[Poisonous Hand] Gizela looked at the simple bronze door in front of him, with a hint of suspicion in his expression, and stopped pursuing.
Although the door was still open with a gap wide enough for one person, she did not dare to rush in rashly.
Taking a closer look, there was darkness inside, as thick as ink, as if the eyes were sucked into it. But at this glance, the visual perception did not feed back any useful information to the brain, as if it was seeing "nothingness".
Gizela took out a flare, lit it, and threw it into the crack of the door, only to find that the incendiary bomb burning with strong light seemed to have passed through a dark barrier and suddenly disappeared from sight.
"Is there a magic restriction?"
Seeing this scene, Gizela frowned and hesitated even more, feeling faintly palpitated.
Her intuition told her that her life would be in danger if she rashly broke into this bronze door!
There are various signs that the "mysterious man" who snatched the Holy Grail just now acted with premeditation. She guessed that there was an ambush behind this door!
... .
Just as Gizela paused for a moment, the people from the Rosas family also carefully avoided the poisonous fog and rushed around the hall.
Those who can catch up to the Bronze Gate immediately are mostly second- and third-level masters. But when they looked at the dark door in front of them, no one dared to break in rashly.
They had already learned how dangerous this underground palace was, whether it was dog-headed monsters or these poisonous creatures.
Not to mention what new monsters will appear behind this bronze door, even if they encounter the mazes on the previous floor, they can be trapped to death.
But right now, there are obviously more important things.
At this time, the second wave of people asking for help also arrived.
Several guards carried the dark-faced Young George and ran over in a panic.
"Master Gizela, it's not good! Master George was poisoned. We injected him with a powerful antidote, but it was of little use. Please save him quickly!"
"..."
Gizela looked at the furious Young George and frowned.
Young Master George was seriously injured and could not allow her to distract herself from the things behind the bronze door, so she turned her thoughts back.
She didn't dare to delay, so she walked over and inspected it carefully.
There is no need to guess the cause of George's poisoning. He was taken to the rainbow poisonous fog area by the "mysterious man" and inhaled the toxin.
"Rainbow toxins" are not a single biological toxin, but many. Nerves, septicemia, frost, corrosion, paralysis... All kinds of poisons have been mixed for countless years and are very complex.
For this kind of complex toxin, ordinary detoxification agents are completely useless.
There are many types of detoxification agents, and generally one agent only targets a single toxin.
Even the most advanced detoxification potion on the market can detoxify up to three or five types of mixed toxins. After taking a sip of this rainbow poison mist, Gizela was able to identify at least more than twenty types of toxins.
Another doctor might be helpless to deal with this complex poisonous injury. The life of a toxic attack is too short, and there is no chance of saving lives.
If it weren't for the two third-level priesthood spells that kept him alive, this guy would probably have died just now.
But for Gizela, an expert in using poison, the problem is not big.
Instinctively, she wanted to find some antidote from the storage ring. But when he touched it, he found that his fingers were empty, and he became even more angry.
That guy also cheated me out of my storage ring!
Thinking of this, Gizela's face turned pale, but she didn't dare to hesitate. She cut George's wrist directly, released some pus and blood, and then cast a spell to guide the poison out.
... ..
A quarter of an hour later.
George's dark complexion finally returned to its normal flesh color.
Gizela stopped and said expressionlessly: "Master George's poison is no longer serious."
After hearing this, the top brass of the Rosas family breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you Master Gizela."
The guards did not dare to keep George in the underground palace. They carried him on a stretcher and planned to go to the underground camp to recuperate.
At this time, the person was saved, and everyone also turned their attention to the bronze door.
They had sent two centurions to enter the gate just now, but until now, there was no news.
No one came out alive, and the "magic mark" was completely undetectable.
It's like he has completely disappeared.
This made the Rosas family even more panicked.
I kept thinking about it, but I didn't know what danger was hidden in the darkness.
"We... what are we going to do now?"
"If I guess correctly, the third floor of the ruins is probably the real treasure place. I must find a way to get there. Besides, the assassin is also inside and must be caught."
"But... if there are monsters in this third floor like the previous maze, no matter how many people we have in the Knights, there won't be enough space."
"Yes, even if we start recruiting slaves and civilian hunters now, it will take seven or eight days at the latest to arrive..."
"..."
Gizela frowned upon hearing this.
Her intuition told her that the two "centuries" that had gone down before must have been completely destroyed. But the "mysterious man" who stole the Holy Grail is definitely still alive.
With such deep scheming, he planned to save the young master of the "Redwood Chamber of Commerce" and also took away the Holy Grail. He would never rush into a dangerous place and die.
There must not be a situation of death inside.
But she didn't dare to gamble or take risks herself.
But if we don’t go in now, we really have to wait seven or eight days before it’s too late.
The situation in front of him felt like a few mice running into his rice vat. Originally, the treasures in the entire ruins belonged to them, but now they were "stolen". Moreover, there is no guarantee that those "rats" will eat and drink enough to make a hole and escape.
Just waiting like this is definitely not a good choice.
... .
And just when the "Black Wind Leader" and the others were at a loss, another exploration team came.
That was the hunting team led by "Prince Harper", the head of the Rosas family.
Although they both belong to the Rosas family, hunting for wilderness involves profit distribution. It was agreed before that the two groups would do their own thing.
Originally, the "Black Wind Leader" group thought they would make a lot of money because Gannix was the first to crack the maze and get the opportunity to explore the second floor. However, they did not expect such a "big accident".
The battle just now resulted in nearly a thousand casualties, and it was with great difficulty that this second poison was leveled.
Unexpectedly, no treasures have been found, and the eldest young master George was almost killed. The only treasure I saw, [Malacas' Holy Grail of All Poisons] was snatched away right under my nose.
Prince Harper watched his cousin's team suffer a setback, and instead of being worried, he was overjoyed.
This young man with the same shiny green hair came to the bronze door surrounded by a group of people and asked: "Hey... I just saw my brother George being carried out. What happened? "
Although there is a conflict of interest, this Harper is also one of his descendants, but after all, he is a member of the family and a prince. The old mage named Pickel had to tell the truth, saying: "I just encountered a little accident, an assassin attacked George..."
He slowly told the story of Ren's previous sneak attack.
"Assassin? Only one?"
Hearing this, "Prince Harper" and the others were also surprised.
However, they didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, his team includes the extraordinary fifth-level [Master of Curses] Magister Borage, and several elite knights led by several top-level fourth-level warriors.
With this lineup, even one of the "Top Ten Legends" would not be able to do well against a single assassin.
But after hearing what happened before, Prince Harper and his party also faced the same problem.
That's how to explore the "third floor of the ruins" behind the bronze door
In the end, this group of people tried various methods, and after losing two third-level captains and an elite hunting group of several hundred people, they finally gave up the stupid idea of using their own people to test.
The darkness behind the bronze door is like a giant beast with a huge bloody mouth. Once a person goes in, he never returns, and no useful information can be detected.
Without intelligence feedback, they don't even know what's going on inside.
It's a trap, a palace, a monster, or something else.
Finally, His Highness the Prince’s fiancée [Moon Beauty] Maritis came up with a feasible suggestion.
Then, Prince Harper made the decision.
"Short of people? Aren't there more than two thousand people alive in the maze above? Drive them all down and let them test it first!"
"But... Your Highness, will this not be good for the reputation of our Rosas family? After all, they now know that this is dangerous, and they are definitely not willing to take risks again."
"Haha, they are just a group of civilians. If they die, they will die. Do we still need to ask for their consent? The most indispensable thing for our glorious kingdom now is population. Besides, as long as no one is left alive, who will know what is happening here?"
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince!"
"..."
Now it seems that there must be a treasure in this ruins.
The Rosas royal family couldn't wait any longer, and they weren't willing to watch people snatch their treasures away, and they even ran away!
... .
On the other hand, in the third layer of ruins.
After coming down from the bronze door, there is a long corridor.
After entering the thick magic barrier, it was not as dark as it looked outside.
There is a light source here.
The floor height is nearly 100 meters, and the suspended ceiling is a beautiful "starry sky ceiling". Looking up, I saw a deep deep blue, dotted with bright "stars", like the ultimate starry sky on a summer night.
Although the light source is weak, it is enough for people to see everything on the third floor clearly.
What came into view was a row of beautifully carved stone pillars, and squatting on the stone pillars were some flesh-winged monsters that looked like stone sculptures. They were clearly alchemical creatures [Hell Gargoyles], thirty-six of them in total.
At this moment, corpses and blood were everywhere on the passages and stone pillars.
The exploration team of nearly a thousand people sent by the Rosas family was completely wiped out here.
Even the third-level high-level extraordinary could not escape the grasp of this gargoyle, which was immune to both objects and demons.
After Ren squatted here to hide several waves of intruders, he also found that the Rosas family had no intention of coming in again.
He didn't catch any big fish, and he completely lost interest in squatting.
He simply used the devil's language to control the bronze door and closed it completely.
... ..
The layout of the third floor of the underground palace is very simple, and you can almost see the end at a glance.
Along the walls, there are a total of sixteen huge stone statues of gods. They wear crowns and sit on carved stone thrones. Sixteen extremely gorgeous gold coffins were placed at the feet of the stone sculptures.
This is the resting place of the sixteen kings of this ancient Monkel country.
No, to be precise, there should only be fifteen corpses.
The body of Pallas XV, one of the "Seventy-Two Divine Generals" [Thunder Nightmare] Aluret Pallas, is not here.
At the foot of the sculpture is an empty coffin without a lid.
Although Renn guessed that there might be buried treasures in these more than ten coffins, he did not open them.
Because there is a warning on the temple: "If you disturb King Pallas's rest, you will be cursed and die."]
And he didn't come here to rob tombs. What he was really interested in were things related to extraordinary power, such as the magic light door marked [Place of Inheritance] in the main hall.
... .
Catherine and her son were reunited safely. Although the process was thrilling, everyone was happy.
Before, they were a little worried that there were so many people in the Rosas family outside, and they would be in a bad situation if they rushed in.
Unexpectedly, the monster statues on those stone pillars could actually "come back to life"!
Moreover, what is even more surprising is that Ren can actually control them!
Then, it’s because there is this kind of [Gargoyle] guarding the gate who can even catch a third-level extraordinary person to death with one claw. Breaking into several groups of hundreds of people, they were all easily killed.
With their survival crisis gone, the mother and son breathed a sigh of relief and stayed in the underground palace with peace of mind.
Catherine's injury was not healed, so she lay in the open space to rest and recover; but Gannicus couldn't bear the loneliness and went around studying everything in the underground palace.
At this time, the bronze door slowly closed, making a lot of noise.
Catherine watched Ren coming over and then asked curiously: "Mr. Ren, have you been here before? I heard you just recited a spell and let the bronze door close by itself?"
Ever since she encountered the assassin's night attack before, she has become accustomed to Ren's various magical operations.
Several times, it was a fatal situation, but because of the appearance of this man, the danger was saved.
Now seeing that Ren can override the gargoyles and control the bronze door, Catherine is not as surprised as she was at first.
In her mind, she already had another impression of Ren: a guy who could always bring miracles.
"Um."
Renn walked over, checked Catherine's injuries, and responded: "I have encountered this kind of bronze door in another temple before, and I happen to know how to control these things."
"oh?"
Catherine generously let him check her body, and suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Is it the time when you and Canossa were in danger?"
Renn nodded: "Yes."
After a pause, he said again: "The injury is recovering well."
"I see."
Hearing this, Catherine suddenly thought of something.
She rolled her eyes and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she curved her eyebrows and revealed a meaningful chuckle.
At this time, Gannix, who was observing the stone carvings with a magic lamp not far away, saw Renn freeing his hands and greeted enthusiastically: "Hey, Mr. Renn! Come here quickly, I have made a big discovery!"
Ren tilted his head and said, "Is that so?"
This young adventurer had studied the Munkel civilization very deeply. He urgently needed someone to share his findings with, so he said excitedly: "Mr. Lane, I just carefully studied the content on the stone carvings and found that the Content seems to be the way in!”
Renn turned his eyes and said, "Oh?"
Ganix frowned: "It's just... the method on the stone carvings is a bit weird. It says on it that if you want to enter this magic light door, you need to put your heart on the scale... "
"..."
Hearing this, Ren raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
He can understand the ancient Monkey language, so he naturally knows what is written on it.
Near the pale golden "Magic Gate", there is also the weirdest sculpture on the third floor.
This is a solid gold kobold statue more than three meters high, wearing the same gorgeous clothes as the king statues beside it.
The strange thing is the golden scale it holds in its hand.
There is a white feather on one side of the scale, while the other side is empty, so the entire scale is slightly tilted towards the feather.
There are words engraved on the stone wall next to the sculpture: [Trial hero, your 'wisdom' and 'bravery' have successfully passed the test, and the last level is the 'soul'. Put your heart on the scale, the heart of a righteous person will be as light as this 'angel feather'; a person with a sinful heart will be cursed and die if he enters the light door. Entering the Gate of the Void, you will receive extraordinary inheritance...]
To put it simply, this long paragraph of text requires that one condition be met before the light gate can enter normally.
The stone carving behind the kobold statue is equipped with an "Entry Instructions", which you can guess without having to read the text.
There are two patterns.
One of the pictures shows a man cutting open his chest with a knife, and then putting his heart on the scale. The scale is balanced, and then the man walks into the light door;
In the second picture, the sky tilted towards the heart, and then the man who cut out the heart fell to the ground, and the dog-headed monster swallowed his soul.
The content on this stone carving was also the biggest reason why Ren had discovered the location of the Magic Gate a long time ago but did not dare to rush in.
Since it is a "trial place", it must be conducted according to certain specific rules.
He could choose to ignore this rule and just rush in.
But the result is almost predictable. People who break the rules will definitely trigger something not very good.
This is a world where there are or have been gods, and everything must be done with enough awe.
Judging from the previous moments on the first and second floors of the underground palace, what this ancient civilization person carved was not some fictitious "myth and legend", but "facts".
Whether it's a dog-headed monster or a two-headed python... they all exist.
This level is probably not done to bluff people.
But if Ren was asked to cut out his heart and weigh it on a scale according to the method on the stone carvings. He also felt that this method was very unreliable.
Although his medical ability is now very strong, even if the heart is separated from the body for a short period of time, it will not be a big problem.
However, no matter how you look at it, a heart is heavier than a feather.
How to keep the scales balanced
This is also his concern.
Maybe the method is wrong
Ren didn't know if there was another metaphor for this method of entering the door, or what, but after all, he didn't dare to cut out his own heart and put it on it.
... .
In the end, Renn looked around the entire hall for a week and found no other method other than "cutting the heart and weighing the body", so he gave up the search for the time being.
When looking for secret passages, it would be more appropriate to leave it to an energetic professional adventurer like Gannix.
At this time, Renn took out the [Poisonous Hand] Gizela's storage ring and looked at it carefully.
Almost everything inside is highly toxic.
However, because of the real-time monitoring of the "intelligent brain", Renn does not need to worry about fatal poisoning.
In addition to various bottles and jars of poisons, many classics related to poison use were also found.
Moreover, he also found a piece of dark gold copper, engraved with a poisonous sorcerer's exclusive secret training method - [Void Poisonous Hand]!
"It's actually a body-refining martial art... that can ignore the body-protecting fighting spirit to a certain extent? No wonder her poisonous python spell could easily penetrate my body-protecting fighting spirit before. It turns out she has this secret technique!"
When Ren saw the poisonous hand's cultivation method, his eyes suddenly lit up.
In his impression, the extraordinary people of the [Poison Warlock] lineage, like assassins, put more emphasis on sneak attacks when killing enemies.
The frontal combat capability will be greatly reduced.
Especially for fourth- and fifth-level high-level extraordinary beings, as long as they are prepared, toxins are of little use.
The high-level extraordinary body-protecting vindictiveness surrounds the whole body. Unless the person is crushed by the level, or poisoned when he is not prepared, it is impossible for the poison to enter the body.
The great thing about this poisonous hand is that its attacks can ignore the protective fighting spirit to a certain extent, which means it has super high "damage penetration"!
Temper the palms with poison, and then gather the poisonous energy into both palms.
With one blow, the toxin can easily penetrate the body-protecting fighting energy of the same level of extraordinary beings. Even if it is a level one higher level of extraordinary beings, it will have miraculous effects.
After reading the introduction to the practice of this secret technique, a thought suddenly occurred to Renn's mind: "What if this thing is combined with [Air God Strike] and can't it directly force toxins into the target's body?"
[Air God Strike] also uses Qi to turn into energy, forcing Qi Jin into the target's body, and has the special effect of "ignoring the target's defense". But in the end, how much the strength can penetrate is also restricted by the protective fighting spirit.
If there were another poisonous hand martial skill that enhanced "damage penetration", and if a burst of poison was injected into the punch at the same time, wouldn't the damage immediately explode
And the most powerful thing about [Void Poisonous Hand] is not how to practice the secret technique, but the "poison"!
This is a secret method with unlimited growth limit.
As long as the poison used to refine the hands is stronger, the "penetration" ability of the fighting spirit that ignores body protection will be stronger, and the greater the damage will be!
The more Ren thought about it, the more shocked he became: "It's no wonder that [Poisonous Hand] Gizela has a record of killing fifth-level strong men. I originally thought it was a sneak attack and poisoning, but it turned out that she still had this skill. Fortunately, I didn't fight her before. Touch it, otherwise I'm afraid you will suffer a big loss..."
Toxins in the skin and internal organs are completely different things.
Renn can completely ignore toxins on the surface of the skin or respiratory tract. Because his [Divine Healing Technique] can cure the poison instantly before it has time to destroy the body.
But if some internal organs are damaged, the poison may occur at the moment, and there is no time to detoxify, and he will die suddenly on the spot!
Seeing this, Renn immediately had the idea of learning this secret technique.
Now he happens to have "Colorful Poison Crystal" in his hand. Can he find anything more poisonous than this today
Originally he only wanted to get it to improve his resistance to toxins, but because of this secret technique, he felt that he would be able to master a new killing move in the near future!
... ..
No one could open the bronze door anyway. Originally, Ren planned to stay on the third floor of the temple for a while.
Then, after finding no other way to enter the magic door, send Catherine and her son to leave through the secret passage first.
If he stays here, he will trick the Rosas family.
Unexpectedly, the plan was disrupted.
Just two hours later, the bronze door slowly opened.
This door can only be opened using devil language.
Hearing the noise, Renn thought that besides himself and the Great Witch of Marfa, there was another person who could speak devil's language.
That is the little cursed girl, Naretta!