Chapter 625: The Giant's Palace and the Stone Throne
"Blly's Frost Cave" – This is a large and deep snow cave located in the heart of Vatnajökull in Iceland. According to some documents, many years ago, it was one of the few places in the world inhabited by frost giants.
The name "Bully" is rumored to belong to the leader of the Frost Giant tribe who led his people to migrate here.
Of course, the so-called "Frost Giants" are not much different from other giants, except that they live in different areas, so they have an extra word in their titles.
However, only a few people know that there was actually a group of wizards and giants who lived in peace and seclusion.
At this moment, little Anns was holding a flaming torch and slowly marching through this amazingly spacious snow cave. Except for the firelight, there was only endless darkness left in his vision, and if he hadn't understood that he should follow the rock wall on the side of the cave, he wouldn't even be able to figure out the direction now.
"Original...... If the cave is too dark and too big, it will be no different from walking in the wilderness! While suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Ens couldn't help but sigh, "If you can see the stars and the moon, it will be more like ......"
He thought as he cautiously walked forward. I could hear the sound of the wind coming from an unknown direction, whimpering like a wounded beast, and it made my heart feel even colder.
Because there were few references, the concepts of time and distance gradually became more and more blurred in Enns's mind, regardless of whether he had walked "for how long" or "how far". And then it blurred, and the fear in his heart.
The unchanging environment always makes people feel paralyzed, and sometimes it even makes people forget to be afraid.
"At least, nothing has happened so far, and nothing has happened." In the darkness, little Anns held a torch and whispered to himself, the sound echoing in the snow cave.
I don't know how long it took, but when Ens felt his steps getting heavier and heavier, so heavy that he could barely move, he suddenly stopped his progress.
"Front...... What's the matter? ”
The range of light that the torch can illuminate is quite limited, and since he can already perceive the obstacle in front of him, it means that he is very close to the obstacle.
Sure enough, when he took a few steps further, a rock wall with a hint of blue suddenly appeared in front of him, which was originally jet black. Looking at the almost vertical rock wall, the smooth masonry marks are obvious, this is undoubtedly a rock wall with traces of artificial stacking......
No, it could be a huge building!
Just as Little Anns had moved sideways along the wall for some distance, he suddenly saw a rock pillar of astonishing thickness. The surface of the almost ice-blue pillar was decorated with simple and rugged vertical stripes, and even though he could only see the bottom part of the torch even if he held it high, the size of the part alone was enough to make people reverie.
"What kind of place is this? Is it a house? Is this really where Mom's ancestors lived? ”
In a state of confusion, Ens continued along the wall, passing one similar pillar after another, and the undulating frozen ground beneath his feet turned into a smooth stone brick floor...... Finally, before you know it, there are unexpected changes on the walls.
On the large rock brick vertical wall, I don't know when some notches appeared, and every stroke was as messy and clumsy as a child's painting. It could be some kind of fresco, but because it's so big, there's no point in just peeking at a corner of it.
But when Anns continued the journey, he finally noticed that something was wrong.
"The walls are not ...... Slanted? ”
In fact, without a reference in front and back, it is impossible for him to perceive the change in the angle of the wall in the middle of the way. But now there were scratches at the base of the wall that were getting bigger and bigger, and it clearly gave him a message - the wall had been moved inward at a certain angle!
When he had walked a certain distance, when a longitudinal gap two people wide suddenly appeared in front of him, he realized that this section of "wall" might be a frighteningly large stone door.
In fact, there has been no shortage of explorers in this world since ancient times, and places like this have been visited for a long time. And when the wizarding world gradually became peaceful under the development of history, the official and efficient expedition team has never reduced the exploration and discovery of many ancient and mysterious areas.
Ancient ruins like this Frost Giant Tribe have of course been explored many times by wizards from various countries.
However, the so-called magic is inherently wonderful, and there is an opportunity. From ancient times to the present day, many stories full of legends bear witness to this.
Just as Ens reached for the torch and gently stepped one of his feet into the darkness behind the gap, two ice-blue flames in mid-air were suddenly awakened by some force.
Immediately after, it's about two or three seconds! More blue flames lit up one after another, lining up left and right in the sky, stretching deeper and deeper.
In the blink of an eye, the space behind the crack suddenly shone brightly.
It was only then that Little Anns discovered that it turned out to be a huge palace that only appears in some fairy tale books. In this palace, the stone bricks larger than his people were paved with solid ground according to a certain pattern, and the large number of vertical rock pillars that he had seen before stood neatly on both sides, and the blue flames that had suddenly lit up before were actually large braziers hanging from those rock pillars.
And in the deepest part of this palace, three thrones, one large and two small, made like knives and axes, stood quietly, exuding a savage and cold ancient atmosphere.
No, if you look closely, there are not only three thrones in that row!
On either side of the largest pedestal in the center, there are two stone chairs with high backrests, one on the left and one on the right. It's just that they are so different in size from the other three stone seats that they are as large as houses, that little Anns didn't even notice them at first glance.
As he continued to walk deeper into the main hall, the five thrones of great difference in size got closer and closer to him, and he was able to confirm that the two smaller stone chairs should be the size of the human seat.
"What the hell is this place?"
After walking around the huge palace that was a little inexplicably spacious, he couldn't help but mutter. And probably because of the excessive spatial contrast, he was inadvertently in awe, so that his muttering was surprisingly quiet, as if he was worried that his voice would attract something terrible.
To be honest, such a towering and huge chair has long been beyond the scope of Xiao Ens's cognition. Even the giants I saw in an old picture book at home when I was a child probably couldn't compare to the throne in front of me, let alone the creature that could sit on it.
After all, is there really a big guy in the world who can use these chairs?
After a long time, when the shock and awe in Enns's heart slowly subsided, his innate curiosity took over again. While subconsciously guessing whether the two smaller stone chairs were related to his mother's ancestors, he took another step of stagnation, dragging his somewhat tired little body to the one on his left.
If I have to say it, it's because there's really nothing to see in this rugged rock palace.
Although the huge difference in size can give people the first shock, after a long look will show that the palace has no exquisite decorations and few concrete traces that have been left behind. There is basically no other word to describe it other than grandeur and monotony.
It is worth seeing, in fact, the two small stone seats with relatively fine carvings.
If you get closer, you can see that the stone chair on the left is carved with a large number of strange symbols, from the stone seat under the chair to the front and back of the chair's backrest, the surface is densely arranged and covered with symbols.
It was just a boring symbol, and Xiao Ens naturally couldn't understand it, and he quickly lost interest in this stone chair. Unbeknownst to him, however, this stone chair had been the subject of considerable scholarly discussion in the wizarding world, as it was full of different ancient runes.
After a detailed chronology by the ancient magicians of the time, they also jointly published a paper on the origin of the ancient runi script. Of course, that paper was quickly forgotten due to lack of evidence.
Ignoring the over-seen stone seat, which was prone to dense phobia, Anns walked around the giant throne in the middle and came to the side of another stone chair.
Compared to the stone seat just now, this one will obviously attract the attention of children.
The base of this stone chair is impressively two wolves of different shapes. They leaned against each other, prostrate under the stone chairs, one lying on the ground with his head on his side, the other looking up to the sky and shouting, and carrying the stone seat on his back.
On the armrests on both sides of the stone pedestal, there are carved winged flying horses, imposing palaces, and various lightning bolts with distinct branches.
As for the towering back of the chair, which has the largest surface area, it is surprisingly simple, with only two small birds flapping their wings and flying.
Jr. Anns looked left and right at the delicately carved reliefs, wondering if there were any such strange and fascinating creatures in the world.
It wasn't until he walked around the stone pedestal that he found a strange eye carved into the back of the chair, which looked somewhat frightening.
However, just as he tried to circle back to the front of the stone seat, the eye suddenly flashed.