Chapter 302: Three Spirit Arrays (7)
The road has become wider, and the volcanic rock has been less weathered. The smell of sulfur in the air in the www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion is stronger, I don't know if it's because of ventilation or other reasons, everyone feels very stuffy.
The path seemed to be going down, and everyone felt as if they were walking up a spiral staircase with no end in sight. There is darkness in front and darkness in the back. Victor Krum's wand glows white.
The marks on the ground became more apparent, with Victor Krum in front, and the glow of his wand illuminated the entire cavern. The crowd didn't know how long they had walked, but Penelo Crivat felt like he was descending all the way down, as if he had reached below sea level.
The temperature of the air rises rapidly, and the ventilation effect is even worse, and it is almost suffocating.
"It's too hot, what's going on here? It can't be lava down there, right?" said Paul.
"We can't go like this anymore, we're going to get dehydrated. Now take a break. Rose said.
"Cedric Diggory They didn't set off much early, we have caught up all the way now, why haven't we found them yet. Victor Krum wondered.
Everyone didn't answer, and the stuffiness and claustrophobic closure of the cave made everyone a little nervous, especially a few female warriors, who began to look at the darkness at both ends of the cave.
Darkness and claustrophobia, for anyone, can be terrifying. Victor Krum couldn't help but shake off the fluorescent magic. The white ball of light sprang forward like a ghost in the darkness. There's still nothing to see ahead, and it's still going down. Is this where to go, to hell?
"Go on!" he said to Rose Kosazi and the other warriors. "We have to go down. β
In fact, at this point, Victor Krum was already hesitating, something seemed wrong, and the situation was getting out of control little by little. The darkness and rising heat, as well as the smell of sulfur in the air, unnerved Victor Krum. Eventually, he decided to move on. After all, their mission has not yet been completed, and the trial of the warriors has just begun. It's just a competition, a game, relax, Victor Krum.
Although everyone doesn't know what's ahead, now that there are arrangements for the principals and mentors, at least it won't be too dangerous. Thinking of this, Viktor Krum couldn't help but think of what Igor Karkaroff had secretly told him before leaving: a group of Aurors had been assigned to be the vanguard to check the security measures here, but they had lost contact. Igor Karkarov warns Viktor Krum that this is not so simple.
They cautiously walked in, and Rose created a green ball of light that allowed them to see more clearly. The space underground has become even larger. It may not seem like one person can do it. And the volcanic rocks here are starting to appear on the magic patterns, and those simple magic patterns are painted on the volcanic rocks with unknown paints.
After walking for a few more minutes, a hall appeared. The hall was unrecognizable, with a thick layer of dust and messy footprints on the floor, and walls covered with strange skeletons of various sizes and unnamed materials. The stone tables and chairs fell to the ground in confusion, and some broken porcelain shards were scattered on the ground, and Lina recognized that the painted porcelain was fine ancient porcelain.
This is the sphere of influence of the Far East, and if it is really the relics of the founder, then it is not surprising that these things appear here. The founder's life was extremely illustrious, and if it weren't for the struggle for the supreme realm, he wouldn't have ended up like this. His wife was born into a famous family, and at that time, it was the most dazzling family marriage in the Far East. The two of them could have lived a good life, but unfortunately the troubled times came, and no one could escape. In such a turbulent world, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and the founder was forced to join the uprising group in desperation. Who knew that it was out of control, because of the voice of his family, he himself did not have the frame of the eldest young master at all, and he did not lack talent and hard work, and soon became the leader of the rebel army.
In the midst of the struggle for hegemony, he relied on alliances and annexation to continuously expand his power, and eventually soon became the largest force in the southern part of the Far East. Unfortunately, at the same time, the struggle for supremacy in the north also came to an end, and another figure of the same genius won the final victory. In this way, the two will inevitably fight to the death. Originally, he had hoped to win, but when it rained heavily, the entire Yangtze River was flooded, although such a flood prevented the northern army from going south. But grain production in the south was drastically reduced, and years of war, famine and plague broke out in the autumn.
Sometimes fate is so impermanent.
"Where is this? This place used to be inhabited. Looks like this is our destination. "I think we should start looking for the scroll, maybe soon." β
"Paul, this is not a good time to find a scroll, and we'd better meet up with Cedric Diggory first. I feel that something is wrong. Even the calmest of Roses began to show anxiety.
"Rose is right, we'll have to meet up with Cedric Diggory first. Victor Krum paid no attention to the porcelain, and continued to walk towards the exit at the other end of the hall. "Now move on. Victor Krum's wand spewed out a strand of bright silver thread that slowly straightened to the highest point of the hall.
When the threads came into contact with the rock at the top, the magic patterns carved into the rock lit up. Everyone temporarily suppressed their anxieties. The six warriors briefly inspected the hall, finding nothing, and the group continued along the wider corridor.
They became more cautious, their steps cautious, their wands clenched tightly in their hands, and when they arrived, the magic patterns on the walls began to light up strangely. This breath-like brief kindness, each time like a red ripple, appeared from the dark depths of the corridor and swept past the six people, and then disappeared behind the six.
"These patterns are too complicated! And many of them I have never seen before, and I can't even be sure if these things are even magic patterns. Rose couldn't help but reach out and touch the magic patterns on the rocks, and a ripple had just spread.
"Don't move, Rose. These are not simple ancient magic patterns, but also the ancient runes of the Far East. I think we really found the retreat of the founder of the Suzaku School of Magic. Lina stared at those magic patterns, which were also mixed with Dao patterns and Buddha patterns, these ordinary wizards could not master them at all, and it was said that only the founder of the Vermilion Bird Magic School could genius fuse the magic patterns and Dao patterns together.
Rose is startled by Lina's warning. He hurriedly withdrew his arm.
The magic patterns became more and more complex, and even in some places the inlays of the magic patterns began to appear, and in a larger magic pattern, more magic patterns were inlaid.
These delicate patterns glow a faint blue, and not only on the walls, but also on the top and feet of the cave. The red glow and the green magic pattern itself gave everything here an ominous aura.
Victor Krum had no time to appreciate this, and he continued to urge everyone to keep going. Rose brightened the green ball of light in her hand a little, so that everyone could see farther.
The crowd moved on, "We can't stop, we keep going." β
"Victor Krum, I think we need to stop because we seem to be on the wrong path. Lina said.
"Look at these marks, although they are very new, obvious, but don't you think, too many, and here, you see, if you were Cedric Diggory, would you leave such a mark?" Lina pointed to an inconspicuous sign on the wall.
Victor Krum was about to answer when the cavern shuddered violently. Everyone felt a tremendous and vibrant power coming from the depths of the cavern. The green ball of light maintained by the Rose Magic, like a flame blown by a strong wind, instantly changed from a spherical shape to an ellipse.
The tremor came suddenly, and ended very quickly, and a roar came from the depths of the cavern, as if a wizard was in danger. Victor Krum clenched his wand and ran frantically into the depths. The remaining five warriors also hurried to follow.
Thinking that Cedric Diggory might have been attacked, Victor Krum couldn't help but feel even more anxious. Immersed in such anxiety, Victor Krum ignored too many clues, and he just lunged and soon reached another hall.
This hall looks twice as big as the previous one. A large bright red orb hovered silently in the center of the hall, the size of a house. More than three meters in diameter. Underneath it are dense magic patterns, and these magic patterns seem to have some kind of connection with the stone ball, and every time the stone ball shines, the magic pattern shines with it.
An oval-shaped canal surrounds it, and there is still water in the canal. I just don't know where this water comes from.
The magic pattern seemed to break at the canal, but the ripple still passed through the canal. There was nothing in this hall, only countless magic patterns and a giant egg in the air.
At first glance, there was no one here. Rose and the others also arrived quickly, and everyone looked around in confusion, except for the seemingly infinite magic patterns, there was nothing else.
"They're not here at all, what the hell is going on?, have we been deceived?" a cold glint flashed in Paul's eyes.
"But I heard the roar just now, could it be my auditory hallucination?" said Victor Krum.
"It's not your auditory hallucinations, I hear it too. Penelope Crivat said.
"But there's nothing here. β
"It's nothing, what is it?"
Everyone looked at the huge blood-red stone ball suspended in the air.
"It's like it's breathing. Lina whispered. As the stone ball breathed, the magic pattern lit up regularly, and the stone ball itself seemed to be constantly drawing this power from the outside world.
Victor Krum looked at the stone ball that seemed to be breathing, and felt so tired. Looking at the glowing patterns, Victor Krum felt like he couldn't keep his eyelids open, and he began to forget where he was and what he was doing here.
Rose and Dokoru fell first, then Lina, and finally Penelo Crivat and Victor Krum. Only Paul was still standing still.
"Psychic Shock! Just a stone ball can send out such a powerful psychic attack, where the hell is here, and there is such a powerful magic. Seeing that everyone had fallen, Paul did not care at all, and walked alone to the stone ball in the center.
Paul stopped as he walked to the perimeter of the oval canal.
"No, no, it seems to be an enchantment in front of you! This kind of design is definitely not something that ordinary wizards can do, is this placeβ" Paul walked slowly around the ellipse, trying to find a loophole. After a turn, Paul's face became even more ugly. He discovered that these patterns were definitely not built by traditional wizards. Because many of these magic patterns don't know at all, combined with what Lina said just now, those things that Paul doesn't know should be Dao patterns.
Knowing this, Paul did not dare to act lightly. Just as Paul was thinking about what to do, a little girl's silver bell-like laughter rang out.
"Why didn't you faint? Don't you want to sleep?" This is a Lori who looks to be only seven or eight years old, with big black eyes, wearing a well-fitting silk robe, with two small horns on her head, looking at Paul curiously.
Paul stepped back vigilantly, with Mordred's strength, it was impossible for a little girl of seven or eight years old to approach him silently.
"Are you a wooden man, why don't you speak?" little Lori jumped up and down to the warrior who fell to the ground. Squat down and take a closer look.
"This young lady is so smart, she almost discovered someone's trick just now. Little Lori said very cutely to the sleeping rose.
Paul slowly stepped back, and he looked at Lori in front of him again, making sure that he had never had any impression, and there was no contact between the two.
"Hey, you want to escape? It's useless, this place is protected by magic patterns, and no one can get out. You've triggered the enchantment, and you can't get out of here. β
Paul stepped back and was about to reach the exit, "If I were you, I would never try that enchantment, no matter how strong your magic is, it can't compare to a volcano." β
Paul rushed to the enchantment without any hesitation, and just as he was about to rush out, those magic patterns lit up together, and an invisible enchantment instantly appeared.
Paul wrapped himself in a powerful magic force and tried to rush over, but after rushing through, he stumbled a few times and finally fell to the ground and passed out.
"I've warned you. You still have to try. Lori smiled, stepped forward and grabbed Paul's calf, and easily dragged Paul back into the enchantment.
Lori walked to the canal and threw Paul right across the canal, and Paul seemed to fall into the water and gradually disappeared.