VAI swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously. Obviously, he was also afraid, but he still said, "Kael, don't scare yourself."
Cael stopped talking at this time. He was afraid of the real crow's mouth.
Although he is only an apprentice and his inspiration is not as strong as that of a formal wizard, he will be a little "surprised" from time to time. And this kind of surprise, in straight white words, is good but bad.
Kael prayed silently in his heart: just now he just talked nonsense. Don't work, don't
"Although VAI is a little wrong, at least what he said is right." Angel could not bear to see the two apprentices shaking together. He said, "there is really a fork of normal size, and it is the same as the dog cave. In fact, it is easier for us to find the clue. Don't underestimate the ability of a wizard."
Angel didn't say that to comfort them, and it was true.
Although they don't seem to be wary, they go straight ahead without fear at all. But both angel and count black are observing the surrounding details in their own way.
For example, the olfactory location set by the black count. In addition, angel also observed the direction of the magic patterns on the surrounding walls and the ground all the way.
Assuming that the dog cave is large enough to be true, the corresponding size must correspond to the corresponding complex magic patterns. Angel can determine the specific situation through the direction of the magic pattern, which is easier to judge than the current dog hole.
Angel: "well, I'm really looking forward to having a dog hole the size you said, which can just solve our doubts. Is it an artificially controlled trap or... Some kind of creature?"
Wood can become spirit, and the stone on the wall can become spirit. Isn't this the basic operation? Of course, you can think of it this way. The real objects that produce spirits need the harmony of time, place and people. Otherwise, there will not be so few spirits in the wizard world.
Everyone else listened to angel's words in the opposite direction. After all, who would want to encounter unknown dangers on the way of exploration?
However, angel really wants to meet a large "dog hole", which is only the second thing. What he wants to know is, what is the reason for the "dog hole" to find their existence?
You know, this is not the first time.
Although outsiders only regard angel's main job as an alchemist, angel's own ranking is dominated by magic and supplemented by Alchemy.
In fact, angel did. As long as his magic power is added, even Sanders can't break it at a glance. This means that angel's illusory attainments have far exceeded his own realm. Even if you encounter an opponent of true knowledge level, it's not difficult to control each other briefly through magic.
But this time, angel suffered a series of Waterloo in what he thought was his best illusion.
When the dog hole first appeared, angel didn't care because he didn't know the principle of the dog hole.
Later, I heard the black count say that when the dog hole will open, no one will close. At that time, although he didn't show anything, he silently wrote it down in his heart.
Until later, before they entered the smelly ditch, angel strengthened the concealment ability of the dreamland under the guise of adding several layers of purification force field. Angel just subconsciously took this precaution. Unexpectedly, he really encountered a dog hole for the second time.
However, this time, under the enhanced illusion, the dog cave still found them in the illusion.
This makes Angel very eager to know how the dog hole senses them? The answer to this question may further his understanding of nightmare magic. Even if it doesn't work, it can at least make up for the shortcomings of illusion.
It can be said that whatever the answer is, it is an essential improvement for angel.
If he hadn't been the leader of the expedition, angel might have gone to study the dog cave now. However, this matter is not urgent. As long as the underground maze is still there, he believes he will encounter the dog cave again
Even if the reality can't be met, isn't there a nightmare world?
……
Angel restrained his restless mind, took a deep breath and returned to the "reliable leader".
"Don't worry about the dog hole for the time being. Our purpose this time is not a dog hole."
"Go on. If you don't take the wrong way, it shouldn't be too far from the prison ladder." Angel: "after all, the day said that the wood spirit was a little counseling. If it really ran here, it wouldn't run too far."
Because the monsters in the smelly ditch are much more terrible than the witches and ghosts above.
Even if the wood spirit can rely on the talent of "pretending to be dead" to pretend to be dead for several years, it will not be found by the demon, but Angel believes that even so, it is basically impossible for it to stay in the smelly ditch for too long.
It is full of darkness, filth, filth and unbearable smell. Even the energy life of Su Ling has to return to the purification field, not to mention the wood spirit with its own "pure aura"?
"Reason is this reason, but the premise is that we really don't go wrong." Dox muttered.
Angel didn't take the wrong way, but he'll know if he goes a distance further. If there are a large number of demon traces nearby, it can be basically confirmed that it is the wrong way. And vice versa.
Get back on the road.
But this time, the atmosphere was much silent.
It was not until Angel projected a familiar pattern onto the light screen that the stagnant atmosphere began to dissolve in doubts.
This pattern is slightly broken, and even the color has almost fallen, but the general outline can still be seen.
A black hollow circle is evenly divided into two halves by chamfered lines, and there is a silhouette in each of the two semicircles.
The specific face can't be seen clearly, but we can know that in the left semicircle is a man wearing a hat and in the right semicircle is a woman with long hair.
If you see this pattern for the first time, people will be confused. But not long ago as like as two peas, they saw the same pattern, and the pattern was still intact and clear.
"This is... The pattern of the demon God of the mirror?" Dox frowned. "Where did you find it?"
Angel first pointed in a direction, but because it was dark and dirty outside, they didn't put their spiritual power out. So, in the end, angel clearly simulated the place where the pattern was found through the phantom screen.
The first picture is a broken and mottled wall, which is normal in the smelly ditch. It is basically corroded by the dark and dirty gas. In the middle of the wall, there was a raised platform, on which lay a thin body like dry wax. The corpse's dry skin was engraved with the pattern of the demon God of the mirror.
"Is this a wax seal?" The black count doubted.
Angel nodded: "well, the wax used for wax sealing after death is quite high. Judging from the patterns on his body, the identity of this wax corpse may be one of the demons in those years."
Dox wondered, "if so, this is a wax corpse nearly ten thousand years old?"
Angel: "because the wax grade is very good, I can't rule out that it can be sealed for ten thousand years. But the specific situation, I didn't directly touch the wax body, so I still can't judge it accurately."
After a pause, angel asked, "do you want to go and have a look?"
VAI: Yes... Is it dangerous
Angel shook his head: "I don't know, but the message from Earl Fan said that he didn't perceive the living creature. However, the position of the body was quite strange. The high platform protruding from the middle of the wall... It was like a special wax body."
Because the location of the wax corpse was a little strange, angel didn't directly take the people there, but first simulated it with an illusion and listened to the opinions of the people.
"Since there are strange places, don't go? Anyway, I have seen the body and know that he may be a believer of the mirror demon God." VAI said timidly.
Angel did not immediately express his opinion, but looked at the others, to be exact, at DOX and the count of black.
It is rare for DOX not to express his opinion. Instead, after a moment of silence, the black count said, "go and have a look. My previous inspiration has not changed. At least there is no danger that can threaten us here."
At the end of his speech, the black count knocked angel on the shoulder with a slate, as if to signal him to hurry forward.
However, angel was very clear. The black count was not only urging him to come forward, but also suggesting that there was really no danger here.
As for why the black count is so determined, estimated, and prophetic?
Angel, whether the previous prophecy is still working, or the count of black released another prophecy, since the count of Black said there was no danger, it's OK to go and have a look.
As soon as the black count spoke, VAI, who had been timid before, could only change his mouth. Angel also wanted to go over, and more than half of the people agreed. Seeing that the general situation had changed, DOX and cael could only nod and agree to the proposal.
The wax corpse is not far away from them, just 30 meters away, but because it is close to the wall, and there is a sewage ditch below the wall, even if Angel folds two layers of purification force field, he can vaguely smell the smell of the outside world.
Although the third layer of purification force field can be stacked, it may lead to the collapse of the light dark conversion illusion of the outer wall. Finally, angel found a middle way to let the fast spirit drive all the incoming smell to the last side, and then isolate a small space through the barrier of wind.
Because the smell was not very strong, suling didn't strike.
This made everyone... Or let vay and count black breathe a long sigh of relief.
Without smell interference, and angel improved the depth of the illusion, people can directly use their mental power to check the wax corpse.
After a long time, angel lowered the depth of the dreamland again, while maintaining the height, he also had to leave space for the quick spirit behind, which made Angel worried that Earl fans, as the main body, could not bear it. Therefore, seeing that they had observed almost the same, they contracted the illusion.
After shrinking the dreamland, angel was about to ask about the people's discovery, but before he asked, the black count took the lead.
"It's basically certain that the wax corpse was ten thousand years ago. It should have reached the realm of an official wizard before he died. The wax seal was made by others after he died, perhaps other demon believers. The patterns on his body existed before he died, so there's no doubt that he was a demon believer." The black count paused: "there is no other discovery."
Angel looked at others, including DOX, and basically shook his head. The information they found either coincided with the black count or there was no information at all.
After making sure that no one else found anything, angel opened his mouth and added: "I didn't focus on the wax corpse, but on the protruding platform. I thought the platform was original on the wall, because the magic patterns on it were smooth with other magic patterns around me."
"But after careful observation, I noticed that the blood ink used in the magic pattern on the platform was slightly different from other magic patterns. The color was not black, but dark gray. At this point, if Lord Black had just used his sense of smell, he should be able to smell the difference in the taste of blood ink."
The black count didn't say anything. He didn't use his sense of smell just now. The main reason is that his sense of smell is too sensitive. Even if suling dispels the infiltrating smell to one side, he can still smell clearly as long as he clocks in his sense of smell.
"Through the difference between blood and ink, I can be sure that this platform is not original. It was built by a latecomer, and the other party knows magic patterns very well."
Dox's face was suspicious: "who would be so bored that he deliberately built a platform to put the body?"
Angel: "I didn't say that the purpose of building the platform is to release the bodies. But your guess is probably right."
"As for why a high-altitude platform was built, perhaps it was because the identity of the corpse was familiar to each other. I couldn't bear to see him exposed to the ground, eroded by dirt and eaten by demons."
Dox: "if you have the idea of building a platform, why don't you leave with the body?"
Angel shrugged: "I don't know. Maybe the existence of the construction platform didn't leave the underground maze."
Dox keenly captured that angel did not mention that the builder was a "person" this time, but said the "existence" of the construction platform, and directly said that the other party may not have left.
This is almost not implied, but expressed that the platform is likely to be built by an old monster who has lived for thousands of years who knows alchemy, can cruise around the underground maze and often comes to the prison ladder?
Dox: "so, the existence who built the platform knows the demon believers?"
Angel: "you don't necessarily know a magician, but this person. For example, you know angel of an alchemist, not angel of a Magic Wizard."
Man himself is multifaceted, but he often shows only one side outside. But some people are different. They are more inclined to play different identities in different aspects. Wax corpse may be the latter. His identity may be a jailer of the prison ladder, or other celebrities in Nara City, but at the same time, he is also a believer of the mirror demon God.
Of course, we can't be completely sure. Maybe he is also a spy planted by other organizations in the sect of mirror demon God.
So, you can't just look at it.
The existence may know the demon God believer, or may not know the identity of the wax corpse demon God believer.
The specific answer can only be known from the mouth of the existence. However, what Angel hopes more is that they'd better not meet the existence.
Angel: "if we don't find anything else, let's leave here first. In other words, any of you who are interested in wax corpses can also take them away together. The wax seal seals most of the energy. The passage of soyi energy is not serious and should be quite valuable."
Angel's remarks were mainly directed at DOX. Wai and Kael, they obviously dislike the wax corpse. Needless to ask, they can't take a corpse with them.
However, DOX also rejected this tempting proposal. If angel doesn't suggest that the wax corpse may have something to do with that existence, DOX may really take the wax corpse.
But they may face the presence face to face soon, in which case he won't ask for trouble.
Since DOX also refused, angel did not hesitate and motioned the people to move on.
Demons appeared here, and angel always guessed that the target of demons' attack was the hanging prison ladder, so he firmly believed that he didn't go wrong and the hanging prison ladder should not be far away.
With energy, they quickly left the platform and disappeared into the darkness.
However, angel didn't find it. Not long after the people left, a green light suddenly flashed on the wax corpse on the platform.
The place with green awn is the pattern of the demon God of the mirror on the skin of the wax corpse.
……
At the same time, in this underground maze, a hidden dark space.
A joking voice sounded: "adanis, who only likes to sleep, don't come and have a look. What did I find?"
After a moment of silence, a slightly lazy female voice rang out: "it's just the descendants of Noah, and the blood is so weak that I don't even have the qualification to step here, and I don't know what you're excited about?"
Over the years, many Noahs have explored the underground maze, but in the end, no one came here. Therefore, adanis had no expectations for these thin blooded descendants of Noah.
"Compared with Noah's descendants, I now want to see nailuo's return."
"Nailuo returns, nailuo returns, all saying this. But does he really have a way to return?" The banter in front suddenly became low.
"Who knows, but those obsessed people always talk about it. What they say is really possible." The lazy female voice paused: "all right, I'll continue to practice. Don't make any noise until Nara returns."
"Are you practicing? You're just sleeping!"
"I once met a spirit who told me that I could practice in my dream. Anyway, I have time. I'm practicing now."
"The spirit is deceiving you."
"It doesn't matter. Even if it's cheating, I still like the feeling of practice."
"To put it bluntly, you just love to sleep... After you sleep, I'm lonely. There's no one to talk with me."
"Shut up and I'll smash you if you talk again. Moreover, I don't want to talk to people who don't have their mouth covered up!"
After the words, after a burst of wronged whispers, silence returned to the dark space again.
Long and long silence.