Chapter 175 Mysterious Ruins
"Besides, the danger level of this expedition is actually still within my tolerance."
As if worried about the old explorer Beigsen, Claire thought for a moment and added another sentence.
Although she called Baigson Uncle, in fact, there was no blood relationship between her and Baigson.
The girl's relationship with the old explorer is entirely due to the ancient stone slab and her dream of being an explorer.
The former owner of that stone slab was none other than Bagson's father, the brilliant seventh-level explorer [Baigson Lowe Hancock] two hundred years ago.
Yes, he has the same name as his son.
That year, after old Bagson deciphered the ancient text on the stone slab, he used the same text to carve his name and the goal of his next expedition in the blank space at the bottom of the stone slab.
Afterwards, he donated the stone slab to the Mysterious Great Library of Pamir, and used a blank piece of the stone slab as a guide to go alone into the depths of the foggy sea to find the unnamed giant island recorded on the stone slab.
Hundreds of years passed since then.
When Claire deciphered the text on the stone tablet and learned of the existence of the island, she also saw the short message from old Begson.
Unlike old Baigson, since the time recorded on the stone slab was still far away, he could only find a way to get there by himself.
Claire can board the black ship from the island and reach the giant island in the normal way.
Yes, most of the books in the mysterious library can be borrowed. Because of the existence of magic, the academy is not worried that someone will borrow and not return them.
After landing on the island in disguise, Claire first took the slate and tried to find any traces left by old Baigson.
Before coming here, she had looked up old Baigson's information and his final whereabouts in the archives of Pamir College.
Because he had deciphered the stone tablet text just like himself, and he was also a knowledgeable seventh-level explorer.
Claire hopes to find him to exchange information about the island and her understanding of the contents of the tablet, as well as news about her own unusual and doomy traits.
However, she failed to find old Baigson in the end, but only found a son he left behind on the island.
Moreover, he inherited his father's identity and also became an explorer. ... Baigson turned around and looked at the girl who was looking at him with shining eyes.
Although she was disguised as a brown-haired young man at this time, in his eyes, the girl's disguise was almost the same as nothing.
After a moment, a sigh and self-mockery suddenly flashed in his eyes.
The look that the predecessors give to the descendants is always full of ridicule and sighs, as if they are seeing their former young selves.
For as long as he could remember, Baigson had only seen his mother, an ordinary Lavanlais woman.
Although he has the same name and identity as his father, he has never actually met his father except for an old portrait.
Initially, his goal of becoming an explorer was actually just a child's obsession to follow in his father's footsteps and find his father's whereabouts.
To this end, during the years he became an explorer, he traveled almost the entire island, time and again going deep into the cursed mountains and wilderness, exploring the dusty ancient ruins on the island, just to track down possible traces of his father.
Through repeated adventures, he gradually became the strongest man on the island and was respected by others.
However, apart from some traces left by old Baigson, he was never able to find his father, as if he had completely left the island.
Slowly, the children of the past have grown old, the passion of youth has gradually disappeared, and what has settled in the end of the long time is only deep fatigue.
He is tired.
"Well, I've already told you the places on the island that you need to pay attention to. As for how to explore them, it's all up to you."
After a moment, Baigson shook his head, shaking himself off the distant memories.
"Also, this is for you."
Looking at the persevering Claire, the old explorer took out a small piece of stone tablet covered with ancient characters from his ring. The material of the tablet was the same as the large piece in Claire's hand.
"This is something my father left behind. Since you have deciphered the ancient characters on the stone tablet, I believe you should be able to understand the contents here."
After handing the slate to the girl, Beigson waved his hand somewhat disinterestedly.
"Go ahead, Claire, and please never forget what brought you down this path in the first place."
"Thanks for your help, Uncle Baigson."
Claire bowed to the old explorer with great gratitude.
As she spoke, she suddenly thought of her wizard grandfather who raised her, and the mentors and kind classmates in the academy who took great care of her.
And, the handsome boy with mysterious blue eyes who regarded her as a companion.
Then she took a look at the message on the small slate.
"This is a mistake! If you come later, stay away from Lavanlais if you can see this! Stay away from that town! You must leave this island before the time comes!" . ….….On the other side, it was almost evening when they said goodbye to the old explorer.
Avis planned to investigate the black tower first, and then wait until night falls to study the specific changes in the curse on the island at night.
However, when they were about to reach the black tower, Avis suddenly frowned and noticed a strange and empty space on one side of the town.
A long-forgotten ruin stands out among many normal buildings.
Collapsed brick walls, weathered and damaged stone pillars, and piles of broken rubble...
In the center of the ruins stood a somewhat lonely house, which, although also half-destroyed, was obviously better preserved than the rest of the ruins.
For some reason, Avis always felt that something was wrong with that house.
There was some strange attraction beckoning to him from the ruins.
"Sir Joum, look at the house in the middle of the ruins, is there anything wrong with it?"
Joem looked in the direction Anvis pointed and nodded affirmatively.
"That is a small abnormal area, Lord Anvis."
"Are there any abnormal elements?"
Hearing this, Avis couldn't help but take an extra look at the house.
“I didn’t sense the presence of any abnormal elements there. It may be due to the size of this abnormal area or some other reasons that they failed to generate.
It is also possible that it was once generated but has been taken away by someone else.”
Joum shook his head.
"Is there any danger?"
"For us, no, Lord Anvis."
"very good."
Avis nodded, summoned a candlelight ball of light, and walked towards the half-ruined house.
Through the gaps between the broken pillars and ruins, his eyes were attracted by something of unusually bright color on a wall that was still standing inside the house.
No changes occurred. Avis walked through a gap in the collapsed wall and entered the place where the 'living room' was originally located in the house.
Then, he saw an oil painting that was so new, so new that it looked as if it had just been painted.
A cute smiling boy and girl are running hand in hand on the orange beach.
The warm yellow sunset enveloped the two of them, and the background was also coated with a layer of burning golden red, the endless vast sea, and the color of the whole picture was very warm.
Avis looked carefully at the painting that was out of tune with its surroundings. He was now certain that it was the source of the vague attraction.
(End of this chapter)
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