Chapter 51 The Inheritor
Under the guidance of the young monk, everyone finally walked out of the city wall corridor through another magical water mirror gate and entered the interior of the candle castle.
After crossing the Water Mirror Gate, a colorful and vibrant garden appeared in front of everyone. It can be seen that there is no dedicated person to take care of the garden. All kinds of wonderful flowers and plants compete for beauty, showing their best side to the visitors in high spirits.
Compared with some aristocratic gardens that Qin Lun had seen, although they were not combined into gorgeous patterns or were neatly trimmed, a natural beauty was about to emerge, making the viewer unable to help but nostalgic for it.
Of course, in addition to the beauty that the garden brings to everyone, the building that attracts everyone's attention most inside the candle castle is the giant tower standing in the middle of the castle. It is the central library of the candle castle and the core of the entire candle castle.
The Central Library is a Gothic-style steep tower, which is more than 20 meters taller than the Mage Tower on the six-sided city wall. It is the highest-altitude building among the entire Candle Fort island group.
The ground floor of the tower is a rotunda with a huge area, with a diameter of nearly 70 meters on the widest left and right side. From where Qin Lun and others stood to the main entrance of the tower, there is a flat gravel road.
The main entrance of the tower is a cone-topped arch. There is a raised stone platform more than ten meters in front of the door. On it is a man holding a book and wearing a pointed mage hat. He looked up at the stone statue of the old man in front of him. This was to commemorate the great prophet Alando.
There are more than a dozen relief patterns on both sides of the arch and the stone walls above. Judging from the content, it seems to be telling the history of the candle castle from its establishment to the present.
Qin Lun and others walked into the main entrance of the library with awesome mood. The hall of the library was very spacious, with a dome almost dozens of meters high, which should occupy one-third of the height of the tower.
At the edge of the hall, a gentle corridor hovered around the walls, some upward and some downward leading to the underground part of the tower, which was a huge jump structure.
What’s strange is that there are no stairs in the corridor, but a slope with a small angle. According to the monk who led the way, the cancellation of the stairs was to prevent those scholars who were immersed in thinking from falling down while walking. This is really a consideration for the Tao.
There are some portraits of people hanging on the walls of the upward corridor, including humans, elves, and even dwarves. In short, portraits of various intelligent races can be seen here.
Mastasha recognized some characters in the portrait, and she said that these are relatively famous historical figures of various races, most of whom are erudites.
From time to time, scholars wearing monk's uniforms or wizard robes can be seen walking here. Most of them have a thoughtful look on their faces and almost ignore outsiders like Qin Lun.
"Please go here!" The monk who led the way for Qin Lun and others smiled casually, leading everyone to the corridor deep into the underground.
"Hey, Idriya, Ilistin...you don't want to leave me alone!" As everyone was looking around, Linda ran towards them panting.
This little girl, who doesn't know how old, has a deeper relationship with her companions during this adventure. What's strange is that the one who has the best relationship with her is not the blood-thorn trio that was originally taken care of by her, but the believer of Ms. Lauvita, Idriya, and the second is the elf beauty Ilisten.
"Haha, Linda, didn't your teacher punish you?" Mastasha asked teased.
"Oh, don't mention it. The teacher scolded me hard and assigned a lot of homework. I guess after this matter is over, I will copy books in Candle Castle in the next few decades." Linda's face collapsed and she said with a frown.
"Oh, after this matter is over? Then your teacher allows you to go to Northland?" Idriya sensitively heard the voice of Linda's words and asked in surprise.
"Yes, the teacher said that world peace is everyone's responsibility! Candle Castle must do its best, but he has no time, so he has to let me represent love and justice and judge the many evil organizations of Santalin Club." The little girl raised her fist with a solemn and sacred expression.
"Puff!" Seeing Linda's pretty face tense and serious look, the three beauties in the team couldn't help laughing so hard that they leaned back and forth.
Qin Lun and the other two murderers smiled at each other. Even though they knew Linda was lying, they had no intention of delving into it. No matter what Linda's teacher was thinking, as long as Linda didn't help Santalin Club, they were happy to have many powerful dragon vein mages in the team.
Walking down the corridor, Qin Lun and others went deeper and deeper into the ground. Although they were far away from the ground, the air here was still extremely fresh. Magic crystal lamps were embedded on both sides of the corridor, emitting a bright orange-yellow glow.
I don’t know how long I walked, some doors with runes engraved on both sides of the corridor began to appear. According to the young monks leading the way, this is the residence of some scholars who like to be quiet, and some of them are special types of classics storage rooms.
After about two quarters of an hour, Qin Lun and others finally reached the end, and a spacious hall space appeared in front of them. The light in this hall was abnormally dark, and in the shadows, you could see the quaint and heavy stone doors around the hall.
"Please try to keep quiet here. The stone gates around are all scholars who sleep forever in the tombs of Candle Castle." The young monk whispered to everyone.
"Why are the tombs arranged here? Isn't Candle Castle afraid of visitors disturbing the scholars who are eternal migrant?" Qin Lun asked in a low voice.
The monk glanced at Qin Lun and replied softly: "There are also tombs deeper in the candle castle, and no one can enter there. The tombs arranged here are all wills left by these scholars during their lifetime.
When they were alive, they devoted all their time to Ogma, the god of knowledge, and they did not leave their inheritance. Therefore, after their death, they hoped that visitors to Candle Castle would meet the conditions and inherit their mantle."
"What are the conditions?" Qin Lun asked curiously.
"Every scholar who sleeps forever is different. Some of them are just leaving a difficult puzzle in front of the tomb door. As long as someone can solve the puzzle, they can enter the tomb room to take away their relics. In addition, some rely on their bloodlines. If their descendants or relatives come, the hidden magical mechanisms in the tomb door will react."
This time, Linda took over the topic and said with a smile, "Anyway, any kind of conditions may exist! If you want to find opportunities, the guide can also take you around here, but it can't be too long."
"Forget it, don't make any troubles, so go and teleport the magic circle as soon as possible!" Mastasha urged beside him.
"Of course, you have paid enough, everything is as you wish." The young monk smiled and led everyone to the corridor behind the hall.
However, just as the team passed by a tomb, a heavy stone gate that looked plain and plain suddenly emitted a shiny glow, which surprised everyone.
"No, it's so bloody!" Everyone, including Linda and the young monk, couldn't help but widen their eyes. According to what Linda said just now, one of them was a descendant of a scholar who was sleeping in this tomb forever.
"Anyway, please stay here. I want to check your bloodlines and see which visitor can inherit the inheritance of this ancestor of Candle Castle." The young monk looked serious and insisted that everyone come to the front of the tomb one by one.
"It won't be delayed for a long time!" Linda also spoke for the monk.
"If anyone among us takes away the items from the tomb, do we have to pay an additional price?" Qin Lun asked with a frown.
"No, the things in these tombs do not belong to the Candle Castle, but the private relics of those scholars." The monk and Linda shook their heads at the same time, "The Candle Castle just follows their wills so that their inheritance will not be cut off. This is the only thing Candle Castle can do for them."
Hearing Linda say this, everyone has no reason to object. They come forward one by one and cut their fingers, allowing blood to drip into a stone trough in front of the tomb door.
Of course, the three apostles of Qin Lun were not descendants of blood. Their blood dripped into the stone trough without any response. The next two elf beauties, Mastasha and Ilistin, did not meet the conditions, and everyone's eyes immediately gathered on the last person.
"Me?" Idriya's face was a little complicated, and she hesitated and refused to step forward.
"It's okay, Idriya, maybe the scholar who is sleeping in the tomb forever is one of your distant ancestors." Linda encouraged with a smile.
"After joining the Lauvita Church, I have long given up my family and life experience. I have no ancestors anymore, and I don't want any relatives." Idriya sighed, but refused to verify her bloodline.
"It doesn't matter whether you admit your bloodline or not. Take out the relics of the scholar in the tomb first. If you really don't want them, leave them to Zhunbao for safekeeping." Qin Lun's eyes flashed and pushed Idriya to the gate of the tomb.
When Idriya's blood dripped into the stone trough, it really had a magical reaction as expected. The bright red blood gradually lit up a red light, as if a blood-colored little bead was rolling around in the stone trough.
"KaKaKaKa" The heavy stone door of the tomb chamber made a sound, slowly opening inward. After Idriya was pushed in by everyone, the tomb door was closed again.
However, according to the monk, there is no danger in the tomb chamber. As long as Idriya takes out the inheritance relics left by the scholar, the tomb door will open again.
After a while, the stone door of the tomb chamber opened again, and Idriya, with a strange face, stepped out from inside. Everyone noticed that she was holding an ancient ruby ring in her hand.
After coming out, Idriya did not hand over the ring to the monk in the candle castle, but put it directly on the middle finger of her right hand, as if she had chosen to accept this inheritance.
Chapter completed!