Chapter 78 The Lost City
The crack was much deeper than it looked on the surface. It took a long time for many Pamir students to reach the bottom.
Avis dispersed the magic that protected his hair, and with a gesture, he habitually added a low-level dark vision to himself, and looked around calmly.
Due to lack of experience, many students had their hairstyles changed by the strong wind blowing out of the cracks, making them look very elegant and free.
At the bottom of the crack, there is a huge dark space, and many places show obvious signs of development.
As far as the eye can see ahead, a huge black shadow stretches across the depths of space, dull and depressing.
When everyone had landed, Nancy waved gently.
The ball of light suspended above her head flew high into the sky, and then emitted a bright white light as dazzling as the sun.
The darkness around it reluctantly retreated under the pressure of this light. The remains of the ancient city that had been sleeping in the darkness for countless years, like a prehistoric behemoth from the Cold Underworld, finally revealed a collapsed corner in front of everyone.
The statues inscribed with eulogies have been eroded by the years, the graceful towers have been reduced to ruins of piled stones, and the magnificent buildings and gardens are full of signs of collapse and destruction, with only broken walls and ruins standing stubbornly.
Today, light from millions of years ago once again illuminates this once prosperous lost city.
“This is a new discovery made by the explorers of the academy, the remains of a high elf city that was abandoned after a war in ancient times.
The explorers have simply cleaned up this place, and there is basically no danger anymore."
"But I want you to remember one thing."
As she spoke, the young female teacher holding the magic book turned her head, and her black eyes behind the lenses looked at everyone seriously.
"The most deadly factor in the ruins is not any traps or dangers, but one's own carelessness!"
After saying that, Nancy took the lead and led everyone along the open main city gate and slowly entered the city ruins.
“Pay attention to the streamlined lines and inscriptions on the building, as well as the carved decorative structures and towering domes. This is a very typical style of the early and middle Golden Age.
At that time, the main living area of the high elves was not the Sky City..."
While walking along the central avenue, Nancy cast marking magic, highlighting the parts of the ruins that needed attention and memory and that best reflected the typical characteristics of the high elves' style.
The high elves lived in the ancient golden age millions of years ago and were one of the rulers of the continent in ancient times.
Every ordinary high elf can naturally reach the fourth level when he reaches adulthood.
This sounds like it cannot be compared with the various legendary races that were rampant on the continent at that time, such as dragons and Titans that could automatically reach the seventh level after adulthood.
But the real power of the High Elves lies in their unparalleled magical talent and affinity for magic.
As the darlings of magic, their research on magical powers has reached the pinnacle.
They created and controlled one terrifying super-level magic after another, and developed an incomparably brilliant and splendid magical civilization in that era when legendary creatures roamed the continent.
The supreme magical creation, the City in the Sky, was created by the high elves. . ….…. "Do you see the inscriptions on the buildings? You can get closer, observe carefully, look at the details, touch the surface, knock a piece to analyze its material, use mental power to detect its magical properties, etc.
Don't worry about breaking them, that's the learning process. Use whatever methods you have at your disposal to play with as many features as you can..."
"Boom—crash—"
It seemed that the arrival of the crowd had destroyed some fragile balance. Before Nancy finished her words, a building on the side of the road collapsed.
Many students hurriedly dodged the rolling dust, and the scene suddenly seemed a little chaotic.
"Be careful, these ancient buildings are already very fragile and may collapse if you are not careful. Be sure to pay attention to your own safety when exploring!"
Glancing at the smoke and dust raised by the collapsed ruins, Nancy earnestly reminded the startled crowd while opening the heavy book in her hand.
A circle of light yellow magic ripples swept by, and under the influence of ground magic, the rising dust cloud quickly settled and fell to the ground.
This little episode passed quickly, and after casting protective spells on themselves, the students began to disperse slightly, each observing the unique features of these ancient buildings.
In the crowd, while checking the wall, Avis approached the blonde half-elf girl at the end of the team as if by accident.
She was carefully observing the inscription on a carving. The soft light of the candlelight magic reflected on her fair and crystal profile. Under her long golden hair, a cute pointed ear was faintly visible.
Although many students still gather together now, she always keeps a certain distance from the people around her, as if she is deliberately isolating herself.
Avis is now 80% sure that this girl is the second target he is looking for.
Noticing the boy approaching, the girl took two steps to the side without leaving a trace.
He was a little speechless, but Avis also realized that now was still not a good time to talk to Claire.
So he pretended to have just noticed the girl, gave her a simple and harmless smile, and nodded to her in a friendly manner.
The girl was stunned for a moment, and instinctively pushed down her drooping golden hair with her slender hands and tucked it behind her pointed ears. An uneasy expression appeared on her soft and delicate face.
After a moment of silence, she smiled at Avis in the same slightly unfamiliar way.
As if he hadn't noticed the girl's unnatural expression, Avis smiled at her and then walked aside very naturally, continuing to examine the decorative patterns on the dilapidated wall...
Seeing the young man with light blonde hair turn around and leave, the girl breathed a sigh of relief.
But what she couldn't see was the strange color that flashed beneath Avis's light silver monocle.
About half a magic hour later, the group arrived at the central square of the ruins.
A huge building complex with a strong artistic atmosphere stands behind the square. It is grayish white and looks like a palace or a temple.
Although the long years have made the rock surface of the palace dilapidated, it still cannot conceal its former majesty.
Behind several magnificent stone columns, the ancient bronze gate was already open, with obvious signs of many people having entered.
Due to the depletion of magic power, the huge and beautiful magic fountain located in front of the building has long dried up.
The two heavy, light silver, multi-layered fountains, one large and one small, that were originally suspended in the air, had now fallen askew into the stone sculpture fountain pool, leaving a huge crack on the bottom of the pool.
It is not difficult to imagine how magnificent and gorgeous this fountain was when it was full of magic power.
After gathering many students in the square, the silver-haired female teacher stood in front of the dilapidated fountain and spoke calmly to the many students gathered together.
Thanks to Error Code Unknown and Jianfan for their rewards——
Thanks to Lin Ying, Han Yu, error code unknown, -LonelyBlue-, and the monthly tickets for pretending to be a little bit every day——
(End of this chapter)
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