Was it some kind of mistake, or some kind of invitation?

Or is it just an accident?

It can't be that someone is really in there, right?

If that Mahi Ide was designed like that, then it could be a trap......

Looking at the edge of the bookcase in front of him, which was constantly moving slowly to the side, Duan Qing pressed his brow hard, the little starlight from the back of the bookcase did not bring the slightest help to the gray-robed magician at this time, but made his already chaotic thoughts even more chaotic: "...... Damn, don't give me a problem at this time, my brain is running out. ”

"Anyway, let's go and see it first." The splitting headache didn't seem to allow him to think too long about this matter, and the step forward quickly brought the gray-robed body into the revealed passage: "Isn't it a big deal, it's a death, and the prestige of the library is probably useless......"

The dim light of the passage then appeared in front of him, accompanied by the smell of damp and rotten air that reached his mouth and nose, and the light and shadow belonging to the secret room then appeared in the center of the receding vision of the ancient ground and walls, presenting the familiar scene that Duan Qing had seen once in front of him again. The dark blue magic lamps render the irregularly shaped stone secret room an indescribable mystery, and at the same time, the countless unknown lines and runes engraved around the stone room are more obvious, and they keep shining with the flickering of those lights, as if they are using their own breath to prove to everyone who comes here that it is like life: "...... Not. ”

"Looks like I'm overthinking."

After quickly checking his gaze, Duan Qing, who didn't find any figures, then sighed a little lightly, "She's really not in this place...... Oh, I don't think it's possible, the probability of this kind of thing is almost zero-"

When.

The sound of glass shattering on the ground then sounded in his ears, quickly interrupting the words he had just wanted to continue talking to himself, Duan Qing, who was a little vigilant, hurriedly turned around, and his gaze looking for abnormalities quickly fell on the ground behind him: "Glass bottle? How could it be in such a place? ”

"No, it's not." The sight that seemed a little chaotic because of the sudden situation stabilized slightly, and Duan Qing's conscious gaze finally brought a little shock: "This familiar glass fragment...... It's the appearance of my hands falling to the ground countless times. ”

"This looks like my potion bottle."

Reaching out and quickly touching his waist, his fingers felt empty as expected, and then his searching gaze and the hands that were groping back and forth around his waist twice, and finally confirmed the fact that the bottle of enchantment potion he had just touched had disappeared: "It's evaporated?" How could it be so fast? Even if I keep it open, the potion should last a long time...... Not. ”

The light of the magic elements then crossed the corner of his eye, drawing his attention to the perimeter of the wall of this dark blue secret room again, and the fluctuating magical light from his body then disappeared into Duan Qing's field of vision like smoke in the flash of the rune lines engraved on the wall: "-X's." ”

"Elemental Absorption Magic Array?"

Taking out a bottle of magic potion that he had prepared before, the corners of Duan Qing's secretly scolding mouth involuntarily twitched left and right, he looked at the surface of the liquid that was disappearing little by little with the "breathing" of the magic brilliance in the secret room, and finally suddenly turned around and shouted behind him: "Are you sure this is a quiet room for rest and recuperation?" It's clearly —"

"That's right, this is our stomach."

The heavy friction sound sounded behind Duan Qing again, it was the sound brought out when the door of the giant bookcase belonging to the outside was quickly closed, and the light that was originally faintly reflected in the outer library hall then disappeared in his field of vision in an instant, and the darker and darker blue and a certain voice echoing in the stone room were transmitted to Duan Qing's face: "Since the establishment of the Imperial Library, this ancient library has been providing a large amount of magical energy for the entire Redkar, street lamps, resident magic, major teleportation arrays, Even the structure and mechanism of the palace...... All the energy sources needed to support the common magic array are mainly from the power left over from this ancient building. ”

"But this power has had its fair share of challenges in recent times."

The blue glow of magic became more and more evident around the dimly lit chamber, and the voice echoing through the chamber became a little clearer: "To put it simply, there is something wrong with the supply of magical energy. ”

"So you just use the magician's own energy as firewood for the fire?" Duan Qing sighed and raised his eyelids: "Isn't it a little too inhumane, Honorable Lord Mahi Ed?" ”

"Rest assured, no one knows about it." The voice belonging to Mahi Ed once again replied to Duan Qing's words, but the voice that answered had lost the indifference that appeared in front of people in the past: "And even if this magic array loses its original effect, at most, it will cause a few streets to lose power, and it will not cause much panic." ”

“…… So what do you want to do with such ill intentions? As if knowing that it would be difficult for him to escape from this closed room, Duan Qing sat down on the wet floor very simply: "It can't be just casual play, right?" ”

"Do you know the Magic Core?"

Without immediately answering Duan Qing's question, there was a bit of triumph in his voice full of malice: "The major powerful demonic beasts and elemental creatures wandering between the continents will have magic crystals condensed by their energy essences in their bodies, which is not only a symbol of their strength, but also the source of their strength when they fight. ”

"Not only can a powerful magic core sell for a high price, but it is also one of the magician's favorite spellcasting materials." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but let out a smug laugh: "But if you want to get this kind of high-level magic core, it takes a little time and energy. ”

"So you came up with such a bad idea?" Duan Qing looked up and down the surroundings of this secret room: "The body density of a living person is not enough to form a demon core at all, right?" The flesh and blood strength of normal humans can't support the conditions for condensing the magic core at all, otherwise every mage would have their own magic core long ago......"

"That's how it should be under normal conditions." Maher's voice became gloomy again: "But since we have a special 'squeezing' method on our hands, why don't we take advantage of it?" ”

"I see, these are the nicks, aren't they?" Turning his head to look at the blue walls that were still absorbing magic elements, Duan Qing threw another bottle of magic potion in his hand that was already empty on the ground: "I'm really tired of you taking so much pains and painstaking efforts, not only to deliberately arrange this secret room for absorbing magic essence, but also to make up a suitable reason to invite the magician in......"

"We didn't trick these magicians into coming in, they sought refuge with us in the first place."

Duan Qing's words were interrupted by a loud voice, and the gloomy voice belonging to Maher then filled the secret room again: "There is no mage council in the Frei Empire, and most of the magicians who have offended the nobles of the empire in the local area have no place to hide from disasters, so whether it is to avoid trouble or to recuperate, most of the magicians who choose to escape the world will come to us." ”

"Since they don't want to see the outside world again, then we have to fulfill their wishes for them." In the magic hum that surrounded the secret room, the voice belonging to Maher seemed to be constantly drumming with those dark blue lights: "As for this secret room, the depiction of the magic array, we don't even need to do it ourselves, we only need to slightly increase the absorption of those imprints, and extract all the magical energy that exists in the room." ”

The feeling of dizziness then came from Duan Qing's mind again, accompanied by the noisy sound of warnings from the system constantly ringing in his ears, and the groggy floating feeling also occupied the gray-robed magician's consciousness with the appearance of one after another of the magical energy flowing out of his body, extending towards the surface of the magic notches that were gradually brightening around him: "Hmph, hum, hahahahaha!" ”

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that you, a little low-level magician, actually contain such a huge essence!" The intertwined lines continued to gather in the scene around this secret room, and the wild laughter belonging to Maher echoed around Duan Qing again: "What is this?" Magic potions? Or is it a magic prop? Such a pure magical energy...... We're selling for a good price again! ”

"The guy who uses such a despicable means for the sake of money...... Don't you have a little bit of the dignity of being a magician? His fingers sank deep between the hair on his temples, and Duan Qing's voice, which was clutching his head, became angry: "If it weren't for the Violet Lord who sensed some danger in advance, her life might have fallen into your hands." ”

"That's why we've always wanted to catch you." Mahir, who had put away his wild laughter, replied in a gloomy voice, "Since the Lord of Violet will run away on his own, then at least the apprentice of the Lord of Violet must be strangled, otherwise if there are any bad rumors...... Our business may also be affected. ”

"Fortunately, you guy is relatively easy to deceive, and he actually walked into our 'stomach' so easily." As if recalling the process of going to the library just now, he let out a few mocking snorts: "Why, don't you try to resist?" Try to break out of this cage and get a chance to make up for your mistakes and regrets? ”

"The more you struggle, the more you should, the more likely it will be to accelerate the loss of magical energy—that's how this stone chamber is most likely designed, for the taste of you people." Duan Qing, who was gasping slightly, shook his head: "I'm just a little curious......"

"The diversion of magic will only return the elements to ordinary order, and ordinary order arrangement simply cannot form high-density magic crystals like magic cores." He slowly raised his head, and his two eyebrows, which were covered with fine sweat, were also deeply entangled because of the great pain he was enduring at this time: "Do you have a sufficiently advanced level of magic to rearrange these elements that are channeled out into a stable crystalline state?" Or is it the possession of some ancient magic device that can solve this technical problem? ”

“…… Hmph, it's not your turn to worry about it. The voice from above paused visibly, and then let out a cold snort with the sound of the air from the increasingly intense magic absorption: "Anyway, by the time the human demon core appeared, you would have already become a dead person." ”

"Looks like I guessed right."

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and Duan Qing's raised gaze revealed a sense of relief that was completely inconsistent with the status quo: "The structure of the Imperial Library will not leave you any extra space to deal with the absorbed magical energy, so the place where the magic core can only be generated is in this stone room." ”

"Just run this magic absorption array in reverse, and squeeze all the magic energy together on the spot." He slowly reached into his arms: "The process of forming a demon core that has lost control may not go smoothly, but according to the magic theory I know, it should be more than enough to form a crystal by violence......"

"So what? You can't see it all! Maher let out a fierce cry: "Enjoy the last few seconds of your life!" You're about to be sucked alive! ”

"Do you want to gamble? Bet on if I can see my core? The feeling of increasing heaviness filled every minute of air in this secret room with the enhancement of magic absorption, but Duan Qing's answer was with a little smile: "As for the bet......"

"Let's gamble with each other's lives."

Bright light suddenly appeared from Duan Qing's body, accompanied by colorful lights blooming between this stone room, these lights drilled out of Duan Qing's gray magic robe were then quickly entangled together under the effect of absorbing magic arrays, and spread towards the surrounding walls like surging waves: "You, you actually released all your magic power?" No, it's not—"

"It's all life force." The face that was originally illuminated by the dark blue light had turned pale, and Duan Qing answered the other party's surprise in a weak voice: "I'm sorry, I just happened to use some means to release life force, it was originally used to study the things used when magic was refined, but I didn't expect it to be used by me in such a place......"

"The amount of elemental energy produced by these energies is not comparable to ordinary magic."

"You're killing yourself! Are you going to blow up the entire library? Quick, activate the inverted magic array, otherwise-"

Rumble!

The colorful magical energy instantly obscured the dark blue magic light that filled the room, and the sudden roar of magic completely replaced the sound of the magic circle that originally echoed in the secret room, and the high temperature and dazzling brilliance of the explosion then occupied Duan Qing's field of vision in a sweeping manner, swallowing his kneeling body and the burning walls around him.