"Did you find anything?"

Arka looked at the crowd and asked first.

This place is not big or small.

But in terms of depth and height, it's clear that this place is very large.

But that's all they can explore, the platform in the middle and the audience on the other side.

Shadetti began by saying, "I surveyed the surroundings, and we were indeed underground, not in the mountains. ”

Her silver ripples pierced through the dirt, and Shadetti could tell if it was deep in the dirt or rocks around her.

From this she came to this judgment.

"And after walking around, I really didn't find any passages around to leave, not even traces of excavation."

What puzzled them the most was that there was no way to leave this place.

"I looked at the seats, and it wasn't that no one had been there, but that they had been used a lot." Jason followed up.

When he looked at the seats, he noticed that many of them had different signs of wear.

These marks are the result of years of use.

For example, the stone bench sitting under the buttocks has long been dented in some places, and some of the armrests used to put it also have different dents.

It's all about wear and tear that accumulates over time.

This shows that this is not a decoration, but it is indeed used a lot at a certain time.

The next person to speak was Simon, who had the two flying orbs in his hand, and seemed to be using them to help him probe it.

"I used these two objects to probe the height and depth of the place."

"The top of the cave above us is about 16 meters above the platform, and the deep pit around here is a bit deep."

"Due to the range of control, I can only see a distance of more than 100 meters below, but the pit does not rise all the time, but has irregular stone bulges.

The longest of these four pillars is actually only 80 meters, and the shortest is only 60 meters, and they are all built on these irregular stones. ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded in understanding.

In other words, the pit he had just seen was not as deep as he thought, and he might have just thrown the stone into the deepest direction.

However, it is outrageous to be able to build a stone pillar up to 80 meters long in such an irregular and extremely dangerous pit.

It's really outrageous.

"In other words, the people who built this place want to come here, and they all come in the way we just did?" Juan Lu asked uncertainly.

Arka nodded, and kicked the stone floor beneath their feet.

Most of the dust had been removed by them during the investigation they had just explored.

A large number of traces of long-term trampling can be found on these stones, especially in the circle where they have just fallen.

There are the deepest traces.

It shows that basically the people who come here appear in this location and then go to their respective locations.

Only a large number of people who use it regularly will leave such obvious traces on such a stone platform.

Others then began to add to their findings.

You and I have almost all the problems that can be found.

Finally everyone turned their heads to Lucilia, who was sitting on Alka's shoulder.

Because there are a lot of carved patterns and things like words on the seats next to it and on the statues and pillars.

They couldn't read it, but apparently Lucilia should.

Looking at the gazes cast by everyone, Lucilia, who had not spoken much, coughed.

"Now, then, it's time for me to speak."

As she spoke, she stood on Arka's shoulder and began to speak, the information she had been constantly checking for the words and patterns.

"This is the real temple, and the ruins we saw outside before are just a kind of ...... that leads to this place Passages, or slides. ”

"And I just pronounced the name of this temple in their language, maybe it's the secret language that enters here, and it can't even be called a secret language."

Lucilia complained a little.

After all, who would write the secret language directly into the name of the building in front of them, and what kind of secret is this?

You just have to look up at the name on the temple, read it softly, and you'll be sent straight in.

"From the words and patterns in these records, I have a rough idea of what this place is for.

Various festivals, prayer offerings and even large conferences, funerals of famous people, or speeches are all held in this place. ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the stone pillars, the densely carved words on the stone pillars.

"Every event is recorded there, and I learn from it that the temple was supposed to belong to a certain city-state, which was called Vastva, and worshipped a god called the god of the quarters."

As he spoke, he looked up at the humanoid statue that was considered more than ten meters tall and wrapped in robes.

"These four statues are symbols of the gods."

Later, a brief list of some of the rituals that took place in this place was given.

After listening to Lucilia's story, everyone learned more about this place.

Then Arka looked at her.

"So...... How are we going to get out? ”

That's the main problem now.

"I don't know."

？

Everyone looked at Lucilia with bewildered eyes.

Lucilia looked at everyone's eyes and spread her hands: "I really don't know, there is no record of this information at all, just like no one will write such a thing as how to open the door in an important place." ”

…… This is reasonable, but it's also too hard to accept.

"You don't want to repeat what we said when we came down?" Arka thought for a moment and said.

After all, they came here because of this.

"I actually tried, but it didn't work."

Lucilia pronounced the name of the temple in the unknown language, but there was no response.

Looking at this situation, the expression on Jason's face collapsed.

"It's over, we're not going to be stuck in this place, are we?"

Arka frowned and thought for a moment, and touched Xia Daiti next to him with his elbow.

"Do you have any tools for drawing maps?"

When Xia Daiti, who turned his head, heard this, he probably knew what Arka wanted to do, and nodded.

"I've brought it, I've finished exploring this place, do you want me to paint it now?"

Arka nodded: "Well, let's draw it and see if we can find any clues." ”

And Jason also looked at Lucilia from the side and said, "Do you want to change some words, such as going home and leaving or something like that?" ”

"I've tried it all, but it doesn't work."

"I don't know how long the food I bring will last." Juanlu said, checking some of the dry food he was carrying in his pocket ring.

Just as Xia Daiti had just taken out the drawing board.

Julia suddenly looked up and said, "The concentration of mana has increased. ”

These words attracted the attention of everyone present.

Then a circle of energy ripples passed down from above and landed on everyone's bodies.

Once again, their bodies were frozen, and then vanished in place.

A feeling of being dragged appeared, but it only lasted for a few seconds, and the light returned to the dark vision.

This time, they reappeared around the ruins outside in the same position they had just dispersed.

It's just that there are other people around.

Arka looked at the humanoid race that appeared in front of him.

Everyone instantly prepared for battle and became vigilant.

The unknown race in front of him had gray skin and orange-red eyes.

It's the same ones that Arka had seen in his dreams last night, the sapient races of this island.

The man at the head of the group, dressed in leather armor and holding a bow in his hand, looked at them.

“……”

Again, he didn't understand it, but the tone seemed to be very similar to the unknown language that Lucilia had just used.

He said, he didn't expect it to be a group of outsiders. Lucilia translated.

But before she could speak in the place of the others.

The alien man at the head thought Lucilia was talking to him, but it was a strange language.

Then, with a slight adjustment, he spoke the language used by Arka and the others.

That is, the homeland sea, the language spoken in most of the region.

"Do you understand?" Although the tone is a little awkward and sounds a little strange, it is fortunate that I can understand it.

Arka nodded and said, "No problem, we can understand." ”

The person in front of him was quite friendly, coupled with some information that Arka had asked in his dream yesterday, he raised his hand slightly, signaling his teammates not to be overly vigilant.

"That's good!"

He seemed to be able to understand the vigilant look of Arka and the others.

"I don't know who you are, where you're from, or what you're doing on this island, but you're welcome." The gray-skinned man in front of him said with a smile, acting very friendly.

"Meet me, my name is Shiraishi, a patrol leader."

"Arka, the leader of the treasure hunt."

Hearing Alka's answer, the patrol leader named Shiraishi nodded.

"There must be someone in your team who knows Savoya, otherwise you won't be able to activate this temple."

Sava was supposed to speak the same language Lucilia had just spoken, Arka nodded.

When Shiraishi heard Arka admit it, he said, "This is the first time I've seen an outsider speak this language, but you can't speak it on the island.

Especially around such ruins, it must not be said, because these ruins are always activated by inexplicable combinations of words, which then bring unexpected effects. ”

As he spoke, he shook his head and motioned for everyone to look.

Above the ruins, there was a man of the same race as him, with magic wrapped in his hands, and it was obvious that he was using a spell.

The energy of the curse culture burrowed into the ruins.

"These ruins have an unknown good or bad effect, and if you want to close it, you have to turn it around, if you can turn it off.

Or use the power reversal of the spell, but this effect will be maintained for a long time. ”

After speaking, he looked up at the people on the ruins, and said in their language: "Log, it's okay, the effect of this ruin is teleportation, and the people have returned." ”

As for why Arka understood it, it was because Lucilia gently translated in his ear.

Then he saw Arka and the others and said, "If you don't mind, you can come to our town, don't worry, there will be outsiders coming often, and we also have normal trade with some outsiders." ”

"Of course, if you don't want to come, it's fine, remember what I just said, and don't talk nonsense next to the ruins.

This time you're activating this innocuous ruin, and if you're activating something that would cause serious damage, then don't blame us for being ruin.

If you can live to that time. ”

The main thing is that he didn't expect that there would be outsiders who could speak their language, and they never had to worry about these problems before.

After saying that, he waited for Arka and the others to answer.

Arka thought for a moment and said without too much hesitation: "Of course, I'm still very interested in this small island, if you don't mind, can you take us to your town to have a look?" ”

"Hmm, you're so daring, have you ever heard about this island?" Shiraishi didn't expect Arka to agree so easily.

If it is a stranger, it is usually refused, unless the stranger knows something about the island.

"It's the first time we've known about this island, but we still have some confidence in our own strength, and you guys look kind." Although Arka said so, he was actually making an excuse casually.

He can't say that he walked around your dreams a lot last night, so he knows the island well.

"Haha, very confident people. Okay, keep up, it's still dangerous around here. ”

With that, he began to walk towards the front with his teammates, while Arka and the others followed behind.

In the process of advancing, it was clear that they could walk in a straight line, but this man had been carrying Arka and them around, and there was obviously a forest that could be passed straight, so he had to take Arka and them around from outside the small hill next to him.

As if he could sense the doubts of Arka and the others, Shiraishi answered for them as he walked: "The environment of this island is not safe, there are too many magical beasts, as well as all kinds of dangerous plants, and there are often cracks in the broken space, bringing some strange monsters. ”

"There are still a lot of ruins, because the nonsense is activated, and the person who activates is dead again, and does not know how to close, and the spell cannot be closed.

So in many cases we have to take a detour, otherwise it will be very troublesome. ”

The crowd behind him nodded.

It seems that the island is really not safe.

Arka finally understood why he had seen many children in his dreams who wanted to go out, but were afraid to go out.

Every time I asked, the answer I got was that once I ran out secretly, I would definitely be beaten by my parents.

It seems that this is the reason.

After all, children will definitely gather in places like ruins, and the language of opening the ruins is their common language, and they may open the ruins inexplicably.

These are all lessons.

As he walked, he could see the patrols on both sides taking out some kind of pollen and scattering it around.

caused them to move along the way, although they went around but quite quickly, and there were no magical beasts to stop them.

It seems that it should be the cause of that pollen.

Soon they saw a wooden watchtower, and Shiraishi greeted the people on it before moving on.

Passing by one watchtower after another, I finally saw the gathering place of the island in the distance.

The stone and wood walls look a little rudimentary, but they seem to be relatively strong.

There were people dressed like the team members patrolling it.

Being able to see the side of the town, there seems to be some area for planting.

Some people with the same gray skin color are cultivating on it.

Since the height of the outer wooden wall reached the level of five or six meters, people could not see the inside from the outside.

Moreover, this place can already see the sea not far away, which means that this place should have been built on the seaside.

It may also be close to some of the more suitable places for manufacturing ports.

Arka: They went around most of the circle yesterday and didn't come around here, so they didn't find it.

At this time, Shiraishi said: "This is where we have lived for generations, a broken town, depending on the direction you came from, it should be in the bay over there, right?"

If you're lucky enough to come back to the island after you've left, you can go there, which has a small port that we've built.

Of course, if you can bring some of the supplies we need, then you will be more welcome. Shiraishi turned his head and said with a smile.

I have to say that he seems to like to chat with outsiders, and he has been communicating with Arka and them in a non-smooth language along the way.

Listening to his words, Arka nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, if you come back next time." ”

But what does it mean to have luck?

(End of chapter)