Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1045 Act 372 Empire Rainstorm VII
Jita turned around, and a pair of ruby-like eyes were staring at her in the darkness. There was a faint light shining between the shadows. It was the head of a giant snake. Its surface seemed to be made of marble, cold and hard, with gray stone-like scales biting each other, smooth and beautiful.

Miss Scholar looked up at this scene quietly, without any fear in her heart. Snakes are the most beautiful and mysterious things in magic stories, not to mention she has already seen that this giant snake is just a giant stone statue.

The giant snake slowly opened its mouth, revealing its sharp stone teeth, and behind its throat was a tunnel as tall as a person.Jita looked at the dark staircase, but it was definitely not a secret passage, or this stone statue should not appear in this place at this moment.

She glanced back, as if she was no longer in the previous small room, the constraints of the surrounding space disappeared, the stone wall seemed to recede, and the ceiling disappeared, leaving only the statue of the girl in the center and the giant snake behind her.

At this moment, she was in a boundless darkness, just like the previous spell perception, the gray body of the giant snake wandered in the darkness, almost without end.

Jita looked back at the scriptures on the girl's stone arm:

Is that an activation spell?But it didn't look like it, she didn't feel any changes from that scripture.

A wizard is most sensitive to changes in the ether, but the silence of the ether in the small room before spread like a layer of lifeless dust on the ground, and that was just an ordinary text.

Like a prayer on a plinth of an icon.

It is generally believed that there is some kind of power, and the chanting and reciting in unison will attract a glimpse of the Holy One, or at least the parade of angels; but the sacred atmosphere in the cathedral is more or less exaggerated, and those are just the most ordinary words without magic power——

Naturally, it is impossible for the Saints of Orin to cast a glance because they are not so keen on mortal affairs.

This is a theory among wizards.Jita is a naturalist, so she naturally agrees with this point of view—there are holy beings in Aetalia, but the gods don't necessarily pay attention to mortals, they only cast their eyes occasionally.

She happened to have seen all of that with her own eyes. Not only was Fang Plover chosen by Ms. Ameiya, Ms. Marlan also cast a glance at him. After witnessing that scene, she would naturally not be interested in rumors in the general sense.

But how did this giant snake get here?
She is a little cautious.

Maybe just someone stepping into this small room will start all this?Is this the giant snake that those people said before? It belongs to the Karlier family, but how did the mage of the mind snake bring it here?
Was it the cause of the previous movement?But this is obviously just a stone statue.

Although this is a gathering place for mages, and it's not a big deal that the stone statue can move, but she didn't feel any magic flow from the giant snake. In other words, it is not a stone golem, nor is it a magical creature.

Jita thought about it for a while, and suddenly said to the giant snake:
"Why am I here?"

It's just that when the girl opened her mouth, what came out of her mouth was just a series of notes with unknown meaning, mixed with countless noises, like a low resonance, buzzing in the darkness.

That is the secret text.

Born out of the original pronunciation of the dragon and the mixed language between the goblin writing, the Numi elves sorted out a part of the ancient texts and taught them to mortals, which is similar to the spelling writing of alchemists.

After a while, a voice echoed from the giant snake's head: "Old noble one, come forward."

A faint light flashed in Jita's eyes.

For a practitioner who is engaged in mysticism, if he does not understand, then the easiest way is to ask. Most of the mysterious things must be answered. After all, there must be a reason for this giant snake to appear here.

In Etalia, most people, whether they are wizards or witches, firmly believe in the ancient power of language.

That is the basis on which magical beings can organize and regulate their spells - although the wand is another basis.But in the era when there was no magic wand, elves, snakemen and dragons also cast spells in such an ancient and mysterious way.

Although she is only a chosen one, she also understands that the magic world has its own rules.

After all, the people who built this world used what they saw and heard to build everything, and most of what she saw behind this star gate were things like this. Atalia itself was not created by the chosen ones.

After getting this answer, Jita knew that she should have triggered a certain condition.

Because wizards will not call every uninvited guest a 'visitor', let alone 'noble'. According to the personality of most of them, it is common for them to place heavy spell restrictions on their secret portals.

A bolt of lightning, or a flame, or a poisonous snake conjured by a spell, are the things that make ordinary people shy away from them, and they will not be so polite to others.

So is this a mechanism left by the psions of Karlier?

So how did I trigger it?

She looked back at the statue of the girl again, and this time, she suddenly felt something. The magic book appeared in her hand, and she gently stretched out her hand to cover the metal title page of Gullier's Book. As a naturalist, she trusted her magic book the most, of course.

At the point where the fingertips meet the page, a strange feeling suddenly appeared, like a weak wind, and the air flow supported her fingertips. Naturally, Miss Naturalist would not feel that it was the flow of ether.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at the giant snake—was her magic book triggering this mechanism?
Jita looked at the dark entrance of the corridor, and the stone statue of the giant snake was repeating that sentence, and the voice buzzed and echoed in the dark space:
"Old and noble ones, come forward."

Is this an invitation?

The ancient nobles are said to be the holders of grimoires.

Or is it her?

But once she figured out why she came to this space, she settled down, thought about it and continued to walk forward, passing through the stone teeth of the giant snake, and entering the secret passage behind.Most of the casters are cautious, but all of them have sufficient curiosity and strong confidence in their own spells.

Now that she has come to this place, it is impossible for her to stop and not go forward. Even if she encounters some troubles, at least there is still a way out.

Before entering the tunnel, Jita took a look at the two crystals floating not far from her—one was a communication crystal, but that crystal had already dimmed. Since entering the large tomb, that crystal had lost its effect under the mystical barrier set up by the mages.The other is an induction crystal, and the starlight in the induction area exists.

The crystal still exudes a faint light, indicating that this is not a dead zone.

Although the communication crystal has lost its function, she can still inform other people through the forum. Although the communication between the two worlds is more expensive, it is extremely reliable at critical moments.The only time something went wrong was when the star gate was changed last time, but that kind of situation is rare after all.

When she passed between the two fangs, she originally thought that there would be a narrow, winding space behind the passage, and she would climb down from one step to the next. From the length of the giant snake, it could be seen that it was a long journey.But what I didn't expect was that just after she set foot in the tunnel, her body felt a certain weightlessness, as if she stepped on a void and fell downward.

Miss Scholar was taken aback at first, but quickly calmed down, realizing that she had stepped into a portal.She supported her glasses frame with her hands, and when she looked back, she realized that she saw a strange scene.

What she saw wasn't the exit of the tunnel—this was expected, but Miss Scholar didn't see a portal that was closing either—but she really turned her head and saw the scene behind her.

This statement may sound absurd, but she felt that she had become a snake, a huge snake, and the giant snake was coiling up under her control, turning its head, and seeing everything in its field of vision through its ruby-like pupils.

The field of vision was blood red.

Under the blood-red gaze of 'it', there is a hall. This underground hall is half formed naturally, and half is attributed to artificial carvings. The hall is very tall, with huge natural stalactite columns hanging from the top of the cave, forming beams and columns supporting the vault of the hall.

And 'it' is wrapped around the largest stalactite pillars among them, looking up at the ant-like people in the hall—yes, there are other people in the hall.Jita recognized those people as mages from the Carlyer family at a glance.

Psions, they wear blue robes, and there is an open vertical pupil embroidered on the robes. That is the emblem of the Karlaye family's artifact—the eye of the poisonous snake. Of course, this artifact is just a rumor from the outside world, and it is actually just a secondary sacred object.

According to the classification of the Holy Chosen System, it belongs to the relatively ancient category of legendary wonders.

In fact, Jita's gaze was immediately attracted to the strange object floating in the air. Its shape looked like a pure gold ball, and the side facing away from "it" should be the image of an eye. There were three rings outside, the first was the orbit of the stars and the moon, the second was the sundial, and the third was decorated with carvings that looked like rising flames.

That is the real eye of the poisonous snake.

The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat solemn.

However, Jita soon realized that she was the reason for all of this. The crowd before the psions was very complex. They were tall, short, fat and thin, mixed with robes of various colors, including men and women, and even aliens.

Without exception, those people were looking in their direction, with curiosity and a hint of fear in their eyes, and many people were looking at 'it' and whispering, and Tracy was one of them:

"It raised its head up, shouldn't it be trying to attack?"

"Whether the warlocks of the Carlyer family can control this thing, I heard that this is a mythical creature. If it riots, no one here can stop it. Luther, you don't want to waste starlight on this kind of place, do you?"

The boy on the side shook his head, "Pandoras won't lose control because of such a trivial matter. When the people of the Carlye family and the SOLID Alliance discovered the magic book, it was guarding it in the ruins. If it wasn't for the guardian's approval, they wouldn't be able to take the magic book away."

"Since then, the grimoire has been kept alternately by your alliance and the Karlier family. Three owners have been elected in the 30-year history. Except for the first director who is a magician from the Karlier family, the subsequent owners are all chosen ones."

Luther replied: "After that, every time I chose the owner of the magic book, I got the permission of Pandoras. The owner of the magic book can also be said to be the owner of this giant snake. It's just that since the last owner of the magic book retired five years ago, this giant snake has entered hibernation, and the long sleep has only woken up today."

He looked up at the giant snake with its head held high and spouting letters, "However, the psions of the Karlier family said that it would wake up today, and now it has proved true. It also means that after five years of vacancy in that magic guide book, a new naturalist will finally be born."

"What does this have to do with us?" Trixes said a little rascally, "Why do you invite alchemists to come here for the wizards' affairs, and the magic guide book will not choose us as the master. This is not good for us at all."

Luther looked at her with a wry smile, "You are also a member of the SOLID Alliance, don't you participate in guild activities? As for me, I was invited by you."

"If you don't come, then I'll be really bored to death. There's no one around who can talk to me," Tracy shook her head. "Look at those people. They should have just come to this world not long ago. They look cute. The alliance doesn't seem to be short of people. The magic book will look at those people?"

"The magic guide book chooses the master only based on talent, not strength," Luther replied. "Usually, a group of talented newcomers will be selected, and the magic guide book will select a few real candidates from them, and then compete for the top position. But this time, the magic guide book has not chosen a master for a long time. The Carlier family may be a little anxious, so they let the alliance send all suitable candidates here."

He paused, "The magic book is also a symbol of the status of the seven magician families. Three of the seven magic books were lost during the war, and the Chosen later found the other three. Therefore, all the families that lost the magic books chose to cooperate with the Chosen Guild. Under such circumstances, the naturalist position of the Carlier family has been vacant for five years, which is extremely disadvantageous for these psions."

"Could it be that they can't select someone from their own family to inherit this magic book, such a huge Psion family doesn't even have a single genius?"

"That's not likely to happen, but the giant snake has not woken up, which means that the magic guide book has not yet selected its favorite master," Luther said. "Before that, the Carlyer family and the SOLID Alliance held several selections, and none of the selected people made Pandoras like it."

"It's quite picky," Trixes was taken aback for a moment, and nudged Luther beside her with her elbow. "Is that giant snake looking at us all the time?"

Luther was taken aback. He subconsciously thought it was a girl and took it for granted again, but when he raised his head, he met the serpent's gloomy gaze, and couldn't help swallowing the words that followed.

Tracy on the side was still chattering, "Did it notice that we were whispering, it shouldn't be, other people have been whispering too, and it's not just the two of us."

Luther opened his mouth, not knowing whether to answer for a while.

However, Jita did 'see' the two of them from the crowd. In fact, she recognized at first glance that the people outside were the Chosen Ones, and only the Chosen Ones would chatter endlessly on such occasions.

The empire has a strict hierarchy, and ordinary college students would not dare to be so virtuous in front of the high-ranking mages. Even Brita and the others seemed very restrained in front of Luo Yu, let alone whispering there without anyone else.

What's more, she also saw a few familiar faces from the crowd, Tracy and Luther were one of them, and there were a few others, she had a vague impression that she had seen one or two faces among those who died in the guild.

She had a good memory, but she only had a face-to-face meeting with these people that day in Einbroek, so she wasn't quite sure if she was wrong.

But seeing this scene, Miss Scholar roughly understood what this place was—and what these people were doing.

This should be Karlier's Viper Hall. Psions came to this gathering, and one of the most important purposes was to choose a new owner for the Book of Snake's Kiss, so that the naturalist of the Karlier family would have a successor.

She had heard about this matter before she went to the empire. After all, the fact that a magic book was vacant for five years was widely spread in the empire. The wizards of the Carlyer family were eager to find a new owner for the magic book, and even the common people of the empire had heard about it.

It is said that many people came here from other places to see if they could try their luck. After all, as long as you have a little understanding of the magician world, you will know that the selection of people in the magic guide book is only based on talent, not strength.

This is especially alluring to those aborigines.

Of course, those who know the inside story know that ordinary people have no chance to go to such a gathering, and the members of the Seven Sorcerers family will not easily welcome outsiders.

The only question now is, why did she appear in this place, seeing this ceremony, what is the statue of the giant snake she stepped into?
Jita even began to suspect that small room, the mages arranged such a mysterious statue in the meeting place, such an important place, but no one was left to guard it.Everything she experienced before seemed to be a kind of power leading her there.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in other directions, trying to figure out exactly where this place was located.And how should she leave this state, although it seems strange to others to choose the owner of a magic book, but she has experienced it once before.

In fact, the process is also very common.

She's not here to waste her time.

But as soon as the giant snake swayed, everyone in the hall was alarmed. They watched the mythical creature shaking its head and looking at the crowd, as if it was really picking among the crowd, and they couldn't help but set off a buzzing discussion.

The warlocks of the Karlier family immediately threw a spell to silence their voices. They looked at each other in dismay. The giant snake's abnormal movement was unusual, and it had never behaved like this in the past.

Someone looked towards the center of the hall, where the magic book placed under the eye of the venomous snake was slowly rising and suspended in mid-air.Those who saw this scene couldn't help screaming, "Look over there!"

Under the watchful eyes of a group of Psionists, the book seemed to be held up by an invisible force, and then the pages opened automatically.

"Choose the Master of the Magic Book!"

Someone shouted out the significance of this spectacle.

The warlocks of the Karlier family immediately looked into the crowd to find out the magic book and selected those who were of the right age from this group of young people, but they hadn't had time to establish contact with the magic book suspended in mid-air.

Suddenly, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the magic guide book emitted a strong flash and disappeared without a trace in the hall.

There was an uproar among the crowd.

"!!!"

Did Trixis see this scene clearly from the audience? She didn't even dare to blink her eyes, and couldn't help but ask Luther beside her: "What's the matter, what happened? Is this a choice of master? Where did the magic guide book go?"

But the young people on the side were also dumbfounded. The gray domain naturally had its own magic book, but the selection of the master of the magic book had never been heard like this.

Someone stole the magic book in full view?

Are you kidding me?
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(End of this chapter)