Heartache, extreme heartache!
Looking at the broken part of the blade, Gray felt extreme heartache. He had never felt such heartache before.
A magical weapon that was suspected to be a Silver-grade, or even a Gold-grade, had been destroyed just like that. Not to mention Gray, even a King-level expert would feel the same heartache.
"Maybe there's still some of its power left?"
With anticipation in his heart, Gray poured the Power of Blood into the blade. However, after a long time, there was still no change to the blade. It was like a bucket that had its bottom cut open. No matter how much water was poured into it, it did not feel full.
After pouring more than half of the Power of Blood into it, there was still no change. Gray stopped.
Even if it was a Silver-grade magical weapon, it would not have no reaction after he poured so much Power of Blood into it. This blade had been completely destroyed. There was no doubt about it.
As this blade had once been at least a Silver-grade weapon, it should be quite sturdy. However, that was all it had. It could not exert any of its power. In his hands, it was even less useful than an ordinary bronze-grade magical weapon.
"It's a good match for Stanley Grinton!"
Gray helplessly realized that the only use of this blade was for Stanley Grinton.
One had no Power of Blood, leaving only a strong physical body. The other had lost all ability, leaving only sturdiness. To a certain extent, the corpse and the blade were a good match.
He passed the broken blade to Stanley Grinton and let him try to swing it.
Poof!
The destructive power of the third level of the desolation grade brought about a strong gust of wind. It tore the clothes on the suspected King-level expert into pieces, revealing the skeleton wrapped in the tattered clothes.
It was so clean that there was nothing on it. Logically speaking, the other party should have a spatial item, but judging from the way the other party died, Gray suspected that the spatial item on the other party's body should have fallen into the hands of the person who killed him.
"A map?"
Pieces of torn clothes floated in the secret room. Gray suddenly realized that there was a rather large map in the middle of these pieces of cloth.
The material used to make the map seemed to be some kind of silk. It was so soft that it floated along with the rags.
Gray stretched out his hand and carefully caught the map, afraid that it would tear apart like a piece of cloth. However, to Gray's surprise, the silk used to make the map was quite tough. Even after a thousand years, it did not decay.
On the map, there was a huge dark red pattern written in fresh blood. It was most likely drawn by this Magic Light powerhouse before his death.
It was written in blood, and right before death. Obviously, this should be a very important message. Gray looked at it carefully, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
He looked at the map as a whole, trying to figure out where it was.
"This should be the map of this continent!"
A thousand years had passed, and many things had changed. Many landforms had changed. After some time, Gray confirmed that this was a complete map of the continent.
Gray took out the map of the Purple Moon Kingdom from the purple ring and compared it with the map of the continent. Suddenly, Gray's pupils shrank.
"This place!"
On the map of the continent, there was a circle written in fresh blood. Within the circle, there was a triangle, and in the middle of the triangle, there was a circular symbol.
Comparing it to the map of the Purple Moon Kingdom, Gray suddenly realized that one of the points where the circle and triangle intersected was a place he had been to before.
It was in the Scarlet Leaf Forest, a place where Gray had encountered a hundred thousand ghosts. To be precise, it was at the place where the palace of unknown style was.
"Is it a coincidence, or is it related?"
Gray was bewildered, thinking of the mystery of the palace.
To be able to attract hundreds of thousands of ghosts, the architectural style did not belong to the era of the Empire, nor did it belong to the era of the Kingdom. There was also a broken sword that was suspected to be a weapon of the gods. All these signs pointed to the extraordinary palace, and it contained a shocking secret.
And now, this palace seemed to be related to the mark left behind by a Magic Light-class powerhouse during the Empire's era. This made him feel bewildered. He didn't know if there was a connection between the two, and if there was, what was the connection?
He took out the maps of the Scarlet Kingdom, the Jewel Kingdom, and the Flame Kingdom, wanting to find the other two points, as well as the specific location of the circle in the middle.
"This point should be in the Scarlet Kingdom's Black Fog Swamp. This point should be in the Jewel Kingdom's Sapphire Mountain. This circle should be in the Red Desert of the Flame Kingdom!"
He discovered that the diagram drawn by this Magic Light-rank powerhouse before his death had the four most iconic locations. They were located in the regions of the Four Great Kingdoms. It could be said that it spanned an extremely large area, almost encompassing the entire continent.
"Assuming that the relic is related to this point, the point in the Purple Moon Kingdom has a mysterious relic with a broken sword in it. Then, what are the other three locations?"
Gray narrowed his eyes.
The point in the Purple Moon Kingdom was using some mysterious method to repair a sword that was suspected to have been used by the gods. Then, would the other three locations also have a weapon that was suspected to have been used by the gods, just like the broken sword?
What was the purpose of using triangles and circles to connect the four locations?
Gray looked at the map drawn with blood. Suddenly, the more he looked, the more shocked he became.
"Why does this look like a simplified version of the Runic Matrix? This can't be a Runic Matrix that covers the entire continent, right?"
Gray was shocked by his own conclusion. A huge Runic Matrix that covered the entire continent. How huge was this Runic Matrix?
How huge was this amount of work?
If it was really a Runic Matrix, then what kind of force set up this Runic Matrix?
The Empire?
Unlikely. Judging from the architectural style, it was not the style of the Empire.
Some force that existed before the Empire?
This was possible. Until now, the history that he knew was only the Empire from a thousand years ago. As for what kind of force existed before the Empire, he did not know.
Perhaps there was another force that existed before the Empire, and it was a force that was even more powerful than the Empire. After all, from the murals in the palace, he could vaguely judge the strength of this force.
A force that destroyed the Empire?
This was also possible.
The force that destroyed the Empire must have come with a purpose. From the map drawn by the Magic Light level fighter, the force that destroyed the Empire must be related to this huge Runic Matrix.
Perhaps they were looking for this huge Runic Matrix, or perhaps this huge Runic Matrix was set up by them.
Gray's mind was in a mess. He felt that this thing was probably not something that he could come into contact with at the moment, but he was tempted to find out more.
He wanted to go to the other three important locations of this Runic Matrix to explore and see what was in these three locations.
According to his guess, the other three locations were likely to have broken weapons that were suspected to have been used by the gods. This huge Runic Matrix should be a huge repair Runic Matrix. To set up such a huge Runic Matrix on a continent, this made Gray extremely shocked.
"Speaking of which, the sword-shaped weapon that was suspected to have been used by the gods in the Red Leaf Forest seems to be about to be repaired …"
Suddenly, Gray sucked in a breath of cold air. A trace of horror arose in his heart.
Did the force that set up this Runic Matrix still exist?
According to his guess, this force was likely to exist.
To be able to set up such a huge Runic Matrix, it must be an extremely powerful force. It might even be more powerful than the Empire from a thousand years ago. It would be very difficult to destroy such a large force.
What really made Gray feel shocked was that this huge Runic Matrix seemed to be repairing the weapon that was suspected to have been used by the gods. It seemed to be about to be repaired.
It could be imagined that after the weapon was repaired, this force would inevitably descend on this continent.
This was a force that was powerful enough to surpass the Empire. The arrival of such a powerful force would inevitably have a strong impact on the original forces on this continent. If things went wrong, the original forces might be destroyed.
The most terrifying possibility was that the force that set up such a huge Runic Matrix and the force that destroyed the Empire belonged to different forces.
If that was the case, it would not be a force that surpassed the Empire that descended, but two forces that surpassed the Empire. It was very likely that this continent would become a battlefield and a terrifying conflict would break out. At that time, it would be a disaster for the forces on this continent.
After checking the secret room and finding that there were no hidden compartments, Gray hurriedly left the secret room. The thoughts that were triggered in this secret room made him feel suffocated.
After staying in Half Moon Castle for a day, Gray set off for Shamrock Chamber of Commerce's headquarters. He had already checked the secret room. It was time to deal with Shamrock Chamber of Commerce's troubles.
Because there were no teleportation coordinates set in nearby places, he could only hurry to Shamrock Chamber of Commerce.
A few days later, he entered a huge city with millions of people and saw a huge building.
This was an extremely huge building. It was built with white stone and had a total of three floors. There were many complicated patterns carved on it. From afar, it looked like a piece of art that was meticulously carved out of white jade.
In front of the building, there was a huge white stone plaza. There were many high-end carriages parked in the plaza.
At the entrance of the building, there were men and women dressed in luxurious clothes going in and out. They all had the temperament of a person of high status. It was obvious that their identities were not simple.
This was the headquarters of Shamrock Chamber of Commerce that directly belonged to the Nahum family!