Chapter 54: The Mirror of Rules
"This is just a burglar."
Gu Xi took a look at Shaya's current attributes and immediately made a corresponding judgment in his heart.
The strength and skills are fine, but her talents and attributes, if she were a tank, that would be great.
But how come she's a thief instead?
Although thinking like this in his heart, Gu Xi still walked to Shaya.
"Shaya?"
"Mm, here, sir..."
Shaya seemed to recall Gu Xi's identity, hesitated for a moment, and then corrected herself.
"How did you end up like this?"
Gu Xi was still more concerned about Shaya's situation.
Regarding Gu Xi's question, Shaya was also somewhat helpless, "My mentor went to run the land deed for you, I thought I knew a few people, so I secretly followed out.
I originally thought if the owner of this place didn't agree to the exchange, I would give them a hard time, but unexpectedly, the situation behind the ruins was like this, and I fell into it accidentally."
Speaking of this, Shaya raised her hand and looked at the faint magic lines on her skin, she also knew she couldn't go back.
Even if the mentor of the Fate Compass cared about her, they wouldn't let an undead continue studying there.
Seeing Shaya like this, Gu Xi thought for a moment and then said, "I know what you're thinking, and we still have some time, so you can go back and take a look.
Because of your situation, your mentor looked quite upset, this time you go back, even if it's just to say goodbye."
Shaya looked at Gu Xi seriously and nodded, "Okay."
While Gu Xi and Shaya were talking, Luna floated over from nearby.
"Sir, come and take a look, I found something else."
Hearing this, Gu Xi waved at Shaya, letting her leave on her own, and then followed Luna to a position behind the small building.
The building materials that had fallen before had already been moved away, and Gu Xi could see that there was a basement here as well.
But unlike the basement with hanging corpses, this basement was obviously much smaller. Although it was also not very clean, it was not full of corpses like the previous basement.
In this basement, besides an extinguished crucible, there was only a broken mirror on the wall.
When Gu Xi came in, his gaze fell on the mirror.
"This is... a Mirror of Rules?"
Luna had never seen a Mirror of Rules, so she didn't know what Gu Xi was talking about, but she still said, "Sir, this should be the special power affecting the outside."
While Luna was speaking, Gu Xi's hand had already touched the broken mirror.
[Magic Mirror of Rules (White, Broken): A mirror that can write three rules, both true and false, and influence others through the rules. As long as the rules are not broken, others cannot discover secrets within the rule's range.]
[Rule 1: This ruin is ownerless (Broken)]
[Rule 2: The ownership of this ruin is undecided (Broken)]
[Rule 3: Anyone entering this ruin from the front must leave from the side (Broken)]
[Note: The Mirror of Rules is broken and cannot be used again.]
Looking at the description in front of him, Gu Xi knew that this place was where the Mirror of Rules was placed.
Those twisted mages had used the Mirror of Rules to take over this place and turn it into their own territory.
These mages didn't even think about getting the land deed, they just wanted to occupy it for free.
As a result, they met Gu Xi, who not only took the land but also their lives.
However, this also made Gu Xi discover an interesting thing, the Mirror of Rules could be used this way.
Gu Xi thought for a moment, didn't he have a Mirror of Rules?
Although it was a strange one, different from the one used to hide the entire ruin, the situation was the same.
Just as this [Magic Mirror of Rules] was broken, Gu Xi simply took out his [Strange Mirror of Rules], removing the broken [Magic Mirror of Rules].
As the [Strange Mirror of Rules] was hung up, a ding sound rang in Gu Xi's ear.
[Do you want to activate the Strange Mirror of Rules? Please set the range and rules.]
Gu Xi glanced at the mirror and found that the mirror displayed a map from a bird's-eye view. Gu Xi drew the range of the ruins and began writing three rules.
"First rule, the person with the land deed is the owner of this place."
After speaking, Gu Xi took out the land deed for this place and displayed it in front of the mirror.
"Second rule, only with the owner's permission can outsiders enter through the main gate, and when the owner sends guests away, outsiders must leave."
"Third rule, those who enter this place without the owner's permission are enemies, and will die from various means set up by the owner. After death, their bodies and souls will merge into this place, becoming part of its servants."
As the three rules were established, the [Strange Mirror of Rules] was fixed on the wall.
Then Gu Xi felt a slight tremor in the nearby ground, as if something had merged into the ground.
However, the new rules did not affect Gu Xi's undead servants, who were still moving various materials back to Aridowei.
Soon, the collapsed small building was cleared, and even the ruins used to deceive the public's eyes were all taken away.
Luna, who had been paying attention to this matter, floated in front of Gu Xi.
"I've been keeping an eye on it, we've transported 35 units of stone, 29 units of wood, 4 units of metal, one twisted mage's corpse, and three decorative oil paintings.
Oh, and we found a lot of bones in the back, some human, and some large animal bones. Some of the bones even have some magic power, we've already transported them to Aridowei."
"Good job."
Gu Xi could see that all visible items had been taken away by the skeleton soldiers, leaving a flat ground where the ruins had been.
Even the flowers in the front garden were uprooted and taken away. Seeing this, Gu Xi couldn't help but admire the meticulousness of the skeleton soldiers.
"You go back first. I'll find someone to rebuild this small building in the next two days. Once it's done, I'll let you place the hearthstone."
"Okay, but sir, will two days be enough?"
"Before coming here, I might have been worried, but after being here, I'm not worried anymore. Since there can be mages here, some other construction methods aren't impossible."
Hearing Gu Xi's words, Luna understood that there was some logic to it.
She didn't say anything more and went back to Aridowei through the city gate with the skeleton soldiers.
There were still many things waiting for Luna on the other side. At least, this time's harvest needed time to organize, and those corpses also needed to be arranged.