The red moon returns

Chapter 464 Rewards Across Time and Space

Lynch doesn't like this ending, but maybe this is life, so real and helpless.

Officer Natalie's initial reminder turned out to be based on experience. We really shouldn't develop feelings for the people in our memories.

When he heard the ending of the story, even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt an inexplicable sourness in his heart, even his nose felt sour. He raised his head hard to suppress the weakness that was about to be revealed.

Sighing deeply, trying to spit out the bitterness in his chest, Lin Qi looked at the mural on the wall with deep emotion. It was like hearing the news of the death of an old friend whom he had not seen for a long time after many years. He felt regretful and reluctant, but helpless, and all that was left was endless sadness.

The Countess beside him had red eyes, and the policewoman also looked gloomy. The memories of what they had just experienced were still fresh in their minds. What a pity... perhaps this is life.

The cave fell into a depressing silence. Nikolai looked at the three listeners strangely, without disturbing their remembrance. After a long time, the three finally came out of their sorrow. Lynch sighed and whispered:
"I didn't expect that she was the one who told her people to catch up and fight Mordiggian. She also specifically told us not to wake it up. Was this so that we could find their tribe? But... how could this be?"

The Countess sniffed and whispered, "Perhaps due to the dual effects of the distortion of the Dream Realm and the time power of the Billion Lords of Glory, the fragments of memories were transmitted back to the past and received by her who was on the verge of... She left that entrustment in order to fulfill her promise. At that time, she was still thinking about her promise to us."

"It seems to be the case." Lynch's heart moved, looking at Elder Nikolai with a strange expression, he asked thoughtfully, "In addition to the will, she should have left something else."

“How could you…” The old ghoul’s terrifying face was filled with human shock and disbelief. He pointed at Lynch rudely for a long time before his expression gradually relaxed. His voice was filled with realization, “So that’s how it is. I understand, I understand. You are a very powerful friend. Hey, that’s how it is. Wait a minute. I’ll be right back.”

Muttering to himself in a somewhat inappropriate manner, the old ghoul turned and left in a hurry, leaving the three of them standing there in surprise. They could only pass the time by looking at the murals. The murals were messy and complex and very difficult to understand. Fortunately, Lynch's archaeology had not been completely returned to the professor, and there was still some knowledge left such as totem analysis, so they were able to barely analyze some content.

It was basically about the major historical events of the tribe, how they fought wits and courage with the natives of Middle-earth, how they established themselves in this mountainous area, how they ensured Mordiggian's sleep through sacrifice, how they met the ancestors of the Valente family, and how the two sides formed a strategic partnership. Especially the two stickmen who beat Mordiggian at the end, even though they were still sad in their hearts, the three of them couldn't help laughing when watching it.

It's really ugly.

However, when he saw his image appearing on the murals of other tribes, Lynch felt a sense of accomplishment that it was worth taking such a big risk.

It took Nikolaev more than ten minutes to bring the few people to another cave, which was at least the size of two basketball courts. It was filled with all kinds of old items and it was obviously a warehouse.

But the three of them were shocked when they entered. The warehouse was in a mess, like a parking lot destroyed by a tornado. The most appropriate description Lynch could think of was that everything was not where it should be. And a few strange ghouls were squatting on the side, panting and panting, as if they had just fought Mordiggian for thirty minutes. The only good thing was that on a stone in a corner of the warehouse, the three of them saw a familiar stone box.

In fact, I am not very familiar with it. What I saw back then was a stone box with strange patterns carved on the surface, which looked ancient, heavy and full of mystery and seriousness, instead of the current one with the surface covered with old mud, as if it was a stepping stone just dug out of an ancient tomb.

Elder Nicolae explained, "I saw it once when I succeeded the high priest. It was a little hard to find, but I finally found it. This was the last thing passed down by that ancestor. She said that someone might take it in the future, so we must keep it well."

Swish, the eyes of the three people all became strange. They looked at the messy environment, the disheveled stone box, and then at Elder Nicolae, their eyes wandering between the three.

The wolf actually showed a look of shame on his face, and the sound of a crying baby was about to burst into tears. The old ghoul scratched his claws and said awkwardly:
"In the beginning, it was well taken care of, but after several high priests were replaced over the past few hundred years, no one came to take it. The ancestors thought that no one would come again, so they gradually forgot about it. They just preserved it as a memorial. The ancestors said that you were the ones who would take it, but who knew that you would come after two eras? I was afraid that I would lose it just now. Fortunately, I didn't throw it away. No, I mean fortunately it is still well preserved."

As he spoke, Elder Nicolae held the box in both hands and handed it over: "This is a relic of our ancestors. You are the last friends of our ancestors, so I'm handing it over to you for safekeeping. Please keep it well."

Really got it?
Lynch took a deep breath and was still a little bit in disbelief until he took it in his hand. He wiped off the loose dust on it and indeed he could still vaguely see what it looked like as he had seen the day before.

"We just asked one question, and didn't even tell you what happened, but you believed it so easily?" Lin Qi asked doubtfully, "Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?"

"There are only a few people who know the story of our ancestors, and even fewer who know the existence of this relic. Moreover, everyone can directly touch it, so the fact that you know of its existence speaks volumes." Elder Nicolae stared at Lynch and Miss Diana and said, "More importantly, if it were someone else, I would definitely be suspicious, but you are different. You are the ones who have personally ended our thousands of years of mission. You have ended the task entrusted by our ancestors, and you have inherited the relics of our ancestors. Isn't this very reasonable? There are no coincidences in the mysterious world. Causes and consequences have their own invisible connections. Although I cannot understand the connection, at least I don't need to doubt your authenticity anymore."

The judgment of high-ranking bosses is different from that of ordinary people. Lin Qi nodded gently and said, "Then we will accept it. Do you know what is in it?"

"I haven't opened it yet. I haven't lived long enough." The old ghoul smiled bitterly. "A high priest once opened it, but he died and took dozens of his people with him. Since then, successive high priests have not dared to be curious anymore."

It seems curiosity kills not only cats, but dogs too.

Lynch nodded, put the box back on the stone, skillfully pressed the secret button of the box, and opened the box that he finally got.

(End of this chapter)