In fact, Gao Wen planned to call Rebecca, but the latter has been busy with the construction of "Magic Net No. 1" these days, and has not had a good rest for several days. He didn't wake her up again.
Anyway, there are only a few fireball launchers if they are called up, and they are not very useful - they are not as powerful as Gawain's own knife and chopping people.
Hetty hadn't rested yet. She was studying the systems and plans written by Gawain in her tent. When she heard that there was something wrong with the ruins in the mountain, she immediately put on her coat and rushed over.
Seeing her slightly nervous look, Gao Wen said in relief: "Don't panic, it's just some abnormal noises, maybe the ancient facilities in the ruins moved a bit - if there is a landslide, it is impossible to make such a small movement."
Hetty nodded apprehensively.
Knight Byron quickly selected capable soldiers, and then, led by Gawain, walked through the mountain path to the main gate of the ancient ruins.
A temporary outpost was built here with a wooden house, and there are usually five soldiers on duty here. The torch illuminates the surroundings of the gate of the ruins, making the situation here clear at a glance: except for a few nervous soldiers standing, look There is nothing unusual about it.
"My lord," a soldier came up to greet him, and saluted immediately after seeing Gao Wen, "There were two more noises inside just now."
"Well, I'll go and see for myself," Gao Wen said as he walked towards the gate of the ruins. "You guys are guarding outside. No one is allowed to come in without my order."
When he came to the gate of the ruins, Gawain activated the ancient Gondor magic pattern with a platinum disc. Seeing that the heavy purple steel door was still flowing with the glow of magic, Gawain was somewhat relieved: at least the magic channel here It's normal, which means there won't be much change inside.
Hetty subconsciously clenched her staff tightly, and first outlined the spell model of Frostbolt, but the magic power was dissipated in the next second, and replaced with auxiliary magic—it would be embarrassing if Biu didn't hit anyone.
Driven by the magic power, the purple steel gate slowly opened, and the magic spar placed in the hall lit up immediately. Gao Wen placed his hand on the hilt of the Pioneer Sword, stepping into it vigilantly.
There seemed to be nothing unusual in the hall. The undelivered metal ingots and weapons and armor were still well placed in place, reflecting the glow under the bright and constant light of the magic spar. There was no sign of any collapse or looseness in the entire hall. business as usual.
However, after scanning around, Gawain immediately noticed a change—the doors in the deep part of the hall were open.
This ancient relic is more than just a hall in front of me. Inside the mountain, it has a larger structure, which can be judged from the scale of its entrance and the architectural structure that can be occasionally observed on the mountain wall, but so far Gao Wen and the others just used the hall at the entrance of the ruins—it wasn't that they didn't want to go deeper, but the door leading to the deeper part was locked.
As early as 700 years ago, when the Northern Exploration Army found this ruin, the gate leading to the deep layer was locked, and a magic seal that was completely different from the surface gate was used. The team of pioneers cracked the magic key of the entrance of the first floor, but they could do nothing to the gate deep in the hall, so they just used the hall as a treasure house, re-sealed it and left here, and seven hundred years later Today, Gao Wen led Cecil's pioneering team back to this place, and he and the people he brought still have nothing to do with those gates.
Hetty once spent a whole day researching in the treasure house hall, but failed to unlock the seals of several doors: that was the magic technology in the heyday of Gondor, and it was far from being able to be cracked by a third-level mage like Hetty.
Gao Wen originally planned to put those doors aside first, and then consider how to deal with them when the situation stabilizes in the future, but he did not expect that just today, those doors opened by themselves.
Hetty also noticed the situation of those gates, and pulled Ragawain's clothes a little uneasily: "Ancestor, those gates..."
"I saw it, God knows how." Gao Wen said with a frown, but he couldn't help but think of the red spot eruption and magic power surge a few days ago—could it be that the magic power surge also spread to the ruins? Here, loose the seal in the ruins? And recently, I have frequently asked Hetty or Rebecca to come here with a platinum disc to open the door and carry things. The frequent opening and closing of the first layer of seal activated the door inside by accident
Based on Gawain's knowledge of the magic technology of the ancient Gondor Empire, this is very possible.
He brought a few soldiers to the three doors and began to think.
If it unfolds according to the general plot, drilling into this suddenly opened ruins in the middle of the night to explore is basically a death-defying development, but the specific situation depends on the theme-if this is an American drama, basically everyone who enters will die soon. Yes, but if it's a Japanese drama, everyone might see a female ghost or something before the ball dies, but if it's a domestic drama...then he's very likely to have sex with a female ghost after he enters...
Gao Wen looked around at the people around him. These guys in armor and helmets were carrying staffs, no matter how they were drawn, they looked like American dramas.
If you don't go in, the ball will definitely be dead, and you won't even be able to see the female ghost before you die.
But just when he made a decision to order the gate to be temporarily closed, and then explored again when the conditions were ripe, Heti suddenly muttered: "There seems to be a magical reaction inside... in a very deep place."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Magic reaction? Deep?"
"It came from the depths of this door." Hetty pointed to the door in the middle. "Before, the door probably blocked the flow of magic power. I haven't felt it, but now that the door is open, I can faintly feel it." It feels like there is something inside... maybe it is a magic circle that is running. But the reaction is very, very weak, and it is still declining, and I am afraid it may disappear completely at any time."
Gao Wen: "..."
He abruptly stopped the urge to turn around and leave, sighing deeply in his heart: human beings are indeed creatures that have to die.
No matter what was inside, it seemed that one had to take a look at it before leaving.
Holding the Pioneer Sword in his hand, Gawain silently used knight skills to protect his house several layers, and then took the lead at the front.
There was no light in the depths of the ruins, and it became darker and darker when walking through the gate into the corridor. Hetty raised the staff and recited a few syllables in a low voice, and a glowing magic ball floated on the staff head, illuminating the progress. path of.
Can cast lighting, is a real mage.
Looking at the increasingly deep corridor ahead and the high and wide spaces on both sides, Knight Byron couldn't help but marvel: "It's really something made by the prosperous Gondor Empire... How big is it inside? ah?"
"God knows, the gate of the ruins is the shape of a large fortress in Gondor's Spark Era. It is possible to hollow out a mountain for such a large fortress," Gao Wen pouted, "I don't know if Amber really absconded with the money—if she Just be here."
"This kind of highly professional ancient ruins, even the most skilled stalkers are not good at dealing with them." Hetty glanced at Gao Wen suspiciously, "Deciphering such places is usually the professional field of mages..."
"No, if Amber is here, I can throw her out to explore the way. I can feel less psychological pressure," Gao Wen said casually, "and her escape skills are top-notch, and she can still throw her when she comes back..."
Hetty was dumbfounded: the ancestor suddenly made a wicked statement, what should the younger generation do? !
Gawain glanced at her and laughed: "I'm just joking—the main reason is that Amber has a special ability to walk in shadows. In places like this where there are shadows everywhere, she can find more hidden paths than us."
Only then did Hetty heave a sigh of relief, and the knight Byron next to him also nodded, "I knew that you are a model knight, and you would definitely not do that kind of thing to a lady..."
Gao Wen's mouth twitched slightly: Amber? If it weren't for the chest and face, who could associate her with a lady
And to be honest, her breasts are not very closely related to women...
A few small talk eased the tense atmosphere of everyone, but everyone's vigilance has not weakened in the slightest. Under the illumination of Hetty's magic light ball, Gawain stared at every detail around him, not letting go of any possible situation. Traps and the occasional ancient writing on the walls.
Those are the common characters of the ancient Gondor Empire, and the common characters used by the four major kingdoms today are derived from them. However, due to the span of thousands of years, there will be some changes during the evolution of the characters. The "Spark Age" itself was also the era of great changes in the Gondor Empire, so basically only Gao Wen could understand the ancient characters in the ruins.
Hetty saw that they all half understood.
The scale of this mountain ruins is indeed huge, even to the extent that Gao Wen was a little surprised.
Going all the way from the central corridor, the team encountered more than one fork, detour, and stairs. The overall trend of the passage is to spread and descend toward the depths of the mountain. During this process, Hetty detected the flow of breath several times. It is confirmed that there should be perfect ventilation channels in places that people cannot see, which can be seen from the advanced construction technology of the ancient Gondor Empire.
And in the process, they discovered rooms or other halls more than once.
These rooms and halls are all made of stone-like materials, but after Hetty identified them, they are not stones, but some kind of man-made material that is more durable than stones; every room and hall is empty, except Except for a few decayed shelves and some metal tools that are about to become slag, there are basically no valuable ancient relics. It is obvious that the Imperials in this facility were evacuated in an orderly manner with a lot of spare time. here.
This is also in line with Gao Wen's judgment on "Spark Era".
But this also made Hetty quite regretful: she thought she could find some antique treasures inside, even if they were unusable, but the words "from the age of sparks in the Gondor Empire" were enough to make a piece of broken copper rot. Iron has become a sought-after treasure.
The group didn't have time to explore every fork and room in the way, so Gawain ordered to leave marks on those forks that could not be explored temporarily, so that they could explore slowly when they had time in the future. Under the guidance of the induction, he moved straight towards the direction of the magical reaction.