Chapter 10: Bad News
"The Magic Tower is open!" cheers rang through every corner of the excavation team's camp, from the high-ranking mercenaries to the casual hired ordinary workers, everyone was showing their joy to the fullest.
It can be said that the more than 100 people in the camp are now divided into four camps, ordinary workers, expert groups, ordinary mercenaries and high-level mercenaries, each of the four camps has different minds, but everyone is the same in terms of looking forward to the early success of the excavation.
"Stop cheering. Duck frowned, and sharply stopped the cheerful cheers of the ordinary mercenaries, "Return to work immediately, you don't directly participate in the excavation, this matter has nothing to do with you." ”
Dark, of course, knew why the mercenaries were happy.
Because of Mia's trust, he was entrusted with the security command of the entire camp, which was built by him with two professional scout knights of the Knights, commanding more than fifty ordinary mercenaries, and it can be said that he is the commander-in-chief of the ordinary mercenaries.
In the process, he had already figured out the minds of these mercenaries, and their employment conditions were similar to those of high-level mercenaries, which were also based on one month, and they were paid at least one month, so the sooner they were completed, the easier it would be.
You don't have to sweat in bad weather, you don't have to be vigilant at all times if a bug will come out of the soil to send you to see Xiu'er, you don't have to be stared at by countless small and medium-sized demonic beasts all the time, and you don't have to worry about waking up to find that you have been wrapped in a spider sac, and you can get paid normally, what could be better than this.
Darker grew up from the most basic low-level mercenaries little by little, and he can understand the difficulties of low-level mercenaries very well, and he is not an unkind person, if he can, he doesn't mind ordinary mercenaries relaxing.
Unfortunately, absolutely not.
Warcraft don't rest because of good news, and they have to pay a price for relaxing.
"I really don't know what you're happy about, you think you can go home early, right, are you stupid? want to go home early, you should be looking forward to not being able to dig something, now that the magic tower has been dug up, it means that there is a lot of fine work to be done later, and you have to stay here for a long time, happy, I don't think you can cry too late." ”
Most of what Duck said was stealing concepts, but he had to beat the impetuousness and extravagance in the hearts of the mercenaries, otherwise such a small detail would likely lead to irreparable consequences.
"Mubek, take care of your men, Mirasa, are you all looking into the camp when you keep watching?Sean, what are you doing so loudly, and where are you supposed to be?"
Darker is really strict, but he is the idol of almost all mercenaries, and he is backed by a powerful mercenary group, those unruly mercenaries are crushed to death by him, and they don't dare to resist at all, and it must be admitted that Mia is indeed a good person
"Thank you. However, as she passed by Shuer, Mia thanked her lightly. Aside from Shure, only Saf, who had the closest hearing, heard it, and couldn't help but look at Mia with a puzzled look, not knowing what she was thanking for.
Because Saf didn't know, Duck was only authorized by Mia to lead the team to build the camp in advance, but after a one-on-one detailed discussion with Shure, he completely handed over the command of security to him.
During this period, Shuer said many theories, such as what kind of person should understand people's hearts, such as what the way to use people is to make the best use of things, etc., these Mia did not fully understand, but it turned out that he was right, and the situation was exactly as Shuer expected, and everything was developing in a good direction.
From the beginning to the present, although small problems and small crises appear frequently, and many people are sent to Shuer every day, there has never been a real crisis, and no one has died, although this is also a little related to the existence of the powerful healer Shuer, but Dak's regulation is an indispensable reason.
Mia knew that if she let herself decide, she would never easily give up the command of security to Dark, so she felt that she had to say thank you to Shure, although he often came up with some nonsense that always sounded like **, which made Mia want to deduct his payment, but when it was time to say thanks, she still couldn't fool around.
Ignoring these ordinary mercenaries who had been taught by Dark, the high-ranking mercenaries followed closely behind Mia and rushed towards the excavation site, and the apprentice who had just run to inform him was sweating profusely and trotting in front to lead the way.
No one asked him what he found something stupid, if he could say a word or two clearly, he would have said it a long time ago, since he remained silent and chose to hurry away, it was obvious that the abnormalities found were more difficult to explain, and it was better to go and see it himself than to ask and add pressure to him.
Seen, to be exact, perceived.
More than half of the magic tower, which has been buried deep underground, has been excavated, and a large number of climbing frames have been erected around it. It is not appropriate to say that it is dug up, but a circular ditch more than 20 meters deep around the magic tower, so that most of the magic tower can be seen again.
The original tower was closed, and the mages could only vaguely sense the activity of the energy inside by clinging to the outer wall of the tower, but now someone has found out the weak point of the building and broken the outer wall of the tower, and the fluctuations of energy are revealed from the gap, even if they are separated by more than ten meters, they can clearly sense the violent activity of the residual energy in the magic pool.
In addition to energy fluctuations, there is also light.
At the crack that was opened, there was light coming out continuously, and the light was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and it looked full of danger.
"Everybody stand back, now, right now. Mia's movements froze, and before she could say anything, the necromancer who had always been by her side had changed his face, and subconsciously rushed to the front and shouted, "Are you all a group of crazy people, the balance of the magic pool is broken, and it may explode at any time, can't you feel it, even if ordinary people can't perceive it, you should know that the energy is not normal when you look at the light, you all want to die so much? ”
"No way. A few scholars stayed outside, and although the necromancer named Miridy could pinch these ordinary people to death with his fingers, they refused without fear, "Do you know how difficult it is to find a pioneer ruin with a magic tower? ”
"Okay, if you want to die, I'll meet your requirements. It just so happens that I am short of bones, or you have signed an agreement to give me the corpse before you died, and I will send you to see Seralul, the book of wisdom. Miridy shook her red hair, her gaze contemptuous as if she were looking at a swarm of ants, "Do you know that if all of you die here, it will bring incalculable damage to the Blue Tower and even to the entire academic community." How much do you hate Mia so much that you want to exchange your own death for the rest of her life and not be able to gain a foothold in the Blue Tower?"
"You're going too far. Mia kept a straight face, her voice undulating, "They're ...... too"
"Flat-chested, can you shut up? I got you to interject when I talked?Did I not make you cry enough the night before?" the necromancer squinted at Mia, his eyes full of oppression, as if he condescendingly reprimanded the superior of the servant, "I haven't entertained you for dozens of hours, you forgot what you should do, knelt down and licked my feet." ”
"Poof", Shuer almost squirted out his saliva, the red-haired necromancer has been ignoring everyone these days, and looking at people with contempt is like looking at a group of reptiles, which is really exciting...... Ahem, it's too unpleasant, the most important thing is that even people like Duck are avoiding her from afar, Shuer is naturally very smart to hide far away, now it seems too wise, this guy looks beautiful, I didn't expect the speech to be so vigorous.
"It seems that the experience of being turned into an ice sculpture and put on display on the rooftop has not taught you how to behave. Mia's expression didn't change in response to the necromancer's words, but her hair was windless, and her fingers were also spell marks, "It's a pity that I wasn't seen last time, but this time there are a lot of people, I'm helping you remember it." ”
"Ahem, two, two. Xiuer couldn't help it, although it was really cool to continue watching, especially Lin Jingzheng, who had played himself once, was full of interest in watching, and his eyes were about to flash, but his reason still prevailed, "We both want to watch the performances, no, no, no, I mean, we are not interested, and besides, have you forgotten something?"
Of course, there is also a magic tower at your foot that could explode at any time.
"Hmph. At the same time, he glared fiercely at Shuer, and the two mages turned their gazes away, no longer glaring at each other.
Hmmm, why are you glaring at me? I'm innocent. Besides, I'm right, shouldn't I think about this ticking time bomb now, why do I end up being stared at by two women together?
Because you don't know how to count, Lord Priesthood, it's three people staring at you right now, and you've missed the Miss Lin Jing who was robbed of her fun.
"Doyle, you go and give the order, and everyone get out. Mia hadn't completely lost her mind and knew what to choose, "Don't leave any of them, whether it's the workers or our people." If the magic tower really explodes, you won't be able to withstand it. ”
"But, Master Mia. The scholar who had just been threatened by Miridy looked unwilling, "Those ......"
"Come out, don't worry, someone will move everything out of there. Mia glanced at Miridy, a sworn enemy, "If nothing else, it's already in the process of tidying up, right?" ”
"Hmph, who cares about you. Miridy turned her head to look into the distance, "Move on your own." ”
It seems that Mia, as the person in charge of this excavation operation, is still in a very high position, even if those scholars are reluctant, after receiving Mia's order, they still leave the magic tower angrily, watching those gray-haired old people deliberately ignore Mia, while stumbling and muttering to remind Mia that she is very angry, and behaving like a group of awkward children, which makes people feel particularly funny.
However, the old scholars soon stopped making trouble, because after they were a few minutes away from the magic tower, they saw a group of small animals composed of white bones, carrying all kinds of items surging with magical energy, running out of the construction site in a line, putting down their things in front of the scholars, and then turning around and running into the magic tower again.
At this moment, a group of old people were happy, as if they had found some interesting toy, and sat on the ground completely regardless of the image, more than twenty people gathered in a circle, one by one to look at the magical antiquities from thousands of years ago. They look like a group of children sharing toys, but listen to what they talk about...... Well, basically incomprehensible.
"Whew", even Mia, who always shows no emotion, can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, most of these scholars are ordinary people, so fragile that they can't talk about strength at all, but the knowledge in their heads is the most valuable asset in academics, even if you lose a person, it will be heartbreaking, which is why Mia spent a lot of money to hire many mercenaries to protect the excavation team, and if she really let the magic tower explode and kill them all, I'm afraid even Mia herself can't forgive herself, fortunately, someone is still reliable, hum.
"Flat-chested, something isn't quite right. "Directing a group of undead to carry things at the same time is not easy for a necromancer, and it is said that it should not be distracted, but Militi seemed to have discovered something at this time, and said with a frown, "I don't think this tower is normal, well, just as abnormal as you." ”
"Exhibitionists, if you have nonsense, say it quickly. Mia's face was cold, but her heart was already vigilant, "What did you think?"
"Don't you think it's unreasonable for more than four thousand years to have energy in the energy pool of the magic tower, especially since these energies are still active, as if they may explode at any time?"
"Nonsense, isn't what we're looking for something unreasonable? There is an unreasonable phenomenon, which means that there is a technology behind us that is beyond our understanding as support, if it is all reasonable, then why are we going to go to the wilderness and take off our clothes**?"
"If you dare to take the opportunity to sarcastically mock me again, we'll see you in the evening. Militi snorted coldly, "There should be a degree of unreasonableness, if we are facing a magic tower that was unmaintained a thousand years ago, then I will never say anything, advanced technology can definitely be found in it." But what was more than 4,000 years ago, this is already exaggerated, and it is not like advanced knowledge can explain it. ”
"So what?" Mia had a foreboding feeling.
"So I went into the mana pool and looked. ”
"Are you crazy, this kind of instability you dare to approach the area around the magic pool casually? Do you know that if you break the balance and really induce an explosion, your divided consciousness will be destroyed, and your spirit will be greatly affected? Do you want to enjoy a headache for several years? Or do you want to keep your strength at the current level for the rest of your life?"
"Well, isn't this time to worry about whether the new knowledge will be destroyed by the explosion?Isn't her concern a little delicate?" Shul pressed to Saf's ear, and the voice could only be heard by two people.
Nasty ghosts, nasty ghosts, you secretly speak ill of people. Saph blushed and lowered his head and snickered, this kind of thing that everyone understands, don't deliberately say it or not, so you are a nuisance.
"Idiot flat-chested, I'm measured, and I'll run away in time if something goes wrong. The necromancer gave his mortal foe a blank look, "Besides, isn't it safe for me to get in?"
"What did you find?" Glaring at Miriday's chest, then again, and then again, Mia suppressed the anger in her chest.
"The good news is that the magic tower won't be destroyed by the explosion, but the bad news is that the entire excavation site will be destroyed. "I don't know if you've heard of a biological phenomenon called energy-based mutation. ”
"Hell. Mia's face changed suddenly, not only her, but also the faces of the high-level mercenaries became not very good-looking, Mia directly used the illusion technique, and the voice spread throughout the excavation site, "Alarm, secondary alarm, all non-combatants, immediately enter the underground shelter, ordinary combatants are transferred to the perimeter of the shelter to guard, and the high-level mercenaries gather with me as the target and prepare for battle." ”