399 The Denouncemen (1/2)
In the underground palace, Lucien was running fast along the corridor like a shadow, and Sophia, after casting Speed on herself, was following close behind him. However, they could not move at their full speed since they had to stop and figure out the direction from time to time.
”Watch out. The door up ahead is dangerous. There's a magic circle behind it,” Sophia said after closely studying the magic patterns around and comparing them to those on the map.
Lucien, who had been aware of the danger behind the door long before the warning, pretended to be lost and said while frowning, ”What shall we do, then? Cracking the magic circle would be a waste of time.”
Sophia was amused by Lucien's words, and it seemed that her fear had gone completely, ”We're not cracking it. We are going around it. This is not a test from the Congress of Magic. Except for me, barely do anyone knows about magic. The rest of the candidates will either go around or wait until the magic circles become invalid.”
”So which takes longer? Waiting, or going around?” asked Lucien. He felt that he was like a professor, trying his best to give the clues to the student.
Sophia answered without hesitation, ”We go around. Take this way to the room. It is connected to the other corridor.”
As she was saying it, she was pointing at the room with the rosewood door. As a caster, her face was lit up with pride.
Like a teacher, Lucien nodded in his mind. Then, he took a few steps forward before Sophia and pushed open the door.
In the underground palace, sensing failed to work. Lucien was also unable to spread out his spiritual power as Sophia was right beside him.
The rosewood door was even heavier than Lucien's expectation as if it was made of the most precious metal, not wood. When the door slowly opened, the stench that came out was overwhelming.
”Be careful!” Sophia hurriedly reminded him.
At the same time, Beaulac made a sudden dodge aside as if he was well-prepared.
Sophia quickly lifted her jade-colored staff and a strong wind was brought to the space.
”Toxic gas?” asked Lucien, although he had known the answer.
Sophia nodded seriously, ”Maybe someone just passed here and activated the magic circle. Do be careful.”
Lucien nodded and grabbed his blue sword tight. He walked into the room using the knight pace ready for fighting.
In the room, the wardrobe, couch, and the desk had all been severely damaged, and the pieces were scattered all around the floor. Clearly, a fierce combat had just taken place there.
On the ground on the other side, there were two young nobles. Their faces had turned black and their hands showed contractures, like chicken feet. At the corners of their mouths, there were stains of vomit.
”They have been poisoned… to death?” Lucien recognized that they were the two nobles helping Arthen, and one of them had even awakened his blood power.
A short cry came from the back when Sophia saw the two bodies. Her face turned gloomy again, ”They are Deniz's cousin, but they died here. No matter how the competition ends at this time, your family is going to face big trouble. The noble families will unite together. It will cost a lot for the Gorse family to pacify their wrath.”
”The damned plotters! The bloody traitors in our family!” cursed Lucien, just like what Beaulac would do. Then, he slowly moved to the two bodies and carefully checked the wounds.
To Lucien's surprise, he saw a big dent in the chest of one body. A human being was very unlikely to be able to launch such a horrible attack on the body!
As soon as the thought struck Lucien's mind, he instantly made a sideways roll. The next moment, the rosewood door broke into pieces, and a strong wind blew in.
”Steel golem!” cried Sophia to remind Lucien.
Lucien pressed his elbow against the ground and turned around. He saw a big steel golem about four meters tall. Two red spots, which were the golem's eyes, were shining coldly. The golem lifted its huge hammer high, which swooped down right upon Lucien.
Lucien knew that he could not use magic right now, so he made a swift dodge and then hacked at the side of the huge hammer with the sword, Frost.
Bang!
In the sharp sound of the metal collision, the heavy hammer was hacked sideways. Under the great power, Lucien's hands felt very numb, and right now they were trembling slightly.
The power of the steel golem had greatly exceeded that of a grand knight. Although Lucien was wearing the Ogre glove, it was still hard for him to take the pain.
The steel monster, however, was not much influenced. After swinging the hammer in a semicircle in the air, the weapon was swung right toward Lucien again!
Both of Lucien's hands shone with a layer of silver-colored light. He pulled back the sword and blocked the fierce attack.
Suddenly, wind blew fiercely. It turned into countless blades targeting the golem. However, the many blades only managed to leave some scratches on its steel body.
Lacking experience in a real battlefield, at the very beginning, Sophia had picked the wrong magic!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Without being affected, the golem wielded its heavy hammer continuously, and facing the great power, Lucien was busy with defending, which was the only thing he could do at that moment.
Lucien still remembered what Natasha and John had taught him to fight like a knight. However, the room was not spacious enough for him to move freely. Step by step, Lucien could only retreat to reduce the great pressure on his sword.
The power of the golem was around that of a level-five grand knight. Lucien started to feel tired. However, he did not panic. Although his hands were shaking, he still held the sword very tight.
A blue light started to shine, and the golem and its hammer were gradually covered with a layer of ice and frost. Although the golem was not hurt, it started to act slower and slower.
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