Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 33—The ruins

Claude never imagined that such a huge magic tower site would be seen on this coastal cliff. In Welikro's remarks, the site is about the same diameter as the red brick house of its own, estimated to be around forty or fifty meters. But when I saw it in my mind and in reality, Claude understood how big the gap was.

"This is simply a castle…"Borkal is marveling.

“No, I think this is bigger than the revival square.”Eriksson said.

The revival square is the campsite where Sterling IX first fired. It has now become a memorial square. Before the four people came to Egret, that was yesterday morning, they also attended the revival celebration of the school organization. The square that can accommodate two or three thousand people, in the eyes of Eriksson, is indeed very big.

Welikro walked under a broken wall and knocked the stone wall with a stick in his hand: "Claude, look at it, I am not wrong, this wall is exactly the same as the rock on the mountain road."

Indeed, Welikro did not say anything wrong. When I walked closer, I can see that the material of this stone wall is the same as those of the huge flat rock blocks on the mountain road. Even if these broken walls are covered with moss and vines, they are one meter thick. The left and right stone wall breaks can be seen clearly, the same material. The only difference is that the rock blocks on the mountain road are only flat on the face, and the walls are smooth on both sides.

The highest wall of the ruins of the ruins is two or three meters high, and the shortest one is half a metre high. The sea breeze with the moisture of the water blows day and night, so that the ministers under these remaining stone walls are covered with moss, while the white spots above are spotted. The powder condenses.

Welikro said: "These are the end of salt, the sea breeze, eating can be eaten, just bitter, it is difficult to mouth."

The site is not a flat ground. On the contrary, the left third of the site is a small mound-like gravel pile. From the site to the outside cliff, it is the site of the gravel pile. It’s just that time will erase all traces. Now there are a few low-lying trees on the gravel pile, and the bottom is covered with weed bushes…

"I really don't understand why this magic tower will collapse. You see such a thick rock as the tower wall. Don't tell me that it is boasted by the sea breeze. It is a big joke."Borkal slaps the broken wall thoughtfully.

Eriksson held his chin with his hand, frowned and stared at the stone wall, making a research posture: "The sea breeze is impossible to blow down the magic tower, maybe a tsunami may be possible. But if the tsunami can rise above this cliff and smash the magic tower, then our Whitestag town has long since disappeared. And for hundreds of years, Whitestag town has not recorded any natural disasters such as the tsunami. At most, there are occasional storms in August and September.

In addition to the tsunami, it is an earthquake that can harm the magic tower, but Whitestag town has been established for thousands of years, but it has never been earthquaked. By the way, my father once said that on the island of Bariama, there is also the ruins of the Magic Tower. Bariama Island is a thousand miles away from our Whitestag town. It is impossible to have an earthquake that is just a thousand miles away to shock two magic towers…"

Welikro laughed. "Hey, you two come over and give things back, don't make excuses to be lazy, what to ponder!" My father told me that this magic tower was bombed with explosives. ”

Borkal is very unconvinced: "How did your father know that the magic tower collapsed for hundreds of years? How can he be so sure that the explosives are smashed? What is the power of gunpowder so large that it can blow up such a sturdy magic tower? ”

Your father said yes…Claude thought in his heart that the diary recorded a magic crystal explosion gunpowder invented by the mage called Landers. He said that he could blow a mountain into a large pit, which would make it more than enough to blow up the magic tower. .

Welikro shrugged. "I don't know. I asked my father so much, then let him knock a bag on my head." He said that my benzene is dead. Although hundreds of years have passed, the traces left by the explosives explosion will not be eliminated. Look at the broken walls and the gravel pile, which is obviously the bottom of the magic tower. It is formed by the collapse of a large shock wave and the collapse of the tower body.

You know that my father spent two years as a warning soldier at the Guns Institute in Wangdu when he was young. He said that there were more explosion scenes seen in the Gun Academy, those traces left after the explosion in the room and the magic tower. The site is almost the same, so he can see at a glance whether it is an explosion. As for the power of gunpowder you said is not so big, it is that you have not seen a big scene. My father said that the Institute’s gunpowder warehouse exploded, and the thicker stone walls were all blown up. There was only one big pit on the ground…"

"Okay, don't argue why the magic tower collapsed."Claude clicked on the ground with his stick: "We are camping here tonight?"

oh no! it’s aWelikro pointed her finger at the ruins: "Go ahead, where I and my father came to camp last time. The wind above the cliff is big, there are four walls to block the wind, we go there to camp. ”

Borkal and Eriksson came over and picked up the bags they had just thrown on the ground, back on their shoulders, and the four continued to walk inside the site.

Welikro refers to the campsite is really good, this is the rightmost room of the ruins, the remaining rock walls on the four sides are about two meters high, this should be a separate room separated by magic tower, about 20 squares. The ground is also a flat gray rock, and it is estimated that this room is likely to be a utility room or a small warehouse.

A corner of the room was filled with more than a meter high firewood pile, and Welikro said it was left by his father and his winter hunting. We looked at a piece of firewood from the lower layer of the firewood pile and Welikro was very satisfied because the firewood was very dry. What he was worried about was that when they last walked, the firewood piled up thick snow. When it melted, it might make the firewood below wet, and there were two weeks of rain at the end of March, but now it seems that The sea breeze has blown these piles of wood very dry.

"It seems that we don't need to cut wood again."Welikro said: "This saves us a lot of work. OK, put the backpack and the bag down, and live here at night. ”

The Claude trio were also very satisfied. The rocky ground in this room was very clean. The sea breeze took away all the dust. There was no gap between the stone wall and the corner of the ground. No insects or ants could be seen.

"The tent is here?"Borkal asked, he was referring to the corner opposite the firewood pile, where there were traces of tents left on the walls.

"Well, last time my father and I were there."Welikro nodded and said, "Wait, don't take it like last night. My tent can be taken apart. There are walls on three sides, only one top, and all four of us can sleep below."

Eriksson was stupidly beside him: "Then my tent is still working hard to come here, you said I will throw it on the boat…"

Welikro touched her head and was embarrassed: "I am not worried that you are afraid of not sleeping. After all, for you, this is a ruin, with all kinds of horror legends. So I want to stay in your little tent when I stay up at night. ”

Eriksson turned to look at the wall on the four sides of the room: "The walls of this room are two meters high. We can't see how to watch the night outside?" Use this tent to block the door hole? ”

Welikro pointed to the firewood pile in the corner: "I am going to put your tent on it, where people sit in the tent just to see the outside and around. In addition, your tent does not need to be set up, only half of it can be used to block the wind blowing from the sea. If there is any situation, it is convenient for the night watcher to act. ”

Since Welikro said that everyone can only do it, just take care when picking up the firewood. Take it from the outermost side and don't pump it from the middle, lest the firewood fall down and you can't put a tent on it.

Welikro picked up a few long sticks from the ground next to the firewood: "It's very good, it's still there, the harder it is, the stronger it is. Come, this is the last time my father cut down and set up a tent. You come and take a hand. , put the tent up first."

The tent brought by Welikro was simple, with ropes tied to ten stone, and then threw the stone to the other side of the broken wall. The tent was pulled flat by a stone tied to a rope, and there was a flat roof in the middle of the three broken walls in the blink of an air, as for the still empty side, With those long sticks on the broken wall with a rope tied to a shelf to support up, such a simple shack appeared.

Welikro tried to test the firmness of the wooden stick shelf and said that it was very satisfactory. The sea breeze could not blow, and even if the wind was too big, it would not blow the flat top.

Borkal was very curious to study for a long time: "Welikro, you said that you and your father are camping here in the winter, so that the tent will not be crushed by heavy snow?"

Welikro smiled and replied: "You are really right. When you first came, it was crushed by snow, which made us get up in the middle of the night to sweep the snow. The second time I had experience, we didn't do it, or we took two people as we did. But this time we are four people, now it is not winter, don't worry about snowing, it's impossible to rain in the evening, so rest assured, so it's okay, anyway, we will leave tomorrow. ”

Claude is ready to have lunch, he asks: "Welikro, where is the water?"

Welikro pointed down: "There is about 50 meters down there, there is a spring water pool, the water is very clear, and the winter is hot, like a hot spring, I am directly bathing in the water."

So Welikro took Borkal and Eriksson to pick up the water, and Claude didn't mention cooking.

After a simple lunch, the four discussed how to hunt in the afternoon.

"I won't go, let Eyke take the hunting bow, Boa takes his sarcophagus, Welikro takes your own arquebus, and the three of you go, I will sort it out and go around here. I am really curious about this magic tower site. I want to study it well, maybe I will have any great discoveries…"

Claude is now hoping that the three partners will leave early to hunt, and he will go to the underground layer of the magic tower site to search for the things left by the Master Landers. Although nearly six hundred years have passed, it is still unknown, but since I have come here, I don’t want to find it. Especially the strange coincidence, let Claude have such a hope in his heart, if his own crossing and getting the magic recipe is the fate of the arrangement, then you can be sure that the Landers Master is still there…

"You really don't want to go hunting?"The partners didn't take Claude's big discovery seriously, but Claude spent more than half a year enjoying the hobby of history books. They knew it very well. It is not surprising that such a centuries-old magic tower site made Claude curious. .

"Well, let's go, I will stay here, nothing, if you can, you will come back with a few pheasants. In the evening, I will give you a new method of roasting chicken, which will satisfy you."

"Like this, Eyke, you leave the shorts to Claude to be a self-defense weapon. If something happens, you play in the sky for a day, and we hear the gunshots and come back immediately. ”Welikro finally made the decision.