The deep night swallowed up all the order and solemnity of Camelot. Only the silver moon hanging high in the sky stared coldly at this majestic city, casting an illusory halo on all the rooftops and spiers. In those invisible corners, the shadows are pulled deeper and deeper, like a breeding ground for secrets and sin.
The streets in the Scholars District have long ceased to be noisy during the day, and most of the shops have closed, leaving only a few street lamps emitting a soft and lonely light in the silence.
A figure that was almost integrated into the darkness moved nimbly through the intricate back alleys. Li Wen walked in the shadows like a ghost with every step, without making any unnecessary noise.
Before leaving the hotel, the bottle of "Oil of Concealment" had been evenly applied to the outer layer of the cloak and leather armor. This potion purified from Shadow Solvent, when combined with Retrograde in Shadow, can even allow her to actively distort light, better hiding her figure in the shadows.
According to the map provided by Iluri, Li Wen quickly circled behind "Raphael's Curio Collection". This is a narrow dead-end street filled with abandoned cargo boxes and garbage, exuding a damp, musty smell. The back wall of the library is so high that no windows can be seen, and the only back door is sealed with strong iron bars.
But Li Wen never needs to walk through the door. She took out "Misty Veil" and sprinkled it under her feet. As the cold mist dissipated, a state called "quietness" appeared on her body. Then Li Wen entered Witch State, and the whole person flew into the air, and within a moment he was on the flat roof of the library.
The Camelot night view under the moonlight spread out in front of her eyes, but Li Wen had no intention of admiring it. She soon found a specially reinforced skylight on the roof.
This is the entrance to the interior of the collection.
The lock on the skylight is probably a sophisticated composite mechanical lock that cannot be opened with ordinary thieves' tools. But Li Wen was already prepared. She took a special glass bottle from her pocket. Inside the bottle was something like fine black sand. When she looked carefully, she saw that the fine black sand was crawling slowly.
This is the larvae of Corrosive Feathered Insect. This kind of social Demonic Beast feeds on metal ores and can secrete body fluids that corrode metals and even armor and weapons. It is among the top three Demonic Beast that adventurers least want to encounter when exploring caves. Its larvae are not that scary, but they are enough to corrode ordinary metals and chew them up.
Li Wen carefully poured these small things into the keyhole. It didn't take long for the entire lock to be tattered by these hungry insects. Li Wen After killing all the larvae with clean water, he carefully pushed open a gap in the skylight. After confirming that there were no magic alarms or traps, he opened it completely and quietly jumped into the darkness below.
This is a room on the second floor of the library used to store miscellaneous items. The air was filled with the strange smell of old wood, antiseptic chemicals mixed with some unknown metal. The moonlight shines through the skylight, barely illuminating a corner of the room. You can see that the shelves are filled with all kinds of strange items - a two-headed lizard soaked in antiseptic solution, an ancient clay pot covered with dust, and some ores that sparkle with a faint magical aura.
Li Wen landed silently and did not start taking action immediately. Instead, he first confirmed the location of the target room. According to Iluri's map instructions, Raphael's bedroom is located on the westernmost side of the second floor. It is the deepest and most private area of the entire floor.
To get there, one must bypass the most heavily guarded main exhibition hall, located in the center of the second floor. On the map, Iluri has planned a safer route for her: go out of this storage room, go right through a trophy corridor filled with taxidermy, then go west into an abandoned alchemy room, and finally pass through the side door of the alchemy room to reach a long corridor that leads directly to the outer hall of Raphael's dormitory.
During this period, most patrol guards and traps can be avoided. The only problem is that Penalized One of Stage Four happens to be guarding the last corridor.
After collecting the map, Li Wen was in no hurry to leave. She first leaned close to the door panel and listened to the movement outside the door. The corridor was completely silent, except for the faint sound of heavy footsteps retreating in the distance. After confirming the distance and direction of the patrolling guards, she slowly turned the doorknob and pushed the door open to a gap that was only large enough for herself to pass through, blending into the shadow of the corridor like a wisp of smoke.
The loot corridor is even more eerie than the map depicts. The walls on both sides were hung with taxidermy of various monsters: a swamp monitor lizard with three eyes; a completely stripped off griffon skin; and even a petrified gorgon specimen fixed on the wall. The shock and resentment before death seemed to still remain in those empty stone eyes. These cold and bloody trophies were displayed generously in the corridor. It was difficult to tell whether the owner of this collection was in a normal state of mind.
The various hidden traps and triggered magics in the corridor were already memorized in his mind. Li Wen easily bypassed those simple traps and successfully reached the end of the corridor. Behind an inconspicuous wooden door was the abandoned alchemy room.
Opening the door, a pungent smell mixed with Sulfur and herbs hit your face. The room was in a mess, broken glassware was scattered all over the floor, the experimental table was covered with colorful liquid stains, and a huge copper still in the corner was rusty. The unique ether residue left by Path of Transmutation still remains in the air, which is chaotic and unstable, proving that the owner here is not good at fine alchemical work.
Li Wen Without staying here too long, he walked straight through the room and found the side door leading to the last corridor.
Behind the door should be where Penalized One is stationed. According to Iluri's label, Stage Four would leave for a while every two hours, and it was unclear what he was going to do. In short, Li Wen must take advantage of that gap to enter Raphael's dormitory, get the items, and leave immediately.
Once you are a step too slow and your path is blocked by that Penalized One... the consequences will not be serious, you will die once at most.
Li Wen Counted the time silently. After a few minutes, she carefully pushed open the door and made sure there was no one in the corridor before she walked out.
There was no one in the corridor, and there was no other decoration except for the scarlet blanket on the ground. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and it even gave a faint stinging feeling in the lungs when inhaled. Li Wen Without much hesitation, he quickly walked through the corridor and finally came to a door made of dark wood with a serpentine pattern carved on the door.
This is Raphael's dormitory, and it is also the secret room where the ancient Stone Tablet is stored.
Li Wen gently pressed his ear against the door, holding his breath and concentrating. The room was completely silent, not a sound of breathing or heartbeat could be heard.
She was about to unlock the door, but her movements suddenly stopped.
In the thick smell of blood in the air, there was suddenly a vague fishy smell that resembled Cold Blood creatures.
Immediately afterwards, an extremely slight sound, like scales rubbing against the ground, came from the back of the corridor, from far to near.