The cave was dark and narrow, no different from any other cave. There were also droppings of beasts in the corners. However, as Lucien went deeper into the cave, he found that there were more and more forks, which were as dense as a spider's web.
Taking out the crystal ball from his magic pouch, Lucien touched its surface. Based on the information provided by Rhein, he performed some simple astrology and figured out which path he should take.
Stepping into a downward fork, Lucien walked forward for dozens of meters and saw a new fork, as well as a pile of weird-shaped dark coal ash that Rhein described.
It looked like a palm, which was a road sign left behind on purpose.
Because the places he needed to go were the Dark Mountain Range, the polluted waters on the Boundless Ocean, the desert in the south of the Gusta Empire, and Antiffler, the capital of the Holy Helvetic Empire, covering the whole continent, even though Lucien had learned Advanced Flying, he still needed to be careful and take a rest. Therefore, Rhein provided an alternate dimension controlled by vampires for Lucien to jump to, which could save a lot of time.
The relationship between the alternate dimensions and the main material world was completely different from the image of a big bubble embedded with many small bubbles in the imagination of common sorcerers, because the existence of the alternate dimensions was beyond the limits of imagination, limited by experience, body, and soul, and could only be determined by formulas.
Those alternate dimensions were connected to the main material world through many 'space nodes'. Although the alternate dimensions were much smaller than the main material world, the coordinates of the space nodes could be in the Dark Mountain Range and Allyn, the City in the Sky. The distance between the two dimensions in the alternate dimensions could be one hundredth, one thousandth, or even one ten-thousandth of the distance between the two dimensions in the alternate dimensions. Therefore, jumping through the Portal to Alternate Dimension deployed on the space nodes was the best way to hasten the journey.
However, if the alternate dimensions were very dangerous or like a maze, the time spent in them would skyrocket. Also, because of the space barrier, the alternate dimensions could not be connected to the main material world. For example, Hathaway, the Lord of Elements, once explored an alternate dimension named 'Elks Maze', trying to find the border of the Chaos Ocean. However, she failed to find the exit node after ten years. In the end, she had to rely on the connection between the legendary sorcerer and her own demiplane, and it took her five years to return.
Therefore, Lucien was quite suspicious and vigilant about the existence of the World of Souls. It was almost a chaotic reflection of the main material world. There were no space nodes, but they were all mixed up and connected through the strange and hard to sense.
Lucien had a feeling that the World of Souls was the dark side of the main material world. Lucien was also worried that the World of Souls would endanger the main material world and his own life. was also because of the fact that the sorcerers such as Lucien were trapped in there and his natural fear of the undead creatures...
That was why, after learning from Rhein that something happened deep inside the World of Souls, Lucien chose to trust him vigilantly despite his doubts. Also, since he had made a promise, he decided to give it a try. However, if the difficulty of the task was beyond his capability, he would definitely return without any hesitation and take the risk to inform the Highest Council.
After discovering the first inconspicuous road sign, Lucien moved faster and faster toward the space node. He no longer needed the help of prophecy to choose the fork in the road.
However, Lucien did not put away the crystal ball. Instead, he let it float before him and rubbed it five times.
The crystal ball was brighter and brighter, more and more transparent. Suddenly, it turned from bright to black and 'spat out' a weird object.
The object was only the size of a thumb. It was black and had deep wrinkles on its surface.
Lucien pointed his finger, and the weird object flew up. A gap suddenly appeared in the middle and quickly expanded, revealing a pale pupil that was full of black lines.
It was an eye!
The weird eye blurred for a while and then split into nine eyes of the same size. The eyes then hid themselves and flew to the front, back, left, and right.
The darkness in the crystal ball gradually faded away, and the situation inside the cave was revealed. There were nine parts in total, and they were exactly what the eye could see.
This was the fifth-circle Astrology spell, Spying Magic Eye.
At the same time, Lucien cast another fourth-circle Astrology spell, Danger Detection, on himself to be alert of any malicious and spying within a range of fifty meters.
Lucien carefully moved forward with the help of the magic eye. According to Rhein, there were many monsters in the ancient dwarf ruins where the space node and the Portal to Alternate Realm were hidden. For example, there were Underground Hunters, Dwarf Specters that could not dissipate after death, and the twisted Nest Mother and the countless fallen monsters she created. Even if there were no senior-rank creatures, they could still be a threat to Lucien if he was ambushed.
… …
Angwoods was dazzled by the crossroads. In this dark, damp, and depressing cave, it could no longer sense Lucien's breath, let alone his figure.
When it came to dealing with traces, Lucien had learned from Natasha, the heavenly Knight. Angwoods did not dare to get too close to Lucien, so in a sense, it had lost Lucien.
The two red flames on its rotten face jumped, but Angwoods did not panic. It started to cast a silent spell and used the prophecy spell of the school of Astrology to determine Lucien's position.
Although there were many crossroads, Angwoods was very sure that the distance between them was less than one kilometer. In such a short distance, the prophecy spell was very accurate.
"Astrological coordinates (159,260); Lucien is here, four hundred meters away from me." According to Lucien's position, Angwoods chose a crossroad and moved forward carefully. Whenever it came to a dead end, it would turn into a spirit or hide in the World of Souls and directly go through the wall.
There was no standard for the astrological coordinates. The senior-rank specters and the Congress of Magic had a significant difference. The spells that specters could cast were their natural instincts, and they would naturally learn it when they advanced.
After passing through more than ten walls, Angwoods was about to catch up with Lucien. Angwoods reminded itself in its mind, "I can't get within thirty meters of him, or I'll be sensed by a level nine divine item. After I know where he is, I'll ambush him and kill him! "
… …
With the help of Spying Eyes, Lucien was not surprised at all when the hideous depraved monsters lunged at him one after another. He cast the simplest and fastest magic bullets, drawing silver and black traces in the air, and killed the depraved monsters without missing a single target.
Some of the specters were in the shape of a normal person, while some were in the shape of a dwarf. They all had curved horns on their heads, and their bodies were covered with black "armor" made of viscous liquid. The white bones in their right hands were exposed, and some of them were in the shape of a giant axe, while some were in the shape of a long sword.
They often rushed out in groups of three or four, and their roars were so evil that they could make people feel dizzy.
After killing four specters, Lucien took a look at the disgusting liquid on their bodies. Considering that his storage bag was full, he gave up on the materials and continued to move forward vigilantly.
While walking, Lucien suddenly felt a burning sensation from the amulet of Sun's Corona on his chest. After unlocking three layers of seals, the amulet was even more sensitive to specters!
"A strong sense of necromancy … less than twenty-five meters away?" Lucien was a bit surprised to sense that the sense of necromancy was chasing him through the walls without hesitation. "Is it the senior-rank specters from the World of Souls? Has Mr. Rhein's plan been discovered? "
Rubbing the ring, Lucien was ready.
… …
"Sixty meters away from Lucien. I have to be extra careful. He has many powerful magic items. If I'm discovered in advance, I'll be in big trouble. " Angwoods had been in the Hand of Paleness for one or two years, and he knew that Lucien had obtained many level-seven magic items due to his contributions to arcana research, and he also had the amulet made by Maskelyne!
Hiding in the World of Souls, Angwoods passed through the black, white, and grey rock walls and came to another fork. When he was about to find Lucien's location again, he was shocked to see Lucien, who was wearing a double-breasted suit, walking out from his hiding place at the end of the path. Lucien was looking at him with a smile, and a dark ray shot out from his hand as if he had seen this coming.
"Isn't it sixty meters? It's less than ten meters! "
Angwoods thought to himself in shock, but before he could do anything, he saw the anti-magic ray hit him.
The advanced invisibility disappeared, and all the other magic effects on him disappeared!
"What's this guy doing here?"
Lucien also felt that it was quite strange. He had carefully cast Misdirection and other spells, and then hid himself to launch a surprise attack. However, this weird senior-rank specter acted as if it was just passing by!
However, the familiar white patterns and the weird black robe reminded Lucien of the senior-rank spectres that he once saw from afar in the World of Souls. Therefore, as soon as the anti-magic ray hit the target, Lucien cast Dimensional Cage. This was a spell that could restrain souls.
After being hit by the ray, Angwoods temporarily lost the ability to travel back and forth between the World of Souls and the main material world, and also lost the ability to cast spells.
Since it wasn't a Death Knight, it didn't even have the ability to engage in melee combat. It could only rely on its spirit form, which was one of its own forms of existence, to avoid being suppressed by the anti-magic rays. It pounced toward the wall it just passed through.
As long as he could hide on the other side, he would be able to recover in a few seconds!
Just as Angwoods turned around and floated towards the rock wall, he suddenly hit an invisible wall and bounced back.
Angwoods was shocked and angry, so he lost the precious time to escape!
At this time, Lucien's solemn and vast air appeared in front of his chest, and an invisible halo quickly spread out.
It was the level six divine spell, Immortal Death!
Dimensional Cage was only a third-circle spell, and Lucien, who was already a senior-rank, only needed a short time to cast it.
Engulfed by the Deathless Aura, Angwoods' soul began to melt rapidly like snow under the sun. Angwoods screamed miserably.
Without any magic defense, Angwoods could not resist the divine spell of the same level.
"Why is this happening?!"
Angwoods was very angry. Why didn't he even have a chance to use his great power? Why did the prophecy spell have such a big deviation?
Angwoods' consciousness was gradually fading, and he was about to die. Suddenly, an invisible chain caught him and dragged him to Lucien.
Immortal Throne, Soul Shackle!
Since the victory came so easily, Lucien had to seize the opportunity to interrogate this strange senior-rank specter.
Although Lucien did not have anything on him that could imprison his soul for a long time, he did not plan to take it with him. After casting the spell, he directly read the most profound memory of the specter with magic.
Resentment, anger, and bewilderment were the first to "surge" out.
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