Chapter 51: 50. Ruins
" Marcy ! I'll kill you! Stop! "
"Ann, I'm sorry! I didn 't know this would happen ! "
" I don 't care ! I just want to strangle you ! "
It's worth starting with the fact that their teleportation was not
very ....successful. Instead of being poison from the ruins and on the surface, they ended up in completely different places.
Marcie, like the one who teleported, turned out to be exactly where she wanted, but her friends were scattered.
Sasha was high above the ground and without having time to react fell from a height of about 50 feet, right on the hard ground. She was still lying with her limbs outstretched and unconscious.
Ann was just as lucky. She found herself under a pile of earth and literally had to dig herself out. Fortunately, she had the power, and she saved her life. If it wasn't for the Emotions, then Ann would immediately be crushed under the ground, being underground at a distance of more than 10 feet.
" Marcy ! I warned you ! "
Ann ran up to her friend and grabbed her in a grip and began to rub her head with two fists.
" Ay, ay, ay! I 've already apologized ! Ah! Well , I 'm sorry ! " – Marcie squinted in pain
" Hmm ! " – Ann tortured her friend a little more, then let her go
"You are very lucky Wu, but from now on I forbid you to use magic! Ann pointed at her
" Then how do we get back ? " – Marcie snidely remarked, sticking out her tongue
"....apparently it wasn't enough for you! " – Ann attacked her friend
" No ! Somebody! Save me ! I 'm being killed ! "
Sasha slowly woke up to their screams and stood up. She brushed the sand off her face and started looking around. She was eyeing a huge plateau, while in the background Ann was torturing Marcie by pulling her ears.
"Marcy, are we sure we got there? I don't see any ruins here, like on the map. " – she asked without turning around
"This must be the place. Judging by the map, ah! We have to be close, at a small distance. "
" Yes ? For example, underground or in the air?! "
" That 's enough ! "
Sasha just shook his head at their childishness.
(They have been like this since childhood. Still, they are childhood friends ...) - she looked at them smiling
(True, one figure is missing here....but we will fix it very soon. ) – she clasped her hands and slowly began to move
" Come on ! The longer we are away, the sooner Adam will feel that something is wrong. "
Ann snorted and gave Marcie a final slap on the back of the head, followed Sasha. Marcie walked last, stroking her aching head every now and then.
They walked most of the way in silence, looking for the object of their search. They walked and walked, under the hellish heat of the sun. Soon they stood on a small hill and began to look around.
"Is there anything? Personally, I don't see anything. " – said Anne, peering into the distance
"Everything is so monotonous here.. " – Marcie stood next to Ann and looked in the same direction with her
".....maybe because you're looking where I am? "
" Don 't pick on the details ! "
Sasha was looking around the neighborhood. Thanks to her strength, every part of her body worked several times better than an ordinary person. And right now, using the force on her eyes, she finally found something.
"Come on, I think I've found what I need" – her red eyes became normal again
Sasha, using the strength on her legs, ran forward at the maximum possible speed. Her friends didn't feel anything from her. Ann used the force to lift the sword into the air and stood on it and flew after her, while Marcie just covered herself with the force and flew after them.
After flying quite a bit according to their concepts, different buildings appeared in front of them. Some were well preserved on the surface, others were half underground, and the third was completely in it.
The girls stopped and began to look around. Somewhere here, there were possible answers to their questions. They went in different directions to increase the chances.
Sasha walked slowly and looked around carefully. All she saw was the ruined buildings of an ancient civilization.
(Apparently I shouldn't have slept in his Amphibian history classes after all. Maybe now I could find out something interesting) - a thought flashed through her head
The air here was clean and fresh, not like in the city. Sasha could feel such fresh air only in the mountains or hiking in the woods with Adam.
"Yes....he was always trying to get us all into the wild. Now I finally understand why. " he smiled a little
She was walking past another building when she noticed something. She stopped abruptly and looked at the wall of the building. There, under the ancient Amphibian, were inscriptions in pure English.
[ Processing Factory No. 1.]
She immediately realized something and began to inspect the rest of the buildings. Each had its own inscriptions in English, under ancient hieroglyphs.
"He was definitely here....this is his handwriting. " – she lightly ran over the inscriptions and rushed forward
She walked past a lot of buildings, then came out into an empty clearing. The remarkable thing here was that there were traces of fire on the ground.
In a small area, you could see a whole field of soot and coal. It was possible to make out a small wooden building, according to some surviving logs. The structure of the building itself remained, but it itself completely burned down.
Sasha went inside. Inside, you could see the silhouette of a table, a chair. Beds and other furniture. But everything that was here burned down a long time ago. Nothing survived.
"He didn't leave anything. What was there that he burned everything? " – Masri came into the back and stood next to her
"I have no idea, but apparently something very important. Sasha ran her hand over the burnt table
"Something he's desperately trying to hide. Perhaps he was being chased or watched, otherwise he would not have resorted to such drastic measures. "
"Then it was all in vain. We have learned absolutely nothing new. Marcie shook her head
" Guys, I think I found something! " Anne shouted
They immediately went out and followed her voice. She was standing in front of a small building in which there was one interesting detail. The door to it was completely melted. In size, just right for their size.
" Don 't you think it 's strange ? It's like this door was blown up..."– Marcie lightly ran her hand along the contour of the hole
"It doesn't matter. The main thing is that there may be something there. Come on, it's getting late. We need to manage on time. "
The girls slowly descended into the dark passage. The light was provided by Sasha, who covered her body with power and made it glow. They went step by step inside the building when they finally came to a huge underground space.
It was a huge space in which there were high shelves on which there were many different boxes and barrels. They went inside and noticed things scattered on the floor.
The remains of long-rotten food, a sleeping bag, notes, books. There were a lot of records on the floor that were slowly moving to the wall and not even the ceiling.
"So it seems we have a lead after all. " – Ann sat down on the bag and picked up the diary lying there
" [So, I was right after all. It wasn't just my paranoia. I already thought I was going crazy, but how did I turn out to be right as always ] " – Ann rolled her eyes at these lines
" [I was right about Andreas, about Newtopia and about what will happen in the future. Recently I met one crazy newt, I don't know if it was an accident, but after talking to her, I felt a strong anxiety, which I feel now.]. Apparently he is talking about that fortune teller, what was her name there...."
"Valerian, that's her name. As Adam explained, she was the guardian before him. So you can say she's the one who gave him this title. " – Marcy
"Yeah, as well as us. Apparently he didn't have the power then, otherwise she would have mentioned it for sure. " – Sasha
" [I don't know where my anxiety is growing from as I write these lines, but it really pisses me off. I can't focus on some of my thoughts, as well as future projects. I also began to notice that someone was following me. Maybe I'm just going crazy, most likely, but I need to take action. ] " – Ann flipped through the page
" [Tomorrow I will burn all the diaries, notes and notebooks. All this knowledge is inside me anyway. But I'll leave this book. I do not know what can happen to me. What if I lose my memory ? Then it will help me remember everything.
Next, I will tell myself, or whoever is reading this, the main secrets of the royal family. Read at your own risk. It was a long time ago...]"
In a dark room, three girls were reading his notes and with each line their eyes widened more and more. And so far, they've only read the first two pages...
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" Phew ! It was harder than I thought. Adam wiped the sweat off his face
He was in his office right now. He sat in a comfortable chair while all the windows and doors. While he was sitting, thin strands of multicolored energy were coming out of his body.
The threads slid to the boxes with explosives and took it, after which they slipped between the cracks in the door and crawled away into the royal palace. Adam could control three such threads at a time, so he delivered the last three vials only now, by nightfall.
"I've been busy all day, I wonder how the girls are doing there. He stretched in his chair, relaxing his stiff muscles
He looked carefully at the castle plan. Crosses were drawn all over the drawing, in which he placed explosives. He specifically chose the weakest points, sought them out.
"Well, this stage is over. he rolled up the map and put it in a drawer
After that, he took out a box and a book. The box shone brightly with two colors, sometimes pulsating. She was expecting the third stone, and soon she will get it
"The third Temple....I think I should prepare this time. he ran his hand over a line in the book
[The trial of the third temple is tied to friendship and trust. As soon as the guardian realizes that you are ready to risk your life for the sake of your comrades, he will let you into the temple and you will be able to charge the stone. ]
"The Guardian....I even know who it is." – he leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms
"Apparently this will be our last meeting, old purse. "
Adam closed his eyes and slowly began to fall asleep. Today, he got one step closer. Tomorrow, he will already reach the goal.
Well, after that, he will finally find the much-desired freedom.
But first, he needs to sleep. He was too tired for today that he fell asleep right in the chair.
And while he was sleeping, the box continued to glow mysteriously into the dark room. After all, soon, she will be whole again.
And then....then it will have to end his imprisonment.
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