Chapter 1157: Level 3, Magic Sculptor

Leading to the second underground floor is a wedge-shaped downward corridor.

It was pitch black without any light.

This is usually the case for forgotten or abandoned passages.

The older the family, the more forgotten things appear.

Just like the guardian knight of the Lancaster family more than two thousand years ago.

He kept his promise until his death and loyally guarded the Lancaster family. Even when he turned into an undead, he never broke his oath.

Until he was forgotten along with this passage.

Nowadays, Zong Shen can no longer feel excited about killing epic monsters.

But the actions of the guardian knight named Gajeel Wade still moved him a little.

For such a loyal knight, all Zong Shen could do was help him escape.

To end the vow he made with death, he no longer has to live in the world in the decaying body of the undead.

The world of the dead is colorless and emotionless, and boring waiting is intertwined with long decay.

Only loyalty has not been eroded.

Zong Shen hopes that no matter what the outcome is, the soldiers under his command will remain loyal to him.

After killing [Guardian Knight of the Lancaster Family: Gajeel Wade LV43 (Gold) (Undead State)] just now, Clone One lost nearly 2,000 health points.

At this moment, he is slowly recovering under the influence of his strong body.

In order to resolve the battle as quickly as possible, the clone without combat skills chose to exchange blood for blood.

In addition, Gajeel Wade was a high-level knight during his lifetime, with a level as high as LV43. His attributes in all aspects are relatively outstanding among the golden epic-level undead monsters.

He is also very tenacious in his battles with his clones.

It can be settled within two or three minutes, which is considered very fast.

In addition to the equipment on Gajeel's body, Zong Shen also controlled the clone to touch a birch bark paper letter blessed with magic blessing on his chest.

[Gajeel Wade’s suicide note (special)]

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This letter cannot be opened, at least Zong Shen cannot see the content.

And it comes with a mission.

[Mission: Gajeel Wade’s suicide note]

[Requirement: Give the suicide note to Gajeel's wife, Mrs. Vadana, or a direct descendant of the Wade family]

[Rewards: Gajeel’s family lance (gold) × 1, 10,000 continental common dinars, 1,500 reputation points, Morton Manor land deed × 1]

(After more than two thousand years, everything has changed. Gajeel's wife has passed away, and his descendants also moved away from the giant city of Lentax before 2529 and settled in the giant city of The Hague. The mission reward will be Subject to change according to actual conditions)

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The mission of this suicide note is somewhat outdated.

Gajeel Wade also served as a guardian knight for the ancestors of the Lancaster family two or three thousand years ago. He must have been an outstanding figure of that generation, and the family he belonged to must have been quite powerful.

As long as there are no accidents, the continuity of the family is far longer than that of a strong person.

Indeed, the Wade family not only continued, but also moved to the giant city of The Hague for development.

If there is a chance to go to the giant city of The Hague in the future, Zong Shen is ready to find Gajeel's descendants and transfer this suicide note to the Wade family.

It doesn't matter whether you are rewarded or not.

Zong Shen now has a big family business and doesn't need to look at rewards to act.

Controlling his avatar to collect the suicide note, Zong Shen was filled with emotion, but without any hesitation.

The clone's actions must be against time.

Every minute you delay increases your chances of exposure.

And as time goes by, Marquis Henry's determination to show off will become stronger and stronger.

Even without the Dabos Gladiator Twins and the Fire Mage Doris as inducements, Marquis Henry would still have a high probability of taking direct action tonight.

Therefore, Zong Shen must completely destroy the Marquis's actions in time and according to the plan.

He was forced to postpone the plan to kidnap the prince until after the athletic conference was held.

Only in this way can the Church of Calamity Raven have the best chance.

The situation in the city will fall into comprehensive turmoil.

Only when turmoil occurs can Zong Shen have a chance to take over the entire giant city.

It’s all about getting the timing right.

If there is no favorable time, place, people, and people, then create a favorable time, place, and people.

The wedge-shaped corridor winds downward.

The walls are still dry, indicating that the castle's construction workmanship is not solid.

Even after so many years, the overall durability of the building is still very good, and even the return of moisture has not occurred.

Zong Shen had not yet had time to gain insight into the overall view of the Marquis Castle and its attributes such as its solidity value.

But there is no doubt that the sturdiness here is absolutely beyond imagination.

While thinking, he controlled Clone One to reach the end of the descending corridor.

In front of him was a closed room with no clutter, but many tables and chairs placed there.

The dust accumulated on the ground is half a foot thick, and it feels like stepping on soft sand.

Such thick dust cannot be accumulated in a short time.

It shows that this place, like the one above, has been neglected and abandoned for many years.

Those tables and chairs were also covered with a thick layer of gray-brown dust.

When the clone stepped forward, it left a line of eye-catching footprints behind it.

Since the environment was relatively closed and there was not much airflow, the dust did not rise.

Breathing becomes difficult here, as the air from the upper floor needs to pass through the corridor to reach here.

The room itself is relatively airtight.

Fortunately, the legendary level clone is quite strong and can sustain it in an oxygen-free environment for at least an hour.

Enough to complete the rest of the exploration.

And as long as you leave this room, there should still be normal air circulation on the second floor of the castle.

Quickly confirming the environment, the clone walked towards the rune door of the room.

The Rune Gate here is old, simple, and full of traces of time, but the brilliance on the surface has not been wiped out and is still flowing after time.

Zong Shen's clone came to the door with light steps.

The [Master Key (orange)] was taken out.

This key can be used up to a hundred times, and there are still more than ninety opportunities left.

It can easily open any rune door that is no higher than the fifth level legendary level.

It is almost impossible for a small rune door like this for a room to reach level five or above.

High-level rune doors are usually larger main doors.

Most of the small rune doors used in rooms are of second to fourth order. Their main function is for temporary partitions and additional mute effects.

Only the Lancaster family, a well-established giant city-level family with a rich heritage, would install rune doors in every room.

Some small nobles' castles even use ordinary doors instead.

Zong Shen inserted the [Master Key (orange)] into the lock cylinder, and after gently twisting it, the brilliance of the rune door shone, a crisp riveting sound appeared, and the door was opened.

Before opening the door, he used the strategy module to confirm that there were no detection magic arrays, patrolling soldiers, or undead outside the room, and then he opened the door with confidence.

Outside the room is a straight walkway.

Directly in a fixed direction.

And this happens to be the last room on the corridor.

According to the position on the Golden Circle Navigation, it has moved through the underground floor.

His location on the second underground floor is approximately to the east of the castle.

This floor is relatively quiet and there are not so many patrolling soldiers.

Even the placement points of high-level detection magic have become much sparser.

It probably follows the principle of tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

If we say the anti-submarine strength on the underground floor is a fine-eyed sieve.

Then the second layer is the hollow mesh bag, with each hole bigger than the last.

When he continues to go down and reaches the third level, the anti-potential speed will increase again.

This floor is mainly a warehouse, where many fancy materials are stored.

During wartime, you can rely on the materials here for long-term defense.

The important materials are nothing more than storable food, ordnance, equipment, commonly used forging raw materials, etc.

Zong Shen's goal this time was clear, and he was not here to rob.

So I suppressed my habit of looting and honestly followed the recommendations of the strategy module and followed the passage on the third underground floor.

This time he deliberately added filtering conditions.

After excluding all factors that might trigger the battle, such as high-level detection magic arrays, patrolling soldiers, puppets, magic sculptures, and undead, two passages were selected that could safely reach the next level.

Considering that the core area of ​​the third floor was in the middle, Zong Shen chose one of the two passages closer to the middle of the castle as the main route.

In the process of finding a way forward, the clone's stealth effect reached the time limit, and the prototype suddenly appeared.

However, Zong Shen had already asked the clone to change his boots, put on a jacket, and put on an iron mask when he took action.

The effect of this kind of physical cover is actually not bad. Unless the opponent has specific breath sensing or clairvoyance ability, it is difficult to see through the true appearance without being able to capture the clone.

Moreover, the defense on the second underground floor is relatively loose.

This allowed Zong Shen to reach the selected passage without much effort.

There are neither piles of debris nor any guards here. There is only a metal sliding pole connected to the ceiling of the second floor, and the other end extends straight into the next floor.

There were several empty boxes piled in the surrounding corners, as well as empty wine jars and broken lamps.

Without any further delay here, he climbed onto the sliding pole, held the pole with his arms, and slid to the third underground floor.

The drop between the second and third floors is the smallest, with only a vertical height of more than ten meters.

After landing, a cloud of dust immediately rose up where his feet landed.

This passage is like a circular patio, with a depression of two or three meters downward. There is no high-level detection magic array nearby, so Zong Shen can fall down unimpeded.

Controlling the clone, he nimbly jumped onto the aisle after landing.

Different from the simple layout on the first and second floors, there are many more carvings on the walls here.

These carvings have different shapes, most of them are heroic knights.

There is a relief statue carved on the wall almost every three or four meters.

It's just that the further you go, the less complete the carving becomes, like a semi-finished product that was abandoned halfway through carving.

According to the information in the strategy module, there are no permanent patrol soldiers on the third floor.

There are guards only in the hall in the central area, and there is also a legendary primary combatant among them.

In addition, magic sculptures of mechanisms are also arranged at the intersections and important areas of the various walkways.

This kind of mechanical magic sculpture is hidden on the side of the wall. When an intruder appears, it will flip and activate.

There are two types of magic sculptures. The first type will attack intruders in a melee stance.

The eyes of the second kind of magic sculpture will emit magical light with extremely strong penetrating power, causing damage to the enemy.

And here are all stone magic sculptures.

As the name suggests, the so-called stone magic sculpture is a magic sculpture body carved entirely from stone.

It is about three meters tall, a bit like a stone giant, and has certain mobility.

Different from war puppets, magic sculpture is a technique that does not pay much attention to materials and relies entirely on rune carving to turn decay into magic. The driving force is magic crystal.

Moreover, there is often a huge floating space between the upper and lower limits of the magic plastic's strength.

Its strength depends largely on the skill of the carver, but the materials used also play a role.

The magic sculpture carved from fine gold by the same magic sculptor is definitely stronger than the magic sculpture carved from stone.

But stone can be mass-produced, but fine gold cannot.

The costs of the two are not the same.

Just be careful not to be discovered by the detection magic circle and stone magic sculpture along the way.

It is conceivable that when Zong Shen arrives at the central area, there will definitely be a battle.

However, he was prepared and gave Clone No. 1 precious magic accessories in advance.

Even if he really wants to fight a legendary strongman, his clone can still fight.

Following the route and taking a careful detour, the clone controlled by Zong Shen almost moved on the sensing boundary between the magic sculpture and the magic detection array.

Fortunately, every time he went down a level, he was getting closer to the center.

After only five or six minutes, Zong Shen arrived near the target area.

That is a hall on the third floor, and it is also the real core.

Standing at the corner, Clone One could already see the scene inside.

In the middle of the hall stands a huge metal column with a diameter of five meters.

There are densely packed magic energy pathways on the pillar.

Various precious magic metals are used as materials.

It is also inlaid with elemental gems and hundreds of special magic crystals.

The entire pillar was emitting a hazy light, not too dazzling, but still eye-catching.

There is a small group of sixth-level soldiers near the pillar, as well as several spellcasters of the same level.

They were sitting on chairs drinking and chatting, looking very relaxed.

What concerned Zong Shen most was not these sixth-level warriors and spellcasters, but the strange figure standing by the magic pillar, holding a chisel and carving knife, and carving at a large stone.

The man was not wearing any armor or helmet, and was only wearing simple coarse linen clothes.

The hair is very long, mixed with silver gray, just hanging down the back, looking messy

Moreover, the guy was barefoot, with a small hammer stuck in his waist, sometimes carving and sometimes chiseling, not like a warrior, but like an artist, with an extremely focused expression.

From the moment he saw him, Zong Shen knew whose handiwork the wall carvings and stone demon sculptures along the way were.

Because this guy is clearly displayed in the golden tip of the strategy module as:

[Magic Sculptor: Ashley Yabo LV39 (Legendary Low Level)]

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