Sixth Ring Wizard

Chapter 83 The Stone Tablet

As the saying goes, many ants can kill an elephant, let alone these giant spiders that are bigger than a human.

No matter how thick Hellagur's shield is or how much magic he has, these spiders can wear him down.

Hearing the rustling sounds behind him, Herag felt a chill run down his spine and pushed himself to the limit.

The surrounding scenery rushed past him, but his steps remained steady.

He used Deep Blue's detection to ensure that his position was stable with each step, so that he wouldn't accidentally slip and fall.

But these spiders were faster than Helag had imagined; they crawled on the ground at an incredible speed.

At the same time, there were so many spiders that they almost formed a spider ocean, spreading like a wave.

These spiders have almost formed a circle, and it won't be long before they surround Hrag.

"This must be orchestrated by the Spider Queen!" Herag learned of the situation behind him through Deep Blue.

From their initial hunting of the mammoth, to their coordinated actions in releasing it, and then chasing and encircling it, these spiders' behavior all suggests that someone was directing them from behind the scenes.

Of all these spiders, only the queen spider in the nest can give them commands at the same time.

"The spider swarm is rapidly approaching and is expected to close in on us in three minutes!" Deep Blue warned.

As he ran, Herag surveyed his surroundings: "We have to find somewhere; running straight ahead now is certain death."

The spider swarm was too fast; he couldn't outrun it if he kept running, and would eventually be surrounded.

These spiders were everywhere, and Hrag was overwhelmed by them.

"There's a cave there!"

Herag's eyes searched the surroundings and soon spotted a cave to his left.

Even if you run in, you might not survive, but if you don't go in, you'll definitely die.

Herag had no other choice but to rush towards the cave and go inside.

After entering the cave, he looked around at the soil and found it to be very hard.

Herag had originally planned to collapse the cave entrance to slightly prevent the spiders from crawling in.

But now, touching the incredibly hard cave walls, he had no choice but to abandon that plan.

The sound of spiders crawling behind him was like a death knell. Herag ventured deeper into the cave, hoping to find a way out, even if it was just an underground river.

After he crawled inside, the spiders swarmed over him.

But strangely, all the spiders stayed outside the cave and didn't go inside.

Countless spiders squatted at the entrance of the cave, staring inside with their eight eerie green eyes.

After entering the cave, Herag found it pitch black, so he took out a lantern from his spatial ring, turned it on, and it lit up.

The light source of this lantern is a type of ore. There is a small magic circle on the base. When the switch is turned on, the magic circle absorbs a little bit of fire energy particles, and then the ore will glow.

After the switch is turned off, the ore will remain lit for a while before gradually dimming.

"Huh?" Herag also noticed the situation at the cave entrance, and Deep Blue displayed everything in real time.

He thought for a moment, "Why don't these spiders follow us in? Is it because there's something more terrifying inside? Or is this forbidden territory for them, and they can't enter?"

Herag recalled the scene when the mammoth had just passed through the fields. The mammoth, the spider, and the creatures in the town's houses were clearly also following certain rules.

For example, the potion ingredients in the fields are not allowed to be damaged; this must be one of the rules set by the wizards who manage this place.

When Helag lit his lantern, he discovered many murals on the walls of the cave.

The lines of the murals are very simple, even crude, like those drawn by a three-year-old child.

But it was these murals that made Helag frown.

"That's from a long time ago."

He continued forward with his lantern and discovered that the murals on the wall were long but coherent, seemingly telling a story.

After looking at all the murals, Helag roughly understood why they were simple and straightforward, and their meaning was very clear.

The gist is that the indigenous people living here have to fight against all kinds of wild beasts every day, and many people die every day.

Later, a messenger of the gods descended and brought them a stone tablet.

The natives gained magical power from the stone slabs and then easily defeated the beasts.

Once food became readily available, the population began to expand rapidly, and people began to enjoy a life of plenty.

"slate……"

Herag pondered something. After looking at the mural, he realized that the reason the spiders outside dared not come in was not because there was something more terrifying here, but because the rules here prevented them from entering.

"See if there's anything else."

He continued forward; the cave was so ancient, there might be something good inside.

But then he realized that since the spiders outside were kept by the wizard, he probably wouldn't get much meat; he'd only hope to get some soup.

"With so many spiders, what do they eat every day? There can't be enough animals around here, can there? Do they have other sources of energy?"

Herag suddenly realized this problem: with the sheer number of spiders, they could devour all the local wildlife, no matter where they were.

With such a large number, no local ecosystem can support it.

But this is a world with supernatural powers, and Hrag guessed that those spiders probably didn't survive by conventional hunting methods, but rather by other ways of obtaining energy.

After walking a distance inside, Herag found that the cave was getting wider and wider.

Along the way, there were some statues, which Herag checked one by one. They were all ordinary stone carvings and did not contain any special energy.

There is only one path inside the cave, with no other branches.

He followed the road deeper and soon came to a spacious square, about the size of a football field.

The square is still surrounded by statues and some bonfire pillars, with traces of fire still visible inside.

The square was large and empty, with almost nothing else.

In the center of the square, something caught Hrag's attention.

It was a two-meter-high stone slab standing in the middle of the square.

Herag approached and examined the stone slab closely, discovering that it was carved with some figures.

Besides portraits, there are also many intricate patterns and designs.

"I can't watch anymore."

After watching for a while, Heragdot found himself feeling a little dizzy.

He quickly realized, "My mental strength isn't enough to observe this stone slab for an extended period!"

There are many such things in the wizarding world, all of which require a certain level of mental strength.

The most common examples are books, which often contain knowledge that is too profound, and people with insufficient mental strength will feel dizzy after reading them.

If someone with insufficient mental strength tries to watch something they can't handle, their brain will definitely be damaged, and death is not out of the question.

(End of this chapter)