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Chapter Summary
His energy reserves were running low; he could not keep relying on Abyss energy, as he had used too much. Using his special eyes, it did not take long to scan through the first room, and as he had expected, there was nothing much useful. The second reason was that he wanted to become proficient in using dark espera and learn corresponding demonic techniques, such as the Ancestral Voodoo he had obtained not long ago.
Chapter 316: The Strange Mirror!
Chapter 316’Huh, this is tougher than expected.
’ He felt a bit troubled.
His energy reserves were running low; he could not keep relying on Abyss energy, as he had used too much.
He decided to select a few important rooms, starting with the room of the son of the household head, then moving towards the head’s room itself.
Using his special eyes, it did not take long to scan through the first room, and as he had expected, there was nothing much useful.
However, he did find some gold and jewels that he decisively stored in his storage artifact.
Apart from that, he also took any paintings or furniture he felt could be used to exchange for currency.
After cleaning the entire room of its value, he quickly went to the next room, which was the room where the household head resided.
He paused as he glanced at the unconscious woman lying on the bed.
Using his espera, he examined her and found that she was still alive.
"You have a strong will...
" He muttered, looking at her disheveled appearance.
Clearly, the demon had not been gentle in his actions.
He made a note to notify her comrades downstairs to take her with them as well.
He used the [Cosmic Void Gaze] and started scanning the room.
Everything appeared quite normal, similar to the previous room.
"It seems that the treasure room is somewhere else.
What a pity.
" He wondered if the demon kept any storage artifacts to store his treasures.
Just as he was ready to ransack all the antiques and gold, he noticed something peculiar.
’Hmm?
’ His eyes spotted something glowing darkly in one of the compartments.
’A wall?
No...
it’s a mirror?
’ He looked ahead with a puzzled expression as he slowly approached the mirror.
The mirror appeared like any fancy piece of furniture, normal at first glance.
If not for his special sight, he might have completely missed what was beneath this seemingly ordinary-looking mirror.
He reached out towards the mirror, his hand coated with dark espera.
He had paused using espera temporarily until he was in the demon lands due to two reasons.
First, he wanted to keep his espera reserves for emergencies.
He might not need it now, but it could be needed in the future, and he was already low on pure espera.
In this environment, where espera was already abysmally scarce, he knew gathering even a tiny amount would be tough.
The second reason was that he wanted to become proficient in using dark espera and learn corresponding demonic techniques, such as the Ancestral Voodoo he had obtained not long ago.
And what place was better to train dark espera than the demon lands itself?
Dark espera flowed slowly from his fingertips towards the mirror, trying to break it and bring that glowing material out to him.
However, the moment his dark espera touched the surface of the mirror, a sizzling sound rang out, and a bolt of sharp lightning lunged outward.
His eyes widened momentarily as he ducked to his left just in time.
The lightning struck the spot where he had been standing, charring it pitch black and leaving behind a small tremor.
"What the—" He looked back at the mirror in shock as a complex array had formed at the place where his espera had tried to enter.
’It’s an array formation!
’ He could not help but exclaim as he looked at the dense and complicated patterns.
Oliver wanted to jump and scold the demon head for his cunning, as he had almost been hit.
But on the other hand, he was the thief and had no rights here.
And...
Since that guy had placed an array formation on this mirror, it was obvious that this mirror held something special inside.
That glowing object was most likely an important artifact.
To be placed inside a mirror—wasn’t it asking to be stolen?
’But that guy, although hot-headed, didn’t look like a fool...
’ So the reason why he placed such an item inside a mirror of all places...
’Could it be a requirement?
’ He pondered.
There were certain items that needed to be nurtured within a special environment or place, or had specific conditions that had to be fulfilled in order for them to be ready.
It might be possible that this item had a condition that compelled the demon to nurture it inside a mirror.
’Indeed, to use such a complicated array formation just to guard it, this thing is definitely worth looting.
’ However, all he knew was basic array knowledge that he had learned under Elder Sigfor, and the formation before him was truly complicated.
He even guessed that if he had no prior knowledge of such formations, just barely looking at it would be enough to shake his spirit.
’It seems I need to learn more about arrays later.
’ He made a mental note to look into this matter.
"For now, how do I take it with me?
" He was careful not to tamper with it too much, lest it sent some signal to the demon who had just left the mansion.
If that happened, then it would be truly disastrous for him.
He moved around the mirror, trying to see if there was any mechanism or something that could help him, but alas, there was no such thing.
He then thought of directly storing it in his storage bracelet and decoding the array formation later—but then stopped.
Firstly, he was wary of the lightning bolt that had been released, and given the formation style, it was probable that the higher the degree of tampering, the greater the power of the lightning would be.
Secondly, he knew it was not as simple as simply putting it into his storage artifact.
If it were so simple and easy, then why would the demon have left the mirror in the open?
Couldn’t he have taken it with him or kept it inside his storage, where it was probably the safest?
There was no reason for the demon to take such a risk and leave it in the open for others to look at.
Unless...
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