"The power of foresight, huh."
Waiting with folded arms in front of the passage where Auro Tocavis was busy opening the way, an impatient Prader Infilidi read out the same soliloquy with his eyes on the ground. The complicated scene of magic moving mountains and stones kept flowing in front of him, and finally quietly fell behind him, still in the square room with a faint white light: "If they had also foreseen this day..."
"The road is open, and there is indeed a new passage behind it." The reminder voice belonging to Auro then sounded in front of him: "Captain, do you want to wait a moment? After all, there may be unknown dangers ahead——"
"Are you looking down on my abilities?" Prader interrupted angrily, waving his fists and staring into his own eyes: "You want to stop me even though this level of danger is so small? Get out of the way."
"Why don't you wait for those people behind us?" Instead of stopping the urgent-looking figure, Oldman Royal, who was following behind, just waved his hand towards the back of the team and said: "They seem to be still there - "
"Let them continue to study useless things for as long as they want."
They were not as anxious as when Duan Qing and others were mentioned before. Prad's indifferent voice, which had submerged deep into the passage, came from the darkness: "I have warned you many times. If they continue to waste time, it is their own choice. .”
"I'm quite interested in the history and remaining records of Oknos." Still recovering from the hard work, Oro Tokavis, who was standing aside, scratched his head quite honestly. Scratching the back of his head: "But in comparison, I am also more interested in the end point that this channel can reach. Judging from the feedback from the previous rock crystal vibrations..."
Feeling the dark-haired magician at the back staring at him faintly, he did not say the second half of his sentence, and Noah Brett, who finally came forward, also passed by him with a cold face. , followed Prader's disappearing footsteps and walked into the passage: "Except for a glass of strong wine, I am not interested in anything here."
"Come on, victory is at hand."
The sound of rustling footsteps disappeared deep into the passage with the slight collision of falling gravel, and the silent silence enveloped this small three-way intersection again. Duan was located deep in the square room on the other side of the intersection. Qing also raised his head at this time, and the voice that was deliberately lowered was also a little louder: "Yes, Oknos claims to be a Sky Clan that "sees thousands of miles", this kind of transcendent status that has lived in the sky for a long time. Not only does it give them the power and magic to dominate the airspace, but it also gives them the mysterious ability to "see from afar". According to the records on this tablet, the 27th patriarch named Sona O seemed to have "seen" something late in his life, so he did some things that were quite abnormal in the eyes of the recorders at the time. . "
"Of course, most of the people who recorded this slate have also died in the final magic war." Speaking of this, the gray-robed magician gestured back and forth with the magic slate in his hand: "What happened to him, and what he thought Whether the "prophecy" has been realized or not, we have no way to judge now. "
"Some of these actions are very easy to guess. For example, they drove most of the old and weak women and children out of the city, leaving only all the young and strong warriors and magicians in the city. It was probably after seeing the final battle and the outcome of their clan. , prepare to save "tinder" in advance. "The whisperer on the side expressed his thoughts: "The other is the decision to close some of the defense construction matrices... Well, it should be to save the energy of the Sky City, right?"
"The operation of the Sky City does require a huge amount of magical energy." Seemingly still digesting some of the slate records Duan Qing just relayed, Shireen Faith replied absently: "The core furnace is still providing no less than The energy flow at the Earthline Furnace level, but the final operation can only be maintained at the current level. What will happen to the Sky City when it is fully operational is difficult to estimate within the Mages Council."
"It's probably not that I don't want to, but that I can't."
Shaking his head, Duan Qing's eyes fell to the far side of the square room with the sound of sigh: "So Na Ou closed most of the
The Sky City function and even the core area are closed, probably to save energy and allow the city to float in the sky for longer. "
"According to the calculations and descriptions of this recorder, Sona-O only retained about 20% of the energy consumption in the end to greatly extend the effective time to maintain the basic operation of the city." His hand emitted a weak sound again The magic light "grabbed" another slate rune that was being interpreted: "Converted into a time unit we can understand now, it should be extended by about 640 years... Well, counting from the end of the ancient magic empire So far, this has far exceeded the limit of calculation."
"It's very simple - the war ended, the Fleur Empire was established, and this aerial city completely lost its original role." Shireen Feis pointed around and replied: "In addition to the large floating magic matrix that is still in effect, this aerial city has completely lost its original function." Other basic functions of the city have also been shut down for nearly a thousand years, and the corresponding reserve energy naturally has more energy left, right?"
"One thing is strange. If they had known this, why did they shut down the core furnace?" Whispering quickly discovered the problem under discussion: "If you are afraid of dying, the engine-the core power source has been turned on all the time. Is it over?"
"There must be something else in the 'prophecy' that they are afraid of. "
Opening his eyes, Duan Qing "put" the magic rune floating on the stone slab back: "Of course, I dare not say other reasons. There is one reason that I think is absolutely right, that is, if they have been If we had run the core furnace, this city would not have been discovered by us until now.”
"The earth veins are interconnected, right?" Xu Yu Liushang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Indeed, if there is a furnace-level energy source floating around in the sky, even the poorest magician will definitely be able to sense it. , unless they also add a design such as magic energy shielding function..."
"This kind of question should be asked to the people in the Artifacts Department and Magic Circle Academy, not to me." Shireen Faith responded to the questioning looks from the two people on her at the same time: "And the core furnace was indeed activated recently. The cause was the "match" that you adventurers forcibly organized. If it weren't for the efforts of the Guardians, the subsequent use and diversion of energy would have become a huge problem——"
"That's right!" Like a person who suddenly realized the truth, Duan Qing suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "That Ai...ahem! That guardian! She must know a lot of intelligence information! Let's ask her, okay? Is it over?"
"Lord Guardian has not shown his face for a long time."
Shilin, who didn't pay attention to the other party's noise and shook her head, seemed to be in a lower mood: "Since the last activation of the core area, the Guardian has never officially taken over the city management work. Without this With the help of the elves who live in the magic matrix of the Sky City and the high-level beings who are familiar with the operation of all the magic circles in the Sky City, the management difficulty of our Mage Council is also rising sharply."
[In view of the general environment,
"In the latest interview, the guardian still expressed her willingness to refuse. The reason she left was that she was "still recovering." Shireen Faith's eyes continued to patrol the room, and finally fell back on Duan Qing: "It's really a bit difficult to ask for her help at this critical moment -"
"It's okay, I have my own way." Duan Qing vowed and slapped his chest: "I have some friendship with the guardian. If we can meet him... ahem, is there anything else that needs to be investigated here? Yes? If not, let’s leave as soon as possible.”
"I fully understand your eagerness to take the next step quickly, but we are still on an exploration mission." Whispering on the side reached out to catch the gray-robed magician who had just stood up and wanted to leave: "This The relics in the warehouse have not been stored yet, and Prader and his people set off early - what, do you want to leave this mess behind?"
"I, I didn't say to go now." Duan Qing scratched his cheek and was pulled back and said with a smile: "I just want to speed up the pace a little, those people should be in front too
The wait is imminent... What else do we have to pack? "
"There are several magic devices of unknown purpose that have been taken away by Prader and the others." Whispering Liushang pointed in the direction of the door of the room: "The rest are items that seem to have no actual value, including three pieces. Stone slabs, the remains of magic scrolls that have been shattered into pieces, a piece of magic pattern cloth with an unrecognizable texture, and several magic gems that have completely lost their magic power..."
"The magic scrolls and magic gems are probably of no use anymore. You can put away the magic pattern cloth for a while... Well, I mean, these items have no practical value, but they still have archaeological value!" Standing up in a hurry, Duan Qing originally planned to put the things away, but he paused after seeing Shilin: "And the remaining magic stone slabs - should you take it first or should I take it first?"
"You are wearing Wiggins' universal robe, right?" Shilin pointed at Duan Qing's gray magic robe and replied, "Since you have such a thing, you can put it away for now."
"Then let's do it." With a tacit gesture of cooperation for many years towards Xu Yuliu, Duan Qing quickly started to act: "The records on these stone tablets have given us sufficient hints. I think we can also learn from the overall structure of the city. Let’s start with the design of the magic circuit and look for clues that the ancient Oknos clan wanted to leave to future generations, as well as the reasons behind their deliberate self-restraint to this point.”
"I have a clear hunch that the information they want to pursue - or deliberately conceal - is closely related to this city." Duan put the things that Xiuyu Liushang had given him into the space of his robe one by one. The green voice continued urgently: "The Oknos tribe racked their brains to preserve this city, but no one of the tribe survived. This is very unreasonable in itself, because a future without tribesmen is almost the same as no future. The difference—huh?”
The movement to rush towards the door paused for a moment. The gray-robed magician seemed to suddenly discover something. The last stone slab that was about to be stuffed into the sleeve of his robe was then taken out again, and the last magic rune appeared on it. The light is gradually extinguishing at his fingertips: "Transport...to the underground and hand it over to...the last...guard..."
"The Emperor...the light...will...be...renewed..."
boom!
A huge shaking sound suddenly came from below where Duan Qing and others were, accompanied by strong shaking that was enough to make the entire space tremble. Duan Qing, who was standing unsteadily, was also suddenly rushed forward by the whispers. Tuo stayed on the spot and looked towards the depths of the passage where the sound was heard: "Sure enough, 'accidents' will always appear without fail. "
"Down below!" Shireen Faith on the side raised her eyebrows and ran toward the passage that was about to be blocked by falling rubble again: "They are in danger! Follow them quickly!"
"wait--"
The movement he wanted to block was suddenly pulled behind him. Duan Qing's limbs and torso were nailed to the dilapidated vertical wall by a huge suction force that suddenly emerged from the wall. Countless people protruded from the wall. The circular rock pillars then criss-crossed in the strong shaking of the sky and the earth, imprisoning him in place like a stone lock: "Is this... a magic trap?"
"Yushang!"
He reluctantly turned his head and found that Xuyu Liushang had suffered the same fate as him, but the rock pillars that passed through the gaps between her limbs were one level stronger than him in terms of number and thickness. : "Cough, cough, cough, cough - I, I'm fine! They can't break through the defense of the Valkyrie's armor, but... cough, it still hurts a little..."
"This shouldn't be a remaining mechanism from the ruins."
Looking at the re-blocked passage in the direction where Shilin disappeared, Duan Qing, who resisted the dizziness, then began to try to break free from the shackles of these rock pillars: "If it is a mechanism left by the Oknos clan, ours His life should be lost now... That Auro from before was always looking for excuses to tamper with the wall, right?"
"So these people know that we can't be killed?" Whispering Liushang, who also started to struggle, suddenly shouted angrily: "Did they get a hint from the player?"
"Yes, it should be "that person" who appeared before who specifically reminded them. "The voice became extremely difficult as he tried to push away the hard stone pillar in front of him. Duan Qing, who gritted his teeth and sucked in air, said with a painful look on his face: "But in this way, we can identify one more "wolf". As long as we can... Ahem, by breaking free from these traps, we can lay our cards on the table. "
"Do you have a way to break free?" The gray-robed magician seemed to find that brute force had no effect. He gave up struggling and closed his eyes: "If you can't use force, just wait for me for a while."
"I will use magic to solve it. "
