Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Chapter 261 Ancient Elf Relics

"What the hell is this place?"

Looking at the vast ancient city ruins in front of him, Richie Burke subconsciously opened his mouth wide.

The ruins were completely hidden in thick fog, and no one noticed anything unusual until they were very close. If it weren't for the strange compass, it would have been difficult for anyone to find any clues about this area.

As a historian who occasionally published articles in newspaper columns, he had never heard of the existence of such an ancient elven ruins deep in the Elsop Swamp. This should be an area that has not been explored yet.

Although it looks quite dilapidated after a long time, the architectural style is gorgeous and exaggerated, which is definitely the flavor of the ancient elven empire.

At the end of the ancient era, the entire elf race, led by the Elf King Alfred, fell into a state of unbridled narcissism and madness. Alfred believed himself to be the ultimate being, perfect, immortal, a living god, and that the elves were superior to all other races and entitled. Thus, they used their highly developed alchemy and magic civilization to launch a war against humanity and all other races.

Twelve hundred years had passed, and the truth had been lost in the long river of time, but the ancient elves were still synonymous with cruelty and murder in everyone's mind. It was obvious with a simple thought that this place was filled with traps.

"Are you sure the person you're looking for is in here?" Rich Burke forced a smile. "It seems a bit dangerous in here... Forget it, don't look at me. I won't say anything more. You have the final say."

Richie Burke found that he had no confidence to resist the man in front of him, so he immediately gave up resisting wisely.

"Sure." Zhou Ning retracted his gaze and said with a smile. At this time, he was actually quite surprised. In the Apocalypse game of his previous life, no player in the Elsop Swamp had discovered the ruins of the ancient city. It seemed that this was another chain reaction brought about by his own time travel?

At this time, the needle of the compass that could not point to the north pointed to the middle of the ancient city ruins. Zhou Ning squatted down on the overgrown road. He saw traces of human footprints trampling on the grass. The footprints were not very new and were probably left more than a week ago.

According to the information from the Adventurer's Guild, the second traveler he was looking for was a half-elf woman with a very high status. She was said to be a descendant of the high priestess Louisa, one of the four heroes. The size of the footprints matched.

Zhou Ning walked a long distance along the city wall in the mist formed by the life element. After 20 minutes, he found the entrance to the ruins at the 6 o'clock position - a gate that looked rotten and dilapidated.

Ignoring the strong protests of the little Deathwing, Zhou Ning put the little dragon, which had been upgraded to level 15, back into the inventory and reached out to push open the city gate.

Click!

There was a teeth-grinding friction sound, and the door slowly opened, revealing the scene inside.

Just as expected, the city gate was filled with elven-style ruins, the colors were particularly dim.

The moment they stepped into the ancient city, the entire sky darkened, as if they had entered another time and space. A dark sky enveloped the air, as if only the ruins of the ancient city remained between heaven and earth.

[System: You have entered Alfred's artificial kingdom of God.]

The players present obviously saw the prompt, looked around curiously, and turned on the screenshot and video recording functions.

"This map looks very advanced!" XB exclaimed.

"Obviously, it shouldn't be lower than the level in Weather Tide." Wind Chaser Thunderfury looked at Jinse and asked, "How far do you have to go to reach level 27?"

"If I didn't add any skill points and put them all into my level, I'd be at level 27 already. I still have less than 28 experience points to reach level 12," Jinse said honestly. "Complete this quest and I should be able to level up."

"Turtle, we're all pro players, your leveling up is too fast, isn't it?" The players present were a little envious. Jinse, like XB, was one of the earliest players to follow the protagonist, having been with him since the public beta. She had already triggered hidden quests before, and now she was dominating the league in both level and skill, making her the favorite to win the professional league.

Fortunately, they are now also doing hidden missions together, and they are extremely confident that the gap will narrow sooner or later!

Zhou Ning walked through the doorway and entered the square. Looking ahead, he saw a row of clear footprints on the ground not far away, extending towards the depths of the city. The surroundings were extremely dilapidated and gloomy, and only the huge pyramid-shaped altar in the middle of the city was particularly conspicuous.

Wait, what is this?

After standing there and gazing for a while, Zhou Ning saw a human figure composed entirely of black shadows slowly emerging at the end of his sight not far away. He wandered back and forth among the ruins, with black smoke lingering all over his body, and his facial features were completely invisible.

The pirates following behind him were obviously frightened by this scene. They stopped and talked about it.

Zhou Ning took a silent breath and stopped.

This scene was very familiar. Zhou Ning remembered that in the unknown strange object on his body - "Damian's Ordinary Mirror" - there were countless similar black shadows in the endless elf-style ruins.

Its name is Ghost in the Mirror.

Could this ordinary mirror of Damian be connected to this elven ruin? The world of Apocalypse is truly filled with strangeness... Zhou Ning could only sigh.

The black shadow was getting closer and closer. The faint moonlight in the sky allowed Zhou Ning to see that this black shadow was the same as the ghosts in the mirror, composed entirely of pure darkness without any light, but it was much larger. And in the depths of the ruins of the road, Zhou Ning saw more black shadows walking aimlessly among the ruins.

Zhou Ning thought for a moment, picked up the ebony and white ivory, and aimed at the black shadow closest to him.

"boom!"

A bullet bursting with brilliant flames flew out and hit the black shadow's chest. The shocking words -749 appeared above its head. It let out a silent scream, and its figure disappeared from the spot, appearing in front of Zhou Ning in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, the control panel displayed information about this monster.

Ghost Guard

Level: 59

属性：力量40、敏捷65、体力98、精神48、意志85、魅力19

Rank: Ordinary

Health: 1251/2000

These things are ordinary monsters with low health and extremely fragile attributes. You can kill them easily, but what cannot be ignored is that there are too many of them. These monsters are everywhere among the ruins.

Just as the black shadow flashed over, Zhou Ning was about to pull the trigger, but he saw Richie Burke pull out his large flintlock rifle and fired at the ghost guard.

A huge flash of fire appeared at the muzzle of the gun, and the bullet was fired. The ghost guard suddenly froze in place, as if it had lost all vitality.

Crack, cracks appeared on its surface and it exploded instantly.

The attack power of this gun is really exaggerated... Zhou Ning couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Finally, I have a chance to show my ability." Richie Burke saw Zhou Ning's admiring expression and couldn't help feeling proud.

Zhou Ning and the others then avoided these ghost guards from a distance, only rushing forward to eliminate any that were left alone. It wasn't long before they cleared a path, and before long, they saw the huge pyramid-shaped altar in front of them. There were not only dozens of ghost guards patrolling the altar, but also a particularly large ghost guard holding a staff.

"You guys wait here first." Zhou Ning turned around and said to everyone.