Chapter 539: Ancient Magic

The power of the ancient sorcerers was really very strong. Among other things, that powerful magic seal carved into the wall of the ruins was proof of it.

To achieve such an effect today would be a miraculous feat.

In this field of absolute prohibition of magic, any magic would lose its function. Not even the power of the god of evil could be used.

With such a temple to isolate it from the outside world, it had no way to affect other creatures.

Before the coming of the Noumenon, the evil god could not invade minds and spirits, which meant it had lost its only means of attack.

While this controlled the evil gods, the mechanism outside the ruins and the Manticore could also block all outsiders.

The ancient sorcerers who built the Temple originally designed it very well, and intended it to seal the statue of the evil god forever.

Unfortunately, they probably did not foresee that, a thousand years later, the environment around it would undergo such massive changes.

All the once strong and powerful ancient wizards passed into history and disappeared with the evolution of human civilization.

This area had also become a great swamp, and the whole place had sunk into the depths of the earth. Many places were destroyed as the building sank and eroded naturally. Thus, the powerful sealing magic that was originally engraved on the wall cracked and gradually lost its original function. The powerful force that now permeates the room may be less than a tenth of what it was in its heyday.

The power of the evil god returned again, and his statue was taken by Okegiga to the centaur colony.

All that remained was this temple, silently submerged in the depths of the swamp, as well as the insignificant caretaker.

Ivan's fingers glided smoothly over the marble, and he could clearly feel the vicissitudes of history behind the awesome power represented by the ancient magic words and magical symbols on the wall.

He walked for more than ten minutes and did not cross the entire side of the hallway.

The space inside this relic was beyond imagination, and it could take him several hours to walk from one side to the other.

There was not enough left of the hour Ivan and Caresius had agreed upon, and he could not continue.

He had planned to record the ancient magical inscriptions carved into the wall and all the magical symbols and slowly go back to studying them. Now it seemed he had to find time to go back again.

He decided to go to the center, take a look at the place where the statue of the evil god was located and then return.

This exploration allowed him to see the power of the ancient sorcerers, a powerful force beyond anything known with modern magic.

The more he came into contact with it, the more he realized how insignificant his knowledge of magic was.

It should be noted that when he first entered school, like other young wizards, he would be thrilled for half a day if he successfully cast a spell.

He once thought that the power of Dumbledore and Voldemort was already the limit that wizards could reach.

Later, as he studied magical documents and came into contact with relics and magical powers left behind by the Four Founders and other ancient wizards, Ivan came to realize that the power that was once so strong in his eyes might just be the beginning.

When he saw the power of the evil gods and ancient sorcerers, a new door opened before him.

There were still many mysteries in the magical world that he did not understand. There was much knowledge he needed to acquire.

In awe, Ivan crossed the cloister and entered the lush garden.

All the plants in it were unknown to him and, with a touch of magic, had a unique appearance.

Looking at a column of purple oaks, he couldn't help but wonder if, like the huge dome plants outside, the plants around them had actually been transformed by the magic that filled the space, which made them become so strange.

The vining plants surrounded the entire garden and took it as their center, extending upward.

On the fluorescent orange stage, looking at the grotesque plants surrounding him, Ivan felt as if he was on a strange planet.

He walked forward for a long time, and then he saw a square stone platform.

The ground around it was rounded by huge, glowing boulders, engraved with sophisticated magical symbols.

The stone platform itself was heavily matted with green plants, hiding its original appearance.

Ivan recalled that Okegiga once said that when he discovered the statue of the evil god, it was entangled in a square stone platform with a large number of withered plants.

It should be the place, but without the corrosive power of the evil god, the surrounding plants had come back to life.

This was the center of the entire relic and the place with the strongest magical power in the room.

Ivan carefully observed the surroundings, and found nothing different, except that the strange magic was extraordinarily rich.

He moved closer and closer, with the strange sensation that something seemed to draw him onto the stone platform.

He used all his strength to remove a protected vine and saw an irregular circular groove in the center of the stone platform.

It was originally used to place the statue of the evil god, and around it stretched complicated magical lines of dark gold.

Following these lines, Ivan was tearing off the vines that covered them. Then he noticed that the magical lines on the stone platform intertwined to form two ancient magical inscriptions.

Ivan knew these two words, which meant "silence".

Sure enough, they appeared in Nicolas Flamel's Pictographic Dictionary.

"Silence!" Ivan repeated it with the pronunciation of the ancient magic writing. What was the meaning of these two words?

Perhaps, it was the name of this powerful magic in the hall of ruins.

His voice died away, and the Book of Abraham, which was in his pocket, suddenly flew out.

It glowed with white light, floating in front of Ivan, and its pages turned quickly.

Ivan was surprised to see the ancient book in front of him. The last time this happened, it was in the illusion of the evil god.

On that occasion, the book also flew out suddenly, sealing the horrible evil spirit at a critical moment.

What was happening this time?

The Book of Abraham flipped quickly through the first two parts and paused briefly on the first page of the third.

There was a mass of ink on it, and only the foot of the ancient evil god was visible.

Soon, the pages turned back a few more pages and immediately stopped.

On the originally blank pages, text emitting blue light quickly appeared.

At the top were the two ancient magic words "Silence" that Ivan saw on the stone platform. Below were the incomprehensible magic symbols and ancient magic characters engraved on the wall of the ruins. Under the effect of an invisible power, they were quickly engraved.

Ivan sensed that the rest of the room was gathering here.

He looked up and saw the light shining on the walls around him, the contents of which floated in a light blue mist. With his own location as their core, these lights and mists quickly converged to form a huge swirl.

They swirled and eventually merged with The Book of Abraham to form the words engraved on it.

Before Ivan could comprehend what was happening, he heard a faint clicking sound on the stone platform.

The dreamlike mists suddenly disappeared and The Book of Abraham fell to the ground.

What had happened? had it all been recorded?

Ivan rushed to pick up The Book of Abraham, but he could only find a third of it!