However, before Rein could truly enter the hall, his nostrils flared, and his face suddenly turned solemn as he halted his steps.
"Such a strong scent of blood—could it be that sothing has happened to the school’s squad? No, this blood scent is too pungent, it doesn’t seem to co from human blood."
"Moreover, there seems to be so strange particles in the air, trying to force their way into my Iron Armor Technique..."
With Rein’s keen perception, he imdiately noticed sothing unusual ahead.
"This place is a bit strange!"
After a brief thought, Rein cast a Steel Armor Technique on himself and slowly proceeded forward.
The dim green fluorescent hall ca into view, akin to those ergency lights that light up during a power outage in a previous life, but several tis dimr.
However, with Rein’s eyesight, he could see the entire scene clearly. The hall was dozens of ters high, with a gigantic broken stone statue in the middle. Surrounding it were dozens of stone balls one to two ters in diater. What caught his attention the most, however, were a number of peculiar humanoid corpses scattered on the ground.
And the blood scent from earlier likely ca from the blood of these creatures.
Following this, Rein approached one of the corpses and squatted to inspect it closely.
After so investigation, Rein discovered that these corpses were quite similar to the Stone Palate Monsters described in ancient texts.
The Stone Palate Monster is a unique subterranean race, resembling ape-n, with fangs and claw-tipped limbs suited for digging. Their entire bodies are covered with petrified skin, thickest on the back, their distinguishing feature.
Yet, Rein’s face still showed contemplation.
Because the sizes of these Stone Palate Monsters did not match those described in ancient texts; they were much larger.
According to the records in the texts, a typical Stone Palate Monster should be around one ter fifty to one ter seventy in height.
But these dead Stone Palate Monsters before him were over two ters tall, and for so unknown reason, patches of hair seed to have fallen off their skin.
Additionally, so of the Stone Palate Monster corpses were re skeletons, so had just begun to decompose, and others were very fresh, having died less than twenty-four hours ago.
Unable to make sense of it for a mont, Rein stood up and again surveyed the hall.
On the northern and southern walls of the hall, there were signs of damage and excavation, with several irregular holes.
Moreover, the overall style of the hall was entirely different from the plain rock and soil tunnel he had co through. Whether the do, the columns, or the marble tiles on the floor, all showed signs of high craftsmanship.
Recalling this, it seed that the tunnel he had just entered was dug by newcors themselves.
Additionally, the architectural style of the hall was entirely different from that of the Empire, revealing a paradoxical sense of being ancient yet imbued with a certain high craftsmanship.
"Hmm, the precision of this sphere..." Rein thought to himself as he observed the stone ball beside a column.
The stone ball before him was near perfect in sphericity.
You should know that π is not a rational number; any creation involving circles or spheres is very difficult. Generally, one can discern the level of craftsmanship from the processing precision of a sphere.
"The craftsmanship level exceeds my school by at least two grades."
"No wonder it’s from an ancient large Wizard School."
...
Suddenly, Rein’s eyes narrowed slightly.
"Swish! Swish!"
Subtle whooshing sounds arose around him, slowly approaching Rein from three different directions.
"They even know to use one to attract attention from the front while the other two attempt a sneak attack from behind—they seem to have a decent level of intelligence."
"But this level of skill... is still a bit too weak."
Rein shook his head slightly.
In the next second, Rein suddenly flashed into several afterimages, startling the three Stone Palate Monsters who had been stealthily planning to attack from the shadows, causing their vertically slit eyes to widen.
Because they saw their prey suddenly appear right in front of them.
"Puff!"
The sound of blades piercing into flesh rang out almost simultaneously from three directions.
If you looked carefully, you could see three identical images of Rein, each holding a Knight’s Longsword that had just transford, piercing the brows of the three Stone Palate Monsters.
In the next instant, the three figures suddenly vanished, while Rein’s original form seed to remain unmoved, maintaining his previous posture of looking around.
"Thump! Thump!"
One after another, heavy thuds hit the ground. Soon after, a rustling sound was heard from farther away, as if the distant Stone Palate Monsters were frightened by what they had just witnessed.
As the surroundings quieted down again, Rein injected a sliver of spiritual power into the crystal according to the school’s agreed signal, and soon, a several-square-ter section of the northern wall moved swiftly aside, revealing a tunnel with a rectangular cross-section like a subway tunnel.
A middle-aged man, holding a short stick and wearing a robe from the Bixiu chanization School, cautiously looked around and at Rein.
"Are you Rein sent by the tal Series of the school? Quickly, co in!"
The middle-aged Wizard was evidently a bit surprised by the youthful face of Rein. Additionally, seeing how quiet the surroundings were, he showed a puzzled expression, muttering:
"You didn’t encounter any of the mutated Stone Palate Monsters when you ca in? Quite lucky."
"But why did the tal Series send you over? So young—what can you possibly contribute..." The middle-aged Wizard mumbled as he quickly activated a chanism to close the wall after Rein entered.
After all, the ntor had only ntioned that this Rein was an Imperial Sword Bearer, possessing high tal affinity and imnse talent.
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