Chapter 992 (1/2)
Chapter 992: 308. Pursuing Shadows_3
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Normally, when a wizard had gotten this far, progress would have become slow.
But!
That was for an ordinary wizard.
Noland Lee had used “Death Flight”, following Nolin’s guidance to locate these metal scraps.
He was eager to test his own reasoning ability and didn’t immediately resort to Deconstruction.
“The Magic Circle’s maximum width is 15 meters. Hmm, this is a medium-sized Magic Circle. Typically, a circle like this can’t be operated by a single wizard, at least two assistants would be needed.”
Noland crouched down, used [Mage’s Hand] to brush aside the metal scraps, and observed the ground beneath the Magic Circle:
“When the magic metal chain conducted shadow energy, there was an extremely minor dissipation of shadow energy. This dissipated energy corroded the surface of the ground. The corrosion isn’t extensive; it is only about two to three millimeters deep.”
“The people who set up the Magic Circle didn’t lay a magic carpet to prevent energy corrosion, which suggests they never planned to stay here long. It was merely a temporary stop, and they showed a complete disregard for the negative impact of energy dissipation on the ground.”
Noland looked around and scanned the white bones nearby.
He saw the Mole Man’s skulls, leg bones, sternums, and phalanges, but not a single spine.
As bipedal humanoid creatures, Mole Men also had spines.
At the very least, there lay the remains of two hundred Mole Men, yet no spines were to be found.
Noland quietly took note of this detail.
He walked around the metal scraps, pausing now and then, and found some more clues.
When he could no longer spot new details, he finally cast Deconstruction on the metal scraps.
The moment he obtained the Deconstruction results, the corners of Noland’s mouth twitched slightly.
What can I say.
The System is the System after all.
Sometimes, it really does uncover more than what Noland could find on his own.
[System Message:]
[You have consumed 23,000 Points of Energy and initiated Harmless Deconstruction on “Damaged Shadow Magic Circle”.]
[Harmless Deconstruction Successful!]
[You have obtained the following Deconstruction Results:]
[Name] Damaged Shadow Magic Circle
[Item Level] Level 0
[Description]
The arrangers of the Magic Circle are suspected to be three wizards of the Shadows Faction, ranging from Level 55 to Level 60.
The arrangers used approximately 3.2 tons of Level 55 magic metal chain in the construction of the Magic Circle.
(Other Deconstruction information omitted)
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The conclusions that Noland had observed also appeared in the Deconstruction results.
Moreover, the system even identified the strength of the wizards who had arranged the Array.
This was as peculiar as being able to know the writer’s information simply by Deconstructing their handwriting.
Noland was no longer surprised by this.
He pulled out the Death Threaded Wand from his Magic Pouch, and cast the Enslavement of Deceased on the skeletons on the ground.
Now, the “Enslavement of Deceased” spell had reached Level 100.
For every ten-level increment in rewards, Noland always chose “Option One: Increase the number of Undead that can be enslaved”.
A total of 200 Skeleton Undead, composed of Moleman bones, stood up from the ground to become Noland’s subordinates.
This was the first time Nolin had witnessed Noland’s death magic accomplishment, and she couldn’t help but marvel: