Chapter 366 Inside the Sanctum
Dilan considered leveling up to Level 25 and advancing to Tier-2 before entering the Sanctum of the Vampire Lord, let alone the Instance Dungeon of the Blood Monarch's Sanctum.
However, instead of wasting his time searching for powerful monsters, Dilan was certain that there was either a way to advance to Tier-2 inside the Instance Dungeon, or that he would be able to store everything he was about to get his hands on inside the Instance Dungeon.
He wouldn't be making a loss and that was the most important.
The three Werewolf packs showed signs of resting outside the Sanctum of the Old Vampire Lord, but everyone knew that they wanted to get their hands on the things inside the Sanctum, whatever that might be.
Even Victoria was not sure what could be inside her father's sanctum, which was basically the Vampire Lord's grave.
"Don't be so nervous. You should be happy instead!" Kathrine tried to motivate Victoria, who was constantly sighing and nervously staring at the huge gate of the Sanctum.
To open them, only the five Sanctum keys were required. As for entering the Inner Sanctum, Victoria's blood was the key to entering it.
Thus, they didn't waste a lot of time before all the Ascenders of the Undying group entered the Sanctum.
Dilan knew a few things about the Sanctum because he had received a few more pieces of information about the Blood Monarch's Instance dungeon when the Region announcement happened.
He knew that the outer parts of the Old Vampire Lord's Sanctum were not dangerous but rather peaceful if one could label it as such.
The smell of stale air splashed on his face when he opened the gate of the Sanctum. No system notification rang through his ear, which astonished Dilan a little bit.
However, instead of being bothered about it, he just entered the Sanctum with confident steps.
While looking around, Dilan quickly noticed that the sanctum's interior was luxurious and constructed with marble. There was not much furniture and the only things he saw in the hallway which he and the others entered were a bunch of pictures.
"Is it spotlessly clean, or am I just blind?" Kathrine asked all of a sudden, and Dilan nodded his head.
"Yeah, it's very clean, too clean for a place where nobody ought to have been for a thousand years or however long it has been since it was last visited," Dilan said while glancing over to Victoria.
He also looked backward, just to see that all the Ascenders were following him inside the ten-meter-wide hallway. If something were to happen to them, it would be quite troublesome.
Fortunately, the Sanctum of the Old Vampire Lord was something that had been created before the Primordial Ascension. None of his Ascenders should die, even if there were some ugly traps installed through this place.
Dilan was not that worried about traps, but he felt a bit weird because everything was too clean for his comfort!
"I cannot sense any kind of livingform nearby. Maybe I will be able to say more when we finish exploring the Sanctum?" Yvonne uttered from the sides, focusing on her Origin ability and the passive ability to sense anything related to death in the vast space.
Life was closely tied to death, which was also why her sensory abilities to detect the living were exceptional!
Dilan nodded his head but the uncomfortable feeling made it near-impossible for him to calm down. There was no need to waste any time with that feeling, which was why he tapped Yvonne and Victoria on their shoulders before he pointed toward the front.
"Come," He suggested before shooting forward. With a loud noise, Dilan blasted in the direction of the Sanctum's center.
It took him a second before they reached the dimly illuminated gate to the Inner Sanctum. Victoria cut her wrist and used her blood to draw a specific symbol on the gate, and the gate opened in an anticlimactic manner.
"Well that was…boring," Dilan smiled weirdly just for Victoria to stare at him without saying a word.
"Go on, nobody will hold you back from searching for your father's coffin," He said with a raised eyebrow.
Victoria smiled sweetly before she shot inside the inner sanctum while Yvonne looked at him.
"The mana density inside the inner sanctum is much higher than outside," Yvonne said and Dilan just nodded his head.
"Looks like the Instance Dungeon of the Blood Monarch's Sanctum is inside the Inner Sanctum. That means without Victoria's blood, or a combination of my blood and that of a noble Vampire, only brute force and destruction could possibly let them through to the Instance Dungeon," Dilan explained with a faint smile as he demonstrated something to Yvonne.
He used all his might, which was equal to the average strength of more than 120 adults, to slap the marble wall that separated the outer Sanctum from the Inner Sanctum.
The loud sound of his hand clasping the wall reverberated through the hallways to his right and left but there was not even the slightest sign of a crack.
Yvonne's eyes widened slightly and she instinctively retrieved the skeletons of the Minotaur Leaders from her Penta-Item pouch. She controlled them and ordered them to smash their mazes against the wall.
This created thunderous noises that bounced off the walls but the marble wall was solid as ever. In fact, it didn't even look like something had scratched its surface, much less attack it. This caused Yvonne to look at Dilan in shock.
"Exactly. Isn't that weird?" Dilan just said before he shrugged his shoulders lightly.
He had been a little bit confused about why the Vampires didn't try to enter the Sanctum using their brute strength, but the answer was much simpler than he thought.
"Witches have reinforced the walls with enchantments," He explained nonchalantly as if it was nothing special.
"You said that witches have been in existence even before the Primordial Ascension…but to think that they can augment marble stone so much… That is amazing…and frightening at the same time…" Yvonne was not sure what to say. She believed Dilan without a doubt.
However, that didn't mean she was ready to accept that someone was strong enough to create the powerful walls that protected the sanctum.
"Maybe the witches' spell was reinforced through the mana that permeated through Milarn, who knows," Dilan suddenly theorized and Yvonne just nodded her head.
Everything was slowly becoming stronger and more resilient, whether it was plants, the ground, or buildings. It was like mana strengthened it.
But that was still different from the marble wall right in front of them.
"This place is truly perfect for a large group to stay…" Yvonne blurted out and Dilan could only nod his head.
If they weren't already living fairly comfortably in Shiron, he would actually reconsider moving to the Sanctum of the old Vampire Lord.
It was basically a place that was extremely easy to protect, if not for the only downside it had; being located in a valley.
This was the only downside Dilan found about the Sanctum, or so he presumed, just to miss out that there was something else they had paid attention to.
"Our home is truly perfect, but it's not a place you humans ought to be!"