Chapter 342 Hidden Vine Stone Gate

Inside the ruins, after reading Zero's report in its entirety, Avis distractedly manipulated the Metal Cube while beginning to think about how to respond next.

He now vaguely understood that the purpose of Zero's special visit to inform him of the news was probably to make the four major families step up their guard, thereby further stimulating those marquises.

According to the information revealed in Zero's report, when Claire, or some other lucky person triggers the hidden conditions of the ruins and the true secret of this half of the ruins is revealed, I'm afraid these ninth-order people in the empire will start to cause chaos themselves.

However, Anvis believed that the Duke and his men would not be unprepared for external enemies. The current situation was just like having half an additional enemy.

The reason why it is said to be half is that when facing foreign enemies, the attitude of the marquises is also outward.

According to Anvis's memories from his previous life, perhaps one or two marquises really defected to the foreign enemy, but most of the marquises still maintained their loyalty to the empire even on the eve of the full-scale outbreak of the war when little Anvis used the wishing ball.

It is true that he has made many changes to the destiny line in this life, but the things he has done have not affected the situation in the empire and will not change the judgment of the ninth-level strongman.

While analyzing the situation, Avis began to consider how to deal with Zero, the unstable factor.

Although there is an undercover agent in the enemy camp, and he is an undercover agent in the management level, it feels really good.

However, this guy's ability to stir up trouble and set the pace is too strong.

We have to find a way to deal with him——

"Brother, come and have a look, I seem to have just discovered a brand new underground passage!"

At this time, Fiona's voice floated over from afar.

"A brand new passage?"

Hearing the voice, Avis looked over with some surprise, only to find that the girl had walked down an old rock staircase and entered the underground level of the ruins.

They are currently in the city's original magic tower. It was Fiona's idea to explore this place. She felt that this huge platinum spire was very conspicuous and the probability of finding golden runes should be greater.

This view is not wrong, but as one of the landmark buildings in this heritage city, many other students would have the same idea.

It is not an easy task to discover new passages here.

Avis followed the sound and walked down the stone steps, and found that the girl was now standing next to a strange stone door.

The stone gate is a rare perfect circle, and the door frame is embossed with a pattern of thorny black vines and blood orchids intertwined.

At this moment, the two halves of the stone door that were originally tightly closed had opened, revealing a dark corridor behind it that led to an unknown destination.

Seeing this scene, Avis's eyes became a little solemn.

In the culture of the high elves, the blood orchid is regarded as an ominous flower. Just as the blue star represents the number of the devil, its use is often avoided except in some special circumstances.

The round stone door has the meaning of the moon and the seal. This round door engraved with blood orchid probably symbolizes that something very dangerous was once sealed inside the door.

"Brother, look, there was no door here just now. Kate helped me find it! When I entered this basement, she suddenly pointed in the direction of the wall. I touched the bricks on the wall, and then 'pop', the door appeared! Is this the hidden structure that father mentioned, the one we need to pay attention to?"

Seeing Avis coming, the girl became extremely excited without him asking, and told the whole process of discovering this strange door in a nutshell.

She also used the crystal staff in her hand as a stick and pointed at the stone brick on the wall that she had just touched.

"Wait a minute, Fei, let me check."

Following the direction pointed by the girl, Avis checked the surrounding environment.

There was only a faint decorative pattern on the surface of the yellowed stone brick, and there was no magical fluctuation, so it was unclear what the connection was with the opening of the door.

Moreover, there are fresh traces of exploration everywhere in this basement, which must have been explored by more than one group of students before.

After thinking for a while, he took out the 3D topographic map of the ruins stored in the crystal ball and compared it with the terrain above.

Yes, Anvis had already obtained the topographic map of the ruins that the Duke had personally explored from Duke Carrot. Fiona also had a copy, which was also part of the students' own equipment.

Maybe it's not fair to other students who don't have topographic maps, but after all, he has a ninth-level father.

After comparing the records, Avis discovered that the map structure recorded in the crystal ball did not include this door and the passage behind it.

In other words, this is exactly the hidden structure that the Duke and others hope to trigger. Everything behind the door is unknown. There may be opportunities, but it also comes with huge risks.

"I think you're right, Fei, you did find a new hidden passage! Well done!"

After realizing this, Avis praised the girl highly.

"Hehe, it's just luck...Brother, should we go in?"

After receiving Avis' praise, the girl was in a good mood and her tone became much lighter.

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"No, the risk of exploring this passage is too high. The special shape and pattern of the door indicate that something dangerous was once sealed inside. I'm afraid father would not want to see you go in."

In response to the girl's question, Avis shook his head and briefly explained to her the meaning of the pattern on the door.

"Do you know, Fei? The reason why we came here for this competition is because after many ninth-level crowns explored the ruins, there are still some very important things that have not been discovered.

In order to trigger the hidden conditions of the ruins, the academy agreed to let us come here, just like you just discovered this door. And all students are under the care of the ninth level throughout the process to avoid accidents. "

"I think my father was watching us the whole time, including when you discovered this hidden passage."

"Eh! Is that so? Father has been watching us?"

After listening to Avis' explanation, Fiona nodded in understanding.

"So what should we do now?"

"You don't have to do anything. Just leave here and explore other places. Father should explore this place himself."

Avis spread his hands slightly and made a gesture to leave immediately.

As they were talking, new footsteps suddenly sounded on the stairs behind them. A team of students with an average rank of 2nd or 3rd level walked down the stairs.

The team was a little surprised to see the strange round door on the basement wall, and Avis and Fiona standing beside the door.

"Hello, we accidentally triggered the passage over there. It may be dangerous inside. Please be careful if you want to explore it."

Seeing the new arrivals, Fiona kindly gave them a reminder to prevent them from getting into danger.

"Hello, have you also found this kind of door?"

However, a red-haired girl in the team looked at the door and was not surprised. Instead, she asked back with some confusion.

Coo coo coo, there will be another chapter later

(End of this chapter)