Chapter 234: The Secret Room of Axo Manor [Subscription Request]

Originally, it was a lawn near the garden.

But it didn't seem to be trampled by monsters.

When you look down from a low altitude, you can see the difference between it and the surrounding area.

When the whole manor was trampled into a mess, only that place looked particularly neat and clean.

This in itself is an abnormality.

And there were several curved burn marks on the lawn.

It was because of this that it attracted Chen Xuan's attention.

After slightly determining the target, he controlled the griffin under his crotch to dive down.

Soon, it landed accurately at the destination.

After arriving at the lawn, Chen Xuan did not feel any strange breath.

As the name suggests, the magic hidden space must have a hidden effect and will never be so easy to be discovered.

He couldn't even be sure whether it could be opened.

After turning over and getting off the griffin, Chen Xuan walked forward and came to the places where there were burn marks.

He squatted down and picked up a handful of carbonized grass that was almost burned, and his face showed a thoughtful look.

There were six burn marks on the grass, like some hot lines releasing heat about one meter above the ground.

It should be the effect of a ritual or some kind of magic circle.

The problem may not be on the ground, it may be underground.

The huge Axo Manor may have secret passages or secret rooms.

[Gray Flash Altar] would never be placed outside carelessly.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan looked at his feet.

[Insight] activated, and began to look for clues carefully.

Lines of golden information notes emerged, bringing him a lot of additional information.

When he looked at the burn marks on the grass, he quickly got valuable clues.

[Traces formed by the burn of the runes projected when the Gray Flash Altar was activated]

...

As expected, those traces were all related to the Gray Flash Altar.

Turning off [Insight], Chen Xuan slowly closed his eyes.

The spatial sensing ability made everything around him appear in the form of points, lines and surfaces in the mind vision.

Except for the Baron Castle, the Mage Association, the Library and other areas where there are interference from magic circles.

Most of the first circle is covered by his spatial perception ability.

Including the huge Axo Manor.

There are three blind spots in the manor.

Two of them are directly below the main manor, and it is estimated that they should be places like secret rooms.

Another one is just below this lawn.

The existence of blind spots means that there is some kind of interference in the space there.

In other words, places that cannot be explored are often problematic places.

And this spatial sensing blind spot under the lawn is likely to be the hidden location of the [Gray Flash Altar].

Looking at the spatial location map, the specific point should be more than 100 meters underground.

If brute force is used in such a deep stratum, it will at least delay several water clocks.

So it is still necessary to find a way to enter from the entrance passage for the most convenient.

Under spatial sensing, nothing can be hidden.

Ordinary spatial areas will become clear plane vertical maps appearing in the mind.

And those areas hidden in the magic interference will become extremely eye-catching blind spots.

As long as you see the blind spots, you can know exactly where the problem is.

As for the passages that extend in all directions, it is difficult to be completely covered by interference, and they are extremely conspicuous in the space sensing vertical map.

As long as you find the passages corresponding to the blind spot, you can quickly find the entrance.

In this case, Chen Xuan quickly locked the location of the entrance to the passage.

The secret room under his feet is suspected to contain the main node of the [Gray Flash Altar]. The entrance to the passage is next to the fountain two or three hundred meters away.

After confirming the exact location, he walked towards the location of the fountain in the manor.

There is a small circular pond with a diameter of about 30 meters.

In the pond stands a statue of a goddess holding a shower and watering.

The fountain gushed out of the shower, "sprinkling" in this landscape pond, rippling a ripple.

This place was severely trampled.

The head of the statue disappeared, and there were several eye-catching impact marks on its slender body.

The water surface was filled with black and red dirt, emitting a pungent smell.

Wherever the monsters passed, it would inevitably become a mess.

The entrance to the passage was on the square base under the statue.

Chen Xuan cast a [Levitation] on himself.

Surrounded by light blue wind spirit elements, he floated up as light as a swallow and flew towards the statue.

After landing on the stone platform base, Chen Xuan quickly found the entrance to the passage.

This entrance was covered by two large stone slabs, and no protective magic array was applied.

He took out the [Thunder Surge] sword and pried and lifted along the edge to open the entrance.

It was a square passage with a length and width of about 2 meters.

It was not suitable for strange monsters to pass through, and it was a bit cramped and narrow even for humans.

This should be the passage secretly built by Ancetus while he was lurking in the city.

After all, once the [Gray Flash Altar] is formed, it can cross the ground layer and directly release the monsters on the ground, without having to let the monsters return to the ground through the passage.

That secret room is just a place to hide the ritual altar. It does not affect the final release result.

As soon as the stone slab was pried open, a smell of dust came to my face.

It can be seen that no one has passed through this passage for some time.

Chen Xuan frowned and began to chant and cast a spell.

The spell representing the gust of wind quickly took shape under the outline of the powerful mental power.

The free magic power gathered and made the spell model materialize.

When the rune shone with light and dissipated.

Instead, there were gusts of wind blowing into the passage.

With Chen Xuan's attainments as a third-level spellcaster.

It only took less than two seconds to cast this second-level spell.

The air flow poured into the passage, and a large amount of dust was raised.

At the same time, it also brought fresh air to the passage that had not been opened for a long time.

When the gust of wind subsided and the dust settled, Chen Xuan took out the searchlight and walked down the steps in the passage step by step.

The long passage had no highlights at all.

The construction was not beautiful, and even a little perfunctory.

The walls on all four sides were made of stone, and they were solidified on a large scale by the first-level runes.

This further proved Chen Xuan's guess.

That is, this passage should have been built after Ancetus was controlled by the black dragon Bailey.

Going along the passage, sometimes turning, sometimes going down.

It took more than ten minutes to finally reach the destination.

At the end of the passage is a closed hall.

There is a heavy rune door that separates the inside and outside of the hall.

The whole hall is integrated, like a black square box.

It not only isolates the effect of spatial perception, but even Chen Xuan's third-level mental power cannot penetrate.

Although Ancetus built the passage perfunctorily, the secret room he built is still not mixed with any water.

After Chen Xuan approached, he raised the [Thunder Surge] sword in his hand and poked the rune door with the tip of the sword, and there was no trace left.

The secret room hall in front of him was built completely according to the standards of fortifications.

Then he input some gold-level magic into the sword in his hand.

"Sizzle!"

I saw a blue arc of lightning lingering on the straight sword.

Even the sword body was trembling slightly, and even emitted a low buzzing sound.

It looked a bit overloaded.

After all, it was just a third-level magic weapon. It was normal to have a big reaction when it was stimulated by gold-level magic.

Chen Xuan shook his wrist lightly, and the [Thunder Surge] sword slashed towards the rune gate.

"Clang!"

"Zila!"

First, the sound of metal clashing came.

A concave gap suddenly appeared on the surface of the gray-black rune gate.

Lightning arcs shot out everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.

The defense of this rune gate is good. The gap that Chen Xuan slashed out is about two fingers deep. It looks okay, but it is actually a bit disappointing.

You have to know that he is now a gold-level strongman. Although the physical transformation has not been completed, the blessing of the gold-level magic is not fake.

But even so, he can only slash a small gap.

Breaking the defense is not a problem, but it is not an easy task to drill through the rune gate in front of him.

God knows how thick this door is.

Putting away the [Thunder Surge] sword, Chen Xuan slowly retreated.

He retreated until he was a hundred meters away, then stopped and took out a Red Arrow 12E anti-tank missile launcher from the storage compartment.

He aimed directly at the rune gate and pressed the launch button.

Since the defense of the rune gate is already known, there is no need to chop it with a sword stupidly.

Just use anti-tank missiles directly.

As an armor-piercing weapon for heavy vehicles, its lethality is mainly reflected in the metal jet.

The channel reinforced by low-level runes should be able to withstand the shock wave that escapes to the surrounding during the explosion.

The end cover of the Red Arrow 12E anti-tank missile that was ignited and launched flew away.

The small booster ejected a surging stream of flames.

The flames illuminated the channel in an instant.

The scorching exhaust swept to the rear, raising the dust on the ground.

"Swoosh!"

Chen Xuan's body did not even shake, and he put down the launcher in his hand steadily.

"Boom!"

A distance of 100 meters is nothing for anti-tank missiles.

It was reached almost instantly.

When the missile hit the rune gate accurately.

The front warhead was detonated first, and then the metal charge cap installed at the front was melted by high temperature, forming a liquid metal flow that shot towards the surface of the rune gate.

The huge explosion shock wave swept everywhere.

The stone wall of the rune gate shook violently, but fortunately it did not collapse.

The inline channel at the rear became the best outlet for shock waves and flames and smoke.

They were wrapped together and swept along the channel.

Chen Xuan, who was standing in the channel, raised his hand calmly, and the next moment he took out a 600mm×1750mm super-large IV level bulletproof shield.

He held the shield with one arm and slightly turned sideways to make a gesture to resist the impact.

The narrow passage had a wind tunnel effect under the infusion of the shock wave.

The extremely strong wind speed instantly carried high temperature and flying metal fragments and slammed into Chen Xuan who was defending with a shield.

"Bang!"

The huge impact force made Chen Xuan step back several steps.

The bronze combat boots rubbed violently on the stone floor, and even splashed out eye-catching sparks.

It was like a turbid current encountered a reef, and the mighty shock wave was contained here.

The airflow and metal fragments hit the shield, making a crisp "ding-dong" sound.

Then it rolled back to the top of the passage.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that the restless airflow gradually calmed down.

The flames quickly consumed the oxygen in the channel, and the high temperature made the ground dry instantly.

Putting away the shield, he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that the bulletproof surface that had withstood the impact became pitted and covered with scorch.

Using a bulletproof shield to resist the shock wave after the explosion of an anti-tank missile was something he had never dared to think about before.

Even if the shield could block the shock wave and metal fragments, the huge impact was enough to knock him directly to the other end of the passage.

The instantaneous impact was terrifying.

Even ordinary silver-level experts might not be able to stop him.

Put away your shield and hold your breath.

The dust at the end of the passage quickly cleared.

There was a small ball of flame burning on the ground next to it.

The fragments of the escaping projectile hit the walls on both sides with craters.

The most eye-catching thing was the rune door that was hit head-on.

There is a crater with a diameter of about 40 centimeters at the location where the Red Arrow 12E was hit.

This pit is funnel-shaped, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

The penetration depth is about seventy or eighty centimeters.

Only at the end position, the penetration hole diameter is only one or two centimeters.

You must know that the homogeneous steel armor-piercing power of the warhead of the Red Arrow 12E reaches 1000 mm.

After comparison, it can be found that the defensive performance of this rune door is stronger than the homogeneous steel in Blue Star.

Of course, homogeneous steel is just a concept, used to measure equivalent armor.

In fact, how many millimeters is the so-called defense coefficient of Blue Star's main battle tank?

It does not represent the thickness of its armor.

For example, some tanks use polymer armor, but the actual thickness is only two to three hundred millimeters.

If replaced by homogeneous steel, the equivalent defense would be eight to nine hundred millimeters.

This does not mean that the polymer armor itself is eight or nine hundred millimeters thick, it is just a reference standard.

From this perspective, the rune door in front of us is really a stone in a pit——

——Stinky and hard.

Chen Xuan frowned and turned back into the passage, intending to fire one or two more shots at the rune gate.

No matter how thick this thing is, there is a limit.

Boom and that's it.

…

More than ten minutes later, Chen Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead while looking at the big hole in the rune that he could bend through.

There is no doubt that Ansetus spent a lot of money building this secret chamber hall!

The rune gate in front of him and the walls in the secret room are made of multiple layers of bronze, dark gold, and precision forged alloys that are alternately cast.

The overall thickness reaches more than two meters.

The cost of materials alone is as high as two to three million crowns.

This is the defense power accumulated purely by stacking materials.

The hall is very empty and simple, with no unnecessary furnishings or items.

Here Chen Xuan finally saw the main node of [Grey Flash Altar].

He walked to the altar, intending to find the location of the hidden magic space.

I launched [Insight] as usual, and prompt text appeared soon.

[Main Node of Gray Flash Altar]

[The magical hidden space attached to it is slowly collapsing]

…

Seeing these two lines of information, Chen Xuan suddenly felt bad.

But soon, a new prompt appeared!

...(End of chapter)