The Aurors once again chose to rest.
They are not Noah and cannot avoid all the traps. After losing Noah's help, their progress has slowed down a lot.
It's not that their strength is not as good as Noah's, but that they lack effective detection methods.
At best, the wizards can only tell that there is a magic trap ahead, but they are not sure what kind of trap it is and where it will be placed, so they need to be more cautious.
After spreading insect repellent around them, everyone gathered in a circle and began to replenish their energy.
The reason for spraying insect repellent is, of course, because of scarabs.
The last time they took a break, they were attacked by scarabs. Those little things fell directly from the ceiling and gave several unlucky guys several holes in their necks.
At this time, the Aurors immediately took out the insect repellent they carried with them and sprayed some on each of them just in case.
For dense insect swarms, powerful killing curses may not be effective, but insect repellent can avoid the attacks of these little guys to a certain extent, especially this repellent specially prepared for scarabs.
Although they were still vigilant, the exhausted people still failed to notice a scarab crawling out of the far corner.
Although their repellent can get rid of scarabs to a certain extent, if they are actively driven, the effect of this repellent is not enough.
At this moment, because of Shahos's order, the scarabs slowly surrounded the crowd.
Under the swarm of scarabs, the gravel automatically condensed into a wisp without wind, vaguely carrying an unknown magic power.
In Cooper's pocket, a wooden disc seemed to sense something and lit up an irregular heptagonal symbol. An Auror seemed to sense something. He was the eldest in the team and also The one with the most experience, although he failed to become the team leader for some reasons, he is also the sharpest one here.
Although he was taciturn along the way, he was the Auror who discovered the most traps.
At this moment, the Auror with a big gray beard looked towards the past with his eagle-like blue eyes, but there was nothing strange anywhere he looked.
Auror frowned, did he feel wrong? But there was clearly just now...
Under the sand that was beyond his sight, a small snake made of sand and gravel was tightly wrapped around a scarab. It used round black stones as its eyes, and its eyes were inexplicably full of murderous intent. The fangs made of transparent quartz pierced into the gaps between the scarab's limbs. The body made of gravel seemed loose but was actually very flexible. It forcefully cracked the scarab's shell with a force that could not be underestimated.
Under the ground around the Aurors, a war was going on. The Sand Snakes were dragging scarabs tightly and killing these dangerous little guys one by one. The insect swarm was keenly aware of other magical powers. , also consciously changed the target and planned to gnaw out these "magical creatures" who didn't know where they came from first, but they could only track the magic power but could not gnaw it. The damage caused to these sand snakes was minimal, and most of their bodies were gnawed off by them. Even if the sand snakes become as thin as silk, they will still continue to strangle their prey mercilessly. After a brief confrontation, most of the scarab swarms that have been rampant in this pyramid for thousands of years were killed by these sand snakes.
Shahos was keenly aware of the source of these sand snakes and recalled the bugs.
He didn't plan to face a group of Aurors by himself. His strength had not yet recovered, and he was not sure about facing a group of Aurors. What's more, Noah had obviously left some back-up on these people.
But it was impossible to give up. He was far more familiar with this pyramid than this group of Aurors. If he lured this group of people into some trap and dispersed them, then...
As the swarm of insects faded away, the floating light on the wooden disk in Cooper's pocket gradually dimmed, and the entire wooden disk also became lighter from the original light green.
This is because the magic power stored inside has been consumed.
…
Noah, who was on the bottom floor, raised his head and looked in the direction above his head. A trace of dark green light flashed in his silver-gray eyes, but it quickly disappeared without a trace.
"More urgent than I thought." Noah put down the rigidity in his hand and picked up the other one, not in a hurry.
He dared to let Cooper come down with the Auror, and he was naturally prepared without asking.
If he hadn't spent too much magic power the day before, he wouldn't be reading it slowly and trying to translate it now.
Glancing at the numerous and messy stereotypes in front of him, Noah took a deep breath and hoped that he could finish it within twelve hours.
…
A hair-thin sand snake was moving under the sand. Suddenly, a scarab clawed its way out of the soil and crawled down, accurately cutting off the sand snake with its pincers.
The sand snake was cut into two pieces and scattered into ordinary gravel without a trace. But in the next second, several more sand snakes swam out of the sand layer, strangled the scarab directly, and then continued to move deeper.
This scene is not just an isolated incident, but something that happened in several corners of this pyramid.
Noah didn't really sit back and prepare to exchange terms with Shahos. After realizing that Shahos's scarabs had a problem, he sent out as many sand snakes with weak magic power as possible and dispersed them.
These sand snakes have average lethality because their magic power is too weak, but they are also difficult to detect because of their weak magic power. They will only be discovered if they are unlucky and are touched very close by a scarab.
He needed to find out where Shahos had hidden Li Xize, even a rough location would do.
Be prepared with both hands, who wouldn’t?
Noah calculated his current level of magic power consumption and had to temporarily stop some excess magic power withdrawals.
The illusion and shadow cloak that maintained the body were completely dissipated, revealing the original appearance of Noah himself, wearing casual clothes.
He looked at the tablet in his hand, and the parchment and quill beside him faithfully recorded all his thoughts, and then compared them one by one with the original ancient Egyptian text to explore the rules.
This guy really split, combined and rearranged the ancient Egyptian text in another way. Noah had a clue, but he was not sure yet.
Ancient Egyptian text itself is not very regular, and it becomes even more difficult to read after being rearranged. Even Noah found it difficult. He could only brainstorm and write down these stereotypes.
However, he does not necessarily need to decipher it now. Noah just thinks that it is rest time, and he can figure out as much as he can within the reserved time. The remaining time should be used to solve the next trouble.
