"Yes, and we suspect that there is another way to enter, because the last trace of the person who was born with the codename Dagger disappeared in that area. But all of this needs to be investigated, and we must be very cautious when exploring ancient ruins."
Jenkins thought that this matter could not be completely resolved before he left Beldyran. After all, he would take the train back tomorrow morning. But in the afternoon, while walking in the garden with chocolates, Mr. Gilbert hurried over again, and started waving across the garden:
"Mr. Williams, we have discovered the way to enter the treasure and conducted a preliminary safety assessment. Do you want to participate in the operation? We are about to set off."
"certainly!"
He nodded without hesitation. It is a very rare experience to have the opportunity to participate in a large-scale operation of the bestower.
Dozens of carriages set off from the Holy See, walked around the edge of the city and arrived at their destination. It was an inconspicuous small valley, and even using abilities like the spell [Treasure Discovery], nothing strange could be found.
This time, thanks to the group of people in the mansion, otherwise the church would not have found this place.
The downward entrance has been opened, and the entrance is made of stone bricks on the mountain wall, and candles and oil lamps are placed on both sides of the downward steps.
After a vertical distance of at least 3 kilometers, the rough wall suddenly joined an older brick wall.
Different from the temporary passageway in front, from here, the walls and the floor are made of carefully polished large stone slabs. There are also some unclear murals on the walls, at least not from this era in terms of style.
Every five steps, there will be a pure gold oil lamp on the wall. According to Mr. Gilbert, the oil inside is precious mermaid oil, which will not be extinguished after burning for three hundred years.
"Mermaid oil?"
Jenkins asked in a low voice, but the voice still echoed in the empty passage:
"It's not really boiled with the sebum of intelligent creatures, is it?"
"No, no, no. You misunderstood. Mermaid oil just means that this kind of oil is unique to the mermaid species, and it is not the kind of cruel and disgusting thing in the legends and stories of rural peasants."
There were no signs of human footsteps or fights in this passage, which means that at least the gang and scribes in the mansion did not enter from here.
Jenkins was still at the end of the team as a support staff, and along the way, some cracked structures could be seen exposed.
Except for special numbered items, no rituals or props will always have extraordinary power. This makes the physical traps and mechanisms made by ancient craftsmen the biggest problem people have to deal with in the relics of the past era.
This may be troublesome for ordinary people, but it is just a waste of time for a large-scale Bestower squad.
When the time on the pocket watch was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, the long passage finally came to an end.
Outside the passage is a huge underground cavity, which is circular in shape as a whole. There are 18 bronze doors evenly distributed on the wall of the hall. On the door that Jenkins and others walked out of, there are carvings of flying phoenixes.
The team that arrived one step ahead of them has found traces left by the missing scribes, and even found some elusive blood on the ground.
In order to prevent the incident in the mansion from happening again, this time the operation used the special prop B-01-05-8382 [Sound Transmission Conch] to communicate with the ground throughout the process.
After briefly recounting what happened here, the church immediately organized manpower to search for documents. Jenkins could even imagine the scene of hundreds of gray-haired old gentlemen rummaging through materials under the dome of the huge library.
Chocolate is not interested in the things in the passage, but became excited after coming to this hall.
The floor of the hall is also made of square stone slabs, while the walls are carved from complete white marble. I don't know what kind of price it took to build this place.
"It's also possible that there were ruins here, and the robber Clement just discovered and occupied them."
He thought in his heart, seeing that there was no work now, he clasped Chocolate by the waist and lifted it up, one person and one cat looked around together.
At the top of the hall is a painted stone wall that slopes downward from the center. In the painting is a big snake circling and biting its own tail. This should be regarded as ouroboros, which is quite a common concept in the field of mysticism.
There are also weird things about this painting. The big snake is simply outlined, but no color, armor shape or eyes are added. This contrasts with the exquisitely painted parts of the rest of the mural, which is very strange indeed.
Some ancient characters are simply engraved on the surrounding walls, but if you look closely, you will find that the strokes that make up those letters are very similar to bones. After thinking about this, Jenkins somehow felt a little fear in his heart.
On the eighteen bronze gates around the round hall, there are eighteen different patterns. In addition to the phoenix that taught everyone to walk out, it also contains metaphorical graphics in the field of occultism, such as a bleeding dagger, a resurrection cross, a faceless man, and a shining crown.
He tried to observe the scene behind different gates with the eyes of reality, but saw nothing. This shows that there is a high probability that there is a fairly long passage behind each door.
Of course, he didn't notice at all that Chocolate's eyes were different from before. It stared closely at a certain door that Jenkins had noticed just now, and looked up at the man, showing the expression it only had when sneaking into the kitchen and rummaging through the desserts Jenkins had drawn.
It is impossible to decipher the writing on the wall in a short time, and it is absolutely impossible to choose a door to enter rashly.
The missing scribes left marks that pointed to three possible choices, but no one dared to bet on the one-third chance.
While everyone was quietly waiting for the news from the ground, the door with the pattern of a giant dragon's breath opened a gap silently.
A scorched man fell out of the door, and then a raging red flame shot out from the crack of the door.
The golden book-like shields opened one after another, blocking the door, but some flames still came out, and everyone had to move closer to the other end of the rotunda.
"There's an ancient dragon behind that! It's a real pure-blooded dragon!"
The man cried and rolled on the ground until he was held down by three people before Jenkins had a chance to treat him.