After exploring all the way and solving many obstacles, the three people finally appeared in front of a small secret room in the cave.
Bypassing the many demonized spiders that were frozen into popsicles in front of them, the three of them walked into the secret room, which was no more than ten square meters. They saw that the place was covered with dust, and a box was quietly placed on a stone table.
The box is more than 20 centimeters long and wide, and five or six centimeters high. It is completely black and has a dull appearance. There is nothing special about it.
Joseph's eyes lit up when he saw it. He stepped forward, waved his hand, cast a spell, and used the breeze to quickly clean away the dust on the surface of the box, observing carefully.
After observing for a while, Joseph turned to look at Richard and Bobo Bovich, nodded slightly, and confirmed: "It seems that we have obtained the target item."
"Is this the box?" Popobo Vicki asked, still a little unconvinced. After all, the box looked too ordinary.
"Yes, this is the box." Joseph said with certainty, taking out a folded one-meter-square piece of silver-patterned black cloth from his arms, carefully wrapping the box and holding it in his arms.
After doing this, Joseph said: "Okay, this mission is successfully completed, and we can go back."
"Go back now?" Richard asked, "Have you not finished exploring the ruins yet?"
It is true that the ruins have not been fully explored. The three of them have only explored half of it at best. There are still many areas that have not been explored. Leaving now will easily give people a feeling of anticlimactic start.
After hearing this, Joseph looked at Richard and said seriously: "Wizard Richard, there is indeed room for further exploration of the ruins, but we don't need it anymore. As you said before, it's enough to freeze those demonized spiders on the ground. , no need to kill anymore. Our purpose is just to get this box from the ruins. After getting it, it is most important to rush back and hand it over to the organization. It is completely unnecessary to continue exploring."
After listening to Joseph's words, Richard blinked and felt that Joseph's words were a bit unnatural and illogical.
An ancient relic means a huge treasure house to any organization, and it is possible to dig out anything valuable from it. If possible, an organization would love to dig through ancient ruins. How could it give up halfway
Looking at Joseph, Richard said tentatively: "Wizard Joseph, what if I am curious for my own personal purposes and want to stay and continue exploring?"
"This!" Joseph's face changed slightly, then quickly returned to normal, smiling at Richard, "Of course it is possible in theory, but in practice, there may be some problems."
"For example?" Richard asked with raised eyebrows.
Joseph sighed and said: "Wizard Richard, you have also heard me say that this ruins was discovered by the other wizards in the organization. It belongs to the entire organization - the Society of Truth, and is considered the common wealth of all members. So, if To explore it, it must be recognized by the organization.
For this mission, the organization only requires us to get the box in my hand and take it back. Now it has been completed. If you continue to explore without the organization's permission, you really don't know what kind of trouble you will get into, so... it's best not to do this. "
"Wizard Joseph, you mean that you must get permission to explore the relics belonging to the organization, even if there is no harm at all, right?" Richard asked.
"Some processes always have to be done." Joseph said softly.
"Is it okay if I apply to explore this ruins later?" Richard asked.
"Of course you can." Joseph said, "But whether the application can be approved is another matter."
"Okay, I understand." Richard said. I have already guessed in my heart the way the upper level of the Truth Society manages and restricts the lower levels. From the looks of it, for the lower level members, the Truth Society is likely to use them mostly for the purpose of using them, and will not let the lower level members take too much initiative at all.
"As long as you understand." Joseph said. He wasn't sure what Richard understood, but he was still relieved when Richard stopped asking.
"Actually, Wizard Richard, if you are really interested in ruins, after working hard to enter the core level of the organization, you will have a lot of ancient ruins to explore with the help of the organization's resources." Joseph said.
Is this because you don’t want to dampen your enthusiasm too much
Richard thought to himself, looked at Joseph, looked interested, nodded and said: "That would be the best, I am looking forward to that time."
"Trust me, it won't be long."
"I hope."
"Okay, since we have completed the task now, let's go out." Bobo Bo Vicki said from the side.
"Okay." Richard said.
"Okay." Joseph naturally would not refuse.
After that, the three people walked out of the secret room without further hesitation and walked towards the exit of the ruins.
…
More than half an hour later.
Richard, Bobo Bovich and Joseph left the ruins and walked out of the exit.
It was already noon, the sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, the surroundings were very quiet, and the four-wheeled carriage that brought the three people was parked not far away. It looked the same as when it entered the ruins.
Joseph held the box wrapped in silver-patterned black cloth in his left hand, and held the mask in front of the ruins with his right hand. Along with a spell being recited and a spell being cast, the cracked stones flew up from the ground and gathered together. After a sound of "ka ka ka", the exit quickly returned to a complete stone wall.
Bobo Bovich stood nearby, took a deep breath of the air outside, and sighed: "It's better to be outside."
Joseph sealed the exit, turned to look at Bobo Bovich and said: "Who says it's not, but compared to here, Delan is better. When we return to Delan, I will explain the situation of this mission to Canon Steward , it would be best if you two officially join the Society of Truth. Right, Wizard Richard?" At the end of the sentence, Joseph turned to look at Richard.
"Indeed..." Richard echoed. In the middle of his words, his head suddenly looked to the northwest.
Joseph and Popobo Veitch both sensed something together and turned to look northwest.
"brush!"
A dazzling white light exploded in the northwest sky, its brightness almost surpassed that of the noon sun, and then it flashed away.
After a while, a muffled "rumbling" sound came from the same direction.
The muffled sound is not loud, and if you don't listen carefully, it can easily be mixed with the sounds of insects in the surrounding environment. But considering the distance from where it happened, it's alarming enough.
Richard, Bobo Bo Vicki and Joseph all looked surprised.
Richard spoke up and judged: "It should be the effect of some rare high-level spell."
"It was definitely done by a fourth-level wizard." Bobo Bo Vicki followed.
"Maybe it was two level four wizards fighting, and one of them was forced to use a special skill that pushed the bottom of the box, which ultimately led to what we saw." Richard said.
"Just why?" Popobo Vicki was a little confused, "There are very few battles between level four wizards..."
Richard and Bobo Bo Vicki kept talking, but Joseph did not interrupt. He looked at the sky in the northwest and pursed his lips, as if he had thought of something.
In an undetectable voice, he whispered: "In that direction, could it be..."