Chapter 66 Ball

Hetty finally sensed that the magic reaction was just ahead, perhaps only the last intersection left, and Gawain, after roughly judging the team's front distance and the terrain of the Dark Mountains here, believed that this was already the center of the mountain. .

The Gondor expedition team of that year may have really hollowed out a section of the mountain to build their incredible huge facility.

What on earth is there that deserves them to build such a monster-level facility for research or guarding?

But no matter what was here, in the end they gave up on the place.

Hetty recharged the magic light ball of the illumination technique. The light ball that had already started to dim once again illuminated a large area around him. Gawain saw that in front of him was a neat corridor made of gray-white "slate". The walls on both sides of the corridor are inlaid with magic spar lamps that have no effect, as well as some closed doors, and at the end of the front is a bronze door with engraved eyes and triangle marks on the door. .

The copper door was not completely closed, it opened a wide gap, Gawain activated the ability to sense danger, and found no potential threats such as traps and poisonous gases behind the door.

But this still can't be taken lightly. Before opening the door, Hetty first summoned a rune shaped like an eye that emits a shimmering light. light.

"Inside is a circular empty room, very large, with many long tables and shelves that have been broken... A lot of pipes can be seen on the wall, and there is a sunken hole in the center of the room... There is a strange circle in the hole. Spherical things, and there are a lot of chains and tools hanging down from the center of the ceiling."

Hetty frowned and said what she saw, but suddenly she gave a low exclamation, and the magic was interrupted.

"What's going on?!" Gawain looked at Heidi nervously.

Hetty rubbed her eyes and said in a very embarrassed tone, "It hit the wall."

Gawain: "...Um, is there anything that looks dangerous or a trap?"

Hetty shook his head: "No, it looks like it's just a laboratory, but it is many times larger than the laboratory I know, and there are many incomprehensible devices. In addition, it is confirmed that the magic response is from the circle in the center of the room. It came out of the ball, but it was a form of energy that I had never been exposed to."

After confirming that there were no traps and out-of-control ancient magic puppets, Gao Wen breathed a sigh of relief. As for the strange energy form Hetty mentioned, he could only study it carefully after entering.

Two strong soldiers stepped forward, and together with Knight Byron, they pushed the ancient and dusty copper gate hard. The rusted and weathered hinges made a creaking sound under the strong push. The sound of the shaft turning was unusually harsh and spread far and wide along the corridor.

Hetty subconsciously clenched her staff and looked back at the dark corridor, as if some indescribable ancient monster would be awakened by the sound of the copper door opening at any time in the darkness, and swooped out of the shadows - but in the end nothing happened. occur.

The door opened, Gawain stepped inside, and soon saw what Hetty saw: the circular hall, the broken long tables and shelves distributed along the hall, the magic conduit on the wall, the sunken center The ground, and a large ball that looked like a stone lying in the pit.

Gawain came to the sphere and roughly judged that its diameter was about one meter five. Its shape was quite regular. If you didn't count the rough and uneven surfaces, it was almost a standard sphere. Under the brilliance of the technique, it has a metallic texture again.

It is a bit like a natural stone ball, but it is too round. It can be said that it is some kind of artificial magic device, but it is completely different from the creation style of the Gondor Empire - and it has neither runes nor metal connections on its surface. Point, it doesn't look like an ancient magic device.

"The magic reaction does come from inside," Hetty frowned, "but it's so strange, I don't even think it's like magic, but a... completely different energy fluctuation. Ancestor, this is also Made by the ancient Gondor Empire?"

"No, it doesn't look like it," Gawain frowned, reached out and tapped on the "stone ball", it felt almost like a real stone, it was hard, "Look at the battle here, this ball is not so much theirs. It's better to say it's something they're researching..."

"Is this entire facility built to study this ball?" Knight Byron felt incredible. "Gondor Empire spent so much effort to study this ball?"

Gawain thought for a while, and felt that even in the Spark Age when magic power did not cost money, the people of Gondor should not be so painful: "No. When this facility was dismantled, the people here took away almost All the things that can be taken away - they will not drop the most important things instead. This ball should indeed be the item they are researching, but it is probably just one of the items, and it is the one that is not very important and has decided to give up Things. I probably researched for a while and found that there was no progress, and when I was about to deal with it, an order to evacuate came from above, so I threw it here. "

"So we have tossed for so long, and found this thing," Knight Byron touched his chin, "Sir, what to do with it?"

Gawain was also a little worried, how should such a stone ball be transported out? He stretched out his hand and pushed the surface of the sphere and muttered, "It takes up a lot of space and is heavy. No wonder the people of Gondor gave it to... eh?"

As soon as the stone ball was pushed by him, it moved its position so swayingly.

Gawain was a little embarrassed: "Not sinking?"

The light weight of this "stone ball" is beyond imagination!

Originally, Gawain thought that such a lump must weigh at least a ton, but he didn't expect that it would move with a slight push. He tried it again. He judged that the weight of the stone ball was probably only a dozen kilograms, even if Heidi To the extent that it can be easily pushed around - this only shows that it is not a stone at all!

Or it's hollow inside...

Suppressed the urge to smash it open and take a look at the flesh, Gawain made a judgment based on the size of the research room and the remaining traces around the sphere, that the "stone sphere" should belong to the "first-class security wonder" in this research facility. It is a research object that is "harmless but has peculiar properties", so he made a decision: "Take this thing out, and transport it back to the camp to study it... Wait, it's inappropriate to put it directly in the camp, it's safe. For the sake of it, put it on the newly leveled ground next to the camp first, and send two soldiers to look after it, and set up a tent for it tomorrow."

After all, the Gondor Empire and the current era have several levels of technological generation difference. The safe and harmless research objects of the past may not be harmless today, so it is better to be a little cautious.

When I came, I was nervous, but when I went back, I pushed a ball - I have to say, the scene of pushing a ball in the team greatly eased the tension of the soldiers, but it also caused Gawain to have a deep violation. Feeling, he always felt that the atmosphere of his first adventure in the ruins of another world was ruined by such a ball, as if you were wearing the legendary armor, carrying the best sword in the village, and accepting the title of hero from the king , and also formed four sages as teammates, and embarked on an ambitious journey to exterminate the demon king - in the end, the demon king is a big star...

Back then, the Gondorians were simply fed up, so what were they doing when they had nothing to do with a ball?

With Hetty's magic mark, and the almost open map in Gawain's head to guide the way, the speed of everyone returning was not known how much faster than when they came-although they were still pushing a ball, but this light Incredible things are not a big burden at all. When he is about to go uphill or go up the stairs, Heidi directly summons an evocative hand and hugs him.

The team went back the same way, and soon, the faint light of the exit appeared in front.

The soldiers outside had been waiting for a long time at this time, and even began to feel uneasy. The sound of footsteps and passwords coming from the depths of the central gate made them finally relieved, but the movement along with the footsteps made them look at each other. : That sounds like something is rolling on the ground...

The sight of two soldiers pushing the ball in front of them—actually one person could push, mostly for balance.

"Let's take the team back," Gao Wen let out a long breath when he returned to the entrance hall. He put one hand on the stone ball, "This is the result."

The soldiers looked at each other.

The next day, everyone on the fringes of the camp saw the eerie orb.

It was placed in an open space outside the camp, and several heavily armed soldiers were guarding it. A circle of wooden stakes was built within a dozen meters around the sphere, and they were connected with ropes to form a partition.

It looked so embarrassing that the guard soldiers must have lost the card game - people were discussing in such a low voice.

Rebecca heard the news as soon as she woke up, and hurried to watch the fun. She saw that her ancestor and Aunt Hetty were both there, so she squeezed in and looked at the ball curiously: "Lord Ancestor ...is this thing you brought out from the ruins last night?"

"I also brought out some metal samples or something—there are still a lot of good things in the ruins that can be dug up," Gawain nodded and said, "but it's just this thing, I don't understand it."

Rebecca curiously circled the big ball twice, and came back to ask the ancestors for instructions: "Can you touch it?"

Gawain waved his hand: "Don't throw the big fireball, the rest is optional."

Although this "stone ball" is light and weird, it is actually very strong. He has already tried it. Without using extraordinary power, it can hardly cause any damage to the sphere with an ordinary sword, so it should be struck twice. no problem.

But it’s not necessarily the case with a big fireball—especially Rebecca’s iron temper, maybe the fireball king with the size of a bathtub will smash it down…

Rebecca curiously put her ear on the surface of the sphere, and tapped her iron staff with her other hand twice, then turned her head and shouted to Gawain, "It's not hollow!"

"Yeah, solid, but incredibly light," Gawain shrugged. "Your aunt scraped off a little bit and found it to be a mixture of high metal content. If the whole ball was made of the same material, Then it can definitely kill people."

"Maybe only the outer layer is a shell, but the inside is actually a very light material?" Rebecca showed a strong interest in research, "Would you like to cut it open and see?"

Gao Wen laughed: "I also planned to do the same, but I can't do it now - I will first use various methods that do not cause damage to study and research. If there is no result, I will consider cutting it open. After all, the Gondor back then There must be a reason why people have used so many tools to study it, but in the end, it has not broken its shell."

Rebecca looked a little disappointed: "Oh..."

Gawain glanced at her with a smile: "Instead of studying this ball, I have something else I want you to do—if you are free."

Rebecca's eyes suddenly lit up: "Ah? I'm free! I don't need to do it myself for the time being on Magic Web No. 1. The craftsmen and apprentices are digging trenches to refine quartz sand. I'm idle! You What do you want me to do?"

"Burning stones."