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Chapter 674 Altar of the Limping Man

The reason why Lance reacted like this was that there was a special-shaped altar placed in the middle of the room.

It was a long strip of black metal twisted into tentacle-like shapes, with an energy body the size of a human head embedded in the middle. It was dark red in color and contained strange power, and one could even glimpse cracks in space through it.

This thing brought back some bad memories for Lance. He knew what it was. It was called the Altar of the Limping in the game.

That's right, the limp man was the void demon summoned by the cult saint who he encountered in the beast's cave and then dedicated himself to the void.

Also in the game, you can follow the instructions - the sacrifice of fire is the starting point of destruction. If you desire the power of the void, then offer the flame!
Simply put, light the altar with a torch to summon the Shambler.

This means that the altar is a beacon for the limp. Why would such a dangerous thing be placed here?

Lance thought that his ancestor was a lunatic, but he didn't expect that he was so crazy that he dared to put this thing at home. Isn't he afraid that there will be a limp in his bed at night?

The initial shock quickly wore off, and Lance calmed down enough to realize that something was wrong.

No, what am I afraid of with a limp?
When Lance realized that he was almost bluffed, it was not like he had never killed the limp himself. Although he almost overturned at the time, it was Alhazred who broke out at the critical moment and captured him.

But at that time, I was just a champion, but now I have advanced to legendary level, and I have a black armor base. I could kill it before, but now I am not afraid of it in single combat.

When the filter was removed, Lance discovered that this was not a danger, but an opportunity.

The limp is full of treasures, so it doesn't necessarily mean that it can't explode its equipment. Even if the subsistence allowance is only a gift of spirituality, it is still better than other means.

At this moment, the limp altar in front of him was as precious as an egg-laying rooster in Lance's eyes, and he was already thinking about assembly line operations.

Form a specially prepared team, summon a limp to chop one down, and continue summoning after the sacrifice is complete.

If you find this method too inefficient, you don't even need anyone to cut it.

Directly build a siege like a duel field. There are no spectators on the high platform, but cannons.

He summoned the limp man and fired a salvo. With such firepower, he didn't believe he could still be alive.

It doesn't matter if he's not dead, just reload in the second round. What a void monster is, but in the end it's just a pile of rotten meat.

Lance only needs to sit back and wait for the end, and the spirituality will be put into his pocket. With the blessing of spirituality, he can pull up a powerful army and push the world flatly.

Just one fucking word - cool!

Lance just thought his ancestor was crazy, so who does he think he is?
Even the ancestors would not dare to think of the powerful void demons as pigs in a pig farm.

No, at least the pigs in the pig farm must be raised. He is cutting leeks from the void.

With innocent thoughts in mind, Lance began to study the situation in the room.

Then he discovered something that even shocked him.

This is not an independent altar, this thing is arranged in a ceremony.

That's right, after stepping on the footprints and rubbing away the dust, he saw a complex ritual carved on the ground. Lance felt the power contained in it and looked aside.

It turned out to be an exquisite cup inlaid with jewels, and the details on it were even more luxurious. What worried Lance even more was the power and ritual echo contained in it. This was the source of the suppression ritual in Amanda's mouth.

There is no doubt that this is a Holy Grail. Like the [Steel Torch] in Junia's hand, this thing is definitely a holy relic used by a powerful person. It can actually suppress the limp in the endless passage of time. The evil smell of the altar.

Lance did not mess with these things, and even slowly withdrew from the ritual patterns and began to seek more information around them.

Sure enough, the ancestor never let him down. He found a large number of scattered manuscripts in the corner of the room. He picked them up and looked at them briefly.

Lance found that he still underestimated his ancestor, and his ideas were no worse than his own.

Because this Lame Altar is one of the ancient artifacts he collected, and he found a way to trigger it while studying it.

Originally, due to the in-depth experimental research at that time, he began to be disappointed with the power of human flesh and blood, and the unique void demon of the limp gave him inspiration.

So the ancestor actually mastered the power of the altar, even made a new altar, and then captured the limp and imprisoned him for research.

As for whether it was successful or not, could Lance not know?

The [seeds] of the Ascension Sect that turn humans into monsters for a short period of time, the purple-black eyeballs that appear on the bodies of those out-of-control cultists, or the tentacles that are summoned, or even the limp body...

All kinds of phenomena indicate that the old guy has obtained a lot of research results from the limp people, although they are all outrageous.

But this also illustrates the difference in thinking between the two.

Lance just wanted to cut leeks, while the ancestor was doing research.

I am really ashamed to be a capitalist and a researcher...but my ancestor's experimental results are really not flattering.

It is a pity for Lance that this part of the research data is missing. It seems that the experimental place is not here, this is just a place where the prototype of the altar is stored.

Although it would be best to ask professionals like Alhazred to handle this, but we don't have the conditions now, so we can only let Amanda take a look.

Lance didn't move, but walked out and walked around back to the stairs.

"Boss!" Boudica was so bored that she got up from the ground quickly when Lance came back.

"I checked it out and found something weird."

Of course, Lance couldn't reveal too much to them, but he still led them to the room.

Before entering the door, even the most relaxed Boudica became serious, let alone Amanda who was more sensitive to these.

After Lance pulled off the black cloth, she didn't even dare to step into the room, only giving a slightly trembling warning.

"Damn! What is this? We shouldn't get close, leave now..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

As if aware of Amanda's uneasiness, Lance raised his hand and pressed her shoulders to comfort her.

I have to say that this greatly calmed Amanda's nervousness. After taking a look at Lance, she followed him in.

"I want to keep this sealing ritual, do you think it's possible?"

"I'm not an expert on this, I'm not sure, maybe Mr. Alhazred can."

"Do you think taking this thing away will destroy the sealing ceremony?" Listening to Lance's words, Amanda could only give a very ugly bitter smile, "This is a well-established ceremony, and we don't know its details. The situation is difficult to replicate and my opinion is that it is best not to move anything.”

"I understand." Lance nodded in agreement, but he was still thinking about something.

He wanted to preserve or even copy this because Hamlet needed a place to contain the sealing ability. After all, many things in the showroom could not be carried with him all the time.

Amanda couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Lance had listened to her opinion, so she followed suit.

“Actually, there are quite a few similar sealing rituals, and all forces have them, but the core lies in the selection of ritual materials.

Different materials can display different powers. For example, the power contained in this Holy Grail should be purification, isolation, protection and other qualities..."

Amanda said a lot, probably saying that the appearance of the ritual, such as steps and patterns, is not important, but that it still depends on the source of the power.

It's equivalent to a phone number being just a string of digits, and there are many operators. Making a call is just a few actions. The core is the person you need to call.

Lance couldn't help but put his eyes on the altar, then looked back at the crowd, thought about it for a while and gave up.

If Alhazred and Baldwin were around him, he would open the altar without much nonsense.

But Amanda was obviously not in good condition, and she started to feel timid even before the fight. As for Audrey, it’s hard to say. She would probably be scared to death when she saw a limp.

It’s better to wait until a team of experts comes over to deal with it. For now, let’s put it here…

After a rational struggle, Lance chose to exit the room and closed the door again. The fourth floor had already been searched. He didn't pay much attention to it at first, but Audrey suddenly said something while walking.

"Don't you think something is wrong here?"

These words stopped the team in their tracks. Compared to Boudica and Amanda's impatience, Lance was still willing to listen to her words.

"Did you find anything?"

"Although the layout here is different from the one downstairs, the size of the space is wrong, and these additions were obviously made to steal space." As she said this, Audrey began to walk to the wall and started knocking and groping.

When she talked about Lance, she also understood that the main building structure of the old house had three vertical floors, the fourth floor began to be tightened to make the roof, and the fifth floor was completely the roof attic.

In other words, the ceiling on the third floor is the foundation of the fourth floor. You can expand the balcony to make more, but it is impossible to disappear part of it.

Before Lance could think too much, Audrey had already found the mechanism in the masonry of the wall.

"Found it, the secret door is here."

There was a bit of surprise in Audrey's words. As she pressed hard, the decorative plaster relief cracked, revealing the dust-sealed secret room.

Seeing this, Amanda couldn't help but restrain her contempt for the tomb robber. She didn't expect that this guy was really capable.

But Boudica was already eager to go in, but was caught and stopped by Lance.

"Let the professionals do it, why are you causing trouble?"

These words were undoubtedly an encouragement to Audrey. She finally found her place in the team and immediately walked in first.

But I don't know if it was a matter of habit, but she lit a candle before going in. Lance didn't like the thing made of corpse oil and ashes very much, but he followed No. 2 in anyway.

There were no windows to provide a source of light, only the dim light brought by the door and candlelight, making the whole room seem a bit dim.

The room is not big, and it is a bit difficult to accommodate four people on the basis that it is originally full of various things.

But it can be seen that this is not the arrangement of the Ascension Sect, at least it is not the arrangement after the ancestor went crazy, because there is no such crazy bloody graffiti here, and there are no evil props related to the Ascension Sect.

Armor, weapons, props, and two boxes... these are all covered in thick dust, indicating a long history.

Audrey glanced at Lance and nodded before opening the lock. Her technique was much faster and more sophisticated than Lance's. This is the difference between amateur and professional.

After opening the two boxes, you can see a box full of gold coins, and the other one contains some crystal gems, jade, diamonds, etc., anyway, there is only one word - money.

Even in a dim environment, just a little candlelight can shine with dazzling light. Audrey has seen a lot of the world, but when she saw this, she couldn't help but breathe heavily.

It's a pity that Lance didn't even look at that thing, because his attention was attracted by another thing.

It was a complete set of armor standing up in the corner, with a long sword held by the folded armor of his hands.

This is a set of extraordinary equipment. The power on it has prevented it from being corroded after so many years, and it still looks like new after wiping off the dust.

Looking at other things, they represent power, money... Lance probably understands that this secret room is more like some inheritance left by the elders of the Hamlet family, specifically prepared to leave a way out for those prodigal sons (ancestors).

This couldn't help but remind Lance of the hidden grid found in the bay. It was the last legacy left by a man desperately for civilization. Unfortunately, civilization died in the end, and the things ended up in Lance's hands.

Will the Hamlet family inheritance that the ancestor has abandoned now return to his own hands?

Unfortunately, there were other people here, so Lance just took it away silently without saying anything else.

After clearing the secret room, the discovery just now piqued the team's interest, and also broke up the depressing atmosphere caused by the Lame Altar.

In fact, as I said just now, the fourth floor is the final structure of the main body, and the only thing left above is the attic.

But the ancestor also used the special spire environment on the fifth floor to build a very interesting room.

A hexagonal spire structure with tall glass windows on each side, allowing easy viewing in every direction while sitting in the middle.

The interior was filled with telescopes and other sophisticated equipment, some of which even had functions that Lance couldn't recognize.

"This is a star observatory, but those mages like to call it an observatory."

Amanda knew all this very well, but she also knew it very well. There was an elder in the organization who was a stargazer, who happened to be Tamara's teacher.

The Roma themselves also used astrology as a method of divination.

Lance didn't care about anything else, and he found his ancestor's research records on astrology here.

But before he could look through it, Boudica, who was leaning against the window, let out an excited shout.

"Boss, boss! There's a fight down there!"

When Lance heard this, he couldn't help but put away the things in his hands and looked out the window. He could see the figures of cultists emerging on the path paved with weeds and shrubs...