Jita turned around, and a pair of ruby-like eyes were staring at her in the darkness. There was a faint luster between the shadows. It was the head of a giant snake. Its surface seemed to be made of marble, cold and hard. , the gray stone-like scales bite into each other, smooth and beautiful.
Miss Scholar raised her head and watched this scene quietly without any fear in her heart. Snakes are the most beautiful and mysterious things in magic stories, not to mention that she had already seen that this giant snake was just a huge stone statue.
The giant snake slowly opened its mouth, revealing its sharp stone teeth. Behind its throat was a tunnel as tall as a person. Jita looked at the dark stairs, but it was by no means a secret passage, or in other words, this stone statue should not appear in this place at this moment.
She glanced back, and she seemed to be no longer in the small room before. The constraints of the surrounding space disappeared, the stone walls seemed to recede, and the ceiling disappeared, leaving only the statue of the girl in the center and the giant snake behind her.
At this moment, she was in a boundless darkness. Just like the previous magic perception, the gray body of the giant snake was winding and wandering in the darkness, almost without end.
Jita looked back at the scriptures on the girl's stone arm:
Is that an activation spell? But it didn't seem like it, she didn't feel any changes from that passage.
Wizards are most sensitive to changes in the ether, but the silence of the ether in the small room was like a lifeless layer of dust spread on the ground, and that was just an ordinary text.
Like a prayer on the pedestal of an icon.
It is generally believed that there is some kind of power, and the unison chanting and chanting will attract glimpses of the Holy One, or at least the procession of angels; but the sacred atmosphere in the cathedral is more or less a foil, and those who are just the most ordinary, Just words without magic——
Naturally, it is impossible for the Saints of Orin to cast a glance at it because they are not so keen on worldly affairs.
This is a theory among mages. Jita is a naturalist and naturally agrees with this view - there are indeed holy beings in Aitaria, but the gods may not necessarily pay attention to mortals, and they only occasionally cast their sights.
She happened to have seen all that with her own eyes. Not only was Fang Plover chosen by Ms. Amaya, but Ms. Malan also cast a glance at him. After witnessing that scene, she would naturally not be interested in rumors in the general sense.
But how did the giant snake get here?
She was a little cautious.
Maybe as long as someone steps into this small room, it will trigger all this? Is this the giant snake that those people mentioned before? It belongs to the Carleye family, but how did the magician of the Serpent of the Mind bring it here?
Was the previous movement caused by it? But this is obviously just a stone statue.
Although this was a gathering place for magicians, and it was no big deal that the stone statue could move, she did not feel any magic flowing from the giant snake. In other words, it was not a stone golem, nor was it magic. biology.
Jita thought about it for a moment and suddenly spoke to the giant snake:
"Why am I here?"
But when the girl opened her mouth, what came out of her mouth was just a series of notes of unknown meaning, mixed with countless noises, like a low resonance, buzzing in the darkness.
That's the secret text.
Born out of the original pronunciation method of the dragon and the mixed language of the elf writing, the Numei elves compiled part of the ancient texts and taught them to mortals, which is similar to the spell writings of the alchemists.
After a moment, a voice responded from the giant snake's head: "The ancient noble one, come forward."
A faint light flashed in Jita's eyes.
For a magician who is engaged in occult science, if he does not understand, then the easiest way is to ask. Most of the mysterious things will be answered. After all, there must be a reason for this giant snake to appear here.
In Aitaria, whether they are wizards or witches, most people firmly believe in the ancient power of language.
That is the basis upon which magical beings organize and regulate their spells - although the magic wand is another basis. But in the era before magic wands, elves, snake-men and dragons also used such ancient and mysterious ways to cast spells.
Although she is only a chosen one, she also understands that the magic world operates according to its own rules.
After all, the people who constructed this world constructed everything based on what they saw and heard, and most of what she saw behind this star gate were such things. Aitaria itself was not chosen by the Chosen One. Creative.
After getting this answer, Jita understood that she should have triggered a certain condition.
Because magicians do not call every uninvited guest a 'visitor', let alone 'noble'. According to the character of most of them, it is common for them to impose heavy spell restrictions on their secret portals. .
A bolt of lightning, a ball of fire, or a poisonous snake summoned by a spell, in short, it will be those things that make ordinary people shy away, and they will not be so polite to others.
So is this a mechanism left by Carl Leyer's psion?
So how did I trigger it?
She looked back at the statue of the girl again, and this time she suddenly felt something in her heart. The grimoire appeared in her hand. She gently stretched out her hand and covered it on the metal title page of the Book of Guriel - as a naturalist, What she trusts most is, of course, her own magic book.
Where her fingertips met the page, a strange feeling suddenly arose, like a weak wind blowing up. The air current was supporting her fingertips. Naturally, Miss Naturalist would not feel that it was the flow of ether.
She raised her head suddenly and looked at the giant snake—did her magic book trigger this mechanism?
Jita looked at the dark entrance of the corridor. The stone statue of the giant snake was repeating those words, and the voice echoed in the dark space:
"Old noble one, come forward."
Is this an invitation?
The ancient nobles spoke of the holders of grimoires.
Or is it her?
But once she figured out why she came to this space, she calmed down, thought about it and continued walking forward, passing through the stone teeth of the giant snake and entering the secret passage behind it. Most of the spellcasters are cautious, but all of them have sufficient curiosity and strong confidence in their own spells.
Now that she has arrived at this place, it is impossible for her to stop and not move forward. Even if she does encounter any trouble, at least there is still a way out.
Before entering the corridor, Jita glanced at the two crystals floating not far away from her - one was a communication crystal, and that crystal had dimmed. Since entering the great tomb, that crystal had been in the magic guide The mysterious barrier set up by the soldiers lost its effect. The other one is a sensing crystal that senses the presence of stars in the area.
The crystal was still emitting a faint light, indicating that this was not a dead zone.
Although the communication crystal has lost its function, she can still inform other people of information through the forum. Although the communication between the two worlds is more expensive, it is extremely reliable at critical moments. The only time something went wrong was when the star gate moved last time, but that kind of situation is rare after all.
When she passed between the two fangs, she originally thought that there would be a narrow, twisting downward space behind the corridor. She climbed down from the steps one by one. She could tell from the length of the giant snake that it was Not a short journey. But what she didn't expect was that as soon as she stepped into the corridor, her body felt a sense of weightlessness, as if there was nothing under her feet and she was falling downwards.
Miss Scholar was startled at first, but quickly calmed down and realized that she had stepped into a portal. She adjusted her glasses frame with her hands and looked back, only to realize that she saw a strange scene.
What she saw was not the exit of the corridor - this was expected, but Miss Scholar did not see a closing portal either - but she actually turned her head and saw the scene behind her. .
This statement may sound absurd, but she felt that she had turned into a snake, a huge snake, and the giant snake was coiling up under her control, turned her head, and looked through its ruby-like pupils. to everything within sight.
The field of vision was blood red.
Under 'it's' blood-red gaze, the first thing you see is a hall. This underground hall is half naturally formed and half thanks to artificial carvings. The hall is very tall, with giant natural stalactite pillars hanging from the top of the cave. Forming the beams that support the vault of the hall.
And 'it' was wrapped around the largest stalactite pillars, raising its head and looking at the ant-like tiny people in the hall - yes, there were other people in the hall. Kitta recognized those people at a glance as the magicians of the Carllye family.
The psychics are wearing blue robes with an open vertical pupil embroidered on the robe, which is the emblem of the Kalleye family's artifact - the Eye of the Serpent. Of course, this artifact is just what the outside world says. , it is actually just a secondary holy object.
According to the classification of the Holy Chosen System, it belongs to the older category among legendary objects.
In fact, Jita's eyes were immediately attracted to the strange object suspended in the air. Its shape looked like a pure gold ball. The side facing away from it should be the image of an eye. There were three rings on the outside. The first one is the orbit of the stars and the moon, the second one is the dial, and the third one is decorated with carvings that look like rising flames.
Those are the real snake eyes.
The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat solemn.
However, Jita soon realized that she was the cause of all this. The composition of the crowd before those psychics was very complex. They were tall, short, fat and thin, with robes of various colors. There were men, women, and even aliens. Some even wore Academy students' novitiate robes.
Without exception, those people were looking in their direction, with some curiosity and a hint of fear in their eyes. There were also many people who were looking at 'it' and whispering to each other. Cui Xisi was one of them:
"It raised its head. Could it be that it wanted to attack?"
"Whether the warlocks of the Karl Leyer family can control this thing? I heard that this is a mythical creature. If it riots, no one here can stop it. Luther, you don't want to waste the starlight. In a place like this, right?”
The young man on the side shook his head, "Pandoras will not lose control because of such a trivial matter. When the people of the Carleye family and...the D Alliance discovered the magic book, it guarded the ruins. Among them. If they didn't get the guardian's approval, they wouldn't be able to take away the magic book."
"Since then, the magic book has been alternately kept by your alliance and the Carllye family. In the thirty-year history, three masters have been selected, except for the first director who was a magician from the Carllyie family. , the subsequent masters are all Chosen Ones.”
Luther replied: "After that, every time I chose the owner of the magic book, I got Pandoras's permission. The owner of the magic book can also be said to be the owner of this giant snake. But since five years ago, After the last master of the grimoire retired, this giant snake entered hibernation, and it only woke up from its long sleep today."
He looked up at the giant snake that held its head high and spoke, "But the psychics of the Carlley family said that it would wake up today, and now it is indeed true, which also means that after five years of being vacant, the magic book will wake up. At last a new naturalist is born.”
"What does this have to do with us?" Trixis said a little bored. "Why do we invite alchemists here to deal with the magicians? The magic book will not choose us as its masters. This doesn't matter to us at all." There’s no benefit at all.”
Luther looked at her with a wry smile, "You are also from the D Alliance. Don't you want to participate in the guild activities? As for me, wasn't I invited by you?"
"If you don't come, then I will be bored to death. There will be no one around who I can talk to." Cui Xisi shook her head: "Look at those people, they must have just come to this world not long ago, right? The face is cute and new. The alliance doesn’t seem to be short of people, who will the Magic Book be interested in?”
"The Magic Book only chooses masters based on talent, not strength," Luther replied. "Usually, a group of people will be selected from talented newcomers, and the Magic Book will select a few real candidates from them. , and then compete for the top position. But this time, this magic book has not chosen its owner for too long, and the Karleye family may be a little anxious, so they will let the alliance send all suitable candidates here. "
He paused, "The magic book is also a symbol of the status of the Seven Magicians family. Three of the seven magic books were lost during the war. Later, the choosers found the other three magic books, so they lost The families with the Grimoire all choose to cooperate with the Guild of the Chosen. Under such circumstances, the position of naturalist of the Carllye family has been vacant for five years, which is extremely disadvantageous for these psions."
"Can't they choose someone from their own family to inherit this magic book? There is not even a single genius in such a large family of psychics?"
"That's not the case, but the giant snake hasn't woken up, which means that the magic book has not selected its favorite master," Luther said, "Before this, the Carlyle family and the D Alliance held several meetings. In this selection, none of the people who can be selected are worthy of Pandoras."
"It's quite picky." Cuisi was suddenly startled and poked Luther beside her with her elbow. "Has that giant snake been looking at us?"
Luther was startled. He subconsciously thought it was the girl who had taken it for granted, but when he raised his head, he met the giant snake's quiet gaze, and he couldn't help but swallow the words behind him.
Trixis on the side was still chattering, "Did it notice that we were whispering to each other? It shouldn't be. Others have also been whispering, and it's not just the two of us."
Luther opened his mouth, not sure what the answer was for a moment.
However, Jita did 'see' the two people from the crowd. She actually recognized at the first glance that those on the periphery were the Chosen Ones, and only the Chosen Ones would be buzzing on such occasions. There was endless discussion.
The empire has a strict hierarchy, and ordinary college students would not dare to act so virtuous in front of a high-ranking magician. Even Britta and the others seemed very restrained in front of Luo Yu, let alone whispering there without anyone else around.
What's more, she also saw a few familiar faces in the crowd, Trixis and Luther were one of them, and there were a few people among them. She had a vague impression that she had met one or two of those people who had met Death in the guild.
She has a good memory, but she only met these people face to face in Ayin Block that day, so she is not sure whether she was wrong.
But seeing this scene, Miss Scholar roughly understood where this place was—and what these people were doing.
This should be the Serpent Hall of Karl Leyer. The psychics came to participate in this gathering. One of the important purposes is to select a new owner for the Book of Snake Kisses so that the naturalists of the Karl Leyer family can have successors.
She had heard about this before going to the empire. After all, the fact that a magic book had been vacant for five years had spread in the empire. The magicians of the Carllye family were eager to find a person for the magic book. Even the common people of the Empire had heard about the new owners.
It is said that many people come here from other places to see if they can try their luck. After all, as long as you have a little understanding of the magician world, you will know that the magic book only chooses people based on talent, not strength. He has suddenly become a superior person.
This is particularly attractive to those indigenous people.
Of course, those who know the inside story know that ordinary people have no chance to go to such a gathering. People from the Seven Mage Family will not easily welcome outsiders.
The only question now is, why did she appear in this place, see this ceremony, and what is the giant snake statue she stepped into?
Jita even began to doubt that small room. The magicians arranged such a mysterious statue in the meeting place, such an important place, but left no one to guard it. Everything she had experienced before seemed like there was some kind of force guiding her there.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in other directions, trying to see where exactly this place was. And how she should leave this state. Although choosing the master of a magic book seems strange to others, she has experienced it once before.
In fact, the process is very ordinary.
She's not here to waste her time.
But as soon as the giant snake swayed, it immediately alarmed everyone in the hall. They looked at the mythical creature shaking its head and looking around the crowd, as if it was really picking among the crowd. They couldn't help but set off another wave of excitement. There was a buzzing sound of discussion.
The warlocks of the Karleille family immediately threw a spell to silence the voices. They looked a little bit at each other. The giant snake's unusual movements were unusual. It had never behaved like this in the past.
Someone looked towards the center of the hall, where the magic book placed under the suspended viper's eye was rising slowly and suspended in mid-air. People who saw this scene couldn't help but scream, "Look over there!"
Under the gaze of a group of psychics, the book seemed to be held up by an invisible force, and then the pages opened automatically.
"Choose the Master of the Magic Book!"
Someone shouted out the meaning of this spectacle.
The warlocks of the Karleille family immediately looked among the crowd to find out the magic book and selected those of the right age from among these young people, but they did not have time to interact with the magic book suspended in mid-air. Books make connections.
Suddenly, in full view of everyone, the grimoire emitted a strong flash of light and disappeared without a trace in the hall.
There was an uproar among the crowd.
"!!!"
Did Cui Xisi see this scene clearly in the audience? She didn't even dare to blink her eyes. She couldn't help but asked Luther on the side: "What's wrong? What happened? Is this a choice?" Sir, where did the magic book go?"
But the young people on the side were also stunned. The gray realm naturally has its own magic book, but the selection of the master of the magic book has never been like this.
Someone stole the grimoire in full view of everyone?
Are you kidding me?
...(End of chapter)
