"Let's go."

Takahashi raised her hand and waved.

Immediately, four people stepped forward and took out the compass-shaped spirit equipment for examination.

"Most of the ruins here are trapped in them."

Takahashi Rutsuki glanced at Haruhiko and introduced, "Therefore, the first thing is to look for traps. ”

"I see."

Haruhiko nodded and asked, "Is there someone in charge?" So what am I doing? ”

"The four people you see right now, they're good at perceiving and checking for traps, enchantments, etc."

Takahashi Ruyue paused and said, "As for you, you are a combatant. ”

Haruhiko was thoughtful.

In fact, among the ruins, fighting is the easiest thing to do.

After all, it is a visible enemy, and it is not terrible.

If you can't beat it, someone will naturally help you.

Unless it's a group annihilation.

"There's a problem down there."

A young woman among the four spoke.

"Let's take a look."

Takahashi Ruzuki got the order of Miyamato Mikashi, so he tried to take care of Haruhiko as much as possible.

But in the ruins, pure care is hard, and the best thing to do is to turn him into an old fritter with a lot of experience.

Haruhiko followed behind her, took a few steps, and then stopped.

His gaze fell, well, a rather ordinary white slate, and he couldn't see anything wrong.

"There are special psionic fluctuations."

The young woman analyzed, "It should be illusion. ”

"It's rare."

Takahashi Ruyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Illusion is a spiritual spell, which mainly acts on the eyes and ears, and it is not difficult to crack, so you should step back and get ready." ”

The four of them immediately retreated and told the crowd the news, and immediately they took out special sunglasses and earplugs.

Haruhiko was slightly stunned, is it so professional?

"Here you go."

Takahashi Ruzuki put his sunglasses and earplugs in his hands and said, "These two are enough to block all sight and sound." ”

Haruhiko wasn't actually worried about illusions.

He has a snow pill on his body, which can isolate spiritual spells below the fourth order.

But there is no need to be exposed.

He put on his sunglasses and earplugs, and suddenly his surroundings fell silent.

It's not that it's completely invisible, it's like there's a faint light in the middle of the night, and you can barely see the outline.

Takahashi threw out a charm.

A moment later, there was a sudden burst of melodious music.

It's like the whining sound of a conch.

Haruhiko looked around, but nothing changed.

After a minute, he felt someone pat him, so he removed his sunglasses and earplugs, and the rest of the people did the same.

The four men from before re-emerged and pried open the white slate, revealing a pit that resembled a well.

Takahashi Ruyue looked at it, jumped down, and after a while, he came out with a conch.

"Third-order spirit equipment, illusions, not bad."

She commented, put it away, and said, "Go on." ”

It took about half an hour before the trap was cleared.

Haruhiko also opened his eyes.

For example, the third-order charmer from the ninth team.

Just like demining, it can dig up underground charms without triggering.

Unlike a third-order spell master like Haruhiko, who rose up purely by plug-ins, it seems to be quite technical.

In fact, this is normal.

Because the average charmer is too slow to level up, they have to study something else.

"The entrance is here."

The young woman pointed to her not far away and said.

Takahashi Ruyue waved his hand, and someone quickly cleared a tunnel.

Before she could do so, a middle-aged man chanted a spell.

Four seconds later, a white spirit appeared.

It is not humanoid, but dog-like.

Driven by a middle-aged man, the dog spirit enters the tunnel.

Haruhiko looked at it curiously.

But I didn't see why.

"This is a special demon."

Seeing this, Takahashi explained, "It senses quite sensitively, especially for spirits. If there is any spirit underneath, we can know through it. And its vision is shared with its owner. ”

Haruhiko secretly said that he is indeed a professional.

There's everything.

Similar to this kind of demon, in the hands of ordinary psionics, it can only be used as an ornament.

But at the Edo Archaeological Bureau, that's quite useful.

"There's a group of evil spirits haunting you."

The middle-aged man opened his eyes and said, "But there is no existence of the fourth order. ”

"It looks like it's just a small ruin."

Takahashi Ruyue smiled and said, "Let's go down, finish it early, and finish it early." ”

"Captain Ruyue, you already knew, didn't you?"

Haruhiko looked at her, waited for the others to enter the tunnel, and asked.

"Hmm."

Takahashi Ruyue said softly as she walked, "Since it is an ambush, I will definitely not choose a dangerous ruin." ”

"Yes."

Haruhiko looked around curiously and asked, "Do you know what's inside?" ”

"I don't know."

Takahashi Ruyue shook her head and said, "I just checked in advance to make sure there were any high-level spirits, and I didn't come down. ”

Haruhiko didn't speak again.

His attention was now on the writing on the wall.

At first, the tunnel was made of mud and rock, but when it reached the depths, it turned into white jade.

There are no patterns on it, just words.

It is crooked, as if it were a snake.

"What kind of text is this?"

Takahashi Ruyue also noticed the words on the wall and couldn't help asking.

"It's the words of the gods."

Someone immediately replied, "There were several ruins before, but they haven't been deciphered yet." ”

At the end of the tunnel, there is a black bronze door.

The bronze door was locked, but there was no lock, only a crack and a line of text.

"Words are supposed to be key information, but we don't know."

Takahashi raised her hand and said, "The only way is to brute-force it." ”

With that, she began to chant the incantation.

A golden glow appeared on his fist, and the scriptures could be faintly heard.

It is the only attack branch of the Monk class, King Kong.

The next moment, she smashed her fist down.

The whole space shuddered, but the door didn't open, but she was shaken back a few steps.

"Good stuff."

Takahashi Ruyue looked at the bronze door and said, "It is a good material to be able to withstand the attack of the fourth-order spell without any damage. ”

At this moment, a dull voice sounded.

I used a very strange language, which made people's hearts flutter when they heard it.

Haruhiko's eyes widened suddenly.

He understood what it meant.

"Unless it is ordered by the great god of Ibuki, outsiders are not allowed to trespass."

Just then, the game prompt sounds.

[Achievement: First contact with God.] 】

[Reward: Permanent title.] 】

【Snake God Lucky Winner: Master the language and writing of the snake god. 】

Haruhiko was thoughtful.

Ibuki Daimyōjin, that is, the honorific title of Yaki Orochi.

Because he is a ventriloquist, he can understand the language of all animals.

I didn't expect the game to set the snake god language passed down by Yaki Orochi as the language of animals.

Thus, he was fortunate enough to trigger a new achievement, his first contact with God.

In turn, it received a new permanent title.

This snake god lucky man is of little use outside, but here, it can be described as a pass.

After all, the ruins of Takamagahara are the tomb of the Yaki Orochi.

There's just so much to do with him.

While he was thinking, Takahashi Ruyue began to attack again, but all in vain.

This made her frown, and commanded, "Try whatever you do." ”

Haruhiko didn't act, just looked at the sentence on the door.

Seven words, long live Ibuki Damyojin.

He secretly said that this can't be a password, right?

Haruhiko hesitated.

If you say it yourself, wouldn't that expose the fact that you can speak the snake god?

But if only Takahashi Ruyue knows about it, it's not a big problem.

She is the person trusted by Yui Tachibana and Masuri Dogomon.

Haruhiko didn't rush to speak.

What if it can be opened?

But the facts, as he said, are of no use.

Something related to the gods, brute force cracking is unlikely.

Haruhiko thought about stepping forward and whispered a few words to Takahashi Ruyue.

She looked surprised, but she still chose to trust.

"Stand back."

Takahashi Ruyue said, "Step back a little further, and I'll try a new spell." ”

The rest of the people immediately retreated.

When they arrived at the tunnel, they couldn't see any figures, and Takahashi Ruyue made them stop.

Haruhiko didn't move.

Although they were puzzled, they didn't dare to ask.

At the Edo Archaeological Bureau, strength is respected and there is nothing to say.

After all, everyone is theoretically an ordinary psyker with no background.

Takahashi began to chant the incantation.

Eight seconds later, a King Kong appeared in front of her.

Then he clenched his fists and struck out quickly, and for a moment, the fists were chaotic.

Haruhiko took this opportunity to say those seven words.

After a roar, the bronze door opened, revealing the situation inside.

More accurately, it is a dense network of evil spirits.

Takahashi Ruyue saw this, and the secret passage was a coincidence.

She manipulates Kim to begin to cleanse the evil spirits.

Haruhiko took out the Fire Dragon Talisman.

It's simple, grab the monster.

The spell turned to ashes, flames swept through, and a dragon flew out.

"Be careful not to damage things in the vicinity."

Takahashi reminded Rutsuki.

The rest also joined the battlefield.

All of a sudden, all kinds of psionic energy fluctuated.

Haruhiko threw a charm like he didn't want money, which caused many people to look sideways.

But no one commented.

After all, they are not players, on the contrary, they have to thank Haruhiko for helping them save their psionic energy.

A few minutes later, the battle ended.

The game prompt sounds.

Haruhiko has gained three hundred and twenty psionic powers, and the harvest is really good.

When all the evil spirits were purified, an altar appeared before everyone.

Surrounded by floating corpses and a snakeskin on his forehead.

"Eighty-one corpses in all."

Takahashi Ruyue looked around and took a deep breath, "It's all right with the evil spirits we just destroyed." ”

Suddenly, the people nearby were a little shocked.

Evil spirits are born because there is a great resentment after the death of a person.

Under the influence of psionic energy, new yokai are generated.

In other words, all 81 people here died unnatural deaths.

"Check it out."

Takahashi Ruyue pointed to the altar and said.

Immediately, a middle-aged man stepped forward.

"He was a theologian and very knowledgeable."

Takahashi Ruzuki turned his head and explained to Haruhiko.

"It's an altar to communicate with the gods."

After a while, the middle-aged man's voice trembled a little and said.

Takahashi Ruyue and the others were silent for a moment.

But it's not a shock.

Thousands of years ago, communicating with the gods was a common thing.

"Eighty-one people are sacrificed, and most of this god is an evil god."

Takahashi Ruyue said in a deep voice, "Check carefully. ”

"Yes!"

When everyone heard this, they were a little excited and started their work.

Haruhiko came to Takahashi Ruyue's side and looked at the floating corpse in front of him.

She was dressed in a shrine maiden costume and had a calm face, as if she was sleeping, not dying.

"This snakeskin should be the key, you step back."

Takahashi Ruyue thought about taking out a pair of gloves, put them on, and slowly grabbed the snakeskin.

When she touched her, she breathed a sigh of relief, because nothing had changed.

But after picking up the snake skin, the corpse suddenly turned into ashes and disappeared without a trace.

"It's a third-order material."

Takahashi Ruyue looked at it carefully, and said with some disappointment, "Sure enough, there aren't too many things of value. ”

At that moment, the whole ground trembled.

After a few seconds, it stopped.

Haruhiko and Takahashi Kisaragi glanced at each other.

They all felt the familiar fluctuations.

I'm afraid the ruins over there have already begun.

"What's the situation?!"

The rest of the people were puzzled.

"Don't panic."

Takahashi Ruyue said in a calm tone, "Finish what needs to be done first, and I'll go out and see what's going on." ”

The battle of the fifth order will not end for a while.

"You take this, wait for me."

Takahashi Ruyue put the snakeskin in his hand and walked out.

Haruhiko suddenly felt a shock in his heart.

[Name: Ibukiyama mountain snake snake skin.] 】

[Rank: Third Order.] 】

[Effect: Collect eighty-one pieces, you can summon the spirit of the Yaqi Snake, and curse to kill specific objects, up to the fourth order.] 】

[Note: If it is all fourth-order Ibukiyama mountain snake snake skin, you can curse and kill the fifth-order.] 】

After being shocked, it was tasteless.

Mt. Ibuki, where are there so many high-level snakes?

The third order is fine, and the fourth order is purely dreaming.

There are eighty-one third-order snakeskins here.

Maybe you can let the Tuyumen clan find a way to buy it.

Under normal circumstances, the things produced by the Takamagahara Ruins would be sold out.

But what, good things, often are auctioned in-house.

Because the price is so high, that the survivors are derived.

After all, there is no capital to buy, and everyone is definitely more willing to do it.

After more than ten minutes, Takahashi Ruyue returned.

It's just that the face is not good.

"Captain, what's going on outside?"

Seiichiro Watanabe stepped forward to ask.

He was the vice-captain and one of the only two fourth-order psionics present today.

There was also a fourth-order who did not come.

However, his strength is far worse than Takahashi Ruyue.

It's only this year that he has reached the fourth order, and his profession is a sword hero.

In the fourth and fifth orders, the gap between the same order is very large.

The reason is simple, the accumulation of time and psionic energy.

"There's some trouble with that."

Takahashi Ruyue frowned and said, "It's the Utsunomiya clan that developed the ruins privately. ”

"What?!"

Watanabe Seiichiro's face was shocked, and he looked extremely surprised.

Privately developed and made such a big move?

Now it's a problem.

As a psyker with no background, he was reluctant to provoke the Utsunomiya clan.

However, according to the regulations of the Edo Archaeological Bureau, it must be dealt with.

"I'll inform Director Kaneda."

Takahashi Ruyue squinted slightly and said, "The noise they caused is too loud, we can't ignore it, otherwise, we will also be dealt with." ”

"The captain is right."

Watanabe Seiichiro came back to his senses, nodded and said, "With Director Kaneda's instructions, it's no wonder that we are not to blame." ”

Takahashi nodded and took out her phone.

Watanabe Kiyoichiro and the others suddenly fell silent and waited quietly.

Soon, the call ended.

"Leave seven men here."

Facing everyone's eyes, Takahashi Ruyue said, "The rest of the people will come with me, and Director Kaneda will arrive later." ”

Seventeen people were immediately divided into two groups, and Haruhiko was one of the ten people who went out.

They left the ruins and headed north.

In fact, needless to say, you can already know.

At this time, the sky to the north was filled with colorful psionic energy fluctuations.

As they approached, a strong sense of oppression came over them.

Many people snorted, quite uncomfortable.

Haruhiko is fine.

Because he has a third-order demon body.

After a short time, I finally came to the edge of the ruins.

But the psionic fluctuations suddenly stopped.

Everyone looked at each other.

They hurriedly stepped forward and saw Mina Utsunomiya with a gloomy face.

All around her, there were corpses, and no one was alive.

In other words, all of the men she brought with her died.

And Tachibana Yui and Tsuchigomon Mari, who were the murderers, fled ahead of schedule.

Utsunomiya Mina was still a little confused just now, but now that she saw Takahashi Ruzuki and Watanabe Seiichiro, she immediately understood the reason.

It's a serial set.

And this time, because of the temptation of the gods, she took the initiative to jump into the trap.

"Good! Very good! ”

Utsunomiya Mina gritted her teeth and said.

The Utsunomiya and Yagyu clans have lost at least one-fifth of their high-level psionics.

And that's just the beginning.

Next, they were weak, and they broke the rules of the Great Imperial Palace and the Edo Archaeological Bureau, and suddenly countless people would show their fangs to them.

Utsunomiya Mina is even more frightened than angry now.

She clenched her fists, and surviving was the only goal.

Utsunomiya Mina glanced at Haruhiko, and finally looked at Takahashi Kiratsuki.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw a golden light flying in the distance.

Falling closer, it was a middle-aged man, the director of the Edo Archaeological Bureau, Kaneda Yu, a fifth-order psyker.

He looked around, and his eyes narrowed.

Here are the remains of his apprentice Teru Morikawa transformed into an oracle.

"Utsunomiya Mina, I need an explanation."

Kaneda asked in a cold voice, "The Utsunomiya clan has discovered a new ruin, why don't you report it?" ”

“……”

Utsunomiya Mina's heart was dripping blood, but she still defended herself and said, "I didn't find it, it's the Tsuchigomon clan." ”

"The Dogomon clan?"

Kaneda raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't see any of them, but there are quite a few of you Utsunomiya and Yagyu clans. ”

"You'll find out when you look it up."

Utsunomiya Mina took a deep breath and said, "It's true that I violated the rules of the Great Imperial Palace by not reporting it, but the Tugomon clan is also guilty of the same crime. ”

"I'll find out."

Kaneda thought for a moment and said, "But you must stay for the time being and be investigated." ”

Utsunomiya Mina nodded helplessly.

"Ruyue, notify the Exploration Department and clean up the ruins."

Kaneda Xiong turned his head and commanded.

The ruin in front of me is too big for Team Ninth to handle.

"Yes!"

After Takahashi Kiratsu answered, he contacted the Exploration Department.

She asked Kiyoichiro Watanabe to stay, and she left with two people, including Haruhiko, under the pretext that another ruin needed to be received.

Back at the ruins, the two get a chance to be alone.

Five thousand words. As with the previous dragon ritual treatment, the relevant battles were omitted because there was no protagonist involved. Now that Utsunomiya Mina has lost power, Haruhiko and her confrontation begins, officially starting the journey of depravity and surrender.

(End of chapter)