Griffith didn't know what kind of creature the desolate aura he just felt came from. This feeling comes and goes in a hurry, like a mirage showing the phantom of haste, and then disappears without a trace.
The regular contact between the investigation team led by Professor Julian and the camp team was scheduled for nine o'clock that evening. Before contact was initiated, the camp team was not sure that they would be able to receive messages from the front. After all, in this strange place where few humans set foot, things often don't go as smoothly as expected.
After many debuggings, the small echo hub built by Professor Lafayette received the first batch of messages. The racing plan of the team led by Professor Julian was transmitted back in the form of text and a few black-and-white drawings, allowing the anxious people to get a glimpse of the unknown world deep in the island.
Professor Lafayette seemed to be back in his classroom. He held a note filled with messages in his hand and said in a measured tone to the gathered members of the investigation team and guests:
"The 17th of the Second Era is a memorable day for our Medini High School of Magic and the Heber Foundation investigation team. Compared with those famous all-star investigation teams or the explorers who have already gone on expeditions in the mysterious world, , our team is faced with many obstacles, but our firm determination will open a new door to knowledge for this world.
"Just now, Professor Julian's investigation team has sent back the message."
The people of Odessa present were greatly encouraged. Even the most active, or drunken, Milbane Knight admitted that he did not expect to receive a response from the front on time.
The scholars and archaeologists who had finished their dinner immediately began to interpret the message, and even shared the content and their joy with Griffith and Alandel without hesitation.
The message is divided into several paragraphs. The investigation team had found the entrance to the ruins not far away and cleared the breach very efficiently. The investigation team stopped many times to collect specimens and record what they saw as they moved forward.
Professor Julian’s Progress Group Message (1)
"Naila's spiritual guidance has been of great help to us. Every scholar in the advancement team is amazed by the unparalleled precision and inspiration. On this small island hidden in the desolate sea, the intricate and maze-like roads make We had difficulty getting our bearings, and the search for ancient ruins might take years. But Naira showed us a safe and easy way.
"All morning, we have been following the winding road deep into the ground. When necessary, we stopped to clear rocks and strengthen supports. Markers have been placed along the way to facilitate your arrival in time.
"His Excellency Erem, the professor of occult science, Mr. Adbalan, the senior magic consultant and archaeologist, Professor Lafayette, the leader of the camp team, and including me as a historian, the four of them are the ones who went on this deep underground expedition. The leader of the team. He was accompanied by 7 Medini masters, 9 engineers, alchemists, knights and monks, all of whom were outstanding and dedicated professionals. After confirming the entrance to the ruins, I instructed The list of members of the entire investigation team is engraved on the rock wall nearby.
"We have brought sufficient supplies and arranged echo hub routes along the way. Although the preparations for blasting, supply, reinforcement, camping and defense are not excellent, they are also very appropriate. In short, whether it is manpower, brains or materials, we have Be prepared to uncover hidden truths and deal with tough situations.
"During the investigation, we will continue to send progress and information to the camp through the echo hub.
"The world will be shocked by what we find, and everything will change."
Professor Julian’s Progress Group Message (2)
“As we move deeper into the ruins, the plants, landscapes and rock formations we are familiar with disappear into the darkness. In their place are the natural wonders buried deep beneath this unnamed island.
"After reaching two hundred and ten meters below the sea level, we came to the entrance of a huge underground space. Under the dim light of luminous plants and minerals, a huge outline appeared clearly in front of us, standing in the deep and quiet underground world. The vast and ancient atmosphere that hits us reminds every cell in our body to welcome the incredible miracle that is about to unfold with full of awe.
"Naira confirmed to us that this was the first holy place he was guided to find.
"Everyone is very excited about this. Although our journey was so unfortunate and twists and turns, at this moment, I can announce that the Tiny High School of Magic and the Silber Foundation investigation team have won the first battle."
The messages Professor Lafayette received were sent together after the echo signal was connected. After he finished reading the first two messages, he stopped and waited for the third message.
Griffith clearly felt that the atmosphere in the camp group became active. However, vaguely, there is a strange feeling lingering.
Miss Wendy kept flipping her pendant box, and Miss Willow's wand repeatedly lit and then went out. Paladin Milban wanted to drink a few drinks, but found that his bottle was running low. The joy on the face of the cleric Bolton was as stiff as a mask, and the slender fingers of the archaeologist Ben-Hur bounced on his knees like stick insects.
Everyone here is very excited, but it is not as heartfelt as getting academic results. Instead, there is a kind of tension and expectation that something long-awaited is about to happen.
After a while, the third message from Professor Julian's advancement team came:
"We finally witnessed with our own eyes the 'ancient being' mentioned only in fragments in mythology, the relic of the gods.
"A huge fortress stands deep in a deep and astonishingly large cave. There are traces of excavations on the surrounding rock walls, and the ground is full of white fine sand. When we looked at this huge fortress, we even felt a wave of excitement. Throbbing like a heartbeat.
"This fortress is a living creature?! It is like a huge conch, standing in a large lake. The rising seawater should have submerged this cave, but invisible forces blocked the space and kept the entire cave dry.
"In the dark and deep sea water, we seemed to see something, like coral seaweed, or like a half-human, half-fish horror creature performing strange rituals. We looked at it carefully for a while, and everyone agreed that it was caused by light and shadow. hallucination.
"The lost underwater temple turns out to be real. For countless ages in the past, a mighty master has gathered power here and under the backwaters of Turan Swamp. Now, we are about to unveil the mystery.
"This ancient mystery comes from eons ago, from the abyss of stars."
Wait, mermaid... Griffith's heart skipped a beat. Professor Julian and the investigators thought it was a phantom, but Alandel was standing next to Griffith.
The third message marked the afternoon. Between then and now, the investigation team must have been near the conch and even entered its interior.
Sure enough, the fourth message that was quickly interpreted confirmed this:
"The temporary camp located under the conch has been set up. We selected a location in front of the amazing ocean giant and began to arrange the magic circle to open a breach.
"However, before we were ready, a certain mechanism here was triggered, and the huge shell made a huge noise. There were cracks in the chitinous carapace, and the crimson flesh and blood material slowly opened, revealing a spiral Mouthparts covered with serrations.
“Everyone was shocked by what they saw.
"From the outside, although this conch has long lost its vitality, its appearance is neat and complete. No one could have imagined that inside the shell, there are actually dark red arthropod-like objects growing. They penetrated the extremely solid The upper and lower inner shells were covered with plague-like black-red spots wherever they went.
"These limbs and tentacles are even still alive, slowly squirming like insects, ready to break through the constraints of the chitin shell at any time and spread to the outside world.
"If the conch is a large biological fortress like a city, then the alien biomass entrenched in this conch is a parasite entrenched in the flesh and blood.
"They are ferocious and abrupt attached to the inside of the giant conch carapace, with a height of more than fifty meters, and there are bursts of black light on the chitinous mountainside on the surface. There are also eight thick black and red flesh tentacles that penetrate directly into the dome from the outside of the nest. It rolled and danced with great ferocity.
"When we got closer, we found that the surface of the nest was densely covered with purple-red tubes like meridians, which were squirming and bulging like blood vessels and esophagus, making the appearance of the nest more terrifying and evil.
"Such a huge biomass nest parasitized inside the conch, swallowing its flesh and blood bit by bit, and finally took over and became its own fortress. Unfortunately, the ancient conch that was parasitized by it has completely lost its vitality, and all the flesh and blood essence has been lost for a long time. was swallowed up in the years.
“What on earth could kill such a huge, ancient ocean lord, home to countless lives, and now only the occupied body remains, a nest of flesh and blood?
“We were shocked and frightened, but the joy and excitement of approaching the unknown overcame everything. We opened the sealed chamber and discovered that this was not the first time humans had set foot here.
"On the solid chitin wall we found a well-preserved text. It said...
"'Compared to those sailors who choked on seawater and died in the mouth of sea monsters in shipwrecks, or the poor people who died of hunger and pain, I lost my expedition team and was trapped here, The poor people who spend all day in gibbering and panic are the most unfortunate.
"'It's been a month since I've been here, poor Fat, my best and last student, who died two weeks ago on a trembling tentacle. I watched him melt by the tentacles and become As thin as paper. No one has spoken to me since then, please understand how an archaeologist who likes to talk felt after that.
"'Why do we make such foolish decisions, why do we dare to come to His holy place...
"'This lair of flesh and blood is a palace of twisted and terrifying beings. My companions, those bugs who tried to spy on Him, only left their names. I set up a stone next to the excrement residue, and then recorded their former names."
"'Please wake up before you witness those absurd and mysterious things that challenge the bottom line of physiology and trample all the laws of the world, stay away from this crazy place of right and wrong, and don't let more people die in vain.
"'leave here!
"'Don't wake Him!'"
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