Whispering Poems

Chapter 2853 Stone Tablet and Tower

Chapter 2853 Stone Tablet and Tower

Seeing the green dragon girl busy like this, Shade thought of Fiona for some reason, but too many years had passed since the time when Fiona was active.

"In addition to learning, we also continued to explore this place together. The water is rising continuously, and we have to speed up our progress, otherwise many places that were accessible before will be difficult to enter once they are flooded."

Miss Metz said to Shade again, and showed Shade what they had discovered. Of course, Shade did not forget to take out the supplies he brought and the "teaching supplies" they needed, and the werewolf girl consciously sorted them out.

"Somehow, we didn't find many books in this academy. The slates we four got were the most complete and useful books. But there are many high-end alchemical items, relics, and divine items scattered here.

It seems that this was originally a very formal college, but suddenly one day everyone left and many things were left here. "

The werewolf girl, who was very good at organizing things, put their adventure gains into the box that Shade brought last time and stored them in different categories. Shade took a look and didn't see the "Demon Hunting Seal" in it.

Because of the adventures and gains of the four people, their relationship became better than last time. And Iluna even told Shade that they even encountered a demon in this academy, but when the evil spirit followed them to the fire from a distance, it left on its own for some reason.

Miss Wilder quickly prepared the meal, and even prepared a portion for Mia, while they continued to share their adventures. In fact, in addition to the castle area of ​​the "Strange Tree Academy", the bold girls even explored the valley area below when Shade appeared, because it was obvious that many things had been washed into the valley.

According to the result of the draw, only the Green Dragon girl stayed behind in that operation, and when the other three came back, almost everyone was injured. However, they couldn't even describe what the monster in the water below the valley was, because the three people's descriptions of the enemy were completely different.

But that exploration also brought extraordinary gains. During the underwater battle with an unknown monster, the Gray Wolf Witch Miss Bister accidentally discovered a stone slab hidden in the underwater mud, and the stone slab recorded the reason why the academy was ruined.

"Wait a minute, can any of you read those ancient words?"

Although he had just finished breakfast, Shade still asked while holding a sandwich. Miss Metz pushed her glasses:

"I have learned a lot of ancient languages. Although I cannot fully recognize all the letters on the stone tablet, I can guess its general meaning."

The stone tablet stood beside the wall. Because it had been cleaned, there was no trace of silt. The stone tablet was still roughly intact. Although there were traces of bumps, it did not affect the reading. Shade turned his head and took a look at the sandwich and knew the story on it. Although Miss Metz's translation had omissions in some details, the general meaning was correct.

"I originally thought that this place was abandoned because of some special disaster or attack by a powerful enemy."

He turned his head back and saw Iluna eating boiled eggs in small bites. The eggs were steaming in the light of the campfire. Shade somehow thought of the black-haired head maid:

"The slate says that this place was abandoned by people on their own initiative. The original Yishu Academy taught generations of outstanding students and also trained many teachers who were willing to come back to teach. Most of the teachers here are believers of the old god - the Lord of Black Robes.

But at some point in the middle of the Fourth Era, someone proposed to introduce more teachers of different faiths so that students could receive more comprehensive knowledge. So a change took place. From some point on, although students were still willing to go to school here, the number of teachers here was decreasing, which led to a decrease in the number of students.

By the end of the Fourth Era, the Academy was only one twentieth of its peak size, and in .

Xia De looked back at the slate again:

"It is described above that in the chaos of the change of eras, the remaining students and teachers completely abandoned this place. The person who left the stone tablet was the last batch to evacuate from here. He or she hoped to come back and restart this academy later, but it seems that no one can come back since then."

"This is basically consistent with my translation, and judging from the wording, it was left by a woman."

Seeing that Shade could really translate, Miss Metz asked with great interest:

"So what does the following sentence mean? This is the only thing I don't understand."

She was talking about the words on the base of the stone tablet. Xia De looked at it for a while before shaking his head, but it was not impossible to translate:

"This is not the same language as the one above. This is a key. It can be roughly understood that the last person to leave left the key to this huge academy here. If she doesn't come back, then those who come here again can restart this place so that it won't be abandoned forever."

After finishing her eggs and picking up the bowl of porridge, Iluna was looking forward to it. Her eyes sparkled in the firelight:

"So this is a spell. As long as we recite it, this place will instantly return to its former prosperous state, right?"

"no no."

Shade shook his head:

"The school gate was originally locked, but this spell can open it. There are also some key locations in the academy that are locked, but they can also be opened with this spell. The person who left the stone tablet finally wrote:

No matter who you are, if you can learn something from this, or get something you want from it, then you can take everything from here.”

"I am becoming more and more curious about what happened in the so-called final chaos of the Fourth Era."

Iluna said in a low voice, and then suddenly asked the green dragon girl beside her:

"Did we come across a door that wouldn't open the last time we went out to that tower?"

The green dragon girl untied her apron and sat down, with her big tail coiled beside her body. She nodded:

"Yes, that tower is not very tall. Judging from the current water level outside, it is estimated that it will soon be completely submerged."

"Hurry up and finish your meal, then let's go out for a while. Take your books with you and see if you can meet the god again."

Shade said, of course Iluna and Miss Wilder had to follow, after all, this was the place they found. As for Miss Gray Wolf and Miss Metz, the former originally thought that her book had been branded last time, so she wanted to say that she would stay and watch the camp this time, but unexpectedly Miss Metz took the initiative to say:

"My underwater combat skills are not very strong, so you guys should go this time. I'll wait for you to come back here."

"That's good too. Let's go quickly and come back quickly. I hope the tea Miss Wilder made will still be hot when we return."

The tower was a little far from here, so Shad first turned Mia back into a toy before summoning the boat. The four of them sailed away on the boat.

The height of the tower was slightly lower than the fourth floor of the castle where the camp was located, so when Iluna pointed out the direction to Shad, Shad could only see the lightning rod-like spire at the top of the tower in the glowing ashes.

Iluna led the way, while Miss Wilde and Miss Bister closely monitored the water in the ash to prevent any attacks. Shade asked them while paddling the boat:

"Ms. Bister's teaching was basically successful. So who among you is ready to teach this time?"

"I have no problem."

Iluna said immediately that she was best prepared because she had returned to reality once.

"That's fine with me, I just hope you don't dislike the skills I taught you."

Miss Green Dragon also said that since Miss Metz was not here, she also spoke on behalf of Miss Metz:

"Ms. Los Metz needs to prepare a little more. She said her situation is complicated."

"No problem, then let the two of you try it this time."

Except for Xia De, the other three girls were sitting. He held the oars and felt the waves in the dark water below, and asked curiously:

"Speaking of which, what is Miss Metz's exact origin? The last time I heard her introduce herself, she said that she was originally a follower of the old god, the Lord of Black Robes. Do you know more about her?"

They all remembered that Shade said last time that Miss Metz might have some problems, so the Gray Wolf girl, who was more familiar with Shade, answered:

"I was the second one to arrive here, and I spent the longest time with Miss Metz. This is how she looked when I first met her. She said she came here on a pilgrimage in search of faith, and it looked like she was indeed doing so.

We talked about our lives in the normal world when you were away, but Miss Metz talked the least. She usually became very silent when it came to such topics. "

"Ms. Metz must have lived in a college environment for many years."

The Green Dragon Witch spoke while monitoring the water. The boat passed silently by the crooked towers and broken roofs that were exposed above the water. Floating tables, chairs and stone sculptures also flowed past their boat one by one:

"I'm very familiar with her temperament. I live in the academy and have seen many girls like her. The witches doing research in the academy are definitely different from the witches living outside."

"But Miss Metz didn't mention this when she introduced herself."

Iluna said, and then had some ideas of her own.

But Xia De did not continue the topic:

"Oh, so Miss Wilder, what college are you from?"

The last time they discussed this topic, Shade was not there, so he didn't know. The green dragon girl replied proudly:

"I am from St. Byron's Witch Academy."

Xia De had no special purpose in asking this question, so he asked another question:

"I also had some interactions with the professors at St. Byron's a long time ago. Speaking of which, who is the current principal and librarian?"

(End of this chapter)