Chapter 626: The 'Gate'
"I'm not as strict as you say, at least for now, these organs can't stop me!" Armstrong smiled and patted Li Zijun on the shoulder:
"In this way, I promise you: as soon as I perceive danger, I will immediately return the way I came!
"If you have to go in, then you must take me with you! You are invited by me, I must not let you go in alone and take risks!" Li Zijun made up his mind, stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the archmage.
"Don't you worry about me?"
"Say whatever you want, if you don't take me with you, I won't let you in!"
"Okay! You don't know how to do it, but you can give me some protection behind me! But we have to say beforehand: you can only follow me closely, and no matter what you see, as long as I don't say anything, you must not act rashly!"
"Don't worry! I'm your plaster now, and I won't talk nonsense without your orders!" Li Zijun said as he exaggeratedly covered his mouth.
The archmage looked at Li Zijun and shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked to the flipping door, and looked at the flipping door carefully several times up and down, inside and out.
"Do you want me to make a fireball so you can see it more clearly?" Li Zijun was worried that the archmage had missed something, so he stepped forward and whispered.
Unexpectedly, Li Zijun's Jian yƬ immediately summoned the archmage with a roll of his eyes, and he hurriedly closed his mouth.
"Do you see this ashlar in the door? When I say 'go' in a moment, you must stand up immediately. Do you understand?"
This time, Li Zijun didn't dare to speak casually anymore, and nodded obediently.
"Let's go!" the archmage raised his leg and slammed it towards the flipping door, and stepped inside. And Li Zijun was also flipping the door at the moment when it was about to close. Stand in the position that the Archmage had previously designated!
"Kick, kick, kick!" Before Li Zijun could figure out the situation, the position they had made had already sunk three times in a row. It's more than a meter every time!
Grandma's, this can't be the rhythm of being buried alive, right? Li Zijun couldn't stop beating the drums in his heart. Peeked at the archmage in front of him. Finding that he was still as calm and relaxed as before, Li Zijun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Bang!" After the stone slab under their feet stabilized, there was a crisp sound above their heads, and a thick steel plate appeared above them, blocking their retreat.
At the same time, two sparkling gems also revealed their shapes, instantly freeing the archmage and Li Zijun from the darkness.
Although this light did not actually help Li Zijun, it made his heart much calmer. After looking around, Li Zijun found that he and the archmage were standing in a space of less than two square meters at the moment.
The walls on all four sides are made of heavy marble. Each wall is also painted with a different pattern. Although Li Zijun is not good at this, he can still see at a glance that these are the handiwork of the eldest prince.
Thinking of the scene where the eldest prince was sweating and painting alone, Li Zijun couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head!
Looking closely, Li Zijun found that these four paintings have a common feature, each painting has a door, and they are actually real 'doors'!
Li Zijun wanted to tell the archmage of his discovery, but then he suddenly saw that the archmage was squatting on the ground, staring at the ashlar under his feet in a daze.
My heart moved. Li Zijun withdrew his outstretched arm, quietly stepped aside, and began to continue admiring the eldest prince's 'masterpiece'! Gradually, he seemed to see some clues in the painting, and his brows couldn't help but furrow more and more.
"Ed. What have you discovered?" asked the archmage in a low voice as he gently nudged Li Zijun.
During the time when Li Zijun was in a daze at the mural, the archmage had already completed his inspection of the ground.
"Archmage. I feel that these four paintings represent four stories, and. There must be some kind of special connection between them!"
"Tell me what you think!"
"Let's look at this painting on the east side first: a group of colorful teenagers are like stars holding the moon, embracing a peerless beauty!"
Although these teenagers tried their best to show off, the mind of this beautiful woman was obviously not on them. She had been anxiously watching the door. It's obvious that she's waiting for the person she really has a soft spot for!"
The painting to the south depicts a general in military uniform, about to go on an expedition, who seems to be stuffing something into his chest as he walks out the door. Look at this, the thing in his arms is like a champa, a woman's champa!" Speaking of this, Li Zijun turned his head and cast an inquiring glance at the archmage.
The archmage didn't say anything, just nodded slightly to Li Zijun.
"The west side is the only landscape painting here that doesn't have a figure! it looks a bit like a palace, with all sorts of strange runes painted on the gate to enter it. The palace itself is actually nothing, but I don't know what the reason is, I always feel that this palace is very weird, eerie, and terrifying!"
Hearing Li Zijun say this, the archmage suddenly laughed.
"Archmage, is there something wrong with me?"
"That's right, you go on!" the archmage smiled and waved his hand at Li Zijun, motioning for him to continue.
"This one on the north wall is not so much a painting as a charm, and it seems to be more accurate! Except for the door that is painted normally, the other places I think are more like a curse, who is cursing at the moment!"
"You're right, this is a curse! a curse from the Cult of the Dark Moon God! a curse on the thing connected to it. The archmage nodded, confirming Li Zijun's guess.
"What do you mean it's going to curse the woman and the palace?"
"That's exactly what it means! You've said so much, if you had to choose now, which door would you finally choose to open?"
"The reason why 'waiting' is a torment is because the 'waiting door' will most likely never be opened!
"'Success' is everyone's dream, and the dream in this mural seems to have come true. If I hadn't known the Great Prince very well, I might have chosen the 'Gate of Success', but for now, it can only be my choice;"
"You laughed when I mentioned this palace just now, and you obviously wanted to tell me that this was not what I felt! I wouldn't have chosen this door, but with your hint, I have strengthened my previous judgment: I can't go here;"
"You're trying to say that Vorster already guessed that I was going to be here?"
"At least you'll be the first person in his mind to open the secret passage!" With such a judgment, do you think he might really have a 'light' behind this door?"
"And that's not even counting the state of mind of the eldest prince when he painted this mural! you're used to seeing this place as 'home,' and I"
"This is where Vorster and I first met!" the Archmage sighed deeply before he could say the rest of the words, saying what this palace meant to him and Vorster.
Hearing the archmage's words, Li Zijun immediately stopped talking, he didn't know if he should continue to analyze.
"It's nothing! When people get old, they always remember the past, feel the past, and then say, I'm fine!"
"I have to say that the eldest prince's state of mind is very different from when you first met, although this is a 'cursed door', I really want it to lead us to the secret room!"
"Your guess is consistent with the results of my investigation! I didn't expect Vorster to become like this!"
"Doesn't that mean we're going to leave this hellish place soon?!" Li Zijun suddenly became excited.
"It's not as simple as you say, we still have some things to do before we open that door!" the archmage looked at Li Zijun and smiled, motioning for him to stand back.
"Bang!" the archmage opened the 'Gate of Success' first, only instead of entering the passage behind the door, he watched it return to its original position.
Immediately, the Archmage did the same thing to the 'Gate of Light'.
Just when Li Zijun was puzzled, the 'waiting door' opened strangely with a 'click'.
This time, the archmage did not wait any longer, and he quickly closed the 'Waiting Door'.
"Click!" The 'Cursed Door' was also opened, but it was the only stone door that opened outwards unlike the other three doors.
"Don't move!" Li Zijun was about to walk forward, but the archmage grabbed him.
At the moment when Li Zijun paused, countless steel needles flashing blue light appeared in front of him, and they appeared behind the door crossingly.
"Grandma, isn't this eldest prince afraid that he forgot the mechanism here that day and was killed here by mistake?" Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Zijun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"If you were him, would you forget?" the archmage looked at Li Zijun and stepped into the secret passage.
"If I were him, I wouldn't have the spare time to get these things!" Li Zijun didn't dare to slack off, followed in the footsteps of the archmage, and went up.
The two of them passed a corner, and a spiraling, downward staircase appeared in front of them.
"You're doing the right thing, but you're not the only one doing it!"
"You're not talking about the sixth prince, are you?" Li Zijun shook his head with a little disdain.
"Don't trust your eyes so much! At least you're wrong!"
"You must not know that Abraham is also a master of the Holy Rank! and his strength is by no means inferior to his uncle Olier!"
"What? You're not kidding me, are you?!" Li Zijun has been in close contact with the sixth prince many times, and he has never felt how prominent the sixth prince's martial arts are! (To be continued......)