As more and more clues are discovered, the secrets hidden in this ancient facility seem to be gradually unveiled. For the well-informed Gawain, it is necessary to piece together from these clues what happened here The truth doesn't seem difficult.
Obviously, this ancient ruins built at the end of the Spark Era is not as simple as he initially suspected - this ruins is not a frontier development base, nor is it just a taboo study of the secrets of the gods. Therefore, the hidden facility in front of us in some kind of alien space reveals its true purpose: it is some kind of "fortress" built to resist disasters and continue human civilization.
Whether it is the "research on divine evil" that took place in the ruins in the mountain, or the flesh and blood of the gods in the seal, or the dried corpses in front of us and the last communication from the empire, they are all fighting against disaster. evidence.
This disaster is most likely the "demon tide" that destroyed the Gondor Empire seven hundred years ago.
His previous guess was confirmed: as early as the Spark Age, the magisters of the Gondor Empire were aware of the existence of the demonic tide and made preparations for it three hundred years in advance. Considering this With the scale of the ruins, this entire incident must have had the support of the Gondor royal family back then. However, there were many things he couldn't figure out:
If humans in the Spark Age had realized the power of the demonic tide existence, why has this information not been preserved? So much so that when the demonic tide really broke out seven hundred years ago, the human empire was caught off guard and collapsed with almost no resistance.
If the information stored in the communication equipment was transmitted from the empire after the outbreak of the demonic tide, then obviously the imperial royal family at that time also knew about the existence of this border fortress, then they should also have known about the demonic tide for a long time. You want to come, but why haven't you taken any action yet?
Or... In fact, the Gondor royal family at that time had already taken action, but no evidence or news had been circulated?
This is not impossible, because the demonic tide broke out with the imperial capital as the center, destroying the entire kingdom's communication network in the first moment, and then no one came out alive from the hinterland of the empire, even at that time I'm afraid no one will know what the Emperor of Gondor did...
But in any case, a disaster was predicted by scholars as early as a thousand years ago, and the ruler of the empire at that time was still there Such a large-scale "preservation project" was carried out in private, but in the end no information was preserved. When the disaster actually broke out seven hundred years ago, the entire empire was at a loss. This is really incomprehensible.
Even if he was thinking along the lines of "controlling the leakage of information because he is worried about causing panic," Gawain found this too unbelievable.
In addition, he was also curious about the "survivors" in this facility - the ruins in the mountain were sealed a thousand years ago, and the demonic tide officially broke out three hundred years after that. Years, during the entire three centuries in between, the survivors in the facility have been alive?
This is completely beyondBeyond the limit of human lifespan, even if powerful extraordinary professionals can use magic to extend their lifespan, it can only be extended by two to three hundred years. However, looking at the content of the communication, the people in this facility can not only live Three hundred years later, and even after that, have to live forever?
Despite the fact that they were all dead...
Gawain's eyes wandered in the hall, trying to find more clues that might give him hints, and at this moment , Hetty, who used the magic light ball on the top of the staff to illuminate the surroundings and carefully studied the remains of the ancient magisters, suddenly made a discovery: "Ancestor! Come and take a look at this!"
Gawain came to Hetty's side , saw Hetty pointing to the back of the chair behind one of the bodies: "There is a line of words here!"
Gawain frowned and read the line of words: "Benjamin Hawes Day, Gondor, 1760."
The surrounding soldiers also turned their attention to the seats, and suddenly everyone discovered the writings that they had originally ignored: "There are them here too!" "And here!" "It's on the backs of all chairs!"
Gawain suddenly thought of something. He looked at the names written on the backs of the chairs one by one, and read quickly: " Claude Pillin, Gondor 1790… Lauferry Pardini, Gondor 1782… Mellia Horston, Gondor 1809… Pal Berlindy, Gondor 1920… ..."
"These are..." Hetty opened her mouth in surprise, "These people's..."
"Their names, as well as the year of their death, are only this "Explain," Gawain said in a deep voice, "these people did not die here at the same time, but were moved here after death. The person who moved them also wrote the name of the deceased and the date of death on their seats. . If I’m not wrong... the person who died last completed the work, or it was completed by the living."
He raised his head and looked around at this place with nearly a thousand seats. In the semi-circular hall, imagine the mentality of the survivors who stayed here after spending these long years: "These seats... are their graves..."
" Gondor 1760... Gondor 1790..." Hetty looked at the years on the seats and suddenly realized, "The Gondor calendar ended in 1740! That year the demon tide broke out, and after that... "
"Yes, the earliest years we have seen so far are also after 1740 in Gondor," Gawain nodded heavily, "These people came after the demonic tide broke out seven hundred years ago. They began to die one after another, and the latest year I have seen so far is Gondor 2130, three hundred years ago."
Hetty showed a sad expression: "That is to say, at least they. Some people lived to that time... Ansu had already been a country for four hundred years at that time... But they had no idea what was happening outside. They were sealed here and thought the outside world had been completely destroyed..."
Gawain was also deeply sad, but he found that Tire's behavior not far away was a bit strange: Miss Siren coiled her tail in circles, supporting herself into the air like a spring. She was looking around there, her face There was still a hint of curiosity and wariness on his face.
He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Tyr, what did you find?"
"Shh!" Miss Siren immediately lowered her body and she humped quickly. Going to Gawain's side, "I don't know if it's an illusion, but I seemed to feel a magic reaction flashing around here just now."
"Magic reaction?" Hetty frowned, "I Why don't you feel it?"
"How powerful can you be to have an elemental creature with a keen sense of magic?" Tier glanced at Heti with disdain, "And there are many special magic reactions that you humans have. You can’t feel it at all!”
Gawain did not take Tire’s words as a joke. He immediately turned on his magic power perception skill cautiously and asked the surrounding soldiers to be more vigilant. However, under the influence of magic power perception, In his field of vision, all he saw was fog, without any special magic reaction at all.
After turning off the magic power perception, he looked at Tyr and was about to ask him what the magic power he sensed looked like, but at this moment, a sudden alarm made him turn aside suddenly. He stood up, and at the same time, the pioneer sword in his hand was blocked in front of him - almost at the same time, two dazzling arcs appeared out of thin air in the air, one arc was hitting the position where he just stood, and the other The electric arc hit the blade of the pioneer sword firmly!
With two snaps, the two electric arcs disappeared, and the previously completely hidden magic reaction was finally no longer concealed. Along with a powerful energy fluctuation, Hetty saw something in the semicircle. A shadow filled with light suddenly appeared above the open space at the front of the hall. It was a creature with a vague outline of a human being. His whole body was shrouded in bright thunder and lightning, and some violent energy formed his body and internal organs. , and pieces of armor engraved with arcane runes are suspended on the surface of this creature out of thin air, just like the rune shackles summoned to the elemental creature in the world. There is some incredible way to maintain this " Mana Humanoid" form.
This creature emerged out of thin air. The powerful energy escaping from his body even caused the air around it to twist with scorching heat. This creature was obviously full of anger and hostility. The two words just now Lightning was his masterpiece, and after revealing his form, he immediately prepared a new round of attacks: two bright balls of lightning quickly condensed on both sides of his body!
"Ancestor, be careful!" Heti instantly used the most powerful magic shield she could release at her current level to put on Gawain, and then began to chant various kinds of magic that can enhance the power of Gawain. The spell of spell resistance - she felt the magic power that can be described as terrifying from that incredible creature. In the face of this magic power, she had no idea how much effect her spell could have.use.
The soldiers behind Gawain reacted after a brief moment of astonishment. The strange creature was indeed frightening, but the conditioned reflex produced by long-term training still made these elite soldiers subconsciously raise their arms. With the weapon in his hand, in the next second, more than a dozen scorching rays bombarded the strange creature with lightning wrapped around its body.
The creature probably didn’t expect that the counterattack would come so quickly, and it was a large and continuous barrage of magic attacks. He was shocked and was hit one after another, and the ball lightning condensed around him also snapped. The two sounds disappeared - however, the only level 2 scorching ray was obviously unable to cause fatal damage to this powerful creature that may have survived for hundreds of years. The surface of his body formed by arcane energy rippled with layers of ripples. , all attacks were resolved, and then new lightning balls regrouped around him.
However, within this short time gap, Gawain had already lifted the paralysis caused by the lightning striking the long sword. Before the new attack arrived, he had already raised the long sword and his body was charging at high speed. It turned into a continuous afterimage, and all the afterimages converged in front of the mana creature in the next second - a layer of magic light floated on the surface of the Pioneer Sword, and the blade slashed heavily on the surface of the enemy's body. On the largest silver-white armor piece.
At the last moment, this powerful magic creature condensed an extremely strong shield. Although Gawain's attack destroyed the opponent's shield, it did not completely split the armor piece. He just knocked the mana creature flying away, which left long scorch marks on the ground with a series of electric lights. Before he could get up, Gawain had already rushed forward again.
The mana creature condensed a cross-shaped icicle in embarrassment, blocking the sharp sword in Gawain's hand. The next second, the exclamation from his body made Gawain's The movement suddenly stopped.
This mana creature exclaimed in disbelief: "Are you real?!"