Chapter 1109: Two Dreams (II.)
Anthony listened to Holden's explanation, thought for a few seconds, and shook his head slightly: "Although your explanation is barely reasonable, I still think it is too untrue, assuming that the ancient city mentioned in the book really exists, and the people there are too generous, right?" I can't believe that there is such a generous and hospitable city in the real world by allowing outsiders to take away the city's treasures for free. ”
"Akron is not a city in the world of Vares, it is an otherworldly plane, like the 'Heavenly Mountain', the 'Elysium' and the 'Xanadu' where the gods of goodness live, how can you look at the gods there with a worldly eye? It's like the 'Golden City' in the earth elemental plane, where gold is everywhere like sand and stones, how can the people there take away some 'stones' that are commonplace in their eyes? Holden argued.
"Well, I have to admit that it does...... Roland, what do you think? Anthony looked at Roland, who was still reading and didn't seem to notice what Holden was saying.
"Ahem, allow me to make a statement! I don't think this story is worth taking seriously, but Holden insisted on verifying it, and I couldn't persuade him to give up his illusions, so I had to ride a pegasus and take him to the Far East in search of treasure, and it was good to be able to find the treasure, even if it turned out to be pure fiction, it would not be a bad thing, at least it would teach Holden a lesson to learn to distinguish the line between story and reality, and not to be so naïve in the future. "Audrey is obviously only a year older than her brother, but she speaks in a serious and dignified manner, and the noble lady is full of style, showing a good family education, compared to her brother, who is more like a natural free-range wild boy.
In fact, the two siblings have completely different personalities, Audrey didn't believe in her brother's whimsical ideas at all, and at first she didn't want to cross the border to go all the way to a "wild place" in the eyes of the Canaanites to hunt for treasure, but she knew her brother's temper very well, and if she didn't agree to Holden's request, this naughty ghost would secretly run away to hunt for treasure alone.
In order to prevent her brother from running away from home again, Audrey had to agree to accompany him on a treasure hunt. The siblings rode Pegasus across the border, Holden couldn't wait to go to Karon Falls, and Audrey was more thoughtful, first getting in touch with her eldest brother Corofa, who was traveling to the Far East, to explain her intentions.
After the brother and sister met, Flora tried to persuade Holden to give up his unrealistic thoughts, but Holden insisted on going to Caron Falls, and said in a heartfelt way:
"Even if it turns out that there is no such thing as a treasure, it is worth the trip to see the largest waterfall in the Far East."
Holden's request seemed reasonable, and Grofa had no choice but to take the two little ones to the shore of the Terrorous Lake near Caron Falls, which Holden called "a treasure trove".
Impatiently jumping off Pegasus, Holden ran to the lake and recited a long series of awkward incantations according to the records of the ancient books. After reciting the incantation more than ten times, his voice became hoarse, but the scene described in the book, such as "the lake separates and opens a passage to the altar at the bottom of the lake" does not appear, and Holden is so angry that he wants to tear the book.
Audrey took the opportunity to mock her brother fiercely, and Grofa also taught Holden not to listen to the wind and rain in the future, if there was really a treasure, the locals would have made a fortune a long time ago, and they were still guilty of fishing on the lake for a living?
Holden was dejectedly reprimanded, and was about to leave the sad land, when something even more unfortunate happened—the spell did not separate the lake, but it disturbed the natives of the lake. A large group of fish monsters rushed out of the water and besieged the three siblings.
With the strength of Gorofa, of course, he will not take these water monsters in his eyes, but first, he is not worried about the safety of the two little guys around him, and secondly, this is not Canaan after all, and it is not wise to cause trouble on the territory of the Kolas Kingdom, in case the local government officials claim that "the fish monsters are also compatriots of the multi-ethnic family in the Far East", the slaughter of the fish monsters may not lead to an international dispute.
To avoid trouble, Grofa asked Audrey to summon Pegasus and himself to summon mounts to Holden, and the two Pegasus took off before the Uchigom could kill him.
The fish monster can't fly, and there is nothing they can do to see the three brothers and sisters hovering in the air on a flying horse. The irascible water monsters roared in anger and turned on the fishermen at the lake, and vented their anger by attempting to break into the more densely populated industrial area of Karon.
The three Zion siblings ride Pegasus to chase the fish monster in the air, and when they find the water monster clashing with the local militia, it is only then that the fish monster is confirmed that the fish monster is not "a member of the Far Eastern minority family".
Although Audrey is young, she is a kind-hearted and exemplary knight with a strong sense of justice, and believes that she should bear part of the responsibility for the indiscriminate killing of innocent people by the fish monsters, and out of guilt, she decides to land to help the local militia fight the fish monsters. Geropa couldn't worry about his sister's safety, so he had to follow. Holden, a troublemaker who fears that the world will not be chaotic, wants to have a big fight, of course, he must follow, so the three Zion siblings are all involved in this conflict, until the end of the battle is surrounded by Captain Victor as a spy, if it is not for Roland's coincidence, the three brothers and sisters can only force out of the militia encirclement, and hastily end this treasure hunt.
It was Roland who came forward to resolve the conflict, allowing Holden to clear the suspicion of being a spy, and the already half-cold treasure hunt became hot again, looking at Roland with anticipation, hoping that he would also be touched by the story recorded in that ancient book and join the treasure hunt.
A thin book is four or five thousand words at best, and it took Roland about ten minutes to read the last page, close the book under the gaze of everyone, and slowly exhale, his face looking a little strange.
This book tells a simple, yet imaginative story. Written in the first person, the protagonist claims that his ancestors had served as clerks in the imperial government, and later became involved in a case of "secret society" and was exiled to the Far East as a heretic, and since then his family has been fishing for generations on the lake near the Great Falls.
According to Holden's research, the place where the protagonist of the story was born is the "Waterfall Village", the predecessor of the Great Falls City, and the "Great Waterfall" mentioned many times in the book is Karon Falls, and the "lake" refers to the "Terror Lake".
The first half of the protagonist's life was uneventful, and after the death of his parents, he lived alone by the lake, fishing for a living. Until one night, in his sleep, he heard a mysterious voice calling his name through the rumbling of a waterfall, and repeatedly urged him to go to Canaan, to a city called "Bethlehem", where there was a treasure waiting to be discovered in the temple of the sun.