Disobeying the fortress, southern area.

The magic crystal lamp that was previously set at the end of the corridor is still working normally. The bright and constant light dispelled the darkness in the corridor and also made Saldrin feel a little relieved.

The magic crystal lamp set in front of the Shadow Experimental Field is not only for lighting, but also as a "detection device". This magic crystal lamp relies on a group of special magic network units for energy. The magic network unit has runes that detect abnormal magic surges. As long as the surrounding magic concentration suddenly changes, the magic network unit will be burned immediately and the light will be extinguished. The subsequent exploration team members can get early warnings. The lights are still bright now, which at least shows that there was no abnormal magic surge in this area during the two days when Saldrin and others left.

What I fear most when exploring the ancient mysterious ruins is to encounter ancient magical mechanisms that are still operating, or magical creatures wandering in the ruins. Saldrin's cautiousness is completely the lessons learned by countless adventurers with their lives.

"The situation is normal and there is no abnormal magic," a steel ranger soldier used a detection eyepiece to confirm the safety of the area outside the light and reported to Saldrinhui.

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

Some soldiers immediately pushed several large boxes they transported along the way to the isolation door. These large boxes had runes that reduced weight, and there were magic capacitors that specially powered the runes to reduce weight. They were special "transport boxes" used by mechanical manufacturing to transport heavy materials. After opening the box, the accessories to be assembled and some unique equipment inside were immediately presented to everyone.

Saldrin bent down in front of the box and gently brushed his fingers over one of the large pieces of gear.

It was a strange device with a grip. Its main body is made of two oppositely mounted "u" metal rails. The rear of the metal rail is a sealed steel "box". Where the metal rail and the "box" are connected, you can see a slightly shiny magic rune. The grip of the device is located in the middle of the metal rail. At its front and rear ends, you can also see the handshake and shoulder support for assisting stable positions.

Saldrin knew that unlike Cecil's current standard equipment that follows the "mass production, cheap, and simple" route, what he saw was a weapon that was almost cost-effective. This weapon was made by the best craftsman masters and ancient magicians in the territory, using the best substrates that rune foundries can provide. In the "energy box" at the back of the rail, it even used the second-generation magic capacitors that are still in the test stage, and even the acceleration array on the rail is a product of special design. All of this is to meet a requirement: to create a track acceleration cannon that can be carried by a single person.

But Saldrin also knew another thing that every cheap mass-produced standard equipment started with such expensive experimental models.

During use, the more data the Steel Ranger collects, the clearer and more effective the proposed improvement plan, the sooner the day this expensive weapon will become a cheap industrial product.

Under normal circumstances, even with mature ideas, it takes a long time for a product to change from a drawing to a real thing. But thanks to Mr. Nicholas? Egg's unremitting efforts, Saldrin was able to get a few samples in advance during the second exploration.

"Three people in groups, one in each group," Saldrin began to allocate the soldiers' equipment. "According to the previous plan, a launcher is equipped with two guards. The shield guard is responsible for supporting the shield, and the shooter is responsible for covering light weapons. No matter what happens inside, you must be calm and calm. Don't forget that you are on this land and will also be the most elite 'steel ranger' in the world!"

"yes!"

The soldiers took out the equipment in the weapon box one by one. In addition to the four individual launchers, there were emergency shields supported by large magic capacitors and thermal ray guns with better continuous shooting performance for them to use. These "special combat equipment" modified based on existing technology were all orders placed by Saldrin more than ten days ago. Today is the time to verify them. If a battle really breaks out.

Miss Tyre, who temporarily stuffed in to find the small biscuits, looked at these fully armed steel rangers with a daze. Although she didn't go out often, she still knew what the style of the things that Gauven? Cecil's military experts had invented. After holding it in for a while, she couldn't help but speak: "Are you sure you want to use this kind of thing to open the way in an ancient ruin? Are you elves such a reckless race?"

"This ancient ruin is the creation of the Gondor Empire. Although it is ancient, it is incredible. We are not using these things to open the way, just to be careful," Saldrin smiled slightly, and then showed his proud look. "As for the fighting style, I believe I am the first awakened person among the elves. When my fellow citizens are still obsessed with studying bows and arrows and magic, I have found a more effective solution than that."

While talking, the high-level ranger couldn't help but remember the shocking battle between him and the cult woman that winter last year...

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

"You guys on land have weird brains," Tyr felt that some problems had occurred in the communication with Saldrin, so he shook his head helplessly and left, "No wonder the sisters in the tribe all said that their brains would be broken if they left the water for too long..."

Amber did not care about the conversation between Saldrin and Tyre. She just came to the closed gate with curiosity, looked up at the patterns on the gate, and did not understand the fancy letters in the ancient Gondor Empire. She was just looking for the breath of shadow power in the runes in other areas of the door.

"Is the so-called shadow experiment field behind this..." the half-elf-like lady muttered, "You can't feel any shadow breath..."

"Maybe they were blocked by the gate. Purple steel has a strong interference with magic," Saldrin said, taking out a silver disc engraved with complex runes from his arms. "Get back a little, I'm going to try to unlock it."

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

Although Carmier did not know this area and did not know the access codes for each area of ​​the fortress, he knew the universal unlocking rules. Now, thousands of years have passed, and all the energy systems of the fortress' access control have undergone resetting, and the original password must have expired. Therefore, theoretically, as long as you carry a universal unlocking device, you can open any door of the fortress.

As the silver disc emitted a slight glow, a squeaking sound of mechanisms suddenly came from the inside of the heavy and ancient purple steel gate.

As soon as she heard this sound, Amber knew that Saldrin had succeeded: when Gao Wen opened the northern gate of the mountain ruins, she also heard the same movement.

Everyone was fully alert, and under the gaze of more than a dozen eyes, the ancient door finally showed rays of magical light, and slowly opened to both sides under the action of the repulsive mechanism.

The alarm devices and defense equipment from thousands of years ago have all been silent, and the guards of the fortress have already fallen. The arrival of the uninvited guests has not triggered any counterattack. All of them are smoke and dust that rises as the door opens, and a rotten and unpleasant smell.

A nearly transparent barrier of light appeared next to each steel ranger. The breeze shield blocked those potentially harmful auras, while Amber curled her lips, and her figure gradually faded into the air, disappeared, and turned into a distorted shadow and "slid" into the inside of the gate.

After a moment, the half-elf lady came out: "Come in, it's safe and mostly experienced geological changes in landslides, and half of it was flooded."

Behind the heavy isolation gate is a vast hall shrouded in darkness... No, in Saldrin's view, it is better to be a primitive cave than a hall, with only a few traces of man-made objects inside.

The space behind the door is very vast, and it is estimated that it is as huge as two pier squares. In such a vast space, only a few places can see artificial stone slabs, stone pillars and platforms where equipment was once placed. In addition, there are only a few collapsed sheds dotted among the artificial facilities, which may be a hut for researchers to rest and work, and the spaces are all naked. The exposed rocks are there, and on the dark and high dome, you can see hanging stalagmites hanging from the top of the cave, and water drips down from the top of the cave from time to time. In the lower part of the cave, you can see that the groundwater that has penetrated from unknown places has gathered into large and small puddles and streams, and soaked the ancient man-made objects in the seepage.

A shiny bryophyte grows between the wet rock walls and stalagmites, so although the cave is dim, it is not completely invisible. However, the gloomy light cannot dispel the depression brought by the cave, but instead makes people in it feel more uneasy.

Except for one person.

Amber transformed into a shadow and jumped skillfully among several huge rocks in the cave. The dark and gloomy environment here made her very useful. After using shadow jump to check the nearby several footprints and platforms, she returned to Sauldrin: "The things have also been cleared, but it's very strange... This place looks more like it's not finished, and the cave has not been capped... Or is it that the people who built the fortress that year deliberately built this place like this?"

"It's not impossible," Saldrin analyzed, "maybe they used some magical environment in the cave to conduct research, so they could not easily change the structure of the cave or add too many artificial objects here..."

Tyre listened to their analysis next to her, feeling extremely bored. She was not interested in the shadow research conducted by the people on land a thousand years ago. This was not a field that Siren was good at, but she was quite interested in the seepage here. This place with plenty of water seemed to be suitable for sleeping...

In Changfeng Fortress, when the strange waiter said the four words "all things die", Francis II had already reacted. He suddenly raised his left hand, and a strong magic shield condensed into shape almost instantly, and blocked the monster with its head and its flesh and blood twisted and mutated.

Seeing the disgusting appearance of the flesh-and-blooded monster, Francis II's face changed slightly, but the casting movements in his hand did not stop at all. He quickly outlined a series of magic runes with his free right hand, and the complex and profound spells were compressed into a few short syllables. Accompanied by a harsh explosion, a dazzling arcane energy suddenly burst out between the magic shield and the monster. The powerful explosion force directly lifted the monster out!

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

The assassin came in within a few seconds after Master Duke left the door. The battle just now also made a loud enough sound. Even if he didn't need to call for help, the guards or Master Duke should rush in immediately.

However, there is no one.

The people here want the king to die.

The monster that was blown out was squirming wildly on the ground, healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and climbed up. The nearly zero-distance arcane explosion did not cause any fatal damage to it. The moment he saw this scene, Francis II made the wisest decision at this moment.

He raised his hand and fired a fireball for disturbing the action at the monster, then rushed directly to the nearest window and jumped!
Chapter completed!