The mage arrives

() Walking into the secret room, under the white glow of the light technique, Gordon felt as if he had stepped into another secret world.

This is a living room full of life, with exquisite and elegant elf furniture on the walls, a sofa in the middle, a cup and a sugar cube on the coffee table.It's just that because of the age, the coffee in the cup has long since dried up, and the sugar cube has turned into an unidentified lump of brownish red.

Because it is well sealed, there are no annoying little creatures such as mosquitoes and spiders to patronize here, and there is no dust, so it is like when the owner just left thousands of years ago, it still remains the same.

Gordon saw a photo on a set of low cabinets—well, it seems unreasonable to use the word photo. To be precise, this is a magic painting rubbed using the imaging technology developed by the illusion school. Comparable to photos.

Above is a couple of rijing elves. The man is in full military uniform, with a rapier on his waist. He is full of heroism. He is a typical rijing elf soldier.Gordon guessed that he was the original owner of this room.Beside this elf soldier, is a woman wearing a green mage robe with gold patterns, long silver hair, beautiful facial features, and a soft and happy expression.

On the picture frame, a line of words "Auston and Delia, in aore 3" is engraved in beautiful wavy Elvish script.

The word "aore" means "epoch" in Elvish.The completion date of this painting was in 882 of the third era.It happened to be the year when the Netherdulan Magic Empire attacked Danzig City.

Gordon scanned the room, and found many things left by the couple Auston and Delia.

A silver crown, with a card next to it, said "Birthday gift for Dilia, in aore 3".

A pair of exquisite buckskin gloves, also placed a card next to it, with the words "3rd wedding anniversary, gloves made by Di Liya for me, in aore879".

Things like this, full of sweet memories of the couple, and cards made by a special person to illustrate them, are everywhere in the room.

Gordon felt as if he had suddenly broken into someone else's dusty memory, and then dug out those fragments of the past that were buried deep underground one by one.

The life of this rijing couple is undoubtedly happy and perfect, which makes Gordon even more curious about how they ended up in the face of war.Is it a happy ending that survived the disaster and finally returned to the Eternal Isle, continued to live a happy life, and gave birth to a large group of children, or did they both die in the flames of war?

Everyone has a gossip mentality and the desire to peek into other people's secrets.Gordon is no exception.

He continued to search in the house, and finally in a drawer, he found a diary made from the leaves of a huge tree of life.

The leaves of the tree of life will hardly turn yellow and rot with the passage of time like ordinary paper, and can be preserved for thousands of years. After a little treatment, it will be a very high-quality writing material.

Gordon took out the diary and found that there seemed to be some kind of hard object stuck in the middle.He opened it and saw that it was a ring.

Rijing has many unique features in metal maintenance technology. This silver ring has been sleeping deep underground for such a long time, but it is still as bright as new. Under the white light, it emits a shining metallic luster , without the slightest sign of oxidation blackening.

There is a hexagonal transparent gemstone inlaid on the ring—no, to be precise, this gemstone was supposed to be colorful, but because the magic power stored in it was exhausted, it turned into a glass-like colorless state .

Gordon tried to put the ring on his finger, and suddenly found that the ring, which was originally a bit loose for his finger, suddenly shrank a little automatically, and it fit perfectly on his finger!

"It's actually like this!" Gordon showed a surprised expression. He thought that everything in this room had lost its last vitality with the passage of time, but he didn't expect this ring to be an exception.

What surprised him even more was that after the ring was put on his hand, the system's cold and smooth notification sound suddenly came out in his mind: "The ring of Titus has completely exhausted its energy, and it needs to be fully charged before it can be used again." activation."

Titus...

Gordon muttered the word silently.He remembered that it seemed to be the name of the goddess of blood, vengeance and battle.

That is a completely neutral deity, but both himself and his believers are very mysterious and low-key.Even if she has existed for three eras and belongs to the patriarchal deity, her temples and religious organizations are rarely seen on the mainland.

Gordon played with the Ring of Titus, but found nothing special.He simply put it in the dimensional bag, and then began to look through the diary.

"In order to fight against the powerful spells of those hateful humans, Delia was conscripted into the army mage group to assist Master Shengyang in magic research. Oh, my poor Delia, she was just a peace-loving believer who served the forest goddess , but had to be involved in the war. I hope she won't be too distressed because of it."

Gordon did not expect that he would get such a huge amount of information from the first page of diary he read.The "Master Shengyang" in the text obviously refers to Alavi Shengyang.This happy couple actually has something to do with Gordon's ultimate goal of this trip, the powerful rijing psychic mage.

He continued to look through.

"Recently, the enemy's siege has been increasing. Most of the time, I can only hide here underground, listening to the rumbling explosions from the ground, powerless. I hope Master Shengyang can find a way to shoot down those flying warships as soon as possible. , to turn the tide of battle. Damn humans, why are they able to create such a terrible war machine? I don’t know how Delia is doing? At least she stays in the heavily guarded tree of life, which is better than us being reduced to gophers. better soldiers."

Gordon continued to look back. As time went by, the handwriting on the diary became more and more scribbled, and the content of the narration became shorter and shorter. state of mind.

"Finally, the five flying warships that brought destruction and death to Danzig City were destroyed. But this is not a victory, but the beginning of a disaster. The unknown fog leaked from the destroyed warships caused a lot of damage to the city. Fortunately I stayed underground and survived.

"The army of the human empire is still surrounding us. Our counterattack force is drying up day by day, like a bleeding patient, dying slowly. Failure is inevitable... I don't care about the war anymore, I just hope Get out of this damn place with Delia."

"Di Liya hasn't contacted me for half a month. What happened to her? No, I have to go to the tree of life to find her! She is my wife, and this is my responsibility!"

After turning over the last page of the diary, Gordon let out a sigh of relief.However, the final outcome is still not revealed.The person who wrote this ri diary, the leader of the rijing elf squadron named Auston, did not know if he found his wife Delia in the end.And what kind of role does Alavi Shengyang play in the story of this couple?

Gordon left the living room and sealed the exit again.Since the owner wants to bury this room and all the memories, it is best for me, the uninvited guest who accidentally uncovered it, to restore it to its original appearance.However, he took the weird Titus Ring away without hesitation.

Full of unsolved mysteries, Gao went to bed and had a restful sleep.

Early the next morning, just after he got up and washed, a big metal man came to the door.

"I'm Rivet 050, the master hopes to meet you."

It turned out to be a familiar "person".

Looking at this constructed creature whose appearance and voice are the same as other constructed creatures, maybe outsiders can't tell the difference except for themselves, Gordon nodded and said: "Okay."

Led by Rivet 050, Gordon quickly came to the exit of the residential area, and then joined another pair of people.

"Spark 227, good morning, how was the engine oil last night?"

"Rivet 050, good morning. The engine oil is good, and the lubrication is three percent higher than usual."

When the two constructs were greeting each other, Gordon asked Jier, "You were brought out too?"

The blond lady nodded: "Yes. It seems that the mysterious master is going to meet the two of us."

After the two humans also greeted each other, they continued to move forward under the leadership of the metal servant.

They passed through a warehouse, a warehouse unlike any other.

Looking at the mountains of gold nuggets piled up on both sides of the road, Gordon, whose eyes were almost dazzled by the golden light, couldn't help but asked, "Isn't your master adding the necessary protective measures here? So much gold, just piled up at random. On both sides?"

Even as the young lady of the Phoenix family, Ji'er, who was used to seeing wealth and splendor since she was a child, widened her eyes and looked surprised.

There is simply too much wealth stored here.

However, the metal biological rivet 050, which is completely different from the values ​​of the two humans, said: "Gold is too soft. Apart from the useless decorative value, it has no use for the owner. If you like, you can take it away at will."

Although he is well off now, Gordon, who has experienced poverty, is still very sensitive to money.Hearing what Rivet 050 said, he really wanted to pounce on it immediately and fill his dimensional bag with gold bricks.

However, reason prevented him from doing so. Instead, he continued to follow the two metal servants, left the warehouse full of gold, and finally came to a cold and spacious magic laboratory full of various instruments.

Rivet 050 and Spark 227 ordered Gordon and Jill to wait here, and then left silently.

after awhile.

Bang clang... clang clang...

There was the crisp sound of metal rubbing against each other, and a man in full body armor came out from the dark passage at the other end of the laboratory.

Gordon noticed that his, or its helmet, was dark and empty. (To be continued.)