Chapter 295 Parthenon

Gene Lucas finally chose to compromise. In fact, his compromise was expected by many people: for a veteran vampire who abides by ancient rituals, the weight of seniority and seniority is difficult for outsiders to understand, and even if he does not give The other seniors couldn't ignore this special ancient person, Vivian.

The ancient man who had witnessed all the events in the Age of Mythology, Hesperius, who would have troubled himself if he interfered at any time, in the current precarious situation, and the influence of the Hesiana family that cannot be ignored, Jean? Lucas finally made a smart decision under the influence of many factors. Occasionally relaxing your stubborn beliefs may not necessarily bring about much loss of profits, but it would be unwise to offend a lot of troublesome people just to gain face.

The entrance to the ruins is located in the Parthenon, but no one can go directly from the real Athens. The demon hunters have been closely monitoring these preserved buildings from ancient times for a long time. They are waiting for those rash nostalgics. There is another safe route to the entrance: the Parthenon in Shadowed Athens.

This shadow city is the masterpiece of the shadow masters among the vampires and shadow demons. The shadow casters who still maintained their heyday strength thousands of years ago used special methods to distort the space here, copying and dragging half of the city of Athens into This eerie replica was created in the shadow of the real Athens. Many of its areas correspond to the real Athens one-to-one, not only in appearance and structure, but also in terms of spatial coordinates. Just like parallel space, Shadow Athens shrouds the landmarks of real Athens and exists in It is around many ordinary people, but most people cannot detect its existence.

Therefore, there is also a Parthenon in Shadow Athens, and in fact its absolute spatial coordinates are located in the same place as the temple in the real world. As long as some clever transformations are performed, everyone can go directly from the shelter to the ruins. So as to avoid being discovered by the witcher.

Gene Lucas ordered his servants to take out the sacred artifacts needed to open the door to the ruins from the family treasury. Although he was reluctant, he still had to act polite and come to help Vivian in person. Open the door".

The Parthenon is located in the center of the ancient Acropolis of Athens. It has been quietly overlooking the world from the highest point of the city for more than 2,400 years. This majestic great building is located on a limestone hill, not far away. Its gray-white figure can be seen from a distance. Hao Ren and his party, together with Hesiana and Lucas and their respective entourages, rushed to the place where the temple was located. It happened to be "noon" in Shadow Athens.

There is no morning or evening at all in this chaotic city. The residents rely on clocks to determine their work and rest times. Now is also the moment when the sun is shining in the outside world. The power of shadow in the real world is suppressed to the limit. At this time, the power of shadow in the shadow fortress is opened. The door can prevent the breath from leaking into the real Athens: the sunlight will eliminate this little inconspicuous fluctuation. Although this impact is minimal, the word caution has been engraved in the bones of everyone in this city. This is how they have survived for so many years.

The first one to jump up after climbing the hill platform was none other than the mercenary girl Betsy who had been keeping a low profile since she followed everyone to Shadow Athens, so much so that she was almost forgotten by others.

The girl looked at the rectangular temple in front of her and jumped up happily: "Hey! This looks very similar to the ancient building I saw in my grandfather's book!"

Hao Ren's heart skipped a beat when he heard this: "Your grandfather's ancient book?"

Betsy nodded vigorously: "Yes, have I told you? My grandfather is actually a scholar, specializing in ancient history, ancient civilizations and so on. He has many ancient books, which mentioned that there was a group of people in the ancient civilization called the Highland Glucks. The clan, their houses are like this, built of stone, decorated with a bunch of pillars, and full of sculptures: this is a nation that particularly likes to play with sculptures. However, the purebred Highland Glucks seem to have become extinct, and now only There are some mixed descendants left, and some ethnic minorities west of Horleta are said to be their descendants.”

"What are you talking about?" Hesiana looked at Betsy strangely. The latter was unable to adapt to the environment in the shadow city and did not understand what the alien society on Earth was like, so she had been growing old in this strange place. She honestly didn't speak much, but when she opened her mouth, she said a lot of things that were incomprehensible. Hesiana couldn't help but cast doubtful eyes on her, "Holletta? The Gluk people from the Highlands? From the mythical age?" noun?"

"Um... more or less," Vivian hurriedly smoothed things over, "You don't know that human wizards only study weird things, and their names for some ancient things are different from us. This detail can Tangle you to death."

When Hesiana heard this, she stopped delving into the issue. Hao Ren wiped cold sweat and glanced at Betsy, thinking that if he had the opportunity, he should educate this surprised guy about the alien knowledge on the earth. How long he will have to stay on earth is uncertain...

Then Hao Ren couldn't help but observe the famous temple on the hill. He had only seen pictures of this famous ancient building from the Internet before, and this was the first time he saw it in person. The Parthenon looks a little weird under the dim sky. It has lost its sacred color in the dim environment, and it looks like a ghost town crawling on the hill against the background of the dark sky. Besides the atmosphere, Hao Ren felt that the Parthenon in Shadow Athens was very different from the pictures he had seen online: the one in front of him looked complete and the details were in excellent preservation. He said for the first time Almost unrecognizable at first glance.

"Shadow Athens has not experienced so many turmoils from the outside world. The temple is almost complete." Hesperus heard that everyone was leaving for the ruins, and followed with interest. She looked at the temple in front of her that belonged to Her family's business seems to be a bit emotional, "only time has polished it a little bit."

"Aren't you going in?" Vivian glanced at Hesperius, "Maybe you can be a tour guide or something - there may be scenery you are familiar with there."

"It's just because I'm afraid of seeing those things that I won't go in," Hesperus smiled, "Sometimes I would rather go to the temples in scenic spots that already require paying tickets to enter, rather than come here to see them. Looking at this almost perfectly preserved palace of Athena - the former makes me understand that many people will not come back, and the latter always reminds me of the time when those people were still alive."

Vivian nodded in understanding: "Then I will tell you what I saw inside when I come out."

"That's no problem," Hesperus nodded, and then gently tapped the spot on his forehead wrapped with a gorgeous jeweled ribbon, "I'm going back to guard the door. I wouldn't be happy to leave that place to Herb." Don’t worry, and I’ll have a headache if I stay here for a long time.”

"Is your wound healed yet?" Vivian asked casually while watching Hesperus' movements.

Hesperius slightly pulled away a corner of the sash, and Hao Ren was surprised to find that there was a deep wound about an inch wide and shimmering with silvery white hidden underneath. It is less than a millimeter healed, or there may be no change at all. I don’t think it will ever get better in this life.”

After saying this, Hesperus smiled freely, turned around and disappeared in front of everyone in a ray of light. Nangong Wuyue couldn't help but asked curiously: "Her wound is..."

"I was beaten by a demon hunter thousands of years ago," Vivian sighed. "My brain was opened by a demon-breaking arrow, but I survived. It's a pity that this kind of wound will probably never heal in my lifetime." , her imagination is the incurable disease."

Hao Ren: "..."

At this time, Hesiana and Jean had completed the preparations to open the door to the ruins. Hessiana came to Vivian with a half-moon-shaped milky white stone slab: "Lord Vivian, prepare to go in~~This is about to happen It’s open!”

The group of people quickly followed into the temple and found that a strange ritual scene had been set up inside: a marble square altar was placed on the open ground inside the temple gate, and triple complex patterns were painted around the altar with dark red suspicious paint. The blood mages brought by Gene and Hesiana stood in a circle outside these three runes, and their bodies were filled with black and red mist to provide energy for the opening ceremony. As a vague light gradually emerged on the altar, Hesiana and Jean placed their respective stone slabs on the altar to form a full moon, and everyone immediately felt that the surrounding atmosphere had changed.

The ubiquitous depressive and gloomy atmosphere in Shadow Athens seems to have subsided, and an exciting force is coming from all directions.

While watching the altar glow, Hesiana happily told Vivian Deser: "At the beginning, I was the first to discover that strange energy occasionally overflows from this location, although I don't know why the entrance is in such a weird place. The place... just overlaps with the entrance to the Parthenon."

At this time, Hao Ren suddenly took a step forward: "What, can I go over and take a look at those two stone slabs?"

Before Hesiana could say anything, Gene stood in front of the altar warily: "What do you want to do? This stone slab is a crucial key!"

Hao Ren waved his hand: "Don't be nervous, I'm just taking a look. The wizard is interested in magic. You can keep an eye on it. Isn't it okay if I don't touch you?"

Vivian didn't know what Hao Ren wanted to do, but she still supported him: "Look, what's the big deal? Are you still worried about us robbing you of a piece of shit?"

Jean looked at Hao Ren inexplicably, and finally reluctantly agreed. Hao Ren immediately moved to the center of the circle and pretended to observe the operation of the altar. He also took out a magnifying glass and pretended to look at it, but at the same time, he was He was in contact with his data terminal in his mind: "Has it been recorded?"

"The whole change process is very clear. It is a very simple spatial replacement," the data terminal agreed. "Stand to the left and try to be in the center of this ceremony. The measurement of this machine will be more accurate."

The two "people" just pretended to observe the altar, and openly recorded the entire energy flow process required to open the ruins.

Gene looked impatiently at Hao Ren taking pictures there: "Are you okay?"

Hao Ren asked the data terminal to finish the work while pretending to nod professionally: "Hmm, that's good, that's good... let me see, um, this marble pattern is good, these two semi-circular cakes... tsk tsk, this arc. , this detail is quite round..."

Jean blinked: "Are you studying magic?"

"Well, the magic of your vampires is really profound, but I didn't understand it at all." Hao Ren put away the magnifying glass, straightened his chest and raised his head and walked towards the depths of the temple without any guilt, "Okay, let's start the next stage of academic research, let's Go to the ruins..."

Hesiana called him back loudly from behind: "You're going the wrong way! If you want to enter the ruins, you have to go out through the temple gate!"

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