Chapter 102: If You Want It, You Can Have It All. Go Find It!
The group didn't immediately enter the passage behind the massive iron gate.
Instead, they first set up camp on the hills above the ruins and rested.
Although Professor Dijkstra couldn't wait to enter the passage immediately,
Lynn stopped him.
Not to mention the potential dangers within the ruins.
Even a subterranean tomb should be ventilated for a while before going down.
This ruin had been buried deep underground for who knows how many years.
The air quality inside was imaginable.
Even a witcher, immune to most diseases, needed air.
Let alone Professor Dijkstra and the other ordinary people.
Under Lynn's persuasion, Professor Dijkstra, who was emotionally excited and his face flushed, finally calmed down slowly.
He had to admit that Lynn was right.
So he suppressed his eagerness.
Also feeling excited were the professor's students.
Professor Dijkstra had been heavily questioned, which also put a lot of pressure on them.
In fact, Professor Dijkstra didn't only have these few students under his wing before.
It was just that the others had transferred to other professors' tutelage due to the opinions of others and despair over their dim future prospects.
Even they didn't have much faith and loyalty towards Professor Dijkstra.
They just couldn't transfer out.
But now it was different.
Since the elven city of Aen Elle was real, it meant that the legendary treasure of the elven king was very likely real as well.
Then, as long as they returned with this huge achievement, they would undoubtedly become outstanding rising stars envied by everyone at Oxenfurt Academy.
In the time that followed, for Professor Dijkstra and his students, every minute was so long and boring.
Sitting wasn't right, standing wasn't right.
Even sleep seemed to have abandoned them.
The witcher insisted on waiting at least a few more days before they could go in to explore.
As a result, everyone could only stay outside, feeling utterly bored.
Every night, Professor Dijkstra and his students fell asleep very late.
When they woke up in the morning, they all had dark circles under their eyes.
In contrast, Lynn and the workers hired by Professor Dijkstra were much more composed and calm.
Lynn went without saying.
Anyway, he was the one who had to do the exploring.
So what difference did it make whether he explored earlier or later?
As for the workers...
They were just getting paid a fixed wage.
Even if there was treasure inside, it had nothing to do with them.
Naturally, they were happy to be idle.
When a week had passed since they arrived at the ruins, Professor Dijkstra finally couldn't bear it anymore.
In fact, he had already gone to Lynn many times in the past few days.
But each time, Lynn told him to be patient.
But today, Professor Dijkstra really couldn't stand it.
He was determined to persuade Lynn to start exploring today no matter what.
When he entered Lynn's tent with this thought in mind,
he was startled by Lynn's unpleasant expression before he could even speak.
"Professor? You've come at the right time. I was just about to look for you."
Putting the empty potion bottle back into his potion pouch, Lynn smiled at Professor Dijkstra. "I think it's time to go in and explore. What do you think?"
Professor Dijkstra had prepared a whole speech.
He hadn't expected that none of it would be needed at this moment.
"Of course," Professor Dijkstra quickly nodded, lest Lynn change his mind. Then he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can I go down with you?" Lynn slung his sword over his back and glanced at him. "Professor Dijkstra, you do know that these ruins can't possibly grow legs and run away, right?"
"I know, but..." Professor Dijkstra didn't know how to accurately describe his current inner thoughts.
So he simply chose not to explain.
"I promise to be very quiet and stay by your side at all times. You tell me to go, I'll go. You tell me to stop, I'll stop. I'll listen to everything you say."
Lynn shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Professor, but my answer is no. I can understand your feelings, really, but that is an untouched ruin... at least, no one has entered it since it sank underground."
"A place that even tomb robbers haven't entered, only the gods know how many mechanisms and traps are hidden inside."
"If we encounter danger, I can't guarantee your safety."
Professor Dijkstra took a delicately crafted crossbow from his belt and, like a child showing off a perfect score on a test, held it up in front of Lynn and shook it.
"I don't need your protection, Master Lynn. This is enough for me."
Lynn couldn't help but laugh.
"Professor, your crossbow is fine for dealing with lightly armored units, but against heavily armored warriors, it might not even pierce their armor... let alone monsters with even stronger vitality."
He placed his hand on Professor Dijkstra's shoulder. "Listen, Professor, you discovered these ruins. No one can take them away."
"Those colleagues of yours at Oxenfurt Academy, they don't know you've come here, do they? In that case, what else do you have to worry about?"
"Besides, when I enter the ruins, I'll need you to stay outside and guard my rear."
"So, your task is also very important. Do you understand what I'm saying, Professor?"
Professor Dijkstra was silent for a long time, finally lowering his head.
"I understand. Then I'll leave it to you, Master Lynn."
...
Only heavy footsteps echoed in the empty passage.
Lynn carried his mastercrafted silver sword and a pickaxe on his back, walking on the marble-paved floor.
He didn't light a torch.
Superior Cat potion was enough for him to see everything around him.
Such as the exquisite patterns carved on the walls of the passage.
Humans had many painters and artists.
Especially at Oxenfurt Academy.
It could be said to be the forefront of human art and fashion.
But even so, one had to admit that the elves were superior in this regard.
After all, they naturally possessed racial talent in this area.
Passing through the passage, Lynn arrived at its end.
The passage connected to a room that resembled a tomb chamber.
In the center of the room stood a sarcophagus.
It was also carved with exquisite patterns.
And in the corner of the room, there was a door-shaped stone furniture.
This furniture was not actually a decorative item.
It had a practical purpose.
Lynn knew this.
It was an indoor teleportation portal.
Such portals were very common in elven ruins.
This was different from the teleportation spells cast by sorcerers.
The original intention and function of most indoor teleportation portals in elven ruins were to facilitate teleportation within the ruins.
Therefore, the teleportation locations were also fixed.
Unlike the teleportation spells cast by sorcerers, which could set the teleportation location at will.
The layout of this tomb chamber was that simple.
It could even be said to be somewhat too simple.
There was nothing else to explore in the tomb chamber, so Lynn stepped forward and forcefully pushed open the lid of the sarcophagus.
(End of this chapter)
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