The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

Chapter 231: Chapter 229: It’s Lord Rose, We’re Saved!

In the first room of the ancient castle, Hilia and Elina had a hard time.

The ice walls were patched, almost matching the mending level of the Southern Border City protective array.

But fortunately, in the end, they successfully withstood all the trap attacks.

The cost was more than half magic power consumed and a great deal of spiritual power depleted.

Hilia was very grateful, luckily she inadvertently formed a combination skill with Elina, greatly enhancing the defense of the ice walls, plus her own sudden idea of "mending skill", used minimal magic power to achieve comparable defense, thus withstanding the bombardment from various traps.

"If we hadn’t had the combination skill of ice and natural magic, and the mending magic skill realized, we’d have already fallen."

Elina sat on the ground without concern for her image and kicked the magical mechanism engraved with rune patterns fiercely.

"Continue, if you dare!"

"Stop it, stop it," Hilia pulled her.

Hilia was scared.

Who sets traps covering the entire hall, all linked, dismantling one triggers another, seemingly endless.

Even the magic crystals providing magic power are high-quality intermediate ones, enabling continuous bombardment, with an intention to go on incessantly.

Most traps even have protective runes, preventing them from dismantling the magic crystals, forcing them to destroy by force, or wait until the magic power in the crystals is fully depleted, only a few can directly forcibly remove the crystals.

Elina looked at the magical mechanism on the ground, still intact despite being hit by other traps, and said, "I wonder what materials these machines are made of, so formidable, shall we dismantle them later?"

Hilia said, "Why not take it whole, these magic guide devices have runes on them, accidentally triggering the rune would cause materials and machines to go to waste."

"Taking it whole is too large..."

The smallest magic guide device is half the height of a person, the tallest one is bigger than both of them combined.

A total of twelve machines with successfully dismantled magic crystals.

Each of the magic crystals went into Hilia and Elina’s pockets.

The machines are too large to carry or dismantle easily, but the magic crystals can be taken anytime.

"Let’s proceed, see if there’s a chance of obtaining a token, if we can bypass these nasty traps, everything will be fine."

Rested for a while, recovering some spiritual power and magic power, the two set off again.

This time, they became more cautious, but still unguarded against the sudden traps.

For example, arriving at the corridor, a trap suddenly appeared on the ceiling behind them, when it should have been triggered earlier, at a forward position...

Or turning a corner in the corridor, a statue hidden at the corner suddenly activated, taking a swing at them...

And discovering a trap in advance, while dismantling it, the floor beneath suddenly opened up, causing them to fall downwards, a dense array of metallic spikes below... Fortunately, both reacted quickly, timely setting up an ice wall below, preventing a thousand blades from piercing them.

In the situation where traps are everywhere, they crossed three to four halls, two corridors, one staircase, arriving at a staircase where Elina had a premonition.

If not for Elina pointing it out, Hilia would have gotten lost amidst the various traps, completely unsure of where they were.

"This ancient castle is also a large maze, various traps disturb vision, causing disorientation, it’s so disgusting," Hilia looked back at their path.

Now she couldn’t guarantee she could go back.

As for taking those dismantled trap magic guide devices... forget it.

Hilia opted for surrender.

Once they reached beneath the central tower, the surrounding traps had been cleared, Hilia still maintained vigilance, spells ready for release, while waiting for Elina’s confirmation.

She had become like a startled bird.

Elina glanced at the staircase leading to the second floor, hesitated, then said, "Hilia, why don’t we go back to rest a bit?"

Hilia frowned, "How could we? Next time, we might have to start from the entrance again. Though our magic power is almost consumed, it’s still not an absolute dead end, we should at least find valuable treasures, it’s just a bunch of magic crystals, though... they’re pretty valuable."

Originally, she thought magic crystals were not worth much, but with a bunch of intermediate magic crystals, each selling for one or two gold coins, totaling up, getting twenty or thirty gold coins per person, not bad at all.

Facing such a malicious relic, no matter how much gain, Hilia felt content, not daring to be greedy.

She just wanted to go home.

She was truthful.

But Elina was not resigned. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

She looked temptingly at the staircase, "I have a hunch, after ascending to the second floor, we might obtain a teleportation token."

"Normally, places like these staircases have more terrifying traps and entry conditions, I... can’t go on."

Hilia didn’t want to continue.

She was burnt out.

She just wanted to leave.

Wouldn’t lying down at home to cultivate be better than exploring a new relic?

If exploring relics, going to those elderly relics with guides would do!

Elina saw Hilia burnt out and said, "Hilia, why don’t I share my magic crystals with you and accompany me one last time, please, I’ll do anything!"

"Then I want to go back..."

"Except for that!"

"..."

As Hilia considered whether to leave her teammate behind, Rose’s playful voice came, "Go ahead, Elina is right, once entering the second floor, the relic will give you a token, next visit you’ll directly appear on the second floor."

Hilia instantly came back to life: "(๑‾ꇴ‾๑) Alright!"

She stood up and called Elina, "Let’s go!"

Elina was stunned, prepared words stuck in her throat.

But seeing Hilia willing to accompany her upwards, she hurriedly followed.

At the staircase entrance, as Hilia was about to step up, Rose’s voice came.

"Don’t walk in the middle, go to the right side, stop after ten steps."

Hilia’s eyes shined, almost seeing tears glisten.

It’s Lord Rose, we’re saved!

She thought Rose wouldn’t send ’divine guidance’ within this relic anymore.

She never hoped for Rose’s ’divine guidance’ again.

Rose mentioned reaching the second floor as a ’checkpoint,’ already exceedingly useful information.

Unexpected!

"Thank you, Lord Rose!"

The girl turned to remind Elina, a smile at the corner of her mouth, her face radiant, as if blessed by a god, stunning Elina.

That simple, serene smile made her feel like a spring breeze, her mood lifted alongside Hilia’s smile.

"Elina, follow me, keep right... can you hear me, Elina?"

"Huh? Oh, I hear you, I hear you."

"That’s good, I’ve received a god’s response, already knowing where to go, follow me closely!"

"Alright!"