A tall arch, locked with stone doors painted with runes, is anchored by a three-ring astrolabe. Iluri groped the gaps in the astrolabe, feeling the grinding of the years.

"The energy ring is barely functioning, there should be no problem. Hadilith walked over, looked at the star ring, and nodded: "This is a special star ring door lock, the location of the star map on it, only the permitted minaret watchers and prophets have the mastery, it is the gate to the upper ladder to control the star ring, and the lower rune vault. ”

"Can you untie it?"

"I'll try. ”

By the light of the shield, Hadilith patiently observed for a moment, then gently put her hand on it and twisted it.

Under Iruli's gaze, the three rings shifted their positions without making any sound. However, a ray of light bloomed from the center of the ring, following the pattern of the star pattern, lighting up the entire ring.

"Unraveled!"

Hadilis's face was full of joy, and with a gentle push of her hand, the heavy stone door creaked and creaked before the two of them barely opened.

Perhaps because it had been sealed for too long, there was a difference in air pressure between the inside and outside, and a cold wind came out of the door, blowing the hair of the two.

Eluri sniffed carefully, with a slight hint of decay and deterioration, "Wait a minute, Hadiris. The air inside is thousands of years old, so ventilate it before it enters. ”

"Okay. ”

After waiting patiently for a while, the two of them looked at each other and walked cautiously. The stone door is connected to a small room, and against the wall is a stone cabinet, also with a star ring lock.

"This is the cabinet that keeps track of the amount of runestones. Hardilith checked the star map and twisted the door lock, while explaining simply: "Since the minaret has the ability to attack, it is a place strictly controlled by the Star Seeking Society. Personnel entering and leaving, consumed and stored runestones, etc., must be registered and made for easy reference. ”

"It's just the right time for us to check if we still have runestones in stock. ”

As soon as Iruli finished speaking, Hadilith opened the cabinet door and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid not." ”

The cabinets are supposed to be paper or leather books, which have been lost beyond recognition by the erosion of time, and have only one shape. The moment the door opened, air poured in and turned into a cloud of powder.

"Uh~~" Iruli scratched her head: "It seems that you still have to rely on yourself." ”

The stone cabinet is flanked by two spiral staircases, one leading to the upper floor and one to the lower floor.

"The energy ring in the lower layer is intact, and the stone gate is also intact. I don't think controlling the rings is a big deal. Hadilith pointed to the staircase leading to the lower level, "Let's go to the Rune Treasury first and check the Rune Stones." ”

The two of them went down the stairs all the way, and after three turns, about five or six meters underground, a huge stone door appeared, and the star ring door lock composed of nine rings was enough to prove its importance.

"The lock is complete!

Kaladir is a star-seeking prophet who controls the most comprehensive starry sky pattern, and the star map of the nine-ring door lock is not difficult for Hadilith at all.

The light flickered, illuminating their cheeks, and the heavy stone door parted to the sides under the powerful power of Iruli, revealing the full view of the inside, rows of seven or eight layers of stone grilles, neatly stacked in the vault, a total of four columns.

But just one glance, the hearts of the two of them were a little cold.

The grille is clean, not even dust.

"Oh my God, it's all empty!" said Eluri, stunned, and her heart was cold.

In addition to lamenting the incredible perfection of the closed nature of the vault, there is more frustration. It's so clean, there's no runestone in the clean.

"This ...... It seems that our luck is not very good. Hadilith's eyes were full of disappointment, and she looked along the grille step by step: "During the period of fighting against Candusosreta, these starlight spires cost a lot, and it makes sense that there are no rune stones...... Wait a minute. ”

Before she could finish speaking, out of the corner of her eye, Hadilith caught a glimpse of a row of grilles in the deepest part, on which dozens of arms-thick prisms were neatly stacked.

"Iluri! we're not so unlucky!"

Hadilys recognized it at a glance, it was the rune stone, and immediately ran over in surprise. Runestone is a quadrangular prism with a square bottom, about the thickness of an arm, a foot long, and six sides are carved with exquisite rune lines.

Yiluli breathed a sigh of relief: "Whew~ I thought I was here for nothing!"

"Five in a row, seven in total. Hadilith counted all the way, the huge rune vault, a total of hundreds of grilles, only seven rows remained.

But that's exciting enough.

"Is it enough?" Iluri hurriedly chased, "How many rune stones do you need to drive such a large spire?"

"It's not enough to get the minaret to be fully loaded. But to get it running, there's no problem. This involves the design of the minaret, where the energy of the suppression beam itself is controllable and depends on the number of runestones. The control rings we just saw are the control of energy intensity. ”

"You mean, it works. But...... Limited power?"

Iruli was about to continue her hair when suddenly the sound of birdsong fluttered in her ears. She gestured to Hadilys to silence her, pricking up her ears.

It was the chirping of a night owl in the jungle, short and coherent in tone, followed by a long call of a pearl bird.

Iruli put her finger to her lips and pursed her lips in response with a cheerful oriole sound.

Hadiris, who had just picked up a rune stone, looked at her nervously.

After a brief exchange, Iluri hurriedly said, "Danger is approaching. Rena reminds us to hurry up and retreat immediately if we can't cope. ”

"Help me transport the runestones to the halls of energy!" Time was pressing, and Hadilith was clearly unwilling to give up this opportunity, and hurriedly grabbed the rune stones in the grate.

"Runestones still need to be activated before they can be used!"

At Hadilys's reminder, the two of them grabbed as many rune stones as they could in their arms in a panic, and trotted all the way back to the energy hall.

"Hadilis, you're here to activate. I'll go get the rest!"

"Good!"

The rune stones landed on the round platform with a clatter, and Hadilith used all her strength to move the energy ring. With a crisp sound, the three rings on the periphery of the star ring rose upward, revealing grooves in which energy-depleted rune stones remained.

Hadilith pulled out two of them and threw them on the spot, picking up the runestones she had just taken out. In the center of the bottom surface of the two ends of the runestone, a double star ring is depicted, which is the key to breaking the seal.

The bows were opened left and right, and the star rings at both ends returned to their positions at the same time, and a beam of azure light lit up along the runes on the edge.

With a click, the runestone was placed into the groove accurately.

The next step was to repeat the process differently, and Iruli desperately shuttled between the energy hall and the rune vault, carrying the rune stones.

A total of thirty-five runestones, barely filling one-third of the energy ring, were the last energy of this starlight spire.

When the star ring rotated and reset, the rune stone pressed into it, and the light flickered alternately, and the runes that had been dimmed for thousands of years were once again filled with brilliance.

The entire hall of energy was illuminated, and the passage under the energy star ring channeled the power of the stars into the runes on the walls, flickering alternately, like pillars of light, rising upward.

"Activation complete, Iluri!let's go, go to the upper level to control the ring!"

......

Next to the Starlight Spire, on a half-collapsed tower, Eslena was hidden in the surface of a broken lake, her bright eyes with a little anxiety.

On the path to the ruins of the Starlight Spire, the terrifying figure of the Resentment Aggregate is slowly approaching.

Twelve eyes glowing green, mechanically patrolling.

Getting closer!

Just when her heart was about to jump to her throat, the top of the starlight spire not far away, the ring that lay across the stone platform, suddenly burst into a soft light.

Under Eslena's gaze, the huge runes on the outer tower lit up one after another.

The activation was successful.