Chapter 20: Ancient Ruins

Hundreds of high-level Teachers and instructors watched the Old Mage lose his temper, and none dared to speak. Most people were scared quite a bit, while a few old fellows whispered and laughed on the side, not feeling that a Duke dying was any big deal. Actually, that was true. Who was the Old Mage? The pillar of the Kingdom, the Magic Teacher of the current Emperor and the previous Emperor.

Roclay actually dared to plot against his direct grandson. Wasn’t that seeking death? Even if the Old Mage used private punishment, and even killed people without evidence, even so, His Majesty the Emperor wouldn’t say much. No way, who asked the Kingdom to need the Old Mage to support the facade so much?

After listening to the Old Mage’s narration, Old Xie didn’t have any special feelings. As a Great Demon Lord, revenge was a tradition. In the past, Old Xie had killed no less than three digits of Experts just to retaliate against others for laughing at his ugliness. So he very much agreed with the Old Mage’s approach and directly nodded: “Good, well killed!”

“Hehe!” The Old Mage smiled slightly, and then said: “Alright, I’ve finished the Magic Array too. You come with me now to take a look first!”

“Alright!” Old Xie hurriedly nodded.

Then the two came to the first underground floor of the Mage Tower. That was the place specially set up for Teleportation Magic Arrays. Among the dozen or so rooms on this floor, Teleportation Magic Arrays were all placed. They led to different places, some on this Continent, and some to Planes of other worlds. In short, there was a wide variety, with all categories complete.

Under the Old Mage’s lead, the two of them came to an inconspicuous room. This spacious house was empty, with only a large Magic Array with various symbols on the ground existing lonely. At this time, the Magic Array had obviously been re-decorated, and many places had been added with patches of high-level materials. All the magic stones were also replaced with new ones. These sparkling stones made this ancient Magic Array radiate youth again.

The Old Mage took Old Xie to the center of the Magic Array, and then he began to chant the Incantation to activate the Magic Array. With the activation of the Magic Array, the magic stones on the ground began to emit intense light, forcing Old Xie to squint his eyes. Soon, Old Xie felt a huge energy fluctuation sweep over his body, making him feel dizzy. After he shook his head and cleared up, he suddenly found that he had come to a strange place.

It was pitch black here, without a ray of light. Old Xie didn’t know where he was. However, he could feel that the Old Mage beside him was still there, so he asked: “Why is it so dark here?”

“Nonsense, the Magic Array here is hidden in a Secret Room, airtight on all sides, how can it not be dark?” the Old Mage explained. Then he suddenly shouted: “Lighting Spell!”

Lighting Spell was a Level 1 Spell without attack power, only for the convenience of the Mage to illuminate. As soon as the Old Mage’s words fell, a huge light source suddenly appeared above the Old Mage’s head. The brightness was simply like a thousand-watt light bulb. No way, who asked the Old Mage’s Magic Power to be so strong? The stronger the Magic Power, the greater the light of this magic.

But this harmed Old Xie quite a bit. His eyes had just adapted to the darkness here, but were suddenly hit by the strong light. Immediately, his eyes were filled with white light, and he couldn’t see anything. Moreover, they were numb and itchy, and tears couldn’t stop flowing. Old Xie cursed angrily: “Damn, old fellow, you did that on purpose!”

“Haha!” The Old Mage immediately laughed happily: “Serves you right. Who asked you kid to ambush me with strong light last time? Now you know how I felt at that time, right?”

“Damn, I’ll remember this for you!” Old Xie couldn’t do anything to him, so he had to say a harsh word, and then kept throwing the Healing Spell from the Natural Element Spells on himself. Fortunately, he had the Druid’s inheritance and talent, so he knew this lowest-level Healing Spell from the start. Although it couldn’t heal major injuries, it was still very effective for this kind of slight damage. After all, Lighting Spell had no lethality. Anyway, a few seconds later, Old Xie could see things again.

After Old Xie’s eyes were fine, he began to examine the surrounding situation and found that he was in a completely enclosed space. In this spacious room, let alone windows, there wasn’t even a door. Inside here, of course, it was a mass of darkness. He didn’t know how to get out either, so he looked at the Old Mage with doubt.

The Old Mage naturally knew what Old Xie wanted to ask, so he said with a smile: “There is a magic door here, which can only be opened by people who know the Incantation. Above is an uninhabited Ruins deep in the Gobi. Your those~”

Before the Old Mage finished speaking, he saw Old Xie suddenly wave his hand to stop him from continuing, and then made a movement of listening attentively.

The Old Mage was immediately startled and asked curiously in a hurry: “What did you hear?”

“There are people outside, and quite a few!” Old Xie said affirmatively. The cultivation method he practiced wasn’t just for being strong and sturdy. Sharp ears and eyes were also one of the benefits. So Old Xie could hear the tiny sounds outside, but the Old Mage couldn’t.

“Really?” The Old Mage was startled at first, and then relieved: “Maybe they are passing by? After all, this is the only Oasis with a water source within a thousand miles of the Great Gobi. Sometimes people do pass by here. Come, let’s go take a look.”

As he spoke, the Old Mage walked to a wall and chanted a few sentences softly. Immediately, that stone wall automatically flashed open a doorway, revealing the corridor behind.

Walking on this ancient corridor, Old Xie was soon shocked by everything around him. Although this corridor was slightly worn out due to the years, Old Xie could fully imagine its luxury and glory back then from the exquisite patterns and decorations. In fact, just being able to stand tall for tens of thousands of years was shocking enough. He really didn’t know how much effort was spent on this building back then. Just thinking about it was enough to make Old Xie stunned.

From Old Xie’s expression, the Old Mage saw a clue and explained with a smile: “This is the capital built by the High Elves back then. And the place we are in now is the most important hub among them. So they also spent a lot of money on it. Luxurious, comfortable, and sturdy, it can really be called a masterpiece in architectural history.”

“Mm, I can tell. The civilization level of these High Elves is very high!” Old Xie nodded.

“Of course, back then they were the masters of this Continent. The Human Race, Beast Race, Dwarves, all were just their slaves!” The Old Mage sighed and said: “It’s a pity that they were eventually destroyed due to civil strife and finally had to give up the dominance of the Continent!”

The Old Mage then began to tell Old Xie some things about the High Elves. While talking, he took Old Xie up the stairs, and soon they came upstairs. Along the window, they easily saw the scene outside.

Because Old Xie’s position was relatively high at this time, about ten meters away from the ground, looking through the window and scanning as far as the eye could see, Old Xie had a rough understanding of the situation here.

It turned out that this was originally a huge city, with an urban area of about a hundred square li. In the center of the city was a huge square with a diameter of more than a thousand meters. Around the square was a circle of magnificent buildings. The buildings here were generally dozens of meters high, divided into several layers, with countless exquisite sculptures dotted among the pillars, walls, and eaves. Obviously, the buildings here were all very important places, so they were built with great care. So today, tens of thousands of years later, they have not collapsed. Although old, it could be seen that they were still very solid.

However, the urban building groups outside these buildings were not so impressive. The vast majority of buildings in the city had collapsed, leaving only a patch of broken walls. Now, this was completely an ocean of various trees. The whole city had almost become a forest.

In fact, this city is located in the Gobi today, with no natural water source. Outside the city is all barren desert. The reason why so many trees can grow inside the city is that the city’s water supply system is still operating.