Chapter 809 Return to the ruins of the capital of Loren
"Becoming your lord's subordinate?"
Sarah looked at Lei Xiao's sincere face and said with disbelief: "But how can a little girl be so virtuous and capable that she can win the favor of adults?"
"Soon we will face a massive life-and-death challenge, and the secret treasure of the Loren royal family that you can open is a key part of improving my strength, which is crucial to the subsequent life-and-death battle."
Lei Xiao nodded to Sarah and said solemnly: "In other words, your appearance will affect the course of events to a great extent, and may even be directly related to the life and death of the territory. Naturally, it is very important.
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"In addition, my identity as the lord of another world is no longer a secret, and you must have known about it for a long time."
At this point, Lei Xiao looked directly into Sarah's starry eyes and asked again: "How about it? Are you willing to be my subordinate?"
"My little lady is willing!"
Sarah nodded without hesitation, and her delicate face was full of excitement as she said: "Being able to help adults is a dream come true for a little girl!"
In the excitement, Sarah rolled out of bed and knelt down in front of Lei Xiao, solemnly saying: "My subordinate, Sarah Loren, is willing to swear allegiance to the Lord!"
"Very good, let's start signing the contract directly."
Lei Xiao's heart moved slightly, and a first-level recruitment order made of wood appeared between his two fingers.
It didn't take long before a familiar prompt sounded in Lei Xiao's ears.
[Congratulations, first-order Seven-Star Sword Fighter Sarah Loren has signed a master-servant contract with you and has become your new subordinate! 】
"Sarah, from this moment on, you will no longer have to live anywhere."
Lei Xiao lowered himself to help the young female mercenary in front of him, and said seriously: "Our home is the territory, and you have become a part of the territory."
"I am extremely honored to be able to live on the same land as the lord!"
Sarah was already so excited that her eyes filled with tears, and she began to jump for joy.
Lei Xiao casually opened the opponent's attribute bar.
[Name: Sarah]
[Occupation: Sword Fighter]
[Level: First-Level Seven Stars]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Skill 1: Diagonal Slash "Active" (Physical Single Target Attack)]
[Skill 2: Two consecutive stabs "Active" (physical single target attack)]
[Skill Three: One-Handed Sword Mastery "Passive" (When using a one-handed sword, the damage will be slightly increased)]
"As expected, it is an extremely ordinary panel. It is almost the same as an ordinary soldier. But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense."
Lei Xiao closed the opponent's attribute bar and nodded thoughtfully.
It is not difficult to see from Sarah's description that after thousands of years of vicissitudes, her ancestors had long ago abandoned everything that belonged to the Loren royal family.
Her generation can be said to have a poor family, and it is not easy to survive in the chaos of war.
"But what we are about to go to is, after all, the treasure trove of that glorious dynasty thousands of years ago. Perhaps Sarah's ancestors will leave some inheritance to Sarah so that she can revitalize the bloodline of the Loren family."
"It doesn't matter if I don't have it. If I am willing, Sarah will soon be able to reach a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows, and a look of expectation came to his face again.
Now that everything is ready, it’s natural to go to the ruins of King Loren’s capital to hunt for treasures.
After making up his mind, Lei Xiao nodded to the subordinates beside him and said: "Everyone, get ready, we will set off soon."
"As you command! Lord!"
The subordinates held their chests and saluted, saying in unison.
After that, since it was noon, Lei Xiao had a rich lunch with the main subordinates around him at the city lord's mansion.
After finishing the meal, Lei Xiao ordered Jiang Li to teleport over the other main subordinates who had also eaten and drank enough and were on standby in the territory.
"Is everyone here?"
In the spacious and bright meeting hall of the city lord's palace, Lei Xiao looked at the subordinates surrounding him and nodded with satisfaction.
Except Gracilaria, Polygonum cuspidatum, Hongye, Ariel and Sarah.
Lei Xiao also brought along Lian, Gars, Erza, Ye Cang, Xiaoya, Nan Xing, Nan Yue, Chao Yan, Lina, and Fang Hai, forming a total of sixteen people, including physical experts, magic experts, etc.
A luxurious exploration team of powerful men, archaeologists, dark priests, illusionists, necromancers, alchemists, blacksmiths and other professions.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that although the ruins of the Royal Capital of Loren were within his sphere of influence, this exploration operation was of great importance and the possibility of traps could not be ruled out, so he naturally had to be careless.
Beside Lei Xiao, Sarah, whose strength was only at the first level, almost fainted when she saw the main subordinates gathered around her.
She has never seen so many high-level experts gathered together!
"Lord, you are indeed extraordinary."
Sarah's starry eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but look at Lei Xiao with admiration again.
"Okay, let's go together to witness the final glory of the Kingdom of Loren."
Lei Xiao withdrew his gaze and nodded to Jiang Li.
Immediately afterwards, a light gray light flashed through, and the group of people instantly disappeared into the hall of the Lord's Mansion in Kongqing Town.
When Lei Xiao's vision became clear again, he was already in the extremely gorgeous meeting hall of the Lord's Palace of Lanlen Castle.
Since the city lord, Marquis Rose, was stabilizing the situation in Songluo City and recruiting new soldiers, Lei Xiao did not stay too long and went straight to the ruins of the capital of Loren.
In order to ensure speed, and because Sarah only had one level, Lei Xiao directly chose to let Jiang Li teleport all the way.
As the surrounding scenery continued to change, not long after, a group of sixteen people were standing in front of the extremely dense forest.
"It's amazing. The Songyin Mountains are ahead, right? I didn't expect to arrive here so quickly, almost across the entire vast eastern part of Lengyan."
Sarah couldn't believe her eyes and exclaimed: "It's like a dream."
Fang Hai, Lina and other subordinates who had received the teleportation for the first time also had expressions of surprise on their faces, recalling in their minds the wonderful lightness that had just flashed through their minds.
Lei Xiao looked at the dense trees in front of him, and while signaling his subordinates to start walking into the forest, he told Sarah about the first time he saw the mirage, and the other party was amazed.
After describing the mirage, Lei Xiao started from the dimensional storm and discovered a series of things about Xiao Er, the ancestor of the Fang Hai family, in the Lost Sword Tomb, and described them all.
After all, compared with the lineup at the time of the original exploration, the number of strong men under Lei Xiao's command has long been different, so that many of the expedition team were subordinates who joined after that.
"As for the Lost Sword Tomb where Mr. Fang Hai's ancestor Xiaoer is, we won't disturb it this time."
"After all, the old gentleman's magical pendant has very little energy left, causing it to fall into a deep sleep. Unless we can unlock the powerful petrification spell that sealed it, we will need at least a fifth-level healing system who is proficient in the corresponding purification spells.
Only the strong can do it.”
Lei Xiao nodded to his subordinates and continued: "So, we have only one destination this time, and that is the central square of King Loren's capital, where the lost treasure is buried."
"As you command! Lord!"
The subordinates surrounding Lei Xiao responded respectfully.
As the group went deeper and deeper into the dense forest at the foot of the Songyin Mountains, they could occasionally see broken walls entangled with vines.
For a moment, a simple and desolate natural breath suddenly poured into the nostrils of the group of people.
"Is this the ruins of King Loren's capital?"
Sarah, who was following closely beside Lei Xiao, blinked her clear starry eyes, looking at the broken stone pillars and broken walls that were half buried in the soil around her, and couldn't help but murmur to herself: "My ancestors fought their best here.
With all our strength, we resisted the crazy attack of the Alliance Army and did not give in until the last moment."
After speaking, Sarah's vision was blurred, as if she had already felt the billowing smoke of gunfire and the shouts of killing that echoed through the sky.
When Lei Xiao heard the sound, he did not speak, but allowed Sarah to experience the bravery and fearlessness of her ancestors alone.
Perhaps only in this way can this descendant of the Loren royal family get some comfort and become spiritually closer to his ancestors.
Following the ruins of this increasingly deep forest, Lei Xiao and his party didn't waste much time and arrived at the ruins of the city center square where the royal family's secret treasure was located due to the previous exploration.
Standing on the edge of the ruins of the square that was covered by dense forest, Lei Xiao observed.
The scene here is exactly the same as last time.
The giant horse fountain in the center of the square has long since vanished, leaving only piles of gravel of different sizes covered with moss and weeds, still telling of the glory of the past.
The remains of the fountain were already covered by towering trees and dense bushes.
The irregular light spots projected from the gaps between the branches and leaves make everything look full of vitality.
"Lord Qi, except for a few newly added footprints of monsters, this place is the same as when we left last time, and there are no traces of human presence."
I saw a slender black shadow falling from the sky, and Nan Xing, who had just finished exploring the path, suddenly appeared in front of Lei Xiao.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Lei Xiao nodded to the assassin's twin sister in front of him and ordered: "Nan Xing, you and Nan Yue stay around the square. The others will follow me to the ruins of the fountain in the center to take a look."
Following the neat responses from his subordinates, Lei Xiao soon arrived at the center of the ruins of the forest square.
"Lord, the aura of forbidden magic is strongest there, and it should be at the entrance."
After some careful exploration, Hongye pointed to a ruins piled with rubble.
"Understood."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and walked straight over.
"Lord, how on earth are my subordinates going to open the entrance to this secret treasure?"
Following Lei Xiao to the ruins, Sarah couldn't help but look puzzled: "This subordinate doesn't know any magic."
"This kind of magic restriction opened by bloodline only requires people with the corresponding bloodline to approach."
Lei Xiao remembered the scene when Xue Ya entered the ice cave before, nodded to Sarah and said: "Put your hand on the ground and try it. You are the key to unlocking this magic restriction, and no other special operations are needed.
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"As you command, Lord."
Sarah touched her chest and saluted, then knelt down and placed her hands on the overgrown ground.
Sure enough, the moment Sarah's hands touched the ground, as if she had touched some kind of invisible switch, an indigo magic circle appeared out of thin air from the ground and began to spin.
As the magic circle rotates faster and faster, the indigo reflected on it also becomes more intense.
After a while, I heard a "click" sound similar to a key opening a lock.
The land in front began to sag downwards automatically, and a large amount of dirt and gravel "sand" slid down, and a wide downward stone passage was revealed in front of the group of people.
"That's interesting. Is this the passage to the lost treasure land?"
Lei Xiao looked forward to it and waved to his subordinates: "Without further ado, let's go down and take a look."
Then, under the lead of Huzhang and Hongye, the group of people entered this deep passage directly.
The moment Sarah, who was closely following Lei Xiao, stepped into the passage, a large number of magic light balls suddenly lit up, making this originally deep passage suddenly bright as day.
"On the contrary, it has some similarities with Crystal Blue City, which is a place of gods' favor."
Lei Xiao started to look around with the help of the magic light ball that lit up.
I saw a large number of simple relief carvings on the walls on both sides of the passage.
As for the content of the wall sculptures, most of them are knights riding on war horses. The majestic and majestic figures symbolize that this place was once a country of knights famous among the human nations.
Among them, many wall sculptures depict a knight holding a holy sword and wearing a crown, leading the charge and leading other knights to charge into battle. Some are sweeping away monsters, and some are fighting bravely. They look so majestic.
"It is indeed a country where chivalry is the code of conduct. It is indeed extraordinary."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and couldn't help but marveled secretly in his heart.
Although the exquisiteness of these wall sculptures is far less than that of Crystal Blue City, they give people a sonorous and powerful feeling, and still exude the charm of the knights' bloody battlefields.
Sarah, who was following closely beside Lei Xiao, looked at these wall sculptures that represented the unyielding will of her ancestors with twinkling eyes, and her face was full of excitement. She was obviously immersed in the heroic appearance of her ancestors back then.
Accompanied by the slightly ethereal footsteps of a group of people, they echoed in the downward passage.
It didn't take long before an extremely strong metal gate blocked the group of people.
Judging from the rich magical light that occasionally flashes on the mottled door, it is obvious that it is also protected by magical restrictions.
"Lord, please leave it to your subordinates."
Sarah touched her chest and saluted, and after receiving Lei Xiao's approval, she quickly walked towards the front door.
She first took a deep breath slowly, then stretched out her hands piously and touched the door.
The moment she touched the door lightly, there was a heavy sound of metal friction, and the door opened inward.
At this point, this ancient treasure place that had been lost for thousands of years was completely revealed in front of Lei Xiao and his party.
