Standing in front of them were shelves tens of meters high. From the soles of their feet to the top, which was hard to see when looking up, they were filled with all kinds of collections. The light of magic shrouded them, protecting them.
After seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Ren realized that he might have exchanged places with the back figure on the TV in the guard room and came to the museum's warehouse, but it might also just be an illusion created by Alexia.
"But this place is so big, where should we go now?"
Renn looked around. The warehouse was like an aircraft assembly workshop that he had seen in the past. It was slightly shorter in height but equally large in area. Separated from each collection shelf, it was like being caught in an infinite mirror.
The types of collections are marked next to each shelf, and they are placed in categories. For example, the one in front of Renn, most of the collections on it are rare books.
His eyes casually glanced at the books in the collection, and Ren had a vague feeling that standing in front of them, he seemed to have become smarter.
Ren shook his head, it was probably just an illusion.
Suddenly, with his peripheral vision, he found a small white dot on the semicircular magic barrier of a book. It was about the size of the tip of his little finger and was in the shape of a diamond. He looked closely and saw that it had the unique luster of nail.
Like scales of something.
For example, snake.
"How come there are snake scales in a place like a warehouse, and they are still stuck to the magic barrier of this book?"
Although there may have been a snake that got into this place, or it may have been caught on other collections, the most likely reason why this scale appears here is related to Alexia.
So after hesitating for a moment, even though Ren was a little worried about whether he would trigger the alarm on the protective magic, he cautiously stretched out his hand to twist the scales.
However, before he could touch it, the small scales began to move along a strange route.
It's like, it grows on an invisible snake.!
Ren retracted his hand in shock and took a few steps back involuntarily.
Those scales did not stop, as if the hibernating snake had completely awakened. It followed the magic barrier and shelf and began to wander around. Sometimes it would circle around something twice. Even if it couldn't see anything, Ren
I can imagine a snake coiled here.
After a while, the scales will move again, generally moving in one direction.
Ren's eyes lit up, this was the clue left by Alexia!
He quickly followed it to see where the scales were taking him.
But he also had doubts in his heart. He had seen Alexia use magic several times, and it could be said that she used magic in endless ways, and each time her methods were extraordinary.
The first time he was stalked in the museum, Alexia used her amethyst pendant to immobilize everyone.
The second time was when Renn went to ask about the wolf she met during the archaeological incident, she used a pile of waste paper to create an illusion for Renn.
Later, when Ren left Bricka, Alexia "compressed" the safe containing the armor. Now she thinks that the other party used some magic to stuff the armor and sword into her body.
Now using a scale as a guide, Renn was very curious about the meaning of what the other party did. It was obvious that a simpler method could be used to achieve the same effect.
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After walking and stopping all the way, Bai Lin finally stopped in the warehouse for about ten minutes.
Ren calmed down and found that he had arrived at the oil painting area, and the scales were stopping on a painting.
Ren stepped forward and took a closer look.
"Is this painting what Alexia wants me to see?"
Because it is not an exhibition area, it is just a warehouse, so unlike the exhibits outside, there will be introductions placed next to them. The objects stored here only have a small card with some rough information such as the name and the author.
The painting in front of Renn at this time is called "The Victor", written by Golan.
The scene in the painting is roughly a study room. A luxurious rose-backed chair faces the picture. Only the elbows of the figure placed on the armrests can be seen. On the wall opposite him, a portrait of a woman hangs.
If you didn't know the origin of this painting, you would probably think that the man was admiring his wife's portrait, but Ren happened to know about this painting because it was so famous.
The man sitting on the chair in the painting is the author of the painting, Golan, but the portrait of the woman he is admiring is not his wife, nor his lover.
Golan is a painter in front of more than 700 people. Of course, his strength as a great magician is more widely known than his identity as a painter.
He has a friend who is also a painter and a magician. However, contrary to Golan, this gentleman is more talented than Golan in painting, but his magical attainments are slightly inferior to Golan.
The two were usually both friends and competitors, until Golan and his friend both fell in love with the same woman, the elegant lady in the painting.
Two people pursued her at the same time, but the lady finally chose the one with better painting skills. From then on, Golan became enemies with his friends.
One day, Golan suddenly had an idea: I am not as good as him in painting, but I am better than him in fighting!
So Golan challenged his friend to a duel and killed the opponent in the duel.
After the victory, Golan also took away the painting that his friend had painted for the lady, and then used magic to imprison her in his own painting.
The painting is named "Victor", and its meaning is self-evident.
It's a pity that Golan failed to win the beauty in the end, and the other party still rejected his pursuit.
It is said that after ten proposals were rejected, Golan returned home that day and saw the painting he named "Victor" and was furious to death.
From then on, the meaning of this painting became somewhat unclear, because the person in the painting is just a back with his elbows exposed. The person sitting, that is, the "winner", can be understood as the friend who won the beauty's heart.
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However, some people now have other understandings. The "winner" is the smiling lady in the painting - the two dead men gave her their inheritance.
Of course, this is just a joke.
This painting is so famous that even Ren recognizes it. In addition to the story behind it, the main reason is Golan's operation of inserting other people's paintings directly into his own paintings with magic. There are many imitators in later generations, and many fame-seeking people will copy some classics.
Put it into your own paintings.
Later, the routine of inserting one's own paintings into famous works was derived, and there was even the practice of repeating the routine of others' paintings.
Later, a trend developed: the more famous the paintings used, the more grand they would be.
It is said that not many years ago, a big boss bought a painting called "New Brica - The Birth of the New World". Looking at the name, you can tell that this was a painting created on the day New Bricka was established.
The painting records the scene of a group of builders meeting with missionaries of various races.
The painting itself is also made by a famous master and can be regarded as a rare and precious collection.
Then the big boss graffitied a self-portrait with a pen, asked the mage to seal his portrait, and changed the name to "Antony in New Brica". So from then on, Clemente stood next to a simple black line composed of
The twisted character.
I heard that after this, the boss did many similar things and even made a series of them, appearing on various historical occasions and becoming a true "witness of history."
This is much worse than random photoshopping on the Internet. Since the release of "Victor", countless famous paintings have been ruined, and museums feel disgusted to collect such things.
Then they were thrown into the warehouse and ate ashes.
Ren was very curious as to why Alexia went to all the trouble to get her to see the painting.