Chapter 118 How much blood are you willing to sacrifice?
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It was very dark inside the secret passage, so dark that you couldn't see the road at all.
But fortunately, Durami had already taught them the spell of radiance in the second-grade spell class this semester, so it was just right to deal with this situation.
"#光 Shinshu#!" Lin Tianlang chanted the spell gently, and then a light group was summoned, immediately illuminating the surrounding area.
The secret passage is very narrow, only about one meter wide. The material of the surrounding walls has not changed much. It is still stone bricks, but it is no longer equipped with wall lamps.
Just like that, Lin Tianlang flashed the ball of light in his hand and limped deeper into the secret passage.
Turn left, turn right, turn right, turn right, turn left again, then turn right, turn left, turn left... Lin Tianlang wandered around in the secret passage, but gradually he felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
Finally, what Lin Tianlang least wanted to see appeared in front of him - a fork in the road.
"So this is a maze?" Lin Tianlang gritted his teeth. The maze itself was troublesome enough, not to mention that he didn't know if there would be any traps in the maze.
Walking through the maze takes the most time, and what Lin Tianlang lacks most now is time. The whereabouts of the three companions were unknown, and their lives and deaths were uncertain. Lin Tianlang's anxiety never stopped.
Every second he wastes increases the chance that the three girls will be in danger, so he really doesn't want to waste a millisecond.
Along the way, dragging such a lame leg, physically speaking, Lin Tianlang was actually very tired now, but he didn't dare to rest at all. His companions were still waiting for him, and he couldn't stop.
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At the same time, in the underground palace on the secret passage, a group of people including the strong man also arrived at the end of the corridor. They came to a halt in front of the huge, heavy city gate.
"Boss?" Kilisis glanced at the strong man next to him.
"Hmm..." The strong man squinted his eyes and observed the city gate: "It shouldn't be possible to blast it open. It would take at least a tenth-level large-scale magic to be able to blast the gate open."
"Then what should we do? Boss, there is no road ahead!" said the man with dirty hair named Chilwe.
"How can you say there is no way, Qilwei? Isn't there a dog hole there? It's just right for you to crawl through!" The man in leather clothes mocked. He was naturally referring to the small hole in the middle of the city gate. Although Chilwei was also very thin, he was an adult man after all and was much larger than Aniya, so naturally it was impossible to get through.
"Well..." The strong man didn't say anything. He took a few steps forward, then squatted down in front of the small hole and took a closer look.
"Morza, you flash behind the door to check the situation." The strong man suddenly said.
"Huh? Me?" The leather-clad man named Morza pointed at himself in surprise.
"Yes, it's you, hurry up!" the strong man said impatiently.
"Boss, this is impossible!" Morza said quickly.
Flash is a seventh-level magic that can help magicians achieve short- and medium-distance teleportation. However, the casting of this spell requires a condition, that is, the place where you teleport needs to be within your visual range. If you can't see where you teleport, something may go wrong.
Because the flash technique is essentially space travel, when passing through a wall or door, it is very likely that the teleportation will fail because you do not know the situation behind the wall or door, and you will get stuck in the wall and die.
"Go if you are told! There is nothing behind the door!!" the strong man roared, and then kicked Morza directly on the waist.
"Since there is nothing behind, why don't you go by yourself..." Morza muttered in his heart. But under the strong man's power, he had no choice but to do it.
Morza stood in front of the city gate and gritted his teeth.
"#*Flash Technique*#!" He chanted the spell loudly, and then his body disappeared on the spot, leaving behind a little bit of diamond-like silver dust, which was a trace left by space travel.
The strong man stood in front of the door, his body shaped like an iron tower. Kirisis and Qilwei next to them did not dare to speak and remained silent.
"Boss! I'm here!" After a while, Morza's voice came from behind the door.
"Why so slow!" the strong man said with a frown.
"Sorry boss, the door blocked my view. I didn't control the distance of the flash, so I flashed far away from the door." Morza explained.
"What's the environment inside?"
"Reporting to the boss, there is nothing inside except a main hall, and the surrounding area is quite empty." Morza replied.
"Okay, stand far away." The strong man said.
Morza quickly ducked aside.
"#*Flash Technique*#!"
"#*Flash Technique*#!"
The three of them also used flash techniques one after another, and then teleported behind the city gate. The city gate that had blocked Lin Tianlang and others for a while was easily passed through by four people using the flash technique.
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Lin Sirius finally chose to turn left, and then continued walking in the dark maze. The ball of light in his hand had no effect other than making his own figure look particularly lonely.
The rainbow gem in his hand continued to flash, and now the flashing frequency had reached six flashes, proving that he was one point closer to the other fragment.
Holding the gem in one hand and the ball of light in the other, Lin Sirius walked around in the maze like this for a long time. However, compared to being completely headless, Lin Tianlang could still get some hints occasionally if he had gems in his hands.
At least Lin Tianlang knew the general direction to go, because once he went in a farther direction, the light of the gem would immediately weaken, reminding the owner that he was going in the opposite direction.
But a hint is a hint. Whether he can reach the right path still depends on Lin Tianlang's own exploration. He has lost count of how many dead ends he has entered. Once he enters a dead end, he has to go back the same way and then choose another path on the branch line to try again.
In this maze, Lin Tianlang felt that his concept of time was almost blurred. He had no idea how long he had been wandering around here.
The structure of this maze is quite complicated. Fortunately, Lin Tianlang had gems in his hand to get hints. Otherwise, if he walked blindly, he would probably be trapped in this maze.
"Bang!" Suddenly, Lin Tianlang seemed to have kicked something, and then he couldn't control his body and fell forward.
"It hurts me to death..." Lin Tianlang groaned, and then looked back to see what had tripped him up. However, this sight didn't matter, it almost scared Lin Tianlang's soul out of his body.
What tripped him seemed to be a skeleton. He didn't know which race it belonged to, but he only knew that it must be a skeleton. This skeleton must have been an explorer who was trapped and died in this maze. Thinking of this, Lin Sirius suddenly felt a little creepy.
Someone died here, and if he didn't get out as soon as possible, he would be next. He was already thirsty and tired now. He had been in the underground palace for such a long time, and even without a drop of water, his throat was about to smoke.
Lin Tianlang knew he couldn't stop, so he struggled to get up from the ground, but the next moment, he was almost scared out of his wits. The skeleton that had just tripped him suddenly moved. The skull head, with two black eye sockets, was "looking" at Lin Sirius, and its mouth seemed to be moving, up and down, as if it wanted to speak.
"Fuck!" Lin Tianlang yelled, and quickly kicked the skeleton away with his uninjured right leg. The skeleton's skeleton was already very loose. Lin Tianlang's kick broke the skeleton's left arm, but the skeleton's right hand suddenly came over and grabbed Lin Tianlang's trouser leg.
"Damn it, you can really move!" Lin Tianlang yelled and threw the skeleton away. Fortunately, this skeleton is just an empty skeleton with no power and cannot catch Lin Tianlang at all.
Shaking away the skeleton, Lin Tianlang quickly stumbled up from the ground, then dragged his lame leg forward.
In this maze, countless adventurers who came to hunt for treasure were trapped and killed, causing the aura of the undead to be very strong here. The skeletons left in the maze still retain a trace of mobility under the influence of the undead aura, and they will instinctively grab the moving animals around them.
It's just that Lin Tianlang doesn't know about these. With his current perception, he still can't sense the breath of the undead.
It seems to be a broken window effect. After the first skeleton appeared, the frequency of subsequent skeletons became higher and higher. Lin Tianlang didn't dare to stay. Even if his legs hurt, he could only endure and walk quickly.
He wanted to leave here quickly, this place was really weird.
However, he seemed to be favored by the god of luck. The next few sections of the road went quite smoothly and there were no dead ends. He continued walking around in the maze for nearly half an hour, and finally got out of the maze.
Thank goodness.
At the exit of the maze, Lin Tianlang knelt on the ground. He was exhausted. He had to rest or he wouldn't be able to go any further.
This time Lin Tianlang didn't force himself anymore. He lay on the ground casually, relaxing as much as possible and recovering his strength. Looking at the gem fragments in his hands, Lin Tianlang felt extremely happy.
Fortunately, he had gems in his hand to guide him, otherwise he would end up like those skeletons in the maze, trapped and dead, and finally let his body rot and turn into a pile of withered bones.
After resting for exactly ten minutes, Lin Sirius got up again. Why does he know so clearly? It's very simple. He started counting the seconds from the moment he lay down, counting for a full six hundred seconds.
Counting seconds has two purposes. The first is to let yourself know when you have rested, and the second is to prevent yourself from falling asleep. He was really too tired now. He was lying on the ground like this, and he would probably fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
What was in front of Lin Sirius now was a spacious staircase. Dragging his lame leg, Lin Tianlang climbed to the top of the stairs. There is another closed stone door blocking the front. I don't know what I have to do to open the stone door this time.
"Look for the mechanism..." Lin Tianlang said to himself, and then began to search. However, as soon as he took a step, something stepped on him.
Under his feet, a huge magic circle lit up, emitting a faint blue light. At the same time, a string of words appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Tianlang.
Lin Tianlang found that he had learned these words before, and it seemed that this kind of magic text was taught in the magic text class.
He tried to translate the magic text. After all, it was not a familiar text and it was very awkward to read. However, before he could start reading from the beginning, he was immediately attracted by the last few words.
"...How much blood are you willing to sacrifice?"
Um? Sacrifice blood? Lin Tianlang frowned, a strong uneasiness rising in his heart.