43 - The Temple of Silence
"Where am I?" The voice in my ears gradually became clearer.
"Wow~wow~." Ollie's peculiar cry came from Wille's ears, "Ollie, didn't you survive in the end?" ”
I didn't expect that at the end of my life, it was this little creature who was inexplicably close to me to walk with me.
Weir smiled softly, smack! A slap in the face of Will. Weir's eyes widened violently, "Who hit me!" ”
Gasping back, Will's soul seemed to return to his body, and he came back to his senses, the tingling pain in his arm, the pain in his back, and the breaking sensation in his ribs also hit Will's brain as his perception returned.
"It hurts, am I not dead yet? Ollie ...... "Turning his head to the side, a spider head with a few scarlet eyes. Wiel stared at it for a long time.
……
"Ahh A wheel sat up, and with a swift movement tugging at the wound, Ver grinned to find that Ollie was on the other side, and the spider head he had just seen was only a head. "Where is this?"
Wille looked around, and found himself in a tall and wide stone hall, where he lay dusty, and the moonlight shining through the cracks in the stone walls and the cracks in the walls, casting a cold color on the ground.
There were many wooden benches leaning on the floor, and all that was left of the decaying was the general outline and sawdust all over the floor.
On the ground next to the surrounding walls, there were piles of fallen rags, which I thought were supposed to be decorated with patterns for the walls.
Not far behind Veil was a stone wall, which was supposed to have a door, but was now blocked by a mound of grassy stones.
Weier protected his chest with one hand, lay on the ground, the pain in his back came in bursts, he supported himself with the crook of his arm, and touched the stone wall behind him with his hand in the dark, the surface of the stone bricks had turned into gravel, no longer smooth, and there was no way to rely on.
"Bonfire", the roaring flames burned, and he barely sat up, and the firelight illuminated the entire stone hall, and Weir wanted to rest here for a while, he knew that he was seriously injured.
Wer set his backpack aside and pressed his ribs with his hand, a broken pain came from his chest and large bruises on his skin.
Ollie stood beside Vere, his forepaws resting lightly on Veil's legs, watching as Veir gasped heavily, letting out a cry of unease. "Huh."
"I'm fine, I can't die yet." As he wondered where he was, he frowned as he looked at the stick beside him and the stone that had lost its light at the tip of the stick.
Wiel lifted the stick from the ground and, with a slight force in his hand, pulled the stone off the stick.
When I looked closely, I saw that the oval-shaped stone had its own blood stains and hollows pierced by wooden sticks. It's like a pebble picked up on the ground, but it's much bigger. The light that could pass through the spider's belly disappeared and turned into a cold stone.
Putting the stone and the spider's head in his backpack, Ver made another wooden spear, and after two breaths of relief, Ver stood up and habitually carried the backpack behind his back.
"Ahh It hurts, it hurts! It was as if someone had pushed Wille from behind and staggered a few steps forward. I felt some gravel and the spikes of spider claws or something, and I was hit into the flesh by the blow just now, and the sweat of pain came out. With his backpack on the ground, hunched over the wall and humming, Ver decided to rinse his back and treat the wound first.
Stretching out his right hand, palm slightly towards his face, Wiel silently repeated the method Winnie had taught herself. "Summoning water!"
Although he had never felt any magic surge before, but now, Ver felt the tidal surge coming from his hand, and Vere, who originally thought that he would only summon a small water ball, tried to gather the magic power in the runes, and the magic power was gathered, and then gathered in Veil's hand to form.
Ollie saw a stream of water gushing out of Wille's palm, a stream of water from a sprinkler's water gun, "Poof!" It hit Wille in the face. Ollie's big ears stood up with a flutter, and he covered his eyes with his paws and the scattered splash of water.
"Ahem~ The magic power suddenly increased, and I didn't control the strength well. cough cough ~ "Choked on water, Wei Er couldn't stop coughing.
He looked at his hand in surprise, "This magic power ......." ”
Afterwards, by the campfire, Wille rinsed his wounds, and he used the torn clothes as strips of cloth to wrap around his ribs, and then changed into a spare suit, and he felt that the pain in his body was much lessened.
"Torch! … Okay, now it's time to go. ”
Vere carefully carried the backpack on his back, and although there was still a slight pain, it was bearable. He knocked on the stone pile at the collapsed doorway with his hand, "This road is not passable." Pouting, Wille was disgusted by this involuntary body.
But in addition to the terrible wounds on his body, in fact, Weier's gently trembling hands and cracked tiger's mouth were also unable to do any major engineering activities because of the huge impact, such as digging open the stone pile.
Moreover, Weir didn't know where he was, what happened to the spider on the top of the mountain, and how he would get out if another spider swarm came to block him?
Quickly find out where she is, and then quickly return to the valley to discuss the matter of the spider colony with her about the island where they are.
And the more important, no, most important, is the teleportation array at the top of the mountain.
Perhaps, I can rely on that thing to return to the original world, this world, there is really such a thing as a portal!
Determined, Wille first observed where he was.
The old stone walls around it are neatly walled and rectangular, although there is no lack of damage, but the neat masonry and the slanted roof beams on the head make the whole stone hall look neat and solemn.
In the depths of the stone hall opposite Will, there was a high platform, behind which there were two spiraling staircases, and on either side of the staircase, there were two stands of magic lamps, and the crystals inside had been broken. However, at the bottom of the stairs, Veil found a small open door with a hanger-like object lying on the floor, surrounded by a pile of old and torn clothes.
Only one of the hats was barely recognizable. Vere picked it up, dusted it off, and suddenly realized that it looked like a top hat. Carefully put it away, he turned and walked out of the back of the stairs and headed upstairs.
At the top of the staircase is a balcony-like false second floor, and next to the broken stone railing of the high platform, you can see the first floor. A huge tree-like statue stood in the darkness, many of the stone branches had broken and fallen, turning into a pile of rubble in front of the tree statue.
Underneath the statue of the tree is a stone platform, the only utensils in this place that have been kept intact.
Taking a breath, Ver walked towards the tree statue, the silent hall echoing with the sound of Wiel's footsteps, the dust on the ground gently floating as Ver walked.
Carefully approaching the statue, kicking away the rubble under his feet, and coming to the stone platform, with one hand supporting the wooden spear, Weir raised the torch in his hand and looked ahead.
The stone carvings of the trees are lifelike, but the dust and broken branches on them make the whole statue look gray.
Wiel carefully brushed the dust off the stone platform, revealing the fine lines on the edge of the platform, and a mottled layer of light gold dust applied to it. In the center of the stone platform, there is a small depression.
Verbi measured it, and felt that it was just the right size to fit a cup. After a closer look, I found no such thing as a dark grid or any valuable clues. Shaking his head and keeping the shape in mind, Wiel held the torch and walked behind the statue.
Behind the statue of the tree was a wall, and a carved mural appeared in front of Will's eyes as he raised a torch and the faint light shone on the wall. Sweeping the torch left and right, Vere found that due to the aging and peeling of the stone, many details had been blurred, and only a few places could be seen.
One of them, a small figure with outstretched arms, standing on a high place, facing something, while the wall skin in the direction the villain was facing had fallen off.
The other is the huge statue in the valley where the Wiel is located, but there is no stone wall of the valley around the statue, as if the statue was built on the plain. "Isn't it strange that this statue is not in the valley? Isn't it the same? ”
Turning his gaze to the very center of the wall painting, Wille looked closely and noticed a small notch on a tree, which he turned to find directly facing the statue of a tree behind him. "Is this a sacred tree?" After a closer look, "Not to mention, it's really similar to the painting in the valley." ”
Veel looked up, squinting his eyes, holding the torch as high as he could, and on the top of the stone wall, the stone carving at the top of the mountain, which looked like a portal that had opened a black chasm, appeared intact on the wall near the roof. "It's definitely about the top of the mountain!" Looked elsewhere again, and there was nothing to be noticed. "Did I get teleported? Well, there is no other explanation either. ”
"It's a T-shaped room." On each side of the fresco, the wair has a downward staircase, symmetrical, except that the staircase on one side is blocked by falling stones. "Where does this staircase lead?" Ver looked at the dark staircase, where the light of the torches did not shine too deeply.
Picking up a stone from the ground, Will threw it into the darkness. "Dang, dang, dang, knock!" "Huh? There's a door underneath? ”
Shaken by his spirits, Wer took up his torch and walked into the darkness. Ollie behind him also followed.
The flames of the campfire whirred and echoed through the empty stone hall. In the red light of the fire, the grooves in the ground were covered with dust. With the sound of the door opening and closing, the fire gradually went out.
The temple fell silent again.