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Just as Ge Wei was exploring the mysterious dungeon of Guillotine Valley step by step, in another realm, under a mysterious valley, a seemingly unrelated exploration was also being carried out.

"How can the death energy here be so huge? There are so many undead creatures on the ground! We can't completely wipe them out!"

Prince Ares' muffled voice echoed. Beside him was a group of people, battling a horde of undead creatures. In Prince Ares' hand is a closed black box, the lifeguard of the Dreadlord Barnazar.

"Find a way to dispel these dead clouds. This dungeon is more dangerous than I thought. If we could, I suggest, we still don't go in. Get out of here!" Prince Ares was surrounded by a group of more than a dozen people. One of the female mages in golden silk robes scattered a skeleton soldier with a fire spell, and said without looking back.

"No! Prince Ares categorically vetoed: "There is only a glimmer of possibility, and I must get my hands on what is here." ”

"It doesn't work. Master Franklin, dressed in a navy blue star and moon robe, said unhurriedly: "This dungeon is very ancient, and if you use the high-level magic of the thunderstorm vortex here, the dungeon is very likely to collapse. That's suicide. ”

"What about the wall of fire, burn it slowly!" a young mage next to him suggested.

"No, I can't. Mage Mai shook his head: "The high temperature can make the death clouds rise, but it can't disperse them. Where does your breath of the wind blow, and if it blows away, we ourselves will be unlucky, and we will all be sucked into our stomachs. Do you want to be an undead creature?"

The young mage was dumb and speechless with shame.

"What then?" Prince Ares looked embarrassed. The map they had managed to pry out of the Dreadlord had stopped at this point: "Do you want us to withdraw?"

The Dreadlord Banazal told him with certainty. This dungeon, which has been buried underground for an unknown number of years, leads to an extremely evil place. If you can master it. What is the power and wealth in the world? With this dungeon, he Ares will definitely become the ruler of the continent!

"No, it can't be that way now. This dungeon has been opened by us. As soon as we leave, the clouds of death will overflow to the surface of the earth, and sooner or later they will affect the human world. Mage Mai Meimu showed a worried look: "What's more, these undead creatures! God knows how there can be so many undead creatures!"

along the way. They fought so hard so far, and they encountered countless undead creatures of many kinds. Several times in distress. If it weren't for her and Franklin, two forbidden spell mages in the team, this team would never have made it this far.

Terrifying undead creatures, even as powerful as her, are deeply jealous in their hearts.

The crowd fell silent again. For a moment, all that was left was the sound of magical explosions, weapons swinging, and bones shattering. There was a steady stream of undead skeletons all around. Everyone is struggling to cope. While struggling to move forward.

After a moment, Prince Ares broke the silence and said, "In the magic of your magicians. Is there a kind of detection magic that can detect distant terrain?"

"Perception. Several magicians replied at the same time, looking at Prince Ares. The gaze was puzzled.

"I need you to cast your senses. Prince Ares ordered.

"Perception, what does His Royal Highness the Prince want to perceive?" Mage Mai asked suspiciously.

"Ah, I see. Master Franklin suddenly realized. "His Royal Highness the Prince is really witty!"

The others were still confused, and Mage Mai also tilted his head sideways. Liu Mei frowned slightly and looked at Master Franklin, and then at Prince Ares, I don't know what kind of dumb riddle the two of them are playing.

"Imagine where this cloud of death came from?" Prince Ares asked them.

"This ......" Everyone looked around, but they really couldn't find the source of the endless cloud of death around them. Death clouds came from all directions, as if pouring out of cracks in the surrounding walls. Everywhere they went, the clouds of death were everywhere, and they could be seen with every step, as if they were following their group. Of course, everyone knows that this is impossible, but it can only be said that this dungeon is too weird, and maybe the entire dungeon is sunk in the cloud of death, which is not impossible.

Everyone looked confused, waiting for Prince Ares' answer.

Mage Mai's eyes gradually lit up.

"I see, I think it's from the depths of the earth! There's no way out here except the entrance where we came. If the Dead Cloud did not spawn here, then the source should be deeper underground. And if you want to know the truth, 'perception' is the most suitable. ”

Mage Mai smiled and said that magicians have always been the smartest people. With a young talent in her early twenties, Mage Mai has become a forbidden spell mage, which shows that she is a person of extreme intelligence.

"That's right!" Prince Ares smiled coldly, pointed to the stone platform at the feet of everyone, and said, "I don't know if you have heard a word, my brother Andrew often says: 'Existence is reasonable'. You see, at the end of this stone room, since the stone platform appears there, there are obvious traces of artificial carving, indicating that this stone platform is useful. If I'm not mistaken, it has something to do with the deeper underground!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince is right, I'll give it a try. Hehe, the apprentice magic of 'perception' hasn't been used much since I became a trainee magician. Master Franklin smiled, but his hands were not idle, and the dazzling magic hand made the surrounding mages dazzled. He didn't see him chanting any incantations, but with a wave of his hand, a small cloud of pale yellow magical light appeared on his fingertips.

Master Franklin closed his eyes, as if silently perceiving something. Everyone understood that this famous thunderbolt forbidden spell mage in the continent was using "perception techniques" to explore the surrounding terrain. Everyone tacitly surrounded Master Franklin in the middle, trying their best to eliminate the skeletal soldiers that kept coming up around them.

After a cup of tea had passed, Master Franklin opened his old eyes, pointed to the bottom of the stone platform, and said with a look of joy: "That's right! There are several larger spaces below. One of them is full of dead clouds, and the rest of the space is good for survival. ”

"I'm right!" Prince Ares seemed to be proud of his judgment. He smiled and said, "You can see it, the source is below!" Ladies and gentlemen, would you like to go down for a walk with me?"

"Explore the unknown. It's a magician's creed. Master Franklin smiled faintly.

"I'm also curious about what's down there. The mage said with a smile on the corner of his lips. Suddenly the wind made this stone corridor shine.

"I want to serve His Royal Highness!" the other magicians began. They are far inferior in rank to Master Franklin and Master Mai. Prince Ares invited them and promised them all sorts of benefits. Both forbidden spell mages spoke, and they would not object.

Seeing that no one objected to him, Prince Ares smiled: "Okay! Now it's up to you to do it. ”

"We are magicians, not thieves. This stone platform looks like a kind of mechanism, so we have to use magic to forcibly blast this stone platform open!" Master Franklin waved his hand indifferently. In a relaxed tone, he said to the others, "You stay away, and I will set up a simple barrier to keep this pesky group of skeleton soldiers out for the time being." Then I will attack the stone platform with magic with Master Mai, you can protect yourselves. ”

Mage Mai stepped forward and began to talk to Master Franklin. The other magicians honestly cast their own magic shields to protect themselves. Each side stood in its own position, ready for the onslaught of the forbidden mage's magic.

At this point, Master Franklin took out a pale yellow scroll written on parchment from the cuff of his robe, and explained in a light tone: "This is a scroll of low-level spatial magic, 'Space Flicker'. 'Spatial flickering'. It can create a small space barrier with the continuous flickering and oscillation dislocation of a small area of space. The effect is similar to that of a large force field magic. You just need to be careful of the space oscillation. ”

The other magicians nodded enviously. Space magic! It's not simple magic.

Even this lowest-level spatial magic is not so easy to learn. None of them, the high-level mages who generally have high-level titles in the union, know space magic. Space magic. Even if it is as complex as a forbidden spell mage, it is extremely difficult to cast it on its own. If only it were easy. Master Franklin doesn't have to use a magic scroll to cast it.

Space magic, spells obscure. Even Mage Mai couldn't understand what Master Franklin was reading. As the incantation grew an octave, a blue magical flame burned the pale yellow magic scroll in Master Franklin's hand into a wisp of smoke. A barrier, barely perceptible to the naked eye, appeared around the stone platform, enveloping everyone.

Immediately, a few unlucky skeleton soldiers were directly shattered by the chaotic and disorderly space fragments when the barrier appeared, and the entire skeleton disappeared in the blink of an eye, not knowing which plane it was pulled to. One by one, the rest of the skeletons continued to rush towards the crowd, but after touching the barrier, they could no longer walk.

The skeletons' simple intellect can't understand why they can't walk, they just keep standing still. Driven by instinct, they can only move on, just for the slightest thirst for the breath of life in the depths of the soul fire.

"This spatial barrier can only last for a short time, we need to hurry. Lord Mai, after receiving my order, please use fire magic to attack the stone platform, remember, you must use a small trick. Master Franklin explained earnestly: "We are dealing with the undead. We must be prepared to fight a protracted war. The undead either don't appear, or when they do, they will definitely flock in, which is their characteristic! We will have more battles to deal with in the future, and we must save mana. What's more, this is the lair of the undead, and God knows where these damn things came from. Perhaps, right at our feet, is a graveyard of ancient undead. With such a strong aura of death here, our killing speed cannot keep up with the formation rate of undead creatures in any way. Save, save, save! Every inch of magic is as precious to us now as life! Do you hear that?"

Master Franklin's long words made everyone present look awe-inspiring. If there was anyone present who knew the most about undead creatures, it would be Master Franklin. Even the powerful mage Mai is far inferior to Master Franklin in terms of experience. It is supposedly, it is only said, that Master Franklin studied necromancy in his early years.

Prince Ares hid among the magicians. He was the lowest in power, but his status was the highest. Mage Mai and Master Franklin stood side by side. Master Franklin then shook his hand and smashed a 'Magical Moderation' scroll at his feet. Forming a small circle at the feet of the crowd can slightly help the caster save a tenth of the mana consumption.

With Master Franklin's order, Mage McDonnell smashed a prepared burst fireball spell into the stone platform not far away. Mage Mai is a forbidden spell mage, and his magic power is immense, even if he casts apprentice-level magic, the magic power will not be small. I saw that the fireball accurately hit the stone platform, and immediately smashed a hemispherical pit on the surface of the stone platform, and the surrounding area was full of scorched black cracks.

Master Franklin used the most basic lightning magic 'Lightning Strike'. Prince Ares glanced at the top of the cave, but found no dark clouds. However, blue-white lightning bolts the thickness of thumbs fell on the stone platform one after another, and the stone chips were immediately exploded.

Under the restrained rounds of magic bombardment by the two forbidden spell mages, when the smoke and stone dust dissipated, a deep entrance gradually appeared in front of everyone. In the darkness, a stone staircase could be seen leading to the unknown depths below.

At this moment, the 'Spatial Flicker' barrier failed, and the hordes of skeleton soldiers that had accumulated outside rushed up and pounced on these few delicious life breaths.

"Let's go!" Master Franklin shouted, jumping into the pitch-black entrance first. The crowd jumped into the mouth. Prince Ares and Mage Mai were at the end, and Mage Mai did not forget to shoot a fireball at the roof of the shed as he descended, causing the boulder to fall and block everyone's back path. It also intercepts the undead skeletons that come in like a tidal wave. Then he jumped lightly down the stone steps, down the damp and dark staircase, illuminated by the magic balls of light shot by several mages in front of him. Quickly followed.

The stairs are unusually long. Along the way, everyone was vigilant, and only the heavy breathing and footsteps of everyone were left in their ears. But there was no more danger. The vision confirmed everyone's suspicions more and more. This passage leads to the depths of the dungeon. Perhaps it's the heart of this ancient dungeon.

The passages along the road are all artificially repaired, very neat and smooth, and you can still see a depleted wall lamp from time to time. Under the reflection of many illuminated light balls, everyone went all the way down, and the intricate murals carved on the stone walls on both sides also made everyone more curious about this underground city.

Finally, the stone staircase descended more than ten meters and came to an end, and a dark corridor was connected in front of it. The hallway floor is a cold rock floor, and there are no more traces of water. There are still some colorful murals and ancient texts on the walls on both sides. It's just that this kind of writing, no one present has ever seen it. Even the erudite Master Franklin frowned, silent as he saw along the way.

"Master seems to be preoccupied?" said Master Mai's crisp voice.

"Well, I was just wondering how there could be such a dungeon, full of undead creatures. This is obviously the remnants of an ancient kingdom, and I don't know what happened to make this place a paradise for the dead?"

Master Franklin's old brow furrowed, and there was a thick hesitation in his expression.

This dungeon is a relic of some ancients. It's just that for some reason, it was eroded by dark energy and turned into a realm of death. In fact, not only him, but even Mage Mai was faintly worried in his heart. What reassures them the most is the map of this dungeon, handed over by a dreaded demon king.

The ancient holy war, the name of the Fear Demon King, has probably long been forgotten by the world. But as a magician in charge of the mysteries, there are always some records from ancient times in the dossier.

In the records, the Dreaddemon King, a powerful high-level undead, has always been synonymous with insidious and cunning, and backsliding. If it weren't for Prince Ares' insistence on coming here to find something, I'm afraid the two forbidden spell mages would have preferred to explore the mysteries of magic elsewhere.

It's really here, full of mysteries, which makes them feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

It seems that there is something unspeakable ahead, waiting for them.

There seemed to be no trace of the skeleton soldiers chasing after him. After everyone was sure that it was safe, they decided to stop and rest.

According to Master Franklin's 'perceptual technique', there are a total of nine large and small stone chambers on this level, which are evenly distributed and orderly, and seem to be arranged in some kind of pattern. Moreover, the nine stone chambers are all connected by such corridors, and the overall distribution resembles a labyrinth.

According to Master Franklin, if this is really an ancient ruin, then the ancient people who built this ruin must have a level of civilization far beyond any kingdom on the continent today. This amazed everyone, including Master Franklin.

If Ge Wei was here at the moment, he wouldn't be surprised.

There are also many remnants of ancient civilizations on Earth. In those ruins. Scientists are often able to find traces and achievements that surpass modern technology, and these phenomena cannot be explained by common sense. That's all it can say. Before modern civilization, there were very developed civilizations. It's just that it died out for some reason.

Prince Ares, on the other hand, is more interested in what kind of treasures are stored here. The words of the Dreadlord Banazal are still in my ears. As long as he can get what is here, he can own the entire continent.

Prince Ares wanted nothing more than to get his hands on the treasures here.

The minds of others are not as "simple" as Prince Ares'. A mage is not an adventurer, and a mage himself is not short of wealth. The pursuit of truth is the path that magicians should take. It's just that standing here now, really here to pursue the truth, I'm afraid there are only two forbidden spell mages.

Master Franklin seems to have always been interested in the murals on the walls on either side of the hallway. He believes that the drawings and unidentified characters on the murals are related to some lost ancient magic. For example, on a mural, three tall figures are depicted. Demonic creatures with two horns on their heads, they are jointly casting spells, holding hands and raising them to the sky. Not far from them, an island was sinking to the bottom of the sea, and there were countless panicked elves on the island.

"This painting is clearly the story of the legend that the elven empire ten thousand years ago was sunk to the bottom of the sea by the forbidden spell 'Land Sinking Technique' jointly cast by the three undead fear demon kings!" Master Franklin was excited: "I really didn't expect to see these murals here. This confirms the statements and legends in the dossier that describe ancient jihads. It's all true. Ten thousand years ago, the bio-wen clearly and indeed started a great war with the invaders from the world of the dead. Elves, dwarves, humans. All unite and face a common enemy, the undead from the shadows. ”

"Legend. At least half of it is true. Prince Ares nodded and said, "The palace dossier also has such records. If there were no factual basis, there would not be so many bards' verses. ”

"Hmm. Reasonable. Master Franklin nodded, and he searched around. I would like to see if there is any more information about the 'Land Sinking Technique'. It's a pity that only that small part tells the story of 'Land Sinking Technique', and the rest of the murals tell another story.

At this moment, the voice of a high-ranking mage in front of him came: "Your Royal Highness, come and see!"

Prince Ares sent two magicians to explore the front. After searching several passages one after another, in the empty room connected by one passage, something surprising was found.

The crowd hurried to follow. When Prince Ares and the others walked into this large stone chamber and saw the scene inside, everyone was stunned.

In the not very spacious stone room, neatly placed are dense crystal coffins! In each crystal coffin, there is a biological skeleton, all of which are not human. Through the transparent crystal lids, they could see the phosphorus fire flickering in some of the coffins. The presence of phosphorus fire indicates that these creatures have died out for a long, long time.

"I checked with Suke, and every room was the same, full of coffins. We did a rough calculation, at least tens of thousands of people are buried here!" The high-level mage gasped and said, his body trembling, not because he was afraid, but because things were too weird.

"This ...... What the hell is this place?" Prince Ares swallowed and frothed, frowning secretly.

"What about the last room?" asked Master Franklin. He couldn't find out what was in this room just now. The detection range of "perception" is energy bodies and living organisms. In the last room, there is a large number of energy bodies, death clouds.

"The stone chamber is closed. Only the other rooms are open. The pathfinder replied.

"Your Royal Highness, it's too weird here. We...... Shall we go back?" said the other pathfinder in fear.

Prince Ares was gloomy and silent. Master Franklin and Master Mai were also silent in thought. Everyone was shocked for a moment by the number of crystal coffins that appeared in front of them, and the tens of thousands of corpses that were by no means human.

At the same time, inside the palace of the Valley of the Guillotine. Ge Wei also arrived at the new room detected by the skeleton team.

In the room, in addition to some new murals, Ge Wei also saw the crystal coffins densely placed.

Looking at the corpse that did not look like a human in the crystal coffin, Ge Wei frowned, and muttered in surprise in his heart: "Strange, what kind of race is this? Is such a strange race still a native species of this plane domain? There are really more and more mysteries in this place of death......" (To be continued......