The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 55 Nightmare?

The path passed through a canyon and was very quiet. The only sounds you could hear were the wind blowing over the mountain walls and the gurgling of water after the ice and snow melted.

Maybe because this place is near the ice sheet and the environment is harsh, there are no trees or flowers on the ground, only some mosses growing tenaciously on the rocks.

After walking along this gravel road for about ten minutes and turning a big bend, a piece of open space appeared in front of us.

In the middle of the clearing, there was a three-tiered stone altar with runes carved on it. In the distance, several strangely shaped mountains stood there.

Ryan took out the treasure map and found that the terrain of this place was basically the same as on the treasure map. And this open space was where the red cross was drawn.

But what does this treasure map mean? It can't be a joke, right? But if there is a secret, it won't be so easy to find. After all, from the traces on this treasure map, it can be seen that the thief must have touched this treasure map frequently. It is very likely that he has searched here many times.

Since the cross was drawn on this empty space, Ryan decided to start his search from here. At first glance, he saw a large wooden sign nailed to the mountain wall.

The signboard introduces this altar, saying that it has a history of more than 1000 years. The text above records the ancient Viking wizards' praises of all things in nature.

All things in nature? This is not common. Ancient Viking wizards were more concerned with things like thunder and lightning storms and even human enhancement. There were not many studies related to all things in nature. This might be a breakthrough point.

With this in mind, Ryan took out a bunch of plants from his shop and placed them around, then began to communicate with the plants.

The plants felt happy. It seemed that the environment here was suitable for all kinds of creatures to live in. Ryan himself could feel a little more relaxed here.

However, Ryan's enhanced sixth sense always felt that something was wrong with this place and it shouldn't be as peaceful as it seemed.

Going around to the back of the altar, Ryan found a small mound of earth. A sign next to it said that this was where the bodies were buried after the human sacrifice.

This is what Ryan talked about when he was chatting with others on the commercial street before, and everyone explained why so many people came to do research.

At least in the wizarding world, some ancient magics do require human lives as sacrifices. However, if it is magic related to nature, no spells that use people as sacrifices have ever been found. This altar is so strange that many wizards have investigated it.

Ryan spent more than half an hour checking this place, but unfortunately found nothing. The plants also found nothing strange underground except for the human bones in the sacrificial pit.

This made Ryan a little depressed, but when he thought about it, since so many famous wizards didn't see anything, it was normal for a little wizard like him who had only studied magic for a year not to see anything.

If you think positively, at least you have completed an adventure this time, and you can brag to your classmates when you go back. Thinking of this, Ryan felt relieved.

Ryan got up early because he was going to explore today. He has been busy since he woke up. So now that he is relaxed, he feels sleepy. Anyway, the guide map doesn't say there are any dangers in this place. It can even be said that there are not many creatures in this place. In this case, it is definitely a good idea to sleep here. Thinking of this, he immediately took action as he was getting more and more sleepy.

He retreated to the path, took out a bunch of plants and set up a warning circle around himself. He also took out the sunlight crystals and soaked them in water to provide warmth. After everything was ready, Ryan took out his sleeping bag and crawled into a corner where he was sheltered from the wind. He fell asleep soon after (there was sunlight in the open space, but there were bones buried underground, so he really didn't dare to sleep there).

As soon as he fell asleep, Ryan realized that something was wrong. He seemed to have left his original position.

Because he found that although he was lying in this sheltered place, all the plants arranged around him had disappeared. Turning his head, Ryan was surprised to find a trace of blood-colored mist floating in the air, and a smell of rust wafted into his nose.

Ryan nervously got up from his sleeping bag after realizing something was wrong. After he stood up, he realized that his body had actually returned to the state of his 20s. Was this a dream? But it was too real.

Ryan felt that he might be in big trouble. It was very likely that he had fallen into a trap from the beginning. After all, according to his habit, he would not choose to sleep outdoors without any preparation.

Fortunately, the Wanjie Grocery Store was only strongly disturbed and judged that Ryan was in combat. Although Ryan could not enter the Wanjie Grocery Store for refuge, he could take things out of it.

Ryan began to summon plants, but found that what he summoned were not plants at all, but small green dots of light. When these small dots of light attached to Ryan, he found that he could actually use the skills of these plants.

What on earth is this place? Ryan felt it was strange from the bottom of his heart. However, with the power of the system as a backing, Ryan decided to go around and see if there were any clues that could help him escape.

He found that the blood-colored mist was coming from the direction of the open space, so Ryan held his wand and slowly moved towards the open space. At the corner, Ryan slowly stuck half of his head out to peek at the state of the open space. After seeing the situation on the open space clearly, he couldn't help but take a breath and took several steps back.

Because he saw that the altar had come alive again, and the runes on it began to slowly rotate, emitting an ominous blood-red light. Around the altar, there were a dozen black shadows jumping around the altar, as if performing some kind of sacrifice. There were also a few black shadows on the altar, and no one knew what they were doing.

After calming down, Ryan continued to stick his head out to observe carefully. Only then did he realize that the dancing shadows beside the altar were not the humans he originally thought, but some monsters with only human outlines, composed of pieces of meat stuck together by some red viscous liquid.

The several dark shadows on the altar looked like mummies, with strange black tattoos on their withered skin, which flickered with the rhythm of their kneeling, as if they were breathing.

At this time, a sharp and strange roar came into Ryan's ears, and a sense of desolation came over him. Along with the roar, lines of blood flew out from the monsters under the altar and flew to the center of the circle of mummies on the altar, forming an ominous blood-red ball.

Finally, with a ping sound, a black-red flame rose from the blood-red ball, and the surrounding blood-red mist became even thicker.

A voice in Ryan's heart told him that he should hurry out and stop this nightmare from continuing, otherwise there might be very bad consequences.

(End of this chapter)