The ruins of the mountain, the lobby of the "Ring Magic Gate" on the lowest floor of the facility.

Since the discovery of this mysterious ancient magic door, Gawain has left six soldiers here to guard in shifts - due to the Byron's knights' deeper exploration of this ancient facility, this ruin has gradually been used by Cecil Territory, and now its middle area is gradually being transformed into a military factory and storage facilities, many places have laid magic nets, and installed magic crystal lamps and living facilities, and added a lot of permanent soldier dormitories, so there are not a few soldiers on duty for a long time in the facility.

Gawain took Hetty and Pittman, plus a kraken full of "Evil God Knowledge" (food direction) skill points, and selected a group of elite soldiers, and came to the place where the Magic Gate was located.

A small group of garrison soldiers had gathered in the wide rotunda, the Byron knight was leading his men to watch the movement of the Magic Gate, and when Gawain entered, the middle-aged knight was pulling a soldier to ask about things seriously - it was not easy to see such a serious expression on the face of this old fritter, which made Gawain immediately realize that the situation was probably more complicated than he expected.

He walked straight to Byron: "How's it going?" ”

Byron made a knightly salute after seeing Gawain - he had recently led the exploration team to the southern part of the mountain ruins to find an exit, but after hearing the news of the change in the Might and Magic Gate, he immediately led people to the scene, much earlier than Gawain arrived, so he had a good understanding of the situation: "My lord, we haven't figured out how the Magic Gate was suddenly activated, and the soldiers on duty here seem to have been mentally shocked, and their memories of the scene at that time are very vague. ”

Gawain looked up in the direction of the ring of magic doors—the thing did activate.

The ring-shaped device made of some unknown synthetic material is now emitting a glowing dark blue magical halo, and the runes and magic lines engraved on the magic door are now all visibly charged, and a low humming sound is coming from the base of the ring, and in the center of the ring, a hazy shadow that is constantly shaking and seems to be in a state of superposition of two spaces.

The soldiers stationed here are all experienced and obedient elites, they will not tamper with anything without orders, nor will they deliberately conceal the situation when reporting the situation, so the only explanation is that this magic door is really activated by itself, and when activated, it will also cause a certain degree of mental impact on the people around them - not fatal, but enough to cause a trance.

What activates the Might and Magic?

Gao Wen immediately thought of the automatic opening of the isolation door in the entrance hall of the ruins, similar incidents also happened in the early days of the establishment of the pioneer realm, but the reason why the isolation door was opened at that time was the upsurge of magic power, and the sudden change of the magic environment stimulated the remaining magic organs in the ruins, and opened the door by mistake, but there seems to be no similar magic turmoil in the recent period, and there is no report from the monitoring satellites......

No, it seems that there is a special event......

The stars return to their positions.

Gawain's expression became serious, the only event that could have occurred in recent times that could lead to various visions was the "Return of the Stars", although ordinary people could not perceive the impact of the Return of the Stars on this world, its impact was real, and it seemed to be related to God.

This ancient facility seems to have been built to study the "secrets of the gods".

Could it be that the gate was not closed due to damage or depletion of energy, but had been waiting for the time to open?

"Ancestor?" Seeing that Gao Wen didn't speak for a long time, the expression on his face became more and more serious, and he couldn't help but ask, "What did you think of?" ”

"This door may have been activated automatically by the preset orders of those Magus of the Starfire Age," Gawain said slowly, looking at the Byron Knight, "Has anyone ever been in?" ”

"Not yet," said the Byron knight, shaking his head, "the situation is too strange, and you have commanded at the time that if you encounter such a strange or potentially god-related situation, you must not act rashly, and remain on the scene until you arrive." ”

"Very well," Gawain nodded approvingly, then looked at the magic door that was running automatically with a little regret, "If only Amber were here......"

Amber was sent by him to search for "people with vitality among the people" and has not yet returned, although it is unclear how her progress is, but Gawain is full of confidence in the wild half-elf who is full of escape skills, but it will inevitably be a little inconvenient if the other party is not there, for example, now, he is eager to find a recyclable amber detector and throw it on the opposite side of the magic door to see the situation - however, no.

But the Might and Magic Gate had already been activated, and he couldn't just leave it alone.

"Pittman......" Gawain thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at the old druid beside him, "You ......"

"My lord, I'm old!" Pitman's tears immediately fell, "I have eighty of my own to raise, and I have ...... below"

Gao Wenqing jumped: "Shut up, I'll let you summon a tree man in!" ”

"Oh."

Pitman pulled out a magical seed from his bosom, whispered a short incantation, and then threw the seed on the ground, and with the surge of magical power, the seed immediately began to grow at an alarming rate, and the magical power formed its temporary body, and an elemental tree man barely over a meter tall soon appeared in front of everyone.

Under everyone's gaze, the unassuming tree man staggered to the massive ring-shaped device in the center of the hall with comical steps, and disappeared into the hazy shadow of the ring-shaped device in a burst of light and shadow distortion.

The moment the Treant Man disappeared, Pitman let out a surprised "huh".

"What's going on?" Hetty immediately asked nervously.

"The spiritual connection between me and the summon has been severed," Pitman said with a strange expression, "a matter of moments. ”

"On the other side of the Might and Magic Gate, it could be some kind of phase space, or the Shadow Realm," Gawain was not too surprised, "The Magus of the Ancient Gondor Empire often did this, and they would use similar space technology to store important secrets, and the Phase Space and the Shadow Realm were the most reliable safes. ”

"No...... It's not like that level of severance," Pitman's expression was slightly serious, "Even the Shadow Realm can't completely cut off the connection between the druid and the summon, even if the direct control is cut off, I can sense the presence of the summon, but now I have completely lost the perception of the Treant, as if it has disappeared directly from this world......"

The atmosphere in the hall became serious, but Pittman continued, "But we can wait, I have set up an order for the Treant that if the psychic connection is completely broken, then it will return the same way three minutes after losing my command - as long as it is not destroyed." ”

Gawain nodded, turned around and stared closely in the direction of the Magic Gate.

Time passed minute by minute, and there was no movement in the magic door, but just when Gawain thought that the tree man would not return, he suddenly saw the hazy light and shadow in the center of the magic door tremble.

The unassuming treeman ran out of the gate with the comical steps of that staggering.

It was clumsy and dazed when it first came out, but soon it reconnected with Pittman, and the elemental creature maintained by magical power immediately ran back to its master.

“…… There was no damage," Pitman quickly checked the treeman's condition and looked up to Gawain to report, "The level of mana escape is also within normal values, and the opposite side of the gate seems to be a safe space, and the structure is stable. ”

"In other words, you can go in and check the situation," Gawain couldn't help but exhale, "It seems that the technology of the ancient Gondor Empire is still trustworthy. Hetty, Tyr, you two come with me to go in and check on the situation, Byron, Pittman, you two are on guard outside. ”

After giving the order, Gawain selected a group of capable soldiers, and then led his men to the ancient magic door that was quietly running in the center of the hall.

In the process of passing through the hazy light and shadow in the center of the gate, Gawain did not feel the intense dizziness he expected, this thousand-year-old magic door was running more smoothly than he imagined, he only felt as if he had walked through a slight cool mist, after a short blur of vision, the scene in front of him was already the space behind the door.

A large rectangular hall was presented before the eyes of the exploration team.

The hall was made of unknown synthetic materials, and as far as the eye could see, there were all kinds of huge equipment of unknown function, and there were wide walkways and research platforms between the equipment, and what shocked Gawain the most was that it was not completely dark - although the place had been sealed off for maybe a thousand years, it still had a remnant of energy! Several lighting fixtures at the top of the hall are still functioning, a slightly yellowish light illuminating the entire space!

Not only the lighting, but also a small part of the massive equipment in the hall was still active, the magic runes on their surfaces still glittering, and a low humming sound would come from one of the devices from time to time.

"That's really...... Incredible......" Hetty looked at the scene in amazement, "things are still working here?!" ”

Gawain clenched the long sword in his hand: since the explosion of the Deep Blue Mana Well, all the complex magical devices of the ancient Gondor Empire have lost their effectiveness, even if they have survived to this day, they cannot be activated, and only simple devices with a simple structure and low energy requirements like the magic gate can still operate, but it is really strange that these complex and sophisticated devices here are still operating.

"Everyone be vigilant, the magic device here is still working, and it is not excluded that there are ancient automatic defense devices that are in a state of activation," he reminded everyone in the team in a loud voice, "Hetty, keep an eye on the flow of magic around you at all times, and tell me immediately if there is a drastic change in energy response." ”

"Yes," Hetty gripped her long staff tightly in response, frowning at the herpe-sealed hall, "Ancestor...... Is this hall still located in our main material world? ”

"It's hard to say, but it's clearly not the Shadow Realm here," Gawain replied, "it's just...... I don't know if the environment outside the hall is the same as the inside. ”