The passage at this time was extremely neat, and the walls on both sides were covered with torches for lighting.
At the end of the passage, there is no longer a swamp, but a downward elevator.
Gary had seen this kind of "ancient elevator" in the Wall, so he didn't act too surprised.
After he walked into the elevator with the old man in white robe, the old man took the initiative to close the iron door and pull the mechanism.
The sound of chains swaying began to be heard all around, and then the entire elevator began to slowly fall.
There was no light in the downward tunnel. Gary was in darkness and felt a little uneasy.
He raised his hand and touched the crown on his head. Judging from the feedback from his fingertips, it was indeed inlaid with a stone.
Could it be that this crown is not broken yet, and it allows me to see the memory of a certain Valyrian king?
Gary was puzzled. He wanted to take off the crown and have a look, but found that no matter how hard he tried, the crown seemed to be rooted in his head and could not be removed.
"Your Majesty?"
Even though the two of them were in darkness, his movements were too large and still alerted the old man in white robes beside him.
Gary said casually, "It's okay, how long will it take to get to the end?"
This kind of elevator moves very slowly. Two or three minutes have passed and he still can't see any light.
The old man in white robe lowered his head and replied, "Your Majesty, the depth of this tunnel that leads directly to the underground magma is about four hundred feet. We still need to descend for a while before we can reach the steel forging furnace."
Four hundred feet? More than a hundred meters? Darling, these Valyrians are quite good at digging.
Take it as it comes, Gary forces himself to calm down, and he will soon be able to spy on Valyrian steel's secret. In order to secretly learn this forging skill, he must keep a cool head.
More than ten minutes later.
A blazing red light came from below the elevator. The elevator finished the tunnel and continued to descend. Finally, it landed on the top of a mountain.
Gary, supported by the old man in white robe, slowly walked out of the elevator. They stood on the top of the mountain and looked around.
Who could have imagined that there is a cave beneath the Valyrian palace?
Valyrians takes post-war captives from other kingdoms or city-states and uses them as slaves, allowing them to mine day and night.
There are huge amounts of minerals beneath the palace. While ensuring the stability of the palace, Valyrians asked slaves to dig a tunnel to the ground.
After thousands of years of excavation, they dug out such a large space.
There are seven mountains of artificially piled gravel around, and they are all waste materials.
There are more than a dozen elevators on the edge of the stone wall, specially used to transport mineral materials.
There are many cracks under the mountain, and hot magma flows in them, bringing a ray of light to this dark space.
Countless slaves braved the heat and mined naked under the mountains.
The Valyrian overseers are standing on the top of the gravel mountain, closely monitoring every move below. They are all elite warriors who have learned fire Magic and can easily suppress riots.
Gary There is reason to believe that there must be more than one large mine like this, and there should be other places.
The old man in white robe whispered, "Your Majesty, the sweltering heat here is not good for your health. We'd better go up quickly after watching the steel forging furnace."
Gary looked away and nodded silently, "Okay, lead the way."
The steel forging furnace is not far from here, just downhill to reach it.
It was a huge steel-making furnace. The golden flames inside were more dazzling than the magma. It looked like a small volcano that was constantly erupting sparks.
Near the furnace, dozens of the Smith were working together in the open space.
Some of them were calcining iron ore, some were pouring molten iron into molds, and some were forging the iron bars in their hands.
Some people use fire Magic to carve Magic runes on the forged iron bars.
Then, these iron bars engraved with Magic runes will be sent back to the furnace. After the iron bars are burned until they are red, the Smith will put them into a dark brown liquid for quenching.
Repeat this several times until the Magic runes on the iron bars disappear and turn into black stripes that appear on the surface of the iron bars.
The Smith will use clean water for final quenching, and then stack the forged Valyrian steel next to it.
This is the forging process of Valyrian steel.
Gary stood there, the fingertips of his left hand glowed with bursts of green light, and his left eye also turned into emerald green.
He watched the Smiths' forging process with all his attention, refusing to let go of any detail.
"The Smith's forging techniques are not special, but their hammers are all engraved with Magic runes."
Gary stopped the blacksmiths the Smith, took the hammer from their hands, and carefully recorded the runes on it with his left eye.
The Smiths responsible for other steps are still working normally, and they are all looking here curiously.
The four sides of the hammer are engraved with very complex Magic runes, and the bottom hammer surface used to strike the iron bars is also inlaid with a green stone.
Gary asked, "What is this stone?"
The Smith looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
The old man in white robes next to him answered, "Your Majesty, these are Chushi's Magic Crystal. They have always been made by your own hands, Your Majesty, why do you suddenly ask us?"
Chushi's Magic Crystal?
"I ask, you answer, don't talk nonsense."
"Yes, yes..." Several blacksmiths the Smith nodded hurriedly.
Gary snorted coldly and continued to ask, "What is the use of this hammer?"
A the Smith answered truthfully, "The quenching hammer can remove impurities from the iron and can also help the Magic runes to fuse with the iron."
Gary returned the hammer in his hand to them, pointed to the barrel of dark brown liquid, and asked, "How to prepare the barrel of quenching liquid?"
A few blacksmiths the Smith didn't know it, but they brought in another the Smith who specialized in quenching.
"Your Majesty, the black water is composed of devil's grass, black lotus, autumn unicorn, lady's lace..."
Gary Listening, I feel something is wrong. Aren't these plants? Some of them are weeds that can be seen everywhere. Why? What about the hodgepodge?
"... and fresh dragon blood, mixed together."
After the Smith finished his report, he stood there uneasily, waiting for Gary's next order.
After Gary asked about the specific formula, he let the Smith leave.
All the processes have been recorded, and all the questions that need to be asked have been asked. He only has one problem now, and that is how to carve the Magic rune since he doesn't know how to engrave Magic.
He was going to continue to ask about the knowledge about "Fire Magic". He did not have the blood of Valyria, so it was almost impossible for him to learn Fire Magic. But he had Daenerys, wouldn't it be good to get this Magic knowledge back and teach her to learn it?
"Your Majesty, it's time for us to go up. The succession ceremony is about to begin."
The old man in white robe suddenly grabbed Gary's hand and urged.
Gary's current body is older than the old man's. He wants to break free from the old man's hands, but is unable to do so.
"What succession ceremony? Just wait..."
"When the king of Valyria turns sixty, he must pass on his throne and crown to his grandchildren. This is a rule set by the first king. Has your Majesty forgotten it?"
The throne is passed on to the grandson? Isn't it passed on to the son?
The next second, Gary lost control of his body. He was obviously still in the body, but he became a bystander. The body asked, "How old is he?"
Seeing that His Majesty the King had finally returned to normal, the old man in white robes quickly let go of his hand and said respectfully, "According to tradition, these are all babies who have not yet remembered."
"Hmm."
King Valyria took the initiative to walk towards the elevator, "Let's go, let's go to the ceremony site..."
"Buzz..."
The familiar tinnitus sounded again, and Gary felt like the world was spinning.
It seems that there is some special power that wants to stuff other people's memories into his mind.
Not only that, that power also wants to "delete" Gary's original memory.
"Ah!"
Gary's body erupted with rich green energy, and he regained control of his body.
"Your Majesty..."
"Get out!"
He grabbed the crown on his forehead with both hands, and violent green energy surged wildly, completely shattering the crown.
The surrounding scenes were like melted candles, all falling apart.
Gary At this moment, he smelled a strong stench, which was the odor of mud in the underground passage...
He opened his eyes suddenly and found that he was lying on the foul-smelling mud, and half of the crown in his hand had been broken into pieces.
Gary resisted the nausea and got up from the ground. He shook off the gold slag from his hands, his eyes full of shock.
He finally realized the true purpose of this crown as a Magic prop.
It is a memory storage, which stores the memories of past kings... no, it stores the memories of the first kings.
No, it's not a memory. This crown should be called a memory cover.
The first kings of Valyria have been "reincarnated" in this way, and those kings who have worn crowns since they were babies are all his hosts.
What a terrible first-generation king. He actually took away his own descendants. It was really awesome.
Wait... how could the Mother of Dragons, who was familiar with the first king, not know the function of this crown!
Damn it! She tricked her!
Gary picked up Bright-Roar on the ground and roared, "Mother of Dragons! Get out of here!"
His voice echoed in the passage, but the Mother of Dragons that was floating beside him disappeared. Also missing was the huge strange dragon...
She ran away.