At the entrance of the ruins, there were torches, ropes, and other supplies that the pirates had prepared for their next exploration. Gary was about to light one up.
Milan had already snapped her fingers.
Pa!
A bright ball of light appeared out of thin air and floated above the heads of the three people. The dim interior of the ruins was instantly as bright as day, but it also gave Gary a fright.
However, Elvin had already informed him in advance, so his reaction wasn't too intense. He just silently put down the torch in his hand.
Even if she was a "prophet" who had given up most of her offensive spellcasting abilities, Milan was still an official wizard. Some common spells were nothing to her.
The light of the "illumination spell" lit up. At first glance, Elvin's attention was attracted by a very simple tree pattern on the stone wall.
It seemed to be carved directly on the smooth stone wall with a chisel. With very simple lines, it was a mysterious pattern consisting of ten circles and twenty-two paths.
Elvin's attention wasn't attracted by it because it was novel and rare. Instead, it appeared frequently in various mysticism books.
It was called the "Tree of Life", "Inverted Tree", and "God's Staircase". When he was in the "Shadow Library", Elvin had seen this pattern in many basic mysticism books.
According to legend, this was the knowledge passed down from one of the origins of wizards, the "Most Ancient School". It hid the ultimate secret between man and god in this world!
However, although this pattern was widely spread, looking at the history of the supernatural world, no one could prove that they had really discovered this secret.
"Inverted Tree? Could it be that this ruin has something to do with it? "
A thought arose, but was instantly suppressed by Elvin. The significance of the "Inverted Tree" pattern to the wizard world was the same as the "Yin-Yang pattern" in Elvin's previous life to the Taoist school.
The branches and factions that came from it were as vast as the sea. Blindly guessing would never be able to guess. Whether it was related or not, he would naturally know when he saw it with his own eyes.
Nodding to Milan and Gary, Elvin took the lead and walked in front. The other two guarded the flanks and advanced cautiously in a defensive formation.
As the entrance itself was at the top of the tower, the three of them followed a spiral slope that extended underground. After passing through all the man-made buildings on the ground, there were only stone stairs and stone walls without any gaps. It was as if the entire island under their feet was a huge piece of rock.
However, it was worth mentioning that even though they were gradually going deeper into the ground, their breathing did not have that oppressive feeling of decay. Obviously, it was very old, but the ventilation system here was still very smooth.
Soon, they arrived at a relatively spacious underground hall without encountering any danger.
Squeak squeak squeak …
Alarmed by the light of the Illumination Spell, a large swarm of bats that were not much smaller than wolfhounds immediately swooped down.
However, they were just ordinary creatures. Elvin swung his sword and a snow-white sword light burst forth. His body transformed into a gust of wind as he cut down all the attacking bats. More bats saw that the situation was not good and fled into the depths of the darkness, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
The three of them were calm. For them who had experienced hundreds of battles, this scene was not even an appetizer.
They stepped forward.
Tap … tap … tap …
The crisp sound of military boots stepping on the ground echoed in the underground space.
With the help of the Illumination Spell, they could see that a very classical tower style stone pillar supported the circular underground space. Here, they finally found the footprints of the former "explorers".
But now, they had all become part of the ruins.
There were dried bloodstains, broken bones, dried corpses that no one had collected, and various weapons that had been casually discarded. From the looks of it, the last exploration was at least a few years ago, which roughly coincided with the construction of the wooden houses in the outside world.
Fortunately, the ventilation in this underground space was smooth and there was not too much of a smell left.
But what was strange was that the scene did not look like the pirates were attacked by something.
Instead, the corpses of the pirates were mixed with many broken marble statues stained with the pirates' blood. It seemed that the pirates had carried out some kind of planned destruction of the "furnishings" here before they died.
"These statues should be antiques, right? The pirates are really wasteful. Gold and silver are not the only valuable things in the ruins! "
Milan, who was born rich and had a good understanding of antiques, saw the broken statues and felt bitter about the pirates' behavior.
"Be careful! It's only a few years, the thing that killed them may still be living here. "
The three of them were experienced naval officers. When they saw the corpses everywhere, they were already vigilant at the same time. Milan only cursed and did not move her feet.
Milan looked around, alert for any movement in the darkness, and whispered to Elvin, "Can you tell what it is?" She knew that Elvin's ability to distinguish these details was above her.
"Some of the skeletons had their bones completely shattered, but their clothes were still intact. It looked like they had been strangled to death by some kind of creature like a python.
Some were obviously hit by some kind of blunt force. Stones or weapons like war hammers? There are similar weapons on the ground, but I don't know if they belong to the pirates or the attackers. Are there any intelligent humanoid creatures that can use weapons? "
Elvin opened his "Data Analyzing Vision" and carefully examined them. In the face of mysterious ruins and unknown enemies that could jump out at any time, no matter how careful they were, they could not be too careful.
This was also one of the rules that explorers had to abide by when they were on an adventure.
"From the looks of it, they seem to have encountered a very tragic battle here!"
To be cautious, Elvin called out in his heart, wanting to summon the seabirds to go forward and investigate.
Unexpectedly, there was an extremely strong feeling of resistance from the bottom of his heart. It was not the simple feeling of fear when they fought against the evil gods. It was as if there was something deep underground that made them feel fear and extreme disgust.
It could not be helped. His seabirds' detection spell was not a spell that forced creatures to control them. He could not make them go against their biological instincts.
Elvin looked at Milan.
The latter immediately understood. After closing her eyes for a moment, she replied, "If we continue, we will encounter enemies, but the signs of death are not obvious."
"Let's move forward. Be careful!"
Although they couldn't defeat the White Shark Skook in the past, they could still rely on their part-time Wizardry path and their rich knowledge of the Occult compared to Skook.
At least in the exploration of ruins, knowledge was sometimes more useful than force.
The three of them slowed down and continued to move forward. They passed by a stone platform in the middle of the circular hall. At this time, it was broken and fell to the ground. They did not know what was placed on it.
Obviously, if "White Shark Skook" was the first visitor, the things on it would have fallen into his hands.
There were three exits in different directions of the hall, and the door on the far left was already open.
Elvin, who was in the lead, looked up at the ceiling and pondered for a moment. He also turned and walked into the open door.
Behind the door was a long and narrow corridor. The walls were painted with all kinds of strange creatures. There were plants, animals, terrestrial creatures, and aquatic creatures. Some of them were not much different from those in the outside world, but some of them were like hybrid breeds. It was unbearable to look at.
It looked like some kind of biochemical experiment laboratory. Even after hundreds of years, the paintings were still very bright. It gave the illusion that the owner of this place was still here yesterday.
Ta … Ta … Ta …
In this deep underground place, there was no other sound except for the footsteps of a few people. Although there were no "monsters" in the darkness, but the deep oppressive and tense atmosphere in the dark underground was accumulating little by little. Even if they breathed smoothly, it made them feel slightly suffocated.
Breathe — Breathe —
In the sound of slightly heavy breathing, the three of them smoothly came to another circular hall.
The shape and furnishings here did not change much compared to the previous hall. The corpses of dead pirates on the ground were much less than the previous one. But from the clothes and equipment, it was obvious that their level was higher and their strength was stronger.
It seemed that the lower level pirates were almost completely wiped out in the previous hall. Although the elite pirates succeeded in coming here, they were not spared.
"Has the thing that killed the pirates left?"
Milan looked at the empty hall. Except for the corpses of the pirates, there was nothing in the hall. She was even more curious about the enemy in the dark.
After all, the corpses of the pirates were everywhere. But like the previous hall, except for broken sculptures and some dry branches, there was no trace of the unknown enemy.
"I don't know the whereabouts of the enemy, but I think you should look at the ceiling! I have some guesses about this thing. "
Under Elvin's reminder, Milan and Gary looked up at the same time. They saw a complicated and exquisite huge circular symbol engraved on the ceiling.
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