Chapter 50 Ruins
Littorio, the only human ruler of Sinar, the founding emperor of the Silver Empire, the founder of the Tower of Truth, a famous feudal emperor, politician, military strategist, and spellcaster in history.

This emperor personally pacified and unified the entire human forces in Sinnar. He established the approximate sphere of influence of mankind in Sinnar and the feudal system of the Silver Empire that continues to this day, the Silver Concordat, the Electors, the Military Nobility, the Free Cities, and a more inclusive political system, establishing an environment of harmonious coexistence between humans and domestic alien races, becoming the second recognized human empire after the first human empire, the Central Kingdom.

In addition to personally founding the Silver Empire, Littorio also created the Tower of Truth, sorted out the chaotic supernatural system of mankind, and established today's supernatural system of knights and spellcasters.

The previous relatively vague hierarchy of Apprentice-Trainee-Elite-Archmaster-Legend has been abolished and replaced with a more specific and clear nine-ring hierarchy.

The concept of a school was established to encourage the dissemination and teaching of extraordinary knowledge among spellcasters. By leading by example, the spellcasters in the Tower of Truth were encouraged to actively recruit apprentices, which expanded the spellcaster base and promoted the common progress of spellcasters.

In addition to his achievements in domestic affairs, Littorio was also a powerful military strategist. Internally, he struck hard, defeated all aristocratic resistance and various local separatist forces, and powerfully unified all human forces in Sinor. At the same time, he suppressed the Lilliputian countries that attempted independence, crushed the dwarf restorationist forces, and brought them all under the rule of the Silver Empire.

Externally, he launched an expedition, directly crushed the Undead Scourge at its peak, expelled the rampant gnoll tribes on the southern coast, dismembered the ogre who attempted to split the Silver Empire, and at the same time, conquered the Kes Mountains, which were home to countless extraordinary creatures, brought them under the rule of the Silver Empire, forced the alien races to recognize the legitimate sovereignty of the Silver Empire, and established the status of humans in Sinnar.

At the same time, as a famous legendary spellcaster, Littorio is also a qualified explorer. In order to explore the unknown future, he concentrated the national strength of the Silver Empire, recruited a large number of spellcasters, and established large and small laboratories in the Kes Mountains.

Under his leadership, a powerful and prosperous new empire is slowly rising.

Then the boom was interrupted.

Littorio's reign lasted less than fifty years.

This great emperor did not have any children, nor did he designate any heir during his lifetime. There was no second-in-command after the emperor in the Silver Empire.

There are many internal conflicts among the thirteen Silver Families with the right to vote. In the areas conquered by Littorio by force, the independent factions who accept Littorio's rule but are unwilling to accept the rule of the Silver Families are ready to make moves.

So, after the Silver Family hastily completed his funeral over three days, civil war broke out.

The final result was that the huge Silver Empire split, more than two-thirds of the land became independent, and independent human kingdoms were re-established.

Even Roland didn't know the specific cause of Littorio's death.

The history books of the Silver Empire record that Littorio died of natural causes. But how could a legendary spellcaster not live as long as a high-level spellcaster?
Moreover, one month before Littorio's death, he suddenly and mysteriously expelled all the people in the Kos Mountains, and then the Kos Mountains experienced an earthquake that lasted for a month.

After that, the Silver Family announced his death and all the research laboratories in the Kes Mountains mysteriously disappeared.

Therefore, basically, anyone who knows a little about Littorio's death does not think that he died of natural causes, and there must be a huge conspiracy behind this.

Many extraordinary people believed that Littorio was not dead, and combined with his sudden blockade of the Kes Mountains, they also imagined that even if Littorio died, he would have died in the Kes Mountains.

Therefore, even when a bloody civil war tore the Silver Empire apart was going on for the position of the second Silver Emperor, many extraordinary people went to the Kes Mountains for various reasons.

Some hope to find Littorio and end the bloody civil war in the Silver Empire, some want to find his legacy and increase their chances of seizing the Silver Throne, and some are simply looking for valuable things or knowledge.

"So, is Littorio really dead?"

Listening to Roland's introduction, Hela raised her hand and asked curiously. "Well, good question. I don't know either."

Roland shrugged and responded slowly while breaking the seal in front of him.

"Although it has been nearly a thousand years since the news of his death broke, and the natural lifespan of a legend is five hundred years, if nothing unexpected had happened, he would have died of old age long ago."

"But, natural lifespan is just natural lifespan. As a legendary spellcaster, it is not difficult to extend my lifespan."

“So, even after so many years, whether Littorio is dead or alive is still a difficult mystery to solve. Now, it is estimated that only those silver families know the truth.”

"Okay, it's open."

As he spoke, Roland finished breaking the seal in front of him, stretched out his right hand and pushed open the ruins in front of him, and a rotten smell came out from inside.

This naturally had no effect on Roland and Hela.

They were well prepared and had already used magic to create a shield to isolate the gas.

A ball of light slowly rose from Roland's left hand, illuminating the surroundings.

Except for the ruins gate in front of them, Roland and Hela were surrounded by enclosed soil.

Although they knew the coordinates of the ruins, Roland and Hela were alone. If they started digging directly, the noise would be too loud and would easily attract other people's attention.

Roland also didn't want to be disturbed by others. The most important point was that the excavation of large ruins would easily attract the attention of big forces. Therefore, Roland did not choose to use magic to dig.

Instead, first let the gray crow, which can become invisible, dive underground to find the location of the ruins, and then let it bring a space anchor point to bury at the door.

Finally, Roland used space magic to move the soil next to the anchor point. After digging out the space, the two of them teleported over.

Hela looked at the thick dark elements emerging from the ruins and asked Roland curiously.

"Is this laboratory used to study the undead? I feel like there is a breath of the undead in there."

"not quite."

Roland shook his head and added.

"This is mainly a laboratory for studying dark elements and negative energy. The undead are only a small part of it."

"Negative Energy?"

(End of this chapter)