182 Hall (1/2)
After Vlada carried him up onto the ledge he stared in surprise at the view. Unlike what he had expected, which was a dark cave, the crack in the wall, which he had thought was the entrance of a cave opened up into a wide brightly lit hall.
”Didn't you say it is a cave?”, he asked Vlada in confusion. Although she hadn't said so in these exact words, he only now realized that he had seen the information she had transmitted in this way.
At first, he didn't want to enter it, since it could be seen as rude to just enter someone else place. And it could also be dangerous. But taking a closer look, he was able to see a thick layer of dust on the floor, lighted up by the bright crystals embedded in the walls and pillars.
”Seems like it has been deserted.”, he murmured to himself, something he seemed to do more often lately. Maybe it was that he had gotten used to having others besides him and now that he was alone in the wilderness he wanted to hear a voice sometimes.
He carefully stepped into the hall, with his feets disturbing the dust on the floor. Weirdly as soon as he entered he didn't feel any movement of air but it still seemed fresh and clean unlike what one would expect in a dusty hall.
There should be some kind of magic at work here to ensure fresh air as well as block any wind that could enter through the entrance. From Ivan's understanding, it should be some kind of longterm formation, although he didn't understand why the user didn't add anything which worked against the dust.
Although the hall looked impressive with the glowing pillars it was completely empty. There were no other entrances except the crack through which he had entered, making him wonder what it had been used for. Because the crack he had entered through seemed to have come into existence later on.
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”Maybe there was a teleportation formation here before?”, he silently speculated while casting a skill that would clean the hall.
Now with the dust gone, it was possible to see the floor which was covered with indecipherable patterns. Just by looking at it, his head started to hurt. Thinking that there was no way for him to understand them now, he took out his phone and made some pictures.
After photographing every single bit of the floor he then took out some furs to cover the floor. These furs not only hid the headache-inducing patterns but also made it more comfortable.
Because of the still working formation, the temperature inside was very comfortable and the view outside was great.
”This is a great location. Maybe I should make this my outpost?”, Ivan asked himself. Although he wouldn't be able to use his teleportation app to come here, it wasn't impossible to create a teleportation gate to connect this space to Lara's villa. It was only that those gates were impossibly expensive.
”Guess I'll have to wait for me to get good enough and learn from Jacky.” Until then he could only use Vlada to fly here. But he could still make this hall into a comfortable home for when he stayed inside the forest. Maybe he could even make a small garden. There was a pond not far away and the earth below was well suited for all kinds of herbs commonly found in a forest.
He opened the System Shop to find out if it offered anything he could use. Although the teleportation app didn't work outside of the safe zones this wasn't the case for the shop. With just a small fee it was possible to receive items everywhere in the system realms.
While searching through the store he saw a wide variety of furniture available. Besides furniture, there were also all kinds of magical tools that could improve living conditions. Some had interesting functions but required mana to work. But with one tool he found it wouldn't be a problem to install them in this hall. This tool was able to use EU to supply other tools in the vicinity with the mana they require to function and there wasn't even any loss. Besides the conversion rate of EU to mana was impressive.
Just by using one Blood Essence Crystal similar to the one he had shown at Jacky's Shop back then, he could run all the basic appliances needed in a kitchen and bath for more than a month straight.