Lord of War

"This is..." Cecilia was shocked.

And William and An Nuo were so shocked that they couldn't speak at this moment, they stared at the suddenly raised statue with stunned faces. Then they discovered that when they saw the statue just now, the sword on the statue did not have a point. They thought it was some kind of design concept of the designer, and then they realized that the sword on the statue had a point. Yes, it's just that the tip of the sword goes deep into the ground.

Because of the impact of the shock, all the people who had already run to explore the castle ran out again, and then everyone was surprised when they saw the raised statue, and many people returned to the first floor Come and start observing the statue up close. For all of this, Sean didn't stop him. He knew the curiosity of these guys, but he just thought about what kind of expressions they would have when they saw the magnificence and magnificence of Utopia?

"It looks like we're lucky." A smile appeared on Sean's face. Judging from the situation when the statue was raised, he could tell that Asuna hadn't discovered this secret passage.

This passage is the two-story underground space leading to the Black Swan Castle built in the mountain.

Because of the black asphalt and mountain god ash that were poured inside, the two floors of space are moisture-proof, waterproof and insect-proof, and the designer who built the Black Swan Castle at the beginning considered the strategic reserves, and the two floors of underground spaces also have Very good ventilation system. Therefore, the space on the basement floor has been used by the owners of Black Swan Castle to store all kinds of strategic materials, and of course some consumables needed for war are also indispensable.

But what Sean really valued was actually the second floor of the underground space of the Black Swan Castle.

Anuo had already returned to the carriage outside the castle, fetched a few torches, and lit them up. Then, under Xiao En's signal, he held a heavy shield in his left hand and a torch in his right hand, and then walked down the stairs. Behind him was another barbarian from the Northland, but his right hand was holding two handles. One of the spears belonged to Annuo, and Sean was in third place, followed by Cecilia, William, and then several northern barbarians.

Although he knew that the underground space was actually not dangerous, Sean did not say anything to stop An Nuo and others from being cautious. Of course, Sean would not refuse this change in attitude. Because this does mean that this northern barbarian army that has fought several battles with him is undergoing some qualitative changes, and this change will also affect more northern barbarians in the future. For this, Sean is still very happy to see.

This staircase is a spiral staircase, and on the wall next to the staircase, there are candlesticks at intervals, but because there are no candles on the candlesticks, there is no way to light them.

The stairs are not deep, only ninety-nine steps.

So it didn't take too much time for everyone to arrive at the first floor of the underground space.

Sean took the torch from An Nuo, then took a few steps forward, and stretched the torch into a groove on the left.

In an instant, a flame erupted from the groove, and then quickly burned out along the direction of the groove in a sweeping posture like a prairie fire. Then everyone clearly saw a fiery snake swimming around the entire basement floor. In just a few dozen seconds, the originally dark and gloomy basement floor became as bright as day.

At this time, everyone discovered that the entire underground floor had been surrounded by these grooves, and behind the grooves was kerosene, so as long as you put the torch in,

It can light up the entire basement space, instead of having only candlesticks but no candles like a staircase.

At this moment, the entire basement floor was clearly revealed in front of everyone, and there were no secrets to hide.

But to everyone's disappointment, they didn't see anything priceless in the huge space on the first floor. Although there is still enough food stored for a year, it is only considered in terms of the size of the Black Swan Castle. If it is converted into the size of the entire army that Sean needs to support at present, it is probably only enough. Just one and a half months of rations.

In addition to food, there are also bundles of arrows stored here on the first floor. William glanced sideways. There were about a million of them, and they were only worth a thousand gold coins. They were not even as good as that pile of grain, but because the quantity was more than the grain, it looked a bit more spectacular. . In addition, there was nothing left on the entire floor, not to mention unknown precious metals, and there were not even some standard weapons that could be replaced.

"I don't know if this bunch of gadgets are worth five thousand gold coins." William curled his lips, "Don't you feel poor if you have such a big space to hide a few gadgets?"

"The Viscount back then was not known for his military and financial power." Xiao En said with a smile, "But it's a pity, I thought there were other valuable things hidden in it..., but there is always It’s better than nothing. Do you think there are other things on the castle? Asuna almost emptied the entire castle, even those Xiapin oil paintings. If she knew about this underground space, probably even these All the fire oil was scavenged by her."

Hearing Xiao En's words, everyone let out good-natured laughter, but they didn't know if Asuna, who was far away in Fortress Tonis, would sneeze because of it.

There is nothing to go shopping on the whole first floor, because there are no compartments, so the stored things are clear at a glance.

The team did not stop here, and under the leadership of Xiao En, they quickly walked to the stairs leading to the second basement floor.

This staircase is at the end of the first floor, but this time it is not a spiral staircase, but a very common zigzag staircase, with only two floors, each with thirteen steps.

An Nuo, a big guy, ran down excitedly and started looking for the fourth slot. This guy who was still innocent like a child obviously wanted to try the feeling of lighting a fire snake with his own hands. But on the second floor, he walked around the door with a torch but still didn't see the groove, so the guy turned his head to look at Sean with a look of grievance and sorrow, like an abandoned little goat , making everyone dumbfounded.

Regarding this, Sean could only helplessly shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "There is no groove on this layer, so if you want to light a fire, there is no way."

The space on the second basement floor is not very large. It can even be said that it is only about the size of the most common living room of aristocrats—up to a hundred square meters. After the team of nearly twenty people poured in, the room actually seemed a little crowded, but there were quite a few candles on the wall candlesticks here, and after everyone lit them one by one, the whole room became bright again.

What appeared in front of everyone was a very ordinary-looking stone round table with nothing on it.

But when Sean looked at the round table, there was a hint of excitement on his face, and the only one who could notice this was Cecilia who had been following Sean. In fact, Cecilia has been observing since Sean opened the passage leading to the underground, because no one knows Sean better than her, so Cecilia was sure of this black swan from the very beginning There must be something in the castle that Sean desperately needs.

It's just that she didn't expect it to be such a plain and simple round table.

However, when Cecilia stepped forward, she suddenly felt an extremely abundant magic power continuously emerge from the round table. It's just that there seems to be some kind of enchantment or magic circle near the round table, which prevents the abundant magic power from pouring out on the round table. Only when you get close to a certain range can you feel the almost Mana fluctuations that pulsate like a heart.

Then Cecilia immediately looked down, and found that within three meters around the round table, there were many dark secret lines drawn. If you don't observe carefully, you can't see these secret lines at all.

"Found it?" Sean smiled and rubbed Cecilia's head, "If I want to make this round table beautiful, it's not a problem to change it to a grand duke."

Sean said such explosive content with a face of indifference, but once again deeply shocked Cecilia and William.

Just a round table has such a high value, what kind of round table is this?

However, Sean didn't seem to mean to be a joke, and he quickly explained: "You can find descriptions about this round table in many ancient books. Although there are only a few records, it really exists in the world. A product of ancient history."

"Round table"...ancient history"..." As a magician, Cecilia must be well-informed, so after Xiao En gave a few hints, she already had a vague idea. There was an extremely shocked expression on his face, "Could it be... the legendary platform of devotion that can communicate with the gods?"

Although William is not as well-informed as Cecilia, he will definitely not be ignorant of some basic knowledge. Therefore, when he heard the "Taiwan of Devotion", the expression of shock on his face turned into one of surprise.

"Almost." Sean nodded.

"What is almost?" Cecilia subtly captured another meaning of sacrifice in Xiao En's words.

"The real altar of devotion has long been destroyed by Ragnarok, so this one is actually a counterfeit." Xiao En pointed to the round stone table and said, "Strictly speaking, this thing should be called an altar of sacrifice. , the magic circle you see underground is not only used to seal the magic power of the stone table from dissipating, it also has the effect of increasing. So as long as you have enough sacrifices, you can use it on this round table Sacrifice, but this round table is actually something made by demons, so the only way to communicate is the abyss. So if the sacrifice is enough, it is not impossible to summon a demon lord to come out to play. "

"This……."

"Remember the book of demons I sold? It's a portable product of this thing. But the book of demons can't summon the demon lord, but this stone table can. It's just a demon creature summoned as a sacrifice, signed All of them are equal contracts, not absolute master-servant contracts like the book of demons... But the biggest advantage of this thing is that any weird and weird things can be used as sacrifices, as long as the sacrifices are placed On top, the red color of the stone table signified the acceptance of the sacrifice, and the darker the color, the heavier the sacrifice."

For no reason, Xiao En suddenly remembered the unlucky player who accidentally found this stone table back then. Because I was too excited, I took a photo and uploaded it to the forum to share with others. It turned out that in just one day, the Black Swan Castle changed hands thirteen times, and finally until the stone table was destroyed. Only then did players gradually lose interest in the castle.

But Sean is not the kind of person who likes to show off,

He has always remembered a truth that the chairman told him back then: To be a human being, you must always learn to make a fortune in silence.

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