Chapter 958: Prince Brehill
The people on this side of the Tower of Dusk are also quite excited, Basel, who is known as the hermit of Doland, Conneris, who calls himself the ancient demon god, and Angelano, who was originally reluctant to come here, faced with the mausoleum of the High Elf royal family, no one can keep calm, even the forest that has explored the Sky City and the Mausoleum of Osric, can not suppress the excitement in their hearts.
However, after all, Lin Li had experienced a big scene, and he couldn't help but think of other problems while being excited. If it is a palace ruin, even if there are all kinds of top-level protection measures, there will still be a shortcut after all, after all, the royal family still has to live in the palace, and it is impossible to make the way of entering and exiting too complicated. But mausoleums are different, you don't expect to come out again when you go in, and some mausoleums even trap all the craftsmen inside and become funerary goods. With the high elves' emphasis on the mausoleum, especially the mausoleum of the high elf royal family, I am afraid that the protective measures must be exhausted.
At the same time, when speculating that this ruin might be a mausoleum, Lin Li couldn't help but think of the fact that the previous exploration team's camp outside the Grand Canyon was inexplicably attacked by a large number of undead creatures, could there be any connection between the two?
In any case, after a while, everyone finally regained a certain calm, and then they were more careful about the excavation and exploration. Everyone knows that since it is a royal tomb, in addition to the possibility of burying even more amazing wealth, the danger of exploration is also ten thousand times higher than that of ordinary ruins.
"It seems that this ruin can't be easily entered at the moment, the mausoleum of the High Elf royal family, I'm afraid that even if it is a strong person in the Holy Domain, it will suffer a big loss if he indiscriminately breaks in." Hoffman retracted his gaze into the depths of the canyon and said to the high-level leaders of the two surrounding forces: "It's best to confirm the identity of the owner of the mausoleum, so that if we're lucky, maybe we can have a little more insurance." ”
However, Hoffman's idea is good, but the reality is that not everything is satisfactory, and after about half a day of exploration, although there are many things unearthed, there are not many that can really provide useful information. More than a dozen stone scepters like that were dug up, some complete and some mutilated, but based on these alone, the identity of the owner of the mausoleum was still unknown.
"I don't know if President Hoffmann has ever heard of Davos." Lin Li asked suddenly.
"Davos? You can't be talking about the academic master Davos, who is the leading archaeological authority in the entire kingdom of France, how could I not have heard of it? However, it is said that he has been missing for more than twenty years, otherwise I would have invited him this time anyway. Hoffman was a little surprised at first, and then seemed to think of something, and then asked Lin Li, "Could it be that Master Ferrey knows Master Davos?" ”
"Hehe, I don't know him very well, but Master Basel is very familiar with him, if you don't mind, Master Basel should be able to invite him to come and have a look." Lin Li said with a smile. After all, this time the operation was the cooperation between the Tower of Dusk and the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce, and the news was provided by the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce, so in order to avoid leaking the news from his side, Lin Li did not let Basel invite Davos to participate. But now it seems that the exploration team of the Mithril Alliance and the Caesar family has come, and there is naturally not much need to keep this news secret. However, out of respect, Lin Li still had to ask Hoffman's opinion first.
"Really, that's great, Master Davos is an authority in the field of archaeology, if you can invite him here, maybe you can really find some clues." Hearing Lin Li's words, Hoffman was suddenly very surprised. Although there was no shortage of archaeological experts in the exploration team at this time, and Hoffmann himself could be called an authority, everyone looked at things from a different perspective, and perhaps the Davos master would have more unique insights.
After Basel and Davos return from their exploration of the Far North, Basel returns to Doland, considering the previous agreement with Lin Li. And Davos may have liked the life there, or maybe he still had some thoughts about the ruins, so he continued to stay in the dwarven tribe. That dwarven tribe is not that far from the Grand Canyon of Gargas, and with the strength of the legendary mage of Basel, he will soon be able to fly back and forth with his flying skills.
However, Lin Li naturally couldn't let Basel fly over with Davos, so he summoned the bone red dragon from the summoning magic lamp, and asked Basel to drive the bone red dragon to pick up Davos. The Bone Red Dragon itself is the overlord of the sky, and has a much better advantage in the direction of flight than the legendary mage who uses flying magic. In about half a day, the bone red dragon reappeared in the sky above the exploration team, flapping its flesh wings and slowly falling.
After the skeletal red dragon fell to the ground, Basel jumped off the dragon's back with a middle-aged man in an animal skin robe and a bearded face.
"This ...... This is the Davos master? Hoffman couldn't believe his eyes, and quietly asked Lin Li beside him.
Looking at the middle-aged man who was walking with Basel in this direction, looking around with excitement on his face, Lin Li couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, nodded and said: "I think it should be right, Master Basel once said that for more than 20 years, Master Davos has lived in a dwarf tribe, and this appearance should have been sorted out before he came." ”
"Hoffman, Ferre, this is the Davos master." Basel led people to Lin Li and Hoffmann and gave a brief introduction to both sides.
Hearing Basel's introduction, Hoffman finally put away the doubts in his heart and greeted Davos warmly: "Master Davos, there has been no news from you for more than 20 years, everyone thought you had an accident, but I didn't expect to be able to see you again, it's really an honor for me." ”
"Oh, hello, didn't you say that there was any discovery, bring it to me," Davos is worthy of being an authority in the field of archaeology, and has an almost paranoid enthusiasm for archaeology, regardless of the identity of the president of the Hoffman Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, he casually said a perfunctory sentence, and was impatient to see what was excavated.
Hoffman was not angry at Davos's perfunctory attitude, and still said politely: "Master Davos, please go this way, the items we have recently excavated are all placed here." With that, he made a gesture of please, and led Davos to the place where the relic items were placed.
And when he saw the excavated objects, Davoston's eyes lit up, and he rushed to the front almost like a hungry tiger, picked up the objects and looked at them carefully, looking extremely serious and devoted, as if everything around him had disappeared at this moment.
"Master Davos, we estimate that this relic is likely to belong to a High Elf royal family. In order to give more insurance for the future exploration, I hope to be able to verify the true identity of the owner of the mausoleum from the things that have been excavated......" Hoffman carefully followed Davos, explaining the purpose of inviting him here.
"Yes, it's indeed the remains of the High Elf royal family, you say it's a mausoleum?" Davos put down the stone chip in his hand, picked up the stone carved scepter placed not far away, and said: "It's because I found this, this ceremonial artifact used by the high elves in the memorial ceremony symbolizes the status of the owner of the mausoleum during his lifetime." However, now that you've found this, don't you know the identity of the owner of the mausoleum? ”
"This ......" Hoffman blushed, and couldn't help muttering to himself, if the identity of the owner of the mausoleum has been determined, do you still need to invite you over. However, from Davos's words, he also heard a little meaning, it seems that the identity of the owner of the mausoleum is on this stone scepter?
Davos straightened up, looked at Hoffman and the others who were following him, and then pointed to the ornament on the top of the stone scepter and said: "The High Elves have a strong sense of hierarchy, which is not only reflected in some big aspects, but also in some subtleties. Take the stone scepter used in the memorial ceremony, and the ornament of the Tree of Eternity is only available to the royal family. However, there is also a difference in status between the royal family and the royal family, and the same is the ornament of the Eternal Tree, and the difference in the number of branches and leaves also means the difference in status during life. ”
"You can see it from this stone scepter? Then the owner of this mausoleum ...... "Hoffman did not expect that a simple stone carving ornament would have such a delicacy.
Davos glanced at Hoffman and said unceremoniously: "Take one and count it yourself, the Eternal Tree ornament on this stone scepter has thirteen main branches and thirty-seven branches, symbolizing the thirteen family names of the High Elves and the thirty-seven nobles." Such an ornament means that the status of the owner of the mausoleum during his lifetime is only one level lower than that of the High Elf Empress. In the history of the High Elves, the number of royal families has always been very rare, and there is no one who can have such a status, so ......"
"Could it be...... Could it be the High Elf Empress Azhara's younger brother, Prince Brehill? After all, Hoffman also had a lot of research on the history of the High Elves, and when he heard Davos prompt so clearly, a name suddenly flashed in his mind.
"Well, it seems that President Hoffman has studied the history of the High Elves well, and in the entire history of the High Elves, the only one who can have such a status is Brehill, who is the younger brother of the High Elf Empress." Davos nodded, and casually put the stone scepter back.
The others, hearing Hoffman's name, couldn't help but gasp. Understanding history is the most basic condition for getting involved in archaeology, and the people present may not have superhuman attainments in archaeology, but with their understanding of history, they are not unfamiliar with the name Brehill.
In the era when the High Elves ruled the world of Anriel, if the Supreme Empress of the High Elves was the first person in the world, then this Prince of Brehil was the second person in the world, and the real one person was above the tens of thousands of people. In the entire history of the High Elves, there is no other person who can hold such a prominent position except Prince Brehill.
It is said that the vast territory that Prince Brehil ruled at that time included the current dwarven kingdom and the orc kingdom. It's just that, unlike other High Elf lords, Prince Bresil is not very keen on rule, and basically ignores his territory, only devoting all his energy to painting, sculpture, music and other artistic fields, and has extremely high attainments in various fields.
In that era named after darkness, Prince Brehill's almost indifferent way of ruling was undoubtedly quite unusual compared to other High Elf lords. And for the various races under his rule, life under this rather moderate way of ruling is almost like living in heaven compared to the rest of the region. Especially for the dwarves, he didn't even send any troops in the dwarven kingdom, and completely allowed them to live and develop freely on the Arctic Ice Plain. Some people even say that if it weren't for Brehill's death, the dwarves probably wouldn't have joined the rebellion.
Therefore, unlike the deeds written with the lives and blood of other races like the Great Lord Osric, most of the life stories about Prince Bresil in history are about his achievements in the field of art, and there are even many works of art such as poetry and music that are widely circulated on the continent of Anriel. The bitter hatred of the High Elves is not reflected in the slightest in Prince Bresil.
However, don't think that Brehill has devoted all his energy to the field of art, and that he is a weak person who needs to rely on others for protection. The blood of the most noble High Elf royal family flowing through his body allowed him to reach heights that were difficult for ordinary people to achieve without spending more energy in terms of personal strength.
Legend has it that Brehill plunged into the Endless Abyss alone more than once in search of inspiration for his creations. And from the works about the Endless Abyss in various fields he created, it can be seen that he probably knows more about the Endless Abyss than the Great Lord Osric.
After basically determining the owner of the mausoleum, that is, the Prince of Brehill who left a name for himself in history with his high artistic attainments, the huge machinery of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce immediately went all out in response to this information. I have to say that the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce deserves to start by excavating the ruins, and it only took three days for the legendary assassin Jiya sent out to bring back a large amount of information.
In the tent of the makeshift camp, the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce and the upper echelons of the Tower of Dusk sat around a table with a thick stack of materials on the table. And the most conspicuous thing is that it was taken out separately, a drawing that looks a little broken. The blueprint had been acquired by the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce from a dwarf, and although it was broken and clearly incomplete, everyone could tell that it was a blueprint for a mausoleum.