Bang!
Derrick's axe, wreathed in streaks of silver light, struck the river on the mural, slamming it so hard that the wall was dented and stone chips flew everywhere. With that single blow, the river that connected its head and tail was completely broken in two.
Just as he was expecting the cycle to be broken, and everyone in the exploration team to jump out of the temple, Colin the "Hunter" flashed before him, his face dark, and said, "What are you doing?"
The demigod's sword tip was still pointing downwards, but the hand holding the hilt was clearly tighter than before. Derrick recalled the words that were a crystallization of the wisdom of all the
Without shifting his gaze,
The exploration team member named Heimm subconsciously leaned closer to the Chief and shook his head firmly, "No, I didn't see anything."
A faint light rippled in Colin's light blue eyes, highlighting two complex dark green symbols. He stared at Derrick like that for four or five seconds. Finally, he withdrew his gaze and said without any abnormality, "This is your first exploration mission. It's normal to have hallucinations due to nervousness. From now on, you will follow by my side. I think it will calm you down."
"Yes, Chief." Derrick agreed without hesitation. Through his attempt just now, he had preliminarily confirmed that the mural had no connection to the key point.
The "
After that, things weren't much different from the few exploration actions in his memory. Everyone repeated the past and arrived at the final hall with the altar for the sixth time, discovering little
Hearing the words "Help me... help me..." and seeing the obvious figure of the child, Colin the "Hunter" nodded almost imperceptibly, retracting most of the attention he had placed on
Just as he was weighing his words and preparing to speak, Derrick suddenly asked, "How can I save you?"
Little Jack showed an excited expression, "Save me, save me. Send me home! Send me home!"
"Where is your home?" Derrick asked, both curious and scared.
Seeing this, Colin closed his mouth and tightened his grip on his hand.
Little Jack raised his hand weakly and said, "My home... my home is in Port Enmatt!"
Port Enmatt... Although Mr. "Hanged Man" hadn't mentioned it, from the word "port," Jack really didn't belong here. He most likely came from the outside world, from the Rune Kingdom where Miss "Justice" and the others are! Derrick was overjoyed, barely able to contain his excitement.
His reaction did not arouse the suspicion of Colin the "Hunter", because this powerful Chief of the "Six-Man Council" had also never seen the sea. He could only know about this body of water, infinitely larger than a lake, and the term "port" from a few preserved ancient records.
The "Port Enmatt" that came out of the strange boy's mouth seemed to unfold a picture of a new world before Colin, making him, who was painstakingly searching for the future of the
Little Jack showed a look of recollection, "My father and I first took a ship, then met up with his companions, continued by ship, and after a very, very big storm, the remaining people came ashore and advanced in the direction of the Lord's gaze, walking until we got here."
Advance in the direction of the Lord's gaze? Colin the "Hunter", Derrick, and the others all looked simultaneously at the divine statue on the altar, discerning where it was looking.
Very soon, Colin confirmed the general information. They had advanced along the direction of the divine statue's gaze and arrived here. That is to say, as long as we reverse this process, we can find the seaside and the place where they landed... The opposite direction of this gaze is... The map of the surrounding area, gradually perfected by the City of Silver through its constant explorations, emerged in the mind of Colin the "Hunter", allowing him to preliminarily outline the strange boy's "journey" route.
If there are no other temples or corresponding statues in the middle, and it extends all the way, it will... it will pass through the ruins of the "
That was the divine palace of the ancient god "
The descendants of the Silver Kingdom, long ruled by the Giant race, clearly knew where its ruins were located, but had never been able to complete an exploration of it. This was because it was extremely dangerous, even more dangerous than the pure darkness without any light!
And according to Colin's backtracking, the group of the strange boy had passed through the ruins of the "Giant King's Court" to get here.
"How did they do it? Perhaps they didn't walk a completely straight line and went around some parts... Regardless, the back of the 'Giant King’s Court' has a path to the seaside, and on the other side of the sea, there is very likely a human kingdom... Could that be the hope of the City of Silver?" Colin thought, unable to suppress the idea.
At this moment, Derrick acutely noticed that the clothes on little Jack's chest and abdomen were stained with dark red, as if liquid was slowly seeping out.
"Are you injured?" he asked carefully.
Jack lowered his head and answered in an ethereal tone, "Some ugly things have grown..."
As he spoke, he pulled open his clothes, revealing his bare chest and abdomen. There, embedded in his flesh, were two eyes, a nose, and a mouth!