Underground ...... Civilization?

Roland couldn't help but think of the forks in the mines on the northern slopes, and the caverns that Nightingale had said ran through the desperate mountains...... In his memory, no geological movement could have created such a strange landform. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAt first, he thought it was caused by some mutated hybrid beasts, but now it seems that they are all traces left by the underground civilization?

"The people at the time were not aware of this at all, and there was no intention of communicating - the two were so far apart that we even thought of each other as a new kind of devil, so the recorded history was extremely discreet, and it was not until the end of the Second War of the Divine Sense that a breakthrough was discovered. Pasha's voice was a little low, "At that time, there was only one of the three holy cities left, Tachira, and the Federation had reached a critical moment of life and death. 」

"What does it mean to make a breakthrough discovery?"

"The Quest Society has figured out a way to store souls from the stone tablets they left behind, and has verified this possibility on an unhatched primordial carrier. Since then, Sanxi has started research on the transformation of the Divine Punishment Army. 」

"I didn't know anything about it......," said Agatha in surprise.

"Soul transfer is the Federation's top secret, even two levels higher than the Divine Punishment Army's plan, which used witches as testing materials, and at that time only three seats and a few high-ranking people knew about it. Pasha replied, "We also learned this astonishing news after the fall of Tachira. 」

"So in the first place, Nataya supported the Divine Punishment Army's plan?" Roland frowned and asked, "What is the original carrier?"

"Because she has no choice. As for the latter...... This is what we are today. Her tentacles drooped, her body moving closer to the light curtain, "This ugly and grotesque shell is evidence of the existence of an underground civilization, and the only tombstone they have left. It's a long story, Your Majesty, and listen to me slowly. 」

Roland nodded, poured himself a Chaos drink, and leaned back in his chair, feeling the other party's constant consciousness.

"Following the hints on the stone tablet, the vanished civilization has left a city in the mountains of desperation. The Secret Exploration Society searched for a long time but found nothing, and then I realized that since the other party is used to being active underground, will the city also be built underground?"

"Expanding their search downwards, the witches finally found this magnificent city, which consisted of four floors, nearly half the size of Tachira, each of which was as complex as a labyrinth of countless forks and hollows. If you don't have a location-aware witch as a guide, it's hard to get out once you're in it. That's why the Quest Society also calls it the Labyrinth Ruins. 」

"Unfortunately, before we could explore it carefully, Tachira fell into the hands of the devil, and everyone had to flee. After paying a heavy price, we finally arrived at the labyrinth. According to the plan, the Federation will take the primordial carriers stored in the labyrinth, and then travel to the Hermes plateau to establish a new holy city and forge a new order in the wild lands on the eastern coast of the continent. 」

"But what happens next is unpredictable. 」

At this point, Pasha fell silent, the scales on her body dimmed, and even if she couldn't see her expression, Roland could feel the sadness in her heart.

After a while, she continued, "During the break, you will find that the ruins of the labyrinth are quite well preserved, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a brand new city. In addition to the original carrier, there are many incredible secrets hidden underneath the ruins, the three most important of which are the magic core, the central carrier, and the records of the vanished civilization. It only later dawned on us that it had wanted to lead us here during the First War of Divine Will. Pasha took a deep breath, "The Labyrinth Ruins are for us. 」

"Why?" Tilly couldn't help but ask.

"For revenge," another voice rang out in their heads, her tone far more cold than Pasha's, "it wants us to destroy the devil in revenge for the annihilation of their race. 」

"It's just Nataya-sama's speculation, and it's not mentioned in the literature," Pasha waved her tentacles, as if shaking her head, "Maybe they're just trying to pass on their civilization." In short, the Quest has found a great deal of research on divine consciousness and magic from the surviving records - most of the conclusions are expressed in lithographs in order to give us the details. 」

"The account of the core of magic is the source of the rift between the Queen of the Sunrise and the Queen of the Falling Star. One of the most important contents of the painting is that magic has infinite possibilities, and the process of chasing divine consciousness is the ladder to mastering magic power. 」

Roland knew the key, "What is the core of mana, and does it have anything to do with the Instrument of Damnation?"

"You can think of the core as an artificial magical cyclone that is not limited to the witch herself, and can change form at any time, and this unbelievable device is simply subverting the perception of the Federation. Pasha pointed at the light curtain with a tentacle, "For example, the illusion device we use for dialogue now is a smaller magic core that can be converted into other devices if necessary. As for the Instrument of Damnation, it is the largest magic core in the ruins. 」

I see...... He immediately realized the superiority of such a device. Compared to witches' inherently unchangeable abilities, the Mana Core can be called a universal terminal. And most importantly, it has a range of effects that far exceeds the five-meter limit, and is much more powerful than a witch for both production and combat.

"But this is only the most basic use of magic, just like the primordial awakening and high-level promotion, the slate prophesies, when the development of magic continues, one day, we will be like the gods......" Pasha said with a loss of heart, as if she was not telling a grand thing, but like a lost person who has lost her purpose.

Roland heard the point of the sentence.

"But you don't have time. ”

"You're right, we don't know if it's going to take a hundred years or a thousand years. At that time, in order to get in touch with the magic core, several members of the Exploration Society were sacrificed, and it was obvious that the witch could not directly touch these strange instruments, and we wanted to solve the problem but couldn't find a way, and the exploration was at an impasse for a while. There are very few things that can be recorded in the paintings, and if you want to continue your research, you can only follow their prompts and merge with the central carrier—when there are enough people who fuse them, it is possible to comprehend their words and read further the more esoteric documents and records. 」

"But we didn't have time, and it took more than three years just to figure it out. Many of the mortals who set out first began to try to break free from our control, and it was unknown how many witches the carrier would need to fuse, and the resources at that time were only enough to focus on one research. If this continues, the Federation's grand plan to reforge order will lose its foundation. 」

"Most importantly, Lord Akaris's plan for the Divine Punishment Force is in irreconcilable conflict with the ideas recorded in the literature. If you abandon the witch's body and become a divine punishment warrior, not only will you lose the possibility of promotion," Pasha said here and paused, "It is also equivalent to losing the divine will forever. 」