Baby?
Gawain was startled for a moment, then turned around to see the half-elf lady jumping around not far away with an excited look on her face, holding a shiny thing in her hand. They all reveal a desire to take credit.
Although this guy seemed greedy for money and took advantage at all times, he still jumped out and reported it as soon as he discovered it.
Gawain waved the half-elf lady over and looked at her curiously: "What did you find?"
"Look," Amber happily held the bottle in her hand. The thing was handed to Gawain, "A ring!"
It was a silver-white ring with a simple shape and some magic power fluctuations. It was obviously a magical creation, and when he saw the ring In an instant, Gawain's eyes froze.
After feeling a strong sense of familiarity, he finally remembered where he had seen similar things.
This is the ring of the Mithril Treasure House! It is a communication ring distributed to senior customers of Mithril Treasure House for contacting agents!
"This should be a token of the mithril treasure house, right?" Amber has also seen Gawain's mithril ring. This half-elf has a dragon-like sensitivity to any shiny precious metal. , so he saw it a long time ago, "I remember you also have one."
"It is indeed a token of the mithril treasure house..." Gawain murmured to himself, "Did that dragon fall?" Even the Dragon Clan is a customer of the Mithril Treasure House?"
"I'm afraid we still need to discuss this," Amber stuck out her tongue, and then took out another thing behind her, "Because I found out This is not the only ring..."
What Amber took out was a delicate metal box as big as a palm.
This metal box was obviously once locked, but now its lid has been opened and the lock is twisted and deformed. Inside the box is a neat box of mithril. The rings were stuffed into the black grooves one by one...
This time, it was finally Gawain's turn to be stunned.
“These boxes are all mithril rings, right?” Amber looked at the change in Gawain’s expression, “If you carry a ring with you, you can be said to be a customer of the mithril treasure house, and carry a box with you. The ring..."
Gawain's expression became serious: "That dragon either robbed the mithril treasure house, or... is a member of the mithril treasure house - maybe he is responsible for keeping the membership certificate. ”
This is a very simple and easy-to-understand truth-if a person carries one house key with him, then he is an ordinary person. If he carries several house keys with him, then he may be an ordinary person. A rich man, if he carries half a pound of keys with him...then he is either a key maker or a dormitory manager...
If this box of mithril rings is really left by that dragon, The possibilities behind this are very intriguing.
Of course, Gawain did not rule out the possibility that a dragon robbed the mithril treasure house and took away a box of communicators, but his intuition told him thatHe, the more likely explanation for this is that the dragon clan is related to the mithril treasure house.
When this possibility emerged, Gawain suddenly felt that many of the mysteries of the Mithril Treasure House had been explained - their power, their secrets, their power stretching for thousands of years on the continent. Years ago, the secret that was not even affected by the demonic tide suddenly became understandable, because this organization was not created by "mortals" at all. Behind this organization, there was the shadow of the Dragon Clan.
But this has led to more questions: Why did the dragon clan, which is extremely mysterious and never public, create such a "commercial organization"? What is the purpose of their activities on the mainland? Is the Mithril Treasure House really just a "treasure house"? Are there more forces controlled or established by hidden races similar to the Mithril Treasure House on this continent?
Gawain's thoughts suddenly flew far away, but he quickly put these random thoughts back forcibly.
Now we just found a box of mithril rings, and these "tokens" happened to appear in the place where a giant dragon had been. The clues are not sufficient at all, even if these rings are really that. The head dragon left behind, even if the dragon is really a member of the Mithril Treasure House, there may be more than one explanation behind it. What if the wealthy Mithril Treasure House happens to have a dragon employee?
With insufficient clues, it is too early to rashly conclude that "the dragon is the actual controller of the mithril treasure house", but now that there are certain clues, Gawain still puts the dragon clan and mithril together. The two equally mysterious forces of the Treasure House are connected together. If he can find more clues about them in the future, he will continue to investigate this matter.
After putting away those mithril rings, Gawain breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly planned to contact the senior agent named "Melita Pernia" again if he had the opportunity in the future. Maybe... we can find some information from her.
He raised his head and looked around the situation: the Steel Rangers were on guard nearby, and Solderin led two soldiers to collect material samples from the bottom of the pit, leaving the dragon behind. Trace the paw prints below.
In addition, there are no more valuable clues in this impact crater, and it is getting very late now. Continuing to stay in the black forest will bring more uncertain risks.
Now is not the time for large-scale operations in dangerous areas covered by black forests.
Thinking of this, Gawain shouted to Solderin: "Collect the samples and close the team, we are ready to go back."
"Yes!"
When the team returned to the cave of the Shadow Experimental Site, it was already completely dark.
A large number of portable magic crystal lighting devices were set up inside and outside the cave cracks. Artificial civilization lights illuminated this dark place for the first time in hundreds of years. They were urgently transferred from Cecil City. Building materials are constantly being sent here, along with various types of construction machinery that have been subjected to weight reduction techniques and more engineering personnel.
When Gawain returned to the cave, Knight Byron was leading the soldiers to guard the temporary defense line near the gap, and one of them looked quite strong, wearing heavy work clothes and a big beard. The middle-aged man was directing the workers to clean up the gravel near the crack, seeming to be preparing for subsequent construction.
Gawain recognized the middle-aged man - he was once Cecil's stonemason, named Gordon. He also received a special award for his outstanding performance during the first Cecil defense battle. Award, and now, this mason is one of the heads of Cecil City's construction department.
"Mr. Gordon," Gawain came to the construction manager, "how is the progress?"
Gordon, who was a stonemason and has now become one of the officials of the Government Affairs Department, hurriedly saluted : "Lord! We have cleared the open space outside the cave. By this time tomorrow, my brothers and I will be able to build a two-meter-high wall."
"Very good," Gawain nodded. Head said, "It's all your hard work tonight. We must repair the fortifications as soon as possible - it's not a safe place outside."
Hearing this, Gordon looked into the dark distance with a little nervousness and fear. A glance at the Black Forest. Although he is tall and strong, any ordinary person will face a test of courage in front of the prestigious Black Forest - but fortunately General Byron and the brave Cecil Corps are guarding here, and they can still With personal encouragement from the lord, the reliable magic cannon and the legendary hero Duke can inspire courage more than anything else.
He nodded firmly: "Promise to complete the mission!!"
Gawain nodded, leading Amber and Solderin to the depths of the cave. At the resting place, he saw Hetty who had been waiting here.
Hetty had obviously been worried for a long time. After seeing Gawain, she immediately came up to him, with an undisguised look of relief and relaxation on her face: "I'm so glad to see you're safe— -Did you find anything?"
"I did find something remarkable, but let's go back and elaborate more," Gawain waved his hand, "I just saw the construction team-Gordon once participated in the North Part of the construction work of Rock Fortress, right?”
“Yes, he is an expert in this field. He led the team to strengthen the north gate of Rock Fortress and participated in the partial reconstruction project of Rock Castle. , these projects will be taken over by the local construction team of Rock City after winter," Heti said while looking at Gawain curiously, "Ancestor, what are your plans?"
"Sisi? The passage between you and the southern foot of the Dark Mountain has been opened," Gawain nodded slightly, "I want to keep this passage - set up a portal here."
Hetty blinked and looked up. Looking at this large-scale cave - the high-power magic crystal lamp used in the construction site illuminates this once dim shadow experimental site. A large amount of engineering equipment, construction materials, and weapons and equipment are piled up in different categories on the rock platforms in the cave. In fact, after seeing our ancestors mobilizing so many supplies from Cecil City,, she vaguely guessed what her ancestor was thinking.
"We cannot huddle in the north of the Dark Mountains forever. Facing the threat of the demonic tide, the boundaries of civilization will retreat if we do not advance," Gowen said. "Back then, the Ansu people retreated once, and we directly lost three people. One-third of the southern land, the southern barrier of the kingdom has been shattered into pieces, so we must not be content with the status quo."
He looked at the huge crack in the south of the cave, and the dark night came into view. eye.
"It is too difficult to cross the Dark Mountains from the ridge. The Disobedient Fortress is our natural passage. The outside of this gap leads directly to a gentle hillside at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains. Although it is inconvenient to defend, it is easy to move outward. Moving forward, we can enter the Black Forest directly from here. I plan to use the giant cave of the Shadow Experimental Site as the basis to transform this place into the 'South Gate Fortress', a man-made fortress armed with rail guns, rainbow cannons and reinforced concrete. The original rock wall is different, and by then we will have a portal to the south."
Hetty understood Gawain's intention, and after a brief thought, she nodded slowly: "Yes. , I will make arrangements right away."
Gawain didn't speak anymore. He looked at the dark sky in the south of the cave, his eyes slowly becoming firm.
The impact crater that appeared in the black forest, the mysterious alien object, the dragon whose whereabouts are unknown, the shady story behind the mithril treasure house, and the suddenly opened crack at the end of the Disobedience Fortress...
The world seems to be becoming more and more unstable, and as the ruler of this land, he must seize every available value in this unstable world.
Utilized properly, a dangerous gap can also become a gateway to the south.
This is Ansu 737, the 1st of the month of recovery.
On the first day of this spring, the construction of the Cecil South Gate Fortress began. The descendants of the Gondor Empire set foot on the land on the edge of the wasteland again for the first time after seven hundred years of peace.
On this same day, the brief tacit truce between King Ansu and the Eastern Legion came to an end, and the atmosphere on the confrontation front in the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain became tense again.
Also on this day, far away from Cecil, at the edge of the forest somewhere in the southwest of the Dark Mountains, a huge pit was filled with smoke and dust.
A young woman wearing a lavender gauze skirt and a lavender veil on her face, full of mystery and elegance, was sitting on the edge of the smoke-filled pit, quietly thinking about her long hair. "Human" life spans tens of thousands of years.
“You shouldn’t have flicked your tail during the last circle, just use gliding to slow down and you’ll be fine... It’s not like you’ve gained weight recently... It’s definitely a problem with the wind direction... Hey, I Where’s the box?”