Chapter 33: Place of Magic
After dealing with the gargoyles, Wayne did not stay or choose to return to the camp, but continued to explore the interior of the banquet hall.
As he explored, Wayne discovered that this underground ruins was probably an underground palace for the royal family of the elves in the past.
In addition to the exquisite and luxurious statues and murals here, another reason is that it should be impossible for ordinary elven nobles or other figures to own such a huge palace. Perhaps only those royal members who rule the elves have such a palace. energy.
It is a pity that although the history of elves is long, it can be traced back to the period when the White Ship landed thousands of years ago.
But with the brutal war between them and humans, many things have long been lost to records and cannot be studied, and countless unknown secrets have long been hidden in the dust of history.
I'm afraid no one knows what exactly happened here except those old antiques who survived the White Ship era.
But it doesn't matter. Wayne is just a demon hunter, neither a historian nor a magician. Pursuing the truth of history does not mean much to him.
What really troubled him was that the ruins were so big, with large and small areas and various rooms. In addition to the many gargoyles set up as guards, there were also a large number of gargoyles inhabiting every corner of the ruins. underground monster.
In this dark environment, he not only had to stay vigilant at all times to prevent enemies who might attack him at any time, but he also had to explore the correct route in this complex environment, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and quite troublesome.
This also led to the whole next day, he only explored one banquet hall and several rooms next to the banquet hall, and had no time to explore other areas.
As for the results of the exploration, in addition to killing three gargoyle guards, they also killed a dozen Andraig swarm monsters and blocked the passage they dug from the ground into the ruins.
When he dragged his exhausted body back to the camp, Toruvel immediately came to greet him.
Wayne did not hide anything, and told the female elf leader his work progress and related speculations.
After chatting with her again and planning how to explore the ruins in the future, he returned to his tent and rested.
Over the next few days, Wayne's life became incredibly fulfilling.
Every day he collects herbs, refines them, participates in battles, collects trophies, returns to camp to rest, has lunch, and then continues exploring in the afternoon, repeating this process, leaving no time for anything else.
Such a high-intensity life not only allowed him to see monsters he had never seen before, such as scavengers, kikimo and demon spirits, and learned how to fight them, but also allowed him to learn the skills he learned from Kaermohan Castle. Those combat skills were applied to actual combat one by one, greatly enhancing his actual combat ability.
In addition, of course, he has not forgotten the mission system where he can get free of charge every day. Every time before setting off to fight, he will receive an ordinary-level combat mission from Geralt, and get a few experience points and an ordinary level for free. A level treasure chest is also an extra bonus.
Unlike his fulfilling and busy life every day, Geralt was living quite a leisurely life during this time.
After his chest and ribs were injured, Geralt could only stay in the camp to recuperate. However, he was originally a bohemian character. He could not take any time off while he was injured and recuperating. He soon became addicted to Gwent.
Not only did he shamelessly borrow his deck of cards and a lot of ducats, he actually hooked up with a half-elf widow while he was recovering from his injuries, and had meat every night, which was a very comfortable life.
On the contrary, Wayne himself, in order to improve his strength, not only had to complete a task every day, but also took time to continuously practice his various skills without any time for rest.
He is simply a year-round wage earner, a roll king who rolls his own rolls.
However, the underground ruins are not infinite. When the time came to the seventh day, through Wayne's constant fighting and cleaning, this expert-level commission finally came to an end.
In the entire underground ruins, only the last area is left, and the exploration has not yet been completed. When Wayne was ready and killed the two gargoyle guards guarding the area, what caught his eye was a huge metal door forged from an unknown metal.
I don't know how many years have passed, and the black metal door has been covered with cobwebs and dust, but Wayne can clearly feel that this door is not only extremely load-bearing, but also extremely strong. Even after passages of time, there is still no trace of anything. The traces of rust are obviously unusual.
After confirming that there were no other enemies around, Wayne cautiously took a few steps closer.
But when he was less than half a meter away from the metal gate, the Demon Hunter badge hanging on his chest began to vibrate again.
An unknown magical energy was transmitted to him through this door.
At the same time, the emotionless voice of the system sounded in his ears again.
Ding! High-concentration magic energy nodes are detected and absorbed to gain three ability points.
Note that if you choose to absorb, this energy node will be permanently destroyed, its spatial structure will be destroyed, and a dimensional crack will be formed, so please choose carefully.
After hearing the sound of the system, Wayne immediately understood that behind this heavy metal door was the ring of elements that he had been thinking about for a long time.
A magical place that provides him with ability points.
This time, Wayne only thought about it for a few seconds before making an immediate decision.
He explored here alone, without any witnesses around him, including himself, and no one could predict what he would encounter in the ruins.
Isn't this a good opportunity given to him by God?
Thinking of this, Wayne no longer hesitated and immediately chose to confirm.
For a moment, under the intervention of an unknown powerful force, Wayne felt as if he had turned into a super absorbent sponge.
The magical energy on the other side of the metal gate, attracted by the unknown force, surged towards his body like a huge wave.
And his body was not to be outdone, and at a speed that mages could hardly imagine, it sucked all the chaotic magic power surging around him into his body like a whale swallowing it.
That terrifying speed even formed a huge mana vortex around Wayne.
However, this phenomenon goes away just as quickly as it comes.
About five minutes later, Wayne felt that his body had regained control. The invisible magical power had disappeared, and his body seemed to have been nourished by the fountain of life. Whether it was tired, injured or mentally drained, Well, it's all gone.
Just like the settings in some games, all restored to their best condition.
The most important thing is that in his attribute column, the ability points have increased from the original two remaining points to five points.
(End of chapter)