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Chapter 45 - 45 45 Ancient Relics Revised Edition

45: Chapter 45 Ancient Relics (Revised Edition) 45: Chapter 45 Ancient Relics (Revised Edition) At this moment, the monster army had already reached the nearby area.

At Morphis’s command, these monsters immediately engaged in battle with the onlookers—adventurers.

Amidst the chaos, Morphis continued to push forward, passing through a plaza and soon the massive cubic structure came into view—undeniable.

This is it!

Morphis dashed to the doors of the treasure vault.

The doors before him, forged from Mithril, appeared to be incredibly sturdy.

Morphis swung his claw at it, -550!

So tough!

Looking at the durability, 49450/50000 points.

A door with fifty thousand durability points.

Morphis thought to himself, how long would it take to break this down?

Every second was precious at this time.

Luckily, he could still breathe fire.

He targeted the door and unleashed a blast of Ancient Dragonfire.

The door was large enough that not a bit of the Dragon Breath’s damage was wasted.

(AOE skills could inflict stacked damage against large units).

Morphis furiously spewed flames at the door.

The scorching Dragonfire burst forth, starting as a deep red but soon turning into a blazing white color.

The flames, maxed out with various talents, made the doors’ durability plummet rapidly, and the Mithril-forged door began to melt under the intense heat of the Dragonfire.

It seemed that evolving into an Ancient Black Dragon was the right choice; otherwise, the door would have indeed been hard to open.

As the door’s durability hit zero, Morphis tore at it with his claws and forcefully ripped a large hole through it.

He glanced at the adventurers still battling with monsters around him.

Though the monsters’ strength was inconsistent, they should be enough to buy some time.

Without hesitation, Morphis burst through the doors.

Upon entering the vault, the first thing that appeared was a spacious, grand corridor.

Within the corridor, dozens of Arcane Puppets were activated and charged toward the black dragon.

Morphis swung his dragon claw and swept his tail, smashing them all to pieces.

These elite puppets, each with over three thousand Health Points, were formidable foes for ordinary adventurers, but to Morphis, they were merely weeds.

However, it was clear that the vault wouldn’t only have such insignificant defensive forces.

At the end of the corridor stood a gigantic Golem over twenty meters tall.

As Morphis approached, the Golem’s eyes lit up with red lights, and a super-long health bar with a BOSS indicator appeared above its head.

Hmm, it’s actually a BOSS-level combat unit.

Vault Guardian (Magic Golem) Level 70, Disaster Tier 1, Health Points 60000.

Vault Guardian (Magic Golem): “Intruder detected, combat program initiated—Destruction Beam is ready to fire!”

Two red beams shot towards him and hit Morphis head-on.

The Destruction Beams pierced through the Dragon Scales, leaving charred marks on the black dragon’s body.

-1719!

-1658!

Hmm, the damage is quite high.

Knowing that Golems usually had high resistances, Morphis didn’t breathe fire, opting instead for a Dragon Assault!

He charged head-on into the chest of the Golem.

Boom, -3285!

The violent collision made the Golem reel.

Looking at its towering sixty thousand Health Points, it would take some time to defeat it, and Morphis currently had no time to be entangled in a prolonged fight.

Fortunately, he had meticulously studied the weak points of various monsters.

Golems typically had weaknesses around their energy cores.

Morphis’s claw reached straight for the chest of the Golem, where the power source was located.

Normally, a dragon’s claw strike wouldn’t reach such a high point, but Morphis wasn’t aware of these limitations at the moment.

Crack, the sharp dragon claw forcefully penetrated the protective plate on the Golem’s chest.

He tugged at it hard, rending through the Arcanite-constructed shell of the Golem.

The giant seemed to sense the threat as its enormous mechanical arms ceaselessly pounded the black dragon’s body, -515!

-648!

-769!

-887!

Enduring the increasingly intense blunt pain, Morphis forcefully tore away, ripping open the armor plate with a sound of tearing and exposing the large magical crystal inside.

Without any hesitation, he grabbed the object and crushed it with all his might.

Boom!

-56715 (Critical Hit)!

Vault Guardian (Magic Golem): “Error in the program—termination sequence failed to execute, program in disarray, disarray, disarray, disarray…”

Boom, the massive golem crashed to the ground, and Mo Fei thought to himself how exhilarating that fatal blow was.

As the golem toppled, a metal door appeared behind it.

Mo Fei tore open the door with a swipe of his giant paw, then his huge form shrank down to human size, and he walked inside.

Before entering, he remembered to turn off the live-streaming plugin.

He wasn’t worried about the viewers learning that he was looting the vault, but the next step of transferring the treasures involved exploiting a few system loopholes, and he certainly didn’t want to set a bad example for the kids.

Inside the vast vault were two rows of ornate display cases, showcasing the finest treasures collected over thousands of years in Dalaran.

Mo Fei didn’t waste any words and began stuffing items into his bag.

Lord of the Ocean’s Scepter—nice find!

The Book of Radia—nice find!

Void Grimoire—nice find!

Arcane Crystal Robe—nice find!

Mira’s Arcane Crown, and it’s even a quest item—such a great find!

Having ransacked half the vault in one go, Mo Fei reached the end of the vault.

The area was bare, seemingly empty, except for a barren wall.

However, as he glanced at the wall, his Ancient Dragon wisdom’s appraisal skill detected an illusion spell cast upon it.

Mo Fei kicked the wall, and instantly a section disappeared, revealing a downward passage.

A sense of anticipation welled up in Mo Fei as he followed the passage, which led to yet another door.

The dark golden door seemed to be made of arcanite, with six keyholes, presumably requiring six keys to open simultaneously.

Without a doubt, those six keys were most likely in the hands of the six Archmages of the Council of Tirisfal.

It seems the real treasures were within, Mo Fei felt a surge of excitement.

For ordinary Adventurers facing this challenge, they could only gaze in longing, as obtaining six keys would undoubtedly be an Epic difficulty task.

Even if they considered breaking in, the toughness of arcanite was so high that ordinary attacks probably wouldn’t even cause damage.

But for Mo Fei, this wasn’t much of an issue.

He pulled out the Crusher Giant Hammer from his bag and swung it directly at the vault door!

One hammer strike and -555!

Then he saw the door’s durability was a whopping 20,000 points.

It seemed he was in for a bit of effort.

Mo Fei thought to himself and swung the heavy hammer again.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Even wielding the Crusher Giant Hammer, which had armor-piercing properties and siege damage, along with Mo Fei’s impressive strength attribute, it still took over three minutes to break open the safe.

Mo Fei eagerly stepped through the doorway.

But when he saw what was inside the secret chamber, Mo Fei was taken aback.

What on earth was this?

On a stone platform lay a peculiar dragon-shaped statue.

This statue was carved from an unknown type of stone and seemed weathered, giving off an ancient and venerable vibe.

This ancientness was not in the human sense but rather something from the dragon race’s perspective.

The exact era it hailed from was beyond imagination.

Different from the regular dragon race known to Mo Fei, this statue had two pairs of wings, layered horns atop its head, and the scales on its body resembled rocky patterns and textures.

Its physical characteristics did not match any dragon types Mo Fei knew of, and it was uncertain whether it was a product of artistic rendition or if such a type of dragon actually existed in the World of Sky.

[Ancient Dragon Rock Statue (Ancient Relic)]

Quest Item: Unique.

Use: Decipher the mysterious text on the statue to trigger a hidden story quest.

Item Description: A statue of an Ancient Dragon, with an era that can no longer be traced.

According to dragon race mythology, the Ancient Dragons were the progenitors of the dragon race and are said to have ruled the world during the Dark Era, when the universe was newly born.

However, with the fall of the Dragon God, the Ancient Dragons perished, and all their legends have been lost in the river of history.]

There were four lines of inscription on the statue’s base, written in the Dragon Language, something most people couldn’t understand.

But as an Ancient Black Dragon, Mo Fei naturally recognized their meaning.

They read:

[Sky Haven, Ancient Dragon’s sorrow, the Gods’ twilight, Dragon Delight’s demise.]

However, he was unsure of their exact significance.

The fact that the vault’s hidden room contained such a thing was beyond Mo Fei’s expectations.

He had thought it would be some kind of Divine Artifact, or perhaps a legendary magic book, but instead, it turned out to be a statue—and he had never seen the “(Ancient Relic)” suffix before.

Just what was this thing?

The mysterious text must refer to the sentences inscribed in the Ancient Dragon Language.

A hidden story quest, huh…

That sounds quite intriguing.

This was the first time he had heard of such a thing, and he wondered how it differed from ‘story events’ or ‘campaign quests.’ Other items could be sold, but this one had to be kept for thorough research later on.