Chapter 537: Full of Traps
It's been a long time since I've used a bloodline mimicry spell, and I used this spell to deceive the bloodline trap a long time ago, and even the blood mages who specialize in bloodline secrets have been tricked, which should also make the druids here dizzy.
However, this spell also has a downside, that is, Siegel does not know what kind of bloodline he is being imitated into. However, he soon stopped worrying about this problem, because in addition to the elven druid's defenses, spells from other races began to appear.
In the entanglement of the tree's roots, if you look closely, you can see some stones half-buried in the soil. Moss, fallen leaves, and tree roots form a natural cover, obscuring the dwarven runes on the surface of the stones. If it weren't for the deep study of runes, it would have been difficult to notice the power of the spell spreading in the ground beneath your feet.
"What kind of rune array is this?" said Siegel crouched under a large tree, gently brushing the cover from the stone through his deerskin gloves. The rune stone in front of him has experienced at least six hundred years of wind and rain, and except for the part where the runes are engraved, everything else is badly damaged. However, the strength of the dwarves still made it bite the earth, and even the trees that came out of it could not knock it over, and they had to fight a duel like two wrestlers, which could never tell the winner.
The rune stone itself is not complicated, and despite the use of the already relatively rare Old Dwarf language, it is only a few short characters. "Listening, Rhythm, Earth, Vibration", if connected in series, then its function is easy to deduce: this is a rune array that detects earth tremors, and if you want to go underground, it will inevitably be triggered.
Of course, the nesting behavior of some burrowing animals does not affect it too much, but the idea of using earth elements to guard the excavation path is not feasible. The elves laid out the defensive line on the ground, and the dwarves laid out the underground? Siegel pouted and was about to get up and leave. only to find that there were still words under the rune stone.
Yes, most of the stone is buried in the earth, and there should indeed be words in the dirt covering. He gently brushes away the soil, like a groundhog digging a burrow. After removing the top layer of about three fingers of humus, the ground beneath becomes undignified.
It is natural to dig through with an item such as spell or adamantite, but that will almost always trigger the detection magic. Judging by the dozen or so runes that were revealed again. Dwarven runestones also detect footsteps on the ground to deduce what is passing by. Different species have different paces, and it is this principle that the shrewd hunter can judge his prey by lying on the ground and listening. In other words, it is not enough to have the smell of animals (blood), you need to walk in the same footstep pattern?
This is a bit of a hassle, after all, Siegel doesn't have the knowledge and skills to do so. Through long-term observation and imitation, druids can perfectly reproduce the posture of animals when transforming, but the transformation techniques of mages can only achieve the same shape. There is no expressiveness in terms of habits. If you don't want to touch the trap of the detection pace, you can only float in the air.
Siegel did just that, careful not to touch the ground and plants, but he soon found that this was not feasible either.
The trees in the forest became denser, and the sunlight rarely let through the foliage, so a faint haze began to appear around them. It is both veil and ghost, slowly and gently weaving through the woods, but there is danger hidden in such a beautiful scenery. Siegel could see faint traces of elemental magic. Distinctly human mage style.
This layer of mist is very cleverly designed, and there are no formed circles in it. This means that casting Detection Magic will not show a magical aura at all. The entire formation was a half-finished product, with numerous mutilated and broken spell structures floating in the air. But they're so mutilated that they can be recombined into a complete spell once they come across the right spell structure or elemental fluctuations.
It's like a jigsaw puzzle, waiting for one piece to come back together. Siegel found that the spells targeted included Flight, Levitation, Floating, Flashing, Arbitrary Gate, and Transfiguration, once these spells were present. The mist can be felt and an alarm signal is sent.
"That's a clever idea," Siegel paused, standing still and thinking about what to do. The mage who set up this spell is slightly weaker than Siegel in terms of elemental manipulation, so it's not like it's out of the question. Siegel could bring in a breeze from afar. Blow these mists far away. He has the ability to hide traces of the air elemental activity in the wind so that it doesn't touch any magic detection enchantments, but it's not safe to do so.
The entire forest's anti-detection system is interlinked, with elves, dwarves, and human mages assisting each other, and even supervising and monitoring each other. If it weren't for the fact that Siegel had learned the magic spells of the three races and was very sensitive to elemental energy, he would have been discovered before he got here.
The patrol is not terrible, even if the other party is an archmage or high priest to come, Siegel can deal with it - besides, this possibility is too low, which high-level spellcaster will be idle all day long to act as a patrol here? The real trouble is the Sage, if the magic alarm attracts the patrol, the patrolman finds that he can't solve it, so he calls the higher-level Sage, then the situation becomes very complicated.
The Sage's greatest ability is not to attack, but to defend that cannot be killed. With the help of divine powers, they can keep reshaping their bodies, getting stronger each time, and then continue their stalking. With the entanglement of the sage, it will be difficult for Siegel to move on, so he both alarms the gods and finds nothing.
How do you move on? It's still miles away from the Arri Valley, and God knows how many magic detections and magic defenses lie ahead, and it's sure to get denser and denser. Even if Siegel shrouded himself in an anti-magic force field, suppressing and avoiding any magic traps, he couldn't eliminate the vibrations of his steps, the smell of his body, and the magic enchantment of the entire forest.
"It seems that only those who know this place well will lead the way. Siegel thought about it and decided to ring the alarm bell on purpose. "On the one hand, you can also look at the situation of the guards here. So he withdrew some distance to the periphery and began to make earth elementals.
The reason why I say manufacturing is because Siegel is worried that the summoning spell will be seen. All the spells have traces, and while they are convenient, there is no way to hide their origin. Even if Siegel is a very skilled user of elemental power, he can't avoid being able to find out the characteristics of his summoning skills. Manufacturing is another matter: in nature, it is possible to give birth to elemental organisms in many places where the elements are dense, they are often not strong at first, and they will not exist for too long unless the environment is extremely suitable, but the advantage is that they do not arouse suspicion.
Just as there is a high probability that the fire element will be born in volcanic lava, there is no shortage of water elements in the depths of the sea. It's not surprising that one or two small earth elementals appear in this woodland.
Siegel condensed the power of the earth elements around him, causing them to converge in the middle, pressing them down like pinching mud. It is not that elemental beings come together to create elemental beings, but also involves a part of the knowledge of elemental aggregates. Siegel carefully takes care of the environment where the elements of the diagram are gathered, and from time to time he mixes in other elements to facilitate the change of elements in the direction of living beings as soon as possible
From morning to noon, until the sun sets, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is difficult to attract his attention. Even with enough knowledge and ability, it can still be a challenge to create elemental creatures in such a primitive way. In this regard, Siegel had to sigh at the power of nature, and the magical abilities he mastered were very different from those of creation.
It is said that the most powerful creator god can intervene before the crystal wall is formed, changing the rules of the world with his own will. That being said, what exactly are the rules, how are they presented, how are they understood, and how can they be modified? It's a hard question, but Siegel has to start thinking about it. His other plan was to find the godhead power of the god of magic, which must include the power of the rules of spells. What can be done with that power, and what needs to be done, this span of knowledge is like an insurmountable barrier for Siegel, who is a mortal.
It wasn't until Starlight climbed the canopy and the moonlight came to Siegel's shoulders along with the falling leaves that he finally created an earth-elemental creature shaped like a kitten. It staggered unsteadily, its four calves swaying, and it was very reluctant to adapt to its surroundings. Seeing that it was trying to stand, Siegel held it with his hand, but only helped when it was about to fall. After a few minutes, the earth elemental pushed up Siegel's fingers and gradually learned how to walk on the humus formed by the fallen leaves.
It would take a long time for such a small earth elemental to be able to activate the magic alarm array here, so Siegel cast a spell on it that would trigger at regular intervals. After ten minutes, this spell will automatically cause a large number of earth elementals to gather, and cover up the fact of its existence with a harmless explosion of earth elementals. The high velocity of the elemental mass dispersion is typical of the Earth elemental's ability to release out, and if there are guardians here, then they will definitely come and check it out.
Siegel was far away from the earth elemental kittens, and at the same time formed an elemental field around his body, just like a druid could melt into the forest, he integrated himself into the forest's magic array.
At that time, the spell will be like flowing water, bypassing the rocky obstacles on the way, forming a whirlpool only where it is needed. Siegel is a rock in the middle of a river, but it's the kind that is submerged under the water, and it's harder to be detected.
He waited quietly to see who would be the first to take the bait. (To be continued.) )