After the battle, there was no cheering or excitement, only a touch of sadness and depression filled the air.
According to the Blackwater elder who turned into a corpse puppet, the knights of the Apocalypse also chased into the Tower of Babel after obtaining the fruits of victory, and also captured several of Goron's companions.
The door opening time of the Tower of Babel is fixed. If people can enter, people will naturally come out. Previously, Monica and the others entered the Tower of Babel when Goron was unconscious. Not only because this was a dead rule in Blackwater City, they also wanted to "experience" it in advance. As soon as the results came out, he ran into the Apocalypse Knight head-on, and being caught could only be regarded as bad luck. Brissardo Kennan, the originally reincarnated brave warrior of the North Country, was also a ruthless character. Although the soul of Christine Elsa, the "Queen of the North Wind" in Monica's body has not been completely awakened, it will not be without the power to fight back. However, according to what the elders of the Blackwater Council said, these guys were captured without much resistance. There may be some hidden secret in this, but it is not certain.
Bluetooth looked around his homeland. Although the battle was over, the trauma of destruction caused by the "liberated" war knights remained. The residents of Blackwater City, who looked either sad or numb, gathered around the remains of their relatives and friends. Some people tried to restore the destroyed houses to a habitable state. Of course, there were also some bastards who took the opportunity to make war fortune. The body of the hydra, the largest and most powerful patron saint of Blackwater City, was floating alone on the mire lake, motionless, and it was not known whether it was alive or dead. But the culprit who caused all this, the Apocalypse War Knight, didn't even leave a body behind.
Bluetooth took one last look at Blackwater City, as if she wanted to imprint this hometown firmly into her eyes. Being familiar with the magic of time, she had a vague premonition that maybe she would never be able to return here again, or this home waiting to be rebuilt. . After a moment, the blue-haired girl turned around, looked at Goron and said: "Let's get ready. There is no key to open the door now. We can only wait for the next time the door of the Tower of Babel opens before we can enter. There is still some time. I I want to go back to the Eternal Dragon Cave first and talk to the Dragon Mother. You can also walk around to see if you can find any clues or anything useful. By the way, you'd better recruit some helpers. Let's go. I’m afraid the journey ahead will be difficult, and it’s always better to have more people.”
Gronn intuitively felt that this girl seemed to have grown up a lot in an instant. The youthfulness on his body gradually faded away, replaced by maturity and stability. Vaguely, the image of Bluetooth in Goron's eyes gradually overlapped with that of the Dragon Mother. Of course not the fake Dragon Mother at the beginning. Thinking of the Mother of Dragons, Gronn couldn't help but think of the psychotic lunatic who looked exactly like his giant demon mother, whether it was a dream or reality. Somehow, Goron felt that since meeting her, some things seemed to be different. For example, in the previous Shadow Ghost Douglas incident, Goron had an intuition that he had something to do with that guy. Of course, this may be entirely Gron's illusion. After all, he himself is not sure whether the psychotic liar is Gron's pure daydream.
Goron did not go to the Eternal Dragon Lair with Bluetooth. It was not that he did not want to go, but that Goron knew that he had to give Bluetooth some time, because he also had the same premonition. After entering this tower, no matter what the outcome, he Will never come back here again.
During the period before the gate of the Tower of Babel opened again, Gronn erected a wooden sign in the small square of Blackwater City. Written on it were notices recruiting members for the tower expedition in several languages he knew. Originally, his behavior was completely against the rules of Blackwater City, but now, even the elders of the Blackwater Council, the only maintainers of order in Blackwater City, have been wiped out, so naturally no one will come to trouble Gron again. It takes a while. Dozens of men, women and children of all races gathered around. Many of these people were covered in blood, their eyes were dull and numb, and they were just following their instincts to join in the fun, preparing to change their bad mood.
"What did you hire us for?"
When asked like this, Goron dumped a bag of messy gadgets on the ground. These were some small magic items and good-quality sacrifices that he had recently collected. These were all prepared by Goron in advance. The space for his tattoo is limited, and he cannot hold too many big things. Therefore, although these gadgets are valuable to the outside world, they are not attractive to the residents of Blackwater City who have lived outside the Tower of Babel all their lives. It's pretty big. Sure enough, after seeing the "reward" offered by Goron, most of the onlookers showed disappointed expressions and turned around to leave. The few people who had no intention of leaving mostly looked not at the things on the ground, but They looked at Goron with malicious eyes, and some of them even looked up and down at the beautiful boy in front of them with lewd expressions. It was not difficult to guess what they wanted to do.
Goron frowned. Although he had thought that recruiting people would not be easy, he did not expect it to be so troublesome. He didn't care about those idiots with bad intentions. If they really didn't want to take advantage of him, he could let him vent the irritability and anger in his heart. But if he can't recruit anyone, it will give him a headache. Goron already knows what kind of place the Tower of Babel is. If he wants to successfully conquer the tower level and catch up with the Knights of the Apocalypse as soon as possible, he only needs the strength of a few people. It's absolutely not enough.
Just when Goron was secretly thinking about whether to show off his strength or simply kidnap a group of people and force them to form a team with him if that didn't work, a hunchbacked white-haired old man suddenly rushed out of the crowd and lay on the ground thrown by Goron. On top of a pile of debris, he picked up an inconspicuous stone and examined it excitedly.
Goron looked at the stone, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He deliberately mixed this thing among the fragments. The Eye of God was most likely to mobilize people for this seemingly inconspicuous stone, but he didn't know what the value of this thing was? How to use it? The key is that Goron doesn't have the time or experience to study this thing specifically. Instead of putting it in a press box, he might as well take it out and see if anyone can recognize it.
Gron's luck seems to be good. Judging from the old man's appearance, he should know this "stone".
When the old guy picked up the stone and turned around to leave, Gron grabbed him and without further ado, he stretched out his hand and snatched the stone away. There was no embarrassment on the old man's face at all. He smiled silly and said, "I thought you didn't want this little stone. You see, I'm quite old, and I really like the pattern of this stone. How about that?" You should respect the old man and give me this thing."
Goron was slightly surprised. He didn't expect this old guy to be so thick-skinned. Gron is not very good at dealing with this kind of people, so he always adapts to changes. He slapped the stone directly into his tattoo, then turned around and ignored this old shameless thing. Transformed into his own tattoo, Goron is confident that no one can take it away from him.
Seeing what Goron did, the old man's eyes twitched. Regret was written all over his face, as if he hated himself for why he ran away as fast as possible without taking the stone, and why he was stupid enough to return it to Gron. Of course, the most important thing is, who would have thought that Goron would have such an unheard of storage method.
"Are you planning to bring it into the tower again? I advise you not to do this. Once you die, the entire Blackwater City will suffer great losses."
Gronn paused, then turned around, looked at the old man and said: "Whether I die or not is my own business, and what does it have to do with Blackwater City? As for entering the tower, it is imperative. Next time Ba When the tower door opens, it's time for me to enter the tower. If you really want this thing, why don't you tell me what it is and then come up with a price that satisfies me? Ta, maybe you’ll have the chance to get him from me sometime.”
Gron originally thought that the old man would definitely choose the first method. If the price he offered was really suitable and could allow Gron to improve his own strength or hire more "cannon fodder", then he would not mind transferring this Shizi, the premise is of course that he knows what this thing is.
But Goron didn't expect that the old man struggled and hesitated for a while, and even stamped his feet angrily for a long time, and then stood honestly behind Goron, joining Goron's team. But no matter how Goron asked him, the damn old guy just wouldn't let go and told Goron what the stone was.
What use would this half-dead old guy have? He had to be taken care of while conquering the Tower of Babel. Just when Goron was about to change his mind and refuse him to join. A strange thing happened suddenly, and the originally lifeless small square suddenly boiled with excitement. Those who were about to turn around and leave rushed back, vying to sign a contract with Gron and participate in this operation.
After all, Goron had just arrived in this Blackwater City not long ago, so he didn't know the details of this old guy. However, those residents of Blackwater City are different. Almost all of them knew this old man, because although he was a human with a short lifespan, he was a real old monster who didn't know how long he lived. When many people here were still little kids running around naked, this old man He is already as old as he is now. It's just that he never fights, and his exposed strength is only at the third-level intermediate level. He makes a living by selling some deceptive medicinal materials that are sometimes useful and sometimes useless. He is inconspicuous, so naturally no one takes him seriously. On weekdays, the most I see when I see someone is say hello.
But this old man has a stunt that no one can match. As an old monster who has lived for who knows how long, he can identify those weird things that no one knows. In particular, the Tower of Babel is just the magic laboratory of the Magic Emperor, not a special treasure maze. There is a mixture of fish and dragons in it, and everything is there. Sometimes what you are lucky enough to get and what seems to be extremely powerful may just be the Magic Emperor. A cup of water, a footbath, etc., and sometimes the rags picked up casually may be something comparable to artifacts. And this old man is best at identifying these difficult
Distinguish things and never make mistakes.
This old guy is usually greedy for life and afraid of death. He doesn't know where to hide when there is a fight. He will probably survive even if the entire Blackwater City is massacred. But now he dares to do it for an inconspicuous stone. When he stepped into the Tower of Babel, what kind of temptation forced him to make this crazy decision of hanging himself as an old man because he was dissatisfied with his longevity. The residents of Blackwater City who had some familiarity with the old man immediately came to a natural guess, that is, the thing in Gron's hand must be extremely valuable, and it might even be an artifact in itself. Since Gronn took it as a reward for hiring people, wouldn't he have a chance to get it as long as he joins his team? (~^~)