At Maya's request, Rig canceled the energy absorption magic that worked on her, allowing her to regain her original strength, and returned the golden scepter that had been seized from her hand earlier.

This golden scepter is a very high-quality secret treasure, which can not only increase the speed of the wielder's magic activation, reduce the time of magic chanting, but also amplify the magic activated, and minimize the loss of mana, in terms of value, this golden scepter is even higher than Raven's Sword of Rebel and Monis's Armor.

Because of this golden scepter, Maya was able to launch the kind of flash magic that was extremely fast and powerful so quickly and smoothly, and even gave up the chanting, and its speed of summoning the magic mirror was so fast, and the absorption efficiency was so strong, basically thanks to the assistance of this golden scepter.

Therefore, this golden scepter is especially important to Maya, more important than the robe on her body, which has a flying function and allows the wearer to block Rieg's [Thunderbolt] unharmed.

After obtaining the scepter, Maya turned to the temple and chanted a long and mysterious incantation.

"Rumble......

As Maya chanted a spell, the temple began to tremble, and the invisible barrier that shrouded it was like a barrier emitting dazzling golden light, finally revealing its prototype.

Maya continued to chant incantations, causing ancient and mysterious runes to emerge from the glittering golden barrier.

The runes flew as if they were back where they were supposed to be, intersecting with each other, and finally lined up on the barrier.

Only then did the surface of the barrier flow with bursts of brilliance.

It wasn't long before an entrance appeared at the bottom of the barrier, in the space in front of the staircase, that could only be passed through by one person.

"Let's go inside."

Maya put away her scepter and said lukewarmly.

Suddenly, you look at me, I look at you, and for a while, no one moved. Obviously, everyone present still had a little wariness of Maya in their hearts, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

Even Raven, who had been trying to break through the enchantment of the temple just now, wished to be able to split the entire temple with a single sword and quickly entered it, but never succeeded, did not choose to directly believe Maya, a stranger who suddenly jumped out, and walked into the enchantment.

Maya didn't seem to care what Raven was thinking, and whether or not to go in, just looked at Rige and Liz.

Needless to say, Maya's door was opened for Rig and Liz, and she didn't care if Raven and the others wanted to enter or not.

Rig glanced at Maya and stepped forward.

He didn't hesitate, as if he wasn't worried about the trap inside, and walked straight up the stairs.

"Master!"

Seeing Rige stepping on the stairs, Liz naturally wouldn't stay and hurriedly followed.

Maya followed behind Liz, silently following Rieg and Liz, completely ignoring Raven and the others.

「..... Let's go." Raven was silent for a moment before he said, "Let's go with you." Everyone nodded yes.

They followed the three of them up the stairs to the top of the temple.

The stairs were very long, at least a few hundred meters, and Riege and his party walked for a long time before they reached the top floor of the temple and came to the only gate that led to the interior of the temple.

In front of this gate, Maya recited another incantation.

This time the incantation was not long, only a short sentence, but neither Rieg nor Nebor could tell what the incantation was about, and in what language Maya chanted it.

Under such circumstances, the door slowly opened as if pushed by an invisible force.

"I'll lead the way."

Maya said so, and came to Rig and Liz.

However, her eyes were obviously cast on the rest of the people, and she didn't ignore everyone like she did just now

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"There are a few caveats that need to be made clear to you before entering the temple." Maya spoke coldly.

"First, after entering, you are not allowed to trespass without my permission, and you are not allowed to leave halfway."

"Second, you are not allowed to touch anything in it, let alone take it."

"Thirdly, this is a temple dedicated to the gods, I hope you will pray for the gods with respect, of course, this is not forced, you can do what you want, and forget it if you don't want to do it."

"In the end, except for these two, the rest of the people are not allowed to come near me casually, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

Maya pointed her scepter at Rig and Liz, looking at the rest with the same hostility as she had before.

As the saying goes, after the last experience of being knocked out by outsiders, Maya must have been wary of this, and this last warning was probably born because of this, right?

After these warnings, Maya didn't wait for everyone present to respond, and as if the announcement was finished, she turned around and faced the door.

"Follow me."

With these words, Maya was the first to enter the temple.

Seeing this, Rig just wanted to follow, but was stopped by Raven and Nebhard. "Can this man be trusted?"

As he was about to enter the temple, Raven asked the question. Nebird seems to share the same concerns.

"What is the origin of this goddess official?" Nepoth lowered his voice and asked Rige, "I can feel that the magic in her body is not low, it may even be above me, and she is not very good at us, and she has a great hostility towards us, such a mysterious figure who appeared out of nowhere, can we really trust her and go in with her?"

The others stood still, watching this side, waiting for Rigg to come to a conclusion. They didn't know, in fact, that Rig himself was just as unsure of Maya's attitude.

Because of the relationship that had been deceived by outsiders, Maya originally didn't want to let Rieg and the others enter the temple no matter what, but now, she is willing to take the initiative to lead the way, and the changes before and after are really too abrupt.

Rieger doesn't think it's because Maya feels the threat she brings and has a relationship of fear.

You know, when Rieg used a man-eater to scare the priestess, the priestess had no intention of compromising even if her voice trembled with fear.

There must be a very important reason why she suddenly changed her mind and was willing to take Li Ge and the others into the temple.

And this reason is mostly due to one person. Rieger glanced at Liz beside him without a trace.

The little princess seemed to feel a little confused and uneasy, although she followed Riege's side closely, her hand unconsciously grabbed the corner of Riege's clothes, and looked like she was leaning on Riege.

She held the Moslow Sword in her arms, and the golden sword was not moving at all now, unlike Liz who had taken the initiative to drag Liz in before, as Liz said.

Looking at Liz like this, Rieg spoke quietly.

"According to her, there is a powerful magic hidden beneath the city, and once that magic is activated, trespassers like us will be greatly threatened." Rige said, "Judging from her attitude towards the so-called great magic, she should have a great degree of trust in the power of that great magic, in this case, there is no need for her to trick us into the temple to step on the trap, if you want to solve us, it is relatively quick to activate the so-called great magic directly."

The implication is that if this is a trap, it will be too much. Anyway, Rieger doesn't intend to back down here.

"If you're worried, stay here and wait for us." Li Ge said lightly: "It seems that she changed her attitude because of Liz, then, it is enough for me and Liz to go in."

Rigg reached out and grabbed Liz's small hand.

Liz immediately squeezed Riger's hand tightly, as if it would give her more courage.

Rig smiled at Liz and took her by the hand

and walked into the temple together.

The people of the Mepros family watched this scene and did not take immediate action.

Raven and Nepard exchanged glances with each other, but neither was determined to follow.

"Father." Kaz couldn't hold back, "What are we going to do?"

"Are you really going to wait here?" Axel continued, "Why don't you send some people with you?"

"Otherwise, I'll follow." Diagodo even suggested this, saying, "If I don't come back for too long, father, you should retreat immediately."

Hearing this, Raven did not echo everyone at the first time, but closed his eyes first and thought about it.

"I'd better go." Nebord took out his cane, held it in his hand, and followed by two wyverns, and said, "After all, it is a relic of an ancient magical civilization, and I should be able to obtain more information when I go in."

"No, I'll go too." Raven opened his eyes and said, "Although that goddess official is very suspicious, what the Thunder Light Sword Saint said is right, this is the other party's territory, if the other party has any big magic here, then there is no need to trick us into a trap again."

"Of course, your fears are not unfounded."

"Just in case, it's better to go in with everyone else." With that, Raven turned to the three Kaz brothers.

"The three of you stay here with half of the knights, and the rest go in with me and Master Nebold."

Hearing Raven's command, although the three Kaz brothers had some opinions, they couldn't object, and nodded under Raven's unquestioning gaze.

"I'm sorry for you to come with me, Nebhard." Raven turned to Neband and said so.

"What's this?" Nebourd shook his head and said with a smile, "I came here to assist you this time, although I didn't encounter that mysterious disappearance, but I already have some clue about it, and now I am with you to see this ancient ruin that no one has ever seen, it is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Not to mention, I'm quite interested in this event."

"The fact that the underground monster Yarakulon's body is in such a state, and there is an unknown ancient ruin located here, and there is a guardian of mysterious origin in this ruin, all of this has stimulated my curiosity."

Nebord smiled freely, and said so.

"Now that I have the opportunity to step into the heart of this ancient ruin, I can't miss it." Nebold's wishes were fully conveyed to Raven.

"Then please."

Raven suddenly burst out laughing.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and immediately took the same step, taking half of the knights into the temple.

Only the other half of the knights remained, standing in place with the three Kaz brothers, watching the crowd leave, without saying a word for a long time.

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The interior of the temple is not as grand as it is seen from the outside.

It's very vast and spacious, but unlike when you see it from the outside, the inside isn't too decorated and furnished, but it looks a bit plain.

It resembles the hall of a museum, and although there are stone pillars standing around it, there are only pictures carved on the stone pillars, and nothing else is carved on them.

The walls are the same, there are paintings, those paintings are a bit like graffiti made by people in ancient times, the lines are simple, the style of painting is rough, except for historical value, there should not be much artistic value.

Led by Maya, Rige and Liz walked in and saw the murals that seemed to come out of nowhere.

"Master......

Liz couldn't help but tug at Lariger's clothes. "I know."

Rig nodded at Liz. He knew what Liz was trying to say.

The surrounding murals, whether in terms of lines, atmosphere and feel, are very similar to the painting style on the animal skin picture that Liz once brought with her.

Yuri had also shown Rige the rubbings of the murals unearthed in the ruins of the neutral city of Sinyele, and the frescoes here were similar to the feeling on the mural.

This shows that the city is indeed a remnant of an ancient magical civilization. Just as Rige and Liz confirmed this, Maya suddenly spoke.

"The gods we believe in came to this world a long, long time ago to bring us great beings for the future."

Maya spoke like this.

"It is said that a long, long time ago, when humans had not yet learned magic and mastered supernatural powers, they had a very difficult life on this continent."

"Monsters wreak havoc on the earth, and they have a power and vicious habits that humans can't match."

"In the face of powerful monsters, human beings are just food without the slightest resistance, gnawed, devoured, played, ravaged, and mutilated."

"In the presence of such a human being, God came down from heaven." Maya's voice began to become reverent.

"From God, we learned magic." "From God, we receive strength."

"So, people believed in God, served God, worshiped God, and began a long duel with monsters under the light of God."

"I don't know how long it's been outside, but you seem to have forgotten our God, so I guess the time is far from when I was, right?"

Maya then took Rig and Liz to the deepest part of the temple. "Well, then, let's take a good look."

"Look at the posture of the gods that mankind once believed." "This is our God."

Maya fell to her knees and offered a prayer to the idol in front of her.

Rig and Liz looked up as well, and their pupils shrank at the same time. "W-Isn't this .....!?"

Liz looked at Rieg in astonishment.

Rig also stared at the idol in front of him, falling silent. In front of the two men, a statue sits on a raised platform. It was a boxy statue.

A statue ——— a Rubik's Cube.