"Left, left, okay, down, slow, slow, slow, are you in a hurry to eat? Slow, yes, at this speed, it's off, right, it's right, it's here, put, put, put, it's done." ”

"With some strength, boys, work harder, dig another meter and rest. Do you think you're forging iron with that one, and if you get a record slab, you're a sinner of Pavatiga. Tap, tap, hey, you're too light, are you massaging the floor? By my beard, you definitely did it on purpose. ”

"Ding, ding, ding, dang. ”

"Chisel a little deeper, thirty centimeters more, the spar must be detonated in the depths so as not to cause damage to the structure of the ancient city. Stop, stop, didn't you hear a sound, didn't you chisel something. I know it's rock, you think it's rock, you just say it's rock? The city walls are also made of rock, and the ancient buildings are made of rock, hell, who knows what you've chiseled. Let me see, what about the torches, give me some light, I'll see, well, keep chiseling, it's the rock. ”

"Hahaha, I knew that there was a treasure, a camel skin, a big harvest. Don't touch it, put your hands down, for more than 4,000 years, even camel skins can't hold it, and you will break when you touch it. Cook, damn it, Cook, you damn old thing, sunburned or not, roll over to me if you're not dead, see what I found, hahahaha, help me solidify this skin book, fail be careful I burn your beard. ”

"Mana fluctuations, there's magic fluctuations down here, boys, if you don't want to die, stand back, this is not something you can move casually. Kevin, don't be lazy, come and help me control the ambient temperature, thirty degrees Celsius is constant, and if the temperature is high, you will be blown up and killed, but no one cares about you. A few of you, I said tell you to stay away, what's there to see, why are you so close, in case of an accident, I'll be fine, and you all have to die. ”

"Wow, the wreckage of the heart of the city, I was the first to discover the wreckage of the heart of the city, hahahaha, I said that the heart of the city should be in this location, you people who could see the god of the underworld at any time are a bunch of fools, and you dare to say that I miscalculated, phew, when you still don't know how to count, I have already started to deal with the ruins of the development, I may have miscalculated?"

It was another fruitful day, and the time had reached the afternoon, and although the weather was hot, the excavation site was still noisy. The average age of these experts was at least fifty or sixty years old, but they were more energetic than young people, running around under the scorching sun, regardless of the sweat that had already soaked their clothes.

If you zoom out from the field, you can see the whole picture of the excavation site.

It's a very formal camp, almost as orderly as a military camp or a militarized mercenary group camp. The camp with a diameter of about 400 meters, the outermost part is surrounded by a loess wall to form a closed environment, and a circle of horses is set up outside the wall, and there is a trench three meters wide and eight meters deep on the outer layer of the horse, and there are sharp wooden nails at the bottom of the ditch, which makes people feel frightened when they look at it.

There are twenty earthen watchtowers scattered within the wall, and the archers on the watchtowers can attack any position inside and outside the camp, and the arrows are manned for 22 hours a day, both for sentry and defense.

Further inward, a layer of insect protection strip insulates all kinds of poisonous insects, and a layer of flame belt is piled up on the surface of the ground with flammable magic products, once the enemy breaks through the outer defenses, the ignited fire belt is the last line of defense. There were also a large number of low walls scattered throughout the fire belt, which served as defensive positions for the mercenaries in the event of a battle.

Inside the fortifications, a number of simple houses were built in one corner, which was the residence of the owner of the excavation site, and on the other side, there used to be a spacious open space, which is where the excavation site is now located.

When you just followed Duck to the destination, what you saw was such a regularized camp like a temporary fortress, no need to ask, only the leader of a militarized mercenary group like Duck could set up such a camp with excellent defense.

Seven days have passed since the excavation team arrived at its destination.

When I first arrived at my destination, it was just a barren wilderness, with no grass growing on the loess surface, and the wind swept up the loess, dyeing the whole field of vision yellow, and under the scorching sun, the wilderness was lifeless, as if it was a dead world.

No one would believe that there were ancient ruins from the Pioneer Era here, not even the excavators hired from Gravel City, who had lived in Gravel City in their time and had never heard of any ancient ruins, and those strange mages must have been mistaken.

For the sake of pay, they still dug in the yellow earth under the scorching sun according to the command of professional scholars. It's too much to earn five gold coins a month after hard work, and as for whether they can dig something out, they don't care, just wait to see the jokes of these experts.

However, the workers who wanted to see the joke were doomed to disappointment, and it had only been four days since the first stone mass on the roof of what appeared to be a man-made structure was excavated from under the soil on the third day, and the excavation site had changed to what it is now.

The original empty field has been dug into a pit more than 20 meters deep, standing on the edge of the pit and looking down, this ancient city called Francel seems to have stepped out of ancient history and once again appeared in front of the world.

The city is similar to the gravel city, the buildings are also made of cyan rock, and at the southern end is the tallest and largest building in the whole city, heavy, strong, and excellent defense, and it is a very important facility at first glance, according to experts, this is the residence of the leader of the pioneer team, that is, the lord of the city.

Similar to most newly established cities, the Castle Lord's Mansion was not only the residence of the Castle Lord, but also the vast majority of the administrative departments were located in the Castle Lord's Mansion, which was equivalent to a combination of the Castle Lord's Mansion and the City Hall. Not only that, but in the event of a serious danger, the citizens would take refuge in the castle lord's mansion and rely on the sturdy structure for the last defense. This style, in the same vein as the castles of the lords at the end of the Embryonic Age, was indeed effective for the small settlements of that period.

The east and west sides are still covered with loess, and only two or three buildings have roofs peeking out of the soil.

On the north side of the ruins of the city, there is enough to take the breath away of all the scholars, it is a simple magic tower. Because of the poor conditions, the magic tower is not too high, and the shape is very simple, but the magical energy in the tower is still restless even after more than 4,000 years.

In the middle of the city is a huge square, and the heart of the city was once buried in the middle of the square. The square was built because it was the closest to the heart of the city, and it was safer for citizens to gather in the square when a non-biological anomaly, such as a rift, erupted. But now that the city has been abandoned, the heart of the city has lost its effectiveness, and it is just an ordinary square.

"Dude, let's make a fossil into mud, control the point range, don't collapse the wall. A few of you, take the opportunity to dig quickly, be careful when digging, and don't touch things that shouldn't be touched. ”

"Wind, wind, I want the wind, it's full of poisonous gas, which of you is a mage, give some wind here, such a small entrance, wait for the poisonous gas to dissipate by itself until tomorrow." ”

"Wait, wait for me to put on a detection spell, I'm worried that there are magic traps here, so be careful. Nonsense, I know it's been more than four thousand years, the problem is that the magic trap that has been set for more than four thousand years is sometimes more terrifying than the one just set, because no one knows when it will blow up. ”

The excavation site is in full swing, more than 50 workers shuttle between the ravines, and are directed by more than 20 experts and adults to run around, tired and out of breath, and the experts are not easy, they are not just moving their mouths, everyone is highly concentrated, lest they accidentally destroy any important items, that will be regretted for a lifetime.

It can be said that inside the excavation site, there is the domain of experts and workers, and there is only a small mercenary group of ten people, led by their leader, a mercenary of the silver rank, who patrols back and forth on the construction site. The task of these people is to be ready to deal with emergencies at any time, from the collapse of buildings to the subsidence of the ground, to the digging of some ancient demonic beasts from the soil.

Well, the Ancient Beasts are not their responsibility, they are the mercenaries on the ground, such as Mia and the mercenaries she hires.

Outside the excavation site, there were more than forty ordinary mercenaries left in three groups, one group standing guard on the watchtower, always keeping an eye on the movement around the camp. Now it's not in a safe city, this is a dangerous wilderness, not to mention medium-sized magical beasts, even a few insects crawling into it may kill people, if you are not careful, half of the people in the camp will already be dead.

The second group was the most combat-ready, and their detachments were stationed at different positions in the camp, ready to move at any time.

The last group patrolled back and forth between the barracks and the construction site, the danger in the wilderness is not only from the ground, but also from the sky, the shadows on the ground are not necessarily ordinary birds, in the name of the three plague vultures in the morning, if it weren't for the female swordsman who always hid behind the priesthood who heard the movement and rushed over in time, and joined forces with the winged man who liked to fly around in the sky to kill these three magical beasts, the mercenaries would have held a funeral ceremony at night.

This is also the reason why high-level mercenaries are the most laid-back in their daily lives, eating and sleeping every day, and then wandering up and down the excavation site, without causing dissatisfaction among others. In the past seven days, the camp has encountered several attacks by powerful demonic beasts, either overt or covert, and even the raid of a group of wilderness thieves of more than a hundred people, all of which were solved by these high-level mercenaries themselves. Everyone has a clear division of labor, each performs its own duties, trivial matters are responsible for ordinary mercenaries, and high-level mercenaries take action at critical moments, among which the leader Mia is the most critical link, and all personnel scheduling is commanded by her.

Now, though, she's a little out of her mouth.

"Here, and here, the defense of these two points needs to be strengthened, hey, the manpower is a little insufficient. ”

In the largest barracks, high-ranking mercenaries are concentrated here, because ...... It's cool here.

Mia's two assistants are outside directing the digging, while she mostly stays with the high-ranking mercenaries. Although she was the leader of the excavation team, she had another identity after all, that is, the leader of this escort team composed of high-ranking mercenaries, so she only stayed in the barracks now, listening to the team members discussing issues very seriously.

A map of the camp's defenses spread out on the table, and the high-ranking mercenaries sat around in a scattered circle, and Duck stood next to the map, pointing and pointing on the map.

There are circles on the defense map, all kinds of lines are very complicated, and there are colorful small nails inserted, and the mercenaries' heads are big, although Duck has explained the meaning of various signs very seriously, but unfortunately, everyone is still dizzy to watch, and can only listen to him blankly, and no one can interject.

"Smack", Shuer's finger pressed on a marker on the map, slowly moving to the location of the point of reach.

"No, I can't. Similar situations have happened many times in the past few days, so Duck didn't need to look up to know who it was, shook his head and said, "The four people here can't move, the scout I brought with me reported yesterday that there is a litter of broken civet cats outside, and they stayed here to deal with the broken civets." ”

Shuer frowned, this is a kind of demonic beast that makes people have a headache, it is best to be safe, I am afraid that they want to find trouble, and they really have to leave a few people to keep an eye on them.

"I need at least three more people. Duck muttered, "The person staring at the ring-tailed lizard can't move, and neither can the person controlling the fly nest. ”

"Bring back the men from the direction of the Francel Rift. Shuer's fingers tapped on his thigh, "Just three, enough." ”

"What about burrowing spiders, those who like to hunt in groups at night, and the outer walls of the camp can't stop them, I don't want to wake up one night and see a few big spiders around me. ”

"Do spiders burrow?" Shure asked rhetorically.

"Well, you're trying to solve the problem all at once. Duck pondered, "Completely blow up the Francel Rift?"

"Fifty-seven meters long crack in the ground, it's not difficult to blow up the entrance and exit alone. ”

"What should I do if the induced collapse affects this side?"

"Ask the experts. Shuer pointed to Mia, who was listening in a daze, "Dare to dig up ancient monuments, there must be experts in this field in the team." ”

Similar situations have occurred many times in the past few days, don't look at the first meeting etiquette when the two met for the first time was very unique, but once they entered the work state, they were surprisingly serious. It's not just them, although these high-level mercenaries are lazy and lazy on the surface, but in fact, everyone's attitude is very serious, after all, everyone knows that their current task is related to the safety of more than 100 people in the excavation site, and any negligence may lead to the casualties of the protected, and their professional ethics make them have to be serious.

"Yes, indeed. Although the topic of camp security could not be interjected, Mia still understood the last thing, and got up and walked out with a blank face, "I'll call him, you can ask him face to face." ”

However, before she could go out, the door was slammed open, and a member of the excavation team rushed in panting, "Master Mia, go and take a look, there is a discovery." ”