Chapter 248. First Exploration of the Ruins!!
Without explaining much to the guards behind him, Chopin directly ordered: "Let the gunners aim the muzzles of their 6-pounder cavalry guns at the mountains in front of them and start bombarding." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Your Majesty, this ......"
The guards beside him were all dazed, and then the captain of the guards hesitated for a moment, but asked again.
"Don't ask, just do as I tell you."
Without waiting for the other party to finish, Chopin said in a categorical tone.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Although he did not understand the specific reason, but sensing Chopin's resolute will, the guard soldier still honestly conveyed Chopin's order.
With the rapid running and stopping of the fierce horses in the rear, the black muzzles of the guns were also aimed at the mountains in front, and a gunner quickly began to load the shells after quickly adjusting the firing angle.
"Shoot!"
As Chopin's indifferent voice sounded, the roar of artillery like a thunderstorm also sounded, and the black-pressed solid iron bullets fell from the sky like meteors, and then smashed into the majestic mountain range with a strong and choking smell of gunsmoke.
Rumble!
Boom Boom
The huge roar brought about a series of earth shakes.
The solid iron balls carried an incomparable impact, like a roaring beast, and then slammed into the mountain rocks.
Under the action of the solid iron ball, a large number of rocks also rolled down, bringing up a series of rising smoke dragons, which roared and struggled, as if they were about to break away from the ground that had been entangled for a long time, and fly into the vast sky.
At the same moment, the ground under Chopin's feet was also trembling rapidly, as if a small earthquake had erupted, but all the soldiers turned a blind eye to this, and looked at the mountains covered by the tumbling smoke dragons with some confusion and curiosity.
Before the dust had completely cleared, Chopin shook his head and then continued to command: "The artillery is fifty meters to the left, continue firing."
Although he held the "Key of the Gods" in his hand, Chopin could roughly determine the location of the ruins by relying on the black orbs that were becoming increasingly hot, but he could only tell that the ruins were in this mountain range, and it was not clear where they were.
However, after four or five consecutive shots, when the smoke cleared again, the eyes of all the Imperial soldiers opened involuntarily, and then their eyes locked on the mountainside.
In the place where the artillery had been vented, a huge bronze gate finally showed its traces.
"Let's go, let's go."
The Imperial soldiers behind him were stunned for a moment before following Chopin's figure and walking forward.
And it was only when he really approached the bronze gate that Chopin was able to feel the grandeur of the gate.
With a height of more than 10 meters and a width of about 8 meters, it is hard to imagine how such an imposing gate could have been built in the middle of this mountain range.
On the gate, carved with all kinds of birds and beasts, mountains, rivers and lakes, the rough lines are vigorous and powerful, just a few strokes, the wild and desolate atmosphere is vividly revealed.
Chopin had previously feared that the power of the artillery would destroy the ruins, so he only used the relatively less powerful 6-pounder cavalry cannon instead of the 24-pounder Guards infantry gun, but now it seems that his previous fears were completely unnecessary, and the bronze gate was completely intact.
After all, the firepower of the 24-pounder Guards infantry guns was really amazing, but in this dark land, these heavy guns were much more laborious to transfer than those 6-pounder cavalry guns, but fortunately, Chopin now had enough horses.
In addition, the bronze gate is also engraved with countless knights in fine armor, they ride majestic horses one by one, with the determination and belief to see death as home, with unrivaled might, brazenly launched a charge forward, under this turbulent iron horse torrent, it seems that everything will be ruthlessly drowned.
And behind this unimaginable iron horseman, there are thousands of magicians of all kinds, their bodies are shrouded in colorful and brilliant light, and their faces are extremely heavy, but they don't know what kind of powerful enemy they are resisting.
The area in front of these knights and magicians was shrouded in a dark darkness as deep as ink, and it was impossible to see what was inside.
However, for some reason, looking at the darkness, Chopin's heart suddenly felt extremely heavy, this was an unprecedented sense of depression, even when encountering those undead, Chopin did not have such a strong sense of depression.
Before that, although Chopin was also quite interested in the "relics of civilization" that Luo Jia admired, so he came here specifically, but he didn't particularly care, but at the moment, the so-called "relics of civilization" was far from being as simple as he wanted before.
The bronze gate built in front of me in front of me, which is more than ten meters high, is beyond the simple manpower of this world.
In the center of the bronze gate, there are countless dense, criss-crossing magic patterns, and Chopin, even if he is ignorant, knows that this thing is the so-called magic array.
Probably due to the loss of inheritance or some other reason, although the magicians of this century basically know the existence of the magic array, but there are very few magicians who know how to draw and use the magic array, although Chopin is not a magician, but he also knows the existence of the magic array.
Although there are very few magicians who can draw magic circles, there are still many places on the "Endless Sea" that still use magic circles, such as the low-level listening stones that can be used for calls, which are engraved with magic circles.
However, the low-level listening stones are all the lowest-level and most sketchy magic arrays, which may not only fail at any time, but also have a considerable cost of activation.
What amazed Chopin was that the magic array on the bronze gate was ten square meters in size, generally speaking, the size of the magic array was basically equivalent to the power that the magic array could release, but the magic array in front of him was a little terrifying, and in the center of the magic array, there was a depression that looked insignificant.
Just when Chopin was still looking at the bronze giant door in front of him, the "Divine Key" in his hand suddenly became extremely hot, and before he could react to what was going on, it suddenly burst out with surging power, directly propping up his palm, and then floated up, flying straight towards the depression in the center of the magic array.
With a crisp "pop" sound, the bronze gate, which had been silent for an unknown amount of time, resumed its operation again.
With a loud "click" sound, the iron door also slowly deflected towards the inner space, and then, a deep road appeared in front of Chopin.
Looking at the astonishing thickness of the bronze gate, the corners of Chopin's mouth inevitably twitched a few times, no wonder the 6-pounder cavalry gun did not cause any damage to the bronze gate at all, such a thickness, even if the 24-pounder Guards infantry cannon bombarded the first half of the fire, it may not be able to blast open.
However, since the passage was already open, there was no reason not to go in and explore, and Chopin did not hesitate to enter it, taking hundreds of old guards and the few dozen fur smugglers who were left behind, followed by dozens of line infantry.
Although the information he learned from Luo Jia was that there was basically no danger in the ruins, Chopin naturally did not fully believe the other party's words, just in case, he even called Rickon, plus the "golden paper" on his body and the ability to summon the "Skeleton Knight King" clone, even if there was any danger, it was definitely enough to save his life.
"Bang bang dang dang-"
The ground of the deep road is not only smooth, but also exceptionally neat, as if it is made of crystal, and even the figures of the people are reflected in it, but the Imperial soldiers stepping on it will bring out a series of heavy sounds.
However, as the distance into the road deepened, the more the outside of the crystal light could not shine in, Chopin originally planned to let his soldiers light torches, but then he was surprised to find that the walls made of unknown materials on both sides actually released a faint light, although the light was far less dazzling and hot than the sun, but it was obviously enough for lighting.
After about a quarter of an hour or so of moving forward, the vision in front of him suddenly opened up, and then a hall covering an area of at least 1,000 square meters came into Chopin's eyes.
There are three "star stones" hanging on the top of the hall, Chopin knows that this kind of stone can shine, in the castle of Viscount Rare he captured in the West Sea, there is this kind of thing, but where he found several "star stones", the largest of which is only half the size of a fist, but the three "star stones" in front of him, the smallest one is also the size of a watermelon, as for the largest one, it is like a grinding plate, and under the effect of these three "star stones", the whole hall is also illuminated dazzling.
In the four corners of the hall, there is a statue, each of which is carved to a lifelike and fascinating appearance, holding a long sword or a scimitar.
But what is strange is that the expressions of the four statues are the same, all of them are surprisingly angry, no, not angry, more precisely, not just anger, but also mixed with more indescribable emotions, blood, madness, sadness, and ...... A hint of helplessness that is deeply hidden.
In the center of the hall are several stone tables twenty meters long, surrounded by hundreds of dark red stone chairs.
The dome and the surrounding walls are carved with frescoes, which show a warrior or a magician desperately fighting against many strange creatures, the picture seems to be nothing special, but Chopin feels an extremely dark feeling.
On both sides of the hall, there are several relatively "narrow" roads, I don't know where they end, as for the center of the deepest wall, there is a vacant area, there is no mural on it, but a relatively small, delicate magic array, the central area also has a depression, obviously must be opened with the "key of the gods".
After a moment's hesitation, Chopin did not rush to open the wall, but led his Imperial warriors to explore one of the paths, and this time in less than a minute, a space about the size of the hall he had seen before appeared in Chopin's field of vision.
It's just that unlike the relatively empty hall before, this space is densely packed with various containers, instruments, and long tables, and Chopin roughly swept it and immediately judged that this was a magician's laboratory, but it was a relatively independent laboratory from ordinary magicians, and the empty area in front of him was at least enough for dozens of magicians to study at the same time.
According to Luo Jia, the "relics of civilization" in front of him are left over from the last century, and the so-called "last century" has passed at least a thousand years ago, but all the instruments and containers in it are not stained with the slightest dust, although I don't know the specific reason, but these things are basically bad under the invasion of time, and they are not much use for Chopin.
However, the box of magic crystals sealed in this without the slightest loss made Chopin overjoyed, magic crystals are also extremely rare items in the West Sea, this is a more advanced energy item than magic stones, all magic arrays need this thing, and in addition, magic crystals can be directly absorbed, used to restore or strengthen the magic power in their own bodies, and unlike magic stones, the use of magic crystals is not limited to magicians, and fighting warriors can also use it.
Although the mages and fighters of this world are two completely different professions, and the power methods used are completely different, but in the final analysis, they are all different paths, both of which are the traction and absorption of the mysterious power of this world, but if the Fighting Warrior wants to absorb these magic crystals, the effect is more or less discounted.
Chopin didn't have much interest in using these things to strengthen himself, after all, even such terrifying beings as the "Skeleton Knight King" and the "Five-Striped Beast" had completely fallen under the roar of artillery and muskets, and all he needed to do was to command his soldiers to vent the most terrifying artillery fire on his enemies.
As for the improvement of its own strength...... Although Chopin does not particularly want to have the superhuman strength of his previous life as before, he can faintly feel that when he spreads the belief in "God" to a certain extent in the "City of Chaos", then the "God" that really exists in a special way in the attachment system at this time will definitely not be stingy with him.
Therefore, in Chopin's eyes, these magic crystals are a large amount of energy points that can be exchanged directly with the system!
ps: Thanks to the 100 coins of the "Fanchen Qinglian" pro-tip, and thanks to the 500 coins of the "Poor Lonely" pro-tip.