18- Ruins in the forest

After once more rounding a few large trees that had grown together, Weiel's eyes suddenly widened, and the long-lost light shone on Weiel's pale lips, stinging Weir's eyes.

"It's!" Squinting, after relieving his temporary blindness, Wille discovered that it was a valley with white light shining in it. The white light was bright, like a reflection of the sky.

Looking back at the forest, and making sure that nothing had caught up, Ver put down the empty bottle in his hand and machete. Come to the edge of the valley and observe the fantastic scenery in front of you.

Not far to the right there is a gentle slope. From a distance, it looks like a circle around the stone wall of the valley.

From the bottom of the mountain wall on the left, a vein of water runs through the valley floor, dividing the two sides of the deep valley. Next to the water, a huge waterwheel fell to one side. The water sprawled through and flowed into the stone canals.

"Water, there's water! That's ......" Wiel grew his mouth and looked slowly at the end of the canal, which was across the valley.

Across the valley, the milky white stone was carved into a gorgeously dressed humanoid (not human) statue. It was so huge, with its back on the other side of the valley, its feet on the bottom of the valley, and its shoulders above the valley. Looking at it from a distance, I am afraid that it is nearly 100 meters high.

She has long hair with a shawl, two pointed ears protruding from the ends of her hair, and a simple and noble ornament carved in stone on her head.

The statue's hands were weathered, but it was faintly visible that she was bowing her head in prayer. The carved features were blurred, and only the slightly upturned corners of his lips could be seen.

The white stone carved robes were already scarred and covered up to the statue's feet.

I don't know how long this statue has been standing, but its gorgeous, dignified, and tranquil momentum still shines through the years and in front of Will.

The river is guided by a canal and merges into a pool at the bottom of the statue's feet.

In front of the waterhole was a clearing overgrown with weeds and trees, and there seemed to be something in the middle, from which the light shining on the valley emanated, but it was too far away for Wiel to see clearly.

There are many buildings covered with plants along the slope around the open space.

"Hey! Anyone?! Will, with his hands wide into a trumpet, shouted to the bottom of the valley. Feed! ~Feed! ~Anyone? ~Ahem"

There was no echo in the empty valley, not even the sound of running water.

Vere stood up and found the ball of light floating beside the small ramp. Turning back to pick up something, Ver wanted to go down to the bottom of the valley to get some water.

Running to the gentle slope excitedly, the most important thing for Veel, who had been thirsty for a day, wanted to do was to have a drink. "Ouch!" Running to the gentle slope, Wille knocked into something.

Covering his nose, he reached forward, an invisible transparent barrier in front of him. "What is this?" Both hands pressed hard, hit twice, and there was a knock sound, as if it was pressed on tempered glass.

At this moment, the light suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and the lines on the back of Weir's hand lit up, and he felt that his hand was empty, and he fell down the gentle slope. The slope went down, and Weir rolled a few times, and it was able to stop on the slope.

"Oh, yes... I... Cao. As soon as the hand was released, the scroll flew to the front and clicked down. Worst! When Vere opened his eyes, he saw a deep valley, and he was just a little closer to being able to experience what it meant to jump off a cliff.

A spirit stood up and leaned against the dirt wall, and he found that there was a crack in the gentle slope, which he could never jump over with his own ability, and his scroll seemed to have fallen.

Vere walked to the crack, and a short distance down was a stone platform. The scroll fell on the staircase at the stone corner.

"It's dangerous, but luckily it stopped in time, I have to get the scroll back." Wei Er carefully aimed at the platform below, wanting to jump from the crack, although the crack to the stone platform does not look very high, but if it does not fall on the stone platform, it is more than enough to fall directly and fall into seven or eight hundred petals.

At this moment, the sound of running water sounded in Will's ears, and everything in the valley made a sound and came back to life.

No, it's the isolation that's gone. "This valley is weird!" Weir frowned.

At the crack, Weir grabbed the stone at the fracture, carefully found the angle, let go, and when he landed, he squatted down and landed firmly on the stone step corner platform. Looking up, Wille decided to go down to the bottom first to rehydrate.

Picking up the scroll, the ball of light came to the downward staircase, and Weir walked down the stone steps, and under his feet were long, turning stone steps, although dilapidated, some of the hands were worn out, and some places were broken, but the stone steps reached the bottom of the valley.

As Wille walked slowly and cautiously downward, the full view of the ancient town was clear to Wille's eyes.

"Looks like it's been a long time since it's been inhabited." Jumping over a vanishing staircase, Weir stood a little flat, "This stone staircase looks dangerous, but I didn't expect it to be very strong. With the light on his back, he looked out over the valley town.

The buildings of the old town are all made of a type of white stone. Exquisite reliefs are carved into the remaining vaulted roofs and columns. Broken bricks and tiles are scattered around the valley, and if you go back to the past, this will definitely be an elegant holy place.

There are still several buildings remaining at the bottom of the valley, half of the largest of which has collapsed, with vines and trees growing, and the other half is three floors, but very tall, with white stone pillars supporting the porch, and half of the wooden door opening at an angle.

On the rectangular foundation, huge stones are stacked on top of each other to level the walls, and each floor has a large circular window. The top window is still intact, reflecting the changing colors in the sunlight.

Where Wille descended to the bottom of the valley, a path was sandwiched between several buildings that barely made it clear that they were houses.

Ver followed the light and walked forward. Turn left and right, climb over crumbling ruins, sloping trees and crumbling stone walls. Veel followed closely with the faster and faster light.

Eventually, they came to the vicinity of the mountain wall, the water source river. In front of one of the best stone houses in the valley. The light rushed through the wall and directly into the stone house.

Weir was stunned at first, then rushed to the river, "Water! "Will lay on his stomach at the water's edge, burying his head hard in the water, his grass clippings of hair running down to his neck, the bubbles coming out of the corners of his mouth blocked by the beard around him.

Behind the stone house, Wille saw a relatively intact shelf on the other side of the current. The waterwheel was broken and fell to the ground not far away, and the wooden structure of the waterwheel was rotten and mossy.

"By the way, the light group ran into the house." Ver looked back at the stone house, which was strangely new and intact compared to the dilapidated surroundings, "This stone house is complete, huh?" It's new! Is there anyone else here?! ”

Running to the window in front of the stone house and looking inside, the light flew into a door in the corner of the house. Vere pushed the door open, but it wouldn't open. Went around to the back of the stone house again, and the light did not appear. After a circle, there was no entrance except for the doors and windows on the front.

"Will there be anyone, will it be..."Will Weir muttered in his heart, with a hint of defensiveness, a hint of anticipation.

He breathed calmly in front of the door, but Ver could feel his heartbeat accelerating. Three steps and two steps walked over. In front of the door, Wille could not hear the movement in the house, he raised his hand, and hesitantly put it down. He took two steps back and stepped forward again. I want to knock on the door, my hand, but I don't know what shape to pose.

He thought about knocking on the door for a long time.

Finally, it was lightly buckled three times. "Anyone?" However, no one came to open the door for him.

Vere sighed and took another deep breath. Put down the machete in his hand, push the stone door with both hands, kick the ground with both legs, and push it inward hard, but the door does not move.

Will came to the window, banged on the window with his hands, clenched his hands into fists, and thrashed hard, "Is there anyone?" "Wiel clanged, but the glazed windows didn't move." I don't believe it. ”

Grabbed the machete on the ground and waved his hand, "That's not right. The machete slammed against the window, and a stream of white light shot out, pushing Vere into the air, and the machete in his hand quickly became lighter and disappeared.

"It's just a window, can't I tear it down?!" Veel got up from the ground.

After collecting around and making a stone hammer, he returned to the stone house again and slammed it with the hammer, "Boom! A few faint, barely visible streaks of starlight emanated.

"Knock, knock, boom!" With a few hammer blows, the window suddenly shattered, and the glass shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.

The window was large, and Will, carefully avoiding the splinter tip, climbed in. Weir was in a trance, as if he had passed through something. I heard a whisper in my ear.

"Who's talking? What was that? "The stone house is not big, there are only two areas, separated by a fine wooden door. Vere glanced around quickly.

In the outer room where Weel was, there was a table with a chair under it, which sat diagonally in front of it as if someone had just left in a hurry.

There was a diamond-shaped crystal on the table, and on the right side there was a table with a stone basin, which was set on the window edge on both sides, and in the stone basin there were some shriveled fruit-shaped ash crumbs, which slowly flew into dust before Weier's eyes.

Instead of rushing to the inner room, Ver walked to the table, the direction from which the inaudible voice had come. The table is against the wall, and the window is facing just in time for the sunlight to let in. The yellowed wooden table gives this space a neat and peaceful atmosphere.

Wiel noticed that the crystals on the table reflected the sunlight. Will walked over and picked up the crystal in his right hand, the lines on his hand lit up, the crystal became dazzling, and the whisper gradually became clear.

“…… Winnie, wait for me to come back, wait for me to come back. …… Time magic, just a moment, wait for me to come back. ”

When the white light that filled Weir's eyes dissipated, Weir came back to his senses, "This~ Why has the surroundings become so old?!" ”

Wyer found that the wooden table and the wooden chairs were gone, only a few rotten wooden sticks that had fallen to the ground, and the windows that had been turned in were also covered with cobwebs, and the heavy stone doors that had not been pushed had been quietly opened, and half of them had even fallen off with moss.

Strangely enough, the exterior walls of the inner chamber were still as clean as new, and the crystal shards scattered on the floor reflected the sunlight.

"This~ is really strange!" Vere looked at the wooden door, which was carved with a sense of mystery. Faintly, the lines on the door seemed to have a streamer. Weir shook his head vigorously and walked over.