Wizard Earl

Connor's idea of ​​using his mental power to probe, though cautious, safe, and rational, unfortunately, didn't go as planned. His mental power, upon entering the cave entrance, indeed found it to be a bottomless, pitch-black abyss; his mental power could only perceive boundless darkness, and nothing else...

Despite his mental perception, Connor, as an alchemist, knew very well that the bottom of the cave was definitely not a dark, bottomless pit as he perceived it. The reason he could perceive this was entirely because there was a restriction below the cave interfering with his mental power.

"That's interesting..."

Seemingly sensing something from below the cave entrance, Connor murmured thoughtfully:

After pondering for a while, Connor made a decision. He took out a blue glass bead from his spatial ring and threw it into the hole. At the same time, Connor began to chant incantations, connecting his mental energy with the blue glass bead he had thrown down.

With the help of the blue glass bead, Connor was able to take in the situation below the hole in a few seconds. A look of surprise immediately appeared in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, Connor also jumped into the basement below the hole.

Since becoming a wizard, thanks to the various books provided by Reyes and his own research, as well as his various practices as an alchemist, Connor considered himself to have seen a lot. However, he came to the basement of this optician's shop in Arshavin.

Seeing the thirteen bronze coffins of varying sizes and shapes in the center of the basement, the eerie runes on the surrounding walls that seemed to be written in blood, and smelling the nauseating odor emanating from the white candles burning on the skull-shaped candlesticks in the four corners of the basement, his expression became extremely solemn...

Because he discovered that the restrictive mechanisms in this basement and the shops above were completely different systems, and that his metal cube couldn't control this place, Connor was very cautious and didn't touch anything here easily. He only began to explore the place with his mental energy.

After a brief inspection of the basement, Connor, based on his knowledge and the information in the auxiliary chip database, gained a basic understanding of this strangely styled basement.

This basement appears to be an altar related to Odin's lich! Judging from the age of this basement, Connor can conclude that Robbie probably discovered this altar and then established the Arshavin Glasses Shop to cover his tracks!

Logically speaking, Connor's judgment can also explain his long-standing suspicion about why Robbie had been hiding in Arshavin's Optical Shop, a rather bustling street in downtown Frosinone, on Zanetti Street!

After thinking for a while, Connor slowly walked to the skull candlesticks located in the four corners of the basement. Looking at the white candles burning on the candlesticks, Connor's expression became thoughtful.

If Connor is not mistaken, this white candle appears to be made from the oil of some kind of magical beast. Although Connor cannot confirm what kind of magical beast oil the white candle is made from, based on the distribution of energy in the oil, Connor can say with certainty that the magical beast that made the white candle is definitely not low-grade, at least a level three magical beast, equivalent to the grade of a human high-level wizard apprentice.

Furthermore, although the smell released after the white candles burned was extremely unpleasant and nauseating, after careful observation, Connor believed that this smell was not only harmless to wizards, but that if one cultivated while smelling this smell for a period of time, it should have some indescribable wonders for cultivating certain special techniques.

After inspecting the white candles, Connor's gaze fell upon the skull candlesticks and the grotesque murals on the basement walls. Having previously lived in Loen, far from the Odin Empire, Connor wasn't very familiar with Odin culture; he only began to learn after arriving in Frosinone, so close to the Odin Empire.

So, in such a short time, with the help of the assistive chip, Connor could recognize some simple Odin runes and speak some Odinian language. However, figuring out the origin of the skull candlestick and what the Odin runes on the wall, seemingly written in blood, meant was simply too difficult for him…

Connor shook his head somewhat reluctantly. Although he couldn't interpret the X-blood runes and skull candlesticks from the perspective of Odin culture, he could still find some clues from an alchemical perspective.

First, Connor can determine from the skull candlestick that it contains two alchemical materials unique to Odin: Kyael pearl powder and Ndonko rock. These two materials would greatly increase the skull candlestick's corrosion resistance. Although Connor was initially a little surprised, he could still understand that this was done so that the skull candlestick could withstand the corrosion from the wax dripping from the burning white candle.

However, after analyzing the white candle, Connor discovered that it wasn't highly corrosive. This immediately puzzled him. Why would a candlestick, instead of protecting against dripping wax, have such high corrosion resistance? What was the purpose of this?

Connor's doubts were answered within the skull candlestick itself. Upon another careful examination, he discovered an alchemical material in the skull candlestick, in addition to the two materials, Kyaar pearl powder and Ndonko rock. This material was a magical beast material, the venomous blood of the Jade Serpent, a magical beast that can possess the strength of a first-level wizard when it reaches adulthood!

The main characteristics of the venomous blood of the Jade Pool Serpent are its extremely high hallucinogenicity and its ability to be very subtle. It is mainly used by alchemists to create illusionary and demonic items. The only certainty about this alchemical material is its extremely high corrosiveness. If the demonic item being created does not have sufficient resistance to corrosion, the venomous blood that is incorporated into the demonic item will easily corrode and destroy it. Therefore, this explains why the Skull Candlestick has such strong corrosion resistance.

After studying the skull candlestick, Connor began to examine the eerie, bright red runes on the wall. Although he didn't know what the runes meant, Connor, with his extensive knowledge of alchemy, could tell that these runes were indeed drawn with blood, and it seemed that this blood was not ordinary blood.