662 Ancient City in Ice 2
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But if you're just trying to solve the ancient magic puzzles in the ruins that are not easy to solve today's arcane, just find a witch. And those Northumbradians, apparently, found Triss and arrested her. Then the value of the red-haired witch to the Northumbradian people must be more than just her status as a witch, there are other reasons.
"All I know is that Triss's teacher is a well-known prophet who also has a place in the Black Swamp Robes, the supreme leadership group of the Witches of Rivia. Perhaps Triss learned something from her teacher, and the Northumbrians need to use her prophecy to explore the ruins. ”
All right. Perhaps Geralt's information isn't detailed enough, but it's not completely useless.
"Master Lindeman, can you go over and have a look?" A voice interrupted the conversation between the two men.
The person who came was a male warrior in heavy armor. He was one of the four Dragonborn guards who defended the daughter of the Antolian nobleman. The other three guards looked exactly like him, and were supposed to be rare quadruplet brothers.
The stronger the creature, the weaker its ability to reproduce tends to be. This is the universal law of nature. Dragonborns are naturally a more powerful race than humans, not only have a great advantage in physical qualities, but also have many dragon talents. So on the other hand, the dragonborn's reproductive ability is far inferior to that of humans. Even in the Akhorhia Dragonborn Empire, which was at its peak during the Second Age, the Dragonborns were not the dominant ethnic group in the country.
The demographic structure of the Akkhosia Empire somewhat resembles that of the British Empire during the Industrial Revolution on Earth. The white Anglo-Saxons, who were a small number, ruled over far outnumbered blacks of Africa, Indians, and other colonies.
Even in the human race. It is also very rare to give birth to quadruplets at once, let alone a dragonborn. So Gordon knew about the four guards in this team. I was also surprised when they were all brothers born with one child.
Except for the fact that they are quadruplets brothers. The four Dragonborn guards also had something else that amazed Gordon. Although they are metal dragons, they are not the common bronze, copper, brass, or, rarer silver and gold dragons. They turned out to be lead-dragons.
There are five most well-known metal dragons. However, there are also some xenometal dragons that have been born for complex and diverse reasons, such as tungsten dragons, tindragons, and lead dragons.
Gordon doesn't know much about these xenomorphic metal dragons. He only knew that the habits of the lead dragon were very close to the ability of the bronze dragon. The dragon breath they spew out is also similar to that of the bronze dragon, it is all lightning. However, the lightning spewed out by the lead dragon was even hotter. The color is red and blue, like a constantly bursting electric spark.
This characteristic had already been shown in their battle with the Ice Demon just now.
Gordon nodded to the Leaddragon warrior and said, "Okay, but you can sue me, is there anything going on?" ”
"We've found the entrance to the city, but we can't open it just yet. Mr. Aziz would like you to come and have a look. After all, in the entire team, only the two of you are mages. ”
Aziz in the mouth of the other party. It was the bearded man from the Southern Desert Continent. He was also a capable mage, and most importantly, he and his sister Kaya had a flying carpet of convenient, fast, and heavily manned transportation. So the Antolians in order to hire both of them. But it cost a lot of gold.
Gordon followed the Dragonborn warrior and walked along the massive wall of ice that towered as tall as a mountain. The shadow cast by the huge wall shrouded both of them in a large area of blackness, giving people a great oppression.
When you look up. Just a glance at this majestic man-made project gives the illusion that the entire wall will suddenly fall down. Then a sense of insignificance rose from my heart, and there was nowhere to escape.
In Gordon's view, even by the earth's technological standards. It is also very difficult to complete this huge section of the city wall that is more than 100 meters high and stretches for dozens of kilometers.
Moreover, this section of the city wall is not completely monotonous straight lines, every 500 meters or so, there will be a prismatic protrusion. Judging by the black holes in the protruding walls, which have been sealed in a layer of ice, this design was built to extend the angle of fire of the defenders.
After turning a salient, Gordon saw the bearded Aziz who was thinking about something in front of the ice wall. The mysterious aristocratic lady from Antolia stood at a distance, as if admiring the marvel of man-made engineering in the snow, and nothing else had anything to do with her.
Gordon didn't know anything about the aristocratic lady except that her name was Lisa. He didn't even know what this Miss Lisa looked like. The mighty female swordsman, Jin Yue, and the other guards were always by Miss Lisa's side, wary of anyone who came close. And the white hooded cloak that the other party was wearing also concealed his appearance with a unique magical aura.
Gordon is not too interested in the origin of this mysterious Miss Lisa. He joined the team mainly because he felt that it was safer to have more people. Another purpose is to get in touch with Geralt. If things don't go quite right, he just runs away with the two girls. Anyway, take a turn here and take some magical images by the way, even if you have completed the mission of the demon lord Balu Dilong.
"Mr. Aziz, is there anything going on?" Gordon asked the bearded man.
The man from another continent said in a lingua franca with a distinctive tone: "Mr. Lindemann, we have found the entrance to this ancient city, but it is very difficult to open it. ”
He pointed to the ice wall opposite. Gordon followed his hand and saw that behind a layer of crystal clear hard ice, about a meter thick, was a frozen gate.
The gate was more than thirty meters wide and high, and judging by the heavy material, it must have been made of meteoric iron. It's just such a door. I'm afraid it weighs hundreds of tons. Not to mention how to break through the ice covering the outside, and even if it succeeds. How do you open this door? The only way to do this is to activate the magic machines in the walls on either side of the gate. Let it turn on.
"Can you just use your flying carpet to cross the walls?"
"This plan was just vetoed." Aziz shook his head, then raised his hand to summon an arrow eagle. The large bird flew into the sky with a long roar, and then it was directly stirred up in the white raging storm, instantly turning into a puff of blood mist and disappearing without a trace.
"The storm of ice and snow that enveloped the entire city was mixed with a terrifying, razor-sharp air turbulence. Maybe I'll be able to hold out in the storm for a few seconds with all my protective spells, but it's never possible to get past this massive wall. Aziz explained.
The walls of this dragonborn city. Not only is it 100 meters high, but it is also more than 100 meters thick. This is not so much a section of the city wall as it is actually a defensive complex that stretches for tens of kilometers. The interior of the walls was not solid, but rather chambers of different sizes were built to serve as barracks and warehouses.
Among the rare historical materials of the Akhorhian Dragonborn Empire that Gordon had read in the past, there are records of the architectural pattern of its city. The people of the Third and Fourth Ages were accustomed to using the walls as a mere physical barrier to defend against their enemies. However, the Akkhohia architects of the Second Age combined the functions of the city walls with the fortress. That's why Gordon saw the exaggerated scale of the city walls today.
However, not all of the walls of Akkhohia have such a scale. A marvel of engineering like the Cenzu Wall. It's still rare.
Aziz couldn't do anything about it, and Gordon didn't have much to do. The two also considered making a hole directly elsewhere. However, with the thick ice that may have condensed for thousands of years, plus the walls inside, it is not easy to do this. Gordon tried it with a four-fold fireball, only to find that it had only blasted a small hole in the ice. And then it didn't take a few seconds. The ice next to it began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly sealing the hole that Gordon had blasted.
This is definitely not something that can be done by natural forces alone.
The two mages couldn't find a way for the time being, and the others were even more helpless. I saw that the sky was getting dark. Everyone was exhausted, and that Mr. Aziz had exhausted all his spell slots. So there was only one decision to make: "Camp where you are." I'll figure it out tomorrow. ”
Although he had been busy all afternoon and had found nothing, Gordon and Aziz had become acquainted. He was interested in this mage as a hired adventurer. But I was very puzzled by the hard work of Miss Lisa. It was incredible that a mage should spend all his spells in the afternoon's meaningless labor.
Like Gordon, when he tried to open a path to Seanzu in the afternoon, he had reservations, using only a third of his mana.
Aziz smiled and said, "That Miss Lisa came to the Endless Abyss in search of medicine. It is said that she has a strange terminal illness, and the antidote can only be found in the ruins of this dragonborn city. I'm a man who can't see beautiful women suffering, an upright desert knight, so of course I can't stand idly by. ”
"Beautiful women? Could it be that Miss Lisa is beautiful? Have you seen her for what she really is? ”
Aziz didn't answer Gordon's words directly, just smiled and didn't say anything. Gordon could clearly read a faint happiness and tranquility in his eyes. It was as if he had to give his life for that Miss Lisa, and he accepted it calmly and honestly.
However, Gordon had not yet learned more about the mysterious and beautiful Miss Lisa, who had not even seen her, and the next morning after camping, something happened like a bolt from the blue.
"Miss, she's missing!" Jin Yuetie blushed and summoned everyone over. (The novel "The Mage Arrives" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "ddxiaoshuo" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)