Chapter 225: Painting Fragment "Waste Stone"
When the flowing light footprints that appeared out of nowhere were discovered by everyone, they instantly accelerated and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
Everyone hurried to chase after them, some used magic to block their way, and some rushed forward to surround and intercept them.
But the unidentified object that left the footprints was not only extremely fast, but also seemed to be very small. Stellan aimed in the right direction and pounced on it, but she failed to catch it!
Seeing the footprints getting farther and farther away, at this moment, an entire corridor in front suddenly burst into endless plants, filling it up in the blink of an eye!
"Good job!" Stellan praised, "That blocks it."
But when she turned around to see which smart person cast the magic, her expression froze and she turned her head away silently.
Because it was Lizna who had held back a big move, she still had no expression on her face, but her face paled a little as she said, "If you keep on being dazed, that thing will escape."
"I'm not daydreaming," Stellan muttered, and quickly went into the corridor. The dense plants made way for her.
After a while, she came back holding a struggling silver insect.
【Dung Beetle (Invisible Version)】
According to Gong Qiying's setting, it will hang on the ceiling of the corridor outside the door of the third spade room. When the adventurer opens the spade door, it will quickly slip away, leaving only faint footprints as a clue.
From a practical point of view, if Weinmah hadn't discovered it, I'm afraid that others would never find the dung beetle even if they wandered around here until they died. It is small in size and fast in speed, no wonder Japar and the others didn't notice it either.
Liznai's magic was of great help. If there were no plants to block it, the dung beetle would have specifically picked the pile of monsters and drilled in. It would have to drill in at least three or four times before it could slow down.
At the beginning, Gong Qiying also considered using the magical animal "Sniff" to replace the dung beetle, but after thinking about it, he still didn't want to see the scene of cute little animals being killed. The dung beetle would be left alone, because no one would cook a dung beetle, right?
"What should we do with this thing?"
Just as the question was raised, the dung beetle suddenly trembled and died.
Stellan blinked and said innocently, "I promise I didn't do anything."
"It doesn't matter." Weinmah shook her head, because the dung beetle turned into ashes after its death. A purple light spot fell out of the ashes, which was the Red Heart Key.
This group of elves were the first adventurers to discover the Red Heart Key.
"It's hard to catch up with this bug in an emergency, and you have to kill it to get the key. It's so authentic, this is the pure Sion dungeon design."
Stellan sighed as she opened the Red Heart Door, and it was unclear whether what she said was a sigh from the heart or irony.
“Ka--”
"Huh?"
The lock is clearly open, but the door cannot be opened?
No, it’s not that they can’t open the door, but there is a force in the room that resists them from opening the door!
"Sister, it's time to exercise your trash's strength. Let me do it." Melgar smiled and grabbed the door handle.
“Huh!?” She then showed a surprised expression, and tried her best to pull it but still couldn’t.
"Let me try." The cool elf guy also came. He looked confident, but after a few seconds, he looked confused.
Seeing the three strongest people on the team being defeated, Lizna tilted her head and grabbed the door handle with the mentality of giving it a try.
With a creaky sound, the door opened easily.
"Uooohhh!"
The elves were now in an uproar. Who could have thought that the frail Lizna could so easily open the door that even Stellan couldn't!
"You are still a hidden arm wrestler!"
Lizna tilted her head in confusion. She really just pulled the door lightly and it opened, so why couldn't others open it?
Could it be that I am really a hidden strongman!
She raised her skinny arms and tried to flex her muscles. How could there be such a skinny strongman?
No, it has nothing to do with strength. It must be that Lizna has some condition that the other three do not have.
Weienma thought so, but since the door was opened, she would think about the reason later. Now was the time to collect information.
"Star Magic"
The moment she came into contact with the pyroxene magic gravel, she realized that star magic was something that was in line with her philosophy, and she wanted to absorb all the relevant knowledge in this academy!
When she finished looking at the two murals and saw the magician's ball, she realized that the monster contained extremely pure pyroxene, which was a deeper level of star magic, just like the "evolution" of the magician wandering in the classroom area. In addition, the pyroxene stone cover.
So she put forward a bold hypothesis that the magician's ball was transformed by a magician who studied star magic!
This was just her subjective guess, so she did not give any explanation to the other elves. If she guessed wrong, she would be slapped in the face.
Weienma thought, since the Spade Room revealed the origin of the Rhea Lukalia School of Magic and the evolution of the suspected magician, then the Heart Room should explain why this phenomenon occurred, right?
With such expectation, she looked into the room, but——
"A portrait?" Others expressed her doubts for her.
A portrait that is a few centimeters larger than the one hanging in the corridor hangs on the wall opposite the door.
He was a man wearing an ordinary magician's robe. He was inconspicuous no matter how you looked at him. He had ordinary facial features and a kind but evasive look in his eyes. He seemed like one of those nice guys with little self-confidence. Such people are usually good targets for bullying.
The only thing that caught his attention was probably his bald head.
In the outside world, even the sloppiest magician would pay attention to his image, and bald heads are quite rare.
But the key is who is this?
There is no name written nearby. Perhaps, like the portrait outside, there is a biography of this bald magician on the back of the painting?
Weinmah walked over and tried to take it off, but she stopped when she was just a few steps away from touching it because an invisible protective shield blocked her progress.
With this protective shield in place, no outsider can touch the portrait.
This makes people wonder, who is this man, and why is his portrait hung here alone? If he has made significant contributions to the academy like the people in the portraits outside, why not hang them side by side?
【Respect, my mentor】
Suddenly, a line of text appeared before her eyes.
Mentor? Sure enough, this person is also a mentor at the magic academy.
Along with the words, there was also a spirit.
The spirit was wearing armor of an unfamiliar style, but one could not help but associate the armor with the White Wolf. He held a simple staff in his left hand and a greatsword that emitted a light similar to moonlight in his right hand. He nodded slightly in respect to the portrait of the bald magician.
This line of text should have been left by him, so he must be the student of this magician.
Although he was just a spirit, Weinmah was able to sense it keenly - this person was very strong, extremely strong, and could kill her in an instant!
She couldn't help but take a step back and realized that everyone was staring at her.
"Ahem." Weinmah turned her head with a normal expression, and looked at the portrait with respect in her eyes.
To be respected as a mentor by an unknown powerful being, he must be a master of magic.
Thinking of this, Weinmā felt a little envious. If the student was so strong, then the mentor would surely be able to enjoy wealth and glory for the rest of his life, living a carefree and happy life.
As the spirit dissipated, new words appeared.
[Offer runes, only ten runes]
What is a Rune?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. At this moment, Stellan suddenly took out an object that looked like a coin from her waist bag. The shape of the object was not fixed and it emitted a faint golden light. She said, "Maybe it's mine?"
【Golden Rune (1)】, this is the item she and Leon obtained when they explored the academy, and each of them was given one.
"Let's give it a try." Wei'enma nodded.
Stellan placed the golden Rune outside the protective shield. A light flashed quickly, and the place where the Rune was originally located had turned into a purple light spot.
Can I actually exchange it for purple props?
She quickly picked up the light spot, but was stunned when she saw what it was.
[Painting fragment "waste stone" 1]
[A fragment of a painting that records the life story of Tops, a magician who calls himself "Waste Stone". From it, we can see a corner of the dilapidated church where he first met his student]
[If you can collect all the fragments of the painting, you may be able to recreate the story of that year in the painting world]
New painting fragments! ?
This is the third painting fragment to be discovered after Wolf Rider and Hawkwood!
Stefanie took some time to explain to everyone what the painting fragments were, and then everyone had some understanding of the value of this thing.
"It should be able to sell for a lot of money." Melgar's eyes sparkled.
"Is your empty brain supported by copper coins?" Liznai retorted to her, and the two began to bicker with each other again.
“Where can we gather the remaining fragments?” asked Weinmah.
Stellan shook her head. The appearance of painting fragments was random. No one knew whether a random light spot on the roadside might be a fragment. In other words, if you wanted to collect them all, you could only rely on luck and time.
Weinmah nodded, not showing any disappointment. It was hard to say whether it was luck or not, but the thing that elves had the most was time.
Although there were no secrets of star magic hidden in the Red Heart Room, a mysterious magic master was enough to arouse her interest.
She began to live in Bede City, and perhaps in Lienia of the Lake, until luck and time brought the remaining fragments.
In addition, it turns out that the name of this magic master is Tops, so why does he call himself Waste Stone?
New doubts appeared in her mind.
So far, the secrets of all the printed rooms in the magic classroom area have been explored, the big puzzles that are laid out in the open have been solved, and only scattered small puzzles are left waiting for other adventurers to solve.
People are very enthusiastic and quick in completing the game. How long has the new area been open? Less than two weeks.
I always feel that after the adventurers get used to the different rules of the Vaal Dungeon, they will be able to complete the first theme level within two months.
The elves did not stay in the classroom area and went straight to the seal. Mugram, who was guarding the seal, caused them some trouble.
Almost all the elves know magic, which provides Mugram's [Return of Kalia] with an endless supply of magic swords, and even turns it into fire suppression!
But after a hard fight, they won, all thanks to Stellan.
Because she was familiar with the strategy written by Luluwo and others!
Touch the seal, a faint light will appear, and you will be teleported.
She seemed to have smelled the moist air of Lake Lienia. Although there were many places here that left her with psychological trauma, the scenery was beautiful.
She was looking forward to seeing the expressions of the elves after seeing the scenery of the lake area. Maybe they would even exclaim in surprise.
After a minute of waiting in the dark, Stellan opened her eyes again, only to find that -
"Where did everyone go?"
In front of her was a huge bonfire burning brightly, and she was the only one standing in front of the academy gate!
Why is it here?
At the same time, the elves who were thrown randomly into a corner of the lake area were also confused.
"Where's Stellan?"
(End of this chapter)
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