Not long after leaving the tunnel exit, broken ruins began to appear on both sides of the canyon.
Judging from the architectural style and location.
This place is almost identical to the dilapidated buildings on the other side.
"..."
"You guys keep going down there, I'll go up and have a look."
"Co...Crawford, take care of everyone."
The focus of this trip lies in the ruins here, and it is naturally impossible for Ronald to ignore them.
After instructing others to move on.
He climbed onto the wall with one hand and climbed hundreds of meters from the nearly vertical cliff in just a few leaps. Then he turned over and jumped into the ruined building.
"..."
Below, Ina, who witnessed this scene, couldn't help but murmured:
"This is... a spell that enhances jumping power?"
Meghan on the side also expressed her own views:
"I didn't feel any fluctuations in magic power. It should be because his physical fitness is strong enough."
"It's so outrageous..."
On the other side, Ronald was slightly stunned after successfully entering the ruins.
The first thing he discovered was not the dilapidated building in front of him, but the top of the canyon.
【Astrolabe】Feedback from the ability to automatically record terrain.
Although it looks like an open-air place, the top of the entire terrain is still completely blocked by one-way light-transmitting materials.
"..."
Ronald thought for a moment...
Except for the tunnel entering the canyon, the other terrain does not look like an artificially created place.
In other words, it may be that the Nigar people found the place and then artificially added a 'top' here, thus creating such a special environment.
"Is it simply to hide..."
Talking about the possibility of this arrangement, Ronald continued to search the surrounding ruins.
The buildings in the ruins are basically opened in a circle on the edge of the cliff, with few going directly into the mountain. Moreover, these buildings are connected to each other by long corridors, forming a very slender building complex.
"Residence, shopping mall, this is a place for rest..."
Maintaining a similar forward speed to his companions below, Ronald visited the ancient ruins all the way forward. After continuing for a certain distance, he finally saw something different from before at a relatively narrow pass.
——There were two sets of human bones lying on both sides of the pass.
——At this time, only the shabby clothes still survived on them.
"..."
In the narrow terrain, the two of them stood on the left and right sides.
In front of these two people are either the guards in charge of this place, or they are guarding here, trying to prevent some enemies from passing here.
Ronald moved closer to take a closer look.
Although the dust accumulation here is very serious, and it looks like a deserted place that no one has set foot on for hundreds of years, the traces of fatal injuries left on the bones still tell the story of what happened.
On the left side - two vertebrae in the waist were deformed and cracked, and there was a slender penetrating wound on the skull. These were the two most fatal wounds.
On the right side - the ribs protecting the heart were also broken, and there was a completely consistent penetrating injury to the skull.
Look again at the vaguely identifiable clothes.
Except for the decayed parts, there are basically no sharp scratches on the fabric.
The result was obvious - these two people were probably defeated by the enemy head-on, and then were stabbed in the head with the same technique to ensure their complete death.
"Has strong frontal attack power..."
After confirming the condition of the two corpses, Ronald continued to go deeper at the same speed as his companions below.
This pass seems to be the dividing line between tombs and ruins.
After crossing here, corpses began to appear frequently in various locations in the ruins, and regardless of whether they were men, women, old or young, they all had an absolutely fatal penetrating wound in their skulls.
——Those who strike can use this attack frequently, even as a last-ditch technique.
——And he strikes decisively and shows no mercy to the enemy.
If Ronald is not mistaken.
If Selier, an ordinary explorer, could obtain information, then the Nigar people should be a group that still exists after the Dark Ages, right?
Therefore, the situation in the ruins should be what happened after the Dark Ages.
During that time when the mysterious side's means were severely restricted, what exactly happened in this place?
"..."
Ronald's confusion did not last forever.
After continuing to move forward in this quiet boneyard for a few minutes, he reached a fairly open platform on the cliff.
Considering the difficulty of building open buildings here, and the series of buildings we just went through.
In this special city founded by the Nigar people.
The importance of this platform is evident.
"..."
"It seems I'm lucky?"
Ronald glanced around and quickly saw something that could obtain information.
On the outer side of the platform, a shelf like a bulletin board stood on the ground.
This thing is very lucky not to be completely destroyed by time.
Ronald walked in to take a look, and saw several extremely beautifully crafted stone slabs with even carved patterns on the edges, which were nailed to them in order with stone nails.
The very distinctive stone slab in front of you is what the Nigar people use to announce information. The sturdy material also ensures that most of the information on it is intact.
At this moment, Ronald's ability to understand language took effect again.
[City Building Celebration—After five years of long journey, the great new king of Nigar led us to find a place to live here. Under the inspiration of the ancestors’ spirits, this city belonging to the king was named Shuangxi City.]
[Warning letter - Recently, there have been frequent wars in the outside world. Shuangxi City will be closed and all outings except for guards are prohibited...]
[Opening Announcement - The ban on going out is officially lifted from now on. At the same time, the great king has received enlightenment from the spirits of his ancestors. Discussions of sacrificial activities and other activities will bring disaster to the city, so ordinary citizens are prohibited from discussing in the future...]
[A new prince—a new life is born to the great royal family. To thank for this gift, Shuangxi City will hold a three-day celebration.]
[New King—Following the revelation of the ancestors’ spirits, Prince Neerram will become the new king of Shuangxi City...]
[Ancestral revelation—Sacrifice activities in the city will be suspended for two months.]
Probably because of Nigar's customs, even after these stone slabs were nailed up and exceeded their useful life, they were not dismantled by those who came after them. Instead, they were left on them as a kind of commemoration and symbol.
Ronald just glanced at it roughly.
You will have a general understanding of the establishment of this city and many important events that occurred later.
Just what's on this bulletin board.
It has ended forever with the last [Ancestral Revelation].
"Sacrificial activities in the city are suspended for two months... Could it be that the demise of this city is related to this so-called sacrificial activity?"
Ronald was murmuring and thinking about the problem.
But right now.
An obvious fluctuation of magic power suddenly appeared below.
Ronald could tell very clearly - it was Costart's reaction to activating the spell!