The ruins in the mountains, the "Ring Magic Door" hall at the bottom of the facility.
Since the discovery of this mysterious ancient magic door, Gawain has left six soldiers here to guard it in shifts. As the Byron Knights explore this ancient facility more deeply, this The ruins have been gradually used by the Cecil Territory. Now its middle area is being gradually transformed into a military factory and storage facilities. Magic nets have been laid in many places, magic crystal lamps and living facilities have been installed, and many additions have been made. It is a long-term soldier dormitory, so there are not a few soldiers who are on duty for a long time in the facility.
Gawain took Hetty and Pitman with him, plus a siren with full "Evil God Knowledge" (edible direction) skill points, and selected a group of elite soldiers, and they were in full swing. We came to the place where the magic door is.
A small group of garrison soldiers has gathered in the wide rotunda. Knight Byron is leading his men to watch the movement of the Magic Gate. When Gawain came in, the middle-aged knight The knight was pulling a soldier to ask about something seriously - it was not easy to see such a serious expression on the old man's face. This made Gawain immediately realize that the situation might be more complicated than he expected.
He walked straight to Byron: "How is the situation?"
After seeing Gawain, Byron performed a knight's salute - he had been leading an exploration team to the ruins in the mountains recently. Looking for an exit in the south, but after hearing the news about the magic gate, he immediately led people to the scene, much earlier than Gawain arrived, so he understood the situation fairly well: "Sir, we haven't figured out the magic yet. How did the door suddenly activate? The soldiers on duty here seemed to have been mentally shocked, and their memory of the scene at that time was very vague."
Gawain looked up in the direction of the ring-shaped magic door - that thing. It is indeed activated.
The ring-shaped device made of some unknown synthetic material is now emitting a gleaming dark blue magic halo, and the runes and magic lines engraved on the magic door are now all in a clearly charged state. , a low buzzing sound is coming from the base of the ring, and in the center of the ring, you can see a hazy shadow that is constantly shaking and seems to be in a state of superposition of two spaces.
The soldiers stationed here are experienced elites who obey orders. They will not touch anything without orders, nor will they deliberately conceal when reporting the situation, so the only The explanation is that this magic door really activates itself, and when activated, it will also cause a certain degree of mental shock to the people around it - not fatal, but enough to cause trance.
What activates the magic door?
Gawain immediately thought of the isolation doors that opened automatically in the entrance hall of the ruins. Similar incidents also occurred in the early days of the establishment of the pioneer territory, but the reason for the isolation doors opening at that time was the surge of magic power. The sudden change in the magic environment stimulated the remaining magic mechanisms in the ruins, and the door was opened by mistake, but it seems that it has not happened recently.A similar magical turmoil occurred, and there was no report from the monitoring satellite...
No, it seems to be a special event...
The stars have returned to their positions.
Gawain’s expression became serious. The only event that has occurred in recent times that may cause various abnormal phenomena is the "return of the stars", although ordinary people cannot detect the impact of the return of the stars on this world. influence, but its influence is real, and it seems to be related to God.
The purpose of this ancient facility seems to be to study "the secrets of the gods."
Is this gate not actually closed due to damage or energy exhaustion, but has been waiting for the opportunity to open?
"Ancestor?" Seeing that Gawain didn't speak for a long time, Hetty's face became more and more serious, so she couldn't help but ask, "What have you thought of?"
"This door may have been automatically activated according to the preset commands of the magisters in the Spark Age," Gawain said slowly, and looked at Knight Byron, "Has anyone ever entered?"
"Not yet," Knight Byron shook his head, "The situation is too weird. You told me at the time that if you encounter such a bizarre situation or something that may be related to God, you must not act rashly, and the scene must be preserved until you arrive."
"Very good," Gawain nodded approvingly, and then looked at the automatically operating magic door with a little regret, "It would be great if Amber were here..."
Amber was sent by him to search for "people with vitality among the people" and has not returned yet. Although it is not clear how her progress is, Gawain is full of confidence in the wild half-elf with full escape skills, but it will inevitably happen if the other party is not around. There were some inconveniences. For example, right now, he really wanted to find a recyclable amber detector and throw it across the magic door to check the situation - however, there was no such thing.
But the magic door has been activated, and he can't just leave it like this.
"Pitman..." Gawain thought for a moment, then turned to look at the old druid beside him, "You..."
"Sir, I am old. Ah!" Pitman was almost in tears, "I have an eighty-year-old self to support, and I have..." Gao Wen's veins twitched: "Shut up, I'll let you summon someone. The tree man goes in!"
"Oh."
Pitman took out a magic seed from his arms and recited a brief incantation in a low voice. Throw the seed on the ground, and with the surge of magic power, the seed immediately begins to grow at an alarming speed. The magic power builds its temporary body. An elemental tree man who is only a little over one meter tall soon appears. In front of everyone.
With everyone watching, this unattractive tree man staggered towards the huge ring-shaped device in the center of the hall with ridiculous steps, and disappeared in the ring amid a burst of light and shadow distortion. In the hazy shadow inside the device.
The moment the tree man disappeared, Pitman said "Huh" in surprise.
"What's going on?" Hetty asked nervously immediately.
"The spiritual connection between me and the summoned object was severed," Pittman said with a strange expression, "It happened in a moment."
"There may be someone on the other side of the magic door It's some kind of phase space, or the Shadow Realm," Gawain didn't have much surprise. "The magisters of the ancient Gondor Empire often did this. They would use similar space technology to store important secrets, phase space and the Shadow Realm. It's the most reliable safe."
"No...it's not like a cutoff to that extent," Pittman said with a slightly serious expression. "Even the Shadow Realm cannot completely block the druids and the safe. The connection between the summoned objects, even if the direct control is cut off, I can still sense the existence of the summoned objects, but now I have completely lost my perception of the tree man, as if it has disappeared directly from this world... ..."
The atmosphere in the hall became serious, but Pittman then said: "But we can wait a little longer. I have set a command for the tree people. If the spiritual connection is completely interrupted, then It will return the same way it came after losing my command for three minutes - as long as it is not destroyed." Gawain nodded when he heard this, turned around and stared in the direction of the magic door.
Time passed minute by minute, and there was no movement in the magic door. But just when Gawain thought that the tree people would not come back, he suddenly saw the hazy light and shadow in the center of the magic door. Shaked a bit.
The unattractive tree man ran out of the gate with a funny, staggering step.
It looked clumsy and dazed when it first ran out, but soon it reestablished a spiritual connection with Pittman, and this elemental creature maintained by magical power immediately ran back to its owner. .
"...There is no damage." Pitman quickly checked the tree man's condition and raised his head to report to Gao Wenhui, "The degree of magic dissipation is also within normal values. There seems to be a safe space opposite the gate. , and the structure is also very stable."
"In other words, we can go in and check the situation," Gawain couldn't help but breathe out, "It seems that the technology of the ancient Gondor Empire is still trustworthy. Ti, Tire, you two go in with me to check the situation, Byron, Pitman, you two stay outside."
After giving the instructions, Gawain selected another group of capable people. The soldiers then led the men towards the ancient magic door that was quietly operating in the center of the hall.
While passing through the hazy light and shadow in the center of the door, Gawain did not feel the severe dizziness he expected. The operation of this thousand-year-old magic door was faster than he imagined. Even more stable, he just felt as if he had walked through a cool mist. After a brief blur of vision, the scene in front of him was already the space behind the door.
A broad rectangular hall appeared in front of the exploration team.
This hall is made of unknown synthetic materials and can be seen wherever you look.There are all kinds of huge equipment with unknown functions, and there are wide trails and research platforms distributed between the equipment. What surprised Gawain the most is that it is not completely dark here - although this place has been closed for a long time. It has lasted for thousands of years, but it still has residual energy! Several lighting devices at the top of the hall are still operating, and a slightly yellowish light illuminates the entire space!
Not only the lighting facilities, but also a small part of the huge equipment in the hall are still activated. The magic runes on their surfaces are still shining brightly, and a low buzzing sound comes from time to time. from the device.
"This is really...unbelievable..." Hetty looked at the scene in front of her in astonishment, "Things here are still working?!"
Gawain clenched the hand in his hand. Long Sword: Since the explosion of the Deep Blue Magic Well, all the complex magic devices in the ancient Gondor Empire have lost their function. Even those that have been preserved intact to this day cannot be activated. The only ones that can still operate are simple structures like the Magic Gate and do not require energy. It's just a high-end simple device, but it's really weird that these seemingly complex and sophisticated equipment here are still running.
"Everyone, please be vigilant. The magic devices here are still in operation, and it is not ruled out that the ancient automatic defense devices are activated," he reminded everyone in the team loudly, "He Hetty, pay attention to the flow of magic around you at any time. If there is a sharp change in energy reaction, tell me immediately."
"Yes," Hetty clenched her long staff and frowned while responding. Glancing at this closed hall, he asked, "Ancestor... is this hall still located in our main material world?"
"It's hard to say, but the environment here is obviously not the Shadow Realm," Gawain said He replied, "I just... don't know if the environment outside the hall is the same as inside."