Da … Da … Da …
The crisp sound of footsteps rang out continuously in the pitch-black world, but not a single echo could be heard. The deep and dense darkness seemed to be able to completely devour all sound and light.
There seemed to be nothing in this boundless space. In the extremely dim illumination range, there was only a stone staircase under the feet of the five-man team. They could not see where it came from or where it went.
This was the fourth floor of the [Clock Tower] that the adventurer team came to after they met up on the third floor.
Like many mystical things, the structure of this [Clock Tower] also used the most magical number "seven". From the outside to the inside, there were a total of seven floors. Moreover, the space kept getting bigger and the strength of the power also increased.
After the first three explorations, the deepest place that the latecomers were able to go was the sixth floor. However, no one was able to step into the seventh floor, and no one knew what kind of treasure was hidden there.
They could only vaguely sense its existence with the various methods of Transcendents.
According to the instructions in the notebook that Jeros received, the [Secret Treasure of the Sea — Ancient Scroll] was located in a certain space on the sixth floor, "The Sea in the Tower — Eye of the Giant."
"Elvin, are we going to walk all the way up? Why do I feel like we've been walking for a long time? "
Anita, who was at the back of the team, suddenly spoke. Her voice was clearly beside their ears, but in this special environment, it felt like it was far away, and it made them feel like they were in the wrong place.
Especially Elvin and Angel, both of them felt like they had returned to the "Forgotten Desert" in the [Mansion of the Dead]. They could even hear their own heartbeats clearly in the oppressive atmosphere, and they couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
However, Elvin didn't know how to answer his sister's question.
Firstly, in the darkness, human instincts would drive them to walk up, not down. Secondly … He glanced at Milan who was walking beside him. He could only believe in the judgment of this professional "prophet."
Before this, whether it was [Illumination], [Low Frequency Pulse], or even the Grand Wizard's [Spirit Field], or the Cosmic Dragon's [Spatial Perception], none of the detection methods could extend beyond the boundary of the stone steps.
Moreover, whenever Elvin had the thought of flying up to search for the boundary of this space, a great sense of fear would make him suppress this thought and lead the team to walk on the stone stairs that could accommodate two rows of carriages side by side.
This should be the special rule that appeared after entering the fourth level of the core layer. At the very least, under the suppression of the Tower of Time, which was essentially the same as a Demigod, almost no one could resist it.
Suddenly.
Elvin used his "Data Analyzing Vision" to accurately measure the distance they had traveled. After walking for about ten kilometers, there was finally a new change ahead.
"That's … a corner!"
Olivia's voice carried a hint of excitement. In this oppressive atmosphere, any new development was enough to excite anyone.
However, the moment they saw the corner, Milan, who was in the second position of the squad, suddenly pulled out his revolver. The revolver [Black Steel] let out a furious roar like a wild beast.
Bang!
At the same time, a strange thing that looked like a big dog and a mutated lizard suddenly jumped out from the 90 ° corner. It happened to be shot in the head by a powerful bullet.
After instinctively firing the shot, Milan's face showed a hint of astonishment.
"It can't be? These guys have chased us all the way here? "
However, this was only the beginning.
At the corner, there were constantly "Daros Demon Hounds" jumping out from the void, and every one of them ignored the others as soon as they appeared and pounced straight at Milan.
Woof woof woof …
They came one after another like a tide. Elvin, who was standing at the front of the squad, had the most intense feeling when he saw the petal-like head, shiny canine teeth, and long tongue dripping with saliva.
He wondered if all the Demon Hounds in the Tower of Time had come here in a frenzy. How much of a grudge did they have against him?
However, he did not hesitate. He took a step forward and waved his hand.
Whoosh —!
He used the power of the "Storm Dragon" to set off a terrifying storm. The "Daros Demon Hounds" that kept jumping out from the corner were sent flying into the darkness below the stone steps.
There was no sound of them landing for a long time.
"Quick, let's rush over!"
Only when he led the squad away from the corner and out of the sensing range of the "Daros Demon Hounds" did the situation gradually calm down.
At this time, Elvin could not help but look at Milan.
"What the hell is going on? Did you steal someone's wife?"
Milan coughed a little guiltily.
"Maybe, probably, something like that.
On the second level, I was on the water surface, and there was no turning angle less than 120 degrees. After we met on the third level, we did not linger. Although there was a warning in the spirituality, I did not expect them to cross several dimensions to come here. "
As he spoke, he took out a magic book with a large mechanical dial on the surface from his magic pocket. The title of the book was written in spiritual text — Echoes of Time and Space.
Then, under the light of the illumination spell, he slowly opened the book's table of contents and explained.
"I don't know why I would get such a tricky thing after clearing the level!"
The other three wizards in the team came over at the same time. After seeing what was written in the table of contents, they could not help but exclaim in unison, "This is … the legacy magic book of the School of Clock Tower???"
Previously.
From "The Mysterious Source of Wandering: Clock Tower," they had long known that the "School of Prophecy" had most likely inherited part of the knowledge of the "School of Clock Tower" (Chapter 635).
In addition to the ability of the "School of Clock Tower" to travel up and down the river of history, they set up the "Omniscient Eye" that abandoned most offensive witchcraft and only used to spy on the mysterious source of the present and the future.
The meaning was similar to the "School of Life" setting up a greatly simplified "Crown of Miracles" before the final mysterious source of the "Tree of Life".
This should be the main reason why Milan volunteered to join the expedition when she knew the destination of the expedition.
Up to now, the "School of Prophecy" was even more widespread than the "School of Alchemy". Almost every country on the continent had their shadow.
Compared to the "School of Gem" that also had a huge influence on the continent, the "School of Prophecy" already had a fourth rank Crown Wizard. At the crucial moment, they could pay the price to borrow the powerful power of the mysterious source of the "Omniscient Eye".
In addition, this "School of Clock Tower" legacy magic book, "Echo of Time and Space", also solidified a universal witchcraft spell, "Space Springboard". At this point, Milan was no longer the weak chicken she used to be, but a … very weak chicken that could run.
Her survivability had greatly increased.
The most important point was that under the premise that the "School of Clock Tower" had all died, this magic book might be a precious opportunity to inherit the largest heritage of the Sorcerer World! It was enough to let people reach the sky in one step!
But the premise was to first understand why the "School of Clock Tower" had clearly completed the manifestation of the "mysterious source". Why did it fail at the final stage of fusion? It also devoured all the members of the school.
If they didn't understand this point and recklessly stepped on this path, it was very likely that they would end up like a lamb in a tiger's den.
Especially under the control of the "Clock Tower", they had just sent out the precious legacy magic book that was one of the foundations of the school, and then sent out the "Demon Hound of Daros" that could constantly jump in all kinds of spaces to chase after them. Logically speaking, this didn't make sense at all.
Unless, these two completely opposite actions were basically … two different wills!
After helping Milan to temporarily analyze the current situation, Elvin patted him on the shoulder.
"The situation is not clear. Put it away for now. Two birds in the bush is better than one bird in the hand. Let's talk about it after we get out of here. But from now on, everyone should pay attention to turning angles that are less than 120 degrees to prevent being ambushed by the "Demon Hound of Daros".
"Okay."
At this moment.
After walking past the first corner, this space seemed to have ushered in some kind of turning point.
Squeak squeak squeak …
There were louder and louder insect sounds that began to ring in the darkness around the stairs. And as they continued to go up, this sound began to become louder and louder.
Staring at the stairs that continued to extend upward into the darkness, Elvin couldn't help but think of a theory — the "Impossible Penrose Staircase".
This theory said that four stairs were connected by four corners, but the direction of each staircase was upward, so it could extend infinitely. But that kind of thing could only be written on a two-dimensional paper. It was impossible to exist in a conventional three-dimensional world.
But in the "Clock Tower" that focused on the study of time and space, it might not be impossible.
But it gave Elvin the feeling that they were not following the conventional meaning of going up or down, but instead, they were taking large strides forward into a deeper dark space.
In fact, they were walking on another dimension outside the three-dimensional world.
Soon.
As if to confirm Elvin's guess, when they walked past the four corners of 90 degrees, they eliminated several waves of "Demon Hounds of Daros" that jumped out because they sensed Milan's aura. In theory, they should have returned to their original starting point.
What appeared in front of them was still a long stone staircase that continued to rise without an end.
Squeak squeak squeak …
At that moment, it was as if the two parallel lines finally converged. The frenzied chirping of insects broke through an invisible and untouchable barrier and quickly approached from afar in the darkness.
Cluck cluck cluck …
Led by a tall Beetleman with a human skull, two legs, and four arms, a swarm of strange-looking insects swarmed out of the darkness on both sides of the stairs. They climbed up the stone stairs that had no branching paths that humans could see.
It was as if the endless staircase was actually connected to a huge insect cellar.
From Elvin's perspective, the sharp bone carapace on the four-armed beetle-man looked like a human wearing a kinetic skeleton. It was as if the chitin contaminated integrated circuit that he had previously obtained had traveled from the future to the present.
Actually, at that moment.
After combining everyone's experience, they had realized that the "Clock Tower" had most likely encountered some unknown contamination, and it was most likely related to the insects.
This was because as they continued to advance into the inner layer of the Clock Tower, from the first, second, third, and now the fourth floor, this strange pollution had become more and more obvious. More and more strange looking insects were appearing one after another.
They had to put the secret behind it aside for now.
What they needed to do now was to kill the insects!
Standing at the two ends of the team, Elvin and Anita, the two top rank-3 combatants, opened their mouths at the same time.
Boom!
[Flame Dragon's Breath!]
[Frost Dust Breath!]
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