Chapter 382 The Depths of the Shadow

? Rebellion Stronghold, Southern Region.

The magic spar lamp set at the end of the corridor was still working normally. The bright and constant light dispelled the darkness in the corridor, which also made Solderin slightly relieved.

The magic spar lamp set in front of the shadow experiment field is not only for lighting, but also as a "detection device" - this magic spar lamp relies on a special set of magic net units for power supply, and the magic net unit is equipped with detection For the rune with abnormal magic power, as long as the surrounding magic power concentration suddenly changes, the magic net unit will immediately burn down, and the lights will also go out. The expedition team members who come later will be able to get early warning, and the lights are still bright now, which is at least It shows that in the two days that Solderling and others left, there was no abnormal surge of magic power in this area.

Exploring in ancient and mysterious ruins, the most fearful thing is to encounter ancient magic organs that are still in operation, or mana creatures wandering in the ruins. Solderin's caution is completely summed up by countless adventurers with their lives. Lessons learned.

"It's normal, no anomalous magic," an Iron Ranger fighter used his detection goggles to confirm the safety of the area beyond the lights, reporting to the Solderling Exchange.

Solderin nodded: "Set up an emergency defense point and prepare to open the door."

Some of the warriors immediately pushed several large boxes they had brought along near the isolation door-these large boxes had weight-reducing runes, and there were also magic capacitors inside that were specially designed to power the weight-reducing runes, which were mechanical The special "transport box" used for transporting heavy materials in the manufacture - after opening the box, the parts to be assembled and some exotic equipment are immediately presented to everyone.

Solderin bent over the box, flicking his fingers over one of the large pieces of equipment.

It was a strange contraption with a grip, the body of which was made of two "U" shaped metal rails mounted opposite each other, the rear of the metal rails was a sealed steel "box", between the metal rails and the "box" At the connection place, you can see the slightly shining magic rune, the handle of the device is located in the middle of the metal rail, and at the front and rear of the device, you can also see the handshake and shoulder rest for assisting stability.

Soldrin knew that, unlike Cecil's current standard equipment that followed the "mass-produced, cheap, and simple" route, what he saw in front of him was a weapon manufactured at almost no cost. This weapon was made by the best craftsmen in the territory. The master and the ancient magus jointly built it by themselves, using the highest quality substrates currently available from the Rune Foundry, and in the "energy box" at the back of the rails, even the ones that are still in the testing stage and only produced in small quantities are used. The second generation of magic capacitors, and even the acceleration arrays on the rails, are also specially designed products, and all of this is to meet one requirement: to create an orbital acceleration gun that can be carried by a single person.

But Soldrin also knew another thing—every piece of cheap mass-produced standard equipment,

It all started with such an expensive experimental model.

The more data the Steel Ranger collects during use, and the more specific and effective the proposed improvements, the sooner the day will come when this expensive weapon becomes a cheap industrial product.

Under normal circumstances, even if there is a mature idea, it will take a long time for a product to change from a drawing to a real product, but thanks to Mr. Nicholas Egg's tireless efforts, Soldering can get it in advance during the second exploration. to several samples.

"A group of three, one for each group," Solderling began to distribute the equipment of the soldiers, "According to the previous plan, one launcher is equipped with two guards, the shield guard is responsible for supporting the shield, and the shooter is responsible for light weapons. Cover, no matter what happens inside, you must be calm - don't forget, you are the most elite 'Steel Rangers' on this land and will be in this world!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers took out the equipment in the weapon box one by one. In addition to the four individual launchers, there are emergency shields supported by large magic capacitors and thermal ray guns with better continuous shooting performance for their use. The technically modified "special warfare equipment" was ordered by Solderin more than ten days ago, and today is the time to verify them - if a battle really breaks out.

Miss Tyre, the Kraken who came in to look for the biscuits, looked at these fully-armed steel rangers in a daze. Although she didn't go out very often, what did Gawain?? Cecil's military experts invented. She still knew this style of painting. After holding it for a while, she couldn't help but say, "Are you sure you want to use this kind of thing to open the way in an ancient ruin? Are your elves such a reckless race?"

"This ancient ruin is the creation of the Gondor Empire. Although it is ancient, it is incredibly strong, and we are not using these things to open the way, but just in case," Solderin smiled slightly, then showed a proud look , "As for fighting style - I believe I am the first awakened among the elves, and I have found a more effective solution than that when my compatriots are still obsessed with studying bows and magic."

As he spoke, the high-level ranger couldn't help but think of the shocking battle he had with that cult woman last winter...

It felt so good to have seven or eight grenades smashed on the enemy's head... If he had brought a few more at that time, he might have won.

"You people on land have weird brains," Tyre felt that there were some problems with the communication with Solderin, so he shook his head helplessly and left, "No wonder the sisters in the clan said If you leave the water for too long, your brain will be broken..."

Amber didn't care about the conversation between Soldrin and Tyre. She just came to the closed gate with curiosity and looked up at the pattern on the gate - she didn't understand the bells and whistles of the ancient Gondor Empire. , she was just looking for the breath of shadow power in the runes in other areas of the door.

"Is that the so-called shadow experiment field behind this..." The half-elf lady muttered, "I can't feel a shadow of the shadow..."

"Perhaps they were blocked by the gate. Purple steel interferes with magic power very strongly," Soldering said, taking out a silver disc engraved with complex runes from his arms, "Back away a little. One point, I'm going to try to unlock it."

He injected some magic power into the silver disc, and then began to try to unlock the ancient gate according to the unlocking rules explained by Carmel.

——Although Carmel does not know this area, nor does he know the access codes for each area of ​​the fortress, he knows the general unlocking rules. Now that a thousand years have passed, the energy systems of all access controls in the fortress have been reset, and the original password It must be invalid, so theoretically, as long as you wear a universal unlocking device, you can open any gate of the fortress.

With a slight glow on the silver disc, there was a sudden creaking sound from the inside of the heavy and ancient purple steel gate.

As soon as she heard this voice, Amber knew that Soldrin had succeeded: when Gawain opened the northern gate of the ruins in the mountains, she had heard the same movement.

Everyone was on guard, and under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, the ancient door finally showed traces of magical brilliance, and slowly opened to both sides under the action of the repulsion mechanism——

The alarm devices and defense equipment from a thousand years ago have all been silent, and the guards of the fortress have already fallen. The arrival of the uninvited guest did not trigger the slightest counterattack. What appeared was only the smoke and dust raised by the opening of the gate, and a rotten and unpleasant smell. odor.

A layer of almost transparent shimmering barrier immediately appeared beside each Iron Ranger soldier. The Breeze Shield blocked out those potentially harmful breaths, while Amber pouted, and the figure gradually faded in the air. Disappeared, and turned into a distorted shadow and "slipped" into the door.

After a while, the half-elf lady got out: "Come in, it's safe inside - and most of them have experienced landslides and geological changes, and half of them are flooded."

Behind the heavy isolation gate is a vast hall shrouded in darkness... No, in Soldlin's view, this is not so much a hall as it is a primitive cave, with only a few traces of man-made objects in it. That's it.

The space behind the door is very wide, at least as large as two pier squares by visual inspection. In such a wide space, there are only a few places where you can see things such as man-made stone slabs, stone pillars, and platforms where equipment was once placed. Outside, there are only a few collapsed huts dotted among the man-made facilities, which may seem to be huts for researchers to rest and work, and the other spaces are bare rocks. Now, on the dark and high dome, you can see hanging stalagmites hanging from the top of the cave, water dripping from the top of the cave from time to time, and in the lower part of the cave, you can see The infiltrated groundwater has gathered into puddles and streams large and small, and soaked those ancient artifacts in the seepage.

A luminous moss grows between the wet rock walls and stalagmites, so the cave is dark, but not completely blind, but the gloomy light does not dispel the depression brought by the cave. The feeling, on the contrary, makes those who are in it feel more uneasy.

Except for one person.

Amber turned into a shadow and dexterously jumped between several boulders in the cave. The dark and gloomy environment here made her quite useful. After dazzlingly using shadow jump to check several nearby footholds and platforms, She returned to Soldering: "The things were also emptied, but it's very strange... This place is more like unfinished, the cave is not capped... Or is it that the people who built the disobedient fortress deliberately put this place here built like this?"

"It's not impossible," Solderling analyzed, "perhaps they used some kind of original magical environment in this cave to conduct research, so they can't easily change the structure of the cave or add too many artifacts here... …”

Tyr listened to their analysis by the side and felt extremely bored - she was not interested in the shadow research conducted by the land people a thousand years ago, which is not the area that the Kraken is good at, but she is very interested in the seepage here. Interested, this well hydrated place seems to be perfect for sleeping...

Changfeng Fortress, when the unfamiliar waiter said the words "all things die", Francis II had already reacted, he suddenly raised his left hand, and a sturdy magic shield disappeared almost instantly. Condensed and formed, and resisted the monster whose head exploded and its flesh was twisted and mutated.

Seeing the disgusting appearance of the flesh-and-blood monster, Francis II's expression changed slightly, but the spellcasting movement in his hand did not stop. Compressed into a few short syllables, accompanied by a piercing explosion, a dazzling arcane energy suddenly erupted between the magic shield and the monster, and the powerful explosion force directly lifted the monster out!

After the monster flew out, Francis II's expression changed drastically - he did not call the guards.

The assassin came in a few seconds after Master Duke went out, and the battle just now broke out loud enough that even if he didn't need to call for help, the guards or Master Duke should have rushed in immediately.

But no, not a single one.

The people here want the king to die.

The monster that was blown out was squirming crazily on the ground, and recovered and climbed up at a speed visible to the naked eye. The near-zero arcane explosion did not cause fatal injuries to it at all. The moment he saw this scene, Francis II He made the wisest decision at the moment—

He raised his hand and fired a fireball to disrupt the action, then rushed directly to the nearest window and jumped!

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