The disturbed underworld regained its calm, and even the darkness seemed unusually gentle, and it no longer felt cold and weird.

They left the pit unhindered, as if the chaos and danger had been a nightmare. The exit is located in a room that is simply furnished to the point of boredom. The owner of the room, Tur O'Gro, the leader of the battle mages, stood just outside the exit, waiting for them to ascend the stairs.

The young mage looked blank and polite, but every word he said was tingling.

"Allow me to repeat it again, Your Majesty. He spoke to Borena without squinting, but apparently to the other two: "Although I don't approve of such a risky move, if you – or your friend – want to enter the pit from here, it's not non-negotiable...... You really don't need to break in. ”

"Ah...... It's all an accident, it's all an accident. Borena laughed casually, but the smile on her face froze unconsciously as she left the room.

The hallway was a mess. On the walls, on the ground, on the ornate decorative columns, there were clumps of black and dark green slime everywhere, emitting a pungent smell. Several mages were carefully cleaning up with bitter faces, but there seemed to be a little abnormal excitement in their eyes.

"If I may, I'd love to know what this 'friend' of yours has done. Ogro glanced at Is, "Normally...... Burned black mangrass doesn't turn out like this. ”

Eth didn't hear it, and Ed had to smile awkwardly - he didn't know either!

"I thought the mages enjoyed having fun finding their own answers?" Borena's eyes narrowed again, and with an expression of interest and curiosity, he pushed the conversation away lightly.

The mage was not dismayed, lowered his gaze, and shattered His Majesty's composure with one sentence: "Please follow me...... The lord of the castle is waiting for you. ”

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It wasn't just Ethan Croiffler waiting in the reception room, but also Allen, Nigel, and Travis — Crooffler's face was even better looking by comparison.

He even raised his glass to Borena and smiled: "...... Long live the King!"

The meaning of this sentence is too complex and terrifying. Borena's scalp tingled, and he laughed dryly, and walked over to give Alan overly warm welcome.

Ed almost wanted to turn around and run away, and even Is, who had been a little absent-minded, unconsciously nervous the moment he saw Allen.

Alan glared at them with a gloomy face, but didn't say much. Ed looked back at Ogro, who was still standing by the door, slightly puzzled.

A moment later, the last guest walked in briskly.

"I'm sorry. Hoyt Laval, the high priest of Anduch, smiled brightly, but was slightly tired, "Am I late?"

Nigel immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to him, always looking sullen...... But he still looked sullen.

"We're going to ......," Borena looked left and right, "talk?"

"The second non-existent star in the night sky has been lit up. "The rules of eternity will be broken...... Yes, we need to talk. ”

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The light that shot into the sky that night came from the crystal spire of the Library.

Nearly three hundred years after the library was built, no one had ever imagined that the crystal spire, which was purely for its "stunningly gorgeous" appearance, function, and historical records, would still be of such use. It's no surprise that Beranti Wolfson, the sexually luxurious founder, made this design. In three hundred years, countless times of cleaning and maintenance, no one has ever found any strange runes carved on the crystal, or on the ground under the crystal.

"It doesn't have any power on its own. Ogro was absolutely sure.

No...... It has—Ed didn't say that.

As he swept by like a gust of wind, the crystal spire that shimmered in the sunlight once asked him where he was going like a curious maiden, with a string of crisp bells...... It had a soul of its own, but he didn't know where it came from or if it still existed.

"So you don't even have a single guard, and you let the people come and go with a swagger?" said Nigel, sarcastic, without any restraint from the presence of the High Priest.

"If it weren't for the alarm in the Phantom Hall and another dragon suddenly rampage in front of our door," Ogro replied blandly, "we were supposed to be manned - but, then again, if it was Scott Christus, I wouldn't have sent my companion to his death." ”

"Death?" Nigel sneered, "Even Scott wouldn't kill the person guarding his door casually, would he?"

"I don't know if you're misleading. It is the Lord of Balach who has signed the agreement with the Archmage Tower, and we are guarding the Treasure of Beranti and the honor of the Archmage Tower. ”

"Treasures, including those underground?"

"There's something in the pit that we're interested in...... A singular power. But that's too dangerous, and our research has always been about safety...... Even a little, including the use of the entrance to the library, was approved by the lord of the castle and the high priest - since more than a hundred years ago. And we have always kept our promises, and we have never done any harm to Balah or Beranti because of it. ”

"So you're guarding the entrance, and you don't know what the followers of Nessus are doing inside?"

"I don't know. Ogro replied without hesitation, "Mages never move around entrances, and don't venture to wake up something that sleeps in the dark. And I warned everyone I could, 'That's dangerous,' isn't it? I know you're almost dying in there, and you're not going to be in a good mood...... But that's not my fault. ”

"'Only near the entrance?'" Nigel simply continued to be in a bad mood, "Doesn't sound like a mage. ”

"We're curious. Ogro replied, "But not stupidly." 'Always be humble and cautious in the face of forces we don't understand. —The proverbs of the great stone shapers, which we have always taken to heart. ”

Stupid people are silent.

"Actually, I have another question. Ogro gushed, but his face was like a mask, and there was no expression at all: "By now you probably understand that my warning is definitely not alarmist...... But two days ago, the lord of the castle sent a large number of people to transport piles of gold and precious stones with great fanfare, and even the dead could wake up, but no one was harmed in any way...... That's a miracle. ”

The questioned city lord was silent for a moment and laughed.

"yes. "It was a miracle." ”

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