After passing through a grove of laurels, they arrived at the sixth level of the maze.
There was nothing on this level except for a swan statue standing in the center. Compared to the enormous maze, the swan was very small. Its wings were spread as if it were about to take flight.
Cygnus had once also been called the "Northern Cross." The long vertical line beneath the cross was the swan's long neck, while the horizontal line was its outspread wings.
The swan's body was transparent, gradually turning white as it extended toward the wings.
Looking at the scene before her, Pomona felt it was familiar, yet she could not remember where she had seen it before.
"The paths of the gods are winding and difficult to find, yet they will reveal themselves amid the darkness of an unfortunate life," Nadia said. "That is written above the entrance to the seventh level of the maze. Once that door opens, it leads to the temple built upon Sage's Mountain."
In the end, Nadia had followed them after all. She had not discussed how the treasures would be divided.
That was riskier than settling the terms before cooperating.
Everyone understood without saying so. Once they saw the treasure, a fight would be inevitable. The maze had not been opened since the three Peverell brothers.
"If the last constellation is Gemini, and its corresponding metal is bismuth, what does it signify?" Severus asked Pomona.
"I don't know," Pomona said in confusion.
Gemini's lucky metal was mercury, Leo's was gold, and Virgo's lucky metal should have been nickel.
She did not know how she had memorized it, but she had actually remembered Virgo's lucky metal as Gemini's mercury. Based on the rule that the mercury content of each gold coin could not exceed