After returning to the real world, both Gawain and Amber looked a little unhappy.
Knight Byron, who had been waiting outside for a long time, came over immediately: "Sir, are you okay?"
"I saw the miraculous craftsmanship of nature," Gawain exhaled. , slowly getting rid of the psychological discomfort caused by facing the big hole, and at the same time shook his head helplessly, "I hope that is the miraculous work of nature."
Byron Knight had a look on his face Confused, no matter how experienced he was, he couldn't deduce what Gawain saw in the Shadow Realm at this moment, but he was very smart and didn't ask any more questions - since Gawain didn't take the initiative to say it, it means that this news is not available at this stage. It was not allowed to be made public, and there were many ordinary soldiers at the scene, so he decided not to inquire too much.
After calming down, Gawain looked at Byron: "Besides this new area, are there any more exploration reports?"
"Yes, we It has been going well recently, and there have been many discoveries." Knight Byron nodded and immediately began to briefly report on the intelligence he had accumulated so far, "Our current location should be at the bottom of this ruins group. If there are no more If a ramp or staircase appears, then this hall should be the 'base' part of the entire facility. At this point, the entire ruins can be roughly divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower. The middle area is connected to the entrance hall we first discovered. The room is empty. The corridor structure is straight and symmetrical, and it should have been the main activity area at the beginning; the upper area leads to the top of the Dark Mountain Range. There are many hidden ventilation holes in the area and entrances and exits that should be emergency passages, but most of the entrances and exits have collapsed due to mountain weathering. The blockage cannot be cleared out yet; the lower area is where we are currently. It is the smallest of the three areas, but the most complex in structure. There are a large number of rooms filled with discarded equipment and mezzanines with unknown purposes. , and the hall we found. These three areas are connected by a 'big ramp' located in the center of the facility, as well as shafts and narrow stairs distributed throughout. In addition, there are some different levels within each area. I have carefully drawn the structural diagram of the floor."
Byron Knight paused and continued: "We are going to explore the south and east of the middle area in the next stage. We have separately discovered additional connecting passages. There is debris accumulation in the passage, but there is no sign of collapse. Once the manpower is in place, we will clear the roadblocks and start further exploration. I suspect that there are still many undiscovered areas in this ancient ruins. Big."
Gawain frowned, sketching a comparison of the ruins and the overall trend of the dark mountains in his mind, and said slowly: "The southern area...if the entire middle level is a symmetrical building. , then the south may lead to the southern foot of the Dark Mountain. You must be particularly careful during this process. Once you find that a building passes through the mountain, immediately temporarily block the passage and report. You must not enter the black forest south of the mountain at will. . As for the east..."
Amber launched his limited continental geography on the sideCommon sense suddenly popped up: "Could it lead to the Typhon Empire?"
Knight Byron was immediately surprised: "Is this possible?"
"Nothing wrong. It's possible," Gawain said rather indifferently. "The area we are in is in the southeastern corner of Ansu, and the dark mountains extend all the way to Typhon. If this ancient facility was really built by hollowing out the mountains. After all, in the Spark Age a thousand years ago... there was no such thing as a border between Anzu and Typhon."
At this point, he looked into Knight Byron's eyes with a particularly serious expression: "If that's the case, then you have to be more careful, understand?"
Knight Byron is still a knight to some extent - even if he becomes a monk halfway, he is still a knight. With some military knowledge, he immediately realized what it would mean if this mountain ruins really had a passage leading to the territory of Typhon, so he stood up straight: "Yes! I understand!"
After arranging the business, Gawain decided to return to the territory first, but before leaving, he patted Knight Byron on the shoulder and reminded: "Your exploration work in the mountains is very important, but you still have to take the vacation you deserve. Yes, after finishing the work this time, go home and rest for a few more days."
Byron Knight chuckled: "Actually, I was okay. When I was a mercenary, I spent all my time digging into ruins. Sometimes I would go into the underground palace and stay for half a month..."
"But you didn't have a daughter when you were a mercenary." Gawain glanced at him, "You're pretty good. Miss you."
Byron's expression suddenly froze, replaced by a bit of embarrassment: "Oh...oh...Then I will go back and spend more time with her."
Gawain and Amber returned to the Lord's Mansion, and after a busy day, when they returned home it was already sunset and it was almost dinner time.
Except for the two temporarily hired servants, there is currently only one maid, Betty, in the lord's mansion. The little girl is responsible for everyone's meals and some chores, although Gawain's family can be considered a casual one. There are only five people drinking Amber and the newly moved Siren Tire, and Gawain himself has a simple style, and his daily meals are simple, but coupled with the food of the servants and daily chores, it is not a small amount. Burdened.
Seeing the little girl running around in the restaurant setting up plates and distributing bread, Gawain couldn't help but pull Amber forward to help. He helped place the plates and followed her. Betty asked: "Are you too busy every day?"
"You are too busy!" The little maid replied crisply, carrying a big bottle of wine, "Ah, sir, don't put it on your own "Plate!"
"Idleness is idleness," Gawain is not used to the kind of life where he sits down at the table and then a servant stands behind him to pay attention. In fact, even if there is someone around him, He would feel indigestion even if he had to wait for him to eat, so he was always trying to change this trend. Unfortunately, it seems to have no effect so far, little maidSeeing him taking away his job of setting the dishes, he almost burst into tears. He had no choice but to put down the plate in his hand and said, "If you are too busy, just tell me. This house is much bigger than the previous tent." , there will inevitably be a shortage of manpower to take care of it.”
Gawain does not intend to place dozens or even hundreds of servants in the mansion like the mainstream nobles of this era, even planting flowers and raising dogs for each position. It was so luxurious and decadent to arrange for two people, but he also admitted that such a big house needed more manpower to take care of it, and it was still necessary to arrange necessary personnel for necessary jobs. Betty is a diligent little girl, but she is not very capable. It is not appropriate for her to bear all the heavy housework on her shoulders.
Betty didn’t think so much. She was just a low-level maid who helped in the kitchen. She never thought about what she would do if she was the only maid around the lord. When she heard Gawain’s words, she He just nodded there in a daze - he had no idea what this nod meant.
After a while, Hetty, who was busy with personnel transfer matters, and Rebecca, who was obsessed with runes, finally returned home, and when they walked into the restaurant, Amber had already used various methods to He filled himself up to seventy percent full with pre-dinner snacks and cheese...
Gawain estimated that if he had started dinner a little later, Amber could have eaten all the mustard and butter on the table... This half-elf Are you afraid that you died suddenly in your last life?
When the family members were seated, Gawain mentioned what he and Amber had discovered in the Shadow Realm.
“You said you discovered a kind of ‘big hole’ in the Shadow Realm?” Hetty showed great surprise after hearing Gawain’s description, “And that big hole is different from the real world. Doesn’t it match the terrain of the Dark Mountain?”
“Yes, the size of that hole can probably fit our entire town into it, and it is so high that it even breaks through the top of the Dark Mountain. As for the part of the sky that can be seen, the light inside the cave is extremely dim and the darkness is disturbing." Gawain described the situation in the cave in detail. "There is some unnatural phenomenon inside the cave. I saw huge stones. Floating in the darkness, it’s as if gravity has been lost.”
“I heard you and Amber describe that the Shadow Realm corresponds to the current world, and apart from becoming black and white, it also becomes desolate. There is no significant difference in physical rules..." Hetty frowned, "Does that big hole mean some kind of 'shadow realm law' that we don't know yet?"
"I'm more worried that it is something." As a result of this external force, there is a force beyond human imagination that has been active in the Shadow Realm, and 'digged' a large piece of Shadow Realm material, and also changed the physical rules in that area," Gawain was worried, " What's even more concerning is... The Magisters of Gondor a thousand years ago were obviously aware of the existence of this large hole. They set up a magic door-like device on the bottom floor of the mountain ruins. The other side of this magic door should be It's connected to the Great Hollow or somewhere related to the Great Hollow. Unfortunately, the magic door can no longer be activated."
Hetty lowered her head and thought, while Rebecca said casually while struggling with the uneven butter on her slices of bread: "Then you mentioned before that you need to move some of the territory's facilities. Are your plans to go to the mountains still going ahead? "
Gawain looked at Rebecca's movements of waving the butter knife with a bit of fear - her momentum was as if the bread slices had killed her whole family: "Please be careful, buttering it is necessary." So big? "
Then he answered Tietou Wa's question: "The relocation work still needs to continue. At least the workshops that make grenades and various explosives have to be moved out of the territory, and then the production lines of the military factory. ——It’s not okay to keep these things next to residential areas. By the way, how is the training of the team of craftsmen who laid the magic net? "
"They all learned very well. When I said that the salary of Magic Network technicians is twice as high as that of ordinary construction workers, they are very energetic. In addition, the craftsmen are very good at literacy and numeracy. , the best among them have even learned to arrange the connection methods of hive units according to the laying environment and drawing tutorials. The connection success rate is the same as that of first- and second-level rune masters. Now they can do it independently without my guidance. Complete the task. ”
Gawain nodded with satisfaction: “Very good, send the best team to the ruins in the mountain, start from the entrance hall to lay the honeycomb magic network, rebuild the magic supply in the facility, and prepare for the follow-up Prepare for the mechanical entry. "
Hetty next to him sighed sincerely after hearing this: "To be honest, who would have thought that ordinary people who have no ability to cast spells or even the ability to sense magic can actually control magic in this way? ...Magic webs, magic energy engines, thermal ray guns, and Rebecca crystals have all reached the point where they can be produced by ordinary craftsmen without being completely separated from the wizard or with only a small amount of guidance from the wizard..."
"Right now, they are still at the stage of following the drawings to ensure they don't make mistakes. This is just 'imitation'," Gawain smiled, "And when the Rune Research Institute led by Jenny won the first place Phase results, the first batch of freshmen majoring in runes in the academy graduate, and you will see the 'creations' of ordinary people in the field of magic..."
Hetty couldn't imagine what that would be like. , in fact, even Rebecca couldn't imagine it.
But Gawain could vaguely outline that new era - a time when ordinary people could do it even if they didn't have spellcasters or magic talents. An era in which magic can be controlled by relying on brains and calculations, rigorous scientific analysis and mathematical tools, and even the development and creation of various magic technologies.
At this time, Kohaku, who was immersed in eating, suddenly raised his head. , interjected: "But then again...where is the sea monster? ”