501 Cold Swea (1/2)

”Haha, if I'm not wrong, it should be like that…” Thorne smiled bitterly. He glanced at everyone, paused, and said, ”I think you should know that every swordsman has special feelings towards swords and greatswords. I actually like to collect greatswords, there's even a greatsword crafted by the 3rd dynasty's royal workshop in my collection. It was said that the greatsword once belonged to an Imperial Guard Commander and I spent a small fortune to win it an auction…

”Unfortunately, although that greatsword is extremely sharp and its craftsmanship is excellent due to the peak materials used, it is still rusting from the passage of time. It has already been seriously damaged after a few millennia. After getting the greatsword, I took it to the Mercury Tower, ready to spend a great sum to ask a Master Alchemist to repair it. At that time, Sir Karon had already been a Master Alchemist for many years and was said to be at the peak of that rank, but even he was helpless when he saw that greatsword. He said that it was crafted with the techniques of the 3rd Dynasty's royal workshop. These techniques were lost with the fall of the 3rd Dynasty…”

Ida and the others listened calmly, not at all feeling like Thorne was long-winded. They understood as they listened and their expressions became serious.

”The most important part was that the royal workshop's techniques were unique to that era. In other words, only the Imperial Guards and the private imperial army were qualified to use these standardized greatswords. If ordinary people inadvertently obtained this kind of a greatsword and didn't turn it over to higher authorities, they would receive the most severe imperil punishment once it was discovered…” After saying this, Thorne paused. ”It looks like we weren't the first to find this plane… It was the royal family of the 3rd Dynasty.”

Just as everyone was digesting the news, they heard an alarmed voice. ”Come over here, quick! There is… There are a lot more here!”

It came from Lahn, the one that had found the broken sword. Instead of listening to Thorne's story, he had continued digging in the snow, wanting to check if there was anything else below. And eventually, it turned out that there was.

”What? There are more?” Everyone walked over, puzzled. They couldn't help being stunned when they saw all kinds of pitch-black greatswords in a one-meter deep hole. Some were intact, while some were damaged...

”Heavens, how could there be so many…” Thorne was the first to let out an alarmed shout. Because he could clearly see over ten greatswords laying down in the hole.

This meant that over ten Imperial Guards, or perhaps members of a private imperial army, met their ends on this Ice Field. As a 5th Rank Sword Saint, Thorne clearly knew that since time immemorial, every swordsman treasured their swords and treated them like a second life.

This was a rule for every swordsman.

When they officially became Swordsmen in their youth, their teacher would solemnly tell them that they had to treat their sword like a relative.

Unless it was completely inevitable, they would never abandon their sword...

What truly shocked Thorne was that...

The Imperial Guards and imperial soldiers had all been chosen very carefully in the 3rd Dynasty. They were all at least Sword Saints. And in the golden age of the 3rd Dynasty, an Imperial Guard Commander had the power of a Heaven Rank powerhouse.

Over ten Sword Saints fell here in the past... this shocked Thorne.

”Let's excavate further and see if there is more…”

Thorne was still immersed in his shock and didn't even know who made this suggestion. Everyone then got busy and mana fluctuations rose as light brown Earth Puppets were summoned to start digging.

”Rumble…”

But, after digging a bit, a part of the ice field shook before caving in, exposing a cave entrance.

”That's…”

Lahn, the closest to the cave entrance, was staring fixedly at it with a look of surprise. Everyone followed suit and saw that the inside of the cave wasn't dark at all… It was glistening.

Just like Lahn, everyone was shocked to see that golden light.

There were treasures and gold...

A large amount was piled up chaotically, and the countless glittering lights roused up their inner greed.

Even if they were existences that were already detached from the secular world...

They were still tempted and couldn't move their eyes away.

The snow cave was very spacious and packed with valuables. Everyone noticed the pitch-black greatswords mixed among the valuables. There were over a hundred of them, and those were only the ones that were visible. This was a very shocking scene.