Chapter 161
Chapter 161: 95. Guarding the Stump Waiting for Hare 2
Translator: 549690339
The rain of bullets continued until Kasha returned from underground.
Kasha shouted over the sound of the machine gun:
“Chief Officer! All the ancient relics that couldn't be moved in time have been
destroyed by me! The passage to the artifact repository has also been blown up
by us! We must leave quickly!”
“Excellent!... All listen up, everyone get out of the underground river! I'll cover
your retreat! Quick, quick, quick! Don’t dawdle!”
Lieutenant Cavado roared orders.
After his body had grown larger, his voice naturally became louder.
The soldiers present all heard the Chief's voice. Hurriedly, they picked up their
light machine guns and bomb launchers, retreating towards the entrance of the
underground tunnel.
Lieutenant Cavado stayed at the rear of the team, slowing down the enemy’s
pursuit with his light machine gun.
After the soldiers nearby had retreated into the underground tunnel, he finally
disbanded his transformation, returning to human form, and with a ragged back
figure, ran into the narrow entrance.
Following behind Cavado was a long string of metal skeletons, no less than three
hundred of them, among them a large number of nimble skeleton hounds.
The size of the metal Big Skeletons was substantial, so naturally, they should not
have been able to enter the tunnel entrance that only humans could pass
through.
But the metal Big Skeleton at hand was different.
It surprisingly allowed its subordinates to disassemble its bones and carry its leg
bones, rib bones, spinal bones, and skull to chase after Cavado...
After such a large group of the undead with a metallic coating left, no one or
undead remained at the scene except for Noland Lee.
Noland Lee treaded lightly, coming out from behind the boulder where he had
been hiding.
He listened carefully for any sounds, and apart from the flowing water, there was
silence.
Noland Lee slowly moved towards the tunnel entrance leading to the artifact
repository.
He used his Deconstruction skill to clear the way. After confirming it was safe, he
moved down the spiraling tunnel and reached the repository’s gate destroyed by
the bomb.
This place had already turned into ruins.
Chaotic stones had filled the entire tunnel, blocking the path and leaving no
crevices for Noland Lee.
Noland Lee tried to move some of the stones but invoked a series of cascading
stone slides, forcing him to abandon his plan to manually dig open the tunnel.
“Seems like I won’t be able to know what the so-called true history is... what a
shame.
Noland shook his head slightly, ready to turn around and leave, when he felt an
abnormal sound beneath his feet.
“Crack...”
It seemed like a stone chip had been crushed by him.
Noland kneeled down and picked up the fragmented stone chip.
Feeling the raised pattern on the stone chip, Noland casually cast
Deconstruction.
[System Message: You are attempting to deconstruct the “fragment of an ancient
relic™.]
[Based on your scholastic skills, the energy points needed to deconstruct this
item have decreased to 1 point.] [Do you confirm to proceed with the
deconstruction?]
“The fragment of an ancient relic...”
Noland murmured a phrase and kneeled down again to search around the
nearby ground.
It's possible that the soldiers had accidentally broken an ancient relic while
moving them.
After searching for a while, Noland found more than a dozen pieces of various-
looking stone chips.
By putting them together, you could barely make out the shape of a large,
potbellied stone urn.
Noland returned to the bank of the underground river, opened his backpack, took
out the coal lamp, lit it up behind the boulder where he was hiding, and
scrutinized the ancient stone statue in his hand.
From the ancient historical knowledge he possessed, this finely carved ancient
relic, which was in good condition, should be a product of the late Tatis Ancient
Dynasty.
Noland knew that time was pressing and he didn’t have the leisure to perform
archaeology, so he directly cast Deconstruction on the stone chips combined
together.
[System Message: You are attempting to deconstruct a “damaged ancient stone
figure™]
[Based on your scholastic skills, the energy points needed to deconstruct this
item have decreased to 5 points.]
[Do you confirm to proceed with the deconstruction?]
As Noland saw that the consumption of energy points was not large, he
immediately chanted “Confirm Deconstruction”.
[Your degree of deconstruction of the “damaged ancient stone figure” has risen
from 0% to 100%.]
[You have obtained the following deconstruction results:]
[1. Your Archaeology level has increased +1, reaching Level 9.] [2. You have
obtained the basic information of this relic:]
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[The history of this ancient artifact
can be traced back to 120 years ago.
It corresponds to the late period of
the Ancient Tatis Dynasty, during the
reign of Zorah lll. Zorah Ill was the
last king of the Ancient Tatis
Dynasty.] [The pattern on the surface
of the ancient stone statue indicates]
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[Zorah III's Royal Knight Dure found a
large amount of mysterious blood on
the Springtime Plain, known as the
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Land of Bountiful”. According to
Dure, this blood accumulated on the
flat plain formed a lake. The surface
of the lake was golden like wheat,
and the water was as sweet as fruit
wine with a tenderness like a
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[Upon Dure’s observation, this mysterious and noble blood came from a giant
human figure suspended in the sky above the Springtime Plain. Every three to
five days, fresh blood would slide down the human figure and fall into the lake
below.]
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[Just as Dure was reporting this
matter to Zorah Ill, new messages
came from the Springtime Plain.
Some said that the human figure in
the sky fell into the Blood Lake below.
The rising water flooded a lot of
farmland, causing many farmers who
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[Zorah Ill ordered Dure to confirm this message. A month later, Dure sent an
urgent letter confirming the authenticity of the message and requested Zorah
Ill to mobilize troops to suppress the rebel army causing an uproar around the
Blood Lake..]