Chapter 54 (1/2)
It was a slate with dust all over on it. Some vague characters could be seen.
Demacia’s eyes lit up as he picked up the slate.
“Brother Mu! Brother Mu! Come and see what this is! Is it elf characters?”
He hurriedly called Li Mu.
“Huh? Elf characters?”
Li Mu stopped and turned to look towards Demacia who held the slate high in excitement.
“Let me have a look at it.”
He took the slate, wiped off the dust and observed it carefully.
The slate seemed to have been made such a long time ago that the characters on it were no longer clear. But Li Mu, who had a good memory, still recognized that these strange characters seemed to be similar to those on the tablets outside Florence!
“Perhaps… They are elf characters!”
He rejoiced.
Characters recorded civilization.
Whatever was written on the slate, it could be a crucial discovery for them.
And the most important thing in the task of exploring Florence was to look for classic books on elf civilization!
“Where did you find it?”
Li Mu asked in haste.
“Ahem, I stumbled on it. I picked it up and saw it. It was just over there.”
Demacia pointed to the debris on the side and answered.
Li Mu, “…”
Why was this guy so lucky?
He took a few steps towards the spot Demacia pointed to, crouched and shone on it with the torch.
With the light, Li Mu found to his surprise that there seemed to be more slates buried here!
As he had been talking with Demacia, he actually didn’t notice them on the way.
If Demacia hadn’t stumbled on them, they might have missed them!
“Demacia! We have probably discovered some treasures. Come and help me get all these slates out!”
Li Mu said in exhilaration.
Most of the slates were covered by the debris. There was only a trace of them on the surface. He needed to dig them out in order to see them clearly.
“Treasures?”
Demacia was stunned before being delighted.
“Damn! Have we really run into some literature? Will there be treasure maps and methods of cultivating vital energy hidden here?”
“Don’t fantasize too much. Come help quickly!”
Li Mu put the torch aside, dug out the slates from the debris one by one and ordered Demacia.
“Okay! Okay!”
Demacia hurriedly crouched out and helped Li Mu dig out the treasures.
They spent half an hour digging all the slates out.
They did not know how many slates they had dug up. After calculating the number of the slates, Li Mu found in surprise that they had actually dug out 73 slates!
Every slate was one-centimeter thick, as big as a washbasin and square-shaped with dense and mysterious characters on it.
But unfortunately, most of the slates were broken and many of the characters were blurred. The two men picked out six relatively intact slates.
Looking at the six slates, Li Mu was excited.
He pondered for a while and said,
“Let’s hide the rest of the slates first and bring these six relatively intact ones back to Florence. Let’s ask Alice to identify what is written on them.”
In 1000 years, the elf characters did not change much. Although the players could not understand the elf characters, Alice could as the saint of nature.
“Good! Ha ha, our hard work has finally paid off! We have found something at last! I don’t know whether these are treasure maps or something else! Ha ha, we have probably started the next storyline with this!”
Demacia said in exhilaration.
The two put the rest of the slates in the corner, buried them with debris, made a mark that only they knew, and left with the six slates happily.
…
In the central temple of Florence.
The originally dilapidated temple was already refurbished after the players repaired it in two days.
Normally, repairing the temple would take a long time, but the existence of magic accelerated the process. In only two days, the players almost finished all the repair work.
At this moment, Cuckoo Bird led some players to do the last decoration work. For the sake of the decoration, they had even specially referred to several famous cathedrals in Europe. They decorated the originally solemn Temple of Nature to be more sacred and magnificent.
This was not only their hobby, but it was also the task in the following storyline of the holy city. They would get rich rewards for it.
“Put these flowers under the windowsills of the temple and then help them take root with natural magic.”
After giving orders to a union member, Cuckoo Bird continued to look at the blueprint.
“Hi, Cuckoo Bird!”
Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted her.
She frowned and looked up. When she saw them, she raised her eyebrows.
“Brother Mu?”
They were Li Mu and Demacia who had returned.
At this moment, the two men looked very excited and the slates in their hands were conspicuous.
Cuckoo Bird automatically ignored Demacia who was beside Li Mu. Her eyes shone when she saw the slates in Li Mu’s hand.
“Have you finally discovered something?”
All the players knew that Li Mu and Demacia had been searching in the ruins.
Li Mu nodded with a brilliant smile.
“Yes! We have found slates with characters on them. We are looking for Alice to identify them!”
“Characters?”