Chapter 119 The lock is open
——There are still a few hundred votes left to push the list last week, asking for support. Also, it's the middle of the month, let's see if there is a monthly pass, there will be extra work on weekends~
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The night was dark, the silver moon did not appear in the sky, and even the bright stars were only visible to the naked eye.
Lucian stood behind the thick brownish-yellow curtains of the hotel and watched such a night quietly through the gaps, feeling a little disappointed, because without the silver moon shining, he could not fully exert the power of the "Moonlight" bloodline.
"Fortunately, I can see those stars, otherwise it will be very troublesome to calculate the entrance to the maze." Lucian comforted himself.
Unless the sun rises and completely suppresses the action of other stars, if you can't directly see the stars to calculate, Lucian can only flip through the thick stack of star charts and star catalogs in distress, calculate and summarize the past trajectories of the nine stars, and then calculate the current position, the amount of calculation is a bit large, "And even if there is no moonlight, the dark night when you can't see your five fingers is more suitable for hiding."
The big clock on the spire of the town church in the distance walked unhurriedly, and when the needle was just pointing to eleven o'clock, Lucian returned to the bed and changed into the black hooded jacket that had been rushed out a few days ago.
Pulling down his hood and walking to the window, just as Lucian was about to open a gap and run out, a wave of hesitation rose from the depths of his heart.
"Poems and manuscripts appeared too suddenly and concentrated, and it seemed that many people got a copy, and the whole thing smelled of conspiracy." Lucian originally thought that the church was using the hands of the Lilith brothers and sisters to test him, but after learning from Rhein that the church had not been able to draw out manpower recently, he saw the dozen or so strangers in the town of Massava with a mysterious smell, so he felt that the matter of the ruins became more and more confusing, not like the style of the church.
"And it takes six to seven months to get from Alto to Sturk, and there is a good chance that you can get the Silver Moon Elixir from other sources, such as the magic council liaison in Sturk."
"Do you really need to take risks?"
Since this is the unique lock that belongs to the legendary magician, Lucian believes that as long as he is not greedy and grasps the time difference, there is a high possibility that he will return safely from the ruins, and he will not pay attention to other people's conspiracies at all, but after thinking about it, he realizes that there seems to be no need to take risks. Because it is not only there that you can get the materials for the Silver Moon Elixir, and even for another five years or so, when your mental power reaches a certain level through meditation, with your own analysis and mastery of the magic of a ring, and with your own knowledge structure and depth, you can build your own spell model without the cooperation of potions and become a real magician.
But soon, Lucian remembered that Rhein had given him a meaningful look before leaving, allowing him to have a faint premonition through the main star of fate, as if something big was about to happen, and if he did not have the strength to protect himself, he would likely die at that time, and said: "The owner of the poem and manuscript seems to have seen with his own eyes the creation of Lake Elsinore and the arrangement of the lock, who is he?"
"The legendary magician who left behind the "Book of Astrology and Elements" has the title of 'Prophet', and the maze lock is likely to be arranged by himself, maybe he once predicted something and left something in the maze lock......"
Many thoughts arose, and many desires emerged in Lucian's body, which made him determined to go to the magic ruins.
Pulling the window open, Lucian moonlighted and jumped out gently.
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In order to maintain his strength, Lucian arrived at the small town of Bonn on the shores of Lake Elsinore after a full hour.
This is a small town located on the edge of the dark mountains, remote and closed, except for occasional musicians and painters who come to collect wind, and rarely communicate with the outside world.
In this era, there is no industry called "tourism".
But Lucian, who sneaked into the town in the dark, saw that it was not closed and deserted, the only tavern in the town was brightly lit, and the unique accents of many places could be distinguished in the noise.
In the small room separated from the second floor of the tavern, Sara and Lilith looked at each other with sad faces.
"Brother, what should I do? I thought that only we had read the manuscript through Mr. Evans and knew the secrets of Lake Elsinore, the approximate extent of the entrance to the maze lock after the sun rose, and the magic garden, but how could there be so many people from out of town in Bonn?" Lilith is not very old, but she grew up in a dangerous and oppressive environment, she is by no means an ignorant girl, and she is very suspicious that those outsiders are also because of magical relics.
Sara sighed softly: "The manuscript we got is incomplete, so we need Mr. Evans to find background information from historical documents to interpret it. They probably got the complete manuscript."
"I don't know if there are any official magicians or knights in it......" Lilith said worriedly, because of the way the manuscript was obtained, she did not have any doubts about the spread of the manuscript.
Sara looked at her feet, as if she wanted to see the first floor of the tavern directly through the floor, and then shook her head: "Gentlemen of this rank, how can I tell that only those reckless adventurers with muscular minds have exposed their strength."
For adventurers with the strength of knights' attendants, Sara didn't pay attention to it at all, this was the confidence of a magic apprentice.
"Then can we get in tomorrow?" Lilith asked hesitantly.
Sarah's expression changed complicatedly, and it took a while before she replied: "Let's take a look first, there is no need to compete with them, and the spread of manuscripts seems a bit wrong, too many people know about it. We can't be in a hurry, the entrance to the ruins will exist for twelve hours anyway."
He is sharper than his sister, but greed makes him reluctant to leave.
Lucian was under their window, leaning against the wall of the back door of the tavern, looking at the stars in the night sky, and concentrating on calculating according to the nearby terrain he had figured out before.
Because this is a legendary lock, there are many "parameters" to consider, and Lucian calculated for half an hour to determine the location of the entrance.
After the calculation, Lucian felt dizzy and his brain was swollen, which was too exhausting.
Fortunately, there was still some time before the lock was opened, and Lucian hid in a dark corner and quietly recovered.
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Just after three o'clock in the morning, Lucian, who had completely recovered his mental and physical strength, came out of the dark shadows and cautiously sneaked towards a civilian house in the town.
There wasn't much light on the night, and Lucian, dressed in black, seemed to melt into the darkness.
The "Switch Technique" appeared with a slight magic fluctuation, and the closed door opened silently, and Lucian flashed into the house and locked the door casually.
A man and a woman were sleeping in the bedroom, completely unaware of strangers sneaking in.
After Lucian came in, he sat quietly on the wooden bench in the living room, without any other movements, and seemed to be very leisurely.
But in fact, Lucian was silently counting the time, and when ten minutes were approaching, he suddenly got up and rushed into a shadow in the corner of the living room.
This shadow looked normal, but after Lucian came into contact with it, his whole body became illusory and transparent, and then completely merged into the shadow and disappeared.
In less than ten seconds, the shadow was gone.
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As soon as he plunged into the shadows, Lucian felt as if he had passed through a thick curtain accompanied by severe dizziness.
When the dizziness recovered, Lucian was surprised to find that he was still standing in the living room of the civilian house just now, and the things around him were exactly the same as before.
"Didn't enter the maze?" Lucian looked around strangely and quickly realized that something was wrong.
In the house, everything has lost its original color, leaving only three colors: black, white, and gray, and the darkness of the night has also become gray, which makes people have indescribable palpitations.
Lucian took a closer look and found that the sleeping male and female masters in the bedroom were also gone, and the whole room was only shrouded in a cold and lifeless gray shroud.
Pushing open the door and walking cautiously onto the street, the entire town of Bonn was once again fully presented in Lucian's eyes, but everything turned into black, white and gray, silent and cold, just like the black and white photos Lucian had seen in his previous life with a faint layer of gray.
"And I deliberately walked hard without the slightest sound of footsteps, as if I had entered a black and white silent film."
In the extreme silence, Lucian said to himself, but there was still no sound.
Thinking back to the experience just now and the actual touch when he pushed open the door, Lucian probably understood that he had really entered the lock, but it was so strange and mysterious inside, making people feel depressed and panicked, not at all what Lucian expected.
As an astronomical magic apprentice, Lucian raised his head and habitually searched for the stars, but the sky was gray, with no stars, no silver moon, and no sun.
Through the reflection in his soul, he sensed that there was still a connection with the main star of fate, and Lucian was a little relieved, not to mention that magic could be used normally, at least he could still feel the existence of the main material world, and he was not completely isolated in the locked world.
There were no humans, no wild dogs, no birds, no insects, no breeze, no colors, everything seemed to freeze In the oppressive silence, Lucian walked slowly on the gray street, although he maintained his composure and concentration, but the strings in his heart were tight, afraid that strange enemies and changes would suddenly appear.
According to the layout method of the maze, Lucian determined the locations of several magic gardens, and then walked towards Lake Elsinore on the other side of the "Gray Bone Town".
Suddenly, Lucian, who was holding the "vigilant" long sword, stood upright all over his body, and a cold feeling flowed through his heart, so he suddenly looked sideways to the side and was ready to dodge.
The door of a house on the street slowly opened, and a seven- or eight-year-old girl with two pigtails stood at the door with empty eyes, and she was also left with only three colors: black, white, and gray.
The little girl smiled, but her eyes were still empty, and she didn't know who she was looking at.
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In the room where the shadow disappeared, two black shadows appeared inexplicably, and they left the door after searching for nothing and ran towards a hidden place on the shore of Lake Elsinore.
"High Priest, according to your instructions, we found that the guy with the moonlight bloodline did enter Bonn, but he suddenly disappeared." One of the dark shadows reported to the mysterious man in the silver robe on the altar.
Ilya in the silver robe sneered: "This little fish is really here. As long as he hasn't left yet, wait patiently for dawn and don't ruin your plans because of him. For the guy who betrayed us, he must be treated with the utmost solemnity."
(End of this chapter)