The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 24: The Well of Light (Part 2)

"He said the gun was fake." Hannah didn't look back, "Daddy's relic, it can't be a fake. There must be a secret on the white cherry blossoms in summer, maybe it's a message from my dad. ."

"Dad's secret letter." Danny sat up like a corpse with a bang, his eyes shot out like searchlights with two bright lights, and turned around on Jonah, seeing the astrologer apprentice chilling: "There is Dad’s secret letter in the gun, so what are we waiting for, cargo friend, hurry into the cabin and research it out. I will solve the mess outside. Lunch, yes, I will prepare lunch right away. Is the beef mixed rice to your taste, or snail soup,...what's the joke? Of course, it’s drinking. There is no better antidote than a cup of cactus wine. "Use daily drunk to deal with hangovers," Lao Dad often said that, hahaha..."

Looking at this guy squatting beside him staring at him with sparkling eyes, chattering overly attentively, Jonah always felt that this was a conspiracy, "Um... I just said there was something wrong with this gun, but I never said that Have you ever heard of secret messages..."

"Oh, don't be modest, you are a noble astrologer apprentice." Danny raised his finger and slapped haha, "If anyone can find Dad's secret, it must be you, so be it. , As long as you can crack the secret of the white cherry blossoms in summer, I promise to deliver you to the City of Gold before May 15th, so that you and your friends can meet, what about the conditions."

"Really." Jonah refreshed immediately,

"I swear by the little man on the silver coin that if I break my oath, I will be bankrupt and impoverished for a lifetime." Danny drew left and right from his pocket and took out a Tochara silver coin and held it in the palm of his hand. Swear religiously,

Hanna turned her head back: "We've been bankrupt for a long time, brother, and the "little man on the silver coin" doesn't count. You have to name the main **** Luta."

Danny angrily said: "Stewart's glory, Hannah, how can you help outsiders to speak, don't you have any interest in the legacy of the King of Sand Thieves."

Jona's ear moved, "Legacy of the King of Sand Thieves."

The Stewart brothers and sisters stopped at the same time, looked at each other, and sighed. Danny said, "Oh, tell you the truth, when Dad died, he didn't have time to tell us where his secret treasures were stored. In 1988, the Stewart family’s owner, the Dean of the Mad Asylum, and our dear dad, saved up an amazing fortune, but this petty guy hid the treasure in a place no one knew. Even his seven partners, and even the two of us, had nothing. Unbeknownst to him, every time he deposited his treasure, he would put down a miniature sand worm sampan and move away from the three-masted sailboat. He did not come back until the next day until he... In short, he didn't talk about it to anyone in the end. Mysterious location, before he swallowed his last breath, his last words were, "I think it’s bigger and smaller than Yangka’s chest,", listen to you, it’s like a famous sand thief before his death. What to say to the children,,, this bastard."

Looking at Danny’s angry expression, Jonah felt that he was hiding something, but couldn’t ask further. Hannah answered, “Did Dad say anything? I think he’s hiding the clue in a relic. But two years have passed and we have not been able to find any information. When you talked about the strangeness of this magic pistol, I wonder if he would hide what he wanted to say in this way."

Jonah thought for a while, looked down at the ivory magic pistol, "I'm not sure, the strange place is just the unreasonable magic circle, what kind of way can I hide information in the magic circle? ."

"That's your role, cargo friend." Danny leaned forward again with a flattering expression: "As long as you can find your father's treasure, from then on'Bacteria's Blast' will have half of your shares, Stewart The courier is always at your service. The name of you, the fourth-level astrologer apprentice Jona, will circulate throughout the endless sea of ​​sand. Even in the entire southern continent, there will be bards who will make your legendary experience into a ballad and sing it everywhere. Think about it , The discoverer of the legacy of the King of Sand Pirates, this is a multi-brilliant name."

The astrologer apprentice with little life experience seemed a little tempted. In fact, when he heard Danny’s first condition, his urge to meet with his companion overwhelmed his reason, "...well, let me try. ." He moved his lips and said these words softly,

"Deal." Danny Stewart squeezed his hand firmly, "Now go down and start work. Time is waiting for no one. Tomorrow is going to pass the'Well of Light'. It will be another busy day. Now I’m going to start preparations. Put a reflector on the sailboat. Don’t misunderstand. You don’t have to do anything for us. Just sit in the cabin and study the pistol with peace of mind. The pen and paper are all underneath. A lot of tools such as protractors left by the previous surveyors, please use them as you please."

"What is the Well of Light." Being pushed towards the stairs, Jonah asked back,

Hannah explained: "A very strange place in the middle of the endless sea of ​​sand. There is a circular area about fifteen miles around. It is located on the 8-character parade route of many sandworms. In short, you must be prepared."

My sister's brief explanation did not satisfy the curiosity of the astrologer apprentice. While holding onto the handrail with both hands to resist Danny's escort, Jonah asked, "What's weird."

"It's terrifyingly weird." Danny raised his eyebrows. The menacing expression looked a little funny because of the sticky mixture of sand and sweat on his face. "It will be dark if you ask any more."

"Tell me, I'll go to work." Jonah stubbornly kept his balance. For some reason, when he heard the name, his heart moved slightly, as if he was thinking of something long forgotten, but he remembered It’s not true, I can only catch the fuzzy tail of things,

The boy from the Stewart family bared his teeth: "After listening to this passage, I will go on obediently."

"I promise." Jona hurriedly reached out and swore,

Danny nodded, jumped to sit on the railing, stretched out his hand to pat the tattered white robe, and the sand rose up all over the sky, "Yes, there is almost no rain in the desert, except when a sandstorm or a dry tornado comes. , The sky is always clear, right, as it is now." Danny is actually quite happy to have a chance to chat. He pointed to the top of his head and said to Jonah,

The astrologer apprentice squinted at the cloudless blue sky and made a positive expression,

"But no matter how clear it is, there are days and nights. Matlaketli falls from the west, night comes, and stars rise up in the sky. The logic is correct." Danny said,

Jona was taken aback, "The stars are not rising, the stars have always existed in the sky, but the sunlight during the day has blocked the stars, but continue."

"Whatever." Correcting his own statement to others, the male Stewart was a little impatient, and he waved his hand. "But in the Well of Light, there is only day and no night. No matter what time it is, just enter that In an area of ​​fifteen miles, the dazzling sunlight will make people unable to open their eyes. You can’t look up and see if the sun or something is shining overhead. If you don’t use reflectors to cover the hull, even the wood will be covered. The heat of the light is burning."

"Wait a minute..." Jonah felt a deep chill from the depths of his body, from the tip of his spine to the top of his head. The vague thing was slightly outlined, hanging in his memory, like deep blue water. The terrifying sea monster with only two eyes in the game made him feel palpitations,

"Why." Danny stared at him suspiciously,

"No, nothing, you continue to say..." Jonah shook his head,

"Your complexion is not very good." Danny curled his lips strangely. "But apart from the strong light, there is nothing terrible. Fifteen miles, which is half an hour away at good speed. Once out of the scope of the Well of Light, day is day, and night is night. Before the thirty-three Zawis reached the endless sea of ​​sand, various ancient legends of the Well of Light were circulated here, but with the age of sails When I arrived, the painful experience of walking on the back of the sand worm for six hours in that area was gone, and slowly everyone got used to the short light. Since the first unlucky ghost burned the sail, all Everyone knows that when walking on this path, you need to bring enough silver-plated reflectors to cover the masts and decks. There is no problem with your feet. In fact, there are also rich masters from Tocharan who come here to travel. Said that the complexion sunburned in the well of light is the noble chocolate color, hahaha, listen to it, the noble chocolate color, the second order of our Stewart Express is to send a rich rich man to the well of light to sunbathe. , Who made the chattering figure-eight parade route pass through that area? This guy is a real rich man. If he hadn't stepped on the deck and fell into the cargo hold and almost broke his leg, he would have given us four gold coins. The reward, four gold coins, listen to it, they are much more valuable than you, cargo friend."

"The Well of Light, is it always bright." The astrologer apprentice interrupted the chatter of the opponent with a trembling voice,

"Of course, in the civilization history of the endless sand sea, there has never been a story of the radiance of the well of light extinguished." Danny thought and replied, "Even during a sandstorm, it is the same. It is strange to say that the storm is violent outside. , As soon as you enter the Well of Light, you will become windless and no waves, only the strong light shining on you, like an oven, yes, like a big oven."

"I, I know..." Jonah said dumbly, his fingers loosened, and the white cherry blossoms of summer fell on the deck. Danny, with quick eyes and hands, jumped over to catch the magic pistol, and looked at him with lingering fear. I glanced at my sister and cursed: "What if I break my father's precious clues, really."

Jona murmured something, and neither of the Stewart brothers and sisters heard clearly. Hanna took a step closer to him and stared at him with gray-green eyes, "What did you say."

"In the place of eternal glory, Ayala and Gamaliel met for the first time. They embraced each other and spoke the words of the saints."

The astrologer apprentice unconsciously recited the fourth prophecy. The next prophecy of the Betrayer Segles will be fulfilled ahead. What awaits him must be another nightmare adventure of powerlessness and destiny.