Chapter 192: Rickett Ruins
"Wallace, don't be sad, at least everyone is still alive." Yunhai persuaded softly. "Caterina is right, as long as people don't fall, the scenery will always reappear one day, you can't give up hope!"
"Yes, we are all your back, no matter what happens, we will support you!" Akali also cheered.
"Her Royal Highness Princess...... You ......" Wallace was speechless.
"You're welcome, we're companions, and it's only natural to help each other, right?" Chris patted Wallace on the shoulder.
"That doesn't mean you can get rid of what you calculated about us last time, right?" said Akali.
"Uh...... Well......" Chris scratched his head and laughed.
The crowd laughed, and Wallace and Elena looked at each other and shook each other's hands.
Finally, the first rays of dawn in the east illuminated the city that had suffered greatly, as if bringing new hope!
But......
"No, what's that!"
In the south, everyone suddenly noticed that on an island, a mysterious ancient ruins appeared, looking at the architectural form, it seems to be a product of the same era as the Acropolis!
"It's ...... Rickett City?" murmured Wallace.
"The labyrinth of Richt Minotaur?" Akali suddenly remembered that Wallace had raised questions about the ancient city of Richter before leaving for Britain. "Wallace, is this really the relic you mentioned?"
"You can't go wrong with the style, especially the altar in the center of the ruins...... Wallace nodded affirmatively. "I didn't expect this earthquake to shake out the ruins that sank under the Richt Island......"
"Shouldn't we go inside and look for anything that can be of use to us?" Akali thought to herself, if there was a treasure buried in the kingdom of Richt, wouldn't it......
"I think so, but we have to settle the refugees first, and Wallace also mentioned that there may be a powerful monster in the ruins, the Minotaur, and no one knows whether it will be a blessing or a curse for this kind of guy to see the light of day. The sea of clouds stared intently at Richt Island, which had turned into a golden red in the rising sun, and silently calculated in his heart.
"I don't think we're going to think about it so much, instead of talking here and going to no avail, we might as well just fly over and see what to do, and we'll know what to do, right?" Fluttershy shouted.
"Also, direct action is not necessarily a bad thing. Akali finally made up her mind and said, "Come with me first, go to the ruins to see what is going on, by the way, Wallace, don't you have any investigation materials about this ruins?"
"Yes, yes, but I don't know if my house survived the earthquake. Wallace flicked his hands helplessly. "Elena, come back with me. β
"Good. β
The two barely relied on their memories to find Rex's former home in the ruins, and fortunately, although there was a crack in the wall of the house, it was generally sturdy, and Wallace kicked the wall a few times, and the house showed no signs of collapsing.
"I said you're pretty much all right, let's get in there. Elena stopped Wallace. "If I remember correctly, the teachers put the files in the study on the second floor, right?"
"Yes, follow me. β
Due to the damage caused by the earthquake, the two of them even saved the key to open the door, and walked in directly, and immediately found that the ground was in a mess, all kinds of things were knocked over to the ground, and there were debris and dust everywhere.
"Hey...... That's how my home is......" Wallace sighed.
"It's okay, I'll clean it up for you. Elena responded thoughtfully.
"Well, let's go to the second floor first. Wallace's heart warmed and he nodded. "Here, be careful with the stairs, after all, it may not be stable after the earthquake. β
The two stepped on the crumbling stairs to the second floor, the situation on the second floor was not as good as the first floor, and even a large hole appeared in the floor of the living room, and the kitchen on the first floor could be seen, but the two did not consider this, but went directly into the study, although it was covered with dust, but the bookshelf did not fall down unexpectedly, and after a closer look, it turned out that each bookcase was fixed to the wall, and Rex's oak pipe was still calmly placed on the desk.
β......β
Wallace silently picked up his oak pipe, as if he saw his father still sitting in front of him, talking loudly while swallowing clouds and spitting fog, and was stunned for a moment.
β......β
Elena didn't bother him, she endured the grief in her heart, and began to look for documents about Richt Island on the bookcase, and finally found two thick notebooks in the corner, which seemed to be the joint research results of Rex and Wallace, in which, the history of the rise and fall of the Richter Kingdom and the possible situation of the ruins were recorded in detail, but the earthquake made the soil on the surface of the ruins fade, these were no longer needed, and what was really useful was an ancient parchment map, although the color on it was almost unclear, but under Rex's careful restoration, it now also glowed with a new lusterγ
"This is?" Elena noticed a line of ancient characters on the lower edge of the map, which was the only part that had not been restored by Rex, but if you read it carefully, you could still see the content of these words, but Elena didn't know anything about ancient characters and couldn't read them at all.
"Well, this is the only mystery that this ancient map hasn't yet understood. Wallace leaned over and explained. Although my father had learned a little bit of ancient characters, he could not fully understand the meaning, and listening to him, this sentence seemed to be the reason for the establishment of the labyrinth. β
"Are you all right?" asked Elena, concerned.
"It's okay, I just see that his pipe is a little distracted, and it's all right. Wallace closed his eyes and held back the tears that were about to flow. "Let's go back quickly, don't make Her Highness the princess wait too long. β
"Hmm. β
The two walked quickly out of the study, and Wallace did not forget to take his father's oak pipe out of the room and carry it in his pocket.
When you go downstairs......
"Be careful!"
As soon as Elena stepped on the creaking stairs, the whole building collapsed downward, Elena exclaimed, and almost fell down, Wallace was quick to grab her, and dragged her back to the second floor.
"Whew...... Thank you, thank you......" Elena let out a sigh.
But something unexpected happened, as the building collapsed, the entire wall was constantly crumbling along the original cracks, and it seemed that the whole house was about to collapse......
"Hurry up, this place is going to collapse!" Wallace picked up Elena and ran towards the living room.
"The door is over there!, where are you going!" Elena was pulled and ran towards the inside of the second floor, shouting out of nowhere.
"It's too late to get through the door, we jump through the window!"
As he spoke, Wallace kicked open the door of the living room, and four flying knives were thrown out in an instant, knocking the window frame off the wall, and then jumped under his feet, pulling Elena up and jumping out directly!
"Wait, I haven't-"
With Elena's screams and the sound of the house collapsing, Wallace stood firmly on the street, holding the frightened Elena in his arms.
When the two of them looked at the house again, they found that the Elkins Law Firm, which was originally relatively intact, had completely turned into a ruin, and only a gate and a signboard on it could still make people recognize where it was.
"Phew, thank God......" Wallace put down Elena and reverently drew a cross on his chest.
"It's a pity that the teacher's collection of books is buried in it...... "Elena lamented.
"There is no way to do it, as long as people are safe, it is a blessing. Wallace wiped the sweat from his head. "Let's go, we have to go back. β
The two returned to the Aegean Sea with ancient information about the city of Richt, took out the most important map of the labyrinth, and carefully studied it with everyone.
"Speaking of which, where has Lord Guidie gone?" asked Wallace, suddenly noticing that there was one person missing.
"She, she thinks it's a bit time-consuming to stay here, and if she plans to go to the ruins for a brief investigation first, she won't have to worry about her. Yunhai waved his hand, and suddenly pointed to a red dot and said, "What is this?"
"And that's not only that, but this. Akali pointed to a blue dot. "And there are many places on this map that are annotated in Old Latin, what does that mean?"
"Old Latin?" Wallace was stunned.
"Yes, although I don't know what ancient Latin script will appear on this map, I can conclude that this script is correct. "Latin is the religious language of our Christianity, and it is never allowed to be transmitted to the outside world, and only a very small number of people use it, but luckily Katerina and I understand it," Akali explained. β
"Yes, that's great!" Yun Hai nodded and said, "Then what do these words and the bottom sentence mean?"
"Uh...... I'll have to look into this with Katarina......" Akali scratched her head. "There are still a lot of differences between the ancient Latin and the current one, so I'll try to translate it as much as possible......"
Just then, a pink shadow flashes across the sky, and Fluttershy flies back from the sea and lands near the crowd.
"What are the results of the investigation?" Yunhai asked.
"Well, it's almost the same as a desert ruin, it's all weathered buildings and sand, nothing else. Fluttershy says with a sip of water. "I've walked around the island twice, but I still haven't found the entrance to the so-called Minotaur, so could this legend be fake?"
"Maybe it will take some kind of means to find the entrance to the labyrinth......" Akali muttered. "Well, let's finish the work first, after you have searched the ruins of the city, you and Fluttershy will go to explore the ruins of Richett Island and see if we can find any clues, Katerina and I will translate the map as soon as possible, what should the others do, and when this is over, we will enter the maze and see what treasures are inside, how about it?"
"Good!"