"No need to remind me, my eyes are fine... I didn't expect that it requires space-related runes to open it, so the church couldn't find it. If you hadn't prompted me to gather nearby elements, I wouldn't have been able to find it.
here."
Guessing in his mind, Shade lowered his head to check the passage in front of him, but the bloody footprints did not extend in:
"A hundred years ago, at least one of the two nine-ring warlocks knew about this place and tried to use blood to open the passage. That's why the blood stains on the wall looked like they were smeared, but they failed to walk in in the end because the opening method had nothing to do with the blood stains.
Did they fight over this secret? But why did they die together? Are they really crazy? "
【You have come into contact with "miracle".】
"Are you sure there are only miracles ahead and no blasphemous elements related to evil gods? Or whispering elements related to relics?"
Shade asked, the woman's whispering voice in his ear was actually particularly useful.
【At least not yet.】
After thinking for a while, he bent down, picked up the oil lamp, and carried the cat into the passage revealed on the basement wall. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall became solid again.
The passage is not long, and there is an open space at the other end.
The oil lamp illuminated this place, a standard circular space with a height only slightly higher than the basement outside. There was a strange smell of orange in the air, rather than the decay of the basement that had not been occupied for a long time. There were piles of piles beside the curved walls.
There are sundries and books, and a white stone statue is placed in the center of the space.
The base is a circular platform, and on the platform stands a statue of a man with two heads, both of which have no faces. He is holding a book in his left hand, and his right hand is pointing forward. The direction the fingers are pointing is that of Shade and Mia.
direction.
The two-headed man wears a rolled-up floor-length robe and is barefoot. Due to the style of the sculpture, he presents an unusually sacred posture.
Under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, the years seemed to have left no trace on the statue. After being looked at by Shade, the statue spontaneously emitted a soft holy white light, which gradually became brighter than the light of the oil lamp, illuminating it.
All here.
The surprised Shade took a step back, not because of the light, but because he had seen this two-headed statue before.
In the hall on the first floor of the Prophet's Association, among the oil paintings of the thirteen founding series of Rhodes cards, there is an image of this statue. But the card face is not a statue but a real image of a man, with his back facing the card.
Outside the card, one hand is holding a book and the other is pointing toward the "inside" of the card. The background of the card is the bizarre bubbles in the infinite starry sky.
"I remember the name of that card is - Creation Space... Is this a statue of an ancient god? It's actually under my house?"
He was surprised to think that there were still only reminders of the [Miracle] element in his ears, so Shade did not retreat. He placed little Mia and the kerosene lamp next to the wall, and told the cat not to wander around. Mia also instinctively stayed in this area.
I felt uncomfortable in the space, so I just watched Shade worriedly as he approached the statue.
When I stood on the edge, I felt nothing. I felt no discomfort at all when I came into contact with the statue of the false god [Vampire Duke Loair] not long ago.
But the closer I get, the more my head feels swollen, countless overlapping whispers echo in my head, and at the same time, my skin can feel a tearing sensation, as if a dull knife is gently scratching the skin.
In the end, Shade even had the same feeling as when he saw the saint again. Fortunately, the "divine afterglow" state was enough to offset this discomfort.
It's just a statue of an ancient god, but it actually has the same sense of oppression as the old saint.
"The first ancient gods and the later ones are really different."
He was thinking.
There is an obvious inscription engraved on the base under the white stone statue. Shade, who experienced the [Dark Box] incident, should not have interpreted it. But with just a touch of sight, he could not help but understand this sentence. This is not
Under his control, the statue of the Old God resonated with Shade's power.
His hand involuntarily touched the warm base, and the holy white light shone on his face. Shade uncontrollably read out the words:
"The original crack protects you in the infinite space."
After finishing reading, the strange state disappeared. Shade quickly took two steps back. Seeing that nothing happened, his panic subsided. He frowned and looked at the statue in front of him:
"This sentence sounds familiar."
As he murmured to himself, he thought of the words engraved on the [Time Key], "The World Tree protects you in time," and the incantation for using the Time Key is "The World Tree protects me in time."
"Could it be that?"
Shade suddenly had a bold idea.
He immediately moved away from the statue, then picked up the frightened cat by the wall and left with the oil lamp. After passing through the hidden wall, the wall automatically returned to its original state.
Shade left the first floor and returned to Room 1 on the second floor. He left the cat here while he picked up the weapons and relics. He took a deep breath at the top of the stairs and returned to the basement again when he was ready.
The moment he passed through the hidden wall and looked at the statue, the two-headed statue lit up again. Shade recited the incantation against the wall, but nothing happened, so he nervously approached the two-headed statue of the ancient god. He put his hand on the base.
Sitting on the seat, he whispered:
"May the original crack protect me in the infinite space."
After waiting for less than a second, thick white fog quickly surged in around him, wrapping Shade in it.
Standing in this slightly familiar thick fog, Shade also heard the murmuring voice coming from his ears as expected:
[Outlander, you have entered the ‘space labyrinth’. 】
[Message from the ancient god "Original Crack":]
[Existing space road signs: 1.]
"it is as expected!"
A vague trail appeared in the hazy white mist. Shade saw a bare wooden signpost erected in the trail. The wood was broken and skewed, as if it had experienced hundreds of years of wind and sun in the wild. The signpost was of ordinary style, except for the arrows.
Pointing away from the direction, a few letters were crookedly carved on the wooden stick supporting the arrow.
This is ancient writing, and the word made up of multiple letters means "1".
He was slightly excited and looked at the path in front of him which was not very long:
"Is this the key to teleportation? The Ancient God of Time can enter the past time. The statue of the Ancient God of Space can move through space?"
He didn't dare to step into the surrounding white fog easily, but he could walk into the vague path. After thinking about it, he walked over and reached out to touch the wooden sign at the end of the path.
A woman's voice whispered in her ear:
[The original rift will guide you in the direction.]
The white mist swept over the path and completely enveloped Shade who touched the road sign. He felt dizzy. When the dizziness ended, he found himself in a circular space with a white stone two-headed statue.
An expression of excitement immediately appeared on his face:
"Is this a new statue? Am I really teleported? Where am I now? What's the cooldown of the statue?"
He asked in his heart, but he heard a woman's laughter.
Only then did I think of a possibility, so I immediately looked at the wall. The oil lamp I put down a few minutes ago and the debris accumulated here were all in their original positions:
"So, this is... St. Teresa's Square passed down from St. Teresa's Square? An existing spatial landmark is actually here?"