The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 494: Reserlo Canyon

"If that's the case, I have no problem with that."

"With these two Your Majesties here, even if Lord Ryan wants to take away some information on ancient goblin technology, I'm afraid he won't be able to do it." The old man with the pipe pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed.

However, from his expression, it can be seen that the old man with the cigarette butt seemed to agree reluctantly.

It is likely that the statement just made by Deputy Speaker Bertrand forced him to make a compromise.

The military general saw this, thought about it, nodded, and said, "Since we can contact these two Your Majesties to participate, the next rescue operation will be much more certain. I heard that His Excellency Ryan is very powerful, and I agree."

"In that case, then it's settled!" Bertrand also smiled.

"Senator Trena, I'll leave it to you from now on."

"Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker."

The beautiful congresswoman Trena nodded with a calm expression, but she was relieved in her heart.

She had a feeling that Lord Ryan would go to the ruins whether they agreed or not.

Guobin Manor, a luxurious single-family villa.

"Ryan, you want to go alone to Zetaia to explore an unknown ruins of an ancient goblin empire?" Menia couldn't help but look at Ryan in surprise.

"Yes, Your Highness Menia. This is related to my current advanced meditation method. Perhaps you should take a look at this." Ryan said sincerely.

At the same time, he also took out an ancient parchment map and displayed it on the coffee table. It was the map from the ruins of the Walzig School.

Before coming, Ryan had thought about how to get Menia to agree.

He thought about it and decided to reveal part of the secret and explain the reasons from the perspective of advanced meditation.

Because for the Dawn Wizard, the advanced meditation method is almost irreplaceable, that is to say, if he is not allowed to find it, it would be equivalent to cutting off his retreat.

This is something that all Dawn Wizards cannot accept.

Menia looked at the map carefully, looked at Ryan with a little surprise, and said:

"I didn't expect you to have such an ancient map."

"The advanced meditation method you practiced is 'Heart of Steel', right?"

"Yes, Your Highness Menia." Ryan nodded.

He was not surprised that Menia knew the name of the advanced meditation method of the Bishu Construction School.

"Well, I heard that the Bishu Construction School only has the 'Heart of Steel' advanced meditation method up to the fourth level. I didn't expect that the fifth level is here."

"Ryan, in principle I agree with you going, but not now. This place is too dangerous." Menia shook her head and said.

Ok?
Ryan didn't expect that although Menia agreed, he asked him to go later.

Seeing Ryan's surprised expression, Menia slowly narrated:

"I have received confidential information from the Empire's spies. This site is likely to be the site of the ancient capital of the Goblin Empire. The risk of exploration is very high."

"According to reliable information, the Federation has lost several high-level exploration teams in succession."

"So, I suggest you wait until you have more information about the ruins before considering going there."

Ryan really didn't expect that Menia had also learned about the ruins.

After a moment's thought, Ryan said:
"Your Highness Menia, the follow-up to the advanced meditation method I need is likely to be on a corpse in the ruins. In other words, the Federation does not need to explore the entire ruins. It is possible to find it during the exploration process."

"What do you think, if it is acquired by the Federation, what conditions do I have to pay to exchange it from the Federation?"

"This..." Menia's eyes flickered, obviously thinking of something.

Yes! If the Federation obtained it and used it to invite Ryan to join the Federation, most of the Dawn Wizards would not refuse.

"So how do you sneak into the ruins?"

"I plan to accept the invitation from Federal Senator Terena to visit the Principality of Heidelberg. The city of Zetaia, where the ruins are located, also happens to be in the Principality of Heidelberg. I will find an opportunity to visit there then."

"If all goes well, I should be able to meet you there before the delegation arrives in Zetaia."

"Ryan, it seems that you are very close to this female congressman." Menia glanced at Ryan with a smile and said.

"Uh" Hearing this, Ryan didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Now, this site has been discovered by the Federation, and there must be alerts around it. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to sneak in." However, Menia only mentioned it once and then returned to the topic again.

"This is a transformation ring. As long as you imagine someone's appearance in your mind, you can change into that person's appearance." Menia said as he took off a ring in his hand and handed it to Ryan.

"Well, thank you, Your Highness Menia." Ryan took the ring after a slight hesitation.

However, he still had some doubts in his heart at this moment, that is, Menia seemed to be too good to him.

"When do you plan to leave?"

"If you agree, I plan to set out early tomorrow morning."

"Well, be safe. We will meet you in Zetaia." Menia nodded and said.

"Thank you, Your Highness Menia. I will be careful."

That evening, Trena was a little busy.

After visiting Lords Tirion and Hernandez in succession, she hurriedly contacted Ryan.

After everything was ready, early the next morning, a streamlined long-distance airship carrying Ryan and his party flew south at high speed.

at dusk.

Zetaia, Reseró Canyon.

Ryan, Swordmaster Tirion, Dawn Wizard Hernandez and their group have arrived at the bottom of the Rethero Canyon.

Looking at the long and narrow canyons on both sides, Ryan felt a little strange. Generally speaking, natural canyons formed by wind erosion, water impact or glacial movement are mostly of varying widths.

But this canyon seems a little too uniform.

Just now he noticed that from beginning to end, the width of the canyon was about a hundred meters, stretching for dozens of miles.

In addition, the depth of the canyon exceeded his expectations.

The deepest area is nearly 1,500 meters deep.

For example, now, everyone is in the middle of the canyon, near the deepest part, looking up at the sky from the bottom, and the blue sky they see is just a narrow gap.

"It doesn't look like this canyon was formed naturally."

Ryan couldn't help but murmured softly.

"Mr. Ryan has a keen observation." Hernandez on the side smiled, as if he had heard Ryan's words.

"Oh? Your Majesty Hernandez knows about this canyon?"

Ryan's eyes lit up slightly and he looked at the other person with a smile.

"Yes, I have some understanding of it. According to research by federal archaeologists, this canyon was created no more than 10,000 years ago, and it is very likely that it was created thousands of years ago. Therefore, we speculate that it is most likely the product of a certain war."

"But because it's a new continent, there's too little information, so the details are still unclear," Hernandez said. Ryan nodded.

However, when he looked at the long canyon again, he was quite surprised.

"To cause this level of destruction, even a demigod may not be able to do it. Will the true body of a god come down?" Ryan thought to himself.

At this time, a capable federal lieutenant stopped, pointed to the rock wall in front and reported:

"My Lords, the entrance to the ruins is ahead."

The lieutenant's words interrupted Ryan's thoughts. He looked up and saw a huge hole on the nearly vertical canyon wall on his left.

The hole was roughly an irregular circle, tens of meters high, with a faint red glow inside and a burning breath emanating from it.

Although the entrance of the cave is very large, it is located in the deepest part of the canyon and there are many poisonous scorpions, prairie wolves, etc. along the way, so it is rarely visited by people.

After the group entered the cave, they found that many federal soldiers were quickly setting up tents and arranging various small defensive magic formations, but it seemed that they had just arrived not long ago and these works had just begun.

Seeing Ryan and his group coming in, everyone put down their work and saluted immediately. At the same time, a federal colonel with the highest military rank on the scene took two steps forward and said:
"My Lords, do you need a break?"

"No need. The ruins are just ahead," said Swordmaster Tirion, waving his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty Tirion, not far ahead."

"Well, you lead the way and briefly introduce the situation."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

While introducing, the colonel led everyone through a rock wall that was dozens of meters thick. Then, the road ahead suddenly opened up.

A huge, nearly circular city outline appeared in everyone's sight.

The entire city is located hundreds of meters below where everyone is at the moment. It is surrounded by dark red flowing magma, like a moat, surrounding this huge city.

I don’t know if it’s because of the magma gas or the light is too dim, but even with Ryan’s dark vision, he can only see the huge city in front of him shrouded in fog.

It was as if a giant beast was lurking there, with its bloody mouth open.

"I have a bad feeling that there must be something dangerous hidden there." Swordmaster Tirion's face became serious and he pointed to the city ahead and said.

“Well, otherwise, with Hiram’s strength, it would be impossible for him to not even get the news out.” Hernandez nodded, his face also solemn, and said.

"My lords, there is a simple steel bridge here. It should have been built by Lord Hiram's team before." The colonel pointed to the simple steel bridge suspended above the lava.

"Well, just send it here, and leave the rest to us." Tirion nodded.

Soon, the group crossed the steel bridge and officially entered this ancient goblin city.

Even at the edge of the city, the outlines of houses dozens of meters away could not be seen clearly, and the smoke-like mist filled the sky above the entire city.

"My Lords, the traces of Lord Hiram and the two previous teams disappeared here."

At this time, the federal lieutenant who was exploring the way ahead suddenly stopped and turned around to report.

"Huh? The footprints disappeared here?" Sword Master Tirion frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir!" The lieutenant nodded affirmatively.

Ryan couldn't help but bend down to take a look. Sure enough, the multiple footprints on the ground suddenly disappeared in front of him.

The floor here is paved with square marble blocks. There was thick dust on it before, but the area in front of me was unexpectedly clean.

"That shouldn't be the case. If the disappearance of human footprints and the volcanic ash can explain it, then Hiram is controlling Prototype No. 1. It's impossible for such a huge golem not to leave some traces."

Swordmaster Tirion frowned.

Ryan nodded, but didn't say anything. Instead, he stood up and looked forward.

I saw that the houses in front were almost intact and the streets were unusually clean, as if the residents of the city had disappeared in a short period of time and the entire city was frozen in a certain period of time.

At this moment, he faintly heard the sound of some gears turning in the distance.

However, the sound seemed to come from deep within the city, and at the current distance, it was only faintly audible.

"I feel like there's something there watching us." Tirion frowned and pointed ahead.

Although he didn't see any enemy movements, the Sword Master's keen perception would not lie.

"I also feel an obscure aura." Hernandez casually cast a water spell, and a flickering blue symbol floated in the air.

“There’s definitely something wrong with this city.”

"You two, how about we just use our killing moves to destroy this area? That way, even if there is something hidden in there, we can force it out." The Swordmaster Tirion proposed a very simple and crude plan.

"Not right!" Ryan and Hernandez said almost at the same time.

"If Hiram is not dead but hiding somewhere, then our joint attack may accidentally injure or even kill him directly," Hernandez explained.

If three epic fighters join forces, I'm afraid they can directly destroy a small half of the city ruins in front of them.

"That's right, Lord Tirion, we are here to save people, so we must first find out whether the other party is alive or dead." Ryan nodded and agreed.

This time he came to find Lord Hiram, no matter whether he was dead or alive, he must get the witchcraft.

In addition, try to find traces of the exploration team of the ancient wizard school Valzig, especially the remains of the owner of the black-skinned diary, the leader of the Valzig school himself.

If powerful witchcraft were used to bombard it, the ruins would probably cover everything, and it would be impossible to find any trace.

"Well, in that case, let's go in. With the three of us, even if we can't explore it completely, we should be able to leave."

Seeing that neither of them agreed, Tirion did not insist, but took the lead and walked in front.

Ryan and Hernandez were in the middle, and the remaining elite federal soldiers were behind, moving forward.

After walking for about a few dozen meters, Tirion suddenly stopped and said:
"Did you hear that?"

“Female voice.”

“It’s becoming more and more obvious.”

As the team stopped, everyone, including Ryan, seemed to hear a female voice whispering something.

But no matter how hard you listen, you can't hear clearly what the other person is saying.

Even Hernandez, a knowledgeable veteran Dawn Wizard, could not hear clearly what the other party was saying.

"No, this is some kind of mental influence." Ryan suddenly said in a deep voice.

Because when he turned around, he found that the elite federal soldiers at the level of knights and grand knights behind him had their eyes rolled back and they involuntarily wandered away in all directions.

"Purification!"

A stream of light blue water suddenly spread out in front of Hernandez, forming ripples that covered the federal soldiers around him.

However, even though the light blue ripples swept across these soldiers many times, it seemed unable to wake them up.

"It's ineffective?" Hernandez opened his eyes slightly, very surprised!

And at the same time.

A burst of dense "clicking" sounds came from not far ahead.
(End of this chapter)