Chapter 33: Out of Control (I)
γTicket Request...... Tears run ......γ
Although Salin does not know how to build alchemy, he is proficient in the principles of magic. The architecture around the tower is clearly out of tune with the original castle architecture. Despite the deliberate efforts to make them old, and even the traces of magical erosion, Salin could tell that the buildings were built later.
Four towering buildings built later make the tower an easily defended fortress, and there must be some secret hidden in the tower.
Aini dared to make a move on Baron Cook, it was impossible not to know some of the things below.
"Altar. Aini coughed violently as she finished the word.
"Is it dangerous?"
"Yes. Ani stopped coughing and said, "I'll let Flamenco go down first." β
The iron plate had been almost corroded by the acid, and one soldier had fallen into the fog and fell near Saleen, motionless, completely dead. Flamenco wielded his heavy sword and slashed a hard opening in the iron plate. Saleen unleashed two fluorescent spells that illuminated the path below.
In the turquoise glow, a tall figure lay in the middle of the steps with his head and feet, and a sword-bladed spear pierced through his heart, nailing the big man to the ground.
The mercenaries of the Nut Mercenary Regiment were in front, Aini was in the middle, and Saleen was at the end. After walking down more than ten meters, when he was about to reach the next floor, Aini stopped.
"Salin, the power of the poison pill is still there. β
Saleen casually unleashed a cleansing spell, which was a level 0 magic. Usually Salin is used to cleanse the body, but in fact, this magic was not originally created to take a bath or wash clothes, but to dispel the poisonous mist. Like the first-level magic fire raccoon technique of the fire system, the cleansing technique is now also regarded as life magic.
The poisonous mist in the lower layer was quickly cleared by the cleansing technique, and Ani was no longer surprised, Sarin's use of magic exceeded his knowledge.
This level has access to the ground, but the access path has been completely sealed off by a metal gate, making it an enclosed space. Tables and chairs were set up in the room, and Ani instructed Flamenco to push the table away, revealing the iron plate underneath. This time, complex magic patterns appeared on the iron plate.
Magic Lock?Saleen frowned.
The magic lock is only a level 0 spell, but the effect varies greatly depending on the caster's level. This is also the realm of alchemy, and Salin looked at Ani lying on the ground, studying the magic pattern, and regretted it a little. If he had known that Aini was such a surname, he would have repaid him, and he would not have let Ken insult Aini for half a sentence.
Now that I'm in the same boat as Aini, it's too late to say anything. Since you have offended the Baron, don't offend the good of the Clyde family again.
There's no way back!!
Saleen likes to control situations, a quality that a good magician must have, but Aini has let the situation get out of hand. A mage who only knows that fireballs are not good mages, but they are not the worst either. The worst mage will make a mess of the situation. If Aini can endure until Saleen settles the situation, it would be better to go back and take revenge.
"How long will it take?" Salin was a little anxious, he didn't know how long Baron Cook could hold on to it.
"Fortunately, it's the gate of victory. With a smile, Ani pulled out a key and inserted it into the hole in the center of the magic pattern. His hand twisted the key slightly, and the magic pattern split through it, splitting into three parts, revealing the entrance.
"Flamenco, you stay here, whoever comes close, kill me. Ani commanded, letting the rest of the Nut Mercenaries enter the cave first. Flamenco had completely lost the will to resist, and Mu Ran replied, raising his heavy sword and facing the steps above the tower.
Going underground, a cold wind blows, carrying the smell of decay. Saleen immediately unleashed a cleansing spell to try to make the air underground as foul as possible. Then he added two more fluorescents to expand the lighting range.
The steps were wide and long, Salin counted in his heart, and after walking down more than fourteen hundred steps, the group came to the flat ground.
It's a natural crypt, dark and wide. In the middle of the crypt is a square altar.
In the center is a one-meter-high stone platform with rectangular stone platforms carved with black magic symbols. There are also twisted lines between the symbols, which penetrate deep into the stone to form coherent grooves. Salen smelled blood, and Neris became more sensitive, and she swallowed a mouthful of saliva, as if she saw the sacrifice still lying on the stone platform.
Dark magicians like to cut open people's veins and place them on the altar so that people's blood slowly drains. The blood flows into the collector as part of the sacrifice in the groove between the magic symbols.
"How do we get out?" Saleen looked around, but didn't see another passage.
"Offering offerings, there will naturally be a way out. Ani replied calmly. He was much more familiar with the history of the Qin Yin Empire than Salin. The altar of the black mage, he also knows it more thoroughly.
Sacrifice?
Salin's eyes looked at the four mercenaries of the Nut Mercenary Regiment, and he felt sorry for them. But Saleen would not intercede for these people. Baron Cook is afraid that he will be more auspicious, and when the scarecrow comes in, he will be finished.
Ani commanded the four mercenaries to lie down on the altar platform, he took out a knife, suddenly turned around, and asked Salin, "Do you think I'm too cruel?"
Salin looked into the eyes of the four mercenaries, these people had not completely lost their minds, they were confused and fearful, that was the attachment to life.
"In this world, no one is innocent. Salin replied indifferently.
"What if my sacrifice will allow the Dark Mage to increase his power and awaken the Demon God?" Aini tapped his fingers on the mercenary's neck, looking for veins. Under the light of fluorescence, his slightly sickly face looked a little gloomy.
"It's better than us dying here. There was a hint of anger in Sarin's tone, and Aini was too cautious, still testing his bottom line.
"As soon as the demon god comes out, the lives will be ruined......
Ani's knife flashed with cold light and pressed against the mercenary's neck, looking at Salin.
"Aini, if you keep grinding, we won't see the day when life will be ruined. Salin looked into Aini's eyes and heard the clash of weapons above. Flamenco has already met the enemy, and it is not known whether it is Baron Cook who has come down or the Headless Horseman.
Salin's eyes were clear, cold, and there was no struggle in his heart. He is not a martyr, and even if the demon god is indeed resurrected because of this sacrifice, Salin does not intend to give up.
Death or escape, it's not a question. But he didn't dare to answer Ani's words directly, because he didn't know all the secrets of contract magic. The experience of the Nut Mercenary Group made Saleen vigilant.
Aini smiled, and the knife in his hand pierced the mercenary's meridians, and blood gushed out, flowing into the stone trough, gradually converging in a magic circle on the stone platform. Aini's hands were unusually stable, slicing the mercenaries' necks one by one, and dropping the knife in disgust. He had an abomination of dark magic from the bottom of his heart, but in order to survive, he had to use his blood to open the door to the altar.
More and more blood flowed into the stone trough, and the magic circle emitted a dim glow, enveloping the entire stone platform, and the sound of heavy metal machinery rang out, and the stone platform split in two. A dark cavern was revealed.
Black magic does not rely on the power of the elements, so in the era of black magicians, many alchemists were captured and served by black magicians, even if most alchemists refused to cooperate, there will always be people who are afraid of death, and create some mechanisms and equipment for black magicians.
"I don't think it's a problem. Ani feigned ease, lifted his weapon, and swung it twice. Flames erupted from the hollowed-out sections on either side of his weapon, illuminating the cavern.
According to the Forbidden Book, the passage behind the altar is where the dark mages enter and exit. Those who believe in black magic sacrifice with blood, and the dark door is opened, and the black mage will appear, granting the believer the power of the demon god.
So the magicians refused to admit that it was magic, believing that it was a type of divine magic.
There was a sudden strong vibration in the cave, and the surrounding stone walls also trembled, cracks appeared on the smooth stone walls, and the huge stones split out and fell to the ground, and then these huge stones gave birth to hands and feet, slowly rising, and gradually forming a human-shaped stone statue.
"Hurry up, it's the Statues!" Saleen yelled, and Ani didn't dare to stay, no matter if there was danger in the passage, it was safer than staying in the Statues.
Aini walked briskly into the passageway, and Shika followed him, deliberately separating Aini from Sarin. She sensed that Aini was a dangerous person, and although Aini, like Sarin, was a low-level magician, and even he didn't even have a magic string, Sika still didn't dare to take it lightly.
Behind the short passage is a stone chamber, which is very clean and without any remains. It was here that the black mage waited for the sacrifice of the believers. There was another way to leave behind the stone room, and the black mage did not understand the principle of the teleportation array, but allowed Salin and the others to leave smoothly.
The tunnel was dark, and there was a clattering sound under his feet, and Saleen couldn't help but glance at the ground, only to see that the bones were all smashed and laid in the passage. The bones did not emit phosphorescence, and had obviously been refined by black magic before that.
"Aini, how can there be a path of bones!" Salin didn't know much about the dark arts, but the path of bones was famous. I'm afraid this altar is really a place where you can awaken the demon god. Saleen became nervous, why didn't this kind of place be completely destroyed, it would be a disaster to stay.
"How do I know, it's not written in the book!" Ani's face became even more ugly, and the appearance of the White Bone Road made him lose his confidence. The layout here turned out to be the highest level of black magic altar.
There are still many forks on both sides of the Bone Road, but they are all dead ends, and legend has it that they were used to hide soldiers. The four of them walked all the way for more than ten minutes, and it is estimated that they have left the scope of the ancient castle before they came to a huge cave.
The weapon in Aini's hand erupted in flames, illuminating the entire cavern. The wind blew, and the flames made the sound of hunting. The scenery inside the cave was unobstructed, and even Shika's face changed.
In front of him were hundreds of headless horsemen, and in the center of the headless horseman, a huge monster stood quietly, a pair of eyes reflecting golden light under the light of the fire.
;