I rely on myself

Chapter 301 Underground Palace

The intricate passages, especially in such a dark underground place, would make it difficult for someone who is not familiar with the place to tell the directions in just a few minutes and end up completely lost here.

This was the unknown intruder's innermost thought, and it was only after she experienced it herself that she had such an idea.

"...It seems that this is also a part of the defense. Each passage is built in a similar way, and there is no lighting. I'm afraid the builders did this on purpose to block unknown intruders or even trap them."

The Valkyrie looked at the passages around her. Even though it was dark here and there was no light source, she could still see her surroundings clearly.

"But if it's just this level, it's still very easy to solve."

As these words fell, the Valkyrie stretched out her arm and wrote something in the air. There should have been nothing in the air, but as her fingers moved, tracks of light appeared out of thin air, forming words that looked simple but exuded a mysterious atmosphere?
In just a moment, the Valkyrie wrote a piece of text composed of strange letters and letters in the air, and the moment she finished writing, the words floating in the air seemed to have caused some kind of reaction, and turned into an invisible ripple that only the Valkyrie could feel and spread out.

As the ripples spread and covered, all the surrounding buildings, passages, traps, and other existences appeared clearly in the Valkyrie's consciousness. Even those hidden within them were not kept secret at all.

As the ripples continued to spread, they soon touched something unusual. It was obviously a barrier used to hide something, and from a sensory point of view, it was the most sensitive one.

If it weren't for his sophisticated methods, the alarm would have been triggered the moment he detected the barrier.

Although she didn't trigger the alarm due to her high skills, she also didn't find out what was hidden in the barrier. But for the Valkyrie, it was enough.

Since detection magic and other means are not effective, let's just confirm it with the naked eye.

The Valkyrie made up her mind and without hesitation, she headed directly towards the location of the barrier she had discovered.

She did not hesitate at all along the way. The complicated passages did not cause any obstacles. She made her choice without any hesitation, whether to go straight ahead at that intersection or to turn at that intersection. She moved quickly in the direction of the barrier, as if she had received some kind of guidance, which was indeed the case.

With the Valkyrie's quick pace, it only took her a short while to arrive in front of the barrier that she had discovered through detection magic.

It was a cliff, a steep cliff appeared at the end, there was no road ahead, only darkness below.

However, in the darkness, one could vaguely see a building that looked like a fortress located there.

The ground under the cliff emitted a faint glow, with magical energy fluctuating in it. It was obvious that the material was not ordinary marble, but something like a magical alloy, and it was shining as if it had been polished.

The Valkyrie used her extraordinary eyesight to barely see the shape of the fortress-like building.

That's a palace.

A palace with a round roof like a mosque and white exterior walls. It looks very beautiful and full of mystery.

There were many strange figures wandering around the palace, but they had no way of getting close to the palace. This was because there was an extremely complex, delicate, and detailed magic barrier around the palace, which completely prevented these figures from getting close, not giving them any chance to get close.

Looking at this scene, although the Valkyrie had expected it, she still couldn't help but be shocked.

I was not shocked by the huge cave or palace underground, but by the magic barrier surrounding the palace.

Precisely because she herself has a remarkable attainment in magic, she can see how advanced the magic barrier she sees before her is.

Various magics of different systems and functions are intertwined with each other, and finally form the barrier before our eyes. Although it sounds so simple, it is quite difficult to accommodate the conflicts between magics of different systems, not to mention the flow of magic power, the repulsion of their effects, and so on.

It can be said that in the Valkyrie's cognition, the only one who can do such a thing is her master, and now there is one more.

"...No wonder the master cares so much about this place. It is indeed such a masterpiece. There must be something extraordinary inside."

After sighing, the Valkyrie began to think about how to sneak into the palace. After all, she had already come here and she had to go in and take a look at the situation inside.

However, the magic barrier set up around the palace was not for watching. The Valkyrie knew of more than a dozen types of warning settings contained therein, and there were even more that she did not recognize.

So after trying hard to explore a lot, the Valkyrie still didn't find any loophole that would allow her to sneak in quietly, and she didn't have any other way.

"Although this is natural, I didn't expect the security to be so strict. It seems that there is nothing we can do."

Although she was very reluctant, she had already arrived at the door. She could see what was inside as long as she stepped in. However, because this would trigger the alarm and alert the enemy, the Valkyrie had to stop no matter how reluctant she was.

Just when the Valkyrie gave up her investigation and wanted to turn around and leave, a figure suddenly emerged from the surrounding darkness, approached the Valkyrie at an astonishing speed, and stretched out claws as sharp as a blade, stabbing at her at the same time.

Faced with such a sudden and extremely fast sneak attack, most people would not be able to react at all, but for the Valkyrie, this level of sneak attack was nothing.

There is no need to dodge at all. Just raise your hand, clench your fist, and then suddenly attack the moment you spot the enemy. Although it is just a human body, it bursts out with kinetic energy like a cannon fire.

Although she attacked later, it was the Valkyrie's fist that hit the chest of the attacking figure first. The sharp claws were clearly only a moment away from the Valkyrie's body, but at this moment they were as invisible as the sky.

The tremendous force that erupted from the fist, like a cannonball, instantly knocked the attacking figure back, and hit the rock wall heavily like a cannonball, and there was no movement for a long time.

Although she successfully resolved the sneak attack, the Valkyrie not only did not show any joy on her face, but she couldn't help but frowned.

"...Trouble."

(End of this chapter)