Although the level-20 group magic, Violent Thunder Descent, was not very powerful, it was enough to deal with the level-15 demons. With the support of Andoine's massive mental strength, the range of the magic was expanded several times, and all the demons were shrouded in the attack range of the lightning. Lin Li looked at Andoine, who was casting the spell, and had a clearer understanding of Andoine's strength. Although they were both level-23, there were differences in mental strength, mana, and mastery of nomological power. However, Lin Li could tell that Andoine's strength should be similar to his at the moment.
In just a few seconds, the originally beautiful moonstone square had been covered with the flesh and blood of the Abyssal Demons. The dense lightning that fell was like a huge meat grinder that smashed the corpses of the Abyssal Demons into pieces, and the entire square was covered with a layer of flesh.
Fortunately, the mental fortitude of the people present was still fine. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably vomit to death after seeing such a hellish scene.
"Andoine, you're having too much fun. How are we going to go over?" Aldwin complained jokingly when Andoine landed.
"Let's fly over. I've already seen it just now. There are no other traps in this square except for the Gate of Doom. It shouldn't bring danger to the mages who are flying." Lin Li smiled bitterly. Fortunately, he had studied it just now. Otherwise, the ground would have been covered by the flesh and blood of the Abyssal Demons, and he wouldn't have been able to see the simple magic traps.
The Gate of Doom between the two giant pillars had long been closed when the Abyssal Demons occupied the square, revealing the mausoleum gate not far behind. Lin Li and the other Legendary-mages cast the Power of Flight and flew towards the gate of the mausoleum. The mages from the team of mages, on the other hand, were slightly slower. They each cast the Levitation Spell and crossed the disgusting flesh and blood swamp.
Everyone arrived in front of the gate of the mausoleum, and landed on the steps in front of it. Rosen, who had been silent all this while, did not say that it was absolutely safe after checking the gate and the surrounding environment. Instead, he stood there silently and looked at the gate. Rosen did not believe that Lin Li had really discovered the magic trap because of a cloud just now. He must have planned it long ago to make a fool of himself.
Lin Li did not care about Rosen's behavior at all, and instead looked up at the tall gate of the mausoleum. The gate was even larger than the gate of the capital of the Felan Kingdom, which reminded Lin Li of the Titan Gods' Pantheon that he had seen in the Endless Labyrinth when he was in the Sky Castle. Of course, compared to the Pantheon, the mausoleum door before them was still quite lacking. After all, an adult Titan's body was like a tall mountain, not much different from an ancient dragon's.
"How do I open this door?" Andoine took out the key that had been split into two, and looked at the door for a long time before finally finding a place to place the key at a height of more than 10 meters. He put the two halves of the key together and carefully inserted the key into the keyhole …
No reaction, how could there be no reaction! Andoine grabbed the key and twisted it left and right before pulling it out and inserting it into the lock. After a while, the door did not respond at all.
"Andoine, what are you doing? Hurry up and open the door, we don't have much time to waste here!" Rosen finally couldn't help but urge Andoine when he saw Andoine tossing and turning in the air.
Andoine landed on the ground helplessly, handed the key to Rosen, and said, "There's no reaction, no reaction no matter how I insert it. There's not even a trace of magical wave. You'll know when you try it yourself."
Upon hearing this, Rosen could not be bothered to think about anything else. He took the key and flew into the air, just like what Andoine had done just now. After tossing and turning for a while, he finally landed back with a face full of bewilderment.
Seeing Rosen's reaction, Aldwin and Macklin were a little anxious. "Why can't you open it? Could it be that this key is fake? " Putting aside how much effort they had put in for the key, they would definitely feel terrible if their expectations for Osric's mausoleum were to go up in smoke.
"It can't be fake. This key was identified by the arbitrator. Maybe the way we opened the lock is wrong." Rosen shook his head and carefully looked at the key in his hand, but he couldn't find any useful clues.
"There aren't any magic traps around here, right?" Aldwin asked Lin Li. After getting an affirmative answer from Lin Li, he said to the mages, "Carefully check the door and the surroundings to see if there's anything suspicious."
Osric's mausoleum was on the other side of the door, and no one wanted to go in. However, they could only look at the door and sigh. More than 200 mages immediately dispersed, and each cast a Levitation Spell to carefully check the door and the surroundings.
"Why don't we just blast the door?" Andoine said to Lin Li and the others after knocking on the door with his magic staff.
"Blast it? This door is made of Titan alloy, and there's a Guru-level Sigh mageweath on it. Any attack will be reflected, and even a Sanctuary powerhouse might not be able to break it, "Rosen said with disdain.
The mages went around to look for clues, while the leaders discussed other ways to enter, from blasting open the door, to blasting open the walls, and digging a hole in the ground. All sorts of ideas were put forward, but they were rejected one by one. It was even more impossible to fly in from the sky. Although the halo that shrouded the mausoleum did not look like much, Lin Li told everyone that the halo was very similar to the canopy of the Sky Castle. The canopy of the Sky Castle could even withstand the powerful Nether Storm, let alone a few people. How could Osric design a mausoleum with loopholes for himself?
"President, there's a line of High Elves Print here, and it seems to be quite ancient." Just when everyone felt that there was no way out, an Archmage suddenly exclaimed excitedly.
"What, what text?" Andoine scurried up, and indeed, there was a line of High Elves Print written on the top of the door. However, as an authority on High Elves Print, Andoine felt that the line of text was a little unfamiliar. Although he was sure that it was High Elves Print, he could not translate it.
In fact, both the Legendary-mages and the Archmages had a certain amount of research on High Elves Print. After all, many powerful magic spells relied on the High Elves Print to recite spells. However, even Andoine, who was an authority on High Elves Print, could not translate that line of text, let alone the others.
"That seems to be the ancient High Elves Print. It's the first generation of High Elves Print created after the High Elves appeared. Due to the fact that the High Elves Print has undergone several major changes, most people don't recognize it, even the High Elves at the end of the Dark Age."
A voice suddenly sounded from behind them. Lin Li turned around to see that it was a middle-aged mage who spoke. Before Lin Li could ask anything, Andoine had already scurried out and grabbed the middle-aged mage.
"Can you translate it? Since you know it's the ancient High Elves Print, you should be able to, right?" Andoine pointed at the line of text on the door. Although his expression was calm, there was a hint of urgency in his tone.
"I'll give it a try." The middle-aged mage nodded and looked at the line of text carefully. He slowly recited, "Mark, mine. What eternal slumber? It probably means that you can only enter my place of eternal slumber if you have my mark. "
Finally, they found a clue, but this clue was still not very useful to them. What exactly is that mark? Isn't it a key? If it's not a key, what could it be? Everyone was going crazy. What is Osric trying to do? Since there's a key to the door, why does he have to create something like a mark? Could it be that he has an illegitimate child?
The group of people made wild guesses, and even planned to send someone back to ask the arbitrator Megard about the mark. However, Lin Li suddenly thought of something when he heard them talking about the Brand of Dusk. Didn't he have a ring called the Brand of Dusk? Could the mark that Osric mentioned be this Brand of Dusk? Back then, it was all thanks to this Brand of Dusk that I was able to enter the Eternal Furnace. Since the Eternal Furnace was built by Osric, the Brand of Dusk might really be the proof to enter Osric's mausoleum.
At the thought of this, Lin Li interrupted everyone's guesses, and asked Andoine for the key. After taking a careful look at it, he indeed saw a groove on the key that seemed to be used to place something. Lin Li did not hide it, and simply took off the ring on his finger. He tried to make a few strokes on the groove, and then pressed it with a click.
With a soft sound, a dazzling ray of light suddenly erupted from the key, and when the light gradually faded, Lin Li discovered that the Brand of Dusk and the key had completely fused together. He could also clearly feel a strong mana flowing slowly in the key.
"Hah, I didn't expect that the mark is actually in your hands after we've been guessing for so long," Andoine said with a smile.
Even Rosen, who had been wearing a cold expression, could not hide the joy in his eyes at this moment even though he could not stand Lin Li. They were already only a wall away from Osric's mausoleum. If they were to return empty-handed, no one would be willing to do so. More importantly, the thing that the Supreme Council needed was likely to be in Osric's mausoleum. If they could not get it successfully, it would have a huge impact on the Supreme Council's plans.
"I'm not sure yet, but I'll go and try." After saying that, Lin Li took the key to the keyhole on the door, and carefully inserted the key that had the Brand of Dusk on it. Next, a strong mana wave was emitted from the door, and the people waiting in front of the door could not help but take a few steps back. The heavy door slowly opened.
Looking at the slowly opening door, everyone could not hide the joy on their faces. It was as if the treasures in the mausoleum had been placed in front of them.
Lin Li took the key, but he did not return it to Andoine. Instead, he put it in the Ring of Endless Storm. Although the key seemed to be useless after the door was opened, there was still his Brand of Dusk on it. He did not know if it could be removed. The ring was the key to opening the Eternal Furnace.
In fact, at this moment, everyone was already thinking about the problems in the mausoleum. Even Rosen, who was always against Lin Li, did not think of taking the key back. When Lin Li came over, neither Andoine nor Rosen mentioned the key. Since the door was already open, what was the use of the key? For grave robbers like them, locking the door when they left was not a problem that they cared about.
When the heavy door was completely opened, everyone lined up in a formation, and slowly walked towards the door of the mausoleum with their guards up. However, to everyone's surprise, on the other side of the door, there was actually a huge and boundless cemetery in front of them.
Although Lin Li and the others had the map of Osric's mausoleum, the High Elves' maps were described in extremely complicated language like a tongue twister. Before entering the mausoleum, everyone knew that there would be a cemetery behind the door, but no one expected the scale of the cemetery to be so large.
The tall tombs were like hills, blocking everyone's line of sight. However, even if a few Legendary powerhouses rose into the air and looked out, they could not see the boundaries of the cemetery at all. All they could see were endless tombs. How could this still be called a cemetery? It was simply a world of tombs.
In this world of tombs, there was a massive death aura that was so thick that it seemed to be substantial. Even the Shadowglen could not compare to it. Lin Li could think of a place that could compare to this place. It was probably the Sky Castle that was shrouded in the Psychic Array.
As the door opened, there seemed to be wind blowing into the world of tombs, and the massive death aura began to surge violently. Sensing the change in the death aura, everyone was shocked. It was obvious that this tomb was not for anyone to sleep in peace. Indeed, they soon saw countless dry arms poking out of the soil in the tombs that were as large as hills. The ground under their feet seemed to be trembling, and suddenly became soft. Undead creatures crawled out of the soil from the tombs.
Even though Lin Li had already experienced being besieged by countless Undead creatures in the Sky Castle, he still couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle when he saw the scene in front of him. The Tide of Death in Necromagic would summon Undead creatures from the Undead World regardless of how many there were. However, all the Undead creatures in this cemetery were obviously buried in the tombs, and they were definitely all transformed from living beings.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
