I draw a card first

Chapter 98 The Old Man and the Chamber of Secrets

This immediately caught Ivan's attention.

Although Aiwen is not a mage, after all, he has been with a large group of liches for so long, so he still has some eyesight.

Therefore, no matter how he looked at this thing, it seemed to be some kind of magic spell, but it was somewhat specious, as if it was a poor imitation of a certain prototype.

With doubts, Aiwen flipped through the newspaper for a long time, and finally locked on the "brilliant record" of the successful identification of an antique 300 years ago, which was traced back to the noble family that originally owned it. antique shop.

However, judging from the current situation, let's not talk about how the other party got into the newspaper. Anyway, Ivan would never buy anything here.

Nima, people add water to milk, you are purely putting water and not milk!
Of course, since it is possible to open a store here, the level is still somewhat high, and Aiwen is not worried that this guy can't even see some superficial things.

"This thing is old, it should be the style that was popular five or sixty years ago."

Sure enough, the old man took out a magnifying glass and carefully observed it, and soon showed a surprised look.

"This should be a high-end pocket watch produced by Raven. Judging from the inscriptions between the cracks, it should be made by a craftsman named Sean Ryder."

"Although some parts are slightly damaged, it's not serious. Guest, do you need my help to fix it?"

Ai Wen didn't know why he seemed a little careless at this time.

Hearing his words, he was slightly stunned, and then as if he had just come back to his senses, he casually reached out and tapped the spell pattern on the front of his pocket watch, and asked the old man:

"Then what is this thing, does it have a special meaning?"

Hearing the words, the old man looked at the pocket watch carefully again, hesitated slightly, and looked up at Ai Wen.

"This graphic doesn't seem to be there when it was made, it should have been added by means of lead plating, and I have never seen a similar pattern in so many years."

"That's it, then please help me fix it."

Ai Wen nodded and watched the old man carefully dismantle the pocket watch, restore a gear that had been separated from its original position at the back, apply maintenance grease, and reinstall it. The pocket watch suddenly started ticking again. sound.

"Thank you for your patronage, ten copper coins!"

After paying, Ivan, who was holding a pocket watch, picked up a bunch of things and turned away.

When his figure disappeared on the street corner outside the window, the face of the cheerful old man suddenly turned cold.

"Finally gone."

He walked a few steps in place with his hands behind his back, as if he was thinking about something, then suddenly turned around and locked the door.

"How could it be that?"

The old antique dealer was talking to himself, and then he let out a long sigh, while reaching out and pulling down the curtains of the two windows in the shop.

After making sure that no one would see anything they shouldn't see through the doors and windows, the old man who had completely closed the door finally walked to the counter, pushed aside the wooden table next to him, and immediately revealed a downward passage.

Lighting a kerosene lamp, he walked slowly down the stone steps of the passage by the light.

The moss on the soles of his feet was slightly slippery to the touch, making him more careful.

Walking down the steps step by step, as the light illuminates the darkness around, you can quickly see that this is a basement located five or six meters deep underground, with an area of ​​more than 30 square meters.

There are some antiques and old things in a very orderly manner, including ancient swords and armors of obvious ages, as well as some oil paintings and metal utensils.

Looking past these family collections over the years, the old antique dealer quickly arrived at the southernmost corner of the basement with a lamp in hand.

There was a wooden workbench covered with a black cloth, with some small tools scattered on it, as well as some fragments of porcelain. It was obviously where he usually repaired antiques.

Obviously, though, he's not here to restore antiques right now.

Sitting in front of the workbench, he set up the gas lamp, then stretched out his hand, pushed everything aside, then lifted the black cloth, and carefully groped in the center of the wooden platform.

His fingertips quickly touched a slight bump on the wooden platform.

Then press and push hard along the protrusion, and a small piece of wood on the seemingly complete countertop is suddenly pushed away, revealing a space about the size of a palm.

He kept groping deeply into it with his hand, and soon, the old man took out a round metal card from inside.

On the front of the sign that seems to be made of brass, it can be clearly seen that there is a distorted five-pointed star engraved on it!
"Is this what you mean by never seeing it?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind the old antique dealer.

He was suddenly startled, and after grabbing the metal plate, he turned his head hurriedly, and immediately saw Alvin leaning on the stairs with a playful look on his face.

"How did you get in here!"

He hurriedly stretched out his hand to grope around, and finally grabbed a small hammer used to repair the dent in the armor, and pointed at Ai Wen. The old antique dealer's face was full of horror at the moment.

Could it be that those people found me!
Are those monsters coming too!
Countless thoughts floated in his mind, his breathing became short of breath, and his left hand holding the metal plate became more and more forceful, as if he wanted to press it into his flesh!
Looking at the extremely nervous old man, Aiwen on the opposite side was also surprised.

He just randomly found a house and wanted to see if he could find any clues from the pocket watch just in case. However, he didn't expect to be so lucky. He suddenly found a pattern that was related to a suspected spell. guy!
The moment he took out the pocket watch, the old man's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, which obviously couldn't be hidden from his perverted perception to a certain extent, so he sneaked back after pretending to walk away.

And the seemingly tightly locked door, in front of someone inserting a knife along the crack of the door, was easily cut off the latch. Although the knife I took from home just in case is not a magic weapon , can cut iron like mud.

However, it's scary enough to be unable to hold someone's strength!

In the face of the force in units of tons, wood as thick as an arm can also be cut off as soon as it is said, without effort at all.

"Can you tell me this time what these two patterns are?"

After shaking the knife, Ivan threw it away.

In an instant, a cold light flashed, and only a wooden handle remained of the hammer in the old man's hand, and the metal hammer head hit the ground with a bang.

And the table knife that cut off the hammer, with its terrifying power, was easily inserted into the side stone wall like tofu, until it disappeared completely, leaving only a small hole!
Looking at the wooden handle in his hand, and then looking sideways at the inconspicuous little hole, the old man suddenly swallowed hard.

After hesitating for a while, he finally decided that it would be better not to conflict with the guy who didn't know if he was human or not.

Not to mention anything else, but this terrifying power is even more terrifying than those twisted monsters.

It was as if what he was facing was not a weak and fragile human being, but a super monster that was bigger and stronger than an elephant!
(End of this chapter)