Chapter 364: Crypt Exploration

After dealing with Keltborn, Schelling carefully took off all eight alchemical eyes and put them into his pocket space.

[Eight alchemical eyes obtained! ]

Scheling lowered his head and looked at the unconscious Bowtruckle lying on the ground. Just when Keltborn was attacked and controlled, this clever Bowtruckle immediately tried to escape, but was still knocked unconscious by his own spell that was faster.

This Bowtruckle had seen his face.

This was a spiritual magical creature. Although it could not speak, it could communicate in other ways, such as various body movements and language.

In order not to reveal Schelling's identity, Schelling used the Transfiguration Spell to confine it in a solid iron box. His dark laboratory was in need of experimental materials. This black Bowtruckle had special perception abilities that ordinary Bowtruckles did not have, and was worthy of Schelling's dissection and research.

[“Experimental Materials” Black Bowtruckle Obtained! 】

Next, Xie Lin rushed to the next location without stopping - the coordinates of the forbidden forest sent by Yin Ya to the Sleeping Dragon Society, a hidden cave with ancient text relics.

Xie Lin conjured up three light balls to lead the way in front, and then stepped cautiously into the dark and bottomless cave.

There was no obstruction along the way, but the dark and narrow path in the cave was very long, and Xie Lin walked for a long time but still could not see the end.

The dark and silent environment will slowly affect a person's state of mind as time goes by, especially when in a closed space where the end can never be seen.

Xie Lin's pupils began to turn into red snake pupils. The habit of continuous exercise since childhood made his physical strength able to support this level of cave exploration, but this environment slowly made his state of mind feel depressed.

The long journey made him lose the perception of the passage of time. He had checked his watch many times during the journey, but in this strange cave, the watch was disturbed by unknown interference and became out of order, so that Xie Lin could not know how long he had been here.

As expected of a Gryffindor, he knows the fragility of human nature very well. This dark space full of unknowns is most likely to trigger fear in people's hearts. If it weren't for the magic of light ball and snake eye that helped him adapt to the cave environment, it would have been very difficult.

Just when Schelling began to feel a little impatient, he was surprised to find that he had finally reached the end of the cave.

In front of him was a stone door with the words "Danger inside, enter with caution" written in old Cornish.

Well, it was very Gryffindor style.

Schelling still vaguely remembered that historical records showed that Gryffindor was from Cornish County, and the old Cornish language was probably popular around the 10th century. It seems that the warning words on the door were left by Gryffindor himself.

After all the hard work to get here, there is no reason to be scared back by him.

Of course, Schelling didn't think that Gryffindor would be so bored as to just scare people without any purpose. So there must be a certain danger behind the door.

Although Gryffindor's Chamber of Secrets inheritance was probably left for underage wizards, the average strength of wizards a thousand years ago was far from comparable to that of modern times.

The Middle Ages was the dark age of the wizarding world, full of conspiracies, blood and danger. The first goal of wizards to learn magic was to have the power to protect themselves.

Modern wizards live in a peaceful era, and magic is more inclined to make life more convenient and faster.

With a serious face, Xie Lin drew out his wand, activated the power of the Night Star Cloak, the Supreme Wizard Robe, and the Wind-fixing Boots, and pushed the door open with force.

Even with Xie Lin's state of mind, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. What came into view was a super-giant manticore, which was almost as tall as a three-story building.

The manticore itself is a magical animal with a five-star danger level, and the size of this monster is at least ten times that described in the textbook.

The manticore roared, and the sound waves alone were strong enough to make Xielin unstable. If it weren't for the Merlin's Guardian Ring on his right index finger that activated the protective shield in time, Xielin might even be blown away.

The manticore roared ferociously: "Human, those who trespass into the forbidden area will die!" It showed a pair of sharp claws and scratched the ground in front of it, leaving deep grooves. The huge hook-shaped scorpion tail behind it waved fiercely, making a buzzing sound of horror.

What kind of perverted test is this? Xielin was too tired to complain.

Not to mention the underage wizards, even ordinary Aurors coming here would only add a meal to the manticore.

Xielin quickly crossed his mind The introduction of the manticore in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" - the manticore is very agile, can make powerful jumps, and often appears in the jungle to hunt for humans. It is famous for the soft humming it makes when devouring prey. Its skin repels almost all known spells. The end of its tail has a deadly stinger like a scorpion, and these stingers can be fired in any direction. Anyone stung by it will die immediately.

Damn, except for the lack of long-range attack methods, this big guy has almost no weaknesses.

In fact, in the narrow cave space, it doesn’t matter whether there is a long-range attack method or not. It is difficult for Xie Ling to dodge a flying attack from the man-faced manticore.

Xie Lin knew that he didn't have much time. The manticore was quite intelligent. The roar and fighting posture were just to test him. Once he showed his weakness, he would be attacked by a storm.

Fortunately, he had enough magic weapons in his hands. With the power of the Guardian Ring, he didn't fall into the embarrassing situation of being beaten at the beginning.

Xie Lin didn't waste any second. He directly cast "Guardian of the Gods" with a magic wand in one hand and carved the ancient rune of "Guardian" in the air with the fingers of the other hand. As long as these two magics were cast, Xie Lin could be invincible.

At the same time, the manticore also jumped up and pounced on Xie Lin fiercely. Its speed was so fast that the air seemed to be torn apart.

Xie Lin activated the magic on the wind-fixing boots, and the whole person suddenly became lighter. At the same time, his self-created "Walking Like Flying" secret was activated. Suddenly, the whole person was like a light feather, floating away with the wind and waves caused by the attack of the manticore.

After the attack of the manticore was fruitless, Xielin's two magics were completed one after another. The two protective shields were superimposed together. Xielin was confident that he could survive at least five attacks of the manticore.

Xielin tried to summon Aquila to fight together, but found that the summoning magic was ineffective. His heart sank immediately. Could there be an anti-summoning ban in this cave?

Then he tried to summon Jörmungandr again. As expected, all summoning magics were ineffective here.

Xielin kept thinking about the feasibility of different strategies.

In this narrow cave space, the explosion spell, the magic flame spell, and the fierce fire spell were first ruled out. If you are not careful, you may be buried alive here.

The cutting spell, the crushing spell, and the divine blade shadowless spell may not be able to break the protection on the skin of the manticore.

The only things left to use are transfiguration and various elemental magics.