Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 102: Chapter 102 Golden Skull

The abandoned valley, with no human activity, was quickly reverting back to its primitive forest state. Overgrown paths and increasingly dense jungles, apart from the chirping of insects and the roar of some unknown beasts, left only the howling wind throughout the valley.

However, many remnants of human activity could still be seen here.

For instance, in some mounds of earth, one might occasionally find rotting wood or rusted iron nails.

This place was once considered a “paradise” for the first group of Gold Miners.

Strictly speaking, the establishment of Messer City also owed much to their contributions.

Or rather, to their sweat, blood, and corpses.

Although quite a few people successfully found gold in the valley, most of them perished in a “flood.”

Tonight, a lost mountaineer suddenly appeared here.

A young man was walking along the mountain paths, his steps uneven, his clothes somewhat disheveled and in disarray.

Oddly, he was not carrying a backpack, perhaps he had lost it along the way.

On him, there hovered a sinister, cold aura, which dissipated when he reached a spacious hollow.

“One minute!”

Tang Qi still chose this time limit, pinching it off before closing the seal.

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At this moment, he was in a hollow where the vegetation wasn’t very dense, with the sound of the roaring wind just a few meters above his head. Some strange calls, carried by the wind from far off places, seemed to come from some birds or monkeys.

Thump!

Without any warning, a muffled sound erupted right above Tang Qi.

Mixed with wild grass, dirt splattered as a ragged figure suddenly burst forth from the ground, limbs attached to the mountain, and then, like a wolf beginning its hunt, it rapidly pounced toward Tang Qi, its speed so swift in the darkness it almost appeared as a phantom.

A very dazzling phantom.

Because this figure was strikingly golden.

Indeed, the first “Abnormality” Tang Qi saw was a skeleton, shining brilliantly gold except for its rotting clothes. If it weren’t for the blood light flickering faintly within its deeply hollow eye sockets and its mad-dog-like movements, Tang Qi might have thought he was seeing an extravagant, expensive, yet boring art piece.

As it lunged towards him, similar sounds emerged from all around the hollow and even across the valley.

They were quite dazzling under the moonlight, to the extent that Tang Qi was dazzled for a moment; feeling a sense of absurdity, his gaze finally settled on the first golden skeleton.

A faint ghost light formed an image that reflected into Tang Qi’s eyes.

[Extraordinary Creatures: Resentful Gold Miners.]

[State: Anger.]

[Information Fragment One: It was so dazzling; as a human, it desperately craved gold, such that even in death, driven by grudges, it still shuffled through the underground, ceaselessly scavenging gold to adhere to its body. For this, they did not hesitate to personally tear away the flesh that began to rot from their bodies, ultimately resulting in this appearance.]

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[Information Fragment Two: Full of gold but unable to utilize it, this incites immense anger. Anyone who attempts to mine gold here will be torn into pieces.]

“Dead yet possessed with so much gold, this is indeed infuriating.”

Tang Qi gazed at the flowing fragments, silently expressing his sympathy.

Then he opened his arms wide, as if to give the first approaching Gold Miner a warm embrace, while his eyes surveyed the surroundings of the Valley. Apart from those “Golden Shiny” emerging from underground, there were also areas emitting an even more dangerous aura.

“Is everyone coming? Then the show can… begin.”

“Bang”

Muttering, Tang Qi fiercely hugged the first golden skull racing down from the mountaintop, then with a turn, he rolled towards the bottom of the Valley. Other golden skulls released silent roars and then pounced swiftly, forming a massive “golden ball” that thunderously rolled down to the base of the Valley.

This scene would likely drive many greedy souls mad.

But to the “Abnormals,” this was utterly unattractive. What really lured those deeply hidden monsters to emerge, risking exposure, was an aura encapsulated by the golden ball.

Except for those born inherently in cities, most monsters wouldn’t typically attack humans unless humans foolishly intruded into their nests.

This rule probably originated from the ancient era, from repeated cleansings of monsters by human Transcendent Forces.

But if a whiff of “Omen Breath” was added into the mix, everything changed.

Centered around the abandoned Golden Valley, as the Omen Breath spread with the roaring mountain wind across the continuous mountains, some monsters asleep for many years were rapidly awakened, unable to resist the desire from deep within their souls.

Terrible, eerie gazes, across the mountain ridges, fixated on the deepest recesses of the Golden Valley.

Compared to those, the Evil Spirits that quickly followed with the mountain wind seemed insignificant little shrimps. They couldn’t even manage to separate the tangled golden skulls, only able to emit furious, sharp howls.

The first terrifying Monster arrived from beneath the earth.

Just as the golden ball was about to hit the ground in the deep Valley, with a “thunderous” sound, the soft earth suddenly cracked open a large hole, exposing a horrifying huge maw. Its head was entirely dark, and its mouth filled nearly the entire area, revealing layers of sharp teeth resembling shark teeth upon opening.

With a “click,” this worm-like giant creature instantly swallowed the golden ball.

Then, with a gurgling sound, it turned to retreat back into the hole. During this process, the golden ball in its mouth was swiftly cut into strips of golden Soft Mud, then “exploded.”

As it seemed this giant worm would alone swallow the “Alluring Aura.”

Shriek!

An urgent cry, unstoppable by the roaring mountain wind, suddenly sounded, as a similarly massive figure descended from the sky. Terrifying sharp claws firmly pinned the escaping worm, while a curved beak began frenziedly pecking at the worm’s head.

From a distance, this might look like a Monster battle.

But up close, one could instantly tell that these two creatures, aside from the worm appearing to be a monster from an ancient era.

That “giant bird” should rather be called an Abnormal.

It had a body like a gigantic crow, with deep, dark feathers, but on its chest and abdomen was “inlaid” a man. A naked man wrapped in a thin membrane, still maintaining a brilliant smile.

If one got even closer, they would realize this man wasn’t actually smiling, but his mouth had been grotesquely cut open. From his pitch-black eye sockets, oil-like black fluid constantly trickled out, flowing down the roots within the membrane and pumping into the giant bird’s pulsating red heart.

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