"Hestein, do you want to go for a walk on the coast with me?"
Lily Mistatin did not let go of Hestein's hand for a moment.
"Although I can't see it, everyone says the scenery on the seaside is beautiful. Hestein will definitely like it too."
However, Hestein looked quite tired and refused Lily Mistettin's invitation:
"No, I'm a little tired now."
"Ah, that's right. Hestein has been on the boat for several days. Let's go and rest first... Ah, no good." Lily Mistertin suddenly remembered something and covered her mouth, "Father received it.
I have been very angry since your letter. I have been arguing with him, and I even forgot to prepare a room for you to rest."
"No, we can sleep on the boat. You should go and rest quickly. Bjorn, take everyone back to the boat with you."
Hestein seemed to be trying his best to avoid contact with Lily Mistatin, but Lily Mistertin still waved goodbye to him reluctantly: "Then, I will take you to walk around the island tomorrow.
Take a look around, you will be surprised by how much the island has changed over the years.”
Hestein said nothing, strode as fast as flying, and led the people away from there quickly. After he could no longer see the people on Antilia Island, he motioned for the others to return to the ship first, and he took the
Bjorn went in the exact opposite direction.
"Bjorn, what do you think?"
"Boss, what do you mean?"
"That woman."
"I feel a little embarrassed... I have been beaten by her before with the inexplicable reason of 'the breath is too annoying'... She is obviously a very unruly woman, but she pretends to be so well-behaved in front of the boss..."
Hestein stopped for a moment, frowned and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
Bjorn was also stunned: "Aren't you asking me what I think of Lily Mistertin?"
"Of course not! I mean the woman Dan brought, the person named Ella! Why did she write a proposal letter for me?"
"Isn't it quite good? Looking at today's posture, if it weren't for the proposal letter, I guess the lord of Antilia would really draw his sword and chop him down."
"But I just mentioned Lily's name a little bit, why does she know so much? Her purple robe looked very expensive, and the girl named Amy who followed her didn't look like her friend.
More like a servant, and a magical servant at that. What is her background?"
"Probably he is a nobleman from a poor family, otherwise he would not have refused to pay the ransom."
"I always feel that her background may be bigger than we imagined."
"It shouldn't be possible, right? It can't be the daughter of some great governor or general, right? If that's the case, there's no need for us to take the risk of going to Antilia!"
Hestein lowered his head and rubbed his eyes.
"Indeed. Let's find a way to solve the mystery of the Tepui priest. You come with me."
"Should we solve that puzzle now? Don't wait until tomorrow?"
Hestein shouted in a low voice: "I don't want to marry Lily here and take her back to Zealand! Solving the puzzle before the wedding, moving away the gold, and then rowing back to Zealand quickly is the right way!"
"
"Boss is indeed afraid of that woman." Bjorn laughed, "Then, what kind of puzzle is it?"
"Just follow me and you'll find out!"
After saying that, Hestein continued to stride forward.
Antilia, this mysterious island, looks no different from an ordinary island. In terms of uniqueness, the residents here seem to come from all over the world, with different accents and different beliefs.
Twenty years ago, Hestein's father Aleister and the current hero king Lodbrok had a duel with the entire pirate kingdom at stake. Aleister was killed by Lodbrok, and the underage
Hestein escaped all the way to Antilia by boat and was protected. By the time he returned to the pirate kingdom with a thousand people he had raised, ten years had passed. During these ten years, he had been
Life on this island. Although the appearance of the island has changed a lot now, Hestein is still familiar with the way and found the right way.
They walked all the way to the very center of Antilia, where there was no human habitation and there was only a bare mountain. Hestein took Bjorn and walked along the foot of the mountain for a while, and the entrance of a cave appeared at the foot of the mountain.
In front of their eyes, the cave was very wide, but there was only a narrow road for people to walk on, and there were dark abyss on both sides of the road.
Hestein lit a torch and led Bjorn along the road to the innermost part of the cave. There was a huge space there. Many bones were piled on both sides - the remains of the living people who were used as sacrifices every year.
The remains below.
Facing the two of them was a huge stone wall that had been polished by hand. There was a huge mural on the stone wall - with the center of the stone wall as the origin, three concentric circles spread out. A snake was painted on
On the outermost circle, he twisted around the edge of the circle and finally held his own tail. There were a few lines of words written on both sides of the mural, but unfortunately neither Bjorn nor Hestein could understand what was written on it.
.
Looking closer, you can see that the outermost ring is divided into twelve equal parts, each with the symbols of the twelve constellations; the middle ring is divided into 360 equal parts, each line represents one degree of scale.
Then each degree is divided into sixty equal parts by smaller lines, adding up to a total of 21,600 scales.
The innermost concentric circle has seven pits cut out, and each pit holds a ball. The ball can move in the pit to any scale on the concentric circle. There are also symbols on the beads painted on them.
There are symbols of the sun, moon and five other planets; and in the center of the circle, the entire continent where human beings live is drawn.
Bjorn understood what it was at just one glance: "Astrolabe?"
"Yes, the astrolabe is also a problem left to us by the priests of Tepui. It is said that as long as someone can successfully restore the horoscope on the day they came to Antilia Island, that person can inherit all the wealth owned by the priests.
"
Bjorn was eager to try: "That's not easy, just try all the positions once!"
Hestein shook his head: "As you can see clearly, there are 21,600 scales on this circle. Every time you put the ball in the right position, you have to press your fingerprint on the continent in the middle.
If the answer is correct, the door to the treasure will open, if the answer is wrong——"
"What will happen?"
"If the answer is wrong, the mechanism in the cave will be activated, the entrance will be sealed, and the passage connected to the sea will be opened. The sea will rise from the abyss on both sides until it is level with the passage."
Hestein stretched out his hand to indicate the height of the sea level, as if he had experienced these things personally.
"There are a lot of snake-attracting herbs planted below the passage, and Baslik will rush into the cave crazily due to the smell. Since the entrance is closed, if a fire is lit for a long time to drive them away, the people in the cave will soon feel difficulty breathing. And they can only wait until the sea
When the tide rises, the mechanism will be folded up and the star map can be used again."
After saying this, Hestein paused and added:
"Lily's eyes were bitten by Basilik because of this."
"But boss, people who are proficient in astrology are not rare. After so many years, no one has calculated the correct position? Is it because they don't know the specific time when the Tepui priest landed?"
"The time has been determined, it is written in those few lines. Mistertin also told me after interpreting these words." Hestein said in a deep voice, "I think, except for the earliest few
Adventurer, everyone who tried to solve the puzzle after that had made careful calculations. Hunter Mistertin even invited ten famous astrology masters to calculate the horoscope for that day. Everyone finally calculated
The result is similar - the horoscope that is unfolding before your eyes now."
"Then, why do you say the mystery has not been solved yet?"
"Because they were all wrong - everyone, all the answers were wrong! In the end, they all died under the venom of the onrushing Baslik."
