Casting spells

After all, Professor Craig patted the girl's shoulder lightly, carefully avoided the hot ground that could melt the soles of shoes, and continued to walk forward with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Mansha bit her lower lip and glanced at the fellow travelers behind her, but finally she made up her mind and quickly chased after her.

She knew very well that she couldn't even protect herself right now, let alone save everyone.

In this way, along the rugged road, which occasionally produces earthquakes, magma jets and other accidents, slowly advancing, the more people walk, the less people go, and when they reach the bottom of the volcano, there are only more than 30 people left. There were less than eight, and the rest either fainted on the road, or accidentally fell into the magma and were burned alive to ashes.

Of course, a large part of it was self-defeating. Seeing some high-temperature rocks inlaid with large pieces of diamonds, rubies, and cooled gold, I couldn't restrain my inner greed, and ended up wanting to take them down and send them back. It was a windfall, but in the end the money didn't come out, and I took my own life into it.

Looking up at the steep terrain of the crater, the bald man took a deep breath and asked in an uncertain tone, "Professor! Are you sure the key is inside?"

"That's right! The original words in the book are that Icaret, who sleeps in the roaring volcano, holds the key to leave. What we need to do is to summon it through a magic ceremony." Craig nodded, using a He replied in an extremely weak tone.

The long-term high-temperature environment exhausted all the energy of the nearly seventy-year-old man, and there was only one motivation for him to persevere, and that was to see the most powerful flame monster in the legend——Icaret.

No archaeologist can resist bringing creatures of myth and legend to life!

"Oh—my God! This book! This book hasn't been lit yet?" The white youth finally noticed the strangeness of the ancient parchment book.

After all, the terrifying high-temperature environment has already burned everything that can be burned, such as pure cotton T-shirts, shirts, socks, which suddenly caught fire while walking, and plastic bottles filled with water. The dots began to deform, but a parchment book was fine, absolutely abnormal.

"I think maybe some kind of magical power is protecting this book, as if the original Semitic alphabet symbols helped us avoid the flame spirit." own interpretation.

Because most of the clothes have been burned away, she now only uses a piece of fabric to cover her sizeable breasts and crotch, so she looks very sexy.

But the men in the team were so tired right now that they didn't have the slightest desire. They just glanced at it and then turned their eyes to the ancient book.

"Okay, now is not the time to discuss this book. Work harder, and slowly study what incredible power it has after we return alive." Professor Craig obviously didn't want to reveal too much, and ended the topic on his own initiative.

Under his leadership, a group of eight held hands and exhausted their last strength to climb to the top of the erupting volcano.

Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the old professor forcefully pushed the bald-headed man down the crater, opened one of the pages of the ancient book, and chanted the sacrificial verse on it loudly in Sassan Pahlavi: "Great Icaret! You were born from the world's first light and flame! You are the source of all life! A symbol of strength, courage and destruction! A symbol that transcends death and fear! According to an ancient contract, I offer sacrifices to you here, In exchange for a key to leave..."

boom!

Accompanied by a more violent eruption!

A demon-like monster with horns on its head finally jumped out from the deepest part of the volcano!

Although it is only three meters high, its whole body is burning with dazzling white flames. Even if a rock touches a little bit, it will be instantly gasified by the terrible high temperature...

Chapter 661 Sacrifice (I wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year and all the best)

"Human! Are you calling me?" Icaret spread his wings made of flames and asked loudly above the lava in the crater.

Although it did not speak any known language, the meaning expressed was clearly understood by everyone present.

Craig forcefully supported his body that was almost reaching its limit, and responded out of breath: "That's right! It's me! I have already offered a sacrifice, please give us the key to leave."

"Sacrifice? Hahahaha! Don't you think that the idiot you pushed into the magma just now deserves to be called a sacrifice? No! Human beings! The real sacrifice is not despicable sneak attack and murder! It's about inspiring a person All the physical and spiritual potential! Dedicate a battle beyond the limit with the posture of a warrior! Use the brightest light of the soul to please me!" Icaret laughed and said the rules of the sacrifice.

"You...you mean we have to fight each other now to get the key to leave?" Mansha subconsciously licked her chapped lips, her face full of shock and fear.

"That's right! Only those who pass the test are eligible to leave!" Ikaret nodded slightly. "Remember! This is not a battle in the ordinary sense. It is about surpassing your own limits, abandoning fear and defeating death in a fierce battle, and finally gaining my approval. In addition, there are exactly six of you left, and now each chooses Let your opponent begin."

With the last word down!

The only six survivors quickly distanced themselves from each other, staring at every companion around them vigilantly.

Especially the old professor who pushed the bald man into the magma was stared at by the other four with malicious eyes. If nothing else happened, he would definitely be the first to die in a while.

On the one hand, Craig's sudden sneak attack just now gave everyone an excuse to kill him.After all, killing a murderer can only be regarded as self-defense at best, which is completely different from the psychological burden of killing an innocent person.

On the other hand, as an old man in his 70s, his physical strength has reached its limit. Compared with the young and strong men and women present, the old man who is only half breathed is obviously a better target to solve.

Just when most people were hesitating whether to act first, a white man in his 30s finally couldn't bear it, and was the first to jump out and charge towards the old professor's position.

Without too many fancy moves, he directly took the kitchen knife he had taken in the restaurant kitchen before, and stabbed fiercely at the opponent's chest.

Craig was obviously exhausted to the extreme, unable to dodge at all, he could only watch the sharp blade plunge into his chest with a bang!

Dazzling blood gushed out like a spring!

Because the surrounding environment was very high, the blood flowed faster than usual, and dried up almost as soon as it flowed out, leaving a large dark brown blood stain on the rock in the blink of an eye.

"I won! I won! Give me the key! I want to get out of this damn place!" The white man threw away the kitchen knife in his hand and shouted excitedly.

But before he was happy for a few seconds, a group of scorching flames suddenly spewed out from under his feet, instantly burning his whole body to ashes.

Staring at the black lump of carbide, Icaret said in an unhurried tone: "I'm sorry, your sacrifice failed. As I mentioned just now, this is not a battle in the ordinary sense, but a battle to abandon Fear, defeating death, surpassing the limits of oneself, and if not up to par, then I will distill its filthy soul with flames."

"Fack! That's easy for you to say! Fear is a strong emotion that comes from a person's heart! How can it be possible to just throw it away!" Another young man in his 20s finally couldn't help but burst out.

Like all guys who collapsed in desperate circumstances, after seeing no hope of life, he simply cursed, and he died anyway in the end.

However, Icaret didn't seem to be particularly angry when he heard this sentence, and he still explained calmly: "You are right, fear is a strong emotion from the heart, especially when facing death, fear It will be magnified infinitely, and only those who truly transcend themselves can abandon it in a short period of time. I like the sublimation of the soul when human beings overcome themselves, and firmly believe that it is the most beautiful scene in the world, so I decided This standard of sacrifice. If you don’t want to sacrifice, I won’t force you, you can turn around and leave, but don’t try to get the key to leave from me.”

"But I didn't come here voluntarily! It was that book! That damned ancient book sent all of us here forcibly!" the young man argued loudly.

Finding that the powerful spirit in front of him was not as vicious and brutal as he had imagined, and he was very reasonable. His subconscious desire to survive suddenly boiled over, and he tried to use his mouth to persuade the other party to let him go.

"Sorry, human, I didn't write that book, but it was written by an interesting human more than 500 years ago, who wanted to use this sacrifice in exchange for the power of fire to help his country defeat the enemy But a contract is a contract. When you read the first letter on the first page of the book, the contract has been activated, and no one can change it, even me..."

Taking advantage of the conversation between Icarlet and the young man, Mansha hurriedly picked up the ancient book that had fallen on the ground and quickly flipped through it, desperately trying to find a solution to the current crisis.

But when she was flipping through the book, she suddenly discovered that there was a crumpled note added to the book, which had not been burned at all due to the super high ambient temperature.

Immediately, she remembered what she said not long ago, the ancient book is protected by magic power, so even if it is thrown into the fire, it will still not be ignited.

In the same way, is this piece of paper that is eager for a phone number also protected by magical power?

For a while, Zhang Cheng's meaningful words kept reverberating in the girl's mind. Finally, with the attitude of giving it a try, she turned on the driver's cell phone, which had already overheated, and dialed the number on it as quickly as possible.

Even though I couldn't even receive a signal, it was unbelievable that the phone was connected!

A familiar voice came from the other side of the phone: "My God! You finally called. Don't say anything, don't hang up and keep the signal, I'll be right there."

"Hello?! What do you mean! Do you know where I am?" Mansha was a little incoherent excitedly.

next second...

boom! boom! boom!

Accompanied by a piercing sound, the thick black fog covering the sky was suddenly torn apart by a huge force!

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw that a black hole appeared out of thin air, and an Asian man wearing a casual suit and holding a black cane walked out of it.He was none other than Zhang Cheng who had been waiting for most of the night without closing his eyes...

Chapter 662 The Spirit of Flame