Chapter 1,157 The third level, the magic sculpture carver
There is a wedge-shaped downward corridor leading to the second underground floor.
It was pitch black without any light.
This is usually the case for forgotten or abandoned passages.
The longer a family has a long history, the more forgotten things will appear.
Just like the guardian knight of the Lancaster family more than two thousand years ago.
He still kept his promise until his death and loyally guarded the Lancaster family. Even when he turned into an undead, he never broke his oath.
Until he was forgotten along with this passage.
Nowadays, Zong Shen can no longer feel excited about killing epic monsters.
But the actions of the guardian knight named Gajeel Wade still moved him a little.
For such a loyal knight, all Zong Shen can do is help him escape.
To end the vow he made with death, he no longer has to live in the world with the decaying body of the undead.
The world of the dead is colorless and emotionless, with boring waiting intertwined with long decay.
Only loyalty has not been eroded.
Zong Shen hoped that no matter what the future outcome would be, the soldiers under his command would also remain loyal to him.
After killing [Guardian Knight of the Lancaster Family: Gajeel Wade LV43 (Gold) (Undead)] just now, Clone One lost nearly 2,000 health points.
At this moment, he is slowly recovering under the influence of his strong body.
In order to resolve the battle as quickly as possible, the clone without combat skills chose to exchange blood for blood.
In addition, Gajeel Wade was a high-level knight during his lifetime, with a level as high as LV43. His attributes in all aspects are relatively outstanding among the golden epic-level undead monsters.
He also fought tenaciously with his clones.
It can be settled within two or three minutes, which is considered very fast.
In addition to the equipment on Gajeel's body, Zong Shen also controlled the clone to touch a birch bark paper letter blessed with magic blessing on his chest.
[Gajeel Wade’s suicide note (special)]
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This letter cannot be opened, at least Zong Shen cannot see the contents.
And it also comes with a mission.
[Mission: Gajeel Wade’s suicide note]
[Requirement: Give the suicide note to Gajeel’s wife, Mrs. Vadana, or a direct descendant of the Wade family]
[Reward: Gajeel's family heirloom lance (gold) x1, 10,000 mainland dinars, 1,500 reputation points, Morton Manor land deed x1]
(After more than two thousand years, everything has changed. Gajeel's wife has passed away. His descendants also moved away from the giant city of Lentax before 2529 and settled in the giant city of The Hague. The mission reward will be
(Subject to change based on actual circumstances)
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The mission of this suicide note is somewhat outdated.
Gajeel Wade also served as a guardian knight for the ancestors of the Lancaster family two or three thousand years ago. He must have been an outstanding figure of that generation, and the family he belonged to must have been quite powerful.
As long as there are no accidents, the continuity of the family is far longer than that of a strong person.
Indeed, the Wade family not only continued, but also moved to the giant city of The Hague for development.
If there is a chance to go to the giant city of The Hague in the future, Zong Shen plans to find Gajeel's descendants and transfer this suicide note to the Wade family.
It doesn't matter whether you are rewarded or not.
Zong Shen now has a big family business and doesn't need to look at rewards to act.
Controlling his clone to collect the suicide note, Zong Shen was filled with emotion, but without any hesitation.
The clone's actions must be done against the clock.
Every minute of delay increases the likelihood of exposure.
And as time goes by, Marquis Henry's determination to show off will become stronger and stronger.
Even without the Dabos Gladiator Twins and the Fire Mage Doris as inducements, Marquis Henry would still have a high probability of taking direct action tonight.
Therefore, Zong Shen must completely destroy the Marquis's actions as planned in a timely manner.
He was forced to postpone the plan to kidnap the prince until after the athletic conference was held.
Only in this way can the Calamity Raven Church have the best chance.
The situation in the city will fall into comprehensive turmoil.
Only when turmoil occurs will Zong Shen have a chance to capture the entire giant city.
It's all about getting the timing just right.
If there is no favorable time, place, people, and people, then create a favorable time, place, and people.
The wedge-shaped corridor twists and turns downward.
The walls are still dry, indicating that the castle's construction craftsmanship is not solid.
Even after so many years, the overall durability of the building is still very good, and even the return of moisture has not occurred.
Zong Shen had not yet had time to gain insight into the overall view of the Marquis Castle and its attributes such as its solidity value.
But there is no doubt that the solidity here is beyond imagination.
While thinking about it, he controlled Clone One to reach the end of the descending corridor.
In front of you is a closed room with no clutter, but many tables and chairs.
The dust accumulated on the ground is half a foot thick, and it feels like stepping on soft sand.
Such thick dust cannot accumulate in a short time.
It shows that this place, like the one above, has been neglected and abandoned for many years.
Those tables and chairs were also covered with a thick layer of gray-brown dust.
When the clone stepped forward, it left a line of eye-catching footprints behind it.
Since the environment was relatively closed and there was not much airflow, the dust did not rise.
Breathing becomes difficult here, as the air from the upper floor needs to pass through the corridor to reach here.
The room itself is relatively sealed.
Fortunately, the legendary level clones are quite strong and can survive in an oxygen-free environment for at least an hour.
Enough to complete the next exploration.
And as long as you leave this room, there should still be normal air circulation on the second floor of the castle.
Quickly confirming the environment, he cloned himself and walked towards the rune door of the room.
The Rune Gate here is old and simple, full of traces of time, but the brilliance on the surface has not been wiped out and is still flowing after time.
Zong Shen's clone came to the door with light steps.
I took out the [Master Key (Orange)].
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It can easily open any rune door that is no higher than the fifth level legendary level.
It is almost impossible for a small rune door like this used in a room to reach level five or above.
High-level rune doors are usually larger main doors.
Most of the small rune doors used in rooms are of second to fourth order. Their main function is for temporary partitions and additional mute effects.
Only the Lancaster family, a long-established giant city-level family with a relatively rich heritage, would install rune doors in every room.
Some small nobles' castles even use ordinary doors instead.
Zong Shen inserted the [Master Key (orange)] into the lock cylinder, and after gently twisting it, the brilliance of the rune door shone, a crisp riveting sound appeared, and the door was opened.
Before opening the door, he used the strategy module to confirm that there were no detection magic circles, patrolling soldiers, or undead outside the room, and then he opened the door with confidence.
Outside the room is a straight walkway.
Directly in a fixed direction.
And this happens to be the last room on the corridor.
According to the position on the Golden Circle Navigation, it has moved through the underground floor.
His location on the second underground floor is approximately to the east of the castle.
This floor is relatively quiet and there are not so many patrolling soldiers.
Even the placement points of high-level detection magic have become much sparser.
It probably follows the principle of tight on the outside and loose on the inside.
If we say the anti-submarine strength on the underground floor is a fine-mesh sieve.
Then the second layer is the hollow mesh bag, with each hole bigger than the last.
When he continues to go down and reaches the third level, the anti-potential speed will increase again.
This floor is mainly a warehouse, where many fancy materials are stored.
During wartime, you can rely on the materials here for long-term defense.
Important supplies are nothing more than storable food, ordnance, equipment, commonly used forging raw materials, etc.
Zong Shen's goal this time was clear, and he was not here to rob.
So I suppressed my habit of looting and honestly followed the recommendations of the strategy module and followed the passage on the third underground floor.
This time he deliberately added filtering conditions.
After excluding all factors that might trigger the battle, such as high-level detection magic arrays, patrolling soldiers, puppets, magic sculptures, and undead, two passages were selected that could safely reach the next level.
Considering that the core area of the third floor is in the middle, Zong Shen chose one of the two passages closer to the middle of the castle as the main route.
In the process of finding a way forward, the clone's stealth effect reached the time limit, and the prototype suddenly appeared.
However, Zong Shen had already asked the clone to change his boots, put on a hood, and put on an iron mask when he took action.
The effect of this kind of physical cover is actually not bad. Unless the opponent has specific breath sensing or clairvoyance ability, it will be difficult to see through the true appearance if the clone cannot be captured.
Moreover, the defense on the second underground floor is relatively loose.
This allowed Zong Shen to reach the selected passage without much effort.
There are neither piles of debris nor any guards here. There is only a metal sliding pole connected to the ceiling of the second floor, and the other end extends straight into the next floor.
There were several empty boxes piled in the surrounding corners, as well as empty wine jars and broken lamps.
Without further delay here, he climbed onto the sliding pole, held the pole with his arms, and slid to the third underground floor.
The drop between the second and third floors is the smallest, with only a vertical height of more than ten meters.
After landing, a cloud of dust immediately rose up where his feet landed.
This passage is like a circular patio, sunken down two or three meters. There is no high-level detection magic array nearby, so Zong Shen can fall down unimpeded.
Controlling the clone, he nimbly jumped onto the aisle after landing.
Different from the simple layout on the first and second floors, there are many more carvings on the walls here.
These carvings come in various shapes, most of which are heroic knights.
Almost every three or four meters there is a relief statue carved on the wall.
But the further you go, the less complete the carving becomes, like a semi-finished product that was abandoned halfway through carving.
According to the information in the strategy module, there are no permanent patrol soldiers on the third floor.
There are guards only in the hall in the central area, and there is also a legendary primary combatant among them.
In addition, magic sculptures of mechanisms are also arranged at the intersections and critical areas of various walkways.
This kind of mechanical magic sculpture is hidden on the side of the wall. When an intruder appears, it will flip and activate.
There are two types of magic sculptures. The first type will attack intruders in a melee stance.
The eyes of the second type of magic sculpture will emit magical light with extremely strong penetrating power, causing damage to the enemy.
And here are all stone magic sculptures.
As the name suggests, the so-called stone magic sculpture is a magic sculpture body carved entirely from stone.
He is about three meters tall, a bit like a stone giant, and has certain mobility.
Different from war puppets, magic sculpture is a technique that does not pay much attention to materials and relies entirely on rune carving to turn decay into magic. The driving force is magic crystal.
Moreover, there is often a huge floating space between the upper and lower limits of the magic sculpture's strength.
Its strength depends largely on the skill of the carver, and the materials used can also have a certain impact.
A magic sculpture carved from fine gold by the same magic sculptor will definitely be stronger than a magic sculpture carved from stone.
But stone can be mass-produced, but fine gold cannot.
The costs of the two are not the same.
Just be careful not to be discovered by the detection magic circle and stone magic sculpture along the way.
It is conceivable that when Zong Shen arrives at the central area, there will definitely be a battle.
However, he was prepared and gave Clone No. 1 precious magic accessories in advance.
Even if you really have to fight against a legendary powerhouse, your clone will still be able to fight.
Following the route and taking a careful detour, the clone controlled by Zong Shen moved almost stepping on the sensing boundary between the magic sculpture and the magic detection array.
Fortunately, every time he went down a level, he was getting closer to the center.
After only five or six minutes, Zong Shen arrived near the target area.
That is a hall on the third floor, and it is also the real core.
Standing at the corner, Clone One could already see the scene inside.
In the middle of the hall stands a huge metal column with a diameter of five meters.
There are densely packed magic energy pathways on the pillar.
Various precious magic metals are used as materials.
It is also inlaid with elemental gems and hundreds of special magic crystals.
The entire pillar is emitting a hazy light, not too dazzling, but still eye-catching.
There is a small group of sixth-level soldiers near the pillar, as well as several spellcasters of the same level.
They were sitting on their chairs drinking and chatting, looking very relaxed.
What concerned Zong Shen most was not these sixth-level warriors and spellcasters, but the strange figure standing by the magic pillar, holding a chisel and carving knife, and carving at a large stone.
The man did not wear any armor or helmet, and only wore simple coarse linen clothes.
The hair is very long and mixed with silver gray. It is just hanging down on the back and looks messy.
Moreover, the guy was barefoot, with a small hammer stuck in his waist, sometimes carving, sometimes chiseling, not like a warrior, but like an artist, with an extremely focused expression.
From the moment he saw him, Zong Shen knew whose handiwork the wall carvings and stone sculptures along the way were.
Because this guy is clearly displayed in the golden tip of the strategy module as: