Sea dungeon
Dakko and the others took a small boat and continued to sail south along the coastline of Qom Island, and after passing through eight more towns, they finally saw a large mountain cliff in front of them. The cliff was jet-black and looked so hard that it was called a prison that could not be broken by even the great magician.
When they got closer, they saw that where the cliff and the sea 'intersected', there were faintly "windows" formed by railings. It is said to be a window, but it is actually larger than a window, but since most of it is submerged to half the height of the sea, it looks like a window. Only a few of the bars were so high that the entire cell was exposed above sea level, but Darko knew that the high tide was enough to flood the tallest cell.
As you can see from the cell above the sea, the space inside is not large, only two meters long and wide, and the back is a solid rock wall, and the only exit is this window surrounded by a railing. The material of the railing is pure black 'color', and if you look closely, there are gray 'color' lines on it.
"This is gray iron, which is a relatively stable metal, no wonder it is on the seaside without corrosion and rust. Kevin looked at the port of a destroyed sea dungeon railing and recognized the metal, and then he said strangely, "The 'sexual' quality of gray iron is still a little worse, as long as it is a fire type mage, it can be melted." It's not uncommon to find metals that are both rust-resistant and strong, and if you use purple steel, it's much better, doesn't the Ocean Church know this?"
Darko and the others drove close to the sea dungeon, slowed down and searched one dungeon after another, and saw that most of the dungeons were empty, some of them contained human bones, some of them were already overgrown with green plants such as seagrass, and some of the dungeons had been destroyed, and the railings and rock walls were broken in half.
Phyllis casts a disintegration spell that breaks down a railing a little, less than a tenth. Seeing such a result, Darko and the others were a little strange, although this railing will not be corroded, but it is not indestructible, if the magician continues to cast spells or the warrior chops with great force, then it can also break out.
Otto knew a lot about the Venus plane, and explained to Darko and others, "This sea prison was originally built by the Ocean Church to imprison low-level members, and the Ocean Church follows the doctrine of broadness and tolerance, they do not have the death penalty, even if the sentence will give the tortured a chance, this sea prison actually embodies the teachings of the Ocean Church to the fullest." ”
Darko had also studied the canons of major churches when he was on the Mercury plane, and he only entered the 'Elite' Golden Prison when he committed a crime on the territory of the Ocean Church, at this time he thought about it and understood the meaning of this sea prison, "It seems that this sea prison is only set up to imprison high-level and below professionals, because that level, whether it is a legal profession or a war position, there is no way to break this sea prison, and only by upgrading to a great magician or a great warrior can he break through this sea prison and regain his freedom." And if you don't advance and escape within a certain period of time, you will be immersed in seawater for a long time, and your body will decay and die. This gives the prisoners a chance to live, and at the same time gives them a chance to die. ”
Darko finally knew that this sea prison was the true meaning of the Ocean Church, and the reason why the Mercury plane had to open a 'fine' gold prison with other churches was actually because Mercury did not have an ocean. But it was precisely because of the relatively light sentence of the Ocean Church that Darko chose to commit crimes on their land in the first place, and sent himself to prison on the premise of ensuring safety.
Otto agreed, "You're right, you've been trained in this dungeon, and you're much more mentally fortitimate. There are many people who have been in sea prisons in history, and they have all become famous people since then. For example, the current Pope of the Sea, Cardabal Morales, once spent half a year in the sea prison. ”
"The Ocean Church even gave the prisoners a chance to escape, so they weren't afraid of reprisals?" Phyllis thought it was strange to keep people on the line, and it was right to do things by cutting down the grass and eradicating them.
Kevin groaned thoughtfully, "Every church and guild follows a different pattern of behavior, otherwise it wouldn't be divided into so many forces, as for us, we just need to follow our own principles." ”
As they spoke, they had traveled a long distance ahead, and at this moment they suddenly saw a figure in front of them, the coastal cliff was already uneven, and there was a huge boulder protruding from the sea, which stretched out on the sea like a platform, and the figure was squatting on this boulder.
The figure also noticed the approach of Darko and the others, and looked at it strangely, this sea dungeon was already remote, and it was all barren mountains and 'messy' rocks, and there was nothing interesting to do, and no one usually came at all. When both sides saw each other's faces clearly, both cried out in surprise at the same time.
"Why are you here?"
"It's you!"
"Are you going to the Dead Ruins too?"
"Jennifer?"
"Cynthia chicks. ”
“……”
This figure is none other than the familiar opponent of Darko and others in the Alchemy Grand Prix, the inscription master of the Cynthia team, Jennifer. At this time, she was wearing a navy blue 'color' magic robe, with white 'color' magic patterns on the edges, like an extension of the sea's 'waves'.
Jennifer frowned disgruntled and asked again, "What are you doing here?"
Phyllis glared and said, "What are you doing here again? Why, we can't come if you can?"
"This is the sea dungeon of our Ocean Church!"
"Hmph, the small church that was kicked out of the Venus plane thousands of years ago is worthy of saying that this is your territory?"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Darko hurriedly grabbed Phyllis and said to her, "We still have important things to do, don't waste time with her." ”
Jennifer heard this, and she immediately pointed the finger at Darko, "You prisoner, sooner or later I will have to take you back to the 'Elite' Golden Prison to go to prison!" But she thought that Dacko couldn't go back to the Mercury plane after his level was raised, so she changed her words and said, "Grab you and put you in this sea prison!"
Phyllis sneered, "The Alchemy Grand Prix is at the bottom of the group, you still don't remember 'sex' for a long time, and you always say big things that you can't do in your life, it's embarrassing!"
"What did you say!"
Jennifer was so angry that she jumped to her feet, but she couldn't say anything about Phyllis, and she couldn't beat anyone on Darko's side, when she was at a loss, she suddenly heard a voice sound, "Jennifer, are they the people you said about the champion team of this year's Alchemy Grand Prix?"
Jennifer heard this voice and hurriedly responded respectfully, "Yes teacher, it's just a few of them, and four of the six people in their team are here." ”
Asiba yelled in displeasure and protested that Jennifer had forgotten to count herself.
Darko and the others followed the sound and looked at it, only to see that there was a sea dungeon next to the protruding boulder where Jennifer was, and most of this sea dungeon was submerged below the sea surface, leaving only a railing of less than half a meter 'exposed' above the sea surface. In the railing, piles of black and white aquatic plants were floating with the sea 'waves', and when you looked closely, you realized that they were human hair.
Kevin pointed to the dungeon and shouted, "There's someone there." ”
Several people's attention immediately shifted to the sea dungeon, and they were immediately surprised when they saw the people in this sea dungeon clearly. I saw that there was only one human head 'exposed' above the surface of the sea, and his whole body was soaked in the seawater, and it seemed that he was sitting cross-legged in it. The man looked to be in his forties, motionless in the dungeon, and would have thought he was dead if he hadn't just heard his voice.
But the man in the sea prison continued, "Jennifer, although you have barely passed the certification of a senior inscriptionist, your experience and background are still not enough to participate in that kind of competition. Don't think that you can suppress others by relying on A-level water talent, every powerful inscription master must have their own uniqueness, if you want to become an inscription master, there is still a long way to go. ”
"Well, teacher, I know. In front of this person, Jennifer didn't have that arrogant attitude at all.
Phyllis's eyes lit up and she shouted at the dungeon, "Hey, are you Bandaka?"
Kevin stared at the sea dungeon and said, "Aren't we looking for an inscription master? that's at least the level of a great magician, how can we be trapped in the sea dungeon?"
"Maybe he's here to experience life?" guessed Otto.
Darko took it a step further, and he sensed that there was no magic 'wave' emanating from the body of the person in the sea dungeon. Prisoners who were usually imprisoned in sea dungeons would do their best to cast defensive magic to prevent the corrosion of the sea, so why did he allow himself to be immersed in the sea like this?
"Just ask him and you'll know!" Phyllis waved impatiently and shouted at the dungeon, "Hey, are you Bandaka?"
Before the man in the sea prison could respond, Jennifer first pointed at Phyllis angrily and said, "Can you call my teacher's name directly?"
Darko heard Jennifer call a teacher, and with Jennifer's level of an inscriptionist, the one who could be her teacher must be a master inscriptionist, so he determined that the person imprisoned in this sea prison must be Bandaka. Darko walked up to the bow of the ship and gave a standard mage salute to Nahakun, "Greetings, Archbishop Cappadocia. ”
Bandaka slowly opened his eyes, his pupils were a deep blue 'color', like the ocean of the Venus plane. The man's indifferent voice sounded slowly, "You are the team that won the Alchemy Grand Prix this year? ”
Darko looked at the middle-aged man in the water prison, it was difficult to connect with the high-spirited tutor three years ago, and he asked tentatively, "Tutor Cappadocia, I am a student of the San Diego Academy of Magic, and I listened to your lecture three years ago. ”
"Oh?" Bandaka looked at Darko, as if he wanted to see the past in it, and after a while, he calmed down, "I haven't been to San Diego much, you actually heard me lecture and remember, you must remember the content of my lecture, right?"
"Of course I do. Darko reminisced as he said, "The law gathers the power of faith to produce the godhead, and the gods are nothing more than parasites attached to it. ”
It's still because of the Godhead problem with Wendy, Darko would remember this, otherwise he would have forgotten about it a long time ago. Bandaka said much more than that, but after his own summary, Darko felt that this was the essence of the 'essence', so he said it.
"Yes, good. Bandaka naturally felt that Darko's level was already a magician, and Bandaka was also very pleased to have a student who had listened to his class grow to this point and still remember what he had said, and even his mood became better. Darko and the others saw that the surrounding sea water was flooded with a little 'wave' pattern, like the spread of dragonflies and water, but it was uninterrupted.
"Ice Magi, Fire Magus, Shield Warrior, Orc Warrior, and Necromancer...... Only then did Bandaka carefully gather Dakko's group, and the more he looked at it, the more strange it became, "You came here to find me, is there anything you need me to do, do you want me to help you copy the scrolls, or the glyphs?"
"We're going to explore an island on the edge of the plane, and we need to build a big ship, and we're looking for you to help build the ship's water magic array. Phyllis finished concisely, thought for a moment and added, "The price is negotiable, and I will definitely not treat you badly." ”
"Hmph, it's boring to look for those so-called treasures again. Bandaka said this, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I can't help you build a magic array, you go find someone else." ”
"Hey, don't say it so well, you'll be interested in seeing our ship!" Phyllis continued to fight relentlessly, if she went to find someone else, it would take a lot of time, and in order to complete the task of the family's 'hand', she couldn't afford to 'waste' too much time on shipbuilding, not to mention that finding a water inscription was only one part of the shipbuilding.
"I'm not interested in boats. Bandaka said bluntly, "And I'm locked up in this sea prison, and I can't go out to help you." ”
Ashiba roared impatiently, and Darko understood its meaning through the 'waves' of 'spirit' divine power, "Grab him, don't work, beat him." ”
Otto couldn't help but say, "This sea dungeon can't hold you at all, is it?
Jennifer snorted, "What do you know? The teacher took the initiative to limit his magic output with glyphs, and then locked himself in it, only under such pressure can he survive to break through the shackles and advance to the level of the Grand Magister!"
Darko and the others suddenly realized when they heard this, they understood why the magic power 'wave' on Bandaka's body was so weak, it turned out that he took the initiative to limit it, and it seemed that he had inlaid some kind of glyph on himself that limited the output of mana, limiting the output to the level of a high-level magician. Only by breaking through again and reaching the level of the Grand Magus can he break through the shackles of this sea dungeon. Since most of the glyphs are 'sexual' to enhance skills, this kind of glyph that limits the output has not been studied by anyone, and it is a non-standard glyph, but it is not surprising that Bandaka, as a master of inscriptions, can design such glyphs. In history, there have been many examples of breaking through bottlenecks under this pressure in the sea prison, and it seems that Bandaka wants to use this sea prison to break through his own bottleneck in promotion.