Buildings will decay, and trees also have longevity, but rare metals such as fine gold and mithril are difficult to decay. It would be even better if we could find some ancient magic weapon.
Excavation of ruins is not an easy job. Fortunately, this is not on earth. There are so many precautions. What Xia Duo wants is to find something valuable. As for the protection of ruins, he doesn't care about that much.
As usual, magic alarms were placed around the camp and everyone's work arrangements were explained. Only then did Xia Duo go to the archaeological site with confidence.
Arriving near the mystery lock, Xia Duo first checked the surroundings.
He did not set up a magic alarm here, but placed some thin branches and fallen leaves pressed with stones in some places where the terrain was relatively flat and convenient for people or animals to pass by.
If someone or an animal passes by, they can be discovered in time, and if a magic alarm is set up, it may be more obvious to the caster.
After inspection, no abnormalities were found, and there were not even traces of animals here.
He entered the mystery through the chopped down tree. Although he had passed it countless times in the past few days, he would sigh every time he passed it——
More magical than the portal in the Tower of Time!
The portal of the Tower of Time, or the teleportation of the wizard, there will be some movement: the effect of the magic network, and the reaction of the magic network.
Although Xia Duo doesn't understand it yet, he can at least see some symptoms.
But here, there is almost no feeling when entering or exiting, as if there is no change in the space, and the transition is very smooth.
Xia Duo knew the principle of the Mystery Lock very well, it was nothing more than the control of the Magic Network, but when it came to how to control it and why it was necessary to control it in this way, he was completely blind.
This thing is not something he wants to study yet.
Entering from the root of the tree, the location of the ruins is the same every time, at the same collapsed and decaying stone wall.
Xia Duo speculated that this place might be a place similar to a teleportation room or an elevator exit. Of course, it might also be just because of the loopholes in the mystery lock that this place was very ordinary.
But no matter what, he has decided to place the first search target on the ruins of the building here.
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Without magic or even handy tools, excavating ruins can be an extremely troublesome task!
Fortunately, at a glance, most of the ruins here are on the surface. Otherwise, it would be really difficult.
He didn't know how many years this ruins had existed, and the stone walls were already sparse. Xia Duo used his shield as a shovel to shovel away the covering soil and decay, and then used his sword as a metal detector, slashing through it one by one.
When you encounter a hard object, pick it out and take a look. If there is nothing there, pass it by. Or plan the grid first like looking for a key in a room, and then search grid by grid.
After a whole day, he had only searched an area of less than 40 square meters. Looking at the ruins the size of a football field, Xia Duo felt a little numb.
It would take several months to search them all!
But looking at the harvest of this whole day, Xia Duo is full of motivation. It only takes a few months! Just do it and it’s over!
Today's harvest includes more than ten gems alone. Almost any gem in the magical world is a collection of elements, full of energy.
For example, ruby is a collection of fire elements. Spellcasters can channel the energy within it. Whether it is used to cast spells or to connect magic nets, it has a wide range of applications.
The former can be made into magic wands and other spellcasting instruments, while the latter is more commonly seen in magic circles and scrolls.
The ink required to make advanced magic scrolls almost certainly contains gem powder that is delicate but still maintains the form of a collection of elements.
In addition, many gemstones have very special functions even without additional processing. Xia Duo doesn't know much about this, the only one he knows about is white crystal.
Just holding it in the hand can provide the caster with focused blessings.
Of course, such a good thing is naturally valuable. The value of any gemstone exceeds the same volume of gold, and the most expensive one can even exceed the same volume of mithril dozens of times.
The dozen or so gems that Xia Duo searched from the ruins were all sapphires. The big ones were bigger than the eyes, and the small ones were only as small as a fingertip.
It is roughly estimated that it can be worth several thousand gold coins. Of course, selling it directly is a bad idea. The best way is to make it into a magic item and sell it, so the price is not calculated in "thousands".
At least they are all "ten thousand".
As for Xia Duo's batch of gems, there is another way, and that is to make them into jewelry. These gems are components of the same jewelry, but their fixed parts cannot withstand the ravages of time and have long since decayed.
If it can be repaired, it might be worth more than selling magic items.
However, these things cannot be seen in the light for the time being, so I can only entertain myself.
In addition to these gems, Shado also found a flower-shaped mithril trinket. It was not a magic item, but an ordinary item made of mithril.
This thing has been passed down through time, and when it was discovered by Xia Duo, it still maintained its silver-white luster. Simply looking at the value of mithril, this little thing is not worth much.
But it can't be resisted. It has been processed by elves and turned into a piece of art. It is timeless and has great collection value. People who like it may like it very much. For Xia Duo, that's it.
Of course, as I said before, this thing will not see the light of day for the time being.
"well--"
Xia Duo sighed, but then he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He just got an advantage and acted like a good boy. But then he thought about it, the value of this relic was so great, and he felt that these treasures were a bit hot to handle.
"We must find a safe way!"
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Back at the camp, Shado directly threw more than a dozen sapphires and the Mithril flower into the Wolfburg River. Compared to the camp or other places, the water was his home field.
Anyway, there is no need to worry about being damaged by water. It is safer to throw it into the river and you can use it whenever you need it.
The next day, Xia Duo calculated the time and did not go to the Mystery Lock for archeology anymore, because the "Owen" was about to arrive.
If nothing else, there should be a lot of people on this trip. If he is not there, it will be very troublesome to hand over.
Just after noon, George ran over shouting, "The ship is coming, Lord, the 'Lucky Owen' is coming!"
"So early!" Xia Duo opened the door curtain and walked out of the small tent. Logically speaking, he set off from Savile Town in the early morning and arrived here in the afternoon. Now that the ship has arrived early, he couldn't help but ask again:
"Qiao Qi, do you see clearly?"
"It's true! I saw they set up a sail with your lord's emblem on it!" Qiao Qi said with certainty.
Xia Duo's emblem is the earth character "Xia" with a circle around it. This is also the emblem of the Great Xia Territory. The first item Qiao Qi and others received training at the port warehouse was to remember to find an emblem.
Xia Duo did not doubt that Qiao Qi was lying, but since he saw the emblem, it must be the "Lucky Owen", and it also has sails!
Zhang Fan? Xia Duo understood, and quickly came to the water's edge. As expected, he felt a breeze blowing from the north, and saw the "Lucky Owen" sailing through the water, and the oars on both sides kept moving.
Stroke.
In the morning, Xia Duo also deliberately checked the wind direction. It was indeed southerly, but unexpectedly it turned to northerly now.
Favorable winds and smooth water, coupled with the efforts of the crew, it is no wonder that the departure was several hours earlier than normal.