The structure of the Valley of Magic was quite simple—a river ran through it from front to back, serving as the vital and sole water source for the creatures here.
On the outer edges of the valley were sealed off small world boundaries. Violet had already used SP to investigate and found no value in exploring further.
Although she was curious about the origin of this stream, it was now beyond her ability to ascertain, and certainly not the time to investigate trivial matters.
At the end of the river, in the distance of the valley, stood a temple.
The style of the temple was very similar to the one in Moon Shadow Valley, where they worshipped their ancestor, the White Wolf God. Clearly, both were constructed according to some fixed specifications.
Moreover, this was the only place where the Priestess’s SP couldn’t penetrate, just like the sanctuaries managed by Tiyelu. This temple was also guarded by some invisible higher-level force. Unless forcefully breached or certain conditions were met, it seemed impossible to enter easily.
Since that’s the case, let’s go take a look in person.
Without deploying the acceleration of 【Divine Feather】, Violet continued to survey the dilapidated surroundings while cautiously moving towards the temple area at a moderate pace.
In just over ten minutes, she arrived at the front of the temple.
“Hmm... it seems there really aren’t any living creatures or enemies left,” the girl mused to herself.
SP was undoubtedly a convenient and powerful ability, but the priestess had never blindly trusted or relied on it.
Just because she didn’t detect anything didn’t mean there were no enemies. Those who could evade scans from higher-level forces often posed the most lethal threats.
Therefore, Violet dared not be careless in the slightest, opting instead for cautious vigilance as she proceeded slowly to probe the situation.
After all, with even genuine divine-level enemies appearing outside, it wouldn’t be surprising if all sorts of things popped up in this last remnant of the demon god.
But since she had temporarily ensured safety, she decided to try opening the door first.
Violet shifted her gaze from the surroundings to the temple before her.
In contrast to the desolation and decay around it, this temple was remarkably well-preserved. Clean and bright stone walls and tiles gave an immediate sense of renewal upon inspection.
Compared to the White Wolf Temple in Moon Shadow Valley, while this temple had a similar layout, its scale and style were much more refined and compact. In fact, its footprint was probably about half the size of the former.
Violet tentatively reached out towards the tightly closed large door and pushed hard.
No response.
“They won’t let me in, huh...”
Well, unexpected but not entirely surprising.
While the physical strength of the Priestess was far from that of warriors like Xiao Guang or the Dragon Clan, it was still close to twenty thousand points. Logically speaking, such a not particularly heavy metal door should have been easily pushed open with a little effort, even physically opening it in a straightforward manner was entirely possible.
But since this place was guarded by the lingering power of the demon god, relying solely on brute force was out of the question. While blasting it open with powerful magic was an option, such a crude approach would undoubtedly provoke any potential guardians of the temple and complicate explanations with Tiyelu...
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“Hmm... It would be nice if there were some kind of administrator consciousness or something. At least I could talk to it and explain that I mean no harm...”
However, Miss Priestess’s staff began to glow with a surging and dazzling golden light at the tip. After all, she couldn’t think of any method to enter the temple normally at this moment. In a certain sense, Violet indeed considered herself an intruder.
She couldn’t just stand there at the door and wait for someone inside to come out, could she?
The golden light at the tip of the 【Eternal Scepter of the World’s Heart】 continued to expand, and Violet deliberately slowed down the charging process.
In fact, she wanted to see if displaying such aggressive intent would provoke any response from the possible guardians of the temple.
Unfortunately, after several tens of seconds passed, there was still no response whatsoever.
The girl shook her head in resignation.
“Well... that’s regrettable. I guess I’ll have to apologize first... Hm?”
A change, indeed, occurred.
But this scene completely exceeded Violet’s expectations.
A perfectly black, yet reflecting a magnificent halo of light, spherical jewel suddenly shot out from the void beside the Priestess, circled around her three times, and then radiated a dazzling light!
“Huh, what is this?!”
Violet blinked in surprise, staring carefully at the floating jet-black jewel in the air for quite some time before suddenly realizing.
“Isn’t this... the fragment of the 【Demon God’s Gem (Fragment)】 that I obtained shortly after arriving in this world, hidden in a secret chamber under the forest? When did it change into this appearance!?”
Because in several previous attempts, this relic clearly related to the Demon God Olivia showed no effect or response. Miss Priestess had long since thrown it into a corner of her backpack in disappointment and stopped paying attention to it.
Who would have thought that at this moment, this gemstone taken from the top of the demon god’s staff would inexplicably regain its brilliance and play a role in such a critical moment?
What exactly is going on? How was it restored?
The original 【Demon God’s Gem (Fragment)】 not only was dim and emitted weak energy fluctuations to Violet, but it also autonomously floated in the sky and even actively escaped from her dimensional backpack.
If its shape hadn’t changed much, Miss Priestess would almost have thought it was another special piece of equipment.
Even more unbelievably, the temple that had previously tightly sealed itself, mercilessly keeping Violet out, slowly opened under the radiance of the colorful light!
Suddenly, a flash of realization struck like lightning through her mind, as if an epiphany had dawned upon her. Violet seemed to understand something.
So that’s it!
She still remembered that shortly after arriving in this world, she tracked the villager named Carl to the underground secret chamber in the Darkwood Jungle and was defeated and interrogated by Felina, who pursued him and then placed the gemstone there. Carl said the gemstone was given to him by a mysterious person with a serpent-shaped tattoo on the back of his hand.
Later, during the interrogation of Oliver, the deputy leader of the Ghost Thief Group in the Demon Suppression City’s prison, he mentioned that Summoner Silvester Bullwer had a serpent-shaped green tattoo on the back of his hand.
Because of this commonality, and because both incidents more or less involved artifacts of the Demon God, Violet had speculated more than once that Silvester Bullwer might have been the same person who originally placed the 【Demon God’s Gem (Fragment)】 in the underground chamber of the Darkwood Jungle.
If everything matched as expected, then what could be the purpose behind Silvester Bullwer’s meticulous efforts to carry out such deeds!?
Up until today, Violet had never been able to figure it out, but after witnessing the jewel restore itself and open the temple’s gates, she finally understood.
To open the gates of the Valley of Magic’s temple required a token, and that token likely was the Demon God’s former personal artifact.
As the 【God of Magic】, Demon God Olivia’s magic was her core power source. Conversely, theoretically, as long as there was a sufficient amount of magic, perhaps a large part of the Demon God’s power could be recreated.
In other words, as long as magic continued to be infused into the damaged 【Demon God’s Gem】, this once-treasure of the Demon God could regain its original radiance!
So, where in the world has the most magic?