After receiving the signal from Miss Bayas, Shadra grabbed the two ladies in front and behind him, and then lit the [Bordeaux Candle]. The voices, heat and figures of the three people disappeared, and the light of the candle illuminated his eyes.
The three of them almost rushed out of the tunnel, but when they raised their hands to face attacks from all directions, they saw no men with ferocious faces waiting for them outside.
The candle light illuminated their surroundings, and they finally felt relieved.
The passage is connected to an underground space similar to the size of Shade's bedroom, which can barely be regarded as a cube space. Opposite the wall dug out by the blood of mercury is a closed stone door. Apart from the stone door, there is nothing here.
nothing.
This is the official entrance to the ruins. The word "shabby" is probably the right word to describe this place. It is not the huge building complex in the underground cavity as imagined, nor the mausoleum of the ancient witch emperor legendary in the story, it is just a dark room buried deep underground.
The place.
"If this place was really built by the last believers of the [Innocent Creator], they should have almost reached their end by then."
Miss Bayas commented that she was a little sentimental. After all, the other party was also a believer in the good god, and he persisted for thousands of years after the god left.
Instead of pushing the door immediately, the three of them dispersed and looked around. Shade raised his fingers and carefully observed the surrounding rock walls. Except for the side where the stone door was located, the other three sides were actually engraved with text. It was obvious that the ruins were established in the early Sixth Age.
(Chapter 172), but the text used is not from this era.
Fortunately, no matter which era those words belonged to, it made no difference to Shade, so he translated:
[In the year 532 of the General Calendar of the Sixth Era, Joel Ode Caris, Scarlett Card Guzman, and Gina Angela Sewell jointly sealed the ruins. Our Lord has left, and we
He is about to sleep forever. The glory of the Order has been glorious for thousands of years, but all things must eventually perish. May our Lord, the 'Innocent Creator', resurrect and grant us glory again.】
As he read, the two ladies looked over.
"Do you recognize these words?"
Shade stopped translating and asked them.
"do not know."
The brown-haired girls shook their heads together.
"No, I'm not talking about whether you know these words, but whether you know what kind of writing this kind of writing is?"
Shade asked again, and Miss Bayas blushed:
"My ancient literature score...the Holy See almost didn't let me pass the test."
"I don't know, this should be some kind of rare ancient script. This kind of religious order inherited from ancient times likes to use rare ancient script as a method of internal communication. On the one hand, it shows the antiquity of its own organization, and on the other hand, it also serves the purpose of
Safety."
Miss Anat said, she knew that Shade could understand all the words, so she didn’t ask any more questions:
"[Mercury Blood] should not be able to translate these contents. Let's see if there is any valuable information. We need to move forward as soon as possible. Detective, give me the magic eye first, and I will go to the front in a while."
Shade handed the small jar he carried to her, then raised his finger and continued to read the words. The word information of this kind of writing is very small, and a large paragraph is needed to describe simple things, so there is not much content left.
:
[If our lord revives, the oracle will surely guide future generations to excavate the ruins of the sect. My lord’s last creation has turned into an artifact rated as a sage-level relic by the Righteous God Church and is deep in the ruins...]
"Artifact?"
Miss Bayas interrupted Shade in surprise:
"Is [God's Gift Box] a creation of the old god's 'innocent creator'? Or is there a more powerful relic inside the ruins?"
"Xia De, continue to translate."
Miss Anat also frowned.
All three of them were sweating on their foreheads. Although there was enough oxygen underground, it was really stuffy here:
[Anyone who comes after you must not desecrate our Lord’s artifact and must take it away according to the etiquette of the religious order.]
"What is etiquette?"
Miss Bayas asked again.
Shade skimmed through the next few paragraphs:
"I didn't say it. It seems that they assume that the latecomers know the etiquette."
"Detective, continue to translate, apart from the so-called creations of the old gods, what else is in the ruins?"
[The church has accumulated thousands of years of accumulation, and before sealing the ruins, all were donated through the Zhengshen Church...]
"ah?"
The young girl subconsciously said in surprise, then covered her mouth in embarrassment and motioned for Shade to continue.
[In addition to the creations of our Lord, several relics are used to build a defense system to warn thieves. There is also...]
The traces are a little blurry, but you can still barely see them:
[There is also the "Teaching Book of the Ignorants" of the sect's teachings, which is preserved in eighteen pure gold engravings;]
[There is also a statue of my Lord’s Holy Emblem, sleeping together with the three of me;]
[There are also filthy relics sealed by the religious sect and suppressed here;]
Shade suddenly coughed and subconsciously covered his mouth. When he looked down, he saw blood on his palm.
Miss Bayas and Miss Anat nearby saw the blood at the corner of his mouth and immediately stopped:
"Stop looking, detective, stop it."
Saying that, Miss Bayas was about to pull Shade away.
"It doesn't matter, there is only one last sentence left."
Shade shook his head and moved his eyes slightly away from the stone wall before he finally felt dizzy. This ancient writing itself was powerful, and he didn't even realize it just now. If this was a longer article, he would most likely
Die quietly.
[Have you forgotten that you still have me? It’s really dangerous, I will remind you. 】
"I haven't forgotten."
He answered in his mind and continued to raise his head, but Miss Anat held his hand and looked at him with purple eyes:
"Be careful."
The female fortune teller reminded softly.
[The sect has been glorious for thousands of years, but it finally came to an end in the hands of the three of me. Sleeping with this, my soul...]
The life ring in the soul trembled violently, and the spirit in the body was actually affected by the words, which made the [Dark Box] out of control incident come to mind.
Shade, who had learned a lesson, immediately closed his eyes and forced himself to forget the shapes of the dozens of notches at the back. It took him a long time to say:
"No, the last sentence is like a curse. There are also defensive measures here."
Fortunately, he only read the beginning, so he didn't cause any trouble. And through the carvings on the three walls, they also knew that besides the [God's Gift Box], there were actually other valuable things in the ruins.
However, even if [Mercury Blood] cannot translate these words and have occupied this place for so long, they have most likely already searched inside the ruins. Therefore, except for the immovable sage-level relic [God’s Gift Box], there are probably
There is nothing worth taking away.
The next step is to officially enter behind the door. Although Miss Anat has only divined three dangerous relics on the way, it is obvious that these three relics cannot be the only ones blocking the way in the ruins.
There might even be a person with silver eyes at the door. Just wait for the three people to open the door and then kill them with one move.
We have already arrived here, and there is no need to talk about retreating.
Shade put on the gold necklace and lit the candle to make himself and Miss Bayas disappear. Miss Anat held two jars with magic eyes in her left hand and hit the stone door with her right arm.
The stone door was opened, as if endless darkness floated out from behind the door. The only thing that could be seen behind the door were two huge red light sources, which reminded Shade of Mia the cat peeping at him through the crack in the door in the dark.
But the thing behind the door was obviously not a harmless creature like Mia. Even though Shade was standing behind Miss Anat, he still felt the terror and distortion coming from the back door of the stone door.
The biological instinct is to fear the unknown that exists behind the door, and the two red light sources seem to warn of danger.
Ice spread from the crack in the door, and the cold wind was mixed with a foul smell, like the air coming from a lonely grave in the mountains. An inexplicable feeling warned Shade not to move forward.
After this moment, he suddenly understood that the two huge red balls should be eyes, and based on this calculation, the size of the owner of the eyes, then... Shade has never had any phobia of giant objects, but when he thought of this
, I still feel like my scalp is numb.
The wind was blowing violently, and in the darkness behind the door, something was rushing towards here. Miss Anat was as stunned as Shade, but at this moment she reacted and without thinking, she threw the two jars she was holding forward.
.
The candle in their hand could only illuminate a space very close to the stone door. The three of them saw together that the two glass jars containing the magic eyes were thrown towards the door, and were held by the giant hand stretched out in the darkness. Then the giant hand held it.
The hand retracted into the darkness where the light of the candle had not yet illuminated. The ice spreading from the door stopped, and the wind carrying the foul smell also stopped.
The three of them were breathing heavily. At that moment, they really felt like they were in danger. After the giant stone hands retreated, they dared to fully enter the door. Shade raised his fingers and Miss Bayas called out.
Several bright yellow light balls flew into the sky.
Obviously the space outside the door is not as narrow as a normal bedroom, but the space behind the first door really looks a bit like the ancient underground ruins in the story.
The space behind the door is still very empty. The specific area is about the same as Saint Teresa Square, and the height is more than four stories. A giant stone statue stands in the center of this empty space, with its feet on the ground, its head above the sky, and its head almost directly touching the sky.
On the highest stone wall.
The stone statue has a total of two legs, four hands, and three heads. Semicircular stone rings connect the shoulders on both sides and draw an arc-shaped trajectory on the top of the head.
The huge red eye I saw just now is located on the central head. In addition, the entire stone statue is dotted with other eyes almost everywhere from top to bottom. The stone statue is as motionless as a dead thing, and the thousands of
Only one eye, but it was constantly opening and closing under the silver and yellow light. The eyes looked at the "small" three people, and each eye clearly revealed the color of wisdom.
"Is this a gargoyle?"
Even if this thing is motionless, its own sense of oppression is enough to drive a mentally fragile person crazy. At the same time, this can be regarded as the largest [relic] Shade has ever seen so far.