After obtaining the Commander's Badge, Aldwin and Macklin were indescribably excited. However, after admiring the legendary artifact of the mages, the two of them thought of how they should compensate Lin Li. After all, Lin Li had been involved from the moment they entered to the discovery and harvest. It would not be in the character of the two old men to keep such a precious item quietly.
However, Lin Li had his own plans. According to the information he had obtained, there was not only the debris of the stars, Nothingness, but also the real Stars of Fury in the mausoleum. Those two real artifacts were what he needed the most. Now that he looked at his relationship with Rosen, Rosen would probably become an obstacle regardless of whether the two artifacts had anything to do with the goals of the Supreme Council. He didn't have to get rid of Rosen, but he had to at least suppress him, not just in terms of strength, but also in terms of the overall situation. Hence, when Macklin offered to give him the Fire Demon King's magical crystal as compensation, Lin Li rejected it decisively.
Angelano, on the other hand, accepted a Legendary magical crystal from Macklin to be used as the power source for the alchemy machine. Of course, he only accepted the magical crystal after secretly looking at Lin Li's expression.
Next, the team continued to search the rooms at the back, but unfortunately, the next few rooms were the same as the ones in front. The magic traps outside were rather complicated, but the inside was empty. There were also all kinds of gorgeous decorations and artworks, which disappointed the initially excited people. Perhaps there used to be more precious things inside, but they had been moved away by Osric. Or maybe it was just a joke. In fact, if Lin Li hadn't happened to understand the Orderly Maze and subdue Angelano, he probably wouldn't have been able to obtain the Commander's Badge at all.
When they reached the ninth room, the magic trap in front of the door took Lin Li and Angelano half a day's time. When the magic trap was cracked, none of them looked excited. Instead, they looked a little disappointed. According to their previous experience, the room that was heavily guarded by the magic trap was probably filled with boring artworks or even nothing at all.
However, when Lin Li and the rest walked into the room, they immediately exclaimed in unison. The small room was filled with boxes of magical gems. Earth, fire, water, wind, light, and dark. The magic gems of the six elements shone with a dazzling light as if they were going to suck away one's soul.
"Emperor Ice Diamond, Dark Night Magic Stone, Heavenly Holy Crystal …" Everyone stood at the door of the room in a daze, looking at the boxes of top-quality magical gems in the room. Each of them was the best of the best. Any one of them would be priceless in the outside world, but there were probably thousands of them in here.
This kind of gemstone, which had been formed for thousands of years, was not only gorgeous in appearance. Although it was not as pure as the power of the Magical Elemental Crystal Stone, it was thousands of times more stable. Magic gems were needed to make magic staffs, magic accessories, and magic weapons.
"If these gems are taken out, I'm afraid the entire Anril will go crazy. Did Osric empty the High Elven Queen's treasure vault? Even then, there wouldn't be so many magical gems!" Andoine muttered.
Rosen was even more straightforward. With a maniacal expression on his face, he strode towards a box of magical gems not far away, and exclaimed, "Only the Supreme Council, only the Supreme Council has the ability to realize their true value!"
Although Rosen's words caused many people to be dissatisfied, they had to admit that it was indeed the case given the current situation in Anril.
After the war at the end of the Dark Age, there was a gap in knowledge, and it was very difficult to find a jewelry master in Anril. If the magical gems were not specially processed by a jewelry master, such as soaking and cutting them, it would be like a piece of wood that could not be made into a magic staff. However, even a jewelry master might not dare to deal with so many top-quality magical gems easily. It would be a waste to let a low-level jewelry master do it.
However, given Andoine's temper, he wouldn't care about that. It didn't matter if he didn't give Aldwin and the others a share. After all, Aldwin already had the Commander's Badge, but he couldn't say anything if his student didn't get a share. Seeing that Rosen was going straight for the magical gems, Andoine couldn't hold back his anger, and was about to rush over to argue with Rosen.
However, when Lin Li saw Rosen getting closer and closer to the magical gems, and was about to reach for the Emperor Ice Diamond, he suddenly reached out to pull Andoine and Aldwin, and yelled anxiously, "Retreat!" They scurried out of the house. Macklin and Angelano, who were standing at the back, were knocked far away by Lin Li. Although Aldwin and Andoine were puzzled, they did not delay and immediately followed him out because of their trust in Lin Li.
As soon as they rushed out of the door, a thunderous roar came from the room, and the ground shook violently. A terrifying magic storm surged out of the door in an instant. Lin Li, Andoine, and the others were directly swept away by the huge shock wave, and only stopped when they hit the wall opposite the palace.
"Damn it, it hurts so much." Lin Li supported himself against the wall and stood up. He rubbed his sore back while looking at the door that was emitting all kinds of light with lingering fear.
Faced with this sudden change, everyone's faces were full of horror. No one could have imagined that such a terrifying explosion would occur in such a small room. If it had been outside, even if the few Legendary-mages could escape, the entire group of more than 150 mages would probably not have been able to survive.
Seeing that the magic storm in the room had subsided slightly, a figure suddenly rushed out of the room. His beard and hair were messy, and his face was bruised. The magic robe he was wearing barely covered his skinny body. It was Rosen who had announced the ownership of the magical gems. Rosen, who was in a sorry state, immediately rushed towards Lin Li like a madman, and hollered angrily, "You knew it long ago, didn't you!?"
Lin Li shrugged his shoulders, and helplessly said, "You can't blame me for that. I only knew that those magical gems were fake when you reached out. You're experienced and knowledgeable, but I didn't expect you to make a mistake. Fortunately, they exploded here. If they were moved to the Sky Tower … "
Andoine stepped forward and blocked in front of Rosen. Looking at Rosen's sorry state, he turned around and asked Lin Li while holding back his laughter, "Felic, did you say that those magical gems are fake?"
"Actually, they can't be considered fake. Maybe this is the effect that Osric wanted. If I guessed correctly, these should be gemstone bombs made with alchemy. They look like top-grade magical gems. Maybe they were made to tempt greedy people to detonate them. " Lin Li, who was being stared at by Rosen with a murderous gaze, was actually rather surprised although he looked calm on the surface. Rosen was really tough to survive such an explosion.
Lin Li was not lying. Such a violent explosion was indeed somewhat unexpected, but he had already thought of the peculiarity of those magical gems as soon as he saw them. Although the magical gems that Osric had placed were no different from real top-grade gems in all aspects, Lin Li was still suspicious. However, what made Lin Li suspicious was the huge number of them.
The conditions for the production of magical gems could be said to be rather harsh, let alone the top-grade ones. Even if Osric had plundered the entire Anril and robbed dozens of levels of the abyss, it would probably be impossible for him to get thousands of such top-grade magical gems. A huge magical gem vein might not even have one top-grade magical gem. Could there be thousands of magical gem veins in the entire Anril?
The only possibility was that Osric had made them himself. However, the most important stability of magical gems was not that easy to replicate. Making artificial gems that were comparable to real gems was actually no different from waiting for them to be formed naturally. In order to simplify the process, a certain degree of stability would have to be sacrificed. If the magical gems produced were unstable and contained power equivalent to that of top-grade gems, they would naturally explode easily.
Although Rosen wished that he could cut Lin Li into pieces, he also knew that he could not do anything to Lin Li, who was also a level-23 Legendary-mage, even if his strength was intact, let alone in such a situation. After a moment of stalemate, Rosen had no choice but to turn his head to the side and change into a new magic robe.
When Rosen turned around to leave, Lin Li's gaze fell on the ground where Rosen had been standing. There were a few fragments that seemed to be from a ring. They might have been hanging on the magic robe, and had just been shaken off. Lin Li rubbed his chin. No wonder Rosen could walk out of such a terrifying explosion. This old man was really well-prepared.
After everything calmed down, everyone was about to leave, but Lin Li suddenly thought of something. He told Andoine and the others to wait, and then ran into the room after the explosion. Andoine hurriedly followed, not because he was worried about another explosion, but because he was curious about what could be left in the room after the explosion just now.
Lin Li came over to try his luck. He saw that there seemed to be a few unopened boxes in the corner just now. Besides, the defensive mageweaths drawn on those boxes should be Guru-level mageweaths of Absolute Guardian. They might be able to survive the explosion.
Indeed, most of the things in the room had been shattered in the explosion, and the dazzling magical gems had disappeared. However, in the corner, there were a few small boxes that had not been opened, but they were still intact. Lin Li walked over carefully, and used his mental strength to sense the magical waves inside. After confirming that there were no problems, he slowly opened one of the boxes, revealing the dazzling magical gems inside. Or rather, gem bombs.
Seeing that there were still some left, Andoine's heart immediately jumped. He wanted to call out to Lin Li, but he dared not speak, for fear that he would disturb Lin Li and detonate those terrifying little things. After seeing that Lin Li had put the boxes into the Ring of Endless Storm, Andoine rushed over and smacked Lin Li's head hard. "Damn it, do you want to die? Are those things for you to play with!?"
Lin Li rubbed his head and stood up with a bitter smile. "Don't worry, it'll be fine once I put them away. Besides, I know how to make them listen to me."
There were a total of 60 gem bombs in the three small boxes. They were not common goods, but weapons of mass destruction made by Osric with alchemy. Each of them had the power of Legendary-level magic. In fact, the explosion just now would have been a hundred times more powerful if not for the suppression of the various magical elements. Even if Rosen had 10 defensive rings, he would have been blown into pieces.
The team continued to search the remaining rooms, and found nothing except for some potions and formulas that were kept by Andoine. Hence, the team rested for a while before leaving the palace. After walking through a few long corridors, they finally arrived at the center of the Eternal Furnace.
In the center of the Eternal Furnace was the place that the Fire Demon King had mentioned, Osric's burial ground. There was a tall and majestic six-story steeple. Although the steeple only had six stories, it was probably about 100 meters tall, including the base of the tower. Its width was even more shocking. One could imagine how vast the space inside was.
The only thing that was better than the Central Tower of the Sky Castle was that the gate of the minaret of the Eternal Furnace was not locked with the Magical Thousand-contraption Lock. After checking the magic traps on it, Lin Li and Angelano slowly pushed the gate of the minaret open, only to see a thick fog that blocked all their vision. Lin Li, Andoine, and the others looked at each other, and took a deep breath in unison. They then led the team into the steeple slowly.
The path they had come from gradually disappeared in the thick fog. When everyone's eyes became clear again, they discovered that there was a neat team of High Elves waiting for them in front of them. However, everyone could sense that the High Elves were exuding a thick aura of death, which made them feel as if they had returned to the Gloomy Valley outside. However, there was no putrid smell.
"It's the Souls of the Dead, the Souls of the Dead from the Magic Legion!" Angelano exclaimed in a trembling voice. He then turned around and ran towards the mages.
"The Souls of the Dead from the Magic Legion?" Lin Li asked in surprise. The Undead creatures that were emitting the death aura did not seem to have been processed by Osric. In fact, they should be considered Undead creatures. Strictly speaking, these Undead creatures should be Vengeful Spirits. However, they had basically become corporeal, just like the ones they had encountered in the Sky Castle.
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