In the dark passage, Shien was unknowingly walking slowly forward, heading towards the deepest part of this space alone.
This time, no one guided him, and he couldn’t use his previous search method to confirm the location of others or the terrain.
Here, if Shien recklessly released his magic power, he would definitely be detected by the High Priest.
Therefore, Shien could only rely on the information detected by the perception ability of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] to find his destination.
The direction of airflow.
The texture of magic power.
Vibrations caused by various movements.
Faint, unusual sounds.
Such things became the basis for Shien to gather information about this space, allowing him to ponder while maintaining his concealed state under [Inner Awareness of Heaven’s Decree]. He followed the passage, moving forward slowly but steadily.
Along the way, Shien didn’t encounter any patrolling knights.
Perhaps because this area was relatively important, and unauthorized personnel weren’t allowed to approach, Shien didn’t find any traces of patrols.
But the lack of patrols didn’t mean that there were no “other beings” guarding this place.
Shien stopped at the end of a passage, looking at the scene before him, speechless for several seconds.
“—”
A rather terrifying pressure permeated the air here.
The source of the pressure was a massive creature lying on the ground.
Shien was quite familiar with such a creature.
Because he had one at home too.
It was…
“A dragon…?”
The massive creature lying at the end of the passage was indeed a dragon.
No, more accurately, it wasn’t a living dragon, but a “dead dragon.”
It had a pair of tattered dragon wings, the membranes on the wings torn and battered, and a lot of flesh and blood missing, exposing the bones.
Its entire body was decaying, at least half of it, with no intact parts visible, even its internal organs seemed to be gone. Only a very large magic crystal was embedded in its chest, as if replacing its heart, emitting a magical glow as it spun.
This couldn’t be called a dragon anymore, only a dragon corpse.
But this dragon corpse had clearly been modified, emitting a very strong death aura. It was currently lying there as if dozing, and in its empty eye sockets, ghastly green light flickered instead of pupils, telling Shien that this dracolich could move.
Undoubtedly…
“This is a dragon resurrected and controlled by the High Priest’s necromancy, right?”
Its level was as high as ninety-one, possessing Legendary-level combat power.
“A small secret base, and there are actually two Legendary-level beings inside…”
When did Legendary-level beings become so worthless?
Of course, this dracolich was the necromancer’s familiar, strictly speaking, a magical creation, not a complete Legendary-level being.
But even so, its Legendary-level combat power was undeniable.
“As expected of the legendary necromancy, the forbidden power that once created an army of millions of undead.”
Magic that could manipulate the dead and subvert death was truly amazing.
However, Shien was more interested in what was behind the dracolich.
It was an entrance, with steps leading downwards.
“So, is that the basement they mentioned just now?”
Shien confirmed this.
“It seems that place is indeed not allowed to be entered casually.”
A Legendary-level dracolich guarded the entrance, even lying in front of it, completely blocking it.
Under such circumstances, unless it moved, no one could enter.
Fortunately…
“This is still useless against me.”
Shien estimated the direction and distance, then teleported directly to the entrance.
He bypassed the Legendary-level dracolich guarding the entrance and entered.
“Let’s go down.”
After entering, Shien didn’t hesitate. Glancing at the dracolich still dozing behind him, he swaggered down the steps.
Surely, no one would believe that someone could infiltrate to this extent so silently without attracting any attention, right?
Even the highest-level assassin couldn’t do this.