After more than half an hour of exploration, Eric finally caught a key clue - there was a secret space hidden deep underground.
After he had neatly dispatched the gatekeepers, he immediately pulled out his communication crystal and informed Martin of the situation. After everyone reunited, they headed towards the basement together.
The moment they entered the basement, they were stunned by the sight. The entire underground had been hollowed out, forming a vast underground world. Magical formations were placed around it to reinforce and shield perception.
Martin's eyes swept across the corner, and his pupils suddenly shrank - there were three magic circles standing there, exactly the same as the S-level creature acceleration growth magic circle that Duke Merlin had given him.
The strength of the guards in the world below is far beyond imagination. Bronze-level knights can be seen everywhere, there are also many silver-level powerhouses, and a few gold knights have also been seen.
A knight force of this scale is definitely not what an earldom should have. Martin has never seen such a scene in the kingdom.
The deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes. Magical traps are hidden, and bronze knights patrol with their beasthounds. The slightest mistake can lead to desperate situations.
Martin raised his hand to signal everyone to stop: "We can't advance any further." After a moment's hesitation, he turned to Eric and Shuang Ning, "You two go ahead and explore the route. If you're exposed, there's no need to hide. Focus on defeating the enemy!"
Eric's eyes were firm as he nodded in response to the order, then he quietly slipped into the shadows with Frost Ning.
Martin took Betan and Hefna and quickly hid in a secluded corner, holding their breath and waiting for news from the front.
Eric and Shuang Ning returned like ghosts, bringing back news that made everyone's pupils shrink suddenly - there was a small secret dragon realm hidden deep underground! Martin had never expected that the secret realm would be under the Earl's Castle.
Knowing that rushing in rashly would easily alert the enemy, Eric just peeked from a distance and quickly turned back.
Martin stroked his chin and fell into deep thought, his fingertips tapping unconsciously on the hilt of the sword at his waist. The entrance to the secret realm must be heavily guarded. Breaking in by force might not only alert the internal forces, but once the magic supply is cut off, the secret realm will be permanently closed.
"The dragon people have always liked to protect dragon eggs."
Martin suddenly looked up, a fiery light dancing in his eyes. "If there really is a dragon egg inside, it's worth a try even if it's risky!"
He whipped out two quaint magic backpacks, dark patterns swirling across the leather. "Eric, Betan, and Hefna will focus on holding the outer guards in check. Ride the frost dragon directly into the secret realm. Collect any dragon eggs, dragon eggs, or high-level monster eggs you find!"
Eric solemnly took the backpack and quickly checked the equipment with Shuang Ning.
At that moment, Martin caught a glimpse of the lines of an S-class magic circle extending like a spiderweb, eventually disappearing around the corner toward the secret room. "Wait until Eric finds out..." He licked his dry lips, silently suppressing his discovery.
With Martin's low shout, Betan and Hefna's aura erupted. The invisible pressure fell like a sledgehammer, and the knights in the basement instantly stumbled to their knees, struggling to breathe.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened! Three terrifying auras rushed towards them, carrying the force of thunder and lightning.
Martin's face suddenly changed, and he rolled towards the shelter in a panic. Amidst the flying gravel, he could even feel the breath of destruction brushing against his scalp. Martin was speechless. Why did he have to be so quick?
Then, he subconsciously touched the five S-level magic defense items on his chest. Without these items, Martin would not dare to be so extravagant?
While the guards were distracted by the clash between top warriors, Eric and Shuang Ning looked at each other, transformed into two figures, and under the cover of magic fluctuations, plunged into the entrance of the secret realm like sharp swords.
In the dark, Martin clenched his fists, staring at the direction where the magic circle extended, his heartbeat deafening in the silence.
"Try hard and your bicycle will turn into a motorcycle!"
Martin gritted his teeth, his eyes swept across the direction where the magic circle extended, and a flame of desperation ignited in his heart.
He shuttled through the passages like a fish, cleverly using the shadows and the blind spots of the guards. The slightest sound of the scabbard scraping against the wall made him nervous.
When he finally reached the secret room at the end of the magic circle, cold sweat had soaked his back.
Pushing open the half-open stone door, twelve dragon eggs with a metallic luster were neatly arranged in the incubation chamber under the dim blue magic light.
Strange magic runes were flowing on the surface of the eggshell, and Martin took a breath of shock - there were actually twelve of these rare dragon eggs!
Just as he was holding his breath, the sudden sound of conversation from the next room startled him and made him tense up. He quickly pressed himself against the stone wall, his ears almost touching the cold surface.
"Teacher! There are sky knights outside, let's run away!" The young voice had a noticeable tremor.
An old sigh echoed through the stone walls: "Where to escape? The guards here can even stop the Sky Knights. We are two powerless scholars..."
"But they can't use your research anymore!" the young man suddenly raised his voice. "Using living people to make potions and feed them to dragon cubs, just to stimulate their ferocity and accelerate their growth... This is not academic research at all! I suffer every day, teacher, I can't stand it any longer."
The old man sighed heavily.
The secret room fell into silence, with only the humming of runes in the incubation chamber becoming increasingly rapid.
Just when everything was dead silent, the mechanical roar of gears meshing suddenly rang out in the room.
Inside the room, the young man actually placed his palm on the red rune in the center of the lab table. The magic lights in the entire secret room instantly turned into a glaring blood red, and the magic circle that automatically destroyed the data was activated.
Outside the door, the guard in charge heard their quarrel but ignored it. This kind of quarrel had happened many times.
He is just an angry young man. If he were not the old man's most proud disciple and could help the old man cultivate dragon eggs, he would have been fed to the dragon cubs long ago with his noisy appearance.
What the guard didn't expect was that this time he actually heard the sound of the self-destruct magic circle being activated. His face suddenly changed, and he broke open the door and subdued the young man directly.
Then, let the old man stop it quickly. If he couldn't stop it, then the consequences for the three of them...
Martin seized the opportunity, quickly put the twelve dragon eggs into six D-level magic bags, turned around and ran away without looking back.
Behind him came the roar of guards' angry shouts and the collision of magic, but Martin rushed into the passage without looking back.
When the countdown for the automatic data destruction program began to be projected on the wall, he had already disappeared around the corner with a fully loaded magic bag.
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