Chapter 53: The Ancient City
Rumble.
The surrounding sea was trembling slightly, and a huge magic circle with a metal disc as the center quickly formed, enveloping everyone around it.
"Teleportation Magic Array in a large area!" Barr cursed.
However, before they could explain, Barr and the others disappeared into the teleportation array with a white light, and the metal disc completed its last mission, turning into dust in the blink of an eye.
Space circulation.
It was a cliff with a huge pool at the bottom, and a huge waterfall cascaded down the edge of the cliff with a roaring sound into the pool below.
The crowd emerged from the pool and swam back to shore.
Barr shook the droplets of water from his body.
It is a huge valley, and in the distance there is the outline of a rare building, surrounded by mountain peaks, and behind the peaks is a gray patch that is not really visible. Barr looked at the map, and it was pitch black except for the ancient ruins of Ulaanbaatar.
This kind of positioning and teleportation method is not common in the exploration of ruins, usually, this kind of ancient ruins are located in the free plane outside the main world, and Baal has only heard of it, but he didn't expect to encounter it for the first time. The internal situation of this ruin is difficult to predict, and the instantaneous change of terrain also makes some of the preparations made by Baal in advance useless.
"My lord, what's that?" A minotaur warrior looked in amazement at the cliff.
Turning around and looking up along the cliff, Baal's eyes narrowed.
I saw several huge cracks open in the air above the cliff, and the cracks were of different sizes, but the smallest ones were hundreds of meters long. A large area of the surrounding sky was covered with dense cracks, and the black fog in the gaps was filled, and from time to time there were blue-purple lightning flashes, as if the sky had been torn apart, and the aura of destruction that emanated from it from time to time made people shudder.
"To be able to directly shatter the plane barrier, what level of power does this have to be?" Barr's heart was awe-inspiring.
Looking at the shape of these cracks, it doesn't look like they were caused by the attack of a weapon of war. Most of the attack methods of ancient war weapons are energy beams and energy bullets, and the traces of destruction are relatively regular, and it is difficult to cause such irregular cracks. But if it's artificial, then this person's strength is really strong and terrifying.
"My lord, is this the ruin?" Lilith observed the situation around her.
"Yes."
Barr came back to his senses and nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, this is a small artificial plane, and the gaps in the back may have been left by previous invaders." ”
"Let's take a look around first."
......
About a kilometer from the south gate of the ancient city, under a dirt slope, Barr and others are quietly hiding here.
Not far ahead, there is a dilapidated city, the gates are all decayed, the surrounding walls are full of large and small potholes, there are some traces caused by cold weapons, and several sections of the city wall have collapsed, it seems that there was a great battle here.
The area of the city is not small, there are more than ten kilometers in radius, from the entire layout can still vaguely see the traces of prosperity, several teams of more than three meters high steel guards at the south gate are patrolling, because there is a city wall barrier, the internal situation is not clear for the time being.
"My lord, these guards are ancient magic puppets." Lilith whispered.
Barr nodded, not daring to be careless.
The fact that these magic golems are still functioning smoothly after so many years shows that there are still some energy supply systems in the city that are still functioning, and there may be powerful weapons left over from ancient times. Although the ruins are only level 30, these ancient technologies are difficult to predict and have to be guarded against.
"It seems that you can't act rashly." Barr said darkly.
"Lilith, you take a few archers from your team and scout the situation around the city first, and the others stay where they are for the time being."
"Yes."
"You guys, come with me."
Lilith took the archers in the group and turned away.
These golems usually have their own magic sensing system, making it difficult for Assassins to hide their traces from them. However, under normal circumstances, these level 30 or so magic puppets will not be too far away, and the bow and arrow book naturally becomes the best choice, their field of vision is much wider than other professions, and they are more suitable for reconnaissance.
Barr and the others waited quietly.
......
About two quarters of an hour.
Phew.
There was a faint noise in the grass behind him, and Barr turned his head to see that it was Lilith and the others who had returned.
"Your Excellency." Lilith lowered her body and walked over to Baal's side, and said softly, "There are four entrances to this city, one each in the south, east, west, and north, and there are these magic golems at the gates. There are several sections of the city wall to the north that have collapsed, and we find that there are quite a few necromantic creatures in it, all of them are around 30, and there are a lot of them, among which there are a few rare elites. ”
"Necromantic creatures." Barr muttered to himself.
Necro creatures, unlike the undead, are not considered to be members of the undead, they are usually formed by creatures contaminated with high concentrations of death, and some magic can also cause this effect. Unlike the high intelligence of the undead people, the necromantic creatures have no intelligence, they only have predatory instincts, they are not afraid of death, and the death toxin they carry is also very troublesome.
But the most important thing at the moment is to figure out how much of the city's self-defense capability remains.
"Rava." Barr snorted
At the back of the line, a cat-man assassin ran over. Barr commanded, and Rava nodded and left.
The advantage of magic golems is that they are loyal and reliable, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, they are very rigid. They will only follow pre-set orders, lacking flexibility, and Baal needs to determine their vigilance range and reaction mechanism.
The magical defense system of this ancient relic usually has two reaction mechanisms. One is zone-triggered, that is, after discovering an intruder, only the guards in a specific area will enter the combat state; The other is the chain reaction type, which is more troublesome, as long as an intruder is found in an area, all the defense systems will be activated, and all the guards will enter the combat state.
Whoosh.
Rava has a high agility value, and the Assassin class has bonuses to movement speed and concealment, and Rava is light and fast when he is sneaking.
It is five hundred meters from the city gate.
Rava slowed down and slowly moved forward. Although these ancient magic puppets are just ordinary templates, in terms of strength, they are not weak compared to elite troops, and now he is not clear about the opponent's attack methods, so he needs to be more cautious.
Four hundred and fifty meters.
Four hundred meters.
......
When Rava stepped into the range of three hundred meters, the four magic puppets in armor standing at the gate of the city, their eyes flashing red, instantly locked on the sneaking Rava and pulled out the giant axe behind him and rushed over.
"Spot the intruder and activate the combat stance!"
Several teams of silver-armored guards who were patrolling on both sides of the city gate froze, drew their weapons, and also turned and rushed forward.
Keralala.
Directly above the city gates, two strange-looking metal machines also rose from the gaps in the open tops of the walls.
At the bottom was a triangular bracket, fastened to a circular metal plate, and at the top was a semicircular metal sphere with two metal barrels protruding from the front. Between the two barrels, the ring-shaped indicator light was flashing one after another, and as he spoke, it was already about a third of the way up.
"Magic Turret!" Barr was startled, and immediately turned around and said, "Bart, protect Rava from retreating, pay attention to the two magic guide batteries on the city gate, don't let Rava be hit." ”
After hearing this, Bart got up and rushed forward.
The Magic Turret is a small city defense weapon, and although it is not very frequent due to the need to recharge before attacking, it is quite powerful. Of course, depending on their model, the lethality also varies greatly. However, the Assassin class itself is resistant to low health, and even the lowest lethal model is quite dangerous to be hit.
"Huh?"
As he was sneaking, Rava glanced at the guards who were chasing him, turned and ran backwards.
The silver-armored guards in the rear gave chase, but they were slower than Rava in terms of speed, and gradually the distance was widened. Rava glanced behind him, his face relieved.
"Rava, watch out for the turret behind!" Barr's voice came from ahead.
"Hey, be careful, what is Bart doing here?"
Rava heard the shout, and when he looked up, he could see Bart rushing towards him.
Barth, who was running, glanced at the magic turret on the left side of the city wall that was about to be recharged, his eyes froze, he grabbed the giant tower shield in his hand, and threw it behind Rava with all his might!
Shout!
Bang!!
A loud bang was heard.
The rock tower shield was hit by the turret, and it exploded in mid-air in an instant, leaving a cloud of dust. The shattered stones splattered everywhere, leaving large and small holes in the ground.
As she was running, Rava felt a pain in her back. Looking back, he also knew that the situation was wrong, and accelerated forward, passing Bart's side in the blink of an eye.