Chapter 213: Labyrinth
With the help of the Moon Well Spring, Ryan quickly returned to his free movement, and he was not idle while Cecilia helped his companions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Surveying the dimly lit space, the wrinkles on Ryan's forehead deepened.
The quadrangular room had almost no furnishings other than the magic circle at everyone's feet, which was a bit too simple for a legendary mage. There were the same deep passages in each of the four directions, and with no light in them, Ryan couldn't see through the depths of them, even with dim vision.
"Where are we?" Not far away, Sophia woke up slowly, rubbing her temples as she asked Ryan beside her.
"I don't know, but in the current situation, I'm afraid it's not good." Ryan didn't look back, still staring at the darkness of the passage with a worried face.
"What's wrong?" After all, she was a mage, and Sophia quickly recovered and followed Ryan's gaze to look ahead, but compared to the latter, her face was full of confusion and doubt.
"According to the general architectural structure of the Mage Tower, the back of the lecture or conference hall is either used to welcome guests, or there is a study or alchemy room to facilitate the preparation of the preaching."
"But this place ......" After a short pause, Ryan shook his head helplessly, "I really don't understand what I'm going to use it for?" ”
"Doesn't that mean you've visited a lot of mage towers?" Waking up the last mage, Cecilia finally had time to rest, but said disdainfully when she heard Ryan's analysis that seemed to be the way of the Tao.
"It's more than just a visit." Chuckling in response, Ryan didn't intend to explain further, instead throwing the question itself at the other party, "Speaking of which, you should know a lot about this mage tower, right?" Let's hear what the hell is this place? ”
Hearing this, Cecilia's eyes dodged slightly, and it was rare to show a cramped expression: "I'm ashamed to say that Archmage Salonrose has not left a record of this place. ”
Unexpectedly, Ryan did not continue to sarcastically mock Cecilia, and was briefly surprised by the other party's straightforwardness, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart. Originally, he thought that this moon elf was too self-righteous, but since the good deed of bringing spring water to himself just now, he has slowly changed this mind.
"It's only about the third floor, right? It seems that the scope is not small, how can it not be recorded? Are you sure there is nothing missing? It was Lanier, who had also been observing his surroundings for a long time, but there was one small detail worth scrutinizing, he turned his back to Ryan, as if selectively ignoring the latter's presence.
But this didn't embarrass Ryan, he just felt helpless about the childlike nature.
Cecilia didn't notice the discord between the two, thought carefully for a while, and replied very seriously: "Don't doubt my memory ability, the message left by the archmage is very comprehensive, and there is definitely no description or introduction about this place. ”
"What's the message from your mouth? Why don't you take it out and show it to all of us? ”
"I'm sorry, these are the secrets of the Moon Elves, and I have nothing to say. But you, as soon as you leave the portal, rush here, you can't have done no homework, right? ”
"Like you said, secret ......"
"Oh, so much concealment between the same clan? You humans are really united......"
It seems that she is conceited and underestimates her.
Seeing that Cecilia did not waver in the slightest under Lanier's questioning, her sharper and sharper words were not emotional at all, and her calm appearance made the latter powerful.
The two faced each other, and seeing that the smell of gunpowder suddenly became stronger, Ryan slowly got up. However, to Sophia's surprise, he did not dissuade the two, but walked slowly to the wall and kept groping on it.
"What are you looking for?" Obviously, as a well-trained mage, unknown adventures are more likely to attract Sophia's attention than noisy, and after Ryan made a series of strange moves, she hurriedly followed.
"Find faults."
"Huh?" Seeing Ryan very calmly leave such a puzzling sentence, Sophia's eyes widened, and her surprised expression was very cute.
"Didn't you notice?" Smiling lightly, Ryan patiently explained to her while continuing the work in hand, "Every passage here is exactly the same, even if the magic circle in the center is equal on all sides, there is no way to correctly judge the direction. ”
"Whether this place is documented or not, obviously, it's a typical labyrinth space."
"But Salonrose's fall was an accident, so this labyrinth must have been left behind early in the morning."
"Coupled with the previous room for group activities, if my guess is correct, this should be a test for Salonrose for students who want to visit him."
"Since it's a test, it's understandable not to keep a record."
"Think about it from another perspective, who are the people who usually come to visit him?"
"Mage, of course." Sophia, who listened carefully to Ryan's analysis, answered without thinking, and the half-elf immediately gave a thumbs up when she saw this.
"That's right, but not accurate." Just after giving the affirmation, Ryan shook his head slightly, "Salonrose is a master of illusion, and those who want to be taught one-on-one by him are all spellcasters who are proficient in illusions. ”
"As a labyrinth that integrates the knowledge of illusion spells, what is tested is not the judgment of the conventional labyrinth, but the ability to find flaws and loopholes."
"In my name!" As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan suddenly engraved his unique secret imprint next to the passage, then chuckled and bowed to Sophia, reaching out to make an inviting gesture, "So, this beautiful young lady, would you like to go for a walk with me?" ”
"Huh?" Ryan's sudden approach made Sophia unable to react in time, and at the same time as she exclaimed, a red glow quietly appeared on her cheeks, and she hesitated for a moment, and put her soft palm on his palm tremblingly.
"Hmm." Finally hearing the other party's subtle response, Ryan smiled encouragingly at the easily shy girl. Then he gently pinched the other party's fingers in a demeanor, as if holding a lady, and walked slowly towards the passage.
Soon, in the noise of everyone, the two completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
With the dissuasion of the mages, the battle between Cecilia and Lanier finally came to an end, but the big ones did not feel easy.
"Oops! That guy took Sophia away! Cecilia's temperament in the quarrel was quite clear, including the female mage who obviously had thoughts about her, almost everyone's eyes were on her, and now that the battle was finally truce, everyone realized that two people in the team were missing.
"Bastard! I knew that man wasn't a good guy! To everyone's surprise, the female mage suddenly jumped to her feet, her eyes burning with anger and unspeakable concern, "Sophia...... No! She must have been defiled by that man! I'm going to kill him......"
"This lady, calm down first." Seeing that the other party was deeply delusional and couldn't extricate himself, the corners of Lanier's mouth pulled a helpless arc, and then quickly interrupted her thought-provoking words, "With my understanding of Ryan, what you think shouldn't happen......"
"Listen to you, you know a lot about that half-elf?" Cecilia's impression of Ryan was extremely bad, and when she heard Lanier whitewash him, she suddenly showed a sarcastic expression, "Hmph, a raccoon dog!" ”
"My relationship with Ryan is not as close as you think, but woman, don't use your narrow gaze to belittle others, otherwise your face will be swollen." Although Lanier was the first to clear himself, he was obviously very dissatisfied with Cecilia's previous misunderstanding of Ryan, and coupled with the argument just now, his words were like steel needles, mercilessly piercing the other party.
"I seem to hear someone saying bad things about me, who thinks of me like that?" The sound of teasing suddenly came from the passage behind them, and everyone immediately turned their heads to look, only to see Ryan holding Sophia's little hand, and greeted them with a graceful demeanor.