The knight in the abyss

Chapter 696 Thief's Stone
Lancelot looked curiously at the Thief's Stone handed over by the dwarf. The gem in front of him was as big as a quail egg, and the light inside was like a liquid rainbow. It really looked very beautiful.However, his spiritual sense did not sense any fluctuations in magic power, and there was almost no aura of heaven and earth in it, and it seemed to be no different from an ordinary gemstone.

"It's called Thief's Stone?" He raised his head and asked the smug dwarf, "Why is there such a name? Does it have something to do with the rogue profession?"

"Wanderer? No, no, it's none of their business. This thing is used by those mages." Brutal shook his head again and again, "I don't know what it's for. It should be a casting material for some kind of spell... I just want to use it." Know that a thief stone the size of a fingernail is worth five thousand gold pieces, and that they can be found in any vein."

"The most important use of the Thief Stone is to release the spell gem to jump." Tanya next to her suddenly said, "That is a seven-ring magic, a spell caster can be attuned to a Thief Stone through this spell, and then As long as he is on the same plane as the Thief's Stone, he can instantly teleport to the vicinity of the Thief's Stone through the preset trigger words. This is a very high-level teleportation effect, and range-type dimensional barriers or anti-transportation circles have no effect on it , countermeasures must be set directly on the gem itself to prevent the caster from teleporting through the Thief Stone."

"This effect sounds familiar." Lancelot touched his nose, remembering the emblem of Twin Bridges Town that Tijana gave him, "But why is it called this name?"

"Because the teleportation can be activated by uttering the preset trigger words, even if the hands and feet are tied up, as long as they can still speak, they can still use this to escape. It is very suitable for those who like to drill into treasure houses or forbidden places." Half-elf Shrugged, "In addition, this gem has a special property, each caster can only be attuned to one Thief Stone, but one Thief Stone can be attuned to countless spellcasters, and the new attunement is not will invalidate the original attunement. A popular story is that some guy named Pharos sold a Thief Stone to a red mage in Thayer, and waited until the gem was sent to Thayer's treasury After the hit, he used the gem to jump and sneak in, got back the Thief's Stone and all the spell books he could find, and then escaped with Polymorph."

"I see." Lancelow nodded, "From a certain point of view, it seems more appropriate to call this thing the Stolen Stone..."

"It is true. If you are not an experienced spellcaster, it is best not to put the thief's stone you accidentally obtained with your other treasures. However, this thing is still more suitable for escaping. Many people want to imitate magic spells." Los fools, their end is not particularly enviable." Tanya pointed to the skeleton on the ground, "here is a ready-made example."

Lancelow looked at the skeleton thoughtfully, and suddenly realized that he had overlooked an important detail just now.

"Brutal, look at those handcuffs."

"Handcuffs?" The dwarf turned his head strangely, "What handcuffs?"

"It's not easy to keep those handcuffs intact with how rotten everything around us is." Lancelow rubbed his chin, "And this corpse can use the magic of the seven rings, which means that he is a high-level spellcaster .What kind of handcuffs can restrict a high-level spellcaster?"

Brutal finally understood what Lancelot meant, and quickly pulled off the pair of handcuffs from the bones.At first glance, this dirty black instrument of torture seems to be dilapidated, throwing it in this environment will not feel any disobedience, but after the dwarf blows off the dust on the surface with his amazing lung capacity, everyone realizes that the handcuffs are actually It is made of some kind of black crystal, and it is still emitting a strange black light.

"If I'm not mistaken, these should be a pair of magic-proof handcuffs." Alamir frowned and said, "Maybe there are other effects, and I have to ask Karaline to identify it."

"What I'm more curious about is when he put these handcuffs on." Lancelow turned to Tanya and asked, "Can you still perform gem jump while wearing the magic handcuffs?"

"Yes." The white-haired and red-eyed half-elf nodded resolutely, "When the caster and the Thief's Stone are attuned, the spell has already been completed. Saying the trigger word does not involve manipulating magic power, so it will not be blocked by the magic hand." limit."

"I guess the story goes like this." Aramir crossed his arms and expressed his opinion, "Vesuvius, or the owner of the Volcano Fortress at the time, did not treat it as a treasure after getting the Thief Stone. Instead, he was thrown into this cell. The skeleton over there was caught for some reason before he was alive, and his ability to cast spells was restricted by the handcuffs. As a last resort to escape, he uttered the trigger words he had prepared in advance , but was teleported to this cell..."

"I agree with your speculation in the second half, but there is another possibility in the first half." Lancelow shook his head lightly, "Perhaps this corpse conspired with the owner of the volcano castle to plan a theft. , and planned to escape with the help of the Thief Stone after succeeding. However, the owner of the Volcano Fortress was ready to betray, and put the Thief Stone in the cell in advance. It is obvious what happened after that, what we see now is This skeleton is accompanied only by the enchanted manacles and the ironic Thief's Stone."

Brutal and Aramiel looked at each other, and kept silent tacitly.It was difficult for the skeleton in front of them not to remind them of the relationship between human knights and succubus lords, but now might not be the right occasion to discuss this topic.

"I know what you are worried about." Lancelot smiled lightly and shook his head, "Ignoring her race, just judging from her actions, do you think Tijana is trustworthy?"

"Although the proportion of the eldest sister's head is a bit dark, so far it is still authentic." Brutal twisted his body a little uncomfortably, "But what did you say? The betrayal did not come because of the bid." Not high enough…”

"There is nothing wrong with this truth itself, but how much is high enough?" Lancelot patted his partners on the shoulders, "Even if the wealth of the entire world is placed in front of me, I will not consider betraying it." Any one of you, and I have the same confidence in Tijana."

"Huh... ah..." The dwarf made a disdainful voice, "It's so nasty... Elf, tell me!"

"I have nothing to say, of course I support him." Sune's priest spread his hands, "True love is the greatest power in the multiverse, it can make the most shameless devil do the most noble deeds. Maybe It's crazy to you dwarves, but I don't see anything wrong with it."

"Outrageous." Brutal sighed, and gave the final evaluation, "Let's go, there is nothing to excite me here..."

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