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Napoli was originally a colonial city of the ancient Greeks.

At that time, the remains of the quarry where slaves worked and the construction relics such as the upper and lower water channels and water storage tanks built by later Romans are still retained today. They are regarded as underground relics near the Old City Street and existed in this era. Even the underground warehouses that store grain and wine left in the Middle Ages still exist here.

Although many places such as the underground ruins of Old City Street have become tourist attractions in Napoli, some of them are more important and magical remains are not disclosed to the public, but are sealed and hidden by the witches of Napoli.

This part of the remains are basically concentrated in the Santa Rukia area.

It was a region facing Napoli Bay, which included tourist attractions such as Santa Lukia Harbour and Egg Castle.

Under the leadership of Diana, Noah, Erica and Lilyana entered a used clothing store in this area and were silently taken to the depths of the store by the boss lady who matched the store very well.

This boss lady is also a witch who belongs to the "Bronze Black Cross".

And deep inside this store, there is an entrance to an underground ruins.

On the uncovered ground, a four-corner cave leading to the underground ruins was presented to Noah and his group. The scene where the stone staircase extends to the underground can be clearly seen by anyone, and the traces of the curse that fluctuated around the cave.

Needless to say, it is caused by the barrier arranged around the entrance to the ruins.

"This is Hera's temple, where the underground ruins entrance of the "Hera's Pillar" is stored." Diana explained to Noah while the boss's wife walked to the entrance to do some work.

"Originally, the Temple of Hera is a place that people other than witches cannot enter. Even Lily only has several experiences of entering. Usually, the witches belonging to the "Bronze Black Cross" guard the place. There are barriers around this, which are defensive to invaders and prevent the leakage of curse power. Please wait for a while and wait until we untie the barrier before entering."

Originally, barriers like this have the function of identifying enemies and me, and those approved by Diana can pass it.

However, the foul-like resistance of the "God Killer" is not flexible enough to choose whether to resist the spells you touch. Whether it is a beneficial or unhelpful spell, once it is touched, no matter how many times it is, it will be erased by domineering.

If Noah is approached without first lifting the barrier, the entire barrier will collapse due to the touch of Noah's body, and then the barrier will have to be rebuilt.

Instead of doing this, it is better to untie part of it first and let the "God Slayer" pass through. In this way, if you want to rebuild the barrier, you only need to repair the untie part.

After the witch who acted as the boss's wife untie the barrier, under the leadership of Diana, Noah, Erica and Lilyana walked down the stone steps at the entrance together.

After Noah and his group entered the underground ruins, they saw a path as slender as a waste tunnel.

If we traced back to BC, this place should have been a quarry, so it is very similar to the abandoned tunnel.

However, this is not the case with a large number of murals carved everywhere on the walls.

They are some murals drawn with simple lines.

If this was carved by humans from the Stone Age, maybe some people would believe it.

And there are many snake-like creatures on it that are depicted.

Some are big snakes that curl up their long bodies.

Some are Hydras with several heads.

Some are snakes with bat-like wings.

Some also have sharp claws and fangs. Rather than snakes, they are dragon creatures, but in the final analysis, dragons are also snakes.

There are all kinds of snakes carved on the wall.

In addition, there are also some line drawings such as cows, birds, pigs and lions.

As long as people with some magic cultivation come here to see it, they will definitely be able to recognize it. All of these creatures are symbols of the Earth Mother God.

The period when these murals were carved was probably the period after the Roman Empire's domination.

"In the past, this underground ruin was the secret temple of the witches who served the goddess of the earth." Liliana, who was walking next to Noah, whispered to Noah.

"Since the patriarchal Christianity became the state religion, the earth goddess who served feminism in the past. The witches with divine power were regarded as witches and were hunted down. They fled to the ground and built such underground temples with the purpose of conveying messages in order to protect their wisdom."

"These murals on the wall depict the object of faith of the witch and the posture of the goddess of earth?" Erica said in a low voice while looking at the murals here.

"In the ancient world, the witches who serve the Earth Mother Goddess were the prototype of modern witches. Europe lost its faith since ancient times with the popularization of Christianity, and it can also be said to be suppressed and boycotted. In this process, the sacred witches who were supposed to be persecuted and became scared and taboos, that is, witches, right?"

Liliana nodded with a complicated expression. She thought she was saddened by the experience of her ancestors?

Then, Diana, who was walking in the front, suddenly spoke.

"arrive."

Almost at the same time, Noah and his group walked to the end of the stone steps, stepped onto the flat ground, and reached the depths of the underground temple.

What appeared in front of Noah was a vast open space like an altar.

The ground is carved with snakes and dragons like the mural just now.

In addition, there are some ancient characters and patterns that symbolize the meaning of magic, like a huge magic circle, covering the entire open space.

In the center of such a magical circle-like open space, there is a pitch-black stone pillar.

It was a thin cylinder made of black stone like obsidian.

The height of the cylinder is about two meters, and the surface is carved with a line painting that looks like a big snake entrenched. Although it is just a clumsy carving, it has a magical power that can attract the viewer's attention.

On such a cylinder, no matter Noah, Erica or Liliana, they could sense a huge spell power gradually condensing.

"This is the 'Hera Stone Pillar'." Diana shook hands and prayed like a pilgrimage, with a very pious expression.

"Hundreds of years ago, the witch of Napoli, our ancestors, discovered this stone pillar in Greece and sent it to this place with great difficulty, so that we can intuitively see the symbol of the God whom we once served."

Upon hearing this, Liliana shook hands and prayed like a devout believer, and even Erica, who was not a witch, closed her eyes.

Only Noah frowned at the "Hera Pillar" that kept waving with huge spell power.

“Buzz————!”

At this time, an object suddenly vibrated violently in Noah's pocket, and also released a huge spell power, echoing like ripples throughout the space.

“Buzz————!”

At the same time, the "Hera Divine Pillar" also shook the whole body as if in response, and the huge spell power that had already gathered on the stone pillar fluctuated frequently like boiling water.

"What...what happened?!" Erica, Liliana and Diana were shocked.

Noah quickly took out an item from his pocket.

Like the "Hera Stone Pillar", the surface is made of obsidian, and it carved with a badge of a woman's head made of snakes.

It is "Gorgon's Stone".

“Buzz————!”

The "snake" who is also the Earth Goddess, at this moment, Athena's "snake" resonated violently with Hera's "snake", allowing the "Gorgon Stone" and "Hera's Pillar" to release extremely huge spell power at the same time, turning into substantial ripples and echoing in the surrounding space.

"That's the "Gorgon Stone"?!" Diana is worthy of being an ancient witch. She recognized the body of the badge in Noah's hand at a glance and exclaimed in surprise.

"Not good!" Erica and Liliana even understood something and shouted in dismay.

"Athena's "snake" resonates with Hera's "snake". If this continues, not only Athena, but even Hera may appear!"

Noah's eyes narrowed, and he said without hesitation by holding the "Gorgon Stone" in his hand.

"Let's withdraw first, Diana, you can find a way to suppress the power of the curse on the "Hera God Pillar"!"

"Yes...yes!" Diana responded quickly.
Chapter completed!