"The ice wall to the east of here should have been the skylight in the furnace area!"
"Well, it looks more similar. So, the tunnels extending in all directions above the furnace area are chimneys?"
"Only a part, right? Most of the others should be channels for transporting ore inside the mountains."
Mileras and Qin Lun were discussing in low voices. In just over ten minutes, everyone had checked the furnace area. There are passages in the front and back of the furnace area of Iron Star Fort. Due to its huge area, after investigation, everyone discovered that the furnace area is actually an arc-shaped area.
Except for the twelve giant melting furnaces that turned into fossils and the broken stele, the other man-made objects have been severely eroded by the wind, and have long since lost their original shape. No wonder the ground is covered with a thick layer of dust, and there is a clear footprint when you step on it lightly.
Because of the ice wall suspected to be a skylight, the inside of the melting furnace area is filled with hazy light. However, the passages connected to it before and after are still dark, and if you walk in a little farther, you can't see your fingers. This is also the main factor why everyone dare not leave this furnace area.
"Hey, this is..." After half an hour, Kelly's figure finally appeared at the entrance of the tunnel where Qin Lun and others came out.
"So, there is a dwarf castle here?" Robin and Stark looked at each other in surprise. This was really an unexpected development.
"Qin Lun, it's not safe here. The tunnel we came in has traces left by a giant creature. Should we continue to explore?" Stark asked softly in the team channel with a hesitant voice.
"Which of the things our apostles are going to do is not dangerous!" Qin Lun replied with a smile, "What your fortress team lacks most at present is contribution points, and among the extra rewards given by the degree of world exploration, contribution points are generally very small. Rich.
Most of the giant creatures are at the top of the food chain, and generally they are not social creatures. Compared to the Zhentarim attack, isn't the unknown giant creature here easier to deal with? What's more, when the sky falls, there will be tall people supporting it. As long as this kind of creature is not an intelligent creature, even if it reaches the legendary level, I believe that a violent woman like Kelly can handle it. "
"That's true, so we should explore this Iron Star Fort?" Stark nodded.
"Relics, treasures, exploration..." The leaders of Robin and Stark's two respective fortresses have not yet come to a final conclusion. On the other side, Kelly, who has learned the whole story from Mileras, is already like a girl who got her favorite toy. Jumping up like a child, his eyes turned into stars.
"If I don't go now, I will go!" Robin, who knew Kelly's temperament well, realized and covered his face in distress.
"Ahem, you guys, after working as mercenaries for so long, don't you have no curiosity at all?" Kelly pretended to cough a few times, and shouted at the apostles with her hips on her hips, "This is a relic, do you know the relic?" If there are treasures, don’t our mercenaries fight for the treasures?”
"If you can find some precious antiques here and make a lot of money, maybe you won't even use it for employment missions. What kind of bullshit elf prince will let him die!" Kelly was like a female general commanding thousands of troops. , He waved his hand boldly.
"Hey, can we still stand next to you?" Mileras and several elf rangers suddenly had black lines on their heads.
The apostles were moved when they heard it, Kelly was right. Regardless of the speed of world exploration, the dwarves themselves are the best craftsmen. Although it is very unlikely that the items that were thousands of years ago can still be preserved, if there is something to gain, the things you get will definitely not be bad .
"Let's go, let's go... Kelly's Adventures, start now..."
After a long while, Kelly held up a newly lit torch and walked towards the dark passage on the right side of the furnace area with arrogance.
"Filar, why did you choose the right side instead of the left? Isn't there a stone tablet on the left?" Elistin asked softly, holding Qin Lun's arm.
"It's all the same, look at the terrain here!" Qin Lun patted the back of her hand and explained with a smile, "The entire melting furnace area is an arc-shaped area, with passages on both sides, which seem to lead to different areas. However, If you think about it carefully, what would happen if the passages on both sides were still curved."
"You mean, this area is a circle, and the passages on both sides will eventually close together?" Elistine's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of something.
"Well, it's certain that the passages on both sides will eventually converge, but I don't know which section of the road will lead to other areas." Qin Lun nodded, looking at Kelly at the front of the team, showing a hint of a smile.
With Kelly's performance, Qin Lun found that he gradually had a deeper understanding of this female martial artist. After Bastion and Lost merged together, Kelly has been a little quiet, basically not giving directions to the team's affairs, and handing everything over to Robin.
Qin Lun originally thought that Kelly was not good at leading the team, but now it seems that she is just lazy. Maybe this is her true face now.
The torches in the procession illuminated the passage in front of it red, and the elongated figures were indistinct in the dark passage, slowly creating an eerie atmosphere.
However, Qin Lun was sensitive to the fact that the plot elves such as Mileras and Elistine were calm and did not feel uncomfortable at all. After thinking about it, he immediately felt relieved. Whether it is the Comanthor Forest or the Jondal Forest, they are all the kind of big forests that block out the sky and the sun. The elves may have long been accustomed to this dark and gloomy environment.
To them, perhaps this is just another rocky forest.
The tunnel built by the Santana dwarves thousands of years ago is still very well ventilated today. Although the passageway is a little cold, the air is dry, and it looks like a cellar that has not been visited for a long time.
The speed of the team is not fast, mainly because the distance that the torches can illuminate is limited. Everyone looked at the environment of the passage with some curiosity. If it hadn't been confirmed that this place is Ogrand's "Iron Star Fort", then everyone would never believe that this passage was built by dwarves.
The reason is that this passage is really too big, perhaps even the giant titan standing in this passage will feel a little too spacious.
The furnace area is more than 50 meters high and covers an area of tens of thousands of square meters. It can also be said to accommodate a giant furnace. But this passage, which is more than 30 meters high and more than 20 meters wide, really doesn't look like it was tailor-made for dwarves.
The stone wall of the passage was not directly excavated in the mountainside. From the regular wall cracks, it can be seen that this passage is all made of huge stone blocks, and the structure is extremely strong.
There is no decoration on the stone wall, not even a pair of stone carvings. The footsteps of the people echoed in the darkness, extending towards the depth of the passage. Walking in this huge tunnel that no one has passed through for thousands of years, an ancient and vicissitudes of life slowly grew in the hearts of everyone.
"Huh, is there a fork in the road here?" Just as everyone was immersed in this strange emotion, Kelly in front of the line stopped.
At present, there are only 18 people left in the team, all rushing to Kelly, looking forward curiously. Fortunately, this passage is so spacious, even if eighteen people stand in one place, it doesn't look crowded at all.
There are a total of three fork roads that make it hard for Kelly, except for the one that may be the one that converges from the left passage of the furnace area, there are two side by side.
On Kelly's left, a slightly narrower passage slopes downward, seemingly leading underground. The other one is on Kelly's right hand, circling upwards at a 30-degree angle, and it seems to be leading to the top of Iron Star Fort.
"Mirelas, since you recognized this Iron Star Fortress, you should know something about it. Which passage would you say is better for us to take!" Kelly turned her head to look at the Sun Elf Prince and asked seriously.
"This..." Mileras frowned slightly. He had seen records about Iron Star Castle in the Cormanthor Elven Court, but these ancient books did not have a map of the dwarven castle for inquiry.
"I suggest everyone take the upper passage!" At this moment, a clear voice came from the team.
"It's him!" Kelly looked back and saw Qin Lun smiling and nodding to her, and a look of interest suddenly appeared in his eyes, "His Royal Highness, can you tell me why?"
"Of course!" Qin Lun bowed slightly, and said with a faint smile, "I once read in an ancient book that the Alamer Mountains were an active volcano ten thousand years ago, and the Iron Star Fort built by the dwarves used this place Ground fire, ore forging.
Since this is the case, in order to make more effective use of ground fire resources, the dwarves should build the furnace area at the bottom of the castle. The residential area and meeting place must be on the upper floor, and the furnace area can only be the residue and waste area after smelting. "
"Active volcano?" Kelly turned to look at Robin.
"It should be true. The thieves in the group have inspected those giant furnaces. Although they are all blocked inside, it is certain that there is a pipeline directly below the furnace that leads directly to the ground. It may be the underground fire vein that the moon elf prince said." Robin Quickly replied in the lost team channel.
"Hmm!" Kelly shrugged indifferently, and took the lead into the upward-extending passage.
"Sister Kelly, is there a problem?" Robin, who is very familiar with Kelly, watched her movements, and suddenly asked in the team channel.
"It's very interesting! As soon as he said it, people couldn't even think of refuting it, and they naturally believed his judgment." Kelly said with a chuckle in the team channel, "Robin, don't you think that this Fila Your Highness, does it give us a very familiar feeling?"
"Listen to what you said... the deputy head of Morning Star?" Robin slightly raised his beautiful willow eyebrows.
"Hee hee, right, it's Chen Xing, that dead boy!" Kelly's eyes flashed, and she said lightly, "Of course, the moon elf prince can't be Chen Xing. However, there seems to be another person who looks like him in my memory, that is I can't remember it for a while..."