Dawn of the Ash Tower

The jewelry box, to be honest, before Boface pointed out the use of the small box, Cheese and Jian Qi didn't recognize its purpose.

It's not that they don't know anything about women's habits, it's just that besides being a woman, Wei Ya is also a mage in the City of Magic. For an object of this use, it has no richly colored surfaces, no shell or star-like outlines, and is even quite simple and austere in its size and manner of opening.

Perhaps it's because its owner really only regards it as a box for carrying jewelry, and those extra parts are not important to her.

"You come?"

Although Jian Qi was closer to the jewelry box in terms of position, he still gave up this honor to the gray robe. Everything that happened here was enough to make sword seekers understand the dangerous side of magic.

Cheese nodded, and came to the back of the chair behind the desk. This should be the standard position for Wei Ya's usual work. Sitting on that chair, what he saw was what Wei Ya could see.

From this position, the jewelry box is located in a remote place on the left hand side. It won't be opened for a long time.

But anyway, looking at it from this angle, the jewelry box is indeed the easiest place to hide clues, and naturally it is also the easiest place to hide traps, and you need to be extra careful when opening it.

Generally speaking, there are no more than two types of spells that can be hidden in this kind of box. One is triggered when someone wants to open it. The internal logic is more similar to a trap made of mechanical parts.The other is more troublesome, but it is more likely to exist. After all, if Wei Ya really modified her jewelry box, she shouldn't keep the box so low-key. If the trap is not attractive enough, it will be easily caught. Ignore the past.

Thinking of this, Cheese raised his hand tentatively, and slowly moved it directly above the jewelry box.

During the whole process, the magic light in Cheese's eyes has not been extinguished. He is observing the box. A condition is required for the trap to be triggered, and this condition will not be a small amount, just like a hunter's collar requires the prey to just step on the center. Animal traps also need to depress the pressure lever, as long as the trigger dose is not reached, the trap will remain dormant.

It seems like a waste of time to speculate on a trap so carefully. Of course, Cheese has the means to ignore the possible magic counterattack in the jewelry box and force it open.

In fact, he doesn't even need to do it himself, he just needs to throw the alchemy dice on the jewelry box. The dice itself contains the mysteries of alchemy, and the ability to freely transform according to the environment can dissolve most of the magic.

If the resistance of cold iron to magic is a kind of offset or destruction, then the deconstruction of magic by alchemy is a kind of diversion and drainage. In terms of efficiency alone, the former is more expensive, but the magic cracked by cold iron does not disappear without a trace , so when it comes to the upper limit, alchemy has more potential.

So, in the case of having two kinds of items that can break the magic trap at the same time, why does Cheese try it by himself with inefficient means?

In fact, the answer is very simple. The magic is arranged by the caster. It reflects the mood and thinking of the arranger at that time. Who is the imaginary triggering object? The information that can be provided here is no less than the clues that may be left inside the box.

Because even if the person who hurt Wei Ya is not the one she was guarding against, there will still be a relationship between the two, and it will be all right to follow the vine.

"Well, I found the key." Cheese whispered to himself.

His fingers trembled slightly in the air, and he released a small amount of magic power. Relying on the spell weaver's ability to shape magic, he constantly adjusted them into spells of different directions and factions, so as to find the sensitive object of the magic circle in the box.This should have been a long and difficult task. After all, there are thousands of spells in the world, and there are various schools of spells. If you see this box alone in a random place, then this enumeration method is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

However, the clue was close at hand, and as Cheese converted his magic power according to his understanding of the six schools, a reaction quickly occurred in the jewelry box.

As a result, Cheese raised his eyebrows subconsciously, which was a bit unexpected.Cheese's gaffe quickly disappeared. Now that he has found a magic-sensitive target, it is not difficult to open it without triggering it.

This is like if a smart thief knows the structure of the lock head, then no matter how sophisticated the door lock is, it will only prolong the resistance time slightly, because there will never be only one key.Cheese is the thief right now, and he not only knows the structure of the door lock, but also the material of its internal movement, the degree of wear, and even the shape and material of the key that should exist.

"Clap."

In fact, the way to open the jewelry box is simpler than imagined. Cheese just brushed the hair around the ears according to Wei Ya's hairstyle to imitate her, and then pressed the button on the jewelry box with the index finger of his left hand, and the box will spring by itself. opened.

From the inner side of the top layer of the jewelry box, you can see the magic symbol made of white wax, which is the main body of the whole defense magic mechanism, but it seems that it failed to protect its owner from the disaster.Or, its duty is not like this, there are no other complicated magic defense mechanisms in Wei Ya's room, either she is too careless, or she knows that those things will not work.

A mage who has absolute confidence in the system of ten thousand magic will not think that he is in danger, but Wei Ya?Her research has given her a good idea of ​​how intense school struggles can be.But it can't be said that she gave up resistance. What the female mage did in rushing gave Cheese the impression that she was not someone who would stand still.But these can be put aside temporarily, what is important now is the contents of the jewelry box.

"Her jewelry taste is not very good, or should I say that all mages of the evocation school are like that?" Boface uttered a snake letter, raised her body and observed the jewelry in the box.

Most of those jewelry are made of gold or silver, and the emphasis is not on wealth, but on purity. It seems that the owner of the jewelry cares more about the purity of the materials that make up these jewelry than the gorgeousness and beauty.This is indeed in line with the evocation school's character.

"I've cracked the magic in the box, can you see if there are any clues inside? I'm not good at this." Cheese observed with magic vision for a few seconds, picked up one of the golden book bracelets After fiddling around a bit, finally decided to ask for help to be more efficient.

"You're not good at jewelry? Well, it's not surprising. Most mages only pay attention to the value of things themselves, and don't care about the extra value they generate when they are used as decorations. This is somewhat regrettable."

"My caregivers did try to teach me to appreciate art, and some of it really blows my mind. But I don't have any ideas about that."

"It's right if you don't have an idea, otherwise she wouldn't leave clues in the jewelry."