Again, Delcora opened his eyes.

The gray fog in front of him was misty.

"I thought you were swallowed up in magma," Del Cora muttered, "We've stopped all four Seal Cores!, according to what you said, you should be able to come out by now!"

"I can feel it...... I could feel the power of the seal being minimal...... Yes, you did, little one......" Moccarus' voice echoed in all directions, "but I can't come out yet...... I sensed another volcanic eruption, the magma around the sealing chamber was surging, the temperature was rising, I was severely dehydrated, my body was gradually crumbling in my sleep, and only my mental power could move...... I'm so weak now, very weak, I can't take any chances...... You and your companions can come and seal the Chamber of Secrets, it is safe for you, the road to the outside world has not been affected, and I need your help to bring me enough water...... I need water...... Please ...... as soon as possible."

"You can tell I'm on the verge of depletion," Delcora shook her head, "I'm going to recover first." And I still have doubts about your identity. Go to your sealing chamber, I'm afraid I'll be killed by you. ”

"No, no, no!" Moccarus' voice became quicker, "Good mage, you can't think so...... My body has dried up, it is about to be destroyed, and my condition is getting worse every minute and every second! Good human beings, you must help me, you are my only hope! What do you want? wealth, fame, strength? I can even promise you three requests, as long as it does not violate my bottom line! Please...... Don't wait any longer...... I'm afraid I won't be able to last long on my own...... The temperature has risen again...... I'm miserable......"

Moccarus seemed to be really enduring the torment in the conversation, his voice full of painful endurance.

"Ah...... Okay," Delkora sighed helplessly, "I'm going to take a big risk by letting you out, a big, big risk! If you're really the Great Demon sealed by some hero, I'll be engraved on the Pillar of Shame too...... Forget it, how much longer can you hold out?"

"I don't know...... I do not know...... I don't even suspect I'll make it to the next lava tide...... Talking to you sped up the process of reviving my body, and when it completely woke up, I really couldn't hold on...... My spirit was also gradually crumbling...... Quick, I can't hold out for long......"

Moccarus's voice faded away.

"It looks like he's really running out of this. Thinking so, Delkora exited the mental space and opened her eyes.

His eyes were bloodshot and his face was filled with exhaustion that was hard to hide—the after-effects of overuse of mental power, which was extremely damaging to the magician's body. At times like this, he would have to rest for at least three days to get fit, but it doesn't look like Mokaros will last another three days.

Assas and Satya were watching him.

"Is Mocarus here again?" asked Satya, "but this time the mental power fluctuations are weaker than the last time. ”

"You guessed it right," Del Cora sighed, "he's in terrible shape - according to him, he probably won't last more than a few days if we don't get to his rescue soon." ”

"We've lifted the seal," Assas frowned, "and he's getting worse, is he lying, trying to trick us into going to that chamber?"

"I've thought so too, but it seems like there's another possibility," Delkorra's voice was low, revealing a deep sense of exhaustion, "According to Moccarus, the seal circle itself has two functions, one is to imprison him, but to maintain a chamber that can isolate lava. But...... The sealing circle was stopped by us. One of the key cores has even been destroyed by lava. ”

"You mean, the Seal Chamber has failed?" Assas was taken aback.

"Maybe it's not directly failing, but it's gradually collapsing. Del Cola shrugged, "He said a lot of things that confirmed one of my previous guesses. ”

"What speculation?" the two asked in unison.

"The skeleton of the previous tide herdsman, I determined that it came from a thousand years ago, the self-proclaimed prince of the Siren, Mocarus, was sealed no later than this skeleton - in a place like the Sunset Mountains, it is impossible for two unrelated groups of Krakens to appear at two points in time, they can only be members of the same batch or even the same team, and for some reason, the silver-level Kraken died in the forest, and Mocarus was sealed in the Fishhead Peak. This is the only possible guess. ”

"But there's a problem with this - the lifespan of the Kraken is about the same as that of the Thorn Elf, and the ultimate lifespan of the Holy Rank Kraken is only about four hundred years, but the Mocarus who was sealed here has passed a thousand years. This would have almost overturned my last conclusion—I had even thought so, but just now Moccarus unexpectedly told me the truth. He said that when his mental power came into contact with me, his body was gradually awakening. When his body was completely awake, it was difficult for him to hold on. This also confirmed one of my previous thoughts. ”

"Somehow he put himself into a deep sleep—whether it was some kind of mysticism, magic, or the special talent of the Krakens, he did it all, waiting for the time when the seal would break. ”

"And then, after we entered the Sunset Mountains, he sensed our arrival and woke up?" said Satya, following his logic.

"No, I think it may have been earlier, maybe after the sealing circle was weakened to a certain extent, he had already started the awakening process - but it was probably only mental power that awakened at the beginning. Del Cora took a sip and continued to explain, "It's not difficult for a top magician to keep his body asleep while his mental power covers a radius of several kilometers or even a dozen kilometers around him, and perhaps in the process, he gradually explores the structure and weaknesses of the seal - I don't think this process will take more than ten years, otherwise I would have met the more neurotic or crazy Mocarus, who was excited to see me, but did not have the ecstatic feeling of suddenly seeing intelligent beings. His spirit is barely strong, but it's normal. ”

The two didn't speak again, waiting for him to continue.

"There was no doubt that it had been going well - he saw us and realized that we could really help him break the seal, so he began to awaken his body and prepare to gather strength to leave the sealing room. Everything was originally fine, but I didn't expect that when the four circulating cores popped up, the core magic array was disconnected, and everything reached the most critical moment, a volcanic eruption suddenly came, and it directly physically destroyed a core magic array."

"The sealing circle and the sealing chamber are connected, and even if the four core magic arrays are all broken, the secret chamber will only gradually weaken, leaving a buffer time, but the fact that a quarter of the core has been physically destroyed has undoubtedly greatly accelerated this progress, and the secret chamber has accelerated its collapse, and the volcanic eruption has caused the lava inside Yutou Peak to surge, and the temperature has begun to rise - awakening is an uninterrupted process, and after waking up, the extremely weak Mocarus estimates that it will be difficult to get out of the sealing chamber with his own strength. If the impact of the volcanic eruption were a little greater, he could be swallowed up by the lava surging from the Fishhead Peak when the sealing chamber failed. ”

“...... I'm getting more and more curious about the structure of this sealed chamber," Satya still had doubts, "He thinks he can't get out, but he believes we can go in and get him out?"

"This is completely in line with the structure of a normal sealing chamber, and the door that can be easily opened from the outside is equivalent to locking the people inside. And from the beginning to the end, I felt that this magic circle was improvised and shoddy—but maybe the people who set up the magic array were too strong. At least a Holy Order mage. ”

"So where is the entrance to the Sealing Chamber?" asked Asthas.

"The entrance and exit are inside the pass...... Yes, don't be surprised, just halfway up the mountain inside the pass, jump down from the pass, and halfway down the cave you can see - it's obvious. "So I can understand why Mocarus is looking only for me and not for you, these strange steps from beginning to end may only be completed by a magician." ”

"So, we're going to go straight into the crater and rescue a weakened Kraken under the steaming of lava - without making sure there's any hostility on the other side?" Satya repeated earnestly, "Hey—Del Kora, tell me honestly, are you tainted by that Mocarus's psychic power? I think you're even crazier than him." ”

"But it's all within our capacity...... Otherwise, I wouldn't have promised him. Delcora scratched her head in annoyance, "But the only problem is that I still can't be sure if Mocaros is hostile or not...... But the allure of an unknown hidden history is too great......"

"I think even if that Moccarus really doesn't have good intentions, we have other solutions. Asshas shook his head and reminded Delkora, "Why do we have to go in by ourselves? Delkora, you're a necromancer." You're at your disposal with a necromancy powerful enough to make your way into the sealed chamber for us, and even if that Mocarus really has bad intentions, it's just an undead corpse to lose. We have more options out there. ”

“...... What a good idea!, I didn't think of that!" Delkora clapped his hands, "and that solves the biggest problem." Phew, what a hassle, if I were the Grand Magister now - no, even if it was a Magister, I would not hesitate to enter the secret room and unseal him. ”

"But now you can't do anything. Satya replied, "You can rest for a while, and when the temperature outside cools down a little, you will be ready to fight."