A row of new graves stood beside the grass. After a day of rest here, everyone set off on the road again. There is no doubt that Dodo Luo has become the most depressing one in the group. Even including Sharba, everyone really doesn't have much good looks for this guy. Dodoro was also depressed by the damn "probability" mistake of the life magic he used at the critical moment.
Xiaya directly annoyed calling the magician a waste.
Although Dora has already mentioned that the life spell left by the turtle "Sylafunkia" is incomplete, this set of life spells has a flaw that is difficult to overcome, but it is not the will of Dodoro himself.
Without the pursuit of the lizards, and without the leadership of the Zaku natives, Char took Sharbadodoro and the remaining three mercenaries, and six people formed the final team.
Fortunately, A Zuo had already told Xia the road map before, and as a hunter who was born in the forest, with the guidance of the road map provided by A Zuo, this huge mountain forest could not help Xia Ya.
They first went all the way back to the stream, and then walked along the stream all the way to the north. This process lasted about four days before finally reaching the source of the stream.
This is a lake in a mountain forest. The surrounding lush forests and the thick fallen leaves on the lakeside indicate that there is very little biological activity here.
Xia forbid everyone to leave the team to act alone, this lake made him feel a bad feeling. And the road map left by Ah Zuo marked the lake, but on the very scribbled map, there was a big "X" on the location of the lake.
Clearly, this lake is not a good place on the road map of the Zaku natives.
The land by the lake is very soft, and when you walk on it, you will sink deeply into the mud every time you step on it.
"Don't stay, leave here immediately." Xia Ya frowned at this peaceful lake. The lake water was obviously very clear, and there was no trace of danger around it, but Xia Ya's uneasiness could not be erased.
No one disagreed with Xia Ya's order. After everyone simply replenished their drinking water, they left the lake in a hurry. All the way to the east, but after walking for less than half an hour, I found a mountain stream in front of me.
This wide gap made everyone dispel the intention of jumping over it for the first time: the width in front of them, even the best player in the team, Xia Ya, has no ability to jump over it.
This mountain stream is like an ancient god who used an axe to cut a crack in the earth. Standing beside the mountain stream and looking down, the bottom can not be seen, but it seems that there is a black mist floating below, faintly. In the deep, Xiaya seemed to stay for a while, staring at the fog for a while.
"Did you... hear anything?" Xiaya suddenly turned to look at Sharba.
Sharba, who was taking off the water bag to drink water, shook his head: "No, did you hear anything?"
"It might be something like a mouse." Xia Ya thought for a moment and looked around. This mountain stream is very long, and the left and right sides are boundless. If you want to go around, I'm afraid I don't know how much more to walk. Wrong way.
"Or, let's cut some vines to make ropes, and then find a way to climb to the other side." Sharba looked at Xiaya and smiled bitterly: "I suspect this damned mountain stream is probably dozens of miles long, so go around it. If so, we'll have to walk a lot more."
Xia Ya agreed with this idea, and several mercenaries immediately took axes to cut down trees and vines around. The big trees in this forest are extremely thick, and the trees and vines attached to them are at least as thick as a human arm. They are all very tough and sturdy, even if a strong man holds a sharp axe, he has to slash three or five times with all his strength to cut one off.
What's even weirder is that after these vines are cut off, the broken incisions are like human limbs, and a very large amount of ratio-colored mucus will flow out, as if bleeding, these liquids are viscous and pungent. strange taste. After getting on the hands, it will cause a tingling soon.
The width of the mountain stream is at least 30 meters. Several people were busy until it was almost dark before they finally collected enough vines. Xia used a few ropes to tie the vines to a short spear that he picked up. The other end was tied directly to the trunk of a large tree near the mountain stream.
The most powerful, Xia Ya, grabbed the short spear tied to the vine, stepped back a little, then ran a few steps, and with the strength of the run, ruthlessly penetrated the short spear to the opposite side of the mountain stream, and finally, With a puff, the short spear plunged into a big tree opposite the mountain stream and got stuck in the trunk. Xia Ya pulled it hard twice, and after making sure it was firmly fixed, he looked at the people around him: "I'll crawl over first, and then I'll figure out a way."
"Wait a moment."
Duo Duo Luo suddenly stopped Xia Ya, and then in the eyes of other people's doubts, Duo Duo Luo raised another vine on the ground and walked to Xia Ya's side, looking a little timid: "Master, tie a vine On your body, in case of any accident, there is also a guarantee."
Xia Ya glanced at Dodo Luo, and the magician was scolded too hard by him all the way, and he was obviously cringing at the moment. Xia Ya sighed and whispered, "Thank you."
There was also a vine tied around his waist, Shaerba and others grabbed the other end, and Xia started the first attempt.
After all, he was born in the mountains. This kind of thing of walking a single-plank bridge in the deep mountains is no stranger to the turtle. If necessary, he can even be more dexterous than the monkey.
The tree vine is horizontally above the mountain stream, like a rope bridge. When Xi Ya walked on it, although the tree vine soon dented due to the weight, and it swayed, it was a little swaying, but But the turtle walked very steadily, and soon he came to the middle of the mountain stream. Sharba and the others behind them all held their breath, but seeing that Xiaya's skills were so sharp, everyone couldn't help but relax, and was about to let out a cheer or two...
Suddenly, at this moment, on the left side of the mountain stream, a gust of wind came from the upstream of the huge cliff!
This gust of wind came without warning, as if it suddenly swept in like this! The tree and vine bridge where Xia Ya was located was suddenly thrown up by the strong wind, and it was rippling like a swing!
Xia, who was standing on the top, suddenly shouted and turned over from the top! Sharba and the others at the back exclaimed at the same time, but when the tortoise rolled down, he hooked his feet hard, and hooked the tree vine with the arch of his foot. It seems to be scratching more and more violently! The tree vines were blown back and forth, wandering back and forth, Xiaya was in the gust of wind, her head was down, and her eyes were blown by the wind. With the strength and flexibility, he barely bends over and hugs the vines with both hands.
But even so, he was like a leaf in a gust of wind, being blown up and down...
Finally, pop! !
This crisp cracking sound was clearly heard by everyone! Probably because the wind was blowing too violently, the vines rippling too much, and finally broke apart in the middle, and Xiaya, who was hugging the vines, didn't even shout out, she just screamed and fell into the air. In the mountain stream!
"Damn!!"
Sharba roared, and a few mercenaries hurriedly hugged the end of the vine that connected to Xiaya's body. Sure enough, the pulling force soon came. Shaerba and others hugged tightly and felt it. After Char's body fell, he desperately pulled back. Sharba kept roaring loudly: "Char! Char! You are not dead!!"
He shouted five or six times before he finally got Xia Ya's answer. The voice of the turtle came from the mountain stream: "I'm not dead! Damn it, it hit the mountain wall, and a branch almost stabbed into me. in the eyes!"
Sharba smiled, and the guy grinned and breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't move, we'll pull you up!" He turned back and shouted, "Brothers, work hard!"
The tree vine was dragged tightly on the edge of the cliff of the mountain stream, and there was a "click" sound in the friction. After pulling it for only a few meters, I suddenly heard Xi Ya shouting loudly from below: "Stop! Stop! Stop! !"
"What's wrong?!" Sharba immediately hugged the vine.
"Let me go! Put me down!!" In the mountain stream, Xia Ya's voice was full of surprise: "Fuck! There seems to be something down there! It's too far, I can't see clearly! Put me down! Fuck! Yes! Slow down, don't put it too fast!!"
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The turtle felt that he couldn't breathe smoothly. When he fell from above, fortunately, the vines tied around his waist held him, but the force of the fall was all on Xia Ya's waist, and it almost hurt him. fainted. The tree vines tightly restrained his waist, he immediately felt that it was difficult to breathe, and just now because of the force of the fall, he was pulled by the tree vines, and when his body hit the mountain wall, there was a bulge on the mountain wall. The branch that rose up almost poked directly on his forehead! !
Even though Xia Ya's body has been strengthened by dragon blood, such a violent jab made his eyes black from the pain, and... If that part is two fingers wide on the ground, it will be directly poked into the turtle's eyes. !
He still maintains his head-down posture, and the blood all over his body rushed to his head, making him feel dizzy. If he kept this posture for too long, he even suspected that he would be congested.
But fortunately, he grabbed the mountain wall, Xia reluctantly hugged a raised stone, adjusted her posture, and was slightly relieved.
At this moment, his body was submerged in the black mist in the mountain stream, and when he looked up, the mist was hazy, and he couldn't see anything on it at all. In this fog, Xiaya could only feel that the air he breathed into his nose was moist and had an unbearable musty and rancid smell. The smell reminded him of goblin bath water!
Just when he heard Sharba's roar above and was about to climb up, by chance, Xiaya glanced down completely subconsciously.
Just a glance!
The fog below seemed to be much thinner. Xiaya was hanging on the mountain wall, and it seemed that he could vaguely see the bottom of the mountain stream. Although it was still a little blurry, there were some strange outlines in the haze, which made Xiaya a little curious.
After he stopped Sharba, he felt that the above listened to him. After putting down the vine bit by bit, Xia took a breath and tried to loosen the vine on his waist a little bit. I first let myself breathe a little easier, then I touched it in my arms, and found a branch, and then wrapped it with a prepared mass of viscous ointment soaked in some special plant powder. Quickly took out the fire clip in his arms and hit it twice.
With a bang, a flame ignited, and soon, the ointment on the cloth was ignited. This fire-making thing is learned from the natives of Zaku, and it is a good thing to start a fire made by mashing the fruit of a plant growing in the mountains.
Carrying this little torch, Xia shook it in his hand, then took a deep breath, and threw the little torch down under him...
The flame passed through the black mist, swayed, and finally landed on the bottom of the valley. What made Xia relieved was that the bottom of the valley was really a dry place, not a river, and the torch was about as far from where he was. It is more than ten meters high, and thanks to the firelight in the fog, although it is still blurred, the clarity is enough for the sharp-eyed turtle to see a lot of things.
After seeing it clearly, the turtle's eyes immediately turned round! !
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"Release! Release! Continue to release!!" Xia shouted loudly, then dragged the vines little by little, carefully climbing down the mountain wall.
But unfortunately, when he called the tenth "release", Sharba's roar came from above his head. Because of the distance, or because of the strange black mist, Sharba's voice could not be heard. It's a little blurry.
"The vines... end... length... not enough... "
Xia Ya sighed. At this moment, he was still five or six meters away from the bottom of the mountain stream. He hesitated for a while and shouted loudly: "You wait for me! Don't pull the rope! When will I tell you to pull, pull again!" "
After receiving Sharba's response above, Char took a deep breath, and quickly untied the vines around his waist.
The height is only five or six meters from the ground, which is difficult for Xia Ya. He quickly found a few places to rest on the mountain wall, and finally jumped down gently and skillfully. .
The valley bottom of the mountain stream is very narrow. It can be said that the entire mountain stream, if it is cut across, should have a "V" shape.
The bottom part of the valley is only about three or four meters wide. After Xiaya landed, she immediately felt the hardness of the ground under her feet! The thud made the soles of his feet go stiff.
He immediately picked up the torch that he had dropped on the ground before. The torch only burned less than a third of it. Xia held it in his hand and shook it...
There is almost no vegetation at the bottom of the mountain stream, not even thorns and dead branches! It's just that when Xia Ya picked up the torch, a fat mouse was alarmed. The thing twisted its fat body and quickly ran away.
Xia Ya stood at the bottom of the valley, looked at the front, turned around and looked at the back, under the light of the torch, Xia Ya's expression was very strange, he took a deep breath, as if talking to himself.
"Oh my God! Look what I found!!"
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The ground is full of broken armor and weapons, and some rotten bones, these things are everywhere...
How would you describe such a place
There is no doubt that this is the remains of an ancient battlefield!
The bottom of this narrow mountain stream, if you stand in it, you will feel like a narrow "passage".
Now Xiaya is standing in the middle of this passage, and all he can see in front of and behind him are some rotten and rotten weapons, armors, and... skeletons.
Unlike the obvious Byzantine-style armor, these remnants are more peculiar in style.
The country with the highest armor-making skills in the world today is Byzantium. Byzantine's hill-and-hill armor is already considered to be a very advanced type of armor.
However, standing here, Xia Ya just glanced at it and immediately determined something that surprised him!
This relic, this ancient relic that I don't know how many years have passed! The remaining things that I saw here, not to mention other things, are just armors, which seem to be much higher than the Qiushan armors of the Byzantine Empire!
Yes, without a doubt, advanced, and leading! !
The closest to Xia is a skeleton stand leaning against the mountain wall. The owner of the skeleton sat on the ground before he died, his back was firmly against the mountain wall, and his head was drooping. When Xia Ya walked over, a mouse about the size of Xia Ya's fist crawled on the opponent's helmet, and it slipped away with a squeak.
Char quickly grabbed that helmet...
This is a spherical helmet, not like the general helmet commonly used by the Byzantines, nor the horn helmet used by the Odins. The round shape looks a bit ridiculous.
But what surprises Char is... This round helmet is actually a complete whole!
When you hold it in your hand, you can clearly feel its seamless integration!
It is not nailed with pieces of iron, but it seems to be a complete iron helmet!
Although Xia Ya is not very good at blacksmithing, he also understands that such a complete circular helmet without any seams, at least the Byzantine blacksmiths he knows have not been able to make it!
The styles of today's helmets are generally made of high-quality steel or iron pieces that have been tempered, and then pieced together, with raised steel nails at the seams, which looks impressive and at the same time ensures firmness. Degree.
But this helmet is like... using an abrasive tool, and then pouring it directly with molten iron. After cooling, it is a complete... iron bowl! !
But Char understands better that making a helmet is definitely not that easy! To make a helmet like this kind of iron bowl is not as simple as directly grinding it with molten iron!
Good metal materials need to be beaten to remove impurities! If you just grind it like this, maybe you can make an iron bowl, but the material in it must be messy!
More importantly, the helmet was rounded without any deformation, that is to say, it was definitely not forged by the blacksmiths with a hammer.
Throwing the round helmet in his hand aside, Char leaned over to take a closer look at the armor on this guy who had been dead for some unknown number of years.
There is no doubt that the style of this armor is completely different from any armor currently known by Char.
First of all it didn't use something like "cuirass", but an almost complete old style like "plate armor". It stands to reason that such plate armor has a strong defensive ability against blunt weapons, but it lacks the necessary effect in the face of sharp weapons such as bows and arrows.
But this "plate armor" mostly uses a convex spherical shape, which makes up for this very high.
Xia Ya saw an iron stick about ten centimeters in size next to the skeleton's hand. He picked it up. It was already covered with green embroidery marks. Xia Ya took it in his hand and weighed it.
Perhaps, this thing is more like an iron bar, thick at both ends and thin in the middle, and there is a thing like a gauntlet in the middle.
When Xia Ya held it in his hand, he felt that the weight of this thing was much heavier than it looked. There was also a small trigger-like thing on the handle. Char Ya tried to press it twice. It was probably because it was too old and something inside was rusted. After Xi Ya pressed it twice, there was no response. He tried this and knocked on the stone twice, and immediately a piece of fine iron filings was shaken out of it.
When he pressed that trigger again...
Kaka! !
After two dull voices, I saw the two ends of the iron bar, and suddenly a circular piece of iron was supported in an instant!
It's like... like a folding fan! !
That thick piece of iron is formed by stacking one by one, and once it is stretched, the hand becomes a complete and delicate circular hand shield!
Yes, it's a retractable shield! !
Such craftsmanship... I am afraid that even dwarves may not be able to produce it! !
Xia Ya was stunned, looking at the small shield in his hand, he was stunned for a while, and then without hesitation, Xia Ya took out an empty cloth bag from his arms and threw the things in it .
Looking around, the passage at the bottom of this mountain stream is full of fallen skeletons.
These guys, don't know when they died, the armor they wear, the weapons they use are all things that Char has never seen before.
What surprised Xia even more was that these things, they were sitting on the ground, and some died on the ground, but they obviously didn't have any scars!
That is to say, the skeletons of these leftovers tend to be complete, and there is no fatal injury to death under any weapon attack.
What surprised Xia even more was that he quickly overturned the speculation that this was an "ancient battlefield"!
Because it's very simple, all the dead, the weapons they wear and use, seem to be the same style! In other words, the deceased here should all belong to the same group!
Not a single one looked like a corpse left by the enemy.
In the mountain stream, looking around and taking a cursory look, there are probably thousands of such corpses, and there may even be more in the distance.
So many corpses... If they were an army, judging by the equipment of these guys, it was clearly an "elite"! But so many elites died silently in this place, in this dark valley where the sun could not be seen.
Dead so silent.
"These guys don't look like they were killed." Xia walked all the way, he was still collecting these strange armor weapons, but he gave up soon because there were too many of these things, "These Guys, look at these corpses, these skeletons, they seem to be very peaceful when they die... Is it suicide?"
When Xiaya said this, he couldn't help shaking his head: "Impossible... This place, the number of these guys is at least a few thousand! There may be more in the distance! An elite army with such equipment, even in the most dangerous situation Moment, will not choose mass suicide!"
What surprised Xia even more was that he walked 100 meters all the way and saw so many corpses, and the weapons these guys used... In other words, the weapons that Xia picked up surprised him.
The shape of knives and swords does not seem to be much different from today. The only difference is that these weapons are not too big in size, short swords and short swords.
But these fighting weapons are not equipped with every corpse.
What Xiaya saw more was that the skeletons were dying in the valley, but beside them, there was something like an iron pipe.
Iron pipe, of course, is just the name of Xia Ya.
In fact, these things are about the length of a short spear, and about the thickness of an arm. One end is hollowed out, and the inside is rounded, while the other end is made into a bracket. , and found the trick.
As if... This is a long-range attack weapon similar to a "hand crossbow".
However, its shape is much larger than that of a hand crossbow, but Xiaya did not see the existence of any crossbow arrows.
"Obviously, this is a long-range weapon similar to a crossbow, and it is a launching device, but what is it that is launched?" Xia frowned.
Another thing that amazes him is that all these "iron pipes", the pipes inside, are polished to a very rounded and flawless level.
Finally, after walking forward for a while, a big guy in front of him answered Xia Ya's question.
A huge metal shelf was placed in the middle of the mountain stream passage, and one of the two metal wheels had rotted away, causing the things on it to be sideways. And above it was a thick round iron pipe—perhaps it was iron or not.
The shape of this thing made Xiaya understand at a glance: "This seems to be a cannon."
Cannons, the Byzantine Empire has it, Lantis has it, and Odin has it too.
But the cannon in this world is not a weapon, but more of a ceremonial thing. Its only function is to fire fireworks.
Xia Ya has seen the salute in the imperial capital. That kind of thing is like this. There are wheels under it. Every time it is fired, the people next to it can stuff it with some special materials that have been wrapped, and then ignite... bang , you can spray the colorful fireworks that make children cheer during festivals.
But this thing in front of me is obviously not something for etiquette!
The base of the cannon was a square object. Char looked at it carefully for a while. After knocking off most of the rust with a fire fork, he saw some vague patterns left on it.
"It seems... it seems like..." Xiaya hesitated.
"No doubt, these are the patterns of the magic circle."
In her mind, Dora sighed: "Look at this gun barrel, there is also this pattern, and it must be a spiral pattern."
Xiaya immediately checked some things carefully, and it was exactly as Dora said.
"Boy, congratulations, the thing you found is a treasure that has been completely wiped out in this world so far! If you can carry this thing completely outside, then any great magician will be willing to use all The property is exchanged with you!"
Although the content of Dora's words is exciting, her tone is obviously with some kind of deep mockery.
"What the hell is this?" Xiaya frowned.
"It's very simple... Have you ever heard of... Magic Cannon?" Dora smiled, and then said: "Of course you haven't heard of it, kid, because you are such a bastard, you don't even know the history of the Demon Race! In fact, many truths are unknown to ordinary people. These things are only in the hands of a few top strata in your human world! For example, those great magicians, they will have the opportunity to see those ancient times handed down. mystical tome."
Xia Ya grinned and knocked on the iron shelf beside him that had rotted most of it: "This thing... is it powerful?"
"Amazing?" Dora snorted: "In the legend, the magic gun is a magical weapon, it is the best weapon that combines machinery and magic! The powerful magic cannon can kill a dragon with just one shot!"
One cannon... one... dragon
Xia Ya opened his mouth, the turtle immediately opened his eyes and looked at the thing carefully, then he shook his head and sighed: "Unfortunately... it's a rotten one."
Immediately, he suddenly said cleverly: "So... those iron pipes, are they all magic cannons? I think those iron pipes are a bit like a miniature version of the magic cannon you mentioned."
"Congratulations, you guessed right again." Dora's voice was gloomy: "Those things, if I remember correctly, in ancient books, they are called 'magic fire'. These things are weapons using magical power. … You can understand that these are bows with magical power. Legend has it that a single shot of magical fire can easily kill an elite samurai!”
Magic Cannon... Magic Fire...
Xiaya looked around: "The magic gun that easily kills a dragon... The magic fire that easily kills a samurai... Damn, where did these dead things come from? These guys' equipment is so powerful, why... all Died in such a ghost place?"
Dora was sighing, her "Jie Jie" laughter resounded in Xia Ya's mind, with disdain and mockery in her laughter: "Human! Proud human! You have already guessed a little, but your subconscious is not willing to go to that Possibility to think about it, right!"
Xia Ya's face changed suddenly!
He quickly ran past several skeletons, picked them up one by one and observed them carefully before throwing them away.
These "things", their body shapes, are obviously some kind of advanced biological race that walks upright!
However, in terms of body shape, they are much shorter than humans, and their stature is similar to that of the dwarves, but they are not as majestic as the dwarves, and they appear thinner.
"Not humans! They are much shorter than humans! They are not elves. Although I have never seen elves, I have heard that elves are similar in size to humans." Char's breathing was a little short: "Not dwarves! Dwarves are taller than these things. For majesty... are they..."
"They are..." Xiaya took a deep breath, and his face suddenly became very exciting: "They, they are..."
"Goblin!" Dora's voice carried a malicious smile: "Congratulations, what you found is the ancient era, the real, the dominant race of this world, the real 'goblin'!!"
… goblins! ! !
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Seeing such a group of "ancient", "real" goblins! Looking at these "things" that Char should be very familiar with, they wear armor that is more elite and advanced than humans, and use weapons that are more powerful and powerful than humans! There is no doubt that these dead goblins, if they are really an "army", excluding the combat effectiveness of individual warriors, their equipment alone is enough to overwhelm the elite of any Byzantine army that Char knows. degree!
What does it feel like
You can imagine a group of despicable and ignorant monkeys who only know the strange name of "Ooke Oke", who do not take a bath all the year round, and will kill each other indiscriminately for a small bag of food, suddenly... all of a sudden... Sophisticated group form—the form of an army—appears before your eyes, and looks very powerful…
"I know what you're thinking, boy." Dora's voice became serious: "These are real goblins! Real high-level intelligent creatures! And those things you encounter that only scream 'Ork'. But it's different! In ancient times, these guys were the rulers above all other races!"
After a pause, Dora said in a low voice: "According to the classics I have seen, I have never heard of anyone finding any complete relics of a goblin civilization! Look around, maybe you can find something else. what!"