166 The Secret of the Obelisk
"The tour is over. Catherine picked up the Demon King and said, "Now let's play something else." ”
She walked to the edge of the platform and tugged at the rabbit's ears and began to shake them. With a whoosh, Catherine threw the demon forward in the direction of an oblong window in the wall of the obelisk.
"What a joke!" shouted the Demon King, and slammed it against the wall by the window.
"A little bit of bad luck. Catherine tilted her head and said, "Next time, aim on point." ”
So Catherine stepped forward and picked up the Demon King, repeating what she had just done. After two successive close encounters with the wall, the Demon King could not bear the insult, and he howled, "What are you doing? bastard! If you want to piss me off, you've done it." Catherine, do you know what you're doing? Do you know how angry I am?"
The answer the demon king received was to fly towards the window again. This time his nose hit the window frame hard, and it hurt so much that tears and snot flowed out of his nose together.
Catherine picked the rabbit's head from the ground, brought it up to her and asked, "What do you see in the window?" The female mage didn't seem to have given up on exploring Master Griggs' alchemy room.
"No, I didn't see anything. The Demon King tilted his mouth and nose and said uncooperatively.
"Then I can only ask you to go and see it again. Catherine grabbed the rabbit's ears again and shook them up.
"Don't, see it, see it. The Demon King succumbed in the spin, "I see, I see what's in the window." ”
"I don't believe it. As soon as the female mage let go, the demon king flew diagonally upwards with a "whoosh". This time the blow was accurate and ruthless, and with a "bang", the rabbit's head smashed open the window and fell into the obelisk.
"It's really smashed in. Catherine didn't expect to have such a chance.
"Find what's in the obelisk" is a message from the library keeper to her. According to the information provided by the Guardian, based on the speed of time passing in the Fantasy World, Catherine still has about three hours to spare. If she can complete this task, she can use that thing to completely subdue the Demon King.
Of course, the female mage is not sure how true the words of the library keeper are, after all, this guy is very arrogantly attached to her will, and he has taken a look at her spiritual world thoroughly. This condescending bullying. Catherine was disgusted deep down.
But the Keeper's advice has worked so far, and his proposal has always followed Catherine's subconscious wishes. For example, subduing the Demon King and destroying him, such as wanting to see Master Griggs' alchemy room.
So in other words, Catherine had no reason to refuse. And the keeper of the warehouse was very honest, telling Catherine that in three hours, the illusion would be sacrificed to the owner of the warehouse. At that time, the fate of the female mage and the demon king will be decided by the owner of the warehouse.
When Catherine took control of the Demon King, she knew that now was the time to finish off the Demon King once and for all. True or not, she's interested in giving it a try. Because after three hours, God knows what will happen to them. Just the demon king's cockroach-like vitality. Maybe then we will get out of trouble again. Continue to play with his little intrigue around Catherine.
But now Catherine is in trouble. How could she get into the obelisk? According to the image she remembered, Master Griggs' alchemy room was extremely strong. Even if the dragon came to slap that window, it might not be able to shatter it. But the Demon King crashed into it, which was really unexpected. And let the demon king enter there alone. There will definitely be variables, even if the Demon King only has one head left.
Catherine turned around and descended from the platform to the fourth floor, where she began to run up the stairs without stopping. Her idea was simple, to find the gate to the obelisk using elimination.
The whole process is really boring. She came to the fourth floor with eight staircases, all leading to the landings. After running the eight stairs, Catherine went down the stairs back to the third floor. There are three stairs left on the third floor that have not been climbed, and eight more stairs above each staircase. That is, if you are unlucky, you will have to climb at least twenty-four more times. On the second floor, there is another path that leads to the third floor, which is the same as here.
Catherine gasped. Take a step and keep climbing. There is no opportunistic approach to this situation, and there is no better strategy than to try all the pathways. The mage climbed up and down again and again, and every time she descended the stairs, she made a mark at the top of the stairs. However, the petrified staircase is very hard. There is no trace at all. Fortunately, the clever Catherine plucked one of her hair and tied it to the handrail of the stairs. It's a simple and practical idea.
After running forty-seven stairs, the female mage was too tired to lift her feet. She sat down on the steps of the forty-eighth staircase to breathe.
Catherine thought to herself: Could it be that there was no gate to the obelisk at all?
She ran up and down so many times, and each time she could only come to the hexagonal platform, she was already a little discouraged in her heart.
"In any case, I'll just walk through these sixty-four stairs. The female mage encouraged herself, "Even if there is really no gate to go up, I have done my best." ”
Catherine struggled to her feet, and moved up one step at a time against the handrail. This time, her tireless efforts finally paid off, and when she ascended the stairs on the fourth floor, a half-old brown wooden door appeared.
Standing in front of this door, the female mage was a little stunned. The environment here is completely different from the downstairs, the walls are freshly painted without a single scar, there is no pungent smell in the air, and the wooden doors are so simple that they are just a wooden board that can be opened with a push.
"It's not like I'm in an alchemy academy at all. Catherine knew that Master Griggs' alchemy room could not really be inside, just like the Demon King said, it was impossible for her to be in this fantasy world without a place in her memory.
So what's going to be behind the door? And the damn demon king won't play any tricks after all this time.
Catherine took a deep breath and gently placed her hand on the door panel. The texture of the door panel is not like what it looks like after petrification, but more like the old doors that are common to ordinary poor houses in the outer city of Wangcheng, and the surface has become a little slippery after years of rubbing.
The female mage pushed, and the wooden door that had not been closed "creaked" and opened inside. The voice was harsh and short, as if a wild dog had suddenly barked in the dead of night in an alley.
"You're finally here, Ghisling's proud female disciple. Someone said inside the door.
There was no figure in the room from the half-open wooden door, and Catherine's raised left foot suddenly stopped in mid-air.