The ruins in the mountains, the "Circular Might and Magic Gate" hall on the bottom floor of the facility.
Since discovering this mysterious ancient magic gate, Gawain has left six soldiers here to guard it in shifts. As Knight Byron explored this ancient facility more and more deeply, this relic has gradually been used by Cecil. Now, its middle-level area is being gradually transformed into military factories and storage facilities. Many places have laid magic nets, installed magic spar lamps and living facilities, and added many long-term soldier dormitories. Therefore, in the facilities There are not a few soldiers on duty for a long time.
Gawain brought Heidi and Pittman with him, plus a siren full of "knowledge of the evil god" (eating direction) skill points, and selected a group of elite soldiers, and rushed to the place where the magic gate was located .
A small group of garrison soldiers had already assembled in the wide circular hall. Knight Byron was leading his subordinates to watch the movement of Might and Magic. When Gawain entered, the middle-aged knight was holding a soldier seriously It was not easy to see such a serious expression on the old fritter's face, which made Gao Wen immediately realize that the situation might be more complicated than he expected.
He went straight to Byron: "How is the situation?"
After seeing Gawain, Byron gave a knight salute. He was leading the exploration team to find the exit to the south of the mountain ruins, but after hearing the news of the Might and Magic Gate’s change, he led his people to the scene immediately. The time was much earlier, so I still understand the situation: "My lord, we haven't figured out how the magic door was activated suddenly. The soldiers on duty here seem to have suffered a mental shock, and their memory of the scene at that time is very vague."
Gawain raised his head and looked in the direction of the circular magic door. The thing had indeed activated.
The ring-shaped device made of some unknown synthetic material is emitting a glowing dark blue magical halo at this moment, and the runes and magic power lines engraved on the Might and Magic Gate are all in a clearly charged state, a low buzzing sound The sound was coming from the base of the ring, and in the center of the ring, one could see a group of constantly trembling hazy phantoms that seemed to be in a superposition state of two spaces.
The soldiers stationed here are elites with rich experience and obedience to orders. They will not tamper with anything without orders, nor will they deliberately conceal when reporting the situation, so the only explanation is that this Might and Magic Gate is really It is activated by itself, and when activated, it will cause a certain degree of mental shock to the people around it. It is not fatal, but it is enough to cause a trance.
What activates Might and Magic
Gao Wen immediately thought of the isolation doors that opened automatically in the entrance hall of the ruins. Similar incidents also happened in the early days of the establishment of the pioneering territory, but the reason for the opening of the isolation doors at that time was the surge of magic power, and the sudden change in the magic environment stimulated The remaining magic mechanism in the ruins opened the door by accident, but it seems that there has been no similar magic turmoil recently, and there is no report from the monitoring satellite...
No, it seems that there is a rather special event...
The stars return.
Gao Wen's expression became serious. The only event that may cause various anomalies in the recent period is the "return of the stars". Although ordinary people cannot perceive the impact of the return of the stars on this world, its influence is It really exists, and it seems to be related to God.
The purpose of this ancient facility seems to be to study "the secrets of the gods".
Could it be that this gate was not actually closed due to damage or energy exhaustion, but has been waiting for the opportunity to open
"Ancestor?" Seeing that Gao Wen hadn't spoken for a long time, but his face became more and more serious, Hetty couldn't help asking, "What did you think of?"
"This door may be automatically activated according to the pre-set orders of those magisters in the Starfire era," Gawain said slowly, and looked at Knight Byron, "Has anyone ever gone in?"
"Not yet," Knight Byron shook his head. "The situation is too weird. You told me at the time that if you encounter such a bizarre or possibly god-related situation, you must not act rashly and keep the scene until you arrive."
"Very good," Gawain nodded approvingly, and then looked at the automatic magic door with some regret, "It would be great if Amber was here..."
Amber was sent by him to search for "viable folks" and has yet to return. Although it is not clear how she is progressing, Gawain has full confidence in the wild half-elf whose escape skills are full, but it will inevitably be inconvenient if the other party is not there. For example, now, he really wanted to find a recyclable amber detector and throw it across the magic gate to see the situation. However, there was no such thing.
But the magic door has been activated, he can't just leave it like this.
"Pittman..." Gawain thought for a while, then turned to look at the old druid beside him, "You..."
"My lord, I'm getting old!" Pittman burst into tears immediately, "I have to raise my eighty-year-old, and I have..."
Gao Wen's veins twitched: "Shut up, I'll let you summon a tree man to enter!"
"oh."
Pittman took out a magical seed from his bosom, chanted a brief incantation in a low voice, and then threw the seed on the ground. With the surge of magic power, the seed immediately began to grow at an astonishing speed Standing up, the magical power built its temporary body, and an elemental tree man with a height of only a meter or so soon appeared in front of everyone.
In the eyes of everyone, this unremarkable tree man ran towards the huge ring device in the center of the hall with ridiculous steps, and disappeared into the hazy area inside the ring device in a burst of light and shadow distortion. In the phantom.
The moment the tree man disappeared, Pittman let out a "huh" in surprise.
"What's going on?" Hetty immediately asked nervously.
"The spiritual connection between me and the summoned creature was severed," Pittman said with a strange expression, "in an instant."
"The other side of Might and Magic may be some kind of phase space, or the Shadow Realm." Gawain was not too surprised. "The magisters of the ancient Gondor Empire often did this. They would use similar space technology to store important data. Secrets, Phase Space, and the Shadowlands are the safest safes."
"No...it's not like that kind of cut off," Pittman said with a serious expression, "Even the Shadow Realm can't completely cut off the connection between druids and summoned objects, even if the direct control is cut off, I can also sense the existence of the summoned thing, but now I have completely lost the perception of the treant, as if it disappeared directly from this world... "
The atmosphere in the hall became serious, but Pittman then said: "But we can wait a little longer, I set an order for the tree man, if the spiritual connection is completely broken, then it will lose my order for three minutes. Then backtrack as long as it's not destroyed."
Gawain nodded upon hearing this, turned around and stared in the direction of the Might and Magic Gate.
Time passed by, and there was no movement in the magic gate, but just when Gawain thought that the tree man would not come back, he suddenly saw the hazy light and shadow in the center of the magic gate tremble.
The unremarkable Treant ran out of the gate with that comical staggering gait.
It looked clumsy and dazed when it first ran out, but soon, it re-established a spiritual connection with Pittman, and the elemental creature maintained by magic power immediately ran back to its master.
"...no damage at all," Pittman quickly checked the condition of the tree man, and looked up to report to Gao Wenhui, "The degree of magic power dissipation is also within the normal value. The opposite side of the gate seems to be a safe space, and the structure is also very stable."
"In other words, you can go in and check the situation," Gawain couldn't help but exhale, "It seems that the technology of the ancient Gondor Empire is still trustworthy. Heidi, Tyre, you two go in with me to check the situation, Byron, Pittman, you two stand guard outside."
After finishing the order, Gawain selected a batch of capable soldiers, and then led them to the ancient magic gate that was quietly operating in the center of the hall.
In the process of passing through the hazy light and shadow in the center of the gate, Gawain did not feel the severe dizziness he expected. The thousand-year-old magic gate was running more smoothly than he had imagined. He only felt It was as if I had walked through a cool mist. After a brief blurred vision, the scene in front of me was already the space behind the gate.
A wide rectangular hall appeared in front of the exploration team.
This hall is made of unknown synthetic materials. As far as the eye can see, you can see all kinds of huge equipment with unknown functions. There are also wide walkways and research platforms among the equipment. What surprised Wen was that it wasn't completely dark here. Even though this place had been sealed off for maybe a thousand years, it still had residual energy! Several lighting devices at the top of the hall are still in operation, a slightly yellowish light illuminates the entire space!
Not only the lighting facilities, but also a small part of the huge equipment in the hall is still activated, the magic runes on their surfaces are still shining, and a low humming sound can be heard from a certain equipment from time to time.
"This is really... unbelievable..." Hetty looked at the scene in front of her in astonishment, "The things here are still working?!"
Gao Wen clenched the long sword in his hand: Since the explosion of the dark blue magic power well, all the complex magic devices in the ancient Gondor Empire have lost their function, and even if they are still intact, they cannot be activated. Only the magic power gate can still work. It's just a simple device with a simple structure and low energy requirements, but it's really weird that these complex and sophisticated devices are still operating here.
"Everyone, be vigilant, the magic device here is still working, and it cannot be ruled out that the ancient automatic defense device is being activated," he reminded everyone in the team loudly, "Hetty, pay attention to the magic power around you at all times. Flow, tell me immediately if there is a sharp change in the energy response."
"Yes," Heidi clenched her long staff, and while responding, she frowned and glanced at the hall that has been closed until now, "Ancestor... is this hall still located in our main material world?"
"It's hard to say, but the environment here is obviously not the Shadow Realm," Gao Wen replied, "It's just... I don't know if the environment outside the hall is the same as inside."