Ch 326: Even Thieves Don’t Leave Empty-handed, Let Alone Adventurers

After Phia and Grey’s thorough search, the two people finally found the Identity Verification Device that Yselle had mentioned earlier, so they quickly summoned everyone else.

“Mommy, what is this?”

Philia pointed at the cylindrical object next to Phia, and Phia held Philia up to explain.

“This should be the mechanism that Yselle mentioned to open the next level.”

“Then, Mommy, do you know how to open it?”

“I’m not sure; I’ve never seen anyone use it.”

At this time, Yselle came to Phia’s side with Xiao Jiu.

“She’s very smart, but her wings haven’t been fully exercised, so if she wants to fly, she’ll have to wait until she grows a little bigger.”

Yselle handed Xiao Jiu to Philia, and Philia happily said while holding Xiao Jiu.

“Thank you! Sister Yselle.”

“You’re welcome.”

Phia put Philia down on the ground.

“Be good, go play, don’t run too far.”

“Okay!”

Philia went to play with Xiao Jiu to one side. Xiaoyue was worried, so she followed.

“Found it?”

Bal and Nia slowly walked over, looking at the cylindrical object beside Phia; Bal was a little curious.

“Is it this thing?”

Although Bal was curious, he still had some safety awareness. He wouldn’t touch unfamiliar things. Nia was different; she poked the cylindrical object a few times with her finger.

“Don’t touch it randomly, be careful that a sudden mechanism cuts off your finger.”

Bal grabbed Nia’s collar and pulled her back. Nia laughed when she heard Bal’s words.

“Hilarious, do you think I’m stupid? The kind of traps you’re talking about are placed in a recessed area on a wall; this thing is protruding; where’s that kind of weak trap?”

“Bal, Nia, stop fooling around.”

Phia interrupted the two people’s playful banter in time. She pulled Yselle to the front of the cylindrical object.

“Yselle, how do you activate this thing?”

“Um, let me try.”

Yselle pressed her hand on the top of the cylindrical object. A minute passed, and there was silence. Now Yselle was a little embarrassed.

“What’s going on? I remember that I could activate it with a press before.”

“Could it be that the energy supplying this device is used up?”

Grey squatted down and checked the cylinder.

“Phia, try inputting Magic into this device, and I’ll track the flow of your Magic.”

“Alright, I’ll try.”

Phia put her hand on the cylinder and slowly inputted Magic into the device. Grey detected Phia’s Magic; he followed Phia’s Magic along its path, and finally stopped in the middle of the floor.

“It’s here; the Magic stopped flowing after it reached here.”

Phia stopped inputting Magic and took Bal and the others to Grey’s side.

“Do you mean it’s lacking energy?”

“Yes, there should be an Energy Storage Device below. Try inputting Magic directly into it.”

Phia hesitated.

“I don’t know how much Magic this Energy Storage Device can store. And we don’t know how much Magic it takes to open the next level.”

“I’ll do it with you.”

Bal put his arm around Phia’s waist and said so. Although Bal’s Magic reserves weren’t as much as hers, she still felt reassured.

“Mm, together.”

Phia and Bal extended their hands toward the middle of the floor. This time, they didn’t intend to go slowly. At first, they worried that the floor might reduce the input efficiency. It turned out their worries were unnecessary. The floor’s good Magic conductivity allowed their Magic to quickly transmit into the Energy Storage Device.

“Yselle, go wait by the device. Tell us if it starts.”

“Okay!”

Yselle quickly ran to the side of the cylinder. She stared at the cylinder. The side of the cylinder, which was originally dim, now lit up a red light.

“By the way, Phia, if you have time to rest, please check on Yselle.”

“Huh? Why?”

“She has an extra pair of wings. It looks like she’s getting closer to the image shown on the Stone Tablet.”

“I understand, I’ll check on her when we get to the next level.”

“Okay, I’ll leave it to you.”

After about five minutes of infusing Magic, sweat beaded on Bal and Phia’s foreheads. Nia looked a little anxious. She turned to Yselle.

“Yselle, are you done yet?”

“I’ll try!”

Although the light on the side of the cylinder wasn’t the blue color in Yselle’s memory, since Nia urged her, she had no choice but to try. So she put her hand on the cylinder. After a few seconds, the floor began to shake.

“What’s going on?!”

Bal bent down to protect Phia. Nia protected Grey. Philia’s situation was interesting; Xiaoyue held Philia in her arms, but she forgot about Xiao Jiu, so Xiao Jiu slowly climbed onto Xiaoyue’s shoulder and pressed its claws on Xiaoyue’s face.

After a while, the shaking finally stopped. Yselle let go and spread her wings, flying to the side.

“Ah! It’s open! Everyone, come quickly!”

Yselle beckoned to everyone. Seeing that nothing else happened, everyone relaxed a little and walked towards Yselle together.

“Okay, okay, I’m sorry, Xiao Jiu. Philia was entrusted to me by Master to protect her. Forgetting you was an accident. Don’t be angry, okay?”

Xiaoyue held Xiao Jiu in her arms to comfort it. Although Xiao Jiu didn’t struggle or move around, the way it turned its head to avoid eye contact with Xiaoyue made people feel that it was angry.

Xiaoyue sighed and took out a candy and put it in front of Xiao Jiu.

“Here’s a candy, don’t be angry with me.”

Seeing the candy, Xiao Jiu’s eyes lit up. It directly bit the candy in its mouth and then started rubbing its head against Xiaoyue’s hand.

“Phew, finally appeased.”

Philia watched Xiao Jiu and Xiaoyue make up; she was incredibly happy.

When everyone gathered around Yselle, they saw that the place, which had been flat ground, had sunk down to form a series of steps.

“I thought there was a direct lift or teleportation device. It turned out to be stairs after all.”

Nia complained about the staircase design. Yselle smiled wryly. Before she could respond, Phia spoke.

“You, read fewer novels. The principle of the kind of floating lift you mentioned is too far-fetched. Without a Magic conversion medium, it won’t work. Unless it’s mechanical, but if it’s mechanical, it still needs Magic, which is unfriendly to ordinary people. After all, some people are born without Magic aptitude.”

“Hehe.”

Nia chuckled, and everyone continued to move towards the lower level.

“Could it be that every level below is like this?”

Bal worriedly asked Yselle, and Yselle shook her head.

“That level just played a separating role; it’s the same below as above.”

“Phew, that’s good.”

Reaching the lower level, a completely different feeling appeared before everyone. If the upper level was large and empty, the lower level was crowded. Countless boxes were piled up in the space of the lower level. Bal casually opened a box. Although the contents were gone, based on the labels on the boxes and Grey’s translation, it could be inferred that they once contained books and other items.

“Why are these boxes here?”

Bal pointed to the boxes and asked Yselle, and Yselle shook her head.

“I don’t know either. The last time I entered the tower was before the Great Black Tide. At that time, although I often saw people moving things into the lower level, when I asked them, they refused to say why or what was inside.”

“They even kept it from a Saintess?”

“After all, I couldn’t save more people back then.”

Yselle recalled that past with a wry smile. Phia walked to Yselle’s side.

“Don’t move, I’ll check you.”

“Oh, okay.”

Yselle stood still. The check was as usual; Phia used a Magic Formation to scan Yselle’s body.

“How is it?”

Nia approached Phia and asked. Phia frowned and replied.

“It’s true that some Seals have been released, but why has the upper limit of her Magic reserves decreased?”

“Huh?”

“This is the first time I’ve seen this kind of situation. There are too many questions about her that I don’t understand.”

“Should be nothing serious, right?”

“There’s nothing wrong with being alive; her body is very healthy.”

“That’s good, as long as she’s okay.”

After checking Yselle, Bal started to rummage through the boxes.

“What are you doing?”

“Looking for any remaining good things. Even thieves don’t leave empty-handed, let alone us adventurers.”

“Yselle is still here.”

“It’s okay, Mr. Bal is happy.”

“Look, Yselle doesn’t mind.”

Phia put her hand on her forehead; she was speechless.

“What’s this?”

Philia picked up something on the ground that looked like a book and gave it to Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue directly gave the thing to Bal.

“Master, look, this is what Young Miss found.”

Bal stared at the object Xiaoyue handed him; his eyes lit up.

“Grey, put this away!”

“Coming, coming.”

Grey fiddled with the object. It opened like a book, so Grey tried to translate it, and the result was unexpected.

“Wow, incredible, this is a good thing!”