The entrance of the ruins was stacked with torches, ropes, and other supplies specially prepared by the pirates for their next exploration, and Gary was about to pick one up and light it.

Milan had already snapped their fingers first.

Smack-

A bright ball of light was born out of thin air and hovered above the heads of the three people, making the dim ruins instantly brighter as day, and also startling Gary.

However, Evan had already greeted him in advance, and his reaction was not too intense, but he silently put down the torch in his hand.

Even a "soothsayer" who has given up most of his offensive spell-casting abilities, Milan is a full-fledged wizard no matter how he speaks, and some common small spells are still not a problem for him.

The lights of the "Illumination" came on, and at first glance Evan was drawn to a very simple tree-like figure on the stone wall.

As if carved directly into the smooth stone walls with a chisel, a mysterious figure consisting of ten circles and twenty-two paths is drawn with very simple lines.

Aven was attracted to it not because of how novel and rare it was, but because it actually appeared as frequently in various occult books.

He is known as the "Tree of Life", "The Inverted Tree", and "Stairway to the Gods", a figure that Aven had seen in several basic occult books when he was in the "Shadow Library".

Legend has it that this is the knowledge that was once handed down by one of the sources of wizards, the "Most Ancient School", which hides the ultimate secret between humans and gods in this world!

However, although this graphic is widely circulated, throughout the history of the Otherworld, no one has been able to prove that they have actually unearthed that secret.

"Is it an inverted tree? Could this relic have something to do with it?"

A thought arose and was suppressed by Ai Wen in an instant, and the meaning of the "Inverted Tree" figure to the wizarding world was the same as the meaning of Ai Wen's "Yin Yang Diagram" in his previous life to Taoism.

There are countless branches and factions that have spread from it, and you can never guess if you guess it, but you can naturally know if you have anything to do with it.

Nodding at Milan and Gary, as the force of the three, Evan took the lead while the two of them held the flanks and moved forward cautiously in a cautious defensive formation.

Because the entrance itself is at the top of the tower, the three men go deep underground along a spiral slope that continues to extend underground. After completely passing through the man-made structures on the ground, only the rock stairs and rock walls without a single gap remained, as if the entire island under your feet was a giant rock.

However, it is worth mentioning that even though it has gradually penetrated into the ground, there is no dull and corrupt feeling in the breath. Obviously, it may be very old, but the ventilation system is still very smooth.

Soon, without encountering any danger, they came to a relatively spacious underground hall.

Squeak squeak ....

Alarmed by the light of the "Illumination Technique", a large group of bats, which were huge and not much smaller than the wolfdogs, immediately pounced on them in the dark.

But they were just ordinary creatures, and with a turn of Aivan's long sword, the bright sword light burst out, and his body turned into a gust of wind, which had already cut down all the bats that attacked. More bats fled into the darkness when they saw that the situation was not good, and disappeared in the blink of an eye...

The three of them looked as usual, and for them who had been through a lot of battles, this scene was not even an appetizer.

Step forward.

Trample.. Trample.. Trample..

The crisp sound of the boots stepping on the ground reverberated through the underground space.

Through the light of illumination, it can be seen that the very classical carved Taskan-style stone pillars support this circular underground space, and here they finally discovered the footprints of the former "explorers".

But by this time they had all become part of the ruins.

Dried blood, broken bones, dried corpses that had been dried but uncollected, and weapons discarded, it seemed that the last expedition had coincided with the construction of the outside cabin at least a few years ago.

Fortunately, the ventilation of this underground space is quite smooth, and there is no strong odor left.

Strangely, however, there was no indication that the pirates had been attacked by anything.

On the contrary, the corpses of the pirates were mixed with many broken marble statues stained with the blood of the pirates, as if the pirates had carried out some kind of planned destruction of the "furnishings" here during their lifetimes.

"These sculptures must be antiques, right? pirates are really tyrannical creatures, and the ruins are not only valuable for real money!"

Milan, who came from a wealthy background and studied antiques, saw the broken statues and was saddened by the pirates' actions.

"Be careful! It's only been a few years, and the thing that killed them may still be living here. ”

All three were experienced naval officers, and while they saw the corpses everywhere, they were already vigilant at the same time. Milan only cursed and didn't move a single step.

"Can you tell what it is?" Milan asked Evan in a whisper as she looked around, keeping an eye out for movement in the darkness. He knew that in distinguishing these details, Aven's ability was higher than his own.

"Some of the bones were shattered, but the clothes were still intact, and they looked like they had been strangled by some kind of python or something.

Some of them were obviously hit with some kind of blunt blow, stone or war hammer or something? There were similar weapons on the ground, but I don't know if they belonged to pirates or raiders, and were there any humanoid sapient beings who could use weapons?"

Ai Wen opened the "digital vision" to carefully screen, and in the face of mysterious ruins and enemies with unknown means that could jump out at any time, he couldn't be too careful.

This is also one of the rules that explorers need to follow when adventuring.

"Looks like they've encountered a very tragic resistance battle here!"

To be cautious, Evan called out in his heart to summon the seabirds to come forward and investigate.

Unexpectedly, there was an extremely strong feeling of resistance in the bottom of my heart, not the simple fear I had when I faced the evil god at the beginning, as if there was something deep underground that made them fear and extremely disgusted.

No way, his seabird detection spell is not a forced creature domination spell, and it can't make them rebel against the instincts of creatures.

Evan looked at Milan.

The latter immediately understood, closed his eyes for a moment, and then replied: "If you continue to move, you will encounter the enemy, but the signs of death are not obvious. ”

"Keep going, be careful!"

Although they can't beat the original White Shark Cook, they rely on a part-time wizarding path and a far more occult knowledge than Cook.

At least in the exploration of ruins, knowledge is sometimes much more useful than force.

The three of them slowed down and continued to move on, passing a stone platform in the middle of the rotunda, which had broken and fallen to the ground, not knowing what had been placed on it.

Obviously, if "White Shark Scook" was the first visitor, there is a high probability that the above things would have fallen into his hands.

There are three exits in different directions of the hall, and one of the doors on the far left has been opened.

The leader, Evan glanced up at the ceiling and groaned slightly, then turned to walk through the open door as well.

Behind the gate is a long and narrow corridor, and on the walls there are colorful creatures of all kinds of strange shapes, plants, animals, terrestrial, and aquatic, some of which are not much different from the outside world, but some of them are like hybrids, which makes people unbearable to look at directly.

It looks like some kind of laboratory for biochemical experiments, and even after hundreds of years, the paintings are still very vivid, giving the illusion that the owner of this place was not here yesterday.

Trample.. Trample.. Trample..

In this place of unknown depth, there was nothing but the footsteps of a few people. Although there are no "monsters" coming out of the darkness, the deep sense of oppression and tension in the dark underground is accumulating little by little, and even if you breathe smoothly, you will feel a slight sense of suffocation.

Exhale-inhale-

With the sound of slightly heavy breathing, the three of them came to another circular hall very smoothly.

The shape and furnishings here have not changed much from the previous hall, and there are many fewer corpses of pirates on the ground than the previous one, but judging from the clothing and equipment, it is obvious that the level is higher and the force is stronger.

It seems that the pirates at the bottom have almost been wiped out in the previous hall, and although the elite pirates have managed to make it here, they have not been spared.

"Has the thing that killed the pirates in the first place gone?"

Milan looked at the empty halls, with nothing but pirate corpses, and became even more curious about what the enemy in the shadows was.

After all, the corpses of the pirates were everywhere, but like the previous hall, there was no trace of an unknown enemy except for broken sculptures and a few dry branches.

"I don't know where the enemy is, but I think you should take a look at the ceiling! ”

At Aven's reminder, Milan and Gary looked up at the same time and saw an intricate and elaborate giant circular symbol carved on the ceiling.

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