"Crack!" After Qin Lun lightly pressed a bump on the surface of the metal box, the delicate cube unfolded like a Rubik's cube that can be dismantled, and finally combined into a flat metal plate, about one centimeter thick. The area is the size of a washbasin.
A thumb-sized black bead is silently inlaid in the center of this metal plate. Qin Lun carefully picked up the beads and put them into the storage space.
After putting away the beads, Qin Lun breathed a sigh of relief. Recalling Angelo's original arrangement, he couldn't help feeling a bit chilly. This bead is not a treasure, it is a product of high-concentration element alchemy.
It was originally just the elemental residue of Angelo's failed experiment, but the red-robed mage soon discovered that the structure of this substance was extremely unstable, and it was easy to explode. Rune, this can make it stable.
In other words, Angelo had inadvertently invented a high-explosive bomb that would explode if opened the wrong way.
Of course, compared with ordinary bombs, the material of this thing is too expensive. Although it is very powerful, but because it is an elemental item, the explosion range is only two or three meters, which is not very practical.
However, Angelo did not deceive Qin Lun, this metal box is indeed a treasure. However, what is precious is not the high-explosive elemental beads, but the layer of metal that wraps it. This piece of metal, which is small in size but not light in weight, is actually a very precious meteorite iron, which has excellent magic conductivity and ductility.
So how precious is meteorite iron? For example, its status as a forging material is equivalent to the biological material of a giant dragon.
After separating the element beads, Qin Lun also put the meteorite iron into the storage space. Thinking back, he has already received several top-quality forging materials during this adventure, such as Sentar's magic sword, the world tree longbow, the undead artifact contributed by the Lich Hashid, and so on.
However, compared with the value of these things, the so-called precious materials are not worth mentioning. If you can choose, it is of course that the value of the original is higher. Thyntal's magic eight-edged sword is fine, it is probably only of dark gold quality, but the World Tree Longbow and the Undead Hallows are likely to be two legendary weapons.
After returning to Broken Starry Sky, just dismantling it into materials like this is really wasteful.
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Three days later, at noon that day, when Qin Lun was in his room reading a book of continental history written by Mileras from the obelisk of Uvelun, Lorraine hurriedly pushed the door open.
"Fei, Ferrar, Miss Rice sent a message from the west of the city, he, they are back, back!" Lorraine was a little out of breath, but his face was full of joy.
"Oh, you're back?" Qin Lun's eyes lit up, he jumped off the bed, rested in the Birenda Villa for nearly a week, and finally waited for Kelly, Robin and others.
Baldur's Gate is a mission node, but Qin Lun can return alone. Only in this way, he will not be able to get the task rewards related to the team, especially the original "Road to the Ancients" shared by the lost team.
The rewards in this regard must be submitted by the heads of the two teams, namely Stark and Robin. Now Stark may be dead, but Nicole is still alive.
"Let's go, let's pick them up together!" Qin Lun tidied up his appearance, and followed Lorraine out of the room.
When he came to the lobby of the annex, he found that other than Paconoda, everyone else had come out. Elisine's face was still a little pale, but her spirit was much better.
Mileras also walked out of his room for the first time, but at the first glance, anyone can see that he has lost a lot of weight. His handsome face is now sunken, with thick black circles around his eyes. But the mental state is not bad.
"Have you finished copying?" Qin Lun joked with a smile.
"Most of the important inheritances have been recorded, but there is still not enough time, and many books on magic have to be abandoned!" Mileras shook his head and said angrily, "It's cheap for you!"
Qin Lun smiled and didn't say anything. He knew that the "you" in Mileras's mouth referred to the Seopia moon elves now composed of Jondas and Anke.
Mileras said he was actually quite satisfied. He was not a magician in the first place, and he couldn't understand most of the magic books recorded on the obelisk. In particular, the magic of the Uviren elves all use the ancient Elvish language of Fairlier, which is different from the current Elvish language.
It was very difficult for the Sun Elf prince to translate. It was already a remarkable achievement to record some important inheritances in seven days.
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"It's them, they're here!" Looking at the small black dots on the horizon, Lorraine jumped up happily, and Emily beside him also stretched her swan's neck, standing on tiptoe and looking into the distance.
Although Lais, who was the first to join her returning companions, sent a message two hours ago, the communication range of the Lost Newcomers is very large, and the others have been waiting for a long time in the western suburbs of Baldur's Gate before they saw it. The returning team.
Glancing secretly at the young dwarf, Qin Lun shook his head slightly.
Although the communication range of the Fortress team was smaller than that of the Lost team, by this time, Qin Lun had basically obtained the team's current information from Longer. It's just that Nicole doesn't seem to be in a high mood, and hasn't spoken on the team channel.
Among the plot characters who were cut off with Kelly and others, only the red-robed mage Angelo survived. The others, whether it was the Boni knight of the Amn guard or the dwarf elder Loire, all died in the valley of the dead. .
After Qin Lun captured the Lich Hashid, the large army of undead did lose their command completely as the young man expected. Although the three death knights have self-awareness, they don't have the undead artifacts in Hasid's hands, and they can't command so many low-level undead.
In the end, Kelly escaped from the Valley of the Undead by virtue of the martial arts master's strength and flexibility, and rescued Robin by the way. Another Lost member who escaped was Perth the Rogue.
Although Perth only has the first level, the thief profession itself has a strong concealment ability. After Hashid was taken away by Qin Lun, there was no imitation beholder in the valley to restrain invisibility. He and Longer from the fortress both escaped easily in the end.
In terms of the fortress team, except for Longer, others are not so lucky. Stark knew that he lacked mobility and would definitely not be able to get rid of the death knight's pursuit, so he stayed with Philip to cover the others.
The Fortress team experienced a heavy blow in the last world and lost its leader. This time, they repeated the same mistakes again, sacrificed the regiment leader again, and this time the loss was even greater. In the end, only Nicole and Longer escaped. The title of the silver team that they tried their best to maintain has completely lost their meaning.
Under the reflection of the setting sun, five or six lonely figures, dragging long shadows, walked towards the crowd.
"Why are there only these few people?" Lorraine exclaimed in surprise, his eyes swept over the faces coming towards him one by one, and when he saw that the familiar figure was indeed gone in the line, his face paled instantly, and he sat down. on the ground.
"Teacher!" Emily wept with joy, opened her hands, and flew towards the red-robed mage, burying her head in Angelo's arms.
"You survived, very good, very good!" Angelo touched Emily's hair in relief, raised his head, and smiled at Qin Lun to express his gratitude.
"Captain Robin, Sister Kelly, I'm glad to see you again!" Mileras let go of the prince's restraint at this moment and smiled heartily after reuniting with friends who had parted from life and death.
"Let's go back to the annex first. Food and hot water have been prepared for everyone!" Elistin smiled like a flower, but seeing the companions who came back so at least, the kind-hearted elf druid still had a trace of sadness that was difficult for outsiders to detect.
The returning companions were a little silent, except for Lais, who was holding Robin's arm, who smiled heartlessly, and everyone else had an unconcealable exhaustion on their faces. They were different from Qin Lun and others. Although they escaped from the Valley of the Undead, the journey north to Baldur's Gate was still difficult and dangerous, and they suffered a lot along the way.
When they first escaped from the Valley of the Undead, they didn't have time to meet up. The undead poured out of the valley like a tide, and followed them into the Wenhu area. Fortunately, due to the previous hard work of this team, the wave of undead did not spread to too many places, and they were wiped out one by one by the Amn guards who rushed over.
For the apostles, although there was no task reward for their struggle, it was of great significance to the people living in the two river valleys of Amn. For this reason, the Amn Guards specially sent people over, intending to escort the Hulan Merchant Group to Askatla.
However, except for the overjoyed Hulan business group, Robin and others refused the escort of the Amn Guards. Without the burden of Mileras, the apostles could go on the road alone. After reducing the target, he did avoid possible sniper attacks from the Zhentalin, so he passed through the Viper Forest and the Tooth Forest without any danger, and entered the territory of Baldur's Gate.
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"What should I call you now? Prince Ferrer, or Qin Lun?" Kelly was lazily leaning on the sofa with a glass of milk. Her hair, which had just been washed, was not tied into a ponytail, and it just fell loose on her shoulders. The shrewd and powerful female martial artist in the past, once she relaxed her tense nerves, she revealed a rare charm.
"Miss Kelly, please call me Qin Lun!" Qin Lun rubbed his nose with a sneer, "I'm sorry for keeping you a secret for so long!"
"It's nothing, you and I belong to two teams, so it's right to be on guard." Kelly looked at Qin Lun with a half-smile, and said lightly, "Speaking of which, I also want to thank you for taking care of Lai Si. If it's you, she probably won't survive!"
"Should be, should be!" Qin Lun felt the corners of his mouth twitch from laughing, and he was thinking about why Kelly wanted to talk to him alone.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you that Nicole has decided to leave the Monument of the Apostles, and the remaining two members of the Fortress team will join Lost together after their return!" Kelly shook the milk in her hand, seemingly casually said, "So what's your plan next?"