Afternoon.

Rosen pointed to the clay topographic map of Longmian Snow Peak and said, "Show me the location of the cave you mentioned."

Igonini watched the clay deform with his own eyes, which made him feel very magical. At the same time, he also felt that the lord's methods were very unfathomable.

He stared at the topographic map for a long time before matching it with the actual mountain terrain. Then he pointed to a valley about 100 meters above the snow line and said, "Here."

"The entrance to the cave is very hidden, blocked by a huge rock lying at an angle. There are many snow lotus flowers growing on the open space at the entrance that are not afraid of the severe cold. They are excellent herbs for treating falls."

Rosen looked carefully at the place pointed out by Igonini, and compared it with the topographic map recorded by Lai Fu, and soon found the corresponding location in the database.

"Thank you very much, Igognini. This news is very important to me. As a reward, this is for you."

Rosen handed over a mithril amulet specially made in the shape of a flying bird.

"Intermediate Lightning Amulet. The lightning power contained in it will help you escape from danger."

"No need to recharge. Once activated, leave it in the sun for 10 days and it will take effect again."

This amulet was specially made, and it was also a super high-end version of the magic weapon that he would sell in Northern County in the future.

There is no need to worry about leaks because he used an encryption spell lock that requires enormous computing power to crack to wrap up the real core of the technology.

Igonini looked at the amulet in awe, and saluted Rosen carefully, following the etiquette of the human race: "Thank you very much for your reward, Lord."

"Come here, let me put it on for you."

Igonini looked at a loss, and appeared to be flattered.

Obviously, he didn't expect that the human lord would treat them, the forest elves, so gently.

Just as he stood awkwardly in front of Rosen to receive the amulet, Puppet Sage No. 1 Levin had quietly rushed to Longmian Snow Peak.

Although you can see the snow-capped peaks from Xinyue City, the actual straight-line distance is more than 20 kilometers.

If he flew all the way there, it would consume 40% of Levin's strength.

But if you run on the ground, the time consumed will naturally increase significantly, but only half of the strength will be consumed.

Considering the complicated situation at Longmian Snow Peak, Levin ran over quietly.

About three hours later, Levin arrived at the end of the field.

Compared with more than half a month ago, there is basically no change here. Apart from the snow, there are some black rocks and soil exposed outside.

After walking for a while, I saw some frosty purple snow lotus and the huge rock lying on the side.

I was worried about being ambushed, so I didn't rush in.

First squat down, press your hands on the ground, and start casting the 4th-level spell "Detect Soul".

This spell was stolen by Rosen from Master Shahram at great risk to him. It is also one of the highest-level spells he has learned from others.

Although it only has four rings, its performance is very good, especially its stability.

Because it is knowledge existing in the current magic system, it has been repeatedly studied and pondered by a large number of mages and has been repeatedly tested in a large number of actual combat. The spell structure is mature, the performance is reliable, and there are basically no detection loopholes.

Unlike the high-level spells that Rosen explored himself, all of them were beta versions, and there was no way to know where the fatal bugs were hidden.

Lai Fu couldn't help him with this.

Because there is no new data added, repeated use of old data for training will lead to overfitting, and the trained data can only be used for self-satisfaction.

After about tens of seconds, the feedback indicated that there was no soul aura within at least 300 meters around.

So he stood up and continued walking forward.

After going around the boulder, I saw a very inconspicuous small cave, about one and a half meters high and more than one meter wide. Some old footprints could be seen at the entrance.

Judging from the characteristics of the footprints, all those who came here were forest spirits, and the last forest spirit who came here was probably five days ago.

To be cautious, Rosen controlled Levin to follow the forest spirit's footprints.

At first, the cave was very narrow, but gradually it widened into a dark cave of about fifty square meters, with several burnt pine torches stuck on the ground.

Rosen saw the mysterious stone tablet that Igonini mentioned.

There are three pieces in total, leaning against the left, middle and right stone walls respectively. The stone slabs record a large amount of text in extremely small size, occasionally interspersed with simple graphics and runes.

As soon as he saw these words, Rosen felt familiar with them and immediately asked in his heart: "Laifu, is this the language of the Kingdom of Set?"

"Searching and comparing. Confirmed. Translating."

Along with this information, Lai Fu added virtual subtitles to Rosen's vision, making it much easier to read.

The Setites had a very strange recording habit, which was a snake-like writing method, from bottom to top and then from top to bottom, which was a bit awkward to read.

Fortunately, Lai Fu’s translation is good, so Rosen’s reading speed is not slow.

"The golden ring appeared in the world and lasted for more than six times. The end of the world is coming and the kingdom is about to be destroyed, which makes me cry bitterly." (Translated by Lai Fu).

"I, Sebatis, fled my homeland, intending to pay homage to the holy land of my ancestors and seek their relics to save my country. However, after ten years of searching the holy mountain, I found only white snow and black soil."

"My body has reached old age, and my left leg was accidentally broken. I am no longer able to search for it. I can only leave some meager wisdom in this cave to prove that I once existed."

The above is the general outline of the slate.

If you only read this outline without sufficient knowledge, you will be able to understand it but will miss a lot of useful information.

For example, the so-called 'golden ring' is actually a solar eclipse in this world.

Because the moon's outline is not as big as the sun's, there will not be a total solar eclipse. Only the middle circle will be covered, with a ring visible on the side, so it is called the "golden ring".

The duration of more than six degrees is the timekeeping method of the Kingdom of Set, and one degree is ten minutes.

In other words, this solar eclipse lasted for more than an hour, far longer than the ordinary quarter of an hour.

This special solar eclipse with increased duration is called the "Devil's Eye" in the current astronomy of the Natural Alliance.

First, it looks like it. Second, during this period, the magic circle will be abnormally turbulent, and practicing magic power at this time can easily damage your brain.

According to astronomical historical records, the appearance cycle of the "Devil's Eye" is an average of 173 years.

By comparing it with the history of Weilan, we can infer that this ancient Set named Sebatis landed on the White Sturgeon Island about 527 years ago.

Three years after this year, Saint Weilan landed on the giant Weilan Island.

Ten years later, the ancient Kingdom of Set was destroyed by Vilan.

Rosen was amazed.

"Hey, this Sebatis' astrology is really accurate. I don't know if he was accurate at the time, or if he found out later and came back to make up for it."

It is highly likely that it was made up later to bring glory to itself, because judging from the time, when the stone tablet was written, the Kingdom of Set was almost destroyed by Vilan, and might even have been destroyed.

Therefore, the most likely time when the stone tablet was written was around 504 AD.

This is very important to know when searching for ancient relics.

Because the effects of many long-lasting constant spell locks will decay in an orderly manner over time, the decay time must be considered when cracking them. Otherwise, failure to crack will be just a small matter, but causing a spell accident and destroying the relics will be terrible.

The following content is the so-called "wisdom of Sebatis".

The font is very small, but the content is very rich, probably tens of thousands of words.

Rosen read it carefully and soon discovered that what was recorded was actually a very peculiar magic system. The magical energy condensed by it could transform almost all substances into metals that were harder than steel.

As he watched, Rosen immediately thought of the faint alien metal energy he felt in the soil when he first came to the island.

Sebatius also called this mountain the Holy Mountain of the Ancestors.

I remembered the Dragon's Blessing Potion again. One of its effects was to make the body invulnerable to swords and guns. The forest elf prophet M'Bahat obtained his power from the stone slab.

"What is the relationship between these three?"

He continued to read, and found that the "Steel Spell" could not be released with bare hands, but required the use of a special spellcasting material.

This material is called "Blood of Iron" by Sebatis.

Rosen immediately thought of M'Bahát's Dragon's Blessing.

'Igonini said that Mbahat obtained the blood of the goddess, and thus gained a new power. Could it be that this goddess is the ancestor of the Kingdom of Set?'

The situation is getting more and more mysterious.

Rosen continued reading.

It was soon discovered that a very crucial new information turned out to be three puzzles.

There is a puzzle at the end of each stone slab. If you solve the puzzle, you will get the so-called "Sebatis's reward".

After Rosen checked the puzzle, he found that it was actually three math problems.

This might have been difficult 500 years ago, but today, 500 years later, mathematics has made great progress, not to mention Rosen, who came from Earth and has the Earth soul of Laifu GPT.

The three puzzles took him less than ten minutes in total.

"Hmm~ It turns out that there is a reward hidden in each slab, and the answer to the puzzle is the key to the reward. Let me see what the reward is."

Rosen looked at the first slab first.

Following the instructions on the stone slab, he soon found an almost perfectly hidden cavity inside the stone slab.

The cavity is carefully protected by a long-lasting constant spell lock with a height of five rings.

Although the puzzle has been given a secret key, it cannot be solved directly.

Because more than five hundred years have passed, the magic lock is no longer what it was before, and it will not open with the original key.

The problem of spell attenuation must be considered. Rosen pondered over it for a long time before unlocking it.

"Sizzle, snap! "

"That was a close call. The spell almost collapsed."

This is a very sophisticated spell lock, which requires accurate calculation of decay time to the year. Fortunately, Rosen has a wealth of knowledge, otherwise he would probably only get a pile of residue.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead and gently pushed open the stone slab behind the cavity, only to find a dagger made of ceramic-like material hidden inside.

I took it out and tried to feel it. It felt very brittle and delicate. It would probably break if I dropped it.

There is also a scroll behind the cube with relevant introduction written on it.

'The Dagger of Domination, a treasure left by our ancestors, uses this dagger to transform mana into pure steel power without the aid of Steel Blood. The principle is unknown, cannot be replicated, and is extremely inefficient.'

'Caution! It is fragile, so keep it with care!'

Rosen asked Levin to try it out on the spot.

Of course, Levin cannot use pure magic power, but he has a philosopher's stone in his body, which is a great treasure created by Rosen.

This thing can serve as a relay station to transfer Rosen's pure mana void.

Of course, doing so would incur huge additional losses, so Lawson rarely uses it unless necessary.

As pure mana was input, a strange black light suddenly appeared on the surface of the Domination Dagger, with the tip of the dagger giving the strongest light.

Rosen pointed the dagger at the stone slab, and saw a black light quickly spread on the stone slab, looking like frost spreading on glass.

Wherever the "frost flowers" were, the stone slabs indeed took on a strong metallic luster.

Rosen put away the dagger and touched it with his hand, and found that it was cold and hard, almost exactly the same as iron.

'The power of steel, truly worthy of its name!'

The problem is that the conversion efficiency is indeed not high. Ten parts of magic power can only produce one part of steel power.

Moreover, the effect of this steel power is not long-lasting. As the dagger leaves, the steel-reinforced part of the stone slab gradually loses its metallic luster.

In the end, I didn't even last ten minutes.

But Rosen was not disappointed at all, but very pleasantly surprised.

"The free power of steel alone has such a strong effect. If we can develop a sophisticated steel spell, wouldn't the effect be incredible?"

Therefore, this Domination Dagger is really a great treasure! Keep it carefully.

He checked the second slate and found an intact cavity there, too. Inside the cavity was a scroll and an exquisite rune bottle.

The scroll reads: "Potion: The power of the ancestors' blessing. If future generations have difficulty understanding the information on the stone tablet, drinking the potion will allow them to directly obtain part of the ancestors' wisdom."

I took the bottle, only to find that the potion had lost its effect.

The medicine was still there and hadn't deteriorated, but the power contained within was gone.

Upon further inspection of the stone cavity where the medicine was stored, some subtle traces of erosion were found.

After careful analysis, Rosen understood.

"Well, now it seems that this gift was accidentally obtained by Mbahat."

Judging from the effects of the potion, it should be spiritual energy that is incorporated into the potion.

One of the biggest characteristics of spiritual energy is that it can cause spiritual resonance due to strong emotions, resulting in an uncontrollable and difficult to block "ghost transfer" phenomenon.

Of course, M'Bahat, an illiterate man, could not understand the slate, otherwise he would not have left so many things for Rosen.

But it is very likely that he was obsessed with studying the stone tablet day and night and accidentally absorbed the power of the potion through resonance.

It was a little disappointing, but not a big loss because Rosen could fully understand the contents of the slate.

He looked at the third slate and found a cavity there as well, but inside it was a map.

After opening the map, it turned out to be a topographic map of Longmian Snow Peak, with a mark made at one of the locations.

There is another paragraph in the lower left corner of the map.

'In fact, I have found the Temple of the Ancestors. The mark on the map is the entrance to the cave. I entered with great hope, but I only saw some ancient murals that were severely eroded. If future generations are lucky enough to get this map and are interested, they can go and see it for themselves.'

Rosen was very interested.

"Shall we go over and take a look now?"

He wanted to act immediately, but he had his doubts because there seemed to be a goddess with six rings of power hidden in this mountain.

Judging from the known information, the goddess and the first group mentioned by Sebatis have a close relationship.

I am afraid that I might encounter the true body of this so-called goddess during my exploration.

(End of this chapter)