The cold lake water calmly contained Simodo, and his body fell from the lake, but strangely no splash appeared.
The moment he touched the water, Simodo felt relieved. At least he wouldn't be thrown to death, right?
His body sank rapidly, and Simodo tried to flap the surrounding lake water, but the cold liquid seemed unable to be pushed by his strength, and his whole body still sank hard downwards.
Simodo continued to fall involuntarily. He held his breath. After about ten seconds, a very bright light suddenly appeared under his feet.
A mysterious force covered his body, and his whole body was suddenly turned around, but the downward trend remained unchanged.
"What, what's going on?" Simodo was a little panicked. Although he had an alchemical life, from the moment he was summoned by Duran, he was given real life, with joy and happiness.
fear.
After his body was turned around, Simodo continued to sink along the lake. He was not very educated and could not tell whether it was sinking or floating. After all, his head had been lost one by one at this time. It was just his
The doubt didn't last long. Just when he could hardly hold his breath anymore, he heard a pop and his head came to the surface of the water.
"Seamus?" came a familiar voice next to him.
Simodo wiped a few more water on his face and shouted in surprise: "Master Dulan, are you okay?"
At Dulan's signal, he swam to the shore several times and climbed up. He looked around and saw that the space here was narrow. The place where he floated up was a small pool. The pool was surrounded by cold stone walls, and was blocked from all directions.
The stone wall is blocked, and there is only a step on the right that can be climbed up.
The steps were winding, with an incalculable number of levels, extending into the vast darkness. Simodo noticed that the reason why he could see everything around him clearly was because the cold stone walls were inlaid with some scattered gems.
.These gemstones are of different styles, each emitting different colors of light. Some are red and some are purple. These light sources are intertwined together, like a dreamy wonderland in a fairy tale.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Dulan smiled slightly. His clothes were soaked, but his eyes were full of excitement: "I'm fine. And if I guessed correctly, we have already walked out of the maze."
"It's really hard to understand." Simodo sighed, holding the heavy sword that he never left for a moment: "I obviously fell downwards, why did I finally surface upwards? Where is this place?"
Dulan patted his sleeves and walked up the steps: "Let's talk as we walk."
The steps were wet, which showed that the place was full of water vapor. There were even some shimmering moss growing in some places - this kind of plant usually only appears in dungeons or ancient ruins in the Netherland. The two of them climbed the steps one after another, walking up
, Dulan explained: "Actually, when I saw the Tower of Shadow above the starry sky on the platform, I had a certain guess, so I wanted to go below to find out."
"It is well known that Rivenjin likes to play with symmetry. However, few people know that the reason why this legendary mage is so keen on symmetry is actually influenced by one of his best friends. And Rivenjin himself is famous.
The difference is that his friend is a lifelong painter named Flamenco, whose surname is unknown—perhaps because he does not want to bring shame to the family. In short, most of Flamenco's paintings pay attention to precise symmetry."
"It is said that when the Tower of Shadows was completed, Raven King once invited Flamenco to make a painting for his Tower of Shadows. The name of the painting was [Shadows Above, Shadows Below], and I was lucky enough to have a quick look at it.
Taking a look at this painting, the content on it is exactly the same as that on the platform. The illusory tower of shadows stands behind the stars, but the real tower of shadows is actually below."
"Most people may think that what is above their heads is the real Tower of Shadows, but in fact it is just an illusory reflection. I guess there must be a mirror under the platform, which reflects the phantom of the real Tower of Shadows onto the platform.
in the void—and it turns out so.”
"This is so surprising." Simodo muttered, his eyes full of confusion: "How powerful is the legendary mage? Is it powerful enough to turn upside down?"
After hearing Simodo's answer, Duran knew that this guy probably didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't expect a guy with a poor intelligence of only 1.3 to understand many mysteries such as illusion, mirror principle, and space law. Only
At this time, Dulan vaguely remembered the witty Iron Skin. Although the timid ogre did not have much knowledge of witchcraft, his ability to understand was very powerful, which won Dulan's praise.
The two of them climbed up the stairs, which were countless. After walking for about ten minutes, they walked out of the steps and came to an open land.
The sky ahead was dark, the stars were without light, and the towering spire was like the sharpest lightning, stinging Dulan's eyes.
"Tower of Shadows! I finally found it!" Duran waved his fist excitedly. The two walked quickly to the tower. There were no protective buildings around the tall mage tower - this is not difficult to understand, Dulan noticed.
The tower was shrouded in a strange layer of fog in the distance. He used his visual inspection skills to calculate and guessed that these fogs should be the shadow maze that protects the Tower of Shadows. Outsiders who want to enter the Tower of Shadows must enter the Tower of Shadows from
You have to get out of the maze. And getting out of the maze is not that easy. If Dulan guessed correctly, the shadow beasts in the shadow maze can be adjusted at any time according to the enemy's strength.
There are several strange stone tablets erected in front of the tall mage tower. The words on the stone tablets are incomplete, and Dulan cannot recognize some of them.
Duran took Simodo to the main entrance of the Mage Tower. The tall and simple wooden door was tightly closed. Simodo tried to push it several times, but all failed. Dulan was not discouraged, and they walked around.
After walking around the mage tower, I finally found a relatively fragile side door.
"Clang!" Under the destruction of the mercenary's heavy sword, the small wooden door finally wailed sadly, and the dust that had accumulated for many years poured out from inside, and the dust was flying all over the ground. Simodo skillfully kept it short.
He got in, and Duran followed closely.
The first floor of the Tower of Shadows was extremely dark, and no light could be seen at all. However, the moment Dulan and Simodo entered the tower, a dull mechanical voice suddenly sounded: "An outsider has entered.
Rune activation preparation, rune activation completed. Thirty-seven welcomes all guests."
The dazzling firelight flickered, and in an instant, the entire first floor of the Tower of Shadows was bright.
"So spectacular..."
Both Duran and Simodo were stunned by the sight in front of them.
Countless mechanical puppets are neatly placed in the center of the hall. On the left is a spiral staircase leading to the second floor of the Tower of Shadows. The granite floors and ceilings reflect dazzling light, and there are a total of nineteen large chandeliers.
Hanging, countless crystal clear crystals slowly hang down, and on the edge of the arched hall, countless candlestick lights are swaying - these candles are all low-light candles that can burn permanently, and are of a higher quality than those in the shadow maze.
of high-end.
There was a clicking sound, and a medium-sized mechanical puppet slowly walked out of the mechanical sequence group with a blue light on its body. The mechanical puppet's eyes flashed with blue light and said to Duran and Simodo:
"Thirty-seven welcomes all guests. The master once said that those who can pass through the shadow maze alone will become the new master of the shadow tower."
Dulan's heart jumped wildly, and it was indeed true! Among all the treasures containing ancient wisdom, the Tower of Shadow is the easiest to get!
When he thought that the rare materials, magic civilization, mechanical puppets and the Mage Tower itself in the entire Tower of Shadows had become his own unique property, Duran was almost crazy with joy. However, the next sentence of the mechanical puppet's dull words
Diluted his joy by half:
"The master divided the treasure left behind into two. The person who obtains the ownership of the Tower of Shadows can only choose to inherit one of them. The other one can be given by the new owner to the person who inherits it at another time."
"You chose the path of courage in the shadow maze, so the treasure you inherit, in addition to the mage tower itself, is the [Shadow Thief Training Base]. Based on the current accumulation of magic pool in the mage tower, you can successfully start ten thieve trainings
The base. The training base is on the second floor of the Tower of Shadows, and this is the key."
The mechanical puppet seemed to have determined that Duran was about to become the new owner of the Tower of Shadows. He directly chose to ignore Simodo and handed a triangular rune to Duran's hand. Then he continued to chatter: "The second treasure is
[Rune Mage Laboratory], as the new owner, although you cannot change your profession to a Rune Mage, you can freely enter the laboratory, this is the certificate."
A small iron ball was thrown to Duran. Before Duran could react, Thirty-Ninety-nine slapped the button on his forehead:
"The mission is completed. The mechanical sequence is restarted...the forgetting program is started..."
Simodo and Duran looked at each other. Isn't this mechanical puppet acting a little too fiery?
Half a minute later, the blue light in the mechanical puppet's eyes disappeared and turned into a blank white light: "The program was refreshed successfully. Please name me the new owner!"
Dulan hesitated for a while: "Can you tell me what is going on?"
The mechanical puppet quickly replied: "After completing the tasks assigned by the old master, I will forget and restart my memory and become your unique mage tower assistant. Everything about the old master, except for the knowledge related to mage tower management, will be forgotten by me.
Forget."
"Please name me the new owner!"
"That's it," Du Lan touched his nose: "The name Thirty-Seven doesn't sound very nice, so why not just call it 'Forty-Seven'."
(Can anyone guess where the name Forty-Seven comes from?)
