In the Name of Empress-Chapter 441 - 306: Since We’re Here_2
Thinking that Sister Lisa is also twenty-six years old this year, Roland couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional.
Roland knew well what Lisa was waiting for.
After the wedding with Sif, he would confess and ask her to accept Lisa.
Given Roland’s understanding of Sif, she probably wouldn’t refuse.
Sif was born into the Imperial Family and had seen many such things, so accepting it wouldn’t be a psychological burden for her.
Back then, in order to win over Roland, she even thought of buying him beautiful maidservants to accompany him at night, but he sternly refused.
For politicians, whether it’s marriage or a romantic relationship, it is often a political transaction.
But this might make Sif feel hurt.
Thinking of the intimacy shared with Sif in the hot spring, Roland could only sigh inwardly.
What girl doesn’t long for exclusive love?
Sif’s ability to accept it doesn’t mean her heart would remain untroubled.
The sweet whispers by the ear in the hot spring would sound like a joke after the advent of an affair.
Just as Roland was lost in his thoughts, Alina suddenly coughed up blood, staining the white snow red.
Startled, Roland quickly grabbed Alina’s hand, the milky white light from his palm enveloping her body.
His secondary profession was Holy Knight.
Though the Holy Knight’s healing ability wasn’t as good as that of a Priest or Druid, it was better than nothing.
Gasping, Alina felt the warmth from Roland’s palm, didn’t resist, and simply closed her eyes to recover her strength.
She had suffered a backlash again, and it was still because of Roland, but this time the reason was a bit hard to speak of.
During the Angel Card divination, because Roland had no defenses, she inadvertently sensed thoughts from Roland’s mind.
This information beyond the divination itself distracted her, and it was no surprise she suffered a backlash.
Fortunately, before the backlash, she had already seen the results of the divination.
"Don’t push yourself. Exploring the ruins is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the risk factor is high. There’s no need to force it even if you see it."
"I saw it clearly!" Alina raised her voice, protesting loudly.
She didn’t want to say that she was backfired because she accidentally glimpsed Roland’s thoughts, nor did she want her abilities to be questioned by Roland, so she naturally opposed it adamantly.
"About seventy-five meters below us, there’s a mysterious ancient ruin, and it is estimated to be at least fifty thousand years old."
"Fifty thousand years?" Roland’s surprise was undeniable.
This timeline was already the Fifth Era, the Nirvana Era.
The Alamanni Empire military arsenal discovered during the Battle of Helensburg changed the game, sparking Roland’s interest in the technology of the Nirvana Era.
"Shall we take a look?" he probed.
"Of course, we should, but without professional digging tools..." Alina’s words were cut short as Roland pulled out two shovels from the Moonlit Silver Armor, handing one to her.
She took the Little Ao Steel Shovel with a smile and started digging without another word.
The soil beneath the snow mountain was as hard as rock, but to the Aurum Steel Shovel and the strength of a Transcendent, it was no different from soft mud.
Alina’s digging speed was very fast.
The strength and stamina of a Transcendent far surpassed ordinary human imagination, and the speed of digging was beyond expectation.
In less than half a day, she had dug down over seventy meters and, following the guidance of the divination, found the ruins of the Fifth Era.
Standing at the entrance of the ruins, Roland could clearly feel the weight of time.
This place looked like a professional laboratory.
To be exact, it wasn’t just similar; it actually was one.
The Alamanni Language and Odin Language were of the same origin, with few reading barriers.
The metal sign on the entrance of the laboratory was rusty, but the words [Browning Province Life Laboratory] were still barely discernible.
Roland felt slightly disappointed.
If it were a weapons lab or even another scientific laboratory, it would be useful; only the life laboratory held the least value.
The reason was simple: could any life survive for fifty thousand years?
Even the most hunger-resistant turtle would have turned into turtle jerky by now.
The life forms used for experiments were long gone, and the achievements of the experiments back then were likely useless.
With each end of an era comes a biological extinction, and creatures of the new era differed vastly from those of the Ancient Era.
Although he didn’t hold much hope that there would be treasures inside, since they were already there, not going in to have a look would be impolite. Roland and Alina exchanged a glance and made a simultaneous decision.
To go in and see.
The lab door hadn’t been closed, and the access control system had long since failed, so Roland and Alina entered without encountering any obstacles.
Roland walked in the front, Alina holding a short sword in her left hand and a pistol in her right, followed behind.
Though the chance of enemies was slim, maintaining vigilance was a good habit.
What if there was an unexpected situation?
Just as Roland glanced around, the unexpected still happened.
He saw a dust-covered robot in the corner slowly come to life.
"Hello, Mechanical Assistant Ham-1 at your service. Unable to confirm identity, please verify identity."
Meanwhile, the robot had already locked onto Roland’s face, scanning the information.
Perhaps due to the passage of time, the scanning device malfunctioned and the scan failed.
The humanoid mechanical assistant paused in silence, making a new judgment based on its underlying logic.
"Warning! Verification failed! No access!"
"Warning! Verification failed! No access!"
Roland remained on guard, staring at Mechanical Assistant Ham.
Darn, as expected, it’s one of those idiotic robots that becomes aggressive if it can’t recognize someone.
Although the mechanical assistant didn’t seem like a combat robot, Roland didn’t dare to slack off.
He raised his scepter, ready to give the robot a hard blow.
