"You really spoke?" Merlin's eyes widened in surprise, and her face was incredulous.

It's not like she's never seen a talking rabbit, a crow, or a stone, but a talking painting...... This feeling is a bit strange, and most importantly, on this painting, she does not feel the energy breath of the fairy world, indicating that it is not a demonized creature.

"Of course I'm talking, and as a wizard, don't you even have the slightest judgment?"

"I have the judgment, but I need to know why. Mei Lin estimated that the other party could not make a strong threat at this time, but she was not very vigilant, and her eyes began to look around...... The dangers she already knew were basically not dangerous, she feared that there would be other curses that didn't trigger or required certain conditions to trigger, and that was where the danger was.

"I don't have time to explain right now because I have limited time to be able to speak. ”

The voice in the painting said quickly: "The second bookshelf on the right wall, the fourth floor, the rune key, you should know ......"

While!

The last bell of midnight fell, and the sound in the painting stopped abruptly, and there was a pleading look in those eyes.

"Well, let me sort it out first. You said you fell under a curse and were sealed in this painting, didn't you?"

Merlin pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "You also said that there is a secret passage in this study, leading to a secret room underground, and there is an item hidden in the secret room that can lift the curse...... But what's in it for me?"

Every time she asked, there was a sense of longing in those eyes. But one last question...... There was a stunned look in those eyes, but then a pleading look appeared on his face, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Forget it. ”

Merlin pondered for a moment, a faint smile on her face, "Quan dang is to satisfy my curiosity. Let's make an exception and take a look. I don't promise anything, though. ”

The eyes blinked, as if relieved, with a grateful look.

Merlin turned to the fourth floor of the second bookshelf against the right wall, the books on it were already rotten, and a whirlwind flew from her fingertips, sweeping away the mess, and then, she found it!

On the beam of the bookshelf, Merlin felt a line of uneven marks, and she calmed down a little to feel it, and finally realized that it was actually a line of runes...... It's just that these words were written backwards! So, if someone accidentally touches the flower, if you don't look closely, most of them will only think it's just an ordinary pattern.

A line of text written in completely opposite directions, Merlin read it carefully...... Nothing happened.

Don't?

Merlin had an idea, and stretched out her finger to trace the first rune in order...... From the first stroke, a faint energy fluctuation resonated with the energy in Merlin's body, and then the light was revealed one by one.

When the last stroke was finished, the line of runes suddenly burst into a hazy light, and soon there was a dull click of wheels from inside the walls...... Finally, with a bang, the entire wall slowly turned on its own, revealing the entrance to a black hole......

Inside is a white passageway, and inside the passage are steps all the way down!

It's done!

Merlin let out a low sigh and a smile appeared on her face. She walked to the side of the passage, this entrance is very narrow, only a person can barely enter, the inside is dark, Mei Lin first condensed a ball of fire attribute energy particles and threw it in, through the falling firelight, you can see that the steps below are not deep, about two or three meters high, it should be a secret room.

Merlin didn't go down immediately, but sat at the entrance of the passage and waited for a while, seeing that there was nothing unusual below, and then cautiously went down the steps.

It was a closed room on all sides, surrounded on all sides by enclosed stone walls, and on either side of the walls were placed rows of iron cabinets, many of which were sealed, and the locks on them were all rusted. And in the middle is a huge stone platform.

The stone platform is about as high as Merlin's waist, and the table is carved with many esoteric and incomprehensible patterns, with a large arc in the center, and all the surrounding dots are the positions of the stars.

This is...... Astrologer's Array!

Merlin had a look of shock in her eyes.

Astrologers are said to be an older profession than shamans, and now they can be seen in some places by chance, and they mainly live by divination, and basically have no status anymore. There are also very few books about astrologers, at least in Merlin's hands, with only some descriptions of their origins and surroundings. It is said that in ancient times, astrologers were very powerful, but nowadays, astrologers have become synonymous with 'liars'.

Mei Lin looked at it for a while, feeling clueless, and then simply gave up her research on the pattern on the table and concentrated on searching for it on the iron cabinet next to her.

All the iron cabinets here are locked, because of the age, I am afraid that the locks inside have long been rusted. Merlin didn't immediately try to pick the lock, she found the only unlocked iron cabinet, and when she opened it, a crystal box lay quietly in a drawer.

On this crystal case, the family crest of a wizard's hat and a circle of stars is lined around it.

There are no seals on the box. Merlin cautiously opened the box, then pulled out a roll of parchment from inside.

The parchment was densely covered with words, and when the parchment was unfolded, a silver crystal in the shape of a hexagonal edge fell from it.

Merlin cast a cluster of wizarding fire, and then quietly read the words on the parchment......

"Sincerely, Initiator:

Dear reader, you must be a wizard. The first thing you need to know is that this is a letter from your predecessor, written by the eldest son of the twelfth head of the Doyle family, astrologer Philin Doyle.

Seeing the first two sentences, Mei Lin couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Astrologer, Philin Doyle?

She thought that everything here was arranged by a wizard, and before that...... Except for the things on the stone platform, everything is shown to be related to the wizard.

Wow~Wow~

From the moment she entered the chamber, the sound of the waves became clearer, but Merlin still didn't notice where the waves were coming from.

She subconsciously looked around, then focused on the letter in her hand and continued to read.

“…… As you read this letter, I hope you understand that what you are about to face is going to be a risky adventure. You may be opening a door that has been forbidden for countless ages, for it is likely that behind this door will be a forbidden realm that cannot be touched by humans. At the same time, it is also the result of my lifelong research. ”