Chapter 403 - A Piece of cake (1/2)
Chapter 403: A Piece of cake
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Beep, beep. Beep. Beep, beep, beep.
At the magic net node, Master Green’s runestone connected with the Mana pool through a rune belt. It flashed rhythmically, kind of like the Morse code from earth.
Link sat to the side and waited. Since he was bored, he started memorizing the code. Perhaps it might be useful.
After around five minutes, there was a reaction.
The runestone flashed brightly. Master Green let go of it, and the runestone hovered in the air. Then it started flashing rhythmically again.
Green had taken out pen and paper. Watching the runestone closely, he started recording it. For some reason, as he wrote, Green’s brows knitted. The situation seemed to be bad. Link and Lannie realized this, but they didn’t make a sound. They didn’t want to disturb Green.
After more than ten minutes, the runestone suddenly lost power. It fell from the air into Link’s prepared hands.
On the side, Master Green stared at the filled notebook with a heavy expression. He would occasionally write some words.
Feeling something off, Lannie asked, “Master, what happened?”
Green shook his head and showed the notebook to her. “Look, the code is strange. The words translated are even stranger. There is no order, and I can’t understand it at all.”
Lannie took a glance and her thin eyebrows knitted, her face twisting in disgust. “Huh, how can they send such vulgar words? It’s disgusting!”
Link was curious, so he looked over. He saw things written like “big bird, big bird, a body of feathers. It flies into the grass and disappears” and “son of a b*tch, I slept with your female donkey.”
Finding it strange too, Link guessed, “Do you think something went wrong? Or someone intercepted it and pranked us?”
Master Green shook his head. “I don’t know. There is still more content after that. I’ll look further.”
He took the notebook and continued translating. After 20 minutes, he finished but still shook his head helplessly. “The rest becomes even more vulgar. There’s no meaning at all.”
Lannie glanced and gave up. Link took the book and read it bit by bit. If the beginning was just swearing, the later parts were practically straight up erotica about an old bachelor knocking on the door of a window at night.
After reading it, Link read it again. This time, instead of looking at the entirety, he just looked at the words, comparing each one to the code.
The content was the same, but after reading it again and comparing it, Link learned the pattern of the Yabba code. He also discovered that most of the signals were clear. Master Green had used a vertical line to show a flash. However, some parts were unclear, and he used a horizontal line. There were quite a few of those—around 30 throughout the piece.
Link took the notebook and asked, “Master, what do the horizontal lines mean?”
Master Green glanced over. “There is some static that occurs during transmission. The signal flashes very fast in these places, doubling or tripling during the fixed period. They should be mistakes… Master Link, do you think there’s a problem?”
“Yes. It’s a bit strange.” Link had an idea. He tried ignoring all clear signals and only focus on the unclear ones. At the same time, he envisioned the runestone signals he saw earlier in his mind.
Link had a very exact memory. Thinking back now, he could practically recreate the flashing process. Comparing the two, he wrote down the new signal code. Three minutes later, Link used his own memory to record the code again.
Then he began translating.
Half a minute later, he found a new message. It was very short—only two sentences: “Unable to determine the legitimacy of the message but be careful of Akensser. He’s monitoring!”
This message was repeated three times throughout the piece.
Returning the notebook to Master Green, Link said, “I organized the unclear parts. Did I translate it correctly?”
Master Green scanned it, and his hand trembled. Gasping, he said, “I’m afraid this is correct. What I received was probably the disturbances from Akensser… If this is the case, things are a bit difficult.”
As for how Link could read the code, Green didn’t find it strange. He didn’t hide his translation process from Link, and for a Legendary Magician who could do spatial magic, this kind of code was extremely easy to solve.
However, Lannie asked curiously, “Master Link, how do you know our code?”
“I just learned it now.”
Lannie was speechless.
“Things are complicated now,” Master Green said. “They can receive our signal, but with Akensser here, we can’t say anything. They won’t believe us and might think this is a trick.”
It was indeed troublesome. Other messengers might feel helpless, but to Link, this was a piece of cake!
He turned to Green. “Here. Contact them again and say you want to speak to Elin. We went to the Dragon Valley together. Outsiders don’t know about our experiences. With this, they can determine if we’re speaking the truth or not!”
Master Green’s eyes brightened. He immediately started acting. Picking up the runestone, he began sending signals.
After a few minutes, there was a response. Without needing a translation, Link could see from the frequency that it was Akensser’s disturbance again. It was a bunch of vulgar words too. Looking past it, he waited for one and a half minutes. Then the runestone suddenly flashed and showed something different.
Link focused. “Elin’s here. She’s asking me a question… she asked what the name of the female dragon is… Master, tell her it’s Felina.”
Master Green immediately sent the message.
After a while, another question appeared amidst the mess. Why was the Red Dragon Queen unharmed that day at the Dragon Temple?
Link immediately said, “Reply that it was because we secretly destroyed the sacred gear Balanced Scale.”
Green’s eyes turned round as saucers. He stared at Link in disbelief. Destroying sacred gear… This was such shocking news, but he still sent the message word for word.
The reply was extremely fast. After a few seconds, Link saw the runestone’s message, Link, it really is you! This is great!