"The window is also protected by the magic array. Try not to touch it unless absolutely necessary. I suggest we look for an exit inside the building first."
"Of course, it's just a personal suggestion. Feel free to tell me if you have any other ideas. "
He knew that the reason he became the leader of the team was that he knew where the wall was. In terms of ruin exploration experience, he might not even be as experienced as Kael. Therefore, he would listen to his teammates' suggestions. Especially when it came to someone who had a strong sense of intuition but didn't know it himself.
He looked around. Kael, Vaay, and Count Black didn't say anything either.
Dorcas was the only one who nodded. "I don't think the magic array will backfire too much if we break the window. But let's do as you say. Since this building is the stronghold of the Demon Cult, maybe we can find more information here. "
After Dorcas finished speaking, he glanced at the stone slab floating in the air in the distance. "I'll say this in advance. If you get it here, please use that Uisu language. Some people shouldn't purposely hide important information anymore."
Everyone knew who Dorcas was referring to. They didn't think Dorcas was right, but his words still made their hearts skip a beat.
This tone was too weird … So, he was directly going against the Black Earl?
Vaay looked at Count Black carefully, fearing that his master might overreact. To his surprise, Count Black didn't get angry.
"I've made a deal with Angor. I'm free to say whatever I want."
The Black Earl's rejection was not out of Dorcas's expectations, but the Black Earl's calm reaction made him slightly suspicious. Dorcas didn't mention it though. Instead, he looked at Angor helplessly. "I thought you didn't need to make a deal with him. See? He's happy now, isn't he?"
Angor chuckled. If they didn't make a deal, Count Black would come here in person, and their exploration would be over. Angor knew that they couldn't avoid Augustine, the ancestor of the Noah Clan.
After all, even the alchemy omen that appeared when refining the "key" to the wall was judged by Augustine himself. This was enough to explain everything.
"Since everyone agrees to explore the building, let's begin." Angor looked at the corridor in front of them. "There must be rooms on this floor. Let's check the rooms first and see if we can find any clues."
Although the corridor was split into two, they didn't split up. It wasn't because they were worried that they wouldn't be able to provide support in time if they split up. It was purely because Dorcas was afraid that the Black Earl would find some information and not tell them.
Of course, even if Count Black found something with them, he didn't care if he wanted to tell them or not. But at least they were aware of this, and not completely unaware of what the Black Earl had obtained.
Dorcas's intentions were too obvious. Everyone could guess what he was thinking, and the Dark Earl could naturally tell as well. However, he still didn't say anything. He chose a direction with everyone else and started walking.
After three minutes of exploration, they had a basic understanding of the structure of this floor.
Overall, it was the word 'return', and the corridors were completely connected. There was a room on each side of the corridor. However, they didn't find anything useful in three of the rooms. They weren't completely empty.
As for the last room, it was actually a large hall. It was bigger than the other three rooms. They also found a staircase that led upward.
"There are some marks here. Something's wrong," said Kael, who was crouching near a stone wall in the hall.
The wall was made of Starlight Stone, but it was still blank. The painting on it was long gone. However, there was a small black mark at the bottom right of the wall.
"The Starlight Stone painting is gone, but there's still a mark here. Someone must have left it behind. Also, it should be about a thousand years ago. " Angor took a look. "Starlight Stone is good at retaining color, but not just any paint can leave color on it. There has to be at least a trace of supernatural energy. But this mark doesn't look like it was left behind by someone who mixed paint with supernatural energy.
"So, there's only one possibility." Dorcas noticed Angor's pause and quickly added, "It can only be someone who fought or got injured here. Judging from the shape of the mark, it doesn't look like someone left it here on purpose. So, the former is more likely? "
"Fight? Why? "Wai looked at Dorcas in confusion.
Dorcas rolled his eyes at Wai. "What the hell have you been doing all these years? Where's that hot-blooded young man? "
Wai shook his head and gave Dorcas a "Fine, don't tell me" look.
He paused for a moment and looked at Angor again. His eyes glinted with a hint of expectation.
Angor understood Wai's meaning. Wai wanted him to explain. But Angor didn't understand why Dorcas was looking at him like that.
Angor didn't think too much about it. "Because this mark is probably blood. Whether it's from a wizard or a monster, they all contain supernatural energy that can color the Starlight Stone.
"There are only a few things that can cause blood to appear on the Starlight Stone, like Dorcas said.
"As for the color of the blood, based on the quality of the stone and the fact that it's not man-made, we can say that it happened about a thousand years ago. Perhaps around 1300 to 1500 years ago. "
Angor gave a rough estimate of the time frame.
Of course, Vaay understood everything and looked at Angor with even brighter eyes.
"You admire this kid? How many times have you met him?" Dark Earl's voice suddenly appeared in Wai's mind.
Vale was stunned for a moment. He scratched his head and muttered, "It's not to the point of worship. I just feel that extra-dimensional wizards are very powerful. Especially when he fixed so many broken runes at the same time. I've never seen anything like that before. "
Dark Earl humphed but didn't say anything else. Even Dark Earl himself couldn't believe Angor's skill at fixing broken runes, let alone Wai.
Dark Earl thought Angor was only invited by the department because he was lucky enough to encounter a Mystery class. But now, it seemed that Angor was fully qualified to be a member of the department.
Dark Earl only saw a glimpse of Angor's skills, but he had a feeling that Angor was not doing well in alchemy because it was not the right time yet. It shouldn't take long for him to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat and truly secure his position as a member of the research and development department.
That was why even the Black Earl couldn't say anything when Vay mentioned this point and showed some respect for it.
"By the way, this super dimensional wizard is very friendly. He's a light wizard from the academy, right?" Vay really liked light Magi from academies. In other words, there weren't many Magi who didn't like them.
Even if they ridiculed these people as weaklings, they still trusted the light Magi from the academies more.
Just look at the "Holy Light Walker" Gandalf. No matter if it was a wandering wizard, a family wizard, a dark wizard, or any other extraordinary life form, they were all very friendly to Gandalf. This Master Apothecary was a light wizard from the academy. He was easy to talk to. As long as you gave him a reasonable reason, he would make potions for you, and he would only charge you for the materials. Think about it. A Master Alchemist would only charge you materials to make potions. This was a great opportunity.
This was why Gandalf was called "Walking Destiny" for a reason.
"Light wizards from the academy? Humph. You think Sunders can teach a light wizard from the academy? Do you think he'll tolerate a light wizard from the academy? "Dark Earl snorted.
"Think about it from another perspective. If I were Mister Phantom, I wouldn't want my student to be a light wizard. But if this light wizard is talented and skilled, I don't think he needs to stick to his principles. " Wai continued, "Just like Mister Phantom. If a super dimensional wizard becomes Mister Phantom's student, will you refuse?"
Dark Earl choked. Since when did Wai have such a sharp tongue?
And he really couldn't refute Angor's words.
If there was a chance to recruit Angor, he wouldn't refuse.
However, in order to show his authority, the Dark Earl still stubbornly said, "There are no ifs in this world. All hypotheses will be caught off guard by sudden changes."
"You can see for yourself whether Angor is an academy wizard or not. I don't think he's a light wizard, and I don't even know if he's an academy wizard. "
With that, Dark Earl ignored Wai. However, Wai wasn't affected by Dark Earl's words at all. With the previous incidents, it would be difficult to remove the "fanboy" filter.
…
Apart from the bloodstain left by the Starlight Stone, there was nothing else in the hall. There were some furniture made from supernatural materials, but … the people who came here didn't take them, which meant they wouldn't be worth much.
Since there were no clues in the hall, they had no choice but to go upstairs.
While climbing the stairs, Kael rubbed his chin and said, "That's strange. We came out from the basement. This is the first floor, so we're going up to the second floor. Where's the door? "
Normally, the exit door would be on the first floor. However, they didn't see any exit door after walking through the entire corridor. They did see two windows, but they happened to be on either side of the "circle". There were only alleyways outside, so there was nothing else.
"Does it matter if there's a door or not?" Dorcas spoke lazily, "Besides, we're in an underground maze. Who said the door has to be on the first floor? Maybe the door here is upside down, and it's on the top floor."
"Is that so?" Kael was doubtful.
"Don't worry about that. If there's no door, I'll make one." Dorcas grimaced as he spoke. At the same time, he rubbed his fists, looking as if he was about to smash the wall at the slightest disagreement.
No one said anything. The others didn't want to, but Kael didn't dare to. He didn't want to get hit by the glowing fist.
They continued to climb the stairs in silence.
The second floor — well, let's call it that for now. The layout of the second floor was similar to the first floor. It was also a "circle" corridor, but it was smaller and had no windows.
The second floor also had three small rooms and a large hall. After searching for a while, they finally found their first clue to enter the building. They saw a nameplate on each of the doors of the three small rooms.
There were familiar words on the nameplates.
The common tongue of the continent was an unsimplified version of the common tongue from an earlier era.
They all recognized the words.
The nameplates indicated the function of the small rooms: cleaning room, review room, and transfer station.
However, they couldn't figure out the specific function of the rooms. The cleaning room didn't seem to have any cleaning utensils. The review room was also strange. There was nothing in it.
As for the transfer station, it was the strangest place of all.
They saw a familiar material here — a Human-Faced Eagle Demon Bloodstone.
However, the Human-Faced Eagle Demon Bloodstone was only a base. On top of the base, there was a broken altar. The altar was mostly broken, and they could see some runes engraved on it.
Unfortunately, there were too many broken pieces for him to fix. He could only recognize a few runes, which seemed to be related to teleportation runes.
But if this place was a teleportation array, why would there be an altar here? Besides, the altar wasn't big. It would be difficult to teleport people here.
Angor told them his theory and asked, "What do you think?"
In order to show his presence, Dorcas didn't even think and immediately answered, "Let's not talk about the other rooms for now. I have a guess that this room must have been set up a second time. It was originally used as a transfer point, but it was later occupied by the Mirror Demon God's followers and set up this altar."
"Do you have a reason?" Angor looked at Dorcas.
If Dorcas didn't use his brain at all, how could there be a reason? However, he didn't want to say that he was speaking nonsense either, so he rolled his eyes.
A while later, Dorcas pointed at a wall. "Look, there's a slight difference in the color of this wall. It looks like some kind of mark. It's about the same size as the cabinet in the basement.
"In other words, there must have been a cabinet like the one in the basement. Think about the material of the cabinet, and look at the material of this altar. It's obvious that they don't belong to the same style. So, it's possible that it was built for a second time. "
The more Dorcas spoke, the more reasonable his explanation became.
When Dorcas let out a long sigh of relief in his heart, everyone basically believed that Dorcas had his reasons and evidence.
Only Angor sensed the change in Dorcas' emotions and realized the truth.
But Angor didn't point it out. If Dorcas continued, it might be possible.
"If this place was built for a second time by the followers of the Mirror Demon, then it might be an altar for sacrifice. As for the target of the sacrifice, it might be the Mirror Demon. "
Angor thought for a moment. "A friend I met in the Abyss Plane told me that the altars of ordinary demon gods must be engraved with the corresponding symbol of the demon god, which is their true name. Only the altars of great demon gods and peerless demon gods don't need to be marked with their true name. "
When Angor opened his shop in Rasudran, his cute assistant, Canaan, told him this during their daily chats.
However, this wasn't really an exclusive information.
Humans had been dealing with demons and demon gods for a long time, so it was possible for them to find out about such things. It was just that they weren't at the proper level yet.
Just like everyone else here, Count Black also knew about this.
As for Dorcas, he was qualified to know. However, as a wandering wizard, he didn't have the most advanced sources of information.
"I don't know if the Mirror Demon is an ordinary demon god. If it is, maybe we can find some clues about it on this altar."
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