Chapter 273 The Stone of God's Punishment

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Roland quickly estimated the volume of the underground cave, which was about the size of a football field at the bottom and was surrounded by steep mountain walls.

The fork connecting here is just in the middle of the mountain wall, and there is a narrow stone staircase next to the entrance of the cave, extending downward.

I guess this ladder was not dug out by you, so he squatted down and put the torch closer to the ground.

Under the reflection of the fire, the traces of the axe carving on the stone steps are very obvious, and there are also many stone chips and dust accumulated in the marks.

Of course not, Your Highness, when we found this, the stone steps were already there, Carter shrugged, I guess this thing has been around for decades.

Or hundreds of years, Anna suddenly spoke.

I think so too, lightning nodded. The border town has only been established for seventy years, and the stone stairs are unlikely to be related to locals or kingdoms.

Is there anyone in the Western Region hundreds of years ago?Carter questioned, "Greycastle has not yet been established."

Roland patted the Knight on the shoulder, and four hundred and fifty years ago, there was a group of people who were forgotten by history.Then he raised the torch and said, let's go down and take a look.

The soldiers of the First Army had already surrounded the bottom of the cave in groups of three or three. He led the knight and the witch to the edge of the Divine Punishment Stone. Only when standing at the foot of the stone pillar could he deeply feel the size of the Divine Stone.

Open your arms, less than one-tenth of it. You have to raise your head to barely see its top. The tallest purple divine punishment stone is nearly thirty meters, almost equivalent to a house with a height of only a building.

Theoretically, the stone that can glow itself either has radioactive substances or contains fluorescent components, but the light of the Divine Punishment Stone is obviously irrelevant to both. The former's luminescence comes from the air ionization phenomenon caused by the decay of the element itself. The shorter the half-life, the greater the brightness.

If this brightness is calculated, the soldiers who entered first will die from ionizing radiation if they lasted for a few minutes.

The latter needs to be illuminated before it can shine. There is no light source deep in the ground, which obviously cannot support it to emit cold light continuously.

Roland also noticed that although the divine stone is commonly seen in the shape of prism, the surface does not have crystalline patterns, but is as smooth as flat glass.

A thumb-sized stone in the church can sell several golden dragons, just like this big one... it can emptiate the vaults of the four kingdoms.Carter couldn't help but sigh.

Sell ​​it to the nobles to harm the witch?Nightingale glared at him fiercely.

Well, I didn't say that, the Chief Knight unconsciously looked away.

This is the first time I have seen a stone of Divine Punishment of this color. Shouldn’t it be white and transparent? Lightning looked at the stone pillar curiously. If I take one back, wouldn’t I need to light a candle at night?

I would rather light a dozen candles in the stuffy room than use it to light it. The nightingale hugged her chest with her hands. For the witch, it is a cage, a shackle, and an accomplice of the church!It would have been great if there was no such damn stone in the world.

Well, Sister Nightingale, you won’t be able tonight anyway... The little girl licked her lips, picked up a stone, and looked at Roland. Can I take a piece back as a spoil for the adventure?

Roland nodded, if you don't dislike this kind of thing.

She swung the stone in her hand and knocked hard at the corner of the prism. She only heard a crisp sound, and the stone shattered in response to the sound, and there was no scar left on the prism.

The knight couldn't help but exclaim, "What's going on... Aren't the Stones of Divine Punishment all fragile and fragile?"

Perhaps this glowing piece was different. Lightning slapped off the stone chips in his hand, and took out a dagger from his waist bag, and tossed around the prism for a while, but even if he used it, he was still futile in the end.

Roland felt something was wrong and signaled to the Nightingale, "Come and try it."

The latter nodded, pulled out the revolver, and pulled the trigger directly to the other prism.

A huge roar echoed at the bottom of the cave, and a few sparks appeared in the part where the Divine Punishment Stone was hit.

After the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, the group walked over and saw that the bullets only left a shallow mark on the surface of the divine stone.

This means that in terms of intensity, it has exceeded the homogeneous steel plate.

Muskets are useless?Carter frowned, how did the church cut it off and polish it for sale?

No one can answer this question, and it doesn't match everyone's impression on the weekdays.

At least Roland once used a brick to smash the lock of divine punishment, such as the one tied to Anna's neck, which could turn the crystal clear stone into a pool of white powder in just two or three strokes.

Anna, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke, Your Highness, do you still remember the treasure map drawn by Feilin Hilt in the morning light of dawn?

Treasure map?Roland was stunned.

He vaguely remembered that a triangle on the drawing occupied most of the area, and the three vertices pointed to the Holy City of Taqila, the Hidden Forest Stone Tower and the end of the foot of the North Slope... etc., the foot of the North Slope?

A flash of lightning suddenly flew through his mind. Could it be...

I think that point does not point to the mine cave on the north slope, but here Anna slowly said, this underground cave with a large number of divine punishment stones.

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After a careful search, no other valuable discoveries were found in the cave except for a large pile of indestructible divine stones.

Not to mention ancient books or remains, even the tools to carve stone stairs were left behind, which is incredible.

According to the current technical level, it is definitely a huge and arduous project to chisel a staircase on the steep stone wall.

Things like accidental falls and tools are lost should be common.

But the scene was not only stones, but also stones, as if they had completely cleaned the cave before evacuating.

After returning to the office, Roland called the book and reverted the drawings of the Dawn Knight to the Book of Transformation.

Similar to the pattern in memory, the southernmost point does fall at the foot of the north slope.

If Anna's guess is correct, is this a map left by the church when it was looking for a new vein of the Divine Punishment Stone?

But why did they abandon everything after spending a lot of effort to dig out the stone staircase that reached the bottom of the cave?

If the church had established a border church four hundred and fifty years ago, I am afraid that today's border town would have a completely different look. Judging from the price and purpose of the Stone of God's Punishment, this mine would not seem like a resource that can be abandoned at will.

Now Taqira Holy City is an unreachable restricted area. Perhaps these answers can only be known after heading to the stone tower...or will never be known.