The Record of Initiation - Legacy of the Nightmare Chapter 16 Passing on the Fire
Soon the five people reached the end - a large amount of black smoke almost condensed into liquid, squirming under the square pool in front, and a small amount of black smoke kept rising upwards and finally dissipated at the ceiling.
Maybe that's where the insect-shaped black smoke comes from. But there is a hole at the end of the pool, but the pool is fifty feet away from the hole, making it very difficult to get across. If you slip and fall into this pool, you will die no matter what.
And as Brandong got closer, the black smoke in the pool seemed to be rushing towards his face, so Brandong stared down at the pool with a very unhappy expression, but this was not the case for others.
"We probably can't jump over it with our abilities." Kino clicked his tongue.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, can't you pass this?" Fageni took a few steps back to prevent something from popping up and knocking him into it.
"This..." Sophia observed the environment here to see if there was a hidden passage that could be bypassed. If not, she could only jump over it unless she could move on the wall like a spider.
"This pool looks man-made, Brandon, what do you see?" Alexander looked around and then approached Brandong and asked worriedly.
"It feels like these smokes are condensed with negative energy like resentment, but it's not quite like it." Brandon replied. After all, as a paladin who can store positive energy in his body, his disgust level with this is indeed
Should be higher than others.
After not finding the hidden path, Sophia tried to feel the flow of magic in this location, but she couldn't sense any magic.
"This place has no magic power at all. Could it be that it was extracted?" Sophia looked down at the pool below and estimated how long it had been since the entrance to the ruins. But after experiencing many things, she could no longer estimate the experience.
Time has passed. Anyway, it must have happened after at least five or six hours.
"It's too difficult to jump over. I don't think it's possible. I have to think of a way." Alexander gave up the idea.
"Maybe the previous things can solve them, otherwise I wouldn't tie a ribbon specially." Fageni first proposed this idea.
"Indeed, we need to go back and try those machines. Let's try it. Maybe that silk scarf is to remind us." It only took a few minutes to walk back, and Sophia felt that it was worth trying, even if there were some risks.
"If there is no other way, this is the only way." Alexander patted Brandon on the shoulder and said: "I think we will know what it is sooner or later, although I think it may be better not to know." Alexander said
Go back and return to the control room.
"Let's go, let's go, time waits for no one." Fageni was the first to walk back, and Kino followed.
Brandon didn't know what to say, so he was silent for a while and then went back together.
After returning to the control room, Alexander pulled the lever and said: "At least we should know whether the person who left the clue is a friend or foe." After pulling the lever, an indicator light-like part in the control room began to glow white, and many locations
The machinery on the machine started to work, but nothing more happened here.
Walking out of the control room, a spotlight-like thing above shone bright white light, giving people a warm feeling in this cold underground cave. Brandon took a few steps towards the previous pool and shouted: "Everything has disappeared.
You can pass now."
"It seems we are friends." Fageni replied to Alexander and followed Brandon.
"If you can pass like this, why is the front closed?" Sophia followed the team forward in confusion.
"Let's go, whoever left the clue for us is probably waiting for us in front." Alexander stepped forward and followed, with Kino at the back.
I jumped down into the black smoke-free pool and passed the cave. The entrance was very narrow but the middle part was quite large. Behind a stepping stone at the end was a cloaked bug-man sculpture with a mask. The bug claw was holding a bag that could hold Brandon.
The whole bowl was filled with black smoke. The black smoke did not float upwards, but was always billowing steadily inside the bowl.
I only heard Brandon say "Huh?". "I feel that this smoke is different from the previous smoke. It doesn't seem to be aggressive... In short, it has nothing to do with negative energy or resentment."
"Is it because of the bowl?" Sofia observed the sculpture and the bowl in her hand, trying to use her own secret knowledge to determine what was special about the bowl and the sculpture.
Sophia remembered a book about primitive beliefs that she had read. The book told about containers such as bowls and cups, and the contents inside represented liquids, water, blood, wine, etc. The black smoke in front of her eyes was
It is not in the state of liquid black smoke, and reaching its original state is likely to allow this sculpture to have its original function.
Alexander got closer to the sculpture and observed, "Is it the magic of the insect man? What is the use of putting it here?"
"Oh." Fageni looked at the direction of the smoke and said, "Could this be an underground specialty torch?" Of course, black smoke has no lighting function.
"It doesn't look like this thing is used for lighting... Considering this sculpture, maybe it is similar to the seal node?" Alexander gave his own guess.
"Maybe the evil god's eyes are different from ours. Keep walking, this place doesn't look like a good place." There is still a faint trail behind the statue, but the statue must be very important.
"If we return this to its original state, we may be able to return the sculpture to its original function." Sophia said after thinking about it.
"Then how can you come back? What will be the effect of your return?" Fageni looked at Sophia who knew about it.
Brandon thought for a while: "Returning to the original state refers to the smoke, right, Miss Sophia?" Perhaps Sophia used the word "return" twice in a row, and Brandon deliberately changed the word to avoid everyone falling into misunderstandings.
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"Yes, if we convert it into a liquid state, it should be able to return to the sculpture's original function." Sophia continued to use the previous words to emphasize.
"Convert to a liquid state?" Alexander touched his chin, but the liquid black smoke that was close to him before was not even left in the gaseous state under the illumination of the light. "Did the black gas disappear after being exposed to the light? Should we?
Cover this bowl?”
"How about if we retreat from this area, the environment here will return to a dark state?" Brandon kept the hand that was originally raised as a torch glowing, and then stretched it to the bottom of the bowl. Now there is no direct light.
Although nothing happened in the bowl, only a small part of the light was on Brandong's side, which looked quite scary, and then Brandong withdrew his hand again.
"Then you go first, I can see in the dark." Alexander handed an unlit torch to Brandon and said, "Don't go too far."
"Then let's do it." Fageni patted the dust on his body and walked back for a while after seeing that nothing happened to him.
With the attitude of giving it a try, Brandon also thought that he should do this, but he did not take the torch but said: "You should hold it. If anything happens, light it quickly and I will come over immediately."
"Light it up quickly..." Alexander scratched his head and said, "Okay, let's go first." Then Alexander took out the flint and iron pieces, keeping them ready for ignition at any time. "I'm ready."
Brandon nodded and backed away. After a while, everyone except Alexander stood in a place where the light did not reach this side.
The light completely disappeared, and Alexander began to observe whether there were any changes in the black smoke in the bowl and the sculpture. However, after a while, Alexander did not find any changes in the black smoke and the sculpture. After another period of time, Alexander carefully
Staring at it, I felt that the smoke had solidified a little but there were no other changes. I don't know if it was an illusion just now.
Brandon stood a little further away. Seeing that there was no movement for a while, he shouted with worry: "Hey, Alexander, I heard a reply, are you okay over there?"
"Alexander, be careful." Kino was affected by the tense atmosphere around him and shouted.
"I understand, I understand. Be patient, I feel like the smoke seemed to be a little thicker just now. It's okay for now. If anything happens, I will shout." Alexander reported to his teammates at a volume that should be audible and then scanned it.
Continue to observe the surroundings.
Others could see that Brandon's expression relaxed a little, but he was still looking here anxiously, just looking forward to it.
Alexander stared until his eyes became numb. After a while, there was still no change. Seeing that there was no new situation, there was no point in waiting like this. So Brandon shook his head at the others and walked inside. "No change."
Just don't wait, there's no point in waiting any longer."
"It's useless?" Fageni shook his head and followed and interjected: "Is it possible that it will be broken if it comes true?"
Alexander scratched his head again: "For a moment just now, I did feel that the black air was a little thicker. Maybe it was really an illusion."
Brandon stood on the stepping stone, looked into the bowl and said, "I don't see any changes."
Alexander approached the bowl and boldly covered it with his hands, leaving a gap to peek in: "I think there was a little change just now." Then Alexander looked at Sophia and asked: "Miss Sophia, what do you think? Logically speaking.
It should be effective?”
"Maybe there's something missing?" The girl shook her head.
"What do you think about Brandon?" Alexander turned to Brandong and threw away the question: "Has the Church of the Holy God of Glory ever mentioned similar religious ceremonies?"
Brandon's eyes widened and he said: "This thing obviously has nothing to do with the Zhengshen Church, right? Except for this lump, the similar smoke before is obviously not a good thing."
"I didn't say it was relevant, I was just asking if there were any relevant clues." Alexander shrugged.
"Of course not. We will never perform meaningless rituals. We will only act with devout faith and good deeds." Brandon was somewhat dissatisfied.
"If the previous ones were afraid of magic and elemental energy, what about this one? Will he need these?" Sophia raised another possibility.
Alexander doubtfully approached the bowl and stood on tiptoe, trying to inject a little of the newly recovered magic power into it. The electricity that Alexander reluctantly discharged did not produce any reaction with the smoke. It was better to say that it was repulsed and quickly disappeared.
The rim of the bowl.
"This kind of evil thing cannot be done in normal ways, such as sacrificing a person alive or something." Fageni said abruptly.
"Living sacrifices are not included... there is also such a thing as tormenting souls and inflicting torture to obtain wronged souls..." Kino seemed to have experienced such a thing and murmured in a voice that only he could hear.
Brandon looked at this unbridled rebellious man with a puzzled face and raised his voice: "Aren't we here to seal it?"
"The problem is that no one knows how to seal it correctly." Fageni said with an upright look.
"Do you want to be buried with this evil god?" Brandon said while resisting the urge not to hit him.
"Of course, the living sacrifice was sacrificed to it, and it was smashed out. No one can afford the consequences. And there should be four more nodes that cannot be destroyed, otherwise it will not come out like this."
Genie laughed haha.
"Then what should we do now?" Alexander looked at the bowl: "It is said that the seal needs to be strengthened. How to do it specifically?"
"Since this thing is not aggressive, can we fish it up?" Fageni came up with another bad idea.
"If it's black liquid, it's definitely better at sealing than smoke. I think so. Even with the insect-shaped smoke we encountered before, we didn't cause any harm to it, it just made it unable to maintain its shape. It's better to go back.
If two people go to turn off the lights, maybe there will be some changes. To prevent accidents, we can stand separately and convey the message through continuous shouting." Brandon expressed an idea, maybe this is the reason why the lights were not turned on all the time, and then
He continued: "Considering the length of the passage, the five of us must have been separated. You have also seen that if a monster appears again in the black liquid pool, someone who can destroy the smoke structure must approach the black pool to deal with it as soon as possible.
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"What kind of light? Oh, you were talking about the one just now." Fageni turned back and looked towards the retreat.
"In this case, we will be forced to divide our troops." Alexander narrowed his eyes and asked, "How?"
"Kino and I will go back together. Sofia will be safer with you." Fageni suggested.
"I agree, and I also think it is more appropriate to divide it this way." Alexander nodded. "Although it is very dangerous, there is no other way at the moment."
"Okay..." Kino didn't mean anything to this, but she didn't really want to stay with Fagni right now.
"In that case, the three of us are indeed capable of handling the smoke." Sofia looked at Alexander and Brandon. "How about I'm in the middle?"
"In this case, Miss Chino and I are at both ends of the Black Pool, Alexander is here, Mr. Fageni goes back to pull the handle, and Miss Sophia is between me and Alexander. This is the most appropriate." Brandon said.
The specific distribution of call delivery locations.
"Neither Fageni nor I have magic power, so we can only bless you. I will complete my work." Kino began to walk back.
"Do you still have enough torches? Miss Sophia and I can use magic to illuminate them. How about you?"
"No, if you have any extra, you can give me one." Fageni seemed to have brought nothing and started to have sex for free.
[I’ll be fine even if I don’t have the light... But as the person standing closest, I think I need to hold a torch. But I can’t draw the bow even if I hold a torch.] Alexander thought for a while and left the torch.
"Oh, I brought it. I'll give you one later." Kino sighed helplessly.
"No problem, it's very reasonable." Fageni nodded, feeling satisfied that he had been assigned a relatively safe position.
"Well, okay, then let's go and stand in the right place first. Fagni, Chino, Black Pool, Brandon, and I, Alexander, have decided on this place for this sculpture." Sofia confirmed.
"This seems to be too scattered, but I don't have any objection." Alexander nodded. "But the two ends of the Black Pool refer to the pool where the smoke is constantly dissipating?" Alexander felt that this name was terrible.
"Yes, it can only be called a pool. Be careful. If nothing happens, I should be the safest one. I will go to you as soon as I pull the lever, but you also know the speed of my movement. None of them.
If you object, just take action." Fageni waved his hand and walked back, his voice continued to be heard from the dark passage, and then a torch lit by Kino illuminated his figure.
"I think you should stay at the lever position, and if something happens, you must pull the lever in time after we convey the message." Brandon chased after him and ordered.
"Ah, okay." Fageni nodded: "Then I feel happier." He handed the healing potion on his waist to Brandon. "In this case, you can take this."
"Well, that's true. If there's no one on the other side of the lever, we can't even run." Alexander stood there and muttered to himself.
"Fageni, don't leave us and run away, or I will turn into a ghost and look for you." When they reached the edge of the Black Pool, Kino began to beat him.
"It won't be too late, I'll get ready quickly." After Sofia said to Alexander, she slowly walked to her place.
"Are you all standing?" Fageni shouted towards Kino, preparing to light the torch at the same time.
"Stand still!" Kino shouted.
"Send a message! I'm going to pull it down!" Fageni put his hand on the lever and felt a little uneasy.
"Pull." The voice echoed to Alexander, who stood in front of the statue and stared nervously at the black smoke.
After Kino conveyed the voice, Fagenius pulled the lever and lit the torch. This chapter has been completed!