Chapter 362 The Ruined Palace

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/Step…/

/Thud!/

After strolling for half an hour within the darkness, the bottom seemingly started to alter, prompting Dale to faucet his foot round as he felt one thing was off.

“Hm?… That is… Stone?” Dale requested as he tapped his foot on the bottom

“Are you able to be extra particular, I am unable to fairly see the bottom from my angle and I am fairly certain we’re surrounded by these.”

“It is totally different, that is… Easy stone.”

Dale crouched, utilizing his gauntlets to wipe a number of the dust and dirt from the bottom, revealing an previous, clear ceramic tile.

To indicate this to David, he unwrapped him from his waist.

“Oho? That is slightly uncommon, it appears to be a chunk of ceramic, a tile to be exact.”

“Attempt clearing extra of the dust, see if there’s extra.” He requested as he raised an eyebrow

Dale did as he was advised, already planning on doing such a factor from the start.

He cleared the dust round him, revealing a number of extra tiles, linked to type a better, considerably dim sample. They appeared to have one thing else painted on them but it surely was borderline inconceivable to see as a result of dust stains.

“Ohoho… That is getting actually good… A path of ceramic tiles…” David mentioned with curious phrases

“That is not solely it.” Dale added as he pointed on the partitions and ceiling

“There are indicators of previous metallic lights and different tiles on the partitions, this place was deeply embellished. I think about the dust got here from the Ants transferring across the place.”

“This place may’ve been a tunnel, however the Ants shoved dust on the partitions to bolster the trail, hiding its true look.”

‘Since they solely cared in regards to the path, the partitions stay largely untouched other than the dust on them, the ceiling gadgets are a bit bent right here and there, seemingly from the Ants bumping into them.’

“To suppose there was such a spot deep down at Resko… It offers me dangerous vibes, it jogs my memory of my days within the Catacombs.” David mentioned with disgust as his eyes turned chilly

“From the appears to be like of it, this place is not that previous, seemingly constructed throughout Resko’s time, these tiles are fairly much like different ones I’ve seen used within the Church prior to now. He added as his eyes centered on the darkness forward of them

“No historical thriller to be uncovered right here, only a piece of the previous ready to be uncovered.”

“Onwards child, let’s work out what this place was used for and if there’s something good nonetheless inside earlier than we transfer on.”

“We should do it quick… This place offers me the shivers, perhaps it was constructed by the identical individuals who constructed that place, I’ve cursed them quite a few occasions you see…”

“Hm… I do not hear a lot round us so… I will decide up the tempo.” Dale mentioned as he strapped again David to his waist earlier than he quickened his tempo, dashing throughout the darkness

The embellished hallway went for just a few hundred meters earlier than lastly coming to a sudden halt, resulting in a large, open room…

“That is…”

“Precisely what I anticipated from a bunch of wizards…”

Each Dale and David had been every with out phrases to explain what they noticed.

An enormous cavern with a ceiling dozens of meters excessive appeared earlier than them!

So extensive and enormous it was it possessed its personal, small ecosystem.

With a lake by the aspect with a waterfall and a forest spreading all through its expanse, the cavern was energetic with birds and critters transferring across the place from bush to bush.

Tall mushroom bushes, along with hundreds of vines grew on the cavern’s partitions…

“That appears to be the case, I might be improper, however on a floor evaluation, that is what it looks like.”

“A bummer… Then the one possibility is to observe the Ants.”

“Yeah.”

The Ant’s path went by the perimeters of the Palace, it was fairly evident because the grass had been fully reduce off in that area.

Following the path led them to the supply of their meals and their purpose for right this moment’s little journey.

/Shine…/

/Cha cha cha!/

An enormous glowing crystal mounted atop a wierd metallic equipment gave the impression to be ‘feeding’ hundreds of critters and crops round them!

“What… Is… This?” Dale requested as he had problem processing what he was seeing

The Crystal was gentle blue, in actual fact, it was considerably much like the Crystal Qrubin was sealed inside, albeit totally different from the latter, the crystal gave the impression to be ‘sweating’, a wierd form of pale blue liquid that shaped an enormous pool round it.

Across the crystal, unusual bugs gulped down the answer in massive droves like pumps, with dozens of ants surrounding them, grabbing small strong clumps of matter from holes of their our bodies, like disgusting protein bars…

With that look alone, after holding down his disgust, Dale understood the place the Ant’s meals got here from, it was from these unusual ants that had been processing that unusual liquid into an power bar.

Above that, the Ants weren’t the one ones with the concept of settling close to the crystal for sustenance.

Hundreds of crops took maintain all through the crystal’s physique, instantly absorbing the answer because it dripped right down to the lake.

/Splash!/

Every so often, Dale additionally noticed unusual fish leaping from the pale blue water.

Not one of the creatures gave the impression to be combating one another on this distinctive surroundings as there was greater than sufficient for all.

“Do you… Have any thought as to what this might be?” Dale requested as he checked out David

“I actually do not… And I am attempting my hardest to.”

“In any case, I need not remind you to not drink that do I? It is best left untouched till we work out what it truly is.”

“I am not that reckless.”

Earlier than approaching the crystal, Dale turned again, trying on the again portion of the stone Palace.

There, he noticed a gap coated by massive blades of grass…

“Possibly we’ll discover a solution over there, let’s ignore this for now.”

‘That is getting unusual, simply what is that this place? Why go over a lot bother to make all of this?’

‘Had been the folks of the previous on the lookout for this? Why did they preserve it right here? There are clear indicators the crystal was positioned upon that metallic base, there needed to be a purpose for that.’

‘It makes me suppose if there are different unusual anomalies buried within the Sands of time…’

“You are doing it once more! Cease considering! Get your ass over there! My curiosity is killing me.” David mentioned out loud as his eyes shone in golden gentle

“Relax slightly, the crystal’s going nowhere…” Dale mentioned as he rolled his eyes

/Shush…/

Pushing the grassy blades apart, Dale delved contained in the opening of the stony palace.

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Notes