Sheyan smiled faintly and replied.
"That's because I'm not originally from Middle-earth ….. furthermore, I came here on a special mission. That's why I'm like this. Pay attention to the door ahead, yes yes, only the left."
As the two conversed, they directly walked up to the third floor. At this point, Sheyan's expression turned solemn.
"This floor is Saruman's modulation room, there should be at least one tentacle monster monitoring it. The temperature must be adjusted from time to time, if not, the Uruk-hai produced will go out of control. Can you quickly dispose of it?"
Melody hesitated a little before replying.
"I should be able to. As long as it's not one with a huge head. "
Sheyan nodded, gesturing to Melody to prepare to open the door. He then started gesturing 3, 2, no 1!!! Because Sheyan had forgotten that Melody didn't know the '3 2 1', 'ready, go', this common tactical gesture in the present world!
He saw Melody's clear eyes suddenly turn deep. Then, from the tip of her slender finger, an ancient Elven divine rune with a brilliant golden glow floated out. It rapidly changed shape in the air. Then, a surge of energy surged forward. The divine rune finally condensed into a golden chain. With a swoosh, it broke through the stone door in front of them! Translator's Thoughts Paperplane Paperplane Paperplane Paperplane Paperplane Paperplane Paperplane!
Daybreak Curse Shackle!!
A tentacle monster was using its tentacles to poke at the modulation channel in front of it. The dense eyes that grew around its head were indeed the kind that was said to have no blind spots 24 hours a day, but in the face of the golden chain that was flying in the air, it had no resistance at all.
Melody's fingers were like a blossoming flower as they formed a hand gesture. Then, the golden chain intertwined in the air, forming into a strange ancient golden lock. It locked onto the head of the tentacle monster!
The tentacle monster froze in place, and Melody directly walked over. Her left hand's slender fingers continuously formed 3-4 hand signs in the air, and the large golden lock rapidly reverted back to its original form of shackles, before returning to its original form of golden elven runes, finally disappearing from Melody's fingertips. That tentacle monster directly slumped to the ground, dead.
At this moment, Melody's expression was one of astonishment. In fact, she herself had never expected the power of this attack to be so strong! Based on the might of this move, it wasn't unreasonable for a twilight elf to appear every 317 years in Rivendell.
What happened next was needless to say. The guards of the wizard tower were already in an extremely weakened state, and the traps set up by the orcs were like a walk in the park for Sheyan. Very quickly, the two of them broke through to the 4th floor. This was Saruman's research dissection room. There were 3 orcs doing odd jobs inside, but Melody instantly threw out 3 Dawn Dictum Spears, piercing through their chests and turning them into Treant Puppets!
In the middle of the vast space, there were seven or eight rather crudely made wooden tables. The granite on the ground was also crisscrossed, showing the rough style. On the tables were large amounts of organs like heart, liver, stomach, kidneys, etc. Dissected orc corpses were piled up in the corner like junk.
Black blood congregated on the ground, congealing into clumps of stone-like blood clots. A pungent fishy stench caused Melody to frown, as she released a nature spell to envelop her body.
Sheyan's gaze was fixated on an extremely ordinary looking door at the far end of the hall. This door seemed to be made of oak, and wasn't sturdy at all. Furthermore, there were clear cracks on it, and even through the cracks, one could easily see the situation inside. However, Sheyan knew this was all a facade. Because after this door opened, it would lead to the 5th floor of the wizard tower.
As the saying goes, the halfway point is 90%. From now onwards, Sheyan and the contestants wouldn't be facing those crude mechanisms or superficial physical traps, but the true defensive measures of the wizard tower.
This also meant that the destructive runes forged from Isildin metal would be embedded in any unimaginable place. From this, one could infer that the two of them were about to face numerous immense dangers. These dangers included but weren't limited to: strong acid, fire, storm, lava, spikes, poisonous gas, and even otherworldly summoning spells and magical traps.
Golden ancient divine runes once again sparkled in front of Sheyan. Melody once again unleashed the formidable Dawn Dictum Spear Art. The golden long spear abruptly tore apart the wooden door. Then, the seemingly transparent space rippled like a ripple, and directly swallowed the golden long spear.
In this instant, rays of brilliance flickered. Black and white magical textures crisscrossed. When the dust finally settled, a staircase made of spotlessly white mica appeared in front of Sheyan and the contestants. The staircase curved upwards, and on the side wall of the staircase, were shockingly inscribed with the words' City of Silver Stream '.
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The curved staircase didn't appear to be long. Even when standing at the bottom and looking up, one could see the floor of the top floor. The handrails of the staircase shone with a metallic brilliance. Although it didn't give off a grandiose feeling, it gave off a majestic aura like that of a monarch!
Here, common knowledge of physics was completely useless. Just the construction of the wizard tower was built on supernatural scientific foundations, such as arcane geometry, potioneering and so on.
The only good news was that strictly speaking, this wizard tower actually only had a single floor. The various magical traps and mechanisms installed in the wizard tower were closely related to the number of floors of the wizard tower. Furthermore, the master of the wizard tower was most likely still engaged in battle with the giant octopus. This undoubtedly caused the might of the wizard tower's mechanisms to drop by at least 50%.
Sheyan pondered for a moment. Although he didn't know how to identify and destroy magical traps, when he entered as an apprentice previously, his perceptive sense was still at its peak state of 25 points. Therefore, his perceptive sense would be able to warn him of fatal dangers. Thus, he pointed out the areas where he felt the greatest threat, finally allowing Melody to have a target.
After a series of torment, this tunnel was riddled with holes and a foul atmosphere. Even the words' Capital of the Silver Stream 'were blasted away. Furthermore, Melody's original 13 solidified elven divine characters were now left with only 3.
Melody's complexion was much paler than before. Although her eyes were still as clear as water, a distinct exhaustion could be seen. Fortunately, the elven divine characters wouldn't completely vanish after being formed. Only when the magic power within was exhausted, it would gradually recover with meditation and rest.
Following the final magical trap being unlocked, the entire wizard tower abruptly reverberated with an incomparably piercing alarm. That sound was like the shrill screams of a frenzied female ghost, seemingly endless and never-ending. That sound reverberated from the wizard tower to the entire orc city, mournfully reverberating through the snowy peaks. It sounded even more powerful than an air raid alarm in the present world.
After hearing the female ghost's shriek, Sheyan was instantly delighted. This was obviously the final trump card of Saruman's doppelgänger. When he was setting up this series of magical traps, he had directly used this most primitive and most helpless method. Regardless of whether the final trap of the wizard tower was activated by force or by normal means, it would still emit that terrifying shriek, rumbling through the orc camp. If within 5 seconds, Saruman didn't use the 'Loud Noise Spell' to announce that it was safe, then all the orcs would immediately rush over.
Yet at present, the orcs guarding the camp were mostly old and weak. According to Sheyan's conjecture, the total number of orcs was probably less than 10! Even if those orcs dared to rush over, those 3 treants would be enough to finish them off. Looking down from above, Sheyan and Melody observed the scattered and limping orcs below the tower. They heaved a long sigh of relief.
Time was of the essence, the two of them hurriedly ascended the stairs. The 5th floor of the wizard tower wasn't considered large, roughly a hundred square meters. In the middle was a massive experiment platform. The experiment platform was constructed from a glossy and clean stone, similar to marble. However, its surface had obvious traces of magical undulations, probably enchanted with a minor spell like 'Cleansing'. Atop the experiment platform were several sets of filthy alchemy crystal tools, microscopes, crystal balls and the like.
Along the surrounding walls were several large chests. These chests seemed to be constructed from a bronze like metal, looking extremely sturdy. Sheyan opened them one by one. Instantly, a series of surprising yet maddening notifications sounded in his ears.
"You discovered a precious metal: Mithril (14.65 pounds)"
"Mithril's value is a hundred times that of gold. Everyone in the world would fight to the death for it. It is as malleable as bronze, and can be polished like glass. The dwarves can forge it into a metal that is tougher than steel, yet as light as a goose feather. It is as beautiful as silver, but the luster of Mithril will not fade with time. It is as elastic as cloth, as cold as ice, and as hard as steel. "
"Its most precious aspect is that it possesses a rare affinity with magic. This means that when wearing mithril armour and wielding mithril weapons, it will not affect the release of magic. It also possesses the sharpness and balance of steel. This will allow magicians to possess an overwhelming advantage in battle. The Moria Mines is the only place in the 3rd era that possesses mithril, but there are signs that mithril is produced in smaller quantities in Númenor and Oman."
"You discovered a precious gem: Ruby x3, Sapphire x4, Cat's Eye x2."
"After embedding these rare gems, equipment will be reborn. Any one of these gems can be exchanged for 1000 slaves in any country."
"You discovered 3 pounds of adamantine: This extremely hard and rare metal can enhance the quality of weapons or armour. Weapons forged from adamantine have the natural ability to ignore hardness. When breaking weapons or attacking objects, it can ignore hardness less than 20%. Armour forged from adamantine provides the wearer with damage reduction. Normally, only metal weapons, armour and shields can be forged from adamantine. Weapons, armour and shields forged from adamantine instead of steel have a durability that is one third higher than ordinary items. "
Note: There are references to adamantine and mithril, so this chapter is 3400 words long. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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