Chapter 186: Revisiting the Acacesium Temple (2/2)
The talked into the tereeted with rows of shattered statues
"Oh , this place has seen better days," Dalai quipped while skipping towards what seemed to be the base of a statue, there was a partial nameplate on the base, the other half of which seements that laid at Dalai's feet
"A couple of these letters match up, I wonder whose na her hand above the pile of shattered statue frag a brief incantation, the stone shards began floating into the air, co over the palm of Dalai's hand
The stone shards see into the state they held before being destroyed
It took a few moments, but the other half of the nameplate had actually been fixed, and with another incantation, was slowly attaching itself to the base, for what they both believed to be the naht I still can't read it," Dalaidown the runes "We'll have to build the statues so I can figure out which God is connected to which name"
Dalai pointed out that a set of feet were attached to the base, and that they just had to build the statue up with puzzle pieces that fit,
Both Merlin and Dalai had started picking up chunks of the statue, with Dalai focusing on repairing anything she could
"That won't fit, that's clearly a woh and that's the torso of a uring out which body part fit the specific statue they were trying to repair
It was at the moment that Merlin had picked up what seerapes that he realised which God they were in the process of building
"Dionysus This text rapes
"Well, I figure out those letters, but there isn't rapes to the statue
Before they continued, Merlin pointed out the statue that he rery at last time, the one that had a shattered stone bow in front of it
"There's Arte towards the statue base
Dalai started repairing what little dae the nameplate had taken, but she eventually fixed it and started filling out more runes in her book
"Very well, I'll take your word for it for now," Dalai said beforeon to the next one
The two spent the next ten or so ether various statues until the identity of the God or Goddess could be confir confirmed, their names were added to the list and then they would move on to the next statue
This continued several times until they came across a statue in much better condition than some of the others This one seemed rather odd, as the base of the statue clearly showcased six feet, all facing away from each other
Merlin saw various heads, torsos and legs scattered about the temple floor, it was clear to see which God this was, just based on the statue's base
"This is clearly" Merlin muttered to himself before Dalai had walked over to him with the shattered upper torso of a Goddess that was carrying a torch "Yeah, that's clearly Hecate"
Once again Dalai had repaired the na in runes when her eyes suddenly lit up with excitement
"Merlin, Merlin, Merlin," Dalai shouted for Merlin to come and look at what she had found, it was as if her previous moment of sadness was but a mere illusion
When Merlin peered over her shoulder at what she had found, he noticed it immediately
"One of the words in the door frame, the entire word is just Hecate's nas to click in his mind in that instant
"Wait, then that means" He muttered to himself once more, "Doesn't she?"
"We worshi+p her today as ic, but back in the day it seems she was muchdown notes, "The Goddess of crossroads, as also affiliated with the moon But most of all, she was renowned as a Goddess of the underworld and of the dead"
"A guardian who guides the dead to the afterlife with a torch in hand," Dalai h since necromancy is a taboo topic, that part of her is rarely ever mentioned"
"Then is it a portal to the spirit real what had happened "A door without a key"
Dalai's ears seemed to perk up at that last line, but before she could say anything Merlin continued talking to himself
"But the key, in this case, would be your soul" Merlin continued, "But then why didn't it allow the dagger or the goblin soul? Why is the portal blocked?"
「The quest "A door without a key" has been updated」