The ancient treasure house is hidden in the mountains, the unknown ruins are covered with vines, and the walls made of boulders and metal are covered with scars. Every trace is a character left by time, and What humans can read from these characters is the word vicissitudes of life.
The history of this ancient ruin can be traced back to the distant Gondor Empire. Its heavy and majestic style is extremely unfamiliar to the Ansu people today. In Gawain's memory, the northern pioneering army found It was already in ruins when it was here - and it didn't look much "younger" then than it does today.
Gawain, Rebecca, Amber and Knight Byron walked into the mountain through the largest arch. The flickering light of the torches made the corridors on both sides change in light and dark, just like the legendary "corridor of souls" leading to the kingdom of the dead. "In general, Amber complained dissatisfied: "I should have asked your Aunt Hetty to come here. What's the point of bringing you - you can't even be a magician?"
Rui? Beka's face turned red: "Fireball... Fireball can also illuminate..."
Unfortunately, his weak tone was not convincing at all.
Knight Byron walked not far behind Gawain. He looked at the ancient stone walls and the indentations on the walls that could no longer be used. He couldn't help but think of his time as a mercenary many years ago. The feeling at the time: "How many years is this ruin?"
"I don't know," Gawain shook his head, "The first time we discovered it, it was already a ruin. There were quite a few people in the team at that time. Knowledgeable people say that this is the legacy of the 'Spark Age' - that is when magic technology developed greatly in the middle and late period of the Gondor Empire. At that time, the great magic well 'Deep Blue Well' was successfully launched, and a wave of expansion began in the empire. A large number of fortresses and research facilities were built on various borders in the hope of finding super-large magic focus like 'Deep Blue' in other parts of the continent, but later all those facilities were abandoned."
Rebbe. Ka felt incredible: "Have you not found a single magic focus?"
"No, there is no magic focus like Deep Blue," Gawain recalled the history in his mind, "Deep Blue The power of the Well is beyond your imagination. It is a super-large magic source located in the center of the continent. The energy it outputs every day can even supply the current Ansu Mage Tower to operate for a month - so some scholars in later generations believe that the Deep Blue Well The explosion in Gondor in 1739 was actually the trigger of the demonic tide. Although the explosion did not blow up the entire empire on the spot, it tore a large hole in the elemental plane. The imbalance of elemental power accumulated until the following year, causing However, this conjecture cannot be confirmed. The entire Deep Blue Well and the focus of magic, 'Deep Blue', have been completely annihilated, and no one can investigate."
"It's amazing..." As a mage, Rebecca could naturally hear how amazing the ancient magic well was. She was even more shocked that humans could once master that level of power. "The Gondor Empire back then was so powerful..."
"In short, whenIn the eyes of the people of Gondor in 2000, almost all the magic focuses across the continent were inaccessible. Therefore, after barely discovering a few medium-sized magic focuses, Gondor stopped exploring more distant areas. A large number of fortresses and research The facility was abolished. This should also be one of the facilities that was abolished at the same time, and it was probably a comprehensive thing."
Amber suddenly became nervous: "Then...then there shouldn't be any out-of-control ancient magicians here. Monsters or magic traps or something, right? ! "
Gawain glanced at the nervous half-elf: "As a guy who even dares to dig into other people's ancestral graves, are you still afraid of this kind of ancient facility that has been abandoned for thousands of years? ”
“That’s different! When digging up ancestral graves, even if the person in the coffin pretends to be a corpse, it's just a person - if something pops out of this ancient facility, you can't tell what it is! I heard that some ancient facilities still contain synthetic monsters and magic colossi made by crazy magicians sealed..."
Gawain had a blue vein on his forehead: "I am just a human being when I pretend to be dead. 'I really disappoint you - speaking of the previous rumors of the Dark Mountains, and the current ghost stories of ancient facilities, where did all this incorrect knowledge in your head come from? "
Hubo thought for a while, and suddenly said with a mysterious face: "Let me tell you, in fact, I am really the chosen one of the goddess of the night. Sometimes when I pray too much, the goddess will give me a prayer. I realized that she taught me..."
Rebecca rolled a mini fireball that was only the size of a thumb and threw it at Amber. The latter was caught off guard and was covered in black ash, and suddenly screamed He screamed: "Mom, you are crazy! Throwing a fireball suddenly is very dangerous, okay? "
Rebecca shrugged: "...It seems that she is not the chosen one. ”
Gawain is too lazy to deal with these two guys who are not easy to deal with.
Because the ancient door has appeared in front of them.
The corridor has arrived. At the end, a heavy giant door made of purple-black metal stands in front. This giant door has a typical Gondor "Age of Sparks" style. It is thick and steady, and its surface is painted with abstract reliefs depicting soldiers and soldiers. The pattern of the city wall.
Amber wiped the gray on his face hard and looked at the door in front of him with bright eyes: "This thing...couldn't it be a whole piece of purple steel?" ! ”
“Yes, it’s a whole piece, but for every piece of scum you scrape off from here, I will let Rebecca convert it into a fireball and smear it on your face,” Gawain said with the Sword of the Pioneer. The hilt of his sword knocked Amber on the head, "So put away those bold ideas of yours and just wait for me to pay you wages. The long-term solution is. "
Hu Huo tilted her head and whispered: "...I am stingy..."
Gawain heard her muttering, but ignored her and took half a step back. , taking out the crucial "key" from her arms, the platinum disc from seven hundred years ago.
Rebecca was a little worried: "It has been so many years.Okay, can this thing really still work? "
Gawain looked at her and smiled: "This is the technology of the Gondor Empire. As long as the main body of the facility does not collapse, its main gate will never malfunction. ”
As if to prove that what he said was true, at the same time as these words fell, the complex lines on the platinum disk lit up one by one, and the reliefs on the heavy metal door Wisps of light followed.
When the light filled the entire door, a creaking mechanical sound came from the door and the rock walls on both sides. Everyone was stunned. They felt the ground beneath their feet tremble slightly, and with the tremor, the door slowly opened.
Gawain, Rebecca and others were already prepared, covering their mouths and noses and retreating as the door opened. At the same time, Gawain also activated one of the knight's basic skills "Aura Protection". A layer of vague barrier protected everyone on the scene - this ability is consistent with the mage's basic magic "Breeze Shield" In a similar way, although it can only provide very limited defense, it can effectively maintain a clean air environment. When going deep into places such as ancient ruins, this skill can allow the caster to avoid being harmed by toxic gases.
There are no gas traps in this ancient ruins, but there may be gas accumulation in a confined space that has been closed for seven hundred years. It is always good to have multiple layers of protection.
After several minutes, Gawain released the protection, nodded to the others, and walked into the door first, followed by Knight Byron.
Amber hesitated, but gave up. People don't pay attention to the idea of chipping a piece of metal from the door - because the purple steel is too hard to cut with a dagger
The inside of the door is a vast rectangular hall, which can be seen from all four directions. The door, and those ancient properties are piled directly in this hall.
The sealed environment in the hall and the runes set everywhere in the hall ensure that the materials here are used at the slowest speed. Oxidative corrosion, to this day, many of them are still well preserved.
Piles of metal ingots, various crystals, swords, armors, and piles in the center, several and a half people high.
Gawain stepped forward and jammed the Sword of the Pioneer into the gap in the box, and pulled it open.
One of the boxes was still shining. There are bright gold and silver coins, and several other boxes contain neatly stacked lavender crystals - military crystals that have been engraved and charged.
Those gold and silver coins are not the most valuable things, the crystals are. .
The ancient Gondor Empire dominated the continent with its advanced magic technology. The magic from the Deep Blue Well gave the empire’s mages almost endless energy to squander, even for the poorest mages under such conditions. It is also possible to pile up technological achievements, so the Gondor Empire did something that is almost unthinkable in the eyes of the four kingdoms today:
Integrating "extraordinary""Armed" mass production.
Ordinary swords and armors are not enchanted. No matter how strong and sharp they are, they are just ordinary equipment. Only equipment that has been enchanted and contains extraordinary power can be called In today's Anzu, enchanted weapons and equipment can only be issued by officers of all levels - and not necessarily, but in the Gondor period, every soldier was equipped with an enchanted weapon. The sharp sword and a standard crystal are standard equipment.
The thumb-sized crystal has pre-set primary shield and explosive spell models, which run automatically and can identify friend or foe without any trace. It can be used by any large soldier with spellcasting ability - the shield will be activated when attacked. When the shield is depleted, it will flash with heat and give a warning, and then be thrown forcefully. When it reaches a safe distance from the wearer and nearby friendly units, it will Producing an explosion, in Gawain's view, this is simply an incredibly advanced weapon.
If it were not forced by the situation at that time, it would be impossible to take these away, and the pioneers would not leave them behind. ——The team took away all the more valuable materials they could carry with them. These crystals were the part that had to be given up.
Gawain reached out and picked up a crystal and put it in his hand. Gently rubbing it.
This may be a way for ordinary people to be exposed to magic, but this way is not feasible.
It can only be done if the Deep Blue Well is activated. Instilling this kind of thing regardless of cost, now that the Deep Blue Well has been destroyed, one less of these ancient crystals will be used.
But at least for now, these crystals will become the cornerstone of the territory's stability.