Taking advantage of the fact that the sun had just risen and the morning breeze was still cool, the ten-man team each took their luggage and headed for the outskirts of Protagoras.
Everyone is an extraordinary being at level 4 or above, and they can walk very quickly. And they don’t get tired easily.
Before setting off, Aiwass gave everyone a "travel blessing". This blessing can greatly reduce the physical exertion when running. You can even jog or walk quickly to restore your physical strength, and you will not feel tired even if you climb a mountain.
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This is a very common blessing in the game - it can even be said to be the most common blessing. It can only be used outside of combat. The effect in the game is to increase the land movement speed by 20%, but this blessing will disappear once you are hit. Increase
The effect of movement speed cannot be superimposed with the movement speed provided by the mount, and can only be the highest.
In some places where it is inconvenient to summon mounts...such as dungeons where you need to travel long distances to collect materials or decrypt, or when running the main line in more complex places, you can hang up this blessing and run the map.
In some places, the main lines, activity branches or career branches are quite convoluted, and you have to travel a long way to the nearest teleportation point; there are also some very stupid tasks that need to be deciphered first to find clues, or you have to go back and forth for a long time, one after another.
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At that time, there were some priests or bards who would make extra money by leading people to run tasks - putting on a state that increases map running speed outside of combat, and then leading people all the way to the finish line from a shortcut.
Aiwass was unemployed at that time. Although he had savings... he was a "professional gamer" who had to make money by playing games.
So I have tried various ways of making money. I can only say that it is not as profitable as power leveling, and at most I can only earn some money for drinks.
Cardinal Galatea also sang elven songs, which further increased the team's forward speed. Therefore, before noon, they had already crossed a mountain and approached their destination.
But it’s different from what everyone thinks.
It was not an "ancient ruins" or a "huge underground tomb", but just a village in the mountains. The village was not small in size. It even had a bell tower and a church... From a distance, it even had electricity.
"...Are the ruins nearby?"
The wanderer muttered in a low voice, a little disappointed.
This was not his first time participating in archeology, so he naturally knew that...any ruins that were too close to villages and towns would basically not have anything left.
If the risk here was not high, the people living nearby would have basically evacuated their belongings; if it was very dangerous, with so many lives lost, the officials would definitely put the place under control and hire several archaeological teams.
After two groups came in, there wasn't much left.
——That’s it? That’s it?
Nine extraordinary beings of the fourth energy level and above, how can there still be people within five kilometers of the archaeological site?
Could this really be a relic from the Amber Age?
On the contrary, Cardinal Galatea looked at the surrounding environment and seemed to have thought of something: "I remember... this place was not like this six hundred years ago..."
"...You have a really good memory."
Zhu Tang complained.
"Encyclopedia" just glanced at Cardinal Galatea and hesitated to speak.
He clearly wanted to say something, but he did not dare to say it because of the presence of Aiwass and Cardinal Galatea.
As a "Dream Monk" who has advanced from "Naturalist" to "Dream Monk", he naturally knows many secrets.
For example... Star Crystal People.
After all, the dream-walking monk will upload and share his knowledge with each other. Therefore, even the knowledge he did not collect personally will be in his "memory library".
Master Dürer, on the other hand, was unhurried and didn't even say a word. He just led them forward.
On the contrary, Professor Bader was thoughtful: "I have heard a saying. There is a view in academic circles that the relics of the Amber Age cannot be found at all today, not because they have been destroyed or destroyed, but because they
Hidden by some means.
"There is a village in Avalon that was sealed up using similar methods. Outsiders cannot enter at all. Could it be that the ruins here were also sealed using similar methods?"
"Mr. Dürer," the kitten said with some dissatisfaction, "we have all come this far, and there is no turning back... Where are we going, and what era are the ruins? We should be able to tell now, right?
"After all, there are still big names in our team... I believe no one dares to go out and talk nonsense."
"——It is indeed a relic of the Amber Age."
Finally, Master Insect Amber spoke: "But it's not just the relics of the Amber Age..."
As he spoke, everyone suddenly stopped.
This is considered to be halfway up the mountain.
There was an ordinary road ahead, nothing unusual. Even Aiwass himself didn't feel anything was wrong. There weren't even any stone monuments, crossroads, giant trees or other signposts around him. He just suddenly stopped at a road without anything.
Identified location.
It's just like a treasure map in the game - you are given an inexplicable coordinate, and then you have to stand on that coordinate and dig exactly to find something.
But Aiwass understood: "Is it a preservation technique?"
Chongbo nodded.
In front of Aiwass, he simply stopped pretending: "You should have heard...the legend of the Tower of Babel, Mr. Pope."
"...Ah, yes."
Aiwass nodded: "It is known as the 'Tower of Truth', the earliest mage tower in the world. It has the ability to deduce all the mysteries of the past and the future, including necromancy, preservation, astrology, and alchemy.
There are nine major categories of spells, including curses and ritual spells, and twenty-seven subcategories.
"Today's alchemists, astrologers, necromancers, ritualists, cursers... all come from the inheritance of the Tower of Babel."
He didn't tell the whole story.
During this promotion ceremony, Aiwass also learned other secrets about the Tower of Babel...
Hearing Aiwass's words, everyone immediately held their breath.
If what they want to excavate is the remains of the Tower of Babel——
The source of all magic in the material world! The Mage Tower of the Amber Age!
This is the Narcissus Principality, the country with the most mage towers. Everyone knows that there is wealth everywhere in the mage tower... not only gold and silver treasures, but also more valuable are various occult books, slates and extraordinary items - that's at least
A product of pre-civilization eight thousand years ago!
Not to mention anything else, the materials of extraordinary creatures from the Amber Age can be auctioned for sky-high prices today. Almost all of these things are now extinct...the extinct things are even more valuable!
"...Could the Tower of Babel be right at our feet?"
Professor Bard frowned and thought: "Could this mountain be the remains of the Tower of Babel?"
Sine sneered, he obviously looked down upon the wisdom of mortals: "Stupid! It must be hidden in some space crack... As ancient mages, it is very reasonable for them to be able to do such a thing. Even modern magic can't do it.
It is possible to achieve such a miracle...but it does not leak any energy fluctuations at all. It is probably for this reason that it has been preserved until now without being discovered."
"Actually, it has characteristics."
Zhu Tang opened his mouth and said: "I saw... there are fluctuations of 'water' here. It is obviously a mountain, but the water is gathering from the bottom of the mountain upward."
Everyone looked over after hearing this, only to find that Zhu Tang actually opened his eyes!
His eyes were all frightening pure white, with complex formation patterns engraved in black fonts. Now they were rotating, making people feel chills running down their spines after just a few seconds of looking at them.
Zhu Tang only looked at it for a few seconds and then closed his eyes again.
Chongbo spoke slowly: "That's why I said... this is not just a ruins. The 'water flow' you sense is the second layer of ruins here."
"Oh, tell me quickly, boss!"
Drifter was almost dying of anxiety. He felt that his boss this time was a perfect riddle man: "What is going on - don't ask others! It will get dark if we keep asking and answering questions like this!"
Chongbo, however, remained calm and unhurried.
He was so calm that even his breathing was not disturbed, and his eyes were so peaceful that he seemed to be just enjoying the air and birdsong in the mountains.
He's not really a Riddler, he's just an extremely calm and slow person.
Seeing that the wanderer was already grinding his teeth and stamping his feet in a hurry, Master Chongbo opened his mouth and said from the beginning: "The preservation technique is the most complete line of the Babel Tower's inheritance. It is not 'hidden' here, but it is
'Saved'.
"As early as the Amber Age, this piece of time and space was cut out and preserved. To open this place, you need a key...
"At least the seventh-level preservation technique can open this blocked time and space."
"...Seventh energy level?!"
"——This is impossible!"
"Even if he is the eternal pope, he--"
Everyone subconsciously wants to deny it.
But Aiwass understood.
——It is the so-called "priority".
Although not all priorities can be used for preservation...most of the priorities are "penetration" or "resistance", or they are effective in "confrontation". But this is not all, for example
The golden entry that Aiwass got this time included the "unconditional effective entry" that directly increases the priority of the spell.
If you want to use the fifth level to reach the seventh level of spell immunity, you need two different sources, and both of them can be completely stacked into the priority of the preservation spell! And it must be a priority that takes effect unconditionally... even if it does not happen.
It also works in combat!
"...It's impossible for others, but I can."
Master Chongpo said calmly, reaching out to touch the air.
I saw illusory amber spider webs spreading from his fingertips and spreading out around him.
In the blink of an eye, the spider webs covered the entire dense forest.
The next moment, all the cobwebs were shattered.
The white mist that came from nowhere completely enveloped the surroundings.
And when they dispersed slightly, the sudden light made them subconsciously cover their eyes.
Aiwass did not cover up.
He just looked up. In the blue sky, the white clouds looked extremely clear and three-dimensional. The sun was several times brighter and larger. The extremely blazing sunlight was enough to burn people after penetrating the white mist in the dense forest.
skin.
At this time, Wanderer and Koneko seemed to feel something at the same time, and suddenly looked in the direction they came from simultaneously.
There was only darkness there.
But where the village originally stood, an extremely huge tower stood silently.
The area of the tower is far larger than that of the entire village, and it is almost impossible to see the head when you look up. It stands on the top of the mountain range, because it is so huge that it even makes the entire mountain seem smaller, like a cliff.
——This is more like a "giant tree" than a "tower".
And considering the order...perhaps "Giant Tree" is more like "Tower of Babel".
However, the reason why it is said that the head is "almost" invisible... is because the upper half of this giant tower is extremely charred and black, and is cut off at the middle. After the height is halved, it does not look that high anymore.
It was like a pointed chopstick that was gradually tightening. The upper part was burnt and then the burned part was cut off sideways. At this moment, smoke was still floating upwards, and it looked like some kind of wolf smoke.
"...The Tower of Babel, was it destroyed by something?"
Zhu Tang murmured in a low voice: "Is it a lightning strike?"
But "Encyclopedia" suddenly spoke and gave the answer: "The Tower of Babel was interrupted by Weizhe himself. This happened in the Second Solar Era..."
"——Here are the fragments of the Amber Age that have been 'preserved'."
Sine also realized it immediately.
His gaze towards Chongbo became respectful and cautious: "Excuse me, are you..."
"——Let me introduce you to you. This is Master Chongbo, from the Herasl Empire."
Seeing that the insect amber master did not resist, but did not speak, Aiwass smiled and patted the old man's shoulder, and introduced him lightly: "The world's first amber craftsman.
"At the same time, he is also the only one...or rather, one of the very few who can truly bring the dead back to life."
"That's ridiculous, Your Holiness."
Chongbo said lightly: "That's not considered resurrection...it's just 'preserving the vitality of others'."
"It's like...preserving the destroyed Tower of Babel, right?"
Professor Bard whispered: "Resurrecting the dead time and space to the present world...isn't this a kind of resurrection of the dead?"
At this time, everyone finally realized what kind of creepy things happened here.
"It is impossible for nature to violate the laws of nature without breaking through the limits of the world."
Zongpo took a deep look at Aiwass: "In a world where the upper limit is the sixth energy level...the seventh energy level is a necessary condition for 'calling a miracle'.
"...And if the upper limit of this world is to be raised to the seventh energy level, if you want to reverse life and death, you have to touch the eighth energy level."