Chapter 427: Ancient ruins full of contradiction
Following the sound, Lei Xiao discovered.
I saw several groups of rangers wearing leather armor and holding short bows, emerging from the bushes with agility.
First, he saluted the city lord Orr respectfully, and then began to lead everyone's horses away.
The strength of these rangers are all above the second level. Judging from the coat of arms of Fanyin City engraved on the leather armor, they are obviously soldiers under Orr.
Before walking out of the dense forest, these rangers did not emit any energy fluctuations.
From this, it is not difficult to see that there is undoubtedly some kind of hidden magic circle arranged in the dense forest.
This sudden scene made Tina, Ryan and other knights beside Lei Xiao a little surprised.
Only Lei Xiao's own face did not show a trace of ripples.
When the cavalry began to march here, the Nanxing and Nanyue sisters, who were hiding in the dark, had already accelerated their advance and explored the inside and outside of the dense forest in advance.
Therefore, all of this is naturally under Lei Xiao's control.
I saw Lei Xiao, who had just dismounted, moving his muscles and began to observe casually.
"This location is located in the middle and rear of the mountain basin. It is at an angle with the other two fortresses. It is very convenient for the two to come to support."
"Furthermore, the soldiers in the dense forest are the most elite. It seems that the real entrance to the ruins is undoubtedly here."
Observing this, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
In order to hide this unexplored barrier entrance, Al, as the lord of Fanyin City, obviously made a lot of preparations.
Lei Xiao just thought of this when he saw Orr adjusting his robe first, and then smiled and said: "Your Excellency Chensha, please come with me. The destination is not far ahead. I believe you will be eye-opening. ”
Gale on the side also nodded vaguely to Lei Xiao, indicating that there was no danger ahead.
"Then thank you, City Lord."
Lei Xiao also smiled faintly, and then took his own steps surrounded by ten knights, as well as Hidden Tiger Sticks, Hong Ye and Ye Cang hidden in the dark.
Entering the leafy dense forest, Lei Xiao stepped on the ground mixed with leaves and soil, followed the animal path between the towering trees and twisted vines, and walked for about seven or eight minutes. He found a small earthen fortress in the forest. Appeared in front of me.
Surrounding this fortress are the second-level elite soldiers of Fanyin City, about the size of three squadrons, among whom there are also the auras of seven or eight third-level senior and above level experts.
I saw the sharp eyes of these elite soldiers, and their weapons that had been unsheathed and flashed with cold light shone in the sun. They were all in a ready posture.
At the front of the team was an old magician wearing a khaki robe and holding a long wooden staff. Judging from his aura, he had obviously reached the peak level of the third level.
"As expected, the defense is quite tight."
Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.
From the current situation, it is not difficult to see that in order to prevent the mysterious organization from raiding again, Fanyin City Lord Orr has obviously transferred most of the elite forces in the city here.
As for the ordinary garrison, judging from the situation just now, it is estimated that there are three to four thousand people.
Slowly looking back, Lei Xiao recalled Kelly's report just now.
"According to Kelly's investigation, after Orr's repeated efforts to persuade them, the three fourth-level elderly magician mercenaries and other strong mercenaries who appeared at the auction are also recuperating in the city. and can provide support at any time.”
"Coupled with this rather tight defense, except for the fifth-level experts, this place can be considered impregnable."
Lei Xiao's eyes moved, looking up and down at the small fortress while continuing to think.
"In this way, coupled with my sudden action at the auction and revealing the identity of the Lengyan royal family, even if the mysterious organization wants to act again, I am afraid it will be much more cautious."
"I hope everything goes well this time."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Orr waved and called the old man in the front, the earth-robed magician.
"Your Excellency Chensha, this is Master Calvin, our chief archaeological expert in Fanyin City."
Al patted the old magician on the shoulder and introduced with a smile: "When Master Calvin was young, he worked for the Royal Family's Ancient Relics Exploration Department. He has extremely rich archaeological experience and a vast amount of ancient knowledge. He will assist us soon." , explore this ruins together.”
"Haha, the city lord has given you a compliment. I just walked a little longer than everyone else."
Bowing slightly to Orr, the old magician named Calvin smiled proudly.
"Then please leave it to Master Calvin."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, nodded to the old magician and said: "I believe that with the guidance of Master Calvin, this trip to the ruins will be more effective with half the effort."
"Haha, you are welcome, Mr. Chensha. It is my honor to explore the ruins with such a young and promising young noble."
Calvin stroked his gray beard and responded with a smile.
After exchanging a few words with each other, Lei Xiao's expectant eyes refocused on the tall earthen fortress in front of him, and smiled at Orr: "Your Excellency, City Lord, now it's time for us to see the true face of the ruins. Right? Everyone is a little impatient.”
Lei Xiao had seen this type of earthen fortress in front of him once before on the border battlefield. It was built using the fortification technique of earth magic.
Although this kind of fortress cannot continue to exist without the supply of magic power, and will eventually be converted into energy particles in the air, it can play a role that cannot be ignored on many special occasions.
"If nothing else happens, the real entrance to the ruins will be in this fortress, right?"
Lei Xiao pondered and nodded, thinking to himself.
After Lei Xiao finished speaking, Tina, Ryan and others on the side also nodded in anticipation.
"Of course, but don't be too surprised."
City Lord Al smiled slightly, took out the staff from the storage ring, and nodded to old Calvin.
"As you command, Lord City Lord."
I saw old Calvin's old face look stern, and the wooden staff in his hand suddenly glowed with an earthy color.
With a rumbling sound, the airtight earthen fortress raised a gate out of thin air, opening the way to the inside of the fortress.
At the same time, City Lord Orr's exploration team has also been assembled.
In addition to himself and Kelly's father Gale, these two fourth-level powerhouses, and the old magician Calvin who is at the peak of the third-level strength.
There is also an elite mixed second-level squadron, which not only includes magicians, archers, priests, and heavy infantry wearing heavy armor, but also includes five third-level senior commanders.
"Your Excellency Chensha, let's start moving forward."
At the gate of the earthen fortress, Orr waved the colorful staff in his hand, took steps, and turned back to Lei Xiao with a smile.
"With pleasure."
Lei Xiao also smiled faintly and followed Al.
Under the leadership of Fanyin City Lord Al, Kelly's president father Gale, and old archaeological expert Calvin.
Lei Xiao, Tina, Ryan and other ten knights, plus Hidden Tiger Stick, Hong Ye and Ye Cang who were hidden under the cloak, walked into the gate of this earthen fortress together, and the elite second-level mixed The squadron is at the rear of the team.
Coming straight to the dark interior of the fortress, Lei Xiao, holding the light crystal in hand, noticed while sniffing the slightly moist earthy smell around him.
The team had just walked a few steps when some mottled blue ruins began to appear at the front.
There are also several broken giant solid stone towers scattered among the ancient ruins. The cross-section of each one is close to ten meters in diameter, making it unclear what its specific purpose was.
Judging from the remains of these buildings, which are still stained with fresh soil, it is obvious that they have only recently seen the light of day.
"Your Excellency Chensha, when I was checking the progress of the exploration of the first ancient ruins, I used detection magic several times. My original intention was to find out the context of the first ruins, but I accidentally discovered that there was a sound coming from not far away. A hint of strange feedback.”
A slightly aged middle-aged male voice sounded, and Al, the leader of the team, was caressing the edge of the broken stone tower, turning his head and saying: "After a series of investigations, I finally confirmed that there are indeed traces of ancient ruins here. ”
"Originally, I concluded that this must be part of the first ruins, after all, the two are so close to each other."
"However, it wasn't until I found the real entrance to the ruins that I realized how wrong I was..."
After finishing speaking, Al stopped and stood motionless, as if observing something.
Listening to Orr's description, the doubtful look on Lei Xiao's face began to become more obvious.
I have also thought about this issue just now.
Just like Orr said, at such a close distance.
No matter how you think about it, this second ruins should be integrated with the first ruins... How did the other party define that these are two completely different ancient ruins?
Is it the architectural style of the ruins?
An engraved relief?
Or other clues?
Just when Lei Xiao was confused, following the footsteps of Orr and others, the group had already arrived in front of a giant circular pit.
Judging from the still fresh piles of soil around it, it was obvious that it had just been excavated not long ago.
In confusion, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and began to observe.
In the center of the deep pit, a series of strange blue buildings appeared in the shape of steps.
The width of each building is more than 20 meters, and on the flat roof, there will be a vertical slope of nearly two meters high every four or five meters.
This cycle continues until it reaches deep underground.
It is worth mentioning that these buildings do not have windows or doors, making them look extremely weird.
It looks a bit like terraced fields in the mountains, and a bit like a bare auditorium, which gives people a sense of dissonance.
"This is the entrance to the ruins? Where is the door?"
Tina, who was beside Lei Xiao, lifted up the visor on the knight's helmet, revealing her delicate face, and said with a puzzled look.
The other knights also made the same actions one after another, all with puzzled expressions on their faces.
It was obviously the first time for everyone to see such a strange scene.
“It’s really an unprecedented picture.”
Ryan, who was dressed in black armor, murmured to himself while holding the hilt of the sword at his waist and maintaining a vigilant posture.
"I know!"
Tia's starry eyes lit up as she seemed to have thought of something, and blurted out: "This is actually a very large staircase!"
"Tiya, don't talk nonsense here."
Tina frowned and asked softly: "How could there be such a staircase that is higher than a person?"
"Haha, don't deny it in a hurry. This young lady knight is right."
City Lord Orr waved his hand slightly, then smiled mysteriously and said: "This is the staircase leading to the entrance to the real ruins!"
"What? How is this possible?"
There was a faint sound of armor clashing, and the knights couldn't help but start looking at each other.
Lei Xiao, on the other hand, had a thoughtful look on his face and continued to listen to Al's words.
"Next, Master Calvin will tell you the race to which this ruin belongs."
Al looked at the surprised expressions of the knights and still maintained a faint smile.
"Everyone, according to my review of ancient books and many documents, coupled with the current rather weird scene, the answer is actually very obvious."
I saw the old magician Calvin bowing slightly to Orr, then stroking his gray beard and saying: "The race to which this ancient ruins belongs is the Titan clan!"
"Titans? Isn't that a mythical race that only appears in legends? Does it really exist?"
Tina was startled, and the face guard of the knight's helmet that had just been raised accidentally fell down again, making a clear "click" sound.
The other knights also looked surprised, including Tia who got half of the answer right.
Just when everyone was in shock, Hong Ye's crisp voice, which she deliberately lowered, reached Lei Xiao's ears through her words.
"Lord, my subordinates have carefully inspected this. This is indeed an ancient ruin left by the Titans."
For Hong Ye, who is a dragon and has a long lifespan, the knowledge he possesses is obviously the same as the energy in his body, which can only be described as vast.
"Is it really the Titans?"
After hearing Hong Ye's report, Lei Xiao nodded slightly: "Things are really getting more and more interesting."
Regarding this special humanoid race, I once heard Jiang Li mention it.
The Titans are also known as the Giants.
The height of an adult male can easily reach 10 meters. He is a natural warrior and strongman. Like other races on the mainland, he can become stronger through practice.
In terms of strength alone, an ordinary Titan of the first level can easily defeat an ordinary strong man of the third level, and his destructive power is extremely astonishing.
Because of this, the Titans are often synonymous with destruction and destruction.
Moreover, the Titans have extremely powerful self-healing abilities. As long as they do not damage important parts such as the head and heart, they can almost repair themselves.
"So that's it!"
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao seemed to realize something, and a look of realization suddenly appeared on his face. (End of chapter)