431 One Glance, One World (2/2)

The rest of them were the same.

All five explorers pressed on in silence.

Suffering the continual echo of footsteps and the irritating noises, they walked in the darkness in the same direction, losing track of time.

They seemed to have walked a long time. They rested three times on the way. Finally, they came to a high city wall.

Here, the overlapping echo was finally much less loud.

Though it still existed, it was not as creepy as earlier.

They took a rest and had some food. Then, they walked along the old city wall in one direction. They were lucky enough to see the city gate very soon.

The huge wooden gate was already rotten. It was half-slanted and half-lying on the ground.

Roland stepped on it, and a large hole was created in the seemingly thick gate.

The gate was dried up too.

They entered the city through the gate, only to find that the relics were almost intact.

The road on the ground was still hard, but the broad streets were utterly empty.

Roland found the nearest house and poked its window. It seemed to be in perfect condition, but it quickly crumbled into powder after he jabbed it.

Roland looked into the house. He saw furniture in the house and neatly-placed bowls and dishes on the table. Nothing was out of place.

Then, they examined most of the houses nearby, only to find that all the houses were organized and full of a sense of life.

It seemed that time was suddenly frozen at one point, and nothing had changed since then except that the residents were all gone.

There were no bones or bodies, not even the bodies of animals.

The whole city was surprisingly clean and complete.

It had been encapsulated in a certain gap in the passage of time.

They split up and searched a while, but they found no useful leads or discoveries.

They regathered.

Roland sent the luminous balls further away. Seeing the flickering light reflected from the center of the city, he vaguely noticed a building that rose to the sky in the dark.

He said, ”Let's go to the center of the city. We may find the objective of our quest over there.”

Everybody moved on.

Very soon, they came to the center of the city. Thanks to Roland's luminous spheres, they finally saw clearly what had been looming before them.

It was an enormous building that looked like a pyramid.

The pyramid was made up of large black square stones. It was very high.

”Let's go in and take a look.”

Roland and his friends found the entrance to the pyramid. They were ready for battle.

But to their surprise, they found absolutely nothing after they explored the pyramid up and down.

There was nothing except the stones that the pyramid was made of, not even murals.

There might've been murals, but the murals were drawn in lousy paint which volatilized with the passage of time.

They found stairs in the pyramid and climbed up until they reached the peak.

This pyramid did not have a spire. Its top was flat.

The space was much smaller at the top of the pyramid. It only had a coverage of around three hundred square meters.

So, the explorers easily saw what appeared to be a ritual table at the center of the top floor.

They went to the ritual table, only to find that it was hollow like a large sink.

There were several bizarre round symbols around the sink.

Roland cast Language Proficiency on himself and read the few symbols.

”The Holy Tear of Light!”

Huh?

The Holy Tear of Light?

But it was empty!

Where was the Water of Light?

Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment.

This quest was rather uncanny.

At this moment, Betta suddenly pointed nearby and said, ”Brother Roland, there's a stone tablet over there!”

Everybody turned around and did see a black tablet standing there.

Some words had been carved on it.

Roland walked to the tablet and squatted. He then read the strange symbols on it.

”Thank XXX for saving our city!”

Roland frowned. It was not that he couldn't understand ”XXX”; he simply couldn't see the name clearly as if something was blocking it.

He couldn't help but slap the tablet, trying to remove whatever blocked the name.

But the moment his finger touched the name, the tablet suddenly glittered.

Shocked, Roland stepped back and summoned his magic puppets as well as a magic shield.

He also shouted, ”It's a magic trap! Everybody, watch out!”

Roland's eyes were completely blank. He simply squatted and listened closely. After all, if an enemy were to attack him, they would likely make a sound.

He heard Betta and the other people's exclamations. Then, he heard… a myriad of noises.

He also sensed a balmy breeze on his face.

Huh?

The white flash that occupied Roland's eyes was gradually gone. Then, he saw a… bright and vivid world.