"Haha, if I'm not mistaken, that should be the case …" Thorne Merlin bitterly smiled as he looked at everyone. He paused for a bit before continuing, "I think you should know that every swordsman has a special feeling towards greatswords or single-handed swords. I personally like collecting greatswords, and in my collection, there is a greatsword produced by the 3rd Dynasty's Royal Workshop. It is said that that greatsword once belonged to a Captain of the Royal Guards, and I spent a huge amount of wealth to obtain it at an auction …"
"Unfortunately, although that greatsword was of excellent craftsmanship and was made of the best materials, it still couldn't resist the corrosion of time. After a few millennia, it was already seriously damaged. "When I obtained that greatsword, I took it to the Mercury Tower, wanting to pay a high price to ask a Master Alchemist to help me repair it. At that time, Sir Karon of the Mercury Tower had already been a Master Alchemist for many years, and it wouldn't be excessive to say that he was one of the strongest Master Alchemists. But even he was powerless to repair that greatsword. He personally told me that the greatsword was made using the 3rd Dynasty's Royal Workshop's technology, and that technology was lost when the 3rd Dynasty was on its way to destruction …"
Ida Merlin and the others calmly listened as if they were listening to a story. They didn't feel that Thorne Merlin was long-winded. After listening to the end, they understood and their expressions became serious.
"The most important thing is that the Royal Workshop's technology was unique to that era. In other words, only the Royal Guards and the Emperor's personal army were qualified to use this standardized greatsword. If a commoner accidentally obtained this standardized greatsword and didn't hand it over, they would receive the harshest punishment of the Empire if they were discovered …" At this point, Thorne Merlin paused and bitterly smiled as he looked at everyone. "It looks like we weren't the first to discover this plane, but rather the 3rd Dynasty's Royal Family …"
However, just as everyone was digesting this information, a slightly panicked voice rang out, "Come over and look, there's still … there's still a lot!"
The one who spoke was Lahn Merlin. The broken sword in Thorne Merlin's hand had been discovered by this Archmage. It turned out that while everyone was discussing the origin of the broken sword, Lahn Merlin hadn't left. He had been crouching at the place where he had found the broken sword and kept fiddling with the snow, as if he wanted to see if there was anything else.
After fiddling with it for a while, he actually made a new discovery …
"What do you mean there's still a lot?" Puzzled, everyone walked towards Lahn Merlin. Then, in the next moment, they couldn't help but be stunned. In front of Lahn Merlin, in that one meter wide snow hole, there were countless pitch-black greatswords lying around. Some were intact, some were damaged …
"Heavens, how could there be so many …" The first to let out a cry of alarm was Thorne Merlin. This usually calm 5th Rank Sword Saint couldn't help losing control of his emotions when he saw so many greatswords in the snow hole.
Because he could clearly see that there were at least a dozen greatswords lying in the snow hole.
What did this mean?
This meant that at least a dozen Imperial Guards or members of the personal army had fallen in this Ice Field. As a 5th Rank Sword Saint, Thorne Merlin clearly knew that since ancient times, every swordsman in Noscent had incomparably cherished their sword, treating it as their second life.
This was the principle of every swordsman.
When a youngster officially became a swordsman, their teacher would solemnly tell them that they had to treat their sword like a family member.
Unless there was some special reason, or the swordsman had fallen, they absolutely couldn't casually throw away their sword.
What truly shocked Thorne Merlin was that …
Those Imperial Guards, as well as the members of the personal army, were all carefully selected from the 3rd Dynasty's army. They were at least Sword Saints, and during the peak of the 3rd Dynasty, the leader of the Imperial Guards had the power of a Heaven Rank powerhouse.
At least a dozen Sword Saints had fallen in this Ice Field. This couldn't help but shock Thorne Merlin.
"Keep digging, see if there are any more …"
Just as Thorne Merlin was immersed in shock, someone said something and everyone got busy. Shocking mana fluctuations rose up as an earthen yellow Earth Puppet was summoned and shakily dug in the snow.
"Rumble …"
But after digging a few times, the Ice Field under everyone's feet shook and the snow suddenly caved in, revealing a deep hole in front of everyone.
"That's …"
Lahn Merlin, who was the closest to the hole, was the first to reveal a shocked expression as he stared at the hole, unable to move his eyes away. Everyone followed his gaze and were immediately startled to see that the inside of the hole wasn't dusky at all, it was actually flickering with golden light.
Everyone was just like Lahn Merlin, shocked at first, but then they stared at that golden light.
Those were all treasures …
Heaps of gold, silver, and other treasures were piled up in a messy manner. Countless golden lights flickered, directly evoking their innate desire for wealth as humans.
Even if they were existences that had transcended the secular world …
But seeing this scene, they were still attracted and simply couldn't move their eyes away.
The interior of the snow cave was extremely spacious and filled with piles of gold and silver treasures. There were simply too many of them to count. Indistinctly, the crowd could even see many pitch-black giant swords scattered among the piles of gold and silver treasures. Just from the surface, there were at least a hundred of them. This scene was equally shocking.
"How could there be so many …" Thorne Merlin looked at those pitch-black greatswords and let out a dreamy voice. Everyone thought that Thorne was exclaiming over the treasures.
Although Thorne Merlin was also shocked speechless by the wealth at first, what really caught his attention were those pitch-black greatswords.
That was over a hundred greatswords …
This meant that over a hundred Imperial Guards had fallen here. A mobilization of this scale wasn't something an ordinary member of the royal family could do. Only the ruler of that era could have such authority.
It was very likely that an Emperor of the 3rd Dynasty had brought a large number of Imperial Guards to this Ice Plane, but they didn't know what happened that led to the fall of so many Imperial Guards.
"Looks like there should be a secret buried here …" Thorne Merlin exclaimed in surprise before looking at the hole in a daze.
But at this time, Lin Yun, who had been silent all this time, stood up and thoughtfully looked at the snow cave for a while. Then, without any reluctance, he turned to everyone and said, "Hey, we have already wasted a lot of time here, shouldn't we hurry up and hurry on our way?"
Following Lin Yun's words, everyone looked at him in disbelief and sunk into a short silence. After a few minutes, Lahn Merlin reacted and said, "High Mage Merlin, how could this be? This is an unimaginable amount of wealth. If we bring it back, the strength of our Merlin Family's Planar Legion would increase by at least two ranks. How about we delay a bit and bring these treasures with us?"
Although this aged Archmage was very excited after hearing Lin Yun's words, he had also learned his lesson. His attitude towards Lin Yun took a 180-degree turn and became very respectful.
Nothing could be done about it, he had seen the true strength of the young mage not long ago. Moreover, his mana had been sealed, which scared him half to death. How could he dare to show his temper when facing the young mage?
Since ancient times, Noscent had always been a world where the strong preyed on the weak, a world where the strong were respected.
There was no lack of jealousy in his previous provocations towards the young mage. In Lahn Merlin's eyes, how could a 5th Rank High Mage become a Planar Legion Commander?
Indeed, before being sealed, he had been very jealous of the young mage's status as a Planar Commander.
He was on the verge of advancing to the 5th Rank of the Archmage realm and had the opportunity to become a High Rank Archmage. In the past few decades, he had made great contributions to the Merlin Family. Whether it was qualifications, experience, or strength, he was a lot stronger than a 5th Rank High Mage, yet he had become a Planar Commander.
He even felt that the Ancestral Land was too unfair.
That was why when he met the young mage for the first time, he acted as if he had lost his mind and went against the young mage in every way possible.
Up until a few hours ago, when his mana was sealed by the young mage, he realized that he was wrong, very wrong.
A young mage that could easily suppress a Peak 4th Rank Archmage … How terrifying was his true strength? He had to be at least a 7th Rank Archmage …
As he recalled how he had dared to act rudely in front of such a terrifying existence, he was scared to the point of being covered in cold sweat.
It was hardly an exaggeration to say that provoking the young mage was courting death.
As for the young mage's status as a Planar Commander …
He no longer had any reason to be jealous, because in his eyes, it was only natural for a young mage with such terrifying power to become a Planar Commander.
As he thought of this, cold sweat trickled down Lahn Merlin's forehead. He felt that it shouldn't be a problem for him to lower himself and ask the young mage to take away that wealth. Otherwise, the young mage would truly be unreasonable.
But then, the young mage's ice-cold voice echoed once again, "Sir Lahn, did you not understand what I just said? Do you want me to repeat myself?"
'Ah …'
Lahn Merlin was stunned. 'What's going on? This doesn't seem logical …'
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