Casting spells

"Okay, let them get nervous as soon as possible. You have to understand that what we are going to face next is not some pirates or stone people, but something even more incredible." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng ignored the semi-carnival state He took little Celine straight to the half-high tower in the middle of the island that was covered with various green vines.

According to the records of the Targaryen family, this is one of the most important places in the capital of Valyria - the Tower of Secrets. It is also the place where Valyrians study supernatural power and the only place where Valyrian steel is produced.

Back then, they cast their powerful magic here and knocked down a mysterious and deadly meteorite from the red comet.

Although Zhang Cheng didn't think that the meteorite's fall would be around the tower, otherwise the destructive power would be generated instantly when the energy was released, and the small island should have sunk to the bottom of the sea long ago.

But no matter what, as the location of the magic ceremony, there should be more or less clues left. His purpose is to find the hidden location of the meteorite according to the clues, and then use all means to salvage it.

One foot deep and one shallow foot passed through the ruins covered with weeds and low bushes, and two people, one big and one small, stopped at the entrance of the tower.

Gently stroking the exquisite symbols carved on the wall, Zhang Cheng suddenly turned around and asked the girl without warning: "Cute little princess, tell me what magic is in your eyes?"

"Huh?!" Celine was obviously taken aback. She bit her lower lip and hesitated for a long time, then quickly shook her head. "I... I don't know. I think magic is something powerful and mysterious."

"Powerful and mysterious? Don't you think magic should be a kind of knowledge, a kind of technology, and anyone who is smart enough can master it through learning?" Zhang Cheng asked with a half-smile.

"Learn... learn magic?!" Little Celine was undoubtedly frightened, her eyes widened with disbelief all over her face.

"Hehe, why, do you find it a bit unbelievable? In fact, any kind of power that you don't understand contains corresponding skills and methods. As long as you can master it, you can master this kind of power, and magic is no exception. See Look at the black dots on the section of these broken rocks, it is the evidence that the Valyrians have mastered superb magic skills." Zhang Cheng picked up a stone and handed it to the girl while talking.

As soon as the latter took it, he subconsciously touched the cross-section of the stone, immediately let out a scream, and threw the stone far away.

"Ah!!!! It's so hot!"

"That's right! Do you know that these black spots are actually specially treated dragon crystals. Mixing it into the wall can not only increase the hardness of the wall, but also make the wall resist the high temperature like dragon flames. Do you remember The walls of the Dragonstone Fortress also adopted almost similar craftsmanship. It is a pity that these techniques have been completely lost now. Come on, let's go in and see if there are any valuable things left inside."

After a simple sigh, Zhang Cheng walked into the empty tower.

Because of the break from the half, there is no shelter on the top of the tower, the light is very good, and every corner of the surrounding can be clearly observed.

The first thing that caught the eye was rows of huge bookshelves over four meters long, but the books on them had long since rotted and turned into piles of gray dust.

In addition to the bookshelves, the most eye-catching thing is the spiral staircase surrounding the middle pillars, and even a lifelike dragon is carved at the corner of each staircase.

Just when little Lolita was attracted by the magnificent sight of the tower hall, Zhang Cheng noticed that there seemed to be a faint energy emanating from the moss-covered ground.

He hurriedly squatted down to push aside the moss, and checked the patterns and patterns covered under the moss.

Maybe it's because of too long time, or maybe it's been corroded by humid air for a long time, most of the lines have become blurred, only a flame-like pattern near the stairs remains intact, and continuously releases heat outward .

Celine soon noticed this, and asked cautiously, "What is this?"

Zhang Cheng smiled and spread his hands and replied: "It's hard to say, I have to do a small test first, you'd better wait outside, I don't want to see you get hurt..."

Chapter 163 Exploring the Ruins

Despite the baptism of countless years, Zhang Cheng can still clearly feel the abundant energy under the pattern of the line of fire.

So after little Celine walked away, he didn't rush to activate the pattern immediately, but carefully added a protective flame barrier to himself, and then lightly touched the end of the flint staff.

moment!

A group of bright flames burst out directly from the center of the pattern, enveloping the entire human group pattern. If the protective flame barrier did not take effect in time, [-]% of them would suffer severe burns, or even be burned to death.

Just when he began to think that it was a device resembling a magical trap, the bright fire quickly began to fade.

At the same time, the moss-covered stone slabs on the ground suddenly made a loud noise, and then began to part to both sides, revealing a hidden tunnel.

"Interesting... a secret room?" Zhang Cheng muttered in an uncertain tone while observing the situation inside with the help of the sunlight shining from the top of his head.

On both sides of the entrance, there are colorful glass candlesticks placed at intervals. When the cold wind blows through the passage, all the candlesticks suddenly burst into dazzling light, and the color of the surrounding air produces strange changes. Among them, the white one is as bright as snow, the yellow one shines like pure gold, the red one is like a blazing flame, and the black one is like a black hole that sucks in everything around it.

As a person who has a deep understanding of the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, he quickly realized that these candlesticks were exactly the same as those placed in the school city.

In addition, there is a line of sentences written in High Valyrian script at the top of the porch at the entrance.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Cheng turned his head and shouted at the girl hiding in the distance: "Come here! You should be safe now! By the way, help me find out what this sentence means!"

"Come on!"

Little Celine, who couldn't hold back her strong curiosity for a long time, ran to the front in two or three steps, staring at the line of high Valyrian characters with wide eyes, and it took a full minute before stammering the translation: "Only There are real...true dragons who can gain eternal life in the flames...the flames..."

"True dragon? I see..." Zhang Cheng nodded thoughtfully.

There was no doubt that the flames that had just erupted were not a trap, but a test, to see if the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets was a Valyrian.

As we all know, the direct descendants of the Targaryen family are all famous for their unique gold and silver hair, purple eyes, and inhuman beauty, and many of them also have extremely high fire resistance, just like Daenerys bathing It's like fire doesn't burn.

In fact, this special feature is not unique to the Targaryen family. Almost all high-ranking Valyrians are like this. They ensure the purity of their blood through close marriages.

Zhang Cheng can almost be sure that the Valyrians must have undergone genetic mutations or man-made magical transformations at a certain period, which is why they have an incredible perfect appearance and magical physique.

After figuring this out, he stepped into the narrow passage without hesitation. With the eerie light emitted by the glass candlestick, he quickly entered a place that looked like a storage room.

Due to the fact that it was too old, thick dust and cobwebs drowned the mountains of long strips around it.

The curious girl pushed aside the spider webs, took out the handkerchief she carried with her to wipe off the dust on the surface, and wanted to see what these strips were.

But when the dust was wiped off, she immediately froze in place, and it took a full minute before she screamed: "Valyrian steel! The room is full of Valyrian steel!"

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Cheng hurriedly picked up a piece to wipe off the dust covering the surface, and the exquisite patterns unique to Valyrian steel were immediately revealed.

If calculated according to the current market price, the thousands of steel blocks in the room are almost enough to buy the entire world.

Obviously, he accidentally discovered the place where the Valyrians made and stored steel ingots. As long as these steel ingots were transported back to be made into weapons and armor, they would quickly be able to arm an invulnerable elite army. Perhaps West On the continent of Luo, there is no second army that can compete with it.

After all, ordinary standard weapons can't cause any obvious damage to Valyrian steel armor at all, and ordinary standard armor can't resist piercing by Valyrian steel swords and spears.

While Zhang Cheng was staring at the mountains of steel ingots and considering what to do with them, little Celine suddenly ran to the end of the room, pointed to a wall and shouted, "Look! There are so many words here!"

"Can you decipher them?" Zhang Cheng casually threw the steel ingot aside and asked with a serious face.

He was undoubtedly more interested in the writing on the wall than in the priceless Valyrian steel.

"I'll try! But these words are too many, I may need a little time." The girl responded enthusiastically.

"Don't worry, take your time, we have plenty of time." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng rubbed the little guy's head.

He understands that rushing time is the most taboo for things like deciphering, otherwise, if there is a mistake, the consequences are often disastrous.

Taking advantage of little Celine's ability to decipher the words on the wall, Zhang Cheng began to carefully observe the underground secret room, not paying too much attention to the priceless Valyrian steel.

To be precise, he never planned to transport all the steel ingots at once. On the one hand, the ship did not have such a large load capacity, and on the other hand, he was not sure that everyone, including the team leader Eric, Knowing what kind of reaction will there be after so much Valyrian steel.

You must know that people's hearts are always the most difficult to stand the test, especially under the temptation of huge wealth, even loyal subordinates may be stabbed in the back without warning.

Although he has enough power to suppress the rebellion, what happens after the suppression?