Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 233 "Reflection in the Lake" and Collection Plan
In the third area of ​​the Art Star Auction House, various precious magical cultural relics have been transported here one after another and sent to the closed storage room.

Fernando and his assistant walked out of their residence, took their tool kits, and headed towards the third area.

Along the way, he observed the surrounding environment with his peripheral vision. In addition to the barriers, surveillance and magic guards, there were also many patrolling agents around.

The agents were patrolling very intensively. At the same time, there would be at least one two-person team in the space where he was. In addition, there should be hidden sentries around. Although he didn't feel like he was being spied on, he could still detect some. A place of disharmony.

Fernando remained calm on the surface, but marked several suspicious places in his mind, intending to compare them with Sinclair... no, with Xiao Wu after the investigation.

They often deal with the Inspectorate, and they know each other very well. The Inspectorate is a very difficult opponent, and they have even almost fallen into the opponent's trap several times. Although the Emerald Thieves currently have the upper hand in the battle with the Inspectorate, Everyone knows that the Inspectorate can fail countless times, but the Emerald Thieves cannot make a single mistake.

Therefore, you must be cautious at all times and not relax even a little bit.

As long as this operation goes smoothly, they will be able to obtain the secret of advancement, break the monopoly on knowledge, and truly give every wizard a chance to advance... Fernando imagined such a scene, and a smile could not help but appear at the corner of his mouth.

"Here we are, Master Jeffrey." The staff led Fernando and Sinclair to the barrier gate. "If you have any needs, please let me know. I will always stay here."

Fernando nodded and looked at the barrier gate in front of him. With just one glance, he knew it was a three-dimensional guard gate, and it was the latest Mk III type.

Brewing potions on the spot during a mission? Shouldn't it be prepared before the mission is carried out?

The Three-Yuan Guard Gate uses a complex rune structure and magic crystal embedding technology, and is made of mithril alloy. The runes are inlaid on the surface and inside of the frame, and a complex three-way inspection system is embedded inside. Testing flesh, spirit and magic.

Or is this some kind of special ceremony?

The Mk III type in front of us is based on the original, adding a more powerful detection mechanism for transformation and form conversion, as well as a stronger ability to detect illusions, and also introduces a more advanced defense system, which can deal with Faster response to potential attacks and more countermeasures.

And after completing the flesh, spirit, and magic power, an attempt will be made to fuse the sampled parts for identity consistency verification.

The magic detection will detect the magic signature of the passer to ensure that the magic symbol matches the predetermined standard and prevent the passer from using false magic runes or other magical means to disguise themselves.

What the hell is this...

At this time, the puncture to extract the sample penetrated Fernando's body in multiple directions at the same time, penetrating into the fake flesh and blood, and stopped at the tip of the probe only three centimeters away from Fernando's real flesh and blood.

Flesh testing determines physical consistency and harmony and prevents the use of illusion or transfiguration spells for disguise.

Fernando and his assistant walked into the barrier gate without hesitation, as if their bodies were stuck in thick glue.

Although the verification mechanism of this generation is very excellent, and in order to prevent falsification of information, the barrier gate will take samples from random parts of the body surface when taking samples, but as long as the sampling method is known, there are ways to avoid it.

However, in addition to Kane, there is also a thin young man on the other side, holding a crucible and brewing potion. The entire hall is filled with a strong smell of potion...

Then the barrier door completed the sampling. After waiting for a moment, the test showed no abnormality. The pressure on the two people lightened up and they had appeared behind the barrier door.

Each system has specially designed runes and sensing crystals to quickly and accurately analyze these three aspects of entities passing through the door.

Mental detection can sense and evaluate the runes of the passer's mental state to check whether it is disturbed or controlled, which helps to prevent the threat of mind control or other consciousness interference.

After the review, the Supervisory Office specifically emphasized this aspect to the Magic Craft Bureau, which can be regarded as filling the loopholes.

Fernando subconsciously raised his head and saw a strong man looking at him. The relevant information immediately appeared in Fernando's mind. This was the senior agent within the Inspectorate, Stygian Wolf Kane.

Last time, they used confusing magic to confuse the detection system of the enchantment gate and avoid detection, thus succeeding again.

Fernando is also well-informed, but such a scene is indeed unprecedented.

It's a pity that as soon as the Three-Yuan Guard Gate Mk III was launched, they had already stolen it and studied it.

It is also very interesting to say that it was the Emerald Demon Thieves who promoted the iteration of the Three-Yuan Guard Gate.

Kane came over, sniffed at him, and then asked: "Are you the master of appraisal, Jeffrey?"

Fernando nodded, his face showing just the right amount of pride, but because the person in front of him was an agent from the Supervision Bureau, he was a little embarrassed.

Kane nodded and said: "Although I think you are a smart person, I still want to remind you to do your own thing well and don't make unnecessary moves. Do you understand?"

"Okay, sir."

Fernando agreed without hesitation. He looked at the wizard who was brewing the medicine and asked, "Sir, what are you doing over there?"

Kane said coldly: "This has nothing to do with you, don't meddle in your own business!"

Fernando explained: "Making potions involves changes in various elements and magic, and most of the auction items are precious and sensitive. I am worried that something unexpected will happen."

Kane thought for a moment and realized that the person in front of him was an appraiser, and what he said made sense, so he said, "I will communicate with you later, but you don't need to care about this. You just have to do your job."

Fernando nodded, and then led his assistant into the closed storage room.

Kane glanced at Julia, who nodded, indicating that all defensive equipment was ready and there would be no surprises.

……

Fernando walked into the closed storage room, and in front of him rows of precious cultural relics were neatly arranged in this spacious space.

Each cultural relic has an exclusive platform, and there is special magic protection around the platform, not only to protect safety, but also to provide the most suitable environment for preservation of the cultural relics.

The first time they came in, Fernando and Sinclair looked at each other calmly.

Fernando twisted the ring on his index finger subtly, and an invisible wave spread. All the information around him was fed back to his sight. The multiple nested defense structures around him were layer by layer in front of his eyes. Show it.

Countless huge amounts of information flashed across his retinas in a very short time.

The next moment, he seemed to be preparing to start the appraisal, and was about to have a big fight, flexing his wrist.

In the process of twisting his wrist, several transparent runes flew out quietly and fell into key places around him. No abnormal alarm was triggered, and the detection function of the defense structure was instantly paralyzed.

At the moment when the defense structure was paralyzed, Sinclair pulled his right hand, and wrinkles appeared in the surrounding space, as if a thin veil had been pulled out of the air.

He turned his palm, and a rectangular puzzle appeared in his hand.

The puzzle is exactly what is currently inside the closed storage room.

However, there are two hidden agents with translucent outlines on the puzzle. One of them is hidden in the corner and the other is attached to the ceiling. They are closely observing the bottom of the puzzle. Jeffrey and his assistant are identifying the puzzle. cultural relics.

At this time, the puzzle pieces are constantly peeling off, and the patterns on the puzzle pieces are also constantly changing.

Sinclair began to put the peeling puzzle pieces back together and said to Fernando: "Okay, we can start."

Fernando received the signal, energy surged around him, a flash of lightning flashed, and a fog-like defense structure began to emerge. His fingers became active, like a musician performing his own music, and the runes in the defense structure began to flow around him. Subtle changes occurred on his fingertips. Under his guidance, the key parts of the originally delicate, compact and interlocking runes were decomposed and combined to form special ancient runes.

These ancient runes are completely different from the other runes in the magic circle, but the flow of magic power is not hindered at all, just like bone joints inserted into the middle of the runes of the magic circle.

The magic circle began to emit strange fluctuations, and the energy around Fernando reached its peak. The runes flickered several times, and the fluctuations gradually subsided, and finally became quiet. The light on the runes also gradually disappeared, and the magic circle returned to normal and became invisible.

At this moment, Fernando shook his hand suddenly.

Several information streams appeared out of thin air, and were firmly guided back to him by the runes. After being modified by him one by one, they were resettled.

Fernando said with a smile: "This time is a bit interesting. Stealth tail detection, magic interference, false information traps and anti-intrusion sensing are just a little bit close to being discovered by them."

"Really? I don't believe it."

Of course Sinclair knew Fernando's abilities, and he didn't believe a word he said about how he was so close to being discovered.

As the "decryptor" of the Emerald Thieves, Fernando is particularly good at wizard history, ancient runes, magic puzzles, and encryption and decryption. Facing him, most of the magic circles have difficulty playing their original role. He is a real Rune deciphering expert.

Sinclair urged: "Start quickly, I have a time limit for this."

Fernando nodded, and then looked at the collections one by one.

"This is the heart of the saint, um... and the paintings of Thaumaturgy Warlock Di. Unfortunately, you are not the ones we are looking for..."

"Wow, the phantom instrument and the star map from the Renaissance... I didn't expect that there would be such a complete star map..."

Sinclair looked at Fernando, who was obsessed with cultural relics, and shouted: "Hurry up, you know how difficult this damn thing will be!"

Fernando reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and then looked at the collection behind him. This time he consciously speeded up the pace. Because he handled many cultural relics and had a deep understanding of history and runes, he could identify most of the collections with just one glance. He tried to figure out their age and purpose until he came across a shabby ancient book.

"It's him!"

Fernando perked up, stretched out his hand to remove the protective magic circle on the exhibit, and took out the book "Reflection in the Lake".

……

Li Daoxian is brewing the potion.

At this moment, Kane came over and said coldly: "Don't endure it any longer."

Li Daoxian stirred the crucible with a smile, and the movements of his hands did not stop. He said slowly and unhurriedly: "Brother Kane, you are the one who asked me to cook, and you are the one who didn't let me cook, even though I am new here. , but I cooperated when you asked me to cooperate, and I promised when you asked me to promise. Isn’t this a bit..."

Kane was silent for a moment and explained: "The appraiser just said that when you brew the potion, it may affect the auction items."

Li Daoxian said with a smile: "An appraiser said there is something wrong with the potion brewed by my potion master. Do you believe me or him?"

Kane said nothing.

Li Daoxian explained: "What I brew is concentration incense, not a stimulating potion. Don't you think that smelling the potion makes you more focused?"

Kane closed his eyes and felt it, and found that indeed, there was only one clear thought in his mind right now, which was to perform the mission. All other distracting thoughts had disappeared. Even looking at Li Daoxian didn't seem that boring anymore.

Li Daoxian said with a smile: "Since I am not needed for defensive measures, I will use my ability as a potion master and make some potions."

Kane looked at Li Daoxian and asked, "Where are your other team members?"

"Go and set up defenses. After all, they are not potion masters. I can brew potions to pass the time, but they can't." Li Daoxian said matter-of-factly and glanced at Kane, as if wondering why he didn't know this.

At this moment, Kane's communicator suddenly rang. He connected the communicator, and there was only a brief sentence in it: "Emerald has appeared, and the collection operation has begun!"

Theoretically speaking, Li Daoxian is the person in charge of District 3 at the moment, and the plan here should be to inform Li Daoxian.

Kane's expression became solemn and he immediately replied: "Got it, I'll be right away."

But perhaps Li Daoxian was not qualified enough, or perhaps Li Daoxian was not a member of the Supervisory Office and it was difficult to communicate. In short, the informant did not intend to tell Li Daoxian about this news, and Kane naturally had no idea of ​​explaining it.

After Kane finished his answer, he no longer wanted to chat with Li Daoxian and turned around to leave.

At this moment, Li Daoxian stopped Kane: "Captain Kane, where are you going?"

"I remember Captain Kane said that the defense of the third zone will be left to you."

Kane turned around and saw Li Daoxian's half-smiling expression.

He said coldly: "This has nothing to do with you."

Li Daoxian smiled and shook his head: "No, of course it has something to do with me. I am nominally the person in charge of District 3. I trust you very much, Brother Kane. If you neglect your duties and cause the mission to fail, I will be very distressed... …”

(End of this chapter)