Chapter 726 Roots
After more than half a month of digging, Ryan and the others finally found the secret place where the legendary Camelot can disable wizard magic. Probably due to the long period of erosion, the large amount of defensive magic that should have existed is now depleted. So Ryan and the others easily opened a stone slab and found the way to the ground below.
This underground passage was dug out directly on the rock, but magic may have been used in the construction process, and the walls and roof of the cave appeared unexpectedly smooth. There is a niche at intervals on the cave wall, which should have been used to place candles or oil lamps in the past.
For safety reasons, Ryan and Hermione did not use any lighting facilities. Instead, he walked down the stone steps purely relying on his night vision ability. The steps are narrow and long, and there seems to be no end in sight. It wasn't until they walked for almost 20 minutes that they realized that the steps under their feet had disappeared, and a not very big cave appeared in front of them.
There are many sponge-like fungi growing on the roof of the cave. These fungi emit a sky-blue cold light to outline the outlines of the things in the cave, and at the same time make the roof of the entire cave look like the night sky.
It's a magical view. I didn't expect such a wonderful life to exist in such a lightless cave. Hermione raised her head and looked at the glowing blue fungi and said, then looked down at the cave located in the cave. A stone platform in the center. I can feel that what we are looking for is on that stone platform, because I can feel that there is something calling me from it.
Do you also feel this way? I also felt that something was wrong with this stone platform when I walked in. On the one hand, Ryan could clearly feel some weak magic fluctuations on that stone platform, and on the other hand, that stone platform It is also the only man-made building in this space, and all important things will be placed there under normal circumstances.
Carefully checked the surrounding environment, and summoned the Madonna of the Rose to dispel several magic traps that were checked out. It has to be said that a magic master who created an era did appear thousands of years ago, and he also possessed many powerful magics. Even today many important or commonly used magic. The earliest origins are all from that era.
But after thousands of years of development in the magic world, many complex magics that were regarded as top-level inheritances have become common things now. Therefore, Ryan easily dispelled the powerful defensive magic arranged around the stone platform, and then the two walked to the edge of the stone platform together.
This stone platform is a square double-layer stone platform, not very tall. It looks like an altar in a church. And the incomparably bright reliefs dyed with various pigments on the stone platform made the whole stone platform look lively and brought a touch of vitality to this dead underground space.
This is the legendary story of King Arthur. Looking at the continuous pictures on the relief, Ryan quickly recognized what kind of story these reliefs narrated. Knights, fought for a lifetime, and finally King Arthur, who was seriously injured after the Battle of Jianlan, went to Avalon, this is the life of King Arthur.”
In other words, the last renovation of this place should be after King Arthur disappeared in Avalon, that is, when King Arthur's kingdom began to fall apart. Hermione immediately reacted, If this is the case, they need to use A whole bunch of complex magic protecting something should be something important but immovable.
Your conjecture makes sense. Ryan said as he drew out his wand and began to tap the props held in the hands of some sculptures on the stone platform in a special order.
It was only at this time that Hermione noticed that the various weapons held in the hands of these reliefs were actually made of wood or metal, and they were completely small scale models of real weapons.
After the percussion was over, Ryan took two steps back and looked at the stone platform. After a crackling sound, the stone platform slowly sank. When the stone platform completely disappeared from the ground, a Roman-style stone pillar slowly rose from the ground, and on the top of the stone pillar was placed a basketball-sized gray stone ball inlaid with gold threads.
What a strong breath of death. After the stone ball appeared, Hermione felt a suffocating breath of death sweeping away from the stone ball.
This is a resentful soul. Ryan thought about taking out a piece of yellow talisman paper from his arms and threw it out. As a result, the talisman paper burst into flames as soon as it left Ryan's hand, and it became Paper ashes flying in the air.
No problem, it's here. Looking at the paper dust, Ryan confirmed the specific situation here. The whole castle is a magic circle. The builders used these resentful souls and the magic power of the moonlight to build a powerful magic circle specifically for magicians in this place.
This method of using the undead is really rough, and it seriously violates the laws of nature. For Hermione, who believes in the theory of life cycle, the current method of forcibly restraining the undead so that they cannot obtain peace is beyond her control. accepted.
After all, destroying the soul like Ryan did before making the Madonna of the Rose is also a means of returning the soul to circulation, but now this method of completely restraining the soul completely prevents the soul from entering the circulation.
So I think we need to liberate these undead who have been bound for thousands of years now. Ryan said to Hermione after carefully inspecting the stone ball, It's best for you to do this, it can help you understand the power of death well.
No problem. Hermione said as she took out the Golden Sun Book and the Black Book of the Dead from the interspatial bag. Although the gods had already taken out the divine power in these two books, the precious materials made them read after several days. After being impregnated with divine power for thousands of years, it is still a very useful spell-casting item.
After preparing all the necessities for casting, Hermione looked at Ryan who took a step back and asked. If I let these resentful souls return to tranquility now, then the magic circle here will also disappear. Then—
Before she finished speaking, Ryan waved his hand to signal Hermione not to worry. Don't worry, I have recorded the structure of the magic flow in the castle during the previous exploration, and I have mastered the core technology of the entire magic circle after I came in just now.
To be honest, the principle of this magic circle is not very complicated. I have basically figured out the principle of this magic during the inspection just now. After we go back, we can add a new weapon to the floating city. And with Compared with this ancient magic circle that must rely on the magic power of moonlight to use, I think my new design should work better than this.”
Of course, I won't use the soul of the dead as the core. In the end, Ryan concluded, That is a very rough method. For the floating city, it only needs to use the tower spirit as the main force to guide the core, and then use the flying stone to crystallize it. If it is used as an energy source, this magic can be activated at any time to form an area around which the use of magic is forbidden, just like Camelot.
That would be great, Hermione nodded happily, stood up and began to chant the spell. The ancient Latin spell was chanted like an ancient ballad, and with the sound of the chanting, the two magic books also began to flash with light, and at the same time, cracks began to appear on the stone ball one after another. Through these cracks, Ryan could see some white light leaking from the cracks.
Finally, half an hour after the spell was chanted, the outer shell formed by the first stone was peeled off from the stone ball like an eggshell, and through the gap left by the falling stone shell, Ryan found the Inside the ball is a ball of light. On the surface of the light sphere, one painful human face after another protruded and returned to flat, revealing a strange smell.
The falling of the first stone shell was like a signal, and soon the rest of the stone shells also fell, and finally only a white light ball was left floating in the air.
Now it's time for the next step. Looking at the white ball of light, Hermione made a gesture in front of her chest. Following her gesture, the two magic books that were originally placed on the ground opened automatically and floated into the air. In an instant, golden and black light burst out from the pages of the two books, making the entire cave shudder. Shrouded in the light of these two colors.
