This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 222 - 191: Fishing in Troubled Waters_2

Chapter 222: Chapter 191: Fishing in Troubled Waters_2

Understanding the cause and effect, Mu You cursed under his breath, "Damn it, why didn’t they say corpse energy could disperse?!"

With this kind of setting, the twenty advanced tombs he found would not be enough to fill up the Spirit Niche...

But at this point, Mu You had no better options. The operation had begun and there was no chance for him to stop, he could only continue.

Before leaving, Mu You slightly covered up the disturbed grave by the Magic Array, erasing as much evidence of it being tampered with as possible.

The game character wouldn’t be able to do such a thing, but due to time constraints, Mu You couldn’t make it look precisely the same either. He could only try to delay the discovery as much as he could.

With the experience of his first extraction, the following ones went much more smoothly.

Using the same old method, Mu You quickly arrived at the second tomb site and began absorbing once again.

Thankfully, this time the tomb belonged to a normal chieftain and the corpse, having died within a thousand years, its energy was still perfectly preserved.

Four minutes later, the second tomb had been successfully absorbed.

The extra two minutes were due to a Troll Guard coming over midway. Mu You had to conceal the Spirit Niche and hide behind the tomb, playing a game of hide and seek which wasted some time.

Having absorbed the energy, Mu You proceeded to cover up traces as before and hurried towards the third tomb.

Lastly, the third...

The fourth...

The fifth...

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As Mu You got more proficient, the absorptions of the subsequent tombs became increasingly smooth.

It wasn’t until after he had absorbed the ninth tomb that he suddenly heard a furious roar in the distance.

This roar was like a chain reaction, quickly triggering more Troll roars, all filled with extreme anger.

Mu You instantly knew that the Trolls must have discovered something abnormal at one of the graves he had dug before.

"I have to hurry now!"

Mu You immediately abandoned his actions of concealing the grave and sprinted towards the tenth tomb. Since he had already been discovered, covering up would only waste time. He decided to spend all his time on tomb raiding.

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[You have absorbed the Totem Summoner’s corpse, progress 8/20...]

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[You have absorbed the Great Witch Doctor of the Troll’s corpse, progress 8.5/20...]

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[You have absorbed the Troll Chieftain’s corpse, progress 9.5/20...]

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The subsequent absorptions were indeed more challenging.

As the number of excavated tombs discovered was increasing, the rage level of the Trolls also sharply rose. The noise quickly expanded around the small area, and gradually, the entire Troll Tomb began to riot.

All the Troll Guards began to run wildly, attempting to find this audacious invader. The entire tunnel echoed with the roars of ghosts and Trolls.

This madness of the Trolls did, indeed, significantly impede Mu You’s operations.

However, he still pressed on, continuing to search for the tombs according to the original plan.

As the scheduled tombs got absorbed one by one, finally, after absorbing eighteen tombs in total, only one tomb remained.

However, at this point, only fourteen lights had lit up on the Skull under the Troll Spiritual Niche.

Adding the tomb he absorbed in the game earlier, out of the total nineteen tombs he absorbed, only nine were complete, and the other ten were all incomplete. The incompleteness rate was ridiculously high.

"I hope the last one is a complete one..."

Mu You sighed helplessly, "Twenty tombs could only fill three quarters of the Spirit Niche at most, this was something I hadn’t anticipated."

After he leaves, the Trolls will definitely strengthen the guard around the tombs. He won’t have a chance to infiltrate for tomb raiding again.

Afterwards, the Elf Clan would outright flatten these tombs. The first thing they would do is clean up those burials of higher Trolls that still had their skeletons intact. In other words, once he leaves, Mu You will no longer have the opportunity to absorb the remains of higher Trolls.

But to make Mu You use ordinary Troll corpses as filling, he felt reluctant. Filling with ordinary corpses would degrade the quality of the Cremation Urn. Moreover, it was easy to mix in the ash, but it would be tough to separate it later.

Mu You shook his head, deciding to wait and see if he would later have a chance to find other Troll burial sites.

There had been so many Trolls died in history, they couldn’t all be buried in one place...

At this point, the riot inside the tomb had reached a peak.

Countless Trolls were fiercely patrolling in the tunnels, there was hardly a quiet place in the tomb.

At this point, Mu You was finding it hard to move, with Trolls brushing past him almost touchingly.

He was barely surviving through the cracks, struggling to inch forward. If it hadn’t been for the Time Pocket Watch, providing him with an adequate margin for error, Mu You would’ve died hundreds of times by now.

For the final stretch of the road, Mu You struggled for half an hour before finally reaching his destination.

The current defensive situation was almost at the limit of his stealth capabilities. If it escalated further, he’d not be able to move at all.

Hence, Mu You made up his mind that after absorbing this final tomb, he would retreat.

However, when he got to the final burial site and took a look, he was stunned.

Unbelievably, a Troll Warrior was standing straight at this burial site located in the corner, appearing to be guarding the tomb.

This was a Troll warrior, with a gaunt face and majestic fangs, unlike most of the rather thin Troll warriors. His body was robust, covered in bloody tattoos, carrying a Giant Axe in his hand and two short spears on his back.

[Level 15 Troll Berserker: Attack 100-135, HP 9500, Magic 500, Abilities: Soul Purification, Spear Throw, Berserker Bloodline...]

Level 15, the level wasn’t high, and judging by the name, it wasn’t a higher Troll either, just a typical Troll Warrior but it was the first one he found to be guarding a burial site unmovingly. Was it slacking off?

All other Trolls were already like ants on a hot pan outside, and you’re slacking off here, aren’t you ashamed?

Mu You had no choice but to wait invisibly on the side, hoping that this guy would get enough rest and hurry to leave, not delaying his tomb raiding.

However, even after waiting for ten minutes, the Troll still stood motionless in the same spot, like a wax statue.

During this time, alarms were raised numerous times outside. Several Trolls even came nearby babbling something at him, seemingly urging him to go out and patrol together, but they were all ignored.

Now Mu You began to understand: this Troll seemed not to be slacking, but seriously guarding the tomb behind him.

Mu You looked a bit strange. Aren’t all Trolls supposed to be wild monsters? An ordinary soldier could actually make such a sensible move?

Yet the more he was like this, the more interested Mu You became: What kind of big shot could be buried in this tomb?

Being guarded by such a loyal and rational Troll, none of those former tribal chiefs had this privilege.