Chapter 408 The Mastermind Behind the Scenes

The next day, when the sky was slightly brighter, Colin took Jennifer to the lightless forest.

The manuscript Irvine left in the palace secret room mentioned the secret of his ancestors, or the specific location of the Luen family's secret realm.

This secret realm is the most important inheritance of the Luen family.

Its location was originally the same as its opening method, but it disappeared with the death of the third-level wizards of the Loen family.

But Irvine had vaguely heard that the secret realm was in the lightless forest when he was young, so he spent more than ten years searching in the lightless forest, and finally found the entrance to the secret realm with some luck.

"Sir Colin, this is right here." Jennifer said, pointing to the ordinary woodland.

"Yeah." Colin nodded slightly.

As expected, this was the place where I came across Erwin and the furbolg that night to explore the location given by Anando's Dice.

Without hurrying to investigate carefully, Colin thought and took the lead in using Anandu's Dice.

The Luen family came to him as a dead horse. They didn't know anything about Wizard Erwin's specific situation. They didn't even know how to enter the secret realm...

I'm afraid it's only in a truly desperate situation that I bet on an illusory hope like this.

The pale golden dice spun and fell from the sky, finally settling on one point in front of Colin.

Colin raised his eyebrows slightly as he received the position from Ananduo's Dice.

In fact, he only used Anandu's Dice as a dead horse. After all, if Erwin and others were in a secret realm, Anandu's Dice should not be able to detect their location.

After all, the secret realm of the Luen family is a small alien space that already exists in the lightless forest.

At that time, Runen's ancestors used their boundless power to forcibly reinforce and expand its original entrance into a stable connecting channel, and set up various restrictions to make the entire alien space private.

However, different spaces are essentially bubbles that overlap with the world and are usually not connected to the main world. However, the bubbles are always particularly weak and occasionally break, forming an unstable, continuous and indefinite passage to the main world.

There are many unlucky people in this world who suddenly disappear because they accidentally fell into a different space.

If the Loen family did not record the true location of the entrance incorrectly, then it seems that the entrance that Loen's ancestors fortified and set up a ban on is probably still stable and well hidden.

At least with Colin's current ability, he couldn't find any abnormalities at the original entrance in front of him.

However, at this moment, the location given by Ananduo's die is unexpectedly not far away?

"Follow me." Without explaining much, Colin waved to Jennifer, walked slowly towards a location about a hundred meters away, and then continued to circle around to search.

Finally, Colin stopped in front of a bush with white flowers, looking puzzled.

In this bush, he faintly felt some weird magic energy fluctuations.

‘Could it be the damage that was exposed after Erwin and others opened the secret realm? ’

Colin muttered to himself, he could feel that there seemed to be another dimension hidden behind the leaked magic energy.

But why does Anando's die indicate that there is a treasure here?

The sun gradually rose, shining brightly, but only a few tiny strands could shine through the dense canopy of the lightless forest.

Even though it was daytime, the forest was as dark and quiet as evening. Occasionally, strange animal roars could be heard from far away.

Jennifer looked at Colin slightly nervously. Although she was only a senior wizard apprentice, she came to the bush and noticed the inexplicable fluctuations in magic energy.

Buzz!

Colin thought for a moment, whispered a few words, and tentatively activated his magic power to explore the bush in front of him.

Stab!

The next moment, a translucent red crystal screen suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Colin narrowed his eyes and observed this scene carefully.

This is definitely not a natural product, and it is most likely not the prohibitive barrier set up by the ancestors of Loen.

After all, he was already a hundred meters away from the entrance.

Combining the information given by Ananduo's Dice, he suspected that this might be a special barrier created by some kind of artifact...

Colin couldn't help but have a headache. He didn't know much about space restrictions.

"Sir Colin, have you discovered anything?" Jennifer hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked.

"A man-made restriction was discovered."

Colin said simply, leaning down and starting to try to crack it.

And this attempt passed in one day.

Until nightfall, Colin was still helpless against the restriction in front of him. He only figured out that its outer layer had about the strength of the second-level peak, but the inner layer was temporarily unclear.

Jennifer squatted aside, cheering for Colin and taking small bites of the dry food she brought with her. As a wizard's apprentice, she still cannot skip three meals a day.

Colin tried again for a while, until the moon reached the zenith, and he finally gave up relying on his skills to break the restriction in front of him.

Teng!

Teng Teng Teng!

Five figures burning with flames suddenly appeared. Jennifer, who was biting the dry food, was startled. She choked on the dry food and couldn't help coughing.

"Sorry." Colin then remembered that there was someone beside him and turned around apologetically.

Jennifer waved her hands repeatedly, took out a bottle of water and took a few sips, and finally recovered.

She looked at the several blazing flame figures in front of her, her pupils trembling slightly.

Although Colin had told her that he was at the second level of strength, why did every flaming figure summoned in front of him exude power comparable to the strongest great-grandfather Erwin in the Loen family?

Is this really the second level?

laugh!

Seeing that Jennifer no longer coughed, Colin looked back and thought.

The five flame shadows behind him stepped forward and raised their right palms at the same time. A bright white and blue spot suddenly appeared from the palm of their hands.

Then with a snap, five flame pillars about the thickness of a finger shot toward the same point on the light screen in front of them!

These flame pillars are blazing white and bluish in color, and are extremely solid. Although the movement produced is not large, their power cannot be underestimated.

Five flame shadows attacked at the same time. Even Colin had to use all his strength - steel temperature-resistant force field, fighting spirit armor, and will armor to barely resist one or two.

If an ordinary second-level wizard received this blow, he would basically have no hope of survival.

The same is true for the powerful red light curtain. Although the light is strong at the moment, it can barely resist the concentrated fire attack of the flame pillar.

But as time goes by, the light on its surface is weakening rapidly, and I'm afraid it won't be able to sustain it for long.

However, at this moment, the red light curtain suddenly flickered violently.

"Roar!!"

The next moment, there was just a roar, and a blood-red monster suddenly emerged from the soil on the side and attacked Colin!

"Be careful!" Jennifer's complexion changed drastically and she shouted quickly while gritting her teeth and heading towards the blood-red monster that looked like a brown bear.

In her opinion, Colin was controlling the five-headed flame shadow at the moment, and his body was weak, which was probably the weakest time.

She couldn't let this monster attack succeed.

However, the next moment, Jennifer's eyes were dazzled, and she heard a bang, and the astonishingly powerful blood-red brown bear flew out as quickly as a broken sack, smashing several big trees.

"Stay aside." Colin came to Jennifer and whispered, his expression slightly solemn.

‘The aura of the second-level peak monster... seems to be somewhat similar to the gray-white elk that day? ’

The five flame pillars were still gathering fire to bombard the light curtain, and the light emitted by the latter was as weak as a candle flame. Colin suddenly had a decision in his heart.

"Roar!" The rough-skinned and fleshy blood-red brown bear attacked him again, and Colin rushed forward without dodging.

Click, click, click!

When the brown bear was still about ten meters away from Colin, a blue cold air spread quickly from the soles of its feet, briefly freezing it in place.

boom!

Then, Colin punched hard.

As if breaking a glass sculpture, the tyrannical force spread along the blood-red brown bear's chest, causing it to shatter into pieces.

At the same time, a subtle abnormal sound suddenly came from behind.

Colin turned his head, and the red light curtain was broken. A red, slender bamboo-like short stick quietly emerged from the white-flowered bush, and then broke into several pieces and fell to the ground.

This is probably the treasure indicated by Ananduo's Dice... Colin thought to himself.

A passage in another space invisible to the naked eye quietly emerged where the red light curtain had been.

Colin looked at the passage and then at the dead bear monster behind him, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

He had been prepared to encounter danger before coming, but now it seemed that someone was clearly targeting the Luen family.

This red bamboo used to seal the passage in the different space, and the furbolg summoned by the red bamboo... are obviously man-made.

The red bamboo is okay, it's just some kind of precious witchcraft tool, it doesn't mean anything.

But that furbolg, which was covered in blood and had an aura very similar to that of the weird elk last time... What kind of wizard could control such a filthy monster?

And Colm Adams... The figures of the three wizards of the Ishtar School flashed in Colin's mind.

If they set all this up, what is the purpose?

Is it just to compete for the power to control the Loen Kingdom?

After a brief fierce fight, the lightless forest fell into silence again.

Jennifer carefully poked her head out from a distance, observed for a moment and found that it seemed to be safe, and then hurriedly walked towards Colin.

Colin was trying to think hard, and when he reacted, Jennifer had already walked near the white flower bush.

"Be careful!" His expression changed slightly and he quickly warned.

However, she still took a step slower. Jennifer raised her head in confusion, and then disappeared in a flash.

Colin didn't think much and quickly stepped into the different space passage.

No one knows what is going on in the secret realm. We should investigate a little more before going in...

However, the next moment, Colin suddenly froze on the spot. He had clearly reached the bushes, but he stayed there and did not enter the secret realm.

But... the passage is obviously still there?

Frowning tightly, Colin calmed down and observed carefully.

After a while, he faintly saw a layer of red light net covering the alien space in the passage.

This kind of crimson is different from the red of the previous forbidden light curtain, but slightly golden, which is obviously much more advanced.

‘Could this be a trick set up by the ancestors of Loen? ’ Colin suddenly thought.

If it was a method set up by the ancestors of Loen, it would also explain why Jennifer could easily enter, but he could not.

Thinking of this, Colin felt a little relieved.

From this point of view, there is a high probability that Wizard Irvine is still alive, but is trapped in the secret realm of Loen.

No wonder those who dealt with Irvine simply chose to seal him in and leave the furbolg guards instead of killing them outright.

It turns out there is no way to enter the secret realm!

Most of the confusion in his mind was basically solved, and Colin roughly understood the process of Wizard Irvine's disappearance.

But for some reason, he always felt as if he had overlooked something?

Uh-huh!

"Sir Colin."

At this moment, the figure of Wizard Irvine suddenly appeared. He looked at Colin with obvious disbelief in his eyes.

After a moment of pause, Irvine bent down to caress his chest and bowed to Colin.

Behind him, several more official wizards from the Loen family appeared one after another. Apart from being a little depressed, they all seemed to be in good condition. They all followed Erwin and saluted Colin while stroking their chests.

"Thank you for your willingness to help." Erwin straightened up, then took out a knowledge crystal from his hand, and said solemnly, "This is the complete Loen Meditation Method, please accept it."

A smile appeared on Colin's face, and Irvine was more cheerful than he expected.

"Take people's money and help them eliminate disasters. No need to thank you." Colin took the knowledge crystal and checked it to see if it was correct, and said with a smile.

"By the way, Sir Erwin, do you know who trapped you in the secret realm?"

Erwin frowned, recalled carefully, and shook his head after a moment:

“That day we successfully entered the secret realm, took some things and were about to return to the Golden Wheat Sheaf, when we suddenly encountered two extremely powerful monsters, one looking like an elk and the other looking like a giant bear.

Caught off guard, two first-level wizards died on the spot. Because we were unable to defeat them, we had to escape back to the secret realm. However, after a while, when I was about to go out to check the situation, I found that the passage had been blocked by a powerful restriction. We kept trying to break it, but we could not shake it at all... Then, It is now that you come to the rescue. "

Have you never seen the mastermind from the beginning to the end?

Colin's eyes flickered, and he was even more suspicious of the three people from the Ishtar School.

By hiding his figure so carefully, there is a high probability that his identity is eye-catching and easily recognized...

"Your Excellency Erwin, please keep the identity of the second level secret for me." Colin finally said.

"That's natural." Erwin didn't hesitate at all. He took out a piece of parchment and prepared to make a contract.

However, at this moment, Colin suddenly saw Erwin's expression change, and at the same time, a sinister voice came from behind him:

"Keeping the identity of the second level secret... Indeed, I really didn't expect that you, Jin Yu, have already advanced to the second level, and your strength is not trivial.

Fortunately, there is an extra layer of protection, otherwise it would be bad if we let you return to Golden Wheat Sui and affect major events in a few days. "

Colm's figure slowly emerged from the shadows in the forest, scanning Irvine and others, and finally rested his gloomy gaze on Colin, with a cold expression on his face.

A damp and dull feeling like before a rainstorm quietly enveloped the forest as he arrived. The roars of insects and beasts that had sounded from time to time suddenly disappeared, replaced by some kind of sticky and weird rustling sound.

At this time, Colin finally realized what he had overlooked - since the mastermind behind the scenes had set up such a layout, how could he not have set up an early warning after it was destroyed!

Trouble... He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Sorry, it's a little late. I'll try to update at 12 noon tomorrow.