This was Kaizo's first time using Floo, and it definitely didn't feel good. After being engulfed by the flames, he seemed to be sucked into a huge hole and his body seemed to be spinning rapidly… The whistling sound in his ears was defening… The short few seconds felt like days to him. It wasn't until he felt the cold winter wind howling in his ears that he realized that he had reached his destination.
Kaizo looked up and saw that he was in front of an open fireplace, in a small house of a small village. The village is not that much big, with a rough count of about 14-15 houses. Because this is a mountainous area, the entire village was actually built on a hillside, and the heights of the houses are very obvious.
The most conspicuous thing in the village is the windmill at the highest point, which looked like a giant with a white hat under the dim night sky. It was Christmas eve today, thus there was a fine amount of snow falling from the sky. Both the ground and the roofs of the houses were completely white, and all the houses were brightly lit.
Everyone was celebrating Christmas inside their homes, and there was basically no one outside. This is Kaizo's destination, the village known as Irondale.
Kaizo tightened his thick robe, took out his wand, and applied a series of spells on himself.
"The Toughness of the Bear, Strength of the Bull, Elegance of the Cat, Majesty of the Eagle, Cunning of the Fox, Wisdom of the Owl, Mana Armor, Frost Armor, were applied on himself."
He decided to strengthen himself in all aspects before going up. With the help of magic, Kaizo's physical fitness surpasses that of ordinary people in all aspects. A little bit of wind and snow didn't affect him at all. Walking along the road in Irondale, at his speed he walked for about 20 minutes before he saw the terrain similar to that in the game which he had played.
Besides, the game is just a game and can only be used as a reference. In reality, both Irondale and this hill are much bigger than the one shown in game. When he came to the familiar steep hillside, Kaizo did not go any further. Instead he came to a cliff on the left and cast a [Splik] spell on himself.
[Splik] is a spell which gives him the ability to walk on walls like a spider.
After confirming that there was no one else nearby, he climbed down the side of mountain wall. It didn't take long for him to see the open space hidden in the mountain wall below.
There he saw some familiar stone formations in the open space. However, the stone formation at this time was covered with a layer of white snow, and there was neither the Mooncalf nor any mysterious symbols. Kaizo didn't take any of this seriously either, because his real destination is not here either.
He walked further and soon saw a smooth mountain wall. This made him frown. If the game is right, then there is a huge underground palace hidden in the mountain in front of him, and there is a treasure called "Moonstone" hidden deep in this underground palace.
Although he doesn't know why [Legend Comprehension] had shown his a prophecy of this place, there is no doubt that if a Griffin's beak cannot be found outside, then it is probably hidden in this underground palace.
But what should have been the entrance to an underground palace is now a natural cave wall. Could it be that his memory is wrong?
Kaizo thought for a while and simply closed his eyes?
[Psychic Sight]
The power of the mind turned into tentacles and spread forward, quickly breaching through the so called cave wall in front of him. But Kaizo's mind tentacles were easily able to go through this cave wall, and were even able to sink in deeper.
This shows that the so-called "cave wall" is not what is seems. This means that the cave wall is just an illusion.
"Illusion magic?"
Kaizo frowned, sensing that something was wrong? He immediately chose to use [Identification Technique] on the mountain wall carefully. Sure enough, he found some clues. In addition to Illusion Magic, Kaizo also noticed traces of wards and [Repello Muggletum], and these spells and wards should have been erected just a short while ago.
Obviously, there's someone inside.
"Sneaking here on Christmas Eve should either be a dark wizard or a poacher. Anyway, there definitely shouldn't be a good person here."
"Well, I … should be considered a good person right?"
Kaizo immediately made a judgement, it seems that it was a right choice to add so many buffs on himself in advance. For a while, Kaizo began to wonder if he should just leave.
After all, he has only been exposed to magic for less than half a year, and he is in a period of insignificant development. It's not the right time to show off his strength, and he shouldn't try to confront others head on right now. With his current strength, he can handle 1-2 dark wizards.
But if he encounters more than 2 dark wizards, he wouldn't be able to deal with them. However, when he thought that a chance of finding Griffin beak that he had obtained would now be lost like this, he was a little unwilling to accept this situation. What if the Griffin beak is the target of these people?
What if one of them has the Griffin's beak?
If he escapes tonight, who knows when he will be able to find clues about the Griffin's beak next time.
"How about I go in first to see the situation and then make a decision?"
"My [Invisibility] spell is pretty good, so I can rely on it to go and investigate. As long as I'm careful, I shouldn't be discovered by them"
"Besides, what if the dark wizards inside are not strong, and maybe I can get a chance to secretly take the Griffin's beak. Wouldn't that be a profit?"
"Anyway, I'm just going to explore first. If it's dangerous inside, then I can just run. It's too cowardly to run even before checking the situation."
After a few minutes of careful consideration, Kaizo made his decision and cast the [Invisibility] spell on him, then carefully bypassed the wards and entered the underground passage. Walking straight inside the cave, he realized that the space inside is pretty big.
At the end of a corridor, there is an open circular stone chamber, about 20-30 square meters. Kaizo looked around the room. The surrounding walls were composed of stone bricks and large stone slabs. The stone walls were covered with ancient Celtic style and were surrounded by moss.
There were lightning torches on the walls. According to Kaizo's observation, this was not the Gubraithian Fire. In other words, these were all set on fire by the previous wave of visitors. The stone chamber is surrounded by four corridors, one is the direction he came from, and the other three are on the left and right sides and directly opposite the entrance.
But the corridors on the right and opposite sides have collapsed over the years and are inaccessible. Only the corridor on the left is still open. Kaizo stepped forward, tested it with his spirit power, and confirmed that there was no one else behind the door. Then he opened the door slightly and continued forward.
Seeing another long and deep corridor in front ofhim, Kaizo stepped lightly and carefully walked to the end of the corridor, where there was another stone door. He came to the door and used his spiritual power to conduct reconnaissanceas before. Unlike last time, this time he heard the sound of human conversation.
Kaizo heard a male voice say:"Have you hidden any wine? It's too boring to stay here and look after the door. Why don't we drink some wine?"
Immediately afterwards, an English speaker with a serious accent that Kaizo could not recognize responded:" Are you crazy? If the boss knows that we drink while guarding the door, he will kill us!"
"What's the big deal?" The first voice said confidently,"On a good Christmas Eve, everyone is obviously staying by warm fire with their families, but we are the only ones who have to stay in this cold tomb with a bunch of people. This is too bad in terms of treatment, why don't we just take a few sips?"
"Maybe…you are right?" The man with the accent seemed to be convinced, so there was a rustling sound behind the door, and soon he heard the crisp sound of the glass bottle cap colliding with the stone, and the air pressure sound being released from the bottle.
It seems that they have the wine. After hearing this, Kaizo realised that his opportunity was coming.
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