Chapter 022: Exploration 1
"It's here!" said Angel, who was at the front.
Favien noticed that Angel was standing right on a dividing line, with not a single tree in front of her, but a dense forest behind her. This fairly clear dividing line can't help but make people feel a little weird.
At the end of the road is a gray-white castle, the lower half of which is covered with a kind of black vine climbing. The distance from Angel to the castle was a deliberately cleared clearing, and there was not a single tree on the two sides of the path, but it was still overgrown with weeds, making it seem as if the place had been deserted for a long time.
Following Angel, one by one they stepped into this clear dividing line, and Favian suddenly felt a shock all over his body, as if he had passed through some kind of water curtain, and he couldn't help but look back, behind him, there were faint ripples from the void, rapidly expanding and then slowly disappearing.
"It's an enchantment, a barrier that separates the castle from the outside world. This was the first time Angel had spoken since entering the ruins. This surprised Favian slightly.
However, when he stepped in, he found that the blood-red sky had faded and returned to pure blue, which looked quite clear, and occasionally a white cloud was inexplicably produced and disappeared, and the extremely thick sulfur smell in the air also disappeared, turning into a faint floral fragrance.
Unconsciously, a group of four people walked to the gate of the castle, saying that the gate seemed to be a little incompatible, because it was just a gate-shaped light curtain, and the color was slowly changing as time passed.
When the color of the light curtain turned orange, Angel stretched out her finger in vain, gently pointed it up, and after chanting a spell in her mouth, an orange flame suddenly appeared from her fingertips, and quickly penetrated into the light curtain, and the light curtain seemed to be because of the infiltration of foreign objects, and after a few quick flashes, it slowly disappeared.
"This is the relic of my ancestors, left to future generations, and can only be opened when there is a man with wizarding qualifications in the family. It seems that there is no need to hide it after arriving here, Angel slowly explained the origin of the ruins.
"Ancestral Ruins, why did you agree to my terms before?" Favian asked, a little surprised.
"If you want to be eligible for inheritance, you can't just have bloodline, you have to pass the trials left by your ancestors. Angel replied to Favian with a wry smile.
Listening to Angel's narration, Favian gradually understood part of the inside story of the ruins.
This relic is a legacy of Angel's ancestors, but it can only be inherited through a trial within the ruins, which allows up to three people to enter together, the trialist and two support partners. Although Angel couldn't see the specific strength of Favian, he could feel a sense of fatal crisis from Favian.
"I'm Barnett Dusson, a wizard of the Great Domain, and there are only two ways to enter here, with my bloodline or a powerhouse of the same level. ”
When Favian and the others walked into the castle, it seemed to touch some kind of setting of the castle owner, and the majestic voice of a middle-aged man began to echo in the hall.
"If you are a strong person of the same level, you are more than welcome to visit, but there should be nothing you want here. If it's my junior, you should feel honored, the resources here are enough for you to advance to the third-level wizard before you advance to the small realm. ”
"And I left you a puppet guard in the castle, and the strength is about the same as that of a second-level wizard. ”
Hearing this, Angel and the little boy did not react at all, but Favian and Abt all showed shocked looks, the castle owner is so generous!
"Do you want it all? You can get it all through the trial!
"Inheritor, you only have one chance!"
When the voice of the castle master ended, the little boy undoubtedly became the most dazzling presence. Regardless of whether he inherits the ruins in the end or not, he can obtain considerable resources, a small amount in the mouth of the powerful wizards of the big field... Don't take it seriously that there are very few.
However, there was silence in the hall, and Abt and Angel had an agreement, the details of which Favian did not know. But it's basically to act as a trial partner for the little boy and get a certain amount of money or something.
Angel, on the other hand, prefers to enter with Favian. Because she believes in Favian's strength more.
"I can quit, but remember what you promised me!" It didn't take long for Abt to make his choice, not to risk the trial, but to get what he wanted, which seemed like a smart choice.
Angel and Abt looked at each other and nodded slightly, indicating that she would keep her promise.
Favian ignored the exchange between them, believing that Angel would make the right choice. At this time he was observing the paintings on the walls of the castle, and he did not know what means the owner of the castle used, but the walls of the whole hall were covered with such paintings, and they were as clean and tidy as if they had just been painted.
The content of the painting is a bit messy, it seems to be a war between wizards, the scene is very grand, and with a lot of strange beasts appearing, he secretly let the chip record all the contents.
When Abt made his choice and exited the hall, the castle's doorway light curtain resurfaced, as if to prevent the trial from being disturbed.
"Since it is a relic of your family's inheritance, then our cooperation needs to be appropriately modified!" Seeing Abt's withdrawal, Favian offered his thoughts to Angel.
"You talk about the plan first!" Angel said with a hint of anger in her eyes, and her tone was cold.
"Don't be angry, my plan may be better for you!" Ignoring Angel's anger, Favian seemed to have a considerable amount of certainty in his heart.
Angel didn't speak, still staring at Favian tightly, and the little boy next to him had a glimpse of sharpness in his eyes, but he suddenly disappeared, but Favian was sure that he was not wrong just now.
"I only need one percent of the resources, but I want to watch all the books! Knowledge!" Although he thought that the little guy was not simple, he quickly said his cooperation plan.
After hearing Favian's plan, Angel was momentarily stunned, but agreed in just a moment.
"Okay, then let's get started!" the three of them looked at each other, and under Angel's guidance, they walked to the center of the hall.
"Baishadadu ... As Angel whispered a tongue-twisting incantation, a large six-star light slowly lit up beneath their feet, and a milky white light gradually rose to envelop them in the center.
Swish!
As Angel's spell ended, the six stars spun upside down, and the figures of the three disappeared into the hall in vain.
At this time, Favian felt a strong air pressure coming from the outside, squeezing on the milky white light mask, and constantly making a sizzling sound, as if the light mask would shatter in the next second.
After a twist in the space around them, the figures of the three fell to a platform in a cave.
"Chip, detect your surroundings!" was teleported into a strange cave, and Favian had to be cautious.
"Ding! Detection completed! Visibility is 57 percent, air temperature is 41 degrees, gravity coefficient is 1.37, air humidity... ”
"When I got here, there was no record in the family's codex, and the place of each trial was different. Angel looked at the dark surroundings and calmed down after a brief moment of panic.
"But the mission is the same every time, explore the unknown, plunder the resources of this place, and return alive!" Angel quickly shared what she knew with Favian.
"Shhhhh
After a long while, he gestured to Angel to signal that the crisis had been resolved, and asked her to continue explaining.
"Plundering a certain percentage of resources is considered to pass the trial, of course, there will be no real death here, our true bodies are stored in the special witchcraft of our ancestors, and the bodies here are created according to the essence. Angel spoke very quickly and explained in a simple and clear manner.
"Similar to a mirror doppelganger? Favian thought to himself, but there was obviously something wrong with this place, the temperature seemed to be too high, and the gravity was much higher than before.
Favian looked at the little boy a little helplessly, he had no strength at all, and it would not be too easy to complete this trial.
"You wait here, I'll go ahead and explore the way. Favian whispered to the siblings.
Seeing the two nodding in agreement, Favian walked towards the only tunnel cat body, his steps were inaudible, but his speed was not slow, and only when he reached the Great Knight could he control his body so perfectly.
After a few breaths, Favian's figure disappeared from the eyes of the siblings.
After several turns, Favian came to the passage where an unknown creature had just walked. Along the way, he let the chip keep recording, otherwise it would be funny if he couldn't go back.
"Chip, to detect what animal left traces. Favian pinched a small piece of dirt where the unknown creature had walked and sniffed it between his nose.
"Ding! The detection is complete! The similarity of the flame spider is 92 percent, the similarity of the boulder spider is 78 percent, the similarity of the ghost spider is 55 percent... ”
"Bring up the information of the Flame Spider. Favian's face showed some smiles, but he didn't expect that the information was really stored in the chip, and it seemed that the work of collecting knowledge was done well.
"Flame Spider, a modern species, inherits a trace of ancient creatures, the bloodline of the Earth Demon Spider Ancestor, with hundreds as the group, there must be an official wizard-level Spider Emperor in the clan!"