This is a formation made of stones buried in the ground. The protruding parts have become rounded, presumably after a long period of time.
Jimmy worked tirelessly to clean up the surrounding debris, rocks, and even weeds. He searched carefully inch by inch. Finally, he found the target he was looking for.
It was a stone that formed a magic circle. It was different from other stones because it had the symbol of the Sun God on it.
After thousands of years of wind and rain, the sign is still clearly visible.
He took a deep breath, held the stone and twisted it hard. A rumble came from the ground, and the part of the circle he was in began to rotate.
Stones rose up staggeredly, and they stood around Jimmy, like guards watching Jimmy one by one.
Jimmy was very excited. He was like a man who had finally found a treasure after going through hardships. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and recited a sentence in French that the strange crow taught him.
As the French words were recited faster and faster, light appeared on the tops of the rising stones, as if they were responding to the eternal shining of the supreme sun.
The rumble grew louder and louder, and finally stopped after a violent vibration that caused the birds in the forest to take flight.
Jimmy stood in the center of the original magic circle, looking at the gap opened on the ground with a look of ecstasy. He stepped in without hesitation.
Hilpeter walked out from the tall bushes, pulling the twigs and leaves broken off from his hair, and walked towards the magic circle.
He felt that this place should have been a temple, but it had been so long ago that the part on the ground had collapsed and weathered.
The captain's order is to find out Jimmy's true purpose and kill him if necessary.
But from the perspective of Hilpeter's straight thinking, he didn't understand what Jimmy wanted to do at all.
He knew that the true purpose of the captain's order was to investigate the forces behind Jimmy, and now it seemed that Jimmy was by no means a drifter as he claimed.
That kind of tireless physical strength and amazing strength is a special physique that no barbarian from the Lost Island possesses.
Hilpeter eventually followed into the gap.
It has stone steps going down, and a breeze blowing upward.
Hilpeter walked forward quietly, trying not to make even the slightest sound.
After going down like this for a few minutes, the stairs turned to the other side, which was an entrance to a corridor with no light inside.
Hilpeter couldn't believe how Jimmy found his way in this dark environment. He gritted his teeth and followed.
The corridor is very short, and Hillpeter needs to bend forward. Fortunately, Jimmy does not need to be careful when walking forward like Hillpeter, and his footsteps are easily identifiable.
"Turn left?"
Although Hilpeter had been in the corridor for a long time and his eyes had gradually adapted to the darkness, all he could see was still a blurry outline.
Not long after turning left, Hillpeter quickly stopped because Jimmy's footsteps were gradually extending downwards.
"Going further down?"
After nearly half an hour of bending forward, Jimmy's footsteps finally stopped.
He was wheezing, as if he was trying to push something heavy away.
Hillpeter thought for a while and thought that what was hidden under this abandoned temple was Jimmy's ultimate goal.
"it's time……"
He started to move, but instead of moving forward, he quietly retreated until he exited the corridor and started calling Jimmy's name.
The sound of constant pushing and rubbing of stones stopped immediately, and Hilpeter continued to call and waited quietly.
Here is the stone staircase going down. The light shines on Jimmy's face. The gray-purple color on his face startled Hilpeter.
"Are you okay? What's wrong?"
Hilpeter reached out to wipe Jimmy's face, only to find that it was not the dirt he had put on his face, but the original color of his face.
"Why is it so cold? Are you okay?"
Jimmy wiped his face in panic. He was startled by Hill Peter's sudden appearance, and this inexplicable concern made him even more overwhelmed.
"fine……"
"Oh... I was passing by and saw you getting in."
"I suddenly found a hole, and I was wondering to come in and have a look..."
The atmosphere was very awkward, as if a teacher knew that a student was cheating and was trying hard to appear to believe the student's lame excuses.
"Here, grab this..."
Hilpeter took out the leaf pendant, grabbed the hanging rope and stretched it out in front of Jimmy. Jimmy frowned inexplicably and hesitantly stretched out his hand.
The moment his hand touched the leaf, the hesitation and inexplicable look on his face disappeared, replaced by a strange piety.
"Let me ask you, who asked you to come here? What is hidden down there?"
"Yes... Wow!"
Jimmy let go of his hand and leaned back, trembling against the stone wall and gasping for air.
There were bursts of smoke coming out of his palm, and even a few sparks were shining brightly on it.
Hilpeter was stunned. He didn't expect that the captain's tried-and-true treasure would actually fail.
With Jimmy's uncanny physical abilities and strength, if he refuses to answer questions, a fight is inevitable.
Thinking of this, Hill Peter decided to deal with Jimmy. He drew out his knife, gripped the pendant tightly, and swung the knife at Jimmy, who was staring at his palm and groaning in pain.
He himself is a barbarian from the Lost Island, and coupled with the power brought by the pendant, he is unstoppable with this sword.
The blade directly cut off Jimmy's panicked arm, slicing in from his left shoulder and out from his right abdomen, slashing a series of sparks on the ground without losing momentum.
Hilpeter put away the knife, walked around Jimmy's upper body that was still crawling, rummaged around in the pocket of his lower body, and finally found a note.
He glanced at Jimmy who had stopped squirming, spat, and muttered.
"You came to poke me in the eye just after I became first mate. You are a shameless liar and bully the weak scum!"
He kicked Jimmy hard, and the upper body flew into the corridor under Hilpeter's huge force, which surprised Hilpeter himself.
He quickly stuffed the pendant back into his leather bag, put it in his pocket, and strode up the spiral stone staircase.
Above the ground, the sun was still warm, and Hilpeter stretched.
He cut some branches to cover the gap in the magic circle, and was going to go back and tell the captain what happened. He was now too far away from the Crescent. Thinking about the day's journey, he couldn't help but wailed.
Under the ruins of the temple, the sunlight shining here was blocked by the branches, making it completely dark.
In this world where even woodlice don't visit, something is squirming.
That's Jimmy's broken left arm.
Several tentacles at the fracture are extending and contracting alternately, slowly crawling on the stony, cold ground.
Behind it, there were more, bigger things squirming, but they were slower.
That was Jimmy's lower body, and the guts scattered all over the floor.
