Chapter 207 Dinner Time at Gao Wen's House

After returning to the present world, Gawain's and Amber's faces were a little unsightly.

Knight Byron, who had been waiting outside for a long time, came over immediately: "Sir, are you all right?"

"I saw the magic of nature," Gawain exhaled, slowly getting rid of the psychological discomfort caused by facing the big hole, and shook his head helplessly, "I hope it is the magic of nature. ."

Knight Byron was stunned, and Rao was the old fritter's experience at this moment. He couldn't infer what Gawain saw in the Shadow Realm, but he wisely didn't ask any more - since Gawain didn't take the initiative to say it, it means this The news could not be made public at this stage, and there were still many ordinary soldiers at the scene, so he decided not to inquire too much.

After calming down, Gawain looked at Byron: "Apart from this new area, are there more exploration reports?"

"Yes, we have been progressing smoothly recently, and there are a lot of discoveries," Knight Byron nodded, and immediately began to briefly report the information he had accumulated so far, "We should be at the bottom of this group of ruins now, If there are no more ramps or stairs, then this hall should be the 'base' part of the entire facility. At this point, the entire ruins can be roughly divided into upper, middle and lower layers, and the middle area connects our original entrance. The hall, the room is empty, and the corridor structure is straight and symmetrical. It should be the main area for personnel activities at the beginning. The upper area leads to the peak of the dark mountain range. There are many hidden ventilation holes and entrances and exits that should be emergency passages, but most of them are entrances and exits. It has been blocked due to the weathering and collapse of the mountain, and it cannot be cleaned up for the time being. The lower area is where we are now. It is the smallest and the most complex place among the three areas. There are a lot of rooms full of discarded equipment. and the mezzanine of unknown purpose, as well as this hall that we have now. These three areas are connected by the 'big ramp' located in the center of the facility, as well as the shafts and narrow steps distributed throughout. In addition, inside each area there are also There are some floors of varying heights, and I have carefully drawn the floor plan."

Knight Byron paused and continued: "We are going to explore the southern and eastern parts of the middle-level area in the next stage. We have found additional connecting passages in these two places. The passages have debris accumulated, but there is no sign of collapse. Once we're in place, we'll clear the roadblocks and explore further. I suspect the undiscovered area of ​​this ancient site is still large."

Gawain frowned, sketched a comparison map of the ruins and the overall trend of the Dark Mountains in his mind, and said slowly: "The southern area...if the entire middle floor is a symmetrical building,

Then the south may lead to the southern foot of the dark mountain range. You have to be very careful in this process. Once the building passes through the mountain body, immediately block the passage to report it, and never enter the black forest on the south side of the mountain range at will. As for the East..."

Amber moved his limited geographic knowledge on the side, and suddenly said: "Isn't it going to lead to the Typhon Empire?"

Knight Byron was immediately surprised: "Is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible," Gawain said indifferently, "The area we are in is in the southeast corner of Ansu, and the Dark Mountains extend all the way to the territory of Typhon. If this ancient facility is really hollowed out. The mountain is built... it is also possible for its end to enter the territory of Typhon. After all, in the age of sparks a thousand years ago... there is no such thing as the border between Anzu and Typhon."

Speaking of this, he looked into Knight Byron's eyes with a very serious expression: "If that's the case, then you have to be more careful, understand?"

Knight Byron is more or less a knight-even if he is a monk halfway through, it is a bit of military common sense. He immediately realized what it would mean if there was a passage in the mountain ruins that could lead to the territory of Typhon, so he stood up straight: "Yes! I understand!"

After arranging the business, Gawain decided to return to the territory first, but before leaving, he patted Knight Byron's shoulder and reminded him: "Your exploration work in the mountains is very important, but you still have to have some vacations. , After this work, go home and rest for a few more days."

Knight Byron chuckled: "Actually, I'm fine. Back then, when I was a mercenary, I drilled into various ruins and ruins all day long, and sometimes I stayed in the underground palace for half a month..."

"But when you were a mercenary before, you didn't have a daughter," Gawain glanced at him, "Pea misses you a lot."

Byron's expression suddenly froze, replaced by a little embarrassment: "Oh...oh...then I'll go back and spend more time with her."

Gawain and Amber returned to the lord's mansion, and after a busy day, it was already sunset when they got home, and it was almost dinner time.

Apart from the two temporarily recruited servants, Betty is the only maid in the lord's mansion. The little girl is in charge of everyone's meals and some chores. The Siren Tyr was only five people, and Gao Wen himself had a simple style, and his daily meals were also simple, but with the servants' food and daily chores, it was not a small burden.

Seeing the little girl running around in the restaurant like a gust of wind, placing plates and distributing bread, Gawain couldn't help pulling Amber to help. Are you busy?"

"You're busy!" the little maid replied crunchy, holding the big bottle of wine, "Ah, sir, don't set the plate yourself!"

"Idle is also idle," Gawain was not used to the kind of life where he would sit at the table and then stand behind a line of servants to pay attention. In fact, even if there was someone around him who was there to serve him to eat, he would feel indigestion. So he is always trying to change this attitude, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work at all. The little maid watched him take away her job of setting the dishes, and she was about to cry, so he had no choice but to hold the The plate was put down. "If you are too busy, just tell me. This house is bigger than the previous tent, and it will inevitably be short of staff to take care of it."

Gawain did not intend to place dozens or even hundreds of servants in the mansion like the mainstream nobles of this era, and even planting flowers and raising dogs was so extravagant and depraved that two people per position were arranged, but he also admitted that such a large mansion needed There should be more people to take care of it, and it should be necessary to arrange necessary personnel for necessary jobs. Betty is a diligent little girl, but she doesn't have the ability to have three heads and six arms. It's not suitable for her to have all the heavy housework on her.

Betty didn't think about it that much. She was originally just a low-level maid who helped in the kitchen. She never thought about what to do if the lord had only her own maid. At this time, when she heard Gawain's words, she was there in a daze. Hu Hu nods - no idea what this nod means at all.

After a while, Heidi, who was busy with personnel transfer affairs, and Rebecca, who was addicted to runes, finally returned home, and by the time they entered the restaurant, Amber had already cooked herself with all kinds of snacks and cheese. Filled to seven points full...

Gawain guessed that if dinner was served a little later, Amber would be able to eat the mustard mixed with butter on the table... This half-elf might not have died in a previous life?

When the family members were seated, Gawain mentioned his and Amber's presence in the Shadow Realm.

"You said you found a 'big hole' in the Shadow Realm?" Heidi expressed great surprise when he heard Gawain's description, "And that big hole doesn't correspond to the dark mountain topography in the present world? "

"That's right, the size of that hole may be able to stuff our entire town into it, and it's so high that it even breaks through the top of the dark mountain range, so that part of the sky can be seen. The light inside the hole is extremely dim, and the dark It's disturbing," Gawain described the situation in the cavity in detail. "There is some kind of unnatural phenomenon inside the cavity. I see huge boulders floating in the dark, as if they have lost gravity."

"I heard you and Amber describe that the shadow world corresponds to the mapping of the present world, and there is no significant difference in physical rules other than black and white and desolation..." Hetty frowned, "That big hole Does it mean some 'law of the shadow world' that we don't know yet?"

"I'm more worried that it was caused by some kind of external force. Some force beyond human imagination has acted in the Shadow Realm, and 'dig' out a large piece of Shadow Realm matter, and also changed the physical rules within that range." Gawain was not without concern, "What's more concerning is... the magisters of Gondor a thousand years ago were obviously aware of the existence of this big void, and they set up a device similar to the Might and Magic Gate at the bottom of the ruins in the mountain. This The other side of the Might and Magic Gate should be linked to the Great Hollow or somewhere related to the Great Hollow. Unfortunately, the Magic and Magic Door has not been activated."

Heidi lowered her head and thought, while Rebecca casually said while battling with the unevenly spread butter on her own slices of bread, "Then the plan you mentioned earlier to move some of the territory facilities to the mountains is still in progress? "

Gawain watched Rebecca wielding the butter knife with a bit of trepidation - her aura was as if a slice of bread had killed her whole family: "You move a little bit, do you need to be so big to put on butter?"

Then he answered Tietouwa's question: "The relocation work has to continue, at least the workshops for making grenades and various explosives have to be relocated from the territory, and then there are the production lines of the military factory - these things have been next to the residents. District can't do it. How about the training of the craftsmen who laid the magic net?"

"All of them have learned very well. I said that the salary of magic net technicians is twice as high as that of ordinary construction workers. They are very motivated. In addition, those craftsmen have a good level of literacy and numeracy. Among them, the best few I have even learned to arrange the connection method of the honeycomb unit according to the laying environment and blueprint tutorial, and the connection success rate is the same as that of the first- and second-level rune masters, and now they can complete the task independently without my guidance."

Gao Wen nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, send the best team to the ruins in the mountains, start laying the magic net of the honeycomb from the entrance hall, rebuild the magic power supply in the facility, and prepare for the subsequent mechanical entry."

Heidi, who was next to him, sighed sincerely after hearing this: "To be honest, who would have thought that an ordinary person without the ability to cast spells, or even to sense magic power, could actually control magic power in this way... magic net and magic engine. , heat ray guns, Rebecca crystals, these things have now achieved the point where they can be produced by ordinary craftsmen completely without the wizard or with only a few instructions from the wizard..."

"Now they're just stuck at the stage of following the blueprints to make sure they don't make mistakes, it's just 'imitation'," Gao Wen smiled, "and when the Rune Research Institute led by Jenny achieved the first stage results, the academy The first batch of rune major freshmen graduate, you will see the 'creation' of ordinary people in the field of magic..."

Hetty couldn't imagine what the situation would be, in fact, even Rebecca couldn't imagine it.

But Gawain was able to vaguely outline that new era - a time when ordinary people could rely on their brains and calculations, rigorous scientific analysis and mathematical tools to control magic even without a spellcaster, even without a talent for magic. The era in which various magical techniques were created.

At this time, Amber, who was burying his head in eating, suddenly raised his head and interjected: "But then again... what about that sea monster?"

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