The Hard Work Will Never Betray Me

CH 26

Ruins of lanterns made of rock 10 meters high and 40 meters wide. The entrance was open, and the door looked like it had been broken for a long time.

On the inside of the ruins, slightly visible from the outside, it is still covered in ivy plants and cobwebs, signifying poor preservation conditions.

“If it's important, the government has to pay to protect it. …… ”

Or should the Farenheit border region government do it? I have to talk to my dad about this when I get home. We cannot let a historic building collapse.

“But I don't really want to go in there."

I expected something a little more mysterious in terms of decoration since it was called an ancient ruin, but I could not feel the aesthetic sense of the Ruins Lantern.

They simply stacked stones and adopted a style that was popular during the time of ancient civilization in the most obvious places. …… At the very least, it looks like a warehouse, factory, or other industrial building, not a cultural facility.

From what I heard, there are many ruins of ancient civilizations on the streets of the ancient city of Beckenburg, and the scenery is very beautiful and graceful. As far as I can tell from the paintings in the travel books, there are at least not many gloomy buildings like the ruins in front of me.

Well, this was also the countryside in the northern part of the Imperial Kingdom. Maybe they don't have to make it as luxurious as the city.

I was a little disappointed, but business was business, so I stepped into the Ruins Lantern.

While installing the barrier, I also remembered to activate the illumination light magic.

"The "lighting" had brightened up the previously pitch-black ruins. It's much easier to walk now.

Stepping on the floor, which was cracked in some places, I went deeper into the ruins. The sight of rats and other foreign insects crawling on the walls and floors is, subtly, creepy.

“It's all about barrier. …… ”

If I didn't have a barrier spell, this would be the kind of request I would never accept. If I wasn't careful, I would soon find myself in a situation where I have to interact with the ghetto.

“i'm not sure which one it is."

When I walked with a chill running down my back at the sight of these monstrous lowly people, I finally arrived at a crossroads. On the right is a staircase leading to the top floor, and on the left is a corridor leading to several rooms.

I checked the book notes that the receptionist gave me when I received the request, and found that both were included in the survey. In the corridor, we wanted to check if his room had been looted. Are the stairs in a condition where people can go up and down?

Let's start with the stairs. I took out a block of stone that seemed to weigh close to forty kilos and began to climb up the stairs. The weight of a six-year-old didn't give me an accurate picture of strength, so I had to make it as heavy as an adult before it came in handy.

I went upstairs, where I was told that I should check out a few more rooms. Checking the checklist, I checked every item, and after checking the roof, I went down.

“If this keeps up, I'll be done soon. I might be able to go home in the afternoon."

I muttered to myself without saying anything to anyone and continued my investigation. After checking the first and second rooms, I was checking the last room when I suddenly noticed something strange.

"What's that?"'

When I looked closer, I noticed that some of the floor colors changed colors. It was not a change in color, but it was as if the floor was originally made of different materials. It was as if they were hiding something underneath. ……

“..... 'sonar'.”

I put my hand on the floor and fired a "sonar" from my palm into the basement.

"It's weird too."

Under that different colored floor, as expected, there was a mysterious space that seemed to stretch quite far into the earth.

“..... I don't see anything like this in the material you gave me. What the hell is going on?"

The most likely scenario is that some bandit or someone has modified the ruins and used it as a fortress, or there is a new discovery that the researchers cannot find.

To be honest, I don't think bandits use ruins as fortresses. Who would want to build a fortress in such a remote place?

I wonder if this is a new discovery that researchers can't find. To be honest, I thought it was also impossible, but I think it was the most likely possibility.

I think it's because the true value of these ruins hasn't been found. ……

“I can't open it.

The floor didn't move even though I pushed or stepped on it. I'm pretty sure this place is connected to the underground. Is there another gimmick hidden somewhere?

I carefully observed the room. But I'm not a researcher, so there's no way I can find a unique mechanism.

"Hmm, I'm gonna cheat a little bit."

I'm not going anywhere, so I'm going to use a very weak [shock] and just smash the parts that are different colors, very careful not to affect the ruins.

The explosion! ……

“...... alright!”

A hole was made on the floor with a rather loud sound. We are here to survey the preservation of the ruins, and it seems that tampering with the ruins is a bad idea, but if it is a great historical discovery, there is nothing to blame. There's a sacrifice required, I guess I'll bet that it might be a great invention.

“Here is very beautiful. ……

Again, no light, but no problem because I can be illuminated by “lamp”. Because it is sealed, the inside is relatively clean, unlike the outside that is open. Most importantly, there are no insects. That's very beautiful.

I walked down the stairs for a few minutes. There was still no sign of reaching the room downstairs. I felt like it had gone down about ten floors, but the narrow scenery never seemed to change.

“Hmmm. It would be boring if it were continuous.

There was no road harder to walk than the road with no purpose in sight. I shot my sonar down to check the remaining distance.

"What's?

But it might be a mistake. Even after all this journey, I was still only a tenth of the way down.

“, Wait, how many floors is this? How did the ancients dig this? A mole?””

Its depth was about four to five hundred meters from the ground. To be honest, I was afraid that it was very deep even if the Tokyo Tower was buried in the ground, it was still not enough.

“I'm a little worried about the oxygen level. …… ”

I felt uncomfortable, so I put up a larger-than-usual "barrier" to make sure there was enough air inside. This will allow me to operate in an oxygen-free and toxic zone for a few hours.

I went down for a while like that, but when I went down about halfway, my knees laughed at me for God's sake, so I decided to use [Shock] to move faster.

I released a weak shockwave from the soles of my feet to soften the impact as I landed, and ran down the stairs, leaping over a few steps.I managed to descend several times faster than before, and being able to reach the bottom is much easier.

"It's a big door."

At the end of the stairs was an iron door that opened in two directions and was at least five meters high. It had images of supernatural beings, dwarves, and people.

"Is that an ancient temple or something?"

I don't think it's a temple, because the decorations on the bottom are bad enough for a temple.

After all, there was nothing to do until the door was opened, so I activated "body enhancement" and pushed the door open, being careful to be ready for anything.

The door opened with a heavy gurgling sound.

"This ……!"

When I saw him, I screamed and froze. What I saw on the other side of the door was countless passageways that looked like tunnels stretching as far as the eye could see, and piles of silvery-white metal bars piled high in the middle. What caught my attention the most was one colorful metal rod placed in the center of the pile.