Mystery: Start with the Reader

v2 Chapter 862: Ritual and Door (2 in 1)

Latest website: Ancient resentful spirits are ghost-like creatures with a mix of Beyonder characteristics. Among them, the cursed object is related to a certain part or item in their lifetime. This combination of characteristics has become the basis for their existence. Because of this, different The manifestations of the cursed objects corresponding to the ancient resentful spirits will not be the same, but the essence is the same, and the dust is another characteristic, the source of most of their abilities, as for the residual spirituality, it is slightly equal to the monster's blood and other materials.

Seeing the few items left in front of him, Forsi had a little enlightenment, then looked at Abner, and after he nodded slightly, he walked over to collect the materials one by one.

During this period, the attitude of the three official Beyonders turned a blind eye. They knew very well in their hearts that the young man named Abner was entirely due to the ability to kill this excessively powerful ancient spirit. Powerful, but not indispensable.

Therefore, it is completely reasonable for the other party to ask his wife to get the materials.

The "Light of Purification" member named Dorn even walked up to Abner, bowed deeply to him, and said sincerely, "Thank you for helping us avenge Ed and Brown..."

"You're welcome, without the information you provided, I wouldn't have been able to justify it so easily." Abner waved his hand and said politely.

This is not nonsense to him. If he has no understanding of the ancient resentful spirit who is suspected to be Austin, even if he can win, he will not be as calm as before. .

After the two sides exchanged a few words of courtesy, Forsi had already collected the materials and returned to Abner. Only then did the group re-enter the hall of the palace and begin to explore the relatively intact interior of the building.

Although the three official Beyonders of Captain Defoe had also explored some areas by relying on the opportunity obtained by the sacrifice of their teammates, but the time was too tight at that time, and they never took a closer look, so they followed Abner and the two to search again. some time.

The first thing they saw was the collapsed staircase, the overlapping wreckage of the superstructure, the sharp stone pillars plunging from the roof into the basement, and the shards of glass from the dome that shattered to the ground.

The whistling wind blew, and the cold meaning that penetrated into the bone marrow made Forsi shiver.

Various terrifying scenes flashed in her mind, forcing her to turn on her spiritual vision and slowly look around, until she saw Abner's back, and she felt relieved.

However, she noticed that on the right side surrounded by broken walls, there was a fairly intact stone staircase.

There are many mottled marks on this staircase, and it stretches all the way down, I don't know where it leads.

Abner naturally noticed the stairs, but according to his intuition and previous game experience, he did not go there immediately, but went to the rest of the palace to rummage.

The two side halls in the east and west did not yield anything, but in the collapsed corridor of the main hall in the north, many incomplete murals were found.

The murals depict a middle-aged and elderly gentleman wearing silver glasses holding a ceremony, and three insects of different shapes are placed on the altar of the ceremony.

One of them is twisted into a ball, one has twelve transparent rings, and the other is shining brightly...

"This is Benjamin, the lord of Bernie City during the Gustav Dynasty. He is a member of the legendary Abraham family, a great noble in the Fourth Epoch, and we have detailed records of him in our 'Light of Purification'... I suspect This ruin is a by-product of his performing some kind of evil ritual." Captain Defoe revealed all the information he knew.

However, Abner didn't pay attention to Defoe's words. He stared at the murals, took out a single lens again and put it in front of his right eye, and began to analyze and decrypt:

"The worm of spirit, the worm of time, the worm of stars...

"This seems to be one of the ceremonies to unblock Mr. Door! How could it be here?

"Benjamin himself is only an Extraordinary in the middle sequence, it is impossible to hear Mr. Door's 'babble' clearly, to get this ceremony...

"So...is this what Roselle told him?

"From the full moon babbling that Forsi can still hear, Benjamin must have failed to hold the ceremony successfully, and he didn't even disclose the content of the ceremony to the Abraham family!

"If you make a bold assumption, maybe these murals are actually behind Roselle's arrangement, to ensure that Benjamin can faithfully complete some of the tasks he explained after his death, and only after Benjamin meets certain conditions. The real content will be revealed... So the other murals are destroyed, only it is relatively intact, because it is sheltered by the power of Roselle's 'Order'.

"Unfortunately, just as Benjamin interprets the meaning of the mural, this mausoleum was suddenly destroyed by the eternal blazing sun... So he also died here...

"And the reason why Benjamin's undead was not trapped in the palace was because he was pulled by a certain existence to the unnamed island discovered by Roselle, and it was even 'resurrected'... just like the one in the original book. Same with Edwards.

"Heh, Roselle's behavior is still contradictory. He deliberately leaked a ritual that could threaten the security of the world, but he designed it to be buried—how do you think the attack of the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun would not really be so coincidental...

"Speaking of which, Amon's lens is really easy to use. Without it, I would not be able to obtain so much secret information just by relying on the analytical ability of my current 'Pure White Eye'."

Taking off the lens, Abner secretly sighed, and then simulated the "wind blade" to completely flatten the content on the mural.

It's better not to let others see such things, even if the difficulty of this ceremony is actually very high - after all, how can the demigods of the Gou Sanjia be so easy to catch? Not to mention having to catch a family...

The three official Beyonders and Forsi saw this scene and did not stop it. The ceremony depicted on the mural, those creepy-looking bugs, were not serious things no matter how they looked at it, and it was a matter of course to destroy it.

After that, several people explored in the main hall, and then returned to the stone staircase leading to the underground.

"Go down and have a look?" Fors glanced at Abner and made her own suggestion.

Abner observed for a while, then nodded lightly:

"The source of the remaining power in this palace is underground... I think that is the core of the entire palace."

At this time, Captain Defoe also interjected: "Yes, our previous explorations stopped at the stone steps, no matter how much we attract the resentful spirit, as long as someone dares to approach here, it will 'flash' and come back immediately.

"That's why we have always suspected that there are clues to leave the ruins below."

"I can go down and explore the way first!" Seeing that Abner was still carefully blessing many spells on his body, Dorne and Ms. Darcy said in unison.

"No, you'll be fine." Abner, who had put on several layers of 'barriers' and 'guardians', shook his head, then held the "magic mirror" in one hand, took Forsi's hand in the other, and walked carefully towards the place. The mottled stone stairs go down step by step along the steps scattered with many gravel.

Once something changed, he was ready to release the "Bone Dragon" at any time and run away with Forsi "Dreamland Shuttle".

This staircase is quite narrow, and it can only be used by one person, and it is the kind that circles and circles deeply. If Abner hadn't held his hand, Fors felt that he would definitely be very scared.

Da, da, da, as the footsteps of several people echoed farther and farther, the "fire of light" condensed by the two "Light of Purification" members seemed to be suppressed by some force, and they were extinguished one after another. glutinous rice

Abner's Five Fireball Secret Technique could no longer be maintained, only the "Holy Light" simulated by "Pure White Eye" remained the same, illuminating the mottled stairs ahead.

Da, da, da, in the cramped and deserted environment, Forsi followed behind Abner and finally finished the steps and stepped on a flat and solid ground.

She wanted to say, "Staying in a place like this for a long time will really make people crazy", but due to the quiet and silent atmosphere around her, she couldn't really make a sound, and she was afraid of breaking this state and causing extremely bad changes.

With the help of the holy light floating diagonally above, Forsi turned his gaze forward, trying to see what the end of the stairs looked like.

This is a hall, nearly 10 meters high, covered with black floor tiles with dripping water, and there are signs of cracking and damage everywhere.

A few dozen meters away, on the other side of the hall, where the light could barely reach, stood a bronze door that was open to the side.

The gate went up to the top, the stones on the left and right walls fell off, and the statue was broken, revealing the dark brown soil below.

The surface of the gate is engraved with dense symbols and strange patterns, giving people an intuitive sense of mystery and heaviness, as if it is sealing what is blocking what.

In front of the gate, there is a stone platform. On the stone platform, there is a knight statue kneeling on one knee, with his head lowered, but his hands are raised high, as if he is holding something.

What this scene means in the eyes of Abner, who has played many 3a masterpieces, is obvious: that is, only when the corresponding item is found and placed in the knight's hand, the door will open.

And Abner immediately had the target of suspicion - "God's Box"!

Benjamin arranged for future generations to leave the "Box of God" placed in the First Bank to Fors by name; Fors was in constant contact with this dream relic in Benjamin's fief; and the above mentioned The matter, it is likely that Roselle used the mural as bait and arranged for Benjamin to complete...

This way, we can tell that it was Roselle who needed Forsi, who was holding the "Box of God", to come here and open the door... and Benjamin was just a "tool man" Roselle used to hide.

On the other side, Forsi, who was extremely active, obviously also thought of this. She thought about it, and finally couldn't help but said:

"Would you like to put that box on it and try it?"

The three official Beyonders were stunned when they heard the words, and then looked over. At the same time, they also had some expectations in their hearts. After all, these two came prepared.

Abner thought for a moment and said, "Wait, let me ask the original guard here first."

guard? Before Forsi could understand what this meant, he saw Abner put the "magic mirror" in front of him and began projecting the memory of the knight's wraith.

Of course, because it is an ancient resentful spirit that has been dead for many years, only the deeper part of its memory remains.

Soon, an important mark in the life of a woman whose real name was Austin Abraham was slowly revealed in front of Abner and the others.

For the sake of the family, marrying the Marquis of the Augustus family who is nearly 30 years older than him; the good times of falling in love with the Baron of Cornwall; the unease and happiness of secretly giving birth to the Baron's illegitimate child...

Until she and Baron Conwa came to the ancient castle in the middle of the Delaire Forest in order to seek the materials on the "ancient wraith". They were polluted by the breath behind the underground gate, and died helplessly and lost consciousness.

Years later, when she woke up again and became conscious, she who was looking for an "ancient resentment" turned into an "ancient resentment"...

At this time, she had been handed over to a man named Roselle by a younger generation of the Abraham family and placed in the tomb he built.

It was only then that she realized that the reason why she was able to wake up and leave the forest castle was because the gate under the castle, which was unknown to the sealer, was torn down by a man named Roselle and turned into a building he built. The door of the mausoleum!

Mrs. Austin's memory ended, and the "Magic Mirror" also shut down the projection in time.

The apprentice looking for the "Ancient Wraith" eventually became the "Ancient Wraith"...

At this time, although others were quite embarrassed by this lady's experience, they didn't think there was anything scary about it.

But Abner suddenly looked at the bronze gate, and a storm had already set off in his heart:

"The gate under the central castle in Riddler Forest in the original book seals the entrance to the 'Sea of ​​Chaos'!"

"Roselle actually moved that gate away?!

"How did he do it?

"Furthermore, after moving the gate, what should I do with the Chaos Sea? Don't the gods care?"

As his thoughts turned around, Abner suddenly remembered the special state of Baron Conwa, and he had guessed in the "1-025" incident before... That is, the baron was polluted by the "Sea of ​​Chaos" and became a Daniel, the experimental object of the traverser's predecessor and the tool person for the subsequent layout!

Although thinking about it carefully, Daniel himself may have been experimented by the God of Knowledge at that time...

However, since Daniel has studied the Baron of Cornwall in the Delaire Forest Castle~lightnovelpub.net~ it is likely to be the experimental site for his various "source quality" pollution balance experiments...

Maybe he used "Balance" to truly seal the entrance to the "Sea of ​​Chaos", so Roselle could safely remove the door?

But then again, why did Roselle have to tear down that door? What does it mean? It's not always "showing off wealth", is it?

Fortunately, the feeling here is completely different from the first floor of the "Dreamland Labyrinth Tower". It is certain that this door is definitely not the entrance to the "Chaos Sea"!

Thinking of this, Abner directly used the "active prophecy" ability blessed by the "Wheel of Fortune" when the analysis with the "Pure White Eye" and the "decryption" with the monocle failed to achieve the expected result.

Although Lilith warned him to use as little as possible before the demigod, otherwise he might pay several times the price to repay the "gift of fate"...

However, less use does not mean no use, and Abner will never hesitate when necessary.

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