Lista followed Milia to the clubhouse. After just one day, this place looked a lot more desolate.
It may be a psychological effect, because the owner here is no longer here, and the people who come here probably will not come back again. Milia took Rosemary to sort out some of the things she had brought with her, and then came to Enwood. There were not many things, because the preparations on the island were very thorough.
Lista released a ray of magic power and began to wander around the museum. Rennix must have set up secret passages, secret doors, secret rooms and the like everywhere. This cannot be changed. She knows her grandfather very well, because her grandfather was not raised like her, even if she was He wouldn't feel safe in his base camp.
And now, Lista felt the same way.
Only a madman can feel safe under the gaze of a group of "gods".
"found it."
The secret area of the clubhouse is well hidden, at the edge of the parking lot behind the house, under a tree that is slightly more malnourished than the trees next to it.
This place was disguised as a natural grotto. It was a disguise because Lista could clearly feel the traces of the magical structure used here. The stones here were all glued on after being moved here.
Moreover, the temperature underground is obviously much higher than that on the ground. The further you go inside, the more you feel a burning sensation when your palms touch the stones.
Lista was not surprised. The "Li" position would definitely design something related. She was just curious, what would the grandfather prepare for a place like this? At least the things he listed on his heritage list would definitely not be hidden in such a hidden place.
Although the temperature became higher and higher as he continued to go down, it was not a particularly difficult problem for the magician to solve. Lista walked all the way. Lu Ning was thinking about how to get into this environment as a tourist at this time. Tourists don't have magic, so they seem to have to use some props.
The grotto was not very deep and the slope was not high. Lista walked down about a hundred meters and reached the end of the grotto. Some of the stones here even emit a red light, like lava. At the end of the grotto, there is a flat stone platform. There is a box on the stone platform. The material cannot be seen. It is of a size that requires both hands to hold it up.
Lista reached out and touched it. In such an environment, the box still felt cold to the touch, and it did not look like it had been placed in such a hot environment. She reached out and pushed the lid of the box. It was not locked and could be easily pushed open. There were no traps or anything like that inside. So she pushed the lid of the box off with a little force.
"Grandpa, you really like to do tricks like this." Lista smiled easily and reached into the box. This box is also a magic item, because it is dark inside, even if there is light around it, you can't see it at all. to the inside of the box. Such a box obviously tests the courage to reach out to people whose contents are unknown, and Lista is one of those people who is not afraid at all.
After groping inside for a moment, she grabbed something and pulled it hard before pulling it out of the box.
The outer skin of this thing is very gelatinous, like a fish bubble, soft and transparent, and the inside is filled with dark blue fine sand that is about half of its actual capacity. It seems to have some stickiness to the box. , so Lista needed to use some effort to pull it out. After taking it in her hand, Lista felt that it began to feel sticky against her palm.
"It has adsorption properties to all magical things?" Lista looked at the item and couldn't tell what it was for the moment. She could only guess one characteristic. But since it was something Renix specially hid, it was best to take it away. There was only one object in the box.
Lista pulled it off her hand and threw it back into the box, then hugged the entire box. Fortunately, the box was not very heavy. She carried the box back to the entrance of the grotto and called someone to help lift the box up.
"Mr. Gustave, can you tell the origin of this thing?" Milia couldn't recognize what it was after taking it out of the box. Of course, she thought this was normal. Gustav looked at the box and then at the strange colloidal vesicle, his face also full of doubts.
"By the way, is this..." Justina suddenly said thoughtfully, "Is it the one Rennix mentioned before?"
"Light and my Galaxy," Gustav said immediately.
"Ah?" Milia was stunned for a moment.
Arisa Saotome snorted: "This rumor is actually not false."
"Have you heard of it too?" Lista asked.
"You all know that I married Mr. Yin Teng because of the property and status of the Howard family." Arisa Saotome snorted, "Not only the secular ones, but I also know about the magic ones."
"I know this." Milia said, "It is my responsibility to understand the origins of everyone who joins the Howard family."
"Then there's no need to explain. Anyway, I heard that this thing was something that Reni—ah, my father pried out from some magical origin. It's very precious."
"How precious?" Milia asked.
Arisa Saotome shrugged: "I don't know. If I know that this thing exists, I am well-informed. If I can still know the specific use, then am I still my father?"
"Unfortunately, we don't know what purpose it has. The purpose of this thing must be understood through detailed magical examination. Rennix may tell us what he got, but not anything else. But since it is Ray What the Knicks got from the gods shouldn’t be bad,” Justina said.
"So, did father say how many similar things he had?" Milia asked again.
"No. Renix won't tell his friends everything." Gustav touched the vesicle in Milia's hand with his finger, and the vesicle obviously began to try to stick to Gustav's finger. , but there was no reaction at all in Milia's hands.
"It will actively stick to magical things, but this stickiness is not strong, so it is probably not its main use." Lista said, "To verify its true use, you probably need to use the magic experiment in the main museum. Just a room."
"I can tell...but this thing..." Gustav was thoughtful, but he didn't finish his words.
After packing up the things from the guild hall and loading them into the car, everyone continued to the guild hall. Lu Ning recalled for a while and realized that there didn't seem to be many opportunities to understand the residence where Cynthia lived. After all, Cynthia basically survived to the later stage in the first two rounds.
The Jimu Pavilion, which represents the Sundanese position, is located under the cape on the northwest side of the island. The sea breeze blows here all day long, and it turns into a storm on such a rainy day. Umbrellas can easily cause accidents in such an environment, so everyone put on raincoats. At this time, Lista felt a little nostalgic about just now. There is a warm and dry environment in the grotto.
"It's a shame that Cynthia is willing to live here." Milia looked at the surrounding environment. "The surrounding environment of this villa is too bad. The scenery is only a bunch of strange rocks. There is nothing interesting at all."
"Maybe she doesn't want to communicate with us." Arisa Saotome said.
"Okay, everyone, you don't have to always talk about the deceased." Justina advised, "Let's go, the more important thing is to see if Cynthia left anything."
After entering the Jimu Pavilion, everyone began to search in various rooms. Dolores's room was easy to find, and her suitcase was placed in a room. Cynthia, on the other hand, strangely placed some of her belongings in every room.
Lu Ning knew that Cynthia's magic was for marking and tracking, so her arrangement might be conducive to activating magic in her own territory. It's a pity that she was tricked out of this room...
As soon as she thought of this, Lista took out a notebook from a drawer.
"this!"
This is a magical diary written by Cynthia.
[September 25th, Beacon 1, no abnormal movement, recovered. Beacon 2, to the Qimu Pavilion, motive? Purpose? reserve. Beacon three, walking back and forth, abnormal, reserved.
September 26, Beacon 1, reset, abnormal magic reaction, non-human, reserved. Beacon 2, no abnormal movement, retracted. Beacon three, hidden in an unoccupied room, action unknown, reserved.
September 27th, beacon one, change, abnormal change, vigilance, cannot be retained. Beacon 2, reset, it will appear in the sky. Beacon, three, I am dead. 】
Snapped!
Lu Ning instantly controlled Lista's arm and asked her to close the book.
The experience on Judgment Island gave Lu Ning an almost neurotic sensitivity to all abnormal situations that were beyond common sense. When she saw "September 27th", she already wanted to close the book. She just wanted to Just look at Lista’s reaction speed. Obviously, Lista didn't realize it until she read the records of this day.
】
Everyone felt a heavy pressure, and everyone who read the words in the book had their right eyes light up with a green light.
Lista immediately grabbed a pen from the table, pulled it out and stabbed herself in the right eye. Gustav raised his hand and grabbed Lista's arm. With his other hand, he took out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at the window.
"Messenger of traces, the owner of this place is dead."
Everyone only heard a clang, and a large area of green mucus suddenly spread on the window. In the mucus, eyes opened one after another, and their green eyes looked at everyone in the room, and in their green eyes. Text began to appear.
[The magic power did not catch the murderer, the magic power only left traces. 】
The pressure brought by those eyeballs was no less than the deep red pure land Lista had seen before.
[Traces still remain, and the deceased is still moving. 】
Green bloodshot eyes crawled into his eyes, and Gustav blocked everyone behind.
"We will investigate."
[You eliminate traces, or traces eliminate you. 】
The green eyeballs began to close one by one, but the pressure lingering in everyone's hearts did not disappear. Instead, it became like some chains, connected to everyone's heart.
Eventually, the slime disappeared.
"It's not bad." Gustav breathed a sigh of relief. "The familiar of Traces is really difficult to deal with... Lista, you are a bit too impulsive."
"...I'm sorry." Lista put down the pen in her hand.
"Not very lucky, friends." Gustave turned to face everyone, "I think you all feel that there seems to be some extra burden on you? Magicians should feel more accurately."
"The curse of traces," Lista said.
"Yes, trace...its familiar cannot be killed by conventional means, including magic and superpowers, Lista. Why would Cynthia touch this thing!"
"She was not touched, it was something else." Lista murmured, "Something interfered with her magic notes, and this interferer may have a lot to do with the person who killed her father and the others. There is something left on this thing There are traces, but traces are also traps, after all, Cynthia should be using this kind of ether."
"Do you think this is part of the design?" Milia asked.
"Yes, the murderer does not need to continue murdering at all. As long as we are willing to continue to explore the grandfather's legacy and want to uncover the truth of the murder, we will inevitably need to encounter these traps. And these familiars involved in the origin of magic They are enough to kill us all."
"If this person has even considered these, then he not only understands the Howard family." Gustave said seriously, "He understands each of us and even predicts what actions we may take. Yes, is this really possible?"
"Mr. Gustav, the matter has reached this point, and it is not time to discuss the possibility. We must believe that there is such a guy on this island who is full of malice towards us." Arisa Saotome said.
"Regarding this, I think we should also imagine our enemies like this." Rosemary said softly, "Now that we have been branded with a curse, we have to continue to follow the requirements of the traces and find out the truth. This is about life. .”
"Then collect everything first, and I'll find out what's hidden here." Lista quickly adjusted her mentality. Her attitude finally began to become cautious. It was obvious that she realized that her talents and abilities could not control the current situation, and last night's "victory" was just a punch in the air. .
The hidden space in the Jimu Pavilion is not that big. It is folded in the wall. When Lista activated the mechanism to take out the contents, she found that there was a painting hidden inside, and there was really no need for a larger one. The space is used for collection.
The drawing paper has been specially processed and still has sufficient flexibility, and what is drawn on it is a girl wearing a black dress. In the lower right corner of the painting, the name of the painting is written in printed font.
——"Beloved".
