Chapter 410 Wedding Banquet (10)
There was an awkward silence in the secret room for a long time, and no one responded.
The Inquisitor looked around the secret room and threw the stone disc used to open the internal mechanism of the secret room. His movements were bold and careless, as if the stone disc in his hand would fall into the abyss at any time. However, no one tried to stop or admonish this powerful Inquisitor. Although their ideas were completely different, they all shared the same goal of not wanting to bring bad luck.
Compared to the other six people, the Archmage knew the true identity of this Inquisitor. His perception of the environment and others was undoubtedly strong. In her impression, although they had been together for a short time, this Inquisitor had hardly done anything meaningless. He sealed the entrance to the secret room and opened the mechanism inside the secret room. It was estimated that he must have discovered something. But the other party seemed to be a difficult guy to deal with, because he had not completely confirmed the other party's location and had been looking for him.
"Shadow Fiend", "Siren" and "Candle Merchant" had no idea what was going on, and they actually did not believe what the Inquisitor said, especially "Candle Merchant" who had been inside the secret room before. Although his body had been frozen in mid-air for a long time, his eyes and mind were still normal. During this period, "Candle Merchant" did not find that a third person had entered the secret room, the secret door had not been opened, and he did not see anyone.
The situation of the "Rat King" was similar to that of the "Candle Merchant", but because of the different positions, he saw more situations. Before the two entered the secret room and were hit by the mechanism on the altar, the "Rat King" brought several rats in to investigate the secret room, but there was nothing in the secret room except the altar, so the rats were not used, but they were still left in the secret room. However, after he was hit by the mechanism, the energy connection between the rats and him was broken, which was very strange. You know, at the end of the secret passage outside the secret room, the rat controlled by the "Rat King" in the room with the mechanism to open the secret door has been connected to him until now, so it is definitely not the mechanism that caused the energy connection to be interrupted. The "Rat King" still trusts the words of the judge, but he is not ready to express his opinion, just quietly observing the development of the situation.
The idea of "Scholar" Tarun is somewhat different from that of the previous five people. Her attention is not at all on the fact that "there may be a ninth person in the secret room". She is thinking about what will happen later and what is wrong with this Inquisitor. From the information she got before, she and "Siren" felt that this Inquisitor might be a fake. It's not just because of his stronger strength. The biggest danger, or one possibility, is that this Inquisitor is not a "local" at all. If this is the case, then the entire team may be involved in a major incident that cannot be handled at all. At this point, Tarun no longer cares about any mission or not. As the think tank of the team, she must find a way to take others away from here as soon as possible and get rid of these troubles.
And according to her observation of the Inquisitor, she found a proof that the identity of the Inquisitor was not true, that is, the way he acted. Normal Inquisitors, when they need to fight or encounter emergencies, often use the power of judgment to exert various powerful forces to help themselves achieve their goals. When necessary, they will also use various enchanted powerful weapons, but the Inquisitor in front of him not only has no weapons, but until now, except for those tentacles, he has never used any energy-related power, only the most basic physical strength. When those tentacles appeared and retracted, Taren also deliberately observed a few times. The armor on his body seemed to be fake, which might be a disguise formed by ability. Taren has seen three-digit Inquisitors in his long life, and has also been in contact with many senior officials of the Inquisition, but she can be sure that she has never seen such tentacles and the power of disguised armor. She had to find an opportunity to take the team away from the Inquisitor, but she couldn't do it in the secret room. She had to wait until she got out and find a crowded place to act.
The idea of "Earth Dragon" was completely different from that of others. He didn't care about whether there were more people or fewer people, or whether the Inquisitor was real or fake. He could predict danger and had a strong sense of abnormal energy. In his eyes, the Inquisitor was like an alchemical bomb that could explode at any time. The density of abnormal energy on his body even made him feel nauseous. His ability to predict danger also kept issuing fatal warnings, just like someone holding a giant gong and knocking wildly in his ears. He even suspected that this guy was death itself disguised as a mortal, coming to the mortal world to scare people and pass the time. This uncomfortable feeling that was deadly made "Earth Dragon" sweat all over. His body temperature even dropped by one or two degrees. The heavy sweating on his body even made him feel hungry and thirsty. If possible, "Earth Dragon" really wanted to find a place to dig down and dig all the way back to the gathering place of demons or witches from here. He really didn't want to get involved in these things.
However, no matter what everyone wanted to do, they had to wait until the Inquisitor finished his job, otherwise their death would be greatly advanced because of angering the Inquisitor. Although this feeling, as if eating a bunch of flies, was not pleasant, no one showed any dissatisfaction. However, they gradually lay on the safety platform, seeking some increasingly scarce sense of security in this low-profile position.
"Tsk, that's really troublesome."
"Hey~"
At this moment, the judge suddenly complained and threw the stone plate in his hand into the abyss. At this moment, the perceptive "Earth Dragon" and "Scholar" Talen suddenly found that there were several dark flashes in the corner of the ceiling of the secret room rushing into the abyss, in the direction where the stone plate was thrown. However, something happened soon, which they expected, but it was still a bit surprising when it really happened.
"Click."
"Boom~~~~"
The Inquisitor took out the second stone plate with his other hand, which had been behind his back. Everyone soon understood that this one should be the real one, and the one he had just thrown down should be a fake. Although they did not know how the Inquisitor made the fake, it was definitely his work.
Using the real disc, the Inquisitor closed the mechanism of the secret room again, and the ground returned to normal. Soon, everyone felt the vibration of the ground, and Talen heard the roar of the monster and the battle cries of several people. The "earth dragon" felt the huge energy flow of the battle. No matter what the monster below was, it was not something easy to deal with, and the guys who were fighting it were not easy to deal with.
However, the Inquisitor was not interested in the battle below. He walked to the secret door of the secret room, retracted the tentacles that were blocking the secret door, and then blasted the secret door away with a backhand punch. It smashed into the wall of the secret passage outside and turned into powder.
"Are you planning to stay here permanently? This place is not a cozy hotel. I think the cemetery in the castle is much better than here. At least there are some green plants."
Everyone looked at each other, but without much hesitation, they left the secret room and returned to the secret passage. They stood beside the judge, not knowing what to do for a moment.
The "Earth Dragon" quietly rubbed the leg of the "Scholar" Tarun with its tail. Tarun knew him. This guy was not playing tricks on her, but was reminding her of something important. Sure enough, she saw the "Earth Dragon" silently stepped back a few steps, grabbed the heads of the "Rat King" and the "Candle Merchant" with his big hands, and pulled them to the same position. The "Shadow Demon" also noticed their abnormality and stepped back a few steps. Tarun also grabbed the "Siren" beside him and put some distance between himself and the Inquisitor standing at the door of the secret room.
As for the Archmage, she had keenly sensed that something was wrong with the Inquisitor long before anyone noticed anything unusual, and had already hidden behind the others. After all, apart from Chuunibyou, no one would stare at their hands for so long, and the Inquisitor obviously had nothing to do with Chuunibyou, so there must be something wrong with him.
"Puff puff puff!!!"
The sound of objects piercing flesh and blood rang out one after another, and several strange tentacles emerged from the Inquisitor's chest. They quickly flew across half the distance of the secret room and wrapped around the stone plate on the altar. As the tentacles quickly retracted, the mechanism opened again, the ground disappeared, and when the stone plate reached the Inquisitor's hand, the abyss was fully revealed. However, during this period, the Inquisitor's eyes never left his palm.
But soon, he made other movements again. He first stretched out his left arm, palm facing right, fingertips pointing to the safety platform where the altar was located, and then he gently closed his fingers and made a grasping motion.
"Bang~~!!!"
In a flash, some huge marks suddenly appeared on the altar, which was originally empty and standing quietly on the safe platform, as if a giant who could not control his strength was holding it. Of course, the person who caused the damage to it was not a giant, but the judge at the door outside the secret room.
"Snapped!"
"Click!"
Then, the other party opened his left palm and clenched it violently. It seemed that he used considerable force. The clenched left hand made an explosion sound caused by the air being squeezed, and the already damaged altar inside the secret room was directly crushed into powder by the unknown force.
“It’s interesting…”
Before everyone had time to calm down from the shock in their hearts, they saw the Inquisitor open his clenched left hand again and point it towards the stone pillar below the altar, but this time he did not clench his fist. Instead, he raised his hand with the back of his hand facing up and waved it.
"boom!"
There was a loud bang, and the platform along with part of the stone pillars were suddenly blown away by something, hitting the wall of the secret room and breaking into several pieces. The judge withdrew his hand and nodded with interest.
"Boom~~~~"
The altar was completely destroyed, and the original mechanism on it was no longer functional. The ground began to close again. Before it closed, some fighting sounds could be heard from the bottom of the abyss, but that was no longer important. No one was thinking about those things now. If they could have escaped from the Inquisitor before by keeping a distance, no one dared to think so now. Except for the "Earth Dragon", no one thought that they were stronger than the altar that was easily crushed into powder.
"Hmm... Let me see... Are you the leader of this team? Here."
As if nothing had happened, the Inquisitor used that strange force to tear apart the wall near the secret door entrance of the secret room, blocking the entrance to the secret room. He glanced at everyone casually and finally locked his eyes on the "scholar" Tarun. Then he made a move that no one, including the archmage, could understand.
He threw the stone disc to "Scholar" Tarun.
"What are the conditions?"
After taking the stone plate, Tarun did not take any action. He just asked the judge about the conditions. Others did not think this question was inappropriate. After all, they believed that there was no such thing as pie falling from the sky in the world. He must have his own conditions for doing this.
"I need you to find something. A bunch of... stone slabs. They don't look special, and they don't have any energy reaction."
"You mean the slabs that caused the explosion?"
"Almost. Although the explosion was most likely caused by the stone slabs, someone must have done something to them. But that has nothing to do with you. After you find the stone slabs, you don't need to do anything. Just notify me. As long as you can find enough stone slabs, the deal is done. What you do after that has nothing to do with me. By the way, since I don't have much extra energy to watch you, you have to choose one person to be a hostage for a while. You are all smart people, so I don't want you to ask old-fashioned questions like "Why should I trust you?"
"Let me do it."
"You can't do it. You have too many tricks. The candle seller can't do it either. Choose from the other four."
"Shadow Fiend" volunteered to be a hostage, but was rejected by the Inquisitor. The "Candle Merchant" was also rejected in advance.
"Then let me do it. I'll be the hostage, but I hope someone as powerful as you won't go back on your word."
"Whatever. I don't need you to do anything. Just follow us and report the situation at any time. As for what you want to do, it has nothing to do with me."
"Scholar" Tarun volunteered. Although others wanted to stop her, Tarun waved her hand. In the current situation, perhaps only she could handle it.
"Then let's go. The sooner you find what I want, the sooner you can get out of this mess."
Everyone followed the Inquisitor and soon returned to the entrance of the secret passage. They could see the Inquisitor stretching his hand into the air, and then the secret door opened. Although they did not see exactly how he opened the secret door from inside the secret passage, from what happened just now, they could guess that the Inquisitor must have used that strange ability just now to directly turn on the secret switch of the candlestick on the wall outside.