Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 218
After hiding in the bushes on the pretext of personal issues in the morning, Esther quickly prayed to the "fool" and asked for leave for missing the Tarot meeting next Monday.

The journey on the second day was much more tortuous than on the first day. If the four of them were not Extraordinary, it would take longer to climb the low slopes so frequently. This is not a place where local residents are active. See how many traces left by man.

But in the afternoon, Alexander found burn marks on a tree trunk.

He stroked the scorched edge: "There is no external cause, this is not normal."

"It seems that someone has indeed passed by, but they have covered their tracks very well." Thomas frowned and looked around more vigilantly, but he didn't notice any signs of anyone passing by here.

But Esther quickly thought of what she saw during divination: "I remember a sequence of abilities called 'flame jump', which can pass through the flames and appear directly in another place."

Aaron nodded: "'Magician'. But I don't know if the other party only has Sequence Seven, or how many people there are."

"Not too many, no more than three, or there will definitely be traces left." Alexander continued to lead the way, and the other three quickly followed him, "I don't think they will keep many people here, because this place The tunnel is closed. Without the key, they can only explore on the periphery at most, and they will not be willing to send a large number of people to stay in such a remote area."

"The secret order itself is not large, and they all develop secretly underground. They don't have enough Extraordinary people like the Orthodox Church. They usually only send people out when the news is solid." Thomas said. As he spoke, his expression became more serious.

Aaron's voice seemed indifferent: "So now I think the possibility that Simon is still alive is very low."

"Is that Mr. Simon you mentioned also a Extraordinary?" Esther asked.

Thomas shook his head: "He is a stingy and greedy information dealer. It is not so easy to become an Extraordinary. The potion formula monopolized by all parties has stopped a large number of ordinary people who want to step into the Extraordinary world. Not to mention the expensive materials."

Esther smiled and echoed these words: "That's right, the authorities don't want people to know the truth about the Extraordinary world. Concealing these things can better protect ordinary people who lack mystic knowledge..."

"But they still can't avoid danger. There will always be some people who let the fire burn themselves out of curiosity." Aaron said.

Esther pondered for a moment in her heart, these words were like a reprint of "getting hot on the upper body".

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The trip went smoothly, and the group arrived at the cave entrance of the ruins on the morning of the third day.

Dense vines hung from the entrance of the cave, completely covering the narrow gap behind which only one person could pass through.

"If it wasn't for Aaron's divination, we wouldn't have been able to find this place at that time." Alexander said while pushing away those branches. He took the lantern that had just been lit and got into the cave first.

Aaron raised his mouth proudly, and was the second to turn over the green leaves that blocked the way. They all took care not to damage too many plants, lest the natural cover here be destroyed: "Ha, of course it is because of the blessing of good luck gone."

When Esther got into the gap, she heard a sneer from Thomas behind her, in response to Aaron's words.

Although the gap was just a small crack, after passing through, the deep and dark tunnel inside was very wide, and the lantern in Alexander's hand could only illuminate a range of a few meters.There was a dark cold air floating in the air, and the dust on the feet and the walls was almost clumped together, blocking a few murals below.

However, judging from the irregular patterns like knives and axes at the edge, this place can only be the relics of the Quaternary period. The asymmetrical aesthetics at that time were complicated and barbaric, which was far from other eras. .

At intervals, you could see rusty candlesticks hanging on the wall of the passage. The place where a few people walked in was completely blocked by large pieces of rubble on the right side.

Esther glanced at the outer edge of the deformed crack, guessing that some kind of turmoil had been experienced here, causing the tunnel to collapse and revealing this small opening leading to the outside world.

"Don't move around, there are many traps here." Alexander was the first to remind such a sentence, and then put down the heaviest and huge backpack behind him, and pulled out a mercury-colored ball from it. When he kneaded, he could see This thing is very soft.

The small crystal ball in Aaron's hand flickered on and off, hitting his face like a fluorescent light: "It's the same as last time, as long as you go here to divination, you will be seriously disturbed, but this time it seems that you can vaguely confirm some directions ..."

He looked back subconsciously, and Hamel was looking at the surrounding environment. She frowned, because Aaron couldn't see the expression in Hamel's light-colored eyes clearly because of the dim light.

Thomas stared at the footprints on the bottom of the four people's feet, and complained: "So many traces are a troublesome thing, do they need to be dealt with?"

Aaron quickly refuted him: "No, if you use the scroll here, it's easy to touch the hidden extraordinary power and attract lurking monsters."

"Tch, it's really annoying, why don't you leave these traces like this?"

Esther glanced back at the gap where the four of them stepped in. The outside sunlight did not penetrate at all, and everything was blocked: "That's it, we can easily find the way we came here by leaving footprints."

Alexander nodded: "I think so too."

The ball in his hand has been imbued with spirituality, its shape is distorted and wriggling, six slender claws extend from the side wall, waving constantly, the ball emits a green light.

Alexander put the ball with "feet" on the ground, and when the balance of the ball stabilized, he tapped twice on the top of the ball with his knuckles, and the little thing moved forward with six slender legs. jump.

Each of its jumps is about one step away, and it quickly jumped five meters, and then stopped in place and turned yellow.

Alexander arranged two of these balls again, and to Esther's surprise, they were able to stand firmly on the wall.

"Red is alert, and yellow represents waiting within a safe distance. This kind of 'Inspiration Early Warning Spider' can simulate the early warning ability of Extraordinary people in a small range, but it does not require the user to bear the risk of peeping. They are all used It is driven by spirituality, so it cannot be too far away from me, it will be scrapped after one use, and the cost is too high so there is no way to promote it.”

Speaking of this, Alexander obviously showed regret: "We don't have enough firepower to directly bomb the ruins, so we can only check in this slow way."

"Just think about the fighting style of the Mechanical Heart. Even if I have more money, I can't afford such a large-scale extraordinary firearms and spiritual bullets. That kind of configuration is not suitable for us!" Aaron's face immediately darkened, obviously remembering Some really bad memories, "Seriously, I can't buy you any more research money."

Thomas laughed instead, and explained to the only lady next to him: "When Alexander was studying the blueprints for the 'Clover', Aaron almost went bankrupt. After all, he hadn't had time to 'loot' Bayam's casino."

"But the day I went to sea, I only had ten silver coins left with me!"

Thomas reprimanded Aaron very dissatisfied: "You fart, it is obviously ten gold louis, and I am responsible for the registration of the ledger!"

Alexander did not express any opinion on this, the four of them stopped and walked, and every five meters they had to tap the three "Inspiration Early Warning Spiders" again, so as to encourage them to continue jumping forward.

Just after they walked for about twenty meters, they approached a plain gray stone door. The stone door was smooth and flat without any engravings, except for a dark keyhole.

Outside the door lay a section of arm with only bones left, but the knuckles were less dusty and showed traces of being broken.

"You got that key from here." Esther made such a judgment instantly.

Alexander put down his backpack again, and quickly found the mentioned item. He unwrapped the layers of wrapped satin, revealing the bronze box containing the key inside: "Yes, after you helped clean up the pollution, Aaron and I tested the key in our own ways."

The crystal ball in Aaron's hand was already very dim, and the silver-like stream inside it no longer rotated, but exuded a gray color. Aaron's expression was very serious: "There is nothing wrong with the key itself, but the divination except this A door and a few repeated babbles with 'Antigonus' in it, to no avail."

Esther was even more puzzled: "Then why do we have to explore this ruin?"

Aaron stared at Alexander who was wearing gloves: "Because the Secret Order is searching for things in this family, my teacher hopes to get more chips before them, so as to negotiate with the Secret Order and lure them from the dark come out."

"Aaron's teacher is investigating the situation of the leader of the Secret Order," Thomas further explained the deeper reason, "There are some old things that are difficult to obtain definite evidence, so we have to use the 'deal' method to inquire in a roundabout way. .”

Speaking of this, Thomas smiled disdainfully twice: "Haha, but if you get the chance, of course you can kill if you can, you know? They won't be soft on us, anyway, no one knows anyone."

Alexander cleared his throat: "Get ready, I'm going to open the door."

Esther opened her hands together, clenched the "Pale Nail" in her right palm, and spread her left hand, she nodded slightly.

Thomas took out several scrolls from his pocket: "If the other party is too threatening, you should get out of the way, and I will activate the spell continuously to blow up the tunnel in front of me."

Alexander nodded: "I will activate the protective measures at that time, and you will run back and forth directly."

Aaron held the crystal ball in one hand and put the other on it, quietly waiting for Alexander's action.

Alexander stuffed the key into the hole, and after he turned it, the four of them clearly heard the sound of some mechanism being pried.

Alexander immediately let go of the key, and when the stone door opened automatically, he took two steps back with the others.

Suddenly, the "Inspiration Warning Spider" standing on both sides of the wall turned bright red.

The red light flickered twice, and suddenly lost its color. With two "clicks", the detectors that were originally hung on both sides of the wall fell down one after another, leaving only the "Inspiration Warning Spider" on the ground still intact. Reactive yellow.

The crystal ball in Aaron's hand suddenly shattered, and spider web-like cracks spread from it.

Everyone's expression did not change, but stared nervously at the other side of the tunnel.

The light from the lantern pierced through the mist of dust, slightly illuminating the scene behind the door:
A skull that was constantly shaking up and down was floating there, and its upper and lower jaws kept knocking together, as if laughing silently.

(End of this chapter)