This path passes through a canyon and is very quiet. You can only hear the sound of wind blowing across the mountain wall and the gurgling sound of water after the ice and snow melt.
Perhaps because this place is near the ice cap, the environment is harsh. There are no trees, flowers or grass on the ground, only some moss growing tenaciously on the rocks.
After walking along this gravel road for about ten minutes, I turned a big bend and an open space appeared in front of me.
In the middle of the open space, there is an altar made of three layers of stone, with runes carved on it. In the distance, several strange-shaped peaks stand there.
Ryan took out the treasure map and found that the terrain of this place was basically the same as on the treasure map. And this open space was where the red cross was drawn.
But what does this treasure map mean? It can't be a joke, right? But if there is a secret, it won't be so easy to find. After all, it can be seen from the traces on this treasure map that the thief should often touch this treasure map.
Treasure map. Most likely he has looked for it here many times.
Since the place where the cross was drawn was this open space, Ryan decided to start looking from here. At first glance, he saw a large wooden sign nailed to the mountain wall.
The sign introduced this altar and said that this altar has a history of more than 1,000 years. The text on it describes the eulogies of ancient Viking wizards praising all things in nature.
Natural things? This is rare. Ancient Viking wizards were more concerned with things like thunder, lightning, storms and even human body enhancement. There are not many studies related to natural things. This may be a breakthrough point.
Thinking of this, Ryan took out a lot of plants from his shop and placed them around, and then began to communicate with the plants.
There is some happy feeling coming from the plants. It seems that the environment of this place should be quite suitable for the life of various creatures. Ryan himself can also feel that his whole person seems to be more relaxed here.
It's just that Ryan's enhanced sixth sense always feels that something is wrong with this place, that it shouldn't be as peaceful as it appears.
Detouring around the back of the altar, Ryan found a small mound of soil. The sign next to it said that this was where the bodies were buried after human sacrifice.
This is why when Ryan was chatting with others on the commercial street, they explained why so many people came to study it.
At least in the wizarding world, the release of some ancient magic does sometimes require human lives as sacrifices. However, if it is magic related to natural things, there has never been a spell that uses humans as sacrifices. This altar is because of this weirdness
That's why there are many wizard investigations coming and going.
Ryan spent more than half an hour checking this place, but unfortunately found nothing. The plants searched the ground and found nothing strange except the human bones in the sacrifice pit.
This made Ryan a little frustrated, but considering that so many famous wizards didn't see anything, it should be normal for a young wizard who had only studied magic for a year not to see anything.
If you think in a positive direction, at least this time you have completed an adventure, and you can brag to your classmates when you go back. Thinking of this, Ryan felt relieved.
Because he was going on an adventure today, Ryan got up early and has been busy since he woke up. So as soon as he relaxed, he felt waves of sleepiness attack his brain.
Anyway, the guide map didn’t say there was any danger in this place. It could even be said that there weren’t even a few living things in this place. In this case, it’s definitely a good idea to sleep under the covers in this place. Thinking of this, I became more and more worried.
Being sleepy, he immediately took action.
He retreated to the path and took out a lot of plants to set up a warning circle around himself. He also took out sunlight crystals and soaked them in water to provide warmth. After everything was ready, Ryan took out his sleeping bag in a corner sheltered from the wind.
Went in and fell asleep soon after (there was sunshine in the open space, but there were skeletons buried underground, so I really didn’t dare to sleep there).
Just as he fell asleep, Ryan realized that something was wrong. He seemed to have left his original position.
Because he found that although he was lying on this shelter, all the surrounding plants had disappeared. Turning his head, Ryan was surprised to find a trace of blood-colored mist floating in the air, and a smell of rust came to his nostrils.
Realizing that something was wrong, Ryan nervously got up from his sleeping bag. After standing up, he realized that his body had returned to that of a 20-year-old. Was this a dream? But it was too real.
Ryan felt that he might have fallen into a big trouble. It was possible that he had fallen into a trap from the beginning. After all, based on his habits, he would not normally choose to sleep outdoors unprepared.
Fortunately, the Wanjie General Store only received strong interference and judged that Ryan was in a fighting state. Although Ryan was unable to enter the Wanjie General Store to take refuge, he could take out things from inside.
Ryan began to summon plants, but found that the summoned plants were not plants at all, but small green light spots one after another. When these small light spots attached to Ryan's body, he found that he could actually use the skills of these plants.
Where is this place? Ryan felt weird from the bottom of his heart. But with the support of the system, Ryan decided to go around and see if there were any clues that could help him get out of trouble.
He found that the blood-colored mist was coming from the direction of the clearing, so Ryan held the wand and slowly moved towards the clearing. At the corner, Ryan slowly poked half of his head out to spy on the status of the clearing. After seeing clearly the situation in the clearing
, he couldn't help but gasped and took several steps back.
Because he saw that the altar came to life again, and the runes on it began to rotate slowly, emitting an ominous bloody light. Around the altar, there were more than a dozen black shadows jumping around the altar, as if they were doing something.
Sacrifice. There are also a few dark shadows on the altar, I don’t know what they are doing.
After stabilizing his mind, Ryan continued to stick his head out and observe carefully. Only then did he realize that the dancing black shadows next to the altar were not the humans he originally thought at all, but monsters with only human outlines, made of some red viscous liquid.
Made up of pieces of meat stuck together.
The several dark figures on the altar were like mummies, with strange black tattoos showing on their withered skin, which flashed and flickered to the rhythm of their kneeling, as if they were breathing.
At this time, a harsh and strange roar passed into Ryan's ears, and a sense of desolation came to him. Following the roar, blood lines flew out from the monsters under the altar and flew towards the circle of mummies on the altar.
In the middle, an unknown blood-red ball is formed.
Finally, with a pinging sound, black-red flames rose from the blood-colored ball. The surrounding blood-red mist became thicker.
There was a voice in Ryan's heart telling him that he should go out now to stop this nightmare from continuing, otherwise very bad results may occur later.