"The function of these runes is not what I imagined."

Li Ang frowned and thought, according to his understanding of the magic array, he could deduce the basic structure of the relevant magic array by observing and memorizing, and then design the magic array in his own way.

However, the runes in front of him did not belong to the magic array, but were simple patterns, which could only be regarded as a bunch of magic symbols.

This means that there is no fixed model for these runes, as long as they are arranged in a certain order, a complex set of magic arrays can be constructed.

In short, there is no fixed template for their trajectory.

Leon furrowed his eyebrows, the situation was quite tricky for him.

If you don't have a fixed template, then it will be even more difficult to find the right order than to climb to the sky.

After all, he was not a great magician, and it was impossible for him to record the operation of the magic array in such a short period of time.

"What to do ......"

Leon scratched his head and decided to try to assemble these runes to create a magic circle, so that even if he didn't have a fixed template, he could get some of the magic circle effects and reduce his troubles.

Leon dipped the quill pen in ink and drew along the lines of the magic array map.

The patterns of the magic circle were intricate, one after the other, like spider webs, and Leon smeared each stripe of it, and after confirming that it was correct, he added a little bit of paint to the edge of each pattern to make them show fresh ink marks.

After doing all this, Leon used a quill pen dipped in ink to mark a circle on the left side of the drawing, and drew the lines of the circle into the symbol on the right.

In this way, the original map became fragmented and completely chaotic.

Leon threw the quill away, stretched his arms, stretched his muscles, and moved his sore wrists and shoulders.

"Huh?"

He glanced at the pattern on the right, and a look of astonishment suddenly appeared on his face.

The lines in that circle seem to be messy and scattered, but in fact they imply a mysterious rhythm that is outlining something.

Leon narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully studying the lines, his head spinning rapidly, looking for clues.

Soon, at the end of the line, he found a small black dot.

Leon reached out and touched the black spot, the tentacle was cold and hard, like a stone, or a crystal.

"What the hell is this...... Jewel? ”

Leon muttered to himself, reached out and dug the crystal out of the atlas, pinched it in the palm of his hand, held it with his other hand, and looked at it carefully.

The black crystals are angular and diamond-shaped, about the size of a fingernail, with fine lines engraved on the surface, but they have been blurred and distorted, and it is impossible to see what the material is.

Leon leaned closer to the tip of his nose and smelled a faint fragrance, like the smell of some kind of flower.

"Hmm, this thing doesn't seem to be poisonous."

He muttered, put the crystal in his pocket, and continued to study the magic array map.

Different from the magic array map just now, this map contains a strong death power.

Leon tried to use his spiritual power to infect the core area of the magic array, but he was met with a backlash.

This force of death was endless, and it was constantly hindering Leon.

"It's worthy of a relic left by King Edwin, it's really not easy."

Li Ang was amazed and raised his hand, ready to destroy all these magic arrays.

At this moment, the voice of the system suddenly sounded:

【Ding! The target item is detected, and the unknown item (soul) can be absorbed. 】

Li Ang was stunned, what is the situation?

Could it be that there is a connection between these magic arrays and souls?

No, the soul is not an object, how can it be absorbed?

Leon hesitated for a second, but still chose to follow the requirements of the system, threw the crystal into the air, and then closed his eyes, silently chanting the spell, urging the magic array to operate.

Buzz Buzz!!

A low, suppressed roar came from the magic circle, and the entire pyramid began to shake, and the walls and floor tiles fell as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

Leon hurried to the door and stood by the windowsill and looked down.

I saw that in the depths of the forest below, a large black hole appeared in the bushes, surrounded by dense black cracks.

There was a viscous and fishy liquid flowing through the crevices, as if it were rotting sludge.

And there was more than one black hole, densely spread all over the depths of the woods, a total of thirty-six black vortices of different sizes, slowly rotating around the trees, as if devouring something.

Click~click~click~

An eerie sound came from underground, as if something was crawling upwards, chilling.

"Damn ......"

Leon gritted his teeth and cursed, and immediately walked towards the room, took out a white candle the size of a matchbox, inserted it into the groove of the bed, and then opened the cabinet, rummaged through, and finally found a pair of old glasses to wear on the bridge of his nose.

"Whew."

Li Ang breathed a long sigh of relief and adjusted his vision.

He saw a group of sturdy wolfdogs with gray-brown bodies leaping out of the shadows near the black hole, pounced on the monsters around them.

The shells of these monsters are translucent, and there are a lot of cracks on their bodies, as if they could collapse and dissipate at any moment.

"It turns out that these monsters are soldiers who maintain the safety of the town, no wonder they didn't directly attack the magic array, but chose to hide and sneak attack."

Leon instantly realized that this should be the task given to the soldiers by the Wizards Association.

However, although there are a lot of these soldiers, their strength is not very good, most of them are only about the second order, and many of them are even third-order professionals.

What's more, they are not good at magic arrays, and they only rely on their flesh and blood to resist monsters, and there is only one way to die.

The battle lasted about five minutes, and eventually, the soldiers screamed and fell in pieces.

The remaining wolfdogs frantically bit and devoured the severed limbs, leaving only blood and fragments of corpses in the ground.

At this time, several non-commissioned officers on war horses rushed in, dragged the mutilated monsters away, and cleaned up the battlefield.

"You've come just in time."

Li Ang walked out of the room, beckoned to the non-commissioned officer, and handed over the magic array map he had cracked, "Help me see what's wrong." ”

The non-commissioned officer was stunned for a moment, looked at the parchment roll in his hand, and his pupils suddenly dilated, revealing a look of horror.

Li Ang noticed the non-commissioned officer's unusual behavior, raised his eyebrows suspiciously, reached out and grabbed the parchment scroll, and saw the magic array on the scroll clearly, his face suddenly stiffened.

- This is not a magic circle at all, nor is it alchemy, but an evil spell similar to a curse!

As described on the scroll, this spell works to curse all living beings, including souls!

It's an evil sorcery that's suffocatingly powerful, and sadly, the caster is dead.

"Could it be that the casting material of this spell is the soul?"