After returning to the present world, both Gawain and Amber have a little unsightly faces.

The Byron knight, who had been waiting outside for a long time, walked over as soon as possible: "My lord, are you okay?" ”

"I saw the magic of nature," Gawain exhaled, slowly dissolving the psychological discomfort caused by facing the Great Void, and shook his head helplessly, "I hope it is the magic of nature." ”

The Byron knight looked confused, Rao is old fritter experience couldn't deduce what Gawain saw in the shadow world at this moment, but he was very clever not to ask too much - since Gawain didn't take the initiative to say it, it means that the news can't be made public at this stage, and there are still many ordinary soldiers on the scene, so he decided not to ask too much.

After calming down, Gawain looked at Byron, "Are there any more exploration reports besides this new area?" ”

"Yes, we've been going well lately, and we've made a lot of discoveries," Knight Byron nodded, and immediately began to give a brief report on the information he had accumulated so far, "The location we are now should be the lowest level of this ruins, and if there are no more ramps or stairs appearing, then this hall should be the 'base' part of the entire facility." At this point, the entire ruins can be roughly divided into three floors: the middle floor is connected to the entrance hall we first discovered, the rooms are empty, and the corridor structure is straight and symmetrical, which should be the main area of human activity; The summit front leading to the Dark Mountains in the upper area has many hidden ventilation holes and entrances and exits that should be emergency passages, but most of the entrances and exits have been blocked due to the weathering and collapse of the mountain, and they cannot be cleared out for the time being; The lower level, where we are now, is the smallest of the three, but the most structurally complex, with a large number of rooms full of discarded equipment and mezzanine of unknown use, as well as the hall we discovered. The three areas are connected by a 'large ramp' located in the center of the facility, as well as shafts and narrow steps scattered throughout. In addition, there are a number of floors of varying heights in each area, and I have carefully drawn the structural diagram of the floors. ”

The Byron knight paused for a moment and continued: "In the next phase, we are going to explore the southern and eastern parts of the Middle Layer, and in these two places we have found additional connecting passages, which have accumulated debris, but they themselves show no signs of collapse, and when the manpower is in place, we will clear the barricades and start further exploration." I suspect that the undiscovered area of this ancient ruins is still large. ”

Gawain frowned, sketched a comparison chart of the overall trend of this ruin and the Dark Mountain Range in his mind, and said slowly, "Southern region...... If the entire middle level is a symmetrical building, then the south may lead to the southern foothills of the Dark Mountains, you should be especially careful in the process, once you find that the buildings have passed through the mountains, immediately temporarily block the passage to report, and never enter the Black Forest on the south side of the mountains at will. As for the eastern ......"

Amber unleashed his limited knowledge of the geography of the continent next to him, and suddenly said, "Isn't it going to lead to the Typhon Empire?" ”

The Byron knight was immediately taken aback: "Is this possible?" ”

"Nothing is impossible," Gawain said indifferently, "the area we are in is itself in the southeast corner of Ansu, and the Dark Mountains extend all the way to the territory of Typhon, if this ancient facility was really built by hollowing out the mountains...... It is also possible that its end will enter the territory of Typhon. After all, a thousand years ago, in the Spark Age...... There is no such thing as a border between Ansu and Typhon. ”

Speaking of this, he looked into the eyes of the Byron knight, and his expression was extremely serious: "If that's the case, then you have to be more careful, understand?" ”

The knight Byron was more or less a knight - even if he was a monk halfway, it was a bit of military common sense, and he immediately realized what it would mean if there really was a passage to Typhon in this mountain ruin, so he stood up straight: "Yes! I understand! ”

After arranging business, Gawain decided to return to the territory first, but before leaving, he patted the Byron knight on the shoulder and reminded: "Your exploration work in the mountains is very important, but you still have to have the vacation you deserve, after this time, go home and rest for a few more days." ”

The Byron knight laughed hesitantly: "Actually, I'm fine, when I was a mercenary, I drilled all kinds of ruins all day long, and sometimes I went to the underground palace for half a month......

"But you didn't have a daughter when you were a mercenary," Gawain glanced at him, "Pea misses you." ”

Byron's expression froze suddenly, replaced by a little embarrassment: "Oh...... Oh...... Then I'll go back and spend more time with her. ”

Gawain and Amber returned to the Lord's Palace, and by the time they got home, the sun had set, and it was nearly time for dinner.

At present, in the lord's mansion, except for the two temporarily recruited servants, there is only Betty and a maid, and the little girl is responsible for everyone's food and some chores, although Gawain's family is only five people even if you count the amber who eats and drinks and the newly moved kraken Tyr, and Gawain himself is also simple, and his daily meals are simple, but with the food of the servants and daily chores, it is not a small burden.

Seeing the little girl running around in the dining room like a gust of wind to place the plates and distribute the bread, Gawain couldn't help but pull Amber forward to help, and while he helped set the plates, he said to Betty: "Are you busy every day?" ”

"I'm busy!" The little maid replied crisply, carrying the large bottle of wine, "Ah, sir, don't set the plate yourself! ”

"Idle is idle," Gawain is not used to the kind of life where he sits at the table and then stands behind him and the servant salutes, in fact, even if there is someone around him who is there to serve him to eat, he will feel indigestion, so he is always trying to change this atmosphere, but unfortunately it seems that it has no effect at all, the little maid watched him snatch away his work of setting the plate, and he was about to cry, so he had to put down the plate in his hand, "If you are too busy, just tell me, This house is much larger than the previous tent, and it is inevitable that there will be a shortage of manpower to take care of it. ”

Gawain did not intend to place dozens or even hundreds of servants in the mansion like the mainstream nobles of this era, and even arranged two people per post to grow flowers and dogs, but he also admitted that such a large mansion needed more people to take care of it, and the necessary jobs should be arranged with the necessary personnel. Betty is a diligent little girl, but she also has no ability to have three heads and six arms, and it is not appropriate for her to put all the heavy housework on her alone.

Betty didn't think about it so much, she was just a low-level maid who helped in the kitchen, and she hadn't thought about what she would do if the lord had only one maid by her side, and when she heard Gawain's words, she nodded there in a daze—she didn't know what this nod meant.

After a while, Hetty, who was busy with personnel transfers, and Rebecca, who was addicted to runes, finally returned home, and by the time they walked into the restaurant, Amber had already filled herself with various snacks and cheese......

Gao Wen estimated that if the meal was served a little later, Amber would be able to eat the mustard mixed with butter on the table...... Isn't this half-elf going to die in his last life?

As the family members sit down, Gawain brings up his and Amber's discoveries in the Shadow Realm.

"You said you found a 'Great Hollow' in the Shadow Realm?" Hearing Gawain's description, Hetty showed great surprise, "And that big void doesn't correspond to the terrain of the dark mountains of the current world?" ”

"That's right, the size of that hollow is probably enough to cram our entire town into it, and it's so high that it even breaks through the top of the Dark Mountain Range, so much so that you can see part of the sky, and the light inside the hollow is unusually dim, and the darkness is unsettling," Gawain described the situation inside the cavity in detail, "There is some kind of unnatural phenomenon inside the hollow, and I see huge stones floating in the darkness, as if it has lost gravity. ”

"I've heard you and Amber describe that the Shadow Realm corresponds to the current world, and there is no significant difference in physical rules other than black and whiteness and desolation......" Hetty frowned, "Does that big void mean some kind of 'Shadow Realm Law' that we don't know yet?" ”

"I'm more worried that it's caused by some external force, that there is a force beyond human imagination that has operated in the Shadow Realm, and has 'dug up' a large piece of Shadow Realm matter, and also changed the physical rules in that range," Gawain was worried, "What's more concerned is ...... A thousand years ago, the Magus Gondor apparently realized the existence of the Great Hollow, and they set up a device similar to a magic door at the bottom of the mountain ruins, and the other side of the magic door was supposed to be connected to the Great Hollow or somewhere related to the Great Hollow. It's a pity that the magic door can't be activated anymore. ”

Hetty looked down in thought, while Rebecca casually said as she struggled with the uneven butter on her slices of bread, "Is the plan you mentioned earlier to move some of the territorial facilities to the mountains still going ahead?" ”

Gawain watched with a little trepidation as Rebecca wielded the butter knife - her momentum was almost as if a slice of bread had killed her entire family: "You move smaller, is it necessary to be so big to put a piece of butter." ”

He then replied to Ironhead's question: "The relocation work still has to continue, at least the workshop for making grenades and all kinds of explosives has to be moved out of the territory, and then there is the production line of the military factory - these things are not going to be next to the residential area all the time." Anyway, how is the training of the craftsman team who laid the magic net? ”

"It's all very good, I said that the treatment of the magic network technician is twice as high as that of ordinary construction workers, they are very energetic, plus those craftsmen have a good level of literacy and numeracy, the best of them have even learned to arrange the connection method of the hive unit according to the laying environment and drawing tutorials, and the connection success rate is the same as that of the first and second level rune masters, and now they can complete the task independently without my guidance."

Gao Wen nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, send the best team to the mountain ruins, start laying the hive magic net from the entrance hall, reconstruct the mana supply in the facility, and prepare for the subsequent mechanical entry." ”

Hetty, who was next to him, sighed heartily after hearing it: "To be honest, who would have thought that ordinary people who don't have the ability to cast spells, or even the ability to sense magic, can control magic in this way...... Magic Nets and Magic Engines, Thermal Ray Guns, Rebecca Crystals, these things have all reached the point where they can be produced completely without a mage or with just a few instructions from a mage......"

"Now they are still at the stage of making sure that there are no mistakes according to the drawings, this is just 'imitation'," Gawain smiled, "and when the rune research institute led by Jenny achieves the first stage results, and the first batch of rune majors in the academy graduates, you will see the 'creation' of ordinary people in the field of magic......"

Hetty couldn't imagine what that would be, in fact, not even Rebecca.

But Gawain can vaguely sketch a new era—a time when ordinary people, even without spellcasters, even without magical talents, can rely on their minds and calculations, rely on rigorous scientific analysis and mathematical tools to master magic, and even develop and create various magical techniques.

At this time, Amber, who was immersed in eating, suddenly raised her head and interjected: "But then again...... What about the Kraken? ”