Chapter 2632 Wax Corpse

Vai swallowed nervously, obviously he was also a little afraid, but he still said: "Kael, you must not scare yourself."

Kael also stopped talking at this time, he was afraid that he would really speak like a crow.

Although he is only an apprentice and his inspiration is not as strong as that of a formal wizard, he still has a few "surprises" from time to time. And this kind of surprise, to put it bluntly, is the spirit of good but not bad.

Kael prayed silently in his heart: What he just said was just nonsense, don't make it come true, don't...

"Although Vai was a little untrue, at least what he said was correct." Seeing the two apprentices trembling together, Angel finally couldn't bear it and said, "There really is a branch of normal size, and it is of the same nature as that dog hole. In fact, it’s easier for us to discover the clues. Don’t underestimate the wizard’s ability.”

Angel didn't say this just to comfort them, it was indeed the case.

Even though they seemed unwary, they walked straight ahead without any fear. But both Angel and the Black Earl were observing the details around them in their own way.

For example, the olfactory anchor point set by the Black Earl. In addition, Angel was also observing the direction of the magic patterns on the surrounding walls and ground.

Assuming that the dog hole is really large enough to look real, then the corresponding size must correspond to the corresponding complex magic pattern. Angel can determine the specific situation through the direction of the magic lines. This is easier to judge than the current dog hole.

Angel: "Speaking of which, I really hope that there really is a dog hole as big as you mentioned, which can help us solve the mystery. Is it a human-controlled trap or... some kind of creature?"

Wood can become spiritual, and the stone on the wall can become spiritual. Isn't this a basic operation? Of course, you can think of it this way. To truly create a spirit object, you need the right time, place, and people. Otherwise, there will not be so few spirits in the wizarding world.

Everyone else listened to Angel's words in the opposite direction. After all, who would expect to encounter unknown dangers during the adventure?

However, Angel really wanted to encounter a large "dog hole", and solving the puzzle was only second. What he wanted to know more was, what was the reason that allowed the "dog hole" to discover their existence?

You know, this is not the first time.

Although outsiders only regard Angel's main job as an alchemist, Angel's own ranking is mainly illusion and supplemented by alchemy.

In fact, Angel did this. As long as the power of nightmare is added to his illusion, it will be difficult for even Sanders to break through it at a glance. This means that Angel's illusion skills have far exceeded his own level. Even if you encounter a true knowledge level opponent, it is not difficult to temporarily control the opponent through illusion.

But this time, Angel encountered a series of failures in the illusion technique he thought he was best at.

When the dog hole appeared for the first time, Angel didn't pay attention because he didn't know the principle of the dog hole.

Later, I heard from the Black Earl that the dog hole will open when it encounters people, and it will close when no one is there. Although he didn't show anything at that time, he silently remembered it in his heart.

Until they entered the stinky ditch later, Angel also strengthened the concealment ability of the illusion under the guise of adding a few more layers of purification force field. Angel just took this precaution subconsciously, but he didn't expect to encounter a dog hole for the second time.

However, this time, under the enhanced illusion, Nagoudong still discovered them in the illusion.

This made Angel want to know very urgently, how did the dog hole sense them? The answer to this question might allow him to further his understanding of the art of nightmare. Even if it doesn't work, at least it can make up for the shortcomings of illusion.

It can be said that no matter what the answer is, it will be an essential improvement for Angel.

If he hadn't been the leader of this expedition, Angel might have gone over to study the dog cave right now. However, there is no rush in this matter. As long as the underground maze remains, he believes that he will definitely encounter the dog hole again...

Even if we really can't meet reality, isn't there still a nightmare world?

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Angel suppressed his thoughts, took a deep breath, and returned to his "reliable leader" persona.

"Don't worry about the dog hole for the time being. Our goal this time is not a dog hole."

"Let's move on. If you don't go the wrong way, it shouldn't be too far from the prison ladder." Angel: "After all, Zhou said that the wooden spirit is a bit timid. It really ran here. , and won’t run too far.”

Because the monsters in the stinky ditch are much more frightening than the witch-eyed ghosts above.

Even if the wood spirit could rely on its talent of "playing dead" and pretend to be dead for several years without being discovered by monsters, Angel believed that even so, it would be impossible for it to stay in the smelly ditch for too long.

This place is filled with darkness, filth, filth, and unbearable stench. Even energy beings like Speed ​​Spirit have to return to the purification force field, not to mention the Wood Spirit who is born with a "pure aura"?

"This is the truth, but the premise is that we really didn't go the wrong way." Doakes muttered from the side.

Angel ignored Doakes, and he would know if he was going the wrong way or not if he walked a little further. If there are a lot of monster traces nearby, you can basically confirm that you are going the wrong way. vice versa.

Get back on the road.

But this time, the atmosphere was much quieter.

It wasn't until Angel projected a familiar pattern onto the light screen that the stagnant atmosphere began to dissolve amid doubts.

This pattern is slightly broken, and even the color has almost faded, but the general outline can still be seen.

A black hollow circle is evenly divided into two halves by an oblique line, and there is a human figure in each of the two semicircles.

The specific faces are no longer clear, but it can be known that the left semicircle is a man wearing a hat, and the right semicircle is a woman with long hair.

If it is the first time to see this pattern, everyone will definitely be confused. But, not long ago, they saw the same pattern, and that pattern was complete and clear.

"Is this... the pattern of the Mirror Demon?" Dox frowned: "Where did you find it?"

Angel first pointed in a direction, but because it was dark and dirty outside, no one sent out their mental power. So, in the end, Angell directly simulated the place where the pattern was found through the illusion light screen.

The first picture that appeared was a dilapidated and mottled wall, which was normal in the stinking ditch, and was basically corroded by the dark and filthy air. In the middle of the wall, there was a protruding platform, on which lay a thin body that looked like dry wax. On the dry skin of the body, the pattern of the Mirror Demon was engraved.

"Is this a wax seal?" Black Earl asked suspiciously.

Angel nodded: "Well, the wax seal after death uses a very high grade of wax. Judging from the patterns on his body, the identity of this wax corpse may be one of the demon cultists of the year."

Dox was surprised and asked: "If that's the case, then this is a wax corpse that is close to ten thousand years old?"

Angel: "Because the wax grade is very good, it is not ruled out that it can be wax sealed for ten thousand years. But the specific situation, I haven't touched the wax corpse directly, so I still can't make an accurate judgment."

After a pause, Angel asked: "Do you want to go over and take a look?"

Wai: "Is there... danger?"

Angel shook his head: "I don't know, but the information sent by Ermi said that no living creatures were sensed. However, the location of the corpse is quite strange, the high platform protruding in the middle of the wall... It seems that it is specially protruding to present this wax corpse."

It is precisely because the location of the wax corpse is a bit strange that Angel did not take everyone there directly, but simulated it with an illusion first and listened to everyone's opinions.

"Since there is a strange place, then, let's not go there, right? Anyway, we have seen the corpse and know that he may be a follower of the Mirror Demon God, that's enough." Wai said timidly.

Angel did not express his opinion immediately, but looked at others, to be precise, at Dox and the Black Earl.

Dox rarely expressed his opinion, but the Black Earl said after a moment of silence: "Go and have a look. My previous inspiration has not changed. At least there is no danger that can threaten us here."

After speaking, the Black Earl knocked on Angel's shoulder with a stone slab, as if to signal him to hurry up.

However, Angel knew very well that the Black Earl was not only urging him to go forward, but also hinting that there was indeed no danger here.

As for why the Black Earl was so sure, it was estimated that it was the prophecy again?

Angel did not care whether the previous prophecy was still working or the Black Earl released the prophecy again. Since the Black Earl said there was no danger, it would be fine to go and have a look.

As soon as the Black Earl spoke, the timid Wai had to change his mind, and Angel also intended to go over, and more than half of the people agreed. Seeing that the situation had changed, Dox and Kael could only nod and agree to this proposal.

The wax corpse was not far from them, only about 30 meters away, but because it was close to the wall, and there was a sewage ditch under the wall, even if Angel stacked two layers of purification force fields, he could vaguely smell the stench from the outside.

Although the third layer of purification force field can be stacked, it may cause the light and dark conversion illusion of the outer wall to collapse. In the end, Angel found a central method to let the speed spirit drive all the smells that came in to the back, and then isolate a small space through the wind barrier.

Because the smell was not very strong, the speed spirit did not go on strike.

This made everyone... or rather, let Wai and the Black Earl breathe a sigh of relief.

Without the interference of the smell, and Angel increased the depth of the illusion, everyone can directly use mental power to investigate the situation of the wax corpse.

After a while, Angel lowered the depth of the illusion again, maintaining the height while leaving space for the speed spirit behind. This made Angel a little worried that Ermi, as the main body, could not bear it. So, after seeing that everyone had observed almost everything, he shrank the illusion.

After shrinking the illusion, Angel was about to ask everyone about their findings, but before he could ask, the Black Earl spoke first.

"It is basically certain that the wax corpse is ten thousand years old, and should have reached the level of a formal wizard before death. The wax seal was made by someone else after death, perhaps another demon god cultist. The pattern on his body was there before he died, so he is undoubtedly a demon god cultist." The Black Earl paused: "Besides this, there is no other discovery."

Angel looked at the others, including Dox, and basically shook their heads. The information they found either overlapped with the Black Earl, or there was no information at all.

After making sure that no one else had found anything, Angel spoke up and added: "I didn't focus on the wax corpse, but on the protruding platform. I thought the platform was native to the wall because the magic patterns on it were smooth with the other magic patterns around it."

"But after careful observation, I noticed that the magic patterns on the platform, the blood ink used, were slightly different from the other magic patterns. The color was not black, but dark gray. If Lord Black Earl had used his sense of smell just now, he should have been able to smell the difference in the smell of blood ink."

The Black Earl didn't say anything. He didn't use his sense of smell just now. The main reason was that his sense of smell was too sensitive. Even if Speed ​​Spirit had dispersed the infiltrated smell to one side, he could still smell it clearly as long as he checked his sense of smell.

"Through the difference in blood and ink, I can be sure that this platform is not original. It was built by a later person, and the other party is very familiar with magic patterns."

Dox had a suspicious look on his face: "Who would be so bored as to build a platform to place corpses?"

Angel: "I didn't say that the purpose of building a platform is to place corpses. But your guess is probably correct."

"As for why a high-altitude platform was built, perhaps it was because the other party was familiar with the identity of the corpse and couldn't bear to see it exposed on the ground, corroded by filth, and eaten by monsters."

Dox: "If you have the intention to build a platform, why don't you take the corpse away?"

Angel shrugged: "I don't know about this. Maybe the existence of the construction platform does not leave the underground maze."

Dox keenly caught that Angel did not mention that the builder was a "person" this time, but said that the construction platform "exists", and directly said that the other party might not have left.

This is almost not an allusion, but a clear indication that the person who built the platform is most likely an old monster who knows alchemy, can roam around the underground maze, and often comes to the Hanging Prison Ladder and has lived for ten thousand years?

Dox: "So, the existence who built the platform knows the Demon God Cultist?"

Angel: "Not necessarily knowing the Demon God Cultist, but knowing this person. For example, just like you know the alchemist Angel, but not the illusion wizard Angel."

People are multifaceted, but they often show only one side. But some people are different. They are more inclined to play different identities in different aspects. Wax Corpse may be the latter. His identity may be a jailer of the Hanging Prison Ladder, or other well-known people in Naraku City, but at the same time, he is also a believer of the Mirror Demon God.

Of course, it cannot be completely certain. Maybe he is also a spy planted by other organizations in the Mirror Demon God's sect.

So, we can't just look at one side.

That existence may know the Demon God Cultist, or he may not know the identity of this Wax Corpse Demon God Cultist.

The specific answer can only be learned from that being. However, Angell hoped that they would not encounter that being.

Angel: "If there is no other discovery, let's leave here first. Or, if anyone of you is interested in the wax corpse, you can take it with you. The wax seal also seals most of the energy. The loss of energy is not serious, so it should be quite valuable."

Angel said this mainly to Dox. Wai and Kael, they obviously have disgust for the wax corpse. It is known without asking that they can't take a corpse with them.

However, Dox also rejected this very tempting proposal. If Angell did not hint that the wax corpse might be related to that being, Dox might really take the wax corpse away.

But they might face that being face to face soon. In this case, he would not go to trouble himself.

Since Dox also refused, Angel did not hesitate and signaled everyone to move forward.

The demon cultists all appeared here, and Angel had always guessed that the target of the demon cultists' attack was the ladder of the hanging prison, so he was more determined to believe that he was not on the wrong path, and the ladder of the hanging prison should not be far away.

With enthusiasm, everyone quickly left the platform and disappeared into the darkness.

However, Angel did not notice that not long after everyone left, a green light suddenly flashed on the wax corpse on the platform.

And the place where the green light came from was the pattern on the wax corpse's skin that was suspected to be the mirror demon.

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At the same time, in a hidden dark space in this underground maze.

A teasing voice sounded: "Aidanishi, who only likes to sleep, why don't you come and see what I found?"

After a period of silence, a slightly lazy female voice sounded: "Noah's descendants, and the blood is so weak, I guess you don't even have the qualifications to step into here, I don't know what you are excited about?"

For so many years, many Noahs have come to explore the underground maze, but in the end no one came here. Therefore, Adanis no longer has any expectations for these descendants of Noah with thin blood.

"Compared to the descendants of Noah, I want to see Naraku's return more now."

"Naraku's return, Naraku's return, everyone is saying this. But can he really come back?" The joking voice in front suddenly became low.

"Who knows, but those obsessed people always talk about it, and what they say is really possible." The lazy female voice paused: "Okay, I will continue to practice. Don't make any more noise before Naraku returns."

"Are you practicing? You are just sleeping!"

"I once met a spirit who told me that I can practice in dreams. Anyway, I have time, so I am practicing now."

"That spirit is deceiving you."

"It doesn't matter. Even if it is a lie, I still like the feeling of practicing."

"To put it bluntly, you just love to sleep... After you fall asleep, I will be alone, and there will be no one to talk to me."

"Shut up, I will hit you if you talk again, and I don't want to talk to someone who speaks without restraint!"

After speaking, after a period of aggrieved murmur, the dark space returned to silence again.

Long and long silence.