There is a legend in the wizarding world that there is a treasure trove in the depths of Merlin Academy. It is home to a treasure trove of treasures that wizards have spent hundreds of years collecting. From ancient texts to sharpened weapons, from the Holy Grail that carried the Holy Blood, to the spear of Longinus who once stabbed Christ.

It is a place of witness to the history and glory of European wizards, who have sent their life's worth of riches to this treasure trove. Wizards traveled the world, carefully verifying the rumors they had heard, replacing cursed artifacts with imitations, and then sending the jewels or artifacts full of resentment and gore into the treasury to seal.

Whether it was the cursed Koynor, the brilliant jewel known as the Koh-i-Noor with the power of the Cursed King, or the painting called the Weeping Boy, their authenticity was replaced by the wizards with ingenious fakes and sealed in the treasure trove guarded by the wizards.

This is Niflheim, the land of death in Norse mythology, the land of fog. When the cold of Niflheim and the heat of the land of fire, Muspelheim, met, the first life in Norse mythology was born from the intersection of the two.

And He Qitian didn't expect that the gate of this legendary treasure house would be so casual. There are no ornate porticos carved in bronze, no alchemical statues standing on both sides, quietly guarded. Even this old wooden door is a little painted.

The gate was located next to the headmaster's small building, and was left in the headmaster's private garage. At first glance, it looks like a large wooden door that has been torn down and leaned against the wall. If you chop it into firewood and throw it into the stove, it may last a few days.

When Green spoke to He Qitian about this gate, he praised him very much, saying that it was a perfect fusion between alchemy and science, and that the joint work of the greatest alchemist and magician of our time could resist even the attacks of small nuclear weapons. However, looking at it now, let alone nuclear weapons, anyone with more strength can kick a hole in this broken wooden door.

Cade walked ahead, followed by He Qitian and Moira. The little girl still followed He Qitian like a duckling, while Sylbe snickered behind. The little girl really can't be separated from He Qitian, and considering that this child doesn't understand anything now, and his mind is not as good as that of an eight-year-old child, Cade, the hard-mouthed and soft-hearted acting principal, can only let He Qitian take this little girl like a mother duck. Carter, on the other hand, was banned from Nievelheim by the headmaster because he did not have a formal establishment in the academy.

"The Golden Lunga Gate is divided into 5 gates, and my authority can only go after the first gate, and I can't accompany you forward after that. The place you are going to is after the second gate, which is the research institute of alchemists such as Senior Maao. Silbe explained, she didn't seem to feel any regret at all, originally He Qitian also wanted to invite this girl in, but after thinking about it carefully, He Qitian himself was also a guest, and he couldn't be such a master, so he had to give up.

Caede walked at the front, pulling a string of silver keys from the pocket of his robe. There were at least 20 or so old silver keys hanging on the keychain, of various styles, and God knows how many important places in this academy needed keys to open doors, worthy of such care that CaedaLand kept so many keys.

Cade rummaged through the key for a moment, finding the one with the thickest handle. He cautiously slipped the key into the doorway and turned it twice.

He Qitian was grinning, he really didn't know what the need to be cautious about such a broken door.

At this moment, with the rotation of the key, He Qitian suddenly felt a dizziness in his mind, and the surrounding scenery began to become blurred, as if he had drunk too much wine, and only felt a feeling of nausea and wanting to vomit in his mind. Then He Qitian's eyes began to rotate with various colors of light and shadow, as if he was watching a dazzling marquee.

"Your Excellency He Qitian seems to have a very serious teleportation vertigo. Cade patted He Qitian on the shoulder with his hand, and as he patted like this, He Qitian's eyes gradually returned to clarity. The scenery around them had changed somewhere, and they were no longer in the underground parking lot, but in a dark stone chamber, with the broken wooden door resting in front of them, next to one of the walls of the stone chamber.

Cade looked at He Qitian's blue face, and even the little girl next to him who was pulling the corner of his clothes looked much better than him. Caeder rummaged through his wide robe, took out a bottle of green potion and handed it to He Qitian: "The extraction potion of the Tranquility Flower can stabilize people's spirits, help people enter a stable meditation state, and can also be used to relieve teleportation vertigo. ”

He Qitian took the glass bottle in a daze, the alchemy apprentices and alchemists in the academy liked to use this simple and delicate glass tube to hold all kinds of drinks or potions made by themselves. After so many days, He Qitian has already been cooked, he reached out and flicked it twice on one end of the glass tube, and the glass tube automatically stretched out the twisted lines, He Qitian unscrewed the bottle like unscrewing a bottle of Coke, and a large stimulating smell wafted out of the glass tube, which is not as good as the tea that Green likes to drink, at least although the taste is refreshing, it smells more like the pungent smell emitted by the toilet that was often blocked when He Qitian was in high school, which can smoke so much that people's eyes can't open.

"After all, it is an extract that has not been deeply processed, but the Ningshen flower has no side effects, and our European wizards often dried the flowers of the Ningshen flower 200 years ago to make the materials for cigarettes, so it is no problem to drink the extract directly. The taste is slightly pungent, but you can drink it. Caeder said kindly, this fat old man really likes potions and alchemy plants, and he is really in high spirits when he talks about this kind of thing.

He Qitian pinched his nose, thinking to himself what is the difference between making this thing into a cigarette and smoking directly...... You European wizards have to say that the tastes are really unique at this time. But after all, it was Cade's kindness, and He Qitian could only see Sylbe covering his mouth behind him, trying to hold back his laughter, he gritted his teeth and poured the green liquid in this glass tube into his mouth.

He Qitian regretted it as soon as he poured the potion into his mouth, the so-called Ning Shenhua wouldn't be talking about carrots, right? Otherwise, how could this thing taste like mustard, not that it was unpleasant, because as soon as it was poured into his mouth, He Qitian's tongue wailed. Now in addition to a spicy taste in his mouth, he also has a tongue that is hard like a stone.

Cade said with some embarrassment: "This thing just tastes too strong, and it is easy to paralyze people's tongues." However, this side effect usually doesn't last long. ”

He Qitian almost stretched out his middle finger to this old and unserious dead fat man. Now the smell of mustard in his stomach was rushing towards his head, and he was so impressed by this strange smell that he was about to burst into tears. When Moira saw He Qitian like this, she quickly took out her handkerchief to help He Qitian wipe away the tears that flowed out, while Sylbe couldn't stand up with a smile.

Sylbe knew that although Headmaster Cade was known as the Prince of Potions when he was young, it was well known that their family's potions were always better for external use than oral, because although their family's potions were effective, the taste was really torture. She had also drunk the "Pedro Family's Special Girl Obesity Treatment Potion" in school before, and the potion was like bubbling soup when she drank it, disgustingly Silbey didn't eat for three days, lost a lot of weight, and successfully completed her plan to stay in shape within the estimated time, and even had a surplus. As for other potions, such as boot-polishing potions, suit shiny powder, etc., after all, no one puts these things in their mouths, only good reviews.

When He Qitian picked up the bottle, Sylbe waited to see this scene, but His Excellency He Qitian's mind to pick up the Pedro family's potion and dare to drink it all can be called heroic. Last time the student council held a dinner, the first prize in the game event was a bottle of a special charm potion produced by the Pedro family, and I heard that drinking it can enhance one's charm to the opposite sex. Sylbe still remembers the moment when the first place winner opened the bottle with great hope. The terrible spicy smell that could make the tip of the nose heat up just by smelling it made the leg of the first person who received everyone's cheers shake into a sieve. However, this macho man who was able to drink the potion in one fell swoop managed to find a little witch who admired him after that day.

He Qitian felt that his brain was simply clear, and the uncomfortable feeling caused by the teleportation quietly dissipated, and even he felt that his nose was clear, and this feeling was no different from smothering a large piece of mustard. I have to say that this effect is still very good, just don't let me see this weird green liquid next time!

He Qitian handed the bottle back to Cade and gave a thumbs up to show that he was fully awake, after all, the tongue in his mouth that could complain and curse was numb and stiff like an old bacon that had been hanging on the wall of his home for several years. Moira couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw He Qitian's embarrassed appearance, and she smiled while helping He Qitian wipe the tears from her eyes. Although she couldn't see the situation clearly, the little girl saw that everyone was laughing, and she also let out a silver bell-like laugh.

Her nanny immediately showed a fierce look, and the little girl immediately closed her mouth when she saw this look, but it was not easy for the child to stop laughing, so she puffed up her little face vigorously, and the whole face was like a small ball. And this little leather ball is still leaking...... Ha ha...... Ha ......" When the little girl couldn't hold back, she would show two laughs, but she was careful not to make He Qitian angry, so she quickly held back.

This cute appearance made He Qitian really angry and helpless, so he could only say: "Forget it, you can laugh if you want to." ”

Hearing this, the little girl immediately burst out laughing, and her innocent laughter echoed throughout the stone room.

Professor Cade scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Is it so unpleasant?" The Pedro family has been improving the taste of potions, and I think that even if the extract tastes a little bad, it should be much better than the previous work, right?"

He Qitian thought to himself, you should go and say this to the people who love sashimi, don't say it to me, I'm afraid you're not going further and further in some strange direction, right? Unfortunately, this bottle of potion sealed his ability to complain, so he could only wave his hand helplessly, pointed to his tongue, and then motioned for Caeder to lead the way.

Cade saw that He Qitian didn't seem to care about the taste of this potion, and his heart seemed to be encouraged. When he was a student, he made a bottle of potion for the Potions graduation exam, which cured the professor of arthritis for many years, but the professor choked on the unique flavor and fainted in bed for three days. If the Professor hadn't woken up fast enough, Cade's Potions score would have been judged to have poisoned the Professor. Everyone knows that the taste problem is the Pedro family, and the Pedro family has been trying to find a way to solve this problem for so many years, but the Pedro family's potion is like being cursed, as long as it is an oral potion, the taste is always indescribable.

Cade walked to the other side of the stone chamber, and on the opposite wall of the wooden door, there was a heavy mechanical door inlaid with a look like the airtight hatch in those laboratories from science fiction movies.

Cade knocked twice on the side of the door, and a card reader full of technology protruded from the wall, and Cade took out a black card and swiped it lightly on the card reader, and the sound of gears turning suddenly came from behind the mechanical door.

The mechanical door slid to the side, revealing a narrow hallway through the doorway. Cade and Sylbe walked into the hallway first, followed by He Qitian and the little girl and Moira.

After He Qitian walked into the corridor, the mechanical door behind him was closed and fastened again, and a bright light suddenly lit up on the top of the dark corridor. The hallway is lined with transparent glass windows, and many personnel in robes and white research coats walk around behind the windows. One of the personnel in front of the console saw Cade, stood up and saluted, and pressed a button, and the hidden spout on the hallway floor began to spray a mist of potion liquid, which did not smell strange when inhaled into the nasal passages, but rather had a refreshing and relaxing feeling that the whole body had been washed, a process that was a bit like a sterilized tunnel in a laboratory. It seems that this group of researchers has indeed learned a lot of research processes and methods of modern technology.

After a while, the mechanical door on the other side of the hallway opened automatically, and Cade walked into the room with his head held high.

It's a very technologically advanced bunker, with a large hall connected to a number of small individual rooms through which the researchers walked back and forth.

"This is after the first gate of the Gate of the Golden Lunga, and it is also the reception room and the filing room. All the guests and alchemists and scientists of the outer research institutes are stationed here. The Shadow Cloak's elite Nightblade is stationed here, responsible for the second line of defense throughout Niflheim. Cade said proudly and proudly.

"The second line of defense? The wooden door we walked through just now is the first line of defense?" He Qitian's tongue regained some consciousness under the effect of the waiting time just now and the special disinfectant mist, and he licked his upper lip and said. He couldn't believe that the broken wooden door could be called the first line of defense, and this line of defense was too rudimentary, right?

"Of course not, the wooden door is just a portal, and the first line of defense is there. Cade gestured to the brightly lit ceiling overhead. Four pillars propped up the entire hall around the hall, and the columns were engraved with characters that He Qitian couldn't understand, and this hall really looked like an airport's waiting hall except that there were no windows looking outside. Could it be that what kind of fighter formation is the first line of defense?

"We're 15,000 meters underground at the Merlin Academy of Magic. Do you know the Kuluber Yala Caves?" said Cade, putting down his hand, and laughed.

He Qitian shook his head blankly.

"The Kuluber Yala Cave is the deepest cave ever known, with an undiscovered depth of 13,432 metres and a proven depth of just over 2,000 metres," Cade explained. The wizards also funded the research of many scientific sciences, and after discovering this cave, the wizards got the inspiration to move the original underground Niflheim, which was originally located on the ground, and we used divination spells to find the deepest cave we could detect under the Merlin Academy, and then through the positioning and teleportation ability of the wooden door, it took 10 years to build the new Niflheim in the isolated underground. The 15,000-meter-thick crust above the head is the first line of defense in this dead country. ”

He Qitian was a little dizzy, he had actually gone deep into the ground 15,000 meters deep after the broken door just now? It is said that scientists are crazy, when scientists can also do magic, what this group of crazy people can do is indeed breathtaking, even if they know the existence of Niflheim, as long as the portal is closed, then who can break through such a deep bottom and come here?

Cade said with some eyebrows: "The people responsible for maintaining Niforheim are the best alchemists in the world, there are the rarest alchemy materials in the world, and after the second gate, there are one of the three best alchemy institutions in the world. It is also the destination of our trip, the face of Hermes. ”

At this time, Cayde said with some distress: "Actually, when Apollo landed on the moon, the alchemists originally wanted to move Niflheim to the moon. Both oxygen and reinforcement can be solved with alchemy and spells. However, teleportation spells must be connected by a two-way magic array, and the only way to open a portal in one direction is the limit distance of 50 kilometers. So the alchemists were distressed and couldn't realize this plan. ”

Crazy! Do you still want to go to the moon? He Qitian watched in amazement as Principal Cade uttered such fanciful words in a tone of great regret, and Armstrong's footprints on the moon were still there? You wizards were like adding dozens of feet to him?

"Alright, Your Excellency will go and register first, and then we will go to the second door, the child really can't go inside, let Sylbe play with her here for a while." Cade took a piece of parchment and a quill and handed it to He Qitian.

The treasure house seemed to be renewed, less like a place where the treasure had been guarded for years, and more like a newly renovated, or recently renovated cell.

"Here, has it just been renovated?" He Qitian asked casually.

Professor Cade was stunned, then shook his head decisively: "No, this treasure house has not been repaired, this treasure house has been impregnable since it was built, it is our strongest fortress, we don't need to repair it, there are few things that can hurt this treasure house, we only need daily inspection and repair, any new repair and decoration is unnecessary." ”

Professor Cade was obviously a little helpless about He Qitian's curiosity, this is not a banquet venue, this is an alchemist's paradise, an inspiring research institute, why would it need ridiculous renovations and repairs?

"Oh......" He Qitian stopped talking, even though the brand-new floor in front of him made him wonder, but this group of wizards could explain whatever they did, right? Although there are no materials that don't mess up in the real world, maybe there are ones in the magic world? brooms that sweep the floor automatically and floor tiles that don't wear out.

But none of this explains the sense of dissonance in this treasure trove.

He Qitian wrote his name on the quill on the paper, and the strange thing is that although he has been practicing the use of the quill for the past few days, in fact, he has not practiced much, and he has easily mastered the use of the quill pen, and he has not deliberately practiced his own combat methods, but he can easily improve, but after improving to a certain extent, he feels that he cannot improve an inch.

This feeling is so strange, it's like being put into a character template all of a sudden, and the physical fitness and ability have been improved accordingly, but after the promotion, they have been fixed to death in this character template.

At this time, a soft sound suddenly sounded in Natasha's ears, which was the voice of the headset being turned on: "The signal should be disconnected, and it is time to play this recording, and check the jacket pocket of your uniform yourself." This is an urgent mission, and there is a mission introduction and detailed text in it, so please read it yourself. ”

The voice was indeed the voice of the Shadow Kai, but he wasn't supposed to be in confinement? When did he put the text of the mission into his uniform? Could it be that he had touched himself?

Natasha was puzzled, she couldn't remember whether she had communicated or contacted the Pilgrims, but now it was very clear, since the Dawn had said so, she had no reason to refuse, in this world, except for Galahad, only the Dawn had the command of the pilgrims, or that once this guy began to command, he must have been instructed by His Excellency Galahad. In this case, Natasha quickly reached into her jacket pocket, and sure enough, there was a small notebook inside, she opened the notebook, and a small USB flash drive was lying in the groove.