Chapter 358 Stairway to Heaven
Unlike the original black rock style of the entire hall, this obelisk is made of a silver metal, but the small part of it that connects to the ground has been assimilated into the same black rock material as the cave.
Judging from this detail, this hall was probably not originally a black rock cave, but some other structure.
The player girl stood in front of the obelisk, seemingly reading what was written on it.
But when Avis walked over, he discovered that she was actually using the system screenshot function to take a picture of the contents on the obelisk, and then posted it to the forum's troubleshooting section - the ancient text section.
Most of the text on the obelisk is written in High Elven, occasionally interspersed with some special ancient Manni terms.
"Curious about what's written here, Miss Vivian?"
Walking up to her, Avis chuckled and spoke.
"Uh! Yes, Lord Anvis——"
Suddenly, she heard Avis' voice beside her. The gamer girl who was concentrating on taking pictures was startled and turned around quickly.
At this time, Claire also came over and took a look at the records on the metal obelisk.
"This is the language of the High Elf. The content recorded... seems to be the origin of this city."
Her ocean-like blue eyes moved slightly as Claire concentrated on reading the words on the stele while explaining its contents to the player girl.
"Bomia, the name of this city is Bomia."
"'Stairway to Heaven'? It fits the aesthetic style of the high elves quite well."
Avis nodded, and pointed out the meaning of the name in a natural tone.
According to the records on the obelisk, this city was completed in April 7035 of the High Elf Calendar and is the twelfth 'Silver Moon Class' floating city.
After its construction was completed, this floating city, as one of the main forces, participated in the war between the high elves and the legendary dragons and Titans, and had a record of severely damaging a legendary gold dragon, a legendary crystal dragon, and a silver thunder Titan.
When the Purple Moon Amis descended, a large number of unidentified creatures came with the Purple Moon. Their appearances varied greatly and were all strange and terrifying. The high elves named them all "Moon Beasts".
Afterwards, the high elves fought together with dragons, Titans and all other native creatures of the Yar continent.
As the vanguard of the array, the floating city of Bomiya once killed a Moon Beast with strength equal to that of a legendary level, twelve ninth-level extreme Moon Beasts, thirty-one ninth-level Moon Beasts, and countless Moon Beasts below the ninth level.
By the end of the Purple Moon War, the high elves decided to evacuate because the situation was extremely unfavorable.
At this point, the content recorded on the obelisk ends.
After listening to Claire's story, the Summer Night Firefly panel automatically popped up. The progress of [The End of Bomiya] at the top of the task menu was refreshed, and the completion rate increased to 20%.
"Thank you for explaining it to me, Sister Claire—"
The silver-haired girl hurriedly thanked him. She knew very well that from the conversation just now, both Avis and Claire could understand the words on the obelisk.
And Claire would read it once only to take care of herself.
“No need.”
Glancing at her equally pointy ears, the half-elf girl shook her head, but her expression softened slightly.
"Well, Vivian, I need your help with something."
At this time, Avis suddenly spoke, attracting Xia Ye Yinghuo's attention.
As he spoke, he took out a blood-red diamond that he had taken from the altar earlier and shook it, letting the reflection of the gem dazzle the player girl's eyes.
"See the black cocoon in the center of the hall? If you can help eliminate the thing inside the cocoon, I will give you this gem as a reward."
As Avis finished speaking, a task trigger prompt suddenly popped up on the player girl's panel.
[System prompt: You have triggered the SSS-level task 'Eliminate the unknown black cocoon']
[Task Introduction: Avis wants you to destroy the unknown black cocoon in front of you. Of course, this is more like a joke.]
[Mission Objective: Destroy the Black Cocoon]
[Task Reward: 1e Experience Points, Top-Grade Dragon Blood Crystal Diamond*1]
[Recommended Challenge Level: 96+]
???
After staring blankly at the huge black cocoon in the center of the hall, Xia Ye Yinghuo turned his head again, his face full of question marks.
The upper limit of the version is only level 96, right?! How can there be such an outrageous task! "Avis, are you serious?"
Claire also looked at him strangely, not understanding what he wanted to do.
"Nothing, just a joke."
With a laugh, Avis glanced at the panel of Summer Night Firefly and casually brushed the matter off, while giving up the idea of taking a peek at the cocoon from the perspective of fate.
He had always had some doubts before, whether the prophecy of the old secret book described 'the darkness from the distant stars, sleeping in the eternal palace', was referring to this black cocoon.
It’s not that the aura of this cocoon is not strong, but compared to the dark seal he absorbed last time, it is still much weaker.
But at this moment, Avis' heart suddenly moved, and his eyes quickly turned towards the direction of the gate.
In the direction they came from, there were some unusual sounds and smells approaching rapidly! . …..… A few minutes before Ryan picked up the stone egg, the four members of Roche's team were trying to excavate the surrounding stone pillars in the huge cave with the black stone bell.
There had been a disagreement in their team before. Pez, who had always disliked Roach, and another person in the team chose to explore other areas of the ruins, hoping to find some lost high-level equipment.
Since persuasion failed, the four people in the team had no choice but to let them leave.
"Got it! Captain Mondoro, there seems to be a special ore in this one!"
After expending magic power to open a crack with great difficulty, Roche looked at the unique luster of the magic ore in the crack and exclaimed in excitement.
"Let me see."
Hearing his voice, the three teammates gathered around.
The brown-haired temporary captain Mondolo summoned a ball of light and checked the dark golden texture of the ore in the gap.
"It's a good ore. Although I can't tell its specific type, I can be sure it is a high-level magical mineral."
After getting confirmation from the knowledgeable captain, Roach could not hide his joy. He immediately began to use magic to dig with great energy, and Matt also helped.
According to the previous agreement of the team, if a team member discovered an ore like this, the discoverer could take 60%. The remaining 40% would be converted into gold coins according to its value and divided equally among the entire team afterwards.
Mondolo leaned against a stone pillar and watched Roche and Matt digging with a smile on his face. He glanced at Alyssa, who seemed relaxed but remained alert, and suddenly spoke.
"Hey - three of you, what do you think of the Spark organization that has been circulating in the empire recently?"
"Spark? I heard that it is a civilian 'resistance army' that aims to resist the rule of the empire's high-ranking nobles."
Roche and Matt paused for a moment, but did not answer immediately. Instead, Alyssa thought about it and told him what she knew.
"To be honest, I think the dream of this force is a little unrealistic, just like a child holding a wooden sword and challenging a giant."
At the end, Alyssa made her own summary.
(End of this chapter)
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