Ryan's Sword

Chapter 33 No.30 Treasure Hunt in Three Acts

Stretching out his hand to grab the edge of the broken window, Ian straightened his waist and curled up into a ball in the air, quickly climbed over the narrow window and entered the inside of the bell tower.

In Ian's field of vision, the blue bar representing the mana value was on the verge of exhaustion.It seems that with the little magic power endowed by its own intelligence attribute, it is not easy for a reckless professional representative like a warrior, who is born with mental retardation, to play with a simple alchemy tool like an activated magic rope.

"call……"

Taking a breath, Ian frowned and waved his hands to disperse the dust flying around inside the clock tower because of his entry. Obviously, since the gate below the clock tower was locked with iron locks, it has not welcomed new visitors for a long time. visitors.

Taking out the face towel he used when he became Black Wing, Ian covered his mouth and nose, took a moment to get used to the dark environment inside the clock tower, and then walked lightly along the rusty iron stairs on one side of the inner wall go up.

The place where Ian entered the bell tower was a simple compartment made of wooden boards. According to his judgment, this should be the rest room of the guards who were on duty at the time.Going up the stairs, there are no less than three floors of similarly structured compartments, so it can be seen that the original bell tower was obviously equipped with a large number of guards and maintenance personnel.After all, in the era when the goblin's mechanical technology was just introduced into human society, the clock tower, a large machine made of complex and precise gears, was one of the most important buildings no matter which city it was placed in.

Time has passed, and this old clock tower has long ceased to operate. However, who put the secret skill on the top floor of the clock tower has always been one of the topics that players are keen to discuss.

"Probably, a member of the development team who is keen to bury Easter eggs has his head pumped!"

For those urban legends, Ian has never been so cold.Looking at the criss-crossing mechanical gears above, he sighed, and routinely blamed the Azure development team, which players in his previous life hated the most.

At this time, Ian had already reached the inside of the clock at the top of the clock tower. However, the space left for people to pass through this complicated internal structure is really horribly small.

"This... the cliff is designed according to the figure of the goblin!" Ian frowned and complained.He thought of the goblin city hidden deep in the Forgotten Land that he had visited in his previous life, where almost all the descendants of the ancient goblins were the azure version of Grandet.They are sitting on a lot of wealth, but they are stingy to the extreme. With their personality that a piece of rag picked up from a garbage dump can be sold for the price of dragon skin, they have made some achievements in the advanced business philosophy of after-sales service. Is not surprising at all.Obviously, the clock tower they built for the Ryan Empire was not a one-off sale. The cost of maintenance and repair work in the later period would have cost the lord at the time a large sum of golden oak leaves.

Right now, the complex structure inside the clock tower gave Ian a slight headache.You know, the old man who discovered the will of the God of War climbed up from the outer wall to the top floor of the bell tower, but Ian couldn't follow his example.

For one thing, the old man was also a ranger who had upgraded to the iron rank at that time, and his own agility attribute was enough to support him to complete the difficult unarmed climbing; secondly, the old man climbed the clock tower with bare hands in the game It was a remarkable thing, but if Ian dared to learn from him at this moment, the only end would be to attract the city guards patrolling elsewhere and arrest him on the spot.

Although the clock tower is already an abandoned building, after all, it is still one of the property of the city lord.

There is no so-called extreme climbing in Weilan, as long as you are caught, you will be charged with suspicious behavior and wrong intentions!
After turning twice around the dense mechanical gears above his head, Ian finally made up his mind after smelling the pungent smell of rust and engine oil.

on!
Climb up even if it is difficult!

He put all his leather armor, packages and other cumbersome things into the space ring on his left hand. Wearing only a thin shirt, he slowly climbed up along the narrow passage.

After a while, Ian's body was already covered with rust and sludge accumulated on the machinery over the years.However, if it's just some peculiar smell and dirt, Ian's character and will are enough to endure the past, but the biggest problem he faces is that there is no way to go above.

The width of the iron vertical ladder leading to the top floor of the bell tower was only half of Ian's shoulder width. What's more, the thick iron plates were welded to the two sides of the vertical, limiting the passage to this width.For the short stature of goblins, this width may be more than enough, but for normal-sized humans, they can only look at the "ladder" and sigh.

"It shouldn't be," Ian said inwardly, sweating slightly on his forehead, "Since the development team has set the top floor of the clock tower as the treasure location, there should be a way to go up—climbing the outer wall to enter the top floor can only be said to be a chance Coincidentally, according to the idea of ​​normal puzzle-solving mini-games, the conventional way of entry must be designed inside the clock tower!"

Forcing himself to calm down, Ian hung in the middle of the dense mechanical gears, carefully observing the structural layers above.

Time passed by, and finally, when Ian was about to give up, he vaguely saw a gap in the structure that was slightly larger than the others.According to his observation, that gap should be able to accommodate his size, but once it passed, it would not be easy to retreat due to the complex terrain there.

The most important thing is that he is not sure whether the only gap can lead all the way to the top floor of the bell tower. If not, then he will face a very embarrassing situation - with his current strength attributes, he wants to forcibly break through the inside of the bell tower. The mechanical structure is almost impossible.Of course, if he puts all his eggs in one basket, consumes the experience accumulated so far in the experience pool, raises the level to Lv20 in one go, and then invests all the attribute points in strength, then it will be another situation.

"Never mind! Try it!"

For the secret skills that are within reach, Ian decided to give up anyway.He gritted his teeth, leaned forward and walked towards the narrow gap.

Big deal, just lose part of the number of "full state resurrection"!Ian thought to himself, he didn't believe that the mechanical maze built by these old gear parts could really trap him!
Enduring the cold and stinging pain from the icy metal scratching his face and body, Ian abruptly walked through this metal passage like a hacksaw.When he worked so hard to get to the position where he could see, he looked up with anxiety!
"yeah!"

If it wasn't for the limited space, Ian would have liked to throw his fist in celebration.

As he looked up, there was also a narrow structural gap that could only allow one person to climb up. At the end of it was a piece of decayed old wooden plank. If Ian guessed correctly, it should be the clock tower The floor of the top compartment.

After seeing the hope, Ian's heart was full of motivation. Regardless of the sharp metal corners piercing his skin, he abruptly crawled along the gap to the bottom of the wooden board.

"Next..."

Ian struggled to stabilize his body, and then took out a bright long sword made of fine steel from the space ring.This high-quality long sword is the most cost-effective weapon in the market. As early as when he entered Lewisburg, Ian bought several of them in one go with the reward paid by Kyle, and stored them in the interspatial ring.

With a sound of "stab", the long-decayed wooden plank was pierced through by Ian's violence.Ian swung his sword again and again, creating a gap on the top of his head that was big enough for him to pass through, then retracted his long sword, grabbed the edge of the board and climbed up.

"Cough cough..."

The dust accumulated on the top floor of the bell tower is at least a lot more than that on the lower floors.Sunlight shines in through the gaps in the windows, forming beams of clear light paths.

Ian glanced around a few times, and soon his eyes settled on a low desk.The desk was only less than half a meter high, and with the small seat in front of the desk, it was not difficult to guess that it must have served a goblin in the past.

There are several piles of black shadows that look like blueprint books on that desk. The secret skill book that Ian is willing to find for such a big crime this time may be hidden there!

Immediately, Ian stared at the choking dust, lowered his body and groped carefully.Fortunately, the wooden floor, which looked as crisp as a biscuit, managed to support his weight despite the screams of "squeaks".

Coming to the small table, Ian tried to pick up the books on the table.However, the first book that was spread out on the table "teared" into pieces of confetti the moment it touched his fingers.

This ruthless power eroded by the years made Ian's men shrink back subconsciously.However, he soon realized that the skill book recognized by the Azure system had the attribute of "indestructible" before learning it. Even after thousands of years, it was still brand new.Immediately, he checked one by one, and after a while, a different leathery feel came from his fingers, and at the same time, several reminders that were different from usual and composed of bronzing cursive characters crossed in his field of vision.

"Hint: Obtain the 'Secret Skill Book - Will of the God of War (A)'"

"Prompt: A skill book that meets the learning conditions has been detected, do you want to learn it? (Yes/No)"

"Warning: When you choose to learn, this skill book will disappear forever, please choose carefully!"

After scanning the eye-catching reminder messages, Ian couldn't help but let out a heavy breathing sound, and finally a relieved and joyful smile appeared on his face under the scarf.

It's finally here!
Thinking back to the hard search for this short half-day effort, Ian was full of emotion in his heart.

Anyway, this trip is worth it!

　PS: I just got home after dealing with things, today's Chapter 2.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)