How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Even though these are insignificant to me, there is no way I would waste them to this extent.

He asked Ahri to switch to group magic, and prepared his own spells as well. He used Radiant Command to replenish Holy Spirit in the gaps between skills, and asked the Sand Scarab, which had been watching the show, to come and help.

Once the boss is dealt with, the other monsters will be easier to deal with.

What's more, while he was letting Ahri wear down the boss's health, he used Glory Order to "kill" more than a dozen elites in disguise, leaving only three or four elites, which posed no threat at all.

In more than ten minutes, I cleared the hall.

If ordinary players were to come, they might need to send at least two groups of more than a hundred people to confront these monsters head-on.

There must have been quite a few casualties in the process.

But with his own abilities, plus Ahri's damage, and using certain techniques he was able to clear out the hall. It is conceivable that his current strength is able to compete with a group of one hundred people.

With so many monsters, there are naturally a lot of equipment, props, and materials dropped.

It took three minutes to clean up all the fallen loot.

After a rough look, I found that none of the six dark gold equipment were what I needed, and there was no need to even look at the remaining fifty or so gold equipment. I could just throw them all into the warehouse.

Among the eleven skill books, I found a rare dark skill for myself - Mana Burning.

This skill can burn your own mana to increase the damage of the next skill. It can also be used as a targeted skill to reduce the target's mana and cause damage proportional to the mana reduction.

It just so happened that I was planning to go to the market to buy some, so I had some money left over.

As for the other gems and materials, they together took up two pages of the backpack. The gains from this trip were obviously worth it.

The task of the special architectural drawings has been completed.

However, he still has the task of finding members of the Church of Light in the Molten Iron Castle.

After leaving the hall, he replenished a group of Holy Spirits around him, and at the same time used the horn to summon another sandstone scarab to replace the one whose cooling time was about to end, and continued to advance towards the depths of the third floor of the castle.

It took nearly an hour to finally reach the last area on the third floor of the castle.

The tall golden door opened to both sides, revealing the hall inside.

Huge golden sculptures of demons, monsters, and various hideous and terrifying images stood around the hall.

Moreover, this place is different from other areas in the castle. The light is blocked by thick curtains and only torches provide light. Combined with these sculptures, it looks particularly terrifying.

What is even more strange is that in such a huge hall, there is not even a single monster to be found inside. It is truly amazing.

If something goes wrong, it will be a monster.

I raised my guard and slowly walked into the hall with Ahri and the other summons.

But until we reached the center of the hall, nothing happened, which made me frown.

He looked up and surveyed his surroundings.

When you get closer, these sculptures appear even more lifelike, with every inch of scales and shells carved with details and textures, as if they were transformed from real monsters and demons.

Wait, could it be the same golem as in that underground temple?

This suddenly occurred to me. I approached and examined them carefully, but even though I was almost touching them, the sculptures did not seem to change at all.

Could there be a mechanism?

I frowned, but I didn't give up and circled around the sculpture of the eagle-headed demon in front of me.

In a corner, I finally found a palm-sized groove.

Reach out and touch it.

There was a rumbling sound.

The stone powder on the monster statue kept peeling off and floating down.

Chapter 36 Astrological Lock

The stone dust peeled away, revealing the monster within, which was just as real as I had expected.

Demon Eagle [Special Elite]: Level 130, HP: 210000/210000

The demon eagle demon that awakened from the sculpture flapped its wings and pounced on me. Since it was right next to me, there was not much space for me to react or dodge.

Fortunately, Ahri summoned an ice wall in time to block the opponent's attack.

Only then was I able to quickly leave the Demonic Eagle Demon's side, and let the Sand Scarab and the Holy Spirit next to me stop the monster that wanted to attack me.

This special elite is considered very strong among monsters of the same level, with excellent attack and defense capabilities.

But facing the siege of seven Holy Spirits that were no less powerful than the special elites, a Sand Scarab with better defense than the leader was like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth when surrounded by a meat shield.

Coupled with Ahri's output, he only lasted five or six minutes before falling to the ground and dying.

Two pieces of equipment and a blueprint were revealed underneath.

I threw the two pieces of gold into my backpack as I had no use for them. As for the other blueprint, it surprised me.

Black powder crafting recipe.

"It's actually black powder..."

My eyes widened.

Most war weapons need to be loaded with ammunition. These ammunitions are divided into boulders, cannonballs, magic bombs, etc. according to the types of war weapons. Alice now also has several war weapons that use cannonballs as ammunition.

Among them is the Arbiter Cannon that was exchanged after the second city district was opened in the City of Mocris.

The Arbiter Cannon has a range of around a thousand yards.

If it is placed in a fortress turret, it will have a bonus on damage and range, making it a powerful weapon in fortress battles. With the efforts of many alchemists in the Star-Moon Workshop, two were successfully assembled, which consumed a lot of materials and resources.

This kind of war weapon is kept absolutely secret within the guild, and only Sister Fengye and a few others know about it.

Such a powerful weapon can cause devastating damage to the enemy even when used with ordinary artillery shells.

However, if black powder is mixed into ordinary artillery shells and other materials are added in specific proportions.

Not only can it increase the power, but it can also make the explosion splash over a larger range when the shells hit the ground. If the Arbiter Cannon is equipped with black gunpowder, the power will be absolutely unimaginable.

Since this monster dropped the black powder recipe, will these other statues...

With a thought, I immediately turned my attention to the other sculptures in the hall, and followed their instructions to find their respective mechanisms and activate them one by one.

The monsters born from these sculptures are all of special elite level, and their levels are all similarly 130.

It's just that each monster has a different name.

Activate one by one and kill one by one.

Time passed slowly, until more than two hours had passed, and all the sculptures standing in the hall were gone, leaving it extremely spacious.

There are a total of twenty-four sculptures, which dropped four recipes for black powder and some materials for making black powder. As for the others, they can be ignored.

"I don't know if these sculptures will refresh. If they do, we must prevent other guilds from knowing the secret of the black powder formula dropped here."

After carefully putting away these black powder formulas, I also mentioned it to Sister Maple Leaf.

If you have time later, you can bring your team here to have a look.

...No, I was so busy thinking about the gunpowder that I haven't done the real thing yet.

I was just about to leave when I suddenly remembered this incident and couldn't help but stick out my tongue. However, these sculptures didn't appear to be anything special after they were all destroyed, so it's no wonder that I overlooked them.

No, it seems different now.

I looked at the floor of the hall and blinked.

As the last sculpture was destroyed, mysterious patterns and lines appeared on the ground.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the locations of these patterns were right below the original locations of the sculptures. The twenty-four patterns formed a huge and complex magic circle through the lines.

I thought about it, took out the Eye of Ugal from my backpack, and used its high-altitude vision to take a photo.

I studied the entire magic circle shown in this photo, but still couldn't come up with any information.

After all, whether in the past life or now, I know very little about such things as magic circles, and I have no idea what this magic circle means.

Maybe the alchemists in the workshop know what's going on. If not, we can go back and let Tris and Rongla take a look.

Alchemists must know more about astrology, formations, and mysticism than I do.

"and many more."

Something suddenly occurred to me.

It seemed that Hill knew more about this kind of thing. When they were in the monastery before, he also recognized the type of magic circle at a glance.

Asked Hill tentatively.

The Bloodborne Ruins have now almost stabilized, and Hill just happened to have some free time, so he teleported to my side.

"Your Highness."

Hill was teleported here as a priest.

It seems that he has become accustomed to this kind of magical disguise.

I briefly asked about the Blood Origin ruins, and then showed Hill the scene reflected in the Eye of Ugar.

"This is an astrological lock."

Hill took a quick look and made his judgment.

"Astrological lock?"

I am more curious.

It was only after Hill's explanation that I understood.

The magic circle is constructed based on various elements of nature and rules. Astrology is one of them, and the lock at the back is one of the uses of the magic circle. Building this magic circle serves as the [key] to the destination.

Simply put, it is a mechanism to open a certain entrance.

When I heard Hill talk about this, I immediately thought of my own mission.

I think this entrance is closely related to the missing church members.

To decipher the mathematics behind a magic circle constructed based on astrological maps, more calculations are required than for an ordinary magic circle. Even a master alchemist would need more than ten minutes to decipher the mathematics behind it.

But in Hill's hands, it only took about three minutes to solve the problem.

This makes me more and more doubtful about the versatility of the maid profession.

"No, Your Highness, I have only seen the explanation of the solution to this formation in a book."

"..."

It seems that no matter how strong your ability is, you can't stop others from endorsing you directly.

According to what Hill said, I started from the beginning of this constellation and headed towards different directions.

A light white line appeared on the ground as I passed by, until finally when I stepped on the position of the Star Book, the line finally formed a closed shape.

A rumbling sound was heard.

Without Hill's reminder, I could see a dark entrance at the end of the hall.

The passage was a bit narrow and could only accommodate two people side by side, so the Sand and Stone Scarab certainly couldn't squeeze in.

Furthermore, the mission mentioned the missing church members, who might be involved in being taken hostage. If we go in with such a large force, we might alert the enemy and it would be inconvenient to move.

I thought about it and asked the seven holy spirits and the sandstone scarab to stay near the entrance.

If there is any danger, we can take care of it.

He entered the passage with Ahri and Hill.

Chapter 37: The Great Demon Grantham

After walking a few steps in the passage, a spiral staircase leading downward appeared.

Going down the spiral staircase, a cold chill came over me, along with a faint smell of blood.

Hill, who was walking next to me, suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong, Hill?"

I cast a curious glance.