Embarrassment of Golden Dragon Tails

After a short silence, Vera had no choice but to answer by himself: "It is very expensive to deploy so many guardian circles. And I don't think the palace itself is worth such a lot of trouble. As far as I know, during the time of Emperor Andrew, the figure Tan's iron hooves have almost flattened all the land in this area. He has enough soldiers to protect this place. The guardian magic circle is nothing more than two purposes, one is to protect worthwhile things, and the other is to imprison them. Obviously, Except for the rotten wood and broken pots, we didn't find anything good - not even a single gold coin, and it was as clean as if it had just been raided by a group of greedy dragons." He glanced at Tails and found The amber eyes of the other party were staring at him with displeasure, "Well, I didn't mean you."

"The scene you described is indeed very tempting. However, under normal circumstances, I prefer to call it 'collection'." After correcting Vera's wording, Tails glanced at the treasure warily while calculating the whereabouts of the treasure. He glanced at Hill.

Vera continued his analysis, "I don't think these magic circles are purely for 'protection', even if it was originally. I don't know if you have discovered that these magic circles were not completed at the same time."

Hill nodded, his long silver-gray hair fell from his shoulders with his movements, his voice was cold and hoarse, "That's right. The biggest one is quite old, and the age cannot be seen. And all the others, without exception, belong to Emperor Andrew the Great. Period. Many of them are not sophisticated, more like a product of hastily constructed, and important guardian circles need a high degree of stability, but they do not have them. As for the barrier at the entrance of the valley, it has not even been that long."

Hilton paused, as if he was thinking about something, he squeezed his bloodless chapped lips, and continued: "Whether it's the map or the song of that 'woman', they all mention 'the most precious treasure', the oldest The guardian magic circle is likely to be guarded by this. The later ones are more like temporary additions to deal with unexpected situations. Their purpose is likely to be 'imprisonment'. To my surprise: instability The structures are destined not to last long, but they can survive to this day."

Tails was originally drawing circles on the stone table bored, and suddenly said: "They are a whole, whether it is the ancient magic circle you mentioned, or others, they are a whole."

Hill's eyes turned to him, but he didn't speak, waiting for the next sentence.Ever since he saw Tails' true form, he was even more reluctant to talk to Tails.

"The whole? It's very possible." Vera looked at Tails and nodded slightly, "Are you sure? If this is the case, it can indeed explain why those temporary magic circles still exist."

"Of course. I can feel it." Although the time to recover the dragon form was very short, the golden dragon's sensitivity to magic power was enough for Tails to make a judgment.

"Do you know why?"

"That's your job, 'Mage'."

After thinking for a while, Vera tapped her finger on the stone table and said, "Okay, we'll talk about that later. Those magic circles are not entirely for protection, but I don't think it must be 'imprisonment'. From what we have seen, There is also nothing worthwhile here. There are not many records of the original incident. All I know is that for some reason, Emperor Andrew gave up this palace—it may be some unexpected situation, or it may be with the "final Precious Treasure' about."

Vera's slender black eyes darkened, "If it is said that what the ancient magic circle is guarding is the 'most precious treasure', then it is likely still there. This kind of spell is often related, if the guarded If things disappear, the magic circle will inevitably be shaken. And the barrier at the entrance should be set up by later generations, not to prevent others from discovering the palace, but to prevent them from coming to die."

Hill nodded in agreement. The numerous dead bones in the 'cage' must have come from this.

Hearing that the treasure might still be there, Tails swept away the frustration of finding nothing in the past three days, his amber eyes shone brightly, and countless shiny treasures floated past his eyes, stretching out a handful of small hooks one by one, scratching Tails felt itchy in his heart.He was excitedly thinking about how to occupy all the treasures, and when to throw the priests out, completely forgetting that they were still trapped here, and the damn hunger.

Vera's tone suddenly became cheerful, and she said relaxedly: "Then there is only one thing left now: find the treasure."

Hill frowned at him, his blue eyes full of suspicion.

"Of course, before that, we must first solve the immediate trouble. Tails, do you know what that 'woman' is?"

"What? Something?" The sweet dream was interrupted, and Tails asked wonderingly, "So she is a thing?"

"...what is she... 'breed'? She is not physical, but she is not like a ghost. I have probed. I can't touch her, but you, can hurt her."

"I don't know. I can see the unique shimmer of undead creatures emitting from her body, but it is very faint. The first time I saw the palace, I smelled a strange smell, like a burnt leg of lamb Fortunately, it's not strong. She also has this smell." Tails wrinkled his nose, as if trying to get rid of the smell, he raised his head, cast a condescending glance at Hill with lowered eyelids, and said disgustedly, "Same as the one on him."

After finishing speaking, Tails raised his golden eyebrows provocatively, crossed his arms and waited for the priest to attack.

Hill did not fight back, his pale face maintained an indifferent look, and he explained calmly: "If you mean the smell on me, then it may be a gift from the great Lord of Shadows." Erji's priesthood lies in Shadow and death are naturally contrary to the nature of the golden dragon.

Hill folded his pale fingers, and continued, "She's not undead, at least not quite, I'm sure."

"That's right." Vera answered, "It's more like a magical creature, maybe it's also related to magic."

Tails still folded his arms and sneered: "Having said so much, have you thought of a solution? 'Mage'? 'Priest'?"

Vera looked at Hill, smiled and said nothing.

Hill frowned puzzled.

Vera said relaxedly: "Of course there is a solution, it depends on whether the honorable priest is willing to cooperate."

"I?"

"Yes, you. Don't tell me you can't see that this thing is aimed at you."