Catastrophe Card King - Chapter 1523

Chapter 1523: Chapter 466: S-Level Plot, The Legend of the Haunted Castle Chapter 1523: Chapter 466: S-Level Plot, The Legend of the Haunted Castle “The Forbidden Ruins Stele is actually here? Could it be that some Outer God is sealed in this place?”

At the first sight of the black stele, Leonard Churchill had this conjecture in his mind.

Suddenly, everything became clear in a flash.

When he had entered the area earlier, he noticed that the elements near Silver Fir Village were extremely barren, even worse than most places in the East Wilderness.

He originally thought it might be due to regional reasons, but now, seeing the Forbidden Ruins Stele, the likelihood was that it was a sealing.

Just like that time in the East Wilderness where the Mithril Vein that sealed the ‘Crimson Corruption Seyadis’ had gathered nearby elements due to the Magic Barrier, resulting in barrenness.

Furthermore, the growth environment of the Silver Fir trees was also very special, usually growing lushly with metallic characteristics only over layers of mines containing Magic Metal.

Although he hadn’t seen the seal, Leonard was almost positive that there must be a large ancient sealing near Black Crow Fort.

As he was contemplating this, Garfield, Serli, and Jessica, who were still on the other side of the rope bridge, also came over.

They all looked at the giant stele with expressions of puzzlement.

“What is this? It’s so magical… Have you noticed, there seem to be inscriptions on this stele. Yet strangely, when you look closely, you can’t see anything at all.”

“Perhaps it’s some kind of Gods and Demons script like High-level Dragon Language.”

“The material of this stele is so peculiar. The mountain rocks are all weathered, yet this stele seems unaffected.”

“Allen, you have extensive knowledge; do you know what this is?”

None of the five had ever seen the Forbidden Ruins Stele and therefore could not discern its nature.

Listening to the inquiry, Leonard shrugged and said with uncertainty, “I’m not sure what it is. It looks like the ‘Ancient Steles’ mentioned in some old Classic Books.”

This was the truth, as he still had no idea what the stele was about.

His absolute knowledge of the stele was still based on speculation.

The group murmured, “Ancient Steles?”

Leonard affirmed, “Yes. It is said that some ancient relics are dotted with steles that mortals cannot comprehend. Nobody knows what they are or what they record…”

Listening to this, Serli added, “Our Lizard Race has similar records. It seems to be something that has been passed down from the previous era.”

The others took the story as a legend, merely listening to it and then letting it go.

At their current level, not to mention understanding, they didn’t even qualify to be influenced by the stele.

Leonard had not intended to talk about this matter.

However, for some reason, he felt that someone in the group might have understood the content on the stele!

What was surprising was that it was not Serli, the most knowledgeable, but rather the nun, Jessica.

Leonard thought that if he hadn’t seen wrong, when Jessica looked at the content of the stele, there was no ignorance or curiosity in her eyes but rather a sense of forced suppression, an act of shock?

“Strange… An illusion?”

Glancing subtly, Leonard Churchill whispered to himself.

Dragon Descendants could understand high-tier scripts more easily than humans, and some Pure-blooded dragon descendants were naturally capable of reading Magic Runes.

Could it be that Jessica recognized them for this reason?

But if she recognized it, why didn’t she speak up and instead pretend not to know?

The moment he withdrew his gaze, a hint of jest that others could not detect flashed in the corner of Leonard’s eye: “Heh heh… I only thought you were someone from the Holy Tribunal before. Now it seems there’s another very special individual in the team…”

Without the stele, he hadn’t noticed the abnormality of this teammate.

But being able to recognize the stele made the identity all the more intriguing.

The battle at the ancient castle on the cliff was intensifying, each wave of commotion surpassing the previous one.

Landon and his six-person squad no longer paid attention to the strange stele but turned their gaze toward the entrance of the cave in front of them.

The entrance of the cave clearly had traces left by people’s footsteps.

Having already made up their minds before, the six people were determined to continue their exploration regardless of the circumstances.

Yet at that moment, Leonard suddenly changed his mind and stopped at the entrance of the cave: “I have a very bad feeling…”
If it were just an exploration plot, no matter how great the risk, Leonard always felt that life and death were fated, and whether they could survive was up to his teammates to decide.

But that was before he saw the Forbidden Ruins Stele.

Now that he’d seen the stele, he was certain that the ancient castle had ties to Demon Gods, and the chances of their small squad surviving the exploration were very low.

Moreover, after discovering a teammate with a unique identity, he wanted to confirm his suspicions.

When the other five heard his words, they also stopped.

Leonard had previously demonstrated his “sixth sense” when scouting paths.

No one dared to be careless.

Serli questioned, “What’s wrong?”

Leonard stated plainly, “This cave is too narrow; if we just go in like this, we’ll almost certainly trigger a trap.”

His reasoning was sound.

Based on who was a mountain bandit, such secret passages in mountain caves were bound to have some warning setups.

But just giving up on the “hidden plot” that was right in front of their eyes, nobody was willing to do so.

Garfield asked, “Ah… So, what should we do?”

Leonard shared his thoughts: “I think we should wait a bit longer. Wait until the Red Dragon Royal Family breaks through the ancient castle. By then, they should have killed most of the high-tier story targets. Going in after that will minimize risks.”

Adding on, he said, “And… if we’re lucky, we might even trap a few injured escapees with good treasures in their possession right here…”

The group fell silent, pondering.

Leonard’s proposal was indeed reasonable.