…”
The Lich King's gaze, composed of pale flames, swept over the portal above, and at that moment, it no longer restrained its power. Black smoke surged unexpectedly toward the army below.
“Ugh…”
In the next moment, screams erupted one after another. Within the shadow of death, all the surviving third-tier knights and sorcerers perished, rapidly transforming into Death Knights and Liches, with only Kodos surviving.
As the life force and light energy of those third-tier professionals were extracted during this process, they surged toward Kodos, causing him to feel a sudden surge of power amidst his shock and confusion.
In Kodos's terror and bewilderment, he, along with the other transformed high-level undead, was swept up by the Lich King and plunged into the passage of light.
……
【You have discovered the ‘Corridor of History’.】
The moment Ye Bai stepped into the passage, accompanied by the system prompt, the scene before her suddenly changed.
“Whoosh…”
The sea breeze howled, and the waves surged. Ye Bai found herself suspended in the ocean, beside Ottofis. The movement of the water did not affect her in the slightest; she did not need to breathe, nor was there any risk of suffocation. At that moment, she inexplicably became an observer.
Ahead, in the ocean, numerous deep-sea dwellers with fish tails were bowing before a familiar red giant octopus.
“Kraken!”
Ye Bai instinctively shouted, but the Kraken showed no reaction; instead, it waved its tentacles, casting some kind of magic toward the deep-sea dwellers.
Then, a glow enveloped the deep-sea dwellers, transforming them all into tiny points of light.
The Kraken opened its mouth and sucked all the light points inside.
Though it appeared as if the Kraken was devouring the deep-sea dwellers turned into light points, they were likely not being eaten but rather protected by the Kraken in another way.
As it absorbed these light points, the Kraken's body visibly shrank and withered.
Just then, the commotion in this world ceased, and Ye Bai felt herself shift from an observer to a participant, as if she could act. Her gaze suddenly lifted, revealing several potential futures and branches, like different paths waiting for her choice.
Seeing this scene, combined with the previous system prompt of the ‘Corridor of History,’ Ye Bai's heart stirred.
“The Corridor of History… entering this passage means truly walking through the history of the divine realm?”
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