Hearing Zoltan's words, Wren was surprised: "Do you know this teleportation array?"

"Of course. Zoltan squatted down, swept away a large cloud of dust, revealing more rune arrays, and explained in a muffled voice: "I bought this hotel a few years ago, the purpose is to be for it, and I deliberately covered this dust, I didn't expect you to find it." ”

Wren laughed, in fact, he found out the first time he entered the secret room.

He was a little curious, "Where does the teleportation array lead?"

Zoltan hesitated for a few seconds, as if considering whether to tell Wren or not, glanced at Wren, and finally said, "This is the teleportation array leading to the underground fortress of 'Hosquintarch'. You are a wizard and have learned a lot about runes, so you should be able to tell that these runes are from dwarves. ”

"Underground Fortress!"

Wren was taken aback, "The rumors are true?"

Everyone who lives in Lonzander has heard the story of the underground fortress to a greater or lesser extent.

One of the oldest cities in the empire, it is said to have been a large ruin before it was founded. Back in the last era, thousands of years ago, when the dwarves ruled the eastern continent of Joreshar, a huge city called Hosquintak, sometimes known as Ironbeard, was built on this land.

Hoskintac is divided into two parts, above ground and underground.

On the ground, it's called Ironbeard Fortress, and underground, it's Ironbeard Fortress.

Dwarves prefer to live underground, so the scale of underground fortresses is much larger than that of above-ground fortresses, and it is rumored that countless treasures are buried in the fortresses.

But no one ever entered the fortress, nor did they dig up any treasures.

The traces left by the dwarves have long been lost in the river of time.

As the years passed, the story of the dwarven fortress gradually became a distant legend, and few people took it seriously.

Wren had lived in Lonzender for a few years, and of course he had heard rumors about the fortress, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"Of course it's true. ”

Zoltan's face became serious, and he said slowly: "Hosquintak was founded by the Ironbeard Clan, in the last era, the peak of more than two thousand years, the fortress lived more than 600,000 dwarves, it is the largest city of dwarves outside the world mountain range, and it is also the first fortress not built under the mountain range, but in the plain. ”

Wren's heart moved, he knew the Ironbeard Clan.

He immediately searched for the Ironbeard Clan in his personal library on his phone, and more than a dozen results popped up, all of which were books and materials about this dwarven clan.

"Is it the Ironbeard Clan that has produced three Dwarven Supreme Kings?" Wren asked.

"That's right. ”

Zoltan was very surprised, he didn't expect Wren to have heard of the Ironbeard Clan and knew about the Dwarven High King.

Today's dwarves have long since had no supreme kings, only a few dwarven kings.

He continued, "At the end of the last epoch, the Abyssal Demon destroyed most of the cities of Ehrenus, and Hosquintak had no danger to defend because of its location in the plains, so the Ironbeard Clan had to give up and retreat to the World Mountains before the demon could besiege them. ”

"Before the Ironbeard Clan evacuated, in order to preserve the underground fortress, they blew up all the gates and entrances to the underground, leaving only five teleportation arrays on the ground, hidden in different places. ”

Wren suddenly understood that this teleportation array was one of them.

When he first entered the secret room, he thought it was very strange, the mechanical workshop outside did not look like a basement at all, it was wide and large, and this secret room was hidden behind the magic door, as if it had been hewn out of a boulder, and it was difficult for ordinary people to find it.

He observed the rune circle on the ground, and there was some doubt in his heart.

From the evacuation of the dwarves at the end of the last era, after a thousand years of darkness, to the beginning of a new era for humans, to now it is the year 2528 of the epoch calendar, a total of more than 3,700 years, can this teleportation array still be used?

Wren's knowledge of magic is still relatively rudimentary, but he also knows that if an rune circle is not maintained, it can only run for a few years at most.

More than three thousand seven hundred years is a long time that sounds daunting, not to mention the sophisticated rune array, even the stone may have been weathered.

It's a miracle that there are still fluctuations coming out of the rune circle!

Zoltan guessed Wren's thoughts and sighed, "When the Ironbeard Clan evacuated back then, they were prepared that they would not have a chance to come back for hundreds of years. ”

"Therefore, I specially asked the most clever rune lord in the clan to take action, and transform the rune array, so that they only have the function of one-way teleportation, the energy source of the rune circle is the Moradin god (temple diàn) in the underground fortress, in order to save energy, it is activated every sixty years, for half a year, so that the rune circle can last as long as possible, and wait until the dwarves return. ”

"Of the five rune circles they left behind, I only found two, and the other one has been completely damaged, this one is relatively well preserved, I have checked it, and it can still be used. ”

Speaking of this, Zoltan squatted on the ground to observe the magic circle, but his face was a little puzzled.

He scratched his scalp and wondered, "I calculated according to the annual calendar, the rune circle will have to wait another six years to be used, how did I activate it in advance? Could it be that I miscalculated?"

Wren heard the meaning of the words, and asked, "Zoltan, do you want to enter the underground fortress?"

"Nonsense!"

Zoltan stood up and said loudly, "I have traveled all the way from the World Mountains to the Empire, and I have lived in Lonzid for so many years in order to enter the underground fortress of Hosquintak. ”

"What's there in the fortress that you've been planning for so long?" Wren was intrigued.

Zoltan rubbed his beard excitedly: "Of course it's a treasure!"

"Hoskintak was once one of the richest dwarven cities, and the Ironbeard Clan was in such a hurry that it was impossible to take all the treasures with them, most of them were left in the underground fortress, maybe in a secret room, with mountains of gold and gems. ”

Wren disagreed, "Thousands of years have passed, and someone may have entered such a large underground fortress and emptied all the treasures. ”

Zoltan's expression froze, in fact, he was also worried about this matter (情qíng), and he didn't have much hope.

He sighed and said, "The treasure is still second, I entered the underground fortress mainly to find the rune technology of the ancestors. ”

"Since the fall of Moradin, our dwarven god of forgery and craftsmen, in the last era, a lot of rune technology and knowledge have been lost, and maybe there are still preserved in the Ironbeard Underground Fortress, so I want to try my luck in it. ”

Zoltan fell silent after speaking.

Wren nodded, indicating that he could understand his thoughts.

He has some knowledge of the current situation of the dwarves, as one of the two overlords of Erenus, he has been hit hard by the abyss, many gods have fallen, the population has plummeted, and the sphere of influence has shrunk by more than ninety, and now he can only retreat to the world mountains, maintaining the only five remaining mountain fortresses.

The protagonists of this era are humans, and the dwarves have been going downhill.

Wren didn't think that Zoltan's recovery of rune technology would be of much help to the dwarves.

The decline of the dwarves is due to many reasons, population, technology, culture, trade, power, gods, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for the dwarves to return to their former glory.

The knowledge of runes thousands of years ago may be somewhat useful, but it is more likely that it has long been outdated.

Magical civilization is also about keeping pace with the times, it is impossible to be more ancient, but more powerful, and the overall trend is the same as that of any civilization, which is a spiral.

Zoltan said so much, shaking out all the plans for many years, without concealing anything, obviously wanting to let himself enter the underground fortress with him.

Wren hesitated for a moment.

"Does Master Roger know about this teleportation array?"

Zoltan replied: "Of course he knows that Roger owes me someone (情qíng) who has told him a long time ago to act with me. He shrugged his shoulders and said with a frank face: "Rennes, your strength is very strong, of course I hope you can join in, but I won't force you." ”

"After all, you're still young and have a long life to enjoy, and it's right not to take risks. ”

"In the original plan, it was just me and Roger. ”

"You think about it and tell me the answer in the evening. ”

Zoltan said as he got busy in the secret room, moving out the shelves where the alchemy materials were stored and cleaning the dust from the ground.

Wren didn't speak, just helped him do it.

The two of them quickly cleaned the secret room, and the circular rune circle occupied most of the ground, and under the light of the gas lamp, the notch reflected (shè) a faint light.

The whole rune circle doesn't look complicated, and the real mystery lies in those few runes.

Runic knowledge comes from the elements of the soul.

Each element has a unique symbol, some like a figure, some a character, and they are all naturally formed symbols that contain a great deal of runic knowledge.

Disassemble the element graphics, study them deeply, get the corresponding simplified symbols, and recombine them to get a (set of tào) rune knowledge.

All forms of application of energy, spell casting, enchantment, alchemy, magic circles, curses, potions, scrolls, etc., are more or less free from the influence of runes.

If you have the knowledge of runes, you will master the world.

Erenus's rune system is very large, and almost every intelligent race has developed its own knowledge of runes, the most famous and powerful being the dwarven rune, which is superior to the elven rune.

In the last era, the reason why the dwarves were able to become one of the two overlords was because of the great contribution of rune technology.

The dwarves are far less gifted in magic than the elves, and it is the rune technology that creates powerful weapons and armor and various chariot cannons to compete with the elves, and the dwarves who master these skills, known as rune blacksmiths, are the most respected profession among the dwarven clans.

Above the rune blacksmith, there are also rune masters, and even more revered rune lords.

Any rune lord has the same status among the dwarves as the king, and there are currently less than ten rune lords among the dwarves.

And Zoltan is a rune master.

Nowadays, human beings also have a (set of tào) self-contained runes, but compared with dwarf runes, there is still a big gap, but human beings also have mechanical technology and alchemy, the three complement each other, have more strengths, and their comprehensive strength is far better than that of dwarves.

In Wren's mobile phone, there is a whole (set of tào) "Rune Knowledge", the content is broad and profound, vast as the sea, and it has not been long since he started learning, and he is still far from mastering.

When he was learning to make soul guns, Zoltan was not stingy and taught some knowledge of dwarven runes.

These two different rune systems benefited Wren a lot.

Since the crossing, Zoltan has been very good to himself, and on the first day he stayed in a hotel, provided a mechanical workshop and alchemy materials, although they were all paid, but that money was really nothing, adding up to not even a gold shield.

After a few months of contact, the two have become good friends.

Moreover, the matter of the underground fortress (情qíng) is a big secret, and Zoltan did not hide it from himself, and did not hesitate to say it, which shows his trust in himself.

Wren preferred to enter the underground fortress with Zoltan, but he knew too little about the fortress and had no confidence in his heart.

This is a one-way teleportation array, and if you go in, you may not be able to get out, and you will be trapped in it alive.

Not to mention, there are other dangers in the underground fortress.

Zoltan saw Wren's doubtful expression, smiled hehe, and said, "Wren, I'm sure that the underground fortress has an exit, so you don't have to worry about that." ”

"Why?" Wren asked.

Zoltan suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Do you know Elfa the Great?"

Wren nodded.

In the Orion Empire, every child grew up listening to the legend of Elfa the Great, the founder of the empire and hailed as the greatest human hero of all time.

Ballads praising the great deeds and legends of the Emperor have been spread throughout Ehrenus and have endured.

Almost everyone, human, elven or dwarf, can tell a story or two about Elfa the Great, some true and some invented, but true or not, the Great will always be the hero of poetry and music.

Zoltan continued: "Elfa the Great was born in a human settlement south of Lungshand, he was the son of the chieftain of the settlement, and he lived and grew up in Longshande for many years as a teenager, so Longshand is actually the Emperor's hometown. ”

This is a well-known thing (情qíng), what are you doing about this?

Wren did not understand Zoltan's intentions.

"Alpha the Great and you have one thing in common, I don't know if you've thought about it. Zoltan's gaze glanced over Rennes (身shēn), his eyes rather strange.

"What do I have in common with the Emperor?"

Wren was a little confused, then he had a flash of inspiration and lost his voice: "Warhammer?"

He is not a little out of shape, because Elfa the Great's Warhammer is so famous, it is a legendary weapon with a long name, called "Thor's Wrath, the Cursed Hammer of the Skullcrusher", which is generally referred to simply as "Thor's Hammer" in various poetry stories!

This hammer accompanied Elfa the Great throughout his life and almost became the symbol of the legendary hero.

Legend has it that Thor's hammer is the most powerful weapon under the artifact, ranking first among all legendary weapons, and Elfa the Great is invincible with a warhammer in his hand, and countless enemies have been shot in the head by the hammer.

After the death of Elfa the Great, Thor's hammer was nowhere to be found.

More than a thousand years ago, this warhammer briefly appeared for a few years, causing huge waves in the Empire, becoming involved in a series of events, and then disappearing again.

Wren looked at Zoltan with anticipation in his eyes.

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