The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess

Honestly, it would be a real headache for me to open that metal door.

Moreover, it hid that thing that should be a keyhole so well, and even after finding the tiger head, there was still a mechanism involved...

Honestly, without a week of research, it's impossible to open this iron gate.

At that moment, I felt a bit of admiration for this female phantom thief.

"Alright, the door's open, let's go in."

At this moment, the female thief didn't offer much explanation. She quickly surveyed her surroundings and, after confirming that it was safe, spoke to me.

"Um……"

However, the place they were guarding wasn't a warehouse where goods were stored, but rather a passageway.

On the walls on both sides of the passage were four exquisitely crafted and quite complex dwarven carvings.

Indeed, each of them is unique, with vivid expressions that make them seem as if they were alive, and even I, a layman, can tell good from evil at a glance.

"These four are the four gods worshipped by the dwarves. Three of them are benevolent gods, while the only one is an evil god. Although there are few believers in the evil god, there are still many people here who worship him, and this is something that cannot be stopped."

At this point, the female thief gave a brief account of the dwarf statue, and then we walked through the long corridor and arrived at a wooden double door.

There shouldn't be any mechanisms in this door, so she simply reached out and pushed open the double wooden door.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling array of treasures were displayed before us.

Wow...so many.

Honestly, I never expected that this underground auction house would hold so many rare and precious treasures. It's quite unbelievable.

"Duke Harman is supposed to be the richest and most powerful dwarf in the kingdom, so it's normal for him to have so many treasures, but..."

"Just what?"

Hearing this, the phantom thief paused, and I quickly continued to ask.

"Only a portion of the goods in this underground auction will be sold; it's impossible for all of them to be auctioned. Therefore, this must be Duke Harman's treasure vault. Um... what's your name?"

"My name is Ivy."

"Miss Ivy, what treasures are you looking for in this vault that would require such a risk?"

My arrival certainly piqued her curiosity, because... no one would be so reckless as to take such a risk...

"I'm here to save people."

"Rescue?"

Upon hearing this, the female thief suddenly thought for a moment, and then looked at me with a blank expression without saying a word.

"Yes... I have a friend whose child has been captured and hidden in a treasure vault, supposedly to be auctioned off today. So, I need to find her and take her away before the underground auction."

Honestly, if I promise someone something, I must fulfill it, because that's my fundamental responsibility.

"Alright, I didn't expect our goals to be so aligned. I also want to save people, well, I should say save people. Since that's the case, and you don't need the other treasures, let's get straight to our goal."

"I see."

I never expected that this female thief was also trying to save someone. Wow... her luck is just too good.

Since that's the case, why don't we both save the people we need and then retreat? What a great choice that would be!

It seems that this dwarf duke Harman is indeed not a good person. Really, it would be great if someone could punish him when the time comes.

And so, ignoring the platform displaying countless treasures, we headed deeper into the treasury of this underground auction house.

Chapter 101 The Stone Gate of the Ancient Ruins

However, it's clear that Duke Harman of the dwarf race was quite cautious and secure about the outside of his treasure vault, but once inside, there wasn't a single person, let alone any decent traps.

This clearly demonstrates that once you enter, you are quite safe.

Of course, it's also possible that he sent his trusted confidant to retrieve something. If his confidant were to accidentally fall into a trap and die here, it would indeed be a loss, which is why no traps or mechanisms were set up.

However, the underground vault of the dwarf Duke Harman is truly overflowing with treasures.

And each one is priceless, and there are more than a thousand of them... Really, what did he do to possess so many treasures?

Although I really wanted to steal these treasures, well... important business comes first.

Finally, after passing through countless neatly arranged rare and precious items, we arrived at another stone gate.

But this stone door is completely different from the previous ones.

That's right, this isn't the gateway to handicrafts; it's more like an ancient ruin made of stone...

At the same time, I could also sense that the door possessed a faint trace of magic.

Perhaps the stone gate of this ancient ruin can only be opened with magic.

It seems there must be something quite valuable hidden behind this; otherwise, they would never have used magic to open it.

So how do we activate the stone door of this ancient ruin?

I looked around, but didn't see anything that looked like a keyhole.

Apart from the two pillars with menacing statues on either side...

"I guess the door should be opened by these two pillars."

At this moment, the phantom thief quickly shared her thoughts.

"Perhaps, because apart from these two stone pillars, there really isn't anything else here..."

At that moment, I didn't think about anything at all and directly reached out my hand to touch the two fierce-looking statue pillars next to the stone gate of this ancient ruin.

In an instant, my Divine Eyes began to react. Yes, I saw two magic circles on the two pillars, and they were emitting light.

Perhaps by injecting magic into this magic circle, we can open the stone door of this ancient ruin.

Naturally, I also noticed that the magic circle was red.

That's right, only by casting fire magic on both sides simultaneously can this pillar be opened.

How do I know this? Well, I only found out today when I was bored and flipped through some books about ancient ruins.

Although the phantom thief was right, only magic could open the stone door of this ancient ruin.

However, she probably doesn't know how to open the door, so she hasn't said anything yet.

"I know how this stone door was opened!"

"Eh? Really?"

At this moment, the female thief looked at me with considerable surprise, because she had probably studied the stone door of this ancient ruin for a long time, but still couldn't open it.

So they were surprised to hear that I had found the enlarged version shortly after arriving here.

"Then let's open it quickly, maybe the people we're looking for are inside?"

Seriously, the phantom thief's eyes lit up instantly as she excitedly exclaimed.

"Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?"

"I'd like to ask you, why did you steal this enormous sapphire?"

At that moment, I pointed to the huge sapphire that was still exposed in her hand.

Indeed, if she really is a phantom thief, then this huge sapphire must be quite important to her.

The main reason I was puzzled was that, given the vast collection of treasures displayed here, more than half of the gems and ornaments were far more valuable than this enormous sapphire.

"So that's what you wanted to know... Actually, this thing was a treasure of our clan thousands of years ago, called the Fallen Stone. To put it this way, it's basically a gem of the same level as the Philosopher's Stone. However, at that time, our clan was deceived by a dwarven merchant, and thus lost this Fallen Stone. Today, I found it in this treasure vault, so I brought it back because it belongs to our clan."

At this point, the phantom thief should have told me everything without reservation.

But then I heard that she was talking about our race... Could it be that this is just my imagination, or that she is not actually human?

But her body shape is just too similar to that of a human... It makes me completely forget that there are other races that are so similar to humans.

Perhaps she will completely transform into human form, otherwise... it's simply impossible to be exactly the same as a human.

But at that moment, my eyes met hers completely.

Yes, her eyes were golden, and they did look somewhat familiar to me.

Could it be that I've seen eyes like these before...? Sigh, I can't remember right now, but I think I've seen them somewhere before.

Sigh, I don't want to think about it anymore. Maybe I'll remember it later.

"Alright, in that case, let's begin."

"Um……"

As I spoke, I placed my hand on the magic circle that was emitting a red light.

"By the way, you know fire magic, right?"

If it didn't know fire magic, I could actually borrow it, because the red flames can not only burn away the enemy's surroundings, but also enhance weapons or the body, which is quite useful.

"It's alright, I know fire magic. How should I put it... our clan only knows fire magic."

If that's the case, then there's no problem.