Chapter 48: Departure

"Is this it?" asked John as he waited for Rob to walk away and approached Edward. Edward opened the paper and glanced at it: "It's not certain yet, but it's very likely." โ€

The two of them also began to prepare after Luo Buci left, and when they arrived at the location of the island given by Luo Buci, they found that Luo Buci had also arrived. "Don't be so surprised, man. Rob saw Edward's eyes glaring in surprise and said, "Don't forget, that sacred place still needs my blood to open." โ€

Yes, John remembered that Edward had said that the Templars wanted to capture him, not only for the location of the Observatory, but also for the purpose of using his blood to open the gates of the Observatory, or to use the Observatory in a way that required his blood. The way the Templars used his blood was probably very rude, and it was not impossible to sacrifice his blood directly. That's why he's trying to escape. After meeting Edward, for some reason, he decided to cooperate with Edward and come to the Observatory together. Was it because Edward was only interested in the price of the Observatory and not in using the Observatory to dominate the world?, thinking of this, John became wary of this Robuz.

Carrying the boxes, John and Edward walked with a few crew members to a stone wall carved with mysterious patterns. John surveyed his surroundings, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the road where his group had entered led to the outside world. This stone wall is carved with many mysterious patterns that are different from what John knew, and no civilization can cope with them.

The Sage Luo Buci walked under the stone wall and said to himself, "After 80,000 years, this door has finally opened. As he spoke, he cut his palm and stuck it to the stone wall, letting the blood flow in the patterns on the stone wall. Then a magical scene occurred: the patterns that John had thought were decorative gave a faint golden glow, outlining the mysterious patterns on the stone walls. Then, the carved stone wall began to sink, and a cave appeared behind the stone wall.

Seeing this scene, Robci turned around and drew his gun, and while the two of them were all focused on the cave, he shot the sailor who followed him with the box several times in succession.

Edward was awakened by the sound of gunshots, and also drew a gun and pointed it at Robci: "God, Robci, what are you crazy about!" John drew his knife and stood beside Robci. As long as he makes another move, he is ready to cut it down.

Robots didn't seem to see Edward's gun and John's knife, and said calmly: "On the contrary, Edward, John, these dog minions will go crazy if they see this." Speaking of this, Roboth glanced at John and Edward, "But you two, I think you must be strong enough." Seeing that the gun in Edward's hand still hadn't been put down, Robci turned around directly: "Now, pick up the box on the ground, let's go in." With that, regardless of whether Edward had put down his gun or not, he turned and walked into the cave.

Edward glanced at John, knowing that it was only a scenic spot, and bent down to pick up the box on the ground that had been carried by the sailor and followed Robuz into the observation post.

Halfway through, Robci spoke first: "Dirty and shabby, not the same as I remember. Of course, 80,000 years have passed. I must say that I have begun to accept my new memories. You may think it's ridiculous, but I've come back to how everything was used here. โ€

"How is this possible. Edward said.

As the two spoke, John followed them down a long hallway, which ended in a large open underground cavern. This underground cavity is very deep, and there is flowing water underneath, and in the cavern there are many huge stone pillars, which are connected to each other by bridges made of stones. These stone bridges look amazing, the stone pillars are widely spaced, and there are no piers in the interval that can support the stone bridge, and it looks like they are floating in the air.

Seeing Edward and John standing on the edge of the stone bridge, Robotes was as proud as he was introducing his home: "There have been many stories about this place, and stories have turned into rumors, then legends, and finally these facts have become the subject of other people's novels before they disappear." "The more you say, the more confused I become. Edward said. "I'm also confused. Rob Ci walked in front: "This is it, put the box away." โ€

John looked at his destination, where there was a concentric disc made of metal, and in the middle of the disc was a crystal skull embedded in it. It seems that this is the end of all mysteries.

John stood not far from them, watching Edward put the vials of blood in the box as Robuz had instructed. After the blood was placed, the ground shook, and the concentric disks began to spin, splitting into several rings and turning each other. Then, two rays of light shot out from the eye sockets of the crystal skull's skull, revealing a light curtain in front of the platform. But that's not about John anymore.

At the moment when the light shot out, John only felt that countless pictures appeared in his mind, even if the soul was as strong as John, he felt dizzy, but only for a moment, the king soul in the soul was like a flame about to be extinguished poured into the fuel "boom" burned, John could no longer suppress the coercion in his heart, and even John's eyes had begun to ignite. But the strange thing is that Edward and Rob Ci, who were swept away, were not aware of this coercion that was enough to shatter the souls of all life, and were still talking to themselves.

The world in John's eyes began to blur, began to distort, began to shatter. This time, the shattered shards were not scattered as Edward had left, but gathered towards John and enveloped him in the shardsโ€”to be precise, towards John's eyes, and directly into the burning king's soul in his soul. At this moment, the king's soul burned even more violently, if the light of the crystal skeleton before was only a piece of wood added to the fire, then these fragments were like a bucket of fuel poured into the fire, and the fire spread directly from the eyes, enveloping John and burning.

"It's like passing a fire. At this time, John was still in the mood to be cranky, and even compared this scene with his past fire: "But strangely, when the fire was transmitted, it was like a burning sensation burning from the bones, but now there is no one at all." How do you feel that this fire is only attached to the surface, but it does not ignite itself?"

Of course, it was just a feeling, in fact, John's body had begun to scorch, and even the epidermis had been burned to ashes.

Until his whole body was burned to ashes, John looked at his already gray body and said nothing. A gust of wind blew the handful of ash out of nowhere, fluttered, and then vanished.

(PS: Pirate Creed ends.) John is finally coming to the Rough World)