Chapter 553 Ancient Sage

Joan untied the rope tied around his waist and walked towards the gate of the manor. Since there is solid snow under your feet, you don't need this safety rope.

The walls surrounding the castle and the manor are as high as a hundred feet. From a distance, the walls are shimmering with magical auras, apparently with magical barriers.

Joan flew around the wall, and found that the enchantment extended from the top of the wall to the sky, forming a transparent shield, like a big bowl turned upside down above the manor, preventing him from flying in directly, and was forced to return to the pass. In front of the only gate inside the manor, it retracted its wings and landed.

There was also a magical aura shining on the bronze cast gate, obviously sealed. Qiao An walked to the gate and was about to study the seal on the door. He accidentally saw a stone tablet standing next to the door. There were several lines of simple characters engraved on the tablet, which immediately aroused his curiosity. He looked up at the stone tablet and tried to Read the text engraved on it.

"Vafrúnir..."

Joan tried to read the signature of the monument erector, frowned and thought for a moment, then turned and called the frost giant.

"Mr. Hainier, please come and take a look at this stele. Is it engraved on the stele with the words of your giant race?"

Clark came over in response, stroked his lush beard, and carefully looked at the opposite stone tablet that was almost as tall as him, the curiosity in his eyes gradually turned into surprise.

"The text on this stele is indeed the 'Norse language' commonly used by our giant race, but judging from the writing style, the person who erected the stele should have used the ancient Norse language, some of which words have long been forgotten by contemporary people , I only managed to figure out what it meant based on the grammatical association of the context.”

"Mr. Hainier, I have also learned some giant characters from you during this time, and I can barely understand part of the content on the stele. If my understanding is correct, this stele should be a man named 'Wavrunil' The manor behind the stone tablet and the castle in the manor are also the private property of this great nobleman?" Joan asked the frost giant.

"That's right, brother Joan, this manor set up in the clouds is the territory of Vavrunil. Speaking of Lord Vavrunil, this old gentleman is not an ordinary noble lord. He is a leader among cloud giants and even the entire giant clan. The society is full of famous figures, so even today, tens of thousands of years after Lord Vavrunier passed away, there are still many anecdotes about him widely circulated!"

When Clark talked about the ancient legends of the giant race, he couldn't help but be elated.

After listening to his narration, Joan learned that Lord Vavrunil was actually a very famous "cloud giant" archmage in ancient times.

40,000 years ago when the giant civilization was at its peak, Vavrunil was known as the most intelligent cloud giant in the world. Body" is famous all over the world.

The cloud manor that the four of Joan saw at this moment, as well as the majestic castle located in the center of the manor, are masterpieces created by Master Vavrunier himself.

"Brother Joan, since the vines grown by the magic beans sent us to the gate of this manor, it can be seen that the 'Coschurch Collar' is probably stored somewhere in the manor. Can you cast a spell to search for the details of the collar? Location?" Clark looked at Joan expectantly.

Qiao An nodded and said that he could try it, then took out a green forked branch from the spell-casting material bag, held it in his hand, and began to cast the 2-ring "object positioning technique".

"Tuv!"

After chanting an elf mantra representing "seek", the branch in Joan's hand glowed with a silver halo of magic power and trembled slightly at the same time.

Joan had seen the portrait of the "Coschurch Collar" painted by Clark himself, and silently imagined the picture scroll in his mind. He raised his hand to move the branch, and found that the two forked branches were pointing at the gate at the same time, and the tremor frequency also increased.

These signs all indicate that the collar he is looking for is in the manor opposite the gate. As for the specific location, it is too far away to be accurately measured yet.

Joan told Clark the conclusion of his detection truthfully. The frost giant was gearing up excitedly, and said eagerly: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go in and hunt for treasure!"

"But before that, we have to try to open this door." Qiao An pointed to the thick bronze door opposite, "There is a 'secret lock' on the door, it may be difficult to open it by brute force alone, not to mention Breaking down the door might set off the magic alarm and it's hard to say what happens next."

Hearing his warning, Clark had to restrain his impatience, frowned and muttered: "The race of cloud giants has always been known for their scheming and cunning in our giant society. The most prestigious wise men of a family will of course set up traps and guards in their own territory, and it is really not a good idea to force the door."

"Mr. Hainier, among the spell scrolls you lent me to transcribe before, there is a 2-ring 'knocking technique', this spell is specially used to open doors and pick locks, and can also be used to suppress door-sealing barriers like 'secret lock' , I can give it a try, maybe I can open this door." Joan said cautiously.

A smile appeared on the frost giant's face immediately: "Brother, you should try it quickly. If the spell doesn't work, let's consider other methods."

Joan nodded and walked to the front of the gate. For the sake of safety, he took a few steps back, keeping a distance of a hundred feet from the gate, and at the same time waved his hand to signal his companions to disperse as well, so as not to trigger the mechanism if the spell failed, causing them to suffer.

The biggest advantage of the "knock technique" is that it can open the door and pick the lock remotely. With Joan's current spellcasting ability, there is no problem in trying to open the door from a hundred feet away. Even if some vicious trap is triggered, there is still plenty of room to dodge.

Joan made a series of skilled spell-casting gestures, chanted an activation spell symbolizing the "door door", and finally raised his finger to the closed door, and a beam of golden light burst out from his fingertips.

"Ando!"

The golden light beam shone straight on the bronze door, and there was the sound of rattling gears inside the door. At the same time as the mechanical door lock was opened, the "secret lock" attached to the door was also blocked by the "knocking technique" up.

Joan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to his companions in a deep voice: "The door has been opened, but my spell can only temporarily suppress the barrier of sealing the door, we have to go in as soon as possible!"

Without hesitation, Clark rushed to the gate, pressed the door with both palms and pushed it forward vigorously. The heavy bronze gate made a teeth-piercing creaking sound, and then slowly opened, revealing a wide avenue leading directly to the gate of the castle.