Light shone in through the window. There was no day or night in the Hell of God's Punishment. The light was always gray and obscure. The layout of the ninth floor was more like an ordinary person's room. A large bed was placed under a window, and there was a desk and bookshelf on the other side. There was a huge wardrobe against the wall. In the middle of the room was not an alchemy platform, but an antique cabinet often seen in noble rooms. The top of the cabinet was inlaid with crystals. These crystals were completely different from those on the first floor. They were all attribute crystals, and magic arrays could be carved inside.
There were very few furnishings in the room. It seemed a bit empty. Salin first walked to the window and looked out. From the window, he could see the forest in the distance. From above, the arrangement of the trees in the forest was even more obvious. Every tree's position was in accordance with the arrangement of the elements.
He turned to the wardrobe and opened the door. It was full of clothes. He opened the cabinet one by one, but Salin did not see a real magic robe. The clothes in the wardrobe were not even in the style of the Fourth Dynasty. They were very simple. Other than the special material, the style was extremely simple.
There were eight antique cabinets in the middle of the room, forming a small space. Salin stood in the middle of the room and lit up the fluorescence spell. Through the crystal, he could see the items in the cabinets.
They were really just antiques. There was no magic equipment. In comparison, the materials of the antique cabinets were more precious. Without the fully enclosed crystal cabinets, most of the antiques inside would have rotted away.
Salin walked to the desk. The desk and chair were all alchemy items, very sturdy. He sat down and looked at the huge desk. It could probably be stored in spatial equipment. There were some papers made of magic beast skin on the table. The ink in the ink bottle had dried up, but it still emitted a faint fragrance. There was a magic pen inside, and there was a small obsidian cylinder next to the ink bottle for cleaning the pen.
There were several magic books on the table. What caught Salin's attention was a magic notebook.
This magic notebook had a black cover with dark gold magic patterns. It was upside down on the table. Under the illumination of the fluorescence spell, the dark gold patterns on the cover seemed to flow.
Salin picked up the magic notebook and opened the first page. There was a sentence written on the title page.
Mages existed to understand the truth of the world. Rafael Jeppa.
Almost every Mage had heard of this magic maxim, but very few knew the true origin of this maxim. Seeing the signature behind this motto, Salin confirmed that this ten-story magic tower was indeed left behind by Rafael.
"Ah!" Nelis screamed, pulling Salin back to reality. Turning his head to look, Neris was pulling the curtain on the bed. As if she had been petrified, she stared at the inside of the bed and froze there.
Salin casually put Rafael's magic notes into the Gift Ring and came to the bed. He pulled up the curtain, and the glow spell illuminated a skeleton on the bed. The skeleton's bones were emitting a pale green light, and it was lying on its back.
This was Rafael's Magic Tower, Rafael's room, and Rafael's bed. Of course, Rafael himself was lying on the bed. It was not surprising that magicians would die all the time. What surprised Salin was that according to the legends, wasn't Rafael burned to death by the Vatican in the Light Square?
Salin's throat squirmed, and he activated Icy Vision. He now had far more control over his body than when he was at Level-3. With Icy Vision activated, every detail of the entire skeleton was displayed in Salin's eyes.
The skeleton's bones were terrifyingly strong. Salin could not imagine how a Mage could do this. Salin also knew how to use elemental power to transform the body, but this transformation had to be in line with nature. Right now, his own physical strength was still not up to the standard of a Swordsman, but it was much stronger than a Senior Swordsman.
However, the skeleton on the bed was probably stronger than a Sword Saint. A Sword Saint used sword energy to temper his body. As a result, his body was strong enough to withstand low-level magic, but this kind of training could not prolong his life. A Level-9 Sword Saint's lifespan could not reach 200 years, unless he could surpass the limit of Level-9.
The physical strength of a Mage was limited, but the benefit was that his lifespan was extended. The skeleton on the bed had obviously broken the balance.
Neris almost drooled. She rolled her tongue and made a gurgling sound in her throat.
"Neris!" Salin's voice was low, stopping Neris's thoughts. Obviously, Neris wanted to devour this skeleton. If this skeleton was Rafael's, Salin did not want a Level-10 Mage to be desecrated after his death.
"Master, Mages don't care about what happens to them after they die." Neris resisted, which was rare. There was also a kind of energy flowing in the bones that could be absorbed by her.
Salin turned around and saw Rex standing in front of the window, looking out. Salin then whispered to Neris, "You can't eat this."
Seeing Neris's angry and childish expression, Salin's heart softened. Many Mages would choose extreme methods when they knew that they were about to die, such as burning themselves to ashes with fire elements, or drowning themselves in the sea. Thinking about it carefully, these Mages really did not care about their remains after they died.
But Salin was unwilling. He wanted to bury Rafael. He had obtained Rafael's inheritance, so Rafael was equivalent to half a teacher to him.
"Don't destroy his remains." Salin tried to make his voice gentle.
Neris's eyes lit up and she said, "Master, you mean, as long as you don't destroy this bone, I can …"
"Well, don't destroy it."
"Then I'll take it back to the Myers Continent and find a place to bury it, okay?" Neris said considerately.
"Okay, wait a minute." Salin stopped Neris and carefully removed a ring from the skeleton's hand. This black ring did not have any magic patterns on it. It was extremely simple. There were no muscles on the skeleton's fingers, so the ring looked very big. Other than that, there was no magic equipment on the skeleton.
"Put it away." Salin put the black ring on his hand. Now that he had four ring-like equipment, he would reach the limit of a Mage's control.
Magic equipment could not be stacked infinitely. Salin now had the Gift Ring and the Demon Ring, plus the white crystal ring that his teacher had given him. The space for equipment on his left hand was full. He named the new ring Rafael's Ring and wore it on his right hand.
Neris carefully moved the skeleton and was about to put it away. The skeleton was moved by her, and with a crash, it split open from the chest. Neris covered her mouth and looked at the skeleton that had split open from the middle in surprise.
The strength of this bone was amazing. Even if Neris wanted to break it open, she would have to rely on the strength of her teeth.
"Master, it's not me …"
Salin ignored Neris. He looked at the thing that rolled out of the skeleton's chest and was stunned. What rolled out of the skeleton's chest was a pale golden seal. The shape of this seal was extremely strange. It looked like a short arrow with a sharp arrowhead on one end and a ring on the other side.
One end of the arrowhead had four faces, which were sharp angles. The slightly long seal was engraved with clear divine runes.
This short arrowhead seal looked like an ordinary item, but it penetrated Rafael's chest and stayed inside. What was even more incredible was that the position where the seal stayed was obviously Rafael's heart.
Salin reached out and picked up the short arrowhead seal. This seal was extremely heavy and smooth to the touch. Those clear divine runes seemed to be engraved, but it was just an illusion. It could hide the illusion of cold vision.
"This is something from the Holy Church. You can't use it." Rex's voice sounded behind him.
Salin didn't even turn his head. He played with this strange seal and looked at the runes on one end of the ring. He asked, "Do you know this thing?"
"Of course I do. Ordinary mages won't study this, but my surname is Glucus."
"What is it?" Salin guessed and waited for Rex's answer.
"The Seal of Godly Might, one of the three artifacts owned by the Pope." Rex's words were shocking. Salin almost dropped the seal in his hand.
"It's okay. This seal is already asleep. In this Half Plane, it won't be summoned by the God of Light." Rex comforted Salin.
Salin took a deep breath and said, "Don't scare me. I have a lot of trouble with the Holy Church. If this is an artifact, I think it's better to destroy it."
"We don't have the power." Rex looked at the Seal of Godly Might in Salin's hand with some regret. This thing could only be used by mages above level nine. It was also one of the symbols of the Pope's identity. Although the Divine Artifact contained great power, it was the worst thing for a Mage to have.
Salin thought for a while and put the short arrow-shaped seal into the Gift Ring. This ring was made by the Goddess Myers. As long as the God of Light didn't descend on the Myers Continent, no one else could peep into the secrets inside. Although the Goddess had fallen, her divinity rules couldn't be broken easily.
Since this thing couldn't be destroyed, it was better to hide it. It wasn't safe to put the Seal of Godly Might in this Half Plane. Maybe the people of the Holy Church could find the coordinates of this Half Plane. Especially once Salin and Rex returned, this Half Plane wouldn't have too many secrets to speak of.
"No wonder the Holy Church hasn't made any big moves for so many years. It turns out that they lost one of their artifacts." Rex saw that after Salin put away the Seal of Godly Might, he could no longer feel the existence of the artifact, so he didn't stop Salin.
At this time, Salin also understood that the Holy Church didn't kill Rafael back then, but only severely injured him. But the Seal of Godly Might was lost. For the sake of stability, the Holy Church naturally wouldn't expose their shortcomings. Anyway, Rafael was hit by the artifact itself, so he definitely wouldn't survive. It was also a safe move to find a substitute of Rafael to execute and block the news of the loss of the artifact.
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