Chapter 557 Time Dragon and Lich (Chapter 7K)

Tang Sen frowned and walked to a glowing fungus.

Although he did not do much research on fungi, he also dabbled in them because of the convenience of surgical fruits.

The space of the surgical fruit completely covers the fungus, and subtle perception explores the internal structure of the fungus.

Then, Tang Sen showed a suspicious expression.

"No, not stagnation."

"It becomes extremely slow, as if there is no change at all."

This situation is really weird. Tang Sen is certain that there is some kind of force acting on these fungi, so that while they maintain the same glow, their growth is delayed countless times.

"Interesting!" Varro suddenly became interested. He picked off a luminous fungus and looked at the palace while playing with it: "I have never seen such a phenomenon. Is there some kind of power that has not yet appeared here? Does it affect everything?"

"Just check it out and you'll find out."

Tang Sen wanted to leave this strange place directly through the Gate of the Abyss, but the Gate of the Abyss had a flaw - he opened the door here and entered the endless abyss, even if he walked very far in the endless abyss, or even went to the abyss On another floor, open the door and come back, still at the current location.

Unless Tang Sen can find a way to the main material plane from the endless abyss.

This thing is suitable for emergency evacuation, but not suitable for finding another way out.

"Mr. Varro, can you tell anything from these buildings?" Tang Sen did not rush into the palace. Instead, he checked around and confirmed that except for the palace, other places were There is little information.

This place is like a demiplane cut directly from the Underdark.

"I haven't done much research on architecture and totemology." Varro was modest at first, then looked at the palace carefully, and said: "The existing buildings should no longer use this style. Of course, after all, here It’s the Underdark.”

"The carvings and patterns on the beams are a bit like the Barlo style. This style comes from the Barlo Kingdom, a huge country thousands of years ago, but it has been destroyed now, but strangely, I saw some A totem that symbolizes the rules of magic.”

"The Kingdom of Barlo doesn't like spellcasters very much. They take the status of divine power very seriously, and mages obviously don't have due respect for the gods."

"Of course, there are some totems that I have never seen before, and I don't know what they symbolize."

Varro took a few steps closer, squatted down and looked at the steps leading to the palace gate: "These stones are a bit strange."

"What's so strange?" Tang Sen asked.

"Too old." He showed a puzzled expression: "Time will always leave traces on everything in the world. In such an independent demiplane, there is no weathering and other phenomena, only weak corrosion caused by the growth of fungi, then , these stones shouldn’t be so old.”

Tang Sen frowned: "You mean, this palace has existed for a very long time?"

"This is what confuses me." Varro raised his head, "Do you believe that this palace has existed for hundreds of thousands of years?"

"The oldest recorded history is the Thunder Age tens of thousands of years ago. At that time, elves, dwarves and humans did not exist in this world at all, let alone build such magnificent buildings." Tang Sen shook his head.

"Yes." Varro said: "It does sound incredible, but at least judging from the stone, it is the fact."

Tang Sen was stunned for a moment.

He really has no research in this area, but he can also trust Varro's judgment. This guy seems unreliable, but when it comes to his understanding of Faerun and his achievements in miscellaneous studies, he ranks among the best in Faerun. No.

"Is it possible that this place comes from other dimensions?" Tang Sen guessed.

Faerûn's history is not that long, but the length of time the multiverse has existed is probably difficult to trace.

Varro hesitated and said: "At least from what I have seen so far, I can probably confirm that this is the local building in Faerun. Maybe I saw it wrong."

Faced with the extremely abnormal reality, Varro seemed a little less confident.

"We have to go in and take a look. I have a hunch that what we find is enough to shock the entire Faerun, and even other planes!" At this point, Varro suddenly became excited: "When the time comes, each of us will get a legend for life. Prize! Let that guy from Elminster take a good look!"

Tang Sen glanced at him.

This man is really not afraid of death.

Tang Sen quietly communicated with his mind space and tried to summon the Gate of the Abyss. The process went smoothly.

The personality of this demiplane is far from enough to resist the personality of the mind space.

"Then let's go in and have a look."

The two of them stepped on the ancient steps, climbed up the stairs, and soon arrived at the nearest palace gate.

This door is extremely huge, probably hundreds of meters high by visual inspection. It is made of a huge piece of stone and is covered with various gorgeous patterns carved on it.

"This palace is a bit too big even for giants." Varro said, leaning forward: "Fortunately, we don't have to worry about how to open this door-"

He pointed to the side, where a smooth hole was dug out, just big enough for humanoids to pass through.

"It seems that we are not the first ones to come here." Tang Sen said.

"It's really hard for me to tell whether this is good news or bad news." Although Varro said this, he went straight into the hole without much hesitation.

Townsend followed closely behind.

The experience of walking through the door is like walking through a long corridor - the door is too thick.

When they finally passed through the gate, the two people unexpectedly discovered that it was not dark in the palace.

There was a glimmer of light that filled the entire space, making this huge palace look extremely empty. Countless huge beams, like supporting the heaven and earth, stood in the hall very regularly, and those glimmers of light came from the top of the hall. It was a starry sky.

Of course, in Tang Sen's perception of the fruits of the operation, they were countless luminous gems embedded in the ceiling.

In the dim light, you can see the objects piled up in front of you, like a small mountain.

Tang Sen did not use the teleportation ability of the surgical fruit rashly. Instead, he and Varo walked toward the hillock. Only when they were close enough did the two of them see clearly.

Those are all skeletons.

Varro took a breath of air: "How many creatures have died in this place? I suddenly feel that coming here is not a wise choice."

"It's too late to react now."

Tang Sen squinted his eyes and looked at the bones. He could see that the top bones were slightly fresher, while the color of the bottom bones had been decayed by time.

Most of them are the skeletons of strange monsters. Of course, occasionally you can see the skeletons of humanoid creatures. The thicker and shorter ones are probably gray dwarves, and the slender ones should be drow elves.

Townsend even saw the remains of an illithid.

"Be careful and don't stay too far away from me." Tang Sen reminded: "Obviously, these skeletons will not be piled together on their own. Besides us, there should be other people in this palace."

Tang Sen expanded the space of the surgical fruit as much as possible, but there seemed to be some inexplicable resistance in front of him. The further forward, the more blurry his perception became.

Now that they had entered and had no other choice, the two of them walked around the Skeleton Mountain and could already see the depths of the hall and the passage leading to the buildings at the rear.

Tang Sen carefully inspected the main hall again, and found nothing else except the mountain of bones. It seemed that the place had been emptied, and its only purpose was to pile up the bones.

After leaving the main hall and walking through the corridor, a corridor in the garden appeared in front of them. The corridor was also made of stone. Both sides were covered with dense luminous fungi. It looks extremely beautiful and dreamy here.

But it was still silent and deserted.

"Which way are we going?" Varro looked at the huge building complex and the intricate corridors, hesitating: "Or turn back?"

"There is no point in turning back." Tang Sen said calmly: "Come with me."

Now that you have made up your mind to explore this palace, just go directly to the core.

And where is the core place - it's easy to guess, it's probably the place where the perception of the surgical fruit is blocked.

So the two of them walked in the "garden" of luminous fungi for almost half a day, and finally came to a side hall.

Finally I can see some unusual traces.

In the garden near the side hall, there is a house with a completely different style from the palace. It seems to be built with corner stones taken from the palace. The stones are covered with mycelium and look like It's a mushroom house.

The most important thing is that the size of this mushroom house is obviously for humanoids of normal size.

Tang Sen did not enter rashly, but tried hard to use the space of the surgical fruit to perceive - standing in this place, the range of space that can be spread is only ten meters around, and the perception is also quite blurry.

But I can barely feel the layout inside the mushroom house.

A dense row of bookshelves, a desk, and not even a bed.

"Want to go in and take a look?" Tang Sen frowned slightly, hesitant.

Although there are no living creatures in this room, this place is indeed very strange. With my own perception limited, it is difficult to predict whether there are unknown dangers.

There is no need to think about using divination to determine whether it is dangerous. No matter what the result is, it will only add trouble to yourself.

"I'll go inside and take a look." Varro volunteered.

"Forget it." Tang Sen shook his head and looked at the side hall: "Let's go there first."

No matter what, it is most important to understand the core secret of this palace first.

The door to the side hall was closed, but this obviously couldn't stop Tang Sen. Even if he didn't use the power of spells and surgical fruits, his own strength was enough to push the heavy door.

With Tang Sen's strength, a dull voice sounded, and everything in the palace finally appeared in front of the two of them.

"This is--"

Tang Sen's pupils shrank suddenly: "A giant dragon?"

I saw an extremely huge dragon coiled in the deepest part of the hall. Even if it was just crawling, his body was already squeezed to the ceiling.

This is a giant dragon with a silver-white body. Hourglass-shaped black scales cover his eyes like a mask. Twelve unevenly distributed ring-shaped black scales are distributed radially from back to front on his body, like a young man. Wheel in general.

A pointer-like spur extends from the back of its skull, seemingly doubling the length of its head, while triangular wings extend from a narrow point on its back, roughly shaped like an hourglass.

"It looks like a silver dragon." Tang Sen was a little confused.

Giant dragons are not uncommon for Tang Sen. To be honest, he has already eaten two in his stomach, and they were completely digested.

Judging from the size of this giant dragon, it is obvious that it is already an extremely powerful dragon, but is such a giant dragon the source of such weirdness in this demiplane?

Tang Sen couldn't help but look at Varro. With his knowledge, he might be able to distinguish something.

However, he only saw a dull face.

Varro seemed to have been hit by the petrification spell again. He stood frozen on the spot, just staring at the giant dragon blankly.

"Mr. Varro?" Tang Sen reminded: "What do you think?"

Varro woke up from his dream, staggered back a few steps, and then sat down on the ground.

"This is.time.time."

"What?" Tang Sen looked at the stuttering Varo and frowned.

"I never thought I would be able to see it in my lifetime." Varro suddenly stood up excitedly and shouted incomprehensively: "This is simply a miracle! Don't let me get closer and take a look!"

He said as he rushed into the hall.

Tang Sen quickly followed and asked, "Isn't this a silver dragon?"

"Silver dragon? Bah, does the silver dragon deserve to be compared with him?" Varro suddenly spoke very fast: "This is the time dragon! The time dragon!"

He shouted excitedly: "The Time Dragon that only exists in legends!"

Tang Sen was startled.

Of course he had heard of the Time Dragon, but he really hadn't thought about it in this direction.

After all, this kind of creature is so rare that most people only know that this kind of giant dragon exists, but have no idea what the Time Dragon looks like.

But the legends about those time dragons are still widely circulated in various adventure stories.

For example, this kind of dragon is a super-large dragon from birth to a young dragon stage, with a challenge level as high as level 24. Moreover, it is almost impossible to kill a time dragon. Within the egg, a certain amount of time power has been mastered.

They breathe time, eat time, and live in it in a way that becomes the embodiment of time. They are the rarest and most powerful of all dragons, even compared to the dragon gods.

Even for a young dragon, a nine-ring spell like stopping time is as simple as breathing, and the more powerful time dragon can even travel through the timeline at will, or banish other existences to the distant future.

"No wonder this palace is so weird. It turns out to be the influence of time."

Tang Sen thought of those luminous fungi that grew extremely slowly. Now that he thought about it, the name of the powerful force acting on them was time.

Time is slowed down many times.

And those decayed stone steps were probably accelerated many times.

"Time in this place is chaotic! It's intermingled in some way that I can't even detect!"

"I have passed through areas of extremely slowed down time, and also through areas of extremely accelerated time!"

"I am afraid that the abnormality of the surgical fruit's ability is also due to this. The space of the surgical fruit cannot take effect in the chaotic time zone."

Tang Sen came back to his senses and saw that Varo had rushed to a place very close to the time dragon and was looking at the body of the time dragon motionlessly.

"I don't seem to feel any life breath in this dragon."

Tang Sen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is it because of the characteristics of the Time Dragon, or because -"

His heart suddenly trembled violently.

"This time dragon may be dead!"

A living Time Dragon, even if it has fallen into a deep sleep, will not spread its abilities so unscrupulously to such a wide area around it.

Moreover, looking at the traces of those buildings, this influence has been acting for a long, long time.

This does not seem to be actively emitted, but more like because this time dragon was too powerful during its lifetime, and even after death, its body is constantly distorting the surrounding time.

"How powerful is this? Even if he has no divinity, he is still stronger than most gods!"

Tang Sen's heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

"if."

He swallowed: "What if I swallow this dragon?"

For others, the corpse of the Time Dragon can at most be used to make powerful artifacts of time, but for Tang Sen, his shepherd characteristics can obtain most of the power of the Time Dragon.

This is simply a huge surprise, what kind of divinity, what kind of priesthood, why do you need so much trouble? After eating this dragon, you will be completely reborn, just like a carp jumping through a dragon gate. You will no longer be bound by the river of time, but will jump out of time and even control time!

Tang Sen couldn't help but took two steps forward. Then, he suddenly stopped and patted his face hard.

"clam down."

He forced himself to restrain the extremely strong desire in his heart and took a deep breath.

"Don't be carried away by the temptation in front of you. There are still many things in this demiplane that we haven't figured out yet."

"Those bones piled up like a mountain in the hall, those luminous fungi that were neatly trimmed, and why did I suddenly enter this demiplane?"

He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, took a step back, and shouted: "Mr. Varro, it's time for us to explore other places."

"He can't hear it."

A voice sounded behind Tang Sen.

Tang Sen opened his eyes suddenly and turned his head quickly.

A thin and petite figure was standing at the door of the side hall.

She was wearing a red mage robe that stretched to the floor. The robe didn't fit well, and it looked like a sheet wrapped around her body, which was at most 1.5 meters tall. It was obvious that time had passed, and many places had begun to fade in spots.

Her face is extremely thin and gray, but her hair is very white, falling down from both sides of her cheeks like tassels to her ankles.

Just like this, he stood quietly at the door, looking at Tang Sen with interest.

"Why didn't you just move on?" she asked.

"Who are you?" Tang Sen did not answer, but asked tentatively.

He didn't feel any malice from the person in front of him, or even any threat. However, Tang Sen would never believe it if someone appeared in such a place and said there was no danger - he was already distracted communicating with his mind space. If something goes wrong, just run away to the abyss.

As for Varro, although it is a pity, let him wish for good luck. As the anchor of the magic goddess, maybe he can survive the disaster like thousands of times before.

"Who am I?" The girl repeated Tang Sen's question and tilted her head: "I forgot, maybe... a lich?"

"Why didn't you keep walking forward just now?" After she answered the question, she asked again persistently.

This gesture is like that of a curious child following his parents. When he encounters a question he wants to know, he will repeat it over and over again until he gets the answer.

So Tang Sen said perfunctorily: "I'm not interested in dragons."

Then, before the other party could speak, Tang Sen said first, "You said you are a lich? The lich I know is not like you."

Liches, this kind of evil creature formed by the caster's desire for immortality, look more like undead creatures than normal creatures.

Their skin has long since dried up, their withered flesh clings to their skeletons, and their eyes have long since rotted, with only tiny specks of light remaining in their eye sockets. No matter who you ask, the lich has this terrifying appearance.

But the girl in front of her, although her cheeks are extremely thin, her skin is still tight. Although her eyes are a little dull, they are indeed watery lavender. What's more, it is difficult for a lich to have such smooth hair. silver hair.

"Really?" The girl was obviously not interested in this question. She said, "I feel like you are perfunctory with me. But it doesn't matter."

She turned around and left.

"Wait!" Tang Sen stopped her: "Is there anyone else here besides you?"

The girl stopped and said, "And you."

"Of course, soon it was just you and me, and then it was just me again."

Tang Sen was startled for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to look at Varo, who still maintained the same posture as before, showing no reaction at all to the girl's appearance.

"Is he dead?" Tang Sen asked directly.

"Not yet, but soon."

"It depends on his luck and lifespan." The girl didn't seem to mind answering Tang Sen's question, but she didn't turn around and just said: "The closer you get to the time dragon, the more violent the turbulence of time becomes. It seems, He seems to be stuck in a time stop, but in fact, he is experiencing irregular time acceleration and time deceleration."

She spoke in a precise and unhurried manner: "If he is lucky, he may be able to stay in the slowed down time forever, and there will be no change at all even for a thousand or ten thousand years. If he is not lucky, his life span will not change at all." It will be used up in an instant.”

"Of course, I've never seen one last more than half a day."

After saying this, she stopped staying and walked directly out of the side hall.

Tang Sen heard the door of the mushroom house creaking shut.

"Time?" Tang Sen narrowed his eyes.

If I hadn't resisted the temptation just now, I'm afraid I would have fallen directly into that situation.

Tang Sen couldn't guess whether he would still be conscious in such a situation. Maybe for him, time stopped for a moment, but for time itself, it has been flowing for countless years, even if he is already an immortal species and has A life span of thousands of years will be reduced to withered bones in an instant under the power of time.

By then, I won't even have the consciousness to use the Gate of the Abyss!

If you die because of the end of your life span, even a complete resurrection spell will have no effect.

And this stranger who calls herself a lich is obviously not kind enough to save him. Tang Sen is still testing her behavior pattern, but what is certain is that her attitude towards the outside world is very indifferent, and she only treats what Tang Sen just said. There was a little curiosity about the abnormal behavior, but because of Tang Sen's perfunctory words, this little curiosity disappeared.

Tang Sen's fear was quickly suppressed, and he looked at Varo again.

The power of the surgical fruit cannot be used at all in this side hall. I am afraid that there is no way to rescue him by moving, but let Tang Sen go over and pull him out in person?

There is no way Townsend would take such a risk.

"Maybe find a prop."

Tang Sen thought about everything he had experienced in this demiplane. Although the turbulence of time was constantly stirring here, he was not aware of it at all. It seemed that he could see the luminous fungi that were infinitely slowed down. On one side, you can see the infinitely accelerated palace.

Time is not space, and there is no boundary wall in between.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Sen walked out of the side hall and glanced at the mushroom room. He could see the girl sitting in front of the desk through the window full of mycelium.

Tang Sen had many questions that he wanted to ask the other party, but not now. He just walked up to a glowing fungus, hesitated for a moment, and raised his hand to squeeze it.

Just like all fragile fungi, a piece of fungus flesh was torn off without any suspense.

"Indeed."

The magic power in Tang Sen's body was running, and the fungus in his hand quickly transformed into a long pole with a ring at the front.

He returned to the side hall, hesitated for a moment, and then cast a spell to create a magic body, letting it hold the long pole and hook it towards Varo.

Unexpectedly, Varo was hooked out directly.

"What are you doing!" Varro got up from the ground, his face still full of excitement: "Don't hold me back! This is a time dragon, I have to take a good look!"

His emotions were still at the level when he first entered the side hall. He didn't feel anything was wrong at all, and he was about to walk towards the Time Dragon again.

Tang Sen controlled the magic body, hooked Varro again, and threw him out of the side hall. Then he said: "Mr. Varro, I think you need to calm down first."

"After all, you almost died once just now."

Varro got up from the ground in a daze. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a creak and the door of the mushroom house was opened again.

The white-haired girl stood at the door, not looking at Varo, but staring at the magic body next to Tang Sen.

Her voice sounded:

"Why are you able to cast spells here?"

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