The Magi waved their wands, and rays of white magic spells flew towards the huge stone door.
The spells collided with the curses on the door, and a dazzling purple light was released.
"These spells are almost useless," Elwyn said, and observed carefully for a while.
Although he had not figured out the specific purpose of the magic circle in the hall, it was obvious that a portion of the magic was being transferred to the stone door through the jade stones on the ground and ceiling, replenishing the power consumed by the stone door. If this problem was not solved, the Magi's deciphering work would be completely useless.
"It will consume some of the power of the curse, even if it's minuscule!" Lavier said. "Based on the current speed, it will take at least another ten years to open the stone door and enter the area behind."
"Too slow. Is there no other way?"
"There's no good way to decipher it. Other spells will cause the curse to retaliate, and only a few spells can slowly consume their magic power. The sprites originally planned to open a crack in the wall, but the Ministry of Magic did not agree. Therefore, there are not many people in the God's Vault, and everyone is gathered in the second excavation area. "
Just as Lavier said, compared to the slightly deserted God's Vault, the second excavation area was much livelier.
Just as Elwyn and Lavier got off the small cart, they saw people everywhere on the makeshift platform. Almost all the Magi who had been participating in the International Alchemy Conference were gathered here. In addition, there were adventurers from all over the world, the sprites from Gringotts, and the official excavation team.
The platform was a boiling cauldron of voices, and the Magi looked around excitedly.
They discussed, and from time to time carefully observed the ancient buildings around them.
The Magi were queuing up to enter the second excavation area. On the inside of the platform, there was a narrow hole that went from top to bottom.
It was left behind by the adventurers when they discovered the Sun Ruins, and it was also the entrance to the inside of the ruins.
Above the hole, through the thick gravel, there was a metal pipe installed.
This was the tunnel that Lavier and the others used to enter the Sun Ruins last year, but it was now sealed!
There was an open pit below, and one could go down with a rope …
Elwyn and Lavier waited for more than twenty minutes before it was their turn.
Following the rope downwards, below the platform was a small, heavily damaged chamber.
The first intruders had destroyed and looted the room. The exquisite statues had been pushed to the ground, and their original faces could not be seen. The walls had been damaged by magic, and the walls seemed to have been burned. There were traces of jewels and gold being pried off the walls and statues with sharp weapons …
The front door of the secret chamber was intact, but there were many holes on the walls and floor that led to other areas of the ruins.
In the left corner was the statue of the goddess Isis.
In ancient Egypt, she was one of the most important deities, worshipped as the ideal mother and wife, the mother and protector of Horus, and the friend of slaves, sinners, craftsmen, and the oppressed. She was called the protector of the dead and the young.
At this moment, the statue of this goddess had also been mercilessly pushed to the ground. Only half of her beautiful wings remained, while the scepter and head in her hands had disappeared. Even the ground beneath her feet had been dug open, revealing the secret passage that led to the three rooms with the obelisks.
"The secret passage was discovered by Mr Zuo Sai, but when we came in, it had already become like this," Lavier said in a dissatisfied tone. "Those adventurers don't care about any rules or curses. They don't even care about their own lives. All they want is treasure. They're a bunch of fools who are greedier than fairies. In order to find treasure, they'll do anything. Look around, it's all destroyed by those people …"
"The Ministry of Magic allows them to do this?" Elwyn asked in surprise.
"It's forbidden by law, but the law also stipulates that any adventurer who has been registered can explore the ancient magical ruins of Egypt. So, the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts can't stop them from coming in. As long as they're not caught destroying the relics, the Auros can't do anything," Lavier said. "In fact, the method of destruction used by those adventurers is something that the higher-ups are happy to see …"
"Happy to see!" Elwyn blinked, seeming to understand something.
"Yes, this is also why the Sun Ruins are so chaotic, but there's not a single Auro to be seen," Lavier said in a low voice. "There are all sorts of rumors, but this has almost become the unspoken rule of the excavation of the ruins!"
This kind of thing sounded very puzzling, but when combined with the standard work of dispelling the curse in the God's Vault, it was not difficult to understand why the higher-ups of Egypt's magic world had such an ambiguous attitude towards these adventurers who destroyed the ancient ruins.
One had to know that with the current level of magic, using normal methods to dispel the curse and completely excavate a large ruin could take up to a hundred years.
For example, the Great Pyramid and the mausoleum in the Valley of the Kings had been excavated for three centuries since they were discovered.
But even now, there were still countless curses in the Great Pyramid.
Similarly, an ancient magical ruin of the scale of the Sun Ruins would take at least a few centuries …
The fairies could not wait that long. They wanted nothing more than to get their hands on the treasures in the ruins.
It was not impossible to use gold coins to get the higher-ups of the Ministry of Magic to give them some convenience within the loopholes allowed by the law.
Needless to say, the Sun Ruins might even contain the Golden Sun Sutra.
No wizard could resist the temptation of a magic book that could grant people eternal life.
It was impossible for someone to say that the officials of the Ministry of Magic did not have any designs on this grimoire.
If they really found this grimoire, the biggest beneficiaries would be them.
Ever since the return of the Lord Voldemort, the poor performance of Foggy and the British Ministry of Magic had made Elwyn see through the nature of those politicians.
Looking at the current situation, the Egyptian Ministry of Magic was about the same.
It was just that Egypt's pure-blooded Wizard families were weaker, and were replaced by the fairies and Gringotts.
That was why so many adventurers were allowed to enter the Sun Ruins.
They did not know how to dig, dispel curses, and did not even know the history of ancient Egypt.
These adventurers only knew how to destroy, and obtain the treasures in the ruins through destruction …
Looking at the ferocious-looking adventurers with tools on their bodies, Ivan knew that destruction and crime like the one in this secret room was going on in an unknown part of the Sun ruins. However, it was precisely because of this crime that the excavation of the entire ruins was progressing at a much faster pace.
Understanding this, he suddenly felt disgusted.
Whether it was these adventurers or the fairies and Ministry of Magic officials who provided shelter for their evil deeds, they all annoyed him.
Elwyn was no longer interested in looking around. He followed Lavier into the secret passage under the statue of the goddess Isis.
When this secret passage was first discovered, it was filled with Sacred Beetles. Now, it was completely empty except for the obvious traces of being burned by flames.
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