"Even after reading the information, I am still afraid of this thing."
Only Miss Anat knew in advance that the so-called "gargoyle" was so big, and Miss Bayas also sighed the same as Shade.
"I thought...it would only be the size of a human being, but I didn't expect it to be so big."
Shade expressed his thoughts. Miss Anat looked around and further explained:
"The Keeper-level relic [Thousand-Eyed Gargoyle No. 3765] actually has an unofficial name that is easier to remember. It is an elegant name given by ancient alchemists."
"What nickname?"
"Giant magic."
Looking up at the terrifyingly huge thousand-eyed stone statue, Shade trembled at the corners of his mouth, fully understanding what was in front of him:
"Well...actually if you said this name earlier, I would probably be able to understand what it is easily."
Such a large open space seems to have been built to allow the gargoyles to fully fight. To be honest, if we didn't know how to give this thing a temporary rest in advance, I'm afraid even if the silver-eyed man planned to join them temporarily, the four of them combined would not be able to fight.
You may not be able to defeat this relic.
The huge space seemed empty, but then the three of them saw some corpses with varying degrees of decay by the wall. The freshest corpse among them probably just appeared this morning. All the eyes of these corpses were gouged out.
It should be [Mercury Blood] used to kill innocent people by passing here.
After carefully counting the corpses, there were 36 in total, which means that except for the people from the [Blood Spirit School] this morning, [Mercury Blood] used this method to enter the ruins at least 17 times.
Miss Bayas prayed for the corpse in a low voice. Miss Anat continued to check the remaining empty space. Shade looked at the three freshest corpses and suddenly asked Miss Bayas:
"Do you mind if your companions use necromancy-like magic?"
This must be asked clearly.
"What? Undead? Is it a plague?"
The sorceress of the church asked curiously.
"of course not."
"That's okay."
She shrugged indifferently, so Shade took out the bone meal and sprinkled some on the body. But after reciting the incantation, nothing happened.
"strangeness......"
He tried again, but the thaumaturgy still had no effect. After briefly explaining the basic effect of [Soul Echo] to the two companions, Miss Anat believed that the silver-eyed person had disposed of the body, making it impossible to use psychic techniques.
means of obtaining information from corpses.
"Maybe there's something wrong with the ruins itself."
Miss Bayas also guessed, and Shade asked in a low voice:
"Do you think it is possible for [Mercury Blood] to discover the so-called 'evil' relics that were suppressed here by this disappeared religious sect?"
No one can give an answer, but they all understand that maybe the danger in the ruins is not just the three relics blocking the road and the ring warlock.
They continued to prepare to move forward, but the trouble they encountered was not that they could not find a way, but that there were too many ways to leave the space where the gargoyles were. There were four walls in total, and each wall had at least six stone doors. In the end, they still
Shade listened to the footsteps and cooperated with Miss Anat's divination to lock the correct direction.
The next danger you may encounter is the Keeper-level relic [Mirror Behind]. This relic directly harms the "other self" of the Ring Warlock. It was decided at Sunday's banquet that this relic should be dealt with by Shade, and the two
The lady didn't ask him again what method he should use to deal with it, and Shade didn't ask him again what method he should use to deal with the woman's voice in his heart.
【I feel honored that you believe me so much.】
She said with a smile.
This time, Shade pushed open the stone door, but there was no room for a mirror behind the door. He stretched out his finger to illuminate the front, which was a lightless corridor wrapped in bricks. You could see the corner from more than twenty steps away.
"The mirror may be at the corner of the corridor, so I walk in front."
He said, but received no answer from behind. When he turned around, there was actually a wall behind him. There were no figures of the two ladies at all, nor could he see the huge thousand-eyed gargoyle.
Shade blinked his eyes and asked softly in his heart:
"Um...are you still there?"
It took a full two seconds to get a reply:
[Punch forward.]
He immediately punched the air in front of him, and the sound of glass shattering almost made Shade think that his hand would be injured. In the space in front of him, centered on the point where the fist hit, there were dense radioactive cracks, but soon
It will recover soon.
"Isn't the mirror used to hurt the 'other you'? How could it trap me? I thought that my task was just to see the mirror, and then you stretched out a hand from my back and broke the mirror with one punch.
Woolen cloth."
While he was thinking, he waved his two fists at the same time and continuously hit the air in front of him, but the cracks healed much faster than Shade's fists. Although his physical fitness became very strong because he became a ring warlock, but
He doesn't have the ability to wield sonic punch or even light speed punch.
【I cannot interfere with reality.】
She repeated her words in his ear.
"Wait, I seem to be in trouble."
It seemed that because Shade's fist attacked this space, bursts of black smoke flew from the depths of the passage. While making a tearing sound in the air, they all rushed towards Shade's chest. But he didn't even use him.
Fighting back, the golden cracks on the surface of the body flashed past, and the black smoke disappeared.
"Oh, no more trouble."
He said dryly.
What he just did was an attack on his soul, but divinity protected his soul.
"How to get out?"
【Find a solution, it shouldn't attack you, it's exposed.】
Her murmuring voice was filled with pleasant emotions, and she was probably in a good mood:
[You are in the mirror space, and the mirror cannot do anything to you, it can only temporarily trap you.]
"What do I do now?"
【Give yourself a punch.】
If it weren't for the fact that "she" still used that strange language that Shade had never heard a second time anywhere, he would even think that this was the mirror playing tricks on him.
"you sure?"
She was chuckling, and her laughter proved that it was indeed her.
Shade took a breath and clenched his right fist, closed his eyes and punched his chin fiercely.
Surprisingly, I didn't feel any pain, it was like being hit by the dough wrapped around my face.
The sound of breaking glass clearly appeared in his ears. When he opened his eyes, he saw that there was no passage in front of him. He just pushed open the stone door, which was facing the mirror.
Shade was standing in front of the mirror at this time, with his right hand clenched and raised high, and the big hole in the broken mirror was undoubtedly made by him. The pain of the bleeding fist came to the senses very slowly, and every piece hanging in the frame
The broken glass reflected his appearance at this moment.
"Shadow?"
A tentative shout came from behind, and it was Miss Anat's voice.
"I'm fine...the mirror is temporarily disabled."
The Keeper-level relic [The Mirror Behind] also has the "hard to destroy" characteristic of most relics. Breaking the mirror now will only make it temporarily ineffective. It will return to normal in a short period of time, but as long as the mirror is still
There is a crack, and the ability to attack the "other self" cannot be exerted.
The mirror itself will automatically move its direction when people are not looking at it, towards the direction where people may appear. In other words, even if Shade moves the mirror to the wall and points it at the wall, when they leave, the mirror will
It will automatically align in another direction.
"No problem, the mirror is useless."
Shade repeated it again, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he turned around and shook his bleeding hand:
"Can someone give me some water? I can't put my hand into my right pocket right now."
"Oh, why is it hurt so badly?"
Miss Bayas immediately crossed the stone door and walked over, directing the ball of light to illuminate the place. Miss Anat went to check the mirror to see if there was anything other than the mirror behind the stone door.
The water treated with [Saturation Food] healed the scratched palm, and Shade curiously asked the two ladies what he had just done.
"You pushed open the door, walked in, and then punched and broke the mirror."
Miss Bayas gave a brief description, and then was asked by Shade to give more details:
"Is there anything unusual about me, such as..."
He hesitated for a moment and said softly:
"A shadow appeared behind me, and the shadow shook its fist at the mirror."
"What's the meaning?"
Miss Bayas asked suspiciously, as if she suspected that Shade was still affected by the mirror, so his head was a little confused.
She shook her head:
"There's nothing unusual, detective. We didn't even react. You punched and broke the mirror. What just happened? Why didn't you kick it?"
"Because I can't kick myself in the face... I'll explain it later when we get out."
He shook his head, indicating that he didn't have time to chat here now.
Looking at the ground, the silver light from his fingertips illuminated the glass fragments on the ground, and the three people were reflected on the glass fragments. Among them, Shade and Miss Bayas were both normal, but behind Miss Anat, Shade was actually
I saw that transparent woman who looked very similar to her, but slightly more mature.
In the blink of an eye, the transparent woman in the mirror fragment disappeared. Shade looked at the female fortune teller standing in the light of the silver moon in surprise, observing the surroundings. There was nothing unusual about her.
"She... forget it, the current situation is not suitable to ask this."
The mirror was stored behind the stone door. It was the third ruins space they entered. It was about the same size as the space in front of the first stone door. The silver light from Shade's fingertips and the ball of light summoned by Miss Bayas were enough.
It lights up here.
Still no living people were seen, not even dead people this time. Except for the mirror standing there, there was a door on each of the four walls, but this time there were no carvings on the walls.
On the contrary, there is a line of ancient text on the metal frame of the mirror. When translated into Delarian language, its approximate meaning is:
【Be wary of "another me".】
None of the three ring wizards commented on this line of text.