Chapter 33: Out of Control (Part 1)
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Although Salin did not know how to build alchemy, he was proficient in the principles of magic. The buildings around the tower were obviously inconsistent with the original castle buildings. Although they deliberately used old things and even had traces of using magic to erode, Salin still could tell that those buildings were built later.
Four tall buildings built later made the tower a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. There must be some unknown secrets hidden in this tower.
If Enni dares to attack Baron Cook, it is impossible for him to know some of the following things.
"Altar." After saying the word, Aini started coughing violently.
“Is there any danger?”
"Yes." Eni stopped coughing and said, "I'll let Franmine go down first."
The iron plate had almost been corroded by the acid liquid. A soldier fell into the fog and fell near Salin, motionless and completely dead. Franmine waved his heavy sword and slashed a stubborn entrance on the iron plate. Salin released two fluoroscopic techniques to illuminate the road below.
In the green fluorescent light, a tall figure lay on his head and feet in the middle of the steps, and a sword-blade spear penetrated from his heart, nailing the man to the ground.
The mercenaries of the Nut Mercenary Group were in front, Aini was walking in the middle, and Salin was walking at the end. When he walked more than ten meters and was almost at the lower level, Aini stopped.
"Salin, the medicinal power of the poison pills is still there."
Salin released a cleaning technique, which is a level 0 magic. Salin is usually used to clean his body. In fact, at the beginning of his creation, this magic was not for bathing or washing clothes, but for dispelling poisonous fog. Like the first-level magic of the fire system, the cleaning technique is now regarded as a life magic.
The poisonous mist below was quickly eliminated by the cleaning technique. Aini was no longer surprised. Salin's magic use exceeded his cognition.
This floor can lead to the ground, but the path of entry and exit has been completely sealed by the metal gate, making it an enclosed space. There were tables and chairs in the room. Inni directed Franmine to push the table away to reveal the iron plate below. This time, complex magic patterns appeared on the iron plate.
Magic Lock? Salin frowned.
The magic lock is just a level 0 magic, but the effect is very different depending on the level of the spellcaster. This is also the category of alchemy. Salin looked at Enni lying on the ground and studied the magic pattern, and felt a little regretful. If he had known Enni's personality, he would have revengeed, and he would not have let him insult Enni swear.
Now he is standing on the same boat with Aini, it is too late to say anything. Since he offended the Baron, don't offend the Clyde family again.
There is no way out before my eyes and I want to turn back! Salin remembered another magical motto.
Salin likes to control the situation, which is a necessary quality for an excellent magician, but Aini makes the situation out of control. He only knows that the mage who shoots fireballs is not a good mage, but it will not be the worst. The worst mage will mess up the situation. If Aini can tolerate Salin until he settles the situation, it would be better to take revenge again.
"How long will it take?" Salin was a little anxious. He didn't know how long Baron Cook could hold on top.
"Fortunately, it's the gate of Better." Eni smiled and took out a key directly, inserting it into the small hole in the middle of the magic pattern. His hand gently twisted the key, and the magic pattern cracked from it, divided into three parts, revealing the entrance.
"Franmingo, you stay here, no matter who gets close, kill me." Aini ordered, letting the rest of the Nut Mercenary Group enter the cave first. Franmingo had completely lost his will to resist, answered muffled, holding a heavy sword, facing the steps above the tower.
When he entered the ground, a cold wind blew, with a decay smell. Salin immediately released a cleaning technique to try to make the air underground less dirty. Then he added two more fluoroscopic techniques and expanded the lighting range.
The steps were wide and long. Salin counted in his heart. After walking down more than 1,400 steps, the group of people came to the flat ground.
This is a natural crypt, dark and wide. In the middle of the crypt is a square altar.
In the center is a stone platform one meter high, and the rectangular stone platform is engraved with black magic symbols. There are twisted patterns between the symbols, which penetrate deep into the stone, forming a coherent groove. Salin smelled the smell of blood, and Neris became more sensitive. She swallowed her saliva and seemed to see the sacrifices of the past lying on the stone platform.
The black magician likes to cut human blood vessels and place them on the altar to allow the blood to slowly dry. This blood will flow into the collector along the grooves between the magic symbols as part of the sacrifice.
"How do we leave?" Salin looked around and saw no other passage.
"There will be a way out for offering sacrifices." Aini answered calmly. He was much more familiar with the history of the Qinin Empire than Salin. He also knew the altar of the Black Magician more thoroughly.
Sacrifice?
Salin looked at the four mercenaries of the Nut Mercenary Group, feeling sad for them. But Salin would not plead for these people. Baron Cook would probably be in danger. When the scarecrow came in, he would also be done with him.
Aini commanded four mercenaries to lie on the stone platform of the altar automatically. He took out a knife, suddenly turned around and asked Salin: "Do you think I'm too cruel?"
Salin looked into the eyes of the four mercenaries. These people had not completely lost their minds. They were confused and fearful. That was their attachment to life.
"No one in this world is innocent." Salin replied calmly.
"If my sacrifice will increase the power of the black magician and awaken the demon god?" Eni pressed the mercenary's neck lightly with his fingers to find the vein. Under the illumination of fluorescence, his slightly sick face looked a little gloomy.
"It's better than we die here." Salin's tone was filled with a hint of resentment. Enni was too cautious and was still testing his bottom line.
"As soon as the demon comes out, the creatures are in trouble..."
Aini's knife shone with a cold light, pressing against the mercenary's neck, looking at Salin.
"Eni, if you procrastinate, we will not see the day when the creatures are damaged." Salin looked at Enni's eyes and heard the sound of weapons above him. Franmine had already encountered the enemy, and I don't know if it was Baron Cook or the headless knight.
Salin's eyes were clear and cold, and there was no struggle in his heart. He was not a martyr, and even if the demon god was really resurrected because of this sacrifice, Salin did not intend to give up.
Death or escape, this is not a question. But he dared not answer Aini's words directly, because he did not know all the secrets of contract magic. The lessons of the people of the Nut Mercenary Group made Salin alert.
Aini smiled, the knife in his hand pierced the mercenary's meridians, and blood gushed out and flowed into the stone trough, gradually gathering in a magic circle on the stone platform. Aini's hands were extremely stable, cutting the mercenary's necks one by one, and throwing the knife down in disgust. He had a kind of hatred for the black magic from the bottom of his heart, but in order to survive, he had to use blood to open the door to the altar.
Blood flowed into the stone trough more and more, and the magic circle emitted a dim light, covering the entire stone platform. A heavy metal mechanical sound rang out, and the stone platform was divided into two, revealing a dark cave.
Black magic does not rely on the power of elements, so in the era when the black magicians were rampant, many alchemists were captured to serve the black magicians. Even if most alchemists refused to cooperate, there would always be people who were afraid of death to create some mechanisms and equipment for the black magicians.
"It seems that there is no trouble." Aini pretended to be relaxed, lifted his weapon and waved it twice. The flames spewed out from the hollowed-out parts on both sides of his weapon, illuminating the situation in the cave.
According to the description of "Book of Taboos", the passage behind the altar is where the black magician enters and exits. People who believe in black magic use blood to sacrifice. The door of darkness is opened, and the black magician will appear and grant the believer the power of the demon god.
So the magicians refused to admit that this was magic and believed that this was a kind of magic.
A strong vibration suddenly appeared in the cave, and the surrounding stone walls also trembled. Cracked appeared on the smooth stone walls, and pieces of huge rocks split out and fell to the ground. Then the huge rocks developed hands and feet, slowly climbed up, and gradually formed a personal stone statue.
"Go away quickly, it's a stone statue array!" Salin roared, and Aini didn't dare to stay. No matter whether there was any danger in the passage, it was safer than staying in the stone statue array.
Aini quickly walked into the passage, and Shika followed him and deliberately separated Aini and Salin. She felt that Aini was a dangerous person. Although Aini and Salin were both magicians of very low level, and he didn't even have magic strings, Shika still didn't dare to take it lightly.
Behind the short passage is a stone chamber, which is very clean and has no remains. The black magician was waiting for the worshippers to sacrifice here. There is another passage behind the stone chamber. The black magician did not understand the principle of the teleportation array, but instead allowed Salin and others to leave smoothly.
The tunnel was dark and there was a crackling sound under my feet. Salin couldn't help but look at the ground, but saw white bones everywhere, all smashed into pieces and spread in the passage. The bones did not emit phosphorescence, and they were obviously refined by black magic before this.
"Ani, how could there be a road to bones!" Salin didn't know much about black magic, but the road to bones was famous. This altar could really awaken the place where the demon god was. Salin became nervous. Why didn't such a place be completely destroyed? It was a disaster to stay.
"How did I know? It was not written in the book!" Aini's face became even more ugly. The appearance of the road to bones made him lose his confidence. The layout here turned out to be the most advanced black magic altar.
There are many forks on both sides of the Bone Road, but they are all dead ends. Legend has it that they are used to hide soldiers. The four of them walked quickly and walked for more than ten minutes. They probably had left the area of the castle and came to a huge cave.
The flames of weapons in Aini's hand illuminated the entire cave. When the wind blew, the flames made a sound of rushing. The scenery in the cave was completely visible, and even Shika's face changed.
Chapter completed!