Chapter 46: What to use, a sword?
Edith glanced around and confirmed that everyone only heard Ursula's words and didn't notice the action of stuffing the paper ball, so she casually explained: "I met her in the library before."
Everyone understood instantly that in the internal library, one could always run into some legendary figures.
When everyone turned around, Edith secretly opened the paper ball and took a look, and was amazed.
It turned out to be a one-time sound transmission magic array!
There was also a note wrapped in the magic circle, which simply stated that due to the changes in the competition system of this promotion competition, she could not provide clues or help, but allowed Edith to ask questions through voice transmission in a safe environment without anyone else around.
Edith frowned.
She couldn't provide any clues or help... Doesn't that mean that the academy didn't take any protective measures in the cave for this competition?
That's right, since it's a new site that no one has explored, it's normal to have no measures - but it's not normal to let students come in and explore.
"Everyone, please be careful. Hold the scroll tightly in your hands. If anything goes wrong, leave immediately." Edith put away the papers and walked to the front. "Since it is a group score, leaving does not mean that you will not be able to enter the finals."
"Can the scroll take away the things on the body?" Mu Lin asked. "The score is determined by the amount of substances found. There will definitely be a large bag at the end, which will slow down the speed. It would be better if the people who leave can take some away with them."
Everyone had similar doubts, but they were soon dispelled.
——What a big bag! There is nothing in it.
......
"I'm so tired."
The boy sat on a raised stone, and then he jumped up because of the unclear sharp point on it. "Is this really a ruin? Forget about the things, there is not even a trace of life!"
"It shouldn't be." Xia Zhi narrowed her eyes and observed the things on the rock wall. She gently wiped it with her hand, and a little powdery dark green substance fell into her palm. "There are traces of moss here, which means it was wet for at least a period of time. Where there is water, there are people living here. Let's go down a little further."
"We have to go down further." The boy complained quietly, "There are no steps here. We have to climb up by stepping on the bumps on the rocks. It's really tiring."
"There isn't much food in the bag to begin with. At this rate, it will be gone in one day."
"Then just rob others." Xia Zhi said without even raising her head.
The mandatory call-up time for the competition is three days later, and it is obviously not reliable to find food in the cave. The food in the backpack is enough to last for three days, but it is difficult to maintain high-intensity exercise.
If you want to compete, you must steal what belongs to others.
"If you ask me, just rob others of their materials." Qiao followed lazily, "Since you think there is something down there, others will definitely pass by. Why not stay here and grab the materials from those who come up, and grab the food from those who go down."
"Qiao!" Xia Zhi frowned, "What are you talking about!"
Grabbing food is a reasonable competition for resources, but directly grabbing materials seems a bit unscrupulous. In other words, this time there will be no scoring based on the process, otherwise the dean of the astrology department alone will be able to prevent them from advancing.
"What did I say?" Qiao spread his hands, looking innocent. "Anyway, I'm staying here. You can leave if you want."
"......" Xia Zhi hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't make up her mind to let the other person stay alone, "Hoover, you stay and watch him, and the rest of you follow me."
The boy called Hoover sat quietly next to Joe without saying a word.
Even though the remaining people were very reluctant to continue walking, they did not dare to disobey Xia Zhi's orders and could only follow closely with a sigh.
......
"Is this really a relic?" Tuttle, who claims to be knowledgeable, couldn't help but ask, "How can it be so clean..."
Generally, there will be traces of handprints, murals and the like on the rock walls of natural relics. As this is a mine, even if it does not have the above two items, there should be traces of friction from mine carts and ore staining.
But it's so clean here.
Belle raised the wand in her hand, letting the light from the tip of the wand illuminate the top of her head. "This isn't right either." She narrowed her eyes, "Since there was moss on the ground, there should have been water dripping from the top for a long time."
"But the roof here is flat, it doesn't look like it has been eroded. If it has collapsed, there are no holes or bulges on the ground." Bell squatted down and knocked on the ground. "It's very solid - was there this kind of reinforcement magic in ancient times?"
"No, at least not in the books," Tuttle confirmed. "The earliest reinforcement spell appeared 150 years ago. Before that, people could only strengthen objects by baking with fire spells or freezing them."
"But we were the first group to come in, and we were so fast. It's impossible for anyone to have walked here before." Edith knocked on the wall. "Could someone have been here before?"
"Didn't Her Royal Highness say that we are pioneers?" Mu Lin remembered every rule. "It's unlikely."
Edith seemed to be thinking about something. She spread her left hand palm inward and pressed it against the wall. She raised her wand in her right hand and said, "I'll check for traces of magic."
"Don't waste your magic power. Even if someone really came here, they must have wiped out all traces." Tuttle's face changed. "If you trace it back for too long, you will faint."
"It's okay. I know what I'm doing."
Edith closed her eyes and mobilized the magic power in her body to flow out from the wand that Hedda gave her.
Lin Qi said nothing, but silently took a step forward, ready to catch the person at any time.
Tuttle frowned, "It's useless to investigate a day ago at most—"
A blue halo suddenly appeared on the rock wall not far away.
Tuttle: "...Someone actually came here a day ago?"
"No, it wasn't a day ago." Edith took a deep breath and slowly stored the excess magic power back into her body. "It was seven days ago."
It's really magical that a cave with marks left by someone seven days ago was actually claimed to have appeared only three days ago.
Tuttle: "? Seven days?" He almost lost his voice, but his attention was not on this strange number. "You can actually trace the traces of magic seven days ago?"
Damn it, if the patrol police in the royal capital had this ability, they wouldn't have left so many cases unsolved!
"What spell? Is it an improved format, or is it a magic circle?" He couldn't wait to ask for details. "Damn it, is it just relying on the wand to gather magic power?"
"As long as enough magic power is released, we can even explore further." Edith shrugged, "Winning by sheer quantity, no special skills are needed."
There's no way, the last thing she lacks right now is talent.
Tuttle: "..."
It’s actually the most impossible way to learn.
Edith took Bell's outstretched hand and walked with the others to the place where the blue light was coming from. The person who left the mark seemed to be very careful and had done a lot of work to erase the traces of magic, leaving only a small stain.
Edith frowned and stroked the marks on the wall with her fingertips: "Why are other places cleaned up, but not here..."
As she murmured, her fingers suddenly felt a roughness, as if they were being rubbed by sand.
Edith: “?”
When she exerted a little force, the concave feeling on her fingers became more obvious, which was different from the obvious feeling of obstruction when she knocked on the wall just now.
She silently took a step back and raised her chin towards Lin Qi, "You do the digging."
Lin Qi's eyes were dazed: "Dig?"
With what, a sword?
"We have no other tools, so we can only use swords." Edith said matter-of-factly, "Don't worry, I'll put a protective shield on you, so it won't wear out."
Lin Qi looked at his precious sword reluctantly, but he finally pulled it out and gently scraped it in the direction Edith directed. The "soil" on the surface gradually disappeared under his persistent rubbing, revealing the khaki bag underneath.
There was no need for Edith to say more. The stunned crowd immediately moved, lighting, blowing away the dust, and moving out carefully, all in one go.
"There's something in the wall!" Amy exclaimed exaggeratedly.
Although the others didn't say anything, they wanted to express the same meaning.
Edith actually found a special item!
The bag was placed intact on the ground covered with a mat, and the pattern of the magic circle on the surface flashed by. Everyone gathered around and came forward, and no one dared to make any rash moves.
"The workmanship of the bag itself is good, and with the Transfiguration Charm, it directly merges with the earth wall." Mu Lin was still frightened. "Fortunately, Edith decided to let Lynch go after she sensed something was wrong. Otherwise, if a fireball really went down, everything would definitely be burned to ashes."
"It's amazing that they can look the same and feel the same." Edith became a little curious about the person who hid the things. But this curiosity only lasted for a few seconds - what was in the bag was more attractive.
The rope loosened and everyone gasped in agreement.
Three plants of different varieties and a small piece of black mineral seemed to be everything they needed!
"What kind of stone is this?" Mulin handed it to Tuttle, who got the answer after just one glance. "Black crystal ore." He said firmly, "It is said that it was very popular before the establishment of the kingdom, but it was mined out within ten years of the establishment of the kingdom."
"It is said that in addition to its basic function of providing energy, wearing it for a long time can also help improve health and even luck. It is regarded as the 'Eye of the Goddess.'" Tattle's eyes sparkled. He touched the ore carefully and confirmed again, "This is it."
I didn't expect to see something here that should have disappeared long ago.
It was translucent under the light, the surface shimmered slightly, it emitted purple light in the dark, and heat could be felt within a finger's width of the ore - everything matched what was in the book.
"The timing is right. It's normal for ancient ruins to contain something like this." Edith nodded and smiled a little. "Forty points."
If she was not mistaken, the magic circle drawn on the bag had the dual functions of perception and protection. The light touch she just made might have been known by the person who hid the things here.
But it doesn't matter.
Thanks to this unknown treasure collector for the points!
......
After finding the bag, everyone's luck suddenly improved. Although everyone couldn't search intensively due to the magic reserve problem, they could still touch the walls and blow away the dust on the ground.
Inspired by Edith's discovery, everyone's enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high. Although no new hiding places were found, several herbs hidden under the piles of earth were discovered.
"Most of it is repetitive, but we are moving forward steadily." Mulin likes this steady feeling. She touched the bag in Edith's hand and looked satisfied. "At least we won't be at the bottom now."
"That's not necessarily true. Not only do we have to be able to find it, but we also have to be able to keep it."
A voice suddenly appeared at the corner. Everyone looked up warily and met a pair of strange eyes full of amusement.
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