"This Magic Barrier seems to be somewhat wrong."
Elsewhere, Leo's expression turned grave as he stared at the spherical Force Field stained an ominous dark red.
He waved a hand, spreading his Ninth-Rank Domain to envelop the subordinates behind him.
Previously, the only thing that had appeared in the ruins was that black Alien Power capable of draining life. The dark red special power on the barrier before him was something he had encountered for the first time since entering these ruins.
The strange properties of this power were such that even he, a Ninth Rank Expert, began to feel a trace of negative emotion growing within him just from looking at it.
It was hard to imagine how devastating it would be to Professionals below the Ninth Rank.
However, this also meant that they had found the true core of these ruins.
Moreover, the book beside that corpse looked strangely familiar. Its appearance was almost identical to the characteristics of his target on this journey.
Could that be the corpse of Heros, the Source of All Laws and one of the nine Speakers of the Ancient Magic Empire? Had he truly died here, perishing together with the bizarre existence he had fought in his final battle? Then was that barrier a Seal he had left behind before his death, or some contingency left by that bizarre existence? With countless questions filling his mind, Leo cautiously took a step forward and entered the hall.
But the moment he took that step, a violent change suddenly erupted!
Countless bizarre magic patterns, as though flowing with blood, abruptly lit up across the hall's previously black stone floor! They radiated an eerie, ominous dark red glow, while indistinct buzzing and whispers rang in everyone's minds, as if recounting the ultimate truths of the