The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess

"Then place your hand on me in the same spot as me."

"okay."

As she spoke, the female thief watched the position of my hand and then slowly moved her own hand.

When she stopped, she actually placed her hand on the red magic circle that was emanating from me.

"I'll count to three, two, one, and then we'll all infuse this pillar with fire magic."

"understand!"

I could sense that she was a little nervous, but that's normal. Success or failure hinges on this, so it would be strange if she wasn't nervous.

"Okay, let's begin, three,"

"two,"

"one!"

In an instant, fire magic was gathered in both our palms, and then two intense flames shot straight to the top of the stone pillar.

Then, the two red-glowing magic circles also emitted a dazzling red light, and in an instant, the stone door began to slowly open upwards.

It seems we two have succeeded.

Chapter 102 Entering the Ancient Ruins

However, I can sense that this phantom thief's magic is ridiculously powerful.

Although her close-combat skills are far inferior to mine, her magic and the intensity of her flames should be comparable to my Crimson Flame.

This is really strange. Isn't it said that Crimson Flame is the strongest and most domineering of all flames? But her flames...

This suddenly left me completely baffled.

Well, it's clear that this phantom thief is quite skilled in magic. It wouldn't be bad to have her as my bodyguard.

Unfortunately, he's a phantom thief, after all. He wouldn't just obey me so easily... Ha, not at all.

Since that's the case, we have no choice but to walk into the stone gate of this ancient ruin.

However, once I stepped inside, I had a feeling of déjà vu.

That's right, this place is very similar to the temple where we went to the Goddess of Light, Emma Fet.

However, this place is far more dilapidated than that temple, with broken pillars and rubble everywhere.

Furthermore, this temple was not built outdoors, but underground, so the broken sections clearly show that the surrounding area is full of rocks.

"I never expected there would be a temple hidden here."

At this moment, the phantom thief said with an incredulous expression.

"Will there be any clues here about the person we're looking for?"

Seriously, this place is so big, you can't see the end of it at all. Could the person that William's daughter Barbiefen and this phantom thief are looking for be here?

"I don't know... This is my first time here too, because I've been stuck in front of that gate before."

At this moment, even the phantom thief couldn't help but shake her head helplessly.

And so we continued walking through this dilapidated temple, at least searching for some clues.

However, for some reason, I suddenly felt unusually cold.

For example, even at night in the Dwarf Kingdom, the temperature feels around seven or eight degrees Celsius, but here, it feels like a biting wind of minus seven or eight degrees Celsius is penetrating my newly bought noble clothes, making me shiver involuntarily.

But this place is completely enclosed, so where exactly is this "hot spot"...?

Wait, the next big thing?

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck me: if we could find the source of the problem, we could find out the approximate location where Barbiefen and the others were being held.

Since dwarves, like humans, need to breathe fresh air, if we were to leave them here, they would eventually suffocate due to insufficient fresh air.

Although there are no problems for people who just started, they all become the same after a while.

Therefore, since the dwarf coachman William's daughter Barbiefen had been captured for so long and was to be sold as a commodity, it was natural that he couldn't let her die.

Therefore, this ventilation shaft must be where Barbiefen is being held.

However, I could only feel the wind blowing from time to time, but I couldn't figure out where the vent was located, which made me feel a bit overwhelmed.

"Um... can you sense where this wind is coming from?"

And so, I asked the phantom thief lady with a sense of helplessness.

If she doesn't know, then we'll just have to spend more time searching. How much time will it take?

"wind?"

However, the phantom thief seemed unconcerned, as if she hadn't noticed the wind at all.

"Yeah, it's pretty cold. Don't you feel it?"

I tilted my head and asked with a puzzled look.

"Um... let me experience it..."

Perhaps she herself didn't feel it, so she closed her eyes and began to slowly gather magic power into her body.

Could it be that she also possesses the rare ability to detect or investigate the movements of her surroundings?

Ha, if that's true, then she'd be perfect as an investigator.

A short while later, the flow of the surrounding atmosphere began to change; indeed, it began to flow towards her.

Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me? Controlling the airflow around you? Is that really something a human can do?

Then, she opened her eyes instantly and pointed to the left side of her body.

"over there."

She said it with surprising confidence.

"Really……"

This is truly unbelievable to me.

“That’s right, let’s go, Ivy.”

As she spoke, she jogged off in the direction she was pointing.

Seeing her so confident, I had no choice but to run after her.

After running for three or four minutes, I indeed saw a small room without a door, and then the things inside...

Tsk, that's right, they are all priceless treasures that are hard to find in this world.

For example, there's the gem sword that's obviously made of gemstones, the armor and shields adorned with all sorts of gemstones, and the cat's eye stone the size of a dragon egg. Good heavens... any one of these could buy half an empire.

Perhaps the treasures that exist here are mostly items that are not for sale, but rather privately collected.

But there are just too many... so many that I really want to take one home.

"That despicable Duke Harman has embezzled so much treasure—more than all the treasures our clan possesses..."

Suddenly, the female thief seemed to realize she had said something wrong, and quickly covered her mouth.

"Your clan?"

I quickly looked at her with a questioning expression.

"No...it's nothing. Actually, it's my former family. There seems to be the presence of living beings ahead. Perhaps they are the people you need to find."

With that, she gave a vague answer and then walked straight ahead.

But after taking two steps, I realized something was wrong.

A feeling of déjà vu suddenly washed over me.

What happened next truly shocked me.

Indeed, when we entered the next room of this ancient ruin, we found countless monsters imprisoned there, and they all seemed to be animals with demonic cores inside their bodies.

Because they all exuded terrifying magical power, just like the giant black lizard I killed...

It seems that Duke Harman is still conducting this forbidden research on monsters.

If he were exposed, not only would he lose his own head, but his entire extended family would be executed—or rather, his entire clan would be wiped out.

Because conducting research on monsters is considered a cult practice and is a major taboo.

Therefore, such a thing is absolutely forbidden in this world. So, the fact that we discovered these monsters with their magic cores forcibly inserted means that we have grasped one of Duke Harman's fatal weaknesses. If we report it, he will surely die.

Chapter 103 Finding Barbiefen

There are just too many of these monsters containing magic cores, ranging from small cats and wild dogs to large lions, tigers, and elephants. There are at least hundreds of them on display here.

Moving them...that's impossible. If we kill them one by one, who knows how long it would take.

Because once they have a magic core, they will have a very strong regenerative ability. Unless the magic core is forcibly removed or shattered, it is impossible to kill them.

Just like that giant black lizard that I instantly killed with super-level magic, it might be a mutated variety of magic core, which is why it became so big.