Chapter 123: Ancient Settlement (a) (2/2)

'Going ahead seems like the only choice as it is the only path. However, It's too dark!'

'I can use my golden energy to illuminate the darkness, so it's nothing much to worry about.'

'Of course, I am sure that I will encounter danger the deeper I head inside the corridor. Isn't that what happens in horror movies?'

'It would be better to think of something else than blindly charging head straight into danger.'

Elliot thought for a moment and decided to do a few things.

'First off, let's see whether I can make a path of my own by destroying the walls or not!'

To test out the durability of the walls, he balled his right palm into a fist and struck at the wall behind him.

Bam!

When his fist met the wall, along with a resounding reverberation, a gush of wind burst out, fluttering his clothes and ruffling his hair.

This wall sure is sturdy! Elliot was left with surprise as there wasn't even a single scratch on the grey rocky wall. It seems like his fist wasn't strong enough to damage the material it was made out of.

”I guess my fist that can break the bones of a magician in the channel opening stage isn't strong enough to damage the wall. It must be made out of something extremely sturdy.”

After he failed to break the wall behind him, he stomped on the floor and punched the walls on each side but again and again, he failed to even leave a scratch on them.

There was no weak point!

The material that the ancient civilization used to make this place was indeed sturdy enough to completely resist the punch that can even kill a magician in the channel opening stage.

The second thing he wanted to check out was whether he could take out the source of the light out of the ceiling or not.

First off, he used a hand made out of the essence of life to touch the so-called bulb, and after confirming that it's not hot enough to burn it, he used the said hand to grab it tightly and pull back, intending to pull it out of the ceiling. To his surprise, the bulb didn't even budge from its place. It was as if the ceiling and the bulb were one entity, inseparable.

'Only one way left, huh.'

'Although I know that there's a high chance to encounter danger, I can only head deeper, just like the creator of this place intended the explorers to do.'

With no choice but to move ahead, Elliot started to head forward. He had only moved under the second so-called bulb when it released a flame-like glow that brightened up his surrounding.

'Oh, the bulbs will automatically glow when I step near them. That's great!'

Now, he didn't need to use his essence of life to illuminate the darkness.

Elliot headed deeper into the corridor, and after moving for like four hours, his eyes landed on the first out-of-the-ordinary thing in this place, a statue.

A bronze statue of a scaled humanoid with two black wings and blue eyes was right in front of him!

”Rawrrrr!”