Chapter 213 The reason for encountering Azik was found
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Hobert was stunned, and immediately retorted: "How high is the level?"
Dophis said lightly: "At least a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact!"
Hobert's first reaction was that Jacob's team had struck it rich this time!
On the way from the camp to the ruins, Hobert learned from the person who led him that the underground structure was composed of many rooms, each containing some antiques.
These antiques might have been very ordinary things more than a thousand years ago, but because they are well preserved, they have become very good antiques today.
Although the value is not very high, the quantity is large.
Dophis ordered Jacob to replace some modern objects while moving out those antiques.
Hearing this, Hobert understood that the entire underground structure might have been designed to seal a certain Sealed Artifact.
And Dophis should have squeezed the Sealed Artifact's range of activity little by little by replacing the objects in the room, until now, only two rooms remained unopened.
Theoretically, the Sealed Artifact must be in these two rooms.
It was precisely because there were too many rooms that it took more than a month to excavate.
The antiques that were moved out were stored in the camp, and it is said that they have filled several tents.
They will be sold together after the excavation is completely over, so as not to let people know that there are few things dug out here. The workers who work here have not returned home for more than a month, and they are not allowed to leave even if they are sick.
After these things are sold, at least seven or eight members of Jacob's team will be able to become real rich people in Backlund.
Christian, who provided protection, can also get a considerable amount of cash.
And now, a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact can be dug up, which is something whose specific value is difficult to estimate. If sold, it would be at least a price of 100,000 pounds.
However, Hobert estimates that the likely scenario is that, after negotiation, Christian will take this Grade 1 Sealed Artifact as a bonus for providing protection for this operation.
It is no exaggeration to say that with this level of Sealed Artifact, the prototype of a Beyonder family is established.
The reason why there are so many adventurers and mercenaries in this era is because this is a legitimate way for ordinary people to get rich quickly.
In Backlund, if it is not a family that originally had property, or whose ancestors were nobles, the best result of an ordinary person's lifelong business is to leave some savings for future generations.
Most people may not be able to leave any savings in their entire business life, so there are many people who go bankrupt.
Only very few people seize the opportunity and completely change their own and their descendants' destiny.
That's why everyone is so enthusiastic about adventure, because the probability of getting rich in this way is greater, but the probability of losing their lives is also greater.
Just as Hobert's thoughts were tumbling, Dophis said again: "Remember Chief Rex's reminder, if you feel danger, close your eyes immediately, don't open them even if you die!"
Hobert nodded repeatedly, and then he suddenly thought, could Mr. Azik be attracted by this Sealed Artifact?
The two encounters were both because Hobert could come into contact with that Sealed Artifact?
It's very possible!
At this time, Jacob gave an inspiring speech and made a promise that after the last two rooms were excavated, everyone would be paid three times their salary this week!
For a time, cheers and applause resounded throughout the ruins deep under the soil.
And how the members of their team share the bonus should have been decided before this.
At the end of the speech, Jacob emphasized discipline, only a small number of people went down, and most of them waited here to prepare to transport the antiques out.
Moreover, after going down, all actions will be arranged by Mr. Dophis.
After the speech, Dophis went down first, followed by Hobert and Jacob and others.
Coming to the underground part of the noble courtyard again, Hobert saw that there were already many signs of human activity in the corridor, and there was no longer the last time's desolation and gloom.
The underground passage is very long. Hobert simply counted. There are at least dozens of rooms in one passage, and there are eight such passages! That is to say, there are at least five or six hundred rooms!
No wonder it took more than a month to move the things inside! Even if there is only one chamber pot in one room, if you want to fill them with urine... cough cough, if you want to collect them, it will take a lot of effort.
Finally, they came to the last two rooms.
When there was still a distance, Dophis raised his hand: "You wait here!"
He stepped forward alone, took a defensive posture, and slowly pushed open one of the doors.
The doors of these rooms are all stone doors. Under normal circumstances, it takes two or three people to push them open together, but Dophis opened the door with one hand.
First, he opened a small crack, and he looked inside vigilantly, then he completely opened it: "Move the things inside out!"
Jacob was prepared. After hearing Dophis's order, he waved his hand, and immediately seven or eight people stepped forward to move things, and another seven or eight people carried some bottles and cans and put them back into the room.
After a busy time, everyone re-distanced themselves from the last door.
The Sealed Artifact must be in the last room. Dophis perked up and slowly pushed open the stone door, and looked inside: "Huh?"
Jacob quickly asked: "What's wrong!"
Dophis said with a cold face: "It's not in here either."
Jacob opened his mouth: "That's strange, we've checked all the other rooms."
Dophis and Hobert didn't say anything. They thought of the same thing: the Sealed Artifact should have some kind of living characteristic!
After a little thought, Dophis said: "Replace the things in the last room, let the people above come down, and open all the doors!"
Logically speaking, he has already set up a small trap in each of the other rooms. As long as the Sealed Artifact enters those rooms, he should be able to detect it.
Just as Dophis thought of this, in the depths of the underground corridor, there were suddenly many red lights.
"Ah~"
Many people screamed in pain after seeing these red lights, or knelt on the ground, or lay on the ground.
These screams were particularly alarming in the dim underground, and their painful expressions and body movements were even more frightening.
Hobert only glanced at it and quickly looked away. Even so, he still felt frightened.
Jacob shouted: "Lower your head, don't look around! You ungrateful fools! Those are the eyes of wild rabbits!"
Dophis said: "They may know where that thing is!"
He walked forward quickly with a cold face: "Even if I can't find that thing today, I will eliminate these wild rabbits!"
When passing by Hobert, he did not forget to remind: "You stay here."
Hobert nodded: "Okay."
Jacob and others knew that the eyes of these wild rabbits were all Beyonder materials. Before, the wild rabbits were fighting on their own and it was difficult to catch them. Now that they are gathered together, Jacob and others are of course unwilling to miss this opportunity to harvest materials.
So most of the members of the mercenary team followed Dophis to chase the wild rabbits.
At this time, Hobert realized that staying here seemed more dangerous.
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