The darkness dissipated, and dim candlelight with a yellow halo hung on both sides, making the entire space become a little yellower.
Hero crossed the line between light and dark and could vaguely see a huge humanoid silhouette not far away.
There are no guards here, no baby birds, no puppets.
Some are just countless black lines.
When he came here, he realized that all the black lines originally came from here.
Including that soul-stirring and powerful oppression.
It came from the giant.
"That's the great lord?"
Holo squinted his eyes. Only after he got used to the light inside did the outline of the huge humanoid figure appear clearly in his eyes.
The appearance of the lord surprised him.
No, it should be said that it was completely opposite to his impression.
I heard the descriptions of those ‘researchers’ before, plus those high-end experimental equipment and complete experimental plans.
Hero had already sketched out the outline of the lord's portrait in his mind.
He should come from a high tower, and should be a powerful soul magician with a deep city. Just like the aura he exudes, it is deep and dangerous.
But when Hero saw him with his own eyes, his condition was too bad.
At this moment, the great lord standing in the middle of the large room was not awake. His eyes were tightly closed and his breathing was very long and heavy.
A large number of black threads were like nutritional conduits, connecting his whole body and hanging his whole body there.
The end of the black line can no longer be seen clearly. It seems to be connected to the wall, or it seems to extend into the depths of the void.
The only thing that Holo could clearly see was that as the lord breathed, waves of soul energy surged out of the heart and passed along the black line like a conduit to the other end of the black line.
He is sleeping!
It is also blocking the ruins of this main city!
Hero saw a narrow passage behind the great lord, and the wind marks on his wrists pointed in that direction.
The space in front was full of black lines. He was not sure whether stepping in would wake up the lord, but when he spread his perception, he found that the suppression of perception was stronger here.
It is even more powerful than the shielding effect of building walls.
Based on what the bloated monster said, the current big lord may be shielding this place, using some special means to erase the main city ruins from the empire's territory map, so that the tower cannot pay attention to the existence here.
And this is the center of the shielding.
Thick black water condensed in Holo's hand, and under control, the black water slowly turned into a water ball, completely covering Holo inside.
In addition, he turned off all soul skills to reduce the fluctuations of his soul energy as much as possible.
Move your feet and step into the black line.
'As long as you step over that figure, you can get out!'
While Holo estimated the distance between himself and the entrance of the passage, he stared at the huge figure.
Always pay attention to his status.
One step at a time, in the quiet space, Hero's steps were very slow and very light.
"Bogu? Guji!"
Just when Hero spent a lot of time and just crossed the lord's huge body.
He heard a strange sound on the stone bricks above his head.
'This sound... seems to be made by a baby octopus, but has it already penetrated into the soul and rested?'
This was Hero's first reaction when he heard the sound, but then he looked up and saw a sticky... big snot!
The snot was struggling to squeeze out from the gaps between the stone bricks.
But there is still a large part stuck inside, and the extruded part begins to fall weakly due to gravity.
It may be that despite all the effort, Big Nose was unable to escape from the stone bricks, causing it to make such a strange and resentful sound.
"Dig! Stop shouting!"
Hero gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice. He no longer cared whether he would wake up the great lord.
Because the face engraved on the big ball of snot showed an excited expression the moment it saw him.
With a little contraction and force, the big snot came out from the cracks in the stone bricks.
But it managed to land on top of the lord's head.
Only a snapping sound was heard.
The great lord's head felt as if someone had spat on it.
Thick and disgusting.
And the moment Hero finished cursing, a pair of blood-red eyes were already staring at him.
The head that matched the huge body was also huge. The huge head was lowered and looked at Hero in front of him.
"A young apprentice from a high tower? He is actually able to pass through layers of guards and reach the dark corners of the ancient city... He seems to be quite capable!"
His blood-red eyes were full of interest in Hero.
With his level, he could tell at a glance what the black water covering Hero's body was from.
Even though Helo didn't cast any soul skills and the black water shielded his whole body, he was still keenly and easily aware of the fluctuations of soul energy remaining on the body surface.
In an instant, Holo's identity was recognized.
Not to mention the group of baby birds arranged outside the city.
For a magician with real wisdom, these are just trivial matters, and there are many ways to pass them smoothly and safely.
It is possible even for an apprentice magician.
So he wasn't surprised.
But the methods he deployed in this main city ruins were not just that.
Not to mention the city's irregular topsy-turvy state, there are quite a few puppets wandering in the darkness.
Plus patrolling Paparo…
Despite such difficulties and obstacles, the magician apprentice in front of him could still quietly touch his face...
This is very conscious!
"Let me see what your purpose is."
A low, hoarse but somewhat sexy voice emanates from the huge body.
The lord's consciousness has awakened from his deep sleep.
Although the black thread was still hanging around him, he did not make any move.
But the concentrated pressure was entirely on Hero.
Let him not have the slightest thought of resistance.
The whole soul seemed to be pressed into the water.
Hero tried desperately to struggle, but his soul was like a landlubber, and he could only wait helplessly to drown.
The big lord didn't take action, he needed to find out the situation first.
Is the magician apprentice in front of me a wanderer here, or...is this place already noticed by the tower?
For a moment, all the black wire products in the entire building began to squirm.
A hideous and terrifying puppet, a series of black lines lurking in the dark.
They explore towards the dark place, extending and expanding outward from the inner city of the ruins.
The hosts control their bodies and search for targets in this darkness.
If Hero had seen it earlier, he would have retreated immediately.
Here...he can't control it.
This huge ancient city has been occupied by the lord and is completely under his control.
"Let me count, eight, no, nine, there is a little mouse hiding outside!"
The lord sensed the intelligence feedback coming from the black line.
He smiled at Hero, his wide grin revealing a row of neat black teeth.
The nine little mice found are all magician apprentices, which means that the situation here has not been discovered by the tower. Judging from their actions, they should come here to explore.
Come to think of it, baby birds are very attractive to these children.
But it was this reassuring smile that gave Hero a chill in his heart.
'When did there appear to be eight more? Aren't it just me and Byrne? And this smile... is to die for!'