Previously stopped outside the cathedral doors.

Ronald was helpless because he didn't want to get out of the way and because of the restrictions.

But with the passage leading to the underground, the situation is completely different.

After being stopped, Ronald did not hesitate to turn around and leave, and went straight to the nearest research institute.

Bang –

Ronald kicked open the courtyard door.

The courtyard in front of you has been unattended for thousands of years.

And when it welcomes visitors again, it is Ronald who is an uninvited guest.

Walking into the courtyard, Ronald's excellent perception swept around, and he immediately identified the target.

He made a beeline for a study on the left.

A gleaming golden scale rests on the table, and the divine and judgmental magic surrounds the object.

"That's you."

Ronald looked overjoyed, stepped forward and pulled the magic prop directly from the table.

Crackle –

The holy light of Libra appeared several times in Ronald's hand.

This power is enough to kill ordinary people, but unfortunately it is not enough for Ronald.

He didn't even do any special defensive moves.

With only the strength of his own flesh and the passive enhancement of spells, he ignored Libra's resistance to his invaders.

Return the way you came.

Ronald took the fiercely resisting scales and stood again beside the wall where the firewood was piled up.

Before he started, a hint of hesitation flashed in Ronald's eyes.

His former profession was questioning him inwardly - was this considered damage to cultural relics?

"If the matter of the [Nine Rings Secret Meeting] is completed, there will be more damage than that!"

The trace of hesitation under his eyes was instantly cleared.

Click-

The next moment, the scales in Ronald's hands creaked, and a golden crack spread over the ancient magical item.

Ronald is destroying this Libra.

The power in his hands is unbearable even with steel, let alone a magic item that is not hard in the first place?

Click!

The golden scales shattered completely in Ronald's hands.

Along with the impact of the damage of the magic item, the magic contained in it is also released at the same time.

"That's it!"

In an instant, Ronald seized the opportunity.

His magic is no longer what it used to be.

The silvery-white magic emitted when the scale shattered was instantly captured by Ronald and firmly bound.

The light rested on Ronald's hand.

The white holy light swirled through his fingertips, and he looked as well-behaved as a pet in captivity.

"Whew-"

Ronald took a deep breath.

While stabilizing his state and concentrating, he split the holy magic in his hand into three. After keeping two of them safe, he slapped the remaining mana in his hand against the wall in front of him.

"Only once."

"I don't want to damage the artifacts anymore."

The holy white magic is in harmony with the walls.

Time passes in the blink of an eye.

The blue-gray brick wall swirls and twists like a Rubik's cube to the entrance below, where it appears in a cluster of bricks.

Ronald walked straight into it.

Aside from the hidden door at the entrance, there are no other defenses in the basement research room.

This was the heartland of the former church.

Covert research facilities only need to be hidden, and there is no need to set restrictions on the spells that can defend against foreign enemies.

Following the passage, Ronald went all the way down.

The underground facilities of the church are very different from the basements of the common schools on the occult side.

The staircase itself is carved around it, and a solemn atmosphere surrounds the passage that descends.

As he progressed step by step, Ronald stepped on the hierarchical ladder, as if he was crossing two underground worlds.

“……”

When Ronald passed the stairs to the main hall of the basement, he saw a coffin in the center.

Before serving as a site for occult research.

The first function here is a burial chamber where the bones are kept.

Ronald walked straight forward.

He did not disturb the dead who were sleeping here, but only stopped and read the inscription in front of the coffin.

"Sacred Calendar 491—

The Sage Miriam rests here.

His light shines forever on the Church and guides the way forward for believers. ”

The body of a church saint is placed in a coffin.

Ronald felt the name familiar. After a moment's thought, I remembered that this was the saint that Marda revered.

If the young priest of the Holy Throne is also here, I am afraid that this place will become lively.

Ronald moved on.

The basement, which had been unvisited for many years, was pitch black, but fortunately it could not stop Ronald's sight.

Around the main hall, where the coffin is placed, three corridors extend in different directions, each connecting several rooms. Ronald explored to the end of them, and made new discoveries.

The basements here are so connected to each other!

The three entrances lead to the underground research room, which is spatially interconnected with each other, and the overall view is like a huge labyrinth buried underground.

And there's more to this labyrinth.

With a keen probe for magic, Ronald found new hidden entrances underground, and after opening them with the magic that was supposed to open other entrances, he explored deeper in silence.

The more complex the space, the more troublesome it is.

Fortunately, the underground space of St. Alan's Cathedral is not endlessly excavated downwards, but only three floors of underground structure.

Ronald acted as efficiently as he could, and soon got a rough idea of the bottom line.

Inherit the work of St. Ellen Cathedral.

Except for the coffin, all the other rooms in its underground structure are large and small research rooms, or storage rooms for materials and items.

The room where the original texts are studied is heavily guarded, and the monitoring circle still exudes powerful magic to this day; The room where the spell system is excavated deeply, and all kinds of research files are piled up in almost every space, and the efforts of the people of the past are passed on in this way; And in very few places, traces of direct experiments on living people are also preserved.

Ronald shuddered a little as he explored these rooms.

Pitch-black underground spaces, ancient research institutes, and even taboo-breaking research projects are not good for the senses.

Especially when the Holy Capital was sealed, it was quite sudden.

These scenes, which should have been dealt with, have been preserved in great detail.

And what's worse is that-

Ronald didn't find the expected artificial godhead.

With his superior perception ability, combined with spell exploration, he did not find the only treasure from this huge underground structure.

“……”

Ronald stood in the basement of the cathedral with a serious face.

After being silent for a long time, he shook his head and denied:

"It shouldn't be."

"Unless the information that Oriel gave us, or even the information I found on the ground just now, there is no reason why this would be the case."

All indications indicate that this place is closely related to the birth of the artificial godhead.

This is a mystical project that has penetrated into countless advanced fields and is incredibly complex!

I can't find any clues now......

It can't be that when the Holy Capital is about to be sealed, someone will specially clean up the site and completely destroy the complex research system here, right?

Ronald does not believe in such absurd possibilities.

He looked at him with certainty, and began to recite the incantation in a determined tone:

"The greatest increase in the productivity of labour, and the greater skill, skill, and judgment in the use of labour, seem to be the result of the division of labour......"

"We came down from the mountains and stood by the sea. The eyes roam the vast sea without restrictions. ”

"Starting from the relationship between the whole earth and the sky, we will begin to form our cognition!"

(End of chapter)