Chapter 54: The Secret of the Slate
It was a gray slate, stained with a layer of gray, and some vague writing could be faintly seen.
Demacia picked up the stone slab and his eyes lit up.
"Brother Mu! Brother Mu! Come and see what this is? Is this elven text? ”
He hurriedly greeted Li Mu in front of him.
"Huh? Elf? ”
Li Mu stopped and turned to look at Demacia, who was holding the stone slab high and excited.
"I'll take a look."
He took the slate, wiped the dust off it, and observed.
It seems that a long time has passed on the slate, and the words on it are no longer clear, but Li Mu, who has always had a good memory, can still recognize that these strange words seem to be of the same origin as those inscriptions outside the ruins of Fei Lengcui!
"Maybe...... It's elven text! ”
He was overjoyed.
Writing is the carrier of civilization.
Whatever is written on the tablet will be a major discovery for them.
And the most important part of the quest to explore the Emerald is to find the classics of the elven civilization!
"Where did you find that?"
Li Mu asked a little impatiently.
"Ahem, I tripped over this thing, picked it up and saw it, there it is."
Demacia replied, pointing to the ruins beside him.
Li Mu: ......
What kind of shit luck is this?
He took a few steps toward where Demacia was pointing, crouched down, and lit it with a torch.
And as soon as the fire shone brightly, Li Mu was pleasantly surprised to find that there seemed to be more stone slabs buried here!
He had been talking to Demacia just now, and he hadn't noticed it on the way.
If Demacia hadn't stumbled, they might have missed it!
"Demacia! We may have found something good, come and help and turn these slates out! ”
Li Mu said excitedly.
Most of the stone slabs were covered in rubble, with only a corner exposed, and they all had to be dug up if you wanted to see the whole picture.
"Good stuff?"
Demacia was stunned, and then looked happy:
"! It can't really be some ancient books, right? Will there be treasure maps and cultivation exercises or something? ”
"Don't YY, come and help!"
Li Mu set the torch aside, carefully digging out the stone slabs from the rubble, and ordered to Demacia.
"Okay! Okay! ”
Demacia also hurriedly squatted down to assist Li Mu in digging treasures.
It took them half an hour to dig up all the slabs.
I don't know if I don't know, when the number is counted, Li Mu was pleasantly surprised to find that they had dug up 73 stone slabs!
Each slab is about a centimeter thick, the size of a basin, square in shape, and covered with dense cryptic writing.
However, it is a pity that most of the stone slabs are broken, and many of the handwriting is also blurred, and the relatively complete stone slabs, the two selected a total of 6 pieces after picking and choosing.
Looking at these 6 stone slabs, Li Mu was excited.
He groaned for a moment and said:
"Let's hide the rest of the slates first, and then bring these six relatively intact back to Fei Lengcui, and ask Alice to find out what is written on them."
The Elves' writing hasn't changed much over the millennia, and the player can't read the Elven script, but Alice, who is a Nature's Saintess, can.
"Good, good! Hahaha, hard work pays off! We've finally found something! I just don't know if it's a treasure map or something! Hey, hey, maybe this follow-up plot will be stimulated again! ”
Demacia said excitedly.
The two of them placed the remaining slabs in the corner, buried them with other waste, made a mark on the side, and then left with six selected slates.
……
The central shrine of the Emerald del Filipino.
After two days of restoration, the dilapidated temple has been renovated.
Renovating the temple was supposed to be a lengthy process, but the presence of magic sped it up considerably, and in just two days, the players were almost complete with the entire work.
At this moment, the Gollum Bird is taking some players to put the finishing touches on the renovation work, and for this purpose, they even made a special reference to several famous churches in Europe to decorate the already solemn nature temple with a more sacred atmosphere.
This is not only their hobby, but also the task assigned by the follow-up plot of the Holy Land, and the rewards are quite generous.
"Place these flowers and plants under the windowsill of the temple and use natural magic to catalyze the roots."
After giving an order to a guild member, Gu Guniao continued to look at the drawings.
"Hey, Coo-Coo!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted her train of thought.
She frowned and raised her head, and raised her eyebrows when she saw someone coming:
"Brother Mu?"
It was Li Mu and Demacia who had returned.
At this moment, the expressions of the two were very excited, and the stone slabs in their hands were also quite eye-catching.
The cooing bird automatically ignored Demacia next to Li Mu, looked at the stone slab in Li Mu's hand, and his eyes lit up:
"Did you finally find something?"
Li Mu took Demacia to pick up garbage in the ruins for two days, and all the players knew about it.
Li Mu nodded, revealing a bright smile:
"That's right! Find the slate that recorded the text, and ask Alice to identify it! ”
"Words?"
The cooing bird raised an eyebrow.
"Whoa!"
Li Mu took out a stone slab and motioned to her:
"I've read these texts, they are very similar to those in the temple, I guess they should be elven scripts."
The cooing bird showed an interested expression, and saw her lean forward, leaning her head over, and carefully watching the words on the stone tablet, looking intent.
"Silver Calendar...... Genie...... Celebration ......"
She frowned and read word by word.
"It's like it's about an elf celebration."
The coo-crunt thought for a moment and made a judgment.
Li Mu and Demacia were stunned for a moment.
"You...... You...... You understand?! ”
Demacia stammered a little, looking extremely surprised.
The Coo-Bird glanced at him, looked at Li Mu, and explained:
"Recently, I've been learning the knowledge of magic circles with Alice, and the elven circle must be set up in elven script, so I'm also learning elven script."
"So...... Is this really elven text? ”
Li Mu looked overjoyed.
And then I thought of something, and looked at the expression of the cooing bird a little strange:
"Wait...... You've only been studying for two days, haven't you? Do you understand this? ”
The coo-cuckoo frowned, shook his head a little frustratedly, and said:
"No, the elven text is too difficult, and the vocabulary is tens of thousands. I stayed up two nights, and so far I have only learned more than 1,300 words, which I can only read at most one-tenth of a tenth. ”
As she spoke, she sighed helplessly, looking very lost.
Li Mu: ......
Demacia: ......
The two of them looked at each other and were speechless for a long time.
This...... Is it the power of Xueba?
Two days! It's only been two days!
Cooing birds are terrible.
He is worthy of being a god-level figure at Jinghua University, playing games and learning new languages......
Li Mu has learned about the elven script, which is a completely different system, just hearing about the alphabet, there are 72 of them, and he doesn't know which tendon to plan, and he has nothing to do to make a set of characters that are as complex as Chinese characters.
However, for some plot parties and reasonable parties, this is another kind of surprise.
Looking at the regretful expression of the cooing bird, Demacia looked up to the sky and sighed:
"Hey, I haven't had a chance to study with the circle in my life."
"What kind of magic circle do you learn as a warrior?"
The cooing bird gave him a blank look.
Demacia: ......
Li Mu coughed twice, and hurriedly handed the remaining two stone slabs in his hand to the cooing bird:
"Coo, you can help me see the remaining two pieces."
The Coo-Coo Bird nodded and took it, carefully identified it for a moment, and said:
"It seems to be related to the history of elves, and I don't understand the specific content."
"Not a treasure map? Isn't it a cheat book? ”
Demacia hurriedly asked.
"It doesn't seem to be."
The cooing bird shook its head.
In an instant, Demacia turned into a frosted eggplant:
"Oh my God, is it really a pile of rags?"
Li Mu was also very disappointed, he sighed, and handed the three stone slabs in Demacia's hand to the girl:
"Coo Bird, there are still these three pieces, please take a look."
The cooing bird took it.
"It's like it's about history, too."
After a while, she returned the first slate to Li Mu.
"This one too."
Soon, she returned the second piece.
For a moment, both Li Mu and Demacia felt a little depressed.
However, after a long time, the cooing bird did not return the third slate.
"What's wrong? Something wrong with this one? ”
Looking at her tightly furrowed brow, Demacia's heart jumped, and he asked with some curiosity.
The cooing bird shook its head, looking at them with a strange expression:
"No ......"
She looked at the slate again carefully, and said with some uncertainty:
"This one...... It's like a meditation. ”