Chapter 174: Ice Crystal Altar
The strong differential treatment on the ice is not normal in the eyes of humans, after all, this is a place built by human wizards, how can good things be left to those foreigners.
The humans gradually disappeared into the ice, and only the orcs and roges were left around, and the orcs looked at each other, and finally roared in extreme reluctance and ran towards those places that had not yet been explored.
Rog watched the humans disappear into the ice, and instead of looking for other materials like the orcs, they hid around the ice.
The shape of the ice castle is very strange, boxy, layered, it looks like a stack of squares, around the castle there are four open ice gates, each ice door is printed with a different pattern on the top.
The cautious wizards did not rush in, but carefully probed the perimeter of the castle, and as time went on, the castle did not have the slightest abnormality except for the four patterns of 'triangle, square, diamond, and trapezoid'.
The wizard began to use his knowledge to try to parse the four patterns, and the mage with the idea summoned his own war beast to try to enter the gate, but the moment the war beast appeared, a magical creature emerged from the ice in front of it.
"Only humans can exist here, and everything else will be seen as enemies. This information quickly became the consensus of everyone, and they were not trying to use war beasts or puppets, but witchcraft and spells to probe the information inside the castle.
One by one, the detection of witchcraft into the inside of the castle, will soon lose contact, this loss of contact is not the failure of the witchcraft release, not the witchcraft is absorbed, eliminated, but directly frozen by the huge ice power inside.
You look at me, I look at you, the frozen power that can freeze even witchcraft makes everyone look away, and no one wants to be the first to enter, they are afraid that they will be frozen in the moment they enter.
The weirder the place, the more incredible rewards there are, this is the adage of adventures like secret realms, and in the face of great temptation, an old wizard stepped forward.
The black robe stood out in front of the white ice crystals, and the old man's wrinkled face had a solemn expression, and he walked towards the gate with the 'triangle' printed on it with a staff.
All the people around him were watching him, and not one of them gasped loudly, as if they were afraid of disturbing the old man. The moment the old man stepped into the door, the imaginary power of ice did not appear, but disappeared in front of him strangely.
Everyone looked at each other and had no idea what was going on, and some people who knew the old man began to try to contact the old man, but the message sent was in vain.
"There. I don't know who suddenly shouted, and everyone looked to the source of the sound and saw the man pointing somewhere with one hand raised.
Following the direction of their fingers, they saw the old man appear in a square on the second floor, they couldn't see the old man's face, they could only judge by his back that the person was still alive, as if he was stuck in some kind of thinking.
Minutes and seconds passed, until an hourglass later, the old man's figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already in a square on the third floor.
They saw the old man raise his hand to wipe his forehead, that action seemed to be wiping sweat, and they couldn't understand what kind of situation actually made an old witch teacher sweat.
The old man's every move touched everyone's hearts, and they found that the old man stayed on the third floor longer than last time, until three hourglasses later, the old man appeared on the fourth floor, and the undulating shoulders made everyone who watched feel tired.
After three hourglasses, the old man still stayed on the fourth floor, which made none of the people watching pinch a cold sweat, and after four hourglasses, the old man still did not move, just when everyone was secretly guessing, the old man's figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, it was outside the gate of the ancient castle.
The appearance of the old man made everyone look at him in unison, and under the urging of everyone's eyes, the old man said tiredly: "There is a triangular altar in the ancient castle, and there is a book on it, and the road to this book is only nine steps, and each step has to face a test, and only after completing the test within the specified time can you continue to go up."
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the situation inside, old and ignorant, I can only solve two tests, and when I figure out the third test, I will try to enter it again. ”
"You're saying there's no limit to the number of times you can enter this place?" someone asked.
The old man nodded and said, "When you go in, you will naturally understand that you can give it a try if you are confident in your own strength, even if you can't get that book, those tests can make your trip worthwhile." ”
The story is simple and straightforward, this place is a place of chance, this is a treasure that the ancient wizards left for posterity, and the fact that the book, although I don't know what it is, is loaded with knowledge on paper instead of crystal, which in itself speaks for itself.
Spirit eternal this is the pursuit of ancient wizards, in the middle of the understanding of this sentence is that ancient wizards will try to keep themselves alive, so as the best carrier of the spirit is crystal.
A crystal left by an ancient wizard was something that he didn't dare to touch, and over time, the wizards in the middle gradually abandoned the use of crystals as a legacy of knowledge.
The four gates ushered in the peak of entry, everyone would disappear as soon as they entered the castle, and when they reappeared, they were already in a certain square, and they met the test that the old man had experienced.
As time passed, some people entered a certain square on the upper floor, and some appeared directly outside like the old man.
The people who appeared outside, like the old man, did not leave, but sat not far away and watched the backs of the others, silently thinking about the test that had not been solved just now, until they figured out the key, they would rush into the castle again, but they did not appear in the place where they left, but re-placed on the second floor, and the problems they faced were also new.
Some people climbed the fourth and fifth floors, attracting the admiration of onlookers, and they would not experience how difficult it was if they did not experience the test, and this situation invisibly revealed their differences.
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In the Eternal City, on the second floor of the Black Tower, an exquisite pavilion slowly flew out, with five men and five women in different forms, gradually speeding up towards the west.
They can't go without paying attention, looking at the direction of their departure, thinking of the most lively things recently, the purpose of this trip is self-evident.
People with a balanced mentality shook their heads slightly, and continued to do their own things, except for lamenting that good things have nothing to do with them, they are complaining, and no matter how hard they try, there is no good ...... who is born well.