Ancient treasures are hidden in the mountains, untold ruins are covered with vines, and walls made of boulders and metal are covered with scars, each of which is a character left by time, and the only thing that can be read from these characters is the word vicissitudes.

Dating back to the days of the Gondor Empire, this ancient ruin has a thick and majestic style that is so unfamiliar to the Ansu people today, and in Gawain's memory, it was in ruins when the northern frontier army found it - and it didn't look much "younger" than it does now.

Gawain, Rebecca, Amber, and the Byron Knight walked into the mountain through the largest arch, the flickering light of the torches making the corridors on either side light and dark, like the legendary "Soul Corridor" leading to the realm of the dead, Amber complained dissatisfiedly, "I should have asked that Aunt Herty to come over, what's the use of taking you - I can't even do flashwork?" ”

Rebecca blushed: "Fireball Technique...... Fireball is also illuminated......"

It's a pity that the weak tone is not convincing at all.

The Byron knight walked not far behind Gawain's side, and he looked at the ancient stone walls and the inconsistencies on the walls that no longer worked, and couldn't help but think of how he felt when he was a mercenary many years ago: "How old is this ruin?" ”

"I don't know," Gawain shook his head, "the first time we found it, it was already in ruins. The more knowledgeable people in the team at the time said that this was a legacy of the 'Starfire Age' - it was the time when magic technology in the middle and late stages of the Gondor Empire was greatly developed, when the Great Mana Well 'Deep Blue Well' was successfully launched, and the empire began to build a large number of fortresses and research facilities on the borders in the hope of finding super-large magical foci like 'Deep Blue' in other parts of the continent, but those facilities were abandoned one by one. ”

Rebecca was incredulous: "Didn't you find a single magic focus?" ”

"No, you can't find a magical focus like Deep Blue," Gawain recalled the history in his mind, "The power of the Deep Blue Well is beyond your imagination, it is a super-large source of magic power located in the center of the continent, and its daily output of energy can even supply the current Ansu Whole Realm Mage Tower for a month - so some scholars in later generations believe that the explosion of the Deep Blue Well in Gondor in 1739 was actually the cause of the magic tide, although that explosion did not blow up the entire empire on the spot, but it tore a big hole in the elemental plane, It wasn't until the following year that the imbalance of elemental power accumulated that the demonic tide was triggered. However, this conjecture could not be confirmed, and the entire Deep Blue Well and the magical focus 'Deep Blue' had been completely annihilated, and no one could investigate it. ”

"It's so powerful...... Rebecca, as a mage, could naturally hear how amazing the ancient magic well was, and she was even more shocked that humans were able to grasp that level of power at one time, "The Gondor Empire was so powerful back then......

"All in all, in the eyes of the Gondor people back then, the magic foci in all parts of the continent were almost invisible, so after barely discovering a few medium-sized magic foci, Gondor stopped exploring more distant areas, and a large number of fortresses and research facilities were abolished. This is probably one of the facilities that was abolished at the same time, and it is likely to be a complex thing."

Amber suddenly tensed: "That...... Then there shouldn't be any out-of-control ancient magic monsters or magic traps or anything like that?! ”

Gawain glanced at the half-elf with a nervous face: "As a guy who even dares to dig other people's ancestral graves, are you still afraid of this kind of ancient facility that has been abandoned for thousands of years?" ”

"That's different! Digging the ancestral grave, even if the person in the coffin cheats the corpse, it is just a person - once something pops out of this ancient facility, it may not be what it is! I've heard that some ancient facilities are also sealed with synthetic monsters and colossias of magical energy made by mad magicians......"

Gao Wen's head was bruised: "I deceived the corpse and was a 'person', which really disappointed you - the previous rumors of the Dark Mountain Range are also the same, and the current ancient facilities are also strange rumors, where did all this incorrect knowledge in your head come from?" ”

Amber thought for a while, and suddenly said with a mysterious face: "Let me tell you, in fact, I am really the chosen choice of the goddess of the night, sometimes I pray too much and the goddess gives me revelations, she taught me ......"

Rebecca rubbed a miniature fireball the size of her thumb and threw it at Amber, who was caught off guard and squeaked, "Mom, you're insane!" It's dangerous to throw a fireball all of a sudden! ”

Rebecca shrugged: "...... It seems that she is not God's chosen one. ”

Gawain didn't bother to deal with these two guys who didn't deal with each other anymore.

Because the ancient gate had appeared before their eyes.

At the end of the hallway, a heavy, purple-black metal door stands in front of it, in the typical Gondor "Spark Age" style, thick and calm, with abstract reliefs depicting soldiers and city walls.

Amber wiped the gray from her face and looked at the door in front of her with shining eyes: "This thing...... It can't be a whole piece of purple steel, right?! ”

"Yes, it's a whole piece, but I'm going to make Rebecca convert it into a fireball in your face," Gawain tapped Amber on the head with the hilt of the Pathfinder's Sword, "so putting away your bold ideas and honestly waiting for me to pay you is the way to go." ”

Amber tilted her head and whispered, "...... Old Picker ......"

Gawain heard her muttering, but ignored her, and instead took a half-step back and took the vital "key" from his bosom.

From a heritage from seven hundred years ago, a white gold disc.

Rebecca was a little worried: "It's been so many years, can this thing really still work?" ”

Gawain looked at her and smiled, "This is the technology of the Gondor Empire, as long as the main body of the facility does not collapse, its main gate will never fail." ”

As if to prove that what he had said was true, as soon as the words fell, the intricate lines on the platinum disc lit up one after another, and the relief on the heavy metal door followed by the flowing wisps of light.

As the light filled the entire gate, a creaking mechanical sound came from the depths of the gate and the rock walls on either side, and everyone felt the ground tremble beneath their feet, and with this tremor, the gate slowly opened.

Gawain, Rebecca and others had already prepared, covering their mouths and noses and retreating to the sides when the door opened, and at the same time Gawain also turned on one of the knight's basic skills, "Breath Protection", a layer of barrier that protected everyone on the scene - this ability is similar to the mage's basic magic "Breeze Shield", although it can only provide very, very limited defense, but it can effectively maintain a clean air environment, when going deep into ancient ruins and other places, This skill protects the caster from the poisonous gases.

There are no poison gas traps in this ancient ruin, but there may be some gas accumulation in a confined space that has been closed for 700 years, and it is always good to have multiple layers of protection.

It took a few minutes for Gawain to lift his guard, nod to the others, and lead himself through the gate, followed by the Byron Knight.

Amber hesitated, but gave up on the idea of cutting a piece of metal from the gate without anyone noticing - because the purple steel was too hard for the dagger to pick.

Inside the gate is a large rectangular hall with closed doors visible in all four directions, and the old property is stacked directly in this hall.

The hermetically sealed environment of the hall and the runes placed throughout the hall ensure that the materials here are oxidized and corroded at the slowest rate, and many of them are still well preserved today.

Piles of metal ingots, crystals, swords, armor, and several large chests more than half a man tall were stacked in the center.

Gawain stepped forward and stuck the Pioneer Sword into the gap in the box, and with a hard pull, the box opened.

One of the chests contained gold and silver coins that still sparkled, while the others contained neatly stacked lilac crystals, carved and charged military crystals.

Those gold and silver coins are not the most valuable things, crystals are.

The ancient Gondor Empire dominated the continent with advanced magic technology, and the magic power from the Deep Blue Well gave the mages of the empire an almost endless amount of energy to squander, even the most lame mages could hard-pile up technical achievements under such conditions, so the Gondor Empire at that time did something that seemed almost incredible to the four kingdoms today:

Mass production of "extraordinary weapons".

Ordinary swords and armor are not enchanted, no matter how strong and sharp they are, they are only mundane equipment, and only enchanted equipment containing extraordinary power can be called "extraordinary weapons". In Ansu today, enchanted weaponry is something that can only be issued to officers of all ranks—and not necessarily, but during the Gondor era, it was standard for each soldier to be equipped with an enchanted sword and a standard crystal.

The thumb-sized crystal contains a pre-set spell model of the primary shield and explosives, which runs automatically and identifies friend and foe, and can be used by even the big-headed soldiers who don't have the slightest ability to cast spells - when attacked, the shield activates the shield, and when the shield is exhausted, it flashes and warns, and then throws it with force, and it explodes when the wearer and nearby friendly units are at a safe distance, which in Gawain's opinion is simply incredibly advanced.

If it weren't for the circumstances of the year, they really couldn't take these with them, and the pioneers said that they wouldn't leave them behind - the team had taken away all the more valuable materials they could bring with them, and these crystals were the part that had to be abandoned.

Gawain reached out and picked up a crystal, placing it in his hand and rubbing it gently.

This may be a way to make magic accessible to ordinary people, but it doesn't work.

This kind of thing can only be infused at any cost if the Deep Blue Well is activated, and now that the Deep Blue Well has been destroyed, these ancient crystals are one less than one.

But for now, at least, these crystals will be the cornerstone of the territory's stability.