Chapter 284 The Deepest Level
Monsters around level 30 are completely unable to pose a threat to Aldai. Most of the ruins from the Mythical Age are at this level, which is expected.
Hiring three adventurers is purely for insurance. After all, anything can happen during the adventure. In the worst case scenario, Aldai could leave the three adventurers as bait and run away alone.
No loot was found on the ground, only ashes left by some ghosts. Aldai just glanced at it and immediately lost interest and walked to one of the thrones.
On Li Chengqi's side, it will appear translucent when the alt key is pressed, but on Aldai's side, it is not actually a throne at all, it is just a pure illusion, and you can walk directly over it.
This experience is a bit like walking through a completely massless curtain. The view will be blocked for a moment, and then a staircase sloping downward will appear in front of you.
The stairs were about ten meters deep and connected to a curved corridor. When the last person stepped down the steps, flames burst out on the walls on both sides of the corridor, extending further along the edge of the wall. .
This feeling is different from before, there is lighting.
Aldai felt that she might have come to the most critical place.
The corridor is actually not too long, especially compared to before. After everyone walked around two serpentine turns, a gate appeared in front of them.
This door was five to six meters high and made of stone. Nemea easily found a movable switch on the nearby wall that could be pressed, and the door opened immediately.
Thousands of years have passed, but the mechanism has not been damaged. This is obviously abnormal. Even a magical mechanism should have disappeared after such a long time.
Reminiscent of the situation with the Ring of Vision...
It was not an illusion, Aldai had indeed found the right place.
After everyone entered, Aldai, who was walking at the end, quietly pulled the switch and closed the door again.
Not far ahead, there is a door of the same style.
But this time, don't think about opening it so easily.
Ten staggered chains were nailed to the heavy door panel, each one almost as thick as a wrist, nailing the door tightly.
Nemea came closer and put his ear against the door panel, and tapped it with his fingers: "It's about one meter thick. It's made of obsidian, and it's difficult to blast it open even with magic."
Obsidian is resistant to magic, and most masters will use it as a target to practice spells.
Even with the power of Aldai's magic, it is impossible to blow it up, especially in such a narrow place. A spell with too much power may also blow it up.
No lock was found on the chain. There was a pull-down door opening mechanism on the wall next to it, but it was useless after trying it twice.
The baby is probably on the other side of the door, and you've come this far, so of course you can't give up.
Aldai carefully inspected the chains and gates:
"This is the art of sealing, a trick from the age of mythology."
She took a half step back, raised her hand and pointed:
"Advanced dispelling magic!"
A blue ball of light was launched from the fingertips and hit the door.
It could be clearly seen that something almost translucent, like a shield, was shattered, and two of the chains binding the door suddenly collapsed on their own.
But Aldai frowned, because the next moment, the shield on the door reappeared, and the broken chains were automatically connected together.
It is true that the spells in the mythical age were not as powerful as those in modern times, but this does not mean that people at that time were stupider than they are now.
Our sealing technique is not easy to use and the strength is not high enough, so I will stack buffs to win with quantity.
One or two seals Aldai can easily break, but they stacked ten of them on the door and added the ability of automatic recovery. Unless ten seals can be removed in an instant, no matter how they are removed, it will not work. It's useless.
This did cause trouble for Aldai. She carefully observed the seal, trying to find a way to use it, but in the end she might have been too eager to see what was inside, so Aldai decided to spend some money.
So she reached into her magic bag, rummaged through it, and took out a golden scroll.
That is currently the highest level magic scroll. Depending on the stored spells, its value is likely to exceed 10,000 gold coins, and it is still priceless. Holding this scroll, which was literally worth tens of thousands of gold, Aldai didn't hesitate at all, directly tore off the wax seal and recited the contents of the scroll in a low voice.
As the spell was murmured, huge magic power gathered on Aldai's thin body. The three adventurers were pushed back several steps by the wind pressure formed by the magic power. The sight of Aldai in their eyes was like a mountain, bringing people back. Heavy pressure.
It didn't take long to use the scroll. After a few seconds, the scroll in Aldai's hand burst, and the prepared magical power was ready to go:
"Mordenkain Disintegration Technique!"
A beam of light hit the door, and almost at the same time, the chains on the door made bang-bang-bang sounds like fried beans. They failed to put up any resistance at all, and they all broke in the blink of an eye.
"Nemea, go pull the switch."
"Huh? Oh."
Nemea was still shocked that he was throwing away the ten thousand gold coins at the drop of a hat, and his reaction was half a beat too slow.
For a novice adventurer like her, ten thousand gold coins is something that is unthinkable.
As the mechanism was pulled down, the door that had been sealed for a long time made a muffled sound, and then opened to both sides.
A gust of wind couldn't wait to rush out of the door, as if even the air in the room was tired of being imprisoned, and escaped without looking back.
When the strong wind cleared, Aldai was the first to walk in impatiently.
Behind the gate is an extremely wide space, more like a square than a room.
The light of the flames spread rapidly along the walls, burning like a line around the walls of the room. Aldai looked up and saw a large set of runes flickering dimly in the darkness on the ceiling. She could recognize among them the runes that could prevent all possible attempts to find this place, such as 'prevent teleportation, defend against detection, defend against detection, and defend against peeping'. arts.
One after another, tall humanoid objects emerge from the darkness. At first they are thought to be statues, but it soon becomes apparent that they are not decorations.
The flame shines on it, with a special reflection unique to metal materials. The ferocious arc is still shining, and time has left no trace at all.
That's the golem.
And it is also a golem that specializes in fighting.
The golems generally used by mages are humanoid, including details such as fingers. This is to facilitate the golem to help them handle chores.
The demon statues in front of them use their left arm as a shield and their right arm as a sword. On one shoulder, you can see the dark golden five-pointed star holy emblem. They have no parts used for production at all and are pure fighting machines.
What's even more frightening is the number of golems.
At a glance, it was difficult to count how many there were. Aldai estimated that there were at least hundreds. They formed a neat square array, standing there like terracotta warriors and horses.
At the end of the rows of demon statues, there is a golden throne. The sides of the throne are filled with gold and silver products and gems, and on the throne is a delicate box as big as a palm.
It is like a demon king, looking down upon the world.
Aldai immediately remembered the ancient words carved on the gate before entering the ruins. Since she was not very proficient in the language, she could only make out a few words.
But seeing this scene, she understood that what was written in the ancient language was actually 'the army of the devil king is sealed here'.
This also explains why the rest room on the pilgrimage road they saw before was transformed into a rune room. Things that were manufactured in large quantities back then are now in front of them.
But this doesn't seem to be good news.
The Demon King's Ring is an artifact, and artifacts cannot be destroyed by mortal means and can only be sealed.
Under the influence of the Demon King's Ring, these golems have remained in the mythical age, showing no signs of being old at all.
When Aldai walked in to observe, a tiny buzzing began to appear in her ears, and the buzzing became increasingly clear.
The demon statues that stood between her and the throne in the distance made a low buzzing sound, and a red dot lit up on their heads, indicating that they were activated.
(End of chapter)