As he explored, Wayne discovered that this underground ruins was most likely an underground palace of the elves' royal family in the past.

In addition to the fact that the statues and murals here are extremely exquisite and luxurious, there is another reason. It is impossible for ordinary elven nobles or other figures to own such a huge palace. Perhaps only the royal members who rule the elves have such power.

Unfortunately, although the elves have a long history, it can be traced back to the time when the white ships landed thousands of years ago.

But with the brutal war between them and humans, many things have long been lost and cannot be traced, and countless unknown secrets have long been hidden in the dust of history.

I'm afraid that except for those old antiques who survived the White Ship era, no one knows what exactly happened here.

But it doesn't matter. Wayne is just a demon hunter, not a historian or a spellcaster or warlock. Pursuing the truth of history doesn't make much sense to him.

What really troubled him was that this ruins was too huge, with areas of all sizes and various rooms. In addition to many gargoyles that were set up as guards, there were also a large number of underground monsters living in every corner of the ruins.

In this dark environment, he not only has to stay vigilant at all times to guard against enemies who may attack him at any time, but he also has to explore the correct route in this complex environment, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive and quite troublesome.

This also resulted in him only exploring a banquet hall and several rooms adjacent to it for the entire next day, and he had no time to explore other areas.

As for the results of the exploration, in addition to killing three gargoyle guards, more than a dozen Andelaeg swarm monsters were also killed, blocking the passage they dug from underground to the ruins.

When he dragged his tired body back to the camp, Toruveir immediately came to greet him.

Wayne did not hide anything and told the female elf leader about his work progress and related speculations.

After chatting with her for a while about the plan of exploring the ruins, he returned to his tent to rest.

Over the next few days, Wayne's life became unusually full.

Every day he collected herbs, refined them, participated in battles, collected spoils, returned to the camp to rest, had lunch, and then continued his afternoon exploration. This cycle repeated itself, leaving him no time to do anything else.

This high-intensity life not only allowed him to see monsters he had never seen before, such as scavengers, kiki'mos, and spirits, and learn how to fight them, but also allowed him to apply the combat skills he learned from Kaermorhen Castle to actual combat, greatly enhancing his combat capabilities.

In addition, he certainly did not forget the task system that he could get for free every day. Before each battle, he would receive an ordinary-level combat task from Geralt, and get some experience points and an ordinary-level treasure chest for free, which was also an extra gain.

Unlike his busy and fulfilling life every day, Geralt has been living a very leisurely life during this period.

After injuring his ribs, Geralt had to stay in the camp to recuperate, but he was a bohemian person to begin with, so he had no time to spare while recuperating from his injury, and he soon became addicted to Gwent.

Not only did he shamelessly borrow his deck of cards and a lot of ducats, but he also hooked up with a half-elf widow while he was recovering from his injuries, and had meat with her every night, leading a very comfortable life.

On the contrary, in order to improve his strength, Wayne himself not only has to complete a task every day, but also has to take time to constantly practice his various skills without any rest time.

He is simply a wage earner who works all year round and a successful person.

However, the underground ruins are not infinite in size. When the seventh day came, through Wayne's continuous fighting and cleaning, this expert-level commission finally came to an end.

In the entire underground ruins, there is only one last area left that has not been fully explored.

After countless years, the black metal gate was now covered with cobwebs and dust, but Wayne could clearly feel that the gate was not only extremely heavy, but also extremely strong. Even after the passage of time, there was still no sign of rust, which was obviously extraordinary.

After confirming that there were no other enemies around, Wayne cautiously took a few steps closer.

But when he was less than half a meter away from the metal door, the demon hunter badge hanging on his chest began to vibrate again.

An unknown magical energy actually passed through this door and reached him.

At the same time, the system's emotionless voice rang in his ears again.

Ding! A high concentration of magic energy node has been detected. You can gain three ability points by absorbing it.

Note that if you choose to absorb, this energy node will be permanently destroyed, its spatial structure will be damaged, and a dimensional rift will be formed. Please choose carefully.

After hearing the system's voice, Wayne immediately understood that behind this heavy metal door was the elemental ring that he had been thinking about for a long time.

A magical place that can provide him with ability points.

This time, Wayne only thought about it for a few seconds and made the decision immediately.

He explored here alone, with no witnesses around, including himself, and no one could predict what he would encounter in the ruins.

Isn't this a good opportunity given to him by God?

Thinking of this, Wayne no longer hesitated and immediately chose to confirm.

In an instant, under the intervention of an unknown powerful force, Wayne felt as if he had turned into a super sponge that could absorb water.

The magical energy on the other side of the metal gate, attracted by an unknown force, surged towards his body like a huge wave.

His body was not to be outdone, and at a speed unimaginable to the mages, it absorbed all of the surging chaotic magic surrounding him into its body, like a whale swallowing water.

That terrifying speed even formed a huge vortex of magic power around Wayne.

However, this phenomenon came and went quickly.

About five minutes later, Wayne felt that he had regained control of his body. The invisible magical power had disappeared, and his body seemed to have been nourished by the fountain of life. Fatigue, injuries, and mental exhaustion had all disappeared.

Just like the settings in some games, everything was restored to the most perfect state.

And most importantly, in his attribute column, the ability points have increased from the original two points to five points.

(End of this chapter)