"So you think 'Double Dreams' is just a spin-off of an old legend, like a mythical story, and not worth taking seriously?" Roland asked Colossa.

"At first, I did think so." Colossa's answer was somewhat vague, as if deliberately foreshadowing.

Roland nodded, lost in thought. In fact, he has also seen three different versions of "Two Dreams" on Earth:

The original version of Double Dreams from One Thousand and One Nights.

Borges's short story "Two Dreams".

Paolo Coelho's full-length "The Alchemist" tells a similar story.

He believes that there must be more versions, even older versions than "One Thousand and One Nights", the origin of this story is no longer verifiable, but the content is almost identical, the difference is only in the name of the place, and in each version, the location where the protagonist obtains the treasure is actually present in the world, what does this mean?

Is it just what Colossa called "re-creation"?

Roland instinctively felt that it was not that simple. The strange feeling was like an invisible rag clogging his throat, making him feel suffocated and nauseous, but he couldn't spit it out.

"I think you guessed something." Grofa's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, and he whispered to Roland, "Before today, I really didn't believe the description in the story, but I just picked up something that made the whole thing more complicated. ”

"What's that?"

"A bell, a weird bell."

Glova spread out his palm, holding a copper bell the size of a walnut in his palm.

Roland immediately noticed a strange emblem carved into the surface of the bell, and if he had to describe the absurd pattern, he could only describe it as a large mouth full of sharp teeth wrapped in six tentacles arranged in a spiral pattern......

Roland took the bell and looked at it carefully, and asked Glova, "Where did you find this thing?" ”

"Water Naga's corpse is hanging around her neck." Grofa gestured at his neck and pointed at Roland's neck, "Think about it, what do we usually hang here?" ”

Roland pulled out the Mithril chain that hung around his neck, and the end of the chain was emblazoned with the emblem of the goddess of fate.

Colopat also took off his ornament and showed it to him. The golden chain is connected with a "Sun Crystal", this holy relic of the Old Man of the Sun can activate the "Daylight Technique" that has been upgraded to the 5th ring at any time, and can also release "Scorching Radiance" 3 times a day and "Yang Flame Ray" 1 time...... Excluding these collateral effects, the "Sun Crystal" is essentially a Pero Holy Emblem.

Roland immediately understood Coropha's hint: the brass bell hanging from the neck of the Water Naga was probably the emblem of some mysterious church.

Thinking so, Roland opened the "Pupil of Destiny" to try to identify the emblem on the bronze bell, but the system prompt that followed surprised him.

System Prompt: Unknown Emblem Found......

System Warning: The Unknown Evil Emblem is attached to some kind of crazy power from Chaos, and forcibly identifying it will hurt your mind, do you want to insist on identification?

Roland decisively chose to give up the identification!

Just identifying the origin of the evil emblem can cause mental damage, how crazy is the evil god that Shui Naga worships? Thinking of the system's prompt that the power of the evil emblem originated from "chaos", Roland vaguely guessed something......

"Roland, do you remember a detail mentioned in Holden's book...... "Colossa's voice was slightly low, perhaps he had guessed something, "the protagonist of the story finds an ancient altar at the bottom of the lake of terror, on which is a bronze bell carved with strange patterns, and when he rings the bell and recites the incantation, the door to the ancient city of Akron opens to him. ”

"I remember." Roland lowered his head and observed the copper bell in his hand, shaking it gently, the copper bell made a crisp jingling sound, I don't know if it was an illusion or a psychological effect, it sounded like a mysterious rhythm, "The book does not describe the appearance of the copper bell in detail, nor does it describe what kind of pattern it is carved, but from the adjective 'weird', it also matches the copper bell in my hand." ”

"So I'm puzzled, why the brass bell that appeared in the story of the last century was tied to the neck of a water naga, and this water naga lived at the bottom of the terrible lake described in the story, is it just a coincidence?" Colossa's brow furrowed.

"You want to dive to the bottom of the lake to find out?" Roland asked.

"I have to admit that my rationality has been overwhelmed by curiosity." Corophaus shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands.

Roland looked up at Grofa and said quietly, "I'm not sure of the origin of this evil emblem, but I have a hunch that if I continue to explore, it will lead to disaster, are you sure you want to continue the treasure hunt?" ”

Grofa looked back at Holden, who was full of anticipation, sighed, and said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry, I know it's risky, but I don't want to regret it." ”

"Well, now that you've decided," Roland smiled indifferently, "I'll dive to the bottom ......of the lake with you." ”

Gorofa's face changed slightly: "You are the prince of the Far East, wouldn't it be too ...... to go to the lake to venture in person?"

"Don't mention any prince, aren't you also a prince of Canaan? This is my territory, and there is treasure buried in my territory, and of course I have to take care of it! Roland interrupted him, and said without refusal: "The ugly story is to tell you ahead, all the monuments in the kingdom of Kolas belong to the state, if this expedition is rich, I can be the master of your little reward as a souvenir, and all other treasures must be handed over to the treasury, are you okay?" ”

"Ahhh No way? Holden's eyes widened, and he complained unwillingly, "Big brother, you can't be so black-hearted!" ”

Before Roland could speak, Anthony jumped out first and slapped Holden on the back of the head.

"What did the bear child say? Do you know how to be polite! ”

"Who are you? Why did you suddenly hit me, you are rude......" Holden also tried to resist, but the other party sprayed wildly.

"Bear child, you figure it out for me! This is the territory of our Kolath Kingdom, not you Canaan, you can't be lawless, if you want to mingle in this realm, you have to be respectful to our Royal Highness the Prince, understand? ”

Holden was deeply shocked by the arrogance of this guy, covered the back of his head, and replied weakly: "I understand......"

"Hmph, that's pretty much it." Anthony crossed his hands on his hips and was smug, "What's that...... I'm one of the treasure hunters at the bottom of the lake, and I can't help with anything else, at least I can help you discipline the bear children. ”

Roland looked at him without speaking, and his smile was teasing.

Lyudmila also stared at Anthony with a strange face, and couldn't help but complain about ** How thick is the skin of this thing, and is there any sense of the country? It's only been a few days since I came to Krasbourg, and I think I'm a Far Easterner, and I really don't see it at all!