Chapter 87
The corpse was standing in a corner, outside of Lin Sheng’s vision from afar .
And he only noticed it after he got close .
The corpse was wearing a grayish-white robe and holding a yellow leather scroll .
Lin Sheng was shocked by its appearance and almost slashed at it . Luckily, he managed to stop in time . He then thrust the blade at the head and the heart of the corpse to stop it from moving .
After ensuring all safety precautions were taken only did he started searching through the body .
The robe on the corpse turned into dust upon contact, and only the leather scroll in his hand was robust without any signs of damage .
Lin Sheng slowly pulled out the scroll from his hand and opened it to see . It was a row of clearly written words and symbols .
Lin Sheng did not understand what it was, but seeing the title, it was probably some sort of musical score .
“Whatever it is, I’ll just take it with me first . ” Lin Sheng was not too bothered as he rolled the scroll up and stuffed it into his tracksuit beneath the scale mail .
After a short pause, he continued on . And very quickly he reached the entrance of the dark hall .
The hall was dark as there was barely any light in there . And at the center of the hall stood a white jade-colored stone pillar .
Snake-like creatures coiled the surface of the pillar, looking like monsters sealed inside the pillar, struggling to escape .
But Lin Sheng’s attention was not on the monsters, rather the upper part of the pillar .
There was a slightly grayish humanoid angel sculpture on it .
The angelic sculpture was slightly taller and wider than a normal man as it held a long spear in hand, and a round shield in another as its wings were spread wide .
Lin Sheng looked on intently and felt like every feather on it was clear and intricately detailed .
The angel seemed to have a male face, as his neck had a series of intricate patterns . He wore a thin muslin but he had eagle claws for legs .
Lin Sheng paused for a little and ascertained that there were no movements around him . He then slowly walked ahead .
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As he entered the hall, it was still silent all over . Lin Sheng then moved in further into the hall .
And just as he was a few steps into the hall, the great door behind him closed shut .
*Bam!*
The massive door thundered as it slammed shut, and before Lin Sheng could react, the gray angel sculpture on the rock pillar started cracking .
Massive pieces of debris started falling off his body as the wing slowly shuddered, carrying with it a strong air current .
*Hiss…*
The gray angel’s eyes lit up in blue light .
“Purge! Purify!”
A thunderous roar boomed from his mouth .
Lin Sheng was dazed by the sudden turn of events and as he recovered, he quickly brought the shield before him as he felt his sword tight .
Before he could react, a gray shadow slammed itself against the shield . The impact was so great that Lin Sheng felt the entire length of his hand, and half of his body turned numb .
And the shield almost flew off his hand .
“What strength!” he exclaimed as he slashed forward, hitting nothing .
Lin Sheng blinked, and the gray angel had already retreated to a few meters away inside the dark hall, as he flapped his wings while floating in the air .
*Whoosh!*
The gray shadow struck again .
And Lin Sheng quickly raised his shield again .
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*Bam!!*
The shield shuddered violently as Lin Sheng was sent flying and crashed against the door behind him .
“It’s too damn fast!”
He was way faster and stronger than he was, and he was flying to boot .
Lin Sheng tried to think of a countermeasure as he rolled on the floor to dodge the third strike .
*Crash!*
A deep, horrifying gash appeared on the wall .
Lin Sheng was sweating profusely as he cut up and ran, quickly scanning the hall .
And soon, he saw a small door, a door that had a hole broken in the middle of it!
*Whiff!*
Another rip in the air boomed .
Lin Sheng panicked and jumped through the hole in the door .
As he dove it, the sword got stuck and he had to abandon it . Carrying only the shield with him into the hole .
And behind the door was a wide bedroom .
Compared to the other decorated rooms, this was a rather Spartan one .
There was a black metallic rack on the wall, with a number of black leather books on it .
Beside the rack was a round glass container, and inside the translucent container was all sorts of golden runes .
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The container itself was empty, but on the edge of the floor was a tiny clump of black object, seemingly burnt bones .
Lin Sheng let out a deep breath as he turned back to listen . And was astounded to find that there was no movement behind him .
“That gray angel didn’t pursue me?”
Random thoughts ran through his mind .
A quick circle around the room, Lin Sheng discovered that aside from the simple bed, there was nothing in the room that fit the description of a bedroom .
The book rack, the massive glass container, the black rectangular rock platform, and some seemingly decorative, organ-like flesh chunks .
On the rack of the wall was a gray robe, and by its side was a belt, short sword, staff, and a ring of keys .
Lin Sheng’s eyes brightened as he started rummaging through the pockets of the robe .
The robe tore the moment he touched it as if he had ripped through mere spider webs .
But very quickly, he had found something .
He had pulled out a rock glowing in purple out of the pocket .
“What is this?” He inspected the rock .
The rock was just about the size of a nail and was glowing in purple all over . Its surface was rough and there was a faint scent of blood on it .
Lin Sheng applied some strength to it and felt like it was some sort of tumor that had been cut off .
As he took the rock, he came to the book rack and swiftly swept his gaze along it .
“I love studying, studying makes me happy . ” Lin Sheng smirked as he soon found a very interesting book .
He quickly pulled it out and started flipping it in his hands .
On the side of the book, a line was written in Ancient Rehn: Necromancy Spell Matrix .
Lin Sheng flipped over the first page and was slightly surprised .
The first page was a foreword, a page where the author expressed his thoughts .
He saw the neat, elegant handwritings
“I don’t know how long I can hold on . Maybe ten years, maybe a hundred . The light of hope, the sacred child in the legend, the Hope that Ancellia had brought us had faded away with the passing of time . What was left, was the abyss .
But I am not willing to give up .
In my hundred years of living, every problem I’ve faced, I had solved them . There was no other reason, other than I am the strongest mage in Snowgale Fortress .
Sadly, even the strongest of magic is meaningless before the collapse of the world .
Before my end, I have chosen to chronicle everything I have into writing, into books . And hopefully the day it will be opened will come…”
And the name at the end of it was: Qallir Meyer .
“It’s a mage’s tome!” Lin Sheng was elated, and he quickly flipped through it .
The table of contents was long; there were over hundreds of rows at least from top to bottom .
But most of the words were already blur and unclear .
Some were still legible .
Lin Sheng focused as he tried to pick out the parts that could still be read .
As expected, most of the tome was a blurry mess . The tome had spoken of three necromancy spell matrixes, but two were so fragmented that nothing could be identified from it .
There was however an intact one called, “Elementary Summoning of Otherworlders . ”