Angel scrutinized them for a long while, yet still could not understand what these incomplete and utterly unrelated magical patterns were trying to convey.
And why had they been carved onto a suit of armor like this?
For the moment, Angel could not grasp the significance of this armor's existence. After some thought, he decided to set it aside for now and find the laboratory first.
As for the strange abnormalities of this suit of armor, if he still could not figure them out later, he would ask the Tree Spirit.
With that in mind, Angel gave the armor blocking the middle of the path a deep look, then went around it and continued onward.
Because of the armor's appearance, Angel was already certain that this path differed from the one that had made him "walk in circles." It definitely would not have him walk for over ten minutes without finding the end.
And that was indeed the case. After walking another twenty-odd steps, Angel saw a staircase leading downward.
The staircase wound down like a coiled snake. When Angel descended to its first bend, he saw a door.
As he approached the door, the sconces on either side immediately lit up.
Worried that they might be some sort of linked mechanism, Angel inspected the sconces and found that neither contained lamp oil. Instead, they held rough metal discs that looked like unfinished alchemical products.
After appraising them with the Eye of Nalda, Angel confirmed that the metal discs were indeed alchemical creations, made of Death Phosphorus Ore.
The defining trait of Death Phosphorus Ore was that the moment it sensed the aura of a living person, it emitted a phosphorescent glow like ghostly fire.
Much like the sconces here, the metal discs had likely sensed the living aura emanating