Chapter 16: The Black Ball

Obviously, the huge shadow gave Mars an indelible impression of horror, a hammer that seemed to destroy the world, and he never wanted to peep at it again.

After a moment, Mars's heart calmed down completely, and he looked up at the sky, where there was still the sun and white clouds, and he suspected that the sky was probably fake.

"Maybe the sky isn't real!"

Since coming to the ruins, Mars can be sure that he has spent more than one day, but until now, he has not encountered a night, if the sky is real, how can there be no night?

Moreover, he had originally guessed that this was an undersea cave, how could there be a sky in the cave?

Perhaps his knowledge was limited, but after taking a closer look at the sky, he finally found a problem.

The position of the sun is constant, and the clouds, although drifting and then dissipating, recondense in their original places every once in a while.

Mars couldn't comprehend the phenomenon, and he didn't know how human could make the sky, and he looked at the bars around him and saw the patterns on them, which seemed to say something if not counting the runes carved on them.

Seven bar-shaped boulders, seven carvings, each of which describes an event, without textual explanations, Mars can only infer that the fifth engraving is exactly what Mars has just experienced, he has seen countless stars until he discovers a world, while the sixth engraving is a humanoid creature with horns leading a steel monster through a crack in the void, and the seventh is a small ball, and this picture does not seem to be finished.

"Eye of the Peer Realm!"

Mars muttered to himself, for some reason, he had a word in his mind, he didn't understand the meaning of the carvings, but they seemed to explain the function of the stone basin on the stone platform.

"Click!"

A soft sound came from behind him, and Mars's right hand touched a hidden compartment on the stone platform.

He immediately turned sideways and looked down, and the small door of the dark compartment slipped to the side, and a small round black ball rolled into his hand.

Mars was surprised to hold the ball in front of his eyes, this ball is very heavy, a pound of weight, the surface is very rough, uneven, look closely, it is slightly glowing with a pale golden metallic luster, very magical, in the hand, there is a cold touch, this touch makes Mars feel very comfortable.

"What the hell is this?"

He subconsciously looked at the seventh engraving, and suddenly, he had a guess that this little ball must be related to the small ball on the carved picture!

He put his hand into the compartment, and there was nothing else in it, and he immediately stuffed the ball into the cloth bag, and then came to the seventh carving, and his eyes suddenly shone with surprise.

"Sure enough!"

I saw that under the seventh carved ball, there were four words written, as if they were signatures, but Mars felt that these four words were definitely not signatures.

Of course, this script seems to be the ancient Manos script, which he did not recognize, because this script existed only in paleography, and he had little knowledge of paleographies.

Of course, the ancient Manos script is also the basis of the incantation, and it is only possible for the occult palace and church personnel to learn it, and a proton like Mars cannot be learned in the capital of King Angela.

Mars was at once delighted to take out his quill and carefully copy the four words on a piece of parchment, which he guessed would have to be explained by the secret of the ball.

In the future, as long as you find a scholar who studies the ancient Manos script, you may be able to solve the secret of the small ball.

......

On the sea, a three-masted sailing ship of the Sea King class was parked on the sea.

On the deck, a group of young men rested, their hair was unkempt, their faces were red from the sea breeze, their lips were chapped, and they were all lifeless, and it was obvious that they were tired of the days at sea.

At this time, a lifeboat came under the sailboat, and the two sailors immediately got out of the cabin, lowered the suspension ladder, and pulled the three people on the lifeboat up.

Of the three, one is Captain Frank, one is Toby the Blue Pigeon, and the other is Lily the Mermaid.

The three of them immediately walked into the cabin, and the ship's doctor, Jona, made three cups of coffee and served them to the three of them, and the three of them immediately drank the cups despite the burns.

The sea surface in early spring is still very cold, even in the coastal area of Lulin Province, it is still a little cold, and every time they go out to search for two hours, they need to come back to replenish their strength.

"How's the search going?" asked Jona.

Blue Dove Toby shook his head and sighed lightly, "It's been ten days, and we've all found the bodies of three sailors, but we can't find the bodies of that kid!"

"This may mean that His Royal Highness the Prince is still alive!" Joanna took a plate of jerky and placed it in front of the three of them.

A flash of fierceness flashed in Frank's eyes, and he said, "If that kid can survive that storm, I can consider allegiance to him!"

Jona was stunned, she knew what Frank meant.

Frank was a high-ranking knight with extraordinary prowess, and she had never heard of Frank leaving his ship to serve a nobleman.

"Frank, you're kidding!"

Blue Dove Toby didn't believe it either, "If you really go to be loyal to a nobleman, you would have gone a long time ago, not to mention the nobles of Angela, that is, those nobles of Eternal Winter, if you swear allegiance to anyone, it is estimated that they will rush to ask for you, high-level knights are rare!"

Frank sighed lightly and said, "It's been thirty years since I got on the ship at the age of twelve, and I think I should try to protect the people I should protect!"

"It seems that you still have the faith of a knight, instead of continuing to be a pirate!" Toby smiled.

"Pirates?"

Frank muttered.

After nearly thirty years of pirate life, he had grown tired of the excitement of adventure at first, and he felt he needed to make a change.

He didn't know why, maybe it was Mars's adoring gaze, maybe three of his men died in an irresistible disaster, or maybe he was really tired of living like this.

In the following time, the group discussed the search area, rested for a full three hours, and then continued to get on the boat and row towards the depths of the sea.

Lily the Mermaid is the main searcher, and of course, if she encounters a large island, she is searched by Toby the Blue Pigeon, who turns into a pigeon and can fly in the sky with great speed.

"Whoa!"

Lily's magic surged, transformed into a mermaid, jumped into the sea, and then swam quickly to the bottom of the sea, she loved the feeling of swimming in the bottom of the sea, where she felt as if she had let herself go without any constraints.

Countless schools of fish surrounded her, and she was like a head fish, leading the schools of fish and swimming freely.

However, not now, she had to complete the search for the day, so she swam to the bottom of the sea, and the fish gradually broke away from her and left on their own.

This time, Lily had a premonition that she would find something, that she was no different from that on land, and that she even had super eyesight, and soon, she found a cave that she had to inspect once she found it.

In the past ten days, she has discovered two underwater caves, and although she is disappointed, she is optimistic, always hopeful, and of course, when she knows the importance of Mars, she is willing to make this contribution.

Soon, Lily arrives in a cave under the sea, and when he sees an ugly water ghost floating on the surface and rotting, he covers his nose.

However, she finally found a clue, and she swam to the water ghost, resisted the urge to vomit, and dragged the water ghost's body into the cave.

After examining it, a flash of surprise appeared in Lily's eyes, and she found that two steel needles were pierced through the back of the water ghost's head, which was obviously artificial.

So Lily searched the cave at once, and after a few moments, she found a different slate, and after a moment's hesitation, she reached out and pressed it against it......