Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 342 - 54: The Function of the Crystal Card_1

Chapter 342: Chapter 54: The Function of the Crystal Card_1

"Is this what you threw to me?" Catherine pulled out the card that had once saved her life, gently flicked it, and the card vibrated to make a crisp sound, "Is this the identity mark of the goblins?"

"Quite delicate, isn’t it?" Pannis also pulled out a card casually, touching the uneven surface of the crystal card and said, "I heard a goblin once recall that during the glorious period of the Goblin Empire, they had such crystal cards as their identity markers. There was also a corresponding device that could read the detailed information of the holder by inserting the card into it. But more than ten thousand years have passed, and the corresponding equipment was damaged because it was not made from goblin’s special alloy. To date, no usable reader has been excavated, although there have been over a dozen of these cards unearthed. It’s just that no one thought it had such a judging function."

"But I’m not the original owner of this card." Catherine asked curiously, "Why was I saved by it?"

"The puppet doesn’t know." Pannis replied, "Previous tests showed that the judgement of these cleansing systems and attack systems is very simple, as long as one holds the crystal card, they will not be attacked."

"Tested?" Catherine asked in confusion, "How did you test? Didn’t you meet any colossal puppets?"

"Haha, haha, who said we didn’t..." Muir laughed dryly, continuing, "The night before last, besides discovering a pile of crystal cards, only a few fragments of small metal items were found. Because of time constraints, there wasn’t time to carry out a larger scale search. Early yesterday morning, we set off again and came out through the final teleportation array and then appeared in your area. But as soon as we teleported, we nearly got killed."

"Huh? What happened?" Catherine asked, "Was the enemy ambushed at the array?"

"Sort of." Muir said with a bitter smile, "But it wasn’t an enemy. Remember how I previously mentioned that according to the hint, a legion-class war colossus would be activated if the crystal card was not shown? We found out yesterday why it never appeared, the colossus was stuck halfway through the teleportation array, no wonder it couldn’t move. It was me who led the teleportation, and as soon as I finished teleporting, I could just see clearly when I saw a fist hurtling towards my face. If it wasn’t for the two-second invincible rule during teleportation, I might really have been injured."

"In the previous journey, Pannis and I took turns exploring the road, because only the two of us could operate the teleportation array. The previous habit was to teleport something randomly back if there was no situation, if we needed support, we would teleport this small red ball back. But at that time, I dared not easily approach the teleportation array for help, fearing the puppet’s attack would destroy the array. Therefore, I had no choice but to lead the puppet away to a far distance before returning to call for support."

"Even though everyone was eventually teleported over, none of us could deal with the puppet with its frighteningly high defense. Although it couldn’t hurt us, we couldn’t inflict substantial damage on it either, so we could only drag out time, until finally Pannis also teleported himself over."

"After he came over, he noticed by chance that the puppet’s attack would avoid him on purpose. Then he tried many more times, and the puppet, due to Pannis suddenly blocking its path, gave up the target it was attacking and turned to attack others. Once this discovery was confirmed, Pannis finally determined that the owner of the card, even if it’s on one’s body, can affect the puppet’s judgement, allowing the puppet to willingly avoid it."

"So, you went back to collect more cards?" Catherine asked.

"Eh, no." Muir covered his face, finding it hard to speak, "Pannis took out a huge pile of cards, about seventy or eighty, probably taking away all the intact cards that could be collected, and then distributed one to everyone."

"Huh?" Catherine, not understanding Pannis’s inexplicably strange behavior, asked in surprise, "Pannis, what are you doing with so many cards? This kind of thing can’t be sold for money."

"Yes, it can be sold for money, although it’s not common. Because it’s basically useless and can only be used for the study and research of a few scholars, so it is very cheap, about forty or fifty gold coins per piece." Muir had a helpless expression, "Pannis said that the pile of cards could be sold for a few thousand gold coins, and he wanted to give them to a friend as a gift. He said that this friend would definitely like them. Who would like such an inexplicable gift!"

"Well done, Pannis." Even before Muir finished speaking, he found Catherine already giving a thumbs-up to Pannis with a face full of surprise and said with eyes shining with excitement, "You have completely understood the spirit of our adventure team, now you can be considered a fully qualified team member, I am proud of you."

"You see, I told you she would like it." Pannis shrugged toward Muir and handed a big stack of crystal cards from his pocket to Catherine. Seeing her carefully collecting them as if they were treasures, he said, "The friend I mentioned is her."

"Never mind, I cannot understand the strange habits of you humans." Muir said in collapse, "But fortunately, you brought extra cards, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to save them."

Pannis grinned and smiled mysteriously under Lina’s doubtful gaze, without saying a word.

"After each of us obtained a card, the metal puppet ceased its attack, but it didn’t stop." Muir continued, "It completely ignored us and turned away. We found it strange, so we followed in the direction of the puppet, hoping to make some discovery. After the continuous journey through the sewers for a day and a night, we reached our destination at noon today and were confronted with an array of undead. Almost a hundred thousand skeletons of goblins, tens of thousands of ghosts, and even a few Death Knights in the form of Goblin Lynx Knights. The colossal puppet stepped over the undead unhindered, leaving us surrounded by the undead."

"Wait," Catherine sensitively asked, "You said it was noon today?"

"Yeah, it was noon today." Muir nodded, puzzled at Catherine’s reaction, "Is there something wrong?"

"Vivian, do you remember? At that time I... hey, snap out of it." Catherine joked, playfully slapping Vivian’s hat to bring her back from her trance, "At that time, I heard some strange noises in a side path, including faint sounds of a battle. That was around noon, right?"

"Hmm, probably around noon." Vivian nodded, "You said you didn’t hear the sounds of battle, but you did describe the noise the war puppet makes pretty vividly."

"That must have been it. We were probably too far away to hear the battle." Catherine pointed out, "It seems we can guess what happened. After you broke through the undead’s blockade, you followed the direction of the puppet and arrived just in time to rescue us."

"Yes." Muir admitted, "Thanks to Miss Lina, she was fighting with the undead when she suddenly became very anxious, almost forcing everyone to break through the undead’s attack at all costs and rush over here. You know, although she has been a bit...um, peculiar in the past couple of days, she hasn’t caused any difficulties for anyone. Suddenly changing like this, everyone understood that there must have been an unexpected premonition. After all, she is a member of the Divine Duty, having a special premonition isn’t odd, so everyone followed her suggestion and chased after at the fastest speed."

Catherine’s eyes softened as she looked at Lina, who was laughing arrogantly with her hands on her hips, "Be grateful, minions, ha ha ha ha, kneel before me and lick my feet, thank Lady Lina for her grace...ouch, that hurts!"

Catherine withdrew her hand after throwing a piece of dry bread, glared at Lina with an elderly aura of authority, "Speak properly."

"Whimper, Yes, big sister." Lina immediately ceased her arrogance, covered her head in pain from the hard bread, huddled in a corner with tears in her eyes which earned her a timely rebuke from Vivian.

"It seems things are indeed a coincidence." Catherine pondered, rubbing her chin, quickly dropping her hand once she realized where she picked up the gesture, and cleared her throat, "I didn’t expect your pursuit of the murderers to lead you to this underground world."

"It’s not necessarily the final destination, maybe just a stop along the way." Pannis shook his head, "But you also mentioned this, do you mean the culprits of the god offering on your side are also here?"

"Yes, clearly," Catherine replied thoughtfully, "I’ll explain the detailed process to you all later. But we can be certain for now, our target is in this space."

The others exchanged glances before Teresa spoke, "It seems Mr. Pannis’ speculation is correct. Not only are the two arrays of the same origin, but there is also a certain connection between the two parties. It’s so secret that they share the same array and hiding place."

"So, could we consider the two parties as one?" Muir pondered.

"It’s too early to come to that conclusion now," Pannis denied, "We don’t have enough evidence to prove it. But anyway, since we’re here following the array, the space we’re in seems much bigger than the sewers we’ve been to before. With such a small target, it’s hard to find. We might as well help Catherine and the others find their target. Those who offer sacrifices to the evil god hiding in this complex area are certainly suspicious. Maybe we can track our target through them."

"No objections to that." Everyone understood the personal implications in Pannis’ suggestion. But as he had said, the area was so large that finding a teleportation array that might or might not exist was too difficult. They agreed it was better to go find a confirmed target and try their luck, "But, Catherine, can you accurately track the target?"

"Of course I can," Catherine secretly clutched the pendant on her chest and smiled. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote and recommend. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)