This is the end of the diary. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gavin fell into deep thought.

He didn't expect that all this would be related to the vampire vine.

There is no doubt that the vine that destroyed the "Dark Blood Fortress" is the Vampire Vine.

The evil magic ritual of the dark elf mage, with so many adventurers to sacrifice blood, must be extremely bloody, a large amount of blood awakened the vampire vines sleeping deep underground, and hundreds of magic vines came out together, causing the so-called "earthquake", destroying the "dark blood fortress", and also killing the dark elf mage.

Then, as if some creature had alarmed it, perhaps making it feel a deadly threat and forcing it to give up its delicious food.

It's just that all this, what does it have to do with the bone swordsman under the quiet forest?

Why did he kill the Vampire Vine and die with the Vampire Vine?

That neighing can't be from him, he's a man, not a horse!

There are too few clues to connect into a clear vein. Gavin still doesn't have a clue about what happened a hundred years ago.

One thing is certain, though.

Walking along the cave is the "Dark Blood Fortress".

There must have been a lot of treasure buried there, and it was also full of traps, and even the high-ranking thieves could not escape.

What's more, the evil magic ritual didn't work out.

The adventurers who were imprisoned by the dark elf mages may become undead creatures in endless anger and resentment.

In the "Bloodborne", treasure and danger coexist.

To go, or not to go?

Gavin didn't hesitate for long.

He decided to check it out.

A hundred years have passed, and most of the traps have failed, and only a few have survived, and Gavin will not necessarily encounter them.

And since the high-level thief is here, it proves that the way he came out is safe. Even if there are many traps, they have been broken, and the danger has been reduced a lot.

Gavin recited the incantation, and a gray glow emitted from the tip of the skull staff, falling on the thief's bone.

"Death Technique!"

A hundred years have passed, and the thief's white bones have become a lot more brittle, and the bone density is even lower than Gavin's, and the physique is definitely no more than 9 points, but it doesn't matter.

At least it can be used for pathfinding.

The skeleton got up, not completely straight, but bent slightly, legs slightly bent, and leaned forward.

This is the standard pose for thieves to find their way.

Even if it turns into a skeleton, it is still a skeleton thief and has the instincts of a thief.

Death energy supported its skeletal body, and at Gavin's command, it slowly moved forward.

As Gavin thought, the traps in this cave have all failed, and traces of the traps being destroyed can often be seen.

Acid traps, spell traps, arrows launched with machine brackets......

There are no less than ten of them.

Keep going forward, almost two hundred meters.

They came to a wide underground cavern.

The cave is about the size of a basketball court, and it is so accessible that you can see several passages, and I don't know where it leads.

In the very center of the cave, there is a stone platform, well preserved, with nothing around it.

Other than that, there is nothing here.

"Where is the Bloodthirsty Fortress?"

Gavin had doubts in his heart.

The diary of a high-ranking thief cannot be fake, and the huge castle cannot disappear into thin air.

Then there is only one explanation for the current situation:

The Bloodthirsty Fortress isn't here at all!

You may need to go through one of the other passages to reach the Bloodkeep.

Of course, it's more likely that the Darkblood Fortress is here, but it's hidden. Only by opening a certain mechanism can you find the gates of the Darkblood Keep.

The skeleton thief's soul is long gone, it has no memories of its lifetime, and Gavin can't get useful information from it.

It was up to him to find it himself.

A high-level mage occupies an entire castle, and the castle is hidden in such a hidden place that no one will find it without someone to lead it.

Therefore, there is no need for the dark elf mage to deliberately hide the Dark Blood Fortress.

Then the entrance will not be too hidden.

The only thing that's special here is the stone platform in the middle of the cave.

Gavin walked over to the stone platform and took a closer look.

The way the entrance to the dungeon is opened is so strange that there is no uniform standard at all.

Some require special spells to open, others require answering a question, and some can only be accessed through a teleportation circle.

There are even some dungeons that have established a very complete intelligence mechanism and have high-level golems to protect them. Only guests who have passed the bloodline verification or soul scan and are confirmed to be allowed by the dungeon owner will be allowed to enter.

Gavin found that this stone platform was very strong, not ordinary stone, and had been transformed by alchemy to be harder than ordinary steel.

The stone platform is carved with strange magical runes.

This type of magic rune, Gavin had never seen before.

It is neither the magic runes that have been common in the continent in the last three hundred years, nor the magic runes of the Arcane Empire era ten thousand years ago.

It is likely to be a magic rune unique to a certain mage, unknown to outsiders.

The high-level mage does not yet have the ability to create magic runes, and the dark elf mage is likely to have the inheritance of a certain archmage, or even a legendary mage.

Obviously, in order to enter the Darkblood Keep, these magical runes must be activated.

The way to activate runes varies widely.

Some require specific blood, some require specific energy, and some even require specific powders or solutions.

Even specific spells, specific people.

There is also a possibility that a spell trap has been laid here.

If the rune is activated in the wrong way, it may trigger a spell trap.

The spell trap that guards the entrance to the dungeon will never be easy. If you don't even have the ability to kill a high-level professional, why bother arguing?

Gavin didn't dare take that risk.

He decided to leave.

Not the same way back, though.

The cave extends in all directions and has five passages that lead to five different places.

Since there was a treasure chest at the entrance of the passage where Gavin came, it is possible that treasure chests were placed at the entrances of other passages.

Check it out!

Gavin ordered the skeleton thief to enter a passageway, and then followed with the lone wolf.

However, as soon as he entered the passageway, Gavin immediately retreated.

Because he heard the sound of fighting!

There's something fighting in that passage!

The intensity is high, the sound is loud and dense.

Shoot fast!

The sound is getting closer.

Gavin hurriedly retreated to the same passage where he had come, hid in it, and then cast a spell for himself and the lone wolf, hiding their tracks.

"Invisibility!"

Three minutes later.

A petite figure ran out of the passage.

Gavin was slightly startled.

It turned out to be the bloody girl!