Gate of Revelation - Chapter 575

Chapter 575

GOR Chapter 575 Very Powerful Sword

There were two passageways within the hall which led to the basement . One of them was an elevator that was constructed much later – now that the place had become an instance dungeon, it was only natural that the elevator had disappeared .

The other one was a spiral staircase made of stone . Walking down the spiral staircase, they could feel the dampness and gloom in the air .

Chen Xiaolian had a tactical flashlight in his left hand while his right held onto Soo Soo . The two of them went down the stairs together .

As there was only one flashlight to serve as a source of illumination within the darkness, their surroundings gave off a rather terrifying atmosphere . However, the two of them had gone through many instance dungeons and the atmosphere, which would have terrified a child was nothing to them . Rather, Soo Soo had curiously reached out with her hand to feel the wall .

“It is a little moist . ” The little girl flicked her hand and wiped them on the edges of Chen Xiaolian’s clothes . There was a look of distaste on her face . Chen Xiaolian responded with a smile .

They moved down along the stairs for a long time . When they finally came to the end of the stairs, they found an empty lair . The basement was not too high – considering the standard of the structures made hundreds of years ago, there was no way for them to make this underground basement large . A few stone pillars rose upward, supporting the space that was tens of metres wide . The stone pillars also appeared somewhat aged, mottled with various colours .

There was a row of bronze pipes on the wall of the basement . Judging by the looks of it, they must be used for communication .

Chen Xiaolian walked over and lightly rapped the surface of the bronze pipe . The pipe shuddered .

“Sounds should be able to travel upstairs . ”

Walking forward, they noticed a wooden double leaf door . The door’s bronze handles had gone to rust and the surface of the door was covered with dust . It was obvious that the doors had not been opened for a long time .

Soo Soo glanced at Chen Xiaolian . “What could be behind the door?”

Chen Xiaolian smiled . He walked forward and pushed open the doors with a smile on his face . “Since there is the legend of vampires here, this will likely be something related to that . Who knows? There might be a coffin with a thousand-year-old vampire inside it . ”

By the time he finished those words, the doors had been fully opened . At that moment, the two of them grew stiff from shock .

Beyond the door was a room, not too large in size . Damp floor tiles beneath and red velvet curtains on the wall – however, most of the curtains have gone to rot .

Shockingly, there in the centre, on a hexagonal stone platform, was a coffin .

It was the Western, with a slight rhombus shape type of coffin .

The two of them were momentarily stunned . They exchanged glances . The look in Soo Soo’s eyes clearly conveyed the words: You actually guessed it right?

Chen Xiaolian, on the other hand, stopped smiling . His face took on a grim countenance .

He quickly pulled Soo Soo to stand behind him . At the same time, he retrieved a sword from his Storage Watch .

It was an ordinary steel sword . He could feel the weight of the sword in his hand . It was the Western type of knightly sword and was both wide and heavy, a double-edged sword suitable for both hacking and slashing .

With one hand holding onto the flashlight and the other the sword, Chen Xiaolian carefully took several steps forward . As he did so, his eyes stared intently at the coffin on the stone platform .

After taking a few steps forward, he suddenly blurted out, “Eh?”

Soo Soo ran forward and stood beside Chen Xiaolian . She pointed at the coffin and said, “It looks like it is empty?”

It was empty .

The cover of the coffin on the stone platform had been opened and placed aside . As for the coffin, it was empty save for a layer of rotten, black coloured velvet cloth .

Other than that, it would appear that there was nothing else there .

Chen Xiaolian narrowed his eyes and observed the coffin for a moment . After pondering the situation for a few seconds, he kept the flashlight . Instead, he pulled out a handful of glow sticks from his Storage Watch . Flicking them, he then casually tossed them all around . In just moments, the room was illuminated with light .

Although the green coloured light from the sticks was somewhat eerie, it was enough to light up the room .

“Ah! Look at the cover of the coffin!”

Scratch marks could be seen on the cover of the coffin, criss-crossing each other . Earlier, they were unable to clearly see it due to the darkness of the room . Now however, thanks to the illumination provided by the glow sticks, everything had become clear . Coarse, fine, there were tens of those scratch marks, a terrifying sight .

Chen Xiaolian extended his finger to feel them a few times before whispering out, “It is done using a sharp item . I fear there may be more than one of those sharp items . ”

“Xiaolian oppa, look here . ”

Soo Soo suddenly spoke up and she pointed with her hand .

Chen Xiaolian turned to look at what she was pointing at . He crouched down and looked at the floor . Surprisingly, there were several long, black coloured items on the floor . He leaned closer to examine them… …

“It looks like, nails?”

Those were obviously nails . However, they were all black in colour with the hardness of iron and sharpness of a knife . However, all of them had been cut off by something . The cut off area revealed that it had been cleanly cut off .

“And the walls . ” Soo Soo looked around and quickly said .

Truth be told, there was no need for Soo Soo to tell him about that . Chen Xiaolian had already noticed it .

Shockingly, there were gouge marks on all four walls .

Chen Xiaolian walked along the walls in a circle . After spending some time examining the walls, he closed his eyes and pondered for a few seconds . Then, he gave a long sigh .

“What a powerful sword aura!”

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Phoenix dashed into one of the buildings serving as a barracks . It did not take long for her to quickly make her way out again .

Inside the buildings were several stacked up bedframes . However, they were all empty and the scent of rot filled the air .

Rusting armour parts lay in the corner .

In the middle area was a large tent and Phoenix strode toward it; to her surprise, she noticed that there was a stretch of blackness all over the ground within the tent .

One glance was all it took for Phoenix to tell that the stretch of blackness was a result of dried blood, a great deal of blood .

As the tent allowed air to flow in and out from all sides, no scent of blood remained within the tent . However, the moment Phoenix stepped inside, she felt her heart palpitate furiously .

There were bloodstains all over the surface of the tent . Although they had all dried up, she could sense that an intense battle had erupted here . Blood sprayed about in every direction, turning the interior of the tent into something like a Shura killing field .

Nothing was left intact . Every table was hacked apart . Each of the cut off surface area was so smooth, when Phoenix reached out to feel it, she was unable to refrain herself from making a grim face .

Blood filled every corner of this place . Judging by the amount of blood here, how many people had to die here? Finally, the question that had Phoenix puzzled was: Since so many people died here, what happened to their corpses?

“What a powerful sword!”

Phoenix felt sweat on the palms of her hands and she subconsciously retrieved her wand, gripping it with her hand . It was as though doing so was the only way to give herself some sense of security .

It was at that moment…

[System prompt: A participant from the Non-Player faction has found the special quest item (1/5), access to new instance dungeon area is now granted . Participants from the aforementioned faction is to enter the new area to search for the quest items . Instance dungeon countdown: 299 minutes 59 seconds… …]

Phoenix abruptly turned back . She looked outside the tent, a gloomy and dubious expression on her face .

…

Chen Xiaolian gave the new system prompt in his personal system a blank stare . Next, he turned to look at the piece of severed nail that he had just picked up .

In addition to the prompt regarding the access to a new instance dungeon area, Chen Xiaolian also received a separate prompt regarding the nail he was holding in his hand .

[Vampire Primogenitor’s Body Fragment (1/1) . Branch quest completed . Information on the acquired reward: By gathering 3 of the fragments, you may summon the ‘Bloodsword of the Bloodclan Primogenitor’ once . The prop is a one-time consumable . Equipment level at [A-] class . It has a bonus effect against powers of the holy-type . ]

Looking at the still unmoving countdown timer, Chen Xiaolian frowned . After considering it, he crouched down and picked up all of the severed nails on the floor .

Three pieces of nail could be used in exchange for a ‘Bloodsword’ . There were nine severed nails on the floor . That meant he could exchange out three Bloodswords . Although they were just one-time consumables, they were still [A-] class equipment .

Chen Xiaolian handed six of those nails to Soo Soo while he kept three . Next, he led Soo Soo with him as he quickly made his way out of the basement .

He led Soo Soo through the staircase and once again made his way to the hall in the first floor . There, he saw a figure rushing in through the gate of the castle .

“Eh? Phoenix?”

After identifying that the two figures in the distance were Chen Xiaolian and Soo Soo, Phoenix, who was ready to attack, retracted her attacking gestures and exhaled deeply .

“You two have been here all this time?” asked Phoenix with a frown .

“Mm,” replied Chen Xiaolian, who looked at Phoenix . “What about you? Didn’t you say you are not coming in?”

Phoenix hesitated for a moment before saying coolly, “I thought, since I have accompanied you all the way here, staying before the entrance is pointless – at the end of the day, it is just an instance dungeon . Just remember this, you owe me big time . Very, very, very, big . ”

Chen Xiaolian smiled . “All right, there is no need for you to say it . I understand . ”

After a pause, he then knitted his brows and looked around . “Do you see anyone else? Soo Soo and I seem to be the only ones inside this castle . I have been going around for a long time, but I have not found anyone yet . Also… … the system’s countdown timer… …”

“It has stopped . ” Phoenix quickly continued, “I found out as well . It seems a BUG has appeared in the system . ”

“That is why I feel strange . ” Chen Xiaolian spread his hands open . “Since when did BUGs appear within the system?”

“I do not know . At any rate, I get the feeling that there is something very irregular with this instance dungeon . ”

The two of them quickly exchanged a few words . Phoenix did not conceal what she found . She informed them of what she found in the barracks outside the castle .

“A powerful sword?” Hearing that, Chen Xiaolian’s face took an odd turn . Next, he told Phoenix about what he found in the basement .

“… … I have kept the nails of the Bloodclan Primogenitor . I suppose that is something of a loot . However, the biggest question here is the lingering sword aura there . I suspect that… … the Bloodclan Primogenitor mentioned by the system has been finished off . Logically speaking, the system must want the participants to kill off the Bloodclan Primogenitor for this phase in order to acquire the Bloodclan Primogenitor’s Body Fragments . That is how this branch quest is supposed to be completed . However… … the Bloodclan Primogenitor is already gone . We could only find an empty coffin there . Moreover, a battle had erupted there . Even the Bloodclan Primogenitor’s nails had been cut off,” Chen Xiaolian quickly said .

“Bloodclan Primogenitor… … should be the BOSS for the first phase . It is already killed?” Phoenix frowned . “How is that possible? This instance dungeon has only just begun not long ago . You entered the moment this instance dungeon began . Could there be someone who entered this instance dungeon earlier than you?”

“Impossible,” Soo Soo, who was standing beside them, said in a near whisper . “When we entered, this instance dungeon had just begun its refresh process . We did not see anyone else nearby . ”

“Have you tried going upstairs? Can you enter the other areas?” asked Phoenix .

“No . We had only checked the first floor and the basement . We have not checked the upper floors . ”

“I suspect we will be unable to get to the second floor . Just now, if you two had not found those nails, I would have been stuck outside this castle, incapable of stepping inside . ”

Hearing that, Chen Xiaolian was momentarily taken aback . “Maybe… … this is the system’s assignment? All the participants are assigned to different areas . Only by finding the quest item in each of the different areas would access be granted to more areas?”

Phoenix’s eyes lit up . “That makes sense… … eh, if that is the case, there must also be quest items in the barracks outside, just like the nails you picked up!”

“Let’s go! We’ll check it out . Maybe you missed something . ” Chen Xiaolian was quick to come to the decision . He pulled Soo Soo along as he led Phoenix out through the castle gate .

After the three of them ran out through the castle gate, two silhouettes ran down from the second floor .

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