Chapter 582 Magic Mechanism

Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 582 Magic Mechanism

There are many demiplanes, too many to count.

In essence, many of today's planes, whether in the mortal world or the outer realm, were once just demi-planes, which slowly developed over time and eventually formed truly stable planes.

Mages also often look for ownerless demiplanes to use as their warehouses or shelters. They usually fix the demiplane outside their own plane so that they can use it at any time.

The same principle applies to the demiplane that Pei Renli and the others are on.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to enter a demiplane with an owner, and it is equally difficult to get out. This demiplane is currently used as a refuge for people in the town, so its original owner may not be controlling it.

That's why outsiders, including Pei Renli and others, come in and out, which is equivalent to entering a room without a door.

But in this way, when they find something is wrong, they can successfully escape by going back the same way. After all, it is a room without a door. They should not be able to get in but not get out.

In addition, regarding the brothers Marcel and Luke, they are fanatically trying to find everything related to magic. Although it seems to be a fantasy to the people in the town, judging from the rationality point of view, it is not impossible.

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If the demiplane was really used as a testing ground for spells by a certain mage, something must have been preserved somewhere. Just look at Pei Renli and you will know that a mage cannot be the same as a warrior. All he has is a set of armor and a sword.

There are a lot of books and materials needed to practice magic, etc. There are too many things that require special places to store.

In order to facilitate entry and exit, the magic laboratory located in the demiplane will definitely have a portal or a magic circle connected to the outside world. After all, teleportation spells require extremely high precision in operation, especially inter-dimensional teleportation spells, which are slightly inconvenient.

Being careful will lead to bad consequences. In contrast, a semi-permanent portal or magic circle will be much more stable. Since it is a place that often needs to be entered and exited, there is no need to make yourself uncomfortable. The entrance and exit of the demiplane must be

There are still some.

The problem is here too, I can't find it.

There are clues about this matter that no one in the town knows, otherwise the brothers Marcel and Luke would not have found Dafa since they were young. The only ones who may know are the two of them, but one is missing and the other is crazy.

Obviously nothing can be asked.

Then there is only one last way left.

"What do you think about the fact that undead creatures often appear in the town?"

Zhihu’s standard question is how to evaluate the appearance of undead creatures.

"Aren't you looking for a way out? Why are you asking this?"

"Actually, the reason why we are here is related to a commission."

Perrenli briefly explained the causes and consequences to Druno, who was also very surprised after hearing this.

"No one in our town has been out, so no one should write a power of attorney."

The people in the town expressed denial about the power of attorney. The staff of the Stone Fortress said that the seal on the power of attorney was indeed genuine, but they did not remember reviewing the power of attorney, and they did not know that the town of Taragon

Where is it?

It was as if this letter of authorization was written by an invisible ghost, and after it was written, it confused the staff of the Stone Fortress to stamp it, and finally flowed to the Adventurer School through the postal system.

Combined with the excessive coincidences along the way, Pei Renli felt that someone should have deliberately lured them to the town in order to solve the problem of the appearance of undead creatures.

In this case, as long as this matter is resolved, everyone should be able to go out, but Pei Renli doesn't really want to follow the other person's wishes, and feels uncomfortable being controlled.

That's why he didn't immediately ask questions related to undead creatures, but asked something else.

"Ignoring the power of attorney for now, how much do you know about the undead?"

"Recently, just two or three months ago, the number of undead creatures seems to have suddenly increased. In the past, we could only see some skeleton crocodiles and the like in the swamp, but there was a barrier preventing them from entering."

This is normal. Animals that die naturally can become undead. Usually it is purely accidental. When it is exposed to sunlight, it will turn into bones again, which is equivalent to a natural phenomenon.

"Now the situation has worsened a lot. Not only can we often see undead creatures wandering around the town in the middle of the night, but we also heard that they will sneak into the town. Although we have not heard of anyone being killed yet, everyone is panicked."

"Didn't you organize a militia?"

"Of course."

Druno pointed to a row of hammers leaning against the wall behind him:

"That's the weapon prepared for the militia. At first, we temporarily used wooden sticks to patrol the night, but no undead creatures appeared every time we patrolled. Once we stopped patrolling, the next day someone said they saw them moving in the middle of the night."

Sure enough, just as Pei Renli guessed, these undead creatures are too intelligent and completely abnormal, as if they are controlled by someone behind the scenes.

"I also heard that many corpses were lost in the cemetery, and many tombs were opened. The tombkeeper, Piero, has been suffering from mental weakness recently. He was nervous all day long and did not dare to guard the grave at night.

There is a vigil at the Tomb Man's Lodge."

Over at the cemetery, Kaya and the others asked, and they should be able to get more detailed information.

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At the same time, inside the church——

The weeping family members had already found a new coffin and put the body in it. It was the pastor's job to preside over the funeral. Camilla happened to be forced to open her business. After some operations, she finally got it done.

At this time, the family members of the deceased had already brought the coffin for burial, and only Kaya, Korra, Camilla and the mayor were left in the church.

"Mr. Mayor, a recently deceased corpse will not turn into an undead creature under normal circumstances, let alone a ghoul. I hope to understand the situation. I hope you can understand that a very terrible thing is happening in the town.

It’s something that’s getting more and more serious.”

Normally, it takes time and chance for a dead person to turn into an undead creature. It is impossible for the person on the front legs to die and the back legs to turn into zombies and crawl up. This is not a biological crisis.

What's more, ghouls are undead creatures that are more advanced than zombies, and it takes a long time to be born naturally.

But if there are external influences, the situation is different.

The situation just now must have frightened the mayor. His lips trembled:

"We also wanted to know the reason. At that time, I just heard that someone had died of illness and asked me to conduct the funeral. When I arrived, I saw the coffin was moving, so I asked someone to seal the coffin with chains, thinking that after the burial

It’ll be fine.”

In other words, the mayor thought the thing in the coffin was a zombie, but he didn't expect it to be a ghoul.

"Is the cause of death definitely due to illness?"

"I'm sure. The Emma family's child has been weak and sick since he was a child. He has long heard that he is dying. The doctor in the town has also seen it and it is true that he died of illness."

"Has he come into contact with anything strange? Or has he been out of a small town?"

"I haven't heard of it. You can ask his family later."

"Is this happening a lot lately?"

"No, this is the first time."

When Camilla asked, Kaya stood aside and acted as a doorkeeper. After all, it was too much for her to talk to strangers.

Korra saw that Camilla was getting more and more detailed in her questions, and turned around to look at the church.

This is a very small church that can only seat twenty or thirty people. However, unexpectedly, there are religious paintings made of stained glass on the church. However, Korra, who has little understanding of religious beliefs, cannot recognize it.

What.

There is no priest in the town, and according to the mayor, there don't seem to be many believers in the gods. The church is mainly used as an auditorium for large gatherings.

However, there is still a statue enshrined in the church, which is the statue of a goddess.

Korra didn't know this god, it must be a very minority belief, otherwise the common idols would be somewhat vague.

However, it seems that he is not an evil god. At least the expression of the statue is calm and gentle, as if he is smiling. If it were a statue of an evil god, it would obviously not be painted in this style.

Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything worth exploring in this church. After all, it's just a small church in the countryside.

but……

How to say?

Korra had a strange feeling. She felt that there was something hidden in the church, or maybe it was just an intuition.

Long-term training has given rogues a special sense of sensing traps or hidden doors. To put it bluntly, it can be regarded as a sense of déjà vu. Having experienced many battles, they will naturally be vaguely aware of many routines.

It was precisely because of this intuition that Korra secretly winked at Kaya while Camilla was asking the mayor, and then quietly walked around behind the statue.

The statue is only about one meter high and is a small statue. It is placed on a square base.

Korra looked around casually as if visiting the decorations of a church, and gently slid her fingers on the base of the statue.

Her keen sense of touch can detect tiny cracks. If there is any mechanism, she can detect it just by touching it.

But this time, I don’t know if Korra missed it. She circled around the base of the statue, and although she felt some cracks, they were really just cracks, but the base had cracked due to the age.

Is it an illusion? Or is it that the mechanism is on the statue?

Korra didn't want to touch the statue, because the statue was like the god's camera. Touching it casually would probably attract unnecessary attention, especially if Korra didn't know who this goddess was, it would be very troublesome if she had a small belly.

So Korra took two steps back, stood in the gap behind the statue, and touched the gaps in the wall inch by inch, hoping to find a mechanism here.

Her feeling is right.

Within a few seconds, she touched the corner of the wall and found a small piece that could be pressed down. It was like a button. It was almost integrated with the wall and was placed in a dark corner.

It's hard to find its exact location by touching it.

With a slight exertion of her fingers, Korra saw a brick on the wall pop out, as if a lid had been opened, revealing a small, rotatable handle inside.

She turned the handle slightly and covertly, and the stained glass window above her head seemed to move accordingly.

The sun shines through the rotating stained glass windows and falls on the back of the statue of the god in the church. As if it is being branded with a laser, a complex golden rune appears on the back of the gray stone statue.

Magical mechanisms, this is not something Korra can solve...
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