The Temple

It would be impossible for William not to be tempted by a site that might be a relic from the Mythic Era.

He had already used Sound Transmission Scroll to tell everyone in the camp not to act rashly and to just stay put and guard their home.

"This is a secret, there's no need to tell anyone else. If the army marches in later, this place will also be designated a restricted area!" William was greedy, and he had no interest in letting anyone steal his treasure.

Furthermore, he had a feeling that he might not be able to open the entrance to the ruins.

The two, Lotner and his companion, nodded and began frantically digging into the ruins, trying to find the entrance.

But this ruin is too big...

The steep cliff on the west side of the canyon appears to be just one wall of the ruins. William once flew over the ruins, attempting to dig a hole from it. However, after digging down more than ten meters, he encountered an incredibly hard metal wall, which even Epic-Class weapons could not scratch.

But His Prince was unwilling to give up. He used the Thunderblades to open dozens of holes, but still couldn't find the entrance, so he had no choice but to give up...

"This metal wall is so hard, and the Mana on it hasn't dissipated yet. What kind of treasure is it? Can we take it back and forge it into a weapon?" Having grown up in poverty, Burning Ash's eyes would light up whenever he saw a treasure.

Upon first discovering the ruins were indestructible, he didn't consider whether there were any treasures inside; instead, he wanted to move the wall...

William and Lotner exchanged a glance. Great idea!

Given the hardness of the walls of this ruin, coupled with its dense and persistent Mana, it must be incredibly powerful...

However, William also understood one thing: in fact, Mithril, Orichalcum, Gold Essence, or various Mana Vein can all be used to forge weapons of basic, intermediate, advanced, and even more powerful levels. It seems that High-Class weapons can easily cut through low-level weapons.

However, it is also possible that both are made of the same material.

Why is there such a large difference in hardness?

The key lies in the forging method and sequence.

Three rare metals can be combined to create dozens of forging methods. The most complex forging method can even transform three very ordinary metals into High-Class- quality weapons and equipment.

So while these metals may appear very hard, they could actually be composed of various Orichalcum, Mithril, and other metals, just forged using more sophisticated methods and enchanted with more advanced techniques...

They dug for three days straight...

The three of them cleared almost the entire western side of the canyon, but William finally found a massive, Circular Giant Gate!

The three stared in disbelief at the numerous tiny holes on the giant gate—there were hundreds of them...

"Holy crap, is this how you turn it on?"

"It takes 180 Mana Crystal to activate?" Burning Ash said.

Two pairs of eyes simultaneously turned to the almost dazed Prince.

"180 pieces???" William appeared expressionless, but inwardly he was extremely distressed as he mentally calculated: one times one equals one, two times two equals four...

"540,000 Gold Coin to open it once, are you robbing me?" William wasn't stupid; ever since he saw this Circular Giant Gate, he knew how to open the ruins.

"But a full 180 Mana Crystal! They're priceless! Even if I were rich, I couldn't be this greedy, could I?" William's heart was bleeding. But he did have quite a few Mana Crystal in his Space Ring, which he originally intended to use as bombs.

Anyway, no one can see it, so there's no fear of being exposed...

Lotner and his companion hesitated to open the ruins, but a door that could be opened with Mana Crystal was far better than one opened with a spell or any other method...

William glanced at their eyes, then hardened his heart and said, "Open!"

at the same time.

He took out two Mana Crystal of roughly the same size from his Space Ring and gave them to the two men. The three of them then began to inlay the Crystal onto the door...

Three minutes passed.

When William set the last Crystal into the Circular Giant Gate!

The magic Mana within the Mana Crystal was disappearing at a near-visible speed. Countless streams of Mana flowed along the patterns on the gate, and in just three seconds, the Mana Crystal shattered into powder, scattering on the ground like white snowflakes...

A while passed...

The gate remained unresponsive.

William swallowed hard, clenching his fist in anguish. "That's it? I spent 500,000 Gold Coin just to see snow in the rainforest? I could have crossed the Legendary Continent to the Far North and it wouldn't have cost me this much!"

"Huh, is it the problem with this stone?" Burning Ash raised an eyebrow, walked over and kicked away the stone that was blocking the door.

Click!

The door trembled slightly.

A massive metal gate, five meters tall, opened a crack...

"..." Lotner glanced at Burning Ash, "You're such a troublemaker, why don't you just hand this over to me and let me do the kicking?"

William breathed a sigh of relief and patted Burning Ash on the shoulder with delight. He hadn't expected the broken door to be so useless, unable to even push aside a stone.

"Open the door!"

The three of them worked together, using their swords to pry open the door, carefully opening it as if afraid of using the wrong force and slamming it shut again—that would be embarrassing, and the Lord might even sacrifice them as a sacrifice to the heavens...

As the doors opened.

An ancient and desolate aura emanated from inside the door. There was no smell of decay, but the aura was definitely not pleasant.

It was pitch black inside.

There was absolutely nothing to see.

Lotner craned his neck, peered inside, swallowed hard, and said, "What if there are monsters inside?"

"What are you afraid of? You go in and scout ahead!" William said with disdain. As an executive officer, one should bravely step forward and not be a coward.

"Am I the one scouting again?" Lotner felt a sharp pain in her heart.

William stroked his chin. It wasn't good for the three of them to go in; if they really got trapped inside, they'd be in real trouble. So he said, "Then you don't have to go scout. Here are 180 Mana Crystal for you. You stay outside and watch out for the door closing. Burning Ash, go scout!"

"Yes, my lord. Your banner is my direction." Since Burning Ash was determined to be the Lord's number one sycophant, he couldn't hesitate. He glanced at the cowardly Lotner.

With a soft hum, he placed his right hand on the Dragon-Slaying Saber and strode forward...

Lotner's eyes widened as he saw William following behind, and he couldn't help but think to himself, "Something's not right with this kid. Could it be that he's got his eye on the executive officer's position?"

"This won't do. We need to talk to Odom when we get back to Dawn City. We have to put this newcomer in check..."

The area inside the gate was pitch black, but the two people were no ordinary people.

Especially basic Magic!

Fireball is a must-learn skill.

There's no need to waste too many experience points on this, and you don't need to upgrade it. Just learn one for lighting.

Burning Ash's Secondary Class was not weak; a fireball half a meter in size floated above his head, and the flames were enough for the two of them to see things more than ten meters away.

But looking at it this way...

William couldn't help but fall into deep thought: Was it a bit too big?

A corridor a full twenty meters wide?

This isn't a ruin.

Is this Temple?

It's possible, because they only saw a small part of the wall, and the murals on it don't necessarily mean anything; it could very well be Temple...

What's particularly frustrating is that, in pursuit of realism, Gods doesn't display any information about where Player have entered certain unknown ruins.

The message box will only pop up after you complete the level or find the relevant information.

The two were less than a meter apart.

As we continued forward, I don't know if we walked hundreds of meters or even hundreds of meters, but the light from the gate behind us grew fainter and fainter until it disappeared completely.

At times like these.

William and his companion could only hear their own footsteps and increasingly heavy breathing.

The corridor wasn't empty either; various elegant and mysterious patterns, murals, and even completely incomprehensible writing gradually appeared...

"These characters are indeed from the Mythic Era." William narrowed his eyes; he had seen these characters before and even recognized them.

But all of this hinges on him finding a book and deciphering it...

Only then will the Gods believe that he has mastered these characters, and even allow him to read them easily!

"But that's all from my past life. Where am I supposed to find those books now? Especially since in my previous life I only deciphered less than 200 characters of the script from the Mythic Era..."

William felt a headache coming on. Maybe a lot of the text above was something he recognized from before, but he was Player in his past life; there was no need for him to memorize it like an NPC...

He could easily recognize any characters he had ever deciphered, even if they looked like scribbles, but those were abilities granted by the system. Now, he truly couldn't remember them.

However.

As the two gradually ventured deeper into the passage...

Upon seeing another metal gate, both of them turned their attention to an oversized golden symbol on their left!

"What are these words? Could there be danger?" Burning Ash muttered to himself. Whether it was dangerous or not, it all depended on whether the lord wanted to go in. Even if there were gods inside, he would still follow.

"It really is..." William gasped, because he had seen the symbol in front of him far too many times.

"God!"

He was right.

This is the Temple!

It was still one of those perfectly intact Temple!

William recalled, one by one, the murals in the corridor.

"Clouds, lightning, blue light—these patterns have appeared many times before. Could this be the Thunder God Temple?" William swallowed hard; his original intention was to get a Thunder God Ring.

He hasn't even retrieved Thunder God Ring yet, but he's accidentally wandered into Thunder God Temple...

"My lord, shall we go in or not?" Burning Ash asked, turning around.

"..." William pondered for a moment.

"Go in. Those 180 Mana Crystal were just a flurry of good fortune. I'm going to open it once, and I'm bound to get some treasures inside. I don't usually leave empty-handed." William made up his mind that he wouldn't leave the Temple without getting more than 500,000 Gold Coin worth of treasures.

"I've never done a losing business. It's just Temple. It's not like I haven't been there before. Although the Temple I've been to before were all dilapidated, the general rules are still similar. As long as I'm careful and don't accidentally go in, do you think I can just die here with my experience of dying a thousand times?"

William clenched his fist and pushed with all his might towards the giant gate.

With a creaking sound, the giant door began to move gently.

Seeing that the lord's face was turning red, Burning Ash quickly stepped forward to help, and together they managed to push open the heavy door...

moment.

Brightly lit!

A dazzling light shone before their eyes.

William vaguely saw a giant, a hundred meters tall, looking down at him, his body crackling with Thunder, his majesty as imposing as a mountain...

Boom!

A dazzling red lightning bolt streaked across the sky.

Dark clouds loom over Storm Island...

The rain was torrential...

Countless Magical Beast are roaring...

Like a riot of beasts...