rune hunter

Chapter 416 Underground Palace
About 10 minutes later, a guard who followed Gawain into the ground came back and said to El and Laurana: "There is no danger down here, my lord would like to invite you two to go down and have a look."

"I guess Mr. Gawain must have gained something." El sneered.

The guard's face was not very good-looking, and it was obvious that he had been talked about.If there were any benefits, why did Gao Wen invite outsiders to share them?The most obvious is probably self-explanatory.

Following the guards all the way, El found that the underground passage was far longer than he imagined, and the space at the end of the passage was wider than expected.

The torch in the guard's hand can only illuminate the limited space around him, but El's vision is not limited in the dark. Outside the range illuminated by the fire, he saw that the walls on both sides of the passage gradually widened, and on both sides A new passage has appeared, but I don't know where it leads.

The bricks and stones used to pave the passage are not ordinary granite, but look more like the solid stone materials used in the ancient buildings of Fort Thunder. The cost of building such a large-scale building underground is definitely higher than the dilapidated one on the ground. The castle is a hundred times more.

"It's so strange, this place doesn't look like an underground tomb." Laurana stretched out her finger with great interest, and slowly slid across the cold and rough wall, a thoughtful look flashed in her eyes.

"There has been a fierce battle here." El said, looking at the traces left on the wall.Although the stone here is hard enough, there are still traces of chopping, chopping and even magical erosion on the surface. These traces still look fresh, and they should be traces left by the last battle.

"It's not just fighting, there are also traces of life here." Laurana said thoughtfully as she twirled the black powder on her fingertips.

"Mr. Guard, if you want to search here, I am afraid that you are not enough manpower now... Could it be that you already know something about this place before that?" The girl raised her head and asked the guard leading the way. .

"There is nothing on this floor. My lord is below, please follow me." The guard shook his head and replied.

"So it's not 'well prepared', but...'used to'?" Laurana raised her lips slightly, and whispered to herself while hiding behind El.

"What did you think of?" Al could slow down and ask in a low voice.

"This mausoleum...or to be more precise, it should be the underground palace. It is no more than 20 meters deep from the ground. It is impossible for the people who built the castle here to dig the foundation to find it. The artificial repair we saw The excavated passages also testify to this. In fact, the dungeon is still part of the castle."

Laurana tapped lightly on the stone bricks on the wall, and said with great interest.

"Although I haven't seen the architectural style of Thunder Castle with my own eyes, according to your description and Jessica's description, that castle, no, it should be said that the architectural style of the entire Thunder Fortress should be similar to Blackstone Castle, and only in this way can it be explained Why is this fortress able to withstand the wrath of the ancient empire..."

"You mean, in fact, there are underground buildings like this under the entire Thunder Fortress?" El asked in disbelief.

"Do you still remember Dimient? The miracles we marvel at now may have only been 'usual' things in that era." Laurana said meaningfully.

As the girl observed, the distance between the underground buildings they passed had already exceeded the scope of the castle on the ground. Apart from the widest main road they walked, there were at least six or seven roads leading to unknown directions along the way. Fork in the road.

Fear of the dark is human nature, and even experienced adventurers may not be able to completely overcome it.However, the guard holding the torch and leading the way did not show any surprise or fear or uneasiness. Obviously, it was not the first time he had set foot in a similar place.

When El estimated in his mind that he had walked about 500 meters, the underground passage finally reached the end, and the vision ahead suddenly opened up, and what appeared in front of him was a huge circular vaulted hall.Twelve marble columns encircling the hall are full of solemnity and solemnity.

It is hard to imagine the purpose of ancient humans and how much energy they spent to build such a magnificent building under the mountains.But that wasn't what El really cared about. His eyes pierced the darkness and cast his gaze towards the very center of the hall.

There was nothing like an altar there, but a huge crack appeared.It seems that some kind of unknown force roughly tore the ground in the center of the hall, revealing a huge pothole like a monster's huge mouth.

"It's right there, my lord hasn't come up yet." The guard walked closer and said, pointing at the huge pothole.

Even a fool can see that moving on from here is where the real risk begins.El carefully protected Laurana and jumped down the pit, and soon saw the faint fire inside.

Compared with the majestic and sturdy man-made buildings on the upper floor, this mysterious pothole with no known origin is as messy as a rat's nest, full of muck and broken rocks

The guards brought by Gawain stayed here, digging around with shovels in their hands. El couldn't see what they wanted to find from this ghostly place, and they themselves seemed at a loss about it.

They walked some distance further, and El suddenly held out his hand to block Laurana, preventing her from going any further.Less than 20 meters away in front of them, the road under their feet suddenly disappeared, replaced by the deepest darkness.

The end of the pothole turned out to be a cliff, and Gawain was standing on the edge of the cliff, four half-human-sized dark purple cubic crystals were suspended beside him, continuously shooting out rays of light in all directions, and at the same time, he was emitting mechanical bee... song.

"Could this be... the Danaril phase detector?" When Laurana saw the mysterious crystal floating beside Gawain, her eyes lit up and she couldn't help but blurt out.

"Deep phase detector." Gawain turned his head in surprise, and subconsciously added a suffix. His face was tense, but when Laurana called out the names of the instruments around him, his expression eased.

"The background of the Truth Society is really not to be underestimated. I thought it was nothing more than the underground prospecting equipment of the dwarves...I didn't expect you to have the heritage of the Danaril people in your hands." Laurana stared at it with bright eyes. The purple cubic crystal suspended in mid-air sighed sincerely.

"The meaning of the name Danaril, in this country, can only be understood by insiders of the Truth Society. Don't you still refuse to admit your identity? The heir of the fraudster?" Gawain sneered.

Apart from the parties involved, even General Hank knew nothing about what happened in the underground ruins, so naturally he would not explain it to Gawain in detail, which caused Gawain to have a subtle misunderstanding.To be able to gain the trust of the night watchmen, inherit the wind marks and the fraudsters, and have such outstanding talents, only the disciples of the Adrian faction is the most reasonable explanation.

Laurana categorically denied this, but she didn't mind Gao Wen's continued misunderstanding.

"Knowledge has no national boundaries, and it is not only the Truth Society that can grasp the truth. The historical records about the Danaril people are not secrets, but ordinary people cannot access this knowledge. But then again... I am really This is the first time I have seen this kind of fetish that only exists in legends."

Laurana smiled noncommittally, moved to the side of the purple cubic crystal, stretched out her finger curiously to touch it, and quickly retracted it like an electric shock.

"According to the records in the literature, the alchemical creation of this extraterritorial civilization is also called 'Amaru', which translates to a guide in human lingua franca. The Danarilians use this guide to provide themselves with phase transitions However, after being inherited by humans, they are mostly used for multi-dimensional space detection, so they are also called phase detectors.”

"It's a deep phase detector." Gawain repeated impatiently.

"I'm really sorry, I don't know much about phase space... But anyway, your 'deep phase detector' doesn't seem to have found the target, does it?" Laurana chuckled.

Gao Wen's face suddenly became as ugly as if he had eaten a stool. Just like the girl said, no matter how high-end the detection equipment he brought, if he can't find the target, it is no different from a waste.

"Miss Laurana, if you can provide some valuable advice with your erudition and wisdom, then I can decide to ask Silver Ingot Castle to provide you with more support." Although I loathe and fear this woman from the bottom of my heart, However, Gao Wen had no better choice now, he could only lower his posture by gritting his teeth.

"Personally, I don't mind providing you with some appropriate help, but first of all, you must always disclose some of the most basic 'information' to me. Otherwise, in the face of such a darkness of nothing, even if I want to help you, there is nothing I can do. ’” Laurana said in a low voice.

Taking advantage of the faint light emitted by the purple cubic crystal, she cautiously moved to the edge of the cliff, poked her head out to look at the darkness under her feet, and was immediately dragged back by El.

"It should be so. Good trust is the guarantee of cooperation." Gao Wen said blankly: "Actually, there is no secret worth hiding. Even if I don't tell you, you may not be able to guess the truth—what I'm looking for is the truth An ancient legacy in the records of the Temple. A legacy that dates back centuries, perhaps an era, before the founding of the Society of Truth."

"Savage age?" Laurana raised her head and said.

"In fact, I can't be sure until I see it with my own eyes, but according to the description of a few words in the literature, I can deduce that it is hidden in a space fold. And here is the most suitable one I have found so far. where the text description is."

Gawain gritted his teeth and said coldly, "But I still can't find it."

(End of this chapter)