Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 160 Ruins

In an invisible environment, finding the edge of an object is not difficult, you just need to feel it.

It is not difficult to determine the perimeter of the mobile building. Just walk to the end.

The method used by Rick is no different.

He and Ina exchanged positions in the team.

Leading everyone through the forest, they returned along the original path they had taken up the mountain, which would save a lot of time.

At the same time, it continued to expand outwards, infiltrating its own fighting spirit until it came into contact with the darkness that seemed to engulf all perception.

The release of battle breath is the characteristic of silver-level professionals, and it is also the root cause.

——Professionals are like evaporating clouds covering the mountains. The battle rest is every drop of water vapor in it, and it is also the cloud itself.

He can be energy or an extension of a professional.

Battle breath perception is just a battle breath application realized through this kind of feedback similar to physical touch.

The war atmosphere had spread to 200 meters away from Rick, turning into an insubstantial sphere.

He is the center of the sphere.

The part of the sphere that was in contact with the unknown creation was still being swallowed, but at the same time, it also outlined the outline of the underground creation for Rick.

Just like the light of a torch, reflected on the real object.

It was a huge building buried deep underground.

It is almost equal to this mountain and the hundred-foot space below it, with clear edges and corners.

This was Rick's guess, based on his understanding of this magnificent underground building that surpassed human technology.

Even if it is just an outpost or fortress that provides a certain function, it will not just stay in the mountain itself.

They should at least be close to a human city!

As for what Ina said, the magic power emerging from under the flower field was, as expected, a gap that could lead to a giant building.

——Of course, that most likely refers to the gap through which energy can enter. If it is really dug open and exposed to everyone, it will probably be just a metal wall.

Inside is a towering dome.

It's like an iron vessel that has cracked and is leaking water.

What's more, it's more like the elimination of the characteristics of alchemical creation rather than structural damage.

Similar to the situation in the flower field, Rick had confirmed many other places on his way back down the mountain.

The war messages were still faithfully transmitting information about the outline of the underground building to their master. Pieces of incomplete puzzles took shape and fit together in Rick's mind, outlining a partial and specific shape.

Every building has entrances and exits.

Either formal or secretive.

This is especially true for city-state fortresses built underground.

They must make corresponding preparations for more uncontrollable accidents.

Now that they have fallen into disrepair, the entrances and exits have long lost their former concealment and protective functions.

At this point they were no different from a bottle without a cork.

There was no need for Rick to look for it deliberately. Following Zhan Xi's guidance, he led the three of them to a cave hidden in the bushes and vines.

The surface of the cave still looks like a rock wall, but the inside of the cave is dark and deep.

Looking from a distance, it doesn't look much different from ordinary caves. At most, it would be considered a karst cave.

There was no stagnant water in the cave. The stench of animal feces rushed into Rick's nostrils. It was not very strong. In the cramped cave, it was basically dried by the air.

It must have been left for a while...

Rick thought to himself.

This suggests that some animals used it as a habitat, at least in the past.

But now the owner of this feces has not returned here for a long time.

Maybe they migrated to other places, or maybe they were hunted by more powerful hunters.

——Or, for other...reasons.

Rick walked into the cave and looked up. His calm gray eyes seemed to be able to penetrate everything and see clearly what was happening in the darkness.

The next moment, a soft light pierced through the darkness of the cave, illuminating the surrounding rock walls and Rick's face.

And what lurks in the darkness.

A light source floated slowly to Rick's side.

"This is……"

A clear and familiar voice came from behind Rick.

Ina, who released the "light magic", followed the ball of light, grabbed the rocks, and walked into the cave carefully.

The wall was smooth and prickly to the touch, which made her realize instantly that this was the work of the same person who had discovered the exposed rock wall.

At least it's the same technology.

She first looked at Rick, and was quickly attracted to the interior of the cave.

The deeper inside has been illuminated.

A corridor appeared in front of her. The light could not penetrate too far. At the end of her vision, the unfinished corridor was still shrouded in darkness.

——What attracted her most were the corridors and the mezzanines in the special rock walls.

A sandwich made of metal on four sides.

"Metal tunnel?!"

Ina couldn't help but exclaim, and took two steps forward, wanting to reach out to confirm her guess.

She had never seen such an exaggerated and luxurious creation.

Compared with cheap metals, gold, gems and the like, it is certainly not precious.

The best we can say is that it has a unique metallic beauty.

But the quantity is huge.

The metal frame of the bottomless corridor was ten inches thick on each side!

Hundreds or even thousands of tons would not be an exaggeration!

In a town or small city where iron products can be used as currency, this is the palace built by Gro and Yinlang!

Although it is not beautiful.

"It doesn't look like it was built by craftsmen. There is no foundation for pouring. In such a narrow space, even if it is poured outside in sections, it cannot be moved in... let alone heating it up to fuse the metal gaps."

Just as the thought came to her mind, Ina suddenly muttered:

"That's right. The outer rock slabs are all similar to alchemical creations. Why must the tunnel be made by ordinary people?"

At this time, Rick's helpless voice came from nearby.

"Aren't you supposed to be guarding outside, little guy?"

"hey-hey."

Ina quickly retracted her hand and put it behind her head, scratching it awkwardly but cutely:

"I'm not worried that there will be something that uncle can't handle. After all, I am also a high-level magician."

The white-haired girl even pretended to hum twice.

"I'm still a silver-level professional! Never mind, I can probably sense any sudden situation outside."

Rick said unhappily:

"You knew this before you sneaked in, didn't you?"

In return, Ina gave him an awkward smile.

"Although I'm a little sorry, I can only ask Mitaokel ​​and Miss Xilia to wait outside for a while."

If the smell in the cave wasn't real and a bit intoxicating, Rick really wanted to take a deep breath, hold his forehead and sigh.

"?"

"Shouldn't our next step be to conduct an exciting exploration of the cave?"

"This is the job of an adventurer. I wanted to let Mitaokal come in and take a look at this metal tunnel... He must have never seen such a magnificent metal structure."

Ina had one hand on the thick metal plate and the other on her waist, looking like someone who wanted to show off but had trouble finding a confidant.

The bright ball of light slowly floated into the corridor.

The relief on the metal wall, with stripes shaped like magic props, and the characters suddenly caught Ina's eye.

The writing does not belong to humans, or elves...

"Which adventurer would go into an unknown cave for no reason? Don't apply the plot of adventure novels to reality!"

Rick roared in his heart and felt a headache.

"Anyway, we won't go any deeper."

A thousand words can make one word. Rick shook his head and said calmly:

"What are you curious about? Just watch for a while. After that, we will go out and meet Miss Mitaokel ​​and Miss Xilia..."

"This is!"

Before Rick could finish his words, Ina interrupted him. She looked as if she had discovered something incredible, with an expression of disbelief and confusion.

She looked at Rick again, with a subconscious questioning look in her eyes.

Rick was not surprised by this.

“It’s the source.”

Rick shrugged:

"It devours the magic power of war. This is the characteristic of the metal layer that wraps the tunnel and the entire building inside. It is better to say that releasing magic power is a byproduct of the damage to some of its functions."

Compared to Ina who was slow to realize it, Rick, who had anticipated this, came here just to confirm the specific location and prove his own guess.

He had seen similar things before.

"And now you should know what this is."

"The underground city-state left behind by the goblins—that's what the books call it."

Rick said to Ina:

"Now, we generally call it the Goblin ruins or the ancient alchemical ruins."