Orange light.
Arka looked at the orange light on the map, a little confused.
This was a treasure light he had never seen before.
He hadn't imagined that there were new colors above the golden light.
He thought the golden light represented all treasures.
The pillar of light formed by this orange light was even thicker than the golden light. If the golden light gave people a dazzling feeling, then the orange light was surging.
If the golden light was a treasure... and there were other colors above it.
So...
This meant that this was a treasure above the Holy Grail level?
This was the only explanation Arka could come up with.
After all, all the treasures represented by golden light he had seen so far were Holy Grail-level treasures.
He had never seen a Holy Grail or above.
He only knew that there were treasures of even higher levels above the Holy Grail level, such as the higher-level [Scepter].
Now that there was a light he had never seen before, it was very likely that this light represented a higher-level treasure.
So what could this orange light be?
He hadn't expected that upon arriving at the first island of the Boundless Sea, he would encounter an area where treasures were buried.
And it was a treasure of a higher level, something he had never seen before.
Seeing the orange light, Alka calmed his slightly excited mood.
Regardless of whether it was a higher-level treasure or not, the different light brought more possibilities.
He took a few deep breaths.
"What's wrong, Alka?" Sofia asked beside him, somewhat curiously.
Clearly, Alka's emotional state seemed off.
Alka sat down on a stool, map in hand, waved his hand, and said, "It's nothing. I just thought this map might bring me some good gains."
"Really? Then it seems this island really does have treasure buried in it," Sofia said with a smile, unsuspecting.
Then, without interrupting Alka's observation of the map, he went to find Julia and the others.
Alka stared at the map in his hand, quietly.
After a long while, he got up and entered the room.
This room had originally been prepared for Pororo, but his sleep needs were clearly different from everyone else's, and now he seemed to have gone to the sea.
After all, he had been on land for over ten hours during the day, not even touching the water for a moment, which made him a little uncomfortable.
Luckily, even at night.
The path leading to the harbor was still patrolled by hunters, so this place was clearly not a dangerous place.
Meanwhile, Alka, sitting on the bed, took a few deep breaths and, with a slightly agitated hand, tapped the orange beam of light.
He wondered.
What exactly did this orange beam of light represent?
Just as he was about to tap, his hand faltered in mid-air, for he suddenly realized where the orange beam of light was.
It was marked with a Sofia symbol.
He looked closely.
This place was a ruin, with the words:
Temple of Parstva.
Yes, this was the place where Lucilia had teleported them to an underground space after reciting the temple's name.
Alka hadn't expected this orange light to be here?
In the very place they had been not long ago.
Is this fate?
He couldn't help but wonder.
He then stopped wasting time and tapped heavily on the map. With the click, the orange beam of light dimmed considerably, and the treasure's information appeared.
[Heart of Vastva]
[Difficulty: Four-Part Power (Level 3)]
[Popularity: 126,000]
[Treasure Information: The city-state of Vastva, an ancient city, worships the ancient god of mystery, Four-Part, and is also known as the City of Change.
The Temple of Parstva, the heart of the city-state.
Here lies the heart of the city, its eternally beating heart.]
First, a name. This way, Alka wouldn't be confused about how orange treasures are generally named.
Just like a white dot is called [Normal Treasure].
The blue dot is called [Magic Treasure].
The golden light is called [Hidden Treasure].
Alka also wondered what this orange light, a light he had never seen before, was called. Now, such an opportunity would have to wait for the next time.
The difficulty was 4/4 strength. Combining the context, it was clear that this was the name of the god Lucilia had mentioned earlier.
It couldn't possibly mean he could gain divine power; that would be a bit far-fetched.
But on closer inspection, this orange treasure must have been the most important core item of the city-state. It seemed perfectly reasonable that it could only be obtained by gaining divine power.
It also required reaching the third stage, which made these people far too far away from Alka and the others.
Alka had only just reached the second stage, four spirals.
To reach the third stage, he would have to raise his strength to ten spirals, and the required strength for the third stage hadn't been specified.
If he were to be interrupted, he would need ten or even twenty spirals.
It was too far away. Clearly, this treasure was beyond his reach at this stage.
The city's popularity has reached 120,000, and its name is quite famous.
This suggests that the civilization that once existed dates back to a very distant time.
Their city remains renowned, and the treasure that once shared its name is still widely known.
It's unclear whether this is because the deity still exists, or if their deeds are so ancient.
As for the treasure, the information provided is of little help in their treasure hunt.
From the treasure's information, this information is expanded upon from only three terms: the Four-Part God, the Temple of Parstva, and the city-state of Vastva.
Knowing only these three terms doesn't necessarily provide much information.
It only provides a very rough overview of the entire treasure, without even specifying the rank of the treasure.
For him now, this orange light is still shrouded in a thick fog.
There really wasn't much information to discern.
Arka had no choice but to wave his hand helplessly, dismissing the information panel introducing the orange treasure.
He still had no idea what level of treasure the orange light represented, or perhaps... it wasn't a treasure at all?
Alas, he could only wait for more information.
Even if they did receive more information, it would obviously take a long time for them to gain strength before they could search for it.
But knowing is better than knowing nothing.
Thinking of this, Arka began to examine the other bright spots on the map.
This was once the ruins of a vast city, now buried beneath the earth.
This, in turn, caused a dense cluster of bright spots to appear on the map.
Counting carefully, there were four blue dots, outside of the vast mass of white.
How conspicuous!
The locations of these four blue dots were all designated as dangerous by Bai Shi, who had led their patrol earlier.
These four dots also happened to be located in ruins that had been activated but couldn't be closed, or simply couldn't be closed.
All the ruins that were briefly marked on the map, but which Bai Shi had mentioned as closed during their earlier wanderings, showed no signs of light.
This indicated that the contents had been taken by the island's inhabitants.
It seemed they knew much more about these ruins than they did, but this knowledge was clearly not something to be shared.
After a moment's thought, Arka glanced over the densely packed white dots, knowing without hesitation that they were all buried deep underground.
He clicked on one of the blue dots.
This blue dot was the activated ruin they had seen earlier, capable of summoning stone elementals and preventing them from leaving a certain radius.
[Stone Elemental Core]
[Difficulty: Spellbreaker (Stage 2)]
[Popularity: 0]
[Treasure Information: The ruins of the Elemental Tower in the city-state of Parstva. An ancient experiment has been activated, affecting the surrounding environment.]
This treasure yields even less treasure information than the Orange Light.
It's easy to see.
The obvious source of this information is the name of the city-state of Parstva, and the knowledge that the cause is elemental.
It seems they still need to uncover more information on their own.
Alka clicked the other three blue dots again.
The information they gained was similar: all information gained from knowing the former name of the city-state.
It's almost useless for obtaining the treasure.
So the focus is on this former civilization and the culture of this former city-state.
If they could learn more about the city-state's past culture and related information, they could unlock more treasures, giving them at least the opportunity to explore.
Without sufficient and comprehensive information, Alka wouldn't have considered taking his teammates on such a so-called unknown adventure.
The unknown represents danger.
The less you know, the greater the danger.
Although Alka was excited, after learning this information, he folded the map carefully and put it in his pocket ring.
The materials in the pocket ring had already been transported back to the Voice of the Dawn.
No rush for now.
Think for a while, lay the foundation for the next action, and find the target.
For now, Alka and Sofia will explore the entire island. Once Sofia has completed a detailed map of the entire island, Alka will proceed.
Before that, Jason and the others needed to gather more information.
After a moment's thought, he walked out and came to the campfire.
At this point, everyone wasn't asleep yet, still chatting around the campfire.
After all, the nights had stretched to over ten, perhaps even twenty hours.
It seemed that going to bed so early wasn't necessary.
As for the biological clock.
So what? It was chaotic. It was already chaotic enough here, and a bit of chaos would help blend in.
If they were sailing at sea, they wouldn't have much to do on the ship, so catching up on some sleep would be a good way to pass the time.
After coming out, Alka sat down at his seat and said directly to Jason, "Jason, your main focus for gathering intelligence right now is on the ruins outside. I want to know how much they know about them."
Upon hearing this, Jason nodded without hesitation, gesturing as if it was okay.
"Don't worry, we'll shift our focus starting tomorrow."
Hearing Jason's response, Alka nodded.
Anyway, they still needed two more days to complete the map.
It was probably another forty-odd hours, and it was still early.
This island was large enough.
Leaving one's mark on it would indeed require more time and effort.
After chatting for a while, Alka returned to his room and fell into a dream.
Because the nights had lengthened considerably, Alka's dream time was also forced to lengthen.
Of course, this wasn't a bad thing.
At least he could still read a book or something in Lucelia's dream, or fabricate his own dreams to amuse himself.
Of course, now was clearly not the time for that.
Since he had fallen asleep early, he hadn't seenSofia and the others appear in his dream bubble.
Instead, they were replaced by dream bubbles from other creatures in the town.
Looking at these dream bubbles, Alka smiled faintly.
He hoped that today he could gain sufficient information from these people's dreams.
After all, every dream was different, and the information he could obtain from the same dream would also be different.
Thinking this way, he slipped into someone else's dream.
This continued for nearly several hours before Alka emerged and returned to his own dream to rest.
When he woke up again in reality, he began to review the information he had gleaned from the dreams of the islanders.
After waking, Alka was silent.
Because the information he had gleaned was not what he had expected.
He had assumed that the people living on this island would be able to obtain a wealth of information related to the ruins in their dreams.
However, the opposite was true.
Ordinary people were intimidated by these ruins and did not even want to hear about them. Therefore, the vast majority of ordinary people's dreams contained no references to these outer ruins.
Even if they found one or two people willing to answer questions about their dreams, they often seemed somewhat bewildered.
Clearly, these ruins had left an indelible impression on them.
But they knew very little about them, knowing only that they were dangerous, as these things had claimed countless lives, generation after generation.
Because sometimes, ruins were accidentally opened.
Alka could imagine it.
Every time Shiraishi mentioned these ruins, he would briefly mention the casualties they had caused.
It didn't sound like much, as if each ruin only cost one to three lives, not counting the indirect consequences.
For a small town of only a few thousand people, every single death was heartbreaking enough.
But they seemed to have grown accustomed to it.
Hunters with sufficient knowledge of the ruins were far fewer than the average person who wasn't a hunter.
Not to mention, even fewer of them were willing to answer Alka's questions in his dream. Under these circumstances, Alka didn't gain any meaningful intelligence in his dream to support his next move.
The information regarding the light points in his dream hadn't expanded at all.
This intelligence haul was quite poor.
Thankfully, after numerous inquiries and the time it took to recover in his dream, it was already light outside.
As the sky brightened,
The entire town came alive again.
After a quick wash and breakfast, Alka and the others began their respective missions.
They maintained their original team divisions.
When Alka and the others arrived at the city gate,
Shiraishi was already waiting for them.
"So early! Sorry to have kept you waiting."
"Good morning? What a strange greeting." Bai Shi was a little puzzled, but still said with a smile.
Here, there's no such thing as good morning; there's only black and white.
Everyone acted incredibly familiar, not like they'd only known each other for a day or two.
Although, if we'd stretched out those days, it would have taken much longer.
"Okay, today we'll explore this area in the middle.
"Come with me, there will definitely be some small battles today with those monsters, so be prepared."
Today's stroll was in the second area he'd divided, the area they were about to circle. Apparently, there were more monsters here, making them more aggressive.
At this time, besides the few people who were scouting the terrain with Bai Shi on the island,
Jason and the others were also working hard in the town.
One could even hear a few words from them that resembled the island's language.
These were words they had learned over the past few days, a testament to their hard work.
...
In the distance, a massive ship appeared on the sea.
It was a cargo ship, a staggering 70 meters long. As it approached, it became apparent that it was a cargo ship.
A massive three-masted cargo ship, boasting impressive combat capabilities.
Three massive masts, like thousand-year-old trees, stood upright on the deck.
Their white sails were painted with patterns, representing their identities.
A hand clutching a gold coin was depicted.
The ship was slowly sailing towards the Broken Isles.
A man, dressed like the captain of this ship, arrived on deck.
Soon, the ship could see the distant black dot, its horizon growing longer and longer.
As they drew closer, they noticed a strange, unprecedented sailboat at the spot where they had previously docked.
"Bird-head ship?" "The captain asked doubtfully, then shook his head and smiled.
But despite his smile, he continued to carefully examine the ship as it drew ever closer.
The distinct presence of the Virgin Mary aboard the ship wasn't uncommon here, but since he'd never seen it before, he probably couldn't afford to offend.
Then, surrounding the first mate behind him, he asked calmly, "Have you seen the shape of this ship, or that logo, anywhere else?"
The first mate examined it carefully for a long time before shaking his head, indicating that he had definitely never seen that logo.
It might be an unknown force, or a small group.
"Never mind. This place is so big, it's normal not to recognize them."
He grumbled slightly, then warned, "Whatever you do, don't bother. The Virgin Mary's presence is aboard that ship." "
After saying this, he guided the massive sailboat to the harbor.
Because the ship was so large, it had to anchor outside the harbor. The small boats alongside it were dropped into the water one by one, allowing them to carry the supplies to the island.
And at the harbor, they could see people waiting to greet them.
Aside from a few residents, Jason and his companions were also there, watching the excitement.
This was clearly a good time to gather intelligence.
Of course, they had to be here.