Avina covered her mouth in shock.
That night, Eric once again went to the ancient tree where Jiu had been lying.
(The humans wouldn't send out a grand magus just to deal with a demon spy. That meant that the grand magus had come to Sheewing Village for other reasons.)
"I'm guessing that the massacre of the village was arranged by that human grand magus."
The magus profession had a very strict division of ranks, just like how chefs were divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
However, magi were divided into five stages: apprentice magus, spell warrior, magic scholar, magus tutor, and grand magus.
Grand Magi were, of course, the most powerful magicians among magicians. The number of Grand Magi in the entire human race could be counted with one's toes, and there were no more than five of them. By the way, it was worth mentioning that little brats like Tisya and the others were still at the stage of apprentice magician.
As for Eric, he was a genius who claimed to be beyond the three realms and the five elements. How could a mere grand magus compare to him?
Eric suddenly remembered the barrier outside the ruins of Sheehan Village. It must have been set up by a grand magus.
"The grand magus should have brought a group of soldiers here. Although I don't know what their goal is, from the way they massacred the village, they should be looking for something." Eric leaned against the big tree, organized his thoughts, and continued, "They were worried that the villagers had hidden the item, so they forced the villagers to hand it over by massacring the entire village. They must be looking for something important."
Eric's eyes flashed and he clenched his fist. "They're here for Tisya!"
"That's not right. Did the human emperor find out that Tisya was the reincarnation of the Saintess? That's impossible. I only found out recently! "
"Ahhh! I don't know! "
Eric was so vexed that he rubbed his head with both hands. As a shopkeeper who didn't do anything, it wasn't Eric's personality to constantly use his brain. However, it was already pretty good that he was able to deduce the situation to this extent.
"Hey, what's this?"
Eric was about to get up and leave. He was originally leaning against the tree, but he could vaguely feel that the trunk of the ancient tree was slightly dented.
Eric turned around, looked at the ancient tree, and reached out to touch it. After touching it for a while and finding nothing unusual, Eric knocked on the bark. He didn't expect a very weak echo to come from inside.
"There's space inside!"
"Demon Slayer Eye!"
Eric used the Demon Vanquishing Eye again.
Through the Demon-Expelling Eye, Eric could clearly see some very rare wood magic particles and black particles seeping out of the bark. These seeped out from the bark and formed a large rectangle on the bark. Obviously, this was a hidden door.
Last time, Eric hadn't discovered this hidden door because of the large amount of wood elemental magic particles in the forest and the ravine on Dove's body.
How do I open it?
Eric used a low-level fire spell to test the waters.
"C-Grade fire spell, Hellfire!"
A blazing purple flame rose from Eric's back. It mixed with the large amount of wood elemental magic particles in the air. The wood helped the fire to ignite, and the flame expanded in an instant with a fierce whoosh.
"Go!"
The fierce purple flame rushed towards the hidden door like a lion seeing its prey. It let out a roar and hit its prey.
Bang! There was a huge explosion, and the hellfire hit the hidden door vertically. This was a forest, so Eric had to extinguish the sparks in order to not cause a fire.
The moss on the surface of the hidden door burned fiercely, but it didn't seem to have any obvious effect.
"Interesting!"
Eric stepped forward. "Magic Emperor Armor!"
A pitch-black magic circle circled around Eric's right arm and continued to descend until it passed through his palm. Wherever the magic circle passed, chunks of heavy armor would appear on Eric's right arm and float around him.
"Close!"
Eric shouted in a low voice. The right arm of the Magic Emperor Armor was directly attached to Eric's arm. Suddenly, with Eric as the center, an extremely large amount of magic aura spread around, bringing with it a gust of air that blew through the entire forest.
At this time, Eric was like a demon god standing in the center of the forest. The cool breeze blew, causing his white shawl to sway. He was like a god, a bit like a scene described in ancient myths.
Eric's right hand grabbed the top of the rectangular hidden door. Although it didn't feel strange from the touch, Eric immediately pulled with all his strength. He could clearly feel a mysterious force blocking him.
"Open!"
The right arm of the Magic Emperor Armor emitted a dark light. Eric's arm swelled a lot in an instant, and he directly tore off the entire rectangular piece of bark.
Boom!
With the removal of the hidden door, a tunnel about three meters high was revealed. Then, an extremely large amount of magic came from inside.
This magic could even be said to be one of the few magic that Eric had seen in his life.
"Interesting!"
Eric disarmed the Magic Emperor Armor on his right hand. He first stuck his head into the tunnel to take a look. He found that it was pitch black inside, and he couldn't even see his own fingers in front of him.
Although the lighting in the center of the forest wasn't very good, causing the surroundings to be a mess, and the growth of plants was very uneven.
Not far from the tunnel, there were spiral stone steps that led to the underground. The stone steps were very old and covered in moss. If one accidentally stepped on them and fell down, they would be more suitable to be described as meat paste in the future.
"Moss Light!"
Eric used a small intermediate light spell. Moss Light allowed the caster's body to emit a blue light that could be controlled for a period of time.
Eric walked to the stone steps unhurriedly. There was a thick damp smell around him. It should be caused by the water that seeped down from the ancient trees that didn't evaporate.
Eric looked at the bottomless spiral stone steps in front of him and jumped down without thinking.
The speed of the fall was very fast, and the whistling of the cold wind was a little chilly. After a while, Eric saw the ground paved with bluestone.
"Ouch!"
Eric wanted to land in a handsome posture, but he didn't know what he stepped on and fell down.
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