Chapter 121: The Enchanted Garden
There was no wind, no vibrations, no raindrops, no stars in the gray sky, and all the solidified silence of the world, but the blood-red liquid shrouded in the Great Cross shelf kept shaking as if it had vitality, and the dark red color was in stark and strange contrast with the black, white, and gray background of the entire world, even a magician like Lucien, who was good at keeping calm and focused, couldn't help but palpitate.
Lucien took a closer look at the bright large cross shelf, and the "Book of Stars and Elements" in the soul library flipped to the corresponding position for comparison: "This is not like the use of the magic lock to protect the magic tower, but it seems to be concentrating most of the power to seal something. ”
Thinking of this possibility, Lucien carefully looked at the shaking blood-red liquid again for a few seconds, and then corrected his previous calculation of the location of the Enchanted Garden according to the position indicated by the reflection of the nine stars, and when he got the accurate result, he turned around and ran along the lake path to the edge of the Black Forest to the west, where there was the nearest Enchanted Garden.
Lucien was very curious about what was sealed, but he understood that with the strength of a person who was not yet a formal transcendent ability, he was approaching the legendary-level Mystery Seal was simply looking for death, and he couldn't be confused by greed, and he couldn't confuse the main purpose.
A faint gray-white afterimage flashed, and Lucien, who had recovered a lot under the powerful self-healing ability of the moonlight bloodline, quickly left the lakeside path and entered the "veritable" Black Forest.
It was extremely quiet, not a single living creature could be seen, not even the leaves showed signs of shaking.
In this oppressive woods, Lucien silently calculated the distance, and after ten minutes, he saw a huge building shrouded in black shadows, and from time to time bright lights were drawn out and fell in the direction of Lake Elsinor.
Lucien slowed down, his right hand clenching the "vigilant" sword. The closer you get to the Enchanted Garden, the more you dare not relax, although most of the power of the "Great Cross" Mystic Lock comes from the earth, the sun, and the nine stars, but the Enchanted Garden that forms a self-circulation is also a useful supplement. It is impossible to have a magic trap or magic circle that guards against someone else's intrusion.
The black "bat pituitary gland" appeared on Lucian's left hand, and a silent incantation was pronounced, and the invisible fluctuations spread around Lucian, and then reflected back when they encountered obstacles.
Tall black fir trees took shape in Lucien's mind. The scene within a few hundred meters of the vicinity gradually became clearer, but the ultrasound detection could only return a rough shape, and many strange things were still and made it impossible to tell what they were. As for living creatures, there is no aura at all.
While checking the magic traps and the like, Lucien cautiously walked forward, and when he got closer to a strange thing that he had just discovered, he realized that it was a strangely shaped black boulder, not something dangerous.
With a slight sigh of relief, Lucien continued to walk forward.
"There's another strange thing up ahead, maybe it's also a stone......"
Skirt the dense part of the bush. Lucien, who had dark vision, immediately saw the strange thing.
It was a tombstone carved out of stone, a gloomy black and a faint haze in the Lost World, and behind it was a small burial chamber.
Carved on the tombstone is a line of miserable white words: "Noble and brave Mr. David Shetrion, who became mayor of the town of Bonn because he executed many heretical paupers, but died because he fell in love with a man." All right. Although he is in love with a man, a man with great strength. ”
In the face of this black humorous epitaph, the corners of Lucian's mouth twitched slightly, if I remember correctly, he had seen this tombstone when he sneaked into the town of Bonn, but it was located in the town's cemetery and not in the Black Forest: "Could it be that the cemetery has moved here in the world of the world?"
The cemetery behind the burial chamber is inserted with many black cross tombstones without burial chambers, which look particularly gloomy and cold against the background of black, white and gray.
Lucien glanced at the cemetery, considering that the monotonous black, white, and gray realm of the Lost World was very suitable for the undead, so he turned to the side, preparing to bypass the cemetery.
Although this will delay you for a few minutes, it is much safer.
As soon as he turned around, Lucien, who was holding "vigilance" tightly, once again had the feeling that his hairs stood on end, and he was cold and oozing, so he did not hesitate to swing his long sword behind him.
The touch as if it had hit rotten wood and a huge force came through vigilance at the same time, Lucian's arm went numb, and he took advantage of the momentum to roll forward, and his body quickly moonlit.
After hitting a tombstone on the edge of the cemetery, Lucien bounced to the side and turned around, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the pale text on the tombstone of the black cross:
"I used to be fat, but I'm finally going to lose weight. ”
Behind the laughing epitaph, a rotting palm suddenly stretched out from the cold black dirt that made people laugh, and then a humanoid undead creature covered in rotten flesh, white bones exposed, and stenched sat up with the dust flying.
And when Lucien turned around, he saw a similar undead creature, and the door to Mr. David Shetrion's tomb had been opened!
Lucien turned into an afterimage, vigilant of the long sword slashing forward, but the undead who pursued Lucien were very fast, and instinctively flashed the long sword to the side, rushing towards Lucian.
The long sword had some strength left, and it just happened to block in front of him after making a circle.
After the silent collision, the vigilant long sword shook rapidly, and the strength of the undead creature actually exceeded Lucien by a little, and at the same time, after smelling the foul smell of decay, Lucian had a feeling of swelling in his head, hot forehead, and a slight paralysis in his body!
"Ghoul!"
Lucien recognized the undead creature from its sharp teeth and combat features, which were much stronger than normal skeletons.
In this strange world of mystery, it is comparable to a formal knight, and while its speed and agility are not much worse than Lucian's, its strength is even better than a little.
Ghouls are undead and are covered in an aura of plague and negative energy, and if they are hit, they will be paralyzed and unable to move, and they will be infected with the blight.
And if you are killed by it, you will become a new ghoul after a day.
After recognizing the species of undead, Lucien began to fight, not making direct contact with the first ghoul, while the second ghoul seemed to be weaker than the first, unable to keep up with speed and agility. He could only angrily chase the afterimage dragged out by Lucien from the side.
Dealing with the unintelligent ghoul, Lucien gradually gained the upper hand, and was wary of the sword slashing at its body from time to time. Although each time it was like hitting a thick block of wood, it made the ghoul's rotten muscles fall off one by one.
Meanwhile, Lucien prepares the "Wall of Sulfur Fire" magic to get rid of the ghouls quickly.
The ghoul was getting mader and crazier. Suddenly opened his mouth and screamed silently.
The scream did no harm to Lucian, but Lucian saw the rotting arms in the cemetery suddenly stretch out, forming a strange scenery with the black cross.
"So many undead?!Is there anything as powerful in there as this one?"
Lucien took advantage of its screaming. A pale flame was laid in front of him, and the smell of sulfur was pungent and strong.
Then, Lucien fled to the place he came from without looking back, so many undead creatures are not something he can solve, if there is another ghoul like this, he may not even know how to die.
A sword slashed through the second ghoul that stood in his way, and Lucien was about to flee when he smelled a strong rancid disgusting smell.
Another powerful ghoul stood in the way. Behind them, more than a dozen ghouls were getting up from the cemetery.
With a wary long sword, Lucian's left hand shone brightly, and three miserable white ice blades flew out with a strong cold.
Palmeira's Ice Blade struck the ghoul in front of her, slicing deep wounds into its arms, neck, and chest.
However, as an undead creature, such an injury is not fatal. And they're immune to cold damage!
At this moment, the cold aura of the "Ice Flying Blade" quickly condensed a thin layer of ice on the ghoul's body, temporarily freezing it in place.
Lucien activated the "Ice Avenger" and immediately cast the "Runaway Ring", which suddenly became a little heavier gravitationally, causing the ghouls behind him to bypass the "Wall of Sulfur Fire" suddenly lose their balance and fall to the side.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lucien dragged a faint afterimage past the ghoul as the ice began to crack, and ran wildly towards the way he came.
In the icy silence of despair, behind the moonlit Lucien was a horde of rotting ghouls that emitted a foul stench in a frenzied chase.
Lucien was very calm, and as he fled, he began to change direction and go around the Enchanted Garden.
The ghouls were strong and weak, and they were slowly thrown away by Lucian, and only two official knights were still chasing, and at this time Lucien had already seen the black gate of the Enchanted Garden.
The Enchanted Garden is surrounded by black-and-gray shadows, which can only be clearly seen through this gate, and behind the gate is a low building, which seems to be the only way to enter the Enchanted Garden.
This low-rise building looks like a magic tower that has been cut down a few floors below, with a pointed black tower top, with a strong eerie and eerie architectural style of the ancient Magic Empire.
Lucien was going to make a few more circles to get rid of the two ghouls, but as soon as he left the dense Black Forest and approached the Enchanted Garden, he suddenly noticed that the circular strange magic circle painted on the gate was very familiar.
It is the most basic magic circle of the "Great Cross Star Shelf" puzzle, but it has a small part missing, and it has a complete structure in the "Book of Astrology and Elements".
"Specially for your own inheritor?" the unreality that was expected to be partially confirmed rose, and Lucien didn't have time to hesitate, dragging the gray-white afterimage and running towards the gate, holding a tube of mercury in his hand, his mental power ready to go.
As soon as he approached the gate, the mercury turned into drops of white water and flew out, and under the control of his spiritual power, he began to complete the magic array.
The missing part is very simple and special, if you don't know the complete structure of the Dao, even the archmage will probably have to analyze it for a long time to come up with it, but Lucian, who knows the basic magic array of the 'Great Cross Shelf' and has been prepared for a long time, only took a little time to let the lines and structure of the mercury turn into a body and connect it with the original magic array.
Two ghouls pounced on Lucian's back, one left and one right, their foul stench and the plague they carried made Lucien slightly dizzy.
The lines of the magic array all lit up at the same moment, the brilliant light bloomed, and the black gate sank into the void behind it, revealing a deep and mysterious void.
Lucien gritted his teeth and pounced on the two ghouls as their palms were about to grab at their backs. (To be continued.) )