Del Cola reproduced the projection on the wall with the recording hedron he had with him. He took the notebook and followed the notes at the end to find the last things they had stored during their lifetime.

In fact, there is nothing left. Unless they are made of special materials or regularly maintained, few weapons will last for a thousand years without decaying. The magic array on the notebook could only be used to keep the fragile paper-like stuff intact, but it couldn't guarantee the strength of the weapon - so they didn't touch the weapons and equipment of the dead, even though the sacrificial equipment appeared to be intact.

No matter what the other person did during his lifetime, they still choose to show respect to the deceased.

On the back of the altar, they found the small warehouse, which was unsurprisingly largely rotten. The trio picked and chose among them, eventually finding only a few mid-tier hedrons, a hilt doped with Mithril (the blade had been broken, possibly captured by a Nightblade Knight), and a small amount of Adamantite that had not been used up. Delkora continued to rummag in disbelief, and after almost burying herself in the garbage, she finally pulled out a stick from it.

It looks like some kind of wood, close to two meters in length, and the shape is not very regular, but it looks like it is suitable for making a staff.

"Wood that hasn't rotted in a thousand years, and there's no sign of a magic circle inscription on it," Assas looked curiously, "Could it be a branch of the Ancestral Tree?"

There is an ancient tree in the hinterland of the Race Federation, and it is under that tree that the God of Creation sprinkles the seed of life, and the Silver Elf is born. The power of the gods affected the ancient tree, which grew hundreds of meters tall and survives to this day, and the tree is known to the elves as the Ancestral Tree. The branches and fruits of the ancient tree are precious items full of vitality, and many staff artifacts of the Race Federation use the branches of the Ancestor Giant Tree as the staff handle, and its abundant life energy allows it to accept many types of magic array inscriptions, and it can slowly regenerate by absorbing nutrients from the ground to repair its own wounds, which greatly increases its value.

If Crete had foreseen the fall of the Thorn Royalty before leaving, it is entirely understandable that he chose to take a giant tree branch with him.

"Maybe, we can go out and verify it again. Delkora tucked the stick into the spatial ring, and her gaze unconsciously fell back to the bones on the floor in the hall, "They ...... So be it. They died as the last of the Thorns, and we have no right to disturb them either way. Leave the rest to the Racial Federation. ”

The three of them walked out of the gate, and Delkora laboriously closed the gate, and then used her spiritual power to attract the magic pattern on the gate, injecting more elemental power into the ten source points of the magic pattern. The crumbling magic array on the gate then regained stability.

"Let's go, leave it to history. ”

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When they stepped out of the range of the phantom array and returned to the sunny plain, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"The weight of history," said Assas...... "is always more tangible than what is heard." ”

"This is really only the third month of our expedition...... We've found this ruin," Del Cola shrugged, "I don't know if it's too good or too bad." ”

"Hey, dear Del Kora—a normal oak, black iron mercenary who was going to retreat when he spotted the Nightblade Leopard, okay?" Satya gave him a blank look, "They won't have strange necromancers in their team who dare to chase the full Silver Rank Nightblade Leopard for a whole day - they're actually evading you and not the other way around! You could literally write this scene into your own epic, which is a feat that no number of epic heroes can do." ”

"Don't taunt me, Satya, I know you don't like necromancy, and I promise to stay away from you when I use it in the future. Delkora made a promise, and then pulled out the strange stick from the spatial ring, "I think this is the branch of the Ancestral Tree, I can feel the activity of the water elemental, and they feel the active breath of life from this stick." ”

"In fact, a stick that has been preserved for a thousand years can still have the breath of life, which is strong enough. Satya looked at it, "Even if it's not an Ancestral Giant Branch, it's definitely a special item that is not inferior." ”

"Just try it, it's easy to verify this thing. With that, Delko stretched his hand and plunged the stick into the dirt, then let go of his hand.

The stick shook slightly.

Then, visible to the naked eye, the fine cracks on the stick were healing, and the small wounds on the scraping were gradually disappearing. It didn't take five minutes for a small green shoot to emerge from the top of the stick, and it was even growing gradually, wanting to grow into a leaf!

"Okay, I'm sure, it's really the Ancestral Giant Branch. Del Ko stretched out his hand and pulled it out, it was actually very easy, and there was no sign of rooting at the bottom, "This kind of vitality is simply at the level of the law, and only the power of God can have such a far-reaching impact." ”

"I'm curious, how are you going to use it?" asked Assas curiously, "It seems that it is friendly to the water elemental and earth elemental, and if combined with the corresponding attribute spar, it should be able to create a high-level staff." ”

"But I already have the four staff of the 'Sage's Gift', and it would be a bit of a waste to have another staff with attribute bonuses," Delkoramo rubbed his chin and grasped the stick with his other hand, staring at the sprout in a daze.

"You say...... With such a strong self-healing ability, can it carry the undead summoning circle?"

"......" Satya and Assas were silent at the same time.

"Theoretically...... OK. "But no one has ever tried to do that—or rather, it's a bit too risky to use life-friendly Ancestral Tree branches to carry death energy." This is an artifact-level material, and it would be a pity if it was really damaged. ”

"Ah, I don't care, it's not the material in our warehouse anyway. Delkora waved her hand nonchalantly, "The main thing is that I'm fed up with having to change a staff every time I use necromancy, and the worst staff costs two silver coins, and I can only engrave a very low-level magic array, and with a good staff, I can try more advanced necromancy - and besides, I can better control the energy of death, and the smell will disappear." Absolute. ”

I have to say that this last sentence is very important, and the two who were still a little hesitant immediately nodded in agreement.

"By the way, what gems are you going to use to match it?" Satya looked at the bare stick, "Its ceiling is high enough, if you think that the magic pattern inscription technique is professional enough, then the limit of its ability is the matching gem." ”

"Oh, don't worry about that," Delkora said, pulling out a gem and tossing it over. Satya reached out to catch it, but was surprised when she saw it, "The Twilight Gem?

"I took it out when I went out, and I thought I could find the right handle for it along the way. "Actually, there are a few undead magic bonus staff in the warehouse, but I think it's better to make a new one." After all, my necromancy is a bit special. ”

"Actually, it's theft. Assas pointed out without hesitation.

"How can you steal your own things," Del Cora didn't care, "and I don't believe Daddy doesn't know." Since he knows and has sent me the Gift of the Sage, and has given you the Knight's Creed and the Fangs, it means that he is still happy for me to take this gem away. ”

"I guess Uncle didn't expect you to find the Ancestral Branch," Assas shook his head, "Have you decided to engrave the magic circle yourself?" I recommend that you find a master blacksmith or archmage to do it, otherwise you will waste such good materials." ”

"That's the point, Assas," Delko stretched out his hand and shook the branch of the Ancestor in his hand, "That's the key! Even if my current level is not enough, and the level of the engraved magic array is not high, I can wait until I have the strength to erase the current magic array and re-inscribe it! And the wear and tear caused by erasing the magic circle can make it repair itself, and the gem will not be affected in the process—theoretically, with this Dusk Gem, this is a staff that can grow into an artifact!"

He proudly raised his stick, as if he had actually lifted an artifact.

"......" Satya and Assas were dumbfounded.

“...... Maybe no one really thought so," Arthas was shocked for a moment before he muttered to himself, "Who would choose to make two materials that can be forged directly into an artifact into a progressable weapon?"

"He's happy. Satya could only shake her head helplessly.

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[On June 14, a group of wild Nightblade leopards was found, and no fighting occurred. It's surprising that there are wild varieties of Nightblade Leopards. They didn't choose a detour. 】

[On June 15, through undead magic, an unknown building was discovered, with traces of thorn elf architecture. (crossed out) corrected, confirmed to be the remains of the Thorn Elf family, determined that the unknown skeleton on the altar is the high priest Crete, who died at the end of the Elven Civil War, it seems that he did not die under the forbidden spell of Taroko, and the history books of the Racial Federation are about to be changed. 】

[This matter should be reported to the Racial Federation.] Missing Nightblade leopards in the wild, if necessary, should be taken over by the Federation. 】

[A branch of the Ancestral Giant Tree is found.] A branch that has been lost for a thousand years, the Federation should not care - as a reward for revising their history. 】

[I don't know what else will happen, this work is really uncomfortable, I suspect that a few little ones have already found out that it is me - I hope not.] They must have known that someone was following, but it would be a bit embarrassing if they identified themselves. Ron, Russell, you should really give me a raise, or I'm going to go on strike—or go to the Morimos Gardens and train those little ones. I don't feel distressed, really. 】

[When you see this, you will get a salary increase—your dearest friend, Saltanha Shadow.] 】