Chapter 303



303 High-level investigator

just as zhao xu was thinking about this, frostsword had already arranged for the guild members under him to assemble the bamboo poles that they had brought with them from the start. then, they went to the bottom of the mud to test the depth.

at the same time, he also arranged for combat personnel to stand guard in the surroundings, in case of an attack that could come at any time. it had to be said that when a team had a full 40 people, there would be enough manpower to do whatever they wanted.

the entire muddy land was more than a hundred meters long and wide. although it did not smell bad, the only thing floating on it was the dead leaves that had just fallen.

at this time, they judged that the muddy area in front of them was less than a meter deep. the four rogues who were responsible for finding the entrance to the stone room walked into the mud one by one. their steps were very cautious. they first used a bamboo pole to check the depth of each step before continuing to move forward.

zhao xu, who was very concerned about the notes in the stone room, felt that this was a little too much of a coincidence. but for him, there was nothing he couldn’t do right now. he would take as many as he could.

The only problem was that when he saw the notebook, he couldn’t ask for it. Otherwise, everyone would think that he wanted to keep the mage Tower for himself.

zhao xu wasn’t nervous at all. since he was going to be the final owner of the wizard tower, then frostsword would naturally be handed over to him as well. otherwise, zhao xu would be in a lot of trouble even with the wizard tower.

so zhao xu had to make sure that they could enter the wizard tower. otherwise, no matter how many reasons zhao xu had, he wouldn’t be able to ask frostsword for it.

at this moment, frostsword looked at the old and gray parchment map in his hand and continuously directed the four rogues in the mud to move forward.

As they went deeper, the depth of the mud had begun to exceed the chests of the Rogues.

The high strength warriors on the shore who had specially used ropes to hold the Rogues also began to tighten their grip on the ropes.

“there’s a raised platform.” suddenly, the rogue who was leading the way shouted excitedly. his steps completely stopped, obviously he had kicked something.

At this time, a rogue raised his dagger and stood on the side to be on guard, while another stood a little further away to avoid any explosion on the raised stone platform.

The other two adventurers were in charge of breaking the sealed stone platform.

however, the slightly raised stone platform was only as tall as a stone block and was completely below their knees. if they crouched down, the mud would completely submerge their heads.

In short, these rogues ‘hands were not long enough, unless they had trained to crack mechanisms with their feet.

Frostsword, who was on the shore, frowned when he heard the feedback from the Rogues.

When they first drew up the plan and carried out the simulation on the sandbox, they did not expect such a situation at all. They did not even prepare a few reeds for breathing.

thief Zhi, why don’t you stick your butt out and try? the mud has only just reached your head. Frostsword gave a suggestion based on everyone’s opinions.

“damn it, try lifting your butt.” The Rogue Bandit complained after hearing this. At this time, he had already bent down to feel the distance from the stone platform.

“The mud is just above our heads. It’s not easy.” Thief Zhi continued.

zhao xu could feel that the spell notes were all right in front of him, and he didn’t want to cause any more trouble, so he asked, ” “If you’re taller, your head should be able to be exposed, right?”

“that’s for sure,” bandit zhi shouted.

however, he immediately felt that something was wrong.

at this moment, zhao xu, who was on the shore, had already started chanting after throwing out a pile of iron powder.

The scattered iron powder immediately turned into a deep light and attached itself to Dao Zhi’s body. His entire body began to grow in size, and his height and the length of his limbs grew proportionally.

In the end, when thief’s end was three meters faster, the transformation finally stopped. At that moment, he looked at Zhao Xu with a confused expression on his face.

“this is the human gigantification spell. it can make your body grow by one level and become a ‘large creature’. This way, you won’t be drowned by the mud because you’re too short. Hurry up, it’s only five minutes.” Even though Zhao Xu was quite a distance away, he still spoke slowly.

when thief felt the effects of the level 1 giant transformation spell on his body, he didn’t dare to argue with zhao xu about his height. he immediately gritted his teeth and reached his hand down to feel around the stone platform to see if there were any tricks to it.

after a few minutes, thief zhi suddenly looked happy and shouted, ” “I’ve touched it.”

then, the originally calm ground started to shake.

When Zhao Xu saw this, he also started preparing the spell for the flight spell.

if anything went wrong, he would cast a spell.

in an instant, a rumbling sound came from the entire sludge pool. it was as if gears that had been moving for a long time had finally started to shake, but it was still not enough.

“alert!” Frostsword immediately shouted.

with a swing of their arms, all the rangers raised the longbows in their hands and aimed directly at the rogues near the stone platform, as if they were the real enemies.

But Zhao Xu wasn’t nervous at all. He had already seen similar methods in the underground temple, such as using gears and machinery to control the opening and closing of the door.

Rogue Bandit, who had grown in size, had retreated a little at this moment, as if he had not realized that he had caused such a shock.

at this moment, a cylindrical stone platform that looked like a deep well slowly rose from the mud pool. it brought out the mud that had accumulated below, revealing all kinds of rotten things. everyone present felt nauseated.

The rising Ishii was surrounded by bricks, and the height of the well itself was even higher than the height of everyone present. They had originally crouched down to feel around, but now they had to climb up to observe.

however, after the robbery became more serious, he easily climbed up the stone well. then, according to his experience in studying mechanisms, he easily removed the cover that was sealed above the stone well.

guild leader, there’s a tunnel down there. It’s a little deep. As he spoke, thief Zhi gently threw a stone. After a few seconds, everyone heard the sound of the stone falling deeply.

the well was very deep.

at this moment, frostsword also knew that he had to hurry. he had to quickly enter the stone well and explore the notebook that recorded the map.

He immediately arranged for people to follow him down the well and into the stone room.

Since the mage had left this stone room for his descendants, he would not have set up any complicated traps, so no one was too worried.

At this moment, Zhao Xu also indicated that he could go down with them. Even though frostsword was a little confused, he still agreed.

just like that, the people who were arranged to go down the well followed the safe route that they had taken at the beginning. they slowly waded through the mud and finally climbed into the stone well one by one with the help of the bandits. even the rogues who were on guard went in.

zhao xu didn’t think too much about it. the stone well wasn’t too far away from him, so he activated the teleportation boots on his feet and appeared above the stone well in the blink of an eye.

the players who were observing the situation were stunned. they didn’t expect the gale mage to use his spell slots to hurry on his way without even walking through the mud.

when zhao xu arrived at the stone well, he noticed that there were protruding stone steps on the inner wall of the well, which was made of bricks and stones. he could slowly climb down the steps.

and so, zhao xu followed the others who had already climbed down and continued to trigger the skill.

At the end of the climb, the bottom was completely empty. It was a large room. Zhao Xu let go and jumped up, landing on the ground.

There was a spacious room at the bottom of the stone well. The surrounding wall bricks were piled up neatly without a single gap. It was hard to imagine that someone had built such a secret room under the mud a hundred years ago.

at the end of this very spacious secret room, there was a similar stone door. the two rogues were staring at the lock of the stone door in a daze.

“what’s the matter?” Frostsword asked.

“There’s a trap here. We have to break it first.” a rogue who specialized in unlocking and removing traps said. this was also the reason why he came down.

as soon as he finished, he reached out and unlocked the door with another rogue.

However, as time passed, the two rogues ‘foreheads were sweating more and more.

until one of the rogues stopped, his face pale from exhaustion, he kept shaking his head and said, ” “i can’t crack it at all.”

the six or seven people at the side all felt a little strange.

The trap didn’t trigger, but it couldn’t be removed.

frost sword was also a little anxious. they had already been targeted, and it would be very unjust if they were blocked here.

“Let me see?” zhao xu hadn’t come down to show off, but when he saw that his team had been trapped by a door lock trap, he also walked up to them.

At this moment, the other rogue also stopped. He looked at Zhao Xu and said helplessly, ” “mr. gale, you mages are the best at casting spells, but you still have to ask us rogues to remove the traps.”

Zhao Xu didn’t seem to mind and just smiled. He pointed at the trap on the lock that hadn’t been triggered and asked, ” “It hasn’t been undone, but it won’t trigger?”

at this time, the rogue suddenly understood and nodded. ” “Yes, I am.”

When Zhao Xu saw this, he couldn’t help but shake his head. That wizard really liked to tease his descendants.

At this moment, Chen nuo, who had also followed Zhao Xu, thought that Zhao Xu was going to use brute force to break it, so he quickly shouted, ” “you won’t be able to open the stone door with a knocking spell unless you have a fifth-circle wall-passing spell.”

“No,” Zhao Xu said happily,”it’s the second circle’s Phantom trap.”

after he said that, zhao xu gently touched his backpack. suddenly, the mechanical trap on the stone door’s lock seemed to have changed into a spell and was directly transferred to zhao xu’s backpack.

the trap on the door had disappeared.

but zhao xu didn’t even try to wipe it away. in fact, the target of the spell he had just cast was his own backpack.

the entire process was like magic.

zhao xu’s focus wasn’t on locking the door anymore. he knew that he needed to take over the role of the director.

He immediately took out a proof badge and said to everyone present, ” ” gale, a senior investigator of rose cross. we are now investigating the extension of the secret temple. we may need your cooperation in the following process. ”

rose cross was a secret organization in mystra that was responsible for investigating mysterious events. it was also the strongest fighting force apart from the magic guards.

The priest, clear sky, who believed in the goddess, immediately turned his body sideways to show his respect to Zhao Xu.

except for him, the hearts of all the players present could not help but jump. it was actually a high-level investigator!

were they involved in mystra’s hidden mission?

there was a deeper secret to this mage tower mission?