Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 431 Watcher

The Eye of Illusion used its magic power to light up two illuminating magic stones, and gently threw them along the corridor entrance that suddenly cracked in the hall floor. The white magic stones tumbled down and soon reached the bottom of the corridor.

"It's just a basement sandwiched between the oil storage room. I thought the mechanism had already penetrated deep under the sea." Eye of Illusion drew out the magic revolver from his waist with some unfamiliarity - this was what he had just applied for from the logistics officer of the Northern Army today, and he had always been disdainful to carry it with him and use it.

With the muzzle of his gun slightly pointed downwards, he was the first to walk down the stone steps into the underground corridor, followed closely by Duncan and the Astrologer.

There was nothing dangerous or strange in the underground secret room. Even the defensive mechanism had not been triggered. After all, after such a long time, coupled with the impact of the ground collapse, even if there was any mechanism or magic array, it would have been broken and ineffective long ago.

As soon as everyone lit up the magic stone, they immediately revealed the underground stone chamber, which was not very spacious to begin with. In the center were four thick stone pillars that were so thick that one person could not hug them. The low ceiling was still inlaid with a large number of magic gems that Harvey had just discovered. They also looked dull and exhausted with magic power. After obtaining Harvey's permission, the astrologer carefully pried off a piece and held it in his hand to observe it, and then tentatively injected a trace of magic power into it.

The magic stone immediately reacted sharply, emitting a faint orange-yellow light, but it went out in an instant.

"It's indeed a kind of magic stone of an undiscovered nature..." Harvey nodded slightly and guessed, "I think they were embedded here to activate some kind of magical device. After all, the protective magic circle in the ground hall doesn't require so many magic stones."

Asdalen pondered for a moment, then shook his head in bewilderment. "My lord, I'm sorry... I've never heard of the rumors about the secret chamber beneath the city's oil storage room before... After all, there are so many secrets within the family, and only the highest-ranking members of the family can truly understand the truth."

Hybrids like Asdalen, whose blood purity could not be guaranteed, were not even qualified to live in the City of Eternal Night in the past.

But judging from the transformed protective magic circle in the ground hall, Harvey could at least judge that the magic device hidden underground was not an attack or trap type... After all, even if there were any hidden treasures, it was impossible for them to be hidden under the fuel storage room outside the castle.

Thinking of this, Harvey nodded to the Eye of Illusion and the Astrologer, signaling them to try to inject magic power into the magic stone on the ceiling and try to activate the magic device hidden in the dark.

With the continuous infusion of magic power, the orange-yellow light of the magic stone embedded in the ceiling became more and more blazing. Along with the sound of stone slabs and metal friction and collision, everyone was surprised to see that the four thick stone pillars in the center of the room suddenly sank slowly, and the area surrounded by them in the center rose as the ground cracked... A strange-looking thing appeared in front of everyone.

A thick brass metal pipe is inserted straight into the ground, and the upward end is horizontally connected to a winch like a steering wheel. The tail gradually narrows, and a transparent crystal piece is embedded at the end to serve as a seal.

The Eye of Illusion walked over to the side before Harvey did, raised his hand and knocked on the tube, "This thing is hollow."

Harvey frowned, vaguely feeling that the device looked unusually familiar, and did not seem to be an alchemical device that required magic to drive it.

He subconsciously moved closer to the end of the metal tube where it curved upwards and looked inside through the crystal partition... It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Wait! Harvey raised his head suddenly, he seemed to know what this thing was!

A telescope! Or perhaps... a periscope would be more appropriate!
In order to verify his bold guess, Harvey moved closer to the pipe mouth, raised his hand to touch the capstan that looked like a steering wheel, and with a little force, he made it turn with a click.

It was still pitch black with no end in sight, and suddenly... a flash of fluorescent green flashed by quickly and caught Harvey's eyes!
Sure enough! This periscope can be connected directly to the sea through a copper pipe deep underground, allowing you to observe the seabed without having to dive into the water.

But why was such a non-magical device hidden so mysteriously beneath the oil storage room? It could just as well have been used openly. It didn't involve any secret magical knowledge; it was simply the creation of a skilled craftsman. Harvey stood up and let Asdalen try it out. He asked, "Was this thing used to help whaling teams find whales?"

Asdalen shook his head. "The Ice Whale roams near every swell. There's no need to chase it. It's big, clumsy, and slow to react... Hunting it doesn't require any tracking skills."

"If you can see the seabed... but it's not for fishing, then what's the point?" The Eye of Illusion couldn't help but laugh. "Could it be that the legendary mermaids exist beneath the icy sea?"

Nonsense! The astrologer couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

Harvey suddenly felt a layer of cold sweat on his vest.

They had always imagined that the alien enemies existing in the [Center of the Continent] would cross the huge natural buffer zone of permafrost and wasteland and launch an extermination invasion against the southern tribes living in the [Corner of the Continent].

But the biggest question, of course, is why they have never done this before. After all, apart from the long distance of nearly ten thousand miles, there is no insurmountable natural barrier preventing them from arriving.

Unless... the enemy comes from the bottom of the sea!
According to the descriptions of the skinned monster by Duncan and the Eye of Illusion, he is invulnerable to swords and guns and immune to magic... Even if you break the opponent's neck, you can't tear the strange skin apart.

The more Harvey imagined it, the more it sounded like a "diving suit" made of a tougher material and with certain magical properties.

There was also the rusty metal cylinder on his back, and the terrifying black water that gushed out of it and could be manipulated and condensed into any shape of weapon at will...

Well, now that we already have a "diving suit", it doesn't feel weird to use this thing as an "oxygen tank".

The more Harvey thought about it, the more strange it seemed. It seemed that all the images of the enemy and the clues they had obtained were vaguely pointing to one final answer - those skinned monsters came from the sea!

The so-called [center of the continent] is very likely to have been deep in the endless sea of ice from the beginning to the end... or it may have sunk completely to the bottom of the sea due to some accident.

Only in this way can we explain clearly why those powerful ethnic groups that have never set foot in the southern [corner of the continent] in the past now have the intention of invading on a large scale.

They have lost their homeland where they lived and reproduced, and urgently need to plunder and occupy new land and resources to make up for the losses and consumption of the tribe.

And the Kingdom of Eternal Night, which built a city on the icy sea and endured for hundreds of years...

Their gazes were never directed towards the north above the ground, but... they were always staring at the boundless, vast, and bottomless cold ocean beneath the ice!

(End of this chapter)