Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Giant Star Totem Array
The enclosed chamber is made entirely of rocks, which are accessed through tunnels, which Baroque finds to be five meters in diameter and cylindrical in shape. Through the light of the torches, you can see that the rock wall is covered with regular marks.
If you speculate according to the Baroque, the surface of the ruins is a huge totem array with a radius of several miles. Then there is no doubt that this secret room should be one of the six main nodes of the totem array, because those marks were obviously inlaid with special metal or other substances, which played a role in linking the totem pole and the entire totem array. It's amazing to think about............ The five-meter-diameter chamber obviously needed to house a totem pole that was too large to be added. There is no doubt that except for the core of the Tree of Life of the Elven Race, and it must also be the core of the ancient tree of life that is tens of thousands of years old, and the other ordinary totem poles simply cannot withstand the power brought by the operation of the entire large array. The Baroque can even imagine...... Back then, in order to build this super totem array, the orc King Maodun didn't know what unimaginable horror he had done to the elves. After all, for the elves, they would never agree to let the orcs cut down the ancient tree of life.
The special metal filled with inlays in the marks on the rock wall should have been pried open and hollowed out, and the catastrophe suffered by the Great Totem Array can be imagined. Even the Baroque guessed that the entire large array of tunnels should also be inlaid with aquamarine gold. Such a terrifying scale would have taken almost dozens of the largest kyanite gold bonanzas to be able to do so. You can imagine the shock of the heyday of this great array. By this time, the Baroque had no hope of finding treasure here. When the human race captured this place, I am afraid that they would have dug three feet into the ground and looted all the valuable things, so as not to leave anything valuable for future generations.
Of course, the purpose of his visit was not for the treasure, but for the relics of the ancestors themselves. I don't want to sweep away the excitement of the hot-blooded Tim and others. Several people began to look around the chamber. This is supposed to have suffered a huge impact, because it had collapsed, only half of it was exposed, and the other half was blocked by rubble. But Taem had his own special method, and the last of the Chilin gophers in his hand were placed on the floor of the secret room. The fat gopher was like a dog, sniffing the rocky ground from side to side, and it was only then that Baroque realized that the rocks on the ground were not irregularly flat.
"There's a passage down there. Tim said suddenly after observing the gopher for a while.
The Baroque also found this. At this time, the four brothers of the Don Wolf had all finished exploring, and they were wandering around the secret room, and the morning star told Baroque through the sea of souls that the entire ruin was indeed a huge totem array, and they found the other five main nodes. Because of the collapse in many parts of the place, the other five nodes are all full of rocks, which is very dangerous, and at least hundreds of people have been killed by the rocks here.
It can be said that the Baroque is very lucky, and perhaps the only way to enter the next level of ruins is this entrance in front of them. Tame and the others had already begun to move away from the rocks, and the Kirin gopher seemed to have discovered the secret passage in the rocks.
Baroque took advantage of the lack of attention and quietly picked up the four brothers of Don Wolf, and then joined the ranks of carrying the rocks. Soon, they cleared a clearing, and sure enough, a hole was revealed in the ground. It was supposed to be enclosed by a stone slab. It had collapsed due to the falling rocks above, and it was dark inside, but there was a stone staircase leading to the bottom.
No one knows what danger is below, and Tame and the others hesitate. Baroque picked up the torch (though he could barely use it at night) and said, "I'll go first, you follow me, and if there's any danger, go back at once." Nor do I wait for them to express words of gratitude. Baroque cautiously entered the passage, which was obviously too narrow for him.
With such a huge Super Totem Array, it was obviously impossible to leave only such a narrow passage into the underground space. Baroque speculated that the center of the totem circle should be the correct entrance, but the middle part was completely crumbled, as if it had been completely destroyed by a huge force. There is no access at all. As for the immediate ...... Maybe it's just convenient to maintain the totem pole and the large array directly linked to the magic circle, and the reserved maintenance channels? But it is precisely these passages that give the Baroque their chances.
The passage is not too long, as if the spiral staircase has been in the dark for more than ten minutes, almost descending dozens of meters into the next floor. Torches can only illuminate a small area in front of you. It was Tyme and the others who couldn't see their surroundings clearly, but Baroque's eyes that could see everything at night were in full view.
Sure enough, as he expected, there was nothing left here, and although it was more than ten times smaller than the upper floor, the space the size of a football field still seemed empty. It was completely destroyed, the ground was littered with rubble that had once been used for various sculptures, and the frescoes on the walls had been scraped off with sharp blades, and only some traces of carvings could be found in the corners, as well as the metal or hedron dents that had been inlaid on them. The central position is supposed to be a huge altar-like thing, but everything that once existed on it has been destroyed, and there is almost nothing but rock, or stone. There are no monsters and no traps.
Tame and the others didn't know Baroque's disappointment, and after realizing that they were safe around them, they excitedly walked around with torches. Because there were enough torches prepared, they would walk for a while from time to time and stick one on the ground. Soon, more than a dozen torches lit up the space.
"Damn, why isn't there anything here?, did some other adventurer come back then?" Hagen finally complained after some searching and finding nothing.
The others were also frustrated, and Taim was not reconciled, and walked to the central altar, releasing the Chilin gopher in his hand, and letting the little creature sniff and search for it. But this time the gopher didn't give him any response, apparently there was nothing around.
The five of them sat on the ground in frustration. They had great expectations, and even owed Baroque a lot of money, and although they successfully entered the ruins, they gained nothing, and all the things they wanted to do after they dreamed of making a fortune along the way came to naught.
Baroque was still standing still on the altar, and he found a problem that had been overlooked............ The ruins of this totem array can be believed to be the legendary royal court that belongs to the [Maudun] king, and is a place of pilgrimage for the orc race. But it has been completely destroyed by humans, and it has been buried deep in the gravel wasteland for thousands of years, so why has not a single giant sandworm, sand lizard, or giant sand snake or other animals living in the sand here for so many years, and even the smallest ants, beetles and other creatures have entered the habitat?
Obviously, this large array still has a trace of power to operate, protecting the dignity of the former beast clan's holy land, so that those creatures dare not enter and desecrate. So what is the force that sustains and protects this place? Baroque realizes that the core of that power must be the only thing he can expect to explore this place.
Since this power was able to evade the human raid back then, it was obviously extremely secretive, and this kind of thing could not be told to Tyme and the others, and it was difficult for the Hebrewonian wolf to play a role. The totem beast Rak finally came in handy, and Baroque let him quietly break away from his body, turning into a phantom and wandering through space in search of the source of his power, while he himself closed his eyes and searched for any clues.
Like a flash of inspiration in his mind, disillusioned in an instant, Baroque sensed the glimmer of power several times, but soon lost its trace. The same is true of Rak, the totemmon, who felt the power but couldn't pinpoint its location. But one thing is for sure, it's in this space.
"Let's go, we won't find anything to discover if we stay any longer. Tim was the first to stand up and comfort his companion: "At least we are the first adventurers to discover this place, and we can spread the word about it when we go out, our reputation will be even louder, and it will be much easier to find work in the future." β
Hagen stood up and couldn't help muttering: "Think about it first, we owe a lot of money to Aragorn......" Tim was dumbfounded, his adventure team boss really blushed, and looked at Baroque embarrassedly: "Hey, Brother Aragon, don't worry, we will pay off the debt, the reputation of the dragon and the Beamon adventure team has always been strong, and they will not do despicable things that owe money and repay debts, but you have to give us some time to ......." β
"You don't have to pay it back, do me a favor now, and all the debts will be written off." And I will also give you a large sum of gold coins, so that you can live the life of a noble lord for the rest of your life. At some point, Baroque seemed to have changed his temperament, his voice became serious, and an inoffensive aura appeared on his body, which stunned Tim and the others, and then trembled. ββββEven if you are not an idiot, you can see at this time that the person called Aragon in front of you is not a down-and-out adventurer at all, and he hides his identity.
"You...... Who are you?" Tyme had never felt such a suffocating coercion, and even the Sky Knight, the Legion Commander he had seen in the Darlintan Gong ** team, would not make it difficult for him to breathe. Obviously, Aragorn is a much more powerful person than the Sky Knight, perhaps a saint-level ............ The ghost believes that such a powerful character will have no purpose in joining an ordinary adventure party for an expedition. Maybe he's heard too many stories of intrigue and intrigue in the past, and Tym is worried that he will be wiped out!
Baroque had a hint of excitement on his face, even a little apprehension, he didn't answer, pointed to a few places, and then said to Tim and the others: "Move all the rocks out there and dig down." He threw out five mining shovels, which he bought at the blacksmith shop while no one was paying attention on the way. Tame and the others had no idea how the Baroque had conjured up five shovels, but they knew that it was best not to go against the words of the changed Aragon. One by one, they obediently picked up the shovel, walked to the designated position, removed the rubble, and began to dig up ......!
Not sure, but he and Lark were communicating with each other, perceiving little by little...... Maybe it's because of the identity of the orc, so that he can catch the traces of the moment, and finally determine the location of those power overflows, can't be too sure, but anyway, there is time, just dig it up and take a look. (To be continued.) )