Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 428: Earthsea Disaster
Everyone stood at the edge of the huge sinkhole, stunned for a long time and unable to recover.

The Eye of Illusion swallowed hard and asked in a hoarse voice, "Teacher... the tide has completely receded. Should we...should we go down and take a look?"

Before Duncan could reply, the Astrologer spoke in a deep voice, "We can't proceed recklessly! Putting aside the unknown dangers that may exist within the ruins, the airship's fuel is running low. We must first seek assistance from Spark City and then report the discovery of the suspected Eternal Night ruins to City Lord Harvey."

Duncan pondered for a moment, then nodded approvingly. "Yes, the ruins are at the bottom of the pit. The tide will naturally rise and fall at dawn and dusk, and they will surface. Let's not act rashly tonight. Let's report the situation first and then make a decision."

In this way, they could also arrange people next to the pit to observe and calculate the frequency and time of the tide rise and fall, so as to avoid accidents when they really went down to the ruins at the bottom of the pit.

The Eye of Illusion muttered softly, "If the City Lord knew about this, he would definitely not allow us to go directly down. Given his cautious nature, he would most likely send a few exploration-type alchemy beasts... Then we would have no chance to see the legendary ruins of the Kingdom of Eternal Night with our own eyes..."

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After dinner, Harvey returned to his study and office on the second floor of the castle as usual, preparing to stay up late to deal with the municipal affairs that had accumulated in recent days.

Just after reviewing a few piled-up documents, he heard a sharp beeping sound coming from the central instrument of the magic brain - this was not the forum message that he usually ignored, but the information from the exploration team that he had always been paying attention to in his heart!
According to the agreement before the team set out, the messages sent at noon every day are normal daily reports, which will be received and fed back by the personal guards arranged by Harvey... and the messages sent back at non-fixed time periods will be directly transmitted to Harvey's magic brain center, bypassing the on-duty personnel.

Asdalen, who usually had to stay by Harvey's side even when "on standby to recharge", almost immediately had his eyes lit up with soul fire. He walked quickly from the wall where he had been standing quietly to the side of the magic brain and turned on the instrument before Harvey stood up.

[Wolf Walker: Lord City Lord, an urgent report to you! We have discovered what appear to be the remains of the Kingdom of Eternal Night in an area called the Ice Sea deep within the frozen earth.]

Seeing this straightforward message, Asdalen was stunned for a moment and subconsciously turned to look at his city lord.

Harvey sighed and whispered, "You come and communicate with them..."

[Alchemy Soul: I am Asdaren, the Lord of the City is with me right now... How are you doing? Are the enemies still following us from the unknown attack we encountered a few days ago?]

Wolf Walker: Fortunately, the airship is too fast, and they can't catch up... The frozen sea is endless, making it easy to spot the enemy. We can still deal with it and evade it for the time being...

Duncan truthfully reported the basic conditions of the two wounded members of the team, and requested an additional batch of magic potions to relieve injuries and pain. Somewhat to Harvey's surprise, he proactively requested an additional batch of ammunition for the magic gun... and the "Dragon Flame Edition" with greater range and power.

"It seems these spellcasters... after encountering a mysterious and powerful enemy, have finally realized the difference between their own magic power and the consumption of magical weapons, and are willing to put aside their prejudices and embrace the science of magic..."

Harvey nodded, raised his hand to call for his personal guard, and ordered him to go to the alchemy laboratory immediately, and asked Chris, who was on standby at all times, to prepare to send return fuel and supplementary supplies to the exploration team.

[Alchemy Soul: Next, how do you plan to confirm that the ruins of Eternal Night are in the sinkhole?]

[Wolf Walker: Naturally, we'll descend to the bottom of the pit and explore the ruins during the ebb and flow of the tide... We'll try to bring back some debris and use the teleportation array to return to Spark City for you to identify.] In this brief exchange, Harvey and Asdalen immediately understood the general situation of the ice sea pit and the unknown ruins the team was in.

Asdalen was silent for a moment, then sighed with regret, "My Lord, I don't think there's any need to verify this too much. In fact, apart from the City of Eternal Night, there are no other wizard kingdoms established by humans on the frozen sea..."

Although Asdalen, a mixed-race, had lost many memories after being trapped in the amber crystal for hundreds of years and only had some impressive fragments of the City of Eternal Night where he once lived, there was generally no deviation.

Harvey asked in confusion, "The City of Eternal Night is built on the sea ice? How did you do it? Did you build the city out of giant blocks of ice?"

Asdalen shook his head and smiled bitterly, "That's not the case. The city was built on a huge island that rose from the seabed in the icy sea. The island is made entirely of incredibly hard rock. Our ancestors simply cut the natural rock and used the island as the foundation for the city."

"I see... But this is really too much trouble." Harvey was still a little confused. "Why did your ancestors and family insist on spending so much manpower and materials to build a city standing alone on the icy sea in the depths of the northern wilderness, far away from the human homeland... Is there something there..."

Before he could finish his words, his body suddenly stiffened, and then he stared at Astaron with wide eyes, "Outpost! That's a huge outpost city! It's used to guard the front line of the human race... to monitor the alien enemies from the [Center of the Continent] in advance!"

An outpost city built and defended entirely by combat spellcasters, specifically designed to defend against and monitor the movements of alien races!

Unexpectedly, long before the Federation, the human spellcaster group had already taken on the arduous task of defending their tribe and fighting against alien races!
Duncan silently closed the crystal screen of the Magic Brain instrument, turned to look at the members of the exploration team guarding him, and smiled, "As you expected... Sir Harvey does not agree with us going down to the bottom of the pit to explore the interior of the Eternal Night Ruins."

The Eye of Illusion curled its lips, an expression that showed it had known this would happen. "See... the City Lord is so cautious. We have already risked our lives to get here. What else can we not try lightly?"

Duncan coughed twice, glared at his outspoken student, and stood up. "Let's go to the magic network teleportation array. We're going to receive supplies from Spark City!"

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After a buzzing sound came from the temporary magic brain teleportation array, a large pile of supplies consisting of crates and metal containers suddenly emerged from the center of the teleportation array, which was several meters square.

Duncan walked forward without saying a word and opened a supply box himself.

"Huh? This... isn't the airship's fuel tank?" The Eye of Illusion was stunned, staring blankly at the neatly stacked array devices and magical materials in the box. "Isn't this the construction materials for another teleportation array?"

Duncan nodded, picked up the complete set of magic circle diagrams that came with the box, and said in a deep voice, "After repeated discussions with the City Lord and the Chief Advisor... we plan to use the materials provided by the teleportation array here to build a small energy-gathering array... and then construct a large magic network teleportation array that can provide a stable transmission path!"

(End of this chapter)