The Collection of The End

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Junction, Lake Lienia.

[Requires pyroxene key]

oh oh! Finally there is a door that requires a key to open!

Since the previous journey was too smooth and it was rare to encounter "stuck" situations, Sherlock was a little surprised.

This is the main entrance of the "Leyalakalia Magic Academy" located in the center of Lake Lienia. It is sealed by a "magic barrier" flashing with blue light and shadow. Sherlock tried to use Alaho to open it, But no response.

Obviously, although a "key" is nominally needed to unlock it, it is not essentially a lock. Based on the analysis of the surrounding environment, it is more likely that it was set up by the magician inside for safety reasons after the "Deathly Hallows" was broken. Safeguard.

Surrounding the long staircase that continues to rise leading to the main entrance of the college are the ruins of a town that is not small in size.

Judging from the ruins and ruins, it was obviously a town designed to serve the magicians of the academy and those who came to study, similar to "Hogsmeade" to "Hogwarts".

There are living corpses wearing mage costumes wandering around this town, amphibious big-headed dolls that use houses that have not completely collapsed as their nests, mechanical constructs that are suspected to be made by the magic academy, and weird spherical plants that emit poisonous mist.

At the main entrance of Sherlock Research Academy, those monsters would occasionally wander near him and try to attack them, and then they would be slashed to ashes by the "Bionic Teardrop" who was in charge of guarding them.

Holding the idea that "there must be an antidote within seven steps of the poisonous snake", Sherlock carefully searched around the main entrance of the academy, and unexpectedly found a clue. It was a tattered magic backpack with a Magical materials and a blank magic book that have lost their original appearance.

Obviously, the "normal" use of magic in the Junction is very similar to that of Hogwarts. The magic also needs to be recorded in the magic book in advance, but "Stephen", the "fader", can adjust it directly in the blessing, so there is no need to bother.

However, there is no magic recorded in this book. Apparently this unknown scholar was killed before entering the academy. There are only written records written by him or her in the magic book. Although this is a waste of resources for a magic book, But no one can accuse a dead—er, living corpse?

[Fan Lei is a liar! ! 】

The first sentence, the huge words and the trembling handwriting all testify to the anger of the nameless recorder.

[He sold us a ‘treasure map’, saying that it was where the ‘Pyroxene Key’ that could enter the academy was buried, but there was a dragon there! ! 】

Next, the recorder's handwriting became steady and he apparently calmed down.

[As we all know, Realakalia Magic Academy has not opened its enrollment for a long time. Every new student must be introduced by a 'magic professor', and the 'pyrogeneous key' as a token is the letter of introduction and the voucher for entering the academy. . 】

[But those magic professors don’t leave the academy at all, so how can outsiders gain their recognition? 】

[According to recent rumors, those magic professors have placed some 'pyroxene keys' in some locations that require magic to reach safely. If you can find them, you will naturally be qualified to enter the academy to learn magic. 】

[Ha, you must first learn magic before you can learn magic, right? 】

[Those who are interested in this will naturally not back down. Since the pyroxene key is there, even if they don't know magic, they will get it through other means. 】

[Some people succeeded, more people failed. 】

[The map depicting the confirmed location where the pyroxene key does exist is called a 'treasure map'. The cheap ones have nothing on them, while the expensive ones have extra notes about the dangers you may encounter when going there. This They were all exchanged for their lives - which didn't seem to be that precious. 】

[Next, I will annotate this treasure map, explaining that it is guarded by a dragon. There may be warriors or fools willing to buy it. 】

【Say it again. 】

[Fan Lei is a liar! ! 】

At the end of the magic book, there was an old folded piece of paper. Sherlock opened it. As expected, he saw the terrain around Lake Lienia, several arrows pointing to the southeast, and, " Dragon", "danger" and other vague words.

Although I don’t know what happened to this unlucky guy, he obviously failed to find a home for this “treasure map”.

"I just said Fan Lei is not a good person," Melina, who had read the book together, agreed. "So Lord Fader, throw away that bunch of grapes."

"I won't eat it, but at least I have to make sure it has some use." Sherlock confirmed the location again and put away the blank magic book and treasure map: "Be wary of someone who may cause harm at any time, and you shouldn't completely reject him. Because once a fixed pattern of action is formed, asking you to 'refuse' some 'help' that might make the situation better may become his purpose."

"Um...huh?" Melina looked incomprehensible.

"Compared to the bunch of grapes, why don't you doubt the 'hunting dagger' that Lani gave you?" Sherlock asked instead: "It was you who told me to 'don't be deceived by the beautiful big sister'."

"'Witch Lani' and 'Little Lani' are two different individuals," Melina retorted first, then touched the brass dagger hanging on her waist: "Its function is simple and practical: by poking people In one click, you can sign a contract with the other party that you cannot refuse, and you can also terminate an existing contract with the other party."

"...Chicken's ribs," Sherlock thought briefly, and then commented: "Since you can poke the opponent, the opponent's current strength is obviously inferior to the user, so it doesn't matter whether to sign a new one or cancel the old one. It makes a lot of sense, if it is poked by a sneak attack, the opponent can take advantage of the loophole and kill the sneak attacker with a backhand."

"Gu..." Melina puffed up her cheeks to express her dissatisfaction.

"but--"

"[This world will be on fire!]"

Sherlock was about to add a few words, but was interrupted by a huge roar. When he followed the sound, he found that in the direction of "Qianmen Town" that had been almost cleaned by bionic teardrops, a man wearing the same clothes as Mei Lin was walking staggeringly. Na is more similar, but looks like a young woman in tattered robes.

"Haida!?"

Hearing Melina's exclamation, Sherlock called back the bionic teardrop that was about to attack: "An acquaintance of yours?"

"She is also a 'witch' who serves the 'Faded One' and becomes the 'Supreme Mage', but we haven't spoken much and we don't know each other very well." Melina shook her head.

How was this "witch" trained?

"Is her condition...normal?" Sherlock looked at the witch named Haida carefully and frowned.

Melina doesn't need to answer - a person has no eyes, and there are traces of fire coming out of the empty eye sockets. This situation is not normal no matter how you look at it.

"[Ha...Ha...]" Haida seemed to "see" Sherlock and Melina, walking towards them unsteadily with her hands open, but the next moment, a living corpse jumped out of the ruins and jumped directly to them. Jump on the strange witch.

"The one who fades is the worst——"

"[Let the flame purify everything!]"

Melina was only halfway through asking for help when Haida firmly grabbed the face of the living corpse with her backhand and roared with unknown meaning while "glaring" at it with bright eyes.

The next moment, the orange flames surged out of her eyes and completely burned the living corpse to ashes.

"[Haha...]" After completely burning the living corpse, Haida turned around and walked towards Melina with her eyes blazing.

what to do? Should we put out the fire first or control the people first?

Bang!

While Sherlock was still hesitating, a khaki figure pounced towards him, knocking Haida face down to the ground and holding her down hard.

"What are you waiting for?" Se Lian glared at Sherlock: "Hurry up and put two grapes into her eyes!"

...Is this how it was originally used?