A hardcover book that was thicker than two bricks stacked together was presented on the velvet cover.
Without a doubt, this extremely thick book was the Starry Sky Book.
According to the previous process, the crystal screen should have projected the detailed introduction of the Starry Sky Book … However, Jota did not do so.
Instead, he reached a hand toward the spirit energy display cabinet.
The complicated defensive runes around the cabinet avoided Jota's hand as if they didn't see it at all.
Even the glass cabinet, which clearly had physical properties, was like an illusion in front of Jota's hand.
Jota's hand went through the spirit energy display cabinet and took out the Star Tome.
Jota rubbed the cover of the book to make sure it was real and handed it back to Angor.
"I won't show you the details of the book on the screen. You can read it later," Jota said.
Neither Angor nor Laplace had any objections.
The crystal screen only showed a summary of the book, which could be used to gather information. But if they already had the real item, it didn't really matter.
With that done, Jota spoke in a soft voice, "Now that the three treasures have been displayed, it's time for us to leave."
Angor nodded. He was about to say something when he heard something not far away. "Crack! Crack!"
It sounded like a piece of glass that was about to shatter.
Both Angor and Laplace heard it, and they quickly found the source of the sound.
Angor followed Laplace's gaze.
A hundred meters away, the shining halo on the hand of the "star grabbing" statue suddenly began to crack. It was about to be destroyed.
"What's going on?" Angor wondered.
Jota glanced at it and said indifferently, "It's not a big deal. It just activated the servant's defense mechanism."
"???" Did the servant's defense mechanism just get activated? It's nothing?
Jota seemed to have seen this coming. He explained slowly, "The servants have their own rules. Their job is to protect the treasures in their hands."
As for how?
They could sense the treasure's aura.
As long as the servants could sense the treasure's aura, they would stay still. If the treasure's aura changed or disappeared, the servants would go into defensive mode.
As for the halo, it was a way to transmit aura.
"The halo on the servant's hand is connected to the array inside the spirit energy display cabinet. When the Star Tome is still in the cabinet, its aura will be transmitted to the halo through the array. "
When the servants sensed the aura of the Star Tome through the halo, they would assume that the book was still in their hands.
Similarly, although the previous secret treasures "Color Palette" and "Art of Darkness" had been moved to the display cabinet, because the circle of light could constantly transmit auras, the attendants would think that the treasures were still there and would not have any reaction.
But now that Jota had taken the Starry Sky Book out of the display case, the treasure had disappeared, and the circle of light could no longer detect the aura of the treasure … The attendant naturally sensed that something was wrong.
Angor's defense mechanism.
Angor frowned. "What do you mean by activated defense mechanism?"
Jota said, "It will attack all living beings indiscriminately. Since we're the only ones here, it will target us. "
Angor didn't know what to say.
Jota chuckled. "But don't worry. We took the treasure from here. It's part of the process.
"The solution is simple. Give me a moment, gentlemen."
With that, Jota slowly walked to the spirit energy display cabinet under the watchful eyes of Angor and Laplace.
He lifted his scepter and pointed it at the cabinet.
The originally gorgeous display cabinet instantly disintegrated, turning into countless floating specks of light.
These spots of light had fallen from the 'small sun' in the sky, but at this moment, the drifting spots of light did not return to the 'small sun' in the sky. Instead, they constantly changed shape and condensed in midair.
Two seconds later, a new "Star Tome" appeared in front of them.
The Book of Stars looked real, but he was sure that it was just an illusion. There was nothing in the book.
However, he sensed the familiar aura of a treasure inside the "Star Tome".
It was the same aura as the real "Star Tome" in Angor's hand.
Was Jota trying to swap it out? Using a fake book to replace the real one?
Jota did exactly what he was thinking and did as he was told.
The "Star Tome" floating in the air flew back to the hand of the colossus. The colossus sensed the aura of the treasure inside the "Star Tome" and slowly calmed down.
Jota saw that the servant had stopped the defensive mechanism, patted the non-existent dust on his hands, and said, "See, it's very simple."
"The Starry Sky Book guarded by the servant has already been given to you, so all you need to do is find a temporary replacement treasure and give it to it."
"Yes, it's simple. But isn't it a little too simple? "
He thought these servants would have a complicated screening system, but it turned out that they only needed to use illusions to fool them. That was not simple at all. It was very crude.
Did it mean that someone who knew how to cast illusions could take away all the treasures here just by imitating the aura of the treasures?
Jota chuckled. "Like I said, only three treasures can be displayed each day, and not at the same time."
He could only display three items a day at most. This was a strict condition.
Because of this, some people wanted to rely on the illusion of treasures to take away all the treasures. This was impossible to achieve in a short period of time.
"There's another hidden condition," Jota said. "The defense mechanism can only be turned off once per day."
Jota had already used the "Star Tome" illusion to turn off the defense mechanism once, which was the upper limit. If he wanted to obtain the treasure again today, he had no choice but to use the illusion to fool the servants.
In other words, even if someone who knew how to cast illusions could enter the Hall of Attendants, they could only steal one treasure per day.
And before that, they had to go through a series of procedures, such as obtaining permission to activate the "spirit display cabinet".
This was almost impossible to achieve.
Currently, only Jota and the spirit of the giant city had the permission to activate the spirit display cabinet.
Therefore, anyone who wanted to steal the treasures would have to go around the "program" to do so, which was even more difficult. Especially when the spirit of the giant city was watching, it was basically impossible to bypass the "program".
All in all, using illusions to fool the servants was only a facade. The complicated rules behind it were the true pillars of the Hall of Attendants' security.
Angor sighed in his mind when he realized what was going on.
Actually, he was a little tempted.
…
After comforting the servants, Jota led the group out of the Hall of Attendants.
It was a peaceful journey. Soon, they left the Rare Treasure Museum. Once again, they used the teleportation array to return to the previous space filled with crystal clusters.
To Angor's surprise, the spirit of the giant city was already waiting for them inside the cluster space.
Angor wasn't surprised by the spirit's appearance.
What surprised him was that the spirit didn't appear on the screen this time. Instead, it showed up in its true form.
The body of the spirit was that of a graceful lady, but the head on its neck was a dazzling crystal palace.
Even though he already saw the city spirit's true form in the Dream Crystal, he still couldn't help but be shocked by the sight of it in front of him.
Fortunately, he had already seen the spirit's true form, so he could at least maintain a calm expression on his face.
As for Laplace … Although it was her first time seeing the real body of the giant city spirit, she had seen countless strange creatures in the projection of the Empty Mirror Sea.
The spirit's appearance wasn't enough to surprise her.
However, the way the spirit spoke made Laplace frown a little.
"You're finally here. Let me wait a bit." The spirit of the giant city sat on the crystal cluster sofa and looked at the people who came in. It was very satisfied that they didn't pay too much attention to its image.
"While I was waiting, I was thinking of going to the Dream Crystal to meet Sister Evelda, but I was worried that I would be too engrossed in my conversation with Sister Evelda and forget to return, which would neglect the two of you."
"So, I had to wait here in boredom … It's so boring."
Before this, the spirit of the giant city spoke in a rather calm manner. Although it occasionally had a temper, it still fit its image as a "white model".
Besides, the spirit of the giant city had been keeping the crystal city safe all this time, so Laplace subconsciously used the word "steady" to describe the spirit.
But now, the spirit's behavior was clearly not "steady" at all.
Its voice was sometimes soft like a lady's, and sometimes harsh like a madwoman's.
Its personality was extremely changeable.
Also, it used various words like "I", "I", and "I" to show its wild and changeable side.
Laplace was a little surprised by this change.
However, if he had to choose, Laplace preferred the spirit of the giant city. It was changeable, but it seemed to be more realistic.
He wasn't unfamiliar with the spirit's way of speaking. He already saw it in the Dream Crystal. Still, he was surprised that the spirit of the giant city was willing to show this side of itself.
"Sorry. The treasures in the Hall of Attendants were too precious. We were dazzled by them and wanted to choose everything. This also caused some delay when we were choosing the treasures. "
The spirit of the giant city looked at him again.
The two windows on the top of the crystal palace opened, revealing two black vortexes inside. These were the spirit's eyes.
The black vortex stared straight at him. "The items in the Hall of Attendants are nothing special at all. The real treasures are the level-5 and level-6 ones. If you're interested, I'll take you there one day. "
"Those are … forbidden areas." Jota quickly reminded Angor, "That's … a forbidden area."
Level-5 and level-6 treasures were the real forbidden areas. Outsiders were not allowed to enter the forbidden areas.
The giant city spirit coldly snorted. The window in the middle of the crystal palace was pushed open, and it let out a sigh: "The forbidden zone was set up by Tunita. Once Tunita enters the Dream Crystal, he will remove the restrictions of the forbidden zone and it will no longer be a forbidden zone."
Jota wanted to say something, but the spirit of the giant city waved a hand to stop him from interrupting.
Jota smiled bitterly and could only walk to the side of the giant city spirit.
"We'll talk about this later," the spirit said. "Why don't you sit down and talk?"
Angor and Laplace quickly sat down.
The spirit of the giant city opened its "mouth" and showed them a "smile". "Are you not angry anymore? If you are still angry, this concubine can apologize again for my previous neglect. "
"Of course I'm not angry anymore."
Angor wanted to say that they weren't angry at all. But on second thought, he didn't care if the spirit believed him or not. From a third party's point of view, Angor and Laplace would be free to ask for the Cosmos Tome.
Therefore, they had to admit that they were "angry".
Otherwise, they wouldn't feel safe even if they had the Cosmos Tome in their hands.
He even considered if he should say "I'm still angry". Maybe he could get another treasure for free. Then he would choose Art of Darkness.
However, his face was not that thick, so he could only follow the words of the giant city spirit and nod his head in agreement.
The city spirit sighed in relief and put a hand on its heaving chest. "Thank goodness you're not mad anymore. Otherwise, I don't know what to say to Evda when we meet her."
Angor raised an eyebrow. Back in the Dream Crystal, he heard the spirit of the giant city talking to itself, so he knew that the spirit was close to Evelda.
Now it seemed that the relationship between them was deeper than he had imagined.
It was possible that Evelda was the one who suggested the spirit of the giant city to give them a level-4 treasure as compensation.
Besides, judging from the current situation, both the spirit of the giant city and Jota showed great interest in the Dream Crystal, which meant that they were already on the side of the Dream Crystal.
Since the two most powerful Crystaleye Elementalists had already turned around, the path ahead would be smooth.
The only problem now was Tunita's opinion.
However, just as Gleipnir said, Tunita's dream originated from the Empty Mirror Monster, and the Empty Mirror Monster was actually Laplace.
For this reason, Tunita's personal will would not be too much of a hindrance.
Of course, this was only Angor's personal speculation.
He still needed to hear what Jota and the spirit of the giant city had to say.
(End of Chapter)
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