"It's a secret room..."
Surprise suddenly appeared on Gray's face. Although it was strange why the secret room was not covered up, what could this image be if it wasn't a secret room
As for the secret room, this is a good place. Generally speaking, this kind of place will hide things of extremely high value that are not easily seen by outsiders, such as the secret room of the Fergus family.
As far as he knew, there was such a secret room in Fergus Castle, which contained the wealth accumulated by the Fergus family for more than a hundred years. Only Viscount Fergus knew where it was and how to open it. Yes, maybe Mrs. Milan also knows.
The three of them walked to the secret room of the room and looked inside through the entrance of the secret room. They found that the stairs seemed to be very long, and they did not seem to go down in a straight line. They could not see the end at all.
Viscount Fergus took out a metal tube that could be held in one hand from his backpack. The surface of the metal tube was engraved with a series of runes and was also inlaid with a small purple-black magic crystal.
At the top of the metal rod, there is a ball made of yellow crystal, which is deeply embedded in the metal, with only a small part exposed.
Viscount Fergus stimulated the purple-black magic crystal with a trace of blood power. Suddenly, a bright light emerged from the crystal ball and spread to all sides.
Obviously, this is a rune item, a simplified version of the rune lamp. Although the brightness is not as strong as the rune lamp, it can be carried at any time, and its practicality is greatly increased.
"There are usually rune mechanisms and the like in these secret rooms. Follow me closely and don't touch anything inside at will."
Viscount Fergus turned back and said to Gray and Bernard with a serious face.
"yes."
Gray and Bernal also nodded seriously.
The rune mechanism is a trigger-type weapon made by the rune master. It is placed in some special places. Once it is stepped on or touched, it will be activated, and then launch various attacks.
Attacks like arrows, iron needles, and even blood beast-like abilities can be said to be extremely dangerous.
Following the downward stairs, the three of them walked down carefully. Under their feet was the khaki-colored stairs. As expected, the stairs were not straight downward. There was a structure similar to a spiral staircase in the middle.
After passing through the circling structure several times and descending dozens of meters in height, the three of them finally stepped on flat ground and reached the bottom floor of the secret room.
With the help of the rune lamp in the hand of Viscount Fergus, Gray found that the three of them were at the end of a passage.
There is an endless passage ahead, and the surrounding ground and walls are paved with khaki stones similar to stairs.
Holding the rune lamp, Viscount Fergus walked forward, and Gray and Bernal quickly followed.
The khaki-colored passage was about three meters wide. It was not straight forward, but also curved. After walking a few dozen meters, the three of them encountered a corner.
Suddenly, Viscount Fergus, who was walking in front, stopped walking. Gray and Bernal, who were following closely behind him, almost couldn't stop because they were following so closely, and bumped into Viscount Fergus. .
Stopping and looking forward through the light, Gray's face couldn't help but change slightly.
The ground in the passage ahead is filled with a large number of short arrows, iron needles and other sharp weapons.
The blade is so sharp that it still shines with white metallic luster. I don’t know how it has managed to survive for thousands of years without decaying.
In addition, there are a large number of stone chips flying on the ground, and the surrounding walls also have traces of being hit by sharp objects.
Obviously, there must be a mechanism ahead, but it has been triggered by the first comer of this ruins.
"Although it should have been triggered, don't be careless. There may be mechanisms that haven't been triggered yet."
After Viscount Fergus gave the order again, he stepped forward, followed by Gray and Bernal. This time, the moving speed was obviously slower than before.
With short arrows, iron needles and other things under their feet, the three of them walked forward carefully.
Snapped!
Suddenly, Viscount Fergus, who was walking at the front, seemed to step on a loose stone slab, and there was an obvious abnormal sound.
Click.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Then, there was a click on the walls on both sides, and several stone slabs on each side shrank back, revealing a hollow. From the hollow, a whistling sound suddenly came.
I saw some kind of sharp weapon with a bright white metallic luster quickly shooting out of these holes.
"not good!"
Gray's expression changed drastically, and he had no time to think about anything else. The power of blood poured into his legs, which suddenly became thicker, and the veins swelled, and he suddenly retreated backwards.
Bernal was the same as him, no less.
It's just that although the two people were moving very fast, they were obviously not as fast as the concealed weapons fired by the mechanism, and they were about to be shot by the concealed weapons.
call!
At this moment, a strong gust of wind flashed past, and the two of them felt themselves being lifted up and pulled back quickly.
Ding ding ding!
A series of clanking sounds sounded behind them, which was the sound of hidden metal weapons hitting the wall. At the critical moment, Viscount Fergus carried the two of them to avoid the attack of the hidden weapons.
"U-"
After exiting the tunnel of the hidden weapon, Gray and Bernal, who were put down by Viscount Fergus, couldn't help but let out a long breath, and there was a small amount of sweat on their foreheads.
"Only a little!"
Gray looked at the passage ahead with lingering fear.
If Viscount Fergus had not taken action in time, both he and Bernal would have been fatally injured.
Although he has a super defensive thing like the Iron Rhinoceros inner armor, it is only an inner armor after all and cannot protect all parts of the body. If his head is shot by a hidden weapon, he will definitely die.
Viscount Fergus also looked at the passage ahead with a serious expression. After a moment, he turned back seriously and said.
"There should be some mechanisms that have not been triggered. Follow me, keep a distance from me, and follow my footsteps!"
"yes."
Gray and Bernal nodded hurriedly.
They have now discovered that it is quite dangerous to get too close to Viscount Fergus. After all, if Viscount Fergus is opening the way in front, he may trigger the mechanism. If the two of them get too close, they may be affected.
The three of them moved forward again, raising their vigilance to the highest level. However, this time, until they turned several corners and entered a large room, the three of them never encountered any trap again.
However, along the way, the traces left on the floor and walls of the passage could not help but make the three people's hair stand on end.
Not only are there traces from the impact of various sharp weapons, there are also dark traces that look like fire, and there are even some traces that look like corrosion from some kind of corrosion.
The khaki stone wall was easily corroded one after another, dozens of centimeters deep. Gray even felt that even the iron rhinoceros inner armor on his body might not be able to block such corrosion-like attacks. .
Entering the large room, Gray was surprised to find that there was light in the room.
This is a room of about more than a thousand square meters. On the top of the room, there is a huge suspended rune lamp.
At this time, the rune lamp was on. It was not known whether the person who entered before had activated it, or whether it had been on since more than a thousand years ago and has been on until now.
Gray estimated that it was the latter. Even if the magic crystal was extremely rich in magic power, it would not be able to continue to illuminate for thousands of years. The magic power would definitely be exhausted, so it was most likely that someone who had visited before had activated the rune lamp.
"This is… "
His eyes roamed around the room, but the next moment he couldn't help but utter a voice of surprise.
Hearing his voice, Viscount Fergus and Bernal looked sideways, and their eyes suddenly became surprised.
On one side of the room, there was a metal giant that was cut into two parts and was at least five meters tall.
The metal giant's broken body was covered with all kinds of twisted runes, just like a crazy tattoo enthusiast in Gray's previous life, all over his body.
The three of them walked up to the metal giant and looked at it carefully.
Gray's eyes couldn't help but shrink when he saw the fracture in the metal giant's body. The fracture was extremely smooth and there was no sign of a second blow. In other words, the metal giant was actually cut into two pieces with one blow.
The metal giant was five meters tall, and the diameter of its trunk reached about one and a half meters. However, such a metal giant was cut into two pieces at once. One can imagine how powerful the attack of the person who took action was.
According to Gray's estimation, Viscount Fergus is far from being able to do this. Even if he uses the blood beast's ability "Wind Knife", he will definitely not be able to do it. In other words, the person who takes action must be at least as powerful as a fierce blood warrior. The mad blood warrior above may even be a more powerful barbarian blood warrior.
Viscount Fergus had obviously discovered this, as could be seen from the serious expression on his face.
"Father, what on earth is this?"
Bernal was extremely curious about what the thing in front of him was.
Judging from the runes covered all over the body, this should be a rune object, but it is quite strange to be so huge and in the shape of a human.
"This is a rune puppet."
Viscount Fergus frowned slightly and said.
"Rune items?"
Gray couldn't help but be curious.
"Well, this is a kind of battle puppet made by the combat rune masters among the rune masters. It is said that it was very common during the empire. Now there are very few rune masters who know this kind of rune technology."
Viscount Fergus explained.
"This kind of combat puppet has extremely strong fighting ability, and it is also tireless. Unless the magic crystal magic hidden in the body is consumed, or is completely destroyed, otherwise, it will continue to fight forever."
"Never get tired?"
Gray couldn't help but feel slightly shocked.
This kind of tireless combat puppet, if it could be mass-produced and used as an army, would be absolutely terrifying. It was actually very common during the empire, and from this we can deduce how powerful the empire was.
At the same time, he became more and more curious, what kind of existence destroyed the empire
(End of chapter)