Chapter 279: The Palace at the Bottom of the Lake
Although they had already made up their minds to sneak into the palace at the bottom of the lake to adventure, Ryan and the others still waited on the shore for an extra day, mainly to dispose of the body of the hydra.
Ryan and the other six people quickly came to the entrance of the huge palace, when Ryan stepped on the soft bottom of the lake under his feet, he felt the coolness of the blue lake water around him, and watched countless fish swimming leisurely around him, there was an indescribable excitement in his heart, after all, this kind of experience of walking in the depths of the lake is not something that everyone can experience.
Since they were at the bottom of the lake, they couldn't talk in words, so Seres patted Ryan on the shoulder, and after attracting his gaze to turn to himself, he began to use simple gestures to express his intentions, and he motioned for Ryan to use magic to test the palace gate to see if there was any magic trap or something.
Ryan nodded knowingly, it was better to leave the tentative work like this to the summons, so he patted Faras lightly and passed the meaning on to the other party, and Faras nodded, and she immediately waved her magic wand and quickly summoned a slender crocodile.
When the crocodile, whose entire body was covered with rough hard skin, had completely passed through the passage that Faras had forcibly opened with magical power, its first move was to open its bloody mouth towards Ryan, who was standing next to Faras, and wanted to feast on a delicious meal, but Faras quickly used his powerful mana to dispel the crocodile's instinctive actions and began to drive it to the depths of the ancient palace.
The crocodile was 3 meters long, and it wriggled its bulky body slowly through the cracked gap in the palace gate, and after getting in, it fell to the ground with a "plop" because there was no lake in the space there, and this change made it faint on the spot for a long time, because with its intelligence, it didn't understand why it was just a door apart, but two completely different worlds.
Once again, Farass used a powerful mana to control the crocodile to crawl deeper, until the crocodile crawled hundreds of meters and Faraz's mana could no longer control it. After watching Faraz's performance throughout, Ryan nodded at Seres and Allendo, and everyone slowly entered the palace through the huge gap.
The inside and outside of the palace are indeed two different worlds, which is especially felt when Ryan and the other six people pass through the gate, it is a feeling that is difficult to describe in detail, as if one person has traveled to another plane, this kind of travel is not experienced in person, no matter how others describe it, it is difficult for you to figure out what is going on.
"Magical enchantment, very powerful magical enchantment. Faras soon felt a huge barrier enveloping the entire palace, this was probably a protective magical defense shield, it only prevented the messy things outside from entering the palace, such as the lake, such as the various creatures in the lake, but when Ryan and they forced through this barrier, because of their own strength, the magic barrier had little effect on them.
"Strange, from the outside, this palace is very large, what a huge project it must have been. Sophie said thoughtfully, "This huge project can't just be to protect this building, right?"
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, this should be the Holy Land of the Kyidrama Empire, one of the Seven Kingdoms back then, the Temple of the Apocalypse guarded by the Templars. Ryan suddenly remembered what Adams had told him about the Silent Jungle, the predecessor of the Cursed Swamp, which had been reduced to ruins 200 years ago by the undead legions led by the demigod Lich Cons himself.
"Hey, then we will definitely have a lot to gain this time!" Sophie said in surprise, for the next possible danger, Sophie doesn't care, after all, her teammates are quite strong, in fact, if it weren't for Ryan and a few of them are not good at traps, with Sophie's strength, they are not qualified to fight side by side with them, which is why Sophie said before that she asked Ryan to bring herself, she wants to prove to Ryan that her specialty is quite useful to Ryan.
"Perhaps, but it is said that back then, the demigod Lich Cons personally led a large number of lichs to directly preside over a dark ceremony, which turned this place into what it is now, you look at the curse outside, bipedal wyverns, poisonous spiders...... It's all disgusting, and I don't think the rest of the journey will be so smooth, so be careful. Ryan solemnly reminded everyone.
The six of them walked slowly along the trail of the crocodile before, Sophie naturally had to go to the front, because she had to detect all kinds of traps, while Alendor and Shaina stayed at the end of the group, so that Ryan and Faras naturally walked in the middle of the group, and the elven wind archer Ya naturally followed behind Sophie to guard and protect her from the enemy's sudden attack.
After walking more than a hundred meters, the traces of water on the ground disappeared, and the passage in front was covered with dust, and there was no trace of the creature walking at all, Faraz felt the little mana that was still left here, and whispered: "It's the summoning effect that has disappeared, so the crocodile has returned to its previous plane." β
"That's not right!" Ryan said suspiciously, "With your strength, you just summoned a level 4 creature, how could it last for such a short time." β
"yes, that's wrong. Faras also thought of this question, and she whispered, "Then I'll try again, the magic fluctuations here are quite weak, if I hadn't inherited the power of that staff, maybe I wouldn't even be able to release magic." β
After Farass finished speaking, he silently recited the spell and released another summoning spell, but this time Faras summoned a spotted panther, this spotted panther was completely black all over its body, with only a few gray spots dotted among it, and its body immediately fell to the ground and looked around vigilantly after all its bodies appeared here.
Afraid that the spotted panther would turn its head to attack her companion as before, Faras immediately used her powerful mana to control it after the summoning spell was over, and then began to give the order to search and advance. Due to the existence of the temporary summoning contract, the spotted panther will unconditionally obey Faras's orders, so although it is a little reluctant, it still chooses to sneak quickly.
The spotted panther's flesh gently rested on the passage made of huge stones, without making any sound, it advanced about a few dozen meters like this, and Ryan and the others followed behind the panther from a distance, which made Sophie's heart have an indescribable feeling, as if this adventure did not play any role at all, and if it was the killer organization before her, such dispensable members could not escape the fate of being abandoned.
"Ahh Faras waited until the spotted panther automatically returned to the plane where she was before because of the end of the summoning spell, and couldn't help but speak: "It's really weird, the magic effect here is very short, it seems to have a very similar effect to the forbidden magic array that Teacher Victor arranged before. β
Sophie was about to speak, but Serres, who had been guarding her side, suddenly grabbed her and quickly retreated back, and then a fireball roared out of Ryan's hand and flew directly into the depths of the entire passage.
"Boom!" The fireball collided with the oncoming lightning in the huge passage space, making a deafening explosion, followed by several bolts of lightning that flew out from the depths of the passage with a piercing and sharp sound, and Ryan waved his hands again and again, blocking these lightning bolts with small fireballs.
After doing this, Seres had already pulled Sophie back to Ryan's side, he put Sophie down, and took his longbow from his body with a backhand in his right hand, and with a slight movement of his left wrist, a feathered arrow was already on the bowstring, but he didn't start the shot, because Ryan spoke.
Ryan sensed from the battle just now that there might be a mage in the passage, so he said directly aloud: "We are adventurers who have come here to adventure, we have no malicious intentions, may I ask ...... you are"
"Intruders! There are intruders!" a gloomy and cold voice reached Ryan's ears along the entire passage space: "Protect the Holy Land, protect the Holy Land!"
"Whew" A biting cold wind blew, and several vague figures floated in front of Ryan and them, because Ryan they didn't light the torch, but just used magic to release illumination, so they couldn't quickly see each other's appearance, but vaguely you could see that the people on the opposite side seemed to be wearing thick armor, and they all held a long sword in one hand and a scepter of some strange style in the other, when these vague figures approached Ryan and them, they immediately waved the scepter in their hands and began to release various magic towards Ryan's sideγ
Lightning, Fireballs, Ice Picks...... The people who suddenly appeared on the opposite side seemed to subvert ordinary people's perception of magicians, not only were they wearing heavy armor, but they could also send all kinds of low-level magic, all of them looked as if they were demonic and martial arts dual cultivators. However, this level of magic is not a threat to Ryan and Faras, and Faras was just about to hold up a void protection to protect everyone, and Ryan took action directly.
Ryan waved his arms quickly, and every time the people on the opposite side released a magic, the magic of the same level released by Ryan would come first, colliding with it in mid-air, because the two magic spells that collided were the same system, they only underwent some slight changes, and they would disappear together because of the exhaustion of each other's mana.