Chapter 225 223. The Tower Under the Sea
Nick on the boat quickly got the news from Lee.
After learning that Jon needed his help, he didn't stop, and immediately floated down from the boat.
For the ghost, the sea water will not be an obstacle, and he dives into the bottom without any magic assistance.
After entering the sea water, it is like arriving in another world. The sun's rays are refracted by the sea water, forming a dreamlike scene in the water.
There are a lot of marine life around the high tower, and there are schools of fish wandering around. Nick who entered the water did not cause any fluctuations in the water, so he didn't disturb them at all.
Nick drifted towards the direction where the tower was underwater. From a distance, he saw four or five mermaids, who seemed to be hunting in the opposite direction.
He didn't want to disturb them. The owner of the tower, that Jazz had a good relationship with the mermaids around him. If these mermaids found any problem, it was hard to guarantee whether they would bring it up to Jazz.
The underwater part of the tower was not covered up in any way, and Nick could easily see the rough stone surfaces.
From the outside, these cylinders are indeed solid, there is no sign of hollowing out in the middle, and the whole is very thick, about three times the diameter of the exposed part of the sea.
This is also understandable, just like building a building on the ground, from top to bottom it is narrow to wide.
In order to ensure that his judgment was accurate, Nick tried to pass through those stone faces. After a while, he appeared from the other side of the stone pillar and did not reach the space inside.
Such an attempt has made him judge that the underwater part of the tower is indeed solid, and there is no place for people to enter.
However, for the safety period, Nick did not return immediately to bring the result back, but continued to float down the sea. The stone pillar was obviously going to take root on the seabed, and it must not only be this part hidden under the sea.
The deeper the sea went, the surface of the stone pillar was covered by more and more algae and underwater plants. With vision alone, Nick couldn't see whether it was the same as the part close to the sea.
He got close to the algae, and through the exposed part of the stone surface covered by the algae, he could see that there seemed to be no difference from the part above.
Just as Nick was about to find a way to try to see if he could get some seaweed down for further verification, a sudden sound startled him.
"Hi! Are you a .ghost?"
Nick looked back and found that at some point, the mermaid who was hunting on the other side had come to him.
It was a male mermaid who spoke, and his English sounded less proficient than the female mermaid that Justin caught before.
Beside this mermaid, there are his three companions, all holding steel forks in their hands. They seem to know no English at all, and they just speak mermaid language that Nick can't understand.
"Did you just come here? Why haven't I seen you before."
The English-speaking mermaid frowned and looked at Nick suspiciously.
"I came to visit the ghost on Sir Stoke's ship. Some of the student's things fell into the sea, so let me see if I can help find it."
His statement was reasonable, and the mermaid didn't become suspicious after hearing it, but said enthusiastically.
"You are the guests of Jazz. Need. Can we help? No one is more familiar with this sea area than us"
Nick waved his hand and said.
"No, it's not that important. I just went around and couldn't find it. It should have sunk to the bottom of the sea. It's too troublesome to go to the bottom of the sea to find it. Thank you for your kindness."
For Sir Stoke's sake, these mermaids are very friendly to Nick.
After a brief exchange with them, Nick didn't stay any longer. He had already explored almost the entire area, and there was nothing special about the part of the tower hidden under the sea.
After saying goodbye to these mermaids, he returned to the sea, and the mermaids also left, and the surroundings of the stone pillar returned to silence.
It's just that this kind of silence didn't last long, and a small school of fish swam past here.
The water flow driven by them shook a piece of algae attached to the high tower, and a small piece of necrotic algae was driven by the water flow and slowly fell off the stone pillar.
The place it originally covered, under the sunlight refracted by the sea surface, has a faint metallic luster
Nick returned to the boat and told Li about his experiences under the sea.
"I didn't find any problems with the underwater part of this tower, but it is too long. I only observed a distance of about two or three hundred meters at most. I don't know what's going on further down. It's covered in some algae, if someone is actually using the space inside, it's impossible not to clean it, I don't see any traces of it being cleaned there."
Got the information from Nick, and Li quickly took it back and recounted it to Jon.
Jon was not disappointed about this. The things Nick checked were only to help him rule out a suspicious option, but it could not eliminate his doubts about the entire castle.
"Don't do other things this afternoon. If you still wander around the tower like this morning, it will make people suspicious. Just rest in the living room and wait for the news that I am at the top of the tower."
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Sir Stoke found Jon again, and went to the top of the tower with him, continuing to do the work of dispelling the magic power of the runes on the slate.
In fact, although Jon needs to gradually absorb the magic power on the rune, the speed is not slow. In one morning, if he does not stop at any time, he can completely eliminate a quarter of the magic power on the stone slab.
That is to say, he can complete all the work in two days at the fastest, but he intentionally slowed down the process of absorbing magic power.
In order to completely disable the blocking magic on the slate, according to the analysis of the principle of the rune, there is no need for Jon to absorb all the magic power on it.
According to Nick's judgment, he should basically be able to destroy the maintenance of the Unlocking Curse as long as he eliminates more than half of the rune power on the stone slab, and then he can successfully open the slate.
So Jon wants to plan such a time difference. He is betting that Sir Stoke cannot be with him all the time like this. After today passes, there will always be a time when he is not around.
Strictly speaking, the ownership of the things hidden here should belong to Sir Stoke, and he has no reason to ask or check.
(end of this chapter)