Outside the Magic Tower, Sodelor was leading ten soldiers and Akasha towards the white palace.
They had experienced all kinds of battles and escapes in a day. To be honest, even Sodelor, who was the strongest among them, felt his legs go weak. Fortunately, everyone had eaten something when they were guarding the outer wall, or they would definitely be paralyzed now.
"Slurp …"
Because of the physical damage from the icicles, a lot of the snow monster's internal organs splattered on the ground when it died, so the soldiers' leather boots made unpleasant noises.
If it were anyone else, they would have been scared silly by this hellish scene, but Sodelor and the others were already used to it. Even their expressions did not change.
"Let's hurry. Roddy's situation is not good …"
Akasha had witnessed the scene of Rody being injured in the array. At that time, she was burning with anxiety. That was why the team that had just entered the Demon Tower did not even have time to rest. She immediately sent a team to rush over. But compared to the panicking priest, Sodelor was clearly more cautious. Even though there were no living creatures around, he still made the soldiers wear what little armor they had left, and each of them carried several secondary weapons. He even carried his dragonbone shield and walked in front, vigilant of any possible enemies.
The team quickly left the protection of the Magic Tower. After passing through the long corridor that separated the two areas, they entered the white palace area.
In front of them were still a large number of corpses and icicle fragments. The surroundings were abnormally quiet, but after a few steps, Sodelor suddenly stopped and raised his hand to make a tactical gesture of "be on guard."
"What's wrong?"
Akasha stopped in her tracks and looked ahead in confusion.
There was nothing strange about the corpses around, and only the sound of the cold wind could be heard. Akasha waited for a long time, only to see Sodelor frowning and sniffing, closing his eyes to sense something. After a while, he removed the "be on guard" command.
"Something doesn't feel right. Maybe I'm thinking too much …"
Sodelor shook his head with a solemn expression, then made a "continue forward" gesture.
*****
"Cough, cough, cough …"
Natha, who had just woken up from her coma, opened her eyes. She endured the pain and tried to get up, but the soldier who was looking after her persuaded her to stay back. "Reverend Akasha told you not to move. She has gone with Captain Sodelor to rescue Sir Roddy."
In her field of vision were the familiar soldiers. Nata felt a lot more at ease after hearing their words. She nodded without saying a word and lay back down.
The rest of the soldiers were resting and reorganizing on the first floor of the Magic Tower. Several burly barbarians who had luckily escaped were curiously pointing at the corpses in the laboratory on the first floor and discussing something. Two soldiers were standing guard at the gate. The atmosphere was relaxed and calm. All the danger seemed to have dissipated.
Natha heaved a sigh of relief. She then realized that there was a circular hole not far from her. Because she had already observed the situation below with Akasha, she was not very interested in the ice crystal vein. She slowly exhaled and closed her eyes to rest.
But right at this moment, a slight vibration caused her to open her eyes wide.
Natha suddenly turned her head and stared at the underground area where the ice crystal vein was. As a Wood Elf, she had incomparably sensitive senses that humans could not compare to. But when she felt something wrong, the soldiers and barbarians on guard around her did not seem to notice anything.
"Buzz …"
Like countless bees flapping their wings in her ears, Natha felt that the buzzing seemed to be getting louder and louder. She instinctively stretched out her hand and pulled the longbow to her side. She was more and more certain that the sound came from the ice crystal vein.
"What's going on?"
*****
In the white palace, Roddy had the same doubts as Natha.
The skill description of "Witcher's Vision" was a little vague. Roddy had never understood the concept of "opening a witcher's unique vision". He had used this skill several times, but apart from blurred vision and dizziness, there was no effect.
But at this moment, "Witcher's Vision" seemed to let him see a whole new world.
Roddy's vision was filled with colorful threads. They were as light as spider silk floating in the air, swaying to some kind of rhythm …
He involuntarily stretched out his hand and found that these thick threads immediately dispersed like repulsive magnets. After careful observation, Roddy gradually distinguished the various colors. But when he shifted his gaze, he suddenly froze and stared closely at the largest relief sculpture in the middle of the wall.
Under the Demon Hunter's Vision, the "map" that originally depicted the magic circle had completely changed. Countless flowing elements, like ribbons of light, filled the empty space on the relief sculpture that was supposed to be "empty". Now, they were filled with countless lines!
Roddy immediately realized that these lines and lines that suddenly appeared were definitely not the product of coincidence.
Beside him, Merinthra was a little puzzled by Roddy's surprise. But when Roddy described everything that appeared on the relief sculpture, her expression immediately changed.
"You can clearly see these elements?"
This was the first question. Back in the Silent Forest, she had confirmed that Roddy was not a mage. It was impossible for a person who was insensitive to elements to suddenly become a magus in half a year. This was definitely not normal.
But what puzzled her even more was the second question. "You said that the area of this spell formation is five times larger than what was originally shown?"
"That's right. If the ratio is correct, its edge even extends beyond the Deathword Ravine … Huh? So this is also here? "
When Roddy compared his own "map column", he found that the ruins that he had led the team to collect the mission reward was actually one of the components of the spell formation!
He had originally thought that Khadgar's construction of Elsen City could be considered a "great work", but at this moment, he realized how short-sighted he was. The area of this huge magic circle was probably one-third of the "Glacial Plains" map!
What was Solomon trying to do? How many resources and time did he spend on this?!
The shock in his mind made Roddy feel a little suffocated. But when he realized that the "Witcher's Vision" would only last for 60 seconds, he immediately looked carefully at the most conspicuous area on the relief sculpture — the center of the dungeon's Magic Tower.
And when he looked carefully, the lines that surrounded the center of the Magic Tower actually formed a long line of faintly discernible words:
"kal-das-mujin-verdisa, vasi …"
Puzzled, Roddy tried to spell out these words formed by the High Elves, wondering why these things did not make sense. Unexpectedly, when Merinthra heard his words, her expression suddenly changed and she shouted, "Stop! Stop! "
Roddy immediately shut his mouth and looked around vigilantly. After confirming that there was no abnormality, he also realized that he had been too rash. He apologized in a low voice, "Sorry, I don't know much about spells … What kind of spell is this?
The Shadow Dragon was speechless for a few seconds, because she was just as shocked as Roddy. "This … this shouldn't be here — this is the Eternal Night … This is something that only Dragons have!"
She did not finish her sentence because it involved the "secrets" of the Dragons. Every race had some scum or sinners who were hated by both humans and gods, and Dragons were no exception. And because of their powerful abilities, an adult "demigod" giant Dragons could not be killed by ordinary means. Therefore, the Dragons specially built a forbidden place called the "Eternal Night Tomb" to execute their own kind.
Over there, the Dragon Clan, who had committed the most heinous crimes, would be annihilated by the power of the formation. No matter how many souls this fellow had split, or how many "phylacteries" he had, it would be useless.
And the reason why Merinthra knew so much about this was because her most powerful uncles … were all executed in this way.
She had once thought of saving these uncles and studied the structure and activation method of the "Eternal Night Tomb". However, because of her limited ability, she could only watch as these powerful uncles died …
But this Shadow Dragon would never have thought that she would see the same magic circle in a ruin.
"If I'm not wrong, Solomon is doing this to deal with Berantulu." After hearing her describe the function of the magic circle, Roddy immediately thought of many things. "Then should I activate the magic circle now to kill it? Is it a good choice?"
"No … It's not that simple." Although Merinthra did not see the complete magic circle, she could make a judgment based on the clues she had discovered. "This is a nested multi-function magic circle. Its biggest limitation is that each magic circle can't overlap. In other words, the magic circle that can kill it is definitely not here."
Roddy's expression darkened. What does Solomon mean? Could it be that he had to dig the sealed Berturu out from the grave and drag him to the casting position to start the incantation?
No matter how I think about it, it's a trap.
Both of them realized that this city and the Solomon behind it were not simple. They stood in front of the relief and began to talk about Solomon. When the dragon records and the High Elves' historical records overlapped, Rody finally understood why Solomon had died in this godforsaken place. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
To put it simply, it was because he proposed that "elements" were the "truth" that High Elf Mages should pursue in an era when "arcane magic" was the mainstream. He even used experimental results to prove this point. As a result, he was banished to this snowy place by those powerful Arcanists.
"No matter what, he's a genius, but he was suppressed to this state … It's like Copernicus." Roddy shook his head. If it wasn't for the fact that strength was the most important thing in this world, Solomon would definitely end up like that unlucky astronomer who proposed the "heliocentric theory".
"Who's Copernicus?"
"Uh, a Mage who got himself killed because he spoke the truth."
At that moment, the two of them heard a scream coming from the entrance of the palace. Rody turned his head and saw Akasha running towards him. She then fiercely threw herself into his arms.
"Roddy!"
Smelling the faint fragrance in his nose, Roddy tightened his arms and comforted the young Priestess who was shedding a lot of tears. Merinsera saw the two of them tightly hugging each other. She narrowed her eyes slightly and then looked away as if nothing had happened.
Sodelor's team arrived soon after. They were all familiar with Merinsera, but the atmosphere was a little strange when they met again under such circumstances. After all, the "Dragons" were too powerful in the eyes of mortals. David and the other country bumpkins were no different from observing a god. Seeing Roddy calmly introduce everyone to Merinsera, even Sodelor secretly broke out in cold sweat …
When did these two become so close?
As a woman, Akasha naturally noticed this. However, she still respectfully greeted Merinsera and took a step back to stand behind Roddy. Although she didn't say anything, her hand was still tightly holding onto Roddy's …
Merinsera lowered her eyes and turned to walk towards the gate. "Roddy, I'll send you out of the city."
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