After experiencing a feeling similar to dizziness, when Lu Xidong opened his eyes, he found that he was already in a maze, a rather wide corridor lined with huge pillars on both sides, extending into the darkness in the distance.
"It's an endless maze..." Yundi beside her reached out and scratched in vain in the void. There was ashes-like blue-gray powder in her open hands. "This is the realm of illusion. There are heavy illusions around it. I heard it before. I told you about this secret technique."
"Illusion?" Lu Xidong knocked on the stone wall next to the passage with his hand. The sound proved that it was a real thick wall. He looked at Yundi with doubts on his face.
"It is an illusion that is combined with the real environment. It does not come out of thin air." Yundi glared at Lu Xidong and continued to explain, "But it cannot fool people who are familiar with magic. The air here is full of illusion magic. The medium, the magic power is astonishingly high.”
After that, a fireball came out of his hand and flew into the endless darkness ahead. The road ahead that was supposed to be lit did not change at all. The fireball disappeared four or five meters away.
"Then what should we do?" Lu Xidong asked. The monsters under him were all calmed by Yundi's words. They stood there without even daring to move or even take a breath.
"If there are more magicians or priests, they can use magic to disperse the surrounding illusion medium, and this endless maze will naturally be broken..." Yundi pondered for a moment, "But now only Silica and I are left. , it’s very difficult to do…”
Silica is the other surviving Priestess. Judging from her appearance, she must have just grown up. She is a little confused after being coerced to this point.
"Then just stand here and don't move?" Carter impatiently stroked the long sword that was riddled with holes. His character was not willing to accept his fate.
"No, we can only move forward. The endless maze is a very complex illusion magic, but the illusion itself is difficult to attack. We need to keep moving forward to find the center of the illusion, where the source of magic is. , if we find it, we will be saved." After saying that, Yundi tapped the floor in front of her with her staff and took the first step.
The female magician reminded that the smooth ground that looked like obsidian might be various potholes disguised as traps, and every step should be tested first.
Everyone else imitated Yundi's movements and cautiously groped forward. Within ten steps, the originally seemingly straight corridor deviated from the direction, but there was still endless darkness ahead, as if the corridor had turned.
Lu Xidong raised the candle in his hand and illuminated the top of the corridor. He could touch the patterns carved into the stone without stretching his arms. The corridor seemed to be slowly getting shorter.
"This place is getting lower and lower as we walk. Is there a dead end ahead?" After walking for a while, Lu Xidong had to bend down and move forward.
"It looks like a tomb passage," Yundi lowered her head and thought for a while, then added: "After this section, it should be stable at a certain height."
Sure enough, after walking for a while, when the height of the passage dropped to about one and a half meters, the top of the corridor stopped falling. But even so, with Lu Xidong's height, it was still uncomfortable to walk here.
No one spoke anymore, and the surroundings seemed dead silent.
"Hey, you guys are boring me like this." At the critical moment, the poet's interest remained undiminished. Tagore couldn't bear it anymore, pointed at the wall and asked, "What kind of murals are these?"
Following the direction of one of the lizard man's three fingers, Lu Xidong and others noticed strange patterns carved on the wall, decorated with blue-gray powder.
"Huh?" Yundi reached out and gestured, shaking her head in confusion, "It seems to be some kind of magical incantation, and the powder is made from the ashes of the big green tree mixed with green uranium powder, and then poured on it with hot wax. , this should be used to guard the tomb passage."
"Guarding the tomb passage? What needs to be suppressed in the tomb passage?" Tagore continued to ask. Unexpectedly, the lizard people were a race with a thirst for knowledge. How could Lu Xidong have thought that the other party was just bored and did not want to chat.
"Dispel the unwilling souls, such as living corpses..." At this point, Yundi tightened the staff in her hand. There were clearly living corpses everywhere outside the cave, but not even one appeared since entering the tomb passage inside the cave. , this was a bit too strange, and she couldn't help but be secretly on guard.
"ah!"
The sharp screams echoed in the low corridor, and there seemed to be an echo. The priestess named Silica jumped up like a rabbit, and her head slammed into the top of the corridor.
"What are you doing?!" Carter's face turned red and he shouted loudly. His subordinates were so embarrassed, especially in front of these monsters.
"Dead... dead body..." Silica put one hand on her head and pointed forward with the other, "Look!"
It was indeed a corpse. He was sitting on the ground half-leaning against the wall of the corridor. His whole body was mottled grayish-yellow. For some reason, he did not rot. In this humid illusion corridor, he just shriveled up, and all his muscles and skin They were all shrunk and clinging to the bones, even the eyes were just dehydrated, the pupils were dilated, and the last line of sight seemed to be fixed in the endless distance.
It's very strange. To be honest, even if a living corpse suddenly appeared and rushed over now, it wouldn't surprise everyone. It seemed that some kind of force suddenly drained the corpse instantly.
"Shh, keep your voice down, we'll be doomed if we attract zombies." Lu Xidong's finger made a shut-up motion on his lips, signaling the frightened Priestess to stay calm.
This is what Carter, Yundi and others are worried about. This illusion maze is too quiet and unnatural, as if even the air is still, like some kind of... altar.
And if the group of living corpses outside the cave is to protect the secrets inside the cave, an endless maze without any threat must be more than just the whole setting here, but this place is too narrow. If there are living corpses pouring in, I am afraid it will be difficult for them. response.
The team started moving forward again.
"Mr. Carter," Lu Xidong quietly approached the human knight and lowered his voice and said, "Did you notice the clothes on the dead body?"
"Clothes?" Carter was stunned for a moment, obviously ignoring this detail.
"Well, the same magic robe as Yundi, and..." Lu Xidong turned back and glanced in the direction of the corpse, "There is a gold nameplate around the neck."
"Gold level magician?" Carter was surprised. He clearly understood what this title meant. Even if this level was placed in the city of the Stuart Kingdom, he still had the status of branch president. This time he came Lord Murat is also a gold-level adventurer.
"Well, so we must be careful and try to maintain the formation as much as possible." At this point, Lu Xidong glanced at his companions behind him, "We must also be careful not to cause panic among everyone."
"You are right, Mr. Demon." Carter nodded vigorously, expressing his agreement with Lu Xidong's proposal.
They seemed to have reached a long distance, but nothing could be seen around them. It was as if they were walking in a huge space, and they walked for a long time without encountering any obstacles.
The dim light of the candle could only illuminate the blue brick floor underfoot, and all other light was swallowed up by the darkness.
Everyone moved closer together, as if they would lose their companions if they were not careful, and the speed of their march slowly slowed down.
At this moment, something seemed to suddenly wake up in the darkness, and the sound of rapid breathing spread around. The noise became louder and louder. Everyone stopped and clenched the weapons in their hands.
Carter licked his lips nervously and nodded at Lu Xidong. For some reason, having this demon standing beside him at this moment made the knight who upheld justice no longer so afraid.
The noise suddenly stopped, followed by deathly silence, as if it was an illusion just now, but seeing the looks on the faces of the companions around him, it was obvious that they had heard it, and it was not an illusion at all.
There was water seepage in the corridor, and water drops were falling rhythmically. Everyone's nervous heartbeat seemed to be assimilated to that rhythm.
Suddenly, there was the sound of heavy falling rocks, and a strange sound came from the corridor behind everyone - the sound of footsteps, but it was strangely heavy, as if a walker was carrying a heavy load, and every step on the ground was slow and difficult.
The candlelight was no longer enough to penetrate the darkness. The staff in Yundi's hand was raised high, and the fireballs flew in all directions. Amidst the splashing of sparks, everyone could clearly see the situation behind them.
They saw corpses all over the ground, the same gray-yellow mummy as the one they found. At this moment, they turned their dry eyes towards the direction of the light from Lu Xidong and the others.
They are trying to move this way, their steps are very slow and heavy, as if they are suppressed by some force, but their desire for flesh and blood is making them crazy.
A corpse's right arm and half of its shoulder had been cut off, leaving only a little flesh attached to the body. He still held a long sword in his right hand, and the long sword jingled on the ground as he walked.
It was a living corpse. Lu Xidong and others' hearts were tightened. They were really afraid of what would happen.