Chapter 264: Unknown Goddess
Chapter 264: Unknown Goddess
Without alarming anyone, Ivan and a few others returned to the Shadow Ant Fortress.
After his examination, he found that Jushiti and Perni were indeed fine. With the method he taught them, he could transfer the power of the curse to the insects he raised.
After Penny came to the Mona Ant Colony Hut, she also learned the spell Blackbeard Crown and embarked on the path of raising and controlling insects. She has now achieved certain success.
"This curse has indeed become more profound, and has even become related to the curses of Jushiti and Purnie."
In the meditation room, when Ivan was alone, he carefully examined the curse mark on his arm.
The pattern has doubled in size compared to the original one, and its color has turned into dark blue. The lines on it look like intertwined poisonous snakes, revealing a different kind of hideousness.
The curse also gave him a different feeling that made him very uncomfortable.
"Damn it! It's subtly transforming my body."
After a while, Ivan couldn't help but curse.
It was obviously not his illusion before. The curse was at least two levels higher than before, which means that his curse was higher than Toins's at the beginning.
When it comes to curses, this is certainly not a good thing.
He also realized that the curse was corroding his body all the time. It could not be sealed, and it probably could not be transferred using the original method.
Then, he set about refining the first-grade Jiang Xia water, and it really no longer worked.
The seal had an additional effect, locking the curse power tightly on him, so that only the power could enter but not exit. Even the secret technique he had learned before, the 'Summer God Chain', was ineffective.
"Don't worry, don't worry. Maybe my methods are just too low-level. I just need to explore for a while." Ivan did not panic. He knew that panicking was useless. As long as he gave himself time, he would always find a solution.
Thinking of something, his face turned as gloomy as water.
If he cannot find a permanent solution, after he has found a way to alleviate the problem this time, he does not know what tricks the other party will play in the next five years.
This is really too passive. When will it end?
Ivan sighed lightly and waved his hand towards the door. After the protective layer was opened, a figure was waiting there.
"Wizard Ivan, I have something to report." Xiangdie reported first.
"Come in." Ivan said casually.
"Wizard Ivan, someone has sent you a message through me." Seeing that his face was a little serious, Xiangdie flew in and reported quietly. "She said she can help you."
"Please be more careful." Ivan was stunned for a moment and said in confusion.
"Just now, a picture appeared in my mind. There was a very beautiful woman who asked me to bring you a message saying that she could help you." Xiangdie explained.
"A very beautiful woman?"
"Well, I don't know her, but she gives me a kind of familiar feeling."
"Forget it, I'll see for myself." Ivan asked Xiangdie to get closer and used special means. When he saw a beautiful face, his heart skipped a beat.
It turned out to be the woman from that place.
He almost forgot that Xiangdie transformed into an intelligent creature because of an unknown exploration. He didn't expect that the other party had a backup plan, which was equally unfathomable.
Uncontrollable things happen one after another.
He waved his hand, and Xiangdie left the meditation room, leaving him alone there thinking.
"Forget it. Whether it's a blessing or a curse, I can't avoid it. I might as well go for it." Thinking that the other party had not shown any malice from beginning to end, Ivan thought again and again and decided to go and meet him.
If for no other reason, he just wanted to see if the other party had a permanent solution, and he didn't mind taking a risk to do so.
……
Two days later, Ivan and his two wives left the Mona Ant Farm hut, and the three of them rode on the backs of marsh ants.
"Ivan, where are we going?" As they were getting farther and farther away from the academy, Jiushi couldn't help but ask.
"A somewhat desolate place, right on the edge of the academy's territory." Ivan replied.
"Could it be Lake Nichols?" Looking at the direction they were heading, Purney suddenly thought of a place she could never forget.
Seeing Ivan nodded slightly, Pernie's face changed color. She almost died there, but was saved by Ivan. Because of this, she began to fall in love with Ivan.
It was certainly a queer place.
Now that Ivan was going there, although Penny was a little uneasy, she didn't say much.
Jiushi looked at the two of them suspiciously. Could it be that there was something special about that place? Why did they both seem to have been there and something happened there?
Soon, the marsh ants carried the three people to Lake Nichols, flew over the lush and green thatched grass, and continued to move forward for some distance.
Led by Ivan, the group dived into the depths of the lake, entered the underground river from the water, and finally came to an underground cave bathed in dim light.
"There's something wrong with this place, as if - as if someone is singing."
After coming out of the water and onto the shore, Jiushi sensed a strange aura, which made her take a step closer to Ivan.
Perni didn't say anything, but nodded to her, indicating that she had heard correctly. In this place, one could indeed hear the sound of chanting, the chanting of ancient ballads. "You two wait here, I'll take Xiangdie and Zeyi to the appointment." Ivan glanced at the glowing fluorescent stones on the mountain wall and the passage leading to the depths, and gave an order.
"I'm not going?" The Queen Silkworm was a little unhappy.
"Listen, if the situation gets bad, take them both and retreat first. I'll give you instructions." Ivan gave a few more instructions and without waiting for anyone else to say anything, he walked straight into the depths of the cave.
Amid the eerie and beautiful singing, he went deeper and deeper, and the place where Toins had set up his formation came into his sight, with some traces of the past still left.
The closer he got, the clearer the singing became, as if there was a pure girl singing and praising the gods she believed in.
Ivan didn't stop, but walked into another passage, step by step towards the depths of the cave that Toins was extremely afraid of.
He could feel that the closer he got, the more active the power of the seal became, like a fish returning to the sea.
After a while, the view in front of him became clear and he came to a larger cave. There was an inexplicable pressure in the cave.
"Swish swish."
With slight noises, the lights lit up one by one, illuminating everything in the cave more clearly.
You can see that there is a simple square in the cave. The square is paved with bluestone and surrounded by pillars. Above the pillars are brass lamps full of ancient charm.
The most eye-catching thing, of course, is the eight to nine-meter-tall human-shaped statue, whose face is 80% similar to the woman he had seen.
This should be a place to worship gods.
"Your Majesty, I'm here to keep my appointment." Ivan walked slowly to the center of the square, looked up and shouted at the human-shaped statue.
"You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a while, human wizard." After a pause of three or four seconds, the face of the humanoid statue came alive and began to speak.
"Your Majesty, it is very insincere not to show your true face." Ivan frowned, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "You must have something to discuss with me. Please show some sincerity."
"You are very brave."
Without seeing the human-shaped statue make any other movements, Ivan immediately felt a heavy pressure on his body. At this moment, he felt like he was against the world, and the pressure came from all directions.
There was no change on his face, but a huge wave was rising in his heart.
If I understood correctly, this should be the domain power that only fourth-level creatures possess. No wonder Toins was easily ambushed.
"Why aren't you talking?" asked the human-shaped statue.
"I am not as strong as you. There is nothing to say or discuss. I overestimated myself. You can kill me or chop me up as you please." Ivan said coldly.
"If you hadn't secretly mobilized your power, I would have believed what you said. You are such a cunning wizard." The humanoid statue looked at him with interest, and the pressure on him was swept away.
Ivan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He was betting that the other party had expressed his goodwill by helping Xiangdie transform last time, and he was betting that the other party had something in mind.
"What's your name?" asked the human-shaped statue.
"Ivan Marichatton." Ivan answered very simply.
"Mavis Margaret, this is my name. You must be curious about why I am looking for you?" The voice of the humanoid statue was very pleasant: "You have the rhythm of wisdom, which is an extremely rare trait."
Hearing this, Ivan's heart skipped a beat.
"Anyone with this kind of trait is bound to become a strong person. You didn't disappoint me."
"Thank you for the compliment, what can I do for you?"
It turned out that it was just a test. Ivan was secretly dissatisfied and asked quickly.
"I need you to help me out."
"what?"
Ivan couldn't hold back his expression any longer, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Thinking about the other party's easy suppression of him just now, and then combining it with the words asking for help, it was so inconsistent that he thought he had heard it wrong.
"I save you and help you solve the problem of the curse power. You save me and help me escape from the seal. It's that simple."
As he spoke, wisps of ethereal aura floated out from all parts of the statue, gathered together, fell to the ground and transformed into a graceful figure.
This person gives people a feeling of natural charm, and also makes people feel that he is sacred and cannot be desecrated.
Ivan had never seen such a woman before. In front of her, Justie and Pernie would pale in comparison.
Even though he was a man of strong mind, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
This might really be a daughter of God, or a female deity.
(End of this chapter)