Chapter 99: Throne Room (1/2)
Tyler stood on one of the towers in the walls of the castle as he watched Bungo install the large turret-like marching gun although this one had a bulkier design to it as several runes were carved on the barrel giving it a mystical feel.
The installation process took quite a long time as Bungo wasn't really accustomed to this type of machinery. Tyler had thought it was strange for Bungo not to know more about this type of artilleries as it should've already been invented in the human continent by now.
While most summoned heroes wouldn't bother with inventions, there were bound to reincarnate that would use their knowledge to survive in this world. Still, he had to start somewhere, perhaps even find more blacksmiths to make more complicated machines.
The installation was soon completed and Bungo began teaching the sentries how the machine was operated. Tyler didn't need to learn that so he left the tower. The skies were still as cloudy and ashen as always but it had been a while since the snow fell from them.
The area inside the barrier was still warm from the constant use of the temperature manipulation scrolls. He had quite a few of them and couldn't think of a better way to use them.
After leaving the tower, Tyler headed straight for the topmost floor of the North wing, the fifth floor. As he exited the stairs he came before a slightly different sight than he had first seen.
He came into the large hall that held the massive and exquisite golden doors with crystal ornamented carvings on them. The door stood at the end of the hall in front of him, looking as imposing as ever as it towered over Tyler even from a considerable distance away. It was surely large enough to fit a giant.
Last time the doors had been covered with a thick layer of dust and even though it had still imprinted its magnificence on him, this time was on a whole different level. Tyler could almost swear the doors were glistening in the light.
The 21 Alcoves were still present on both sides of the wall and still contained the 20 broken statues of what may be considered holy knights, the last one was an angel, or what looked like a female fallen angel. The statue was cracked and one of her wings had fallen off but Tyler could no longer locate the broken pieces of her wings of any of the holy knights on the ground.
There was instead a large pile of the. at the corner of the hall. Albert probably felt the pieces were too valuable to be tossed out so he left them there.
Tyler walked over to the statue of the fallen angel and took a better look at it. He felt a strange sensation from just staring at it— at her. However, unlike the last time, he didn't feel threatened just looking anymore and could resist whatever it was that had intimidated him previously.
”Appraisal.”
Naturally, he wanted to know what these statues that exuded a faint amount of pressure even after a millennium were. He hadn't done this earlier as either Albert or the girls were next to him. However, Albert was now preparing for his departure and only God knows what the girls were up to.
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Lillith Marble Sculpture [Legendary Sculpture]
A Tritanium infused marble sculpture of the fallen archangel Lillith. This sculpture contains traces of the magic metal Etherium and may possess living properties. A semblance of divinity lurks around it.
Primary Effect: Unknown.
Secondary Effect: Unknown.
Requires 1,000 magic crystals to activate.
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Tyler stood rooted to his spot, his face plastered with shook. He had no idea what a legendary sculpture was but it absolutely wasn't ordinary. It took him a while to regain his senses and think about the information he had just received.
The statue or sculpture before him was clearly not meant just to be a visual art that adorned this hall. Judging by the appearance of Effects it was more like a type of Artifact or a magic item but why he couldn't see the effects were beyond him.
He tried over and over again but nothing changed no matter how much mana was used. With a deep sigh, Tyler promptly chose to give up. All he needed to do was learn high-tiered appraisal magic or skills and try again.
He took his attention off the statue and walked to the door in front of him, on the way he felt the eyes of the knights move to stare at him and Tyler no longer considered it his imagination. However, he ignored their stares and arrived at the giant door that made him feel like a dwarf.
Without any hesitation, he pushed lightly. The doors opened without any resistance and Tyler didn't feel like he was even applying any amount of pressure. As expected the door slowly open without making a single noise that made him think the world had gone mute.
As the door slowly opened the scene from the interior of the room came into his view once more.
A light breeze swept past him as the door opened. The previous pressure he had felt was no more. He looked straight and as expected, there was a throne made of materials he had never seen before but he assumed there must've been some amount of Quantium mixed within it.
The metallic yet crystalline look and feel of the throne had made him think of the insanely rare metal. Of course, he couldn't ignore the magic metal his Appraisal magic had told him about in the sculpture of Lillith.
Tyler stood there and admired the throne for a good while before he finally took a step forward and walked to the base of the short flight of stairs that elevated the throne that still looked intimidating up close.
Not wanting to waste more time he climbed the short flight of stairs and now stood in front of the throne as he extended an arm to touch it once more. The metallic yet crystalline surface felt cold to the touch but strangely soothing... With a strange compelling force telling him to have a sit once again, he withdrew his arm and proceeded to cast his appraisal spell.
”Over tier magic - Appraisal.”
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Throne of the Supreme—
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