Under the guidance of the young monks, everyone passed through another magical water mirror door, finally walked out of the city wall promenade, and entered the interior of Candlekeep.
After stepping through the Water Mirror Gate, a colorful and vibrant garden appeared in front of everyone. It can be seen that there is no dedicated person to take care of this garden. All kinds of wonderful flowers and plants compete with each other, showing their best side to the visitors with vigor.
Compared with some aristocratic courtyard gardens that Qin Lun has seen, although they are not combined into gorgeous patterns, or neatly trimmed, they are full of natural beauty, which makes the viewers can't help being nostalgic for them.
Of course, apart from the sights that the garden brought to everyone, the most attractive building inside Candlekeep is the huge tower standing in the center of the castle. It is the central library of Candlekeep and the core of the whole Candlekeep.
The central library is a Gothic-style spire tower, which is more than 20 meters taller than the mage's tower on the six-sided city wall. It is the tallest building in the entire Candlekeep island group.
The bottom floor of the tower is a circular hall, which covers a huge area, with a diameter of more than 70 meters at the widest point on the left and right. From the place where Qin Lun and the others stood to the main entrance of the tower, there was a smooth gravel road.
The main entrance of the tower is a cone-topped arch. There is a raised stone platform more than ten meters in front of the door. On it stands a man holding a book and wearing a pointed mage hat. He looks up at the stone statue of the old man in front of him. This is to commemorate the Great Prophet blue more.
There are more than a dozen relief patterns engraved on both sides of the arch and on the stone wall above. Judging from the content, it seems to be telling the history of Candlekeep from its establishment to the present.
Qin Lun and the others walked into the main entrance of the library with a feeling of wonder. The hall of the library is very spacious, and the dome is almost tens of meters high, which should occupy one-third of the height of the tower.
At the edge of the hall, gentle corridors circled the walls, leading up and down to the subterranean part of the tower, a gigantic loft.
The strange thing is that there are no steps in the spiral corridor, but a slope with a small angle. According to the monk who led the way, the purpose of canceling the ladder is to prevent those scholars who are immersed in thinking from falling down while walking, which is really thoughtful.
There are some portraits of people hanging on the walls of the upward spiral corridor, including humans, elves, and even dwarves. In short, portraits of various intelligent races can be seen here.
Mustasia did recognize some of the characters in the portraits. She said that they were relatively famous historical figures of various races, and most of them were polymaths.
From time to time, scholars wearing monk's or mage's robes with books between them can be seen passing by here. Most of them have thinking expressions on their faces, and they almost turn a blind eye to outsiders like Qin Lun.
"This way, please!" The monk who led the way for Qin Lun and the others smiled and led everyone to the spiral corridor that went deep underground.
"Hey, Idriya, Elistine... don't you want to leave me alone!" While everyone was looking around, Linda ran towards them panting.
During this adventure, this little girl, who does not know how old she is, has grown closer to her companions. The strange thing is that the one who has the best relationship with her is not the blood-piercing trio who had been taken care of by her, but Idriya, a follower of Ms. Lovita, followed by the elf beauty Elistine.
"Hehe, Linda, didn't your teacher punish you?" Mustasia asked jokingly.
"Oh, don't mention it, the teacher scolded me severely and gave me a lot of homework. I guess after this matter is over, I will be copying books at Candlekeep in the next few decades." Linda His face fell down, and he said with a sad face.
"Oh, after this matter is over? So your teacher allowed you to go to the Northland?" Idriya asked in surprise, sensitively hearing Linda's implication.
"Yes, the teacher said that everyone is responsible for world peace! Candlekeep must do his best, but he doesn't have time, so he has to let me represent love and justice, and try the Zhentarim, which is a lot of evil organizations." The little girl raised her fist high and said solemnly and sacredly.
"Pfft!" Seeing Linda's sullen and solemn expression, the three beauties in the team couldn't help laughing.
Qin Lun and the other two murderers looked at each other and smiled, knowing that Linda was lying, but they didn't intend to investigate further. No matter what Linda's teacher is thinking, as long as Linda doesn't help the Zhentarim, they are happy to have many powerful dragon mages in the team.
Walking down the spiral corridor, Qin Lun and others went deeper and deeper underground. Even though it is far away from the ground, the air here is still extremely fresh. Magic crystal lamps are inlaid on both sides of the corridor, emitting a bright orange light.
After walking for some time, some doors inscribed with runes began to appear on both sides of the spiral corridor. According to the young monk who led the way, this is the residence of some scholars who like to be quiet, and some of them are special types of classics storage rooms.
After about two quarters of an hour, Qin Lun and the others finally came to the end, and a spacious hall appeared in front of them. The light in this hall is uncharacteristically dark, and the quaint and heavy stone doors around the hall can be seen in the shadows.
"Please try to keep as quiet as possible here. Those stone gates around are the tombs of scholars who have been buried in Candlekeep forever." The young monk instructed everyone softly.
"Why did you arrange the tomb here? Isn't Candlekeep afraid that visitors will disturb the scholars who sleep forever?" Qin Lun asked in a low voice.
The monk glanced at Qin Lun, and replied softly: "There are also tombs in the depths of Candlekeep, and no one can enter there. And the tombs arranged here are all the wills left by these scholars themselves.
When they were alive, they devoted all their time to Oghma, the god of knowledge, but they did not leave any inheritance. Therefore, after death, they hope that some visitors who come to Candlekeep will meet the conditions and inherit their mantle. "
"What kind of conditions?" Qin Lun asked curiously.
"Every scholar who sleeps forever is different. Some just leave a difficult puzzle in front of the tomb door. As long as someone can solve the puzzle, they can enter the tomb and take away their relics. Others are Relying on blood, if their descendants or relatives come, the magic mechanism hidden in the tomb door will react."
This time it was Linda who took the topic and said with a smile, "In short, any kind of conditions may exist! If you want to find opportunities, the guide can also take you around here, but the time should not be too long. "
"Forget it, don't make extra troubles, let's teleport the magic circle as soon as possible!" Mustaxia urged from the side.
"Of course, you have paid enough, and everything is as you wish." The young monk smiled and led everyone to the corridor at the back of the hall.
However, just as the team passed a certain tomb, a heavy stone door that seemed plain and ordinary suddenly shone brightly, which surprised everyone.
"No way, it's so bloody!" Everyone, including Linda and the young monk, couldn't help but widen their eyes. According to what Linda just said, one of them is a descendant of a scholar who sleeps forever in this tomb.
"In any case, please stay here for a while, I want to check your blood, and see which visitor can inherit the inheritance of this Candlekeep ancestor." The young monk looked serious and insisted that everyone go to the front of the tomb one by one Come.
"It won't take long!" Linda also spoke for the monk.
"If one of us takes the items from the tomb, do we need to pay another price?" Qin Lun asked with a frown.
"No, the things in these tombs don't belong to Candlekeep, but the private relics of those scholars." The monk and Linda shook their heads at the same time, "Candlekeep just obeyed their will, so that their inheritance will not be broken. This is Candlekeep. The only thing that can be done for them."
Hearing what Linda said, everyone had no reason to object. One by one, they stepped forward and cut their fingers, letting blood drip into a stone trough in front of the tomb door.
Of course, the three apostles of Qin Lun were not descendants of blood, and there was no reaction after their blood dripped into the stone trough. The following elf beauties, Mustasia and Elistine, also did not meet the requirements, and everyone's eyes immediately focused on the last person.
"Me?" Idriya's face was a bit complicated, hesitating and refusing to step forward.
"It's okay, Idriya, maybe the scholar who is buried forever in the tomb is some distant ancestor of yours." Linda encouraged with a smile.
"After I joined the Lovita Church, I put aside my family and background a long time ago. I don't have any ancestors anymore, and I don't want any relatives." Idriya sighed, but still refused to verify the blood.
"It doesn't matter whether you admit the bloodline or not. First, take out the scholar's relic in the tomb. If you really don't want it, you can leave it to Candlekeep for safekeeping." With a flash of his eyes, Qin Lun pushed Idriya to the door of the tomb.
When Idriya's blood dripped into the stone trough, there was a magical reaction as expected, and the drop of bright red blood gradually glowed red, as if a small blood-colored orb was rolling back and forth in the stone trough.
"Ka Ka Ka" The heavy stone door of the tomb room made a mechanism sound and slowly opened inward. After Idriya was pushed in by the crowd, the door of the tomb was closed again.
However, according to the monk, there is no danger in the tomb. As long as Idriya takes out the inherited relics left by the scholar, the tomb door will open again.
After a while, the stone door of the tomb opened again, and Idriya, who had a strange expression on her face, stepped out of it. Everyone noticed that she was holding a simple ruby ring in her hand.
After coming out, Idriya did not give the ring to the monks of Candlekeep, but put it on the middle finger of her right hand, which seemed to be her choice to accept this inheritance.
Seeing the female knight was a little silent, everyone wisely didn't ask her anything, as if this incident had never happened.