Chapter 143: The Illusion Array
As Valerius and the team of Mer guards headed deeper into the valley, they encountered more dangerous creatures waiting for them. While they looked as harmless as a bunny, their reality was nothing less than the monsters who ventured into the deeper parts of the Great Woodlands.
"What’s that?" Skyler asked out loud, drawing everyone’s attention toward the huge stone podium that was built in the middle of the valley they all were currently walking through.
Murmurs broke through the silence of the area as the guards started whispering among themselves as they all raised questions and speculated about the stone podium.
Valerius was the only one who stepped toward the podium while Skyler signaled all his men to stop and wait until they clear out the mystery of the podium.
The first dark lord silently inspected the stone podium as he stood a little distance from it, his sharp ice-blue eyes were keenly observing every little detail of the array that was set up to stop them or anyone else in general from reaching the core point of the magical ward.
"It’s an illusion array. We have to solve it if we want to continue walking forward." He informed the group of men behind him before he allowed his air element to surface and recognize the spells that were used in building the trap.
"Shouldn’t we consider it a good thing that we are encountering these traps? It means that we are heading in the right direction." One of the guards pointed out in excitement and immediately grabbed the attention of others who seemed to agree with him but this happiness of theirs didn’t last long.
"Do you think the elders, who created the core of the ward and set up these traps to guard it, were fools? I’m sure you will find such traps all around this place that are built merely to misguide people." Skyler was the one to confront the foolish conclusion of his subordinates.
There was silence following the captain’s words for a little while before another one of the guards spoke, raising a really concerning question - "Then how are we going to know if we are heading in the right direction or not?"
This sudden question raised concerns among the guards who once again started murmuring before Skyler silenced them all with a sharp glare. Whether the guards were really one of the bests in the Mer Kingdom or not was yet to be cleared but one thing clearly noticeable about them was that they really lacked discipline.
"You all don’t have to worry, we are heading in the right direction." That was all that Valerius said when he finally retracted his air element after they had successfully piqued up on all the spells that had been cast on to set the illusion array.