Chapter 227 The End of the Secret Passage

There were no guards in the empty palace, but the marble floor and pure white stone pillars were as bright as new.

Controlling the arcane eye mechanism, Carl flew towards the middle of the hall.

This angle of view just happened to be able to see the entrance of the hall. There were no dragon beasts staring at him, only a blocked wall.

‘It seems that the crisis has been temporarily resolved. ’

Controlling the mechanism to fly back, Carl opened his eyes and described the situation outside to everyone.

Shadow and Scorpion looked at each other, and then sneaked out.

After a while, the voices of two people came from outside.

“No problem, come out!”

Hearing this, everyone walked out carefully.

“It looks like we can use this place as a temporary base next.”

Looking up at the high dome, Bain was full of admiration.

He had never been to such a luxurious place. Although he lived in Sarn when he was a child, he lived in the lower district. Except for the church of the Silver Flame Church that had not been repaired for many years, he had never seen much of the world.

"Indeed, but why does the secret passage lead here? If this is the place for some important meeting, wouldn't this put the key figures under the assassin's nose?"

Carl admitted that the trap just now was indeed very dangerous, but no matter how dangerous it was, there would always be someone who could break through it.

The war between giants and elves was quite fierce at the time, and it was not impossible for the elves to send out legendary assassins.

"Who knows, maybe the giants think that doing so is not in line with the demeanor of a strong man? This palace is quite strange. Except for that secret passage, there are no other exits in other directions. I don't know what it is designed for."

Seeing that Bain and the others were chatting enthusiastically, Scorpion and Shadow walked back from a distance.

Before he stopped, Scorpion began to complain about the unreasonableness of this place.

However, after listening to Scorpion's words, Carl keenly discovered some problems.

"Wait, you mean, this space is closed? Only the secret passage we came in leads here?"

Who would build such a palace behind a secret passage that seems dispensable?

Could it be that the giants knew that they were coming here today, so they built this place many years in advance?

Carl was not so arrogant, so the matter was obvious.

"Go and see if there is anything loose behind other places with similar stone sculptures! I suspect this is the center of all the secret passages. Through here, you can use the secret passages to travel back and forth throughout the Giant Ruins!"

After hearing Carl's words, everyone suddenly understood.

Taking weapons and tools, everyone ran behind each stone sculpture to check if there were any mechanisms.

As expected, everyone found several problematic stone sculptures one after another, and even found hidden door locks.

"Are we so lucky?"

Even Carl was hit hard by this sudden pie.

He himself doubted whether he really had some strange luck as Master Mooreban said.

'It is said that people who travel through time have a halo of great luck. Could it be true? '

Even in a materialistic world, if a person has continuous good luck, he will doubt whether he is the son of destiny.

What's more, Eberron itself is not an ordinary world.

Fortunately, Carl was not overwhelmed by this delightful reality, because he had not forgotten that there was a dangerous dragon beast wandering around the entire giant ruins.

‘As long as we don’t go up, we shouldn’t encounter that dragon beast. We entered the ruins at the foot of the mountain, and the dragon beast’s nest is almost at the top of the mountain. ’

Drawing a three-dimensional map of the Lonely Mountain Ruins in his mind, Carl compared the route he and his group were taking and found that they were still far away from the top of the mountain.

“Do you want to explore other secret passages now?”

It’s still early now, even the dragon beast that Carl jokingly called Smaug will not get up for more than six hours.

And if we find a secret passage leading to the outside at this time, everyone will have a bottom line in their hearts.

Carl’s proposal was supported by everyone, and everyone worked together to open another secret passage facing the previous secret passage and move towards the unknown area.

It was a bit surprising that this time they saw a suspected exit not far away, and there was even a fork in the secret passage.

It seems that this secret passage does not only lead to one place. The secret passage they came in from is actually quite different.

Based on the principle of proximity, Carl opened the first fork in the secret passage.

What embarrassed everyone was that it seemed to lead to a secret compartment in a bathroom.

The hot spring in the bathroom had long dried up, and the person who was supposed to take a bath here had died for many years, but this secret compartment had been left.

"Humph! It seems that giants are not much different from humans. They can do such things."

Closing the door of the secret passage, Scorpion commented on the bad taste of the palace owner with disdain.

Carl found that this elder sister became more aggressive after coming to the giant ruins. I don't know if it was because she remembered that her tribe used to be the assassination tool of the giant, or for some other reason.

"Let's keep going. There are so many secret passages here. There should be one that goes to the vault or the arsenal, right?"

Laughing, Carl took the lead and walked forward.

At this point, the situation in the secret passage began to diversify.

Some went up, and some went down.

Considering that the dragon beast was above, everyone explored the bottom first.

The further down they went, the hotter the temperature became.

Carl guessed that this was probably because they were slowly approaching the magma area.

Sure enough, as everyone pushed open a door together, the hot sulfur-smelling air hit them.

However, surprisingly, the women in the team were the ones who were most adapted to this environment.

Hope was a tiefling, so it was natural for him to adapt to this environment.

But Carl did not expect that the two drow elves could adapt to this place.

Even the dwarf Thorin was defeated by the pungent sulfur smell.

"It's better to wear some, it's safer to wear it."

Carl suggested to everyone after activating the magic pattern of the air bubble.

The smell of sulfur was secondary. Who knew if there were any other toxic substances in the air?

Everyone was obedient. After all, except for Hope, even Shadow and Scorpion could only barely adapt, and could not do it like a fish in water.

The "value" of this area is much higher than the previous one.

Not far ahead, Carl saw a strange machine that used magma to forge and smelt metal.

Even after such a long time, these tools are still in good condition.

And next to some forging tables, huge giant weapons were scattered on the ground.

Everyone seemed to be able to restore part of the history of the year from the scene in front of them.

"Put all these weapons away. Although many of them are ordinary goods, the materials of these weapons can also be re-smelted. A large sum of money."

Should it be said that it is worthy of being a giant?

Even one of the runes with the worst engraving is made of alloys mixed with a lot of refined gold.

It's no wonder that Scorpion said before that the giants mined most of the refined gold in the world. This usage is indeed worthy of this statement.

Even though today's mining technology has been innovated a lot and can dig deeper than before, the output of refined gold is still insufficient.

The weapons were quickly put into the giant dimension bag that was harvested before, and everyone's enthusiasm was finally mobilized by this harvest.

After the licking-the-ground cleaning was completed, everyone continued to move forward, and found a giant mine cart that made Carl and Hope somewhat nostalgic.

The condition of this mine cart was not good.

The collapsed rock pillar on the upper layer hit it, squeezing and deforming its body.

The magma covered most of its body, and its interior seemed to be filled with a lot of magma.

Compared with it, Carl's mecha looked like a little chicken.

"Maybe the giant mine cart fell into the magma river from here, and then accidentally entered the underground city."

Looking at this giant mine cart, Carl and Hope were full of emotion.

If they hadn't found this thing, the two might have spent a long time in the underground cave of the underground city.

Unfortunately, their ability was limited at the time and they couldn't bring the mine cart out.

As for the one in front of me...

"Forget it, let's continue exploring other areas. This thing is too big.

Even if I can use the characteristics of the Arcane Knight to summon things to my side, such a big thing... I can't summon it even if I am promoted to Legendary!"

Although Hope looked at Carl with desire, Carl had to reluctantly reject this tempting idea.

The activation of the Arcane Knight's characteristics also requires sufficient intelligence attributes and magic power to activate.

The maximum magic flow rate that the Artificer can use in the magic network is only at the fifth ring level. Even with the characteristics of the Arcanex secret, there is no way to summon this size.

Although this mine cart is called a mine cart, don't forget that there are a series of spaces such as dormitories, kitchens, and storage rooms inside. Even if it is built according to the human body, it is not small, not to mention that it is built according to the giant body.

Hanging his head in disappointment, Hope had to follow Carl and leave.

Going up the stairs, the air was finally not so hot.

But everyone was more careful than when exploring the smelting area below.

No one knew whether they would face Smaug's dragon face after opening the door.

If they didn't close the door in time, they would be sprayed with dragon breath by the other party. Carl and his companions might have to carry their companions' bodies back to Storm Bay to revive.

Finally, a metal door appeared in front of the group.

Carl and the others exchanged glances, and then slowly inserted the key into the door lock.

After turning it gently, the door lock opened, and Bain and others pushed the door open together.

There was another friction sound, and Carl threw the secret eye mechanism out, intending to investigate a little.

But his body froze in place.

"Outsider, listen to my last words. This is the revelation I saw before I died. The prophecies of the ancestor dragon are being fulfilled one by one."

In the room behind the door, a storm giant with disheveled hair sat cross-legged on the ground, telling his final prophecy in fluent giant language.

A prophecy from ten thousand years ago.