Chapter 168: Underground Labyrinth (5000)
In the dimly lit classroom, four ghost fires emitted a shimmer of oil. The spinal worm sucked the secret art to create soul energy, and the light emitted by more than a dozen pairs of eyes projected the image seen by the host in the white smoke.
Clear Sky and the students watched.
Because I can't fast-forward, I can only patiently read everything that the host has experienced. During this period, due to the consumption of soul energy, the ghost fire weakened and swayed, and Heidisico immediately took his classmates to add mole bone powder to the candle.
Carey was parasitized for not long, and after he was frozen in the clear sky, the image projected by the spinal worm became a different scene. In a dark room, the host stands in a corner under the control of the spinal worm. In the image, Portlem can be seen with four Abyssal Mages laying out secret spells, but it is difficult to tell where they are just by looking at them.
Clear Sky continued to watch, paying close attention to the details of that room. The stone bricks of the walls are badly damaged, probably not used for a long time, perhaps from the time of the Oulu Academy a hundred years ago. After that disaster, Oulu College underwent a major reconstruction, and many underground buildings were buried under the new college.
It's not easy to identify.
At this time, Dean Wildred appeared in the Department of Mysticism. This time he didn't make any pretenses, which made the students immediately nervous. They all knew that the dean did not like occult arts, and it had always been taboo to come into contact with them at Oulu Academy.
"Kids, keep your spot, I know you're protecting the Academy." With the students comforted, Wilred walked to the side of the clear sky and looked at the effects being dropped in the white smoke: "It's a miraculous secret technique that allows spinal worms to project what the host sees!" It's really Portleme...... Can you find where they are? ”
In the video, Potlem, who had completed the mystic arrangement, approached, and his face clearly appeared on the video. When he removed the spinal worm from the host, the projected image immediately stopped.
The spinal worm's rebirth can only play what the host sees, not what the spinal worm sees.
Soon the image reappeared, and although it was still a closed room, it was no longer the Oulu Academy. There are a lot of mysterious props in the room, as well as some corpses and limbs, which should be the occult laboratory of Potlem.
Clear Sky shook his head and said to Dean Wilred, "I don't know much about the buildings left behind by the academy a hundred years ago, can the dean see what the place is just now?" ”
Wilred recalls the not-so-long scene: "The disaster of a hundred years ago destroyed most of the buildings of Oulu Academy, some buried underground, some stuck into subspace. Looking at the state of that room, it should be a part buried in the ground, and I can't tell where they are, but at least we narrowed down the search. ”
Clear Sky said, "I've asked Professor Ban to take people to the library and use the secret art to track the direction of the release of the secret art, and if they have results on their side, they can narrow it down again." ”
As he spoke, Bruce Ban burst in.
"Professor Weathersky, we've found ...... The Dean ...... "Bruce Ban saw Wilred standing with Sunny Sky and was on the spot.
Willred said kindly, "Don't be nervous, I know about your rebuilding of the Esoteric Department of Oulu Academy. After such a long time, I have let go of this burden, and I hope that you will be able to restore the occult department of Oulu Academy to its former glory.
Now tell us, what did you find? ”
Bruce Ben looked at the clear sky, although he didn't know exactly what had happened, but since the dean accepted the arcane department, it was a good thing. He saluted Dean Willred, "Dean, Professor Weathera, we have found the direction of the other party's spell...... In the vicinity of the Faculty Historical Archives. ”
Faculty Historical Archives!
It was a small three-story circular building in the northwest corner of the college. The archive itself is small, but a hundred years ago it was located in a student dormitory. In that catastrophe, an earthquake caused by a magical confrontation engulfed the entire student dormitory underground.
Many people died in it, and then because the magical energy hedged against each other, a large number of undead were created. The earthquake has complicated the internal structure of the buried student dormitory, and although the college has made several explorations, the undead spirit that cannot be completely eliminated has left the college with the choice of sealing the underground area.
and built the Historical Archive of the Academy on it.
Because students have little interest in the college's historical archives.
For players, the underground of the Oulu Academy Historical Archives is a great map to explore. The undead inside will regroup within half an hour to an hour after being killed, and players will often encounter front and back attacks inside.
But...... If you bring your sister to explore together, you will generally have a good experience.
Reflecting on the room he had just seen, Clear Sky said to Dean Willred, "The room in which they set up the secret art in Portleme is indeed very similar to an old-style student dormitory. I took Professor Madara to search the basement of the Academy's Historical Archives, and you led the Battle Mages to surround the Archives to prevent Poolem from escaping. ”
"Just the two of you going underground in the Archives?" Willred said worriedly, "I'll send a few battle mages down with you...... Portlem is a tough guy to deal with, especially in the complex environment of the underground. ”
Clear Sky said, "We don't know what kind of secret tricks Potlaim has arranged in the underground dormitory area, too many people will be easily ambushed by him if they go in." Secret techniques are still dealt with with by secret techniques, and Professor Ban can find the location of the spell in such a short period of time, which shows that he has a very high talent for secret arts.
The two of us went in, and even if we couldn't catch Poolem, it would be easier to get out. ”
Willred acknowledged what Clear Sky said.
The gap period in the study of occult arts in the Oulu Academy is too long, and at this time, the only one that can be used for the confrontation of arcane arts is the newly established arcane department. And in the Secret Arts Department, the only people who have attained in the secret arts are Clear Sky and Bruce Ban.
As an occult professor in the Department of Occultism, Wilred knew how talented Bruce Ben was in the occult arts. If he was placed in the Secret Academy a hundred years ago, he would definitely be no less than the leader of the First Apostle Victor.
Willred knew that he couldn't be in danger as the dean, and the only two of them that the academy could send at this time.
"But it's just the two of you, the number is still too small, and the abyss mages we see alone are four people......"
At this moment, Lydia teleports in, and with her comes sandpaper and kestrels.
Clear Sky said to Willed, "Just have sandpaper and kestrel with us." ”
Sandpaper's fingers turned the large wrench and said, "I also brought Boiling and Sally." Miss Sunny Sky, when are we leaving? I've brought all the tools with me to fix the guy who upset you. ”
"Now!"
……
In the early hours of the morning, no one slept in the Oulu Academy, and the students, under the protection of the faculty and battle mages, gathered in the many safe houses set up by the Academy.
In a grove to the northwest of the Academy, a large group of Oulu Battle Mages stood on branches, encircling the Academy's Historical Archives in the middle. The faculty and staff on duty in the archives had been evacuated, and Clear Sky walked through the gate with Bruce Ban, Sandpaper, and Kestrel into the small circular building.
Behind them, the war machinery boiled and repaired Abyss Panther Sally.
The war machinery boiling has been transformed by sandpaper and has a certain ability to perceive the outside world. He walked with steel steps, and followed behind the sandpaper step by step, like a little brother who couldn't leave his sister. Especially when he saw the clear sky, he followed the sandpaper even tighter.
The assembled Abis Leopard is named Sally, who is not a mechanical creature, but has a good intellect due to her elemental souls.
The group entered the lobby of the college's historical archives, and when the staff left, they turned on all the lights, making the whole building very bright. The hall is flanked by corridors that extend to the left and right, and in the center is an upward staircase, with two statues of mages on the walls, and many magical portraits of honor hanging on the walls.
Bruce Ben, who was following Clear Sky, was a little nervous, after all, this time he was facing the Abyss Mage, as well as the legendary Abyss Apostle.
He looked at the empty hall with vigilance, and asked Clear Sky, "Professor Clear Sky, I have been to the Academy's Historical Archives many times, and there seems to be no passage to the underground. ”
Clear Sky observes two mage statues on the left and right, the mage on the left holding a magic wand and the mage on the right holding a magic book. At the same time, he asked Bruce Ban, "How many times have you been to the Historical Archives?" What is it about this that appeals to you so much? ”
Bruce Ben knew that he had unintentionally exposed some intimate things, and he said hesitantly, "I...... I'd like to look up what happened in the Mystics Department a hundred years ago through the materials here, and I want to see if there's anything related to the Mystics. ”
"What did you find?" Clear Sky walked over to the mage statue on the left, reached out and pulled out the magic wand from the statue's hand.
"Professor Sunny Sky ......" Bruce Ban wanted to stop the statue, the figure of which was one of the founders of Oulu Academy, but he could only shut up when he thought of Sunny Sky's past behavior. Then he replied, "The former Faculty of Occult Arts has achieved extraordinary achievements, and it is not an exaggeration to call them the founders of modern Occult Arts. It was because of them that I was even more determined to learn the secret arts.
Thank you, Professor Weathersky. Without you, I would probably have been an alchemist assistant who didn't achieve anything. ”
"You should thank me...... But I still have to remind you, don't do anything wrong, I will still look at you according to my standards, and be ready to kill you at any time. Clear Sky grabbed the wand in his hand and slammed the bottom of the wand on the floor. One, two, three times, and then say the mantra: "Flip!" ”
The whole hall turned extremely fast, and in a flash, a group of people stood in a gloomy hall.
There was a faint Devil May Cry in my ears, and the ghostly fire swimming on the walls provided a glimmer of light to this large space. At this time, Boiling turned on the searchlights on his shoulders and lit up the hall.
The walls are made of large blocks of solid stone, so even after more than 100 years of burial, the entire building is still very strong. Under the illumination of the searchlight, you can see that there are many large cracks in the wall, and there are some heel-shaped rattans sticking out of the cracks and climbing along the cracks in the wall.
There were also a lot of broken benches and long tables with dusty and mossy cups on them, and a lot of things that had rotted and couldn't be seen.
The halls of the Oulu Academy's student residences are also the main event and social spaces for students. In their spare time, many students eat, study, and chat here......
After observing the hall in the clear sky and seeing that there was no danger, he said: "We are now on the lowest floor of a student dormitory building at the Oulu Academy a hundred years ago. It occupies a much larger area than the historical archives of the college above, and the environment is more complex because of the subsidence.
We have to deal with not only the abyss mages, but also the undead who existed a hundred years ago, so everyone should be careful. ”
"Yes, Professor Sunny Sky (Miss)!"
"Now we start with the first layer and then work our way up. Sandpaper explores the path in front and boils to support sandpaper; Kestrel dragged behind with Sally; I was in the middle with the class professor.
Sandpaper and Kestrel guarded the corridors on both sides, and the task of searching the room was left to Professor Ban and me. ”
"Understood, Professor Sunny Sky (Miss)!"
"Action, start in the cloister on the left, search clockwise."
Sandpaper turns on combat mode with a large wrench, her feet off the ground, and her double ponytail hair turns metallic and floats. The powerful perceptual ability spreads, and the suspended body floats towards the corridor on the left.
Boiling followed behind Sandpaper, and after it took a step and made a heavy sound, Bruce Ban immediately pulled out his magic wand and unleashed a mute spell on Boiling feet. Although the sound of boiling footsteps is still there, it is not as loud as before.
At this time, the kestrel also floated in battle mode, and she drew her sword and stood behind Clear Sky with Sally the Abyss Leopard.
Occupying a sub-space exclusively, the architectural design of the Oulu Academy is very generous. Even the corridor of the student dormitory is five meters wide and four meters high, and it does not look too narrow in the middle.
The dark, damp environment and the ubiquitous sound of devil crying, as well as the undead that can pop up at any time.
This is the "underground labyrinth of the Historical Archives".
After walking less than twenty meters, the sandpaper suddenly stopped. The boiling that he perceived through the sandpaper was in touch with the sandpaper, and his searchlight shone on a spot in front of him.
It was a half-open door, and behind it something had shrunk back in the light. Then large vines spread out from the walls on both sides, because the sandpaper sensed the danger in time, so that the team was not surrounded by the dense vines.
Aware of the danger, sandpaper flies backwards and burrows into the boiling cockpit. The boiling two hands retracted into his arms, and two long swords popped out of them, which cannon was clamped on his shoulder.
Then a ten-meter-long flame erupted from the muzzle.
Under the burning fire, the vines let out a miserable cry and twisted wildly. In the firelight, you can see that the front ends of the vines are connected to the arms of human beings. The fire quickly burned the vines, and all the blackened arms fell to the ground.
However, the arms did not lie honestly, and they quickly crawled into the half-open door with their fingers as claws.
Sandpaper had never seen anything like this before, she got up from the boiling cockpit, turned to Clear Sky and asked, "Miss Clear Sky, what is that?" ”
The Thousand-Handed Spirit ...... Clear Sky stepped forward, looking at the half-open door in front of him and pondering.
In the game, after the undead here are killed, they will be reconstituted within an hour. Those severed hands of the Thousand Hand Spirit should have been lying there, why did they run back as soon as they landed.
It seems that the real "Underground Labyrinth of the Historical Archives" is somewhat different from the "Labyrinth" in the game.
Clear Sky said, "According to the plan that has been made. Sandpaper and kestrel guard corridors at both ends, Professor Ban and I went in to search ......"
"Yes!"
Sandpaper flew out and walked forward with a boil, past the door to establish a defense at the other end. Kestrel and Abyss leopard Sally, on the back guard.
Clear Sky and Bruce Ban walked to the half-open door, and could see that the wooden door was rotting badly.
"You follow me, attack first and then warn when you encounter danger."
After telling Bruce, Clear Sky slammed the door and rushed into the room in an instant. Bruce Ban rushed in with his magic wand in his hand, unleashing a lighting spell to light up the room.
Nothing!
This is a standard student dormitory with two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a luggage cloakroom.
The beds and living furniture are all there, and it is clearly not the room where the secret art is released in the video. The room where the occult was released from Potlime, all the clutter was cleared.
Looking around, I didn't find a Thousand Hands.
Run!
The undead here still know how to fight guerrillas?
This is no ordinary undead.
Interesting!
Clear Sky released a ring of ice, and intense freezing energy surged in the small room. What had remained in shape but had decayed, shattered in the impact, and then froze again.
The room was calm, and it seemed that the Thousand Hands had really run away.
After making sure that there was nothing hidden in the room, Clear Sky walked out with Bruce Ban.
"The thousand-handed spirit has run away, and the undead here have evolved for a hundred years, and may have spiritual intelligence, everyone be careful. And we made such a big move, it is possible that the abyss mage has already noticed it......"
The clear sky reminded everyone.
The sound made here was particularly loud in the silent underground space, and since it was not a game, those undead who had wisdom and the abyssal mages who had been hiding here for a long time would definitely not honestly wait to be found.
As a latecomer, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and we should always be vigilant and careful of being ambushed. This is also the reason why Clear Sky deliberately brought in Sandpaper and Kestrel to help, both of them have very strong perception, especially when the combat state is on, it is simply a two-person radar.
The team moved on, sandpaper flying ahead, her hair fluttering and seething, lighting her way.
And as they walked past the dormitory door in the clear sky, a dark thing appeared in the doorway. Then a sword blade slashed through the air, and the scared thing shrank back in embarrassment.
Kestrels: "Miss Sunny Sky, that thing is out again." ”
"Leave it alone, find the Abyss Mage first."
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