Chapter 528: Bottomless Deep, Tight, Deciphered
Walking into the small building, the light suddenly dimmed, as if there was a layer of film enveloping a qiÄ. It not only shields the outside skylight, but also makes the small building tightly cut off inside, without a trace of leakage.
"Is this a closed enchantment?" Glancing at the faintly camouflaged light source overhead, Moriarty asked casually.
"Yes." Surprised by the other party's acuity, Lady Dorothy's brows furrowed slightly, but she still told the truth.
"It seems that your ministry is really engaged in some very special business." Moriarty nodded, but didn't say anything more.
Then, under the guidance of Mrs. Dorothy, the two of them began to descend slowly through a special spiral staircase inside the small building. But what is quite interesting is that this long spiral staircase, which is almost impossible to see, is surrounded by some kind of enchantment, and the effect of the enchantment is actually a "supernatural force field", and the strength is very remarkable.
In other words, as long as you don't reach the fifteenth level of the Super Extreme Path, you can only rely on walking when you pass through this spiral staircase, and all other qiÄ magic or magic skills have been blocked by the "anti-supernatural force field" and cannot produce any effect.
"This kind of road should be a big problem for some old lawyers who lack exercise."
One after the other, Lady Dorothy and Moriarty descended one step at a time. About ten minutes later, the two had descended more than 100 meters, but they still did not see the appearance of reaching their destination. Moriarty couldn't help but smile, breaking the silence.
"Comparatively speaking, the body of the priest is weaker. However, the last thing a necromancer lacks is time, walk slowly, and there will always be a time to reach it. ā
Without looking back, Lady Dorothy said directly.
Indeed, necromancers usually use necromancy to "modify" their bodies to a greater or lesser extent than ordinary races, giving them more time to devote themselves to research. Even if someone is willing to give up a qiÄē-ē**. Transformed into a "Lich" through a special ritual, its natural lifespan is almost comparable to that of a dragon.
"That's right."
Moriarty smiled silently again.
This arrangement is undoubtedly to control the speed of entry and exit from this place. Even if something happens, as long as they are not super strong, it is obviously not easy for other infiltrators to enter or leave, and it is extremely easy to be discovered. On the other hand, this reflects the secret difference of this place. Moriarty's expectations couldn't help but be a little higher.
After another quarter of an hour, the spiral staircase finally stretched to the end. At such an altitude, it is estimated that it is more than 200 meters deep in the belly of the mountain.
At the end of the spiral staircase was a closed bone door with a line of fist-sized odd text on the lintel that emitted a faint halo. At a glance, Moriarty recognized that the words were very similar to the hieroglyphs evoked by the Lord of Amun, who he had seen before, and that they should come from the same source.
Before the two of them could get closer, the line of text flashed suddenly, and a trace of pale light fell on the visitor.
Moment. Moriarty felt enveloped in endless silence and death, and could hardly resist with the purifying divine power in his incarnation. But fortunately, this terrible feeling is fleeting and quickly recedes in an instant. Moriarty hurriedly restrained himself.
And only then did he react that it was this pale light that the Lord of Amon waved his hand and hit the Queen of Lies that day.
"Don't worry. This is the magic circle set up here by His Excellency the Lord of Amun, and it will not have any adverse effect on those who have permission to enter and exit this place. ā
It seemed that he felt the atmosphere behind him change suddenly. Lady Dorothy hurriedly turned back and explained.
To this, Moriarty just nodded silently. At the same time, he secretly calmed down his trembling heart. And his understanding of the strength of the Lord of Amun has also gone deeper.
The pale light faded, and the hieroglyphs on the door returned to calm.
At this moment, the closed bone door slowly opened, and Lady Dorothy immediately walked in with Moriarty. In the blink of an eye. The bone door closed silently.
Behind the door, there is a circular hall, covering an extremely wide area, with hundreds of square meters, almost like a palace.
And at the end of the rotunda. There were small closed doors that seemed to lead to other places.
When the bone door opened and Lady Dorothy and Moriarty entered, the dozen or so necromancers who had been busy in the round hall were stunned, and then hurriedly bowed to the former, while speculating on the latter's identity out of the corner of his eye.
"This is Lord Davidson, a high-level necromancer, who will join us in our research work through His Excellency's arrangement."
Lady Dorothy just nodded to everyone and announced it in public.
For such an announcement, no one raised doubts, but welcomed the "newcomer" jaw.
"Good day, everybody."
Moriarty also returned the salute, and at the same time, he glanced at it and found that the more than ten necromancers were basically at level seven or eight, and only two of them had reached the ninth level. However, all of these legal professions seem to be somewhat "weak", obviously lacking the toughness and ruthlessness of actual combat, and they should all be research-oriented "pure clerical jobs".
"Keep busy, I'll show Lord Davidson around."
With another command, Lady Dorothy led Moriarty to a narrow door at the back of the rotunda.
Seeing this, the necromancers all continued their work again.
Approaching the door, Madame Dorothy reached out and stroked an equilateral triangle on the door, and the narrow door opened on its own. Then the two of them walked in, and the door closed automatically.
"This is my studio, please take a seat."
The room behind the door is about 50 square meters and is decorated in a typical real yĆ n room style. It's just that there is a special glass cabinet in the corner of the room, and the cabinet is inlaid with complex magic rune circuits throughout, forming an overall small enchantment with an unknown effect. In the cabinet, a pale mist can be seen, and in the center of the mist there is a black strange scroll, and from time to time there is a strange light flashing on the surface of the scroll, which makes people feel dazzling and a little palpitating.
"Thank you."
Retracting his gaze, Moriarty sat down across from Mrs. Dorothy and waited for the next step.
"Now I can officially introduce to you, the main job of my 'Bottomless Spring' is to try to decipher the various divine techniques that have been transmitted from the Holy Spirit Temple, and when the conditions are ripe, I will reproduce the cracked divine magic in the form of necromancy." Looking into Moriarty's eyes, Lady Dorothy finally spoke bluntly.
"I see."
Glancing back at each other, then at the glass cabinet and the scroll in the cabinet on the side, Moriarty nodded knowingly.
It is no wonder that the office space of the "bottomless deep spring" is located in the depths of the mountainside where it is so well protected and defended, and not only is the entry and exit extremely strict, but there are even three extreme guards outside, which turned out to be "copycat magic" and "digging the corner of the Holy Spirit Temple". Assuming that the Holy Spirit Temple knew about the situation here, I am afraid that it would definitely try to blow up the "bottomless deep spring" into a bottom-up sky.
"That's the Holy Spirit Temple's magic scroll, huh? My job is also deciphering? Tapping on the mysterious black scroll, Moriarty asked rhetorically.
"Yes. Both His Excellency Negusta and His Excellency Hyjal consider you to be an excellent person for this undertaking with your excellent theoretical foundation and logical skills, as well as your broad-mindedness, objectivity and impartiality. And I personally agree with this evaluation. Lady Dorothy almost repeated what Hyjal had said to her yesterday.
"Can you tell us about the record of 'Bottomless Spring'? I'm curious, how many good things have the Alliance 'robbed' the Holy Spirit Temple so far? ā
Ignoring the other party's so-called evaluation, Moriarty believed that Negusta just took a fancy to the closed and safe environment here, and stuffed himself here in disguise to avoid causing trouble, so he asked with a smile.
"Of course." Lady Dorothy also smiled and nodded: "Actually, it has been more than seventy years since the establishment of the 'Bottomless Spring'. Through unremitting efforts, the Alliance has successfully deciphered five 'first-level divine arts', two 'second-level divine arts', and one 'third-level divine technique'. ā
"In seventy years, a total of eight divine techniques have been deciphered..."
Although his expression remained unchanged, Moritty's pupils shrank slightly.
With the power of the Alliance, only eight Holy Spirit Temple's divine techniques have been cracked in such a long period of time, and the highest level is only level three... Is it really so difficult to decipher the arts?
"It's not easy." As if sensing the other party's surprise, Lady Dorothy couldn't help but explain: "It is not easy to obtain the complete Divine Scroll first, and the Holy Spirit Temple has always strictly controlled this, even if the alliance secretly makes a move, it will be difficult to get it; Secondly, each Divine Scroll contains a small amount of Death Divine Power, which is not only the foundation of the scroll's composition, but also the perfect barrier to shield and crack. Moreover, the Holy Spirit Temple is not unaware of what we are doing, and for this reason, the two sides have secretly fought many times and even broke out underground wars. Although in the end, we did not want to cause a full-scale conflict, so our decipherment work must also be limited to a small scope and kept strictly confidential, otherwise it is difficult to avoid the backlash of the other side. All things considered, it is considerable to have made these advances in less than a hundred years. ā
"Yes."
After listening to Mrs. Dorothy's words, Moriarty couldn't help but nod.
Sure enough, the Necromancer Alliance and the Holy Spirit Temple are in the same place as Dejia. In such a small range, it is almost impossible to completely hide from the other party for a long time when any important thing happens. That's why the cottage business of "bottomless deep springs" is so difficult.
But then again, to be able to propose and approve the implementation of this project, the alliance and the alliance's top management are really courageous, and they do not hesitate to fight with the Holy Spirit Temple for it. It can also be seen from this that the alliance has long been related to the prevention and infiltration of its own neighbors, and its plans are bound to be huge.
"So how many of the eight cracked magic techniques have been successfully converted into necromancy?"
Nodding his head to indicate that he understood the hardship, Moriarty asked again. (To be continued......)