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"Beyond that, it's about feel, no, the realm of touch. That's not good."

"Heh~" Herbie covered his mouth lightly, intending to tease the young Blazer as an adult, "You must have forgotten that you touched..."

Herbie opened her mouth but no sound came out. She wanted to say that Blaze had touched her breasts when they were in the Jinlunga chasm.

She could have said it in a fairly relaxed tone, but for some reason, the words got stuck in her throat and her face grew hotter and hotter.

At that time, the warmth from Blaze's palm seemed to be felt in her chest only now.

"You know that and you still say that." Herbie snorted, turned around quickly, untied the ponytail tied at the back of his head, and let the loose black hair cover his hot ears.

"Come on, let's go check out the Sun Gem."

"Oh! I didn't expect you could actually find it." Blaze immediately changed his mood and started looking for it excitedly.

"Are you stupid? How could you just put something that dangerous out there?"

Herbie grabbed Blaze's hand and walked towards the center of the makeshift camp.

The number of guards around the center has increased significantly, which is understandable, as the legendary Sun Gem is guarded here.

"Honestly, the only interesting thing about the Sun Gem is its rarity. Otherwise, it's completely unsuitable as a commodity." Herbie opened the tent and showed Blaze a huge crystal ball.

Floating in the crystal ball was the Sun Gem, but it was much smaller than the Sun Gem used in the Fortress of Destruction.

"The Sunstone is like the sun. Everyone knows it holds immense power, and everyone wants to harness it, but no one is able to do so. In the end, they can only sigh in despair."

"Right now, the only thing that can truly harness the power of the Sun Gem is the Magic Kingdom's mobile fortress."

"Well, isn't Vienna powered by fragments of the Sun Gem? Can't we copy the magic technology in it?" Blaze asked curiously.

"I can't do that." Hebi shook his head. "Magic technology is ultimately different from that of the Age of Gods. The manufacturing techniques involved are not something we can replicate."

"You, understand what I mean?"

Chapter 1870 Four Horse Terrain

Dwarves are a race that possesses the most sophisticated forging technology in the world. What really makes people fear and admire dwarves is not how high the upper limit of their forging technology is, but that their lower limit is also very high.

A blacksmith who inherited the skills of the dwarves can forge high-level equipment at least, even if he is not very skilled, and forging low-level equipment is even a piece of cake.

But don’t think that low-level equipment is really low-level just because it is low-level. The gap between low-level equipment and ordinary equipment is as big as the gap between ordinary people and blessed people.

The level of equipment is its grade. Ordinary equipment has no effect. Starting from low-level equipment, equipment has the basic ability to enhance attributes. Going up, there are various special skills, special effects, etc.

Low-level equipment has an ability that high-level equipment does not have, which is that the usage requirements are very low.

When it comes to high-level equipment, there are considerable requirements for the wearer and user. Of course, those requirements are the same for the blessed ones, especially the best foreigners among the blessed ones, but for ordinary people, the requirements are quite high. At least one must be extremely talented to use them.

Low-level equipment does not have so many requirements. Low-level equipment that is said by foreigners to be worse than naked is a real artifact for ordinary people. As long as you put it on or use it, you can become a hero on the battlefield.

That’s right, the hero on the battlefield.

It is not without reason that low-level equipment is disliked by strangers, because the main opponents of strangers are monsters in the wild. When facing monsters above LV40, low-level equipment is useless. However, for ordinary people, it is an extremely terrifying weapon.

If an ordinary person is equipped with a full set of low-level equipment, he can easily win if all the enemies are ordinary people.

This is not an exaggeration. Even the worst low-level equipment can enhance the attributes of the wearer. When an ordinary person wears it, his strength and speed will rise to the level of a blessed person at around LV25. He can beat a hundred ordinary people without any problem. Even if the weapon is also low-level equipment, he can kill a hundred people.

Therefore, every blacksmith who learns the dwarven skills is actually monitored to a certain extent by various kingdoms.

Because these blacksmiths can really do it, they can create a hundred low-level weapons [training swords] in one night, and arm a 100-man elite knight group with low-level equipment in a week.

Wars between human kingdoms would instantly become hundreds of times more brutal.

However, the major kingdoms only monitored the situation and did not take any drastic action. This was partly due to the unspoken rules between the kingdoms, and partly due to the reputation of the dwarves.

Although dwarves are very rare, their masters are famous for their eccentric tempers. Dwarves who regard forging as the birth of life will not mass-produce low-level equipment and may even sneer at it.

The blacksmiths who inherited the dwarven skills also inherited the dwarves' strange temper and arrogance, and would never make war weapons, which are boring things that can only kill the weak.

But the mobile fortress, the most famous large-scale war weapon in human history, is full of traces of dwarves.

It's not that there's any direct evidence, but rather that only dwarves could have done it. This is far more terrifying than direct evidence, leaving plenty of room for imagination.

"Ah~~" Herbie sighed helplessly and pulled Blaze's hand. "Don't worry, at worst we can just keep it a secret."

"Ha~" Blaze smiled but didn't answer directly.

"Well, it's time for me to start looking for the Magic Kingdom's treasure according to the map. I can't take you with me this time."

"Don't talk to me like a kid." Herbie crossed his arms and curled his lips in dissatisfaction. "But it's a treasure trove after all. If you find anything valuable, remember to give me half."

"Although the Sun Gem is useless, it is valuable because it is rare. Even the [Hermes' Traveling Cap] only has this one."

"Good good."

After handing over to [Hermes's Brigade Cap] and replenishing a round of supplies, the Fortress of Destruction started up again and began to move slowly.

On the way to the treasure land of the Magic Kingdom, Blaze and his men were well prepared. Not only did they have a semi-modified new Fortress of Destruction, but they also had Heroic Warriors and the members of [Somado] who had just joined them in the camp.

The underground dwarf kingdom was too fragmented and the excavation efficiency was too low, so they simply gave up and chose to join the team looking for the treasure.

Judging from the scale of the treasure hunt alone, this team has exceeded the standard and can be used to flatten a large kingdom.

Lupin XIII took the parchment map and compared it with the ordinary map, looking for clues.

"According to the map, our destination should be behind the four horses."

"Four horses?"

Lupin XIII kept his expression unchanged, approached Blaze, and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"We suspect the location of the Magic Kingdom's treasure is the Sun Chariot. The artifact hidden by the Immortal Tribe is the Sun Chariot, isn't it? The Sun Chariot is pulled forward by four divine horses. I think the meaning is that the place where the four horses connect is the location of the Sun Chariot."

"Then we probably need a high angle of view, otherwise it will be difficult to see every terrain. The height of the Fortress of Destruction is just right." Blaze pinched his chin and looked at the map on the parchment.

I have to say that the shapes of the four horses on this map are really abstract. They are just outlined with a few strokes, and you have to look carefully to see that they are actually horses.

Only after identifying them did I realize that the four horses had different expressions, and they were shaking their heads impatiently as if they had been waiting for a long time.

The Fortress of Destruction continued to move forward, filtering through many areas. This was the Ninth Princess narrowing the scope based on her own memory.

"Over there." Blaze raised his hand and pointed in a direction. The place was covered by dense green forests and almost no shape could be seen, but he was wearing the [Eye of Athena] on his head, which contained Jasmine, the Ark AI, one of the highest crystallizations of the Age of Gods, and could easily scan the terrain.

[Well, I restored the terrain. It has suffered a lot of damage over the past few hundred years, and only the rough outline remains.]

[But this one is enough to guess the location of the other three]

Three seconds after Jasmine fell silent, a three-dimensional map appeared on her goggles. Four horse-head-shaped terrains were highlighted, and then the four terrains extended in straight lines. The intersecting area was the treasure of the Magic Kingdom, and it was also the location where the Immortal Tribe hid the Sun Chariot.

Chapter 1871 The Unavoidable Distance

"Wow, this is so easy."

Lupin XIII's mouth twitched. She believed from the bottom of her heart that the technology of the Age of Gods, especially super artificial intelligence, appeared too early.

She didn't even have to think about it; just one scan revealed everything.

If there were no such thing as a dwarven dictionary at the moment, the dwarven text on the Sun Gem would probably be easily deciphered, and even the missing parts could be deduced.

It has to be said that this was a mistake made by the developers, but she also understood that they wanted players to get in touch with the technology of the Age of Gods as soon as possible.

This can be said that the producers made some sacrifices, reduced the difficulty of exploration, and improved the gameplay and content.

"Well, that's amazing! They are indeed genius creators! They made the choice decisively." Lupin XIII clenched his fists, his eyes sparkling.

Apart from the fictional character Lupin III, the people she admires most are the geniuses of [G] Company.

"Hmm...but..." Lupin XIII pinched his chin, frowned, and looked troubled. "To be honest, should we go and explore these four horse-shaped terrains? What if there are any important props inside?"

"Well, this is something that needs to be considered." Blaze took out the parchment map and pointed at the completely unrecognizable dwarven text on it.

"Perhaps the dwarven text above is telling us that we need something from these four terrains to unlock the treasure of the Magic Kingdom."

"And it won't take long to search for them. The Heroic Einherjar have recently improved their ability to move around in the wild."

If only one or two people came here, they would inevitably have to spend a lot of time searching the Four Horses terrain, but Blaze brought a whole huge army, with hundreds of Heroic Warriors alone. It was not difficult to divide them into teams of one hundred people to search the terrain.

"Yes, is that so?" Lupin XIII sighed regretfully.

In stories about thieves and treasure hunts, the protagonists are always at a disadvantage. There are only four or five of them, including undercover agents. They are obviously experienced thieves and archaeologists, but in the end, all they can use are a whip and a small pistol. As for key props and key information, let alone them, they will definitely become the enemy's wedding dress.

The villains always have a luxurious team, a large number of logistical personnel, combatants, and a complete supply of weapons and supplies. Sometimes they don’t even have to do anything, just follow the protagonists and pick up the leftovers.

It’s a pity that, according to the principle that the protagonist must win, the villain who is well prepared will definitely lose all his advantages due to various stupid behaviors.

But if you think about it carefully, this development is only necessary for the plot. Under normal circumstances, the villain will win. If you think about it carefully, there must have been a situation in the protagonist's background story where there was no villain causing trouble. At that time, the protagonist group must have achieved their goal quite smoothly.

Lupin XIII instantly lay flat on his back, yawning and sighing.

“Peace is the best.”

The Fortress of Destruction temporarily stopped its advance, and the Heroic Warriors landed along the spider's legs and explored the four horse-shaped terrains in an orderly manner.

Although the Heroic Warriors are extremely stubborn and will not learn their lesson until they suffer a loss, they are quite active in war and combat. They do not reject the technology of the Age of Gods too much, but accept it directly.

If they were not dead, their bodies would be reset when they were resurrected in Valhalla, and many heroes planned to undergo cyborg surgery in battle.

Blaze sat atop the Fortress of Doom, surveying the entire region. He was somewhat unaccustomed to the lack of a shared perspective from the sky. While the Eye of Athena could perform analysis and dialysis, its range was limited, requiring satellites and drones to expand its field of view.

Drones are fine, they are just small flying Grams, but satellites are really a bit troublesome. It’s not that there is no material to make them, but according to the laws of the Age of Gods, satellites cannot be launched privately. The consent of various countries is required.

Although the Age of Gods has been destroyed, the law is the law, and launching a satellite without permission may be considered a threat, even though humans today do not understand what a satellite is.

The Einherjar of the Horse Terrain No. 3 discovered a hidden area, which appears to be a small, ancient underground castle.

[Shared with other Heroic Einherjar teams, discovered the hidden underground castle in the horse-shaped terrain No. 2.]

【…】

Jasmine reported the intelligence in an orderly manner. Under her command, the Heroic Warriors changed from their previous wild and rough nature and disorganized behavior. They were like a cold and efficient bayonet, extremely efficient.

After a while, the four horse-shaped terrains were occupied by the heroic warriors, but the mechanisms in them blocked the heroic warriors' footsteps, but it was only a temporary blockage.

"What a formidable army it is! It could conquer any kingdom if it chose."

Blaze tilted his head back, and Marika had kneeled down behind him without him noticing.

"Is this your opinion as the leader of the Royal Knights and Lord Fast?"

"Well, this is an undead army with an average level of LV120 or above, and it has a clear kingdom affiliation." Marika nodded without hiding anything, and her eyes became a little dim.

"Even the Giant Kingdom Alliance will no longer treat you with the same ordinary, friendly attitude as before."

"That has nothing to do with personal relationships. It's Falasha. Your Majesty, they must be responsible for their subjects."

There was a distance between her and Blaze because of their [identities]. It had shortened before, and she was ecstatic about it, but now it had grown again, and it couldn't be shortened anymore.

In the past, it was just a matter of highs and lows, but now it really is...

It grew larger up and down and left and right, transforming from a simple step into a huge crack.

The little king of the ancient kingdom in the Age of Gods, the heir of the Age of Gods...the difference in status became a question of stance.

Why has it become like this?

Marika lowered her eyes, she knew when [the mistake was made], but she only hinted that it could not be undone because that mistake was in the past.

She shouldn't have left.

Blaze gazed into the distance and sighed softly. He almost understood. Farasha was fine, but the Giant Emperor's attitude towards him was very subtle. It seemed that he wanted to treat him normally, but because of his various titles, it was impossible to treat him normally.

And Marika... She is the leader of the Royal Knights in the Giant Kingdom Alliance, the lord of the Fast territory, and holds an important position, representing the Giant Kingdom Alliance.

"Maybe at that time, keeping distance is the most appropriate state."

Chapter 1872 The First Trial

Lupin XIII and Greenland have extensive experience in treasure hunting and archaeology games. Lupin XIII loves them, while Greenland simply likes to play everything.

Therefore, they all have a stereotyped process for treasure hunting missions. They are exhausted every time, there are traitors in the team, and opponents always come to take advantage of the situation.

There's no way around it. The process of the game is like this. Players must follow the plot designed by the producer, otherwise this situation will occur...

Lupin XIII was lying on a beach chair, basking in the sun and drinking juice. Greenland curled up like a real cat, but she was not basking in the sun, but accumulating sin points.

The other people in [Somado] were even more casual. Many of them sat there, rolled their eyes, and chatted casually in the group chat.

What? What about the quest for the Magic Kingdom's treasure? Heroic Einherjar, isn't the Ark AI Jasmine doing that?

That's right, if it were placed in a real open world, players might explore the treasure themselves, or at least they would definitely not follow the classic treasure hunting game plot, because that would be too boring and too frustrating.