Chapter 224: A Preliminary Exploration of the Giant Ruins

"Hey! Have you heard? The previous artificer has returned to Khorvaire, and now someone else is in charge of Storm Bay."

In a construction site somewhere in Storm Bay, a worker who was responsible for transporting soil in a dimensional bag suddenly talked to his companion beside him about gossip that he had heard from somewhere.

"Where did you hear this? I heard that he went to the core area for adventure. Besides, if you control Storm Bay, would you leave if someone asked you to?"

The person who started gossiping thought about it and felt that what the other person said made sense.

But his source of information was really hard, so he continued:

"Who knows what those big guys think? Maybe there is some exchange of interests. Khorvaire must be more comfortable than us. Maybe they just go back to enjoy themselves."

Most of the residents of Storm Bay have not returned to Khorvaire for a long time or even generations, so they mistakenly apply the situation of Sarn described by some people to the entire Khorvaire.

But in fact, except that the climate is indeed more comfortable than here, the rest of Khorvaire is not much better than here.

At least the food in those areas that have not established friendly relations with Eruden is not as cheap as here, and starvation and freezing to death are common situations every winter.

"If you say so, it is really possible. I heard that the master of the strange machine is an Eruden. It is almost the end of the year, and he may return to his hometown. However, according to the current project, I feel that he will have to come back."

"Hey! No matter what, we have to see what the country we have conquered has become!"

Smiling at each other, the two big men staggered to the front of the machine responsible for processing mortar and poured the materials in the dimensional bag into the designated entrance.

And next to them, more people were doing similar things.

Some of their gossip just now was heard by others and began to spread among many helpers.

But the most troublesome thing about messages is that they are out of control.

The version that just circulated and the version that was passed on three times may be completely different.

One day later, the Kolanburg station.

In the corridor, Kasha, who was returning from outside, ran anxiously.

Turning a corner, he pushed open the door and walked into the hall.

Today, the Kolanburg resident has basically become the prototype of the city government. Joanna and her classmates and the people sent by the Dragon Mark Family to help occupy the hall and work here.

Seeing Kasha coming in, several classmates who had a good relationship with him looked up at him.

These looks made Kasha lower his head a little embarrassed, and then he walked quickly to his cousin and whispered the rumors from the outside world.

"Well, I know, don't worry about it. The second phase of the project is about to start. The people in Storm Bay have already entered the adventure area to collect supplies. If you have nothing to do, you can take a team out to see."

Without taking the rumors to heart, Joanna just continued to handle official business.

Opening her mouth, Kasha wanted to say something, but in the end she could only sigh and turn away.

"Brock? Help?"

Without raising his head, he said this to the left, and a dwarf who copied the Dragon Mark Family jumped down from the chair.

"It looks like the rumor was spread by the man from Throne Castle. Don't worry, our Sivis family will help you deal with this matter.

Alas~, to be honest, you should stay in Storm Bay or Kolan Castle to develop. The nobles in Throne Castle have played their brains out by playing political struggles. In this place where the emperor is far away, they actually want to use dirty water to drive the person in power out of office. I am really impressed."

Kolan Castle is located in the dwarf country of Zirago. The headquarters of the Sivis family, which holds the copy dragon pattern, is also here. The relationship between the two sides is not bad.

Joanna quickly established a good relationship with the local Sivis dwarves with this relationship and Carl's printer, and even hired a group of dwarves to help handle government affairs.

On one side is the real power that has just been obtained, and on the other side are the airborne paratroopers who have some relationship with their superiors. There is no doubt who the dwarves will support.

Soon after the dwarf named Brock left, the various rumors that the outside world had originally spread about Joanna's ability to become Carl's agent began to have loopholes.

Although some people still suspected the relationship between Joanna and Carl, those rumors were nothing more than drunkards talking dirty.

Joanna didn't know how angry the person in charge of Kolan Castle was, but the next day after the plan was exposed, the Sivis family told the senior management of Kolan Castle about it, and the person in charge was directly recalled and never came back.

...

The situation in Storm Bay began to gradually stabilize, and Carl's wonderful adventure had just begun.

After a few days of squatting, Carl and others had figured out the work and rest habits of the dragon beast.

Eat from 9 to 11 in the morning, patrol the territory around 13 o'clock, eat another meal after 7 o'clock in the evening, and then go to bed directly.

The life and work habits of this dragon beast are not healthy, but it is self-disciplined.

In the past few days, the dragon beast basically acted according to this standard, with an error of no more than half an hour.

The reason for this, Carl thought, was that the animals that strayed into this area were roughly concentrated in those two periods, and this dragon beast was unwilling to leave the lonely mountain too far for unknown reasons.

Over time, this kind of routine was formed.

And now, Carl and others are going to explore this lonely mountain while the dragon beast finishes patrolling the territory.

"Great, the dragon beast has returned to its nest! Let's go!"

In the shelter outside the cave, after Bain confirmed that the dragon beast had returned to its nest, he called everyone to leave.

Carl and others filed out of the cave, and then Hope took out the golden key from the dimensional bag and began to move forward in the direction of the light above.

The road on the lonely mountain is not flat, and many places require everyone to work together to get through.

However, the more they move forward, the heavier their hearts become.

There is no other reason, because they are getting closer and closer to the dragon beast's nest.

"The reason why the dragon beast stays here is that it accidentally opened the ruins and saw the treasure inside?"

The intelligent dragons have no resistance to treasures. If it is a dragon beast with low intelligence, it is really hard to say.

"Then don't we have to fight the dragon beast head-on?"

When Scorpion thought of the dragon beast's fire breath, he was somewhat reluctant to move forward.

Even Hope showed the idea of ​​leaving here and returning to Storm Bay.

But Carl didn't want to give up, after all... he was here.

"Let's go a few more steps forward. If we really have to pass through the dragon beast's lair, we can think of other ways."

After spending so much manpower and material resources, and being involved in the political struggle of Storm Bay, Carl couldn't accept leaving just like that.

Patting Bane on the shoulder, Carl took the fine gold key from Hope and walked in front of the team.

To everyone's relief, when they were less than two kilometers away from the dragon's nest, the light on the key began to shift downward.

Using the climbing rope to descend into a mountain stream, everyone followed the guidance of the key and moved forward, but found that the road ahead was blocked.

Bending down, Carl scooped up a handful of stream water in the mountain stream and put it to his nose to smell it.

"The water has a little sulfur smell, and the temperature is obviously higher than the surrounding environment. If the rocks of this mountain do not contain the corresponding elements, then there may be magma inside this mountain."

Sometimes, volcanoes cannot be judged by eyes alone. Active volcanoes that have entered a dormant period are sometimes not much different from extinct volcanoes.

What is really easy to judge are those active volcanoes that emit magma all year round.

"That's normal, after all, the key was found in the hands of the remains of the fire giant."

After a pause, Hope wanted to persuade Carl not to be so reckless.

But Carl had already thrown a punch directly forward.

Instantly, the rocks collapsed, and more streams burst out from the cracked rocks.

Letting his companions leave the water flow, Carl released liquid nitrogen and froze the surroundings tightly.

Seeing that the situation was almost done, he did it again to the frozen place.

This time, more water flowed out of it.

But as it flowed, the water flow suddenly began to gradually decrease.

Carl didn't care about this abnormality, just thinking that it was the water that was blocked by the rocks before, and it flowed out as he expanded the opening.

Looking at the tunnel that was barely enough for people to pass through, he took off his power armor and drilled into it.

Shadow and Hope followed closely behind, and the rest of Bane and others guarded the entrance to prevent any abnormal situation.

However, as Carl continued to climb forward, he found something wrong.

‘Isn’t this tunnel a bit too smooth?’

It is said that water drips through stones, and pebbles are also formed by the impact of water flow. The power of water is obvious to all in nature.

But even so, the place where water flows should not be washed out with such a straight and smooth passage.

Suddenly, Carl felt that he had thought of something.

‘Could this passage be a machine made by a giant to discharge condensed water?’

A flash of inspiration came to his mind, and Carl caught the inspiration.

After performing a light spell, Carl took a deep breath and continued to move forward.

When he was in the dungeon, he had already experienced the power of the giant’s machinery.

So when climbing forward, he was very careful.

Sure enough, as he continued to climb forward, Carl faintly heard the sound of airflow.

The light of psychic energy lit up from his eyes, and Carl’s perception ability quickly extended, and finally found a running propeller.

‘Sure enough, it’s not that easy to get in, but...’

With a thought, Carl’s palm began to emit electric light.

However, the body that had been soaked in water became the best conductor, and the numb feeling spread throughout the body with the jumping arc.

After gritting his teeth for a moment, Carl raised his hand and shot lightning towards the end of the tunnel.

The sound of the fan slowly stopped, and Carl took this opportunity to quickly crawl inside.

After a while, the propeller appeared in front.

With a flash of magic in his hand, a set of mini tools appeared in Carl's hand.

In a moment, the propeller and the transmission device behind it were removed by Carl.

He continued to crawl inside for a while, and finally, the front suddenly became clear, and Carl came to the inside of something.

This is a spherical space, with a pool of clear water gathered at the bottom of the spherical space. As Carl got out of the tunnel and stepped into the water, the water surface rippled gently and flowed down the tunnel.