Luo Ling and his group stood in front of the entrance to the ruins. In addition to them, there were a total of 40 to 50 armed dwarves. They were the most elite warriors in the village, half of them holding swords and axes, and half holding air rifles. The leaders were the village chief and Sinclair.
After all, there are horrible things like evil spirits in the ruins, and no one knows what will come out after the door is opened. Kalanda, Chen Hansheng, Ji Yijun, Farrell and others are also ready for battle.
Even though Chen Hansheng had awakened his fighting spirit, he was still not used to using swords and knives, and the weapon in his hand was still a 56-and-a-half-caliber gun with a bayonet. However, this gun had been enchanted by Morey from the gun body to the bayonet, otherwise the ordinary material would not be able to withstand several bursts of fighting spirit. Now, this old weapon from the last century has strange and beautiful textures, which looks like a handicraft processed by an artist.
The weapon in Ji Yijun's hand was replaced with the magic sword left by the temple warrior Galdo. This weapon, called "Devil's Gaze", would add various negative magic to the enemy in battle. According to Morey's speculation, this was a treasure handed down from ancient times.
At this time, the seals on all four sides had been activated one by one, and a faint formation had appeared on the stone door. A'dan's hair was still a little damp, and he was wrapped in a fur coat, as if he had not yet recovered from the cold of swimming in winter. He took out a pendant engraved with a black dragon pattern from his neck and waved it in front of the stone door for a while, but there was no response. In the end, he could only reluctantly hand it to Luo Ling.
"Now I finally understand why our ancestors found a mid-level wizard to come here. The emperors after the middle period of the Black Dragon Empire were all golem masters, and their inheritance was naturally left to the younger generations who mastered magic, but... we have lost the favor of magic for many years. Including our generation, neither I nor Aura have the talent to become a magician. Therefore, even if we hold the token to open the ruins, we cannot open the door." Adam said in a low voice.
"Talent is given by others, but hard work is your own." Luo Ling held the pendant in her hand and gently probed the token with her mental power. The black dragon pendant immediately reacted, and the dragon eye turned golden.
Luo Ling brought the pendant close to the stone door, and characters appeared one by one on the stone door of the ruins, and finally formed a few sentences. Upon closer inspection, it actually looked like a math problem:
Two knights are racing. The first one takes two seconds to run ten meters. The other one can catch up with him in ten seconds...
Luo Ling couldn't help but smile. Any kid from upper grades of primary school could easily get full marks on this kind of question, but in this world, it has become a threshold to test one's qualifications for inheritance.
"What is this?" Ora pondered, "Why are these two knights running around? Are they practicing riding? How fast they run can only be known by standing by and watching. How can we know?"
"No, this is a very difficult calculation test. Generally, only well-educated people can answer such questions. This level is not written in our classics. If I had known earlier, I should have gone to a big city and kidnapped a scholar back." Adam said.
"What a joke, are you serious? Five meters and six meters." Ji Yijun said.
"You can calculate? Aren't you a warrior?" Adam asked in surprise.
"He's right. Ever since I caught up on my elementary school courses, I've been able to do this as well." Farrell frowned as if he remembered something that made him unhappy, and muttered, "Damn word problems!"
Seeing the surprised looks of the village chief and Sinclair, he patted the village chief's shoulder proudly and said, "Brother, to be honest, you should learn it. With these mathematical skills, your skills as a craftsman will naturally be much better."
Luo Ling didn't pay attention to the chatter behind her. She found that just knowing how to calculate was useless. Without the ability of a mid-level mage to control objects with her mind, she couldn't use her mental power to answer these questions. But this naturally didn't bother Luo Ling. She scanned the questions and in just a few seconds, she used her mental power to carve the answer on the horizontal line behind the question. Then the second question appeared immediately:
Read five pages of a classic book every day for the first three days, and then read eight pages every day thereafter...
Ji Yijun couldn't help laughing when he saw this: "Teacher Luo, why does it feel like you, a university teacher, are participating in a primary school math competition?"
Luo Ling answered the questions quickly and had time to talk to Ji Yijun. "Mathematics and other sciences have all progressed with the advancement of productivity. You underestimate these questions because you come from a much more advanced era. But when you are in this era and receive the education here, are you sure you can come up with these? At least I admire the person who set the questions."
"Haha, I think maybe there was an elementary school exercise book that arrived before us and was picked up by someone and treated as a sacred book." Ji Yijun said with a smile.
Adan and Aura were watching from the side, and their hearts were even more confused. They had no idea how to answer these questions that were like a mystery, but for Luo Ling, it was as easy as breathing.
After answering the ten questions, the formation suddenly burst into dazzling light. Then, with a rumbling sound, the stone door opened on both sides, revealing a stone staircase leading into the ruins.
Luo Ling returned the black dragon pendant to Adam and made a gesture of invitation.
Adam bowed slightly, his attitude even more respectful than before.
The tunnel behind the door is three meters square, naturally exuding a long and vicissitudes of life. It is completely different from the dark dungeon in imagination. The stone road in front is engraved with lighting arrays. The moment the stone door is opened, these arrays are activated one by one from the outside to the inside as if awakened by the sunlight. The sunlight outside and the magic light on the stone wall together illuminate the interior of the ruins.
Luo Ling could see the dust drifting in the light, bringing with it an old-fashioned flavor. She just didn't know whether the places where the sunlight didn't find were hidden dangers or treasures.
Everyone waited outside the door for a long time, but there was no sound from inside.
Seeing that Luo Ling and his group had no intention of entering first, A Dan said, "Sir Luo Ling, let my knight lead the way."
Knight Matthew held a sword and shield and walked cautiously into the ruins. Knight Nate held two swords and covered his flanks. The two slowly walked down and walked out of everyone's sight. Not long after, two exclamations and roars were heard, followed by the sound of metal colliding.
"Matthew, how is it?" Adam shouted from outside.
"Attack! It's too dangerous here...ah!" His voice stopped abruptly with a scream.
"Matthew!" Nate shouted, and then let out a cry of his own.