Chapter 232: Exploring the Ruins 7
Eddard looked inside the ruins over Chesterton's massive body, where they had come down right in the middle of a hall, the torches on the wall had been replaced by the Burgundian Forerunners with glowing hedron to avoid problems with the air.
There were not many cracks on the boulder wall, it was obviously quite solid, there were concave and convex squares for a week, which may have been the location of the windows before, but now they were also sealed, and some of the places that were originally picture frames were now empty, and they had long been looted, and the same was true on the ground, except for some huge rubble, the rest was empty.
Farther away, ordinary Burgundian warriors scattered out, checking every inch of the nook and cranny for foreclosure, the knights gathered in a circle, quietly on alert, waiting for their leader to come down, Carnegie sitting on a fairly intact stone chair, his head bowed and swaying slightly from side to side, as if muttering something to himself.
"Yo, the people below are paying attention!" As Ed looked around curiously, Raphael's cry was heard above his head, and the rope shook violently.
The boy dodged to the side, and watched a figure fall at a very fast speed, and only when it reached the low end did he tighten the safety rope violently to slow down the fall.
"Wow!" Raphael, who fell to the ground, waved his hand to Ed, and waited for the people next to him to come up to help him unlock it, and asked unsatisfied, can't you do it again?
The young man's heart was full of powerlessness, this one came purely with the mood of an outing, and he also played vertical rappelling! Looking at the stunned and disgusted expressions of the knights over there, Ed felt that if he was replaced, he would definitely be full of distrust of the three outsiders!
When the last of Barlogos arrived, the expedition began to go deeper, with a strong sense of purpose. They followed the planned route, and did not scatter or fork in the road to see everything.
Ed saw only a limited amount of vision, but was still amazed at the grandeur of the building. Huge columns support the tall spaces, and winding staircases connect platforms that divide them in mid-air. The remnants of the frescoes and reliefs are astonishing, and the original ruins must have been a temple for thousands of people to worship.
"Huh, there was a half-broken fragment of the idol here when I was here, and you cleaned it up as garbage?" said Raphael, fussing around a corner, complaining from time to time that the light was not good enough, but no one really paid any attention to him.
The more he walked inside, the more empty and lonely it became, and the ordinary warriors before gradually disappeared, only the footsteps of the more than a dozen people in the squad silently marched without stopping, and the noisy words of the magician made all the knights on the alert frown, and even Chesterton glared at him angrily.
Ed doesn't have the skills to care about others. He maximized his insight skills and ordered the Engraving Scan to record a topographic map.
Since accepting Deria's parting gift, Ed has discovered one thing, he no longer needs the help of engraving to use psionic energy, and it seems that the allegiance ceremony presided over by the girl has the same effect as the enlightenment ritual to some extent, completely stabilizing the spiritual energy in his body on the surface.
The current teenager can proudly declare that he is a real silver-level knight, and he is the kind of master who has a lot of hole cards and is desperate to even fear himself.
After discovering this, Ed was not as happy as he had expected. There are too many troubles to consider dealing with, and the simple happiness brought by this power increase can no longer satisfy him, not to mention the endless battles before, and there is no lack of psionic energy group stimulation at all. Now he has a quest beyond power.
The team moved on, and there was nothing worth their stay on the way, even if the light diminished after reaching the depths. Visibility was reduced, and these well-trained knights did not slow down. Until the passage became narrower and narrower, and the group had to line up.
Not far further. The lead, Barlogo, stopped, "We're here!"
Ed tilted his head, staggered the back of the person in front of him and looked forward, only to see a closed door blocking the front, Ballogo picked up the glowing stone in his hand and took a closer look, the metal door flashed with golden light, and a layer of imperceptible energy flow was fluctuating regularly.
"Oh! what a powerful sealing! a mixture of curses and spells, the masterpiece of the ancients, still shining brightly, I have to write it down!" Raphael's voice suddenly came from behind, and he put his hands on Ed's shoulders, jumping and jumping to the front to take a closer look.
Barlogo looked back at him in amazement, and he didn't think that this guy's unruly appearance hid far more than he imagined, and he could see the details of this gate at a glance, you must know how much effort the Grand Duke spent to open this door, and how many innocent lives died here.
Immediately he dispelled these thoughts, it was all in the past, it was all in the past, as long as this guy didn't disturb his actions, remembering that before leaving, the Grand Duke had promised that the magician who cooperated with him was neutral and would not affect their actions inside, Barlogo relieved himself a little, after all, many things to do next were not very glorious.
"Come on, perform the lock-picking ritual!" he commanded the two brothers behind him, and shrunk back to give up his first place.
Olaf's honest face flashed a hint of hesitation, but Eric, who was next to him, immediately began to act, he walked forward alone, and easily held Carnegie, who had been following him, and led him to the gate.
Olaf took Carnegie's other arm and had to step past Barlogo and stand at the front.
Ed's heart was full of doubts, and he wanted to stretch out his head to see everything clearly, but the Burgundian knights in front of him deliberately staggered their bodies from each other, blocking his vision tightly, Chesterton helped him hold down the shoulder of the man in front of him, and pressed his body up, the man dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but Chesterton still could not see the real situation in the front, and the human wall in front of him was too blocked in the narrow passage.
Eddard understood that the Burgundian didn't want outsiders like him to discover more of their secrets, and he glanced at the magician behind him, only to see that his eyes lit up, and he looked straight ahead, as if he had passed through the obstacle and could see directly.
Of course, the boy himself has a method, he is not willing to wait stupidly in the back, the insight skill is fully released, and the situation at the end is fed back bit by bit, this ability is not very easy to use in the face of objects far higher than himself, such as Carmen, but these people in front of him are not able to perceive.
However, it was to Ed's surprise to actually "see" what these Burgundians were doing. (To be continued......)