Chapter 360: Andalia's Skull Soul Crystal
As the rune array is set up, the powerful elemental force begins to purify the evil forces and eventually forms a solid barrier to keep the demonic forces out.

After resolving Tristram, Richard returned to the Rogue Camp with Flavius ​​and Cain. At this time, the Rogue Camp had already begun a large-scale reconstruction project.

The first area to be rebuilt was the Blood Wasteland. A large amount of farmland had been reclaimed on this land that was first cleared by Richard, and both sides of the original small river had been reclaimed into arable land.

In the past, due to the erosion of the power of hell, the land here was very barren. Fortunately, after Richard set up the rune array, the energy of hell was purified and expelled, and the land has recovered.

The civilians who were originally crowded in the Rogue Camp began to build villages and cultivate land around the Rogue Camp.

Some brave civilians went to further places to build strongholds and occupied large amounts of land. The Rogue warriors in the Rogue camp also began to clean up the blood wasteland, the burial ground, and the stone mine wasteland.

After Richard cleaned up the place, the few remaining fish that slipped through the net were no longer a threat, and things would soon return to normal after being cleaned up by the Rogue warriors.

The six Rogue warriors who had obtained equipment began to clean up the demons in other places.

When Richard brought Kane back to Rogue Camp, the camp was thriving.

"Kane, it's really you. It's so good to see you again." Akara quickly sent someone to take Kane to wash and receive treatment, while also preparing meals.

Kane had been captured for quite some time, and the demons did not prepare any food for him, so Kane's food was the insects that the demons prepared for him. Originally, the demons were going to feed him human flesh.

Kane would rather go on a hunger strike than eat. The demons didn't want to starve Kane to death, so they prepared those maggots.

He remembered clearly Kane's expression when Richard asked him about it. Kane was unwilling to recall this incident. After all, that experience was too despairing.

Richard told everyone that Tristram had already set up a rune array and most of the demons had been cleared out, leaving the rest to them to clean up themselves.

He planned to study the books he had obtained first. Of course, the biggest gain this time was actually Cain. As the last remaining member of the Horadrim School of Mages, he had mastered a great deal of knowledge studied by the Horadrim Mages.

After he had rested, Richard was ready to go talk to him. At the very least, he wanted to empty his stomach.

There were many books brought back from Tristram, and Richard needed to sort them out, throw aside the useless literary books, put away the magical knowledge, and give the other useful knowledge to Akara.

After all, after repelling the demons, the world of Sanctuary still needs civilization to develop.

In addition to these books, Richard also has many even older parchments. Most of the information recorded in these parchments is relatively important. After all, in ancient times, parchment was expensive, and anything that could be recorded on parchment was not simple.

Many of these parchments recorded various magical knowledge. Richard sorted them out while using the system tower spirit to scan. In fact, not everything recorded in these books was correct, and a lot of knowledge was wrong.

After all, the ancient wizards were also human beings, and they had their own limitations. A lot of their knowledge needed to be verified with each other or re-experimented and tested.

Two days later, Richard began to find the recovered Cain to learn about runes. The mages of the Horadrim School spent several generations of effort to find some of the mysteries of runes.

The knowledge of these runes in the shelter is a profound subject. Although there are only thirty-three runes, each graphic rune has its own meaning. Even what Richard knows is only a part of it.

This rune knowledge can not only be used in the sanctuary, but also in the High Heaven and the Burning Hell. It is the highest mystery rule that makes up this world, without a doubt.

It is impossible to verify how this world was born, but in the beginning there was only the High Heaven and the Burning Hell, and this Sanctuary World was actually built based on the World Stone.

At that time, some angels and demons who were tired of fighting combined here and gave birth to Nephalem, the first humans.

Richard also didn't know why the creator god of this world would create such an incomplete world.

Those rune stones are carved on white stones. These white stones are actually a kind of mineral that has been contaminated by the World Stone and has some of the power of the World Stone.

According to Kane, it takes great strength to successfully create a rune, and it is also difficult for a rune master to create a rune stone. Whether it is mental strength, mana strength, materials, or painting skills, it is not easy.

Of course, there are some powerful rune masters who use ordinary stones to draw rune stones, but their success rate is shockingly low.

So far, the Horadrim mages have developed four series, a total of 78 sets of rune words. The books only record the combination of these rune words, but do not explain why they are combined in this way. What Richard wants to know is why they are combined in this way.

Kane was known as a sage, and he was quite capable. As the last descendant of the Horadrim School, he began to explain the essence of it to Richard. Of course, Richard understood that what Kane said was not necessarily correct, but it could be used as a reference to help him avoid many detours.

Thousands of the smartest wizards in the world worked together for hundreds of years to obtain the results that Richard needed very much.

Richard listened to Kane's explanation, and asked a few questions from time to time. He also had a better understanding of the rune knowledge. He needed to master the power of the rune essence.

"That is to say, the power displayed by these runes is not their most essential power."

"Rune Stone does not have to use the World Stone as the base material. Other materials can also be used."

Richard said, snapping his fingers, and a rune carving knife appeared in his hand. Then Richard found a random junk helmet.

He dispelled the original magic power on the helmet, and then used the carving knife to quickly carve on the helmet. In just a few breaths, Richard carved two runes on the hat. He also used magic ink to draw on it.

Finally, the simplest divine word "knowledge" was completed.

"Oh my God of Creation, Oh my God Tal Rasha, what am I seeing?" Kane muttered to himself in shock, unable to believe what he was seeing.

"How did you do it? You didn't even use the base material. You just carved a random piece of equipment a few times and completed a divine rune word!?"

Kane felt that all the knowledge and magic rules he had learned over the past few decades had collapsed in front of Richard.
"It's very simple. As long as you understand their essence and then guide the energy of this world into it to form a stable structure, you can gain the power of runes."

"If we connect the two runes in order, we will get the simplest divine rune language."

Listening to Richard's words, Kane felt that he could understand every word of them, but when they were put together, he didn't understand them at all.
At this moment, Kane truly felt the gap between a true genius and an ordinary genius. He was also known as a genius and suppressed all his peers. Otherwise, he would not be called a sage. But in front of Richard, he was just like a primary school student. But Kane soon recovered his mood. After all, he was old. If someone could inherit the knowledge of the Horadrim mages, it would be considered as completing the inheritance mission.

Next, Kane sorted out his thoughts and continued to tell Richard. While Richard listened, he used the system tower spirit to deduce and verify whether the knowledge was correct.

Many things may succeed a few times in this way, but it does not mean that they are truly correct. There may be other important factors involved.

It took a few days for Richard to get a lot of rune knowledge from Kane. Next, Richard needed to do some analysis and calculation, and took this time to let Kane write down the knowledge he had mastered.

For Richard, books are more convenient. At the same time, he plans to go to Andalia to test the waters. After all, he has not fought with the real demon lords here, so Richard has no intuitive feeling about the strength of the three demon lords.

If possible, Richard also wanted to get some divine power from these demons. After all, no one would have too much of this kind of power.

After Richard analyzed these runes, he took Flavius ​​to the cathedral. As the last big boss in the first act, Andalia was in the basement of the cathedral.

The cathedral was far from the Rogue Camp, but Richard repaired some teleportation arrays and could teleport directly to the vicinity. Soon after passing through the Black Wasteland and the Taymo Highlands, Richard arrived at a magnificent cathedral.

Seeing such a cathedral, Richard was also surprised by the building. The cathedral was extremely vast, with at least a thousand rooms, and the gardens, fountains, and squares in the cathedral were magnificently built.

With such a huge building, one can imagine how rich the blind eye was at that time.

Richard entered the church, which was filled with a large number of demons, but these demons were no match for Flavius. Continuous arrows flew out quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the demons were killed or injured.

Even the demon leaders could only hold out for a few more seconds before being overwhelmed by various spells. The two of them pushed forward all the way, and Richard even found an enchanted hammer.

It was the hammer that the blacksmith Qiasi in the camp had lost. Richard picked it up. This hammer was not ordinary and could increase the success rate of enchanting magic equipment. The effect was quite good.

Richard scanned all the runes and energy circuits on the hammer and prepared to go back and try it again.

As for the architectural layout of this church, Li felt that the original design was completely wrong. The cathedral was connected to the military camp, and there was a prison under the church. Was there also a religious inquisition in this church?

The church here did not feel like a normal church to him. What normal church would dig four layers of prisons under its own church?

What kind of criminal deserves such a big fuss?

Richard and Flavius ​​quickly cleared all the demons around them, and they were very fast. Flavius ​​was very familiar with the terrain here, and the two of them rushed directly to the bottom floor.

There are four floors of underground prison.

A door was closed tightly, and behind it was a strong evil force. Richard waved his hand lightly, and a fireball flew out instantly, directly blowing the door to pieces.

The roar instantly attracted the attention of the demons. A large number of Fallen Demons and Fallen Demon Wizards rushed up to attack, and then were shot into pieces by magic arrows in the next second.

Under the wrath of thunder, not a single demon could hold out for more than two seconds. In just a few breaths, all the demons around were wiped out.

Flavius ​​was agile and jumped lightly over the corpses on the ground. At this time, Andalia, the strongest BOSS in the first act, also appeared.

Andalia is over five meters tall, with eight spider legs growing on her back. She looks extremely ferocious, and is shrouded in a powerful evil force.

The head had a female face and the body was covered with various tattoos, looking very ferocious. After seeing Richard and the other man, Andalia immediately rushed up and continuously sprayed poisonous clouds in all directions.

Andalia's attack is average, but her poison cloud is very powerful. When I was playing games before, I was often poisoned to death by her. Now that it's time to deal with her, how could Richard not take precautions?

Flavius's equipment is directly immune to poison damage, and he himself is also not afraid of these toxins.

【Neutralize the toxin! 】

A dozen poisonous clouds dissipated instantly, and then Flavius ​​shot out a series of magic arrows. Various spell effects were triggered one after another, and Andalia's huge body could not dodge at all.

Countless lightning bolts exploded, and Andalia was beaten to pieces by the power of thunder. Then, fire storms and ice storms alternated, and Andalia had no power to fight back at all.

Soon Andalia was completely overwhelmed by the power of magic.

Finally, it screamed and fell to the ground. At the same time, a hideous soul flew out of its body, looked at the two of them with hatred, and then prepared to leave.

But how could Richard give her the chance to leave?
[Space confinement! ]

[Soul Binding Technique! ]

[Soul shock! ]

Andalia's soul was imprisoned in an instant, and then it was shattered by a powerful force in the next second, and the soul form was shattered in this instant.

【Soul Siphon! 】

A powerful force instantly appeared, and while Andalia's soul body was being broken up, it directly extracted its soul power into a magic gem. Soon, a purple soul crystal as big as a goose egg appeared in Richard's hand.

[Andalia's Soul Crystal! ]

A legendary soul crystal, a good harvest.

After dealing with Andalia, Flavius ​​picked up a long knife and chopped it hard on Andalia's neck, cutting off his head.

(End of this chapter)