After igniting the Fire Seed and confirming that the core crystal of the entire dungeon had completely lost its function, the group began to search the entire dungeon to see if there were any leftover benefits. The so-called adventure was to not return empty-handed. Moreover, ever since the fall of Erouine in the game, Brando had never been so comfortable going deep into the dungeon.
In the past, when he teamed up with others, he would more or less be wary of his teammates behind his back. This was not something that had never happened before. The world of Wohnde was too big, and it was common for people to hide in any random country and disappear without a trace. Therefore, many people acted unscrupulously and made people fearful. However, exploring the dungeon with Veronica and Greysword Saint-mephistopheles made Brando feel much more relaxed. Veronica was a woman of her words and had extremely high standards. She might not be interested in things that Brando was interested in, and she might not be able to recognize the things that she was interested in. Therefore, Brando was certain that this Cruz Goddess of War would be his. Greysword Saint-mephistopheles was a guy who did not have any materialistic desires. Simply put, he was in fact a training maniac. If not for the burden of his country, he might have already reached Andesha's level. And now, he still needed Brando to help him restore his country, and it was even more impossible for him to do anything that was disadvantageous to Brando.
In this way, Brando was equivalent to bringing two powerful bodyguards to explore. The underground ruins of the Silver Folk should have at least one or two Silver Legacies. Brando was full of confidence, but he did not expect that after wandering around the dungeon for a few hours, he did not find a single magical item.
The Mana in the entire Valhalla ruins seemed to have been decomposed, and even the magical items had lost their power at this moment. They had once passed through a corridor where a fierce battle had taken place. There were still a large number of ownerless and broken weapons and armors on the ground. At a glance, they could tell that these weapons and armors were once magical equipment. The mysterious runes and engravings on them were clearly visible, but they couldn't sense any trace of magic power. Almost the entire dungeon was like this. Brando even found some magical items that were used in daily life, such as illuminating crystals and magic-infused furnaces. Unfortunately, they had lost their magic and could not be used anymore.
It was obvious that the city had been affected by some kind of powerful anti-magic spell. But what kind of magic could sweep through the entire city? It was as if there was a storm going on. Brando, Veronica, and Mephisto were a little surprised. In their knowledge, the largest war in prehistory took place at the end of the Dark Year thousands of years ago. It was the war between the Four Saints and the Darkness Dragon.
However, the highest level of magic used in that war was only a fourteenth-level forbidden spell. It was impossible for it to reach such a level. The war that had taken place in Valhalla should have at least surpassed the war before that era. In other words, these Silver Folk were most likely from the Age of Chaos. Their war was before ancient times, when the greatest enemy of civilization was the powerful monsters in the Chaos.
But although he could not get any magical items, Brando did not let go of the broken weapons and armors. He collected all of them with the Dimensional Hole. There was no iron ore in Tónigel, so these armors and weapons could still be used after being reheated. Especially the Silver Folk, the base materials for these equipment were quite high-end. Some were even forged with star-shaped gold. Brando could not help but secretly exclaim at the extravagance. Star-Shaped gold was one of the materials with the best anti-magic effect among metals, and because it was an associated ore with adamantine, its production was extremely low.
Veronica was secretly amused when she saw him collecting all these junk. In her eyes, this young man always did things out of his own will. If it were any other nobles in front of her, they would not do such a thing so openly in front of her. Of course, the Goddess of War of the Empire did not think that Brando had nothing to do with nobles. Instead, it was Vahina who sneered at Brando for being a miser who had never seen money, but Brando accepted this evaluation.
Tónigel and his new territory were just starting out, and everything was difficult at the beginning. When they needed money, he did not mind being stingy. Besides, even the whole of Erouine was just a corner of the border compared to the Cruz Empire. It was almost the same as Tónigel compared to the whole of Erouine, so his Abies could not be compared to the empire. Brando understood this very well.
"You … You're so stupid!"
Brando's shamelessness angered the young lady of the Flower Leaf Territory. She did not understand how Brando could see such a shameful thing, especially when she kindly reminded him but was ignored. Of course, this noble lady would never admit that she did so because she did not want Brando to embarrass himself in front of Veronica.
They found many such battlefields in the ruins of Valhalla. The Silver Ancestors' defenders seemed to be resisting in every street, but in the end, they were defeated and killed. Brando collected these weapons and armors every time he passed by, and in the end, there were at least tens of thousands of them piled up into a mountain in the Dimensional Cave. Fortunately, the size of the Dimensional Cave was only related to the strength of the creator. Amman's Dimensional Cave was almost as big as a cave. Brando estimated that the creator of this Dimensional Cave was at least a spellcaster above level 70. Not to mention the original items in the Dimensional Cave, just the Dimensional Cave itself was enough to make him rich. In that case, Amman, the captain of the transport company, could not rest in peace.
Brando, Scarlet, Veronica, and Mephisto finally stopped after checking almost two-thirds of the underground city. They did not need to go any further. They were completely sure that Valhalla had been completely destroyed, and of course, there were no magical items left in it. After confirming this, Veronica and Mephisto lost interest in this place. This was especially true for the Goddess of War herself. Not only did she fail to find any clues to the things she wanted, she even lost a few outstanding young people. Although this blow was not enough to shake her prestige in the Empire, it was more or less because of this reason that she had no intention of staying here any longer.
She quickly expressed her intention to leave to Brando. The Goddess of War did not even intend to return to the Green Tower. Apart from a few lucky ones who stayed in White Cliff, there were almost no survivors. Therefore, she planned to bring the remaining people back to the Empire through the Wolf's Pass. She did not want to deal with the Druids.
Brando more or less understood Veronica's mentality. They had a conflict with the Druids in the Green Tower, and with Veronica's pride, she would not allow her potential enemies to see her in such a miserable state. However, Brando thought that the Druids might not be much better off now. Or rather, it should be said that none of the forces that stayed in this area were in a good state.
The Cruz Empire was considered to be in a better state compared to the other forces. At the very least, they still had some of their followers. But then again, before the war, Brando's forces from Tónigel could be said to be the weakest force. However, after the war, they were the ones that suffered the least losses. Even the youths who went out to train themselves did not suffer any losses. Although this was all thanks to his foresight, Veronica felt that it was a little too ironic.
However, Brando did not intend to stay any longer. Right now, Valhalla could be said to be a dead city. It was meaningless to him, not to mention that he had already found a second central crystal in his previous exploration. This crystal was completely different from the previous one. It was grey and looked like a walnut. If it wasn't for the information he received from the first crystal, he wouldn't have been able to recognize it.
If Brando could not recognize it, Veronica and the Ash Sword Saint would definitely not be able to recognize it. Just like that, he managed to obtain it without anyone noticing. However, after obtaining it, he realized that rebuilding Valhalla was not a simple matter.
This crystal was the highest level of the city's central core. The first level of the crystal extended to a radius of three kilometers, and it could transfer mana to twenty buildings at the same time. It did not seem like much, but there were only so many buildings that needed to be transferred. Mage Towers, Magic Circles, Forges, Lairs, and so on. These buildings were not cheap to build. Even if it cost half of twenty buildings, Brando would not be able to build them in a short time. His current goal was to arrange for a Hydra Lair and a Magic Forge.
At most, he would add Amandina's Magic Laboratory in the future so that this quiet girl could research her Mana Transmission Device in peace. Other than sympathy, Brando's original purpose of letting Amandina join him was for this future treasure. Although Amandina volunteered to be his assistant, and she was indeed outstanding, she had not discovered her true value. Brando did not want to bury such a genius.
However, these were all things that would happen in the future. After Brando obtained the central crystal, he found out that the core of Valhalla was a central hall called the World Tree Temple. First, he had to build this hall and activate the central crystal in his hand. Only then would the core of his territory be able to spread out in all directions.
However, this so-called 'World Tree Temple' was built by planting the central crystal, just like planting a tree. The entire process would take nearly two weeks. Although Brando did not understand why such a strange method was used to build the temple, he could not stay in this damned place for two weeks. Ever since he entered the central region of the Loop of Trade Winds, he had completely lost contact with the outside world. Although it had not even been a day, his territory was surrounded by powerful enemies and could be in danger at any time. He had to straighten out everything here as soon as possible, and then return with the benefits of this adventure to deal with any enemies that might come.
As for the matter of rebuilding the World Tree Temple, he could leave it to Amandina after leaving this place, and then ask the Druids for help. There should not be any problems.
Because of this, when Veronica expressed her intention to leave, Brando simply expressed his willingness to leave with her. Veronica was a little surprised by this, but she was happy to see it. She admired Brando, and did not mind showing this admiration. After Brando chose to leave, Mephisto naturally had no reason to stay. He had originally come to find trouble with Veronica alone, but he did not expect to form a temporary alliance with Veronica and Brando.
But now, this temporary alliance was about to take root and grow at the edge of Erouine's wilderness.
… … (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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