Riding and Slashing

Chapter 432 Ella Clay
Eraclay, the main city of the Noldor elves, has been hidden in the magic circle for thousands of years, never appearing in front of humans.

The vast majority of humans never knew where Ira Klein was.

Even though Leon brought humans to clean up the surface of Lake Erakle this time, the elves did not close the invisible magic circle-this was not because the Noldor elves were too cynical, but because of Leon's special request.

Because the closing and opening of the magic circle are more troublesome, the original rune needs to be erased to close, and the rune needs to be re-engraved with Wendy's blood to open.

Li Ang couldn't bear to let Wendy bleed...

However, what is unexpected is that just after the ice layer of Lake Erakle was cleared, the city of Erakle, which had been kept invisible, suddenly appeared in front of everyone without warning.

It was as if the visual deception originally made of mirrors was suddenly smashed by a hammer, and the original scene was fully revealed.

Eracleigh is a large and magnificent castle. The walls are covered with vines, and the walls made of boulders are covered with moss, but they also give people a clean and tidy aesthetic.

The buildings in the city are also amazing. The blue tiles and stone walls form a spectacular architectural complex. All the houses are built on the hillside, which looks like a big gap.

Many sky bridges made of huge vines are erected between the towering buildings, which seem to connect everything in the city.

There is a towering magic tower in the center of the city. Its height is far higher than the tower of the Noble Court in Sarleon City. It is at least five to sixty meters high. The top of the tower is always shining with royal blue light.

That was the surge of magic power emitted by Dragon Tears after it was activated, and it was also a sign of the normal operation of the magic circle.

Thousands of humans stared dumbfounded at this fantasy castle by the lake, and the exclamation never stopped.

In fact, all the Noldor Elves also watched with dumbfounded.

The invisible magic circle has failed!
Is someone doing sabotage?
Wendy can be sure that no one will touch the magic tower during this period of time - the guards of the tower are elites or elders from various elf families, including at least twenty Twilight Knights.

The magic circle is arranged on the top of the tower, except for the direct descendants of Avadine, no one can go to the top of the tower, and it is unlikely that anyone can go to the top of the tower to destroy it silently.

In other words, only a few former Elf Kings and their descendants, including Wendy, are able to go to the top of the tower. At present, only seven or eight people in the entire Noldor group are qualified to go to the top of the tower. Aldalian is not qualified for this.

But these elves who are qualified to go to the top of the tower are all at Lake Erakle now—they are all patriarchs or heirs of various clans, and they are all paying attention to the cleaning of the lake, and no one has entered the city at all.

Moreover, the light on the top of the magic tower is very strong, which means that the source of magic power of the magic circle is quite sufficient.

But why did the invisible magic circle fail for no reason?

In fact, Wendy is not too worried about Ella Clay's loss of invisibility. At present, the elves are not facing the war, and the humans brought by Leon are also extremely friendly, and they were all on or by the lake before, and no one has been close to Ela Clay—— They hadn't seen the city of Ella Clay at all before, and of course they wouldn't get close.

But the risk represented by the failure of the magic circle is much more important than the current invisibility-this is the last concretized magic circle mastered by the Noldor elves, and now it cannot work, which means that the last magic circle of the elves The inheritance is completely cut off!
Li Ang told those humans who came from Long River City to leave here immediately, and go to the forest market to stand by under the supervision of Noldo troops.

The people were very obedient and did as they were told, just talking about the wonders of the city of Erakle, but no one acted arbitrarily.

They were brought here by Li Ang to work and earn money, so of course there would be no conflict with their elf employers.

In other words, the failure of the magic circle this time should have nothing to do with these workers.

Or... there might be a little relationship.

Li Ang guessed that this might be a deliberate attempt to sow dissension - human beings had just cleared the ice surface of Erakle Lake, something happened to Erakle's magic circle, maybe it was because of the ring in the lake...

"I have a feeling it has something to do with Eunomia... maybe we should fish that ring out of the lake and have a look."

Li Ang told Wendy his intuition - he threw the ring of the High King into the center of Lake Erakle, and it should still be sinking at the bottom of the lake. It could be a god, because that ring was fused by Kavala with Eunomia's law code.

"Filling a small ring from the bottom of the lake...I'm afraid no one can do it. Lake Erakle is very deep, and the center of the lake is at least several hundred meters deep! Unless the water is drained, otherwise, the ring should be dead. May see the light of day."

Wendy shook her head and said it was impossible.

Li Ang knew that Lake Ella Klein was very deep, but he really didn't expect it to be this deep.He threw the ring into this lake mainly because there are all Noldor elves here. Even if Kavala or the griffin ran out, at least they would not be able to occupy anyone's body.

But if the center of the lake is hundreds of meters deep, no one will be able to fish it up.

In the absence of modern deep diving equipment, human beings can reach a depth of hundreds of meters in unarmed diving—and that is a completely desperate behavior.

There is a limit to the ability of muscles and organs to resist pressure. For normal people, diving more than 20 meters is already a life-threatening adventure.

The diving ability of the Noldor is weaker than that of humans-their eardrums are more sensitive, and they are more prone to irreversible damage under high pressure.

In fact, this is also a good thing.

That is, at least it means that no one can get the ring again, and no one can get out of it.

Li Ang floated up from Luxin Lake at the beginning, and the center of Luxin Lake is about 60 meters deep, which made Li Ang unconscious in an instant.

As for Kavala or something else, if the body is obtained through another way and passed through the abyss, if it comes out of this ring, the bottom of the water hundreds of meters deep will definitely burp under the water pressure in an instant.

Now that it was determined that the ring could not be obtained, Li Ang and Wendy went into the Magic Tower to investigate.

The gate of the magic tower has been closed, and there is no sign of damage around it, and the guards around the tower also said that no one has entered the tower.

Ella Clay's magic tower is the real tallest building on the continent of Pendor, estimated to be 70 meters high.

This is a place used to store knowledge books, historical documents, and magic items. Except for the gate and the top, the entire tower is tightly sealed.

The tower has sixteen floors. Except for the ventilation windows on the bottom floor and the pavilion on the top, there is no light on the other floors. Because fire is forbidden in the tower, it can only be illuminated by night pearls.

From the second floor onwards in the tower, there are all year-round warehouses, as well as a circular staircase that looks like a huge spiral built around the wall.

Documents and classics are relatively fragile ancient relics, and they can indeed be preserved for a longer period of time in an environment without light.

At the same time, the guards at the bottom of the tower also performed an important job - copying books.

They are not just guarding here, they are also responsible for protecting the knowledge handed down by various races. They will re-copy some ancient documents and classics, and some extremely important knowledge has to be engraved on hard metal plates.

This is also an important job for the scholars and administrators in the library of the human country - Emperor Marius once did this job in the library of Siyuan City, Alina also copied books in the library of Boshi City, and this was once It is the profession that Alina most wants to pursue.

The spiral staircase built around the wall is very long, and there are Noldor elves guarding the stairs on each floor.

The Twilight Knights were guarding the stairs on each floor. Even if Wendy took Li Ang upstairs, they would still check every step of the way.

This is not because the Noldor are old-fashioned. After all, they are protecting knowledge and culture, regardless of status.

This also means that it is impossible for someone to get to the top of the tower without alerting the guards at all-unless it is not a person.

After climbing for more than 20 minutes, Li Ang came to the top of the tower.

The top of the tower looks like a pointed pavilion supported by four pillars, and a dragon's tear hangs in the center of the 'pavilion'.

A 'shelf' made of mithril hung down from the highest dome, like many metal wires, forming some mysterious runes as a whole, and the dragon's tears were hollowed out.

The runes enclosing the Dragon Tears look like very thin wire grooves, very dense, and the overall color is dark red. Under the reflection of the royal blue Dragon Tears, the red and blue merge into purple rune lines, which are similar to Wendy's. Eye color is exactly the same.

There should be blood in those rune slots, they form a line, and all the lines are flowing with purple light.

The ray of light extends upwards from the Dragon's Tears to the spire of the high tower, and converges into one point on the dome, and then spreads out in all directions along the 'mithril line' carved on the dome, and becomes a sapphire blue light curtain again.

Originally, this light curtain would spread to the entire city of Erakle, but now, the light curtain seemed to be cut off, unable to spread out on the dome, so that the top of the tower became a bright light bulb.

Li Ang stood at the top of the stairs and watched. He didn't go up to the top floor, and he didn't get close to where the Dragon's Tears were - he wanted to respect the traditions of the elves.

Although the Noldor elves trust him and have become his subordinate principality, he does not have the blood of Avadine himself, and it is an exception to be able to see the appearance of the top floor. There is no need to set foot on the top of the tower to break other people's rules .

"I replaced the Dragon Tears with my own hands more than a year ago, and I activated the magic circle with my own blood, but now there is no problem with the magic circle, and the magic power in the Dragon Tears is also working well, but it has no effect at all..."

Wendy had already checked everything carefully, and the dazzling light of Dragon Tears reflected her face in sapphire blue.

"You mean, everything is normal, but the invisibility magic is invalid?"

Li Ang frowned.

Wendy turned her head and looked at Li Ang, with confusion in her eyes: "Yes, I can feel that the magic power of Dragon Tears is still there. But the magic power can't be released... just like..."

"It's like their spells will be invalid when you stand in front of the three prophets. The magic power here is banned?!"

Li Ang understood what Wendy meant.

This is like the Spell Forbidden Tower in Sarleon City, where the spellcaster still has magic power or magic, but cannot use it.

"It shouldn't be... I know that my blood can ban magic, but this magic circle itself is powered by my blood. How can it be banned?"

Wendy was a little puzzled.

She knew that she had a physique of banning magic, there was no doubt about it, after all, the role of her mobile tower of banning magic had been proven long ago.

And this invisible magic circle was brought by Avadine from his hometown to the ship, and then brought here from the ship. This is a magic item made by the Sindarui elves, and it is a thing of Avadine's family.

The activation of this thing requires the blood of the Avadine family, and Avadine itself is a pure Noldor elf, which means that this magic circle will not be affected by the ability to suppress magic, but needs this ability to suppress magic. blood to run.

Li Ang thought for a while, and suddenly a strange idea popped up in his heart——Magic is probably divided into yin and yang, right?

The ancestors of the Celestial Dynasty once put forward a point of view that all things have yin and yang, maybe magic too?
In Li Ang's view, conventional magic is a manifestation of energy, and forbidden magic itself is also a powerful manifestation of energy, which is like the positive and negative poles of energy of the same nature - the visualization used by Sindarius elves like Martis Spells can be regarded as a positive pole; Wendy, who has a strong ability to prohibit magic, is regarded as a negative pole.

When positive and negative are neutralized, the concretization magic performed by a single positive energy will be invalidated or disturbed, which may be the essence of 'forbidden magic'.

In other words, this magic circle is not purely positive magic, it needs dragon tears to provide positive magic power, and also needs the blood of Avadine’s direct descendants to provide negative lines—this is a long-term flow of energy, not a one-off freed.

After all, this is a magic circle that needs to be continuously operated for many years, and it cannot be sold with a hammer like those conventional spells. It is estimated that the energy will continue to circulate in the 'circuit' until it gradually dissipates during the flow-the energy is not large. The scale is released, so it can be maintained for many years with one dragon tear.

If this is the case, then the reason for the failure of this kind of thing is easier to understand-there is no problem with the positive power source, and there is no problem with the rune and mithril frame, so it can only be that there is a problem with the negative circuit, which causes the energy not functioning properly.

And the negative line is Wendy's blood.

Probably because Wendy's blood no longer has negative energy, and the rune circuits drawn with her blood are 'not electrified'...

"Wendy... What does the awakening of magic power that the elves talk about look like, has Maltis told you?"

Li Ang asked suddenly.

"She just said that when the magic power is fully awakened, she will know it very clearly, and will release the magic inadvertently..."

Wendy replied somewhat helplessly.

Maltis is indeed not a good teacher, and she probably lacks systematic theoretical knowledge about magic—after all, she is not a scholar, but a general.

"Then I guess, you may really be awakening..."

Li Ang took out a new silver coin of one dinar from his body - Wendy's head was engraved on it.

The workmanship is meticulous and exquisite, and the head portrait is lifelike.

Since Li Ang himself can gain faith from coins, of course Wendy and Amy can too, and the efficiency is definitely higher than Li Ang's...

Because of the new silver coin of one dinar, the circulation is much larger than the 'king coin'.

This is an ounce (about 31 grams) of silver alloy, the same size as a Buckley silver coin, but more beautiful, it just doesn't shine like a 'king's coin' - this is not a credit currency, but a real price of precious metals, of course more easy to be widely accepted.

In other words, Wendy may have already begun to have the power of faith - Li Ang asked her to serve as an employer and distributed a large amount of new dinars to those wage earners, which should be the reason why the magic circle failed...

Li Ang's current feeling is a bit strange - the circulation of the copper coin Dirhan is larger than that of dinars, and Alice is engraved on Dirhan...

Will Alice become a 'horse god' too?
(End of this chapter)