dark moon

Chapter 200 Bad News

"The magic tower is open!" Cheers spread to every corner of the excavation team's camp. From the high-level mercenaries to the ordinary workers hired temporarily, everyone was showing their joy.

It can be said that the more than 100 people in the camp are now divided into four camps, ordinary workers, expert groups, ordinary mercenaries, and high-level mercenaries. Everyone is the same.

"Stop cheering." Dak frowned and sternly stopped the ordinary mercenaries from cheering happily. "Go back to work immediately. If you don't directly participate in the excavation, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Of course Dak knew why the mercenaries were happy.

Because of Mia's trust, he was entrusted to be in charge of the security command of the entire camp. The camp was built by him with two professional scout knights from the knight order and commanded more than 50 ordinary mercenaries. It can be said that he is the ordinary mercenaries. commander-in-chief.

During this process, he had already figured out the thoughts of these mercenaries. Their employment conditions were similar to those of high-level mercenaries. They were also based on one month, and they would be paid at least one month. Therefore, the sooner they could complete the excavation The more relaxed they are.

You don’t have to sweat profusely in the bad weather, you don’t have to be constantly vigilant about whether a bug will emerge from the soil and send you to see Xiuer, you don’t have to be stared at maliciously by countless small and medium-sized monsters every moment, and you don’t have to worry about sleeping. When I wake up, I find that I have been wrapped in a spider sac and I can still get paid normally. What could be better than this?

Dak has grown up from a low-level mercenary at the most basic level. He can understand the difficulties of low-level mercenaries. He is not an unkind person. If possible, he does not mind ordinary mercenaries relaxing. one time.

Unfortunately, absolutely not.

Warcraft won't rest because of good news. There will be a price to pay for relaxing casually.

"I really don't know what you are happy about. You think you can go home early, right? Are you stupid? If you want to go home early, you should be hoping that nothing can be dug out. Now that the Magic Tower has been dug, it means there is something behind it. There is so much delicate work to be done, and you will have to stay here for a long time. I am so happy that I don’t think you have time to cry.”

Most of what Dak said was a covert exchange of concepts, but he had to suppress the impetuosity and extravagant hopes of the mercenaries, otherwise such small details may lead to irreversible consequences.

"Mubek, take care of your people, Mi LS, do you look into the camp when you keep watch? Sean, what are you doing shouting so loudly, and where should you be? Where is your position?"

Dak is really strict, but he is the idol of almost all mercenaries, and with the backing of a powerful mercenary group, those unruly mercenaries were suppressed by him and did not dare to resist. It must be admitted that Mia is indeed a good person who knows people well and makes good use of them.

"Thank you." However, when passing by Xiure, Mia said her thanks lightly.Apart from Xiuer, only Safu, who had the best hearing and was the closest, heard it and couldn't help but look at Mia with doubtful eyes, not knowing what she was thanking.

Because Safu didn't know, originally Dak was only authorized by Mia to lead the team to build the camp in advance, but after a detailed one-on-one discussion with Shuer, the security command was completely handed over to him.

During this period, Shuer talked about many theories, such as how the coordinator should have insight into people's hearts, and how the way to employ people is to make the best use of things. Mia did not fully understand these, but the facts proved that he was right, and the situation was completely in accordance with the situation. As Xiuer predicted, everything is going in a good direction.

From the beginning to the present, although small problems and crises have appeared frequently, and many people are sent to Shu'er every day, there has never been a real crisis, and no one has died. Although this is also related to the powerful healer Shu'er. The existence has a little to do with it, but Dak's regulation is an indispensable reason.

Mia knew that if she was left to decide, she would never give up the security command to Duck easily, so she felt that she had to say thank you to Shuer, even though he often said nonsense that always sounded like teasing, which made her feel uncomfortable. Mia really wanted to deduct all his pay, but when it was time to say thank you, she couldn't get away with it.

Ignoring these ordinary mercenaries who had been taught a lesson by Dak, the high-level mercenaries followed closely behind Mia and rushed towards the excavation site. The apprentice who had just run to notify was sweating profusely and trotted ahead to lead the way.

No one asked him stupid things like what he found. If what he found could be explained clearly in one or two sentences, he would have said it long ago. Since he kept silent and chose to rush on, it was obvious that the abnormality he found was difficult to explain. Instead of putting pressure on him by asking questions, it would be better to just go and see for yourself.

I saw it, or to be precise, I felt it.

More than half of the magic tower buried deep in the ground has been dug out, and a large number of climbing frames have been erected around it.It is not appropriate to say that it was dug out, but a circular trench more than 20 meters deep surrounded the Magic Tower, allowing most of the Magic Tower to see the light of day.

The original tower was closed, and the mages could only vaguely sense the energy activity inside by clinging to the outer wall of the tower. But now someone has found the weak point of the building and broken through the outer wall of the tower. The energy fluctuations pass through the gap. It can be seen everywhere, and even from a distance of more than ten meters, the violent activity of the remaining energy in the magic pool can be clearly sensed.

In addition to energy fluctuations, there is also light.

From the broken gap, light continued to emit from inside. The light was strong and weak, very unstable, and it looked full of danger.

"Everyone, step back, now, immediately." Mia's movements froze, and before she could say anything, the necromancer who had been following her had changed his expression, and subconsciously shouted in front of him, "Are you all a bunch of lunatics? , the balance of the magic pool is broken, and it may explode at any time, can't you feel it? Even if ordinary people can't feel it, you should know that the energy is abnormal by looking at the light. Do you all want to die so much? You want to die, but I don't want to. , get out of here now and hide as far away as you can..."

"Absolutely impossible." A few scholars stayed outside. Although the necromancer named Mility could crush these ordinary people to death with a flick of his fingers, they refused without fear, "You know what to find?" How difficult is it to develop a ruin with a magic tower? We finally encountered an opportunity, how could we give up? Maybe there are valuable records and knowledge in it, and they want us to leave unless we are turned into corpses and thrown out."

"Okay, do you want to die? I will satisfy your request. I happen to be short of bones. How about you sign an agreement before your death and donate the body to me, and I will immediately send you to see Serralul, the Book of Wisdom. ." Militty shook her red hair, her eyes were as contemptuous as looking at a group of ants, "Do you know that if all of you die here, it will bring immeasurable losses to the Blue Tower and even the entire academic world. You guys How much do you hate Mia to want to die in exchange for her being unable to gain a foothold in the Blue Tower for the rest of her life?"

"You've gone too far." Mia said with a straight face and no fluctuation in her voice, "They are too..."

"Can you shut up if you are flat-chested? It's your turn to interrupt me? Didn't you cry enough the night before?" The necromancer squinted at Mia, his eyes full of oppression, as if he was condescending and scolding his subordinates. Same, "Dozens of hours haven't made you happy, so you forgot what you should do, kneel down and lick my feet." God likes to ignore everyone, looking at people with contemptuous eyes is like looking at a group of reptiles, it's so exciting... cough cough, it's too unpleasant, the most important thing is that even people like Duck are far away Avoiding her, Xiu Er was naturally very smart to avoid her. Now it seems that he is too wise. This guy looks beautiful, and he didn't expect that his speech would be so powerful.

"It seems that the experience of being turned into an ice sculpture and put on display on the rooftop has not taught you well." Mia's expression did not change due to the necromancer's words, but her hair was still and her fingers were formed with curse marks. "It's a pity that no one saw you last time. There are so many people this time. I'm helping you remember it."

"Ahem, two of you, two of you." Xiuer couldn't help it anymore. Although it was really refreshing to continue watching, especially the forest elf who had played with him once was watching with great interest, and his eyes almost flashed. It was all gone, but his reason still prevailed, "We both want to watch the performances of both of you, no, no, no, I mean, we are not interested, and besides, have you forgotten something?"

Of course I forgot that there is a magic tower at my feet that could explode at any time.

"Humph." At the same time, they glared at Xiul fiercely. The two mages turned away and stopped glaring at each other.

Um?Why are you staring at me?I am innocent.Moreover, am I right? Shouldn't I consider this time bomb first now?Why did I end up being stared at by two women?

Because you don't know how to count, Lord Priest, there are three people staring at you now, and you missed the Miss Lin Jing who was deprived of her fun.

"Doyle, go give the order and everyone should get out." Mia has not completely lost her mind and knows what to choose. "No matter whether it is a worker or our people, no one should stay in it. If the magic tower really explodes, , you can’t stand it.”

"But, Master Mia." The scholar who had just been threatened by Militi looked unwilling, "Those..."

"Come out, don't worry. Someone will move everything out." Mia glanced at Meridi, who was her mortal enemy. "If nothing else, they are sorting it out now, right?"

"Hmph, who cares about you." Mility turned her head and looked into the distance, "Move by yourself."

It seems that Mia, as the person in charge of this excavation operation, still has a very high status. No matter how reluctant the scholars were, after receiving Mia's order, they still angrily left the magic tower and looked at those white-haired people. The gray old people deliberately ignored Mia, while beating and mumbling to remind Mia that they were angry. They acted like a group of children making trouble, which made people feel particularly funny.

However, the old scholars soon forgot about the quarrel, because a few minutes after they left the magic tower, they saw a group of small animals made of bones, carrying various items with magical energy on their bodies. They lined up and ran out, put down their things in front of the scholars, turned around and ran into the magic tower again.

At this time, a group of old people were happy, as if they had found some interesting toys. They sat on the ground regardless of their appearance. More than 20 people gathered in a circle and passed around the magical antiquities from thousands of years ago one by one.Looking at their appearance, they look like a group of children sharing toys, but listening to the content of their conversation... well, I basically can't understand it.

"Huh", even Mia, who always showed no emotion, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Most of these scholars are ordinary people, so fragile that they can't even talk about strength, but the knowledge in their heads is The most precious wealth in academics, even if one person is lost, it will be heartbreaking. This is why Mia spent a lot of money to hire many mercenaries to protect the excavation team. If the magic tower exploded and killed them all, I am afraid that even Mia herself I can't even forgive myself. Fortunately, someone is still reliable, huh.

"It's flat-chested, something's not right." It's not easy for the Necromancer to command a group of undead to carry things at the same time. Ordinarily, he shouldn't be distracted, but Militi seemed to have noticed something at this time, frowning and said, "I I think this tower is not normal, well, just as abnormal as you are.”

"Exhibitionist, if you have any nonsense, say it quickly." Mia's face was cold, but she was already on guard, "What did you think of?"

"Don't you think it's unreasonable that more than 4000 years have passed since the magic tower's energy pool retained energy? Especially since these energies are still active, as if they might explode at any time?"

"Nonsense, aren't we looking for unreasonable things? If unreasonable phenomena appear, it means that there is support from technology beyond our understanding. If they are all reasonable, then why are we here, just running around? Did you take off your clothes and dance naked in the wilderness?"

"If you dare to take the opportunity to mock me even if you are flat-chested, we will see you at night." Mility snorted coldly, "There should be a certain degree of unreasonableness. If we are facing a magic tower that was not maintained 1000 years ago, then I will definitely not I won’t say anything, and advanced technology can definitely be found in it. But things more than 4000 years ago, this has reached an exaggerated level, and it doesn’t seem like advanced knowledge can explain it.”

"So?" Mia had an ominous premonition.

"So I got into the magic pool and took a look."

"Are you crazy? Do you dare to approach the magic pool with such instability? Do you know that if the balance is destroyed and an explosion is caused, your separate consciousness will be destroyed and your spirit will be greatly affected? Do you think? Do you want to enjoy the headaches for several years? Or do you want to keep your strength at the current level for the rest of your life?"

"Well, isn't it time to worry about whether the new knowledge will be destroyed by the explosion? Isn't the issue she cares about a bit subtle?" Shuer pressed close to Saff's ear, and his voice was only heard by two people.

What a nuisance, what a nuisance, you secretly say bad things about people again.Saff blushed and lowered his head and snickered. This is something that everyone knows, so don't say it on purpose, so you are a nuisance.

"Idiot is flat-chested. I have sense. I will escape in time if something goes wrong." The necromancer rolled his eyes at his mortal enemy. "Besides, didn't I get in safely?"

"What did you find?" After glaring at Meridi's chest, then another, and then another, Mia suppressed the anger in her chest.

"The good news is that the magic tower will not be destroyed by the explosion. The bad news is that the entire excavation site will probably be destroyed." Militty said leisurely, "I wonder if you have heard of a biological phenomenon. , called energy-type mutation."

"Damn it." Mia's face changed suddenly. Not only her, but also the faces of the high-level mercenaries became unsightly. Mia directly used the phantom sound technique, and the sound spread throughout the entire excavation site, "Alarm, Level [-] Alert, all non-combatants should immediately enter the underground shelter, ordinary combatants will move to the outer perimeter of the shelter to guard, and high-level mercenaries will gather with me as the target and prepare for battle."

(End of this chapter)