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Although Salin does not know architectural alchemy, he is proficient in the principles of magic. wWW. QUaNbEn-xIAoShUO. ComThe buildings around the tower obviously do not match the original castle architecture. Although they were deliberately aged and even used magic to remove traces of erosion, Salin could still tell that those buildings were built later.
Four tall buildings built later made the tower an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack fortress. There must be some unknown secret hidden in this tower.
If Ani dared to attack Baron Cook, it was impossible that he didn't know something about it.
"Altar." After Aini said this word, he coughed violently.
"Is it dangerous?"
"Yes." Ani stopped coughing and said, "I'll let Flamenco go down first."
The iron plate was almost corroded by the acid. A soldier fell into the fog and fell near Saleen. He lay motionless and was completely dead. Flamenco wielded his heavy sword and cut an entrance into the iron plate. Saleen released two fluorescent spells to illuminate the path below.
In the green fluorescent light, a tall figure was lying on his head in the middle of the steps. A sword-blade spear penetrated from his heart, nailing the big man to the ground.
The mercenaries of the Nut Mercenary Group were in front, Aini was walking in the middle, and Salin was walking at the end. After walking down more than ten meters and approaching the floor below, Aini stopped.
"Salin, the poison pill's power is still there."
Saleen casually released a cleaning spell, which was a level 0 magic. Salin is usually used to clean the body. In fact, this magic was not originally created for bathing or washing clothes, but to dispel poisonous mist. Like the first-level magic of the fire department, the fire spell, the cleansing spell is now also regarded as a life magic.
The poisonous mist on the lower layer was quickly eliminated by the cleaning technique. Aini was no longer surprised. Salin's use of magic exceeded his knowledge.
This floor can lead to the ground, but the path in and out has been completely blocked by the metal gate, making it a closed space. There were tables and chairs in the room, and Ani directed Flamenco to push the table away to reveal the iron plate underneath. This time, complex magic lines appeared on the iron plate.
Magic lock? Saleen frowned.
Magic Lock is just a level 0 magic, but the effect is very different depending on the level of the caster. This is also the category of alchemy. Salin felt a little regretful as he watched Ani lying on the ground, studying the magic pattern. If he had known that Aini had such a character and would retaliate, he would not have allowed Ken to insult Aini.
Now that I'm in the same boat as Aini, it's too late to say anything. Now that you've offended the Baron, don't offend the Clyde family again.
There is no way to turn back! Saleen remembered another magical saying.
Salin likes to control the situation, which is an essential quality for a good magician, but Aini made the situation get out of control. A mage who only knows how to shoot fireballs is not a good mage, but he is not the worst either. The worst mages can make a mess of the situation. If Aini could endure it until Salin settled the situation, he could take revenge later.
"How long will it take?" Salin was a little anxious. He didn't know how long Baron Cook could hold on up there.
"Fortunately, it's Baldur's Gate." Aini smiled, took out a key and inserted it into the small hole in the middle of the magic pattern. His hand gently twisted the key, and the magic pattern split from it and divided into three parts, revealing the entrance.
"Flamingo, stay here and kill whoever approaches," Aini ordered, letting the other members of the Nut Mercenary Group enter the cave first. Flamenco had completely lost his will to resist, and replied numbly, holding his heavy sword and facing the steps above the tower.
Entering the underground, a cold wind blew, carrying the smell of decay. Saleen immediately released a cleaning technique to try to make the underground air less dirty. Then he added two more fluorescent spells to expand the lighting range.
The steps were wide and long. Salin counted them in his mind. After walking down more than 1,400 steps, the group finally reached the flat ground.
This is a natural crypt, dark and wide. In the middle of the crypt is a square altar.
In the center is a one-meter-high stone platform. The rectangular stone platform is covered with black magic symbols. There are also twisted lines between the symbols that penetrate deep into the stone, forming coherent grooves. Saleen smelled the smell of blood, and Nailis became even more sensitive. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and seemed to see the sacrifices from the past lying on the stone platform.
Black magicians like to cut open people's blood vessels and place them on the altar so that the people's blood dries slowly. The blood will flow into the collector along the grooves between the magic symbols as part of the sacrifice.
"How do we leave?" Salin looked around and saw no other passage.
"Provide sacrifices and there will be a way out." Aini replied calmly. He was much more familiar with the history of the Qin Yin Empire than Salin. He also has a relatively thorough understanding of the black magician's altar.
Sacrifice
Saleen looked at the four mercenaries of the Nut Mercenary Group, feeling sad for them in his heart. But Salin would not intercede for these people. I'm afraid Baron Cook will be in trouble. When the Scarecrow comes in, he will also be finished.
Aini directed the four mercenaries to automatically lie down on the stone platform of the altar. He took out a knife, suddenly turned around and asked Salin: "Do you think I am too cruel?"
Saleen looked into the eyes of the four mercenaries. These people had not completely lost their minds. They were confused and filled with fear, which was their attachment to life.
"No one in this world is innocent." Salin replied calmly.
"What if my sacrifice will increase the power of the black magician and awaken the devil?" Aini pressed his fingers lightly on the mercenary's neck, looking for veins. Under the illumination of fluorescence, his slightly sickly face looked a bit gloomy.
"It's better than us dying here." Salin's tone contained a hint of venom. Aini was too cautious and was still testing his own bottom line.
"When the devil appears, all living beings will be devastated..."
Aini's knife shone with cold light as he pressed it against the mercenary's neck and looked at Salin.
"Aini, if you keep dragging your feet, we won't see the day when all lives are destroyed." Salin looked into Aini's eyes and heard the impact of the weapons above. Flamenco has already encountered the enemy, whether it is Baron Cook coming down or the Headless Horseman.
Salin's eyes were clear and cold, and there was no struggle in his heart. He is not a martyr. Even if the demon god is really resurrected because of this sacrifice, Salin does not intend to give up.
To die or to run away, that is not a question. But he didn't dare to answer Aini directly because he didn't know all the secrets of contract magic. The lessons learned from the Nut Mercenary Group made Salin alert.
Aini smiled, and the knife in his hand pierced the mercenary's meridians. The blood gushed out, flowed into the stone trough, and gradually gathered in a magic circle on the stone platform. Aini's hands were extremely steady, and he cut the mercenaries' necks one by one, and dropped the knife in disgust. He hated black magic from the bottom of his heart, but in order to survive, he had to use blood to open the altar door.
More and more blood flowed into the stone trough, and the magic circle emitted a dim light, covering the entire stone platform. The sound of heavy metal machinery sounded, and the stone platform was split into two. A dark cave was revealed.
Black magic does not rely on the power of elements, so in the era when black magicians were raging, many alchemists were captured and served the black magicians. Even if most alchemists refused to cooperate, there will always be people who are afraid of death. Black magicians create some mechanisms and equipment.
"It doesn't seem like there's any trouble." Aini pretended to be relaxed, raised his weapon, and waved it twice. Flames spurted from the hollows on the sides of his weapon, illuminating the cave.
According to the description in the "Forbidden Book", the passage behind the altar is where black magicians come in and out. People who believe in black magic sacrifice their blood, and then the dark door opens, and the black magician appears and grants believers the power of the devil.
Therefore, magicians refuse to admit that this is magic, thinking that it is a kind of divine magic.
There was a sudden strong vibration in the cave, and the surrounding stone walls also trembled. Cracks appeared on the smooth stone wall, and pieces of boulders split apart and fell to the ground. Then these boulders sprouted arms and legs, slowly climbed up, and gradually formed A humanoid stone statue.
"Come on, it's the stone statue array!" Salin yelled, and Aini didn't dare to stay any longer. Regardless of whether there was any danger in the passage, it was safer than staying in the stone statue array.
Aini quickly walked into the passage, and Sikka followed him in, deliberately separating Aini and Salin. She felt that Aini was a dangerous person. Although Aini, like Salin, was a very low-level magician, and he didn't even have a magic string, Sikka still didn't dare to take it lightly.
After the short passage is a stone chamber, which is very clean and has no remains. The black magician was here waiting for the sacrifice of the believer. There is another exit passage behind the stone chamber. The black magician did not understand the principle of the teleportation array, but allowed Salin and others to leave smoothly.
The tunnel was dark, and there was a clicking sound under his feet. Salin couldn't help but glance at the ground, but he saw bones everywhere, smashed to pieces, spread in the passage. These bones did not emit phosphorescence and had obviously been refined by black magic before.
"Ani, how come there is the Road of Bones!" Salin didn't know much about black magic, but the Road of Bones was famous. This altar may really be the place where the devil can be awakened. Salin became nervous. Why wasn't this place completely destroyed? It would be a disaster if it remained.
"How do I know? It's not written in the book!" Aini's face became even more ugly. The appearance of the Road of Bones made him lose his confidence. The layout here turns out to be the most advanced black magic altar.
There are many forks on both sides of the Bone Road, but they are all dead ends. Legend has it that they were used to hide soldiers. The four of them walked quickly for more than ten minutes. They probably had left the scope of the castle, and then they came to a huge cave.
The weapon in Aini's hand spurted flames, lighting up the entire cave. The wind blew, and the flames made a hunting sound. The scenery in the cave was unobstructed, and even Xika's expression changed.
In front of them were hundreds of headless horsemen. In the middle of the headless horsemen, a huge monster stood quietly, with a pair of eyes reflecting golden light under the firelight.