Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 334 Vecna's Phylactery
"Huh, solved." Emma wiped the pixelated square beads of sweat from her forehead, sat down on the tombstone and gasped.

Nemesis opened his game panel to check his harvest.

16只骷髅，他解决了14个，每一个都给他3点经验值。再加上那只尸坟怪给的15点经验值和两只食尸鬼给的10点经验值。

He immediately gained 67 experience points.

The experience value suddenly increased from 0/45 at level three to 22/100 at level four.

Nemesis closed the panel with envy. If only in reality, one could kill monsters to gain experience points and level up like in games.
From then on, he became the greatest monster hunter in Faerun!

Having reached level 20, he now has 30 second-level spell slots and first-level spell slots, and the spell slots previously consumed have also been restored with the upgrade.

He is full of fighting power again!
The two came to the entrance of the cellar. Emma opened the rusty iron door with a sword, and they walked down the moss-covered stairs. Nemesis's illumination ball hit a purple barrier.

Nemesis threw a stone at the purple barrier, and it was immediately burned to ashes.

"What should I do next?" Emma asked worriedly.

As soon as she finished speaking, her sword "Night Owl" was unsheathed half an inch by itself, and the dark red crystal inlaid on the sword guard projected the key rune, and the barrier instantly melted into a data stream and dissipated.

"It seems that your sword is more familiar with this place than its master." The mage used his fingertips to capture the floating data residues, and those light spots burned scorch marks on his skin.

Emma was also very surprised: “What’s going on?”

Nemesis shrugged. "Based on the situation, it is very likely that your sword is the key to this cellar. No wonder the dice led us here."

"Where did you get this sword?"

Facing Nemesis' question, Emma was about to answer, but suddenly her expression froze as if she was stuck.

"I-I can't remember. I swear, I didn't lie to you." She said in panic.

Nemesis nodded without comment, but he already had a guess in his mind.

Emma followed Nemesis into the cellar with a heavy heart. In the middle of the empty cellar sat a stone platform.

The stone platform in the center of the cellar was pierced by eight chains, and the outline of a human face suddenly emerged from the dusty cover of the ancient book: "Unauthorized access detected...Executing clearing protocol..."

Emma's sword was faster than the spell, but the moment the chain was cut, the "Igvirf Manuscript" automatically turned to page 666, and all the words on the yellowed parchment began to wriggle and reorganize.

"Stand back!" Nemesis cast out the "Protection from Evil" barrier, and the black mist gushing out from the pages condensed into a skeleton shrouded in a gorgeous black robe, with ghostly lights in its eyes.

That's a lich.

The lich's projection looked down at Emma's hilt. "You actually brought the key to my treasure house to find the keyhole... What a thoughtful sacrifice."

"Vekna?" Nemesis asked tentatively, narrowing his eyes.

The lich turned to look at him, and his entire figure suddenly froze as if data was fluctuating. After a while, he said in a stiff voice: "Ah, intruder! Are you here to challenge the great lich Vecna ​​as well?"

"Come on, come to Vecna's dark castle. I'll be waiting for you here!"

Then the figure disappeared.

"He is... Vicna? This is the first time I see his appearance!" Emma said in fear.

Nemesis glanced at her and said nothing.

The way Vic faced her and the way he faced herself were completely different.

One is as vivid as a living person, and the other is as stiff as a puppet. What's going on?

After the black fog dissipated, the ancient book on the stone platform revealed a tampered history - the original text of "Vecna ​​was exiled to the astral world" became "surrendered to the original darkness". When Emma picked up the page with the tip of the sword, something strange happened:
The dark red crystal on the hilt glowed at the same time as the remaining pages of the ancient book. The peeling murals on the cellar vault were pieced together again, revealing a treasure house built of gears and bones. The keyhole in the center of the door was exactly the outline of the hilt.

Nemesis activated the "Item Identification" and his vision was flooded by the data stream:

[Name: Night Owl (camouflage form)]

[Material: Astral Silver (purity 73%), Vecna ​​Life Box Fragment (purity 15%), Cognition Blocking Alloy (purity 12%)]

[Enchantment Effect: Blood Binding, Space Anchor, Protocol V-1982 (dormant)]

Looking at the confused Emma, ​​Nemesis explained: "Your sword is the key, Emma."

"I guess this so-called treasure house is in Vecna's castle." Nemesis said while looking at the treasure house in the mural.

He pulled out the dice and activated it with magic.

This time, the sixteen-sided dice did not project a holographic image, but spoke a message in a gentle female voice.

"After a tense and exciting adventure, the intruder, a daring little dragon, unexpectedly began a journey to fight against the original darkness."

“Then, let’s go to Vecna’s castle! Brave little dragon, use your strength to move forward, go to the mysterious treasure house, find Vecna’s phylactery, and destroy it!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden dice returned to normal.

Emma glanced at Nemesis cautiously, with a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Xiaolong? Who is it talking about? You? Your name is Xiaolong?"

Nemesis, who had been silent since the golden dice spoke, came back to his senses, looked at her and smiled: "Maybe I am a dragon in the real world?"

Emma smiled awkwardly, and the suspicion in her eyes disappeared.

"So," she said hesitantly, "Do we really have to listen to the dice and go to Vecna's lair? This is too dangerous! What if this is a trap? I checked the item and saw that the name of this thing has Vecna's name in the prefix!"

Nemesis smiled mysteriously: "This 'Vecna' is not that 'Vecna'. Trust? This is too heavy a word, but I think for the time being, He is trustworthy."

"Moreover," he pointed to an inconspicuous wooden box in the treasure house, "The only way you want to kill Vecna ​​is to destroy the life box. Otherwise, as a lich, he will only be reborn again and again."

It was the same word as "He" in English, and Emma thought Nemesis was referring to dice, so she had to shut up in disappointment.

"Check around and see if there are any supplies or treasures that can be used." Nemesis said to Emma.

As an old driver who has lived here for three years, Emma naturally knew that good treasures can often be found in places where such monsters are rampant, so she immediately started searching.

But she didn't notice the deep look in Nemesis' eyes behind her.

"The prophecy is a trap?" Nemesis murmured, "I'm afraid you are the trap. How interesting. If that's what I think, I can spare your life in the end."

"Did you speak?" Emma looked back with some confusion.

Nemesis smiled and said, "Yes, I said, you look very energetic, like real life, it's a miracle."

Emma was a little speechless at his strange words: "What do you mean, I'm a living person, of course I have vitality, you haven't been facing my pixelated body for too long and forgotten the real world, right?"

"Don't be distracted," she looked at Nemesis seriously and said, "If you are assimilated by this place, you will never be able to return. I have seen too many such examples."

Nemesis raised his lips and said, "Yes, we will all go back together."

(End of this chapter)